Cyberchase

This article is about the educational children's television series. For other uses, see Cyberchase (disambiguation).

Cyberchase
Genre	Science fantasy Educational
Created by	Sandra Sheppard
Directed by	Yvette Kaplan ("The Poddleville Case") Larry Jacobs (seasons 1–4) Jason Groh (season 5) Brandon Lloyd (seasons 6–8) J. Meeka Stuart (seasons 9–13) Sarah Anne Davis (seasons 14–)
Starring	Bianca DeGroat Matthew A. Wilson Jaden Michael Courtney Chu Violet Tinnirello Carter Jones Charlotte MacLeod
Voices of	Christopher Lloyd Gilbert Gottfried Ron Pardo Novie Edwards Jacqueline Pillon Annick Obonsawin Len Carlson Philip Williams Peter Cugno Robert Tinkler Richard Binsley Linda Ballantyne
Theme music composer	George Guerrette Julian Harris
Opening theme	"Cyberchase Theme" performed by Karen LeBlanc
Ending theme	"Cyberchase Theme" (instrumental)
Composers	Peter Lurye ("The Poddleville Case") David W. Shaw Steve Pecile (season 1) Craig Marshall (seasons 5–7) Edmund Eagan (seasons 8–) Julian Harris (several "For Real" segments)
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	16
No. of episodes	153
Production
Executive producers	Sandra Sheppard Kristin Laskas Martin (seasons 1–4) Michael Hirsh (seasons 1–2) Patrick Loubert (season 1) Clive A. Smith (season 1) Toper Taylor (seasons 1–2) Scott Dyer (seasons 2–5) Doug Murphy (seasons 3–5) Paul Robertson (season 3)
Running time	23 minutes (episodes, excluding "For Real" segments) 2-3¼ minutes ("For Real" segments)
Production companies	WNET New York Nelvana Limited (seasons 1–5) Flying Minds Entertainment (season 4) PiP Animation Services (seasons 6–) Title Entertainment (seasons 6–9)
Original release
Network	PBS Kids
Release	January 21, 2002 (2002-01-21) – present

Cyberchase is an animated science fantasy children's television series that airs on PBS Kids.

Plot

The series centers around three children from Earth: Jackie, Matt, and Inez. They were brought into Cyberspace, a digital universe, in order to protect the world from the villain Hacker. These kids are able to prevent Hacker from destroying Cyberspace by means of problem-solving skills with basic math. In Cyberspace, they meet Digit, a cybird that helps them on their missions.

Characters

CyberSquad

• Jackie (voiced by Novie Edwards) is a Jamaican-American girl.
• Matt (voiced by Jacqueline Pillon) is an Irish-American boy.
• Inez (voiced by Annick Obonsawin) is a Hispanic American girl.
• Digit (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried in the first to thirteenth seasons and Ron Pardo since the fourteenth season), is an anthropomorphic cyborg bird.

Villains

• The Hacker (voiced by Christopher Lloyd), is a green-skinned cyborg and a mad scientist.
• Buzz (voiced by Len Carlson in the first to fifth seasons, Philip Williams in sixth to fifteenth seasons, and Peter Cugno since sixteenth season), is one of Hacker's henchmen.
• Delete (voiced by Rob Tinkler), is one of Hacker's henchmen.

"Cyberchase for Real"

• Bianca DeGroat
• Harry Wilson (played by Matthew A. Wilson)
• Jaden Michael
• Courtney Chu
• Alex (played by Violet Tinnirello)
• Booker Jones (played by Carter Jones)
• Kimmie (played by Charlotte MacLeod)

Team Motherboard

• Motherboard (voiced by Kristina Nicoll) is the benevolent ruler of Cyberspace and mentor to the CyberSquad.
• Dr. Marbles (voiced by Richard Binsley) is a smart and brilliant mechanic who serves Motherboard.
• Widget (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried) is a miniature doppelgänger of Digit.
• Teeny Weeny "TW" Parallini (voiced by Isabel de Carteret) is a young parallelogram.
• Fluff (voiced by Austin Dilulio) is a bluish-skinned penguin.
• Creech (voiced by Sugar Lyn Beard) is the young ruler of the Cybersite, Tikiville.
• Jules (voiced by Miklos Perlus) is a boy.
• Slider (voiced by Tim Hamaguchi) is a James Dean-style 13-year-old skateboarder in Radopolis.

Broadcasting

Cyberchase was created by Sandra Sheppard, developed for children ages 8 to 11, and premiered on PBS Kids on January 21, 2002. In 2010, after season 8, Cyberchase went on hiatus, but it returned in 2013 for a ninth season, focusing more on environmental science. Cyberchase is the sixth longest-running animated series in the United States, behind The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Arthur. It is also the second longest-running animated PBS Kids series, behind Arthur.