Blaze and the Monster Machines

Blaze and the Monster Machines
Genre	Adventure Racing
Created by	Jeff Borkin Ellen Martin
Developed by	Clark Stubbs Jeff Borkin Ellen Martin
Directed by	Miguel Martinez-Joffre
Voices of	Nolan North Dusan Brown Caleel Harris Ramone Hamilton Jakari Fraser Angelina Wahler Molly Jackson Luna Bella Zamora Kensington Tallman Kevin Michael Richardson Nat Faxon Alexander Polinsky James Patrick Stuart Sunil Malhotra Kate Higgins Melanie Minichino
Opening theme	"Blaze and the Monster Machines Theme," performed by Kyle Gordon, Mason Rather and JP Rende
Ending theme	"It's Blaze," performed by Scott Krippayne (Instrumental version, 2014)
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	151 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jeff Borkin Ellen Martin
Producers	Tina Chow (2014–2016) Logan McPherson (2014–2016) Sarah Wall (2016–2018) Paddy Kelly (2016–2017) Jennifer DeMichelis (2017–2022) Nisa Contreras (2018–2020) Erin Twine (2022–)
Running time	20–30 minutes (S1E3-S2E3, S2E6-present) 60 minutes (1-hour special; S1E1-2, S2E4-5)
Production companies	Nerd Corps Entertainment (season 1) WildBrain Studios (season 2-present) [lower-alpha 1] Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Channel (America) Treehouse TV (Canada)
Release	October 13, 2014 (2014-10-13) – present

Blaze and the Monster Machines is an American animated children's television series with a focus on teaching STEM that premiered on Nickelodeon on October 13, 2014. The show revolves around Blaze, a monster truck, and his human driver, AJ, as they have adventures in Axle City and learn about various STEM concepts which help them on their way. Joining them is the human mechanic Gabby and their monster truck friends Stripes, Starla, Darington and Zeg as well as their rival Crusher and his goofy sidekick Pickle. Then later on, Watts and Sparkle join the main cast in Seasons 3 and 5. The show was renewed for a fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth season.

Plot

Blaze and the Monster Machines focuses on Blaze, an orange-red monster truck, and his smart, young driver, AJ. They live in a world that involves many living monster trucks called "Monster Machines". Their friends include their truck friends, Starla, Stripes, Zeg, Darington, Watts (as of Season 3), and Sparkle (as of Season 5), as well as Gabby, who is a mechanic who can fix anything and later on Watts' Monster Machine driver and close friend (as of Season 3). Each episode also features Crusher, a very evil sneaky blue lightning bolted tractor-trailer who cheats in races, but slowly evolves into a nicer character. Crusher is always accompanied by a small truck named Pickle, his goofy sidekick.

Format

Each episode has Blaze and AJ go on various adventures and solve problems along the way, normally three per episode, with "assistance" from the viewing audience. Blaze might also transform into a different vehicle or artifact depending on the situation. Blaze may sometimes get a task done with the help of his Blazing Speed, a special power that allows him to go super fast. Animals in this Monster Machine world have blended windows (which have been removed as of season 5) and wheels. Despite this, AJ and Gabby are both humans. In some episodes, Blaze, AJ and their friends are in a race against Crusher. During the race, Crusher cheats, usually with the help of his gray robot parts. However, Blaze and AJ manage to get through his traps, and they always beat him in time. Not all episodes involve a proper race, but still have Blaze competing against Crusher, sometimes by racing against him to get an item. Other episodes involve helping a truck friend such as Starla, Zeg, Darington, Stripes, Watts, Sparkle, or even Crusher and/or Pickle. Each episode features two or three original songs usually performed by Blaze and AJ offscreen, when they are setting off on their adventure or demonstrating the episode's STEM concept.

Episodes

Main article: List of Blaze and the Monster Machines episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	18		October 13, 2014 (2014-10-13)	May 25, 2015 (2015-05-25)
2	18		September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)	September 29, 2016 (2016-09-29)
3	22		October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)	February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22)
4	19		March 26, 2018 (2018-03-26)	June 12, 2019 (2019-06-12)
5	20		August 16, 2019 (2019-08-16)	November 20, 2020 (2020-11-20)
6	23		December 18, 2020 (2020-12-18)	September 13, 2022 (2022-09-13)
7	30		September 14, 2022 (2022-09-14)	April 3, 2024 (2024-04-03)
8	TBA		April 4, 2024 (2024-04-04)	TBA

Characters

Main

• Blaze (voiced by Nolan North in the original English version, Donald Reignoux in the French version, Lorenzo Scattorin in the Italian version, Karlo Hackenberger in the German version Eran Mor in the Hebrew version and Reinaldo Rojas in the Latin Spanish version) is the show's host and central character, an orange-red monster truck who is good-hearted, loyal, and brave. He has blue eyes, and is the only main Monster Machine character to have an eye color in the entire series. He is based on the first-generation 2010-2014 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor (even 2013-2014 STX and/or FX4) in the form of a trophy truck/pre-runner, judging from the coinciding orange-red color, and has a modified version of the older generation 2004-2008 F-150's grille shaping design, along with a 2007-2013 Chevrolet Silverado's horizontal bar (non-split implies 1500 models). He is Axle City's number one racer, especially with help from his Blazing Speed which is initiated by saying "Let's Blaze!" At the very beginning of Season 2, Blaze becomes the newest member of the Axle City Fire Department and Season 4 has him join the Axle City Police Department to help Officer Anna. In the Season 5 episode "The Blaze Family," Blaze reveals the he has a family: a mother, a father (with an unknown name) and a little sister named Sparkle (who could possibly become a future main character in the series). He and his friends would also visit VelocityVille (where they turn into Race Cars to take part in adventures and Race Car Events) and Animal Island (to visit their animal friends and transform into animals for competitions or to take care of problems and/or obstacles). As revealed in the Season 3 episode "Need for Blazing Speed," Blaze's Blazing Speed engine is not only what he uses to unleash his Blazing Speed, but it is also what allows him to drive around in general. As of that same season, starting with the "Wild Wheels" episodes, Blaze's design has been slightly upgraded to have the addition of taillights, coinciding with the series' updated animation. Blaze, along with his Monster Machine friends and Gabby's ATV, also have additional features as well, such as a winch/tow hook to tow any Monster Machine out of trouble (every truck in the series actually has this) and Speed Lights to illuminate themselves in the dark and race in the dark in one of Axle City's outdoor races. On his tires, he has flame patterns, and on his sides, he has his signature flame decals. A standard F-150 where the SVT Raptor was introduced would be the twelfth overall. Despite being supposedly based on the SVT Raptor, Blaze only has one row, when in reality the actual said vehicle always has two (which are never sold in a single cab body style).
• AJ (voiced by Dusan Brown in "Blaze of Glory" through "Dragon Island Duel", Caleel Harris in "Runaway Rocket" through Season 3, Ramone Hamilton in Season 4 through "The Amazing Stunt Kitty" and Jakari Fraser in "Sir Blaze and the Unicorn" through present, Audrey Sablé in the French version, Simone Lupinacci in the Italian version, Cedric Eich in the German version, Lileana Chacón in the Spanish version and Niki Georgakakou in the Greek version; singing by Jacquez Swanigan in "The Mystery Bandit" through "Rocket Ski Rescue", Reed L. Shannon in "Race to Eagle Rock" through "The Gold Medal Games", Artyon Celestine in "Sparkles Racing Badge" through "A Blazing Amazing Christmas", Judah Edwards in "Renewable Energy Racers" through "Magic Spell Mayhem", and Leo Abelo Perry in "School Bus Blaze!" through present) is the show's co-host and Blaze's human best friend and driver. He is a Filipino science and technology expert. AJ's racing suit technology includes his Visor View in his helmet which allows him to see things no one else can. When AJ activates his Visor View, the background usually turns orange in Season 1. From Season 2 and onwards, it doesn't do that anymore. His skywriting gloves which allow him to draw pictures in mid-air (which has been mostly abandoned since Season 3) and a wrist-com video watch worn on his left arm to call others. His uniform can also undergo minor changes in appearance, such as when Blaze transforms into a race car, and Blaze using his speed lights. As the show progressed, AJ became the one to describe the STEM concept instead of Blaze in earlier seasons.
• Crusher (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) is a deep blue tractor trailer monster truck with a lighter blue lightning bolt motif who is Blaze's biggest rival, based on a large 18-wheeler cargo-truck, such as a 2005 Peterbilt 386 and/or 2012 Kenworth T680. He cheats in most episodes because he would get lampooned by Blaze in a fair race. He constructs various cheating gadgets from parts that he keeps in a bag on his chassis. While he is known for his cheating and mischievous ways, he is not all bad and not really evil. In fact, Crusher is still good at heart at times. In addition, Blaze and his friends are even willing to help Crusher in some instances, such as helping him find his toy truck Little Trucky in The Mystery Bandit, Gasquatch saving him by sneezing away a thundercloud and then bringing him down from Mud Mountain in the episode of the same name, etc. On his tires, he has lightning bolt patterns.
• Pickle (voiced by Nat Faxon) is a small green singing hatchback monster truck based on a 1975 AMC Pacer and 1971 Ford Pinto with darker green stripes and bumps on his sides, who is Crusher's sidekick despite Crusher's indifference towards him, although the two are known to be close friends most of the time. In the Season 4 episode "The Pickle Family Campout", it is revealed that he has a family: three cousins, five sisters, and a Grandpa. He tends to look on the brighter side of things and is quite goofy and has an extremely high pitch voice. Although he is by Crusher's side, Pickle is actually quite friendly towards Blaze and his friends. On his tires, he has wavy line patterns.
