Go Jetters (TV Show)

Are You Sure This Is What You're Looking For, Go Jetter?*This page is about the British television series. For the fictional organisation which appears in said show, see Go Jetters (Organization). For the now-lost game released on the Cbeebies website in 2014, see Go Jetters (Game).*

## Go Jetters (TV Show)

### Created By

Katie Simmons
Barry Quinn

### Voice Actors

Tommie Earl Jenkins (Ubercorn)
Marc Silk (Grandmaster Glitch)
Pilar Orti (Xuli)
Akie Kotabe (Kyan)
Syrus Lowe (Lars)
John Hasler (Foz)
Naomi McDonald (JetPad)
Tala Gouveia (Tala)

## Production

### Executive Producers

Tony Reed
Henrietta Hurford-Jones

### Production Companies

Boulder Media (Season 1)
Giant Animation (Season 1)
BBC Studios Kids And Family
Blue-Zoo Productions (Season 2 - Season 3)

## Release

### Original Release

26 October 2015 – 27 November 2020

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Go Jetters is a British 3D Animated Adventure Television series, that airs on Cbeebies.

Aimed at children aged 4-6, Go Jetters follows the adventures of four explorers; Xuli, Kyan, Lars and Foz, who are all students at the Go Jet Academy. They travel around the world, with their teacher, and mentor Ubercorn. But, along their travels, each landmark they visit is "Glitched", and using the geography they've learned, and click-ons, they must stop him.

The show was pitched under the name "Titch Hikers", and was later developed into the Go Jetters Game, on the Cbeebies website. The game's success resulted in a full series being developed.

## Official Description

*An action-packed geography show that follows the adventures of the Go Jetters as they explore the world. Four explorers on a Global adventure; Xuli, Kyan, Lars, Foz. They are the Go Jetters! Our team of explorers are senior students of the GO JET ACADEMY – a training ground for geographic adventurers, set on a secret tropical archipelago (island chain), hidden somewhere in the middle of the ocean. Their assignment is to learn about the many fascinating man-made and natural landmarks around the world, as well as the natural processes that occur all around us.*

## Plot

Go Jetters follows the adventures of four cadets, who are in their final years of training at the Go Jet Academy; Xuli, Kyan, Lars and Foz. They travel alongside Ubercorn, who teaches them about each landmark they visit.

The plot follows a simple formula; The Go Jetters arrive at a landmark and receive funky facts, the landmark is glitched by their enemy, Grandmaster Glitch, and his band of Grimbots. The Go Jetters use their geographical knowledge, and special tools called Click-Ons to save the day.

The Academy Episodes follow a similar formula, but typically switch out landmarks for historical, or scientific knowledge which can relate back to geography.

## Characters

### Ubercorn

Ubercorn is an anthropomorphic unicorn, the mentor of the Go Jetters, and a teacher at the Go Jet Academy. It's his job to tell the Go Jetters all about their daily destinations, which he does through his "Funky Facts". Up in JetPad, He's the Go Jetters eyes in the sky, where he supervises the Go Jetters, and is at the ready to answer their questions, or send them Click-Ons.

### Xuli

Fiery and fearless, Xuli is the Go Jetters' ace pilot! A menace behind the wheel, Xuli can do anything she puts her mind to. Xuli likes to take charge, and is great at thinking fast, and moving fast. When things go wrong on a mission, Xuli is always the first to call it out, with her catchphrase; "Not Cool!".

### Kyan

Spontaneous and spunky, Kyan is "fantastic" when it comes to physical activity. Specializing in Gymnastics, Kyan is a top-tier athlete who's quick on his feet, and the first to jump into action when trouble comes through. He loves a good laugh, at Glitch's expense. Whenever he succeeds, Kyan loves to say "Aced It"!

### Lars

Gentle and gallant Lars is the Go Jetters' expert mechanic and engineer. Being known for his ability to create or fix any gadget, Lars is an invaluable asset to the Go Jetters' team. Lars cares the most about natural landmarks and nature, and won't hesitate to say anything he finds fascinating is "Geo-graphic"!.

