I Was a Sixth Grade Alien!
British-Canadian children's TV show (1999-2001)
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I Was a Sixth Grade Alien! (known as My Best Friend is an Alien! in the UK and Australia) is a 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. In the U.S., it aired on Fox Family (now as Freeform).
Sheri Elwood
Phil Meagher
| 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 |
| Countries 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 – January 10, 2001 |
Episode listing
The series consists of 45 episodes.
Season 1 (1999–2000)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "They Called Him Pleskit!" | Carl Goldstein | Sheri Elwood | July 13, 1999 |
| 2 | 2 | "Aliens to Blow Up Earth!" | Alex Chapple | Edgar Lyall | July 18, 1999 |
| 3 | 3 | "Alien Dinner Massacre!" | Alex Chapple | John Slama | July 20, 1999 |
| 4 | 4 | "They Saved Grandpa's Brain!" | Otta Hanus | Derek Schreyer | July 27, 1999 |
| 5 | 5 | "They Shoot, They Splorked!" | Ron Murphy | Steve Westren | August 3, 1999 |
| 6 | 6 | "I Was Dealt a Dung Deal!" | Craig Pryce | Noel Baker | August 10, 1999 |
| 7 | 7 | "Sixth Grade Rebellion Mayhem!" | Michael DeCarlo | Jackie May | August 17, 1999 |
| 8 | 8 | "Pre-Teen Party from Outer Space!" | Michael DeCarlo | Derek Schreyer | August 24, 1999 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Haunting of Blim Blomkins!" | Bill Fleming | Cameron Rothery | August 31, 1999 |
| 10 | 10 | "Alien Time Warp Madness!" | Otta Hanus | Craig Rintoul | September 7, 1999 |
| 11 | 11 | "Alien Dustbuster Bedlam!" | Craig Pryce | Story by : Edgar Lyall Teleplay by : John Slama | September 14, 1999 |
| 12 | 12 | "My Bodyguard Is a Rat Fink!" | Ron Murphy | Sheri Elwood | September 21, 1999 |
| 13 | 13 | "Woodlander Bodysnatcher Pandemonium!" | Carl Harvey | Derek Schreyer | September 28, 1999 |
| 14 | 14 | "Floormat from the Putrid Lagoon!" | Reid Dunlop | Sheri Elwood | October 5, 1999 |
| 15 | 15 | "Invasion of the Substitute Teacher Superfiend!" | Carl Goldstein | Craig Rintoul | October 11, 1999 |
| 16 | 16 | "Alien Snogorama Snafu!" | Don McBrearty | Daphne Ballon | October 13, 1999 |
| 17 | 17 | "Alien Appliance Outbreak!" | Carl Goldstein | Daphne Ballon & Derek Schreyer | November 7, 1999 |
| 18 | 18 | "Gro-Gro-Grown-Up Dementia!" | Ron Murphy | Derek Schreyer | November 14, 1999 |
| 19 | 19 | "The Return of Captain Driscoll!" | Craig Pryce | Alex Pugsley | November 16, 1999 |
| 20 | 20 | "School Dance Gone Wrong!" | Carl Goldstein | Story by : Michael McCowan Teleplay by : Skander Halim | November 17, 1999 |
| 21 | 21 | "Escape from Planet Earth!" | Paul Fox | Sheri Elwood | November 21, 1999 |
| 22 | 22 | "Attack of the 1000 Foot Veeblax!" | Carl Goldstein | John Slama | March 9, 2000 |
Season 2 (2000–2001)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | "There's an Alien in My Seat!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 24 | 2 | "I Am Larrabe Hicks!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 25 | 3 | "Hevi Hevi Beat Crazy!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 26 | 4 | "Once Upon a Robot!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 27 | 5 | "Alien Tracker Freak-a-Mania!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 28 | 6 | "The Pleskit Club!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 29 | 7 | "Bride of Pleskit!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 30 | 8 | "The Revenge of Septic Willy!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 31 | 9 | "Alien Quiz Show!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 32 | 10 | "Escape from Zartopia!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 33 | 11 | "McNally the Menace!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 34 | 12 | "Dr. Pleskit and Mr. Ventraa!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 35 | 13 | "Super-Fiend Strikes Back!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 36 | 14 | "Great Coville Galaxies!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 37 | 15 | "A Very Buttsman Christmas" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 38 | 16 | "Truth-O-Rama Crunchdown!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 39 | 17 | "His Girlfriend Is an Alien!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 40 | 18 | "To See the Invisible Geek!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 41 | 19 | "Help! I Pooverized My Mother!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 42 | 20 | "Alien Body Switching Bonanza" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 43 | 21 | "CAMputer Meltdown Mayhem!" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 44 | 22 | "Earthside Story" | TBA | TBA | TBA |