Clang Invasion
Clang Invasion | |
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Genre | Comedy Science fiction Action Cyberpunk Animated sitcom |
Created by | Seng Choon Meng |
Developed by | Doug Hadders Adam Rotstein |
Directed by | Frederick Marcello Wilmot David Low Da Wei |
Voices of | Patrick McKenna Linda Kash Doug Hadders Julie Lemieux Annick Obonsawin Brad Adamson |
Composers | Daniel Ingram Steffan Andrews |
Country of origin | Canada Singapore Hong Kong |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (52 segments) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Steven DeNure Anne Loi Seng Choon Meng Steven Ching Chi Wai |
Producer | Beth Stevenson |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production companies | AGOGO Entertainment Ltd. Scrawl Studios Decode Entertainment |
Distributor | DHX Media |
Release | |
Original network | YTV ABC3 |
Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
Original release | September 18, 2007 July 17, 2008 | –
External links | |
Website (Closed) |
Clang Invasion is an animated television series produced for the Canadian children's programming channel YTV. It also aired on Canal Panda, Gloob, Nickelodeon, ABC Me and Pop. 26 episodes were produced.[1]
Plot[]
Three alien robots, Rivet, Widgit and Socket, accidentally crashed their spaceship on a backyard tree on Earth. Human twins Robin and Daisy Harrison, and their pet dog Sam went to investigate the crash, where they encounter the robots.[2] Not capable of returning to Planet Clang, the robots becomes friends with Robin and Daisy, made Sam speak by installing a voice box, and utilise a spectrum of gadgetry for their goals. The twins also have to keep the robots a secret. Before rivet widget and socket return to planet Clang.
Characters[]
- Rivet: (voiced by Patrick McKenna) The captain of the spaceship, Rivet is a male robot and inventor that serves as a genius to the kids, offering them his inventions. He discovered information about Earth from its old commercial broadcasts into space.
- Widgit: (voiced by Linda Kash) The spaceship's navigator and maintainer, Widgit is a female robot who performs poorly technologically compared to the other robots but sympathizes with living things. She can contact with any living thing after accidentally devouring one of Rivet's gadgets.
- Socket: (voiced by ) The spaceship's security officer, Socket is a simpler robot, unlike the others. As an old robot, his parts frequently fall off, with Rivet reattaching back socket’s parts. His head also acts as an object storage.
- Robin Harrison: (voiced by Julie Lemieux) A 7-year-old human boy, Robin thinks the arrival of the robots in his background is the best thing in his life.
- Daisy Harrison: (voiced by Annick Obonsawin) A 7-year-old human girl, Daisy isn't as wise as her age in contrast to him, despite believing the contrary.
- Sam: (voiced by ) The Harrisons' dog, Sam was given a voice box on his collar from the robots in order to speak. He is talkative.
Episodes[]
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The dates that follow are when the episodes were initially developed and released in Singapore and England and not when they debuted in Canada, which was over 3 years later.
- Countdown to Destruction / When Life Gives You Lemons
- I, Giant Robot / Super Excellent Fantastical Man... and Daisy
- Home a Clone / Pause and Order
- To Everything Learn, Learn, Learn / The Fluffy Kitten… of Death
- The Road to Invention / Queen Bumble Bee
- O Tannenbomb / Teleputty
- Welcome to My Nightmare / Trick or Treat or Trick or Treat
- Ace Up His Sleeve / The Fright Stuff
- Hide and Seek and Destroy / Go Kart a Go-Go
- Chicken-Pocalypse / The E.A.R.L. Files
- Freaky Monday / You Can't Handle the Tooth
- Oh Snow He Didn't / Total Eclipse of the Art
- Close Encounters of the Love Kind / Completely Lost in Space
- The Big Dance / Lemur Come Back to Me
- Two Dads Are Better Than One / The Polar-Bear Express
- Hail to the Chief / With Friends Like These
- License to Drive / Bullyworth
- Recycle, Reuse, Re-Boot / Say Cheese
- Bring Your Parents to Work Day / The Grandma Illusion
- Robin Boy Genius... Naaaaa / Back on the Clang Gang
- To Air is Devine / Field of Mean
- There Goes the Neighbourhoodistan / On the Run
- Evolution Solution / To Sasquatch a Thief
- A Kung Fu Star is Born / Citizen Lame
- Alien Happy Fun Time Challenge / Living It Upgrade
- April Fools / Dazed and Com-pooched
Production[]
The series was originally going to be called Gizmo. The series was co-produced by Decode Entertainment, Agogo Entertainment and Scrawl Studios.[4][5] DHX Media is the distributor.[6]
References[]
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 224. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ^ Singapore Media Fusion. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Clang Invasion website". Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ Scrawl Studios. http://www.scrawlstudios.com/news07.html
- ^ Village Gamer. "Decode Entertainment And Scrawl Studios Bring New Animated Series To Asia TV Forum." http://www.villagegamer.net/2008/12/12/decode-entertainment-and-scrawl-studios-bring-new-animated-series-to-asia-tv-forum/
- ^ DHX Media. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
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External links[]
- 2000s Australian animated television series
- 2007 Australian television series debuts
- 2008 Australian television series endings
- 2000s Canadian animated television series
- 2007 Canadian television series debuts
- 2008 Canadian television series endings
- Australian children's animated action television series
- Australian children's animated comic science fiction television series
- Australian flash animated television series
- Canadian children's animated action television series
- Canadian children's animated comic science fiction television series
- Canadian flash animated television series
- English-language television shows
- YTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming
- Television series by DHX Media
- Animated television series about children
- Animated television series about robots