Newbie and the Disasternauts

Newbie and the Disasternauts
Also known as	Nilba e os Desastronautas
Genre	Comedy, Science fiction, Parody
Created by	Ale McHaddo
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language(s)	Portuguese
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39
Production
Running time	7 minutes
Production company(s)	44Toons Padre Anchieta Foundation
Release
Original network	TV Rá-Tim-Bum
Picture format	HDTV
Original release	2011 – 2012

Newbie and the Disasternauts (Portuguese: Nilba e os Desastronautas) is a Brazilian animated television series created by Ale McHaddo. It was produced by 44Toons in association with the Padre Anchieta Foundation which aired on its children's channel TV Rá-Tim-Bum in 2011, after being aired on other channels as the Gloob, TV Cultura and TV Brasil.^[1][2] The cartoon has big influence of American cartoons like Cartoon Network and Nicktoons-style with frequent parodies other series in general. In the United States, it is currently shown on Starz Kids and Family since April 2013.

Remained in production until 2012 and as from 2013 its creator began to focus on another animated comedy series, Osmar: The Heel of the Loaf.^[3]

Plot

Newton "Newbie" Biewsky real name Natasak is an impatient kid who takes it all jokingly and won't stop talking all the time especially in his classroom. In one of those games he buys a stellar trip through a travel organization with rockets entitled to his own crew with her cousin Laika and her monkey friend Albert on the ship SS Geniwald. But in a failed attempt to command the spacecraft finding team captain he ends up in an unknown satellite called Pea Moon where they are getting stuck since then looking for a way to return home.

Characters

• Newbie, a playful and narcissistic boy who became captain of a starship crew Geniwald after their ship landed in the strange Pea Moon.
• Albert, an anthropomorphic monkey guardian of Newbie, get him responsible for the various problems that it creates on the Pea Moon. It is very serious and sarcastic, and constantly cites references to TV shows.
• Laika, a Nilba's cousin. It is a pre-teen girl who shows a lot of maturity unlike his cousin and sometimes comes to help him out of his trouble on the Pea Moon like Albert.
• Zurduki, the main antagonist of the show. It's an alien moon Pea which lies grand and lives trying to break into the ship Geniwald thinking they keep a secret that will help you master the universe, and always failing lives. Is always accompanied by his stupid sidekick Yurkut.

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