Clang Invasion facts for kids

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Genre	Comedy Science fiction Action Cyberpunk Animated sitcom
Created by	Seng Choon Meng
Developed by	Doug Hadders Adam Rotstein
Directed by	Frederick Marcello Wilmot David Low Da Wei
Voices of	Patrick McKenna Linda Kash Doug Hadders Julie Lemieux Annick Obonsawin Brad Adamson
Country of origin	Canada Singapore Australia
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer(s)	Steven DeNure Anne Loi Seng Choon Meng Steven Ching Chi Wai
Producer(s)	Beth Stevenson
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Scrawl Studios AGOGO Entertainment Ltd. Decode Entertainment
Distributor	DHX Media
Release
Original network	YTV ABC3
Picture format	1080i ( HDTV)
Original release	September 18, 2007 (2007-09-18) – July 17, 2008 (2008-07-17)

Clang Invasion is a Canadian-Singaporean-Australian animated television series produced for the Canadian children's programming channel YTV. It also aired on Canal Panda, Gloob, Nickelodeon, ABC Me and Pop. 26 episodes were produced.

Plot

Three alien robots, Rivet, Widgit and Socket, accidentally crashed their spaceship on a backyard tree on Earth. Human twins Robin and Daisy Harrison, and their pet dog Sam went to investigate the crash, where they encounter the robots. Not capable of returning to Planet Clang, the robots becomes friends with Robin and Daisy, made Sam speak by installing a voice box, and utilise a spectrum of gadgetry for their goals. The twins also have to keep the robots a secret. Before rivet widget and socket return to planet Clang.

Characters

• Rivet: (voiced by Patrick McKenna) The captain of the spaceship, Rivet is a male robot and inventor that serves as a genius to the kids, offering them his inventions. He discovered information about Earth from its old commercial broadcasts into space.
• Widgit: (voiced by Linda Kash) The spaceship's navigator and maintainer, Widgit is a female robot who performs poorly technologically compared to the other robots but sympathizes with living things. She can contact with any living thing after accidentally devouring one of Rivet's gadgets.
• Socket: (voiced by Doug Hadders) The spaceship's security officer, Socket is a simpler robot, unlike the others. As an old robot, his parts frequently fall off, with Rivet reattaching back socket’s parts. His head also acts as an object storage.
• Robin Harrison: (voiced by Julie Lemieux) A 7-year-old human boy, Robin thinks the arrival of the robots in his background is the best thing in his life.
• Daisy Harrison: (voiced by Annick Obonsawin) A 7-year-old human girl, Daisy isn't as wise as her age in contrast to him, despite believing the contrary.
• Sam: (voiced by Brad Adamson) The Harrisons' dog, Sam was given a voice box on his collar from the robots in order to speak. He is talkative.

Episodes

The dates that follow are when the episodes were initially developed and released in Singapore and England and not when they debuted in Canada, which was over 3 years later.

1. Countdown To Destruction
2. When Life Gives You Lemons
3. I, Giant Robot
4. Super Excellent Fantastical Man And Daisy
5. Home A Clone
6. Pause And Order
7. To Everything, Learn, Learn, Learn
8. The Fluffy Kitten... Of Death
9. The Road Of Invention
10. Queen Bumble Bee
11. O Tannen Bomb
12. Teleputty
13. Welcome To My Nightmare
14. Trick Or Trick Or Treat
15. Ace Up His Sleeve
16. The Fright Stuff
17. Hide And Seek And Destroy
18. Go Kart A Go-Go
19. Chicken Pocalypse
20. The E.A.R.L. Files
21. Freaky Monday
22. You Can't Handle The Tooth
23. Oh Snow He Didn't
24. Total Eclipse Of The Art
25. Close Encounters Of The Love Kind
26. Completely Lost In Space
27. The Big Dance
28. Lemur Come Back To Me
29. Two Dads Are Better Than One
30. The Polar Bear Express
31. Hail To The Chief
32. With Friends Like These
33. License To Drive
34. Bullyworth
35. Recycle, Reuse, Re-Boot
36. Say Cheese
37. Bring Your Parents To Work Day
38. The Grandma Illusion
39. Robin Boy Genius... Naaaaa
40. Back On The Clang Gang
41. To Air Is Devine
42. Field Of Mean
43. There Goes The Neighbourhoodistan
44. On The Run
45. Evolution Solution
46. To Sasquatch A Thief
47. A Kung Fu Star Is Born
48. Citizen Lame
49. Alien Happy Fun Time Challenge
50. Living It Upgrade
51. Aprils Fools
52. Daze And Com-Pooched

Production

The series was originally going to be called Gizmo. The series was produced by Decode Entertainment, Agogo Entertainment, and Singapore animation studio Scrawl Studios. DHX Media is the distributor.