Atomic Betty

Atomic Betty
From left to right: Sparky, Betty, and X-5.
Also known as	Atomic Betty: Mission Earth (season 3)
Genre	Adventure Comic science fiction Magical girl Science fantasy Comedy
Created by	Trevor Bentley Mauro Casalese Rob Davies Olaf Miller
Developed by	Kevin Gillis
Voices of	Tajja Isen Rick Miller Bruce Hunter Colin Fox Len Carlson (Seasons 1-2)
Theme music composer	Jack Lenz Kevin Gillis
Opening theme	"Atomic Betty Theme" by Tajja Isen
Ending theme	"Atomic Betty Theme Remix"
Composer	Lenz Entertainment
Country of origin	Canada France[1]
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	79 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Ira Levy Peter Williamson Kevin Gillis Trevor Bentley Philippe Alessandri Simone Halberstadt Harari Steven Hecht
Producers	Edward Peghin Kevin Gillis Bob Davies Virginie Jallot
Running time	22 minutes 11 minutes (segments) 60 minutes (The No L-9 special)
Production companies	Atomic Cartoons Breakthrough Entertainment Tele Images Kids Phil Roman Entertainment (uncredited) Marathon Media
Distributor	Breakthrough Distribution
Release
Original network	Canada Teletoon France M6 (Seasons 1–2) Télétoon (Season 3)
Picture format	SDTV
Original release	August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06) – January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29)
External links
Distribution website
Production website

Atomic Betty (retitled Atomic Betty: Mission Earth^[2] for its third and final season) is a Canadian-French Flash animated science fantasy-comedy television series^[3] produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Entertainment, Tele Images Kids and Marathon Media. Additional funding for production is provided by Teletoon in Canada, Phil Roman Entertainment (uncredited) in the United States and M6 (seasons 1 and 2) and Télétoon (season 3) in France.^[4]

In Canada, the series originally aired from August 6, 2004 ^[5][6] to January 29, 2008^[7] on Teletoon, lasted for three years. In France, the series aired on M6 from 2004 to 2005 and then on Télétoon+ from 2006 to 2008. In the United States, the series aired on Cartoon Network from 2004 to 2005 and The Hub (now Discovery Family) from 2010 to 2011, with its third and final season.

Synopsis[]

Betty Barrett is a typical 12-year-old girl who enjoys school, daydreaming about living in outer space, sci-fi movies, and singing in her musical band, living in Moose Jaw Heights (a fictional suburb of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan).^[8][9] Unknown to all of her friends and family, however, she is also a member of the Galactic Guardians, an elite team dedicated to interstellar crime-fighting and law enforcement. As "Atomic Betty", assisted by her two allies; the alien pilot Sparky and a robot named X-5, she confronts the evil overlord Maximus I.Q. and his servant Minimus, as well as other intergalactic supervillains, criminals, terrorists, and gangsters. Despite being rather unassuming on Earth, Atomic Betty is a superstar throughout the galaxy and even has a crowd of people who consider her their role model.

In each episode, a crisis occurs somewhere in the galaxy, usually while Betty enjoys some tasks with her friends. Invariably, her wristwatch begins beeping, and she runs off alone to save the galaxy in her nice pastel pink-and-white superpowered Galactic Guardian battle suit, which allows her a wide variety of weapons, gadgets, and supernatural abilities, such as flying. Accompanied by her crew, Betty takes over to fight the villains before returning home and mentioning her absence.

The show includes frequent references to other well-known works of pop culture, especially sci-fi, such as Star Wars, The Matrix and Transformers.

Episodes[]

Characters[]

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Production[]

Atomic Cartoons, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, writes the script and produces the animation for the series using Adobe Flash.^{[citation needed]} Tele Images Kids produces animation and voice direction for the French-language version of the series. Breakthrough Films & Television, through its distribution subsidiary, handles worldwide distribution outside of Canada, except Spain and Portugal.^{[10][failed verification]}

Three seasons of the series have been produced to date, totaling 78 half-hour or 156 quarter-hour episodes, depending on the format shown in each market. There is also a one-hour Christmas special titled Atomic Betty: The No-L 9.

Cancelled sequel[]

In 2010, Atomic Cartoons announced a sequel series was planned for a production titled Atomic Betty Redux. The series would have featured the 17-year-old Atomic Betty; her teenage future self that debuted in "The Future Is Now! Part Two".

It was slated to be released either in late 2013 or mid-2014 but entered development hell shortly after. In early 2019, a Reddit user emailed Atomic Cartoons regarding the series and the response was that the planned series had been canceled due to the animation studio wanting to focus on new projects.^{[11][better source needed]}

Broadcast[]

Atomic Betty premiered on Teletoon in Canada on August 6, 2004. The series was previously aired on Cartoon Network from September 1, 2004 to May 22, 2005 in the United States and The Hub (now Discovery Family) from October 10, 2010 to October 12, 2011.^[12] It aired on CITV in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2006. The series formerly aired on Starz Kids and Family (first season only).^[13]

Home media[]

Warner Home Video released two DVD volumes of the series on October 18, 2005 in Region 1^[14][15][16] and February 6, 2006 in Japan. Each release contained eight segment-episodes from the first season. The other two volumes Betty Powers Up! and Betty Blasts Off!^[17] were planned but cancelled.

Merchandise[]

Soundtrack[]

Atomic Betty is the official soundtrack to the television series of the same name. It was released by Koch Records (now eOne Music) on November 8, 2005, and contains some tracks performed by the titular character of the series, Betty Barrett, voiced by Canadian actress-singer Tajja Isen. She wrote and recorded that album in 2004. As of 2017, the album is still available on iTunes^[18] and Amazon.^[19]

Video game[]

A video game based on the series developed by Big Blue Bubble was released for the Game Boy Advance in Europe on August 25, 2005, and in North America on October 25, 2005.

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External links[]

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