Delilah & Julius
Delilah & Julius | |
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Created by |
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Developed by | Lienne Sawatsky Daniel Williams |
Voices of |
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Composer | Pure West |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52[1] (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production companies | Decode Entertainment Collideascope Digital Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Teletoon |
Release | August 14, 2005 August 16, 2008 | –
Delilah & Julius is a Canadian animated series primarily targeted at teenagers[2] as well as adults[3] and animated using Macromedia Flash technology. It premiered and continued to air on Canada's Teletoon animation channel.[4] Delilah and Julius was produced by Decode Entertainment and Collideascope Digital Productions.
The series is centered on a pair of highly trained young adults, Delilah and Julius, who were both orphaned children of special agents. Together, they graduated from the Academy, a training facility headed by Al, a free-spirited special agent who brought the duo together, and fight international crime and a myriad of villains as a pair of savvy, well-trained spies.
Episode list
Two seasons were produced, each consisting of 26 episodes.[5] Each season includes a three-part finale, originally aired together under one title[6] but later as separate episodes.[4]
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 26 | August 14, 2005 | June 17, 2006 | |
2 | 26 | August 31, 2007 | August 16, 2008 |
Season 1 (2005–06)
No. overall | No. in season | Title [7] | Written by | Original air date [4] | |
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1 | 1 | "The Underground" | Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams | October 8, 2005 | |
A missing train full of foreign athletes lead Delilah and Julius to Ms. Deeds and her plot to annihilate the planet and start an underground civilization. Note: Pilot episode[8] | |||||
2 | 2 | "Fun for All" | Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams | September 25, 2005 | |
Dr. Dismay is about to unleash a deadly virus on unsuspecting fun-seekers at an amusement park, thanks to the help of Carlial, A genetic scientist for hire. | |||||
3 | 3 | "Ice, Ice, Baby" | Nicole Demerse | September 17, 2005 | |
The entire planet is plunged into the Dark Ages when the flirtatiously sexy, yet sinister Ice steals the world's power. | |||||
4 | 4 | "Delilah Identity" | Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliot | August 14, 2005 | |
Delilah is suspected of being a mole in the Academy, and must go undercover to prove her innocence. | |||||
5 | 5 | "Mayans Ruined" | Anita Kapila | September 11, 2005 | |
D&J head to Mexico to investigate a missing archeologist, and to solve the mystery of an ancient artifact with healing powers. | |||||
6 | 6 | "All You Need Is Love" | Bruce Robb | September 10, 2005 | |
Delilah becomes embroiled in a revenge plot involving her parents, a wrongly imprisoned agent, and a secret Navajo code. | |||||
7 | 7 | "Project Greenthumb" | Sean Jara | September 4, 2005 | |
D&J head to the fashionable city of London to track down a top agent who has gone missing. | |||||
8 | 8 | "The Ratings War" | Kenn Scott | September 3, 2005 | |
Planet Earth News Network is taking over the airwaves, suspiciously scooping news stories before anyone else. | |||||
9 | 9 | "Eye of the Storm" | Sean Jara | September 24, 2005 | |
To promote a sense of "oneness" (Al's lexis), Delilah and Julius, Ursula and Emmet are notified that they are to switch partners, for good. | |||||
10 | 10 | "Saving Scarlett" | Deborah Jarvis | October 1, 2005 | |
Scarlett has been kidnapped and there's a bomb at the Academy and D&J discover that Wednesday is behind the sinister plot. | |||||
11 | 11 | "Simple Minds" | Michael Best | October 2, 2005 | |
D&J find themselves on a malfunctioning plane about to crash on the remote "Happy Times Island". | |||||
12 | 12 | "Hunk Island" | Nicole Demerse | October 9, 2005 | |
D&J are sent to stop Wednesday Kertsfield, who has been kidnapping young, beautiful male actors and models in order for them to compete, gladiator style, for her affection. | |||||
13 | 13 | "Batman of Borneo" | Bruce Robb | October 15, 2005 | |
D&J and Nosey are sent to Borneo to find an antidote for a deadly virus unleashed through pre-programmed bugs. | |||||
14 | 14 | "To Spy or Not to Spy" | Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliot | October 16, 2005 | |
It's Academy vacation, and much to Delilah's disappointment, they are spending it at a ski resort. But after several big foot sightings, Delilah finds that she's not so bored after all. | |||||
15 | 15 | "The Last Day of Christmas" | Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams | December 18, 2005 | |
It's Christmas, but instead of peace on earth, the Academy and their yacht are being held hostage by a mysterious new villain, and only D&J can pull a Christmas miracle. | |||||
16 | 16 | "A Very Important Date" | Anita Kapila | November 13, 2005 | |
