November 5, 2018 (2018-11-05) – April 15, 2022 (2022-04-15)
Rainbow Rangers is an animated preschool kids' television series co-produced by Genius Brands and Telegael Teoranta which premiered on the Nick Jr. Channel on November 5, 2018. The series follows seven nine-year-old girls who reside in the kingdom of Kaleidoscopia.[1] The series was renewed for a second season,[2] with the initial half-season of 13 episodes premiering on October 6, 2019, and a further 13 episodes premiering on October 11, 2020.[3] On April 12, 2021, a third season was greenlit.[4]
Plot
Rainbow Rangers takes place in the magical land of Kaleidoscopia and focuses on the adventures of seven 9-year-old girls—Rosie Redd, Mandarin Orange, Anna Banana, Pepper Mintz, Bonnie Blueberry, Indigo Allfruit, and Lavender LaViolette—who are all represented by the colors of the rainbow. Each use their own powers to help protect the citizens of their land, clean the planet, and make the world a better place.
Each episode begins with a problem with nature seen on Earth. A rainbow is sent to Kaleidoscopia and Kalia calls all seven rangers and Floof to her. After they are shown the nature problem, Kalia chooses the three ideal rangers for the mission, Floof always joins the three on their scooters. When the mission is completed, the three rangers return to Kaleidoscopia on their scooters.
Characters
Main
Rosie Redd (voiced by Aileen Mythen) is the leader. She represents the color Red and possesses Strength Power (primarily, superhuman strength that only works within a planetary atmosphere), with a special visor in her tiara that allows her to see through objects much like an X-ray.
Mandarin "Mandy" Orange (voiced by Aileen Mythen) is the cheerleader of the group. She is an African American. She represents the color Orange and possesses Music Power when using her recorder. She also has sound power, able to hear any sound from wherever the objective of the mission is located.
Anna Banana (voiced by Juliette Crosbie) is naive and sweet, also she can talk to animals. She represents the color Yellow and possesses Animal Power, being able to communicate with animals. She carries a yellow stuffed rabbit, Mr. Stuffie Wuffie, which is used for comforting animals.
Pepper Mintz (voiced by Phillipa Alexander) is a shy, introverted bookworm who loves to read. She is Hispanic. She represents the color Green and possesses Inviso Power via a special shawl that cloaks whoever is underneath it, rendering them invisible.
Bonnie "B.B." Blueberry (voiced by Zehra Jane Naqvi) is analytical and smart. She always says that things are logical or illogical. She is an Indian American. She represents the color Blue and possesses Vision Power capable of seeing great distances. She also features a wrist-mounted device known as the Construct-O-Max, which allows her to create, fix or deconstruct whatever the rangers need.
Indigo "Indy" Allfruit (voiced by Penelope Rawlins), the prankster and the second-in-command of the group. She is an Asian American. She represents the color Indigo and possesses Speed Power, the ability to run or move at superhuman speeds. According to Mandy, her middle name is "Esmeralda".
Lavender LaViolette (voiced by Penelope Rawlins) is a fashionista. She is an African American. She represents the color Violet and possesses Micro Power, and in addition to shrinking, she also gains a pair of fairy wings that allow her to fly.
Floof (voiced by Phillipa Alexander) is the Rangers' pet Prismacorn (according to B.B.) who only speaks by saying his name. He is the only male living in Kaleidoscopia and accompanies them on their mission and helps out by using his magical horn. There is a running gag where Floof comes out of his door in a surprising or funny way.
Kalia (voiced by Phillipa Alexander) is the leader of Kaleidoscopia and when she sees trouble in the world she calls the rangers to the rescue.
Villains
The Praxtons
Preston Praxton (voiced by Dan Russell) is the Rangers' main antagonist. An entrepreneur obsessed with money, he schemes with no regard for any environmental impact, causing the Rangers to try and stop him. He has an endless supply of booby traps to keep the Rangers from interfering with his business, though the Rangers have been able to talk him into environmentally friendly solutions with business propositions (or if Patty sides with the Rangers).
