| Pirate Express | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation Action Comedy Adventure[2] |
| Created by | Mathieu DeLaPorte Boris Guillitoeu Alexis Bacci-Leville Romain Van Liemt Alexandre De La Patelliérre |
| Developed by | Rob Davies |
| Written by | Thomas Duncan-Watt Alexis Bacci-Leveille Bruce Griffiths Cleon Prineas Ian Boothby Brendan Luno Michael Drake |
| Directed by | Dave Woodgate |
| Theme music composer | Ian Corlett Hoot Gibson |
| Opening theme | "Pirate Express" performed by Scott McNeil |
| Composer | Hal Beckett |
| Country of origin | Canada Australia[1] |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producers | Donna Andrews Stu Connolly Rob Simmons |
| Editors | Matthew Sipple David Tindale |
| Production companies | Atomic Cartoons Sticky Pictures[1] Breakthrough Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Teletoon 9Go![1] |
| Release | April 26 – April 30, 2015 |
Pirate Express is an animated series produced by Atomic Cartoons and Sticky Pictures.[3][1] The show consists of 26 episodes, all of which aired during a single week in April 2015 on Teletoon.[4] It has not aired on the channel since its premiere week.[5] In Australia, the series debuted on 9Go! on July 4, 2015.[6]
300 years ago, Captain LaPoutine and his crew, Armando, Burt, Booli and Spewey tried to steal a princess' tiara, but unfortunately they accidentally stole Poseidon's underwear instead. This angered Poseidon and made him shrink the pirates and imprison them in a bottle. In the present day, The pirates were accidentally released by his younger son, Newt. So Newt decided to take control of the pirates and go on adventures with them.
Pirate Express was picked up for development by Teletoon in 2011. Originally, the show was set to be a Canada-France co-production between Atomic Cartoons and Ellipsanime, with episodes expected to be finished by March 2012.[7] In July 2013, the series was officially greenlit for production, but with Australia's Sticky Pictures replacing Ellipsanime as a co-production partner. It was then set for a fall 2014 debut on Teletoon and Nine Network in Australia.[8] Ultimately, the show would launch in both markets in 2015.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Poseidon or Bust/Finders Keepers" | April 26, 2015 |
| 2 | 2 | "Little Miss Swordshine/Ship Wretched" | April 26, 2015 |
| 3 | 3 | "Turkey Leg of Doom/Hair of the God" | April 26, 2015 |
| 4 | 4 | "Enter the Octogod/Dead Men Wear Plaid" | April 26, 2015 |
| 5 | 5 | "Bilge Rat Zombies/Ghost of Ships Passed" | April 26, 2015 |
| 6 | 6 | "Night of the Geminis/Ships and Salsa" | April 26, 2015 |
| 7 | 7 | "All A Bored/Club Fed" | April 26, 2015 |
| 8 | 8 | "White Wedding/Saltiest Dogs" | April 26, 2015 |
| 9 | 9 | "Shrieking Violet/Starboard Struck" | April 26, 2015 |
| 10 | 10 | "Get Kraken/Grill of My Dreams" | April 26, 2015 |
| 11 | 11 | "Penguin Law/Shop 'til You Drop Anchor" | April 26, 2015 |
| 12 | 12 | "Opposites Ahoy/Udder Chaos" | April 27, 2015 |
| 13 | 13 | "Out of Key/Thumb Wars" | April 27, 2015 |
| 14 | 14 | "One Flew Over the Crow's Nest/Game On" | April 27, 2015 |
| 15 | 15 | "Licence to Thrill/Beast in Show" | April 28, 2015 |
| 16 | 16 | "Fine Feathered Fiend/Lumber Jerk" | April 28, 2015 |
| 17 | 17 | "Father Time/Manure Overload" | April 28, 2015 |
| 18 | 18 | "No Sea for Old Salts/Sealed Fate" | April 29, 2015 |
| 19 | 19 | "Blunder Down Under/Engaged in Battle" | April 29, 2015 |
| 20 | 20 | "Beggars Can't Be Cruisers/Voyage of the Edam-ed" | April 29, 2015 |
| 21 | 21 | "Greeced Lightning/The Godd Couple" | April 30, 2015 |
| 22 | 22 | "Gordon's Fish Tale/Love on the Rocks" | April 30, 2015 |
| 23 | 23 | "Malaise of the One Eye/The Future Is Now" | April 30, 2015 |
| 24 | 24 | "Booty Camp/Put Another Captain's Log on the Fire" | April 27, 2015 |
| 25 | 25 | "Booty Nights/Fountain of Misspent Youth" | April 28, 2015 |
| 26 | 26 | "Jungle Booty Part 1/Jungle Booty Part 2" | April 29, 2015 |
In the United Kingdom, the series aired on Kix.[9] In South East Asia, Pirate Express debuted on Disney XD on September 5, 2015.[10] In the United States, the series was on Tubi until June 2022 and is currently available on Peacock as of February 2022.