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73-744: There is no rigid definition of a "superpower." In popular culture, it is often associated with unusual abilities such as flight , superhuman strength and speed , invulnerability or psionics . However, it can also describe natural abilities that reach the peak of human potential, such as advanced intelligence or weapon proficiency. Generally speaking, superheroes like Batman and Iron Man may be classified as superheroes even though they have no actual superhuman abilities beyond their exceptional talent and advanced technology. Similarly, characters with superhuman abilities derived from artificial, external sources, like Green Lantern 's power ring and Tony Stark's Iron Man armor may be described as superpowers, but

146-522: A GeoCities interview, Kate Griffin, who voices Alex, mentioned that the typical session for the three girls is that they would record as an ensemble, but through a phone patch, with Hale and Baker calling from Los Angeles, and herself in Toronto. Following the end of the fifth season, the series's movie, Totally Spies! The Movie , was produced and released to theatres in France on 22 July 2009. The movie received

219-402: A buoyant force that does not require lateral movement through the surrounding air mass to effect a lifting force. By contrast, aerodynes primarily use aerodynamic lift , which requires the lateral movement of at least some part of the aircraft through the surrounding air mass. Some things that fly do not generate propulsive thrust through the air, for example, the flying squirrel . This

292-451: A rocket launch , which provides the initial thrust to overcome the force of gravity and propels the spacecraft from the surface of the Earth. Once in space, the motion of a spacecraft—both when unpropelled and when under propulsion—is covered by the area of study called astrodynamics . Some spacecraft remain in space indefinitely, some disintegrate during atmospheric reentry , and others reach

365-409: A Global Reach on Children's Cultural Markets" by Valerie-Ines de la Ville and Laurent Durup, the series was originally designed to reach an American audience, but has garnered appeal from its humor "based on a stereotypical European vision of American references" while "appearing to be original and innovative to the U.S. audience". Producer and artistic director Stephane Berry explained that the style "is

438-1099: A double life. Winx Club and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe feature characters who adventure in fantastical worlds which put their inherent superpowers to the test. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Road Rovers and Street Sharks , the characters' superpowers are the result of being transformed into anthropomorphic animals (either from animals or humans), combined with combat training. Other examples include: Biker Mice from Mars , Toxic Crusaders , Samurai Pizza Cats , Loonatics Unleashed , Darkwing Duck , Gargoyles , Drak Pack , Ghostforce , El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera , The Mighty B! , Three Delivery , Teamo Supremo , Mummies Alive , Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! , The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest , Totally Spies! , Code Lyoko , Storm Hawks , Zevo-3 , Chop Socky Chooks , Butt Ugly Martians , and Kung Fu Dino Posse . Superpowers feature in subgenres of tokusatsu ,

511-630: A flying fish was 45 seconds. Most birds fly ( see bird flight ), with some exceptions. The largest birds, the ostrich and the emu , are earthbound flightless birds , as were the now-extinct dodos and the Phorusrhacids , which were the dominant predators of South America in the Cenozoic era. The non-flying penguins have wings adapted for use under water and use the same wing movements for swimming that most other birds use for flight. Most small flightless birds are native to small islands, and lead

584-556: A form of television characterised by heavy use of special effects. This is embodied by the franchise Super Sentai , known for Power Rangers , and its counterpart Kamen Rider . In Western television, superpowers are often depicted in adaptations of comic books. However, drama series such as Heroes and Misfits are original to television. They use superpowers to heighten the conflicts of otherwise ordinary characters, without strong ties to other superheroic tropes such as codenames or costumes. Flight Flight or flying

657-427: A heavier aircraft gliding at a higher airspeed will arrive at the same touchdown point in a shorter time. Air pressure acting up against an object in air is greater than the pressure above pushing down. The buoyancy, in both cases, is equal to the weight of fluid displaced - Archimedes' principle holds for air just as it does for water. A cubic meter of air at ordinary atmospheric pressure and room temperature has

