“Rocket Power” On DVD: All Four Seasons in Production Order!
Nickelodeon has recently released three out of four seasons of Rocket Power through Amazon.com’s CreateSpace Manufactured On-Demand DVD program. However, the release has caused confusion among buyers and fans of the series.
The problem rests in the episode listings on sites like Wikipedia and EpGuides.com. Those sites list episodes in air-date order and only account for “three seasons” total. So, to the surprise of many, when season 4 was announced, there was some confusion.
To start off, Nickelodeon has a long tradition of airing programs out of production order. This was the case with Rocket Power as well. Seasons 1-3 each had 20 half-hour episodes and season 4 continued 11 half-hours. The series featured three 90-minute TV movies and a 60-minute special – all of which are technically broken down into two-and-three part episodes in the series totals.
The proper production order list for Rocket Power follows:
Season 1
001. New Squid on the Block / Down the Drain
002. Secret Spot / Ice Queens
003. Otto 3000 / Night Prowlers
004. Happy Luau To You-Au / Rocket Rescue
005. Twister’s Cuz / Big Thursday
006. Rocket Girls / Father’s Day Off
007. PowerGirl Surfers / Twisted Cinema
008. Blader Bowl / Total Luger
009. D is for Dad / Banned on the Run
010. Super McVarial 900 / Loss of Squid
011. Rainy Days and Sundaes / Zine Dreams
012. Hawaii Blues / Lost and Find
013. The Night Before / Violet’s Violet
014. Fall and Rise of Sam / Typhoid Sam
015. The Wrath of Don / Safety Patrol Sam
016. Reggie and a Net / The Great Sandcastle Race
017. Escape From Lars Mountain / It Was a Dark and Stormy Day
018. The Aloha Kid / Otto Mobile
019. Big Air Dare / Otto’s Big Break
020. Snow Day / Welcome to the ClubSeason 2
021. All About Sam / Half Twister
022. Twisting Away / Spot Remover
023. Rocket Repairs / Say Hello to Cement Head
024. Shark Bait / A Shot in the Park
025. Radical New Equipment / Tito’s Lucky Shell
026. The Longest Day / Ottoman and the Sea
027. Mr. B Is in the House / Earnest Otto
028. The Good House Keeping Seal / What’s That Smell?
029. Legends and Their Falls / Welcome to Ottoworld
030. Bruised Man’s Curve / Pool’s Out Forever
031. The Back Bowl / Game Day
032. It Came From Planet Merv / Netherworld Night
033. Here’s the Twist / Sam: King of Kickball
034. Tito Time / The Return of Clio
035. That Old Skateboard / Follow the Leader
036. Channel Surfing / Outta My Pit!
037. Capture the Flag / The Jinx
038. Hurricane Maurice / Reggie’s Choice
039. Losers Weepers / Reggie the Movie
040. Double-O Twistervision / Womp Race 2000Season 3
041. The Lingos / Shack Attack
042. To Be, Otto Not to Be / Reggie/Regina
043. Reggie’s Pen is Mightier / Kayaks Amok
044. Tito-Sitting / There’s Something About Breezy
045. Beach Boyz & A Girl / X-Treme Ideas
046. Less Than Full Otto / Card Sharked
047. Home Sweet Home / What A Tangled Web We Ski
048. Enter the Hawk-Trix / Vert vs. Street
049. Twister’s Hat / Tito-Thon
050. Rad Rover Come Over / Extreme Nerd
051. Cinco de Twisto / Saving Lt. Ryan
052. Summer Breezy / Sammy’s Fortune
053. Major Scrummage / Snow Bounders
054. Merv Links to Otto / Big Air
055. Missile Crisis / Falsley Alarmed
056. Twisting Places / Power Play
057. Sim Sammy / Otto Hangs 11
058. Race Across New Zealand (1)
059. Race Across New Zealand (2)
060. Race Across New Zealand (3)Season 4
061. Twist of Fate
062. A Rocket X-Mas
063. Reggie’s Big (Beach) Break (1)
064. Reggie’s Big (Beach) Break (2)
065. Reggie’s Big (Beach) Break (3)
066. Island of the Menehune (1)
067. Island of the Menehune (2)
068. Island of the Menehune (3)
069. New Girl on the Block / After Shocked
070. The Big Day (1)
071. The Big Day (2)
The already released season 1, season 2 and season 4 DVDs contain episodes in their proper production season (though episode 69 is before 66-68 on season set 4).
So, where’s season 3? TVShowsOnDVD.com has the scoop – directly from Nickelodeon:
“The Season 3 DVD is in production now. There was a video issue and we had to re-encode an episode from the original master. Should be done in the next few weeks. In the meantime, Season 4 finished and we wanted to get that out to fans as soon as possible. Once Season 3 comes out, every episode of Rocket Power will be available on DVD in 4 season sets that correspond to the 4 seasons we have listed internally.”
There you have it folks: 71 episodes of Rocket Power soon to all be out on DVD for the first time ever… and in (mostly) production order. You can’t ask for much more than that!