### Foz

Small but mighty Foz is the brains of the Go Jetters team. He loves Maths, Science and a good mystery, and talks in fast equations, much to the confusion of others. Despite low self-confidence, his skill and prowess always manages to be a key factor in saving the day. When he figures out an answer, you can expect him to shout "Ergo"!

### Grandmaster Glitch

Grandmaster Glitch is the enemy of the Go Jetters, who he has nicknamed "No Jetters". He's a former cadet turned troublemaker, and Ubercorn's former teammate. He flies around the world in his airship, Grim H.Q, destroying landmarks during his travels. His catchphrase is "Grimbles!".

### Tala

Tala is the "new cadet" at the Go Jet Academy, and Grandmaster Glitch's beloved niece. She is slightly naive, but always has the best intentions at heart. She does not have her own catchphrase, but sometimes says "Grimbles!", much like her Uncle.

### The Grimbots

The Grimbots are Grandmaster Glitch's devoted followers; and robots he invented. They follow the commands of Glitch, helping him to "Glitch" any landmark he wishes to. They speak in beeps, and noises, and do not have any catchphrases of their own.

## History

Go Jetters was first pitched to Cbeebies as Titch Hikers, a short made with 3D animation, by Seed Animation and Phorestt Phyre. This pitch was not picked up. However, the show it was pitched alongside, The Numtums, was picked up at that time. The pitch featured four Alien explorers, and their mentor, travelling to save the Eiffel Tower, which had been turned into an Ice-Cream sundae.

Later on, a Flash Game was released onto the Cbeebies website, under the name of "Go Jetters". This game introduced the Go Jetters; Xuli, Kyan, Lars and Foz for the first time. They had been redesigned, only slightly resembling their Titch Hikers counterparts in shape. Pistachio was also brought back for this game, being redesigned and renamed as "Ubercorn". Grandmaster Glitch also returned for this game, receiving a new color palette. This game was very popular on the Cbeebies website, and garnered enough popularity for a full show to be created for the concept.

Sometime during production, the short test animation, known as "Go\_Jetters\_Pyramids\_of\_Gyza\_FINAL" was created. It featured a prototype of Xuli arriving at the Pyramids, and marveling at them. The style, and character model for Xuli in this short ended up being unused in the final show.

Go Jetters premiered on October 26th, 2015, with the episode The "Eiffel Tower, France", a nod to the original Titch Hikers pitch. The show starred the same 6 characters from the online game, with all new voice actors, and minor redesigns for each character. Season 1 had 50 episodes, and one 30-minute special during it's run.

Season two of Go Jetters premiered on September 18th, 2017, with the episode "Petra, Jordan". The second season featured a style change, thanks to the switch of animation studios to Blue-Zoo. This style change was favored by viewers of the show, and had them nominated for an animation award for one of it's episodes. Season 2 had 52 11-minute episodes.

Season three of Go Jetters Premiered on August 26th, 2019, with a 30 minute special, "Honey-Bee Hijack". The episode introduced a new re-occurring character to the series, Tala. The season introduced another re-occurring character to the cast later on; a teacher at the academy known as Professor Wave. Season three focused more on characters as individuals, with the "Heroes" episodes, and "Go Jetter or No Jetter". It had 50 episodes in it's run, and 1 30-minute special. The airing of it's final episode on November 27th, 2020 also marking the end of the series.

The show has not been greenlit for season four; although, multiple people who worked on the show have expressed an interest and hope in a fourth season of the show being made.

## Trivia

* Go Jetters is technically a spin-off, of the Flash Game of the same name.
* Season 2 of Go Jetters has more episodes than any of the other seasons. However, it has no 30-minute specials.
* The show's name, Go Jetters, may be a play on words for the terms "Go Getter" and "Jet Set".
* Go Jetters currently has a theme park ride, Go Jetters: Vroomster Zoom Ride, at the Cbeebies Land attraction at Alton Towers.

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