Get Ed


Get Ed is an American-Canadian computer-animated television series about a genetically engineered teenage delivery boy who fights industrial crime in Progress City.
The show aired as a part of the Jetix programming block on the United States cable television network Toon Disney until the channel closed in 2009. The series also used to run on ABC Family before the channel switched to a non-animated format. Reruns aired on Toon Disney's successor, Disney XD in 2009. It was the second original show produced for the Jetix block and for the Jetix channels worldwide, where the show aired in 2005.

Plot

In the series, Ed is an "electro-genetically" enhanced teen who works for Dojo Deliveries, a courier service, in the futuristic Progress City. Ed uses his cyber sleuthing skills to thwart identity theft and other information-based crimes. He and his courier pals Burn, Deets, Fizz, and Loogie, along with their friend and mentor Ol’ Skool, must battle the ultimate evil – Bedlam, an industrialist who has taken over a significant portion of Progress City, by means of stealing from, data mining, or outright destroying his competitors.

List of characters

Heroes

; Ed, the Protector
; Deets, the Dreamer
; Burn, the Warrior
; Fizz, the Builder
; Loogie, the Joker
; Anthony Ol' Skool, the Teacher
; Torch

Villains

; Mr. Simon Bedlam
; Kora
; Crouch
; Spyker
; Omnirex
; Crumbelina
; DNA Deliveries
; Hoopbots

Others

; DJ Dive
; Dirk Cheap
; Zero
; Carni-Gizmo
; Dr. Hong
; Buster and Pit
; Rodney
; The Caretaker

Production

Production was underway in March 2005, when the series was announced. The series was created by Andy Knight, and produced by his Toronto-based Red Rover Studios in association with Walt Disney Television Animation.

List of episodes

Get Ed premiered on September 19, 2005, during Toon Disney's Jetix programming block. The series also premiered on September 24, 2005, during the Jetix block on ABC Family.

Awards

The show's opening theme music, by Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner, was nominated for the 2006 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music.