Atomic Betty#Cast members

{{Infobox television

| name =

| image = Atomic Betty.png

| image_size = 250

| image_alt = Atomic Betty title card (seasons 1–2)

| caption = From left to right: Sparky, Betty, and X-5.

| alt_name = Atomic Betty: Mission Earth {{no italics|(season 3)}}

| genre = Science fiction
Fantasy
Comedy
Superhero
Action-adventure

| creator = {{Unbulleted list|Trevor Bentley|Mauro Casalese|Rob Davies|Olaf Miller}}

| developer = Kevin Gillis

| voices = {{Unbulleted list|Tajja Isen|Rick Miller|Bruce Hunter|Colin Fox|Len Carlson (seasons 1–2)|Dwayne Hill (season 3)|Adrian Truss}}

| theme_music_composer = {{Unbulleted list|Jack Lenz|Kevin Gillis}}

| opentheme = "Atomic Betty Theme" by Tajja Isen

| endtheme = "Atomic Betty Theme Remix"

| composer = Lenz Entertainment

| country = {{Unbulleted list|Canada|France{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/41060|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224051446/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/41060|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 24, 2012|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=November 21, 2012|location=London|title=Atomic Betty}}}}

| language = {{Unbulleted list|English|French}}

| num_seasons = 3

| num_episodes = 79 (156 segments)

| list_episodes = List of Atomic Betty episodes

| executive_producer = {{Unbulleted list|Ira Levy|Peter Williamson|Kevin Gillis|Trevor Bentley|Philippe Alessandri|Simone Halberstadt Harari|Steven Hecht}}

| producer = {{plainlist|

Edward Peghin
Kevin Gillis
Bob Davies
Virginie Jallot

}}

| runtime = {{Unbulleted list|22 minutes|11 minutes (segments)|60 minutes (The No L-9 special)}}

| company = {{Unbulleted list|Atomic Cartoons|Breakthrough Entertainment|Tele Images Kids||Marathon Group (Season 3)}}

| channel = Teletoon {{small|(Canada)}}
M6 {{small|(France, seasons 1–2)}}
Télétoon {{small|(France, season 3)}}

| first_aired = {{Start date|2004|08|29}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2008|01|29}}

}}

Atomic Betty (retitled Atomic Betty: Mission Earth{{cite web |last=Clarke |first=Stewart |date=October 16, 2008 |title=ITV buys new Atomic Betty |url=http://tbivision.com/news/2008/10/itv-buys-new-atomic-betty/6843/ |access-date=August 5, 2014 |publisher=TBI Vision}} for its third and final season) is an animated television series{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/atomic-betty-animated-tv-series-v329037/|work=Allmovie|title=Atomic Betty [TV Series]|access-date=November 21, 2012|quote="genres: Science Fiction"}} produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Entertainment, and Tele Images Kids, along with the Marathon Group joining for the third season. Additional funding for production is provided by Teletoon in Canada, Phil Roman Entertainment (uncredited) in the U.S. and M6 (seasons 1–2) and Télétoon (season 3) in France.{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |pages=18–19}}

In Canada, the show originally aired on Teletoon from August 29, 2004,{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20020607005751/en/Breakthrough-Animation-Awards-ATOMIC-BETTY-Worldwide-Master|title=Breakthrough Animation Awards ATOMIC BETTY Worldwide Master Toy License to Playmates; Playmates Toys To Unveil ATOMIC BETTY Action Figures, Dolls and Accessories January '03|website=Business Wire|publisher=Berkshire Hathaway|date=June 7, 2002|access-date=July 3, 2019}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.teletoon.com/tv/tvShow_en.php?xmlFile=..%2Ftv%2FatomicBetty%2FatomicBetty_en.xml |title=Teletoon: Tv |access-date=2002-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020806192856/http://www.teletoon.com/tv/tvShow_en.php?xmlFile=..%2Ftv%2FatomicBetty%2FatomicBetty_en.xml |archive-date=2002-08-06 |url-status=live }} to January 29, 2008,{{cite web|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/atomic-betty-the-future-is-now/EP006796760122?aid=zap2it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914064742/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/atomic-betty-the-future-is-now/EP006796760122?aid=zap2it |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 14, 2016 |title=Atomic Betty (OAD: 08/04/2008) |publisher=Zap2it TV Listings |date=2008-08-04 |access-date=2013-10-07}} lasting for three years. In France, this series aired on M6 from 2004 until 2005 and then on Télétoon+ from 2006 until 2008. From the U.S., this series premiered on Cartoon Network on September 17, 2004, until January 1, 2006, and The Hub (now known as "Discovery Family") from 2010 until October 14, 2011, along with its third and final season.

