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Supernoobs

Canadian animated television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ21428126
Source-derived summary

Supernoobs is a Canadian animated comedy television series produced by DHX Media, now known as WildBrain, for Cartoon Network and Teletoon. It was created by Scott Fellows in his second animated series after Johnny Test. The series follows four childhood friends as they navigate middle school while fighting the Virus, which is infecting life on Earth. It premiered on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom and Ireland on November 2, 2015.

On January 11, 2018, DHX announced that the second season would air on its Family Channel rather than Teletoon. The second season was picked up by Cartoon Network across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Hulu and YouTube in the United States. The series ended on February 7, 2019.

Premise

After receiving the power of the Battle Balls from the aliens Memnock and Zenblock, 12-year-old best friends Tyler, Kevin, Shope, and Theodore must not only survive middle school, but also fight against the Virus, which is infecting life on Earth and threatens to destroy the universe.

Characters

The Supernoobs

Four middle school students from the town of Cornbury who receive alien orb-like weapons called Battle Balls that grant them powers, which they tend to use irresponsibly when not fighting the Virus.

Tyler Bowman (voiced by Matt Hill) is the wielder of the blue Battle Ball, which gives him the power to teleport and enhances his natural senses, giving him abilities such as mind reading, and also turns his blonde hair blue.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Supernoobs” as canadian animated television series. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2015, 2018, 2019—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Supernoobs, Canadian and animated can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as canadian animated television series. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21428126. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2015, 2018 and 2019.

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Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from Supernoobs” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.