The Troop facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Troop
The cast of The Troop in the first season (from left to right): Gage Golightly (Hayley), Nicholas Purcell (Jake), John Marshall Jones (Mr. Stockley) and David Del Rio (Felix).
Genre	Comic science fiction
Created by	Max Burnett Greg Coolidge Chris Morgan
Starring	Nicholas Purcell Gage Golightly David Del Rio Matt Shively Malese Jow John Marshall Jones
Theme music composer	Reg Powell (season 1 only)
Opening theme	"Troop DeVille" (season 1) "Super Stars" (season 2) both composed by Backhouse Mike
Composer(s)	Sarah Schachner
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	40 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Max Burnett Greg Coolidge Jay Kogen Thomas W. Lynch
Production location(s)	Vancouver, British Columbia
Camera setup	Film; Single-camera
Running time	approx. 24 minutes
Production company(s)	The Writers Room Tom Lynch Company Studios No Equal Entertainment Nickelodeon Productions
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon (2009–11) Nicktoons (2012–13)
Picture format	1080i ( HDTV)
Original release	September 12, 2009 (2009-09-12) – May 8, 2013 (2013-05-08)

The Troop is a funny TV show about three teenagers. They work together to find and catch monsters. These creatures often try to invade their made-up town called Lakewood. The show was created by Max Burnett, Greg Coolidge, and Chris Morgan. It first aired on Nickelodeon on September 12, 2009.

The second season started on June 25, 2011. However, Nickelodeon stopped airing new episodes partway through. The rest of the second season episodes were shown on Nicktoons. The very last episode aired on May 8, 2013.

What is The Troop About?

The show follows Jake, a regular teenager who loves drawing comic books. His school counselor, Mr. Stockley, asks him to join "The Troop." This is a secret group that keeps the world safe from monsters. Other members of the team are his classmates: Hayley, who is the most popular girl, and Felix, the school's main nerd.

Teenagers are chosen for The Troop because their minds are more open to strange things. They are also old enough to understand the big responsibilities of the job. As people get older, monsters can become very scary to them. For some, it's a small fear. For others, it's terrifying to even see a picture of a monster. The show has been called "Men in Black at a suburban high school."

The second season changed things up a bit. Felix slowly left the show in the first three episodes. Then, Matt Shively joined as Kirby in the third episode. Malese Jow also joined the cast as Cadence. The new season also had a different theme song and new places where the show took place.

Episodes of The Troop

List of The Troop episodes

Meet The Troop Characters

Main Characters

• Jake Collins (Nicholas Purcell) - Jake is new to The Troop. He is often a bit silly and acts without thinking. Hayley and Felix often have to help him out. Hayley sometimes thinks he doesn't take his job seriously. Jake's biggest fear is not being able to help his friends. He is a good artist and loves comic books. He even draws and sells his own comics at school. Jake seems to like Hayley, but it's not clear if she feels the same way in season 1. In season 2, he tells Hayley he has a crush on her.
• Hayley Steele (Gage Golightly) - Hayley is the most popular and friendly girl at school. She is very busy with cheerleading, lacrosse, ballet, and student council. She wants to go to Yale University after high school. She is very strong-willed and determined. Her worst fear is having a lot of late homework. Jake thinks she is very bossy. She and Jake are good friends, and there are hints that they might like each other more. In season 2, she shows she has a crush on Jake by watching him and Cadence on a date.
• Felix Garcia (David Del Rio) - Felix is the school's smart nerd. He really wants to tell people about The Troop, but he promised to keep it a secret. He sees himself as a cool, secret agent type. In reality, Jake and Hayley think he's just a typical nerd. Felix is super smart. He knows everything about mysterious creatures. He is ready to face any monster, but he is scared of ghosts and clowns. Felix doesn't fit in at school, so The Troop members are his closest friends. He leaves the Lakewood Troop early in season 2 to join Troop International.
• Mr. Stockley (John Marshall Jones) - Mr. Stockley is the adult leader of The Troop. He takes his job very seriously. He tells Jake, Hayley, and Felix about new monster sightings. He also makes sure they have the best monster-fighting tools. However, he gets scared when he faces a monster himself. This is because as people get older, they become less able to fight monsters. Mr. Stockley is named after one of the creator's favorite teachers. In season 2, he is happy when Jake tells Hayley he likes her.
• Kirby Bancroft-Cadworth III (Matt Shively) - Kirby joins the team in the second season. He takes Felix's place when Felix leaves. Kirby moved to the Lakewood Troop from Oklahoma. He comes from a very rich family. He is a science genius, but his inventions sometimes cause problems. Even so, he is a loyal and honest kid who will do anything for his friends.
• Cadence Nash (Malese Jow) - Cadence joins the team later in the second season. She is a bit of a rebel and often gets into trouble. She loves skateboarding and likes Jake. She is half human and half monster. The Troop knows she is half monster, but Hayley kept it a secret from Jake to protect her. Jake sends her to the monster world in episode 31. She is set free in episode 32 after helping Jake in the monster world. She eats a lot of regular food to control her monster cravings.

