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Rocket Power is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó, the creators of Rugrats. The series aired on Nickelodeon from August 16, 1999 to July 30, 2004.[1]

Rocket Power
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Genre	Sports Adventure Animation
Created by	Arlene Klasky Gábor Csupó
Developed by	Victor Wilson Eryk Casemiro Michael Bloom Andy McElfresh
Voices of	Joseph Ashton Shayna Fox Ulysses Cuadra Gilbert Leal Sam Saletta Mike Lane Gary LeRoi Gray Sean Marquette John Kassir Ray Bumatai Edie McClurg Henry Gibson Lombardo Boyar Jason Spisak Dominic Armato Lauren Tom CCH Pounder Obba Babatundé David Gallagher Jennifer Hale Gregg Berger Carlos Alazraqui
Theme music composer	Mark Mothersbaugh
Opening theme	"Rocket Power Theme" by The Wipeouters
Ending theme	"Rocket Power Theme" (Instrumental)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	71 (whole) 132 (segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Gábor Csupó Arlene Klasky Eryk Casemiro (Season 4) Co-Executive Producer: Eryk Casemiro (Season 1–3)
Producers	Susan Ward Pernelle Hayes (Season 2–4) Victor Wilson (Season 2–4) John Crane (Season 4) Maureen Iser (Season 4) Erin Ehrlich (Season 4) Supervising Producer: Jim Duffy (Seasons 3–4)
Running time	24 minutes
Production companies	Klasky Csupo Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Distributor	MTV Networks
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Picture format	NTSC
Original release	August 16, 1999 (1999-08-16) – July 30, 2004 (2004-07-30)

Premise

Rocket Power revolves around the day-to-day adventures of a gang of four young and loyal friends; the adventurous and vain sports enthusiast and perfectionist: Oswald "Otto" Rocket (Joseph Ashton); his tomboyish and kind-hearted older sister: Regina "Reggie" Rocket (Shayna Fox); Otto's dim-witted but loyal best friend and videographer: Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez (Ulysses Cuadra in Seasons 1–3; Gilbert Leal in Season 4); and the brainy newcomer and techno whiz kid who moved from Kansas in the first episode: Sam "Squid" Dullard (Sam Saletta in Seasons 1–2; Mike Lane in Season 2; Gary LeRoi Gray in Seasons 2–3; Sean Marquette in Season 4) — who live in the fictional Southern California beach community of Ocean Shores, where they spend their free time playing extreme sports (such as Skateboarding, Surfing, Snowboarding, Biking, Street Hockey, etc.), getting into various situations and overcoming the trials and challenges of growing up.[2]

Otto and Reggie live with their widowed strict but loving dad, Ray "Raymundo" Rocket (John Kassir), who along with his best friend and business partner, retired surfer and self-styled philosopher Tito Makani (Ray Bumatai), owns and operates the Shore Shack, a restaurant and surf shop where the gang usually hang out. In most episodes, they get involved in competitions, but end up learning that their friendship is more important than winning.

Characters

Main characters

The principal characters in the show are:

• Oswald "Otto" Rocket (Joseph Ashton) The self-appointed and fearless leader of the gang. Otto is a gifted, adventurous, vain and highly competitive extreme-sports enthusiast who is dedicated to the pursuit of athletic perfection in the hopes of achieving his ambition of becoming a world-famous athlete and in turn become one of the world's greatest action-sports superstars of all time. While he can be short-tempered and selfish at times, Otto is a kind and loyal person at heart and will always help his friends and family whenever they need it the most.

• Regina "Reggie" Rocket (Shayna Fox) Otto's tomboyish and kind-hearted older sister. Reggie is an aspiring publisher and author who writes and owns a blog-type magazine called "The 'Zine" that covers everything from extreme sports to "kid politics." Reggie is also a star athlete like her talented brother and while she's no less skillful and competitive as him, she has a more sensible disposition and possesses greater maturity than him.

• Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez (Ulysses Cuadra; Gilbert Leal) Otto's best friend and right-hand man. Twister is not exactly known for his intelligence as not only is he somewhat dim-witted and oblivious, but he also has quite the gullibility streak. But despite his lack of intelligence, Twister has proven that he can be quite clever at times, can keep up with Otto and Reggie in sports and has a real knack for videography and art. He hates being called by his real name and is constantly tormented by his older brother and local bully, Lars.

• Sam "Squid" Dullard (Sam Saletta; Mike Lane; Gary LeRoi Gray; Sean Marquette) A Hutchinson, Kansas native and relative newcomer. Sam is nowhere near as athletically proficient as Otto, Reggie and Twister and is usually the most clumsy and timid member of the gang. But what Sam lacks in athletic abilities and self-confidence, he makes up for it with his superior intellect, his expert computer and electronics skills and by being a rock-solid goalie whenever he plays street hockey.

• Ray "Raymundo" Rocket (John Kassir) Raymundo is Otto and Reggie's widowed strict but loving forty-something father, legendary surfer and is the owner and operator of a beachside fast-food restaurant and surf shop called the Shore Shack. He drives a 1962 Mercury Woodie Wagon and has developed a fear of dogs after watching a movie called "Attack of the 50 ft. Poodles" when he was younger.

• Tito Makani (Ray Bumatai) Tito is a retired Hawaiian surfer and self-styled philosopher who not only helps Raymundo run the Shore Shack, but also provides the gang with helpful advice and valuable life lessons with his own unique brand of wisdom. Tito usually starts his advice with "Like the ancient Hawaiians say..." He has a young nephew who occasionally visits from the Hawaiian Islands named Keoni.

Secondary characters

Other characters include:

• Lars Rodriguez (Lombardo Boyar) Lars is Twister's delinquent teenage brother who hassles the gang from time to time, bullies Twister on a regular basis and generally spends his free time causing trouble and being up to no good. He is also an extremely competitive athlete and is Otto's biggest competitive and social rival. Even though he constantly makes Twister's life miserable, Lars has shown that he really does care about him deep down and would never want anything truly bad to happen to him. He's often accompanied by his three teenage henchmen: Pi Piston, Sputz Ringley and Animal.

• Eddie Valentine (Jordan Blake Warkol) The gothic and self-proclaimed "Prince of the Netherworld" is a recurring participant in the Rockets' activities and a frequent target of Lars' bullying. Eddie's love for all things dark and spooky stems from him being the son of a magician couple. He favors an outfit of a hooded cloak and a scary mask.

• Oliver Van Rossum (David Gallagher) Oliver is a rather nerdy kid who at first is Sam's main rival in smarts, but in time becomes a close friend to the gang along with Eddie. He never played sports, and was only into academics until he met Sam. In the episode where Oliver met Sam, it was made clear that he would rather watch a documentary of a dung beetle rolling dung balls than participate in physical activity.

• Officer Shirley (CCH Pounder; Denise Dowse) A seldom-seen police officer who does what she can in order to try to keep the peace. Not so much the long arm of the law but rather the harsh word of the law as Officer Shirley keeps the kids of Ocean Shores in line with equal amounts of tough talk and niceness. She enjoys a slightly flirtatious friendship with Raymundo to whom she often refers to as "Big Ray."

• Trish and Sherry (both voiced by Lauren Tom) Reggie's best friends, fellow athletes and surfers and members of the California All-State Girls' beach volleyball team. They occasionally appear to join in on the gang's activities.

• Mackenzie Benders (Rosslynn Taylor-Jordan) A tough as nails five-year-old ankle-biter. She continually beats up the members of "the gang," but has an apparent crush on Twister.

• Conroy Blanc (Obba Babatunde) The park manager of the Madtown Skate Park, who later became Otto and Twister's teacher at their school. In one situation, Conroy was intent on finding the person responsible for ruining a newly-poured cement skate ramp in Madtown. It was Twister who made an imprint in the wet cement by accidentally falling into it face-first; he was attempting to write his initials in it before it set.

