The X's

Not to be confused with The Exes or The X Factor (disambiguation).
The X's

Clockwise from top left: Mrs. X, Mr. X, Truman X, and Tuesday X.
Created by Carlos Ramos
Directed by Dave Marshall
Starring
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 20 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time 24 minutes
Production company(s) Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Release
Original network Nickelodeon
Original release November 25, 2005 (2005-11-25) – December 13, 2006 (2006-12-13)
Website

The X's is an American animated television series created by Carlos Ramos for Nickelodeon. It centers on a family of spies who must conceal their identity from the outside world, but often have trouble in doing so. It was short-lived, with one season and 20 episodes.

Synopsis

The X's work for SUPERIOR. The X's have their daughter named Tuesday, their younger son named Truman and many gadgets at their disposal. An organization called S.N.A.F.U. (Society of Nefarious and Felonious Undertakings) is continually trying to cause trouble for the X's through their plans to take over the world.

Characters

SUPERIOR

Villains

Episodes

# Original Airdate Title Overview Production Code
1 November 25, 2005 AAIIEE, Robot! Mrs. X breaks her leg. To solve this problem, Truman builds a replacement. This doesn't seem to work too good.

First Appearance: The X's, SNAFU, and other characters.

105A
Mission: Irresponsible Superior decides to take Mr. and Mrs. X out of their rank because of destroying Stonehenge, putting Truman and Tuesday in command. 105B
2 November 25, 2005 License to Slumber Mrs. X arranges a slumber party for Tuesday. But during it, the family begins to fight Glowface. Tuesday tries to cover up the truth of her family. 103A
Three Days of the Coin Op Truman's unauthorized upgrade of Home Base forces the computer offline for a day. 103B
3 November 25, 2005 Photo Ops The X's get a family portrait taken to try to blend in as a normal family. 101A
Boy's Best Fiend After missing every Birthday celebration, because of the missions, Truman gets a puppy for his birthday and names it Rex, but it turns out it was from Sasquatch, a S.N.A.F.U agent. Agent Sasquatch had turned all of the U.N leaders into animals. 101B
4 December 9, 2005 Mr. Fix It Mr. X continues trying to be a normal dad. He learns that normal dad's fix things, so that's what he begins to do. 104A
Doommates Truman and Tuesday have to share a room. 104B
5 December 16, 2005 Secret Agent Manual Mrs. X and the kids trick Mr. X into giving them stuff they want by rewriting his official spy manual to include the items they desire. 102A
The Spy Who Liked Me Tuesday's first date is with a guy who's too good to be true: in fact, he's a spy working undercover for Glowface. 102B
6 January 13, 2006 To Err is Truman Truman attempts to be good and refrain from pulling pranks for one entire day, so that he will be allowed to join his family at the "world's greatest" amusement park. 106A
No More Mrs. Nice X Mrs. X is filled with peace and tranquility after she returns from a retreat, but unfortunately these qualities prove useless when confronting Glowface.

