Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion

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Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion
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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
Robert Tinkler
Ryan Cooley
Brianna D'Aguanno
Theme music composerBrett Carruthers
Stephany Seki
Opening theme"Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion!"
Ending theme"Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion!" (instrumental)
ComposerNeil Parfitt
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producersDoug Murphy (episodes 1–13) [1]
Colin Bohm
Irene Weibel (episodes 14–40) [2]
For YTV:
Matt Sheppo
Dan Santat
ProducerVanessa Esteves
Running time22 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. [3] 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, ending on an unresolved cliffhanger. [4] 40 episodes were produced.

Plot

A brain-jarred alien army race, known as the Brainlings, has invaded Earth and abducted every adult at the behest of Emperor Brainlius III, who wants to throw wild parties, and his general, Briiian, who actually wants to rule the planet. A small army of kids has taken refuge inside a mall known as the "Swell-Mart" to form a Super Wicked Extreme Emergency Team (S.W.E.E.T.). 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 [5]
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 [6] "December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05)
2626"Briiian Mart Part 1 / Briiian Mart Part 2 [7] "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 on May 30, 2020.

References

  1. "Bak 2 Skool / Operation Dress Up". Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion. Season 1. Episode 1. August 3, 2013.Closing credits: Executive Producers: Doug Murphy and Colin Bohm
  2. "Lord of the Loops / Harmoniator". Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion. Season 1. Episode 14. November 20, 2014.Closing credits: Executive Producers: Colin Bohm and Irene Weibel
  3. "YTV Fast Forwards to Fall with Seven Side-Splitting New Series".
  4. "Full Episodes and TV listings". September 2017.
  5. "Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion — Episode Guide". MSN. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
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