Prank Patrol (Australian TV series)

This article is about Australian television show. For British television show, see Prank Patrol (British TV series). For Canadian television show, see Prank Patrol (Canadian TV series).

Prank Patrol (known as Prank Patrol: Road Trip for its third season,^[1] also known as Prank Patrol Down Under in the UK) is the Australian version of the original Canadian series Prank Patrol. The show was made for the then-new ABC3 channel (now ABC Entertains) which specialised in children's programming. It is hosted by Scott “Scotty” Tweedie and produced by the ABC.^[2][3]

Prank Patrol
Scotty and the Ninjas
Also known as	Prank Patrol: Road Trip (season 3)
Created by	David Hansen
Based on	Prank Patrol (Canadian TV series) by David Hansen
Starring	Scott Tweedie The Ninjas (Abbey Black and Ella Camp)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	86 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Active Television
Original release
Network	ABC3
Release	4 December 2009 (2009-12-04) – 14 October 2013 (2013-10-14)

Premise

The show follows Scotty and his ninjas helping children to pull off a prank against someone they know, such as a parent or friend. Scotty then takes the new recruit to their "HQ", where they establish a plan to prank their target. Scotty meets with real prank experts, such as special effects experts and makeup or costume artists. The new recruit calls their target to lure them into the prank. The prank builds to a climax, where the famous catchphrase "you've been pranked by the prank patrol!" is shouted by everyone in on the prank.^[4]

Fillers

Recipe for a Prank

Similar to the original Canadian format this filler is an animated short of which explains how to set up one's own prank.^[5]

Ninjas on the Loose

The Ninjas usually go to a public place and commit a prank, whether it be hiding behind a park bench and making fart sounds or scaring strangers. The segments for this version in the first and second series were reused from the UK version of the show.

Episodes

Main article: List of Prank Patrol (Australian TV series) episodes

Season		Episodes	Original Air Date
			Season Premiere	Season Finale
	1	26	4 December 2009 (2009-12-04)	12 January 2010 (2010-01-12)
	2	39	19 September 2011 (2011-09-19)	23 November 2012 (2012-11-23)
	3	21	16 September 2013 (2013-09-16)	14 October 2013 (2013-10-14)

Production

The show is produced by the ABC and based on the original Canadian series. The first series consisted of 25 episodes of 25-minute lengths. Series 2 was announced on 15 April 2010 with another 39 episodes being produced.^[6] It was announced filming for series two would start on 2 August 2010 and film twenty-six episodes in Melbourne and thirteen in Brisbane.^[7]