Sabrina, the Animated Series

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Sabrina, the Animated Series

Sabrina and Salem, as they appeared in Sabrina, the Animated Series.
Format Animated television series
Created by Savage Steve Holland, based on the Archie Comics characters
Starring Emily Hart as Sabrina Spellman
Nick Bakay as Salem
Melissa Joan Hart as Aunt Hilda and Zelda Spellman
Bill Switzer as Harvey Krinkle
Lalainia Lindbjerg as Katy
Jason Michas as Slugloafe the School Bully
David Sobolov as Spookie Jar
Chantal Strand as Gemini Stone
Cree Summer as Chloe
Jay Brazeau as Uncle Quigley
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 65
Production
Running time 30 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Flag of the United States ABC
Original run September 11, 1999 – January 22, 2000
Chronology
Preceded by Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996-2003)
Followed by Sabrina's Secret Life (2003-2004)
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary
Common rating
Australia G
Canada C
United States TV-Y (ABC, syndication), E/I, TV-G (UPN, Disney Channel, Toon Disney), TV-Y7 (CBS, syndication)

Sabrina, the Animated Series (often called Sabrina: The Animated Series, even in official promotional material) is an American animated television series based on the Archie Comics character Sabrina, the Teenage Witch produced by DiC Entertainment, which was owned by Disney at the time. Additionally, a movie, Sabrina: Friends Forever, and a continuation-spinoff series, Sabrina's Secret Life, were produced, this time without the ownership of Disney.

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[edit] Premise

Most episodes centered on the typical problems of middle school, along with those that stemmed from Sabrina's inexperience with or misuse of witchcraft. Sabrina and best friend Chloe would often use magic (often from the "Spooky Jar"—a cookie jar containing a genie-like being—in the family's kitchen) for all sorts of perceived emergencies, ranging from trying to fit into skinny new clothes to making Sabrina's boyfriend Harvey into a superhero. By the end of each episode, the magic would backfire. Sabrina would learn that using magic usually wasn't the solution to her day-to-day problems.

[edit] Production

The series debuted in 1999. The Archie Comics star had already graced the Saturday morning airwaves in the 1970s (courtesy of Filmation), but the popularity of the live-action Sabrina, the Teenage Witch sitcom in the 1990s formed part of the basis for this spin-off series. Unlike previous versions, Sabrina in this series was depicted as a 12-year-old attending middle school. As in the original comic series, Sabrina lives with her two aunts, Hilda and Zelda Spellman, and Salem Saberhagen, Sabrina's sarcastic cat, all of whom advise Sabrina on the use of her powers (thereby contradicting the live-action show's premise of not having those powers prior to her sixteenth birthday; thus this series is essentially a "retelling" of the story, similar in concept to The New Archies, a previous Archie Comics-based DiC production).

Savage Steve Holland (whose previous credits include producing Eek! The Cat) was the executive producer of Sabrina, the Animated Series. As such, the series reflected some of the irreverent style of humor seen on Eek! The Cat. Celebrity voice cameos in this series included Mr. T and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

Melissa Joan Hart, who starred in the live-action sitcom, acted as producer of this series, but her younger sister, Emily Hart, voiced Sabrina. Melissa instead voiced Sabrina's two aunts, Hilda and Zelda. Salem is voiced by Nick Bakay, who also voiced Salem in the live-action series.

The series ran on UPN and in syndication (on Disney's One Too weekday afternoon block) and on ABC (on Disney's One Saturday Morning block) for one season with 65 episodes produced. In October 2002, a made-for-television movie based on the series was produced for cable channel Nickelodeon. This was soon followed by a follow-up animated series, Sabrina's Secret Life. The original series at that time began airing on cable channels Disney Channel and Toon Disney, but recently has reverted once again to airing in syndication. During the 2006-2007 television season, the series returned as part of CBS's new KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS and was briefly part of the KEWLopolis cartoon lineup.

In Germany, Sabrina's Secret Life is simply a third season of Sabrina, the Animated Series, both under the title Simsalabim Sabrina.[1][2]

[edit] Characters

  • Sabrina Spellman

Voiced by Emily Hart, has a secret: she's a half witch/mortal. She doesn’t become magically empowered until she's sixteen, but it’s possible to borrow spells from her aunts Hilda and Zelda,, which she often does. She finds her meddling turns the situation from bad to worse. Her friend Chloe is aware of Sabrina's magic but Harvey Kinkle, another friend and her romantic interest, isn't.

  • Harvey Dwight Kinkle

Voiced by Bill Switzer, has a cute and sweet personality, and, of course, is too shy to admit to Sabrina as anything more than his best pal. He is unaware Sabrina is a witch though often sees the results of the magic himself.

  • Hilda and Zelda

Voiced by Melissa Joan Hart, while Hilda suggests they bend the rules a little and magic to get ahead, Zelda’s determined to say no right up until the moment she gives up. Hilda is more carefree and reckless than her cautious sister Zelda but although they do butt heads they love each other.

