Engineering:I Got a Rocket!

I Got a Rocket!
Title card
Genre	Comedy Science fiction
Based on
Developed by	Stu Connolly Ben Townsend
Directed by	Glenn Kirkpatrick
Voices of	Thomas Bromhead Jamie Oxenbould Marcello Fabrizi Drew Forsythe Trilby Glover Rachel King
Composer(s)	Lars Löhn Carsten Schmelzer
Country of origin	Australia United States Germany South Korea Singapore
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26 (52 segments)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Suzanne Ryan Bill Schultz Mike Young Liz Young Sebastian Debertin Marc Gabizon Romi Roolf Cherrie Bottger
Producer(s)	Suzanne Ryan Cary Silver Ben Townsend Josh Fisher
Running time	24 minutes (Australian version, 13 minutes per segment) 23 minutes (US version, 12 minutes per segment)
Production company(s)	SLR Productions Mike Young Productions MotionWorks Europool Peach Blossom Media Sunwoo Entertainment
Release
Original network	KI.KA (Germany) Nickelodeon and Network Ten (Australia) Kabillion (United States) Korean Broadcasting System (South Korea)
Original release	1 December 2006 (2006-12-01) – 24 May 2007 (2007-05-24)

I Got a Rocket! is an animated television series centred on a boy named Vincent "Vinnie", who received an anthropomorphic rocket for his birthday. The rocket acts as a best friend to Vinnie and is fond of assisting him. The show is based on the book by Matt Zurbo. The show's run was from 1 December 2006 to 24 May 2007. Although the series was short-lived, it received a 2008 Emmy Award for "New Approaches - Daytime Children's Entertainment".

Characters

Main characters

• Rocket (voiced by Thomas Bromhead): A hyperactive and eccentric rocket invented for Vinnie's birthday. Rocket is orange and blue (as in the book by Matt Zurbo), and fiercely relies on assistance, always prepared to assist Vinnie in a situation, although sometimes over-confident in episodes such as "Mackerel Mates". He always says "You Got it, V-Man!" whenever a situation involving Vinnie has occurred.
• Vincent Q/Vinnie (voiced by Jamie Oxenbould in Australia, and Thomas Bromhead in the U.S.): A 13-year-old boy who receives Rocket for his birthday. Vinnie converted into a hip, popular boy after the invention of Rocket. Despite his popularity at school, it is a recurring gag in the series that a trio of siblings named The Duckies give him a wedgie, and Vinnie is rather timid when face-to-face with the love of his life, Maya Kovsky.

Other

• Professor Quigley Q (voiced by Marcello Fabrizi): Vinnie's father and a genius. It is a recurring gag in the series that he uses scientific words in transitional phrases, including the word "degrees" in the phrase, "I'm proud of you, son!"
• Crystal Q (voiced by Rachel King): Vinnie's sister.
• Ma Ducky (voiced by Drew Forsythe): The ambitious mother of the bullying triplets known as The Duckys. She is the lunch lady and librarian of Vinnie's school, despises Vinnie and Rocket and ignores her children's bad behaviour.
• Biffo Ducky (voiced by Drew Forsythe): The largest, and most muscular of the Duckys.
• Scuds Ducky (voiced by Drew Forsythe): The least intelligent of the Duckys.
• Frankie Ducky (voiced by Rachel King): The leader and sole female of the Duckys.
• VP Stern (voiced by Marcello Fabrizi): The teacher and vice principal of the Inner City School, the school Vinnie, Gabby and Rainbow all study at.
• Gabby (voiced by Trilby Glover): A friend of Vinnie.
• Rainbow (voiced by Rachel King): Another friend of Vinnie.
• Maya Kovsky (voiced by Trilby Glover): Vinnie's love of his life, and also the waiter at Joe's Milk Bar, Vinnie's favourite restaurant.
• Captain O'Cheese/Pirate (voiced by Drew Forsythe): A pirate who drives a pirate ship on the streets.

Episodes

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code

Broadcast

The show ran on Network Ten until 2009 in Australia. There were also reruns on ABC3 in 2013. Kabillion aired the show through its VOD service in the United States. The show ran on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom.