Totally Spies
Spies, From Left to Right: Clover, Alex, Sam
Genre	Animated series
Running time	approx. 0:22 Minutes
Creator(s)	Vincent Chalvon-Demersay David Michel
Starring	Andrea Baker Jennifer Hale Katie Griffin Adrian Truss Katie Leigh Jess Harnell
Country of origin	USA France
Original network/channel	See Broadcasting
Original run	November 3, 2001 – Still in Production
No. of episodes	104

Totally Spies! is a French animated television series produced by French company Marathon and formerly Saban Entertainment. Image File history File links spies the best girls in beverly hills Media:Example. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Jennifer Hale Jennifer Hale (born January 1965) is an American actress who has been doing voices for video games, animation, commercials, radio promotions, and movies since 1993. ... Katie Griffin is a Canadian actress. ... Katie Leigh (born December 16, 1958) is an American voice actress. ... Jess Harnell (born December 23, 1963 in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA), is an American voice actor, best known for portraying Wakko Warner and Walter Wolf on Animaniacs. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Saban is a dubbing company known for importing and adapting several Japanese series to North American and international markets for syndication, including both animation and live action shows. ...

Overview

Totally Spies stars three teenaged superspies from Beverly Hills: Sam, Clover, and Alex. They fight international crime with special gadgets supplied by their boss, Jerry, who is the founder and leader of the secret World Organization of Human Protection (WOOHP) agency (it has been incorrectly claimed that the girls work for the CIA.) They must balance their missions with their day-to-day lives, worrying about tests, boys, and their school rival, Mandy - something of a prima donna. Totally Spies is sometimes described as "American" (despite being produced in Europe) due to its strong shojo influence and use of well-known visual gags and cues, as well as its Southern California setting. Thematically, it is reminiscent of the 1970s TV show Charlie's Angels, with Jerry serving as a kind of amalgamation of "Bosley" and "Charlie." Unlike Charlie, however, Jerry is not afraid to reveal himself to his agents. The show displays a retro aesthetic that pays homage to 60s design/fashion, especially "flower power" and the like, as well as the 1980s anime/manga "Dirty Pair". (The suits and jetpacks used by the Dirty Pair in episode 8 of the original tv series are a particularly telling hint at Totally Spies' reference to the show.) American high school students Adolescence is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood (gender-specific, manhood, or womanhood). ... Spy and secret agent redirect here; for alternate use, see Spy (disambiguation) and Secret agent (disambiguation). ... Beverly Hills is the name of some places in the United States of America: Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills, Florida Beverly Hills, Michigan And of possibly a few other places in the world: Beverly Hills, Australia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... The World Organization of Human Protection (or WOOHP) is a secret, worldwide crime-fighting organization in the animated series Totally Spies. ... CIA redirects here. ... Shōjo or shoujo (少女 lit. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Charlies Angels was a television series broadcast from 1976 to 1981, about three women who work for a fictional private investigation agency, the Charles Townsend Agency. ... The outrageously crowded Woodstock festival epitomized the popular antiwar movement of the 60s. ... Dirty Pair (ダーティペア) is a humorous science fiction anime and manga franchise based on the light novel series by Haruka Takachiho. ...

Unlike most shows, the heroes are fairly popular at school. They also change clothes whereas most animated characters do not.

Criticisms

Many, however, consider the show to lack any outstanding qualities. Critics claim the plotlines of Totally Spies are contrived, and that the characters lack depth. For example, nearly every time the girls are caught and about to be eliminated, the enemies leave suddenly, and often without reason (in a deus ex machina). The spies then make their exit easily with a few gadgets, which are almost always disguised as makeup however the gadgets' disguise almost do not serve it's purpose since the show has rarely, if not never, shown any case where the gadgets have to be diguised. The spies' prerogative of keeping their identities a secret are often contradicted since multiple episodes have shown the three in their spy outfit in public and in some cases even televised. In addition, multiple characters could be considered stereotypes, beginning with the materialistic, vain heroes and ending with their villains (who are usually one-dimensional caricatures, frequently anti-consumerists, environmentalists, or just unpopular people). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Several haters of the show have also pointed out the overuse of "mind control" storylines, however, this seems to be a running gag, as it's always Sam that ends up getting controlled.

Despite these criticisms of the series, it has proven popular enough to continue through several seasons.

Characters

Main characters

The Spies. From left to right: Alex, Clover, and Sam.

NOTE: Some people say Clover and Alex's last names are Ewing and Vasquez. However, the show's creator says this is not true and is only a rumor. Likewise, in the episode "Do You Believe In Magic?" Sam introduces herself as "Samantha Simpson" when she enters the Magician's castle, but it is unconfirmed if this is her actual last name.

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Sam

Samantha (Sam for short) is considered to be the smartest member of the trio of girls. She has long red hair and green eyes, and her spy suit is green. She comes up with the plans to solve the mysteries, is an experienced spy, and has made many of the "world's enemies" pay for their doings with her smarts and ability to fight combat sports. Unfortunately, she tends to be brainwashed on a fairly regular basis. She, like Clover and Alex, is stereotypically feminine and shopping-crazy.

Sam is considered the second best fighter. She specializes in kicking techniques and uses the gadgets in her battles, unlike the other two, who mainly rely on hand-to-hand combat.

