Series synopsis
The Secret Saturdays is an American animation comedy kids action & adventure television series that premiered on Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008. It ended on January 30, 2010. It was created by Jay Stephens. It stars Sam Lerner, Nicole Sullivan, Phil Morris and Fred Tatasciore.
The Saturdays, a family of cryptozoologists, work to keep the truth about cryptids from getting out, in order to protect both the human race and the creatures themselves. They travel the world searching for cryptids to study and battling twisted villains like the megalomaniac V.V. Argost.
Premise
The Saturdays, a family of cryptozoologists, work to keep the truth about cryptids from getting out, in order to protect both the human race and the creatures themselves. They travel the world searching for cryptids to study and battling twisted villains like the megalomaniac V.V. Argost.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Sam Lerner as Zak Saturday (voice)
- Nicole Sullivan as Drew Saturday (voice)
- Phil Morris as Doc Saturday (voice)
- Fred Tatasciore as Komodo / Zon (voice)
- Diedrich Bader as Fiskerton (voice)
- Corey Burton as V.V. Argost (voice)
Guest cast
- Jeff Bennett as Dr. Beeman (voice)
- Danny Cooksey as Dr. Cheechoo (voice)
- Candi Milo as Pachacutec / Arab Reporter (voice)
- Liliana Mumy as Wadi (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 49 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 26 | October 3, 2008 | August 1, 2009 |
| Season 2 | 13 | May 8, 2009 | August 2, 2009 |
| Season 3 | 10 | November 7, 2009 | January 30, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Kur Stone (1) V.V. Argost, host of the popular TV show, Weird World, is after the legendary Kur Stone, which is capable of unleashing the powerful ancient Sumerian cryptid, Kur. With it, V.V. Argost plans to rule the world, so it's up Doc, Drew and Zak Saturday to stop him. |
October 3, 2008 |
| 2 |
The Kur Stone (2) With two of three Kur Stone pieces now in V.V. Argost's possession, the Saturday family races to the location of the final stone piece, Manaus, Brazil before Argost can get to it. |
October 3, 2008 |
| 3 |
The Vengeance of Hibagon The Saturdays discover a "Bigfoot" like creature in Japan who wants revenge on his creator. |
October 10, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Underworld Bride The Saturday family and King Ulraj travel to New Guinea to investigate the Dua'a, a prehistoric flying cryptid. |
May 8, 2009 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | August 2, 2009 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | August 2, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kur (1) Six months after the Kur crisis, the other Secret Scientists have discovered that Zak is Kur, and are tracking him to take him into custody, forcing the Saturdays into a life as fugitives. To make matters worse, the Nagas are also after Zak, in hopes of making him their new leader. Meanwhile, Doyle and Zon go to England and have a run-in with Leonidas Van Rook (who had just had his buisness overtaken by Abbey) when looking for V.V. Argost, who has mysteriously disappeared. |
November 7, 2009 |
| 2 |
Kur (2) The Saturdays fight to keep the Nagas and the other cryptids from invading the world. Meanwhile, Doyle, Zon and Leonidas Van Rook are still looking for V.V. Argost. Doyle and Van Rook seem to find evidence that Argost is dead. The Saturdays go to Hong Kong expecting the Nagi invasion to start there but turn out to be wrong. The Nagas are invading New York. After some encouragement, Zak stops the invasion and is saved by a mysterious black shadow. It turns out to be V.V. Argost who offers to (cryptically) teach Zak to better control his powers through Argost's show, Weird World. Zak accepts the deal, despite knowing that Argost is trying to somehow trick him. Zak also asked Doyle to find out as much about Argost's past as he can. |
November 14, 2009 |
| 3 |
The Thousand Eyes of Ahuizotl Upon learning that a cryptid has awakened after centuries of hibernating in the jungle, the Saturdays head to Mexico. |
November 21, 2009 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Cartoon Network |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 3, 2008 |
| Last aired | January 30, 2010 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 20:00:00 |