• Gabby (voiced by Angelina Wahler in Season 1 through "Tow Truck Tough", Molly Jackson in "Need for Blazing Speed" through Season 5, Luna Bella Zamora in Season 6, and Kensington Tallman in Season 7 through present) is a knowledgeable human mechanic with light skin, blue eyes and purple hair in a ponytail and wears a white shirt with blue overalls, though she switches to a white and blue racing suit and helmet with goggles when riding with Blaze. She fixes up the trucks when they are damaged and sometimes rides with AJ and Blaze to take part in some of their adventures. Gabby's uniform and helmet undergoes changes like AJ's, but it has only happened once (when Gabby's ATV uses Speed Lights). Gabby also drives a purple ATV. After that, she no longer drives it anymore after "Light Riders". Because starting with "Fast Friends", she is now a Monster Machine driver for Watts. This makes her the second character to become one and to be partnered with a Monster Machine (in this case: Watts), the first being AJ who partners with Blaze. When Gabby competes in a Monster Machine event with Watts, she wears a white and magenta version of her racing suit.
• Stripes (voiced by Sunil Malhotra) is a yellow-orange and violet striped truck with the abilities of a tiger, and the design based on multiple generations of a Jeep Wrangler, such as a high sense of smell and retractable spike-claws in his tires. He is good at jumping and climbing. In Season 3's "Wild Wheels" episodes, when Blaze transforms into a Lion Monster Machine, he shares his engineering powers to transform Stripes into a tiger named Super Tiger Stripes. In "Babysitting Heroes," it reveals that Stripes can babysit baby animals. His home is a treehouse in a jungle outside Axle City. On his tires, he has stripe patterns. In "The Monster Machine Christmas Extravaganza", he is an Axle City Caroler.
• Starla (voiced by Kate Higgins) is a purple pickup truck based on a lot generic, and more stubbier version of the then-new fourth-generation 2014 GMC Sierra (in 1500 Regular Cab Standard Box configuration), with the same generation Chevrolet Silverado wheel wells, a sparkly silver cowgirl hat, who is a roping expert and speaks with a thick Southern accent. She runs a farm outside Axle City. She was the only female Monster Machine to be a main cast member until "Watts" in Season 3 (see below). On her tires, she has horseshoe patterns. In "The Monster Machine Christmas Extravaganza", she is an Axle City Caroler.
• Darington (voiced by Alexander Polinsky) is a clumsy yet fearless starry blue and white monster truck with a gold star motif based on either the second generation 2008-2010 or third generation 2011-2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty. He also has a helmet and cape-like spoiler, who loves stunts, and often becomes happy. His catchphrase is "Daringtooooon!" In "The Chicken Circus", it is revealed that Darington can speak chicken. In "The Amazing Stunt Kitty", it is also revealed that Darington has a kitty cat named Stunt Kitty as his pet and sidekick. On his tires, he has star patterns. In "The Monster Machine Christmas Extravaganza", he is an Axle City Caroler.
• Zeg (voiced by James Patrick Stuart) is a light green and dark aqua half-dinosaur triceratops, half-monster truck with brute tendencies based on a Terradyne Gurkha/Armet Gurkha F5. He has a short vocabulary and tends to refer to himself in third person. Like most Ceratopsian dinosaurs, Zeg loves to smash. In "Race to the Top of the World," Zeg reveals that he can't swim (even though he did show to do such thing later on in Five Alarm Blaze). He also has a low, Hulk-like voice. His home is a prehistoric cave outside Axle City. On his tires, he has rock patterns. In "The Monster Machine Christmas Extravaganza", he is an Axle City Caroler. His main catchphrase in multiple episodes is his name itself, "ZEEEG!!!"
• Watts (voiced by Melanie Minichino) is a magenta Monster Machine powered by electricity who speaks with a South American accent and is the latest of Blaze's Monster Machine friends (as of Season 3) based on a 2016 Lamborghini Huracán LP610-4 Spyder with a truck grille and bumper. She is also the second female Monster Machine to both be part of the main cast and be part of Blaze's Monster Machine friends, with the first one being Starla. Watts' features include her electric engine and her special yellow electric tires, both allowing her to drive faster, and her Electric Charge which allows her to give anything electricity so it can work. When Watts met Blaze, AJ and Gabby for the first time, she happily asks Gabby to be her driver, saying that she never had anyone driving her before. Gabby happily accepts Watts' offer, saying that she has never been a Monster Machine's driver before. Since then, Gabby is now a Monster Machine driver for Watts and the two are now very close friends. This makes Watts the second Monster Machine to be driven by a human and to be partnered with a Monster Machine driver (in this case, Gabby) with the first being Blaze who partners with AJ. On her tires, she has lightning bolt patterns just like Crusher. In "The Monster Machine Christmas Extravaganza", she is an Axle City Caroler. She is also the only main character with (different) colored tires.
• Sparkle (voiced by Julieta Cortez) is Blaze's younger sister. She originally debuted as a guest character in the fifth season ("The Blaze Family"), but made periodic appearances in the next few seasons. Based on the same type of Ford Raptor just like him. She has hot pink pigtails with yellow stars holding them in place. Her eyes have glittery pink eye liner and eyelashes. She has a finish of sparkles on her tires (to coincide with her name), which has the same print as her brother. Sparkle's sides bear a smaller version of Blaze's flame symbol. Sparkle is very playful and enjoys her brother's company greatly. She also prefers fair play over cheating, putting her at odds over Crusher. Just like Blaze, Sparkle has the ability to transform into other vehicles to perform different tasks. When transforming, Sparkle retains her hair and the flame symbol, but sometimes the flame symbol takes on other guises. Like Blaze too, Sparkle has a Blazing Speed engine as well. But hers have a pink and yellow contrail similar to Blaze's. As said above, her appearances and interaction with the viewer is one of the few aspects in hinting that Sparkle may be a second introduction of a new main character in the series after Watts. In fact, in "Sparkle's Big Rescue", after Crusher sent Blaze and AJ away with the Bye-Bye Copter, Sparkle took Blaze and AJ's places as the main protagonist of the episode.