Jennifer Hale voiced both Sam and Mandy, Clover's rival and the meanest girl in the school.
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Mind Control

There have been a few episodes where Sam has found herself working for the bad guys: although the other girls have done so as well, Sam seems to be the most common victim. Episodes featuring this device often involve Sam getting kidnapped after being found out by the villains of the episode, and then being subjected to mind control and brainwashing techniques, forcing her to serve their cause or to attempt to destroy the rest of the spies. Sam is generally known as the Diane Szalinski of the series; she is the smart one who always gets mind-controlled. The following episodes provide some examples: Mind control (or thought control) has the premise that an outside source can control an individuals thinking, behavior or consciousness (either directly or more subtly). ... Brainwashing or thought reform is the application of coercive techniques to change the beliefs or behavior of one or more people usually for political or religious purposes. ...

• "Spy Gladiators" where, after being captured on a sinister survival reality TV show, Sam has a mind-control collar placed on her neck and is then dressed in gladiator armor. Under the control of a satellite, she nearly drops Alex from a cliff.

• In "Child's Play", Sam is hit by a mind control beam from a "Barkaroo" toy, which causes her to act like a stereotypical child, even to the point where she refuses to do anything unless "Simon says".

• In "W.O.W." she is brainwashed into joining a group of female warriors (most likely inspired by Amazons) and ends up fighting Clover and Alex.

• In "Malled" a mind-control patch is placed on her head, turning her into an anti-consumerist terrorist (ironic because the Spies are always portrayed as rabid consumerists).

• In "Dental? More Like Mental" she is transformed, by a form of laughing gas capable of mind control and a machine that can physically alter mouths and teeth, into an insane dental assistant with enlarged teeth capable of blinding people.

• In "Computer Creep Much" a computer virus is transferred to her by the infected Jerry through the compowder, causing her to act almost as a parody of the Borg ("Resistance is a waste of time...").

• In "Power Yoga Much" she is turned into a martial arts expert to destroy a competing yoga school.

• In the coffee episode, Sam is brainwashed and is used to help create the killing coffee. She dresses in a green suit with a white apron.

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Clover

Her speech and vocal intonations are typical of valley girls, and she is deeply concerned with fashion; even when on a mission, she will often fret about her appearance. She has medium length blonde hair, blue eyes, and is rather ditzy, but loveable. Her spy suit is a bright red color. In the United States, Valley girl, or Val, is a term coined in the 1970s, originally referring to affluent young women living in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California. ...

Clover is also the most romantically active of the three girls. Her interest for wearing fashionable clothes can sometimes be matched only by her interest in boys.

While Sam frequently ends up being brainwashed by the villain of the day, Clover is often subjected to various bodily transformations, such as being turned into a cat-girl or gaining 100 pounds in an hour.

 Clover is the least skilled of the three in battle. She is always the first in a fight and wins a fair number of them yet only seems tough but with no true talent at all. She specializes in hand to hand combat, preferring to rely on her hands and feet rather than gadgets. 

In later episodes, it is made evident that Clover's social life is beginning to interfere with her work as a spy (in one episode, she is talking on her cell phone while Sam and Alex are chasing a villain and as a result the villain was able to escape).

Physical Transformations

Like Sam, Clover is constantly the victim of transformations forced by the villains of the series. However, whilst Sam undergoes mental changes (mind control), Clover often ends up being changed physically, for example:

• Being "modelized" causing her legs to be replaced with much larger "stout, powerful" ones (Model Citizens)

• Being shrunk to the size of a doll (while gaining strength through the effects of compression) (Shrinking).

• Being slowly changed into a human-feline hybrid by a serum containing feline DNA (Wild Style).

• Becoming comically obese after being addicted to Passion Patties (Passion Patties).

• Being turned into a freakishly muscular super-athlete by performance-enhancing "bugs" (It's How You Play the Game).

• Having her hair artificially grown to be used in wigs, the chemicals used causing her to become weak and lethargic (Evil Hair Salon).

• Becoming a circus freak (an elephant-human hybrid) (Freaky Circus Much?).

• Becoming 50 feet tall due to a growth ray.(Attack of the 50 foot tall mandy).

• Being Turned into a child, along with the others.

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Alex

Alexandra, usually referred to as Alex, is the youngest member of the group. She is brown-skinned and dark-haired and wears her hair short, while Clover has shoulder-length blonde hair, and Sam has long, red hair. Alex's spy suit is bright yellow.

Despite being an athlete and fitness junkie, Alex is fairly uncoordinated, being the most clumsy and accident prone of the girls; many episodes state that she is a bad driver. Alex also is the least most girly girl in the group. Alex reacts on instinct, which many times leads the group into more trouble than necessary when dealing with "bad guys". Nevertheless, as part of the group, she helps give villains what they have coming, which is usually jail or other punishment.

For one episode in Season 2 of the series (Episode #45), Alex left the group for a short period, but she later reconsidered her decision and rejoined her friends.

Alex is considered the weakest in battle. She uses her own skills, such as dodging impossibly and jumping at incredibly high heights, but due to her clumsy nature, she constantly screws them up.

Her star sign is Sagittarius, but in Aliens from season one, she was portrayed as a Virgo.

