Action Pack (TV series)
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![]() Promotional poster; clockwise: Treena, Clay, Watts, and Wren | |
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Created by | William Harper |
Developed by | Shea Fontana |
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Theme music composer | Mike Barnett |
Opening theme | "Action Pack Theme" by Keira Moran and Mike Barnett |
Composer | Mike Barnett[1] |
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Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 10 (19 segments) |
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Executive producer | Chris Hamilton |
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Editor | Zachary Aufdemberg |
Running time | 27-29 minutes |
Production company | OddBot Inc. |
Animation services | ICON Creative Studio |
Distributor | Netflix |
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Original network | Netflix |
Picture format | HDTV 1080p |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | January 4, 2022 |
Action Pack[2] is a preschool computer animated children's streaming television series developed by Shea Fontana for Netflix. Created by William Harper, the series premiered on January 4, 2022.[3]
Premise[]
The series follows the Action Pack, a quartet of superheroes-in-training taught by their teacher Mr. Ernesto and his robotic dog Plunky.
Voice cast[]
Main[]
- Sydney Thomas as Treena,[4] a girl who uses powers controlling plant life. Her color is green, and her badge has a flower shape. She serves as the Action Pack's default leader, and uses a shield named the "Petal Power Shield" and the "Awesomer Blossomer" baton gadget, which lets her sprout vines for swinging or grabbing.
- Oscar Reyez as Watts,[4] a boy who uses powers controlling electricity. His color is blue, and his badge has a pair of lightning bolts. Watts is the most impatient of the team, and can morph his legs into lightning bolts for super speed in addition to using electricity in projectile forms by throwing either solid lightning bolts or electrical spheres.
- Julieta Cortes as Wren,[4] a girl who uses powers allowing her to uses animal abilities. Her color is yellow, and her badge has a cat's paw print. Wren is the most empathetic team member, and she often uses the powers of a butterfly's wings, a polar bear's arms, and the legs and tail of a cheetah.
- Nevin Kar as Clay,[4] a boy who uses powers controlling plasma and forcefields. His color is red, and his badge has a sun shape. Clay is the most reserved member of the team, and his body is composed of a form of plasma that allows him to shapeshift and stretch or deform his body.
- Giancarlo Sabogal as Mr. Ernesto, the adult mentor of the Action Pack. He is accompanied by a robotic dog named Plunky, who acts as his teaching assistant.
Supporting[]
- Hartley Wexler as Dinah Rex, a young girl obsessed with dinosaurs. This obsession has led her to perform several acts of villainy throughout town, mainly carried out by her robotic dinosaur minions. She is eventually revealed to be half-dinosaur, and later joins as the Action Pack's friends.
- Kimberly Brooks as Jackie
- Lotus Blossom as Abby, Gabby, and Maddy, three identical triplets who live in Hope Springs. Gabby has a yellow streak in her hair and Abby has red, both usually being happy. Maddy, however, has a purple streak in her hair, and unlike her sisters is usually seen with somewhat emo behavior.
Minor[]
- Sander as Cold Snap, a young boy with wintery white skin who enjoys playing in cold weather. He has the power to create winter weather patterns and flies with a jetpack.
- Jason Hightower as Phil Donut, the local baker of Hope Springs.
- Brennley Brown as Pepper, a baker who is determined to outdo Phil Donut, using numerous pastry-themed weapons to aid in her villainous methods. Like most of the series' villains, she reforms after a number of episodes.
- John Eric Bentley as Crimson Cape/Rupert, a former student and current full time superhero. He is Watts' idol.
- Jakari Fraser as Mason, a friend of Treena's and a young boy with rock-like skin. He is eager and tends to be too rambunctious with his powers, which can lead to collateral damage. His powers include rolling up into a sphere shape and super strength.
- Jason Maybaum as Teddy Von Taker, a boy whose family is known for their compulsive desire to steal, himself included.
- Eleanor Noel Delgadillo as Sky Patel, Clay's younger sister with a similar power set.
- Jim Conroy as Chuckles, a former villain who becomes the Crimson Cape's sidekick.