Recurring

• Bump Bumperman (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a truck who announces all the races.
• Animals, Crusher's Inventions (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker)
• Joe (voiced by Nat Faxon) is Gus' best friend. Based on the same generation GMC Sierra like Starla, but male.
• Gus (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) is Joe's best friend.
• Gasquatch (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) is a mud-loving truck.
• Swoops (voiced by David Shatraw) is a large green helicopter with a grille and bumper. He wears a yellow hat.
• Speedrick (voiced by Keith Ferguson) is a snooty race car, and is the main antagonist of Race Car Superstar.
• Becky Checkerflag (voiced by Grey DeLisle)
• Snout the Warthog (voiced by Ian James Corlett)
• Wartimer the Warthog (voiced by Trevor Devall)
• Bunk the Elephant (voiced by Jess Harnell)
• Bam the Gorilla (voiced by Sirena Irwin)
• Skyler the Falcon (voiced by Kate Higgins)
• Nelson the Rhino (voiced by Cedric Yarbrough)
• Burt Black'n'White (voiced by Eric Morgan Stuart)
• Paulina (voiced by Nika Futterman)
• Paulie and Ollie (voiced by Evan Agos)
• Petey (voiced by Connor Andrade)
• Peggy (voiced by Juliet Donenfeld)
• Jimmy (voiced by Leo Gragnani)
• Annie (voiced by Emma Sloan Jacobs)
• Kimmy and Ellie (voiced by Destiny Ochoa)
• Floppy (voiced by Charlie Townsend)
• Singer 1 (voiced by Scott Krippayne)
• Singer 2 (voiced by Tommy Leonard)
• Singer 3 (voiced by Seann Bowe)
• Singer 4 (voiced by Matthew Tishler)