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Bad Luck

Like Sam and Clover, Alex also has a running joke within the series: her clumsiness and bad luck.

In "Stark Raving Mad", she is jinxed after breaking a mirror, and believes the events of the episode to be caused by her bad luck. This is "cancelled out" when Sam and Clover push her through a ladder, causing them to be jinxed.

In "Alex Quits", she eventually becomes tired of her bad luck/clumsiness and, wrongly accusing Britney of being her replacement, temporarily leaves WOOHP.

She is constantly breaking her Com-powder/X-Powder.

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

Jerry is the founder and administrator of WOOHP, the World Organization Of Human Protection. An older middle aged, very serious, British gentleman, he is responsible for briefing the girls on their missions, as well as for providing them with their gadgets at the start of each episode. Image File history File links Jerry_Totally_Spies. ... Image File history File links Jerry_Totally_Spies. ...

Although he has a mostly hands-off role, Jerry has participated in a couple of the girl's missions. Although he appears thin and nonathletic, he has in fact demonstrated highly impressive combat and piloting skills on par with (and perhaps slightly better than) those displayed by the girls themselves.

His mother was introduced in "Mommies Dearest"; a rather overprotective, stereotypical British mother, she is unaware of Jerry's job at WOOHP (he has told her, as a cover-up, that he is in the guest house business), and finds his erratic behaviour around her (caused by his WOOHP job), such as "talking into wallets" and going onto the roof (to talk to the girls) as a reason to wrap him up in cotton wool. A guest house is a private home which has been converted for the exclusive use of guest accommodation. ...

Despite being the leader of the world's premiere spy organization, the security surrounding Jerry is surprisingly lax, and he has been subverted on multiple occasions. In many episodes he has been kidnapped, replaced by an imposter, or brainwashed. Once a villain even shrunk down to microscopic size and entered his brain to control him.

In Season 3, Jerry is paired up with GLADIS, an Artificial Intelligent computer system that runs WOOHP headquarters and produces the spy's gadgets for them. Jerry still gives them their mission briefings, however.

Jerry has been somewhat cursed in his personal life in that all the people he relates to keep turning out to be supervillains. His best friend in college, his wife, GLADIS, and even his own twin brother have all been revealed as villains attempting to kill Jerry or destroy WOOHP.

In the 80's, he was a member of a band known as "Double Digits".

Jerry is voiced by Jess Harnell in Season 1 and 2, and by Adrian Truss in Season 3. Jess Harnell (born December 23, 1963 in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA), is an American voice actor, best known for portraying Wakko Warner and Walter Wolf on Animaniacs. ...

Supporting characters

Mandy

Mandy the Rival of Alex Sam and Clover

Mandy is Sam, Alex, and Clover's rival at school. She is pretty, popular, stylish, arrogant, and downright mean (being of the popular girl stereotype). She also has an incredibly high and squeaky voice with a nasally laugh. Mandy usually dresses in purple outfits. Image File history File links Mandy. ... Image File history File links Mandy. ... The popular girl is a stock character in most fiction. ...

The rivalry between her and Clover is most pronounced, as they often compete for boys, popularity, and bragging rights, and many other things. Mandy will go out of her way to annoy the girls (and vice versa), and is often accompanied by her two friends, Catlin and Dominique. Mandy is also known to have an entire fan club dedicated to her at school. A fan club is a group that is dedicated to a well known person, group, idea (such as history) or sometimes even an inanimate object (such as a famous building). ...

Mandy generates mixed feelings among the fans of the show. Some dislike her as a shallow plot device and accuse her of being one-dimensional. Others defend her as a running gag who is necessary to keep the girls' lives at school and society as interesting as their lives at WOOHP. (Others criticize her for being a running gag used to keep the girls' lives at school interesting.) Jennifer Hale voices Mandy Jennifer Hale Jennifer Hale (born January 1965) is an American actress who has been doing voices for video games, animation, commercials, radio promotions, and movies since 1993. ...

At one point she joined WOOHP but was dismissed (and was erased of any memory of it) after one episode, due to her unwillingness to work with her teammates (namely Alex, Sam and Clover), and lazy attitude when it came to the mission. Her spy outfit was dark purple.

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David

David is a desirable guy in whom all three of the girls (as well as their nemesis Mandy) are romantically interested. He was introduced in the episode "It's How You Play The Game". He loves the arts: guitar playing, poetry, painting, etcetera. He also has a love of nature and history and hates rejection.

He works at the Groovy Smoothie Shack and he seems to be the jumping off point for many of Clover, Alex, and Sam's personal predicaments while they try to get him to notice them. This seems to befall Clover the most as she and Mandy (the school's resident spoiled brat and all around mean girl) compete for David's affections. David is blissfully oblivious to the girls' attempts to garner his attention and leaves the girls' stunned with his smile as he leaves to go help at a soup kitchen or fulfill another duty. A spoiled brat (alternatively spelled spoilt brat) is a child whose parents let it get its way in most things and thus worsen greed, selfishness, and arrogance in the child. ...