730-564: A lifestyle where flight would offer little advantage. Among living animals that fly, the wandering albatross has the greatest wingspan, up to 3.5 meters (11 feet); the great bustard has the greatest weight, topping at 21 kilograms (46 pounds). Most species of insects can fly as adults. Insect flight makes use of either of two basic aerodynamic models: creating a leading edge vortex, found in most insects, and using clap and fling , found in very small insects such as thrips . Many species of spiders , spider mites and lepidoptera use

803-411: A mass of about 1.2 kilograms, so its weight is about 12 newtons . Therefore, any 1-cubic-meter object in air is buoyed up with a force of 12 newtons. If the mass of the 1-cubic-meter object is greater than 1.2 kilograms (so that its weight is greater than 12 newtons), it falls to the ground when released. If an object of this size has a mass less than 1.2 kilograms, it rises in the air. Any object that has

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876-601: A mass that is less than the mass of an equal volume of air will rise in air - in other words, any object less dense than air will rise. Thrust-to-weight ratio is, as its name suggests, the ratio of instantaneous thrust to weight (where weight means weight at the Earth 's standard acceleration g 0 {\displaystyle g_{0}} ). It is a dimensionless parameter characteristic of rockets and other jet engines and of vehicles propelled by such engines (typically space launch vehicles and jet aircraft ). If

949-736: A melting between the American style, which associates action and comedy, and Japanese design for the aesthetic environment and the emotions expressed through the large eyes of the characters." Some of the common references have included Charlie's Angels , Beverly Hills , The Avengers , James Bond and its gadgets, and Cat's Eye . The head writers for the series were Robert and Michelle Lamoreaux who were based in Los Angeles, and who had worked on Nickelodeon shows. Demersay and Stephane Berry had both recently worked with Saban entertainment in Europe. In

1022-470: A pair of flat gliding surfaces. "Flying" snakes also use mobile ribs to flatten their body into an aerodynamic shape, with a back and forth motion much the same as they use on the ground. Flying fish can glide using enlarged wing-like fins, and have been observed soaring for hundreds of meters. It is thought that this ability was chosen by natural selection because it was an effective means of escape from underwater predators. The longest recorded flight of

1095-534: A planetary or lunar surface for landing or impact. In 2018, researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) managed to fly an aeroplane with no moving parts, powered by an " ionic wind" also known as electroaerodynamic thrust. Many human cultures have built devices that fly, from the earliest projectiles such as stones and spears, the boomerang in Australia , the hot air Kongming lantern , and kites . George Cayley studied flight scientifically in

1168-626: A reality in the 20th century following theoretical and practical breakthroughs by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Robert H. Goddard . The first orbital spaceflight was in 1957, and Yuri Gagarin was carried aboard the first crewed orbital spaceflight in 1961. There are different approaches to flight. If an object has a lower density than air, then it is buoyant and is able to float in the air without expending energy. A heavier than air craft, known as an aerodyne , includes flighted animals and insects, fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft . Because

1241-455: A retarding force called drag. Because lift and drag are both aerodynamic forces, the ratio of lift to drag is an indication of the aerodynamic efficiency of the airplane. The lift to drag ratio is the L/D ratio, pronounced "L over D ratio." An airplane has a high L/D ratio if it produces a large amount of lift or a small amount of drag. The lift/drag ratio is determined by dividing the lift coefficient by

1314-465: A technique called ballooning to ride air currents such as thermals , by exposing their gossamer threads which gets lifted by wind and atmospheric electric fields . Mechanical flight is the use of a machine to fly. These machines include aircraft such as airplanes , gliders , helicopters , autogyros , airships , balloons , ornithopters as well as spacecraft . Gliders are capable of unpowered flight. Another form of mechanical flight

1387-496: A telecast release in the United States, on 25 April the following year, coinciding with the airing of the series' fifth season there. In August 2011, Marathon Media confirmed that production for the sixth season was underway and set to premiere in 2013. The sixth series would be produced only by Marathon in association with TF1 and The Walt Disney Company France . It was later confirmed that 26 episodes would be produced and that

1460-418: A year. According to Michel, the series' animation style was influenced by anime . The production company, Marathon Media , intended on building on the series brand by forming a three-piece girl band, utilizing German talk show Arabella to create it. Using a panel of judges, 20 demo videos were selected and the winners were selected based on the strength of their performance and the series' viewers. The band

1533-418: Is perpendicular to the flow direction. Aerodynamic lift results when the wing causes the surrounding air to be deflected - the air then causes a force on the wing in the opposite direction, in accordance with Newton's third law of motion . Lift is commonly associated with the wing of an aircraft , although lift is also generated by rotors on rotorcraft (which are effectively rotating wings, performing

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1606-572: Is a French anime-influenced animated spy-fi series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel mainly produced by French company Zodiak Kids & Family France , with seasons three to five being co-produced with Canadian company Image Entertainment Corporation . It focuses on three teenage girls from Beverly Hills, California , who work as undercover agents for the World Organization of Human Protection (WOOHP). Prior to its debut in France on 3 April 2002 on TF1 's TFOU block,

1679-439: Is a system that remains aloft primarily through the use of buoyancy to give an aircraft the same overall density as air. Aerostats include free balloons , airships , and moored balloons . An aerostat's main structural component is its envelope , a lightweight skin that encloses a volume of lifting gas to provide buoyancy , to which other components are attached. Aerostats are so named because they use "aerostatic" lift,

1752-404: Is equal to the drag D divided by the (density r times half the velocity V squared times the reference area A). [Cd = D / (A * .5 * r * V^2)] Lift-to-drag ratios for practical aircraft vary from about 4:1 for vehicles and birds with relatively short wings, up to 60:1 or more for vehicles with very long wings, such as gliders. A greater angle of attack relative to the forward movement also increases

1825-413: Is flight faster than the speed of sound . Supersonic flight is associated with the formation of shock waves that form a sonic boom that can be heard from the ground, and is frequently startling. The creation of this shockwave requires a significant amount of energy; because of this, supersonic flight is generally less efficient than subsonic flight at about 85% of the speed of sound. Hypersonic flight

1898-536: Is in development at Amazon Prime Video and will premiere in 2025. Totally Spies! comics were released monthly in Sweden . Five books with about 90 pages came out in Brazil as well. Each book represents an episode from the series. There is another comic called Totally Spies Unleashed ; this opens with "I Hate the 80s!", in which a bad guy, Boogie Gus, has invented a retro ray that de-ages people. The second story, "Attack of

1971-440: Is para-sailing, where a parachute-like object is pulled by a boat. In an airplane, lift is created by the wings; the shape of the wings of the airplane are designed specially for the type of flight desired. There are different types of wings: tempered, semi-tempered, sweptback, rectangular and elliptical. An aircraft wing is sometimes called an airfoil , which is a device that creates lift when air flows across it. Supersonic flight

2044-450: Is pushed in the direction opposite to flight. This can be done in several ways including by the spinning blades of a propeller , or a rotating fan pushing air out from the back of a jet engine , or by ejecting hot gases from a rocket engine . The forward thrust is proportional to the mass of the airstream multiplied by the difference in velocity of the airstream. Reverse thrust can be generated to aid braking after landing by reversing

2117-410: Is released on DVD & Blu-ray in the U.S. by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment . Joly Herman of Common Sense Media gave the series a mixed review, rating the show 3 out of 5 stars and writing that "We think it's a decent show to catch once in a while, but anything more regular might give viewers the like, slightest headache." Joe Corey of Inside Pulse had a more positive review, calling

2190-648: Is termed ballistic flight . Examples include balls , arrows , bullets , fireworks etc. Essentially an extreme form of ballistic flight, spaceflight is the use of space technology to achieve the flight of spacecraft into and through outer space . Examples include ballistic missiles , orbital spaceflight , etc. Spaceflight is used in space exploration , and also in commercial activities like space tourism and satellite telecommunications . Additional non-commercial uses of spaceflight include space observatories , reconnaissance satellites and other Earth observation satellites . A spaceflight typically begins with

2263-493: Is termed gliding . Some other things can exploit rising air to climb such as raptors (when gliding) and man-made sailplane gliders . This is termed soaring . However most other birds and all powered aircraft need a source of propulsion to climb. This is termed powered flight. The only groups of living things that use powered flight are birds , insects , and bats , while many groups have evolved gliding. The extinct pterosaurs , an order of reptiles contemporaneous with

