Rocket Power is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó for Nickelodeon. Initially debuting on August 16, 1999, the series ran and concluded on July 30, 2004 with a total of seventy-one episodes over the course of four seasons.[1]
Series overview
[edit]Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
Pilot | Unaired | ||||
1 | 40 | 20 | August 16, 1999 | March 21, 2000 | |
2 | 40 | 20 | March 28, 2000 | March 22, 2004[2] | |
3 | 37 | 20 | September 10, 2001 | March 25, 2004 | |
4 | 12 | 11 | July 19, 2003 | July 30, 2004 |
Episodes
[edit]Pilot (1998)
[edit]Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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"Rocket Beach" | Steve Loter | Vic Wilson & Eryk Casemiro | Unaired (produced in 1998) | |
This is the pilot episode used to sell the show. It was produced in 1998, but never aired. |
Season 1 (1999–2000)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title [a] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [2] | Prod. code [4][3] | Viewers (millions) |
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1a | 1a | "New Squid on the Block" | Dave Fontana | Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | August 16, 1999 | 001A | N/A |
Sam has to learn to find his place in the Rocket gang when he moves into Ocean Shores from Kansas after his parents' divorce. | |||||||
1b | 1b | "Down the Drain" | Steve Ressel & Jim Duffy | Story by : Victor Wilson Teleplay by : Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | August 16, 1999 | 001B | N/A |
When the Stimpletons go out of town for a while, Reggie is entrusted to look after and take care of their pool while they are gone. | |||||||
2a | 2a | "Secret Spot" | Steve Ressel & Jim Duffy | Story by : Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh Teleplay by : David Regal | August 18, 1999 | 002A | N/A |
When Ocean Shores is flooded with shoobies, Raymundo permits Otto and Reggie to take Twister and Sam to his secret Surf Spot. | |||||||
2b | 2b | "Ice Queens" | Dave Fontana | David Regal & Adam Beechen | August 18, 1999 | 002B | N/A |
Twister's girly-girl cousin, Clio, goes along with the gang to Winterfest for their respective ice competitions, but both she and Reggie are at each other's throats about which competition is better. | |||||||
3a | 3a | "Otto 3000" | Jim Duffy | David Regal | August 23, 1999 | 003A | N/A |
When Otto's snowboard gets mangled before a competition, a smooth-talking, two-faced Sno-Mart representative offers Otto a corporate sponsorship and persuades him to become a sellout. | |||||||
3b | 3b | "Night Prowlers" | Jeff Scott | Emily Kapnek | August 23, 1999 | 003B | N/A |
After being dared by Lars, Otto and the gang agree to sneak out of their homes at midnight to meet him for a street hockey game. | |||||||
4a | 4a | "Happy Luau to You-Au" | Jeff Scott | Adam Beechen | August 25, 1999 | 004A | N/A |
Reggie's birthday plans become ruined when Otto accidentally gets the gang suspended from Madtown, so Violet tries to cheer her up by offering to throw Reggie a birthday party. | |||||||
4b | 4b | "Rocket Rescue" | Andrei Svislotski | Story by : David Regal Teleplay by : Adam Beechen, Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | August 25, 1999 | 004B | N/A |
Twister and Sam learn how to be real lifeguards when their mothers sign them up for the Ocean Shores Junior Lifeguard Program. | |||||||
5a | 5a | "Twister's Cuz" | Jim Duffy | David Regal | August 30, 1999 | 005A | N/A |
Twister has to babysit his six-year-old cousin, Scotty, while waiting to ride the new attraction at the amusement park on the pier. | |||||||
5b | 5b | "Big Thursday" | Rick Bugental | Story by : Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh Teleplay by : David Regal & Adam Beechen | August 30, 1999 | 005B | N/A |
When Otto's surfing idol, "The Rhino" comes to town to surf a huge wave during a tropical storm, Otto is determined to join him. | |||||||
6a | 6a | "Rocket Girls" | Steve Ressel & Jim Duffy | Story by : Kendra Mora Teleplay by : David Regal | September 1, 1999 | 006A | N/A |
Reggie teams up with Violet for the annual Family Fun Day Competition in hopes of winning the Rocket gang a brand-new jet ski. | |||||||
6b | 6b | "Father's Day Off" | Dave Fontana | Story by : Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh Teleplay by : Mindy Schneider & Adam Beechen | September 1, 1999 | 006B | N/A |
When Sam's father comes to town, he decides to take Sam and the gang out for the day to Wishing Waters, Laser Crater and Sno-Mart. Sam, however, is upset and feels like he's being neglected by his father because he's too busy with work to join in on the fun. | |||||||
7a | 7a | "Powergirl Surfers" | Rick Bugental | Story by : Dalina Soto-Loeser Teleplay by : David Rosenberg | September 8, 1999 | 007A | N/A |
Reggie starts a movement to empower the local female surfers to be proud of what they can do after a representative from the Gnarly Surf Magazine said that girls can't surf and refuses to feature any girl surfers in their magazines. | |||||||
7b | 7b | "Twisted Cinema" | Jeff Scott | David Regal | September 8, 1999 | 007B | N/A |
When Twister shows off a video of Otto performing tricks at the Shore Shack, it causes a snag in their friendship because the video publicly humiliates Otto by containing shots of him wiping out. | |||||||
