Turbo FAST
Turbo FAST | |
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Genre |
Action/Adventure Comedy Racing |
Based on |
Characters created by David Soren |
Directed by |
Anthony Lioi (supervising) Phil Allora Anthony Chun Nate Clesowich Juno Lee Michael Moloney Chris Prynoski |
Voices of |
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Opening theme | "Those Snails are Fast"[1] |
Composer(s) |
Henry Jackman, Halli Cauthery[2] |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26[3] (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Chris Prynoski[4] Jack Thomas[5] |
Producer(s) |
Ben Kalina (supervising)[4] Shannon Barrett Prynoski[5] Jennifer Ray[4] |
Running time | 23 minutes (two 11-minute stories)[6] |
Production company(s) |
DreamWorks Animation Television Titmouse |
Release | |
Original channel | Netflix |
Original run | December 24, 2013 – present |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Turbo |
External links | |
Website |
Turbo FAST is an American flash-animated[7] television series based on the 2013 computer-animated film Turbo. Produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and animated by Titmouse, it is being exclusively released on Netflix in United States and in the 40 countries where Netflix offers its services.[8] It is the first Netflix original series for children, and the first DreamWorks Animation series produced for Netflix.[8]
The first five episodes of the first 26-episode season were released on December 24, 2013,[3] with subsequent batches of five to six episodes following around holidays throughout 2014.[3][9] Each episode consists of two 11-minutes stories, except for several double-length episodes.[6]
The series picks up right after the film,[10] following a snail named Turbo and his crew to Starlight City,[11] where they master new stunts and compete with villains.[8] It is being animation directed by Mike Roush,[7] casting and voice directed by Andrea Romano,[9] art directed by Antonio Canobbio,[12] produced by Ben Kalina, Shannon Barrett Prynoski and Jennifer Ray,[5] and executive produced by Chris Prynoski and Jack Thomas.[5][13] Beside Ken Jeong and Mike Bell, who reprise their roles of Kim Ly and White Shadow from the film, the series features an all-new cast. It consists of Reid Scott as Turbo, John Eric Bentley as Whiplash, Grey DeLisle-Griffin as Burn, Phil LaMarr as Smoove Move, Amir Talai as Skidmark and Tito, and Eric Bauza as Chet.
Plot
Ever since Theo aka Turbo won the Indianapolis 500 from the film Turbo, Tito builds a city for all the snails along with Turbo. He even built a race track for the snails to race. Now Turbo continues his racing adventure with the help of his brother Chet, and his friends Whiplash, Burn, Skidmark, White Shadow, and Smooth Move.
Cast
- Reid Scott as Turbo[14]
- Eric Bauza as Chet[15]
- Michael Patrick Bell as White Shadow[10]
- John Eric Bentley as Whiplash[16]
- Grey DeLisle-Griffin as Burn[16]
- Phil LaMarr as Smoove Move[16]
- Amir Talai as Skidmark,[16] Tito[16]
Episodes
Season 1 (2013–2014)
The series premiered on December 24, 2013, when the first five episodes of the first season were released.[13] Following batches of five episodes were released on April 4, 2014,[17] June 27, 2014,[18] September 12, 2014,[19] and December 1, 2014.[20]
Five-episode release is a departure from previous Netflix release strategy, where an entire season of a series was released at once. Netflix explained the change of the strategy: "Production on animation is on a different timetable, so we chose to make the episodes that are ready now available for viewers as they were ready."[21]
Episode No. |
Segment No. |
Title[22] | Directed by | Written by | Release date[22] |
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1 | 1 | "Crazy Fast" | Chris Prynoski | Jack Thomas & Eric Trueheart | December 24, 2013 |
Hardcase the Tiger Beetle challenges Turbo on a race for the new built city for snails. The snails want to teach him their driving style. Note: This is a half-hour episode. | |||||
2 | 2 | "Dungball Derby" | Anthony Lioi | Todd Garfield | December 24, 2013 |
White Shadow plays the game Dungball Derby against star players of the game. | |||||
2 | 3 | "Ace of Race" | Nate Clesowich | Jack Thomas | December 24, 2013 |
Ace Gecko challenges Turbo on a race, but is going to give up so all the bets on Turbo will be off and the snails will lose all of their tomatoes. | |||||
