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 with rival magazine Your Thing. The series ran from 2005 through 2008.
SEASON ONE cast
Olivia Hack as Cloe
Dionne Quan as Yasmin
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 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 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
2.) No So Hot For Teacher
3.) Kidnapped
4.) Slumber Party
5.) Sasha’s Big Interview
6.) Pet Show
7.) Manicuring Candidate
8.) ‘It’s Not About Me’ Week
9.) Trading Faces
10.) Truth or Dare
11.) Bewitched, Bothered, Burdined
12.) Skeletons in the Closet
13.) Camping
14.) Survivor
15.) To Catch A Thief
16.) Cinderella
17.) Jade’s Dream
18.) Clip Show: Totally Recall
19.) New Kid in Town
20.) Paris I: Bratz in Playland
21.) Paris II: Bratz in Franceland
22.) Paris III: Bratz in Ragland
23.) Clip Show: Model Friends
SEASON TWO EPISODES
1.) Extremely Made-Over
2.) The Cloe Life
3.) The Bratz 500
4.) A Little Diss, A Little Dat
5.) A Sporting Chance
6.) Transparently Yours
7.) Miss Fortune
8.) Bratz Fail
9.) Bratz vs. Brats
10.) Inner Beauty Queen
11.) Alien Encounters
12.) Rescue Askew
13.) Bye-Bye Burdine
14.) The Great Melting Pot
15.) The Chronicles of Karma
16.) The Life of Byron
17.) Much Ado About Practically Nothing
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 split episodes can be found on the official Bratz YouTube channel.
Bratz Go To Paris: The Movie DVD.
ACCOLADES
Bratz composer Matthew Gerard was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition in 2007.