The Amazing Spiez!

The Amazing Spiez (French: SpieZ! Nouvelle Génération) is a Canadian-French animated television series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel. It was co-produced by Marathon Media, Image Entertainment Corporation and Canal J.^[a] The series is a spin-off of Totally Spies! another series from Marathon Media. In France, the series debuted on TF1 on April 1, 2009.^[1] Its final episode was broadcast on May 25, 2012.

The Amazing Spiez!
From left to right: Marc, Lee, Megan and Tony.
Genre	Spy fiction Action
Created by	Vincent Chalvon-Demersay David Michel
Written by	Vincent Chalvon-Demersay Michelle Lamoreaux Robert Lamoreaux Ben Joseph Frank Young David Michel
Directed by	Stephane Berry (director and art) Rodolphe Ploquin Patrick Lavoie (art director)
Voices of	French: Donald Reignoux Alexandre N'Guyen Caroline Mozzone Céline Ronté Jean-Claude Donda Delphine Braillon Emmanuel Garijo Alexandra Garijo English: Andrew Sabiston Alyson Court Julie Lemieux Peter Cugno Adrian Truss Liz Ramos Dan Petronijevic Sugar Lyn Beard
Composers	Paul-Étienne Côté Maxime Barzel (season 2)
Country of origin	France Canada
Original languages	French English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52 (16 unaired in the U.S.) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Lorraine Collet Vincent Chalvon-Demersay Sylvain Viau Berthe Lotsova (season 2)
Producers	Vincent Chalvon-Demersay David Michel Sylvain Viau
Production locations	Paris, France Miami, Florida
Editors	Rodolphe Ploquin Sébastien Malo
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Marathon Media Image Entertainment Corporation
Original release
Network	TF1 (France) Canal J (France) Teletoon (Canada [English]) Télétoon (Canada [French])
Release	March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15) – May 25, 2012 (2012-05-25)
Related
Totally Spies!

The series follows 4 siblings Lee, Marc, Megan and Tony Clark who have been chosen by the W.O.O.H.P (World Organization Of Human Protection) to become international spies. Together, the spies learn to juggle everyday life with their missions.

Episodes

Main article: List of The Amazing Spiez! episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	26		15 March 2009 (2009-03-15)	26 February 2010 (2010-02-26)
2	26		5 July 2010 (2010-07-05)	25 May 2012 (2012-05-25)