3 | 4 | "Bumperdome" | Anthony Lioi | Eric Trueheart | December 24, 2013 |
After a near death experience, Chet goes in a battle arena for danger. | |||||
3 | 5 | "Broaches" | Juno Lee & Anthony Lioi | Todd Garfield | December 24, 2013 |
Brahdhi, Warlarva, Jimmy Delaware and their fellow cockroaches invade Dos Bros for food. | |||||
4 | 6 | "African Queen" | Anthony Lioi | Todd Garfield | December 24, 2013 |
Turbo and the gang try to get a cure for slugs in Africa from getting sick. | |||||
4 | 7 | "Mega Snails" | Nate Clesowich | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | December 24, 2013 |
After eating everything in a snack machine, White Shadow becomes a "Mega Snail". | |||||
5 | 8 | "Ants Ants Revolution" | Juno Lee & Anthony Lioi | Eric Trueheart | December 24, 2013 |
Queen Invicta the Queen Fire Ant challenges Burn on a race set to make her lose. | |||||
5 | 9 | "Clamsquatch" | Anthony Lioi | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | December 24, 2013 |
The gang goes on a race in Mississippi and are interrupted by a "Clamsquatch". | |||||
6 | 10 | "Turbo Stinks" | Nate Clesowich | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | April 4, 2014 |
A flock of each type of birds attack the city on the day Turbo unveils his new signature fragrance. | |||||
6 | 11 | "Snails in Jail" | Anthony Chun | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | April 4, 2014 |
Rudy Guana the Iguana throws the team in jail until Turbo agrees to throw a race. | |||||
7 | 12 | "A Tale of Two Turbos" | Nate Clesowich | Sam Cherington | April 4, 2014 |
Turbo searches for an impostor who is pretending to be like him all over town. | |||||
7 | 13 | "The Escargot Affair" | Anthony Lioi | Sam Cherington | April 4, 2014 |
Invited to a fancy dinner party, Turbo discovers that he is on the menu. | |||||
8 | 14 | "Surf'N Turf" | Nate Clesowich | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | April 4, 2014 |
The cockroaches challenge the team to a surfing contest during a relaxing day at the beach. | |||||
8 | 15 | "Hardcase Returns" | Anthony Chun | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | April 4, 2014 |
Hardcase returns and vows to take revenge on Turbo. | |||||
9 | 16 | "Turbo Drift" | Juno Lee & Chris Prynoski | Jack Thomas & Eric Trueheart | April 4, 2014 |
While filming a commercial in Tokyo, Hayaku the Cricket challenges Turbo to a drift race, while the team explores the city and Chet gets lost. Note: This is a half-hour episode. | |||||
10 | 17 | "Ready, Set, Glow" | Juno Lee & Anthony Lioi | Todd Garfield | April 4, 2014 |
Turbo and Skidmark join an underground zip line race to uncover a conspiracy. | |||||
10 | 18 | "Breakneck's Back" | Juno Lee & Phil Allora | Eric Trueheart | April 4, 2014 |
Whiplash enters the Tomato Games, competing against his former mentor, Breakneck. | |||||
11 | 19 | "Cruise Control" | Nate Clesowich | Todd Garfield | June 27, 2014 |
A rodent pirate (Dirtbeard) challenges Turbo to a race on a cruise ship | |||||
11 | 20 | "R/C Turbo" | Anthony Chun | Todd Garfield | June 27, 2014 |
An unconscious Turbo gets a new shell that the crew can operate by remote control. | |||||
12 | 21 | "Curse of the Cicadas" | Nate Clesowich | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | June 27, 2014 |
After accidentally waking cicadas from hibernation, the crew must get them back to sleep. | |||||
12 | 22 | "Beat-A Fajita" | Nate Clesowich | Sam Cherington | June 27, 2014 |
A celebrity chef steals Tito's taco recipe. | |||||
13 | 23 | "Karmageddon" | Juno Lee & Anthony Lioi | Sam Cherington | June 27, 2014 |
Turbo is excited to race on a section of freeway that's closed for construction. | |||||
13 | 24 | "Chet Gets Burned" | Anthony Chun | Eric Trueheart | June 27, 2014 |
Burn breaks up with Chet when he forgets her birthday. | |||||
14 | 25 | "Gypsy Moth Prophecies" | Nate Clesowich | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | June 27, 2014 |
A fortune-telling gypsy moth predicts doom for Whiplash. | |||||
14 | 26 | "Skidzo-Brainia" | Anthony Chun | Todd Garfield | June 27, 2014 |
Skidmark tries to change his crazy behavior by rewiring his brain with a special helmet. | |||||
15 | 27 | "No Can Do" | Phil Allora | Sam Cherington | June 27, 2014 |
Chet becomes obsessed with opening a stubborn tomato juice can. | |||||
15 | 28 | "Adopt-A-Toad" | Nate Clesowich | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | June 27, 2014 |
