I Was a Sixth Grade Alien!

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I Was a Sixth Grade Alien!
Also known asMy Best Friend Is an Alien!
Genre Science fiction comedy
Created byDaphne Ballon
Sheri Elwood
Developed byEllis Iddon
Phil Meagher
Starring Daniel Clark
Panou
Shadia Simmons
Ryan Cooley
Lauren Collins
Michael Cera
Kyle Schmid
Julian Richings
C. David Johnson
Ali Mukaddam
Country of originCanada
United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes44
Production
Production companiesWinklemania Productions
AAC Kids
Original release
Network YTV
ReleaseJuly 13, 1999 (1999-07-13) 
January 10, 2001 (2001-01-10)

I Was a Sixth Grade Alien! (known as My Best Friend is an Alien! in the UK and Australia) is a Canadian-British children's science fiction comedy television series following the chronicles of Pleskit, a purple-skinned, blue-haired extraterrestrial being with an antenna positioned on his head. He tries to fit in and make some friends, but due to his strange appearance, he does never succeed very well. He does make one friend, Tim, who is interested in space and aliens. The two friends go through the sixth grade together. During the series, they solve many unusual problems, from a trans-universal portal game to a blue-coloured, wailing pig creature from Pleskit's home planet. The show is premiered on July 13, 1999, ended on January 10, 2001, and was produced by UK-based Winklemania Productions and Canadian-based Alliance Atlantis Communications' children's unit, AAC Kids with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund/Fonds canadien de télévision, the Canadian Film Or Video Production Tax Credit, and the Shaw Television Broadcast Fund/Fonds de télédiffusion Shaw. The television series was based on Bruce Coville's book series of the same name.

Contents

Episode listing

The series consists of 39 episodes.

Season 1 (1999–2000)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
11"They Called Him Pleskit!"Carl Goldstein Sheri Elwood July 13, 1999 (1999-07-13)
22"Aliens to Blow Up Earth!"UnknownUnknownJuly 18, 1999 (1999-07-18)
33"Alien Dinner Massacre!"UnknownUnknownJuly 20, 1999 (1999-07-20)
44"They Saved Grandpa's Brain!"UnknownUnknownJuly 27, 1999 (1999-07-27)
55"They Shoot, They Splorked!"UnknownUnknownAugust 3, 1999 (1999-08-03)
66"I Was Dealt a Dung Deal!"UnknownUnknownAugust 10, 1999 (1999-08-10)
77"Sixth Grade Rebellion Mayhem!"UnknownUnknownAugust 17, 1999 (1999-08-17)
88"Pre-Teen Party from Outer Space!"UnknownUnknownAugust 24, 1999 (1999-08-24)
99"The Haunting of Blim Blomkins!"Bill FlemingCameron RotheryAugust 31, 1999 (1999-08-31)
1010"Alien Time Warp Madness!"UnknownUnknownSeptember 7, 1999 (1999-09-07)
1111"Alien Dustbuster Bedlam!"UnknownUnknownSeptember 14, 1999 (1999-09-14)
1212"My Bodyguard Is a Rat Fink!"UnknownUnknownSeptember 21, 1999 (1999-09-21)
1313"Woodlander Bodysnatcher Pandemonium!"UnknownUnknownSeptember 28, 1999 (1999-09-28)
1414"Floormat from the Putrid Lagoon!"UnknownUnknownOctober 5, 1999 (1999-10-05)
1515"Invasion of the Substitute Teacher Superfiend!"UnknownUnknownOctober 11, 1999 (1999-10-11)
1616"Alien Snogorama Snafu!"UnknownUnknownOctober 13, 1999 (1999-10-13)
1717"Alien Appliance Outbreak!"UnknownUnknownNovember 7, 1999 (1999-11-07)
1818"Gro-Gro-Grown-Up Dementia!"Ron MurphyDerek SchreyerNovember 14, 1999 (1999-11-14)
1919"The Return of Captain Driscoll!"UnknownUnknownNovember 16, 1999 (1999-11-16)
2020"School Dance Gone Wrong!"UnknownUnknownNovember 17, 1999 (1999-11-17)
2121"Escape from Planet Earth!"UnknownUnknownNovember 21, 1999 (1999-11-21)
2222"Attack of the 1000 Foot Veeblax!"Carl GoldsteinJohn SlamaMarch 9, 2000 (2000-03-09)

Season 2 (2000–2001)

  1. "There's an Alien in My Seat!"
  2. "I Am Larrabe Hicks!"
  3. "Hevi Hevi Beat Crazy!"
  4. "Once Upon a Robot!"
  5. "Alien Tracker Freak-a-Mania!"
  6. "The Pleskit Club!"
  7. "Bride of Pleskit!"
  8. "The Revenge of Septic Willy!"
  9. "Alien Quiz Show!"
  10. "Escape from Zartopia!" (hereafter only shown on YTV in Canada)
  11. "McNally the Menace!"
  12. "Dr. Pleskit and Mr. Ventraa!"
  13. "Super-Fiend Strikes Back!"
  14. "Great Coville Galaxies!"
  15. "A Very Buttsman Christmas"
  16. "Truth-O-Rama Crunchdown!"
  17. "His Girlfriend Is an Alien!"
  18. "To See the Invisible Geek!"

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