8a | 8a | "Blader Bowl" | Jim Duffy | David Regal & Adam Beechen | September 20, 1999 | 008A | N/A |
The Blader Bowl debuts at Madtown with a news crew capturing video of the gang in action. However, the shots of Otto mistakenly get edited together with the shots of Sam, so now everyone thinks Sam is a professional blader. | |||||||
8b | 8b | "Total Luger" | Dave Fontana | Story by : David Regal Teleplay by : David Rosenberg | September 20, 1999 | 008B | N/A |
When Otto notices that Street Luging is the latest sports craze, he and Twister become curious and decide to try it for themselves. | |||||||
9a | 9a | "'D' is for Dad" "D is for Dad" | Rick Bugental | Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | September 13, 1999 | 009A | N/A |
Just as Raymundo is about to take the gang away for a big surfing trip, Otto gets a bad grade in school and is not allowed to come. | |||||||
9b | 9b | "Banned on the Run" | Jeff Scott | David Rosenberg | September 13, 1999 | 009B | N/A |
When Otto accidentally collides with Merv while skateboarding and causes him to sprain his arm, local activists use the incident as an excuse to ban skateboarding on the boardwalk and pier. | |||||||
10a | 10a | "Super McVarial 900" "Super Mcvarial 900" | Rick Bugental | Story by : Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh Teleplay by : Adam Beechen | September 15, 1999 | 010A | 2.14[5] (HH)[b] |
Otto gets a false sense of confidence for a competition when he successfully pulls off the Super McVarial 900, a new and difficult skateboarding move that Sam swears cannot be done. | |||||||
10b | 10b | "Loss of Squid" | Rick Bugental | Emily Kapnek | September 15, 1999 | 010B | 2.14[5] (HH)[b] |
The gang's friendship with Sam gets tested when he ditches them and makes friends with a fellow computer genius named Oliver. | |||||||
11a | 11a | "Rainy Days & Sundaes" | Jeff Scott | Story by : David Rosenberg Teleplay by : Adam Beechen | September 22, 1999 | 011A | N/A |
When Otto, Reggie and Twister make a huge chocolate mess in the Rockets' kitchen, Reggie escapes to avoid taking blame so that she doesn't miss the chance to participate in her junior triathlon. | |||||||
11b | 11b | "Zine Dreams" | Rick Bugental | David Regal & Adam Beechen | September 22, 1999 | 011B | N/A |
Tired of Otto and Twister's relentless teasing, Reggie decides to get even by writing an issue of the 'Zine containing embarrassing secrets about the boys so they will become the laughingstocks of the beach, however, it accidentally gets printed and distributed. | |||||||
12a | 12a | "Hawaii Blues" | Dave Fontana | David Regal | September 27, 1999 | 012B | N/A |
Everyone takes Tito for granted until his strange behavior calls attention to the fact that he feels left out and homesick for Hawaii. | |||||||
12b | 12b | "Lost and Find" | Jim Duffy | David Rosenberg | September 27, 1999 | 012A | N/A |
When the gang discover that a tough five-year-old girl named Mackenzie has lost her parents, they decide to help her find them. | |||||||
13a | 13a | "The Night Before" | Rick Bugental | Adam Beechen & Michael Rotman | October 25, 1999 | 013A | N/A |
Otto, Twister and Sam all decide to take a chance and agree to sneak out with Eddie, Prince of the Netherworld for Mischief Night. | |||||||
13b | 13b | "Violet's Violet" | Jeff Scott | Story by : J.T. Fenn Teleplay by : David Rosenberg | October 25, 1999 | 013B | N/A |
The Rocket gang think nothing of accidentally destroying Violet's flower garden with their homemade wooden go-kart until Merv explains that they've ruined her chances of taking First Prize at the yearly Oceanfest. | |||||||
14a | 14a | "Fall & Rise of Sam" | Jim Duffy | Michael Bloom, Andy McElfresh & David Regal | October 20, 1999 | 014A | 2.17[6] (HH)[b] |
Otto and Twister look down on bodyboarding and because of that, Sam feels left out and that he doesn't belong in the group, so Reggie and Tito decide to help him out by teaching Sam how to surf all on his own. | |||||||
14b | 14b | "Typhoid Sam" | David Fontana | Story by : J.T. Fenn Teleplay by : David Rosenberg | October 20, 1999 | 014B | 2.17[6] (HH)[b] |
When Sam comes down with the Fiji Flu, it quickly spreads to Otto, Reggie and Twister who are too sick to play in the big street hockey game, so Sam tries to come up with a team to keep them in the playoffs. | |||||||
15a | 15a | "The Wrath of Don" | Rick Bugental | J.T. Fenn Teleplay by : David Rosenberg | March 7, 2000 | 019B | N/A |
Otto's favorite action movie star and skateboarding idol, Donnie Lightning, is coming to town to shoot his latest upcoming film. However, Otto soon becomes disappointed when he realizes that Donnie can't really skate and is nothing like he is in the movies. | |||||||
15b | 15b | "Safety Patrol Sam" | Jeff Scott | Adam Beechen, Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | March 7, 2000 | 015A | N/A |
When Sam is forced into being on the Safety Patrol at school, he takes it too far and becomes abusive in his new position of power. | |||||||
16a | 16a | "Reggie and a Net" "Reggie & A Net" | David Fontana | David Regal & Michael Rotman | March 7, 2000 | 016A | N/A |
When the local beach volleyball team is holding tryouts for new players, Reggie decides to go for it and does whatever it takes to make the team so that she can join up with Trish and Sherry. | |||||||
