Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe

Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe
Series Poster
Genre	Animation
Based on	The Binky the Space Cat series by Ashley Spires
Developed by	Carolyn Hay Hugh Duffy
Written by	Andrew Sabiston Patrick Granleese Miles Smith Andrew Shenkman Phil Ivanusic-Vallée Louise Moon J.D. Smith Evany Rosen Jiro C. Okada Hugh Duffy Carolyn Hay Madeleine Donohue
Directed by	Derek Prout Ruth Ramirez
Voices of	Jesse Camacho Paul Braunstein Aurora Browne Melody Johnson Boyd Banks Dan Chameroy Katie Griffin Tyler James Nathan Jonathan Tan Isabella Leo Richard Binsley Zachary Bennett
Opening theme	"Agent Binky Theme Song" by Meiro Stamm
Ending theme	"Agent Binky Theme Song" (instrumental)
Composers	Carl Lenox Andy McNeil
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	104
Production
Executive producers	Scott Dyer Athena Georgaklis Ashley Spires
Producer	Lydia Ferreira
Running time	22 minutes (seasons 1 & 3) 11 minutes (season 2)
Production companies	Nelvana Redknot
Original release
Network	Treehouse TV
Release	September 7, 2019 (2019-09-07) – present (present)

Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe, or simply Agent Binky, is a Canadian animated television series developed by Carolyn Hay and Hugh Duffy and produced by Nelvana. Loosely based on the Kids Can Press graphic novel series by Ashley Spires, the series premiered on Treehouse TV in Canada on September 7, 2019.^[1] 104 episodes were currently produced.

The series follows the adventures of Binky, a young black and whitr housecat who, after she becomes a space cat, is on a mission to protect his human family (Big Human and Small Human) from any interstellar threats. With the assistance from P.U.R.S.T. (Pets of the Universe Ready for Space Travel), a fictional agency from a set of different pets lives in. With the help of Gordon the beagle, Gracie the stray cat, Nola the box turtle and Loo the fish, Binky find themselves from the team P.U.R.S.T., who are the case from the Persian cat boss known as Sergeant Fluffy Vandermere.^[2]

• Binky (voiced by Jesse Camacho) is a pear-shaped, green-eyed, black and white housecat who is the main protagonist of the series. Binky is the leader of the P.U.R.S.T. agents, and he has a purple toy mouse named "Ted" and has a purple sweater called "Fuzzy Wuzzy".
• Gordon (voiced by Paul Braunstein) is an brown and white beagle who lives with Binky and his family. He likes inventing things.
• Captain Gracie (voiced by Aurora Browne) is a greyish-brown stray cat who lives next door to her teammates.
• Nola (voiced by Melody Johnson) is a green box turtle who loves seashells.
• Loo (voiced by Boyd Banks) is a self-centered orange fish who is quite a bit grumpy.
• Sergeant Fluffy Vandermere (voiced by Dan Chameroy) is a Persian cat who is the boss and leader of P.U.R.S.T.
• Big Human (voiced by Katie Griffin) is the mother of Small Human.
• Small Human (voiced by Tyler James Nathan in Season 1 and Jacob Soley in Season 2) is the son of Big Human.
• Chirpy McChirp (voiced by Matt folliott) is a budgie who acts as the main antagonist of the show. She was rescued by Small Human in "Who's the WURST" and is shown unable making/getting it into integrating the ranks of the protectors and traps the team outside the station in order to take possession of all of Gordon's gadgets.
• Amelia (voiced by Julie Lemieux) is a bat who first appeared in "The Room of Many Boxes".
• Mini Human (voiced by Isabella Leo) is the daughter of Tall Human.
• Tall Human (voiced by Jonathan Tan) is the father of Mini Human.
• Darrell (voiced by Zachary Bennett) is a hamster who is Fluffy's assistant.
• New Backup Human is the agents' babysitter who substituted for Backup Human in "Adventures in Pet-Sitting".
• Gobble (voiced by Richard Binsley) is a robot Gordon invented in "Gobble's Gotta Go".
• Additional voices - Taylor Abrahamse, David Berni, Neil Crone, Stacey DePass, Dwayne Hill, Rebecca Husain, Nissae Isen, Tajja Isen, Bryn McAuley, Scott McCord, Terry McGurrin (also a story supervisor), Annick Obonsawin, Grant Palmer, Dan Petronijevic, Cara Pifko, Jacqueline Pillon, Joe Pingue, Erin Pitt, Andrew Sabiston, Robert Tinkler, Breanna Yde and Drew Adkins.

On September 19, 2018, it was announced that Nelvana would adapt the Kids Can Press graphic novel series "Binky the Space Cat" by Ashley Spires into an animated television series titled "P.U.R.S.T. Agent Binky". Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe was picked up for 52 11-minute episodes (often broadcast as 26 22-minutes^[1]) and was set to be released in 2019.^[3][4] The following February, it was revealed that the series was retitled to Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe, making it one of the first produced by redknot, a joint venture between Nelvana and Discovery Communications to produce content for Canada, Latin America and the rest of the world.^[5]

On January 7, 2021, Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe was renewed for a second season of another 52 11-minute episodes. The second season premiered in 2022.^[6]

Only the second season consists of 52 11-minute episodes.^[1]

Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe premiered on Treehouse TV in Canada on September 7, 2019, Along with Disney Junior Canada on August 28, 2023. The show currently airs every day at 12:40 PM and 7:30 PM, and some interstitial episodes air on the channel as well.^[1] The show also airs on Discovery Kids in Latin America, TF1 in France and Boomerang across Europe. In Singapore, it debuted on Channel 5 on June 15, 2020.^[8] In the United Kingdom, the series debuted on Tiny Pop on June 21, 2021. It also aired on SX3 in Catalonia and TvG2 in Galicia. In the United States, the series was released on Peacock on August 15, 2024.^[9]

In French Canada, the show premiered on ICI Radio-Canada Télé on September 19, 2020.^[10]