Braceface

Braceface is a Canadian-American-Chinese animated television series that aired on Teletoon in Canada and the Fox Family Channel in the United States. 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]

Braceface
Series title card featuring protagonist Sharon Spitz
GenreComedy

Drama

Teen sitcom
Created byMelissa Clark
Directed byMicheal Stuart Bass
Voices of
Theme music composerGrayson Matthews Inc.
ComposerPure West
Country of originCanada
United States
Hong Kong
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes78 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerMarilyn McAuley
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original networkCanada
Teletoon
United States
Fox Family/ABC Family
Toon Disney
China
CCTV
Original releaseJune 2, 2001 (2001-06-02) –
September 1, 2004 (2004-09-01)[1]
External links
Website
Production website

Summary

The series, set in Elkford, British Columbia, recounts the travails of Sharon Spitz (a Portmanteau of Sharing and Spits), 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

Episodes
Main article: List of Braceface episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
126U.S.June 2, 2001 (2001-06-02)February 24, 2002 (2002-02-24)
CanadaJune 30, 2001March 27, 2002
226U.S.September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27)April 11, 2003 (2003-04-11)
CanadaSeptember 6, 2002June 22, 2003
326 (Canada)November 5, 2003 (2003-11-05)September 1, 2004 (2004-09-01)

Production

The show was produced by Nelvana in Canada and Jade Animation (Shenzhen) in China, with additional work done by Studio B Productions.

Broadcast

In the United States, 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 UK and Pop Girl in the United Kingdom. It also aired on Nickelodeon in Germany. In India the series aired on Star One.[6] It aired in the Republic of Ireland on RTÉ Two from 3 September 2001 to 2005.[7]

Home releases

Some of these DVDs were released by FUNimation.

2001
  • Volume 1: Brace Yourself
2004
  • Volume 2: Getting Real
  • Volume 3: Twist of Fate
2005
  • Turning 13
  • Volume 4: Miss Popular
2006
  • Miss Popular, Brace Yourself, Getting Real, Twist of Fate (4 pack DVDs)

References
  1. "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.
  2. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 91. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  3. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 155. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  4. "CANOE -- JAM! - Katie gets animated". June 10, 2016. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016.
  5. "The Vancouver Sun from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on June 29, 2001 · 85". Newspapers.com. 2001-06-29. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  6. "STAR - Programme Guide". 24 November 2005. Archived from the original on 24 November 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. RTÉ Guide, 1–7 September 2001 edition and subsequent dates
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