The X's
The X's is an American animated television series created by Carlos Ramos for Nickelodeon. The series centers on a family of spies who must conceal their identity from the outside world but often have trouble doing so. It ran for a single season of 20 episodes (38 segments) airing from November 25, 2005, to November 25, 2006. Episode 20 did not air in the United States. However it aired for the first time in Latin America on April 16, 2007. Although it was compared to The Incredibles and Alias,[1] Ramos has stated that the show takes inspiration from the James Bond film series, the 1960s TV series Get Smart, and the 1960s TV series The Avengers.[2]
| The X's | |
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| Genre | Comedy Action-adventure Science fiction Espionage Farce |
| Created by | Carlos Ramos |
| Directed by | Dave Marshall |
| Voices of | |
| Composer | Shawn Patterson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Carlos Ramos |
| Running time | 22 minutes (11-minute segments) |
| Production company | Nickelodeon Animation Studio |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nickelodeon |
| Original release | November 25, 2005 – April 16, 2007 |
Synopsis
The X's work for SUPERIOR. Mr. and Mrs. X have their daughter named Tuesday, their younger son named Truman, and many gadgets at their disposal. An organization called S.N.A.F.U. (short for Society of Nefarious and Felonious Undertakings) is continually trying to cause trouble for the X's through their plans to take over the world. The series takes place in 2006, according to the episode: "X Takes a Holiday".
Characters
SUPERIOR
- Mr. X (voiced by Patrick Warburton) – Family patriarch, team leader of the X's, and the main protagonist of the series. Tucker is the expert at hand-to-hand combat and is similar to James Bond and Maxwell Smart. Although a competent spy, he struggles with everyday issues, such as remembering his civilian name. He is also an excellent cook and very strict and stern. In one episode, his shoe phone self-destructed as a parody of both Get Smart and Mission Impossible. Mr. X is 40 years old.
- Mrs. X (voiced by Wendie Malick) – Second-in-command and combat specialist of the X's. Mrs. X is fully trained in hand-to-hand combat and martial arts but is a horrible cook. She is a tennis expert. Mrs. X is known for administering savage beatings to Glowface. She's a very caring and protective mother to Tuesday and Truman. Mrs. X is 38 years old.
- Tuesday X (voiced by Lynsey Bartilson) is Mr. and Mrs. X's teenage daughter and missions investigator. Tuesday is the most normal of the team, despite her rather extreme punk-rock garb and frequently changing hair-color. She is also the most knowledgeable of "real-world" behavior, which the other family members either misunderstand or ignore outright. She definitely takes after her mother in savagery and fighting skills, but at heart Tuesday is a genuine teenager who wants to do other things besides spy missions with her family. She easily gets annoyed with Truman for making fun of the size of her huge butt, despite that, she behaves like a caring sister like in the episode "You Only Sneeze Twice" when Truman's look-alike robot was about to explode, she became worried and in another episode "From Crusha with Love" she guided Truman with his date by advising him. In the episode "X Takes a Holiday", it's revealed that Tuesday is 16 years old.
- Truman X (voiced by Jansen Panettiere) is Mr. and Mrs. X's 10-year-old son and technology expert. Truman is the smartest of all the X's. His radiation "experiments" cause so many "meltdowns" that the local Decontamination Squad are on a first name basis with the "X"s. The enfant terrible of the "X"s, Truman can sometimes be a nuisance and make trouble.
- Rex X (vocal effects provided by Dee Bradley Baker) is Truman's dog he got on his 9th birthday from Sasquatch. Rex was meant to kill Truman with Sasquatch controlling Rex with his mind-controlling roar, but after Truman wouldn't fight him because he thought he would finally have the perfect birthday with him and Truman told about all the good times they had. After those words, Rex broke free from the mind control and also all the other animals. Later, Rex became an honorary member for SUPERIOR. His first appearance was in "Boy's Best Fiend" and has since appeared in other episodes such as "To Err is Truman".