  • Salem

Voiced by Nick Bakay, Sabrina's cat (and probably familiar) with a big attitude. Together they're a potent combination. Salem knows the right buttons to push to talk Sabrina into just about anything and he does it guiltlessly - until he's caught.

  • Gemini Stone

Voiced by Chantal Strand, is Sabrina's chief rival, she is very wealthy and sees Sabrina as her main competition for Harvey's affection.

  • Uncle Quigley

Voiced by Jay Brazeau, is an original character created for this series, Sabrina's maternal great-uncle and the household's adult guardian.

  • Chloe Flan

Voiced by Cree Summer, is Sabrina's best friend and is another mortal that knows that Sabrina is a teenage witch.

[edit] Episode list

  1. 09/06/99 - "Most Dangerous Witch"
  2. 09/07/99 - "You Said a Mouse-ful"
  3. 09/08/99 - "Boogie Shoes"
  4. 09/09/99 - "Tail of Two Kitties"
  5. 09/10/99 - "The Senses-Shattering Adventures of Captain Harvtastic"
  6. 09/11/99 - "Witch Switch" (on ABC)
  7. 09/12/99 - "Picture Perfect"
  8. 09/13/99 - "Field Trippin'"
  9. 09/14/99 - "No Time to Be a Hero"
  10. 09/15/99 - "Extreme Harvey"
  11. 09/17/99 - "Shrink to Fit"
  12. 09/18/99 - "Has Anyone Seen my Quigley?" (on ABC)
  13. 09/19/99 - "Wag the Witch"
  14. 09/20/99 - "Witchy Grrrls"
  15. 09/21/99 - "Paranormal Pi"
  16. 09/23/99 - "Anywhere But Here"
  17. 09/24/99 - "Nothin' Says Lovin' Like Something from a Coven"
  18. 09/25/99 - "Once upon a Whine" (on ABC)
  19. 09/26/99 - "Documagicary"
  20. 09/27/99 - "The Grandparent Trap"
  21. 09/28/99 - "I Got Glue Babe"
  22. 09/29/99 - "Boy Meets Bike"
  23. 09/30/99 - "Upside Down Town"
  24. 10/02/99 - "The Importance of Being Norma" (on ABC)
  25. 10/03/99 - "Stage Fright"
  26. 10/09/99 - "Witchitis" (on ABC)
  27. 10/10/99 - "My Stepmother the Babe"
  28. 10/16/99 - "Absence of Malissa" (on ABC)
  29. 10/17/99 - "This Is Your Nine Lives"
  30. 10/23/99 - "Planet of the Dogs" (on ABC)
  31. 10/25/99 - "Hex-change Students"
  32. 10/29/99 - "Saturday Night Furor"
  33. 10/30/99 - "Scare Apparent" (on ABC)
  34. 11/04/99 - "The Hex Files"
  35. 11/05/99 - "Stone Broke"
  36. 11/06/99 - "Salem's Plot" (on ABC)
  37. 11/07/99 - "Molar Molar"
  38. 11/08/99 - "Harvzilla"
  39. 11/10/99 - "When in Rome"
  40. 11/11/99 - "Field of Screams"
  41. 11/12/99 - "Driver Ed"
  42. 11/13/99 - "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" (on ABC)
  43. 11/14/99 - "Send in the Clones"
  44. 11/15/99 - "Feasts of Clay"
  45. 11/16/99 - "Generation Zap"
  46. 11/18/99 - "Board & Sorcery"
  47. 11/19/99 - "Enchanted Vacation"
  48. 11/20/99 - "Moldy Oldie" (on ABC)
  49. 11/21/99 - "Xabrina, Warrior Witch"
  50. 11/22/99 - "Straight Outta Paris"
  51. 11/23/99 - "Strange New World"
  52. 11/24/99 - "Witchery Science Theatre"
  53. 11/26/99 - "You've Got a Friend"
  54. 11/28/99 - "Hexcalibur"
  55. 11/29/99 - "Brina Baby"
  56. 11/30/99 - "Witchwrecked"
  57. 12/01/99 - "Fish Schtick"
  58. 12/12/99 - "Witchmas Carole"
  59. 01/15/00 - "Truth or Scare" (on ABC)
  60. 01/22/00 - "Generation Hex" (on ABC)
  61. 02/06/00 - "Working Witches"
  62. 02/13/00 - "Wiccan of the Sea"
  63. 02/20/00 - "Key to My Heart"
  64. 02/21/00 - "La Femme Sabrina"
  65. 02/27/00 - "The Bat Pack"

[edit] Broadcast history

LNK (Raganaitė Sabrina)
  • Philippines
    • Qtv

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Simsalabim Sabrina. Zeichentrickserien.de. Retrieved on June 2, 2008.
  2. ^ Simsalabim Sabrina. Fernsehserien.de. Retrieved on June 2, 2008.
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