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. 104 episodes were currently produced.

Premise

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.

Characters

• 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.

Production

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) and was set to be released in 2019. 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.

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.

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	26		September 7, 2019 (2019-09-07)	February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)
2	52		TBA	TBA
3	26		TBA	TBA

Only the second season consists of 52 11-minute episodes.

Season 1 (2019-2020)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboard by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	"No Moussie Left Behind"	Derek Prout	Hugh Duffy and Carolyn Hay	Ruth Ramirez and Jason Armstrong	September 7, 2019 (2019-09-07)	101
	"Dragonfly Away!"
Ted is accidentally sent into space. The gang is excited for a sleepover with Captain Gracie.
2	"A Fly in My Fluff"	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	September 8, 2019 (2019-09-08)	112
	"Fly Me to Balloon"
An alien lands in Sergeant Fluffy Vandermere's soup. Small Human comes home with a robot-shaped balloon.
3	"Glow Away"	Derek Prout	Andrew Sabiston	James Caswell and Rob Walton	September 15, 2019 (2019-09-15)	108
	"Space Station Flappy"		Miles Smith
The team must come up with a P.U.R.S.T. anthem. The humans stay up overnight in a backyard tent (which P.U.R.S.T. thinks is outer space).
4	"Chew Chew Challenge"	Derek Prout	Phil Ivanusic-Vallée	Jason Armstrong and Eugene McDermott	September 22, 2019 (2019-09-22)	109
	"Ice Cream Shuttle"		Miles Smith
The team sees aliens eating a tree house (named after the show's broadcaster). The team takes back an ice cream shuttle from an alien (codename: bees).
5	"Dog Gone Cat"	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)	114
	"PURST Games"
When Gordon is impressed with Binky and Gracie's feline abilities, the two train him to be a cat. The annual P.U.R.S.T. games are interrupted when an alien (codename: grasshopper) appears to be a competitor in the event.
6	"Hit the Road, Roach"	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)	105
	"Vacuum Vamoose"
The team discovers Captain Gracie's whistle has been taken by an alien. The team chases after an alien rover in their space station.
7	"Pumpking"	Derek Prout	Phil Ivanusic-Vallée	Nicolas Hehn and Rob Walton	October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13)	118
	"Happy PURSTgiving"
The agents see Small Human's beloved mini-planet, a pumpkin, being taken over by aliens. Amelia joins the agents for PURSTgiving Dinner in the "Room of Many Boxes".
8	"Soup-A-Nova"	Derek Prout	Patrick Granleese	Jason Armstrong and Rob Walton	October 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)	106
	"Bad Fur Day"		Miles Smith
When Small Human gets a cold, Binky and the team decide to make him some soup to help cure him. Binky gets back from the vet's and is COMPLETELY shaved, making the others think he is an alien.
9	"Bye Bye Butterfly"	Derek Prout	Andrew Sabiston	Rodney King and Rob Walton	October 27, 2019 (2019-10-27)	102
	"Robots Gotta Go"		Miles Smith
P.U.R.S.T. encounters an alien that changes from a caterpillar butterfly. Binky tries to get Small Human and Big Human's attention while they enjoy their new massage chair.
10	"Roamer Rescue"	Derek Prout	Unknown	TBA	November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)	104
	"Snack Attack"
Ted's space roamer is taken over by an alien. Aliens remove a piece of fruit that belongs to Small Human.
11	"#3 Flea Fling"	Derek Prout	Phil Ivanusic-Vallée	Nicolas Hehn and Rodney King	November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)	103
	"Free Fuzzy Wuzzy!"		Louise Moon
Gordon is taken over by very small aliens (codename: fleas), and the P.U.R.S.T. team has to get rid of them. Binky's favorite purple sweater (Fuzzy Wuzzy) is being eaten up by aliens (codename: moths), and it's up to the team to stop the aliens and save Fuzzy Wuzzy.
12	"Parcel Panic"	Derek Prout	Jiro C. Okada	Rodney King, Jason Armstrong and Nicolas Hehn	November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)	107
	"Chirp Chirp"		Phil Ivanusic-Vallée
When an alien (codename: bee) buzzes around a parcel, the agents must retrieve the parcel before it falls into the alien's hands. There is a mysterious sound heard in the space station and Binky realizes it's an alien (codename: cricket).
13	"Green Gobblers"	Derek Prout	Patrick Granleese	Nicolas Hehn and Rob Walton	November 24, 2019 (2019-11-24)	110
	"Gobble's Gotta Go"		Miles Smith
When Binky refuses to eat a new green cat food, aliens (codename: bugs) crawl out of the bag. Meanwhile, the humans order pizza. Gordon invents a machine to clean up messes and throw them in different places, but Binky notices a bunch of aliens (codename: ants).
14	"Undercover of the Night"	Derek Prout	Story by : Evany Rosen Teleplay by : Hugh Duffy & Carolyn Hay	Eugene McDermott and Jason Armstrong	December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01)	111
	"Unidentified FUN Object"		Phil Ivanusic-Vallée
Gordon and Binky hear a bump in the night, where they find a new agent, Amelia, in the Room of Many Boxes. Gordon accidentally throws Small Human.
15	"Moussie Mischief"	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08)	113
	"Who's the WURST"
When Ted lands in a laundry bin with an alien circling it, the team assumes that the alien's evil plan is to make Ted have a bath. When Small Human rescues a budgie, it turns out "Chirpy" is a disgruntled bird who could not get into P.U.R.S.T.
16	"T'was the Night Before PURSTmas"	Derek Prout	Hugh Duffy & Carolyn Hay	TBA	December 15, 2019 (2019-12-15)	115
	"We Wish You a Merry PURSTmas"		Miles Smith
17	"Purrfect Present"	Derek Prout	Andrew Shenkman	Nicholas Hehn and Rob Walton	December 22, 2019 (2019-12-22)	116
	"Stickin' Together"		Phil Invanusic-Vallée
The P.U.R.S.T. team makes a present for Fluffy's birthday, but an alien (codename: bee) shows up to try and take the flowers. Nola takes the threat from a possible stick bug which could be an alien (codename: housefly).
18	"Gordon's Buddy-Bot"	Derek Prout	J.D. Smith	Eugene McDermott and Jason Armstrong	December 29, 2019 (2019-12-29)	117
	"Adventures in Pet Sitting"		Patrick Granleese
Gordon builds his own robo-pet who wreaks havoc on the station and in missions. When a new human shows up to pet-sit the agents while the Humans are out, they have to discover whether she's going to turn the agents into aliens or not. (This is the debut of New Backup Human.)
19	"Lights, Camera, Agents"	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	January 5, 2020 (2020-01-05)	119
	"A Walk in the Park"
Fluffy assigns the team to make an instructional video for future P.U.R.S.T. cadets. Gordon builds a robotic dog so his P.U.R.S.T. pals can ride inside it and join him in the park.
20	"Puzzlers"	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)	120
	"Little Stinker"
The P.U.R.S.T. team go on a mission to find the last piece of a jigsaw puzzle. Gordon rummages through the trash.
21	"Dog Day"	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	January 19, 2020 (2020-01-19)	121
	"Loo Rocks"
Gordon has a day where he kicks back and fiddles with his gadgets, resulting in the space station being locked from the inside. Small Human comes home with an instrument.
22	"Astounding Sounds"	Derek Prout	Andrew Shenkman	TBA	January 26, 2020 (2020-01-26)	122
	"Dolly Folly"		Hugh Duffy and Carolyn Hay
The agents don't understand the noises they hear. The agents are babysitters for a day.
23	"Binky Bunny"	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	February 2, 2020 (2020-02-02)	123
	"Dig Dog"
When the pets mistake chocolate eggs hidden around the station as alien eggs, they gather all of them before they hatch. Binky accidentally destroys one of Gordon's properties.
24	"Light Fright"	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	February 9, 2020 (2020-02-09)	124
	"Loo on the Loose"
When Amelia gets trapped in the space station during a night patrol, the team discovers she has a fear of the light. After a series of mishaps, Loo decides he's a bunny and escapes.
25	"PURST Pearl"	Ruth Ramirez	Phil Ivanisuic-Vallee	Nicholas Hehn and Jason Armstrong	February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)	125
	"Blanky Boo-Boo"
The team discovers a pearl. The Humans have a yard sale, but they accidentally attempt to sell Gordon's blanket, as well as them encountering aliens (codename: bugs) that Gordon thinks will taking it into outer space. So the team tries to distract whoever thinks of buying it (Mini Human and Tall Human).
26	"Pets of the Universe"	N/A	TBA	TBA	February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)	126
	"Ready for Space Travel"	Miles Smith
The team is sent to the vet's. The team finds a secret place underneath the vet's with all of the aliens they encountered.