16b | 16b | "The Great Sandcastle Race" "Great Sandcastle Race" | Jim Duffy | J.T. Fenn | March 7, 2000 | 016B | N/A |
Sam rises to Oliver's challenge that nobody can beat him and his genius team in the annual Ocean Shores Sandcastle Competition. | |||||||
17a | 17a | "Escape From Lars Mountain" | Jeff Scott | Michael Rotman & David Regal Teleplay by : David Regal | March 14, 2000 | 017B | 3.38[7] 2.21[8] (HH)[b] |
When Lars gets caught picking on Twister, he is forced to be more considerate, so he takes Twister on a biking trip to Mondo Mountain. Twister brings the rest of the gang along with him and while they're up there, they all decide to play a trick on Lars. | |||||||
17b | 17b | "It Was a Dark and Stormy Day" | David Fontana | Michael Bloom, Andy McElfresh & J.T. Fenn | March 14, 2000 | 017A | 3.38[7] 2.21[8] (HH)[b] |
During a bad thunderstorm, Sam overhears commotion coming from the Shore Shack, which he thinks was Tito killing Raymundo. | |||||||
18a | 18a | "The Aloha Kid" "Aloha Kid" | Bob Fuentes | Adam Beechen & David Rosenberg | March 14, 2000 | 018A | 2.20[8] (HH)[b] |
Tito's young nephew, Keoni, is coming into town from Hawaii for a few days to participate in an invitational surf contest. When he shows up however, Otto becomes jealous because Keoni is getting all of the attention by doing everything much better than him. | |||||||
18b | 18b | "Otto Mobile" "Ottomobile" | Jim Duffy | Story by : Victor Wilson Teleplay by : Scott Gray, Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | March 14, 2000 | 018B | 2.20[8] (HH)[b] |
Tito gets sick and can't work so Raymundo ask Otto and Reggie to help him out at the Shore Shack. However, Reggie agrees to cover for Otto so that he can take part in the local skateboarding competition. | |||||||
19a | 19a | "Big Air Dare" "The Big Air Dare" | Rick Bugental | Peter Egan | March 21, 2000 | 015B | 3.14[9] |
Otto and Reggie start a fierce battle of one-upmanship to determine who is the better snowboarder. Twister and Sam can't decide, as both of them seem equally great, so Otto and Reggie decide to go on "The Big Air," which is for experienced adult boarders only. | |||||||
19b | 19b | "Otto's Big Break" | Jeff Scott | Story by : David Regal Teleplay by : David Rosenberg | March 21, 2000 | 019B | 3.14[9] |
Otto gets restless after being cooped up in the house with a broken leg. Determined to play in the big street hockey tournament, he futilely tries to compensate for his cast with ridiculous contraptions. | |||||||
20a | 20a | "Snow Day" | Rick Bugental | David Rosenberg | March 21, 2000 | 020A | 3.10[9] |
When Sam tells Otto about how school was cancelled every time it snowed back when he was living in Kansas, it gives Otto the idea to play hooky and drags Sam along with him so they can have the day off from school. | |||||||
20b | 20b | "Welcome to the Club" | Dave Fontana | Story by : Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh Teleplay by : David Regal | March 21, 2000 | 020B | 3.10[9] |
When Otto gets a free trial membership to the Ocean Shores Beach Club, the gang get intrigued and decide to go and check it out. |
Season 2 (2000–01; 2004)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title [a] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code [2] | Viewers (millions) |
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21a | 1a | "All About Sam" | Jeff Scott | Story by : Heather McDonald Teleplay by : David Rosenberg | March 28, 2000 | 021A | 2.17[10] (HH)[b] |
When a new kid named Josh arrives in Ocean Shores, he tries to buddy up with the gang, but is not exactly met with open arms. Josh soon finds a sympathetic friend in Sam who introduces him to Otto, Reggie and Twister. | |||||||
21b | 1b | "Half-Twister" "Half Twister" | Bob Fuentes | Story by : Peter Egan Teleplay by : J.T. Fenn | March 28, 2000 | 021B | 2.17[10] (HH)[b] |
Twister becomes scared to do any skateboarding after having a dangerous wipe-out and after an oblivious Otto rags on him for it. | |||||||
22a | 2a | "Twisting Away" | Dave Fontana | J.T. Fenn | March 28, 2000 | 022A | N/A |
After Twister makes a gigantic mess in his backyard, he overhears his parents talking and believes that they are sending him away. | |||||||
22b | 2b | "The Spot Remover" | Rick Bugental | Michael Bloom, Andy McElfresh & J.T. Fenn | March 28, 2000 | 022B | N/A |
Raymundo, Tito and the gang have the day off and agree to head out to their secret Surf Spot. However, the locals become upset with them and get themselves in trouble because they don't take care of the beach and disrespect the surf line. | |||||||
23a | 3a | "Rocket Repairs" | Louie del Carmen | David Rosenberg | November 3, 2000 | 023A | N/A |
After Otto fixes a broken skateboard, the gang realizes they can make money by fixing sporting equipment and decide to start a repair business. Business starts slowly but soon picks up after Otto gets the word out, however, Otto has an agenda of his own. | |||||||
23b | 3b | "Say Hello to Cement Head" | Chris Hermans | Story by : J.T. Fenn Teleplay by : David Regal | November 3, 2000 | 023B | N/A |
When the gang sneak in on a newly-poured cement ramp being constructed at Madtown, Twister accidentally falls into the cement and causes Conroy to close the park until he can figure out who messed up the new ramp. | |||||||
24a | 4a | "Shark Bait" | Bob Fuentes | Story by : Gabriel Sullivan & Rob Forman Teleplay by : David Regal | November 10, 2000 | 024A | N/A |