- Home Base (voiced by Stephen Root) describes itself in the title sequence of The X's as "the house they live in", but Home Base is most likely the name for the computerized brain that runs the functions of their house (neither Mr. X nor Mrs. X appear to be competent about household chores, though Mr. X can mow the grass). Home Base serves as advisor, SUPERIOR contact and mission alert for the X's, and can be contacted from the X-Jet. It also serves as the (somewhat beleaguered) voice of reason in the family. Seen from above, Home Base is shaped like an X. He is visually similar to HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Villains
- S.N.A.F.U. – Short for Society of Nefarious and Felonious Undertakings, S.N.A.F.U. is an evil organization that the X's fight.
- Glowface (voiced by Chris Hardwick) is the X's' archenemy, the leader of S.N.A.F.U., and the main villain of the series. Glowface's head is encased in a glass globe with electrical discharges. He wears a rubber suit and gloves to contain his vast energies. His schemes to get rid of the X's include having Mrs. X break her leg on a coffee table and sending them coupons for family portraits. Like traditional evil villains, Glowface is megalomaniacal, arrogant, psychotic, loudmouthed, and delusional, but he possesses little sophistication or maturity, and believes himself to be much more of a threat than he actually is. Similar to Dr. Evil from Austin Powers, Doctor Claw from Inspector Gadget, Satan from South Park, Dr. Drakken from Kim Possible, Vito Corleone from The Godfather and Ernst Stavro Blofeld from the James Bond series, he also tends to think up idiotic evil schemes like building a giant ray gun in order to bring the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben to life in order for them to wrestle so he can sell tickets. He has very poor teeth and once had to get braces. Glowface is disdainful of the crush his nephew Brandon has on Tuesday. Glowface is also allergic to zucchini and has an unseen way of eating food. The only thing that Glowface and Tucker have in common are building model train sets.
- Lorenzo Suave (voiced by Tom Kane) is Glowface's assistant and butler. Lorenzo seems to be an amalgam of all the villainous second-in-command spy clichés. He is stylishly and impeccably dressed with a mustache, goatee, a scar along one cheek and both an eyepatch and a monocle. Lorenzo is much more intelligent than Glowface and sometimes has to maneuver him into completing his plans when Glowface begins one of his rants. Though he is human, Lorenzo is most likely S.N.A.F.U.'s mirror to Home Base. He becomes miffed when Glowface claims, after he took off his horrid disguise and introduced himself, that no one cares. He along with the S.N.A.F.U. minions are the most commonly appeared S.N.A.F.U. workers of Glowface. One time when Glowface was sick alongside the other S.N.A.F.U. agents, Lorenzo proved to be a better villain than Glowface or any of the others members of S.N.A.F.U. Just as "Glowface" is similar to Dr. Evil, Suave resembles Dr. Evil's Number #2 who actually makes his evil organization work. As Tuesday X is the most normal of the X's, Suave is the most normal of the S.N.A.F.U. members.
- Sasquatch (voiced by Randy Savage) appears to be an unspecified and scary man-beast and has a roar that can hypnotize or brainwash animals to do his bidding. He is probably the strongest member of S.N.A.F.U. His goal is to return the animals to their rightful place as masters of the planet. He continuously refers to himself in the third person like when he does his usual catchphrase "Sasquatch is the mightiest of all!" before making another comment.
- Brandon (voiced by Jason Schwartzman in "The Spy Who Liked Me", later voiced by David Hornsby) is Glowface's nephew. Brandon is a very nice, handsome and even somewhat gallant teenage boy, but unfortunately, he's working with his uncle as an intern for S.N.A.F.U. He has a crush on Tuesday and the two date (even planning dates in the midst of a battle) much to the dismay of both the X's (who don't much like the idea of Tuesday dating in general) and Glowface (who doesn't like the idea of Brandon dating the daughter of his nemesis at all). Mr. and Mrs. X are fairly open-minded about the relationship; on the other hand, Glowface teases Brandon about his new girlfriend whenever possible. He tends to treat his uncle's plans with either disdain or apathy, and never really acts as a villain.
