''I Was a Sixth Grade Alien!'' (known as ''My Best Friend is an Alien!'' in the UK and Australia) is a Canadian-British children's science fiction comedy television series following the chronicles of Pleskit, a purple-skinned, blue-haired extraterrestrial being with an antenna positioned on his head. He tries to fit in and make some friends, but due to his strange appearance, he never really succeeds. He does make one friend, Tim, who is interested in space and aliens. The two friends go through the sixth grade together. During the series, they solve many unusual problems, from a trans-universal portal game to a blue-coloured, wailing pig creature from Pleskit's home planet. The show premiered on July 13, 1999, ended on January 10, 2001, and was produced by UK-based Winklemania Productions and Canadian-based

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' children's unit, AAC Kids with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund/Fonds canadien de télévision, the Canadian Film Or Video Production Tax Credit, and the Shaw Television Broadcast Fund/Fonds de télédiffusion Shaw. The television series was based on

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's book series of the same name.

Episode listing

The series consists of 39 episodes.

Season 1 (1999–2000)

Season 2 (2000–2001)

# "There's an Alien in My Seat!" # "I Am Larrabe Hicks!" # "Hevi Hevi Beat Crazy!" # "Once Upon a Robot!" # "Alien Tracker Freak-a-Mania!" # "The Pleskit Club!" # "Bride of Pleskit!" # "The Revenge of Septic Willy!" # "Alien Quiz Show!" # "Escape from Zartopia!" (hereafter only shown on YTV in Canada) # "McNally the Menace!" # "Dr. Pleskit and Mr. Ventraa!" # "Super-Fiend Strikes Back!" # "Great Coville Galaxies!" # "A Very Buttsman Christmas" # "Truth-O-Rama Crunchdown!" # "His Girlfriend Is an Alien!" # "To See the Invisible Geek!"

References

External links

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''Australian Broadcasting Corporation'' website, ''"My Best Friend is an Alien"''.
{{Former YTV original series Canadian children's science fiction television series 1990s Canadian children's television series 2000s Canadian children's television series 1999 Canadian television series debuts 2001 Canadian television series endings YTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming Television series by Alliance Atlantis Television series about extraterrestrial life Television shows based on American novels