Episodes[]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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1 | "Fright at the Museum" "Catching Cold" | Phil Allora | Shea Fontana | January 4, 2022 | |
Watts' overeager desire to finish a mission quickly results in him deserting his team at critical moments, resulting in a problematic mission when robotic dinosaurs break into the natural history museum. A spring day is almost ruined when Cold Snap, unable to understand how the others are feeling, begins freezing everything and begin the winter season severely early. This has significant effects on Treena's powers, which begin to weaken with the cold. | |||||
2 | "Mason Impossible" "Hero of the Day" | Phil Allora James Lopez | Merrill Hagan Han-Yee Ling | January 4, 2022 | |
Mason throws a tantrum when he is unable to join a dinosaur dig, and ends up causing a cave in that only he can help deal with. While working to find a stolen trowel, Mason, the "Hero of the Day", goes several times without his team, causing several problems on the way. | |||||
3 | "Awesome Possum" "Frozen Fiasco" | James Lopez Phil Allora | Max Beaudry Francisco Paredes | January 4, 2022 | |
Wren takes an opossum to the academy and it takes off with the Mega-Van, but the situation gets zany when the creature gets accidentally supercharged by Watts. Cold Snap's gloves suffer a malfunction that makes him unable to control them. When Watts assumes he has turned back to the bad side, the electric hero worsens the problem by sending the gloves into overdrive. | |||||
4 | "Sky's the Limit" "All That Llama Drama" | James Lopez Phil Allora | Michael J. Beall Marie Cheng | January 4, 2022 | |
Clay's little sister Sky enlarges herself to be a big kid, but she ends up towering over the town and needs to be shrunken back down. The Action Pack work to rescue a pair of Llamas... Llamas planted by Dinah as a distraction while she attempts to steal a weapon from the Vault of Villains. | |||||
5 | "A Good Day to Dino" | Phil Allora and James Lopez | Story by : Jennifer Skelly and Matt Wayne Teleplay by : Matt Wayne | January 4, 2022 | |
Dinah begins her plan to turn all of Hope Springs into living dinosaurs for her tea party, and when Watts pushes down his feelings the situation quickly escalates. | |||||
6 | "Trophy Trouble" "Meet Mr. Villainman" | Phil Allora James Lopez | Merrill Hagan Jeff Trammell | January 4, 2022 | |
Iris the superintendent arrives and tries to rearrange the curriculum based on her own rules, but the group ends up losing sight of the main goal. A new villain kidnaps Mr. Ernesto and takes his place as the Action Pack's teacher, and he successfully convinces the team to help him steal from the vault of villains. | |||||
7 | "Power Nap" "The Crimson Cape Returns" | Phil Allora | Matt Wayne Mercedes Valle | January 4, 2022 | |
Watts is out of the mission when he contracts the Fizzles, and after he goes on a mission against the advice of Mr. Ernesto his attempts to help stop Tella-Portanya ends up spreading his disease across the entire town. The team has the special mission of being assistant teachers for Mr. Ernesto so that a certain hero can pass the teamwork class: The Crimson Cape. However, the temporary student is no easy challenge. | |||||
8 | "Action-Packed Party" "Dog Daze" | Phil Allora James Lopez | Michael J. Beall Brandon Hoang | January 4, 2022 | |
Mr. Villainman plots to steal one of Clay's new birthday presents, and the team must stop him when he succeeds. A schoolmate at the academy manages to take Plunky while she was under Wren's watch, and she must hurry before Mr. Ernesto discovers her blunder. | |||||
9 | "Picture Perfect" "Cookie Chaos" | James Lopez | Michael J. Beall Callie C. Miller | January 4, 2022 | |
Treena is determined for the team to have strong school photos, but Wren isn't being serious, and things get worse when she becomes stuck as a polar bear. Wren and her grandmother accidentally unleash cookie cowboys meant for Phil Donut while the Baker Bandit steals his spatula, forcing Gran-Delivery and the Action Pack to join forces. | |||||
10 | "A Half-Baked Scheme" "Heroism is a Piece of Cake" | Phil Allora James Lopez | Brandon Hoang Mercedes Valle | January 4, 2022 | |
Clay is nervous about his final test, but he must push through his doubts when the Baker Bandit strikes for the spatula. The Baker Bandit kidnaps Phil Donut before the team's level-up ceremony, and the team is tasked with their last mission as Level 1 superheroes. |
Production[]
The series was first announced back in September 2021 as part of four Netflix Original Preschool shows targeted at 2-6 year olds.[2]
Release[]
Action Pack premiered on January 4, 2022, globally on Netflix.[3] A trailer was released on December 7, 2021.[3][5]
References[]
- ^ Ames, Jeff (December 28, 2021). "Check Out the Making of Mike Barnett's Score For Netflix's Action Pack". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ a b "Expanding Our Preschool Programming With Two Renewals and Four New Series Orders". Netflix Media Center (Press release). September 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c Milligan, Mercedes (December 7, 2021). "Trailer: Netflix Jr. Welcomes a New Class of Heroes in 'Action Pack'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Netflix Drops 'Action Pack' Trailer". Animation World Network. December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Netflix Jr. (December 7, 2021). Action Pack NEW Series Trailer | Netflix Jr. YouTube. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
External links[]
- Action Pack on Netflix
- Action Pack at IMDb
- 2022 American television series debuts
- 2022 Canadian television series debuts
- 2020s American animated television series
- 2020s American children's television series
- 2020s Canadian animated television series
- 2020s Canadian children's television series
- 2020s preschool education television series
- American children's animated comedy television series
- American children's animated superhero television series
- American computer-animated television series
- American preschool education television series
- Canadian children's animated comedy television series
- Canadian children's animated superhero television series
- Canadian computer-animated television series
- Canadian preschool education television series
- Animated preschool education television series
- Animated television series about children
- Animated television series by Netflix
- English-language television shows
- English-language Netflix original programming
- Netflix children's programming
- Superhero television series
- Superhero schools