Arnold

Arnold is a classmate of the girls, and is apparently the leader of the school's geeks. He is a perpetuation of the stereotype that intelligent people who may seem geeky are not cool. Arnold is smart but socially inept, and just a wee bit unpleasant. In some episodes he acts as a sycophant and minion of Mandy's, yet in other episodes he gets teased by her. He mostly acts as an obstacle to the girls and their goals.

In one episode Arnold accidentally acquired a magic ring that allowed him to steal the "coolness" from other people, becoming a "cool guy" himself. (Drawing further criticism, because this suggests that "cool" is inherent to a person's being, or encoded in their DNA.) The power quickly got to his head, and he turned into a supervillain intent on draining the coolness from everyone else in Beverly Hills. He put up a good fight, but was eventually defeated by the girls (with some assistance from a villainous magician who also wanted the ring). Like Mandy, his memory was erased by WOOHP and he was back at school the next day as though nothing had happened. Although he did have some memories, he thought they were just part of a dream he had. He also managed to defeat Clover and Mandy in contests for and Head Cheerleader. Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ...

Britney

Britney is the newest recruit to the team and was introduced in the episode "Alex Quits". Her hairstyle is somewhat a mixture of the 3 main girls' hairstyles, having Sam's length, Clover's bangs, and Alex's hair color (though slightly lighter). She has purple eyes and sports a baby blue spy suit. She appears to be of Asian descent.

Her main asset in the field is her intelligence as she appears to be smarter than Sam, who was the team's resident genius. In fact, it was Britney's quick thinking skills and seeming perfection that incited Alex's jealousy, which in turn (along with feelings of being replaced) lead her to quit (though she did return and save Sam, Clover, and Britney from certain destruction near the end of the episode). At the end of the episode however, it was revealed that Britney was only with the girls for field training and was assigned to her own team.

In her next appearance (Episode 64: Escape From WOOHP Island), Britney had somewhat more of a starring role, as the three girls had to rescue her for the mission. Britney's plane was pulled down onto WOOHP Island (the organization's top secret holding facility) by the very same villain she originally put in jail. On its way down, the chopper took out the island's security system, enabling its residents to run free, but also setting the island to self destruct in a matter of hours. The girls came to her assistance, but it appears she did most of the work. She defeated the alien monster by jamming its hearing (by means of an auditory device) and also led the attack on the island's villains. She used an instant plant growth spray to capture all of the villains except Willard, who was armed with the weapon that brought down her helicopter. Although he managed to remove her spray, it was really of no use as she took care of him personally by displaying her impressive fighting skills (though this was hinted at in her first appearance).

Britney's two teammates, boys named Javier and Dimitri, were shown in her second appearance though they have yet to make an actual appearance in the show.

After two episodes, the only information given on Britney's personal life is that she enjoys chess and is the captain of her school's cheerleading squad. It has also been hinted at that she shops as much as the girls as well. Britney is seen by fans as the "Mary Sue" stereotype. Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players. ... Mary Sue (or simply Sue) is a pejorative expression for a fictional character who is an idealized stand-in for the author, or for a story with such a character. ...

Villains

For the first three seasons, the villains featured in the series were generally one-shot characters used for a single episode. Most of them intend to oppose the world because they have suffered some major disappointment (like being constantly rejected by men) or trauma. Only a few villains ever made a second appearance, which always focused around them attempting to get revenge on the girls for foiling their original scheme.

In Season 4, the show gives the Spies an actual arch-nemesis in the form of Terry Lewis, Jerry's evil twin brother. Terence was supposed to be the show's final villain, being the main antagonist of the 3-part episode "Evil Promotion Much?", originally intended as the series finale. When the show was renewed for a 4th season, Terence was brought back and given a major role as the main enemy of the girls. He forms a Legion of Doom-style organization called LAMOS, comprised of the show's recurring villains, in order to battle the spies. Series finale is a promotional/advertising term used to describe the final episode of a television series, usually a sitcom or a drama. ... The Hall of Doom, the Legion of Dooms headquarters The Legion of Doom was a group of supervillains led by Lex Luthor that appeared in Super Friends, a 1970s and 1980s animated series that starred superheroes from DC Comics. ...

Below is a list of the series' few recurring villains, most of which become members of LAMOS in Season 4.

Terence Lewis

Terence "Terry" Lewis

Terry Lewis (normally referred to as Terence) is Jerry's twin brother. He had surgery to alter his appearance so as not to resemble his twin. In the 3-Part Season 3 season finale Evil Promotion Much?, the spies were selected for promotion to the next level due to their stunning success, and were sent to Terence for the training they would require to become Super Spies. At first, Terence appeared to be an easy-going, relaxed administrator. Image File history File links Terence_Totally_Spies. ... Image File history File links Terence_Totally_Spies. ...

However, the spies ultimately discovered that Terence was secretly Jerry's twin brother as well as the mastermind behind an elaborate plot to eliminate Jerry so that he could seize control of WOOHP's secret army of killer robots and take over the world. Terence's prime motive was an intense lifelong hatred of his twin brother stemming from an incident in 4th grade where Jerry and him would give each other the answers and someone found out. Jerry accused Terence of it. Terence even tried killed his own brother Jerry in cold blood (Jerry got better later). However, Terence was ultimately defeated by the spies...

