I Got a Rocket

I Got a Rocket
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Genre	Comedy
Based on	I Got a Rocket by Matt Zurbo
Developed by	Stu Connolly Ben Townsend
Directed by	Glenn Kirkpatrick
Voices of	Thomas Bromhead Jamie Oxenbould Marcello Fabrizi Drew Forsythe Trilby Glover Rachel King
Composers	Lars Löhn Carsten Schmelzer
Country of origin	Australia United States Germany South Korea Singapore
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26 (52 segments)
Production
Executive producers	Suzanne Ryan Bill Schultz Mike Young Liz Young Sebastian Debertin Marc Gabizon Romi Roolf Cherrie Bottger
Producers	Suzanne Ryan Cary Silver Ben Townsend Josh Fisher
Running time	13 minutes (standalone, Australian version) 12 minutes (standalone, US version) 24 minutes (Australian version) 23 minutes (US version)
Production companies	SLR Productions Mike Young Productions MotionWorks Europool Peach Blossom Media Sunwoo Entertainment
Original release
Network	KI.KA (Germany) Nickelodeon and Network Ten (Australia) Disney Channel (India) Kabillion (United States) Disney Channel (United Kingdom)
Release	1 December 2006 (2006-12-01) – 24 May 2007 (2007-05-24)

I Got a Rocket is an animated television series centred on a boy named Vincent "Vinnie", who received an anthropomorphic rocket for his 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 24 May 2007. Although the series was short-lived, it received a 2008 Emmy Award for "New Approaches - Daytime Children's Entertainment".[1]

Characters

Main characters

• Rocket (voiced by Thomas Bromhead): A hyperactive and eccentric rocket invented for Vinnie's 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 for his 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 behaviour.
• 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 Rachel King): 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 released
			First released	Last released
1	26		1 December 2006 (2006-12-01)	24 May 2007 (2007-05-24)

Season 1

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
1	"Three Strikes... You're Out! / Late Fees!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend	1 December 2006 (2006-12-01)	101
2	"They Say It's Your Build Day! / Really, Really, Really Blind Date!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend	8 December 2006 (2006-12-08)	102
3	"Vertigoing... Going... Gone! / Manners Maketh Rocket!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend Jen Klein	15 December 2006 (2006-12-15)	103
4	"Protection Rocket! / Rocket Rules!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Amy Keating Rogers Ben Townsend	22 December 2006 (2006-12-22)	104
5	"Rocket the Vote! / Good Deeds Done Dirt Cheap!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend Joel Metzger	29 December 2006 (2006-12-29)	105
6	"Three Feet High and Rising! / I Got a Remote!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend	4 January 2007 (2007-01-04)	106
7	"Mackerel Mates / Not So Spare Parts!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Temple Matthews Ben Townsend	11 January 2007 (2007-01-11)	107
8	"Swollen Cranium / Tomorrow x3"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Danielle Koenig Ben Townsend	18 January 2007 (2007-01-18)	108
9	"Rockin' Rocket / Viva Vroom"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Cory Powell Stu Connolly	25 January 2007 (2007-01-25)	109
10	"Mistake Over! / No More Joe's!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Jen Klein Ben Townsend	1 February 2007 (2007-02-01)	110
11	"Writing on the Wall! / Biffo Blossoms!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Joel Metzger Ben Townsend	8 February 2007 (2007-02-08)	111
12	"Vices and Principles! / Space Camp!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend	15 February 2007 (2007-02-15)	112
13	"The Tell-Tale Squid / Mayakovsky!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend	22 February 2007 (2007-02-22)	113
14	"Genius Company Picnic! / Father to the Prof!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Bryan Thompson Rob Hummel	1 March 2007 (2007-03-01)	114
15	"Advinnies in Rocketsitting! / Date My Sister!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Rachel Spratt Jaqueline Turner	8 March 2007 (2007-03-08)	115
16	"The 39¼ Steps! / The Brunchfast Club!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend Joel Metzger	15 March 2007 (2007-03-15)	116
17	"Publish and Be Wedgied! / Hair Apparent!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend Rachel Spratt	22 March 2007 (2007-03-22)	117
18	"Rebirth of Cool! / Hypocritical Mass!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend Rachel Spratt	29 March 2007 (2007-03-29)	118
19	"Parent Substitute! / Body Double Booked!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Rob Hummel Rachel Spratt	5 April 2007 (2007-04-05)	119
20	"2 of the Girls! / Share and Share Unalike!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Jen Klein Brian Thompson	12 April 2007 (2007-04-12)	120
21	"Author! Author! / Shrodinger's Rocket!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend Peter Lawrence	19 April 2007 (2007-04-19)	121
22	"Retro Rocket! / 0.9 of the Law"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Peter Lawrence Ben Townsend	26 April 2007 (2007-04-26)	122
23	"Fly a Mile in My Boosters! / 3 Stage Rocket"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend Rachel Spratt	3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)	123
24	"Spaceship Earth! / I’ve Got a Vinnie Q!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Peter Lawrence Ben Townsend	10 May 2007 (2007-05-10)	124
25	"Truces and Consequences! / Rocket Roommates!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Rachell Spratt	17 May 2007 (2007-05-17)	125
26	"Life: a User's Guide! / To Wedgie or Not to Wedgie!"	Glenn Kirkpatrick	Ben Townsend	24 May 2007 (2007-05-24)	126

Broadcast

The show ran on Network Ten until 2009 in Australia. There were also reruns on ABC3 in 2013. Kabillion aired the show through its VOD service in the United States. The show ran on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom.

References

1. "I Got a Rocket!". SLR Productions. Retrieved 16 November 2012.