Patty Praxton (voiced by Zehra Jane Naqvi) is Preston's daughter, and while she does take after her money-loving father, she often serves as his voice of reason and is on friendlier terms with the Rangers.
Priscilla Praxton (voiced by Dan Russell) debuts in season 2 as Preston's sister and Patty's aunt, who often competes with him to win Patty's affection and take down the Rangers. She tends to have more feminine schemes such as creating luxury makeup lines or creating glass from sand.
Others
Production
In September 2016, Genius Brands announced that they were partnering with The Lion King and Flypaper director Rob Minkoff and Frozen writer Shane Morris on their new Rainbow Rangers series.[5] The show premiered on the Nick Jr. Channel on November 5, 2018.
Early designs had the Rangers looking much more stylized than their finalized versions, with minor variations in their powers and personalities, and the original villain was Acrimonia, Kalia's jealous younger sister, instead of Preston Praxton.[6]
Nickelodeon has gained broadcast rights in the United States and Caribbean Basin regions.[1] On April 23, 2019, it was announced that Nickelodeon would also be bringing the show to Latin America.[7]
When the COVID-19 pandemic began to take effect, a special episode of the show was commissioned, "Bunny-20," that streamed online on December 18, 2020, with Pierce Brosnan as a guest voice actor. The episode's goal was to teach young children about ways to keep safe during the pandemic and make it understandable to viewers.[8]
In 2021, the series was streamed on Netflix in late June/early July, though the episodes are shown in production order instead of broadcast order.
Rosie, Anna, and Bonnie B.B. Blueberry save a baby polar bear stranded on an ice floe, but things start to get tricky when Rosie rushes in without planning, and she ends up scaring the cub further; Rosie, Anna, and Mandy lose their Spectra Scooters while helping a seal family in Lake Saima and discover the northern lights, though Anna insists at finishing quickly, as since she is afraid of the dark she doesn't want to stay until nighttime.
2
2
"Monarch Migration"
Michael Maliani & Sean Scott
Dan Danko
November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
104
N/A
"That Sinking Feeling"
Gus Constantellis
Pepper, Anna, and Indigo help a kaleidoscope of butterflies migrate to their new home in Mexico by building a storm shelter for them, but they also have the hurry before any more bad weather hits; Rosie, Anna, and Pepper help a mother horse who's fallen into a sinkhole. Pepper, however, is afraid of tight and small spaces, and is reluctant to get in the particularly cramped area with the mare, especially after the other 2 rangers fall in the pit.
Rosie, B.B., and Lavender help save a forest from deforestation at Preston Praxton's nefarious hands, though their efforts to stop his plan at constructing a water park are hampered when he traps them in a front end loader rigged as a booby trap; B.B., Indigo, and Rosie have to save a sea turtle caught in a fishing net, but the net turns out to be from a shrimping boat owned by Preston Praxton, and he strands them below the waves to keep them out of his way.
Rosie, Pepper, and Indigo have to stop a sludge stream from flowing, additionally they have to stop a boy from coming to harm from touching the industrial waste. They find the sludge to be coming from one of Preston Praxton's factory sites, and their two-part plan quickly comes into trouble; B.B., Anna, and Mandy try save Preston and Patty from a tsunami. But Preston, wanting the whole beach to himself, refuses to leave and places everyone left in grave danger, even more so when he begins following treasure instead of the rangers' instructions.
5
5
"When Beetles Bark"
Michael Maliani & Sean Scott
Peter Hunziker
November 9, 2018 (2018-11-09)
103
N/A
"Pollution Island"
Gus Constantellis
Lavender, Rosie, and Anna save a bear's home in Montana from beetles that feed on tree bark, but afraid of all bugs Lavender is extremely reluctant to help out when she has to act as a speaker for the beetles on the rangers' behalf. Upon being rounded up as their queen, however, she almost jeopardizes their mission; Indigo, Mandy, and B.B. help a hermit crab that's stuck in a lotion container from dying of chemical poisoning. Indigo is very determined to finish their mission and leave the polluted beach, but after the rangers help with the cleanup, she realizes that reusing and recycling is much better than simply throwing away everything unwanted.