Terence returned in Season 4, where he became the girls' arch-nemesis and the main villain of the series. Terence formed the organization LAMOS (League Aiming to Menace and Overthrow the Spies), a collection of recurring villains from the show's previous seasons, in an attempt to defeat the girls, take control of WOOHP, and conquer the world.

In Season 4, Terence is much more maniacal than he was in the Season 3 season finale, and has even replaced his original white business suit with an outlandish Napoleonic military uniform (complete with monocle). Joseph Chamberlain wearing a monocle A monocle is a type of corrective lens, descended from the Quizzing glasses of the 1700s, used to correct the vision in only one eye. ...

Tim Scam

Tim Scam

Tim Scam is the show's most frequently recurring villain (with the exception of Terence). Having appeared in a total of four episodes, Scam was the one foe the girls had faced the most frequently, until the introduction of arch-villain Terence in Season 4. Scam is also the only villain to have appeared in every single season of the series. A former agent of WOOHP, Scam and his projects were expelled from WOOHP due to budget cuts, and he has since sought revenge against the organization. Image File history File links TimScam_Totally_Spies. ... Image File history File links TimScam_Totally_Spies. ...

He first appeared in the show's second episode The New Jerry, in which he had kidnapped Jerry and replaced him as director of WOOHP (masquerading as "Mac Smit", "Tim Scam" spelled backwards) in order to use WOOHP's resources for his own ambitions. However, the spies figured out his real intentions and put a stop to his plans and rescued Jerry. Since then, he has been a perpetual thorn in WOOHP's side, always coming back with some new plan to destroy WOOHP or the girls. In Mommies Dearest, Scam attempted to get revenge on the Spies by kidnapping their mothers and brainwashing them into lethal assassins bent on killing the girls. In Morphing is Sooo 1987, Scam attempts to infiltrate and destroy WHOOP using "liquid-metal" robots capable of mimicking the appearance of others. Robert Patrick in police disguise. ...

Tim Scam is highly intelligent; he originally developed a heat-ray capable of evaporating the Earth's oceans while working for WOOHP, and most recently has created a substance that can mimic other people's appearances called Scamlar. He will likely remain a persistent nuisance to Jerry and the spies.

Unlike the show's other villains, who are usually "themed" bad guys whose personalities typically center around a single bizarre personality disorder or childhood trauma, Scam comes across as completely sane (albeit sociopathic). Also, unlike the other villains, whose plans generally involve indulging in their twisted obsessions (which often involves brainwashing people), Scam just wants to kill for killing's sake (his first scheme involved destroying the world by dehydrating the oceans).

Dr. Gilee

A more classical "James Bond"-style supervillain, Gilee is a scientific mastermind who theorized that mankind was too evil and destructive to survive, and thus planned to eliminate humanity by freezing the planet while he and his henchmen remained safe in Gilee's remote mountain fortress. He was defeated by the girls in The Iceman Cometh. He appears to have an interest in Clover. The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. ...

In Ski Trip, Gilee escaped from prison and began stalking the girls on their school skiing trip. Blaming Clover for his defeat, He concocted a diabolical plan to get revenge by kidnapping Clover and forcing her to play a game of chess against him. Unfortunately for him, to Gilee one teenage girl looked like Clover.(Mandy)

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Sebastian

Sebastian was the villain in A Thing for Musicians, the first episode of the show. He appears in A Thing for Musicians and Stark Raving Mad. An elderly, musically-themed villain, Sebastian was once a famous guitar player, but a bizarre accident severely injured the left side of his body and destroyed his left hand, leaving him bitter and unable to play the guitar. He has a metal prosthesis for a left hand, and a Flock of Seagulls haircut to conceal the left side of his face (based on his hairstyle and musically-themed crimes, he may be a parody of Mike Score and the band). A United States soldier demonstrates Foosball with two prosthetic limbs In medicine, a prosthesis is an artificial extension that replaces a missing part of the body. ... A Flock of Seagulls was a British New Wave band that found success in the U.S. in the early 1980s. ...

In A Thing for Musicians, Sebastian is introduced as the manager for fledgling rock star Ricky. Sebastian planned to play hypnotic music during Ricky's music concert in order to hypnotize the crowd into attacking the world's governments. However, the spies confronted Sebastian at the concert and foiled his plans, forcing him to attempt an escape in his personal helicopter. The spies turned Sebastian's own trick against him by targeting the helicopter with a transmitter playing the hypnotic music, capturing Sebastian and sending him to jail. Mil (Russian Federation) Mi-8, by far the most common model of helicopter in the world with more than 12 thousand units built, sixfold quantity comparing to production of the second most common model Sikorsky S-70. ...

In Stark Raving Mad, Sebastian returned intending to get revenge on the girls by sabotaging local raves with hypnotic music that made people go crazy and start riots. Sebastian used his raves to destroy the spies' places of interest such as the skating store, the museum, and the Beverly mall. After telling the girls his plan he attempted to destroy Beverly High, but was foiled once again.

Marco Lumiere

The villain of the 2-part Season 1 Season Finale A Spy is Born, Lumiere is an eccentric Hollywood director outcast from the mainstream film community for his bizarre methods. In revenge, he concocted a scheme to kidnap the biggest Hollywood stars and take them to his private island, filled with various killer robots and deathtraps. There, the actors would star in Lumiere's own personal action movie where all the dangers and deaths would be real.

