Rocket Power is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó, the creators of Rugrats. The series aired on Nickelodeon from August 16, 1999, to July 30, 2004.
Premise
Rocket Power revolves around the day-to-day zany hijinks of a gang of four young and loyal friends; the adventurous and vain sports enthusiast and perfectionist: Oswald "Otto" Rocket; his tomboyish and kindhearted older sister: Regina "Reggie" Rocket; Otto's dimwitted but loyal best friend and videographer: Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez; and the brainy techno whiz kid and relative newcomer: Sam "Squid" Dullard — who live in the fictional Southern California beach community of Ocean Shores, where they spend their free time playing varied extreme sports (such as skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding, biking, street hockey, etc.), getting into various situations and overcoming the trials and challenges of growing up.
Otto and Reggie live with their widowed strict but loving father and veteran surfer, Ray "Raymundo" Rocket, who along with his best friend and business partner, Tito Makani, owns and operates the Shore Shack, a combination burger joint and surf shop where the gang usually hang out. In most episodes, they get involved in competitions, but end up learning their friendship is more important than winning.
Characters
Main characters
Oswald "Otto" Rocket (voiced by Joseph Ashton) is the self-appointed and brazen leader of the gang. Otto is a gifted, intrepid, self-absorbed and highly competitive extreme-sports enthusiast who is dedicated to the pursuit of athletic perfection in the hopes of achieving his ambition of becoming a world-famous athlete and in turn becoming one of the world's greatest action-sports superstars of all time. While he can be short-tempered and selfish at times, Otto is a kind and loyal person at heart and will always help his friends and family when they need it most. Although nothing was confirmed or denied, it has been implied that Otto had developed mutually romantic feelings with Lars and Twister's ladylike cousin, Clio. Regina "Reggie" Rocket (voiced by Shayna Fox) is Otto's tomboyish and sassy older sister. Reggie is an aspiring publisher and author who writes and owns The 'Zine, a blog-type magazine that covers everything from extreme sports to "kid politics." Reggie is also an all-star athlete like her talented brother and while she's no less skillful and competitive as him, she has a calmer disposition and possesses greater maturity than him. Reggie tends to be the most sensible and sympathetic member of the gang and she also tends to be the voice of reason within the gang. Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez (voiced by Sam Saletta in the unaired pilot; Ulysses Cuadra in Seasons 1–3 and Gilbert Leal in Season 4) is Otto's best friend and assistant. Twister is not exactly known for his intelligence as not only is he somewhat dimwitted and oblivious, but he also has quite a gullibility streak. But despite his lack of intelligence, Twister has proven that he can be quite clever at times, can keep up with Otto and Reggie in sports and has a real knack for videography and art. He hates being called by his real name and is constantly tormented by his older brother and local bully, Lars. Sam "Squid" Dullard (voiced by Ulysses Cuadra in the unaired pilot; Sam Saletta in Season 1; Gary LeRoi Gray in Seasons 2–3 and Sean Marquette in Season 4) is a Hutchinson, Kansas native and relative newcomer. Sam is nowhere near as athletically gifted as Otto, Reggie and Twister and is usually the most clumsy and timid member of the gang. But what Sam lacks in athletic abilities and self-confidence, he makes up for with his vastly superior intellect, his expert computer programming and electrical engineering skills and being a very impressive goaltender whenever he plays street hockey. Ray "Raymundo" Rocket (voiced by John Kassir) is Otto and Reggie's widowed strict but loving forty-something father, legendary surfer and is the owner and operator of a combination burger joint and surf shop called the Shore Shack. He drives a 1962 Mercury Woodie wagon and has developed a fear of dogs after watching the movie Attack of the 50 Ft. Poodles back when he was just a kid. Tito Makani (voiced by Ray Bumatai) is a retired Hawaiian surfer and self-designed philosopher who not only works side by side with Raymundo to help him run the Shore Shack, but he also provides the gang with helpful advice and valuable life lessons with his own unique brand of wisdom. He usually starts his advice with "Like the ancient Hawaiians say..." Tito has a young nephew named Keoni who occasionally visits Ocean Shores from the Hawaiian Islands to see him.