Atomic
Betty (retitled Atomic
Betty: Mission
Earth for its third and final season) is a Flash animated television series.
Betty Barrett is a typical
12-year-old girl who enjoys school, daydreaming about living in outer space, sci-fi movies, and singing in her musical band, living in Moose Jaw Heights (a fictional suburb of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan).Unknown to all of her friends and family, however, she is also a member of the Galactic Guardians, an elite team dedicated to interstellar crime-fighting and law enforcement. As "Atomic
Betty", assisted by her two allies; the alien pilot Sparky and a robot named X-5, she confronts the evil overlord Maximus I.Q. and his servant Minimus, as well as other intergalactic supervillains, criminals, terrorists, and gangsters. Despite being a normal Earth girl
human, Atomic
Betty is a superstar throughout the galaxy and even has a crowd of people who consider her their role model.
In each episode, a crisis occurs somewhere in the galaxy, usually while
Betty enjoys some tasks with her friends. Invariably, her bracelet starts beeping, and she runs off alone to save the galaxy in her pastel
pink-and-white superpowered battle suit, which allows her a wide variety of weapons, gadgets, and supernatural abilities, such as flying. Accompanied by her crew,
Betty takes over to fight the villains before returning home and mentioning her absence.
The show includes frequent references to other well-known works of pop culture, especially sci-fi stuff.
Atomic
Betty In Canada, the show originally aired from August 29,
2004 until January 29, 2008 on Teletoon, lasting for three years.
In the U.S, the series aired on Cartoon Network on September 17,
2004 until May 22, 2005 and on The Hub from 2010 until 2011, along with its third and final season.