- The Scream Queens are a duo of Banshee-esqe cheerleaders with a sonic boom screech. They have various cameos throughout the series.
- The McVampires are a family of hillbilly vampires. They are most likely a parody of the infamous hillbillies the McCoys. The family only appears in "Photo Ops".
- Bio-Harold is a buff guy in a hazmat suit. He only appears in "Photo Ops" and "Homebody".
- Missing Link is a dirty guy who looks like a Common chimpanzee/human hybrid. He only appears in "Photo Ops".
- Some Old Guy (voiced by Tom Kane) is an old man. He isn't actually a real member of S.N.A.F.U. (he just thought that the photo shop where Glowface tricked the X's was the nickel store). He frequently appears as a joke with the rest of the S.N.A.F.U. agents when Glowface introduces all the S.N.A.F.U. agents present in a battle. His voice volume and dramatic tone increase with each name coming to conclusion with the most dramatic introduction being that of "Some Old Guy".
- S.N.A.F.U. Minions (voiced by Carlos Ramos) are Glowface's Minions and foot-soldiers of S.N.A.F.U. They wear uniforms with their heads encased in globes. Their faces are never seen, but the silhouettes of their heads are seen in those globes. They have their birthdays celebrated each month on a day called "Cake Day" for any foot soldiers who have their birthday in that month.
- Copperhead (voiced by Tom Kenny) - Half-man, half-machine. Unlike Glowface, he never stays in one place for long. It was never actually revealed that he is part of S.N.A.F.U. or not, but he is "the most evil of all evil spies". He has power over magnetism (like that of Magneto in X-Men), but he runs on a large battery in his back.
Minor
- Kimla Meeks (voiced by Ashley Johnson) is Tuesday's 1st friend appeared in "A Truman Scorned", "License to Slumber", and "Theater of War". She is a huge fan of science fiction and is also very knowledgeable about sci-fi movies, comics, etc. Kimla also seems to be somewhat naive as she didn't notice Truman's crush on her and that the X's are spies despite her being presented with proof. She appears to have started talking to Tuesday more after their slumber party as they worked together on a school project later in "A Truman Scorned". A running joke throughout the series involves Kimla's "intergalactic chanting."
- Skipper Swenson (voiced by Lindsay Sloane) is Tuesday's 2nd friend appeared in "License to Slumber". Skipper is generally stuck-up and is rude to Tuesday. She doesn't like Tuesday very much and only came to her slumber party because Mrs. X apparently promised to pay her fifty dollars. Skipper is very popular and is also shown to have an interest in beauty and boys.
- Annasthesia Montiho (voiced by Soleil Moon Frye) is Tuesday's 3rd friend appeared in "License to Slumber". She is a goth girl and notices the strange occurrences at Tuesday's slumber party. She also likes to talk about boys.
- Wally (voiced by Tom Kenny) is a friendly neighbor of the X's. He is a devoted father with a wife and child. Wally is very nice to the X's when ever he sees them. While he's suspicious of the X's at times, he never catches on that they are spies. Wally first appeared in "Mr. Fix It", and has made appearances in "Mock Tutors", "Y's Up", and "Live and Let Diaper". Although his name is never mentioned in the series, it is listed as Wally in the credits of episodes that featured him.
- Mother (voiced by April Winchell)
- Reaper Kid (voiced by Paul Butcher)
- Miguel (voiced by Paco Jimenez, later in Flaco Jiminez)
- Nita (voiced by Andrea Zafra)
- The Y's – The Ys', or "Y's Guys" (wise guys) known by The X's. They are of Indian descent. They are also spies, but better. They are The X's rival family, even though once they gave them a cappuccino maker. The Y's once wanted to force The X's to give up their job as SUPERIOR agents so they could be replaced by them. They too have a computerized brain that runs their house, but is more sophisticated than Home Base. One of their fans is Glowface.