When Ocean Shores becomes overrun with shoobies, Otto gets the idea to fake a shark sighting in order to try and clear the beach. | |||||||
24b | 4b | "A Shot in the Park" | Jeff Scott | Story by : J.T. Fenn Teleplay by : David Rosenberg | November 10, 2000 | 024B | N/A |
The Rocket gang go to the Wet World aquarium to finish a project for a school assignment. While there, Twister sneaks into a closed exhibit and loses his camera in the process. | |||||||
25a | 5a | "Radical New Equipment" | Rick Bugental | Story by : David Rosenberg Teleplay by : Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | December 4, 2000 | 025A | 2.57[11] (HH)[b] |
When the Rocket gang run into a special class of disabled athletes on a snowboarding weekend, Reggie becomes intrigued by one of the girls who has a metal leg but can still snowboard on a competitive level. | |||||||
25b | 5b | "Tito's Lucky Shell" | Dave Fontana | Story by : Rob Forman Teleplay by : David Rosenberg | December 4, 2000 | 025B | 2.57[11] (HH)[b] |
When Sam finds an exotic shell on the beach, he and Reggie decide to take it back to the Shore Shack to show the rest of the gang. | |||||||
26a | 6a | "The Longest Day" | Jeff Scott | Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh Story by : Rob Forman | November 17, 2000 | 026A | N/A |
The Rocket gang get challenged by Lars and his gang to an all-day competition over sea, air and land to see who can earn the right to claim their spot on the Wall of Fame inside the Shore Shack. | |||||||
26b | 6b | "Ottoman and the Sea" | Louie del Carmen | Michael Allen | November 17, 2000 | 026B | N/A |
During a camping weekend, Otto, Reggie, Twister and Sam talk Raymundo into letting them go fishing all on their own in the boat. | |||||||
27a | 7a | "Mr. B is in The House" | Louie del Carmen | Story by : David Rosenberg & Rob Forman Teleplay by : Rob Forman | January 5, 2001 | 027A | N/A |
When the new school year begins in Ocean Shores, Otto and Twister prepare for the worst when they learn that they are getting a new homeroom teacher. However, Otto and Twister are surprised to find out that their new teacher for the year is actually Conroy. | |||||||
27b | 7b | "Earnest Otto" | Chris Hermans | Matt Karis | January 5, 2001 | 027B | N/A |
After Otto breaks his third surfboard in a row, Raymundo tells him he needs a lesson in responsibility and that he will not be able to get a new surfboard until he learns the value of hard work. | |||||||
28a | 8a | "The Good Housekeeping Seal" | Bob Fuentes | Rob Forman | March 30, 2001 | 028B | N/A |
Twister befriends a harbor seal he names Bruce that follows him around town after feeding and playing with it at the beach. Lieutenant Tice isn't having it though and makes Twister give up Bruce, so Twister has to find a way to part with his new friend. | |||||||
28b | 8b | "What's That Smell?" "What's That Smell" | Dave Fontana | Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | March 30, 2001 | 028A | N/A |
Otto volunteers the Rocket gang to clean up the trash on the beach and in response they get the beach named after them. However, there is a bigger problem with the trash that the gang must solve first in order for them to finish the job permanently. | |||||||
29a | 9a | "Legends and Their Falls" "Legends & Their Falls" | Chris Hermans | David Rosenberg, Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | April 27, 2001 | 029A | 1.22[12] (HH)[b] |
Ocean Shores is having its annual Fourth of July Legends and Family Surf-O-Rama Contest and Otto endeavors to win the first-place trophy so he can become a surfing legend. | |||||||
29b | 9b | "Welcome to Ottoworld" | Jeff Scott | David Regal | January 27, 2001 | 029B | 2.88[13] 2.01[13] (HH)[b] |
When the Rocket gang learns that there will be a time capsule buried in Ocean Shores, they each dream about what the future of Ocean Shores will be like in five hundred years. | |||||||
30a | 10a | "Bruised Man's Curve" | Anthony Bell | David Rosenberg | April 6, 2001 | 030A | N/A |
Otto enlist Reggie, Twister and Sam to assist him with figuring out a plan to take a run down "Bruised Man's Curve," an extremely dangerous mountainboard track that doesn't get its name for nothing. | |||||||
30b | 10b | "Pool's Out Forever" | Rick Bugental & Jim Duffy | Story by : Sam Linsky & Andy Berman Teleplay by : David Rosenberg | April 6, 2001 | 030B | N/A |
When the Rocket gang find out that Eddie, Prince of the Netherworld has gotten a brand-new empty pool, Otto sees it as a perfect skateboarding bowl and frantically wants to skate in the pool before it gets filled up. | |||||||
31a | 11a | "Back Bowl" | Dave Fontana | David Regal | April 13, 2001 | 031A | N/A |
When the Rocket gang are up at Mount Baldy for a snowboarding weekend, Otto and Twister attempt to beat the crowds by taking a run down the off-limits backside of the mountain. | |||||||
31b | 11b | "Game Day" | Chris Hermans | Story by : David Regal Teleplay by : Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | April 13, 2001 | 031B | N/A |
The gang gets burnt out after practicing street hockey for hours. Reggie, Twister and Sam are ready to give it up but Otto is still in a competitive mood so he invents a new game called Rocketball and makes up the rules for it as the game goes on to suit himself. | |||||||
