Season 1

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**Season 1** of ***Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion*** was announced by Disney Channel on January 28, 2021. Production began on July 23, 2021, and wrapped on January 28, 2022. The 16 episode season premiered on June 3, 2022 and concluded on November 11, 2022.

On November 18, 2022, the series was cancelled after one season.

## Synopsis

Violet Rodriguez, an everyday Mexican-American teen, is chosen by a magical luchador mask which transforms her into Ultra Violet, a superhero fighting crime alongside her luchador uncle, Cruz, also known as Black Scorpion. Cruz takes Violet under his wing to teach her the responsibilities. Zhe doesn’t always see eye to eye with him when it comes capturing crooks. In the meantime, she must keep her superhero identity secret from her parents and her older brother Santiago (“Tiago”). Her best friend Maya Miller-Martinez, who assists with documenting Ultra Violet's adventures on social media.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Scarlett Estevez as Violet Rodriguez / Ultra Violet (16/16)
* J.R. Villarreal as Cruz de la Vega / Black Scorpion (16/16)
* Marianna Burelli as Nina Rodriguez (16/16)
* Juan Alfonso as Juan Carlos Rodriguez (16/16)
* Brandon Rossel as Santiago Rodriguez (16)/16)
* Zelia Ankrum as Maya Miller-Martinez (15/16)
* Bryan Blanco as Luis León (10/16)

### Recurring Cast

* Jaylen Moore as Julio Silvestre Duplicado de la Corboda (Duplico)
* Amara Rose as Evita Acosta
* Lily Freeman as Gracie Gilroy
* Kaori Neville as Hannah Nguyen
* Lorena Jorge as Catalina Rivera / Cascada

## Episodes

### Confirmed dates

These are episodes that have confirmed titles and dates.

1. 06/03/22 - The Violet Behind the Ultra (101)
2. 06/03/22 - You Like Me! You Really Like Me! (102)
3. 06/10/22 - Lucha Royale (103)
4. 06/17/22 - Sleepover Showdown (104)
5. 06/24/22 - The Legend of the Twelve Masks (105)
6. 07/01/22 - ¡Chisme! ¡Chisme! Read All About It! (106)
7. 07/08/22 - Ultra Matchmaker (107)
8. 07/15/22 - Ultra Violet Unmasked (108)
9. 07/22/22 - Cascada (109)
10. 07/29/22 - Lucha Rules! (110)
11. 10/07/22 - Ultra Friend, Ultra Flake (111)
12. 10/14/22 - Forgive Me Not (112)
13. 10/21/22 - Highkey Anxiety (113)
14. 10/28/22 - Luis León Won't Go Home (114)
15. 11/04/22 - Cape Night (115)
16. 11/11/22 - Ultra Violet vs. Black Scorpion (116)

## Trivia

* Eric Garcia and Leo Chu are executive producers and showrunners this season, along with Joe Nussbaum, Dan Hernandez and Benji Sami are also executive produce.
* The pilot was filmed in October 2020.
* The series was originally named ***Ultra Violet & Blue Demon***, but was changed due to **Blue Demon Jr.** leaving the show.
* Some of the main characters have been renamed when the show got changed to ***Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion***.
	+ Sebastian got changed to Juan Carlos Rodriguez.
	+ Miguelito got changed to Santiago Rodriguez.
	+ Trudy got changed to Maya Miller-Martinez.
	+ Enrique Diaz-Diaz got changed to Luis León.
* This is the sixth Disney Channel show to feature main characters of Latino descent.
	+ The first being ***The Emperor's New School***, second being ***Wizards of Waverly Place**,* third being ***Stuck in the Middle***, fourth being ***Gabby Duran & the Unsittables***, and fifth being ***The Owl House***.
* The first teaser played during the premiere of the Disney Channel Original Movie, ***Christmas...Again?!***, which Scarlett Estevez had also starred in.
* The season premiered with double episodes, advertised by Disney Channel as an "Ultimate Premiere Night".
* The season premiered right after the series premiere of ***The Villains of Valley View***.
	+ This is the third time where two Disney Channel shows have premiered on the same day after:
		- ***I Didn't Do It*** and ***Win, Lose or Draw*** (January 17, 2014)
		- ***K.C. Undercover*** and ***Star vs. the Forces of Evil*** (January 18, 2015)

* This is the 17th Disney Channel Original Series to be a single-camera series after ***Flash Forward***, ***The Famous Jett Jackson***, ***So Weird***, ***The Jersey***, ***Even Stevens***, ***In a Heartbeat***, ***Lizzie McGuire***, ***Phil of the Future***, ***Life with Derek***, ***Jonas***, ***My Babysitter's a Vampire***, ***Stuck in the Middle***, ***Andi Mack,*** ***Fast Layne, Gabby Duran & the Unsittables,*** and ***Secrets of Sulphur Springs***.
* This is the 16th Disney Channel Original Series to end after 1 season after ***Flash Forward, Totally Circus, In a Heartbeat, Totally Hoops, Totally in Tune, Dave the Barbarian, The Buzz on Maggie, So Random!, PrankStars, Code: 9, Win, Lose or Draw,*** ***Bug Juice: My Adventures at Camp, Fast Layne***, ***Disney Fam Jam***, and ***Disney's Magic Bake-Off***.
	+ It's also the third Disney Channel sitcom/comedy series to end after 1 season after ***So Random!*** and ***Fast Layne***.
* The first 10 episodes were added to Disney+ on June 8, 2022. The series is following a model used on other Disney Channel series.
* Episodes 11-16 were added to Disney+ on October 12, 2022.
* The series was originally supposed to premiere on February 25, 2022.
* On May 23, 2023, all videos related to this series were made private from Disney Channel's YouTube page.
* On May 27, 2023, the entire series was removed from Disney+.
	+ The series is only available for purchase on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Google Play, and YouTube TV.

## References

1. ↑ ‘Ultra Violet & Blue Demon’ Superhero Comedy Gets Disney Channel Series Order; Scarlett Estevez & More Round Out Cast
2. ↑ Disney Sets Superhero Shows ‘The Villains of Valley View’ and ‘Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion’ (VIDEO)
3. ↑ Inside Line: Get Scoop on *Yellowstone, La Brea, Ultra Violet, Ghosts, Equalizer, Gossip Girl, SEAL Team, 9-1-1* and More
4. ↑ https://ui.eidr.org/view/content?id=10.5240/A6CA-1201-D32A-48B2-E8D2-1