The animated television series Totally Spies! follows the adventures of three Beverly Hills teenage girls—Clover, Sam, and Alex—who work as secret agents on missions to save the world, involving real locations and some fictional ones. The series comprises seven seasons divided into 182 episodes.[1] Framing each episode is a side story in which the girls deal with high school life and its situations. Most of the episodes are self-contained.[2] In season 3, also titled Totally Spies! Undercover, the three girls share a villa, and at the end of that season, they are promoted to super spies in the organization and are referred to as such for season 4. Season 5 follows the girls' adventures as they continue onto university.
Totally Spies! premiered on November 3, 2001, on Fox Family (subsequently known as ABC Family, now called Freeform). It later premiered in Europe on channels such as Germany's ProSieben, France's TF1 and the United Kingdom's Channel 4 during the spring of 2002.[3] The show was moved to Cartoon Network on July 7, 2003, where it enjoyed much success,[4] and continued airing for a total of five seasons until 2009.[5] It spawned a feature film Totally Spies! The Movie and a spin-off series The Amazing Spiez!.
In 2013, the show was revived for a sixth season, premiering at an event at the Palace of Versailles. Twenty-six episodes were broadcast on French television and networks across Europe starting on 4 September 2013.[5] In Canada, the sixth season premiered on September 7, 2014, on Teletoon, and on September 6 on sister station Télétoon.[6] The show has been broadcast worldwide on various networks, including TF1 in France, Teletoon in Canada, Cartoon Network in the US and Latin America, Network 10 in Australia, Rede Globo in Brazil, Disney Channel and Nickelodeon in Asia, Africa, and Europe (formerly Fox Kids and Jetix).</onlyinclude>The head writers for the show were Robert and Michelle Lamoreaux who were based in Los Angeles, and who had worked on Nickelodeon shows.[7] The theme song for the first two seasons is "Here We Go" by Moonbaby (Miranda Cooper and Brian Higgins), but with lyrics changed slightly to fit the show. Seasons 3–5 use the same song but as instrumentals. During the closing credits of seasons 3–4, one of the girls, or occasionally Jerry or Mandy, talks directly to the camera about random topics which sometimes are tied to the episode theme. The sixth season uses a different theme song.
The seventh season premiered on May 12, 2024.[8] The theme song is "Top Secret Mission", sung by Mila Branger.[9]
On 13 June 2024, it was announced that the show has been renewed for an eighth season.[10]
Series overview
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| Season | Episodes | Air date | Channel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 26 | November 3, 2001 [11] April 3, 2002 [12] September 2, 2002 [13] | June 15, 2002 December 6, 2002 | TF1 Teletoon ABC Family | |
| 2 | 26 | April 7, 2003 August 8, 2003 | July 6, 2003 September 19, 2004 | TF1 Teletoon Cartoon Network | |
| 3 | 26 | September 12, 2004 October 3, 2004 | May 25, 2005 July 31, 2005 | ||
| 4 | 26 | March 13, 2006 April 3, 2006 | February 5, 2007 March 8, 2007 | ||
| 5 | 26 | August 31, 2007 April 26, 2010 | March 19, 2008 June 1, 2010 | ||
| Film | July 22, 2009 April 25, 2010 | Cartoon Network | |||
| style="background:#00f; #color:#100;" text-align: center; top"| | 6 | 26 | June 19, 2013 September 7, 2014 [14] April 10, 2020 | October 3, 2013 [note 1] March 1, 2015 April 19, 2020 | TF1 Teletoon Universal Kids |
| style="background:#663399; #color:#663399;" text-align: center; top"| | 7 | 26 | May 12, 2024 January 4, 2025 | November 15, 2025 March 28, 2026 | Gulli Cartoon Network |
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Episodes
Season 3 (2004)
Season 3 was broadcast on TF1 in France, on Teletoon in Canada, on Cartoon Network and Animania HD in the United States and otherwise internationally in 2004–2005.
Season 4 (2005)
Season 4 first aired in 2005, in HD on the Voom's Animania HD channel in the United States before it premiered on TF1 in France, on Teletoon in Canada, on Cartoon Network in United States and otherwise internationally in 2006–2007.
Season 5 (2007)
Season 5 was broadcast on TF1 in France, on Teletoon in Canada, on Animania HD in the United States and otherwise internationally in 2007–2008, then later broadcast on Cartoon Network in 2010. It was the last season to be shown in 16:9 high-definition on the Voom's Animania HD channel before it ceased operations in 2009.
Season 6 (2012)
The sixth season of Totally Spies! was announced by French television network TF1 in an online article back in 2011[15] and premiered on September 4, 2013, in France.[5][6] It was the first season to be produced and broadcast in 16:9 high-definition.
Season 7 (2023)
The seventh season of Totally Spies! was announced by French television network Gulli in a YouTube video posted by Totally Spies! YouTube channel on September 7, 2023.[16] and premiered on May 12, 2024, in France.[17] Season 7 premiered on Cartoon Network on November 4, 2024, in the United Kingdom and premiered on January 4, 2025, in the United States.[18][19]
See also
References
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (January 31, 2013). "Zodiak Seals 'Spies' Deals, New COO". Animation Magazine
- ^ "Interview with David Michel #2". Totally Spies Picture Archive / Geocities. May 18, 2004. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ^ Burgess, Amanda (April 1, 2002). "Marathon totally spies global music and merch potential in its tween girl toon". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications Ltd. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ "Total succès pour Totally Spies" (in French). Marathon Media. Zodiak Media. April 9, 2005. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (September 27, 2013). "New 'Totally Spies!' Hit North America Shelves". Animation Magazine. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- ^ McLean, Tom (August 27, 2014). "Teletoon Sets World, Canadian Premieres for Fall". Animation Magazine
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (November 6, 2010). "What makes a show run and run?". Variety. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (2022-01-21). "'Totally Spies!' Are on a Season 7 Mission for 2023". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Totally Spies! Music Video | BRAND NEW Season 7". YouTube. April 20, 2025.
- ^ "Warner Bros. Orders 8th Season of 'Totally Spies!'". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Totally Spies : Programme le plus visionne sur ABC Family aux USA" (in French). Zodiak France. April 3, 2002. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
- ^ "Totally Spies takes off on-line and on TF1!". Zodiak France. April 3, 2002. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
- ^ "Fall 2002 Highlights: Teletoon". Channel Canada. 2002-08-28. Archived 9 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ "Press Release - Gotta Gotta See It: TELETOON Launches 2014 Fall Slate". corusent.com. Archived 30 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ Sudrot, Olivier (August 26, 2011). "La rentrée TV jeunesse : entre héros préférés et nouveautés" (in French). Toutelatele
- ^ Totally Spies! Season 7 Reveal – Coming in 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-02. – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Moser, Zachary (2024-04-24). "Is Totally Spies! Season 7 Happening? Everything We Know". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ Cartoon Network UK (2024-10-21). Totally Spies 🚨 OFFICIAL TRAILER 🚨 NEW Season | @cartoonnetworkuk. Retrieved 2024-10-22. – via YouTube.
- ^ "Totally Spies Season 7 premieres on Cartoon Network UK on Monday 4th November at 6.30pm.". RegularCapital/Warner Bros. Discovery UK/DigiGuide. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
External links
- ^ The season 6 end date of October 3, 2013, does not include the final two episodes which previously aired as part of a special event in June 2013.