Turbo adopts a toad for charity but the toad becomes an obnoxious house guest. | |||||
16 | 29 | "Buster Move" | Michael Moloney | Eric Trueheart | September 12, 2014 |
Smoove Move is embarrassed when his nerdy brother comes to visit. | |||||
16 | 30 | "Gills" | Anthony Chun | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | September 12, 2014 |
Skidmark causes a panic when he hunts a snail-eating goldfish at a fancy party. | |||||
17 | 31 | "The Terror of Tickula" | Phil Allora | Sam Cherington | September 12, 2014 |
Turbo and Whiplash meet a strange tick who may be out to harm Turbo. | |||||
17 | 32 | "Prank'd" | Nate Clesowich | John O'Bryan | September 12, 2014 |
When the crew starts a prank war, Chet is nervous that he's the next target. | |||||
18 | 33 | "Over Shadowed" | Michael Moloney | Eric Trueheart | September 12, 2014 |
White Shadow quits racing and it's up to Turbo to get back on the track. | |||||
18 | 34 | "Beware the Chickipede" | Anthony Chun | Scott Sonnborn | September 12, 2014 |
The crew meets a strange new creature while playing detectives. | |||||
19 | 35 | "Mall is Well" | Phil Allora | Sam Cherington | September 12, 2014 |
Turbo competes in a crazy underground race through a mall. | |||||
19 | 36 | "Taco Tank" | Nate Clesowich | Eric Trueheart | September 12, 2014 |
Tito trades in his food truck for a tank and goes on a wild ride through the city. | |||||
20 | 37 | "Zoo Lander" | Michael Moloney | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | September 12, 2014 |
Shadow and Skidmark embark on a perilous adventure through the zoo to rescue Deuce. | |||||
20 | 38 | "Balloonatics" | Anthony Chun | Sam Cherington | September 12, 2014 |
Whiplash attempts to prevent the crew from meeting his parents (Lydia and Lester). | |||||
21 | 39 | "The Packet Racket" | Phil Allora | John Behnke | December 1, 2014 |
Turbo and Shadow go undercover to expose some shady bugs selling artificial ketchup. | |||||
21 | 40 | "Smack Me Down" | Nate Clesowich | Eric Trueheart | December 1, 2014 |
Turbo prepares to compete in an underground smack-talk contest. | |||||
22 | 41 | "Smoovin' On Up" | Michael Moloney | Devin Bunje and Nick Stanton | December 1, 2014 |
When Smoove Move becomes a world-famous pedicurist, fame goes to his head. | |||||
22 | 42 | "The Great Shell Robbery" | Phil Allora | Sam Cherington | December 1, 2014 |
The crew plans to retrieve their shells after hermit crabs steal them. | |||||
23 | 43 | "Chet Vs. Dr. Disorder" | Nate Clesowich | Eric Trueheart | December 1, 2014 |
Chet's obsessed with tracking down a litterbug. | |||||
23 | 44 | "Damselfly in Distress" | Anthony Chun | Madison Bateman | December 1, 2014 |
The crew competes against each other in a dangerous obstacle course race to save a damselfly princess. | |||||
24 | 45 | "Dome Sweet Dome" | Michael Moloney | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | December 1, 2014 |
Ace Gecko scams Chet into buying a fake dome for all of the city's tomatoes. | |||||
24 | 46 | "My Pet Clamsquatch" | Anthony Chun | Todd Garfield | December 1, 2014 |
Skidmark tries to hide his pet monster from a secret cryptozoology organization. | |||||
25 | 47 | "Hard Luck Hardcase" | Nate Clesowich | Eric Trueheart | December 1, 2014 |
Hardcase continues to try and kill Turbo, this time to help his reputation among his minions. | |||||
25 | 48 | "Bee Story" | Phil Allora | Sam Cherington | December 1, 2014 |
When White Shadow loses his good luck charm, the crew has trouble finding it. | |||||
26 | 49 | "Tur-bros" | Michael Moloney | Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton | December 1, 2014 |
Turbo is nearly killed by a fan at a racing convention in Los Angeles. | |||||
26 | 50 | "The Snailman" | Anthoy Chun | Sam Cherington | December 1, 2014 |
Guy Gagne, Turbo's nemesis competes in a race for animals in order to get revenge on him. |
Production
Turbo FAST is the first project coming out of the five-year deal between DreamWorks Animation and Netflix, which includes 300 hours of original programming or over thousand episodes.[9][11] For this task, DreamWorks Animation opened a new television production unit, called DreamWorks Animation Television.[11]
Initially, the project started as a standalone special based on the Turbo film. Being impressed with racing visuals which Titmouse, Inc. created for the Disney XD series Motorcity, DreamWorks Animation contracted the studio to make the special flash-animated, rather than computer-animated.[9] Soon after the Titmouse's founder Chris Prynoski signed on as the director, DreamWorks decided to turn the special into a series.[9] Pryonski directed the first few episodes, and then took over as the series executive producer.[9]
Production on the project began in the summer of 2012, a year before the film's release, when it was still undecided if the project would be a special or a series.[12] With the film still having numerous storyboard panels instead of finished animation, Titmouse had to develop their own style: "We were inspired by the movie, but we weren't held to match the movie," said Prynoski.[9] Titmouse's director Antoni Canobbio developed a look that felt new and cool, to suit the project's racing theme.[12]
Beside Flash, which is the main program for animating the series, many additional tools have been used, including Maya, Photoshop and After Effects.[11] To overcome the difficulty of animating intricately detailed snail racing shells, the studio generated 3D models of the shells in Maya, so they could rotate them to any position they wanted.[11] Each time it was put in a new position, it had to be cleaned up by hand to make it look like a 2D drawing. Prepared shell was then put into a library, waiting for next animator to use it when needed.[11]
In addition to Titmouse's studios in Los Angeles and Vancouver,[12] a "sizable piece" of the production is taking place at a couple of studios in South Korea,[23] in order to stay on schedule.[11] This marks the first time for DreamWorks Animation to outsource to the country.[23] On average, it takes a crew of about 80 people about six to eight months to take each episode from premise to delivery.[12]
Unlike previous DreamWorks Animation series, the Netflix deal allowed DreamWorks to maintain creative control. Prynoski said: "Typically, if you are working on a show like this, you might get two sets of notes: one from DreamWorks and one from the network. But we don't get notes from Netflix, which is cool. It allows us to move faster, and we can make the shows, hopefully, the way we want them."[9]
Beside Ken Jeong and Mike Bell, who reprise their roles of Kim Ly and White Shadow, the cast features all new members. One of the reasons for this was the desire to have the actors working together. "The thing is that these actors are really busy, and we want to get talent in the same room at the same time to get that chemistry. And that's a lot easier to do with professional voice actors," said DreamWorks Animation head of television Margie Cohn.[24] The cast was selected by the Titmouse's casting and voice director Andrea Romano, who chose people Titmouse already knew and had worked with.[9]
Reid Scott, who replaced Ryan Reynolds as the voice of Turbo, knew Prynoski from 2000 or 2001, when they worked together on a Flash Frame pilot for AMC.[25] After that, they lost contact, but they met again ten years later, when Scott successfully auditioned for Disney XD's Motorcity, which Prynoski created and directed.[25] They enjoyed working together, and when Motorcity got canceled, Prynoski offered him the role in recently contracted Turbo series.[25] Scott's initial approach to the role tried to capture Reynold's "inflection, his intonation and the character's attitude.[25] And then slowly it took on a life of its own. The Turbo we have now is inspired by that, but he's very much his own guy."[25] According to Scott, the same happened to all other characters, which "slowly morphed into different versions."[25]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2014 | Daytime Emmy Award[5] | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | Chris Prynoski, Jack Thomas, Ben Kalina, Shannon Barrett Prynoski, Jennifer Ray | Nominated |
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – Animation | Konrad Piñon | Nominated | ||
2015 | Annie Award[26][27] | Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Antonio Canobbio, Khang Le, Mark Taihei, Howard Chen & Brandon Cuellar | Nominated |
Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Todd Raleigh & Doug Vito | Nominated |
Home media
A DVD collection of all the season 1 episodes, titled Turbo FAST: Season 1 will be released on DVD on June 2, 2015 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.[28]
References
- ↑ "Music for a TV Series/Special/Movie". Cynopsis Media. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
