Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist
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Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist is a children's animated television program that is an international co-production between March Entertainment
and SLR Productions
in Canada
and Australia
. The series first screened on Network Ten
in 2008 and is designed for kids aged 6 and older. It began airing on CBC Television
in Canada in January 2010 and currently airs on Saturday mornings..
There are 26 episodes of 25 minutes duration each. Episodes are usually screened in a half-hour timeslot.
Meanwhile a villain is genetically modifying super bugs to destroy all worlds...
Currently, the making of series 2 is unknown at this present time.
accent.
Zap Monogan (Lyon Smith) – A human/insect hybrid found by Dex a few months before the series. He has a very laid-back attitude which can sometimes get on the others' nerves, but in a dire situation he'll always drop the act. He's the strongest in the group, and can grow insect wings that allow him to fly. He's also the group's pilot. It is eventually revealed that Zap was created to be a powerful weapon by an evil scientist who used his own DNA
to create Zap's human side. When his insect side takes control and runs rampant in the city, Jenny 10 manages to calm him down and he returns to his human form. Zap appears to have fallen for Jenny 10, although he probably won't admit it.
Jenny 10 (Stephanie Anne Mills
) – Created as part of the 'Jenny Project', Jenny 10 now works as Dex's mechanic at The Habitat. She maintains the insect's habitats and builds the weapons used by the team to capture new bugs. She's always known that she was part of the 'Jenny Project', but she only told the others when Jenny 8 showed up. The project was designed to create ten genetic clones each with their own unique ability. Jenny 10 has super intelligence and Jenny 8 can turn invisible, but the other eight Jenny's abilities were unknown. They appear to have perished in an accident at a young age, which Jenny 8 and Jenny 10 escaped. Over the series, Jenny 10 has developed strong feelings for Zap.
Tung (Carter Hayden) – A human/frog hybrid from another planet. Tung tends to have disgusting hygiene habits and strange taste in food. He can jump long distances and scale walls with little effort, and also has a long tongue, hence the nickname. He sometimes gets in trouble for eating the insects captured on a mission.
, scheduled to be broadcast late December 2009 on CBC
, before the series premiere.
online game
featuring the show's characters. The game is hosted on the CBC's website
as well as the show's official site.
March Entertainment
March Entertainment is a Canadian producer of digital animated entertainment for television and the World Wide Web. The company's properties include the television series Chilly Beach, Maple Shorts, Yam Roll and Dex Hamilton....
and SLR Productions
SLR Productions
SLR Productions is an Australian, Sydney-based animation company. It was founded in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, and is named after the founder, Suzanne L Ryan...
in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The series first screened on Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
in 2008 and is designed for kids aged 6 and older. It began airing on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
in Canada in January 2010 and currently airs on Saturday mornings..
There are 26 episodes of 25 minutes duration each. Episodes are usually screened in a half-hour timeslot.
Series synopsis
It is the year 3000. Dex Hamilton, a young entomologist and wildlife explorer is called into action when alien insects crawling through the galaxy create a dangerous rift between man and nature. Accompanied by his team of scientists, Zap Monogan, Jenny 10 and Tung "the fantastic frog boy", Dex sets out to observe and capture these strange specimens. Love is a factor that almost every character will experience during their adventures.Meanwhile a villain is genetically modifying super bugs to destroy all worlds...
Currently, the making of series 2 is unknown at this present time.
Characters
Dex Hamilton (Dwayne Hill) – The main protagonist of the series, whom the title is named after. Dex is an intelligent alien entomologist with a great love for insects. He runs The Habitat, where he and the others maintain a large variety of different habitats in which they can observe insects they've captured for study. He has a Broad AustralianAustralian English
Australian English is the name given to the group of dialects spoken in Australia that form a major variety of the English language....
accent.
Zap Monogan (Lyon Smith) – A human/insect hybrid found by Dex a few months before the series. He has a very laid-back attitude which can sometimes get on the others' nerves, but in a dire situation he'll always drop the act. He's the strongest in the group, and can grow insect wings that allow him to fly. He's also the group's pilot. It is eventually revealed that Zap was created to be a powerful weapon by an evil scientist who used his own DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
to create Zap's human side. When his insect side takes control and runs rampant in the city, Jenny 10 manages to calm him down and he returns to his human form. Zap appears to have fallen for Jenny 10, although he probably won't admit it.
Jenny 10 (Stephanie Anne Mills
Stephanie Anne Mills
Stephanie Anne Mills is a Canadian voice-actress born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-Biography:Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Stephanie aspired to be a singer, dancer and actor as a young girl. Currently she is a voice actor for cartoons and got her big break in 6teen, after which everyone would...
) – Created as part of the 'Jenny Project', Jenny 10 now works as Dex's mechanic at The Habitat. She maintains the insect's habitats and builds the weapons used by the team to capture new bugs. She's always known that she was part of the 'Jenny Project', but she only told the others when Jenny 8 showed up. The project was designed to create ten genetic clones each with their own unique ability. Jenny 10 has super intelligence and Jenny 8 can turn invisible, but the other eight Jenny's abilities were unknown. They appear to have perished in an accident at a young age, which Jenny 8 and Jenny 10 escaped. Over the series, Jenny 10 has developed strong feelings for Zap.
Tung (Carter Hayden) – A human/frog hybrid from another planet. Tung tends to have disgusting hygiene habits and strange taste in food. He can jump long distances and scale walls with little effort, and also has a long tongue, hence the nickname. He sometimes gets in trouble for eating the insects captured on a mission.
Film
March Entertainment announced the release of Dex Hamilton: Fire and Ice, a full-length prequel film realized in 2D and cel-shaded 3D computer animationComputer animation
Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to moving images....
, scheduled to be broadcast late December 2009 on CBC
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
, before the series premiere.
Game
In 2010, March released Dex Hamilton's Bug Quest, a Flash-basedAdobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
online game
Browser game
A browser game is a computer game that is played over the Internet using a web browser. Browser games can be created and run using standard web technologies or browser plug-ins. Browser games include all video game genres and can be single-player or multiplayer...
featuring the show's characters. The game is hosted on the CBC's website
CBC.ca
CBC.ca is the English-language online service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was introduced in 1996. Under its previous names, the CBC's online service first went live in 1993....
as well as the show's official site.
External links
- Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist (official website)
- March Entertainment (producer website)
- Jon Izen (director website)