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I Was a Sixth Grade Alien(TV show/series, 1999-2001)

30min per episode | Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family, Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 44 episodes

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I Was a Sixth Grade Alien! (known as My Best Friend is an Alien! in the UK and Australia) is a Canadian-British children's science fiction comedy television series following the chronicles of Pleskit, a purple-skinned, blue-haired extraterrestrial being with an antenna positioned on his head. He tries to fit in and make some friends, but due to his strange appearance, he does never succeed very well. He does make one friend, Tim, who is interested in space and aliens. The two friends go through the sixth grade together. During the series, they solve many unusual problems, from a trans-universal portal game to a blue-coloured, wailing pig creature from Pleskit's home planet. The show is premiered on July 13, 1999, ended on January 10, 2001, and was produced by UK-based Winklemania Productions and Canadian-based Alliance Atlantis Communications' children's unit, AAC Kids with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund/Fonds canadien de télévision, the Canadian Film Or Video Production Tax Credit, and the Shaw Television Broadcast Fund/Fonds de télédiffusion Shaw. The television series was based on Bruce Coville's book series of the same name. ()
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About I Was a Sixth Grade Alien

The perks and difficulties of having an alien as a best friend.

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I Was a Sixth Grade Alien Seasons and Episodes

09/08/2000Season 2 - 22 episodes
#0Pleskit Club
#1 | 09/08/2000There's an Alien in My Seat!
#2 | 09/15/2000I Am Larrabe Hicks!
#3 | 09/22/2000Hevi Hevi Beat Crazy!
Tim and Pleskit want to join the upcoming talent show going on at Coville Middle school. But unfortunately, neither of them play any instruments. As usual, Pleskit is there to save the day. He has an alien amp and when you plug in your instruments, you can play them. So they enter the talent show, but they soon use it too much it, causing it to explode and create a noise that will have ill effects on humans if heard. And it just so happens that someone has recorded it on a tape.
#4 | 09/29/2000Once Upon a Robot!
#5 | 10/06/2000Alien Tracker Freak-a-Mania!
#6 | 10/13/2000Bride of Pleskit!
#7 | 10/20/2000The Revenge of Septic Willy!
#8 | 10/27/2000Alien Quiz Show!
#9 | 11/03/2000Escape from Zartopia!
Tim is getting bored of his everyday routine. One day after math class, he goes bak to his locker and inside finds a letter saying for real excitment, he should press a particular silver button. He finds out that Blur wrote the letter, but decides to push the button anyway. He gets wisked into a Zartopian virtual reality game where he cannot return home until he wins. Zartopia however warps the memories of the player, so he goes through the levels playing with things he's familiar with, like algebra and Principal Grand. After 3 levels, he returns home safely with a better connection to a certain blue alien.
#10 | 11/15/2000McNally the Menace!
#11 | 11/22/2000Dr. Pleskit and Mr. Ventraa!
#12 | 11/29/2000Super-Fiend Strikes Back!
#13 | 12/06/2000Great Coville Galaxies!
#14 | 12/16/2000A Very Buttsman Christmas
Ms.Buttsman is incharge at the embasie and she is planning on cancelling christmas! This upsets Pleskit and Tim very much, especially because it would be Pleskits first. As Ms.Buttsman drifts off into a deep sleep she is visted by 3 ghost's-the ghost of christmas present, past, and future. She is not impressed at what they show her and decides to give christmas back.
#15 | 12/27/2000Truth-O-Rama Crunchdown!
Pleskit has invented a machine much like a lie detector. Tim hooks Pleskit up to it to find that he does not lie at all. However, when Tim gets hooked up to it he lies so much the machine explodes causing him not to lie at all!
#16 | 01/03/2001His Girlfriend Is an Alien!
#17 | 01/10/2001To See the Invisible Geek!
Tim is over at Pleskit's house and Tim finds out about the Invisiblunker. Pleskit brings it to school the next day, and Tim uses it to try and find out more about Lindy before she moves. He tries to impress her, but it all goes down the drain because Lindy thinks he's just plain weird! When Lindy and October are in the girls bathroom, Tim follows them, and overhears October ask Lindy what she really thinks of him. After Lindy states that she thinks Tim's a dork, he wants to stay invisible forever. And that could be possible if Pleskit, Mcnally, and Lindy aren't able to find him soon! In the end, it turns out Lindy really does like Tim, but unfortunately it's too late for him and Lindy to become anything.
#18 | 01/24/2001Help! I Pooverized My Mother
Pleskit has invented a new invention called the Pooverizer 2000. It looks like an ordinary human pen, when really Pleskit uses it to zap his pet Veeblax's poop when he taking him for a walk so he doesn't have to clean it up. Pleskit asks Tim to walk his Veeblax one day after school, meaning he gets to use the Pooverizer 2000. As Tim is walking the Veeblax, he needs to stop and do his buisness right in front of the store Tim's mother is shopping in. When the Veeblax is done, he pulls Tim, causing the Pooverizer 2000's aim to go awry. It ends up pointing at the super market Tim's mom is shopping in causing her, and the store to be pooverized!
#19 | 01/31/2001Alien Bodyswitching Bonanza
#20 | 02/06/2001Cam-Puter Meltdown Mayhem
#21 | 02/20/2001Earthside Story
07/13/1999Season 1 - 22 episodes

Additional Information

Production countries: Australia, Canada
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 07/13/1999
Last episode released on: 02/20/2001
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"My Best Friend Is an Alien"
"My Best Friend Is an Alien"
Keywords: alien

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