Other Characters in The Troop

• Gus (Chad Krowchuk) – Gus is a nerdy boy who is often picked on. But he is also one of The Troop's biggest enemies. He can control powerful monsters for his own evil plans. He is the main bad guy of the show. He likes to be called "Augustus," but everyone calls him "Gus." This makes him very angry. He likes Hayley because she was kind to him. He sees Jake as a rival. The Troop tried to make him forget things, but he always escaped. He was locked away but returned in the season one finale. He tried to release all the monsters The Troop had caught. He failed when his "monster magnet" opened a portal to the monster world, and he went through it.
• Phoebe Collins (Matreya Fedor) – Phoebe is Jake's younger sister. She has shown signs that she might join The Troop one day. She met a dragon and was not scared. She also wasn't afraid in the Halloween special. She sometimes acts like she doesn't care about Jake, but she really does.
• Etienne (Eduard Witzke) – Etienne is a funny and strange student. He often ends up in the middle of the action. He was the school news cameraman. He joined the Lakewood Troop for a short time in episode 31.
• Cuddy (Dejan Loyola) – Cuddy is Jake's friend. He has appeared in many episodes.
• Angela Crabtree (Brenna O'Brien) – Angela is not a very nice girl. She is both a frenemy (friend and enemy) and rival to Hayley. She was the school news reporter.
• Lance Donovan (Jean-Luc Bilodeau) – Lance is a Troop member who appears in the episode "Tentacle Face." He was the most awarded member. He spent years trying to catch a Behemoth monster. But he got too old to fight monsters because they started to scare him. Jake had to destroy the Behemoth instead. Lance then became a Troop leader. This way, he could still share his knowledge even if he couldn't fight monsters.
• Mr. Spezza (Mig Macario)- Mr. Spezza is the grumpy biology teacher. He often gives The Troop a hard time.
• Bianca Stonehouse (Kyra Zagorski) – Bianca is a famous Troop leader. She appears in "The Substitute." She was found to be a Locht monster in disguise. After being freed, Bianca helped the kids find the Lochts. But she didn't help fight because she was too scared of monsters due to her age. She invented a famous Troop fighting move called 'the Stonehouse Kick'. She is friends with Mr. Stockley.
• The J-Troop – This is a Troop from Japan. It includes Akira (Bernie Yao), who is the strict leader and likes Hayley. It also includes the twins, Yuki (Josette Jorge) and Keiko (Diana Bang). They like Felix because he is popular in Japan. They appeared in "Lost in Translation."
• Laurel (Jessica Parker Kennedy) – Laurel is Jake's Dryad "girlfriend." She appeared in "Forest Grump" and "The Next Stop: Lakewood."
• Amy (Erin Kerr) – Amy is a member of Hayley's cheerleading squad. She appeared in "Speed."
• Dr. Brandenburg (John Prowse) – Dr. Brandenburg is the head of Troop International in the first-season finale. He turns out to be a Locht monster in disguise.
• Dr. Cranius (voiced by Kelsey Grammer) – Dr. Cranius is a super smart sponge. He went to Harvard. He is considered a monster and had to be kept locked up.
• Eris Fairy (Victoria Justice, season 1), (Daniella Monet, season 2) – The Eris Fairy is a monster. She can move super fast. She tells Felix that a girl in chemistry likes him. But she disappears before telling him the girl's name. The Eris Fairy returns in season 2.
• Roxanne (Andrea Brooks) – Roxanne is the leader of Hayley's cheer squad. She often puts Hayley down. In one episode, a Vespinox monster was inside her.
• Brian (Reilly Dolman) – Brian was Hayley's boyfriend in the episode "Speed." They seem to have broken up in that episode.
• The Snark – The Snark is a cute creature. Its song can make anyone forget recent events. The Troop often uses it on people who see their secret activities. It can create a baby Snark by biting someone. If someone is "snarked" too many times, they can start acting younger.

Awards and Recognition

The Troop won some awards for its episodes:

• In 2010, it won a Leo Awards for Children's Program Directing for the episode "Wrath of the Wraith."
• Also in 2010, it won a Writers Guild of America Awards 2009 for Children's Program Episodic & Specials for the episode "Welcome to the Jungle."
• In 2012, it was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Awards 2011 for Children's Program Episodic & Specials for the episode "Oh, Brother."

Images for kids

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  A robot image.

See also

In Spanish: The Troop para niños