Space Camp

***Ready Jet Go!: Space Camp*** is a feature film based on the Ready Jet Go! series. It is produced by Silver Creek Falls Entertainment, Inc (Dete Meserve's new production company), with funding from Universal 1440 Entertainment, and was released on July 20, 2023.

## Synopsis

### I

Jet and his friends take their skills to Space Camp and go on an intergalactic adventure.

### II

When Sunspot develops an allergic reaction, Jet must leave Space Camp in order to find a cure. Will Jet succeed in getting their hands on the cure in time to save Sunspot and make it back to Space Camp without Mitchell discovering what the heck is going on?

### III

When Jet’s pet Sunspot starts shrinking, Jet must find a way to travel to the far reaches of the galaxy for a cure called Deshrinkulum. In Jet’s mad rush to build an engine capable of the epic journey, his intergalactic hyperdrive engine mistakenly winds up in one of the Space Camp mock spaceships. The rickety ship accidentally gets launched with Jet and his friends onboard. Will Jet and his friends use what they learned at Space Camp to pilot the ship and find the Deshrinkulum cure in time to save Sunspot?

### IV

Jet Propulsion, an alien from the planet Bortron 7, is always on the quest for adventure. Inspired by his favorite TV show character Great Galacto, Jet and his pet Sunspot go comet surfing, riding waves in outer space. When Sunspot gets too close to dangerous comet dust, he develops an allergic reaction that causes him to shrink. Jet must now search for a cure before Sunspot shrinks away completely. Will Jet and his friends be able to come up with a plan before time runs out?

## Characters

* Jet Propulsion
* Sydney Skelley
* Sean Rafferty
* Mindy Melendez
* Sunspot Propulsion
* Carrot Propulsion
* Celery Propulsion
* Face 9000
* Mitchell Peterson
* Cody
* Stella Singularity (debut)
* Dr. Bergs
* Amy Skelley
* Great Galacto (debut)
* Bina Chandra (debut)
* Aurora (debut)
* Houston (debut)

## Production

Even though Ready Jet Go! was cancelled, its return was hinted at and eventually confirmed by Craig Bartlett.

Someone’s LinkedIn showed a credit for a Ready Jet Go! movie for Universal Studios, specifically their **Universal 1440 Entertainment** division, which also distributed *Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island.*

In 2021, Jaeda Lily Miller posted a headshot on Instagram. Bartlett commented under it "Hey Mindy! See you soon!" Miller replied with "5, 4, 3, 2, 1!", the lyrics to the iconic Takeoff! song.

That same month, Vienna Leacock posted a picture of her and Jaeda, and tagged it with #readyjetgo. Finally, Bartlett announced that he was recording new songs for the series, with series composer Jim Lang returning, as well as Ashleigh Ball.

On October 7, 2022, it was confirmed on The Arun Mehta Show that RJG is indeed coming back with a feature film for Universal. It was animated up until, or after, October 2022, and went into post-production in the spring of 2023.

There are songs in the movie, making it a musical.

## Songs

* Dear Great Galacto
* Takeoff!
* Brother From Another Sunspot Mother
* Super Hyperdrive
* It Takes a Team
* Space Hero
* End Credits Medley: Super Hyperdrive (reprise)/Dear Great Galacto (reprise)/Ready Jet Go!

