Pixel Pinkie

Pixel Pinkie
Created by Alicia Rackett
Country of origin Australia, Canada and United Kingdom
No. of episodes 52 (26 aired)
Production
Running time 24 Minutes (Exc Commercials) AUS
12 Minutes (Exc Commercials) International
Broadcast
Original channel Nine Network
Original airing August 29, 2009

Pixel Pinkie is an Australian/Canadian and British animated television series produced and created by Blue Rocket Productions in association with the Nine Network and principally funded by The Film Finance Corporation Australia. It started airing on August 29, 2009.[1]

Plot

Pixel Pinkie is about two girls, Nina and Anni. On her birthday Nina gets a mobile cellphone with a digital genie named Pixel Pinkie in it which can make her wishes come true. Each episode sees the girls wishing for something from Pixel Pinkie then they offend her when their wish goes wrong, the girls then have to solve their problem alone.[2]

Characters

Nina

Nina is a 12-year-old girl who likes basketball, going for a drink at the core juice bar and listening to the band Coolest Luke. She tries to fit in with Suzi and her friends and tries a number of times to become popular.

Anni

Anni is Nina's best friend, she likes science and maths. She does not care what people think of her and is always giving good advice to Nina and helping her solve problems, especially when digital genies are involved. She attends Plenty High with Nina.

Suzi

Suzi is Nina's arch-enemy. She is the most popular girl at Plenty High School, she is always trying to humiliate Nina and spying on her.

Zeph

Ninas father, he is a type of hippie. He makes star charts and predicts the future with a crystal ball. He has brown dreadlocks.

Fern

Nina's Mother, she likes to protest anything harming or threatening the environment and likes being eco-friendly and overprotective

Emily

Emily is one of Suzi's best friends, she is too popular and usually accompanies her with Nicki on their quests to embarrass Nina

Nicki

Nicki is very close to Suzi, she is popular at Plenty High. She likes hanging out with Emily and Suzi, as well as shopping for clothes

Max

Max is in the basketball team at Plenty High and is in a band. He likes playing the guitar. Nina likes Max however he is not so keen.

Cast

Episodes

  1. Meeting Pixel Pinkie/Daddy Cool
  2. Clones R Us/Playing Chicken
  3. On The Nose/A Cracked Idea
  4. Invisible Nina/Orienteering Disaster
  5. Valentine's Day/Zoom Of Doom
  6. Blinded With Science/Virtual Pest
  7. Harvest Hoopla/Home For The Holidays
  8. Bowled Over/Truth Or Dare
  9. Coolest Luke/Real Cool Girl
  10. Dreadful Weather/Pink To the Core
  11. Tran Zit /The Lost Voice
  12. Dare To Be Scared /Trick Or Treat
  13. Tall Stories/The Grand Final
  14. Finding Nina/My Friend Anni,Superstar
  15. April Fools' Day /If The Shoe Fits
  16. Trading Places/Ninja Nina
  17. Sick Pixels/More Than a Meal
  18. Uncoolest Luke/Bad Hair Day
  19. Pixel Punkie/Nina The Diva
  20. The Show Must Go On/Extreme Nina
  21. Not A Laughing Matter/Disco Bowling
  22. Upgraded/To Fern With Love
  23. Double Trouble/Peter Pixel
  24. Nelly The Nag/Rebel Yell
  25. The "B" Word/Phone Tag
  26. Sleepover/The Final Countdown

Production

There have been two series developed with 52 twelve-minute episodes. In Australia the twelve-minute episodes are joined together to make 12 twenty-six minute episodes in each series. The first series was developed in 2007 and first aired in 2009.

International broadcasts

Country Channel Year
Australia Nine Network 2009 -
Canada Teletoon 2014 -
Portugal RTP 2 2009 -
Bulgaria TV7 2009 -
Brunei RTV 2009 -
Seychelles SBC 2009 -
South Africa MNet 2009 -
United Kingdom CITV 2014 -

References

  1. ↑ "Pixel Pinkie FAQ". Blue Rocket Productions. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Pixel Pinkie Tags". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 June 2010.

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