32a | 12a | "It Came From Planet Merv" | Rick Bugental & Jim Duffy | Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | January 19, 2001 | 032A | N/A |
After Twister reads the comic book that Sam gave him about extraterrestrials invading a small town, it convinces him and Otto into thinking that Merv is a hostile space alien. | |||||||
32b | 12b | "Netherworld Night" | Louie del Carmen | Story by : David Regal Teleplay by : Rob Forman | January 19, 2001 | 032B | N/A |
Eddie, Prince of the Netherworld invites the Rocket gang to come and stay over at his house for a spooky camp-out and sleepover. | |||||||
33a | 13a | "Here's the Twist" | Bob Fuentes | David Rosenberg Story by : J.T. Fenn | April 1, 2001 | 033A | 2.35[14] (HH)[b] |
It's April Fools' Day and the Rocket gang are trying to out-do each other with April Fools' pranks. Twister's prank, however, is much more perplexing so Otto, Reggie and Sam try to figure out what he's up to before the day is over. | |||||||
33b | 13b | "Sam: King of Kickball" "Sam, King of Kickball" | Bob Fuentes | David Rosenberg | April 1, 2001 | 033B | 2.35[14] (HH)[b] |
At the school, Conroy become the Rocket gang's temporary substitute gym teacher and introduces kickball as the sport of the day. | |||||||
34a | 14a | "Tito Time" | Jeff Scott | Story by : David Rosenberg Teleplay by : Rob Forman | March 9, 2001 | 034A | 1.87[15] (HH)[b] |
Wanting to spend some quality time with the Rocket gang, Raymundo and Tito make a friendly bet that Tito can't keep up with them and their activities for an entire week. | |||||||
34b | 14b | "The Return of Clio" | Rick Bugental & Jim Duffy | David Regal | March 9, 2001 | 034B | 1.87[15] (HH)[b] |
When Twister's cousin Clio returns to Ocean Shores, she begins to grandly upstage Otto by doing all his moves better than he can. | |||||||
35a | 15a | "That Old Skateboard" | Chris Hermans | Story by : David Rosenberg & David Regal Teleplay by : Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | April 20, 2001 | 035A | N/A |
When Otto finds a dilapidated skateboard in the trash, he decides to let Sam have it for himself. However, they didn't realize that it was a special skateboard from the 1970s and after Sam refurbishes it, Otto becomes jealous. | |||||||
35b | 15b | "Follow the Leader" | Dave Fontana | Story by : Rob Forman & David Rosenberg Teleplay by : Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | April 20, 2001 | 035B | N/A |
After Otto and Twister get into a heated argument over who was the one responsible for losing the street hockey game with Lars, Otto challenges Twister to be team captain for the next game. | |||||||
36a | 16a | "Channel Surfing" | Bob Fuentes | Story by : Gabriel Sullivan & David Regal Teleplay by : Rob Forman | March 8, 2001 | 036A | N/A |
When the surf is flat in Ocean Shores, Sam suggests that the gang can surf the waves made from the big boats in the ship channel. | |||||||
36b | 16b | "Outta My Pit!" "Outta My Pit" | Louie del Carmen | Story by : Rob Forman Teleplay by : David Regal | March 8, 2001 | 036B | N/A |
The Rocket gang decide to build their own personal driftwood hangout on the beach. However, when Lars and his gang comes and tries to take it from them, they compete against the Rocket gang to see who gets to keep it. | |||||||
37a | 17a | "Capture the Flag" | Jim Duffy | David Regal, Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | March 5, 2001 | 037A | 2.08[15] (HH)[b] |
After a tie game of Capture the Flag at the school, the Rocket gang decide to utilize the entire Ocean Shores pier for their rematch. | |||||||
37b | 17b | "The Jinx" | Jeff Scott | David Rosenberg, Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | March 5, 2001 | 037B | 2.08[15] (HH)[b] |
The Rocket gang gets invited to go and surf the backside of Catalina Island but Otto, Reggie and Twister are unsure whether or not they should bring Sam with them because they think Sam is a jinx. | |||||||
38a | 18a | "Hurricane Maurice" | Jim Duffy | Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | March 6, 2001 | 038A | 1.93[15] (HH)[b] |
When a hurricane strikes Ocean Shores, Twister loses his camera while the gang were out landboarding in the storm. After some time passes, Otto and Twister unknowingly venture out into the eye of the storm in order to search for Twister's missing camera. | |||||||
38b | 18b | "Reggie's Choice" | Dave Fontana | David Regal Teleplay by : Rob Forman | March 6, 2001 | 038B | 1.93[15] (HH)[b] |
Reggie finally joins the California All-State Girls' Beach Volleyball Team as she's always wanted, but this means she has to train for both this and her street hockey team, and the overexertion may force her to choose only one team to give her time to. | |||||||
39a | 19a | "Losers Weepers" "Loser's Weepers" | Chris Hermans | Story by : Rob Forman Teleplay by : David Rosenberg | March 22, 2004 | 039A | N/A |
The Rocket gang get hold of a motorized skateboard and agree to keep it hidden however, it turns out to be too much fun to handle. | |||||||
39b | 19b | "Reggie: The Movie" | Louie del Carmen | Eric Kentoff | March 22, 2004 | 039B | N/A |
When Trish and Sherry invite Reggie to check out a scary new movie, she is nervous about telling them that she's afraid to watch it. | |||||||
40a | 20a | "Double-O Twistervision" | Jim Duffy | Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | March 7, 2001 | 040A | N/A |