Characters

• Lee Clark (voiced by Donald Reignoux in the French version and by Andrew Sabiston in the English version) is the oldest at age 13 (later 14) and considered the strongest one. He is very athletic and the most powerful spy in the group. While his two brothers share funny and immature traits, Lee is one part big brother and one part father figure, and in his eyes, nothing is more important than his siblings.^[2] His spy suit and his MPCom are red. He is also the jet pilot and is often shown to be claustrophobic. In addition, he has a habit of going crazy over girls, which is similar to Clover's boy-craziness. In his normal appearance, Lee has auburn colored hair in the style of a flat top, pale blue eyes, and light skin. He wears a red short sleeved shirt with a white "W" on it, burgundy pants, red and white shoes, and a red and white wrist band.
• Marc Clark (voiced by Alexandre N'Guyen in the French version and by Peter Cugno in the English version) is the smartest one in the group at age 12 (later 13). Much like Sam, his intelligence is sometimes considered freaky by his siblings, as shown in Operation WOOCSI. He calls himself the 'Family Geek'. He has the knowledge of every single subject known to man, but 'like most geeks' cannot get a date.^[2] His spy suit and his MPCom are blue. Sometimes he switches places with Lee or Megan as the jet pilot.^[3] In his normal appearance, Marc has ginger hair, brown eyes and light skin. He wears a short sleeved blue two-toned hoodie with a white long sleeved shirt under it, dark green cargo pants, and blue and white shoes. He and Lee are the only two siblings that look like their mom - with the hair and skin tone.
• Megan Clark (voiced by Caroline Mozzone in the French version and by Alyson Court in the English version) is an optimistic and high energy 12-year-old girl (later 13) who is Marc's fraternal twin sister. She always hangs out with her brothers and usually cracks up at jokes that are not funny at all. She is big on saving the environment and is trying to find ways to reduce her family's carbon footprint. She is often reminded by her brothers that she is 'just a girl', but this pushes her to be even more competitive.^[2] Her spy suit and MPCom are pink. She sometimes switches places with Lee as the jet pilot. Megan is almost the spitting image of Alex from the original series, 'Totally Spies!'.^[3] In her normal appearance, Megan has black hair swept up in the back (almost like Alex's), green eyes and dark skin. She wears a short-sleeved pink zip-up hoodie with purple sleeves that reveals her midriff, a pink skirt with white leggings, and pink and white shoes with fuchsia pink pom-poms on them. Her dark skin is probably from her aunt Trudy who is seen with a dark complexion and hair color from her father.
• Tony Clark (voiced by Céline Ronté in the French version and by Julie Lemieux in the English version) is the youngest sibling of the Clark family who is 11 (later 12) years old. He is a no-nonsense go-getter and hyperactive boy. He is impatient and prefers to act before even thinking, which sometimes leads the spies into deep trouble.^[3] His spy suit and MPCom are yellow and the Freezdiscs seem to be his favorite gadget. He shares a room with Marc. In his normal appearance, Tony, like Megan, has black hair that is swept up one way and down the other and also has green eyes and dark skin. He wears a long sleeved yellow shirt under a blue jacket, blue pants, yellow and white shoes, and a grey belt. He and Megan are the only ones to look like Alex from Totally Spies! and to look like their dad - skin tone and hair style.
• Jerry Lewis (voiced by Jean-Claude Donda in the French version and by Adrian Truss in the English version) is the founder and administrator of WOOHP (World Organization of Human Protection). He is a middle-aged, and very serious British gentleman. He briefs the Spiez on their missions, distributes their gadgets, and provides mission support with information or direct involvement. He is often the butt of jokes when it comes to his absence of a full head of hair and his age.
• Tami (voiced by Delphine Braillon in the French version and by Sugar Lyn Beard in the English version) is a popular 13-year-old (later 14) girl in the Spiez' school. She's a rival to the Spiez. They, particularly Megan, find her annoying and greatly dislike her for being spoiled and snobby all the time. She is somewhat like Mandy from Totally Spies! although not as malicious. In "Operation: Scary Jerry Part 2," an anesmatic Jerry mistakes her for his daughter and she ends up assisting him, Terry, and Sherry in their plot. Luckily, her memory was erased at the end of the episode. She is the only character that wears more than one outfit in the whole show, aside from Megan in some episodes.^[3]
• Cal Clark (voiced by Emmanuel Garijo in the French version and by Dan Petronijevic in the English version) is the husband of Karen and the father of the Spiez. He is a former OOPSIE agent who beat Alpha and Omega (episode 22-24) with his partner and now wife, Karen. He has no idea his children are WOOHP agents. He owns a sports store and has a very healthy way of life. As the head of the Clark family, Cal wishes to instill his kids to follow a certain kind of discipline.^[2]
• Karen Clark (voiced by Alexandra Garijo in the French version and by Liz Ramos in the English version) is the wife of Cal, the younger sister of Aunt Trudy, and the mother of the Spiez. Karen is a former OOPSIE agent who, like her husband, has no idea her children are WOOHP agents.^[3]
• Trudy Vanderhoot was the aunt of the spiez, Karen’s sister and Cal’s sister-in-law. She is extremely nosey and, as stated by her niece and nephews, a true busy-body. Her last name was revealed in “Operation: Nano Spiez.”
• Sam, Clover, Alex, Britney (the four girls), Blaine, and Dean appear on occasion.
• Some of the villains from Totally Spies! particularly from the fifth season, have appeared.

Broadcast

The Amazing Spiez was broadcast on Cartoon Network in the United States.^[4] It was also aired on MBC 3 in the Arab World and Discovery Kids in India.^[5][6] As of April 16, 2022, the series started to become available on the official Totally Spies! YouTube channel, with new episodes being uploaded on Saturdays.^[7] The show also has its own YouTube channel, established in 2013, which mostly uploads highlights from various episodes.^[8]

Notes

1. Produced with the participation of Le Centre National De La Cinematographie and Procirep, in association with TF1 and Teletoon.

References

1. "TFOU : Un programme spécial vacances de Pâques sur TF1 - News TV". Tele.premiere.fr. 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2013-12-22.^{[dead link‍]}
2. "The Amazing Spiez". Disney Channel Asia. 2012-12-21. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
3. "The Series". The Amazing SpieZ. Archived from the original on 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
4. Staskiewicz, Keith (March 30, 2010). "Cartoon Network snags rights to 'Totally Spies!' spinoff". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
5. Dickson, Jeremy (July 16, 2014). "Zodiak Kids makes Middle East output deal". Kidscreen. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
6. "Discovery Kids presents The Amazing Spiez". Adgully. December 2, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
7. "The Amazing Spiez: TAKEOVER! 🔎 - Series 1, Episode 1 🕵 Operation: Fun & Games!". YouTube. 16 April 2022.
8. "The Amazing Spiez - YouTube". YouTube.

External links

• SpieZ! Nouvelle Génération at Gulli.fr
• The Amazing Spiez! at IMDb