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6
"Rangers Raise a Condor"
Michael Maliani & Sean Scott
Sara Jane Sluke & Hilary Cherniss
November 13, 2018 (2018-11-13)
111
N/A
"Pony Party"
Hilary Cherniss & Sara Jane Sluke
Anna, B.B., and Lavender help a baby condor get back to its nest after it gets knocked out by a drone. The pilot is later revealed to be Patty Praxton, who wasn't being careful with the drone. The problem now is returning the baby to the nest... Without being near it; Anna, Pepper, and B.B. save a filly from a sandstorm and reunite it with her mother. After saving it, they find that the island's entire pony population ate the land clear of grass, and set off to find them a new home with plenty.
Pepper, Indigo, and Anna save Preston and Patty from an ocean storm, discovering a new island in the process. Ufortunately, they are trapped by the Praxtons soon after, and quickly discover that the island house a very much active volcano; Pepper, Mandy, and Lavender help a mama duck find her babies, but Lavender is afraid of spiders and refuses to be near one, causing many problems until they find help from one with super strong silk.
Rosie, Lavender, and B.B. help remove invasiverabbits from Australianfarm owned by Preston Praxton, who bought them as pets for his daughter Patty. Unfortunately, he refuses their help on a constant basis, and things get worse when Patty releases a European cat; Rosie, Mandy, and Pepper have to help an alligator who has lost its home environment and ended up sleeping in Preston Praxton's swimming pool, but his trap ends up letting him and Patty set off the creature's ferocity with the rangers borderline helpless, even more so when they find out about his encroachment neighborhood.
9
9
"Duck Duck Oops"
Michael Maliani & Sean Scott
Hilary Cherniss & Sara Jane Sluke
November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
107
N/A
"Lost Island"
Peter Hunziker
Pepper, Anna, and B.B. help ducks who are sinking in a rapidly draining pond, but after transferring them they find that Preston Praxton is draining all the ponds and lakes in the area to water a golf course, and he won't let anyone stop him; Rosie, Anna, and B.B. help a bunch of shrews find a new home after their island sinks underwater. The shrews, though, are determined to remain in their original home, but this only causes severe problems for everyone involved.
Rosie, Pepper, and Indigo help gorillas hit by a flash flood reunite somewhere safe, but the flood proves to be too dangerous and the gorillas are in further trouble, especially after one wrong throw sends them into the water; Rosie, Indigo, and B.B. try to save a pair of cows from a wildfire. The only problem is the cows won't go towards the fire, and they resist almost every attempt the rangers make to save them, and Indigo is reluctant to accept help from cattle dogs.
Indigo, Lavender, and B.B. try to save a missing class petchameleon in a vacant lot near the school yard. Unfortunately, they find that the area is full of hungry raccoons, and the chameleon could be an easy snack; Lavender, B.B., and Anna help save a farm from crop-raiding elephants. They set off to take the elephants to an oasis, but the large mammals seem more willing to take the crops, forcing the others to think of a plan.
Note: The episode, Bee Safe, takes place after the events of the episode, Bee Like Lavender, because in that episode, Lavender was scared of bees but in the episode, Bee Safe, Lavender isn’t scared of bees anymore.
Anna, Pepper, and Indigo try to find a home for Earnest the circuschimpanzee. However, his human-raised background means he won't survive in the wild easily, and he is having problems learning the needed skills to live far from civilization. Additionally, he has instincts that prevent him from living with humans; Lavender, Anna, and B.B. help a pigeon make a special delivery for his owner's granddaughter. They find out he is being confused by solar storms, and set off with him to help deliver his message.