• Danielle (Shayna Fox) Otto and Reggie's deceased mother. Apparently died from a surfing accident in Hawaii. Otto and Reggie were very young at the time. This is revealed in Rocket Power: Island of the Menehune.

• Merv and Violet Stimpleton (Henry Gibson and Edie McClurg) The Rockets' next-door neighbors. Merv is apparently retired and tries to live a life of leisure, but becomes easily frustrated with almost everyone, especially with the Rocket gang. Because of this, he has the Madtown Skate Park opened so that the kids can skate without disturbing anyone. Merv is usually depicted as angry and somewhat eccentric (leading in one episode to Otto and Twister thinking him to be a space alien), although he does have a friendly side, particularly towards his wife. Violet is quite the opposite, always smiling and cheerful. Her pride and joy is growing violets in her garden. She is also a prolific cook, though her food is not always edible.

• Bree "Breezy" Copeley (Jane Krakowski) A traveling journalist who works for an outdoor adventure/lifestyle magazine, which is not named in the show. Ray has an obvious crush on her and it is implied that there would be a relationship if she wasn't constantly traveling. She only appears in two episodes, and is never heard from again.

• Doug Dullard (Gregg Berger) Sam's estranged father who works in the corporate industry. He is rarely seen, as it's implied that he's always working, which clouds his better judgment. He tries to be the "cool dad" by including Sam's friends in their plans, but it ends up with him talking on his cell phone and ignoring Sam. Though he may seem neglectful, he does have good intentions. He almost seems like a stock character, the neglectful parent who cares about their child in the end, which is noted in the episode where he is the main focus; at the end he throws his ringing cellphone into the back seat of the car as a gesture to Sam that he really does care about him.

Voice cast

Main

• Joseph Ashton as Oswald "Otto" Rocket
• Shayna Fox as Regina "Reggie" Rocket
• Ulysses Cuadra (Seasons 1–3) & Gilbert Leal (Season 4) as Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez
• Sam Saletta (Seasons 1–2), Mike Lane (Season 2), Gary LeRoi Gray (Seasons 2–3) & Sean Marquette (Season 4) as Sam "Squid" Dullard
• John Kassir as Ray "Raymundo" Rocket
• Ray Bumatai as Tito Makani

Additional

• Obba Babatundé as Conroy Blanc
• CCH Pounder as Officer Shirley (Season 1)
• Denise Dowse as Officer Shirley (Seasons 2–4)
• Henry Gibson as Merv Stimpleton
• Edie McClurg as Violet Stimpleton
• David Gallagher as Oliver Van Rossum
• Jordan Blake Warkol as Eddie Valentine
• Lauren Tom as Trish, Sherry Chin
• Lombardo Boyar as Lars Rodriguez
• Jamie Maria Cronin as Clio Rodriguez
• Carlos Alazraqui as Raoul Rodriguez
• Dyana Ortelli as Sandy Rodriguez
• Dale Dye as Lieutenant Tice Ryan
• Matthew Stephen Liu as Keoni Makani
• Armin Shimerman as Ben Robbins, Shopkeeper
• Jason Spisak as Pi Piston, Sputz Ringley (1st voice)
• Dominic Armato as Sputz Ringley (2nd voice)
• Gregg Berger as Doug Dullard
• Jennifer Hale as Paula Dullard
• Tony Hawk as Himself
• Eric Lloyd as Josh Grody
• Olivia Hack as Lizzie
• Greg Coolidge as Trent
• Kathy Najimy as Patsy
• David Berry as Ralph
• Mark Hamill as Ralph Sr.
• R. Lee Ermey as Major Madison
• Jane Krakowski as Bree "Breezy" Copeley
• Rosslynn Taylor-Jordan as Mackenzie Benders
• Xander Berkeley as Mackenzie's Father
• Iona Morris as Mackenzie's Mother
• Chi McBride as Big Tony Santos
• Glenn Shadix as Mayor
• Ralph Waite as Doctor Freimuth
• Mario Lupian as Little Scotty
• Jamie Alcroft as The Rhino
• James B. Sikking as Vice Principal Healy
• Jon Favreau as Dick Shakley
• Dan Butler as Slack Brizack
• Chris Marquette as Donnie Lightning
• Diane Delano as Coach Lurlene Barker
• Daran Norris as TV Reporter
• John DiMaggio as Mongo
• Fergie as Shaffika
• Cree Summer as Crystal Bianca
• Kim Mai Guest as Noelani Makani
• Michael Welch as Theodore McGill
• Michael Gough as Chester McGill
• Aaron Carter as Clutch Koerner
• Brian Doyle-Murray as Kam Koerner
• Lori Alan as Game Voice
• Ruth Buzzi as Dog Owner
• Steve Guttenberg as Billie Joe
• Danny Cooksey as Production Assistant
• Alison Inconstanti as Carla[3]

