''Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!'' is an animated children's television series featuring the voices and likeness of

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. It is also a series of books that spun off, from the show. The show aired from October 20, 2001 to June 29, 2002, on the

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block

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, and was cancelled after one season due to low ratings.

Cast

Mary-Kate Olsen Mary-Kate Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, equestrian, and former actress. Her acting career began at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Ashley Olsen in t ...

as Herself / Special Agent Misty *

Ashley Olsen Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American businesswoman, fashion designer and former actress. She began her acting career at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen in the ...

as Herself / Special Agent Amber *

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as Rodney Choy * Michael Heyward as Ivan Quintero * Brendan Beiser as Quincy * Michael Dobson as Clive Hedgemorton-Smythe *

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as Renee La Rouge *

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as Romy Bates * Sam Vincent as Capital D *

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as Bernice Shaw and Dr. Sandy *

Jason Connery Jason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963) is a British actor and director. He is the son of Sean Connery and Diane Cilento. On screen, he is best known for appearing in the third series of the ITV (TV channel), ITV drama series ''Robin of She ...

as Bennington * Christopher Gray as Oliver Dickens

Additional voices

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* Leanne Adachi *

Carmen Aguirre Carmen Aguirre is a Chilean-born Canadian actress and writer. She plays a prominent role in '' Endgame''. Early in her life, she lived and worked as a member of the Chilean Resistance. Carmen was raped by the “Paper Bag Killer” which was th ...

* Sean Amsing * Brian Arnold *

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* Suzanne Coy * Kaj Ericsen * Gweem Eyre * Colin Foo * Jean Forgie *

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* Mark Hildreth *

Britt Irvin Brittney Elizabeth Irvin (born November 10, 1984) is a Canadian actress who has also done voiceover work for Ocean Productions. Irvin is best known for playing Katie in '' Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular'' and its sequel '' Scary Godmothe ...

* Dan Joffre * Ellen Kennedy *

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* Viv Leacock * Santo Lombardo * Kirstie Marsden * Jason Michas *

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* Sara Mitchell * Vanessa Morley *

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* Jesse Moss * Colin Murdock * Richard Newman *

Nicole Oliver Nicole Lyn Oliver (born February 22, 1970) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Princess Celestia and Cheerilee in ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' and Zoe Trent in ''Littlest Pet Shop (2012 TV series), Littlest Pet S ...

* Alonso Oyarzun * John Payne * Robert O. Smith * Tracey-Lee Smyth * Farrell Spence *

Moneca Stori Moneca Stori (born January 17, 1970) is a Canadian former voice actress known mostly for her role as the original voice of Kagome Higurashi in the English version of '' Inuyasha'', as well as her lead role of Laura Haruna from the long running ...

Lee Tockar Lee William Tockar (born February 11, 1969) is a Canadian voice actor and visual artist who works for several studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is also a writer of children's literature, a musician, sculptor, illustrator and col ...

Yee Jee Tso Yee Jee Tso (born March 10, 1975, in Hong Kong) is a Canadians, Canadian actor. Tso and his family emigrated to Canada when he was six months old. He grew up in a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood and booked his first role at age 15. His tele ...

* Valerie Sing Turner * Kimberly Warnat * Dale Wilson * Nelson Wong * Donna Yamamoto *

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Episodes

Production

The series was first announced by DualStar and the then-

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-owned DIC Entertainment in March 1999. Initially, the series was going to be based on the Trenchcoat Twins personas. By 2000, the series had become a co-production of DIC and

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, under the tentative title ''Action Girls''. 52 episodes were tentatively planned for the series. After its premiere on

in the United States, in November 2001, DIC pre-sold the series internationally to

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(and later

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as well) in the UK,

in France,

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in Italy, YTV in Canada and Fox Kids Latin America. In April 2002,

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in Mexico and

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in Ireland purchased broadcast rights to the series in their respective countries.

Broadcast

From September 2002 – 2003, following the channel's rebrand,

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reaired the series alongside other ex-

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shows. In April 2015,

acquired several US broadcast rights to DualStar's content library, including this series, although it was never re-ran on the channel.

DVD releases

In June 2005,

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released a single-disc volume called "Misty and Amber vs. Renee la Rouge", featuring 5 episodes of the series focusing on the villain Renee la Rouge. The episodes come with English, Spanish and French audio tracks, as well as featuring a Trivia Challenge and a Villain Bio as bonus features. In 2016, the series was released to

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, but it contained the same episodes only available on the Volume 1 DVD.

Books

The series spun-off a series of books published by Dualstar Books and

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in 2002. In the books, the twins are special agents assigned to solve different mysteries around the fashion and sports

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, and have to travel to such cities as

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, and

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to do it. The series includes: * Book number 1: ''Makeup Shakeup''. Setting: New York and Paris. * Book number 2: ''The Dream Team''. Setting: Rome. * Book number 3: ''Fubble Bubble Trouble''. Setting: ''The Mall of Malls'', a fictional mall that appears to be based on the

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* Book number 4: ''Operation Evaporation''. Setting: Bermuda. * Book number 5: ''Dog Gone Mess'': Setting: Germany. * Book number 6: ''The Music Meltdown''. Setting: Washington, D.C. * Book number 7: ''Password: Red Hot'' Setting: England. * Book number 8: ''Fast Food Fight'' Setting: Anytown, USA

References

External links

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