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2336-784: Is the process by which an object moves through a space without contacting any planetary surface , either within an atmosphere (i.e. air flight or aviation ) or through the vacuum of outer space (i.e. spaceflight ). This can be achieved by generating aerodynamic lift associated with gliding or propulsive thrust , aerostatically using buoyancy , or by ballistic movement. Many things can fly, from animal aviators such as birds , bats and insects , to natural gliders/parachuters such as patagial animals, anemochorous seeds and ballistospores , to human inventions like aircraft ( airplanes , helicopters , airships , balloons , etc.) and rockets which may propel spacecraft and spaceplanes . The engineering aspects of flight are

2409-455: Is very high speed flight where the heat generated by the compression of the air due to the motion through the air causes chemical changes to the air. Hypersonic flight is achieved primarily by reentering spacecraft such as the Space Shuttle and Soyuz . Some things generate little or no lift and move only or mostly under the action of momentum, gravity, air drag and in some cases thrust. This

2482-529: The dinosaurs , were also very successful flying animals, and there were apparently some flying dinosaurs (see Flying and gliding animals#Non-avian dinosaurs ). Each of these groups' wings evolved independently , with insects the first animal group to evolve flight. The wings of the flying vertebrate groups are all based on the forelimbs, but differ significantly in structure; insect wings are hypothesized to be highly modified versions of structures that form gills in most other groups of arthropods . Bats are

2555-485: The shonen genre. They are often featured in popular manga, comics and anime such as Dragon Ball Z , Saint Seiya , YuYu Hakusho , One Piece , Black Clover , Naruto , Fullmetal Alchemist , Bleach , Code Geass , Fairy Tail , Hunter × Hunter , Attack on Titan , and My Hero Academia . The types of powers featured vary from series to series. Some, such as Dragon Ball and Fullmetal Alchemist , feature many different characters who have

2628-482: The thrust-to-weight ratio is greater than the local gravity strength (expressed in g s), then flight can occur without any forward motion or any aerodynamic lift being required. If the thrust-to-weight ratio times the lift-to-drag ratio is greater than local gravity then takeoff using aerodynamic lift is possible. Flight dynamics is the science of air and space vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. The three critical flight dynamics parameters are

2701-718: The Philippines on terrestrial TV; ART Teenz , MBC 3 in the Middle East; Dragon Club in China; TVB in Hong Kong; Fox Kids , Jetix , Disney Channel , and Nickelodeon channels in Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. In Australia, it was shown on Network Ten and later on 10 Peach (formerly Eleven) as part of their Toasted TV block. Seasons 3–4 was aired on POP in the United Kingdom from 2013. Season 5 started airing in 2015 and season 6

2774-506: The United States, and would be distributed to the European countries in the following year. Fox Kids Europe acquired European merchandising rights to the series in July 2001, excluding German-speaking territories. In an interview with WorldScreen.com, Michel explained that prior to the series, there were a lot of boy action-adventure shows and practically nothing for girls, yet in pop culture, there

2847-555: The United States, where it attracted 1.6 million viewers (aged 4–10) daily and continued airing until 10 September 2010. In 2019, the show aired weeknights on the Universal Kids channel, which broadcast the show's sixth season for the first time in the United States . Totally Spies! has attracted over one million viewers in France since its debut. It was re-licensed and its sixth season, along with Totally Spies! The Movie and

2920-558: The air to overcome the drag associated with lift all takes energy. Different objects and creatures capable of flight vary in the efficiency of their muscles, motors and how well this translates into forward thrust. Propulsive efficiency determines how much energy vehicles generate from a unit of fuel. The range that powered flight articles can achieve is ultimately limited by their drag, as well as how much energy they can store on board and how efficiently they can turn that energy into propulsion. Totally Spies! Totally Spies!

