Atomic Betty

Atomic Betty
Atomic Betty title card (season 1–2)
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
Created by
  • Trevor Bentley
  • Mauro Casalese
  • Rob Davies
  • Olaf Miller
Developed by Kevin Gillis
Voices of
Theme music composer
Opening theme "Atomic Betty Theme" by Jack Lenz & Kevin Gillis
Ending theme "Atomic Betty Theme Remix"
Composer(s) Lenz Entertainment
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • France
[1]
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 78 (156 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Ira Levy
  • Peter Williamson
  • Kevin Gillis
  • Trevor Bentley
  • Philippe Alessandri
  • Simone Halberstadt Harari
  • Steven Hecht
Running time 22 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
Production company(s)
Distributor Distribution 360 (2004-2018)
9 Story Media Group (2018-present)
Release
Original network
Picture format 480i (4:3 SDTV)
Original release August 29, 2004 (2004-08-29) – January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29)
External links
Distribution website
Production website

Atomic Betty (known as Atomic Betty: Mission Earth[2] for the 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 America and M6 (season 1–2) and Télétoon+ (season 3) in France.

In Canada, the series originally aired from 2004[4] to 2008[5] on Teletoon. In the United States, the series aired on Cartoon Network from 2004 to 2005, as part of their Miguzi programming block, and then on the Hub Network (now Discovery Family) from 2010 to 2011, alongside its third season.

Production

Atomic Cartoons, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, writes and produces the animation for the series using Adobe Flash. 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, Portugal and Andorra.[6]

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.

Story

Betty Barrett is a typical 12-year-old girl who enjoys school, daydreaming about living in outer space, science-fiction films and singing in her band, living in Moose Jaw Heights (a fictional suburb of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan).[7][8] Until, Betty finds out that she is actually an alien with magical powers. Unknown to most 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 extraterrestrial pilot Sparky and a robot named X-5, she confronts the evil overlord Maximus I.Q. and his lackey 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 her group of people who consider her their role model.

In each episode, a crisis occurs somewhere in the galaxy, usually while Betty enjoys some activity with her friends. Invariably, her bracelet begins beeping, and she runs off alone to save the galaxy in her pretty light pink-and-white superpowered Galactic Guardian battle suit, which grants her a wide variety of weapons, gadgets and magical abilities, such as flying. Accompanied by her crew, Betty manages to defeat the villains before returning home and explaining her absence.

The show includes frequent references to other famous works of popular culture, especially science fiction, such as Star Wars, The Matrix, and Transformers.

Characters

Episodes

SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
15226Canada United States 2004Canada 2005
United States 2010
24926 + SpecialOctober 7, 2005 (2005-10-07)June 23, 2006 (2006-06-23)
Mission: Earth5026September 28, 2007 (2007-09-28)January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29)

Home releases

Warner Home Video released two DVD volumes of the series on October 18, 2005 in Region 1[9][10] and February 6, 2006 in Japan. Each release contained eight segment-episodes from the first season. The latest two volumes, entitled Betty Powers Up! and Betty Blasts Off![11] were planned but scrapped.

DVD title Season(s) Episode count Release date
Betty, Set, Go! 1 8 October 18, 2005
The season one compilation contained "Toxic Talent", "Spindly Tam Kanushu", "Atomic Roger", "Furball for the Sneeze", "The Really Big Game", "But the Cat Came Back", "The Doppelganger", and "The Incredible Shrinking Betty". Extras include: "Toughest Chick in the Alien World" Theme Song Music Video.
Betty to the Rescue! 1 8 October 18, 2005
The season one compilation contained "Maximus Displeasure", "Cosmic Cake", "Attack of the Evil Baby", "Crass Menagerie", "The Trouble with Triplets", "The Substitute", "Infantor Rules", and "Best (Mis)Laid Plans". Extras include: an animated interview with Maximus and Minimus discuss Atomic Betty.

Broadcast

Atomic Betty premiered on Teletoon in Canada on August 29, 2004. It also aired on Cartoon Network in the United States from September 17, 2004 to May 22, 2005. The series was previously aired on The Hub from October 10, 2010 to October 12, 2011.[12] It aired on CITV and Going Live on Friday, March 11th 2007. The series is currently airing on Starz Kids and Family.[13]

Soundtrack

Atomic Betty
Soundtrack album by Tajja Isen
Released November 8, 2005
Recorded 2004
Genre Pop, electronica
Length 33:32
Label Island

Atomic Betty is the official soundtrack to the television series of the same name. It was released by Koch Records on November 8, 2005, and contains some tracks performed by the titular character of the series, Betty Barrett, voiced by Canadian actor-singer Tajja Isen. She wrote and recorded that album in 2004. As of 2017, the album is still available on iTunes[14] and Amazon.[15]

No.TitleLength
1."Atomic Betty Theme Song"2:25
2."Supersonic Tronic Kinda Girl"4:09
3."Alien Ball (Do The Betty!)"3:22
4."Dog Star Sirius"2:30
5."A Feeling Called Love"4:47
6."Hold On"3:53
7."Back In Space"2:01
8."This Cat Is Coming After You"3:19
9."That's What I Do"4:12
10."Don't Surrender"4:14

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Atomic Betty". London: British Film Institute. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ Clarke, Stewart (2008-10-16). "ITV buys new Atomic Betty". TBI Vision. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  3. ↑ "Atomic Betty [TV Series]". Allmovie. Retrieved November 21, 2012. genres: Science Fiction
  4. ↑ "Fall 2004 Highlights: Teletoon". Channel Canada. 2004-08-23. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
  5. ↑ "Atomic Betty (OAD: 08/04/2008)". Zap2it TV Listings. 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  6. ↑ Breakthrough Entertainment: Atomic Betty. Retrieved 2009-02-27
  7. ↑ "Saskatchewan Home To New Superhero," Hollywood North Report
  8. ↑ "Mad Maximus". Atomic Betty. Season 2.
  9. ↑ "Atomic Betty: Season 1, Volume 1 – Betty, Set, Go!". Warner Home Video. Retrieved October 18, 2005.
  10. ↑ "Atomic Betty: Season 1, Volume 2 – Betty to the Rescue!". Warner Home Video. Retrieved October 18, 2005.
  11. ↑ "Atomic Betty scrapped DVD volumes".
  12. ↑ Thomas J. McLean (2010-09-08). "Atomic Betty Coming to The Hub". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  13. ↑ http://kidscreen.com/2017/06/08/distribution360-sends-five-kids-series-to-starz/
  14. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Atomic Betty by Atomic Betty". iTunes Store. 2005-11-08. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  15. ↑ "Atomic Betty: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
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