The Alpha Squad


 * This article is about the original 2000 TV series. For the upcoming 2022 TV series, see The Alpha Squad (2022 TV series).

The Alpha Squad (stylized as THE αLPHα 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 13, 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.

On June 12, 2021, a reboot of the series has been announced and it is set to premiere on Paramount+ in early 2022.

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
Development for the series began shortly after production of The King of Heroes had finished. Conner Jones wanted to create a television series centered around Tyler Thompson and his friends being superheroes. With assistance from developers Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo, Jones started working on The Alpha Squad. The three of them had agreed that the series should air on Nickelodeon due to the fact that The King of Heroes was produced by Nickelodeon Movies.

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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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Broadcast
The series aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from April 15, 2000 from to May 5, 2007. The first two seasons aired on the channel's SNICK block and the third and fourth seasons aired on the Friday Night Nicktoons block. The series still continued to air new episodes on Friday nights after the block got discontinuted. After it ended, the series reran on the channel from May 6, 2007 to August 24, 2013.

The series also aired on the Nickelodeon en Telemundo block from November 26, 2000 to September 30, 2001 and on the Telemundo Kids block from September 18, 2004 to September 3, 2006. It also aired on the Nicktoons channel from its launch on May 1, 2002 to September 19, 2015. From September 14, 2002 to September 11, 2004, the series aired on CBS as part of the Nick on CBS Saturday morning block.

As March 18, 2019, reruns of the series can be viewed on NickRewind, the nightly block for the TeenNick channel, and the series was added to Paramount+ on March 4, 2021, the same day the streaming service was launched.

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.