I Got a Rocket

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I Got a Rocket
I Got a Rocket title card.png
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Genre Animated
Comedy
Created by Matt Zurbo
Based onI Got a Rocket
by Matt Zurbo
Voices of Thomas Bromhead
Jamie Oxenbould
Marcello Fabrizi
Drew Forsythe
Trilby Glover
Rachel King
ComposersLars Löhn
Carsten Schmelzer
Country of originAustralia
United States
Germany
South Korea
Singapore
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (52 segments)
Production
Executive producersSuzanne Ryan
Bill Schultz
Mike Young
Liz Young
Sebastian Debertin
Marc Gabizon
Romi Roolf
Cherrie Bottger
ProducersSuzanne Ryan
Cary Silver
Bill Townsend
Josh Fisher
Running time22 minutes
Production companies Mike Young Productions
MotionWorks
Europool
Peach Blossom Media
Sunwoo Entertainment
SLR Productions
South Pacific Pictures
Original release
Network KI.KA (Germany)
Nickelodeon and Network Ten (Australia)
Disney Channel (India)
Kabillion (United States)
Release1 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]

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Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1261 December 2006 (2006-12-01)24 May 2007 (2007-05-24)

Season 1

No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
1"Three Strikes... You're Out! / Late Fees!"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend1 December 2006 (2006-12-01)101
2"They Say It's Your Build Day! / Really, Really, Really Blind Date!"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend8 December 2006 (2006-12-08)102
3"Vertigoing... Going... Gone! / Manners Maketh Rocket!"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend
Jen Klein
15 December 2006 (2006-12-15)103
4"Protection Rocket! / Rocket Rules!"Glenn KirkpatrickAmy Keating Rogers
Ben Townsend
22 December 2006 (2006-12-22)104
5"Rocket the Vote! / Good Deeds Done Dirt Cheap!"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend
Joel Metzger
29 December 2006 (2006-12-29)105
6"Three Feet High and Rising! / I Got a Remote!"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend4 January 2007 (2007-01-04)106
7"Mackerel Mates / Not So Spare Parts!"Glenn KirkpatrickTemple Matthews
Ben Townsend
11 January 2007 (2007-01-11)107
8"Swollen Cranium / Tomorrow x3"Glenn KirkpatrickDanielle Koenig
Ben Townsend
18 January 2007 (2007-01-18)108
9"Rockin' Rocket / Viva Vroom"Glenn KirkpatrickCory Powell
Stu Connolly
25 January 2007 (2007-01-25)109
10"Mistake Over! / No More Joe's!"Glenn KirkpatrickJen Klein
Ben Townsend
1 February 2007 (2007-02-01)110
11"Writing on the Wall! / Biffo Blossoms!"Glenn KirkpatrickJoel Metzger
Ben Townsend
8 February 2007 (2007-02-08)111
12"Vices and Principles! / Space Camp!"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend15 February 2007 (2007-02-15)112
13"The Tell-Tale Squid / Mayakovsky!"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend22 February 2007 (2007-02-22)113
14"Genius Company Picnic! / Father to the Prof!"Glenn KirkpatrickBryan Thompson
Rob Hummel
1 March 2007 (2007-03-01)114
15"Advinnies in Rocketsitting! / Date My Sister!"Glenn KirkpatrickRachel Spratt
Jaqueline Turner
8 March 2007 (2007-03-08)115
16"The 39 ¼ Steps! / The Brunchfast Club!"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend
Joel Metzger
15 March 2007 (2007-03-15)116
17"Publish and be Wedgied! / Hair Apparent!"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend
Rachel Spratt
22 March 2007 (2007-03-22)117
18"Rebirth of Cool! / Hypocritical Mass!"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend
Rachel Spratt
29 March 2007 (2007-03-29)118
19"Parent Substitute! / Body Double Booked!"Glenn KirkpatrickRob Hummel
Rachel Spratt
5 April 2007 (2007-04-05)119
20"2 of the Girls! / Share and Share Unalike!"Glenn KirkpatrickJen Klein
Brian Thompson
12 April 2007 (2007-04-12)120
21"Author! Author! / Shrodinger's Rocket!"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend
Peter Lawrence
19 April 2007 (2007-04-19)121
22"Retro Rocket! / 0.9 of the Law"Glenn KirkpatrickPeter Lawrence
Ben Townsend
26 April 2007 (2007-04-26)122
23"Fly A Mile in My Boosters! / 3 Stage Rocket"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend
Rachel Spratt
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)123
24"Spaceship Earth! / I’ve Got A Vinnie Q!"Glenn KirkpatrickPeter Lawrence
Ben Townsend
10 May 2007 (2007-05-10)124
25"Truces and Consequences! / Rocket Roommates!"Glenn KirkpatrickRachell Spratt17 May 2007 (2007-05-17)125
26"Life: A User's Guide! / To Wedgie or Not to Wedgie!"Glenn KirkpatrickBen Townsend24 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.

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References

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