Rocket Power
Rocket Power is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó, the creators of "Rugrats". The series aired on Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2004. Premise. "Rocket Power" revolves around the day-to-day adventures of a gang of four young friends; the adventurous and vain sports enthusiast and perfectionist: Oswald "Otto" Rocket (Joseph Ashton); his tomboyish and kind-hearted older sister: Regina "Reggie" Rocket (Shayna Fox); the brainy newcomer and techno whiz kid who moves from Kansas in the first episode: Sam "Squid" Dullard (Sam Saletta in Season 1; Gary LeRoi Gray in Seasons  2–3; Sean Marquette in Season 4); and Otto's dim-witted but loyal best friend and videographer: Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez (Ulysses Cuadra in Seasons 1–3; Gilbert Leal in Season 4) — who live in the fictional beach community of Ocean Shores, California, where they spend their free time playing extreme sports (such as Skateboarding, Surfing, Snowboarding, Biking, Street Hockey, etc.), getting into various situations and overcoming the trials and challenges of growing up. Otto and Reggie live with their widowed strict-but-loving dad, Ray "Raymundo" Rocket (John Kassir), who along with his best friend and business partner, retired surfer and  self-styled philosopher Tito Makani (Ray Bumatai), owns and operates the Shore Shack, a restaurant and surf shop where the gang usually hang out. In most episodes, they get involved in competitions, but end up learning that their friendship is more important than winning. Home media. A VHS tape entitled "Maxing Out" was released containing five episodes ("Bruised Man's Curve" • "Super McVarial 900" • "Big Thursday" • "Big Air Dare" • "Otto's Big Break"). In 2004, Nickelodeon released four episodes of the series ("Island of the Menehune" • "Tito's Lucky Shell" • "Welcome to Ottoworld" • "Follow the Leader") on the "Island of  the Menehune" DVD. Other episodes were featured on Nickelodeon compilation DVDs such as "Nicktoons Christmas", "Nicktoons Halloween" and "Nickstravaganza! 2". Nickelodeon and Amazon.com teamed up to release "Rocket Power" and other Nick shows on manufacture-on-demand DVD-R discs available exclusively through Amazon.com's CreateSpace arm. Broadcast. "Rocket Power" premiered on Nickelodeon on August 16, 1999, and its final episode (a television movie called "The Big Day") aired on July 30, 2004. Reruns were then aired on the channel until October 7, 2011. Nicktoons aired the series from 2002 to 2010. Nick GAS also aired the series from 2003  to 2005. The series reran on TeenNick's block NickRewind (formerly The '90s Are All That, The Splat and NickSplat) from 2014 to 2017. Other projects. Other projects related to "Rocket Power" and developed under the aegis of Klasky-Csupo and/or Nickelodeon have included "", and "Maximum Rocket Power Live: The Battle for Madtown Park", a live-action extreme-sports dramatic arena play that briefly toured the U.S. Midwest in spring 2002, before being canceled over low ticket sales (it had originally been scheduled to tour about 40 cities all over the U.S., all the way into fall). Video games. Several  video games based on the series was released on the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and PC throughout the years, including "Rocket Power: Team Rocket Rescue", "", "Rocket Power Gettin' Air", "Rocket Power: Dream Scheme", "Rocket Power: Zero Gravity Zone" and "Rocket Power: Extreme Arcade Games". Soundtrack. The soundtrack album to "Rocket Power" was released on February 6, 2002. It is officially the soundtrack to the television film "Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand". Track listing Reception. Common Sense Media give the series a three out of five stars, writing "Parents need to know that watching  this show just might inspire future X-games participation. The kids -- never without a skateboard, bike, hockey stick, or surfboard -- perform incredible stunts, seemingly without risk of injury. A boy with less sports ability than the others shows kids that it's OK to need a lot of practice and only take the risks you're personally comfortable with."