2993-601: The angles of rotation in three dimensions about the vehicle's center of mass , known as pitch , roll and yaw (See Tait-Bryan rotations for an explanation). The control of these dimensions can involve a horizontal stabilizer (i.e. "a tail"), ailerons and other movable aerodynamic devices which control angular stability i.e. flight attitude (which in turn affects altitude , heading ). Wings are often angled slightly upwards- they have "positive dihedral angle " which gives inherent roll stabilization. To create thrust so as to be able to gain height, and to push through

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3066-400: The car stable on the road. For a solid object moving through a fluid, the drag is the component of the net aerodynamic or hydrodynamic force acting opposite to the direction of the movement. Therefore, drag opposes the motion of the object, and in a powered vehicle it must be overcome by thrust . The process which creates lift also causes some drag. Aerodynamic lift is created by

3139-486: The craft is heavier than air, it must generate lift to overcome its weight . The wind resistance caused by the craft moving through the air is called drag and is overcome by propulsive thrust except in the case of gliding . Some vehicles also use thrust in the place of lift; for example rockets and Harrier jump jets . Forces relevant to flight are These forces must be balanced for stable flight to occur. A fixed-wing aircraft generates forward thrust when air

3212-443: The drag coefficient, CL/CD. The lift coefficient Cl is equal to the lift L divided by the (density r times half the velocity V squared times the wing area A). [Cl = L / (A * .5 * r * V^2)] The lift coefficient is also affected by the compressibility of the air, which is much greater at higher speeds, so velocity V is not a linear function. Compressibility is also affected by the shape of the aircraft surfaces. The drag coefficient Cd

3285-458: The exclusive streaming rights in the U.S. In the year of 2004, Goodtimes Entertainment released the first twelve episodes of the show's first season on VHS and DVD in three volumes: Totally Spies Volume 1: First Secret Missions , Totally Spies Volume 2: The Getaway , and Totally Spies Volume 3: Spies Attack . Coinciding with the production and release of the show's sixth season, New Video Group/Flatiron Film Company acquired US DVD rights for

3358-411: The extent of deflection, and thus generates extra lift. However a greater angle of attack also generates extra drag. Lift/drag ratio also determines the glide ratio and gliding range. Since the glide ratio is based only on the relationship of the aerodynamics forces acting on the aircraft, aircraft weight will not affect it. The only effect weight has is to vary the time that the aircraft will glide for –

3431-458: The first half of the 19th century, and in the second half of the 19th century Otto Lilienthal made over 200 gliding flights and was also one of the first to understand flight scientifically. His work was replicated and extended by the Wright brothers who made gliding flights and finally the first controlled and extended, manned powered flights. Spaceflight, particularly human spaceflight became

3504-645: The following year in 2016. It was also briefly aired on its sister network, Pop Girl . It was aired on BBC Alba in Scotland. Season 1 aired on Disney Channel and Disney XD . It aired in Ireland on RTÉ Two from 11 September 2002 until 2009. Since 2012, the show has had an official YouTube channel that has uploaded the majority of the episodes and even the film, and normally uploads random clips every Saturday. As of 24 April 2021, all six seasons of Totally Spies! are also available on Amazon Prime Video , which currently has

3577-663: The motion of an aerodynamic object (wing) through the air, which due to its shape and angle deflects the air. For sustained straight and level flight, lift must be equal and opposite to weight. In general, long narrow wings are able deflect a large amount of air at a slow speed, whereas smaller wings need a higher forward speed to deflect an equivalent amount of air and thus generate an equivalent amount of lift. Large cargo aircraft tend to use longer wings with higher angles of attack, whereas supersonic aircraft tend to have short wings and rely heavily on high forward speed to generate lift. However, this lift (deflection) process inevitably causes

3650-427: The only mammals capable of sustaining level flight (see bat flight ). However, there are several gliding mammals which are able to glide from tree to tree using fleshy membranes between their limbs; some can travel hundreds of meters in this way with very little loss in height. Flying frogs use greatly enlarged webbed feet for a similar purpose, and there are flying lizards which fold out their mobile ribs into

3723-407: The organization's leader, Jerry , to solve worsening crime conditions that arise across the globe. The spies sport colourful latex jumpsuits and are provided with various gadgets to aid in their investigations. Their primary missions involve dealing with disgruntled and vengeful criminals who have been inconvenienced in some form in the past. Other missions have the same villains plotting revenge on

