Super 4 (TV series)
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| Created by | Hans Beck (Playmobil) |
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Playmobil by Hans Beck |
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| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jean-Yves Patay |
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CITV (UK) Sprout (USA) Teletoon (Canada) Netflix (Worldwide) |
| Original release | August 1, 2014 – present |
Super 4 is a CGI animated comedy adventure TV series that began in 2014, marking the 40th anniversary of the Playmobil toys that inspired it. It features a band of heroes who protect the inhabitants of the disparate worlds of Kingsland, the Enchanted Island, and the City of Technopolis, against calamities and enemies. It was commissioned by France Télévisions and co-produced by Method Animation, Norman Studios, Vision Globale (Season 1), DQ Entertainment (Season 2) and Morgen Studios. It began airing August 2014 in French; English dubbing was done later. The series has been broadcast by several channels worldwide, such as Sprout in the United States, CITV in the United Kingdom and Minimax TV in Central Europe.
Super 4 is essentially a crossover story which combines disparate Playmobil toy worlds of fairies, pirates, medieval knights, scientists, robots, dinosaurs and aliens, by depicting them as inhabiting neighbouring islands in an amorphous ocean. The titular “Super 4” are Ruby, a pirate, Twinkle, a fairy, Gene, a scientist, and Alex, a medieval prince, who along with Alien, an alien creature, are united in being exiles from their respective worlds who have banded together to have adventures, fight villains and save their worlds from calamities.
The series starts with the heroes already established as a team of adventurers who travel about in Gene's shape-shifting vehicle, the Chameleon, with their exploits related in an episodic story style. Later their back-stories are revealed via a series of 4-part origins stories. The first of these story arcs, Ruby Queen of the Seas, relates how Ruby ran away from the pirate world of Gunpowder Island after being told that as a girl she couldn't be a pirate. The second origins story arc, Gene Techno Explorer, shows how Gene escaped from the authoritarian city of Technopolis, populated by scientists and robots, to explore the outside world in defiance of claims that it was toxic and uninhabitable. Finally the Origins arc tells of how Alex ran away from Kingsland because he felt stifled by his schooling, and went on to meet the diminutive Alien, a refugee from a lost world, and later the fairy Twinkle who was fleeing the Enchanted Island of fairies, witches and trolls after accidentally turning the Fairy Queen into a frog.
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