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I Got A Rocket
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Genre Animated
Children
Educational
Created by Matt Zurbo
Voices of Thomas Bromhead
Jamie Oxenbould
Marcello Fabrizi
Drew Forsythe
Trilby Glover
Rachel King
Music by
  • Lars Löhn
  • Carsten Schmelzer
Country of origin
  • New Zealand
  • Germany
  • Singapore
  • United States
  • South Korea
  • Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 52
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Suzanne Ryan
  • Bill Schultz
  • Mike Young
  • Liz Young
  • Sebastian Debertin
  • Marc Gabizon
Producer(s)
  • Suzanne Ryan
  • Cary Silver
  • Bill Townsend
  • Josh Fisher
Running time 11 minutes
Production company(s)
  • South Pacific Pictures
  • MotionWorks
  • EuroPool
  • Peach Blossom Media
  • Mike Young Productions
  • Media Development Authority Singapore
  • Sunwoo Entertainment
  • SLR Productions
  • Taffy Entertainment
Distributor Taffy Entertainment
Release
Original network KI.KA (Germany)
Nickelodeon and Network Ten (Australia)
Picture format (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 1 December 2006 (2006-12-01) – 1 February 2007 (2007-02-01)

I Got a Rocket is an animated series centered on a boy named Vincent "Vinnie", who received an anthropomorphic rocket for his 13th birthday. The rocket acts as a best friend to Vinnie and is fond of assisting him. The show is based on the book by Matt Zurbo. The show's run was from 1 December 2006 to 1 February 2007. Although the series was short-lived, it received a 2008 Emmy Award for "New Approaches - Daytime Children's Entertainment".

Characters

Main Characters

  • Rocket (voiced by Thomas Bromhead): A hyperactive and eccentric rocket invented for his best friend Vinnie's 13th birthday. Rocket is orange and blue (as in the book by Matt Zurbo), and fiercely relies on assistance, always prepared to assist Vinnie in a situation, although sometimes over-confident in episodes such as "Mackerel Mates". He always says "You Got it, V-Man!" whenever a situation involving Vinnie has occurred.
  • Vincent Q/Vinnie (voiced by Jamie Oxenbould in Australia, and Thomas Bromhead in the U.S.): A 13-year-old boy who receives Rocket in his 13th birthday. Vinnie converted into a hip, popular boy after the invention of Rocket. Despite his popularity at school, it is a recurring gag in the series that a trio of siblings named The Duckies give him a wedgie, and Vinnie is rather timid when face-to-face with the love of his life, Maya Kovsky.

Other

  • Professor Quigley Q (voiced by Marcello Fabrizi): Vinnie's father and a genius. It is a recurring gag in the series that he uses scientific words in transitional phrases, including the word "degrees" in the phrase, "I'm proud of you, son!"
  • Crystal Q (voiced by Rachel King): Vinnie's sister.
  • Ma Ducky (voiced by Drew Forsythe): The ambitious mother of the bullying triplets known as The Duckys. She is the lunch lady and librarian of Vinnie's school, despises Vinnie and Rocket and ignores her children's bad behavior. It is presumed that The Duckys are based on The Herdmans from the story The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
  • Biffo Ducky (voiced by Drew Forsythe): The largest, and most muscular of the Duckys.
  • Scuds Ducky (voiced by Drew Forsythe): The least intelligent of the Duckys.
  • Frankie Ducky (voiced by Rachel King): The leader and sole female of the Duckys.
  • VP Stern (voiced by Marcello Fabrizi): The teacher and vice principal of the Inner City School, the school Vinnie, Gabby and Rainbow all study at.
  • Gabby (voiced by Trilby Glover): A friend of Vinnie.
  • Rainbow (voiced by Unknown): Another friend of Vinnie.
  • Maya Kovsky (voiced by Trilby Glover): Vinnie's love of his life, and also the waiter at Joe's Milk Bar, Vinnie's favourite restaurant.
  • Captain O'Cheese/Pirate (voiced by Drew Forsythe): A pirate who drives a pirate ship on the streets.

Episodes

Series Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 26 1 December 2006 (2006-12-01) 1 February 2007 (2007-02-01)

Season 1

No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
1 "Three Strikes... You're Out! / Late Fees!" Unknown Unknown 1 December 2006 (2006-12-01) 101
2 "They Say It's Your Build Day! / Really, Really, Really Blind Date!" TBD TBD 2006 (2006) 102
3 "Vertigoing... Going... Gone! / Manners Maketh Rocket!" TBA TBA TBA 103
4 "Protection Rocket! / Rocket Rules!" TBA TBA TBA 104
5 "Rocket the Vote! / Good Deeds Done Dirt Cheap!" TBA TBA TBA 105
6 "Three Feet High and Rising! / I Got a Remote!" TBA TBA TBA 106
7 "Mackerel Mates / Not So Spare Parts!" TBA TBA TBA 107
8 "Swollen Cranium / Tomorrow x3" TBA TBA TBA 108
9 "Rockin' Rocket / Viva Vroom" TBA TBA TBA 109
10 "Mistake Over! / No More Joe's!" TBA TBA TBA 110
11 "Writing on the Wall! / Biffo Blossoms!" TBA TBA TBA 111
12 "Vices and Principles! / Space Camp!" TBA TBA TBA 112
13 "The Tell-Tale Squid / Mayakovsky!" TBA TBA TBA 113
14 "Genius Company Picnic! / Father to the Prof!" TBA TBA TBA 114
15 "Advinnies in Rocketsitting! / Date My Sister!" TBA TBA TBA 115
16 "The 39 ¼ Steps! / The Brunchfast Club!" TBA TBA TBA 116
17 "Publish and be Wedgied! / Hair Apparent!" TBA TBA TBA 117
18 "Rebirth of Cool! / Hypocritical Mass!" TBA TBA TBA 118
19 "Parent Substitute! / Body Double Booked!" TBA TBA TBA 119
20 "2 of the Girls! / Share and Share Unalike!" TBA TBA TBA 120
21 "Author! Author! / Shrodinger's Rocket!" TBA TBA TBA 121
22 "Retro Rocket! / 0.9 of the Law" TBA TBA TBA 122
23 "Fly A Mile in My Boosters! / 3 Stage Rocket" TBA TBA TBA 123
24 "Spaceship Earth! / I’ve Got A Vinnie Q!" TBA TBA TBA 124
25 "Truces and Consequences! / Rocket Roomates!" TBA TBA TBA 125
26 "Life: A User's Guide! / To Wedgie or Not to Wedgie!" Unknown Unknown 1 February 2007 (2007-02-01) 126

Broadcast

The show ran on ViacomCBS's Network Ten until 2009 in Australia. Kabillion aired the show through its VOD service in the United States.

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