I Was a Sixth Grade Alien!

I Was a Sixth Grade Alien! (known as My Best Friend is an Alien! in the UK and Australia) is a Canadian-British children's science fiction comedy television series following the chronicles of Pleskit, a purple-skinned, blue-haired extraterrestrial being with an antenna positioned on his head. He tries to fit in and make some friends, but due to his strange appearance, he never really succeeds. He does make one friend, Tim, who is interested in space and aliens. The two friends go through the sixth grade together. During the series, they solve many unusual problems, from a trans-universal portal game to a blue-coloured, wailing pig creature from Pleskit's home planet. The show premiered on July 13, 1999, ended on January 10, 2001, and was produced by UK-based Winklemania Productions and Canadian-based Alliance Atlantis Communications' children's unit, AAC Kids with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund/Fonds canadien de télévision, the Canadian Film Or Video Production Tax Credit, and the Shaw Television Broadcast Fund/Fonds de télédiffusion Shaw. The television series was based on Bruce Coville's book series of the same name.

I Was a Sixth Grade Alien!
Also known as	My Best Friend Is an Alien!
Genre	Science fiction comedy
Created by	Daphne Ballon Sheri Elwood
Developed by	Ellis Iddon Phil Meagher
Starring	Daniel Clark Panou Shadia Simmons Ryan Cooley Lauren Collins Michael Cera Kyle Schmid Julian Richings C. David Johnson Ali Mukaddam
Country of origin	Canada United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	44
Production
Production companies	Winklemania Productions AAC Kids
Original release
Network	YTV
Release	July 13, 1999 (1999-07-13) – January 10, 2001 (2001-01-10)

Episode listing

The series consists of 39 episodes.

Season 1 (1999–2000)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"They Called Him Pleskit!"	Carl Goldstein	Sheri Elwood	July 13, 1999 (1999-07-13)
2	2	"Aliens to Blow Up Earth!"	Unknown	Unknown	July 18, 1999 (1999-07-18)
3	3	"Alien Dinner Massacre!"	Unknown	Unknown	July 20, 1999 (1999-07-20)
4	4	"They Saved Grandpa's Brain!"	Unknown	Unknown	July 27, 1999 (1999-07-27)
5	5	"They Shoot, They Splorked!"	Unknown	Unknown	August 3, 1999 (1999-08-03)
6	6	"I Was Dealt a Dung Deal!"	Unknown	Unknown	August 10, 1999 (1999-08-10)
7	7	"Sixth Grade Rebellion Mayhem!"	Unknown	Unknown	August 17, 1999 (1999-08-17)
8	8	"Pre-Teen Party from Outer Space!"	Unknown	Unknown	August 24, 1999 (1999-08-24)
9	9	"The Haunting of Blim Blomkins!"	Bill Fleming	Cameron Rothery	August 31, 1999 (1999-08-31)
10	10	"Alien Time Warp Madness!"	Unknown	Unknown	September 7, 1999 (1999-09-07)
11	11	"Alien Dustbuster Bedlam!"	Unknown	Unknown	September 14, 1999 (1999-09-14)
12	12	"My Bodyguard Is a Rat Fink!"	Unknown	Unknown	September 21, 1999 (1999-09-21)
13	13	"Woodlander Bodysnatcher Pandemonium!"	Unknown	Unknown	September 28, 1999 (1999-09-28)
14	14	"Floormat from the Putrid Lagoon!"	Unknown	Unknown	October 5, 1999 (1999-10-05)
15	15	"Invasion of the Substitute Teacher Superfiend!"	Unknown	Unknown	October 11, 1999 (1999-10-11)
16	16	"Alien Snogorama Snafu!"	Unknown	Unknown	October 13, 1999 (1999-10-13)
17	17	"Alien Appliance Outbreak!"	Unknown	Unknown	November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07)
18	18	"Gro-Gro-Grown-Up Dementia!"	Ron Murphy	Derek Schreyer	November 14, 1999 (1999-11-14)
19	19	"The Return of Captain Driscoll!"	Unknown	Unknown	November 16, 1999 (1999-11-16)
20	20	"School Dance Gone Wrong!"	Unknown	Unknown	November 17, 1999 (1999-11-17)
21	21	"Escape from Planet Earth!"	Unknown	Unknown	November 21, 1999 (1999-11-21)
22	22	"Attack of the 1000 Foot Veeblax!"	Carl Goldstein	John Slama	March 9, 2000 (2000-03-09)

Season 2 (2000–2001)

1. "There's an Alien in My Seat!"
2. "I Am Larrabe Hicks!"
3. "Hevi Hevi Beat Crazy!"
4. "Once Upon a Robot!"
5. "Alien Tracker Freak-a-Mania!"
6. "The Pleskit Club!"
7. "Bride of Pleskit!"
8. "The Revenge of Septic Willy!"
9. "Alien Quiz Show!"
10. "Escape from Zartopia!" (hereafter only shown on YTV in Canada)
11. "McNally the Menace!"
12. "Dr. Pleskit and Mr. Ventraa!"
13. "Super-Fiend Strikes Back!"
14. "Great Coville Galaxies!"
15. "A Very Buttsman Christmas"
16. "Truth-O-Rama Crunchdown!"
17. "His Girlfriend Is an Alien!"
18. "To See the Invisible Geek!"