Rosie, Anna, and Lavender help a number of chickens that are severely stressed. They find that the chickens are having problems with their cramped spaces, and that Preston Praxton is the main cause to maximize profits, and he stubbornly refuses to give them more space; Rosie, B.B., and Indigo save a satellite from Preston and Patty's Space Shuttle, which is very poorly maintained and slowly falling apart. Unfortunately, Preston severely overestimates his shuttle's condition, and the rangers are forced to take drastic measures.
Anna, B.B., and Lavender help cows that are wearing odd tanks to collect their burps. Upon removing them, they find that Preston Praxton created the tanks to provide power to his farm with methane emissions from cow burps, and he won't see the rangers' side of the argument; Rosie, Mandy, and B.B. help a baby sea turtle find his way to the ocean after it follows the light of Preston Praxton's beach estate instead of that from the moon. Unfortunately, their attempts are constantly thwarted by nature.
Anna, Lavender, and B.B. try to save Preston and Patty from a tornado while the Praxtons are chasing storms. Preston in particular is willing to ignore all safety precautions about tornados just for the sake of the perfect pictures, and he refuses to get to safety, endangering himself and everyone else; B.B., Indigo, and Lavender try to clear the air of a polluted city so that everyone can breathe properly. The culprit turns out to be Preston Praxton, and he consistently denies the pollution is even existing.
Rosie, Indigo, and B.B. save a family of javelinas from an intense desertdust storm. After reuniting them, the group now have to find them a safe place in the storm, but the storm's strong winds make staying inside very tricky; Anna, Pepper, and B.B. help save a tiger thought to be extinct from a booby trap set by Preston Praxton, who plans on using him for publicity purposes. Unfortunately, the tiger cannot understand Anna and Preston is determined to keep him, making a large amount of difficulty for the mission.
Anna, B.B., and Lavender help to save the unique animals at a hydrothermal vent threatened by an undersea mining operation. After helping a white octopus from a rockslide, they have to deal with a blocked vent, but not all of the animals can move to a new home; Anna, B.B., and Pepper rescue a giant catfish stuck in shallow waters full of litter. Unfortunately, its gargantuan size and weight makes moving it extremely difficult for the rangers.
B.B., Rosie, and Indigo try to save some prairie dogs, a keystone species, after Patty Praxton paves over their burrows and traps them under a large expanse of concrete meant for a skate park. To make matters worse, Indigo is more focused on skating and she ends up making the problem worse when it turns out she is covering more than just prairie dog burrows; B.B., Indigo, and Lavender help a little kangaroo who is stung by invasive fire ants. Kangaroo healed, they now have to get the fire ants back to South America- a much more difficult tasked than originally planned.
Mandy, Pepper, and Indigo help a baby ring-tailed lemur who is caught in a flash flood. After saving him from the water, they now have to find a way to convince Preston Praxton to change how he is farming to stop erosion- which is easier said than done; Anna, B.B., and Indigo must round up invasive zebra mussels that Preston Praxton brought to Okanagan Lake irresponsibly from the Great Lakes after breaking regulations in boating. The group has to stop Preston's carelessness before he can potentially harm the Ogopogo.
Rosie, B.B., and Anna deal with issues from the construction of artificial islands created by Preston Praxton as a part of a long scheme of attracting potential vacationers. The process is kicking up a lot of silt, but Praxton won't see the damage he's doing; B.B., Lavender, and Indigo save a family and their neighbors from lead in their home water supply. The underground pipes have been found to be corroded, and the rangers must hurry before the problem gets worse.
Indigo, Rosie, and B.B. help free a tortoise from rocks after being buried by careless driving on the Praxtons' part. Preston refuses to abide by the rules already set, forcing the rangers to be creative in their approach; Rosie, Mandy, and Pepper help put out a fire in a colony of orangutans' home near a swamp. The team then discovers that the fires were caused by peatembers and the swamp is almost practically dry, as Preston Praxton built an abandoned canal for logging purposes.