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3796-410: The pitch of variable-pitch propeller blades, or using a thrust reverser on a jet engine. Rotary wing aircraft and thrust vectoring V/STOL aircraft use engine thrust to support the weight of the aircraft, and vector sum of this thrust fore and aft to control forward speed. In the context of an air flow relative to a flying body, the lift force is the component of the aerodynamic force that

3869-410: The purview of aerospace engineering which is subdivided into aeronautics , the study of vehicles that travel through the atmosphere, and astronautics , the study of vehicles that travel through space, and ballistics , the study of the flight of projectiles. Humans have managed to construct lighter-than-air vehicles that raise off the ground and fly, due to their buoyancy in the air. An aerostat

3942-427: The same function without requiring that the aircraft move forward through the air). While common meanings of the word " lift " suggest that lift opposes gravity, aerodynamic lift can be in any direction. When an aircraft is cruising for example, lift does oppose gravity, but lift occurs at an angle when climbing, descending or banking. On high-speed cars, the lift force is directed downwards (called "down-force") to keep

4015-416: The same types of powers. Others, like One Piece and Bleach , feature characters with a wide range of different powers, with many powers being unique to only one or a few characters. Superpowers are commonly used in animated television . In shows such as Ben 10 , American Dragon: Jake Long and Danny Phantom , young protagonists are bestowed with transformative powers which lead them to live

4088-552: The series as well as some digital rights for the first three seasons of the series. They've released the first and second seasons (in two volumes each), as well as a box set containing seasons one through three. The third season was finally released in two volumes on 14 January 2014. As of 2020, these DVD sets are now out of print and very hard to find. Totally Spies DVDs are also released in the United Kingdom by Sanctuary Visual Entertainment in 2005 and 2006, Totally Spies – First Secret Missions and Totally Spies – Spy Gladiators . This

4161-551: The series was first shown in the United States on 3 November 2001 on ABC Family before moving to Cartoon Network , and later to Universal Kids for the sixth season. It premiered in Canada on Teletoon on 2 September 2002 for the English version, and on Télétoon for the French version. During its original run, the show spanned six seasons, with 156 episodes and several specials. The series

4234-556: The series would be licensed in Spain and Latin America, with European territories following suit. To coincide with the sixth season's premiere, Zodiak Kids CP Paris , in association with Château de Versailles Spectacles (CVS) and TF1, organized an event at the Palace of Versailles , taking place during Summer 2013. The event would be preceded with activities including a screening of a special featuring

4307-551: The sexual content exampled by a sunblock ad by a bikini-clad woman. A spin-off series called The Amazing Spiez! features new characters as spies, retaining Jerry as a regular character in the show. While the series focuses on four young teenage siblings—Lee, Megan, Marc, and Tony Clark, the three spy girls make an appearance on the crossover episode "Operation: Dude Ranch Disaster" from season 1. The show had its world premiere on 15 March 2009, on Disney Channel Asia; and its US premiere on 26 April 2010, on Cartoon Network. In Canada,

4380-404: The show "fun enough for small kids who want a Charlie's Angels undercover action show. The trio does their best to balance the fun of being in the espionage game without it being too risky." Matt Hinrichs of DVD Talk gave a positive review, calling the action in the first three seasons "decently written enough for adults to enjoy." After four seasons, the show had reached over 130 countries and

4453-436: The show has been renewed for an eighth season. In the U.S., Totally Spies! premiered on 3 November 2001 on Fox Family/ABC Family (now Freeform ). It later premiered in Europe on pay-TV and terrestrial channels such as Germany's ProSieben , France's TF1 , United Kingdom's Channel 4 and the localised Fox Kids channels throughout the region during the spring of 2002. The show was moved to Cartoon Network in July 2003 in

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4526-514: The show premiered on 2 September 2010 on Teletoon . Only the first season and ten Season 2 episodes aired in the US. Totally Spies! also had a crossover episode in season 5 titled "Totally Mystery Much?" with Martin Mystery , a Marathon-produced series that aired from 2003 to 2006. A live-action television series produced by Gloria Sanchez Productions , Banijay Kids & Family and Amazon MGM Studios