Minor

• Reece (voiced by Kate Higgins) is a green female garbage truck. The name is made of creativity, alluding to the fact that it means "recycling".
• Debris (voiced by James Patrick Stuart) is a white French-accented garbage truck with a red dump bed.
• Clive (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) is the town baker of Axle City.
• Rudy (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is Crusher's teammate. Based on Hummer H2 SUT converted to a 2-door single cab with Starla's grille and wheel wells.
• Ferris (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a chopped roof tow truck. In the Season 1 episode "The Mystery Bandit", at the very ending scene, it turns out to be that he was actually the one who took the lost items. Yet once again based on GMC Sierra.
• The King (voiced by Charlie Adler)
• The Royal Knights
  • Green Knight and Yellow Knight (voiced by Jeff Bennett)
  • Purple Knight (voiced by Cree Summer)
  • White Knight (voiced by Charlie Adler)
• The Moose
  • Morgan Moose (voiced by Mick Wingert)
  • Marty Moose (voiced by Jim Cummings)
  • Bruce Moose (voiced by Jess Harnell)
• Carnival Barker (voiced by Mick Lauer)
• Lucy (voiced by Grey Griffin)
• Brodie (voiced by Kate Higgins)
• Robbie (voiced by Charlie Adler)
• Little Girl (voiced by Cate Gragnani)
• Little Boy (voiced by Jack Fisher)
• Littlest Girl (voiced by Destiny Ochoa)
• Dance Truck 1 (voiced by James Patrick Stuart)
• Dispatch (voiced by Nolan North)
• Traffic Trucks (all voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, Jeff Bennett, Kate Higgins and Nat Faxon)
• The Animals
• Monkey (voiced by Amber Hood)
• Bunny (voiced by Hynden Walch)
• Bunny 2 and Panda (voiced by Stephanie Sheh)
• Frog (voiced by Nolan North)
• The Sneaky Fox (voiced by Tara Strong)
• Blaze and Sparkle's Dad (speaking voice by Jess Harnell; singing voice by James Richard)
• Blaze and Sparkle's Mom (voiced by April Stewart)
• Snowbie (voiced by Becky Robinson)
• Sea Star (voiced by Cristina Vee Valenzuela)
• Swordfish (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson)
• Turtle (voiced by Nolan North)
• Shark Flowers and Biggest Shark Flower (voiced by Abby Trott)
• Crab 3 (voiced by Nika Futterman)
• Dolphin/Crab 1 (voiced by Kate Higgins)
• Crab 2/Crab Announcer (voiced by Fred Tatasciore)
• Zuzu (voiced by Debi Derryberry)
• Oola (voiced by Kaitlyn Robrock)
• Zork/Alien Announcer (voiced by Sean Kenin)
• Kissing Bear (voiced by Kate Higgins is a bear-styled monster van based on a looser GMC Savana.

