Pirate Express

Pirate Express is an animated series that is a co-production between Atomic Cartoons in Canada and Sticky Pictures in Australia.^[3][2] The series aired for only one week in April 2015 on Teletoon.^[4] It hasn't aired on the channel since its premiere week.^[5] In Australia, the series debuted on 9Go! on July 4, 2015.^[6] 26 episodes were produced.

Pirate Express
Genre	Action Comedy Adventure[1]
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 James Corlett Hoot Gibson
Opening theme	"Pirate Express" performed by Scott McNeil
Composer	Hal Beckett
Country of origin	Canada Australia[2]
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Trevor Bentley Mauro Casalese Rob Davies Rob Simmons Donna Andrews Stu Connolly Jo Rooney Andy Ryan
Producers	Donna Andrews Stu Connolly Rob Simmons
Editors	Matthew Sipple David Tindale
Production companies	Atomic Cartoons Sticky Pictures[2]
Original release
Network	Teletoon (Canada) 9Go![2] (Australia)
Release	26 April (2015-04-26) – 30 April 2015 (2015-04-30)

Synopsis

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. Newt decided to take control of the pirates and go on adventures with them.

Cast

• James Higuchi as Newt
• Lee Tockar as Captain LaPoutine
• Alessandro Juliani as Armando, Charon, Johnnie Bermuda
• Matt Cowlrick as Burt
• Doron Bell as Booli
• Ian James Corlett as Poseidon, Gordon, Geoffrey
• Dee Jay Jackson as Zeus
• Garry Chalk as Ted
• Kelly Sheridan as Marie Celeste
• Scott McNeil as Hades
• Colin Murdock as Skulldidgery
• Trevor Devall as Davy Jones

Production

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.

Reception

At the 2015 Leo Awards, Pirate Express received the Best Musical Score award and a Best Animated Series nomination.^[9]

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
1	1	"Poseidon or Bust/Finders Keepers"	26 April 2015 (2015-04-26)
2	2	"Little Miss Swordshine/Ship Wretched"	26 April 2015 (2015-04-26)
3	3	"Turkey Leg of Doom/Hair of the God"	26 April 2015 (2015-04-26)
4	4	"Enter the Octogod/Dead Men Wear Plaid"	26 April 2015 (2015-04-26)
5	5	"Bilge Rat Zombies/Ghost of Ships Passed"	26 April 2015 (2015-04-26)
6	6	"Night of the Geminis/Ships and Salsa"	26 April 2015 (2015-04-26)
7	7	"All A Bored/Club Fed"	26 April 2015 (2015-04-26)
8	8	"White Wedding/Saltiest Dogs"	26 April 2015 (2015-04-26)
9	9	"Shrieking Violet/Starboard Struck"	26 April 2015 (2015-04-26)
10	10	"Get Kraken/Grill of My Dreams"	26 April 2015 (2015-04-26)
11	11	"Penguin Law/Shop 'til You Drop Anchor"	26 April 2015 (2015-04-26)
12	12	"Opposites Ahoy/Udder Chaos"	27 April 2015 (2015-04-27)
13	13	"Out of Key/Thumb Wars"	27 April 2015 (2015-04-27)
14	14	"One Flew Over the Crow's Nest/Game On"	27 April 2015 (2015-04-27)
15	15	"Licence to Thrill/Beast in Show"	28 April 2015 (2015-04-28)
16	16	"Fine Feathered Fiend/Lumber Jerk"	28 April 2015 (2015-04-28)
17	17	"Father Time/Manure Overload"	28 April 2015 (2015-04-28)
18	18	"No Sea for Old Salts/Sealed Fate"	29 April 2015 (2015-04-29)
19	19	"Blunder Down Under/Engaged in Battle"	29 April 2015 (2015-04-29)
20	20	"Beggars Can't Be Cruisers/Voyage of the Edam-ed"	29 April 2015 (2015-04-29)
21	21	"Greeced Lightning/The Godd Couple"	30 April 2015 (2015-04-30)
22	22	"Gordon's Fish Tale/Love on the Rocks"	30 April 2015 (2015-04-30)
23	23	"Malaise of the One Eye/The Future Is Now"	30 April 2015 (2015-04-30)
24	24	"Booty Camp/Put Another Captain's Log on the Fire"	27 April 2015 (2015-04-27)
25	25	"Booty Nights/Fountain of Misspent Youth"	28 April 2015 (2015-04-28)
26	26	"Jungle Booty Part 1/Jungle Booty Part 2"	29 April 2015 (2015-04-29)

International broadcast

In the United Kingdom, the series aired on Kix.^[10] In South East Asia, Pirate Express debuted on Disney XD on September 5, 2015.^[11] In the United States, the series is currently available on Tubi and Peacock as of February 2022.