- Mr. Y (voiced by Ronobir Lahiri) – Similar to Mr. X.
- Mrs. Y (voiced by Susan Pari) – Similar to Mrs. X.
- Seven Y (voiced by Soleil Moon Frye) – Similar to Tuesday.
- Scout Y (voiced by Laura Marano) – Similar to Truman, but is a girl instead of a boy.
- The Z's are of Australian descent. The Z's are destroyed by the Y's. Truman stated that SUPERIOR said that their death was an accident, but the Y's hinted that their death was no mere accident, but was caused by the Y's.
Episodes
The X's was first pitched in late 2001. After a successful pilot in 2003 (A beta version of the episode "Photo Ops"), The X's was greenlit and officially began production in May of 2004 for 13 episodes. The show was first announced in March 2005, during Nickelodeon's 2005 upfront. Later in the year, Nickelodeon extended the show's episode order to 20.
The first 10 episodes were produced between 2004 and 2005, while the last 10 were produced between 2005 and 2006.
All episodes were directed by Dave Marshall.
Episodes are listed in airing order, not production order.
| No. | Title | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1a | "AAIIEE, Robot!" | Doug Langdale | Jim Smith | November 25, 2005 | 105a |
| Mrs. X breaks her leg. To solve this problem, Truman builds a replacement. This does not seem to work well. | |||||
| 1b | "Mission: Irresponsible" | Carlos Ramos | Jim Smith and Roque Ballesteros & Alan Lau & Brad Rau | November 25, 2005 | 105b |
| SUPERIOR decides to take Mr. and Mrs. X out of their ranks as punishment for destroying Stonehenge as they have Home Base place Truman and Tuesday in command instead. | |||||
| 2a | "License to Slumber" | Doug Langdale | Vincent Waller | November 25, 2005 | 103a |
| Mrs. X arranges a slumber party for Tuesday; during it, the family begins to fight Glowface. Tuesday tries to cover up the truth about her family. | |||||
| 2b | "Three Days of the Coin-Op" | Ralph Soll | Vincent Waller | November 25, 2005 | 103b |
| Truman's unauthorized upgrade of Home Base forces the computer offline for a day. They try to work to get all the household chores done before an inspector from SUPERIOR shows up. If anything is out of place, the X's will be sent to a foreign country to herd farting goats. | |||||
| 3a | "Photo Ops" | Gene Grillo | Carlos Ramos, Carl Greenblatt, Erik C. Wiese, Carey Yost, and Joe Daniello | November 25, 2005 | 101a |
| The X's get a family portrait taken to try to blend in as a normal family. Unfortunately, this turns out to be an ambush by S.N.A.F.U. as Glowface leads Lorenzo Suave, Sasquatch, the Scream Queens, the McVampires, Bio-Harold, Missing Link, and Some Old Guy into attacking the X's. | |||||
| 3b | "Boy's Best Fiend" | Mike Ryan | Li Hong | November 25, 2005 | 101b |
| After missing every birthday celebration because of the missions, Truman gets a puppy for his birthday and names it Rex, but it turns out it is from Sasquatch, who has turned all of the U.N. leaders into animals. | |||||
| 4a | "Mr. Fix It" | John Behnke & Rob Humphrey | Li Hong | December 9, 2005 | 104a |
| Mr. X continues trying to be a normal dad. He learns that normal dads fix things, so he begins to do that. | |||||
| 4b | "Doommates" | John Behnke & Rob Humphrey | Li Hong, Chong Lee, and Jim Smith | December 9, 2005 | 104b |
| Truman and Tuesday are forced to share a room after Truman's room accidentally goes nuclear. | |||||
| 5a | "Secret Agent Manual" | Doug Langdale | Carlos Ramos | December 16, 2005 | 102a |
| Mrs. X and the kids trick Mr. X into giving them stuff they want by rewriting his official spy manual with the Retextinator to include the items they desire. | |||||
| 5b | "The Spy Who Liked Me" | Gene Grillo | Vincent Waller | December 16, 2005 | 102b |
