The Alpha Squad

The Alpha Squad (stylized as THE αPHLα SQUαD) is an American animated television series based on the 1999 film The King of Heroes. Created by Conner Jones and developed by Jones, Arlene Klasky, and Gabor Csupo, the series premiered on Nickelodeon on April 15, 2000 (following the 2000 Kids' Choice Awards) and finished its run on May 5, 2007 with a total of 152 episodes within 7 seasons. The cast from The King of Heroes reprised their roles for this series, and it spawned two feature films entitled The Alpha Squad: Worldwide Rescue, which was released into theatres on May 28, 2004, and The Alpha Squad: Magic Mayhem, which was released into theatres on July 6, 2007 and served as the series finale. The series received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised it for its characters, animation, and episodes. It also spawned merchandise including video games, toys, and comics books.

Premise
The Alpha Squad takes place one year after the events of The King of Heroes, and it centers around Tyler Thompson (voiced by Tara Strong) as he continues to protect Highwell as the King of Heroes. Joining Tyler on his heroic adventures include his older brother Ollie Thompson (voiced by Josh Server) who is also the fire-powered superhero known as the Incinerator. There's also Tyler's three best friends, Mikey Mason (voiced by Drake Bell), Kylie Daniels (voiced by Cree Summer), and Sammy Smith (voiced by Rob Paulsen), who all assist Tyler as the Blue Comet, Electrica, and the Malleable Kid respectively. Every day, villains threatens to bring harm to Highwell and the Alpha Squad bands together to defeat them and the heroes always win in the end.

Development
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Writing
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Voice actors
The main cast from The King of Heroes returned to reprise their roles for this series.

Animation
The animation for this series was done by Klasky Csupo, who were also working on Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, and Rocket Power at the time.

Music
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Reception
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Home Media
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Films
On May 28, 2004, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Spirit Animal Studios, and Klasky Csupo released a feature film based on the series entitled The Alpha Squad: Worldwide Rescue in which The Alpha Squad has to travel around to stop a villain from stealing all of the world's artifacts and claiming them as his own.

Another film was released into theatres on July 6, 2007 and it was entitled The Alpha Squad: Magic Mayhem in which all of the Alpha Squad's past enemies band together and use a magic staff to take over Highwell, and the Alpha Squad must band together to save Highwell and defeat their enemies once and for all. This film also serves as the series finale to The Alpha Squad.