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The Troop | |
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![]() The cast of The Troop (from left to right): Gage Golightly (Hayley), Nicholas Purcell (Jake), John Marshall Jones (Mr. Stockley) and David Del Rio (Felix). |
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Genre | Action, Comedy |
Created by | Max Burnett Greg Coolidge Chris Morgan |
Starring | Nick Purcell Gage Golightly David Del Rio John Marshall Jones |
Theme music composer | Reg Powell |
Country of origin | United States Canada |
Language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 17 (List of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) | Max Burnett Greg Coolidge Chris Morgan Jay Kogen Thomas W. Lynch |
Location(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (filming location) |
Camera setup | Film; Single-camera |
Running time | approx. 23 minutes |
Production company(s) | The Writers' Room Tom Lynch Company Studios Nickelodeon Productions |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | Nickelodeon |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Original run | September 18, 2009 – present |
Status | Returning series |
External links | |
Official website |
The Troop is a live-action, single camera comedy-adventure television series about fighting monsters, created and executive produced by Max Burnett, Greg Coolidge and Chris Morgan. The series premiered on Nickelodeon on September 18, 2009.
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The show revolves around Jake, an average teen who wants to create his own comic book series and is enlisted by his school counselor Mr. Stockley to join "The Troop" a secret society that protects the world from monsters and creatures.[1] Additional squad members include his fellow students, Hayley, the most popular girl in school and Felix, the school's main nerd. The pilot was shot in 2008 and the show itself has been described as "Men In Black at a suburban high school".[2] It also talks about the team catching monsters.
The show premiered to 3.5 million viewers in September 2009, right after iCarly's "iThink They Kissed".[3]In March 2010, the series was picked up for a second season.[4][5]
Season | Episodes | First Air Date | Last Air Date | |
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1 | 26 | September 12, 2009 | 2010 |
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Nickelodeon | September 12, 2009 (Sneak Peak) September 18, 2009 |
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Nickelodeon UK and Ireland | February 4, 2010 |
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Nickelodeon Canada | January 2010 |
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Nickelodeon Germany | December 18, 2009 (Sneak Peak) January 9, 2010 |
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Nickelodeon The Netherlands | December 4, 2009 (Sneak Peak) December 12, 2009 |
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Nickelodeon (South East Asia) | February 15, 2010 (Sneak Peak) March 25, 2010 |
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Nickelodeon New Zealand | March 15, 2010 |
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Nickelodeon Latin America | March 18, 2010 |
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Nickelodeon Latin America (Portuguese) | March 16, 2010 |
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Nickelodeon Australia | March 15 2010 |
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Nickelodeon Turkey | 2010 |
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