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Hero Elementary

Hero Elementary is a children's animated television series created and produced by Portfolio Entertainment and Twin Cities PBS. The series ran from June 1, 2020 to January 4, 2022, on PBS Kids. The series was created by co-creators Carol-Lynn Parente and Christine Ferraro, who previously worked on Sesame Street.

The series involves the students of "The Sparks' Crew"—Lucita Sky, AJ Gadgets, Sara Snap and Benny Bubbles—who are trained in superheroics by their quirky and enthusiastic teacher, Mr. Sparks. Together the students work as a team, using their own unique superpowers, as well as the "Superpowers of Science" to help people, solve problems, and try to make the world a better place.

The series has 40 half-hour episodes, each of them containing two segments.

Premise

The series involves a group of four students - nicknamed the "Sparks' Crew" - who attend the titular Hero Elementary: Lucita Sky, AJ Gadgets, Sara Snap, and Benny Bubbles in addition to the class' pet hamster, Fur Blur, and under the guidance of their teacher, Mr. Enrique Sparks.

Characters

Main

The Sparks' Crew are the main characters of the series. The members are as follows:

  • Lucita Sky (voiced by Veronica Hortiguela) is a good-natured and caring Hispanic-American girl who inherited the power of flight from her grandmother. She serves as the leader of the Sparks' Crew. Ironically, she is acrophobic and appears to also suffer from vertigo.
  • AJ Gadgets (voiced by Jadiel Dowlin) is a brilliant African-American boy who has the power of thought projection, meaning he can project pictures of his own thoughts in front of others, and also enjoys inventing all kinds of gadgets. He has a backpack that contains all his super inventions and doubles as a jet pack for transportation. Though rarely mentioned, AJ is autistic, and especially sensitive to loud noises and wet textures. His autism is revealed in the episode "AJ's Extra Superpower."
  • Sara Snap (voiced by Stephany Seki) is a tomboyish and mixed Japanese-American girl who has both the power of super strength and teleportation. At times, Sara's teleportation can malfunction and take her to the wrong places. She is also allergic to coconuts, which temporarily remove her powers.
  • Benny Bubbles (voiced by Stacey DePass) is a cheerful and good-natured Canadian-American boy able to create bubbles for various purposes. He is also an avid animal lover, particularly jumping in to rescue abused or frightened animals during missions. He very often provides comic relief throughout the series, cracking jokes/puns and making flashy introductions.
  • Mr. Enrique Sparks (voiced by Carlos Díaz) is the students' teacher who guides them through their superhero training, Sparks is the narrator of the episodes and also the mentor of the Sparks' Crew. Like Lucita, Sparks is of Hispanic descent and fluent in Spanish. He also occasionally drives the Sparks' Crew Van for when the students have missions elsewhere.
  • Fur Blur is a hamster who is the class pet and can run very fast. Fur Blur's thoughts are exposed in large clouds with emojis representing her feelings.

Other

  • Heidi (voiced by Denise Oliver)
  • Jada (voiced by Barbara Mamabolo)
  • Freeze Louise (voiced by Denise Oliver) and Petie Heat (voiced by Cory Doran) are twin siblings who make up "Team Tornado", and possess ice and fire abilities respectively.
  • The Amazing Memory Kid (voiced by Stephany Seki) is a student in "The Mighty Brights" class who wears a blue memory helmet. Despite his name, he doesn't have a very good memory.
  • "Turbo" Tina (voiced by Ana Sani) is a student in "The Mighty Brights" class who runs really fast.
  • "Rubberband" Robbie (voiced by David Berni) is a student in "The Mighty Brights" class who possesses an elastic body.
  • Dr. Inventorman (voiced by Martin Roach) is a hero inventor.
  • Hail Caesar (voiced by Cory Doran) is a weather-related superhero.
  • Athletica (voiced by Kristin Fairlie) is an athletic superheroine that the students idolize.
  • Captain Bounceback (voiced by Alexa Hazael) is a superheroine who has the ability to bounce.
  • Mrs. Mangia (voiced by Julie Lemieux) is the school's cafeteria supervisor.

Episodes

Broadcast

The series first premiered on PBS Kids in the United States on June 1, 2020, then it premiered on TVOKids and Knowledge Network in Canada on July 7, 2020, reruns of the series entered off-network syndication on September 12, 2022 and premiered on Discovery Kids in Latin America and IRIB TV2 Persian in 2022.

Reception

Polly Conway of Common Sense Media said "helpful friends use skills and science to solve problems".

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