Groove Squad

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Groove Squad
Groove Squad (Poster).jpg
Written byMitch Watson
Directed byPatrick A. Ventura
Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt
Kathleen Barr
Meghan Black
Tina Bush
Andrea Libman
Vanessa Morley
Cat Sides
Valerie Sing Turner
Andrew Francis
Music byAndrea Franklin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers Andy Heyward
Michael Maliani
ProducersOlivier Callet
Emily Montaniel
Shannon Nettleton
EditorMarylin Graf
Running time80 minutes
Production companies DIC Entertainment
One Explosion Studios
Original release
Network Nickelodeon
ReleaseNovember 24, 2002 (2002-11-24)

Groove Squad Cheerleaders is a 2002 animated television film produced by DIC Entertainment as part of the DIC Movie Toons series of films. It debuted on Nickelodeon on November 24, 2002 and was later released on VHS and DVD by MGM Home Entertainment, eventually airing internationally on Disney Channel and Toon Disney. [1] The titular squad consists of three high school cheerleaders and best friends who gain superpowers after accidentally being zapped by a jolt of electricity from the mad scientist Dr. Nightingale. With help from their team mascot and their hairstylist, a former Mi6-agent, they must learn to use their newfound powers to defeat Dr. Nightingale while hiding their identities as superheroes and win the annual cheerleading competition. It was the only film of the DIC Movie Toons to be an original story, as the other films were either based on existing cartoons or adapted from classic literature.

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Plot

Chrissy, Ping, and Mackenzie are a trio of best friends who are students and cheerleaders at Bay City High School in Bay City. They are ordinary teenage girls, concerned with their looks, boys, and preparing for school dances and the upcoming cheerleading competition. While at a hair salon owned and operated by Chrissy's friend, Adrienne, they are zapped by a jolt of electricity that gives them superpowers, which are activated when they transform into superheroes by drinking a fruit smoothie: Chrissy gains superhuman strength, Ping gains flight, and Mackenzie gains X-ray vision. With help from Adrienne and Zeke, the team mascot for Bay City High School, they fight against Dr. Nightingale, who is the father of their fellow cheerleader Star, to thwart his plans for world domination.

While they are excited to become superheroes, they soon learn that being a superhero is not as easy as they thought, as they must learn how to use their powers and work as a team. Eventually, they defeat Dr. Nightingale and his minions, at least for the time being, and win the cheerleading competition.

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Release

Groove Squad first aired in the United States on Nickelodeon and was broadcast internationally on Disney Channel, Toon Disney, and Super RTL. It was released on DVD by MGM Home Entertainment on June 3, 2003, [2] and re-released by GT Media on February 12, 2008. [3]

References

  1. Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 313. ISBN   978-0-8160-6600-1.
  2. "Groove Squad". Amazon.com . June 3, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
  3. "Groove Squad". Amazon.com . February 12, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2019.