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Super Science Friends is an animated web series created by Brett Jubinville and broadcast worldwide on YouTube and on Crunchyroll's VRV Channel in the United States. The series revolves around a group of super-powered scientists, including Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud and Tapputi, who are brought together by Winston Churchill to travel through time fighting super-villains. The pilot episode Episode 1: The Phantom Premise was successfully Kickstarted in late 2014, [1] and aired on YouTube in 2016. In 2017, Neil deGrasse Tyson joined the cast for Episode 3: Nobel of the Ball as the MC of the Nobel Prize Awards.
No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Date published |
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1 | 1 | "The Phantom Premise" | Brett Jubinville | Brett Jubinville | Laurel Dalgleish | November 14, 2015 |
Winston Churchill sends the Super Science Friends on a mission to discover why Britain's apples are disappearing in the late 1600s. When they arrive in the past, they discover that Communist Space Zombies from the future are attempting to stop the apple from falling on Isaac Newton's head. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Electric Boogaloo" | Brett Jubinville | Kevin Williams | Laurel Dalgleish | January 25, 2017 |
The Super Science Friends must face Tesla's nemesis Thomas Edison after he robs a power bank of precious electricity. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Nobel of the Ball" | Laurel Dalgleish | Kevin Williams | Laurel Dalgleish | March 22, 2017 |
After losing at the Nobel Prize Awards, the nazi scientists become determined to steal every Nobel Prize ever, but the last two on their list belong to Marie Curie. Neil deGrasse Tyson guest stars as himself. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Freudian Sleep" | Brett Jubinville | Steven Shanahan | Laurel Dalgleish | December 14, 2017 |
In an effort to solve Einstein's sudden onset of bedwetting, Freud is drawn into the subconscious realm, where a battle with his nemesis Carl Jung awaits. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Are You There God? It's Me Darwin" | Brett Jubinville | Kevin Williams | Laurel Dalgeish | May 17, 2018 |
Amid falling Church attendance, the Pope goes back in time to recreate stories from the Bible, but doing so has catastrophic consequences for the animals of the present. Led by Darwin, the Super Science Friends travel back in time to investigate. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Fullmetal Scientist" | Laurel Dalgleish | Laurel Dalgleish Brett Jubinville | Laurel Dalgeish | December 13, 2018 |
Someone is murdering all the Manhattan Project scientists, and it's up to the Super Science Friends to discover who it is. This episode was completely animated in an anime style. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "The Magnificent Episode 7" | Brett Jubinville | Brett Jubinville Story by : Brett Jubinville Laurel Dalgleish Caitlin Major Morghan Fortier | Laurel Dalgeish | March 14, 2020 |
Saddle up cowboys and cowgirls! The Super Science Friends are back, and this time they've been rendered powerless at the hands of their greatest nemesis! Except they weren't really aware he even existed until today. |
No. in series | Season | Title | Directed by | Storyboarded by | Date published |
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1 | 1 | "A Super Science Friends Christmas" | Brett Jubinville | Laurel Dalgleish & Katie Jones | December 19, 2016 |
While the entire Super Science Friends team enjoys their various Christmas traditions, a drunken Winston Churchill senses a wrinkle in time and space that forces him to travel to the past and deal with the situation in a way only he can. | |||||
1 | 1 | "Marie Curie's Periodic Pantry: Hydrogen" | Brett Jubinville | Kevin Williams & Laurel Dalgleish | |
Marie Curie explains the various properties of hydrogen by experimenting on nazi clones. | |||||
2 | 1 | "Marie Curie's Periodic Pantry: Helium" | Brett Jubinville | ||
Marie Curie explains the various properties of helium by experimenting on Nazi clones. | |||||
1 | 1 | "How to Be A Genius Like Nikola Tesla" | Brett Jubinville | May 10, 2018 |
Title | Directed by: | Storyboard by: | Date Published: |
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Law of Attraction | November 24, 2015 | ||
Stars of Old (Watchmen Parody) | January 14, 2018 | ||
Sigmund and Garfunkel (The Sound of Science) | March 11, 2018 | ||
I Love Science | February 9, 2019 | ||
Into the Light (Mumford and Sons Parody) | April 19, 2019 |
As a Kickstarter reward, a comic book titled Super Science Friends: 2099 was created in 2015. It is set in 2099 and follows Ada Lovelace as she reforms the aging Super Science Friends to help fight against the tyrannical Z3 who has taken over the world.
In 2018, a comic book anthology titled Science Fiction was released featuring short stories about each of the characters.
Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
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TAAFI (Toronto Animation Arts Festival International) | Audience Choice Award | Brett Jubinville | Won |
TO WebFest 2016 | Best Canadian Web Series | Morghan Fortier | Won[ citation needed ] |
Best Screenplay | Brett Jubinville | Won | |
Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Web Series | Morghan Fortier | Nominated | |
Best Sound Design | James Robinson and Scott Hitchon | Won | |
Best Web Series | Morghan Fortier | Nominated | |
New York Science Fiction Film Festival | Best Animation Film | Brett Jubinville | Won [2] |
TO WebFest 2018 | Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Web Series | Brett Jubinville | Won |
Best Animated Content | Brett Jubinville | Won |
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