Get Blake! Explained

Get Blake! is a French-American animated television series created by Antoine Guilbaud and produced by Marathon Media and Zodiak Kids.^{[1] [2]} The show aired on both Gulli and Nickelodeon in France.

According to Marathon Media, the show was its first "broad comedy series" following "years of doing light-hearted action such as Totally Spies! or Martin Mystery."^[3] 26 episodes were produced.

Plot

The series tracks the exploits of Blake Myers, an adventurous teenage boy who is destined to one day to protect humanity from alien squirrels called "Squaliens". The Squaliens, however, are sent back in time to prevent Blake from fulfilling this destiny.

Characters

• Blake Myers (Robbie Daymond) — Blake is a 13-year-old boy who dreams to become a space ranger. He is skilled at parkour which helps in escaping the Squaliens. Has a strong sympathy for Leonard.
• Mitch de la Cruz (Spike Spencer) — Blake's Mexican American best friend who cherishes nothing more than their friendship and gets jealous whenever Blake's attention is diverted to someone else.
• Maxus (John Fisher) — The bossiest and shortest of the Squalien trio, Jerome's brother and the General's nephew.
• Jerome (Danny Katiana) — The dimwit of the Squalien trio who is Maxus' brother and the General's nephew.
• Leonard (Kevin Glikmann) — The genius and self-appointed leader of the Squalien trio. He is always the one who invents the gadgets necessary for their missions.
• Squalien General (Kevin Glikmann) — The Squaliens' commander who sent Leonard, Jerome and Maxus from the future to apprehend Blake. As Maxus and Jerome's uncle, he mostly takes their side and doubts Leonard.
• Zorka — The resident contractor and also Roy's guardian.
• Skye Gunderson (Katie Leigh) — Blake's neighbor as well as his love interest. She also volunteers as a dental nurse helping her father.
• Roy Cronk (Faruq T. Jenkins) — The cranky neighbor whose nerves Blake and Mitch often get on.
• Dale Myers (Derek Dressler) — Blake's father, and co-owner of the family travel business, "Let's Travel!".
• Darla Myers (Tarah Consoli) — Blake's Mother, and co-owner of "Let's Travel!"
• Rodrigo de la Cruz — Mitch's father who is also a skilled inventor.
• Carmen de la Cruz (Yeni Álvarez) — Mitch's mother who organizes the town's block parties.
• Dr. Björn Gunderson — Skye's father who is the resident dentist and like her he also has gap teeth.
• Isabelle Gunderson — Skye's mother.
• Sunshine Gunderson — Skye's baby sister.
• Fast Eddy — Zorka's pet miniature bull terrier that keeps protecting his lawn.

Production

The series was first announced in 2012 as being titled Blake and the Aliens with Reid Harrison and Eric Gosselet originally attached to write and direct respectively, and was described as having a "board-driven" approach similar to SpongeBob SquarePants. In 2014, it was retitled as Get Blake! with Daniel Klein taking over as director.

Broadcast

Get Blake! was originally scheduled to premiere on Nickelodeon in the United States in April 2015, but instead began to air on Nicktoons on April 20, 2015.^[4] The series premiered on Nickelodeon in Africa on April 6 but later moved to Nicktoons in Africa from November 2 for new episodes and on Nickelodeon in Australia and New Zealand on May 17.^[5] In Arabia, it is being broadcast on both Nickelodeon and Nicktoons. It also airs on ABC Me in Australia.

External links

• • Production website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roxborough. Scott. France's Marathon Teams With Nickelodeon on 'Blake and the Aliens'. The Hollywood Reporter. June 12, 2022. September 25, 2012.
2. Web site: Get Blake!. Marathon Media. April 12, 2014. 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140424133631/http://www.marathon-media.fr/get-blake-2/. April 24, 2014.
3. Web site: Zodiak Kids Launches 'Get Blake!'. Jennifer Wolfe. October 17, 2014. Animation World Network.
4. Zodiak Kids Announces Presales For Get Blake!. February 25, 2015. Zodiak Rights. March 8, 2015. July 9, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150709120827/http://www.zodiakmedia.com/press_detail.php?id=679. dead.
5. Web site: Foxtel in May: 200+ new shows including Wayward Pines, Open Slather, Nashville and River Cottage Australia. P. Charles. The Green Room. Foxtel. April 29, 2015. September 26, 2015.