- ↑ "Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 29, 2013)". Film Music Reporter. December 29, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph) and Halli Cauthery (The East) have written the show’s original score.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Levin, Gary (December 3, 2013). "Netflix, DreamWorks team up for children's programming". USA Today. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Netflix (December 3, 2013). "Dreamworks Animation's Turbo FAST Launches as First-ever Netflix Original Series For Kids on December 24" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the 41st Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Award Nominations" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. May 1, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lloyd, Robert (December 23, 2013). "TV review: 'Turbo: F.A.S.T.' breaks out of its shell on Netflix". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Beck, Jerry (November 21, 2013). "FIRST LOOK: Dreamworks' Netflix series "Turbo Fast"". Animation Scoop. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Netflix (February 12, 2013). "Netflix And DreamWorks Animation Launch First Ever Netflix Original Series for Kids" (Press release). PRNewswire. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 Armstrong, Josh (December 23, 2013). "DreamWorks revs up Netflix slate with "Turbo: F.A.S.T."". Animation Scoop. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hale, Mike (December 23, 2013). "A Speedy Snail and His Pals Move to the Small Screen". The New York Times. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Strike, Joe (December 23, 2013). "Netflix’s and DreamWorks' 'Turbo F.A.S.T' Hits the Gas". Animation World Network. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Zahed, Ramin (December 19, 2013). "‘Turbo FAST’ Poised to Win the Race on Netflix". Animation Magazine. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Graser, Marc (December 12, 2013). "‘Turbo’ Puts DreamWorks Animation Into Overdrive". Variety. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ↑ McNary, Dave (July 24, 2013). "Reid Scott, Barbara Hershey to Star in ‘Sister’ (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
- ↑ Busis, Hillary (December 16, 2013). "Get a glimpse at 'Turbo Fast,' Netflix's first original series for kids -- EXCLUSIVE". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 "Turbo FAST Press Kit" (PDF). MPRM Communications. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ↑ Bacle, Ariana (April 3, 2014). "'Turbo Fast' clip: See what Turbo and Skidmark are up to -- VIDEO". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ↑ Goodman, Martin (June 17, 2014). "Dreamworks TV's Margie Cohn and Titmouse's Chris Prynowski talk 'TURBO FAST'". Animation Scoop. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
- ↑ Hurwitz, Daniel (September 12, 2014). "Web to Watch exclusive clip: Netflix's 'Turbo FAST'". USA Today. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
- ↑ P. Sullivan, Kevin (November 26, 2014). "Survive December With These New Netflix Additions". MTV. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
- ↑ Stelter, Brian (December 3, 2013). "Netflix won't release 'Turbo: FAST' for binge viewing". CNN Money. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Turbo FAST". Netflix. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Hyo-won, Lee (October 17, 2013). "Jeffrey Katzenberg: 'Turbo' TV Show Being Produced Largely in South Korea". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
- ↑ Miller, Liz Shannon (December 22, 2013). "Kids get their first Netflix series, and DreamWorks makes money on Turbo". GigaOm. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 Schneider, Michael (June 27, 2014). "Veep's Reid Scott Moonlights as the Voice of Netflix's Turbo FAST". TV Guide. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
- ↑ Amidi, Amid (December 1, 2014). "42nd Annie Award Nominations Announced: Complete List". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ↑ Pederson, Erik (January 31, 2015). "42nd Annual Annie Awards – Complete Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.foxconnect.com/turbo-fast-season-1.html
External links
- Official website
- Official website at Netflix
- Turbo FAST at the Internet Movie Database
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