Unfortunately for the spies, Lumiere also ended up kidnapping Alex, who was impersonating one of the targeted Hollywood stars. The spies made their way to Lumiere's private island, and together with Alex managed to rescue the stars and defeat Lumiere.

Lumiere escapes from prison in "0067", where he then manipulates Jerry into eliminating all of Hollywood's producers. He plan was thwarted by the Spies and Jerry.

Lumiere bears a remarkable resemblance to Oliver Stone's younger, disheveled 1980's appearance. This is probably deliberate, as most of the other Hollywood stars seen in the episode are obviously parodies of real life celebrities. Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is an Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ...

Geraldine Husk

Geraldine Husk is the founder and administrator of S.P.I. (Super Protection International), a rival spy agency to WOOHP. In S.P.I., S.P.I. agents continually managed to capture various international criminals before the girls managed to, bringing lots of positive publicity to S.P.I. and making WOOHP appear ineffective. The world governments eventually disbanded WOOHP and replace it with S.P.I. Investigating S.P.I. further, the girls discovered that the "international criminals" S.P.I. had been capturing were in fact employees of S.P.I., and that all the criminal incidents had been set up by Geraldine in order to build up S.P.I. and embarrass WOOHP. Geraldine started S.P.I. to get revenge on WOOHP; when she was a teenager, she had applied to WOOHP for a position as a spy, but her application was rejected. The girls managed to defeat their S.P.I. counterparts and expose Geraldine as a fraud.

In Super Agent Much?, Geraldine returned with a scheme to secretly modify Clover into a superspy. As a result of Geraldine's secret modifications, Clover slowly began to become much more competent and demonstrated nearly superhuman abilities, but also became more aggressive and sociopathic. Geraldine ultimately recruited the modified Clover into S.P.I., and ordered her to kill her friends. The girls managed to convince Clover to fight off the modifications, and Geraldine was foiled once again.

Geraldine Husk appears to be a parody of Emma Peel from the 1960's spy TV series The Avengers. Her hairstyle and outfit are nearly identical to Emma's, and "Husk" and "Peel" both are words that describe fruit rinds. The Avengers, John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and Emma Peel (Diana Rigg), appear on the cover of a 1994 reprint of an Avengers novel co-written by Macnee. ... The most famous incarnation of The Avengers, John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) appear on the cover of a 1994 reprint of an Avengers novel co-written by Macnee. ...

Helga Von Guggen

Helga Von Guggen is a rogue fashion designer and one of the show's more regular villains. She appeared in two episodes (Wild Style and Fashion Faux Pass) and has a bodyguard, Trode, to do her bidding. A bodyguard is a person who protects someone (known as their principal) from personal assault, kidnapping, assassination, loss of confidential information, or other threats. ...

In Wild Style, Trode met the spies while they were investigating the mass disappearances of cruise ships along with their crews and passengers. Unknown to them, Helga was the mastermind behind the abductions, and instructed Trode to infect one of the spies with her mutation serum, resulting in Clover being mutated into a cat-girl. At Helga's hideout, Helga revealed to the spies that she was using the serum to turn humans into animal-like creatures in order to produce instant-fitting pelt coats. Ultimately, Helga fell victim to her own mutation serum and transformed into a massive Chimera-like mutant monster, but was defeated and captured by the girls. In Greek mythology, the Chimera (or, as in Latin, Chimaera) is a monstrous creature made of the parts of multiple animals. ...

InFashion Faux Pas, Helga returned with a scheme to use Mystique fashion clothes to strangle people to death. At her hideout, she told the spies her plan, and ordered Trode to keep an eye on them. In the end, she was turned in and captured again.

Willard

Willard, a mad scientist, is an extremely slow man. He talks slowly, he moves slowly, he lives his entire life slowly. After deciding that the rest of the world was too fast, Willard invented a ray that slows down time, and in Alex Quits attempted to use the ray to slow the rest of the world down so that everyone else would be slow like him. He managed to capture the spies (including new recruit Britney) with his slow ray, but was ultimately defeated by Alex and Britney.

In Escape from WOOHP Island, the spies ultimately discover that Willard is the mastermind behind an escape attempt from WOOHP's maximum security prison island. Leading a band of other global enemies, Willard shot down Britney's plane, forcing her to crash on the island. He intended to use a robotic duplicate of Britney to kill the spies when they arrived to rescue their colleague, then escape in the spies' plane. However, the spies accidentally unmasked the duplicate, forcing Willard to reveal himself and attack them directly. During the fight Willard showed that, despite his slowness, he actually knows some very fast martial arts. However, he was ultimately defeated by the real Britney, who arrived just in time to rescue the spies.

Running Jokes

There are several minor running gags on the series. An anthropomorphized running gag from the webcomic 1/0. ...

The main ones are the constant fates of the spies (Sam becoming a victim of mind control, Clover becoming a victim of metamorphosis and Alex being clumsy), but there are more, including the "If the pilot's out here/dead/unconscious, then who's flying the plane/chopper?", which always immediately results in the plane or helicopter suddenly lurching downwards as if to crash-land. Another concerns the UPWATI gadget; whenever the UPWATI is mentioned, one of the spies says "UP-whatty?".