D&J go undercover at a dating service to find out who has been kidnapping the young rich and beautiful people in New York City. And also to find out that they are each other's perfect match in the process. | |||||
17 | 17 | "The Ringmaster" | Sean Jara | December 17, 2005 | |
D&J are assigned to guard the precocious daughter of a workaholic and genius geneticist. | |||||
18 | 18 | "A Dreamer Never Dies" | Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams | January 4, 2006 | |
Julius investigates a high number of comas in a hospital, and discovers that Dr. Dismay is stealing people's dreams while about to get his dreams taking away, he starts to dream himself, about Delilah. | |||||
19 | 19 | "A New Ice Age" | Nicole Demerse | January 11, 2006 | |
Ice is back with a vengeance, this time with a formula that slowly freezes the earth's oceans causing a new ice age. | |||||
20 | 20 | "Paris to Dakar" | Bruce Robb | January 18, 2006 | |
D&J are undercover drivers in the world longest car race to track down the smugglers of uranium. | |||||
21 | 21 | "Game, Set, Match" | Deborah Jarvis | March 15, 2006 | |
D&J go undercover as pro tennis players to protect an international tennis star. | |||||
22 | 22 | "The Hunter" | Nicole Demerse | March 16, 2006 | |
Temples across China are being robbed, and intel suggests an ex-GIB top spy is behind the robberies. | |||||
23 | 23 | "Terror by Tarot" | Bruce Robb | March 17, 2006 | |
D&J go undercover in New Orleans as World Historical Society agents to guard a three-hundred-year-old voodoo death mask. | |||||
24 | 24 | "The Truth Be Gold – Part 1 – All That Glitters Is Gold" | Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams | June 17, 2006July 5, 2006) | (|
D&J go to the ORB lab in the Yukon to destroy the ORB super computer ran by Klaus. | |||||
25 | 25 | "The Truth Be Gold – Part 2 – See How They Run" | Sean Jara | June 17, 2006July 6, 2006) | (|
D&J go to deliver Klaus but the ORB corporation attacked the plane they were on and they now have to survive in the wild. | |||||
26 | 26 | "The Truth Be Gold – Part 3 – Heir Apparent" | Anita Kapila | June 17, 2006July 7, 2006) | (|
D&J head to ORB headquarters and discover the truth about Delilah's parents. |
Season 2 (2007–08)
No. overall | No. in season | Title [7] | Written by | Original air date [4] | |
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27 | 1 | "The Fear Inside" | Lienne Sawatsky and Daniel Williams | August 31, 2007 | |
A nearby spy school is disbanded by crippling fear gas and Delilah and Julius race to save the academy from the same fate. | |||||
28 | 2 | "Land of the Setting Sun" | Anita Kapila | September 16, 2007 | |
Delilah and Julius are sent to turn the light back on when someone drains Tokyo's electricity. | |||||
29 | 3 | "Homework Detrimental" | Doug Hadders and Adam Rotstein | September 23, 2007 | |
Going undercover at a girls' school is difficult for Delilah, who's comfortable hunting super villains, but out of her element with regular teenagers. | |||||
30 | 4 | "Al Riled Up" | Daniel Williams and Lienne Sawatsky | September 30, 2007 | |
Al is accused of treason and has to fight for his life when Dynimo, a blast from his past, takes him hostage. | |||||
31 | 5 | "The Comic Capers" | Deborah Jarvis | October 7, 2007 | |
Delilah, Julius and Zoe are at a convention when a mysterious villain commits elaborate plans modeled from comic book scenes. | |||||
32 | 6 | "Hollywood Plot" | Sean Kalb | October 9, 2007 | |
Delilah and Julius head for tinsel town when they refuse to believe Dexter J. Hook has become a legitimate movie producer. | |||||
33 | 7 | "Blinded by Love" | Bruce Robb | October 21, 2007 | |
Delilah walks into a deadly trap laid by an eye-patch wearing villain who blames Delilah for his missing eye. | |||||
34 | 8 | "A Dirty Job" | Daniel Williams and Lienne Sawatsky | November 4, 2007 | |
A garbage barge, a yellow briefcase, and the Zero List all converge at Pier 14 to help D&J bring down an international smuggling ring. | |||||
35 | 9 | "Love Bytes" | Anita Kapila | November 11, 2007 | |
Delilah and Julius have to stop Dollface, a half-human, half-android, from creating a robot army to enslave the human race. | |||||
36 | 10 | "Pressure Drop" | Doug Hadders and Adam Rotstein | November 12, 2007 | |
Delilah and Zoe have to save Julius, Nosey, and Emmet from Ms. Deeds when they travel as backpackers to a monastery in Tibet to find out about the Zero List. | |||||
37 | 11 | "Frozen in Time" | Daniel Williams and Lienne Sawatsky | November 25, 2007 | |
The Academy comes to the rescue when Delilah and Julius get frozen solid investigating a cryogenics lab. | |||||
38 | 12 | "All Along the Clock Tower" | Betty Quan | December 2, 2007 | |
Rescuing Agent Robinson from the maniacal Timekeeper offers Delilah & Julius a glimpse into the possibility of time travel - and Delilah revisits a memento from her past. | |||||
39 | 13 | "The Zero Hour" | Dave Diaz | December 9, 2007 | |
There's a showdown at high noon when Delilah and Julius travel to a ghost town and discover just how many villains are after the Zero List. | |||||
40 | 14 | "Family Pass" | Daniel Williams and Lienne Sawatsky | February 21, 2008 | |
Under investigation for treason, Julius flees the Academy only to be thrust into the middle of warring super agents who risk the lives of innocent amusement park goers. | |||||