| Tuesday's first date is with a guy named Brandon who is too good to be true: in fact, he is a spy working undercover for his uncle Glowface. | |||||
| 6a | "To Err is Truman" | Earl Kress | Roque Ballesteros & Alan Lau & Brad Rau | January 13, 2006 | 106a |
| Truman attempts to be good and refrain from pulling pranks for one entire day, so he may join his family at the "world's greatest" amusement park. | |||||
| 6b | "No More Mrs. Nice X" | Doug Langdale | Louie del Carmen | January 13, 2006 | 106b |
| Mrs. X is filled with peace and tranquility after she returns from a retreat. Unfortunately, these qualities prove useless when confronting Glowface. | |||||
| 7a | "On Her Majesty's Postal Service" | Scott Peterson | Li Hong and Andy Kelly | February 3, 2006 | 108a |
| Mr. X gets a job as a mailman. Meanwhile, Sasquatch works to breed the ultimate dog. | |||||
| 7b | "Pinheads" | Duane Colbert & Shahrzad Warkentin | Jim Smith | February 3, 2006 | 108b |
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Tuesday wants the family to learn how to bowl. Their lessons get crashed by Glowface, Lorenzo Suave, Sasquatch, and Brandon who were annoyed that they are bowling when not trying to stop their heists. Note: This episode guest starred John Kricfalusi, creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show as the Bowling Alley Guy. This was Kricfalusi's first time at Nickelodeon after he was fired after season two of Ren & Stimpy. | |||||
| 8a | "From Crusha with Love" | John Behnke & Rob Humphrey | Andy Kelly | February 17, 2006 | 111a |
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A girl at school picks on Truman, but he finds out it is because she has a crush on him. Note: This episode guest starred Will Arnett as Pork E. Bacon. | |||||
| 8b | "Xcitement" | John Behnke & Rob Humphrey | Andy Kelly | February 17, 2006 | 111b |
| Mr. X has a dirty little secret that is locking him away from being a spy and hanging with his family, but what could it be? | |||||
| 9a | "You Only Sneeze Twice" | Carlos Ramos | Li Hong | February 24, 2006 | 110a |
| The entire family gets sick, except for Tuesday. The same thing happens at S.N.A.F.U. HQ where Glowface, Sasquatch, and the Scream Queens get sick, leaving Lorenzo Suave to care for them. Seeing this as an opportunity to do one of his plots, Lorenzo begins his plot for world conquest, which attracts Tuesday's attention. | |||||
| 9b | "X Takes a Holiday" | Doug Langdale | Li Hong, Andy Kelly, Carlos Ramos, and Marcelo Souza | February 24, 2006 | 110b |
| Mr. and Mrs. X go on a romantic date, but Tuesday and Truman throw a party while they are away. Glowface seizes the opportunity to attack Home Base. | |||||
| 10a | "Mock Tutors" | John Behnke & Rob Humphrey | Andy Kelly | March 3, 2006 | 109a |
| Truman and Tuesday are failing their cooking and tennis classes (Tuesday with cooking; Truman with tennis). They'll be forced to go to summer school if they fail their test. So their parents try to help them with those subjects. Mrs. X helps Tuesday and Mr. X helps Truman; the only problem is that Mrs. X, who is a good tennis player, turns out to be a terrible cook while Mr. X, who is a good cook, turns out to be a terrible tennis player! | |||||
| 10b | "Meddle Mouth" | John Behnke & Rob Humphrey | Jim Smith | March 3, 2006 | 109b |
| Truman finds the perfect opportunity to drive Tuesday crazy when she gets braces. He interferes with her braces to make Tuesday say crazy things while she is on her date with Brandon. | |||||
| 11a | "Family Issues" | Tracy Berna | Li Hong | March 17, 2006 | 107a |
