premiere date: SEPTEMBER 10, 2005
BACKGROUND
Following the events of Bratz Rock Angelz, the Bratz television series follows the adventures of its eponymous characters as they run their own teen lifestyle magazine while competing against rival magazine Your Thing. The series ran from 2005 through 2008.
SEASON ONE cast
Dionne Quan as Yasmin
Olivia Hack as Cloe
Tia Mowry as Sasha
Soleil Moon Frye as Jade
Wendie Malick as Burdine Maxwell
Kaley Cuoco as Kirstee
Lacey Chabert as Kaycee
Charlie Schlatter as Cameron
Ogie Banks as Dylan
Josh Keaton as Eitan
Greg Ellis as Byron Powell
SEASON TWO CAST
Britt McKillip as Cloe
Maryke Hendrikse as Yasmin
Dorla Bell as Sasha
Britt Irvin as Jade
Ellie Harvie as Burdine Maxwell
Ashleigh Ball as Kirstee
Kelly Sheridan as Kaycee
Ian James Corlett as Cameron
Adrian Holmes as Dylan
Trevor Devall as Eitan
Alistair Abell as Byron Powell
THEME SONG
The show’s theme song is the “Bratz TV Theme” performed by Lauren Evans, one of the singing voices of the Bratz.
RELEASE
The show’s animation style was introduced in the music video for “Bein’ Who We Are” to promote the Bratz Live In Concert collection in Spring 2005, with the pilot film Bratz Rock Angelz being released in Fall 2005. Bratz premiered on September 10, 2005 on 4KidsTV in the United States. The first season aired between 2005 and 2006, while the second season aired in 2008 internationally. The season one episodes “Crush in a Rush” and “Pet Show” were released on the Bratz Rock Angelz and Bratz Genie Magic DVDs, respectively. The season two episode “Miss Fortune” premiered in the United States in April 2008 alongside the theatrical release of the film Bratz Girlz Really Rock. In 2009, the first and second seasons were released in the Australian DVD sets “OMG! Collection” and “Stylin’! Collection”, respectively. Due to fan demand, MGA began releasing season two episodes on DVD starting in 2011 with the BFF and Good Vibes DVDs, then again in 2012 with the Bratz Desert Jewelz DVD, and again in 2014 with the Classicz Friendship Is Always In Style DVD. Full episodes of the series can now be found on the official Bratz YouTube channel.
SEASON ONE EPISODES
1.) Crush in a Rush
Eitan tries several times to ask out his crush, Yasmin, to the Safari Party, but struggles as he takes not-so-solid advice from Dylan.
2.) No So Hot For Teacher
Cloe and the Bratz sign up for a fashion course that is harder than they expect when they discover Burdine is their new substitute teacher.
3.) Kidnapped
Yasmin is unenthused to interview heiress and socialite London Milton until they are both kidnapped.
4.) Slumber Party
Burdine has the Tweevils spy on the Bratz girls' slumber party.
5.) Sasha’s Big Interview
Sasha's upcoming interview with her idol, Alonce, makes her uncharacteristically nervous while Burdine and the Tweevils plot to steal her interview for Your Thing Magazine.
6.) Pet Show
Petnappers strike before the International Pet Show, leaving Jade and Burdine to team up to fight them.
7.) Manicuring Candidate
Cloe and Dylan run for Stiles High Class President against the Tweevils.
8.) ‘It’s Not About Me’ Week
In an effort to be selfless, Sasha must teach Kaycee to drive; Cloe and Kirstee co-host a call-in radio show for distressed teens; Jade gives Roberta a makeover; Yasmin helps Dylan face his bully.
9.) Trading Faces
Dylan enters a beauty contest, in drag, to find out what his crush, Fianna, wants in a romantic partner.
10.) Truth or Dare
The Bratz and Tweevils play truth-or-dare during their slumber party; Sasha teaches Kirstee how to dance; Cloe and Kaycee go mountain-climbing; Yasmin tries to ride Cameron’s motorcycle.
11.) Bewitched, Bothered, Burdined
Burdine hypnotizes Sasha and Jade, directing them to sabotage the Bratz on the night they receive a Tween Choice Award.
12.) Skeletons in the Closet
After finding bones in her office, the Bratz and Tweevils suspect that Burdine may have killed her last intern.
13.) Camping
The Bratz must camp out overnight when they get lost on their way to the wilderness spa.
