Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion

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Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion
Alien Invasion logo.webp
Genre Comedy
Sci-fi
Created byPhilippe Ivanusic-Vallee
Peter Ricq
Directed byAdrian Thatcher
Voices of Al Mukadam
Dan Chameroy
Seán Cullen
Stacey DePass
Barbara Mamabolo
Rob Tinkler
Ryan Cooley
Brianna D'Aguanno
Theme music composerBrett Carruthers
Stephany Seki
Opening themeOh No! It's an Alien Invasion!
Ending themeOh No! It's an Alien Invasion! (instrumental)
ComposerNeil Parfitt
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producersDoug Murphy
Colin Bohm
For YTV:
Matt Sheppo
Dan Santat
ProducerVanessa Esteves
Running timeApprox. 22 minutes
Production company Nelvana
Original release
Network YTV (2013–2014)
Teletoon (2014–2015)
ReleaseAugust 3, 2013 (2013-08-03) 
April 30, 2015 (2015-04-30)

Oh No! It's An Alien Invasion is a Canadian animated television series which first aired on August 3, 2013, with its first season of 26 episodes. [1] The series was created by Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee and Peter Ricq and produced by Nelvana in association with YTV.

Contents

The series was pulled from YTV's schedule on August 30, 2014. The second season premiered on Teletoon (now Cartoon Network) on November 3, 2014. The series ended on April 27, 2015 and was canceled on April 30, 2015. [2] 40 episodes were produced.

Plot

An army of aliens, known as the Brainlings, has invaded Earth and abducted every adult. They did so at the behest of Emperor Brainlius III, who wanted to throw wild parties, and his general, Briiian, who actually wants to rule the planet. However, a group of kids has taken refuge inside a Swell-Mart to form the Super Wicked Extreme Emergency Team (S.W.E.E.T. for short). Their mission is to rid Earth of the Brainlings and rescue their parents.

Cast

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired (Canadian dates)
First airedLast aired
1 26August 3, 2013December 8, 2014
2 14April 27, 2015April 30, 2015

Episodes

Season 1 (2013—14)

No. in
series
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date [3]
11"Bak 2 Skool / Operation Dress Up"August 3, 2013 (2013-08-03)
22"No Boys (Or Aliens) Allowed / Go-Farts"August 10, 2013 (2013-08-10)
33"Pop Goes the Brainling / Robofolks"August 17, 2013 (2013-08-17)
44"The Royal Flush / The "Stache""August 24, 2013 (2013-08-24)
55"Space Ramp / My Fair Ladyling"August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31)
66"Makin' Movies / Turn It Down"September 7, 2013 (2013-09-07)
77"The Spandexter / Scoop's Scoop"September 14, 2013 (2013-09-14)
88"Super Jumbo Ninja / Emperor for a Day"September 21, 2013 (2013-09-21)
99"Brain Flu / Chef Shakes"September 28, 2013 (2013-09-28)
1010"Brainlings on Ice / Brainlings on Parade"October 5, 2013 (2013-10-05)
1111"Grandpa Ghost / Night of the Werevambies"October 12, 2013 (2013-10-12)
1212"Unitron / Dan the Man"October 19, 2013 (2013-10-19)
1313"Free Gorthax / The Switcheroo"October 26, 2013 (2013-10-26)
1414"Lord Of The Loops / Harmoniator"November 20, 2014 (2014-11-20)
1515"Raiders Of The Lost And Found / Aliens In The Bunker"November 21, 2014 (2014-11-21)
1616"The Brainling Book of Records / The Champ Is Here"November 24, 2014 (2014-11-24)
1717"Flex Hammerstone Bounty Hunter / Informer-cial"November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25)
1818"Calling Mr. Crash / Lord Of The Fleas"November 26, 2014 (2014-11-26)
1919"The Great Escape / Scoop's World"November 27, 2014 (2014-11-27)
2020"Going Viral / Team Turret"November 28, 2014 (2014-11-28)
2121"Smell Mart / Oh Yes!"December 1, 2014 (2014-12-01)
2222"Ho Oh No / Countdown To Terror"December 2, 2014 (2014-12-02)
2323"Artsy Fartsy / Joyride"December 3, 2014 (2014-12-03)
2424"The Plunger Games / Mufflings"December 4, 2014 (2014-12-04)
2525"Space Trash / The King And Bri [4] "December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05)
2626"Briiian Mart (1) / Briiian Mart (2) [5] "December 8, 2014 (2014-12-08)

Season 2 (2015)

No. in
series
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
271"The Assistant / Hiccups"April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27)
282"In Brain We Trust / The Shakedown"April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27)
293"The Future Is Now / The Boogieguard"April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27)
304"Brainlius 3,4 5 / Diary Drama"April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27)
315"The Green Blur / Head of the Household"April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)
326"Food Court / Lost in the Hood"April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)
337"It's Another Alien Invasion / Brainception"April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)
348"Brain Bros / Swell Mart PD"April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)
359"Lily's Bday / Just Goest to (Pet) Show"April 29, 2015 (2015-04-29)
3610"Dance Craze / Bike Psyche"April 29, 2015 (2015-04-29)
3711"Bandemonium / Dash Date"April 29, 2015 (2015-04-29)
3812"Stink Mouth / Brainlius the Musical"April 29, 2015 (2015-04-29)
3913"Fangs but No Fangs / Grandpa Ghost 2"April 30, 2015 (2015-04-30)
4014"Sweet Swap / The Belly Bag"April 30, 2015 (2015-04-30)

Broadcast

In the United Kingdom, it premiered on May 24, 2014 on Pop and Kix. (now Pop Max.) It also aired on ABC3 (now ABC Entertains) in Australia. In the United States, it used to be on Netflix, until it was removed from the streaming service in 2020.

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