| In their continuous effort to be like "normal families", the X's visit a family counselor to see what kind of issues "normal families" have. However, it is not long before they start to take their "roles" too seriously. | |||||
| 11b | "Truman's Choice" | Doug Langdale | Roque Ballesteros & Alan Lau & Brad Rau | March 17, 2006 | 107b |
| Truman gets a chance to capture the most wanted villain which is Copperhead. The rest of the family begin to suck up to Truman to capture Copperhead with him. | |||||
| 12a | "Wealth vs. Stealth" | Doug Langdale | Li Hong, Andy Kelly, and Carlos Ramos | April 7, 2006 | 112a |
| When the X's win a billion dollars, they must balance their new fame and fortune with their spy work. | |||||
| 12b | "Wee House" | Carlos Ramos | Jim Smith | April 7, 2006 | 112b |
| Sick and tired of being short, Truman builds a small replica of Home Base for him to live in until he misses his family. | |||||
| 13 | "Truman X: Super Villain" | Carlos Ramos | Li Hong, Andy Kelly, Carlos Ramos, and Jim Smith | June 16, 2006 | 113 |
| When the X's punish Truman for hotdogging a mission and blowing up the X jet by selling all of his spy gadgets, Glowface persuades the boy to join S.N.A.F.U. His first mission: destroy the X's. | |||||
| 14a | "A Truman Scorned" | Scott Peterson | Andy Kelly | September 22, 2006 | 114a |
| Truman has a crush on Tuesday's friend Kimla. Truman realizes there's only one way to get past this "little kid" thing – he has to tell her he's really an international super spy. Not surprisingly, Kimla doesn't believe him. Surprisingly, she continues to disbelieve his story even when he sneaks her along on a mission and the truth is right in front of her nose. | |||||
| 14b | "Y's Up" | Rob Humphrey & John Behnke | Andy Kelly and Jim Smith | September 22, 2006 | 114b |
| The archenemies of the Xs, the Ys, move in next door. The Xs suspect they are up to no good, but cannot prove anything until the Ys show their true colors during Glowface's next plot. | |||||
| 15a | "Quit Your Day Job" | Tracy Berna | Jim Smith | September 29, 2006 | 115a |
| When Tuesday is suspicious of Brandon, the X's find out he is a part-time S.N.A.F.U. agent. | |||||
| 15b | "Missing Home" | Doug Langdale | Carlos Ramos | September 29, 2006 | 115b |
| Home Base explodes when the X's forget his birthday. Without Home Base, the X's need to survive on their own. | |||||
| 16a | "Live and Let Diaper" | Heather Lombard & Evan Gore | Michael Mullen and Carlos Ramos | October 6, 2006 | 118a |
| The X's have to babysit a neighbor's baby and they cannot change his diaper. Will they ever be able to change that diaper? | |||||
| 16b | "In-Law Enforcement" | Tracy Berna | Li Hong, Andy Kelly, and Jim Smith | October 6, 2006 | 118b |
| The X's try to prevent Mrs. X's parents from realizing that they are spies when they come for a visit. | |||||
| 17a | "Train Rex" | Rob Humphrey & John Behnke | Andy Kelly | October 13, 2006 | 116a |
| After the X's go on a mission, Truman faces an ultimatum where he has a single day to train Rex or else he will go to the pound. | |||||
| 17b | "Homebody" | Rob Humphrey & John Behnke | Steven DeStephano and Andy Kelly | October 13, 2006 | 116b |
| Truman creates a body for Home Base so he can carry the X's weapons, but the X's hate it. It even gives Home Base problems when he tries to stop Sasquatch, Bio-Harold, and the Scream Queens alone. | |||||
| 18 | "The Haunting of Home Base" | Rob Humphrey & John Behnke | Li Hong, Andy Kelly, Michael Mullen, Carlos Ramos, and Jim Smith | October 27, 2006 | 120 |
| Truman attempts to scare his family by turning Home Base into a haunted house, but Glowface takes control of the Home Base, and soon, Tuesday, Mr. X, and Mrs. X are zombies. Can Truman stop Glowface's evil plot before his brain is eaten? | |||||