## Trivia

* The movie’s promotion began July 17, 2023.
* This is the first installment of the Ready Jet Go! franchise to be funded by a major Hollywood studio. In this case, it is DreamWorks Animation, who are known for movies such as *Shrek*, *Madagascar*, *Kung Fu Panda*, and *How to Train Your Dragon*. Universal is also the owner of DreamWorks.
	+ Prior to this, other PBS Kids works that were produced by a major Hollywood studio included *Curious George* (also Universal) and *Dragon Tales* (Sony).
* This is the second time the 2012 Universal logo is featured in a work related to PBS Kids. The first one is Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island.
	+ Both of these shows from PBS Kids were created by Craig Bartlett.
	+ The PBS Kids logo does not play in the beginning, however.
* Sean and Mitchell both have new voice actors: Anthony Bolognese and Gordon Cormier, respectively.
* Mitchell says "What the **heck** was that?" "Heck" is considered a "minced oath" for the curse word hell and usually isn't allowed on PBS Kids shows, so this is a small moment but significant. The only other PBS Kids show that did this was Craig Bartlett's other show, *Dinosaur Train*, which has an episode called "A **Heck** of a Neck."
* For unknown reasons, Face 9000 is back to his original design.
* **Continuity error**: a flashback is shown where Jet adopts Sunspot, but *Sunday Drive* shows that Sunspot has lived with Jet since he was a baby.
* Stella says 14-40 in the film which may be a reference to Universal 1440 Entertainment. It is also a reference to the backside triple cork 1440, since Stella sent a video to the Great Galacto fan club of her doing that trick while surfing on sand dunes.
* Throughout the movie, Mitchell mentions the time via the 24-hour format. For example, he says "0900 hours" instead of 9:00 AM.
* Counting the end credits medley, the word "excelsior" is said exactly 25 times in the movie.
* The imagery of the Space Hero song seems very similar to the openings of some James Bond movies, especially with the red background and Jet silhouettes. The movies that come to mind are *Thunderball, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Licence to Kill*, and *Tomorrow Never Dies.*
* Mitchell says "There are two of them now." This could be a reference to Nute Gunray's line "This is getting out of hand! Now, there are two of them!" in *Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace*.
* The song that Sunspot briefly plays on his concertina before "Super Hyperdrive" comes on is Chopin's "Funeral March." This is revealed in the iTunes closed captions only, as it is not noted in the PBS Kids captions. Sunspot playing the Funeral March with a smile on his face is also rather grim for a children's movie. No wonder Sydney asked for something more cheerful.
* The space monsters looks similar to the Black Beast of Aaaaargghh from the 1975 film, *Monty Python and the Holy Grail*.
* This movie is the first, and only, piece of *Ready Jet Go!* media to premiere during the 2020s (and during the Biden administration, for that matter).

### Dubbing notes

* This is the first installment of the Ready Jet Go series to be dubbed in French. The TV show was never aired in France or dubbed in French.
* Both the Spanish dub and the French dub are available to watch on digital retailers such as Apple TV. The movie was made available for digital purchase on August 8. However, the subtitles are inaccurate, as they are directly translated from the original English script and don't match the actual words spoken by the characters. The credits for these dubs can be seen at the very end of the movie.
* While the Spanish dub is still recorded in Venezuela like the main series, every single character except for Mindy and Mitchell was recasted.
* In the TV series, Sunspot is referred to as Mancha Solar, but in the Spanish dub, he is referred to by his English name. Carrot and Celery are also referred to by their English names instead of Zanahoria and Apio. However, the subtitles still use the original Spanish names.
* While Face was referred to as Cara in the Spanish dub of the TV series, he is renamed to Rostro in this movie.
* Face is renamed to Visage in the French dub.
* Carrot, Celery, and Dr. Skelley's voices are not credited in the French credits, while Bergs' voice is not listed in neither the French or Spanish credits.

## Gallery

### Concept art and storyboards

Sean going through his Ren and Stimpy arcJet pointing towards MascarponeJet in the doorwayGalacto surfing on a cometMitchellGalacto with a remoteStella sitting in a chairStella angryJet and the gangConcept designs for the space monster
## References

1. ↑ https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/ready-jet-go-space-camp-the-movie/umc.cmc.2ap26ls31f3qhengoawym3hir
2. ↑ https://muccifassett.net/
3. ↑ https://www.wgte.org/schedules/program/hd/ready-jet-go-space-camp/episode-0/07-24-2023/07-00-00
4. ↑ https://www.scetv.org/stories/2023/next-pbs-kids
5. ↑ https://schedule.whro.org/program?programid=33242
6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/GoodSamBook/posts/pfbid0abVddAxYhHzWLgABy1MFzKjd3wAjeBqyGA3uyt8PXKU3NcqoUNAwmiAeQTqo81XGl
7. ↑ https://www.blu-ray.com/itunes/Ready-Jet-Go-Space-Camp-The-Movie-iTunes/192562/
8. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu5ICGby-z2/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==