Synopsis

Betty Barrett is a typical girl living in Moose Jaw Heights (a fictional suburb of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) who enjoys school, daydreaming about living in outer space, sci-fi movies, and singing in her band."[http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com/article.php?Article=419 Saskatchewan Home To New Superhero]," Hollywood North Report 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 and criminals. 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 is spending time with her friends and family. Invariably, her bracelet starts beeping, and she runs off alone to save the galaxy in her superpowered Galactic Guardian battle suit, which allows her to use a wide variety of weapons and gadgets. Accompanied by her crew, Betty takes initiative to fight the villains before returning home and explaining her absence.

Characters

Betty Barrett (voiced by Tajja Isen) is the main title protagonist of the series, a human girl who moonlights as the Galactic Guardian Atomic Betty. Betty is skilled at hand-to-hand combat, kickboxing, and karate, but is also equipped with a wide variety of Galactic Guardian-issued bracelet, housing a communications device and remote controls for her spaceship and its teleporter, as well as an array of gadgets and weapons. Her bracelet also has a holographic disguise function, and grants her basic telekinesis.
Sparky (voiced by Rick Miller) is Betty's alien lieutenant and pilot. Although he is sometimes reckless, and often more interested in eating, surfing, or girls than the mission he is on, he is nevertheless very loyal to Betty and endeavors to do his best at all times.
X-5 (voiced by Bruce Hunter) is a rectangular, yellow, hovering robot. He tends to spout too much information at inopportune times and takes things exceptionally seriously, which usually grates on Sparky's nerves. The two of them have a grudgingly respectful working relationship.
Maximus I.Q. (voiced by Colin Fox) is a Siamese cat-like alien overlord and the archenemy of the Galactic Guardians.
Minimus P.U. (voiced by Len Carlson in the first and second seasons, Dwayne Hill in the third season) is a cat-like alien who serves Maximus I.Q. He has two faces, with the first being kinder and subservient and the second being more malevolent.
Admiral DeGill (voiced by Adrian Truss) is a fish-like alien and a founding member of the Galactic Guardians. He serves as Betty's superior, assigning her to hmissions.

Episodes

Production

Atomic Cartoons, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, wrote the scripts and produced the animation for the show using Adobe Flash.{{Cite web|title=Atomic Betty Complete (8 DVDs Box Set), BackToThe80sDVDs|url=https://www.backtothe80sdvds.com/product_info.php?products_id=3088|access-date=2021-10-06|website=www.backtothe80sdvds.com}} Tele Images Kids produced animation and voice direction for the French-language version of the show. Breakthrough Films & Television, through its distribution subsidiary, handled worldwide distribution outside of Canada, except Spain and Portugal.[http://www.breakthroughfilms.com/distribution_catalogue_show_microsite_default.asp?sid=75 Breakthrough Entertainment: Atomic Betty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110021253/http://breakthroughfilms.com/distribution_catalogue_show_microsite_default.asp?sid=75 |date=2006-11-10 }}. Retrieved 2009-02-27{{failed verification|reason=Usurped link.|date=August 2020}}

Three seasons of the show were produced, 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. The first season had a budget of $9 million.{{cite web|first=Marke|last=Andrews|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun/146088476/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426121811/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun/146088476/|title=Film animation business takes off in Vancouver|newspaper=Vancouver Sun|page=83|archivedate=April 26, 2024|date=September 16, 2004|accessdate=June 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com|url-status=live}}

=Cancelled sequel=

In 2010, Atomic Cartoons announced a sequel series was planned for a production titled Atomic Betty Redux. The show would have featured the 17-year-old Atomic Betty, her teenage future self that was first introduced in the two-part finale "The Future Is Now!".

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 show, and the response was that the planned series had been cancelled due to the animation studio's desire to focus on their new projects.{{cite web |author=ExtensionEcho3 |date=February 10, 2019 |title=PSA: There will be no Atomic Betty Redux!! |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/CartoonNetwork/comments/ap0rxp/psa_there_will_be_no_atomic_betty_redux/ |access-date=August 26, 2019 |website=Reddit}}{{better source needed|reason=Not a verified source – WP:USERGENERATED.|date=August 2020}}