14.) Survivor
The Bratz and the Tweevils compete in a grueling wilderness contest.
15.) To Catch A Thief
The Bratz try to discover the identity of a cat burglar who has been stealing jewels from the hotel's guests.
16.) Cinderella
Yasmin plays the main character in a modern retelling of Cinderella, with Burdine and the Tweevils as her evil stepmother and stepsisters, Eitan as her Prince Charming, and the Bratz as her Fairy Godmothers.
17.) Jade’s Dream
Jade dreams that Burdine and the Tweevils have conquered Stilesville and the world, turning everything pink.
18.) Clip Show: Totally Recall
Stuck in an elevator, Burdine and Jade compare memories of their encounters.
19.) New Kid in Town
The Bratz decide to teach the new kid in school a lesson when he dates several girls at the same time.
20.) Paris I: Bratz in Playland
Bratz compete in spy training in hopes of being chosen to go undercover in France as supermodels when poisonings occur.
21.) Paris II: Bratz in Franceland
The Bratz and Boyz go to France on their spy mission to investigate who is behind the supermodel poisonings; Burdine and the Tweevils trail the Bratz in another feeble attempt to out-scoop them.
22.) Paris III: Bratz in Ragland
The Bratz discover who is behind the poisonings; Cloe and Jade are poisoned.
23.) Clip Show: Model Friends
Sasha decides to leave the Bratz to pursue a modeling career in New York City.
SEASON TWO EPISODES
1.) Extremely Made-Over
The Bratz think they've hired the perfect assistant, Prudence, until they discover a dark secret about her.
2.) The Cloe Life
Cloe may get her own TV show, but someone is out to sabotage her and her relationship with her friends.
3.) The Bratz 500
The Bratz go undercover in a road rally to thwart an attempt to steal a racecar.
4.) A Little Diss, A Little Dat
Jade thinks her friends have dumped her and the Tweevils get fired from Your Thing Magazine, causing the unlikely trio to link up and become friends.
5.) A Sporting Chance
The Bratz girls search for a missing synchronized swimming team's mascot, which is a billy goat.
6.) Transparently Yours
Byron inadvertently switches briefcases with Jade and the girls wind up with a top-secret invisibility spray.
7.) Miss Fortune
The Bratz find a necklace and start to have amazing good fortune.
8.) Bratz Fail
The Stiles High gym teacher, Miss Porterhouse, makes it difficult for the girls to ace their gym class when they miss their school finals due to a mission.
9.) Bratz vs. Brats
The Bratz become nannies to a famous fashion designer's kids to secure advertising space in their magazine.
10.) Inner Beauty Queen
Yasmin worries about finding a date when she is elected prom queen, before being set up with Cloe’s cousin who is physically attractive but has a weird voice.
11.) Alien Encounters
Sasha learns a valuable lesson when Stiles High is infiltrated by aliens.
12.) Rescue Askew
Byron is held prisoner by an ex-foe of the Bratz, leading them on a rescue mission.
13.) Bye-Bye Burdine
The Tweevils take over Your Thing Magazine when Burdine is wrongly detained for stealing, creating unforeseen popularity for the once-dying publication and causing Bratz Magazine sales to plummet.
14.) The Great Melting Pot
The Bratz struggle to create a meal for a famed costume designer.
15.) The Chronicles of Karma
The Bratz get a dose of their own karma.
16.) The Life of Byron
When Byron invites the Bratz to London for an awards ceremony, they quickly find out it's a trap.
17.) Much Ado About Practically Nothing
Jade starts finding mysterious gifts on her desk at the magazine office, so the Bratz search through their memories to figure out who might be leaving them.
BRATZ GO TO PARIS: THE MOVIE
In 2013, MGA released a compilation of the season one episodes “Paris I: Bratz in Playland”, “Paris II: Bratz in Franceland”, and “Paris III: Bratz in Ragland” under the title Bratz Go To Paris: The Movie.
TRIVIA
In some countries, the films Bratz Rock Angelz, Bratz Genie Magic, Bratz Kidz Fairy Tales, Bratz Girlz Really Rock, and Bratz Babyz Save Christmas were split into multiple episodes and released as part of the Bratz television series. Some of these split episodes were released on DVD in international territories and some can be found on the official Bratz YouTube channel.
ACCOLADES
Bratz composer Matthew Gerard was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition in 2007.