Braceface
| Braceface | |
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 The series' title card featuring protagonist Sharon Spitz | |
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| Created by | Melissa Clark |
| Directed by | Charles E. Bastien |
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| Theme music composer | Grayson Matthews Inc. |
| Composer | Pure West |
| Country of origin |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 23 minutes |
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| Release | |
| Original network | Canada Teletoon U.S. Fox/ABC Family (Seasons 1-2) |
| Original release | June 2, 2001 – September 1, 2004[1] |
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Braceface is an animated television series that aired on Teletoon in Canada and the Fox Family Channel in the U.S. The series was produced by Nelvana and Jade Animation, with actress Alicia Silverstone of Clueless fame (who also voiced the titular character for the first two seasons) serving as executive producer.[2]
Summary[]
The series, set in Elkford, British Columbia, recounts the travails of Sharon Spitz (a play on words, "sharing spit" being a euphemism for kissing), who is a junior high school student with braces that get in the way of leading a normal teenage life.[3] Her braces are somehow electrically charged at all times, giving her strange abilities such as remotely operating machinery, tapping into wireless communication channels, and even discharging electricity directly into what's in front of her, though much of these abilities are often outside her control. In the first season, she is enrolled at Mary Pickford Junior High but later the show progresses into Sharon going into high school.
Cast[]
- Alicia Silverstone (seasons 1–2) and Stacey DePass (season 3) as Sharon Esther Spitz (the lead character)
- Dan Petronijevic as Adam Spitz (Sharon's older brother)
- Michael Cera as Josh Spitz (Sharon's younger brother)
- Tamara Bernier Evans as Helen Spitz (Sharon's mother)
- Marnie McPhail as Maria Wong (Sharon's classmate and BFF)
- Peter Oldring as Connor Mackenzie (another classmate and friend)
- Vince Corazza as Alden Jones (Sharon's crush at school)
- Katie Griffin as Nina Harper (Sharon's nemesis at school)
- Daniel DeSanto as Brock Leighton (Alden's classmate and best friend)
- Emily Hampshire as Alyson Malitski (Nina's classmate and best friend)
- Elisa Moolecherry as Hannah Corbett
Episodes[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 26 | U.S. | June 2, 2001 | February 24, 2002 | |
| Canada | June 30, 2001 | March 27, 2002 | |||
| 2 | 26 | U.S. | September 27, 2002 | April 11, 2003 | |
| Canada | September 6, 2002 | June 22, 2003 | |||
| 3 | 26 (Canada) | November 5, 2003 | September 1, 2004 | ||
Production[]
The series was produced by the Canadian Nelvana and Jade Animation (Shenzhen) in China, with the additional pre-production work done by Studio B Productions and Atomic Cartoons.
Telecast and home media[]
In the U.S., the series originally aired on Fox Family Channel starting on June 2, 2001, with reruns on its successor ABC Family and future corporate sibling Disney Channel and Toon Disney. In Canada, it ran on Teletoon from June 30, 2001[4][5] to September 1, 2004.[1]
Internationally, the series aired on Fox Kids and Pop Girl in the United Kingdom. It also aired on Nickelodeon in Germany and South Africa. In India, the series aired on Star One.[6] It aired in Ireland on RTÉ Two from 3 September 2001 to 2005.[7] In Japan, Braceface was aired on STAR Plus Japan.
In Canada, DVD releases of the series were released by KaBOOM! Entertainment, and in the U.S., DVDs were released by Funimation Entertainment.
In the United Kingdom, Maverick Entertainment released a DVD titled "Brace Yourself" in 2006, which contains the first four episodes. Fremantle Home Entertainment later released two more DVDs
Currently, the series is now streaming on both networks, FilmRise Kids and Tubi.
References[]
- ^ a b "Mediacaster Magazine - Broadband & Content - TELETOON's September Sizzles with New Series and a Finale". 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 91. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 155. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "CANOE -- JAM! - Katie gets animated". June 10, 2016. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016.
- ^ "The Vancouver Sun from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on June 29, 2001 · 85". Newspapers.com. 2001-06-29. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
- ^ "STAR - Programme Guide". 24 November 2005. Archived from the original on 24 November 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ RTÉ Guide, 1–7 September 2001 edition and subsequent dates
External links[]
- 2001 Canadian television series debuts
- 2001 Chinese television series debuts
- 2004 Canadian television series endings
- 2004 Chinese television series endings
- 2000s Canadian animated television series
- Canadian children's animated comedy television series
- Hong Kong animated television series
- English-language television shows
- Funimation
- Middle school television series
- Animated television series about teenagers
- Teen animated television series
- Teletoon original programming
- Fox Family Channel original programming
- ABC Family original programming
- Fox Kids original programming
- Television series by Nelvana
- Television shows set in British Columbia