4599-422: The show would score very low on boys." Scott Stoute of ScreenRant listed the show among his "10 Girl Cartoons (That Guys Secretly Love)" list. The Parents Television Council , in their March 2006 report, noted that the show did not contain offensive language, but expressed concern about the "nature of the violence of the show" in an episode where rats were released to psychologically torture Jerry and Clover, and

4672-603: The show's spin off The Amazing Spiez! . The show aired its sixth season in France and is being aired around Europe. In Canada, season 6 began airing on 7 September 2014 on Teletoon , and on 6 September on Télétoon . The show has been aired worldwide on various networks, such as TF1 in France; Teletoon in Canada, Fox Family/ABC Family , Cartoon Network , Universal Kids in the US; Fox Kids , Jetix , Cartoon Network , and Boomerang in Latin America and Brazil on pay-TV; Rede Globo in Brazil on terrestrial TV; ABS-CBN in

4745-499: The spies by ruining their personal lives. Framing each episode is a subplot that focuses on the girls' everyday lives as high school (and later university) students, dealing with relationships and their longtime high school nemesis Mandy . The series' conception came from the rise of girl groups and female singers in the music industry. Wanting to capitalize on the niche, David Michel and Vincent Chalvon-Demersay put their idea into development, which later shifted into production within

4818-801: The spies on a mission in the palace gardens. On 8 January 2022, Thomas Astruc, the creator of Miraculous Ladybug , who had previously worked on Totally Spies! , announced on Twitter that a new season of the latter was "in the making". On the 13th, revised character designs for Sam, Alex and Clover were revealed. It was originally set to premiere in 2023, but was later pushed back to 2024. The upcoming series will be produced by Zodiak Kids & Family Studio France, with Ollenom (Production subsidiary of fellow Zodiak Kids & Family subsidiary Monello Productions) as co-producer, and French-broadcaster Gulli and Latin American-broadcaster Discovery Kids as participators. On 25 April 2023, it

4891-470: The wearer is not necessarily superhuman. In fiction and fantasy, superpowers are often given scientific, technological, pseudoscientific, or supernatural explanations. They come from sources such as magic, technology, or the character's own physiological nature (being an alien, a supernatural being, or a mutant). Superpowers and ESPers are a commonly used concept in Comics , manga and anime , particularly in

4964-457: Was Britney Spears and Spice Girls . He explained that the characters are heavily inspired by the movie Clueless and wanted to mix that with a James Bond format. When they first pitched the show, it had a moderate response, but when the first season was broadcast, the Charlie's Angels film came out, and suddenly the market was full of girl show properties. According to an article "Achieving

5037-447: Was announced that Warner Bros. Discovery had acquired broadcast rights to the series in the United States and EMEA regions, where the series would air on Cartoon Network in the United States and stream on Max in EMEA regions. In September 2023, Andrea Baker confirmed on her Twitter that she and the rest of the voice cast would not be returning. On 13 June 2024, it was announced that

5110-399: Was met with enthusiasm among ages 6–11 that included both girls and boys, and had a Pokémon -like appeal to a broad range of age and gender. In an interview before season three, David Michel said, "The one thing that surprised us the most is the consistency in the male / female viewership split: from Brazil to Italy, we have a 50% boys 50% girls audience ratio, whereas everybody was predicting

5183-401: Was released theatrically in 2009 in France. A spin-off series titled The Amazing Spiez! premiered in 2009 and ran for two seasons. The series focuses around the adventures of three teenage girls from Beverly Hills , California – Sam , Clover and Alex – who live a double life as secret agents working for the World Organization of Human Protection (WOOHP). The girls are recruited by

5256-417: Was revived with a seventh season which premiered on 12 May 2024 on Gulli in France, and will premiere later on Cartoon Network and Discovery Kids internationally. In France, Totally Spies developed a cult following . The series also spawned a media franchise with several products tied to it, including various comic books , novels and video games . A prequel film, Totally Spies! The Movie ,

5329-453: Was selected and released a single in the spring of 2002, through EMI . According to managing director Dirk Fabarius, "The plan is to eventually create an entire album and establish and promote Totally Spies as a real band." While the idea did not materialize, the series was promoted through other merchandising. It was announced in Spring 2001 that the series would air in the fall on ABC Family in

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