''Get Blake!'' is an animated television series created by Antoine Guilbaud and produced by

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and Zodiak Kids. The show aired on both

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and

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in France. According to Marathon Media, the show was its first "broad comedy series" following "years of doing light-hearted action such as ''

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'' or ''

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''." 26 episodes were produced.

Plot

The series tracks the exploits of Blake Myers, an adventurous teenage boy who is destined to one day protect humanity from alien

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s called "Squaliens". The Squaliens, however, are sent back in time to prevent Blake from fulfilling this destiny.

Characters

*Blake Myers (

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) — Blake is a 13-year-old boy who dreams to become a space ranger. He is skilled at

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which helps in escaping the Squaliens. Has a strong sympathy for Leonard. *Mitch de la Cruz (

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) — Blake's

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best friend who cherishes nothing more than their friendship and gets jealous whenever Blake's attention is diverted to someone else. *Maxus (John Fisher) — The bossiest and shortest of the Squalien trio, Jerome's brother and the General's nephew. *Jerome (Danny Katiana) — The dimwit of the Squalien trio who is Maxus' brother and the General's nephew. *Leonard (Kevin Glikmann) — The genius and self-appointed leader of the Squalien trio. He is always the one who invents the gadgets necessary for their missions. *Squalien General (Kevin Glikmann) — The Squaliens' commander who sent Leonard, Jerome and Maxus from the future to apprehend Blake. As Maxus and Jerome's uncle, he mostly takes their side and doubts Leonard. *Zorka — The resident contractor and also Roy's guardian. *Skye Gunderson (

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) — Blake's neighbor as well as his love interest. She also volunteers as a dental nurse helping her father. *Roy Cronk (Faruq T. Jenkins) — The cranky neighbor whose nerves Blake and Mitch often get on. *Dale Myers (Derek Dressler) — Blake's father, and co-owner of the family travel business, "Let's Travel!". *Darla Myers (Tarah Consoli) — Blake's mother, and co-owner of "Let's Travel!" *Rodrigo de la Cruz — Mitch's father who is also a skilled inventor. *Carmen de la Cruz ( Yeni Álvarez) — Mitch's mother who organizes the town's block parties. *Dr. Björn Gunderson — Skye's father who is the resident dentist and like her he also has gap teeth. *Isabelle Gunderson — Skye's mother. *Sunshine Gunderson — Skye's baby sister. *Fast Eddy — Zorka's pet miniature bull terrier that keeps protecting his lawn.

Episodes

Production

The series was first announced in 2012 as being titled ''Blake and the Aliens'' with

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and Eric Gosselet originally attached to write and direct respectively, and was described as having a "board-driven" approach similar to ''

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''. In 2014, it was retitled as ''Get Blake!'' with Daniel Klein taking over as director.

Broadcast

''Get Blake!'' was originally scheduled to premiere on

in the United States in April 2015, but instead began to air on

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on April 20, 2016. The series premiered on

in Africa on April 6 but later moved to

in Africa from November 2 for new episodes and on

in Australia and New Zealand on May 17. In Arabia, it is being broadcast on both

and

. It also airs on

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in Australia.

References

External links

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Production website
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