Dissatisfied with the movie they just seen, the Rocket gang decide to create their own movie and then screen it at the Shore Shack. | |||||||
40b | 20b | "Womp Race 2000" | Bob Fuentes | Michael Bloom & Andy McElfresh | March 7, 2001 | 040B | N/A |
When the steepest hill in town known as the California Incline gets repaved, the Rocket gang set up a risky downhill skateboarding race between Lars and his gang to see who gets the hill named after them. |
Season 3 (2001–04)
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41a | 1a | "The Lingos" | Dave Fontana | Raphael Simon | April 8, 2002 | 041A | N/A | ||||||||||||
When all the shoobies in town begin using the Rocket gang's lingo, they decide to make up some new words and phrases in order to try and differentiate themselves from the crowd. | |||||||||||||||||||
41b | 1b | "Shack Attack" | Bob Fuentes | David Rosenberg | April 8, 2002 | 041B | N/A | ||||||||||||
Raymundo considers selling the Shore Shack to the Happy Hut restaurant chain so that he can afford to move Otto, Reggie and himself into a more luxurious home and neighborhood. | |||||||||||||||||||
42a | 2a | "To Be Otto Not to Be" "To Be, Otto Not to Be" | Jeff Scott | Ryan Shankel | April 9, 2002 | 042A | N/A | ||||||||||||
After Otto meets and befriends a group of soul surfers, his loyalties to his friends and family become tested as he begins ignoring the gang and his responsibilities to the Shore Shack. | |||||||||||||||||||
42b | 2b | "Reggie/Regina" "Reggie / Reggina" | Chris Hermans | Erin Ehrlich | April 9, 2002 | 042B | N/A | ||||||||||||
Reggie starts to act strange suddenly when she meets and hangs around with a handsome new student named Trent who just recently moved into Ocean Shores from New Zealand. | |||||||||||||||||||
43a | 3a | "Reggie's Pen is Mightier" | Broni Likomanov | Michael Kramer | April 10, 2002 | 043B | N/A | ||||||||||||
For the anniversary issue of the 'Zine, Reggie decides to write an article on the "Top Extreme Athlete" of Ocean Shores which gets all of the local kids to start competing for the title. | |||||||||||||||||||
43b | 3b | "Kayaks Amok" | Bob Fuentes | Mark Steen | April 10, 2002 | 043A | N/A | ||||||||||||
The Rocket gang finally gets invited to the annual Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race with Raymundo and Tito but on the condition that they stay in their kayaks just behind the competitors. | |||||||||||||||||||
44a | 4a | "Tito Sitting" "Tito-Sitting" | Dave Fontana | Kati Rocky | April 11, 2002 | 044A | N/A | ||||||||||||
When Raymundo has to go out of town for a while, Tito volunteers to look after and take care of Otto and Reggie while he is away. | |||||||||||||||||||
44b | 4b | "There's Something About Breezy" | Michael Daedalus Kenny | David Rosenberg | April 11, 2002 | 044B | N/A | ||||||||||||
Raymundo is smitten with a beautiful woman named Breezy who also has a love for extreme sports and she starts bonding with Otto, Twister and Sam. However, Reggie soon becomes jealous of Breezy because her athletic skills are getting all of the attention. | |||||||||||||||||||
45a | 5a | "Beach Boyz & a Girl" | Bob Fuentes | Raphael Simon | November 30, 2002 | 045A | N/A | ||||||||||||
Otto and Reggie inspires the gang to form their own garage rock band when they discover and listen to an old music record that Raymundo and Tito made back in their younger days. | |||||||||||||||||||
45b | 5b | "X-Treme Ideas" | Jeff Scott | Ryan Shankel | November 30, 2002 | 045B | N/A | ||||||||||||
The Extreme Sports Network is having a contest and ask for submissions on who can come up with the most original extreme sport which gets Otto and the gang to start brainstorming and trying out their own unique ideas. | |||||||||||||||||||
46a | 6a | "Less Than Full Otto" | Broni Likomanov | Raphael Simon | June 1, 2002 | 046A | N/A | ||||||||||||
After Otto experiences a harsh wipe-out on the waves, he loses his self-confidence and becomes afraid that he will experience another one while surfing, skateboarding and blading. | |||||||||||||||||||
46b | 6b | "Card Sharked" | Chris Hermans | Ryan Shankel | June 1, 2002 | 046B | N/A | ||||||||||||
When Otto swindles Twister out of his favorite rookie card for a blank piece of cardboard, Reggie and Sam decide to start a false rumor in order to get back at Otto and teach him a lesson about ripping off his friends. | |||||||||||||||||||
47a | 7a | "Home Sweet Home" | Dave Fontana | David Rosenberg | February 18, 2002 | 047A | 2.28[17] (HH)[b] | ||||||||||||
An upscale indoor skate park chain known as Skatopia opens a location in Ocean Shores and threatens Conroy's business at Madtown, but when the gang checks it out, it turns out it's not as fun as it seems to be. | |||||||||||||||||||
47b | 7b | "What a Tangled Web We Ski" | Michael Daedalus Kenny | Ryan Shankel | February 18, 2002 | 047B | 2.28[17] (HH)[b] | ||||||||||||
On their way to the ski resort, Raymundo exaggerates about how he was a freestyle skiing champion back in the 1970s. However, when a bratty kid named Ralph bets Otto that his dad can beat him at freestyle skiing, Raymundo has to put his words into action. | |||||||||||||||||||
48a | 8a | "Enter the Hawk-Trix" | Jim Duffy | Roger Eschbacher | September 10, 2001 | 048A | N/A | ||||||||||||