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
Pilot			Unaired
1	20		August 16, 1999 (1999-08-16)	March 21, 2000 (2000-03-21)
2	20		March 28, 2000 (2000-03-28)	June 29, 2001 (2001-06-29)
3	20		September 10, 2001 (2001-09-10)	March 25, 2004 (2004-03-25)
4	11		July 19, 2003 (2003-07-19)	July 30, 2004 (2004-07-30)

Home media

A VHS tape titled Maxing Out was released in 2001 containing five episodes ("Bruised Man's Curve" • "Super McVarial 900" • "Big Thursday" • "Big Air Dare" • "Otto's Big Break"). In 2004, Nickelodeon released four episodes of the series ("Island of the Menehune" • "Tito's Lucky Shell" • "Welcome to Ottoworld" • "Follow the Leader") on the Island of the Menehune DVD.[4] Other episodes were featured on Nickelodeon compilation DVDs such as Nicktoons Christmas, Nicktoons Halloween and Nickstravaganza! 2.

Nickelodeon and Amazon.com teamed up to release Rocket Power and other Nick shows on manufacture-on-demand DVD-R discs available exclusively through Amazon.com's CreateSpace arm.^{[citation needed]}

Rocket Power home video releases

Season			Episodes	Release dates
				United States	United Kingdom	Australia
	1	1999–2000	20	Maxing Out (VHS): 2001 Episode(s) featured: "Big Thursday" • "Super McVarial 900" • "Big Air Dare" / "Otto's Big Break" Nickelodeon Super Toons (VHS): 2002 Episode(s) featured: "The Wrath of Don" Nickstravaganza! (VHS): March 4, 2003 Episode(s) featured: "Powergirl Surfers" The Complete First Season: May 21, 2014	Nicktoons: The Show Must Go On!: September 27, 2004 Episode(s) featured: "Ice Queens" The Best of Nickelodeon: Summer Adventures: June 5, 2006 Episode(s) featured: "Rocket Rescue"	The Best of Nickelodeon: Summer Adventures: June 5, 2006 Episode(s) featured: "Rocket Rescue"
	2	2000–01; 2004	20	Maxing Out (VHS): 2001 Episode(s) featured: "Bruised Man's Curve" Nicktoons Halloween: August 26, 2003 Episode(s) featured: "It Came From Planet Merv" / "Netherworld Night" Nickstravaganza! 2: September 2, 2003 Episode(s) featured: "The Longest Day" (VHS); "The Longest Day" / "Ottoman and the Sea" Island of the Menehune: July 27, 2004 Episode(s) featured: "Tito's Lucky Shell" • "Welcome to Ottoworld" • "Follow the Leader" (DVD only) The Complete Second Season: June 12, 2014	Nicktoons: Job Well Done (VHS): 2002 Episode(s) featured: "Rocket Repairs" Nicktoons: Sport-a-Rama (VHS): Episode(s) featured: "The Longest Day" Nicktoons: Laugh-a-Lot (VHS): 2003 Episode(s) featured: "Say Hello to Cement Head" Nicktoons: The Show Must Go On!: September 27, 2004 Episode(s) featured: "Legends and Their Falls" (DVD only) Halloween Spooky Stories: October 17, 2005 Episode(s) featured: "It Came From Planet Merv" / "Netherworld Night"	Nicktoons: Job Well Done (VHS): 2002 Episode(s) featured: "Rocket Repairs" Nicktoons: Sport-a-Rama (VHS): Episode(s) featured: "The Longest Day" Nicktoons: Laugh-a-Lot (VHS): 2003 Episode(s) featured: "Say Hello to Cement Head"
	3	2001–04	20	The Complete Third Season: October 1, 2014	—	—
	4	2003–04	11	Nicktoons Christmas: September 30, 2003 Episode(s) featured: "A Rocket X-Mas" Island of the Menehune: July 27, 2004 Episode(s) featured: "Island of the Menehune" The Complete Fourth Season: June 20, 2014	—	—

