Turbo FAST

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Turbo FAST
GenreAdventure
Comedy
Racing
Created byJack Thomas
Based onCharacters created
by David Soren
Directed byAnthony Lioi (supervising)
Phil Allora
Anthony Chun
Nate Clesowich
Juno Lee
Michael Moloney
Chris Prynoski
Voices of
Opening theme"Those Snails Are Fast" by Deetown Entertainment[1]
ComposersHenry Jackman
Halli Cauthery (add. music)[2]
Ali Dee Theodore
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52 (102 segments)
Production
Executive producersChris Prynoski[3]
Jack Thomas (S1)[4]
ProducersBen Kalina (supervising)[3]
Shannon Barrett Prynoski[4]
Jennifer Ray[3]
Running time22 minutes (two 11-minute segments)[5]
Production companiesTitmouse, Inc.
DreamWorks Animation Television
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseDecember 24, 2013 (2013-12-24) –
February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)

Turbo FAST is an American flash-animated[6] web television series. It is based on the 2013 computer-animated movie Turbo. The series was produced by DreamWorks Animation Television. It was animated by Titmouse. It is available on Netflix in the United States and 40 other countries where Netflix is shown.[7] The series is the first Netflix original series for children. It is the first DreamWorks Animation series produced for Netflix.[7] Since February 5, 2016, all episodes are available on Netflix.

Schedule[change | change source]

The first five episodes of the first season were released on December 24, 2013.[8] The season had a total of twenty six episodes. Other episodes were released in groups of five or six episodes. These groups were released around holidays throughout 2014.[8][9] Most episode have two 11-minutes sections. There are a small number of double-length episodes.[5] Season 2 was released on Netflix on July 31, 2015.[10] The third and final season was released on Netflix on February 5, 2016.[11][12]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Music for a TV Series/Special/Movie". Cynopsis Media. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  2. "Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 29, 2013)". Film Music Reporter. December 29, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2014. Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph) and Halli Cauthery (The East) have written the show's original score.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Netflix (December 3, 2013). "Dreamworks Animation's Turbo FAST Launches as First-ever Netflix Original Series For Kids on December 24" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the 41st Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Award Nominations" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. May 1, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Lloyd, Robert (December 23, 2013). "TV review: 'Turbo: F.A.S.T.' breaks out of its shell on Netflix". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  6. Beck, Jerry (November 21, 2013). "FIRST LOOK: Dreamworks' Netflix series "Turbo Fast"". Animation Scoop. Archived from the original on November 23, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Netflix (February 12, 2013). "Netflix And DreamWorks Animation Launch First Ever Netflix Original Series for Kids" (Press release). PRNewswire. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Levin, Gary (December 3, 2013). "Netflix, DreamWorks team up for children's programming". USA Today. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  9. Armstrong, Josh (December 23, 2013). "DreamWorks revs up Netflix slate with "Turbo: F.A.S.T."". Animation Scoop. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  10. Mallenbaum, Carly (June 22, 2015). "Need a summer binge? Netflix presents its July offerings". USA Today. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  11. Fowler, Matt (January 25, 2016). "New to Netflix for February 2016". IGN. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  12. Prynoski, Chris [@chrisprynoski] (December 9, 2015). "Turbo FAST is a wrap! Thanks everybody at @TitmouseInc for making it awesome and bizarre!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 30, 2016 – via Twitter.