After hearing a rumor that legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk has decided to quit skating, Otto and the gang track down and venture through his secret "Hawk's Nest," a multi-level private skate and snowboard obstacle course, to talk him into not giving up. | |||||||||||||||||||
48b | 8b | "Vert vs. Street" | Jeff Scott | Raphael Simon | September 10, 2001 | 048B | N/A | ||||||||||||
When Conroy announces that Madtown will be having a skateboarding competition in both the "vert" and "street" divisions, Otto and Reggie take sides to try and convince each other about which one is better. | |||||||||||||||||||
49a | 9a | "Twister's Hat" | Chris Hermans | Ryan Shankel | February 18, 2002 | 049A | N/A | ||||||||||||
After losing his hat while riding the rollercoaster at the pier, Twister has an identity crisis and reminisces with the gang about how he got it from his parents when he was little. | |||||||||||||||||||
49b | 9b | "Tito-Thon" | Broni Likomanov | David Rosenberg | February 18, 2002 | 049B | N/A | ||||||||||||
Tito tries to get back into shape when his Hawaiian surf buddies come into town to partake in the annual Ocean Shores Triathlon. | |||||||||||||||||||
50a | 10a | "Rad Rover Come Over" | Dave Fontana | Ryan Shankel | January 29, 2003 | 050A | N/A | ||||||||||||
When the gang come across a stray dog, Otto and Reggie decide to name him Ollie and adopt him. However, due to Raymundo's fear of dogs, Otto and Reggie has to enter Ollie in the local dog competition and win to convince Raymundo to give him a chance. | |||||||||||||||||||
50b | 10b | "Extreme Nerd" | Bob Fuentes | David Rosenberg | January 29, 2003 | 050B | N/A | ||||||||||||
Sam enters a remote control robot-fighting competition and tries to defeat Oliver and his crew who are the defending champions. | |||||||||||||||||||
51a | 11a | "Cinco de Twisto" | Michael Daedalus Kenny | Raphael Simon | May 3, 2003 | 051A | 2.12[18] (HH)[b] | ||||||||||||
When Twister's voice hits puberty before having to sing for Cinco de Mayo, Lars fools him into believing he permanently ruined it. | |||||||||||||||||||
51b | 11b | "Saving Lt. Ryan" | Jeff Scott | Story by : David Rosenberg Teleplay by : John Crane | May 3, 2003 | 051B | 2.12[18] (HH)[b] | ||||||||||||
Major Madison is coming to inspect Ocean Shores and Lieutenant Tice thinks he is going to demand major discipline. When he arrives however, he enforces a "No Rules" policy which gives the Rocket gang and the shoobies free rein to do what they please. | |||||||||||||||||||
52a | 12a | "Summer Breezy" | Broni Likomanov | David Rosenberg | March 23, 2004 | 052A | N/A | ||||||||||||
Breezy invites Raymundo, Tito and the gang to join her at Lake Havasu to experiment with the latest new line of water sports gear. | |||||||||||||||||||
52b | 12b | "Sammy's Fortune" | Chris Hermans | John Crane | March 23, 2004 | 052B | N/A | ||||||||||||
The Rocket gang meet a fortune-teller named Patsy and she makes predictions about the gang that all seem to come true. However, Sam begins to act recklessly when his fortune leads him to believe that he cannot be hurt and that he is invincible. | |||||||||||||||||||
53a | 13a | "Major Scrummage" | Bob Fuentes | Raphael Simon | October 14, 2002 | 053A | N/A | ||||||||||||
When Trent wants to teach the gang how to play Rugby, Reggie gets offended because Trent thinks the sport is too rough for her. | |||||||||||||||||||
53b | 13b | "Snow Bounders" | Dave Fontana | Ryan Shankel | October 14, 2002 | 053B | N/A | ||||||||||||
When the news warns the snowstorm known as El Nada is going to hit Ocean Shores, the Rocket gang have the time of their lives thanks to Sam who shows them cool stuff to do in the snow he learned back East. | |||||||||||||||||||
54a | 14a | "Merv Links to Otto" | Jeff Scott | Roger Eschbacher | March 24, 2004 | 054A | N/A | ||||||||||||
When Otto accidentally breaks the handlebar off his bike just before a competition, Merv agrees to fix it for him. However, it's under the condition that Otto become Merv's golfing caddy the next day as a favor to him. | |||||||||||||||||||
54b | 14b | "Big Air" | Michael Daedalus Kenny | David Rosenberg | March 24, 2004 | 054B | N/A | ||||||||||||
After Sam has a severe asthma attack that lands him in the hospital, Otto, Reggie and Twister become concerned about his health and well-being and decide to start treating Sam with much more caution. | |||||||||||||||||||
55a | 15a | "Missile Crisis" | Chris Hermans | Raphael Simon | March 25, 2004 | 055A | N/A | ||||||||||||
Reggie meets her role model, a professional mountain biker named Missy "The Missile" Giove. However, while attempting to act like her idol, Reggie starts becoming rude and aggressive to her friends and family after the gang teased her about being boring. | |||||||||||||||||||
55b | 15b | "Falsely Alarmed" | Broni Likomanov | Ryan Shankel | March 25, 2004 | 055B | N/A | ||||||||||||
Lars gets severely punished for pulling the fire alarm at the Shore Shack, even though there's no fire. However, it was Otto and Twister who were responsible for pulling the alarm because they wanted to use it to call Reggie and Sam over to the Shore Shack. | |||||||||||||||||||
56a | 16a | "Twisting Places" | Dave Fontana | Raphael Simon | April 12, 2002 | 056A | N/A | ||||||||||||
