Pirate Express
Pirate Express is a Canadian-Australian animated series produced by Atomic Cartoons and Sticky Pictures.[3][2] The show consists of 26 episodes, all of which aired during a single week in April 2015 on Teletoon.[4] It has not aired on the channel since its premiere week.[5] In Australia, the series debuted on 9Go! on July 4, 2015.[6]
| Pirate Express | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action Comedy Adventure[1] |
| Created by | Mathieu DeLaPorte Boris Guillitoeu Alexis Bacci-Leville Romain Van Liemt Alexandre De La Patelliérre |
| Developed by | Rob Davies |
| Written by | Thomas Duncan-Watt Alexis Bacci-Leveille Bruce Griffiths Cleon Prineas Ian Boothby Brendan Luno Michael Drake |
| Directed by | Dave Woodgate |
| Theme music composer | Ian Corlett Hoot Gibson |
| Opening theme | "Pirate Express" performed by Scott McNeil |
| Composer | Hal Beckett |
| Country of origin | Canada Australia[2] |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
|
| Producers | Donna Andrews Stu Connolly Rob Simmons |
| Editors | Matthew Sipple David Tindale |
| Production companies | Atomic Cartoons Sticky Pictures[2] Breakthrough Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | Teletoon 9Go![2] |
| Original release | April 26 – April 30, 2015 |
Synopsis
12 year old boy, Ricky Rickets, and his crew of pirates are on a quest to obtain the magical train named the Pirate Express but obstacles lay on the path to greatness. Ricky's best friend is Finn the clown fish, an unruly member of the crew. Poseidon is Ricky's father but he does not share the same last name.
Cast
- James Higuchi as Newt
- Lee Tockar as Captain LaPoutine
- Alessandro Juliani as Armando
- Matt Cowlrick as Burt
- Doron Bell as Booli
- Ian Corlett as Poseidon, Gordon
- Dee Jay Jackson as Zeus
- Garry Chalk as Ted
- Kelly Sheridan as Marie Celeste
Production
Pirate Express was picked up for development by Teletoon in 2011. Originally, the show was set to be a Canada-France co-production between Atomic Cartoons and Ellipsanime, with episodes expected to be finished by March 2012.[7] In July 2013, the series was officially greenlit for production, but with Australia's Sticky Pictures replacing Ellipsanime as a co-production partner. It was then set for a fall 2014 debut on Teletoon and Nine Network in Australia.[8] Ultimately, the show would launch in both markets in 2015.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Poseidon or Bust/Finders Keepers" | April 26, 2015 |
| 2 | 2 | "Little Miss Swordshine/Ship Wretched" | April 26, 2015 |
| 3 | 3 | "Turkey Leg of Doom/Hair of the God" | April 26, 2015 |
| 4 | 4 | "Enter the Octogod/Dead Men Wear Plaid" | April 26, 2015 |
| 5 | 5 | "Bilge Rat Zombies/Ghost of Ships Passed" | April 26, 2015 |
| 6 | 6 | "Night of the Geminis/Ships and Salsa" | April 26, 2015 |
| 7 | 7 | "All A Bored/Club Fed" | April 26, 2015 |
| 8 | 8 | "White Wedding/Saltiest Dogs" | April 26, 2015 |
| 9 | 9 | "Shrieking Violet/Starboard Struck" | April 26, 2015 |
| 10 | 10 | "Get Kraken/Grill of My Dreams" | April 26, 2015 |
| 11 | 11 | "Penguin Law/Shop 'til You Drop Anchor" | April 26, 2015 |
| 12 | 12 | "Opposites Ahoy/Udder Chaos" | April 27, 2015 |
| 13 | 13 | "Out of Key/Thumb Wars" | April 27, 2015 |
| 14 | 14 | "One Flew Over the Crow's Nest/Game On" | April 27, 2015 |
| 15 | 15 | "Licence to Thrill/Beast in Show" | April 28, 2015 |
| 16 | 16 | "Fine Feathered Fiend/Lumber Jerk" | April 28, 2015 |
| 17 | 17 | "Father Time/Manure Overload" | April 28, 2015 |
| 18 | 18 | "No Sea for Old Salts/Sealed Fate" | April 29, 2015 |
| 19 | 19 | "Blunder Down Under/Engaged in Battle" | April 29, 2015 |
| 20 | 20 | "Beggars Can't Be Cruisers/Voyage of the Edam-ed" | April 29, 2015 |
| 21 | 21 | "Greeced Lightning/The Godd Couple" | April 30, 2015 |
| 22 | 22 | "Gordon's Fish Tale/Love on the Rocks" | April 30, 2015 |
| 23 | 23 | "Malaise of the One Eye/The Future Is Now" | April 30, 2015 |
| 24 | 24 | "Booty Camp/Put Another Captain's Log on the Fire" | April 27, 2015 |
| 25 | 25 | "Booty Nights/Fountain of Misspent Youth" | April 28, 2015 |
| 26 | 26 | "Jungle Booty Part 1/Jungle Booty Part 2" | April 29, 2015 |
International broadcast
In the United Kingdom, the series aired on Kix.[9] In South East Asia, Pirate Express debuted on Disney XD on September 5, 2015.[10]
References
- "Pirate Express – Atomic Cartoons Inc".
- "Pirate Express " Sticky Pictures Pty Ltd".
- "Pirate Express – Atomic Cartoons Inc".
- "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2 March 2016. Alt URL
- "Television program logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
- Fisher, Daniela (3 July 2015). "Pirate Express heads down under". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "Teletoon greenlights pirate-themed series for development". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- Rusak, Gary (2 July 2013). "Pirate Express gets the green light". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "BRAND NEW PIRATE EXPRESS ON KIX!". Kix. CSC Media. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "Disney XD - September TV Highlights". Kiddy123.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2021.