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  • Atomic Betty The Future is Now! (Season 3, Episode 26)
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    TV Episode | Animation, Action, Adventure

Atomic Betty

The Future is Now! (Season 3, Episode 26)
TV-Y7
TV Episode | Animation, Action, Adventure

It is Betty's thirteen birthday, and Betty's family and friends are arranging a surprise birthday party. Meanwhile, after years of work, X-5 has managed to complete a working time machine. As a sign of the accomplishment, Admiral DeGill is...See moreIt is Betty's thirteen birthday, and Betty's family and friends are arranging a surprise birthday party. Meanwhile, after years of work, X-5 has managed to complete a working time machine. As a sign of the accomplishment, Admiral DeGill is ordered to present the time machine at the Galactic Council. However, this is a trap set by Maximus, who captures the time machine and travels into the future, with Sparky, X-5, Beatrixo, and Admiral DeGill as hostages. A downcast Betty and Noah, both having eluded capture, returns to Betty's birthday party, where a hand-me-down "re-gift" from Penelope inspires her to repair a prototype time machine (its only flaw being that it turned its occupants into gelatin) to full working order and travel to the future. Betty and Noah arrive in the year 2013 to find a dystopic Moose Jaw. Maximus has taken control of Earth, and the Galactic Guardians have been reduced to a small pocket of resistance, consisting of the seventeen-year-old Atomic Betty as well as teenage future versions of Noah, Chaz, Regeena, and Penelope. After the prototype time machine is destroyed, the Galactic Guardians of the present and future launch an attack against Maximus in his Earth stronghold on Beatrixo's farm in a bid to capture the original time machine, which results in their own capture. After gloating that the four present-day hostages are scattered about the universe, the present Betty manages to trick Maximus into "repairing" his time machine (ostensibly to prevent motion sickness by its occupants), before a timely distraction by the future Penelope allows Betty and Noah to take the time machine themselves and travel back to the past. Back in the present, Betty convinces X-5 to present the flawed prototype instead of the working model, and the others of Maximus' impending trap. The better-equipped Galactic Guardians manage to drive off Maximus, but Maximus manages to capture the prototype time machine. When he tries to use it, it predictably fails, turning him and Minimus into green gelatin. Meanwhile, Betty, Noah, and Beatrixo return to the birthday party, where their secret is accidentally leaked to Penelope (on a note written by the teenage future Penelope planted on Noah's clothing), who simply believes the galactic secret to be a fabrication and thinks that Betty is always nothing but a loser. After Penelope leaves, Betty is relieved and calls future Betty, wishing her a happy birthday and thanking her for everything. Future Betty also wishes Betty a happy birthday and hopes to talk to her soon. After the call, Betty is then joined by her friends and family, all whom share a laugh together, thus concluding the series. See less
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Creators
Trevor Bentley (creator) | Mauro Casalese (creator) | Bob Davies (creator) (as Rob Davies) | Kevin Gillis (developed by) | Olaf Miller (creator)
Directors
Mauro Casalese (supervising director) | Kenneth Chu | Virginie Jallot (director: France) | Ridd Sorensen (segment "Crash Test Noah: Unmasked!") | Dave Woodgate
Writer
Morgan Barnes (written by)
Producers
Bob Davies (producer) (as Rob Davies) | Kevin Gillis (producer) | Virginie Jallot (producer)
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Status
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Updated Jan 29, 2008

Release date
Jan 29, 2008 (Canada)
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12 cast members
Name Known for
Tajja Isen
Betty (voice) Betty (voice)   See fewer
Rick Miller
Sparky (voice) Sparky (voice)   See fewer
Bruce Hunter
X-5 (voice) X-5 (voice)   See fewer
Adrian Truss
Admiral DeGill (voice) Admiral DeGill (voice)   See fewer
Colin Fox
Maximus I.Q. (voice) Maximus I.Q. (voice)   See fewer
Dwayne Hill
Minimus / Mr. Parker (voice) Minimus / Mr. Parker (voice)   See fewer
Jayne Eastwood
Betty's Grandma (voice) Betty's Grandma (voice)   See fewer
Kristina Nicoll
Betty's Mom (voice) Betty's Mom (voice)   See fewer
Scott McCord
Chaz (voice) Chaz (voice)   See fewer
Leah Renee
Regeena (voice) (as Leah Cudmore) Regeena (voice) (as Leah Cudmore)   See fewer
Catherine Disher
Penelope (voice) Penelope (voice)   See fewer
Laurie Elliott
Noah (voice) Noah (voice)   See fewer
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