Mrs. Rodriguez tells Lars that unless he stops bullying his younger brother, he won't be able to compete in the NHL Breakout Tournament. Because of this, Twister seizes the opportunity to exact revenge on Lars by provoking him without fear of reprisal. | |||||||||||||||||||
56b | 16b | "Power Play" | Jeff Scott | Mark Steen | April 12, 2002 | 056B | N/A | ||||||||||||
The Rocket gang make it to the finals of the NHL Breakout Tournament and has to win an intense game of street hockey against the powerful Ocean Bluffs team so that they can earn the right to play an exhibition match with real professional hockey players. | |||||||||||||||||||
57a | 17a | "Sim Sammy" | Michael Daedalus Kenny | Ryan Shankel | May 11, 2002 | 057A | 2.20[19] (HH)[b] | ||||||||||||
When Otto, Reggie and Twister check out a new online computer game that Sam made about them, they take offense to it and become upset with Sam because his game makes fun of their personalities. | |||||||||||||||||||
57b | 17b | "Otto Hangs 11" | Bob Fuentes & Michael Mullen | David Rosenberg | May 11, 2002 | 057B | 2.20[19] (HH)[b] | ||||||||||||
Otto celebrates his eleventh birthday and thinks he might be old enough to become a professional athlete. With his newfound resolution to not waste any more time, he becomes obsessed with trying to perfect his athletic abilities to achieve his ambition. | |||||||||||||||||||
58 | 18 | "Race Across New Zealand" | Broni Likomanov, Jeff Scott & Carol Millican | John Crane | February 16, 2002 | 058–060 | 5.05[20] 3.07[20] (HH)[b] | ||||||||||||
59 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
60 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
After working tirelessly by making food deliveries all over Ocean Shores for the Shore Shack, Otto, Reggie, Twister and Sam finally earn enough tip money to cover the entry fee so their team can compete in the annual New Zealand Junior Waikikamukau Games. |
Season 4 (2003–04)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title [a] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [2] | Prod. code [2][16] | Viewers (millions) | ||||||||||||
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61 | 1 | "Twist of Fate" | Dean Criswell | Story by : Stephanie Clayton Teleplay by : Matthew Bakal & Alain de Leonardis | March 26, 2004 | 061 | N/A | ||||||||||||
When the Rocket gang go off the bike trail and get lost exploring the Grand Canyon, Twister is confident that he can rescue them because he watches "Gung-Ho Gopher," a children's cartoon show on how to survive in the wild. | |||||||||||||||||||
62 | 2 | "A Rocket X-Mas" | Anthony Bell | Story by : Charles Esten Teleplay by : Heather Sheffield | December 15, 2003 | 062 | N/A | ||||||||||||
Otto and Reggie learn a valuable Christmas lesson after spending too much time trying to earn money by walking and caring for the neighborhood dogs so that they could afford to purchase an expensive surfboard for Raymundo as a surprise Christmas gift. | |||||||||||||||||||
63 | 3 | "Reggie's Big (Beach) Break" "Reggie's Big Break" | Jeff Scott & Dean Criswell | John Crane & Erin Ehrlich | July 19, 2003 | 063–065 | 1.93[21][c] | ||||||||||||
64 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
65 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Otto, Reggie, Twister and Sam are excited to have their hometown playing host to a seven-day beach-break television special featuring extreme sports, celebrity skateboarder appearances and a concert performed by a pink-haired pop star named Shaffika. | |||||||||||||||||||
66a | 6a | "New Girl on the Block" | Andrei Svislotski | Stephanie Clayton | June 16, 2004 | 066A | N/A | ||||||||||||
While skateboarding at Madtown, Reggie makes friends with a mysterious new girl named Carla. However, because of Carla's odd and secretive behavior, the gang becomes suspicious so they decide to trail Carla home in an attempt to find out more about her. | |||||||||||||||||||
66b | 6b | "After Shocked" | Michael Daedalus Kenny | Story by : Victor Wilson Teleplay by : Ryan Shankel | June 16, 2004 | 066B | N/A | ||||||||||||
After a massive earthquake hits Ocean Shores, Otto and Twister decide to take advantage of the situation by capturing footage of themselves skateboarding all over the evacuated town despite the chance of aftershocks. | |||||||||||||||||||
67 | 7 | "Island of the Menehune" | Michael Daedalus Kenny, Andrei Svislotski & Ron Noble | Erin Ehrlich | July 16, 2004 | 067–069 | 4.20[22][d] | ||||||||||||
68 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
69 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
After working hard all summer at the Shore Shack, Raymundo and Tito decide to reward the Rocket gang's efforts by taking them to Hawaii for a big summer vacation where Raymundo becomes smitten and rekindles an old romance with Tito's cousin, Noelani. | |||||||||||||||||||
70 | 10 | "The Big Day" | Ron Noble & John Holmquist | Story by : Erin Ehrlich & Ryan Shankel Teleplay by : Erin Ehrlich & Victor Wilson | July 30, 2004 | 070–071 | N/A | ||||||||||||
71 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Raymundo and Noelani's wedding is just weeks away and Otto and Reggie have to assist with their preparations. However, when the date suddenly pairs with the grand opening of the new Zero Gravity Zone indoor skate park, Otto desperately tries to change the date of the wedding. |
Notes
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External links
[edit]- Rocket Power at IMDb