Easter Eggs

Several easter eggs have been hidden throughout the show. One example would be in ep 33. Green With N.V., one of the scenes shows Alex, Clover & Sam next to a tall pillar that has a Totally Spies sign on it and a picture representing a disco version of the spies used as a promo on one of the TS websites.

Gadgets

Every mission WOOHP assigns the Spies involves several gadgets given to the spies by Jerry (or, in series 3 and later, GLADIS). (Missions not assigned by WOOHP usually use old gadgets kept by the girls in case of emergencies.)

WOOHP gadgets often have acronyms that spell out ironic or comical words (often accompanied by reactions from the spies) such as RASH and KURTT. Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ...

Almost all missions involve the red, green and yellow suits, but these are sometimes overridden by other apparel (for example the UPWATI)

Most gadgets are pink, but in season 3 the colour purple mostly replaced pink as the primary colour for gadgets.

Compowder/X-Powder

The Compowder is the communications device used by the Spies when talking to Jerry, his associates or, rarely, other teens. It resembles a make-up kit, hence the name. In the third it is upgraded an x-powder which adds the ability to instantly change outfits, it is often used for disguises and to change the girls into their spy uniforms. It can also change the appearance of vehicles so it assumed it can change anything. Another new feature is that when the girls are talking to Jerry, he shows up a a hologram, insted of on the screen. Jerry, being a male, uses a communications device disguised as a wallet instead of a compowder. It is shown that in addition to its features used for spying it can also be used to play videos, listen to music, and be used a a pager and cell phone. It should be noted that Alex has broken her Compowder/X-Powder many times. Cosmetics or makeup are substances to enhance the beauty of the human body, apart from simple cleaning. ... This article is about the photographic technique. ... An example of a wallet A wallet is a small (usually pocket-sized) storage device used to keep credit cards, cash, drivers licenses and other such items in one place. ...

Jetpack Backpacks

These are used in many missions to ease transport from place to place. They often have a finite fuel resource, which makes them of limited use in chases. They also have turbo speed modes, which can be used, above all, to blast open doors. In Season three, they are upgraded, hence the change in appearance. The Newer version includes wings and look less cloth like when not in use. In terms of internal-combustion, most often Turbo is short for turbine supercharger. ...

U.P.W.A.T.I.

The U.P.W.A.T.I. (Underwater Power Walking Apparatus That's Inconspicuous) is a gadget used for walking/swimming underwater. As well as being featured in two episodes, it also has its own running joke ("Up-whatty?")

G.L.A.D.I.S.

G.L.A.D.I.S. (Gadget Lending And Distribution Interactive System) is Jerry's assistant. Jerry also created it/her, which/who seems to have its own personality.

K.U.R.T.T.

The K.U.R.T.T.is a road vehicle capable of metamorphosing into any wheeled vehicle. It is at first disliked by the spies, as it is in incognito mode (a brown 70's-esque car), but they soon discover its abilities and put it in sports mode, racer mode and also, at the end, a limousine. The name could be a possible reference to the car, KITT, that Michael Knight drives in Knight Rider. Disruptions in organized traffic flow can create delays lasting hours. ... KITT on display at Universal Studios. ... Knight Rider was a popular US 1980s television show. ... Knight Rider was a popular United States television show that ran between September 26, 1982 and August 8, 1986. ...

Laser Lipstick

A Laser disguised as a stick of lipstick. It is used a lot in the first two seasons but seems to have fallen out of use since. In Danny Phantom the same thing is used. Danny Phantom is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios, and distributed outside the United States by the Canadian animation company Nelvana, the same as The Fairly OddParents. ...

Laser Nailfile

A laser disguised as a nailfile. It seems to replace the Lipstick in the 3rd and 4th season.

Tornado In a Can of Hairspray

A can of hair Spray that causes a tornado when sprayed. Jereldine used a similar item called tornado in tub to eliminate the spies in one episode (she failed though)

Pogo Gogo Boots

They look identical to the spies standard footwear but with special capabilites. Just like the Just Sticky Enough Gloves they are fitted with suction pads allowing them to stand on ceilings or walk up walls

Just Sticky enough gloves

Gloves that allows the spies to stick to any surface. It is often remarked by the spies that the Gloves aren't stick enough as they often give out causing them to get caught by the villains.

Cat Fight Gloves

Gloves with retractable claws. Ideal for hand to hand combat.

Bungee Belts

Belt that launches its beltbuckle and the attached cable. The buckle seems to be able to stick to any surface. As it is a piece of standard equipment after its first appearance, it is the belt that the spies wear every time they go on a mission.

M-ray Contact Lenses (in aquamarine)

Contact lenses that allow the user to see through objects. Initially they only work on metal but later they seem to be able to be used to see outlines of people when looking at nonmetal objects. They are often kept in a case in the Com-powder/X-powder. Contrary their name, They are red, Not Blue-green.

Drill heel Boots

A pair of boots with a drill hidden in the heel, they are perfect for digging. When not in use they look identical to the spies standard footwear.

