Zokie of Planet Ruby explained

Zokie of Planet Ruby is a Canadian animated television series created by Brian Morante that premiered on Amazon Prime Video on December 31, 2023.^[4] The series is directed by Mike Geiger and is produced by Nelvana.^[2] The first season consists of 26 episodes.

Premise

The series is about a 10-year-old vlogger named Ruby who starts a video channel called Planet Ruby. When she discovers that her first follower is a space alien named Zokie Sparkleby, the two become best friends who film their everyday adventures.^[5]

Characters

Main

• Zokie Sparkleby (voiced by Zach Reino) is a short blue alien from Planet Pudge. He decides to stay on Earth with Ruby. He is very outgoing, optimistic, and helpful, but he is also naïve and clueless about Earth.
• Ruby Studebaker (voiced by Bahia Watson) is an excitable young video vlogger who lives in an apartment building. Her channel is called Planet Ruby. When she discovers that Zokie is her first (and only) follower, the two become best friends.

Recurring

• Earl (voiced by Cory Doran) is a cranky, accident-prone squirrel. He has a selfish and sarcastic demeanor, and finds Zokie and Ruby greatly annoying due to their naïve and childish antics, as well as inadvertently gifting him the ability to talk. He has a habit of eating disgusting things and pulling off cons to get money, which usually painfully backfire on him. He begins dating Konko as of "Love Nuts".
• Dee (voice by Sabryn Rock) and Stan (voiced by Joshua Graham) are Ruby's parents. Both of them work gig jobs that change from episode to episode.
• Grandma Pearl (voiced by Alana Bridgewater) is Ruby's maternal grandmother who loves going to the gym. She is also more tech-savvy than most seniors.
• Tweenkle (voiced by Melissa Altro) is a bratty 15-year-old teenage girl with an extremely popular channel on MeScreen. In "Tweenkle Rebrands", she, as the title suggests, rebrands into Teenkle upon turning 16, eventually becoming the leader of a pack of wolves and leaving her civilized life behind to start anew with them, though she makes one final appearance in "The End Times". Her name is a portmanteau of "tweenager" and "twinkle".
• King Pootywinkle (voiced by Ryan Beil) is the tyrannical, dangerously immature Pomeranian dog king of Zokie's home planet, and the show's primary antagonist.
• Konko (voiced by Sharron Matthews) is King Pootywinkle's assistant, a seemingly brutish, yet sensitive and soft pink dog-like alien. As of "Love Nuts", she has begun dating Earl.

Production

On March 19, 2021, the series was announced during the 2021 Nickelodeon Upfront under the original title ZJ Sparkleton, which would have debuted in 2022.^{[6] [7]} In January 2022, it was retitled Zokie Sparkleby.^[8] In May 2022, the series was once again retitled Zokie of Planet Ruby,^[9] and premiered on Amazon Prime Video in the United States on December 31, 2023 with 26 episodes were ordered for the first season.^[10]

References

1. Web site: Dan Sarto . Nickelodeon Greenlights 'ZJ Sparkleton' and 'The Hamster Show' . . March 19, 2021 . June 13, 2022.
2. Web site: Nelvana lands two Nickelodeon greenlights. March 22, 2021. Playback.
3. Web site: Zokie of Planet Ruby (TV Series). FilmAffinity.
4. Web site: Marisa Natalicchio . ZJ Sparkleton Coming To Nickelodeon . BSCkids . March 22, 2021 . June 13, 2022.
5. Web site: Dan Sarto . Nickelodeon Greenlights 'ZJ Sparkleton' and 'The Hamster Show' . . March 19, 2021 . June 13, 2022.
6. Nickelodeon Fuels Original Animation Content Slate With Nelvana on Two New Series Greenlights: ZJ Sparkleton and the Hamster Show. March 18, 2021. May 29, 2024. Business Wire.
7. Web site: Nickelodeon Announces 2021-22 Content Slate. NickaLive. March 19, 2021. May 29, 2024.
8. Web site: Nickelodeon Gives New Titles to 'ZJ Sparkleton' and 'The Hamster Show' . May 31, 2024.
9. Web site: Nickelodeon Renames 'Zokie Sparkleby' As 'Zokie of Planet Ruby'. May 14, 2022. NickaLive. May 29, 2024.
10. Web site: 'Zokie of Planet Ruby' Lands on Amazon Prime. December 31, 2023. NickaLive. May 29, 2024.