Guest starring: George Takei as Tranquilizer

106B
7 February 3, 2006 On Her Majesty's Postal Service Mr. X gets a job as a mail man. 108A
Pinheads Tuesday wants the family to learn how to bowl. 108B
8 February 17, 2006 From Crusha with Love A girl at school picks on Truman. He finds out that it is because she likes him. 111A
Xcitement Mr. X has a dirty little secret that's locking him away from being a spy and hanging with his family. But what could it be? 111B
9 February 24, 2006 You Only Sneeze Twice The entire family gets sick, except Tuesday. The family is under her care. But what will they do when she's called on a mission? 110A
X Takes a Holiday Mr. and Mrs. X go on a relaxing date. But while they're away, Tuesday and Truman throw a party. Then Glowface attacks Homebase. 110B
10 March 3, 2006 Mock Tutors Truman and Tuesday are failing their cooking and tennis classes (Tuesday with cooking; Truman with tennis) and are forced to go to Summer School if they fail even more. So they try to help them with those subjects. Mrs. X helps Tuesday and Mr. X helps Truman; the only problem is that Mrs. X {a good tennis player} is a terrible cook and Mr. X {a good cook} is a terrible tennis player! 109A
Meddle Mouth Truman finds the perfect opportunity to irritate Tuesday when she gets braces. He interferes with her braces and makes her act crazy. 109B
11 March 17, 2006 Family Issues In their continuous effort to be like "normal families," the X's visit a family counselor to see what kind of issues "normal families" have. 107A
Truman's Choice Truman gets a chance to capture the most wanted villain, which is Copperhead. The family begins to suck up to him in order to get to capture Copperhead with him. 107B
12 April 7, 2006 Wealth vs. Stealth When the X's win a billion dollars, they must balance their new fame and fortune with their spy work. 112A
Wee House Sick and tired of being short, Truman builds a small replica of Homebase for him to live in until he misses his family. 112B
13 June 16, 2006 Truman X: Super Villain When the X's punish Truman for hotdogging a mission and blowing up the X jet by selling all his spy gadgets in a garage sale, Glowface convinces the boy to join S.N.A.F.U. His first mission: destroy the X's, but Truman becomes good again and apologizes to his family and rejoins the X's and Superior before they can defeat Glowface and Mr. X and Mrs. X give Truman back his spy gadgets. 113
14 September 22, 2006 A Truman Scorned Truman has a crush on Tuesday’s friend Kimla. Truman realizes there’s only one way to get past this "little kid" thing – he has to tell her he’s really an international super spy. Not surprisingly, Kimla doesn’t believe him. What is surprising is that she continues to disbelieve his story even when he sneaks her along on a mission and the truth is right in front of her nose. 114A
Y's Up The archenemies of the Xs, the Ys, move in next door. The Xs suspect that they are up to no good, but can prove nothing until the Ys show their true agenda. 114B
15 September 29, 2006 Quit Your Day Job When Tuesday is suspicious of Brandon, the X's find out he is a part-time S.N.A.F.U. agent. 115A
Missing Home Homebase explodes when the X's forget his birthday. Without Hombase, the X's need to survive on their own. 115B
16 October 6, 2006 Live and Let Diaper The X's have to watch a neighbor's baby, and they can't change its diaper. Will they be able to ever change a diaper? 117A
In-Law Enforcement The X's try to prevent Mrs. X's parents from realizing that they're spies when they come for a visit. 116A
17 October 13, 2006 Train Rex After the X's go on a mission, Truman has a single day to train Rex or else he will go to the pound. 116B
Homebody Truman creates a body for Homebase so he could carry the Xs' weapons, which the X's do not like. 115B
18 October 27, 2006 The Haunting of Homebase Truman attempts to scare his family and turns Homebase into a haunted house, but Glowface takes control of the Homebase and soon, Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. X are zombies. Can Truman stop Glowface's evil plot before his brain is eaten? 120
19 November 25, 2006 Accidental Hero Truman saves a baby from one of his own paintball traps and is hailed as a hero; Tuesday tries to expose him. 119A
Untied After his tie reflects off onto Glowface's base walls, he suffers a tie loss. He now can't fight. Can the other X's save him from his loss of "tie-tie", or will the X's become nothing? 119B
20 December 13, 2006 Theater of War Brandon will do Romeo in the school play, and Seven Y competes with Tuesday to see who will be Juliet in the play. 118A
Breaking Camp Mr. X takes Truman to his favourite childhood camp, hoping he'll love it too. Turns out he doesn't, much to Mr. X's dismay. 118B

Awards

Despite the show's short run and mixed critical reviews, The X's received numerous accolades, including three Annie Award nominations.[1]

Year Award Category Nominee Episode Result
2006 Artios Best Animated Voice-Over Television Casting Sarah Noonan and Meredith Layne   Won
2006 Annie Award Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production Hong Li "You Only Sneeze Twice" Won
2006 Annie Award Character Design in an Animated Television Production Carlos Ramos "Homebody" Nominated
2006 Annie Award Character Design in an Animated Television Production Eric Robles "You Only Sneeze Twice" Nominated

See also

References

External links

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