Special guest stars

• Grammy (voiced by Susan Silo) is Crusher's grandma. Based on 1950 GMC HC-Series Flatbed (970).
• The Fire Chief (voiced by Joe Manganiello)
• Pegwheel the Pirate (voiced by Anthony Anderson). Based on Ford Model T.
• The Great Sphinx (voiced by Mayim Bialik) is a sphinx that only appeared in Race to the Top of the World. Whenever she appears, Darington gets easily scared.
• Santa Claus (voiced by Bob Joles) is a third human character based on the original real-life human of the same name.
• The Voice of Christmas (voiced by Carl Reiner)
• Rally (voiced by Danica Patrick)
• Fender (voiced by Kasey Kahne)
• Dash (voiced by Jimmie Johnson)
• Mark Setgo (voiced by Chase Elliott)
• The Light Thief (voiced by Melissa Rauch) is a kangaroo.
• Lazard the Chameleon (voiced by Billy Ray Cyrus)
• Tooks the Toucan (voiced by Kelsea Ballerini)
• Thunderwing the Falcon (voiced by Darius Rucker)
• The Pickle Family
  • Cousin Ben (voiced by Steve Little)
  • Cousins Ken and Sven (voiced by Chris Parnell)
  • Sister Lilly and Baby Gherkin (voiced by Judy Greer)
  • Sisters Milly and Frilly (voiced by Wendi McLendon-Covey)
  • Sister Tilly (voiced by Stephanie Courtney)
  • Grandpa (voiced by Jim Rash)
• Little Bunny (voiced by Jenna Dewan)
• Commander Megan (voiced by K. Megan McArthur)
• Blackbelt, the Ninja Master (voiced by DJ Khaled in "Ninja Blaze", Dempsey Pappion in "Ninja Soup")
• Officer Anna (voiced by Nia Long) is a police truck based on a Ferrari LaFerrari.
• Roarian (voiced by Regi Davis)
• Genie (voiced by Justin Guarini)
• Grandma Ninja (voiced by Jo Marie Payton)
• The Treat Thief (voiced by Georgie Kidder)
• Wheelie Jean King (voiced by Billie Jean King)
• Swift Paul (voiced by Chris Paul)
• Abby Wamtruck (voiced by Abby Wambach)
• The Litter Critter (voiced by "Weird Al" Yankovic)
• Queen Fastine (voiced by Sherri Shepherd)
• Lord Carburetor (voiced by Richard Kind) is a GMC Sierra with a hat, mustache and beard.
• Gas Guzzler (voiced by Nicole Byer) is a sneaky female guzzler truck.
• The Yucky Ducky (voiced by Amy Sedaris)
• The Green Queen (voiced by Kathy Najimy)
• Baby Robot (voiced by Mr. Lawrence)

Locations

• Axle City is the main location of the series and where Blaze, AJ, Gabby, and all of the rest of the Monster Machines live. The most well-known locations of the area include the Monster Dome, Mud Mountain, a land of Medieval Monster Machines, and much more, including nearby islands. Monster Machines race events include Stuntmania, the Axle City Grand Prix and the Race to the Top of the World. Monster Machine friends, both in Axle City and other areas of the Monster Machine world, include the Great Sphinx, Pegwheel Pete and his Pirate Crew, Bump Bumperman, Joe and Gus, Gasquatch, the Light Thief (a kangaroo), the Litter Critter (a raccoon), and the Treat Thief (a mouse).
• VelocityVille is the location for the "Race Car Adventures" episodes. To reach VelocityVille, Blaze and his friends travel to it with help from their friend, Swoops, whom Blaze and AJ first met before he offers them a ride on their very first visit to VelocityVille. Where Axle City is inhabited by Monster Machines, VelocityVille's inhabitants are Race Cars. This is where Blaze transformed into a Race Car for first time to save his new friends of Velocityville and since then, he, his Monster Machine friends and even Crusher and Pickle transform into Race Cars whenever they visit VelocityVille. As a result of the Race Car Transformation, AJ's racing suit also undergoes some slight changes, such as his racing helmet having white detailing instead of black. Blaze, AJ, Gabby and the other Monster Machine's Race Car friends include Rally, Fender, Dash, Mark-Set-Go and other Velocityville residents like Becky Checkerflag and Speedrick (formerly a rival who wants no one to be faster than him, but now a friend who believes that all race cars, including him, should be fast). In VelocityVille, Race Cars happily drive around the city at incredible speed and velocity thanks to their aerodynamic shapes, and Race Car events take place, such as the Race to Eagle Rock, the Polar Derby and the Hundred Mile Race.
• Animal Island is a location in the Monster Machines' World where animals of all kinds reside, including insects. Animal Island is also the location for the "Wild Wheels" episodes. Unlike the animals in Axle City and VelocityVille, all of the animals in Animal Island are capable to talk like humans and Monster Machines, in addition to their usual animal noises. The main residents of the island and Blaze, AJ, Gabby and the Monster Machines' animal friends include Bunk the Elephant, Bam the Gorilla, Skyler the Falcon, Nelson the Rhino, and Tooks the Toucan. Blaze and his friends travel to Animal Island by raft or Swoops. When Blaze and his friends visit Animal Island, instead of STEM Concepts, the "Wild Wheels" episodes teach viewers educational facts about all kinds of Animals.

