Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist is a children's animated television series, which is an international co-production between March Entertainment in Canada and SLR Productions in Australia.
Plot It is the year 3000. Dex Hamilton, a young entomologist and wildlife explorer is called into action when insect-like aliens crawling through the galaxy create a dangerous rift between man and nature. Accompanied by his team of scientists, Zap Monogan, Jenny 10 and Tung "the fantastic frog boy", Dex sets out to observe and capture these strange specimens.
Meanwhile, a villain is genetically modifying super bugs to destroy all worlds.
Characters
Dex Hamilton (voiced by Dwayne Hill) is an entomologist with a great love for insects. He runs The Habitat, where he and the others maintain a large variety of different habitats in which they can observe insects they've captured for study. He has a Broad Australian accent. Sally Keaner (voiced by Melissa Altro) is a wildlife explorer and reporter who occasionally allies with Dex and his team on different situations. She has a pursuit of beauty, and has a phobia towards some of the alien insects, notably the Devil Banshees. She has a Canadian accent. Zap Monogan (voiced by Lyon Smith) is a human/insect hybrid who was found by Dex a few months before the series. He has a very laid-back attitude which can sometimes get on the others' nerves, but becomes serious in dire situations. Zap is the strongest in the group and can grow insect wings at will. It is later revealed that Zap was originally created as a weapon by an evil scientist, who used his own DNA in the creation process. Jenny 10 (voiced by Stephanie Anne Mills) is a mechanic who maintains the insect's habitats and builds the weapons used by the team to capture bugs. She was created as part of the 'Jenny Project' along with nine other clones, who each possess a unique ability. Jenny 10 has enhanced intelligence and Jenny 8 can turn invisible. Tung Swampton (voiced by Carter Hayden) is a frog-like alien who tends to have disgusting hygiene habits and strange taste in food. He can jump long distances and scale walls with little effort, and also has a long tongue, hence the nickname. He sometimes gets in trouble for eating the insects captured on a mission. Syrrus (voiced by Dan Chameroy) is an alien bio-terrorist who was sealed in Planet Eltron for centuries. His goal is to assemble an army of deadly insectoid monsters so he can wipe out non-insectoid life from the galaxy to create a paradise for his army. He can transform into a swarm of insects and can control insectoid monsters with his own mind as well.
Episodes There are 26 episodes of 25 minutes duration each. Episodes are usually screened in a half-hour timeslot.
Broadcast The series first screened on Network Ten in 2008 and is designed for kids aged 6 and older.
It began airing on CBC Television in Canada in January 2010 and aired 10:30am EST on Saturday mornings, but had stopped by 2019 when the series was picked up by Toonavision.
Qubo aired the series in the United States until 27 December 2014.
Film Dex Hamilton: Fire and Ice, a full-length prequel film released in 2D and cel-shaded 3D computer animation, broadcast in December 2009 on CBC, before the series' premiere on CBC in 2010 (having already premiered on Network 10 in 2008).
A CGI movie Dex Hamilton and the Doomsday Swarm was released in 2012.
Game In 2010, March released Dex Hamilton's Bug Quest, a Flash-based online game featuring the show's characters. The game was hosted on the CBC's website as well as the show's official site.
References
External links Jon Izen (director website)