Telecast and home media

Atomic Betty premiered on Teletoon in Canada on August 29, 2004. The series was formerly aired on Cartoon Network from September 17, 2004, until January 1, 2006, in the U.S. and The Hub (now known as "Discovery Family") from October 10, 2010, until October 12, 2011.{{cite web|author=Thomas J. McLean |url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/atomic-betty-coming-to-the-hub/ |title=Atomic Betty Coming to The Hub |work=Animation Magazine |date=2010-09-08 |access-date=2014-08-07}} It first aired on CITV in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2004, the show continued to broadcast and then re-broadcast on CITV until it was effectively taken off schedule after 6–7 years sometime in 2011. Starz Kids and Family formerly picked up the series, but only for its first season because the second and third kinds were too expensive for the Starz brand to afford until it was later removed from its weekday morning lineup.{{Cite web|url=http://kidscreen.com/2017/06/08/distribution360-sends-five-kids-series-to-starz/|title = Distribution360 sends five kids series to Starz}} Recently, Kartoon Channel, a web-based cartoon streaming channel, is now airing all three seasons of the show. It also aired repeats in Canada on Cartoon Network until 2015 and BBC Kids until the channel was closed in 2018.

Warner Home Video (sister company to the show's American broadcaster Cartoon Network) released two DVD volumes of the show on October 18, 2005, in Region 1{{cite web|title=Atomic Betty: Season 1, Volume 1 – Betty, Set, Go!|date=18 October 2005|url=https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Betty-Vol-Set-Go/dp/B0009XFIM8|publisher=Warner Home Video|access-date=October 18, 2005}}{{cite web|title=Atomic Betty: Season 1, Volume 2 – Betty to the Rescue!|date = 18 October 2005|url=https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Betty-Vol-Rescue/dp/B0009XFIMI/ref=pd_bxgy_74_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MPPF7NZ1JJD42TREZNKS|publisher=Warner Home Video|access-date=October 18, 2005}}{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050811005279/en/Blast-Off!----Warner-Home-Video-Breakthrough|title=And Blast Off! -- Warner Home Video and Breakthrough Entertainment Launch the Highly Anticipated Atomic Betty DVDs Throughout the Galaxy Including Planet Earth|website=Business Wire|publisher=Berkshire Hathaway|date=August 11, 2005|access-date=July 3, 2019}} and February 6, 2006, in Japan. Each release contained eight segment-episodes from the first season. In the other two volumes, Betty Powers Up! and Betty Blasts Off!{{cite web|title=Atomic Betty scrapped DVD volumes|url=http://themysteryparade.com/portfolio/1-film/7.html}} were planned but cancelled.

DVD title \|\| Season(s) \|\| Episode count \|\| Release date
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style="text-align: center\|Betty, Set, Go!	style="text-align: center\|1	style="text-align: center\|8	style="text-align: center\|October 18, 2005
colspan=4\|The season 1 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". Bonus features include: "Toughest Chick in the Alien World" Atomic Betty Theme music video.
colspan=4 style="background:#ff743e\|
colspan=4 style="background:#9cc03f\|
style="text-align: center\|Betty to the Rescue!	style="text-align: center\|1	style="text-align: center\|8	style="text-align: center\|October 18, 2005
colspan=4\|The season 1 compilation contained "Maximus Displeasure", "Cosmic Cake", "The Attack of the Evil Baby", "Crass Menagerie", "The Trouble with Triplets", "The Substitute", "Infantor Rules", and "Best (Mis)Laid Plans". Bonus features include: "I Remember When", an animated interview where Maximus and Minimus discuss Atomic Betty.
colspan=4 style="background:#9cc03f\|

Reception

Atomic Betty received positive-to-mixed reviews from critics and audiences but has since gained a cult following.

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the show a rate of four stars out of five, saying that the show is "equal opportunity exists" and "[it] ups the ante on its TV peers by including some worthwhile messages as well." She also said that of the show's content is "nothing worrisome for its intended kid audience, aside from some mild potty humor and a smattering of brief scuffles between Betty's team and the bad guys. In the end, though, none of these minor blemishes tarnish the show's greatest asset -- its respectable heroine."{{Cite web |last=Ashby |first=Emily |title=Atomic Betty TV Review |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/atomic-betty |access-date=December 28, 2024 |website=Common Sense Media |language=en}} Anita Gates of The New York Times says that "TBA".{{Cite web |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=September 17, 2004 |title=A Heroine With Homework and a Galaxy to Rescue |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/17/arts/television/a-heroine-with-homework-and-a-galaxy-to-rescue.html |url-access=registration |access-date=December 28, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}

