Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand

Feb 16, 2002

1h 5m

★ 6.4

Overview

Race Across New Zealand was the first of three telefilms made for the Rocket Power cartoon series, first transmitted on Nickelodeon in the US on 16 Feb 2002, during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The plotline entails the Rocket Power gang's trip to New Zealand to participate in "The Junior Waikikamukau Games", with Otto Rocket competing against the son of an athlete who once beat his father Ray at a race in New Zealand (allegedly by cheating), and his sister Reggie's attempts to get herself noticed by Ray, who is constantly cheering for Otto exclusively. Sports featured in this telefilm include zorbing, mountain biking, tubing, dirtboarding, windsurfing, and snowboarding.

Genres

Animation

TV Movie

Action

Comedy

Production Companies

Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Klasky-Csupo

Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand Trailers

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Cast

Otto Rocket (voice)

Joseph Ashton

Reggie Rocket (voice)

Shayna Fox

Twister Rodriguez (voice)

Ulysses Cuadra

Sam Dullard (voice)

Gary LeRoi Gray

Raymundo Rocket / Spectator / Announcer (voice)

John Kassir

Tito Makani / Spectator (voice)

Ray Bumatai

Theodore McGill (voice)

Michael Welch

Lars Rodriguez (voice)

Lombardo Boyar

Lt. Tice Ryan (voice)

Dale Dye

Merv Stimpleton (voice)

Henry Gibson

Chester (voice)

Michael Gough

Tatupu (voice)

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