| 19a | "Accidental Hero" | Alessia Costantini | Li Hong, Andy Kelly, and Michael Mullen | November 25, 2006 | 119a |
| Truman saves a baby from one of his paintball traps, and the public hail him as a hero; Tuesday tries to expose Truman as the culprit. | |||||
| 19b | "Untied" | Rob Humphrey & John Behnke | Li Hong, Andy Kelly, and Jim Smith | November 25, 2006 | 119b |
| After Mr. X's necktie reflects off Glowface's base walls, he suffers a tie loss. He now cannot fight. Can the other X's save Mr. X from his loss of "Mr. Tie-tie", or will the X's become nothing? | |||||
| 20a | "Theater of War" | Doug Langdale | Carlos Ramos | April 16, 2007 (Latin America) | 117a |
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Brandon will play Romeo in the school play of Romeo and Juliet, and Seven Y competes with Tuesday to see who may play Juliet. Note: This episode did not air in the United States. | |||||
| 20b | "Breaking Camp" | Rob Humphrey & John Behnke | Andy Kelly and Jean Texier | April 16, 2007 (Latin America) | 117b |
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Mr. X takes Truman to his favorite childhood camp, hoping he will love it, too. Turns out Truman does not, much to Mr. X's dismay. Note: This episode did not air in the United States. | |||||
Broadcast
The series aired on Nickelodeon and premiered in the United States on November 25, 2005.[3] The last episode to air premiered on November 25, 2006. Episode 20 never aired in the United States; however, it aired in Latin America for the first time on April 16, 2007. The series would cease network reruns until breifly returning on November 22, 2007 as part of the "Super Stuffed Nicksgiving Weekend". The show has not aired on the channel since.
A Saturday morning (9-11 am) programming block to promote the series aired from April to May 2006 titled "Mission X" during the show's run.
The show began airing reruns on Nicktoons (American TV channel) Network in April 2006 until it was pulled in October 2008. The show returned briefly in December 2015 for a Christmas marathon featuring several other Nicktoons.
The X's began broadcasting in Latin America from June 2006 until April 2007.
Home media
While the series never saw any complete series releases, there were two Nick Picks volumes each that included an episode in 2006 and 2007.
| Title | Episode count | Release date | Episodes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Picks Vol. 4 | 1 | June 6, 2006 | "Photo Ops" | |
| Nick Picks Vol. 5 | 1 | March 13, 2007 | "Secret Agent Manual" | |
Awards & Nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Artios | Best Animated Voice-Over Television Casting | Sarah Noonan and Meredith Layne | The X's | Won |
| 2006 | Annie Award | Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production | Hong Li | "You Only Sneeze Twice" | Won |
| 2006 | Annie Award | Character Design in an Animated Television Production | Carlos Ramos | "Homebody" | Nominated |
| 2006 | Annie Award | Character Design in an Animated Television Production | Eric Robles | "You Only Sneeze Twice" | Nominated |
References
- "On Nickelodeon, a spy family amuses with familiar themes – The Boston Globe". archive.boston.com. 2005-11-25. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- Ball, Ryan (2005-11-08). "Nick to Screen The X's, You're Invited". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- "X's Mark the Spot for Nick". Multichannel. 2005-11-17. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
External links
- The X's at IMDb
- The X's at NickAnimationStudio.com (archive)
See also
- Spy × Family - Japanese Animated Series also about a family of spies
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