''Get Blake!'' (formerly Blake and the Aliens) is a French-American animated television series created by Antonie Guilbaud and produced by

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and

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. The show aired on both

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and

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in France. According to Marathon Media, the show was its first "broad comedy series" following "years of doing light—hearted action such as ''

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'' or ''

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''." ''Get Blake!'' ended on October 29, 2015 with a total of 26 episodes.

Plot

The series tracks the exploits of Blake Myers, an adventurous teenage boy who is destined to one day to protect humanity from

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s called "Squaliens". The Squaliens, however, are sent back in time to prevent Blake from fulfilling this destiny.

Characters

*Blake Myers (

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) — Blake is a 13-years old boy who dreams to became a space ranger. He is skilled at

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which helps in escaping the Squaliens. Has a strong sympathy for Leonard *Mitch de la Cruz (

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) — Blake's

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best friend who cherishes nothing more than their friendship and gets jealous whenever Blake's attention is diverted to someone else *Maxus (John T. 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 (

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) — Blake's neighbor as well as his love interest. She also volunteers as a dental nurse helping her father. *Roy Cronk (Faruq Tauheed) — 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 (

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) — 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

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*Isabelle Gunderson — Skye's mother *Sunshine Gunderson — Skye's baby sister *Fast Eddy — Zorka's pet

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that keeps protecting his lawn

Broadcast

''Get Blake!'' was originally going to premiere on

in the United States in April 2015, but instead began to air on

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on April 20, 2016. The series premiered on

in Africa on April 6 but later moved to

in Africa from November 2 for new episodes and on

in Australia and New Zealand on May 17. In Arabia, it is being broadcast on both

and

. It also airs on

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in Australia.

Episodes

References

External links

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Production website
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