Broadcast

Rocket Power premiered on Nickelodeon on August 16, 1999, and its final episode (a television movie called "The Big Day") aired on July 30, 2004. Reruns were then aired on the channel until October 7, 2011.

Nicktoons aired the series from 2002 to 2010. Nick GAS also aired the series from 2003 to 2005. The series reran on TeenNick's former block NickRewind (formerly The '90s Are All That, The Splat and NickSplat) from 2014 to 2017.

Other projects

Other projects related to Rocket Power and developed under the aegis of Klasky-Csupo and/or Nickelodeon have included Rocket Power: Beach Bandits, and Maximum Rocket Power Live: The Battle for Madtown Park, a live-action extreme-sports dramatic arena play that briefly toured the U.S. Midwest in spring 2002, before being canceled over low ticket sales (it had originally been scheduled to tour about 40 cities all over the U.S., all the way into fall). ^{[citation needed]}

Video games

Several video games based on the series was released on the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and PC throughout the years, including Rocket Power: Team Rocket Rescue, Rocket Power: Beach Bandits, Rocket Power Gettin' Air, Rocket Power: Dream Scheme, Rocket Power: Zero Gravity Zone and Rocket Power: Extreme Arcade Games.[5][6][7][8][9]

Soundtrack

Rocket Power Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by various bands
Released	February 6, 2002 (2002-02-06)
Recorded	1999–2002
Genre	Ska Punk Rock Electronic Rock
Label	Nick Records Jive Records Zomba Recording Corporation

The soundtrack album to Rocket Power was released on February 6, 2002. It is officially the soundtrack to the television film Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand.

Track listing

1. "Rocket Power Theme Song" by The Wipeouters
2. "Individuality" by Area-7
3. "99 Red Balloons" by Goldfinger
4. "Valentino" by Bowling for Soup
5. "I'm Cool" by Reel Big Fish

Reception

Common Sense Media give the series a three out of five stars, writing "Parents need to know that watching this show just might inspire future X-games participation. The kids -- never without a skateboard, bike, hockey stick, or surfboard -- perform incredible stunts, seemingly without risk of injury. A boy with less sports ability than the others shows kids that it's OK to need a lot of practice and only take the risks you're personally comfortable with."[10]

See also

• Rugrats
• Wild Grinders

References

External links

• Rocket Power at IMDb
• Rocket Power at the Big Cartoon DataBase

На других языках

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- [en] Rocket Power

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[es] Rocket Power

Rocket Power es una serie de televisión animada de Estados Unidos, que hizo su aparición en el canal de televisión Nickelodeon el 16 de agosto de 1999, finalizando el 30 de julio de 2004. Fue producida por el estudio de animación Klasky Csupo (quienes también crearon la popular serie Rugrats).

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[ru] Ракетная мощь

Ракетная мощь (англ. Rocket Power) — американский мультсериал производства студии «Klasky Csupo» для телевизионного канала Nickelodeon, выходивший в эфир с 16 августа 1999 года по 30 июля 2004 года.

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