Merchandise

=Soundtrack=

{{Infobox album

| name = Atomic Betty

| type = Soundtrack

| artist = Tajja Isen

| released = November 8, 2005

| recorded = 2004

| genre = Pop, electronica

| length = 33:32

| label = Koch

}}

Atomic Betty is the official soundtrack to the television series of the same name. It was released by Koch Records (now MNRK Music Group) on November 8, 2005, and contains some tracks performed by the title character of the show, Betty Barrett, voiced by actress/singer Tajja Isen. She wrote and recorded that album in 2004. As of 2017, the album is still available on iTunes{{cite web |date=November 8, 2005 |title=iTunes - Music - Atomic Betty by Atomic Betty |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/atomic-betty/id92063877 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126091535/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/atomic-betty/id92063877 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 26, 2010 |access-date=August 5, 2014 |publisher=iTunes Store}} and Amazon.{{cite web |title=Atomic Betty: Music |url=https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Betty/dp/B000BP2Y2Q |access-date=August 5, 2014 |website=Amazon}}

{{Track listing

|title1= Atomic Betty Theme Song

|length1= 2:25

|title2= Supersonic Tronic Kinda Girl

|length2= 4:09

|title3= Alien Ball (Do The Betty!)

|length3= 3:22

|title4= Dog Star Sirius

|length4= 2:30

|title5= A Feeling Called Love

|length5= 4:47

|title6= Hold On

|length6= 3:53

|title7= Back In Space

|length7= 2:01

|title8= This Cat Is Coming After You

|length8= 3:19

|title9= That's What I Do

|length9= 4:12

|title10= Don't Surrender

|length10= 4:14

}}

=Video games=

A video game based on the show 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. A Java game for mobile phones, titled Atomic Betty - Part 1, was developed by GlobalFun and Breakthrough New Media and published in 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalfun.com/games_detail.php?id=44 |title=Atomic Betty |access-date=December 5, 2023 |website=GlobalFun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203220548/http://www.globalfun.com/games_detail.php?id=44 |archive-date=December 3, 2010}}

=Dolls and action figures=

Hong Kong-based toy company Playmates Toys was chosen during the initial run of the Atomic Betty TV show in Canada to produce a coinciding toy line. The toy line included a variety of Betty Barrett character dolls (made of rubber, cloth, nylon and silicone), which featured both her iconic pink-and-white dress, and her normal outfit, along with a yellow sweater and green skirt. The dolls featured nylon hair that could be brushed and styled, similar to popular fashion dolls at the time, such as Mattel's Barbie and Bratz. A "Talking Betty Doll" was released in 2004, which would say the character's catchphrase "Atomic Betty, reporting for duty!" when a button on its belly was pressed. The doll was powered by AAA batteries and featured the same nylon hair as the smaller versions of the doll had. Other toys by Playmates included small plastic figurines of major supporting characters, and a large plastic "Transforming Star Cruiser" that certain Betty dolls could fit into and ride in.{{cite web |title=Atomic Betty |url=http://figure-archive.net/toyline.aspx?toylineID=4345 |website=figure-archive.net |publisher=Figure Archive |access-date=28 October 2021}} Outside of Canada, UK-based toy company Character produced a line of Betty Barrett dolls for British audiences, releasing a television commercial on CITV to advertise the dolls in 2005. Character's doll line was very similar to the Playmates doll line, but Character only made dolls of Betty, not any supporting characters. Accessories included a plastic playhouse, which was styled similarly to the house that Betty lived in on the series.{{cite web |title=Character |url=https://www.character-online.com/search?advs=true&isc=true&sid=true&q=atomic+betty&cid=0&Price= |website=www.character-online.com |publisher=Character}}{{cite web |title=2005 Atomic Betty TV Commercial |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkV6pvlgka4 |website=www.youtube.com |publisher=Skylark24 |access-date=4 November 2021}}

References

External links

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DVD title \|\| Season(s) \|\| Episode count \|\| Release date
class="wikitable"
colspan=4 style="background:#ff743e\|
style="text-align: center\|Betty, Set, Go!	style="text-align: center\|1	style="text-align: center\|8	style="text-align: center\|October 18, 2005
colspan=4\|The season 1 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". Bonus features include: "Toughest Chick in the Alien World" Atomic Betty Theme music video.
colspan=4 style="background:#ff743e\|
colspan=4 style="background:#9cc03f\|
style="text-align: center\|Betty to the Rescue!	style="text-align: center\|1	style="text-align: center\|8	style="text-align: center\|October 18, 2005
colspan=4\|The season 1 compilation contained "Maximus Displeasure", "Cosmic Cake", "The Attack of the Evil Baby", "Crass Menagerie", "The Trouble with Triplets", "The Substitute", "Infantor Rules", and "Best (Mis)Laid Plans". Bonus features include: "I Remember When", an animated interview where Maximus and Minimus discuss Atomic Betty.
colspan=4 style="background:#9cc03f\|