PJ Masks

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PJ Masks
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Also known asPJ Masks: Power Heroes (season 6)
French Pyjamasques
Genre
Created byRomuald Racioppo
Based on Les Pyjamasques
by Romuald Racioppo
Directed byChristian De Vita
Voices of
  • Kai Harris
  • Addison Holley
  • Rain Janjua
  • Callum Shoniker
  • Jacob Soley
  • Brianna Daguanno
Theme music composer
ComposersFabrice Aboulker
Jean-Francois Berger
Country of origin
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • United States
Original languages
  • French
  • English
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes151 (and 44 shorts) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Olivier Dumont
  • Laura Clunie (S1-)
  • Beth Gardiner (S2-)
Producers
  • Guillaume Hellouin
  • Corinne Kouper
  • Caroline Souris (S2-)
  • Jean-Pierre Quenet (S2-)
  • Stanislas Renaudeau d'Arc (S5-)
Running time24 minutes
44–48 minutes (4-part episodes)
Production companies
Original release
Network Disney Channel/Disney Junior (worldwide)
France 5 (France)
ReleaseSeptember 18, 2015 (2015-09-18) 
present

PJ Masks (French : Pyjamasques) is an animated superhero children's television series based on the Les Pyjamasques book series by Romuald Racioppo. Produced by Frog Box and Hasbro Entertainment in collaboration with TeamTO and The Walt Disney Company EMEA, its production has the participation of France Télévisions and Disney Junior. [2] The series is broadcast worldwide on Disney Branded Television's Disney Junior channels; in its home country of France, it airs on France 5.

Contents

In the United States, the series has been broadcast on Disney Junior since September 18, 2015. [3] The sixth season titled Power Heroes began in April 2023 and concluded in April 2024.

In the United Kingdom, some episodes of the show were broadcast on Tiny Pop.

On 30 December 2019, Hasbro acquired Entertainment One for a $3.8 billion deal, [4] making it the first Disney Junior program under the ownership of Hasbro.

Premise

In the town of Tarabiscoville, Amaya, Greg, and Connor become the superhero team PJ Masks when night falls in order to fight their many enemies and rivals. The team consists of animal-themed heroes. Amaya becomes Owlette (an owl), Greg becomes Gekko (a lizard), and Connor becomes Catboy (a cat).

The team's regular rogues' gallery includes Romeo, Luna Girl, Night Ninja, The Wolfy Kids, Motsuki, Octobella, Pharaoh Boy, Munki-gu, Orticia (former), Pirate Robot (former), The Speedy Twins and Gloop the Third (former).

Characters

PJ Masks

PJ Masks (known as "PJs" for short) is the titular superhero team that fights crime at night to keep it from ruining people's days.

Power Heroes

By Season 6, the PJ Masks form a new superhero team: The Power Heroes, to increase crime fighting. The team includes the original PJ Masks (Catboy, Owlette, Gekko and PJ Robot), some of their superhero allies and their new allies introduced in the season.

Allies

Villains

Episodes

SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 5226September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18)February 17, 2017 (2017-02-17)
2 5126January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15)March 22, 2019 (2019-03-22)
3 4826April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19)March 13, 2020 (2020-03-13)
4 4825May 15, 2020 (2020-05-15)June 7, 2021 (2021-06-07)
5 4425August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13)November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)
6 4323April 19, 2023 (2023-04-19)April 15, 2024 (2024-04-15)

Production

PJ Masks is a British/French co-production by Entertainment One, Frog Box, and TeamTO. [5] The series was renewed for a second season consisting of 52 11-minute segments in June 2016; [6] it premiered on 15 January 2018. The series was renewed for a third season on 22 January 2018; [7] originally meant to premiere in June 2019, it instead premiered on 19 April that same year. [8] The series was renewed for a fourth season on June 5, 2019; originally meant to premiere sometime in April 2020, it instead premiered on 15 May 2020 (possibly due to COVID-19 pandemic). The series was renewed for a fifth season on January 28, 2020, which premiered on August 13, 2021. [9] The series was renewed for a sixth season, which premiered on April 19, 2023.

Streaming services

Seasons of PJ Masks are currently available worldwide on the Disney+ and Netflix streaming services. [10]

Streaming serviceContentInitial availability
Disney+ Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 [11] [12] Seasons 1 & 2: 12 November 2019 (launch) [13]
Season 3: 26 June 2020
Season 4: 25 June 2021
Season 5: 20 October 2021 [14]
Season 6: 19 April 2023 [15]
Netflix Seasons 2, 3, & 4 [16] Season 2: 15 January 2020 [17] [18]
Season 3: 19 April 2021
Season 4: 15 May 2022

See also

References

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  2. Jennifer Wolfe (2 October 2015). "'PJ Masks' Sees Strong U.S. Debut". Animation World Network . Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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  4. "Hasbro's Toy Box Is Bigger Than Ever With $3.8 Billion Entertainment One Takeover". Fortune. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  5. John Hopewell; Emilio Mayorga (18 June 2016). "Annecy: TeamTO Re-Ups on 'PJ Masks,' 'Skylanders' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  6. Georg Szalai (15 June 2016). "Disney Junior's 'PJ Masks' to Get Second Season". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  7. Lauren Malyk (22 January 2018). "PJ Masks flies into production on season three". Kidscreen. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  8. "Disney Channel to Air Third Season of PJ MASKS on April 19". Broadway World. 26 March 2019. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
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  10. Regan, Chelsea (1 May 2020). "PJ Masks Season Four to Launch with Special Extended Episode". TV Kids. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  11. "PJ Masks". Disney+. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  12. "PJ Masks: Power Heroes". Disney+. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  13. Epstein, Zach (12 November 2019). "Here's everything you need to know about Disney+ on launch day, in Disney's own words". New of Netflix. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  14. "Here's What's New on Disney+ in October 2021". Collider. 23 October 2021. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  15. "Next on Disney+: April 2023". Disney Plus Press. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  16. "Watch PJ Masks │ Netflix". Netflix. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  17. "Info Page: PJ Masks". New on Netflix (USA). 1 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  18. Moore, Kasey (15 January 2020). "New Releases on Netflix: January 15th, 2020". What's on Netflix. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.