The Troop
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The cast of The Troop in the first season (from left to right): Gage Golightly (Hayley), Nicholas Purcell (Jake), John Marshall Jones (Mr. Stockley) and David Del Rio (Felix).
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| Genre | Action-comedy/Science-fiction/Teen Sitcom |
| Created by |
Max Burnett Greg Coolidge Chris Morgan |
| Starring |
Nicholas Purcell Gage Golightly David Del Rio (season 1) Matt Shively (season 2) Malese Jow (season 2) John Marshall Jones |
| Theme music composer | Reg Powell (season 1 only) |
| Opening theme | "Troop DeVille" (season 1) "Super Stars" (season 2) both composed by Backhouse Mike |
| Country of origin | United States Canada Europe |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 40 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Max Burnett Greg Coolidge Jay Kogen Thomas W. Lynch |
| Location(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Camera setup | Film; Single-camera |
| Running time | approx. 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Tom Lynch Company Studios Nickelodeon Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Nickelodeon (2009–11) Nicktoons (2012–13) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | September 12, 2009 – May 8, 2013 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Troop is an American-Canadian live-action, single camera comedy-adventure television series about a trio of teenagers who fight and capture monsters and other supernatural phenomena that invade the fictional town of Lakewood. Created and executive produced by Max Burnett, Greg Coolidge and Chris Morgan, the series premiered on Nickelodeon on September 18, 2009.
The second season premiered on June 25, 2011 and Nickelodeon cancelled the series midway through its second season. The remaining episodes of season 2 were aired on Nicktoons with the series finale airing on May 8, 2013.
The show revolves around Jake, an average teenager who wants to create his own comic book series and is enlisted by his school counselor Mr. Stockley to join "The Troop" a secret society that protects the world from monsters and creatures. Additional squad members include his fellow students, Hayley, the most popular girl in school and Felix, the school's main nerd. Teenagers are chosen for the troop because their minds are more accepting of the strange things in the world, but they are old enough to understand the responsibilities that are entailed. It is shown that once you grow too old monsters become more frightening. For some it is a small fear, for others it becomes completely terrifying to even look at a monster's picture. The pilot was shot in 2008 and the show itself has been described as "Men in Black at a suburban high school".
The show premiered to 3.5 million viewers on September 12, 2009 (premiering as a "Special Preview") right after iCarly's "iThink They Kissed". The show officially premiered a week later. In March 2010, the series was picked up for a second season.
On October 15, 2010, it was announced that Malese Jow and Matt Shively would join the cast of The Troop when the show enters its second season. Both Jow and Shively previously co-starred on Nickelodeon series prior to The Troop, Jow co-starred in Unfabulous and Shively co-starred in True Jackson, VP. David Del Rio announced in January 2011 that he would not be renewing his contract for the second season due to other commitments and would become a recurring cast member after episode 28. His character, Felix, moves to the International Troop and will no longer be a member of the Lakewood Troop.
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