Indigo, Lavender, and B.B. have to save an otter from an oil slick, and its cleanup proves to be very tricky and messy; Indigo, Mandy, and Rosie have to save a pod of orcas trapped in ice at the frozen north of the Arctic Ocean. The problem is that every attempt is thwarted by the freezing water, and the hole only gets smaller as time grows on.
Rosie, Anna, and B.B. save a coral reef from losing its color after Preston Praxton carelessly prances around on them not knowing coral is alive. The hard part is letting him know the truth, and he refuses to believe that coral can live; Rosie, B.B., and Indigo save Patty and Preston from an avalanche while the 2 are enjoying the snowy weather on a mountain. While Patty listens closely to the rangers, Preston is much less cooperative and threatens to put everyone at risk with his carelessness.
Rosie, B.B., and Mandy have to save a whale who is beached on the shore, but no matter how many times Rosie sends him back in the sea, the whale always ends up back on dry land. They eventually find that the whale is scared by Preston's submarinesonar and he won't believe their words and refuses to shut off the sonar; B.B., Indigo, and Lavender have to save sick bees and an apple orchard from Preston's pesticides. In addition to trying to stop Preston, the group also have to convince Lavender to help out, as she is very scared of bees.
Note: This episode is set before the episode, Bee Safe, because in this episode, Lavender was scared of bees, in the episode, Bee Safe, Lavender is no longer scared of bees.
The Rangers have to save a pygmy marmoset that Preston has captured as a pet for Patty, but the only problem is that the marmoset has no intention of living in captivity, and the Praxtons are not willing to give him up; B.B., Lavender, and Mandy have to help a lost panda cub get home. The problem is that they can't let him see them, and a snow leopard is stalking them to try an get a meal.
26
26
"Divided We Fall"
Michael Maliani & Sean Scott
Dan Danko
TBA
108
TBD
"White-Nosed Bats"
Gus Constantellis
Anna, Rosie, and B.B. save an elephant family from a Poacher determined to take the mother's tusks, but the group is divided when Anna prioritizes the baby while the others go for the mother, landing the mission at extreme risk; Rosie, Mandy, and B.B. try to help a horse escape constant agonizing bites from several mosquitoes. Coming to the conclusion that there are too many insects due to there being no bats around to eat them, Rosie refuses to look for them, being severely afraid of bats. Things get complicated when they find out the bats have white nose disease, and Rosie is refusing to touch them.
Rosie, B.B. and Indigo must return balance to an ocean environment; a large iceberg calves, leaving a floe on a collision course for a clan of polar bears. Anna, Indigo, and Rosie must save them.
Patty's backyard feeder is too close to a glass window, and Anna, Lavender and B.B. need to find another way to safely feed the birds; when Rosie, B.B. and Mandy act to save animals from a forest fire, they jump the gun and accidentally put out a controlled burn.
Rosie, Pepper and Mandy have to stop Preston Praxton from poisoning a stream with pesticides; Anna, Indigo and Rosie work to reunite and relocate a family of pandas when their home environment is destroyed.
Rosie, Anna and B.B. discover that Preston Praxton has been causing earthquakes by digging underground; Preston sends out big, thick catalogs that overflow landfills and Rosie, Pepper and Lavender must stop him.
Preston throws a music festival that destroys all the local vegetation, threatening local wildlife who are now going hungry and Mandy, B.B. and Lavender have to do something; Rosie, Mandy and Anna help protect the lives of snakes during their migration.
Wildflowers are being destroyed, causing tomato worms to devour the crops on a nearby farm. Anna, Indigo and Lavender must save the day; B.B., Indigo and Lavender need to help bats from colliding with wind turbines.
Climate change causes snow to melt prematurely, leaving a family of snow hares vulnerable to predators. Anna, Rosie and Pepper must protect them; B.B., Lavender and Pepper attempt to save a bear cub stuck on the side of a mountain.