Multi-Function Charm Braceles

Well, the name is self-explanatory. It's a pink bracelet used for multi reasons. E.G. In Futureshock! Clover uses the braclets to deactivate the Whoop security panel at the entrance.(Due to faliure of access)

Episodes

Season one - 2001-2002

1. A Thing for Musicians
2. Queen for A Day
3. The New Jerry
4. Get Away
5. Eraser
6. Model Citizens
7. The Fugitives
8. Abductions
9. Child's Play
10. Silicon Valley Girls
11. Spy Gladiators
12. Shrinking
13. Aliens
14. Man or Machine
15. Wild Style
16. Black Widows
17. Passion Patties
18. Stuck In the Middle-Ages With You
19. Evil Boyfriend
20. Game Girls
21. Iceman Cometh
22. Spies Vs. Spies
23. Do You Believe In Magic?
24. Soul Collector
25. A Spy is Born (Pt. I)
26. Malled
27. Vacation:The Getaway

Season two - 2003-2004

27. A Spy is Born (Pt. II)
28. I Want My Mummy
29. Evil Hair Salon
30. The Yuck Factor
31. It's How You Play the Game
32. Here Comes the Sun
33. Green with N.V.
34. Boy Bands Will Be Boys Banned
35. I, Dude
36. Mommies Dearest
37. Zooney World
38. First Brat
39. W.O.W.
40. Stark Raving Mad
41. Starstruck
42. S.P.I.
43. Animal World
44. Nature Nightmare
45. Alex Quits
46. Totally Switched
47. Ski Trip
48. The Elevator
49. Matchmaker
50. Brain Drain
51. Fashion Faux Pas
52. Toying Around

Season Three - UNDERCOVER - 2004-2005

53. Physics 101 Much?
54. Freaky Circus Much?
55. Computer Creep Much?
56. Space Much?
57. Morphing Is Sooo 1987
58. Evil Coffee Shop Much?
59. Forward to the Past
60. Planet of the Hunks
61. Super Nerd Much?
62. The Incredible Bulk
63. Dental? More Like Mental
64. Escape From WOOHP Island
65. Scam Camp Much?
66. Evil G.L.A.D.I.S. Much?
67. Super Agent Much?
68. Evil Airlines Much?
69. Creepy Crawly Much?
70. Truth Or Scare
71. Feng Shui Is Like So Passé
72. Evil Valentines Much?
73. Halloween--Though some sources state that it was known as "Halloween is Like, So Pagan" according to its production notes.
74. Power Yoga Much?
75. Head Shrinker Much?
76. Evil Promotion Much? Part 1
77. Evil Promotion Much? Part 2
78. Evil Promotion Much? Part 3

Season Four - 2006

79. The Dream Teens
80. Futureschock!
81. I Hate The 80s
82. The O.P
83. Evil Jerry
84. Alex Gets Schooled
85. Attack Of The 50 Foot Mandy
86. Deja Cruise
87. Arnold The Great
88. "0067"
89. Mime Your Own Business
90. Mani-Maniac Much?
91. Evil Bouquets Are Sooo Passe…
92. Evil Heiress Much?
93. Evil Ice Cream Man Much?
94. Sis-KaBOOM-Bah!
95. Beauty Is Skin Deep
96, 97. Like, So Totally Not Spies
98. The Suavest Spy
99. Spy Soccer
100. Spies On The Farm
101. Spies In Space
102. Totally Busted (part 1)
103. Totally Busted (part 2)
104. Totally Busted (part 3)

Season Five

Currently in production.

Broadcasting

In the United Kingdom and Latin America the series is being broadcasted on Jetix. In the United States it is shown on Cartoon Network. In parts of Asia it is shown on the Disney Channel like its sister production Martin Mystery. In Canada it is shown on Teletoon. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... This article is about a brand Jetix. ... Cartoon Network is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... ... Martin Mystery (2005) is an animated television series. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Trivia

• As seen above, nearly every episode of Season 3 has the word "much" at the end of its title.
• The theme song is based on the Xenomania produced song "Here We Go" by Moonbaby, and was later featured on an album by the British pop group Girls Aloud.
• An untitled Totally Spies movie is planned for 2007.
• The favoured helicopter of the villains of Totally Spies seems to be the Mi-24 Russian attack helicopter, as it is featured in every episode involving a bad guy using a copter transport.
• The show takes place in 2005, as discovered in Futureshock.
• A few dolls of the series were made in 2005.
• In the episode "Super Agent Much?" people somewhat like Martin, Marvin, and Diana from the animated cartoon "Martin Mystery" appear as cameos.
• Many fans on messages boards have questioned Alex's race, wondering if is she Hispanic or African-American or mixed with both

Xenomania members Niara Scarlett and Giselle Sommerville on the sleeve to their 2004 Mania single Looking For A Place To Go. Xenomania are one of the UKs leading pop production houses, put together by writer and producer Brian Higgins. ... Miranda Cooper is a member of the UK-based Xenomania writing and production team founded by Brian Higgins. ... What Will the Neighbours Say? is the second album by British all-girl pop group Girls Aloud. ... Girls Aloud are one of the most successful girl groups in the United Kingdom. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mil Mi-24 is a large combat helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport operated from 1976 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Totally Spies official website
• Homepage on Cartoon Network (USA)
• Totally Spies at the Internet Movie Database
• Totally Spies at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Totally Spies Picture Archive
• World Organization of Human Protection