Production

The first season consisted of 20 episodes. ^[1] On June 15, 2015, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on October 10, 2016. ^[2] On June 21, 2017, it was renewed for a fourth season which premiered on March 26, 2018. ^[3] On May 22, 2018, it was renewed for a fifth season which premiered on August 16, 2019. ^[4] On February 19, 2020, the series was renewed for a sixth season which premiered on December 18, 2020. ^[5] On August 9, 2021, Charlie Adler, the voice director for the series, confirmed that the series was renewed for a seventh season, ^[6] which was later confirmed to have 26 episodes. ^[7]

Broadcast

Blaze and the Monster Machines premiered on Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 6, 2015 ^[8] and on Nick Jr. in Australia and New Zealand on March 9. ^[9] The series is also airing on Nickelodeon and Treehouse TV in Canada ^[10] and Nick Jr. in Africa. ^[11] It premiered on Nicktoons in the United Kingdom along with Ryan's Mystery Playdate on 6 January 2020. ^[12]

DVD releases

Blaze and the Monster Machines DVD releases are distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment under the Nickelodeon label.

Title	Region 1	Episodes
Blaze of Glory: A Mini Movie	February 17, 2015	"Blaze of Glory" & "The Driving Force"
High-Speed Adventures	August 11, 2015	"The Bouncy Tires", "Stuntmania!", "Epic Sail" & "The Team Truck Challenge"
Rev Up and Roar	February 16, 2016	"Zeg and the Egg", "Dino Dash", "Gasquatch!" & "Dragon Island Duel"
Fired Up!	July 12, 2016	"Fired Up!", "Five Alarm Blaze", "Trouble at the Truck Wash" & "Sneezing Cold"
Race Into VelocityVille	February 14, 2017	"Race Car Superstar", "Race to Eagle Rock", "Sky Track", "The Wishing Wheel", "The Hundred Mile Race" & "The Polar Derby"
Wild Wheels: Escape to Animal Island	September 19, 2017	"Animal Island", "Toucan Do It!", "The Big Ant-venture" & "Falcon Quest"
Heroes of Axle City	February 13, 2018	"Tow Truck Tough", "Light Riders", "Rocket Ski Rescue" & "Race to the Top of the World"
Blaze Saves Christmas	November 6, 2018	"Monster Machine Christmas", "Breaking the Ice", "Catch That Cake!" & "Ninja Blaze"
Robot Riders	February 5, 2019	"Robots to the Rescue", "T-Rex Trouble", "Meatball Mayhem" & "Robots in Space"
Ninja Blaze	August 27, 2019	"Ninja Blaze", "Ninja Soup", "Pickle Power", "Defeat the Cheat" & "The Super-Size Prize"
Knight Riders	February 11, 2020	"Knight Riders", "Knighty Knights", "Royal Rescue" & "The Flying Lion"
Race for the Golden Treasure	July 28, 2020	"Race for the Golden Treasure", "Treasure Track", "The Island of Lost Treasure" & "The Wishing Wheel"
Axle City Grand Prix	February 2, 2021	"Axle City Grand Prix", "The Bouncing Bull Racetrack", "Deep Sea Grand Prix" & "Raceday Rescue"
The Case of the Treat Thief	July 27, 2021	"The Treat Thief", "Blazing Amazing Stories", "Toy Trouble!" & "Officer Blaze"
Dino Derby	February 1, 2022	"Dino Derby", "Dinosaur Parade", "Dinocoaster" & "Dino Dash"
Big Rig to the Rescue!	October 4, 2022	"Big Rig to the Rescue!", "Big Rig Blaze", "Big Rig: Dolphin Delivery" & "The Big Balloon Rescue"

Video game

In 2021, Outright Games released a racing game, Blaze and the Monster Machines: Axle City Racers on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

Mobile streaming

On August 31, 2017, the first two seasons and the first half of the third season were added to the Noggin app.

Notes

1. Known as DHX Media Vancouver for seasons 2–5.

See also

• Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks
• The Adventures of Chuck and Friends

References

1. "Nickelodeon to Debut over 100 Episodes of Brand-New Educational Preschool Series in 2014–2015 Season" (Press release). 13 March 2014.
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External links

• Official website
• Blaze and the Monster Machines at IMDb