A spring morning snowstorm is followed by an abrupt afternoon warm-up, causing a flood of melted snow that threatens the local wildlife; an otter loses her favorite rock.
Preston destroys mangrove forests in India to create profitable shrimp farms, exposing the area and its wildlife to storms, and Pepper, Indigo, and Lavender must do something to stop him; Mandy, B.B., and Lavender have to get a lost seal back home after it wreaks havoc on a city.
During the holidays, Rosie, B.B and Lavender need to remove a raccoon family looking for warmth that becomes trapped in Preston's chimney; Patty smuggles sugar gliders into the country to give as "party favors" at her birthday party and Anna, Indigo and Lavender need to do something.
Rosie, Mandy, and B.B. save turtles trapped on an ice floe when a waterfall freezes over, but their save has consequences; Lavender, Indigo, and Pepper save spiders from the Praxtons, who are silking them for their silk.
The Praxtons use helium balloons to try and set a world record, so Rosie, Mandy and Lavender must stop them; in Africa, the symbiotic relationship between ostriches and zebras is threatened when Preston rounds up ostriches for his own profit. So Anna, Pepper and Indigo must stop him.
B.B., Lavender, and Mandy help Patty with an eco-friendly spooky costume party; Mandy, Anna and B.B. rescue the city of the plant have got power Preston's genetically modified crops are going crazy.
Rosie, Anna and Pepper save a lost puppy that is stuck in a city sewer system; Priscilla Praxton removes pesky seed-spitting tree goats from her orchard. Mandy, Anna and Pepper must save these goats.
Pepper, Indigo, and Lavender have to stop a factory from pouring rainbow color in the river; Lavender, Anna, and B.B. help a physically challenged duckling fly, so it can catch up to its migrating flock.
When heavy boat traffic disrupts a migrating whale and her calf, Anna, B.B., and Mandy must keep them safe; Indigo, Anna, and Pepper save a coral reef from being damaged by a reckless construction team.
Anna, Pepper, and Indigo check whether their chimpanzee friend Ernest is ready to return to the wild; after a terrible earthquake, Mandy, Pepper, and Lavender try to save a group of ducks.
Preston's gold mining mission on the Moon is endangering gorillas on Earth, and the Rosie, B.B. and Indigo must stop him; Rosie, B.B. and Anna must save Floof after Preston captures him.
Mandy, B.B., and Lavender save pet bunnies that have been let out into the wild; Rosie, Mandy, and Pepper work to solve problems with a palm oil plantation.
Anna, Pepper, and B.B. save tigers from Preston who is trying to catch them for Patty's tea party; When Priscilla turns a desert into glass and creates sandstorms, Rosie, Indigo, and B.B. have to stop her.
Microfibers from Preston's new fashion line causes environmental problems in the ocean. But Rosie, Pepper and Lavender have to stop him; a bottle-nosed dolphin gets a plastic six-pack ring stuck on its nose and mouth. But Mandy, Indigo and B.B they have to cleaning.
Pepper, Anna, and B.B. discover Preston Praxton is feeding ducks to keep them off his golf course; Preston is harvesting trees so Patty can build her massive dream treehouse, but it's destroying the forest. So Rosie, B.B. and Lavender are sent to stop him.
Preston is washing his car in his orchard. The runoff from the chemicals in the soap is polluting the riverbed and harming animals, so Rosie, Pepper, and Mandy are sent to fix this; Preston's determination to find treasure in a pirate shipwreck threatens an inter-marine-species, so Rosie, Anna, and B.B. are sent to stop him.
Preston's latest get-rich-quick scheme to sell wild mustangs goes awry when Anna, Pepper, and B.B. set out to reunite them; a man causes a baby elephant to become separated from her mother, Anna, Rosie and B.B. set out to stop him.
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26
"Bunny-20"
TBA
Michael Beall
TBA
215
TBD
Kalia sends all The Rainbow Rangers to find a cure for all the sick bunnies.