41 | 15 | "Bugged" | Bruce Robb | February 21, 2008 | |
An insect infestation, that hinders the Academy, from Dr. Thorax threatens Julius with a buggy genetic mutation. | |||||
42 | 16 | "Dawn of a New Day" | Anita Kapila | April 28, 2008 | |
Dollface and Roy, the robotic-romantic duo, reunite with a plan to take over the world with a solar-powered army, and Delilah and Julius have only until sunrise to stop them. | |||||
43 | 17 | "Just the Two of Us" | Dave Dias | April 29, 2008 | |
Copycats make Delilah and Julius realize that fans can be a lot more than flattering - they can be deadly. | |||||
44 | 18 | "Breakout" | Daniel Williams and Lienne Sawatsky | May 20, 2008 | |
When Dynimo escapes the GIB with Ursula, Delilah and Julius trail the vengeful duo to a mysterious hidden facility. | |||||
45 | 19 | "Every Breath You Take" | Shawn Kalb | May 20, 2008 | |
Deep sea diving for deadly poisons brings Delilah and Julius face-to-face with an even deadlier underwater foe, a scuba-geared Dexter J. Hook. | |||||
46 | 20 | "The Traitor Within" | Deborah Jarvis | June 20, 2008 | |
Delilah and Julius have to unmask a villain when a deadly microbot is stolen from Scarlett's international spy gadget symposium. | |||||
47 | 21 | "The Fugitive Vacationer" | Bruce Robb | June 23, 2008 | |
Delilah and Julius get very little rest when assassins target an innocent bystander during the Academy vacation. | |||||
48 | 22 | "Extreme Measures" | Anita Kapila | June 24, 2008 | |
When Tibor kidnaps a world class Indian programmer, the Academy agents have to race across the rooftops of India to get him back before he's forced to repair the damaged Zero List. | |||||
49 | 23 | "To Dismay's Dismay" | Daniel Williams and Lienne Sawatsky | June 25, 2008 | |
An unlikely guest at the Academy sets D&J on the trail of a sleep depriving mad scientist. | |||||
50 | 24 | "The End of Tomorrow – Part 1 – Present Tense" | Unknown | August 16, 2008 | (October 28, 2011 )|
Delilah and Julius have to stop Tibor when he gets everything he needs to make time travel work. | |||||
51 | 25 | "The End of Tomorrow – Part 2 – Simple Past" | Unknown | August 16, 2008 | (October 31, 2011 )|
It's a race to rescue Al when Delilah and Julius learn that he holds the key to the Zero list. | |||||
52 | 26 | "The End of Tomorrow – Part 3 – Future Perfect" | Unknown | August 16, 2008 | (November 1, 2011 )|
Delilah and Julius travel to the past to stop Tibor when his poorly functioning time machine threatens to tear apart the fabric of space and time. |
Home video releases
Delilah and Julius - The Complete First Season was released September 9, 2008. The DVD set contains the first 13 episodes in both English and French and has a run time of 290 minutes.[9] Special features include character biographies, a spy gadget gallery, and the original English-language script for the pilot episode "The Underground".[8]
An official YouTube channel run by WildBrain Spark began uploading episodes on May 31, 2019.[10]
The full series has been released on CraveTV.[7]
Reception
The series was one of the top-rated shows on the English-language Teletoon in May 2006,[11] and the 10th most popular original production on the French-language Télétoon as of October 2007.[12]
The pilot episode was reviewed by the Edmonton Journal[3] and The Sydney Morning Herald.[2]
References
- ^ "WildBrain - Catalog - "Delilah and Julius"". Distribution.dhxmedia.com. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ a b "Delilah and Julius". Smh.com.au. 2006-04-28. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ a b "Edmonton Journal from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on August 19, 2005 · 105". Newspapers.com. 2005-08-19. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
- ^ a b c d "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2016-03-02. Archived from the original on 2016-05-16.
- ^ https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/cpyrghts/dtls.do?fileNum=1142739&type=2&lang=eng
- ^ https://www.awn.com/news/august-gets-even-hotter-teletoon
- ^ a b c CRAVE. "Crave | Watch HBO, Showtime and Starz Movies and TV Shows Online - Delilah & Julius". Crave.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ^ a b https://www.inetvideo.com/products/delilah-and-julius-the-complete-first-season-boxset-bilingual
- ^ "Delilah & Julius The Complete First Season / La Première Saison Complète DVD Bilingual: Amazon.ca: DVD". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ "Delilah and Julius | Kids Videos". YouTube. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (2006-05-08). "TELETOON Orders More Delilah & Julius". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ "Tops with Teletoon » Playback". Playbackonline.ca. 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
External links
- 2000s Canadian animated television series
- 2005 Canadian television series debuts
- 2008 Canadian television series endings
- Television series by DHX Media
- Teletoon original series
- Canadian flash animated television series
- Canadian children's animated action television series
- Canadian children's animated adventure television series