Hero Elementary
Four students learn superheroics and science together.
Hero Elementary is an animated children's show from Portfolio Entertainment and Twin Cities PBS. It aired on PBS Kids from June 1, 2020, to January 4, 2022. The show was created by Carol-Lynn Parente and Christine Ferraro, both former Sesame Street writers. It follows the Sparks' Crew—Lucita Sky, AJ Gadgets, Sara Snap, and Benny Bubbles—who learn superhero skills from their energetic teacher, Mr. Sparks. The team uses their individual powers and the "Superpowers of Science" to solve problems and help others. The series includes 40 half-hour episodes, each split into two segments.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Children's television series
- Educational
- Superhero
- Creator
- Christine Ferraro; Carol-Lynn Parente
- Based on
- "Super Hero School", Aaron Reynolds
- Voices
- Veronica Hortiguela
- Jadiel Dowlin
- Stephany Seki
- Stacey DePass
- Carlos Díaz
- Director
- Paul Hunt; Suren Perera (ep. 2)
- Country
- United States; Canada
- Language
- English
- Opening theme
- "(You Belong at) Hero Elementary", performed by Divine Brown and Cal Dodd
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Characters
The Sparks' Crew are the main characters of the series. Lucita Sky (voiced by Veronica Hortiguela) is a good-natured and caring Hispanic-American girl who inherited the power of flight from her grandmother. She serves as the leader of the Sparks' Crew. Ironically, she is acrophobic and appears to also suffer from vertigo.
AJ Gadgets (voiced by Jadiel Dowlin) is a brilliant African-American boy who has the power of thought projection, meaning he can project pictures of his own thoughts in front of others, and also enjoys inventing all kinds of gadgets. He has a backpack that contains all his super inventions and doubles as a jet pack for transportation. Though rarely mentioned, AJ is autistic, and especially sensitive to loud noises and wet textures. His autism is revealed in the episode "AJ's Extra Superpower."
Sara Snap (voiced by Stephany Seki) is a tomboyish and mixed Japanese-American girl (it is implied that her mother is Caucasian-American, while her father is Japanese-American) who has both the power of super strength and teleportation. At times, Sara's teleportation can malfunction and take her to the wrong places. She is also allergic to coconuts, which temporarily remove her powers. Benny Bubbles (voiced by Stacey DePass) is a cheerful and good-natured Caucasian-American boy able to create bubbles for various purposes.
He is also an avid animal lover, particularly jumping in to rescue abused or frightened animals during missions. He very often provides comic relief throughout the series, cracking jokes/puns and making flashy introductions. Mr. Enrique Sparks (voiced by Carlos Díaz) is the students' teacher who guides them through their superhero training. Sparks is the narrator of the episodes and also the mentor of the Sparks' Crew.
Like Lucita, Mr. Sparks is of Hispanic descent and fluent in Spanish. He also occasionally drives the Sparks' Crew Van for when the students have missions elsewhere. Fur Blur is a hamster who is the class pet and can run very fast. Fur Blur's thoughts are exposed in large clouds with emojis representing her feelings.
Other characters include Heidi (voiced by Denise Oliver), Jada (voiced by Barbara Mamabolo), Freeze Louise (voiced by Denise Oliver) and Petie Heat (voiced by Cory Doran) who are twin siblings making up "Team Tornado" and possess ice and fire abilities respectively, The Amazing Memory Kid (voiced by Stephany Seki) who is a student in "The Mighty Brights" class wearing a blue memory helmet but despite his name doesn't have a very good memory, "Turbo" Tina (voiced by Ana Sani) who runs really fast, "Rubberband" Robbie (voiced by David Berni) who possesses an elastic body, Dr. Inventorman (voiced by Martin Roach) a hero inventor, Hail Caesar (voiced by Cory Doran) a weather-related superhero, Athletica (voiced by Kristin Fairlie) an athletic superheroine the students idolize, Captain Bounceback (voiced by Alexa Hazael) who has the ability to bounce, and Mrs. Mangia (voiced by Julie Lemieux) the school's cafeteria supervisor.
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