Season 2

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboard by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	"Up Up and Away!"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2	"Roundy Round Up!"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
3	"Talky Trouble"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
4	"Nola's New Friend"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
5	"PURST Pod Rodeo"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
6	"The Book of PURST"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
7	"Ted Alert"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
8	"Shrinker Stinker"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
9	"The Paw and Claw Spa"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
10	"Wishful Thinking"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
11	"Lights Out"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
12	"Go Go Gracie"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
13	"Get Ready Eddie"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
14	"Stand By Your Human"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
15	"Stuck in the Middle"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
16	"Quacking Up"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
17	"Spiffy Space Suit"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
18	"Flying The Coo-oop!"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
19	"At Ease, Fluffy"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
20	"A Real Dust Up!"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
21	"Si Si Says Si Si"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
22	"Deep Space, Noooo!"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
23	"Pet Project"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
24	"Pizza Panic"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
25	"A Tad Bad Situation"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
26	"The Thunder Home"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
27	"Agent Antics"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
28	"Tyrannosaurus Rascal"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
29	"The Zoomies"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
30	"Vegging Out"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
31	"Spring Into Action"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
32	"WURST Stink Ever"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
33	"Hairy and Scary"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
34	"Tricky Treat Hunt"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
35	"Cuckoo for Cuckoo Clock!"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
36	"Robo-Pests"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
37	"Throw Me a Cone"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
38	"Don't You Be My Valentine"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
39	"The WURST Party"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
40	"Mission Earth Day"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
41	"Fishpionage!"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
42	"Tree's a Crowd"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
43	"Hops & Hiccups"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
44	"The PURST Awards"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
45	"Adventures in PURST Sitting"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
46	"Snow Alien"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
47	"Hide and Eek!"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
48	"Tooth or Dare"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
49	"School Daze"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
50	"Finding Ted"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
51	"I'll Be Watching Mew"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
52	"Grounded Gracie"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Season 3

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboard by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	"Scrappy Campers"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2	"The New Nola"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Commander Kibbles"
3	"Hot Enough For Ya"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Substitute Agent"
4	"The Blocky Blockies"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Fun Human"
5	"Rocketing Rocket House"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Crouching Kitty, Crane Invasion"
6	"Sleep Walkies"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"The Fast and the Furriest"
7	"Picture Purst"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Supernanny!"
8	"Escape from Gordon's Lab"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Two Can Toucan"
9	"Wings on Wheels"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Bee Be Gone!"
10	"Yummy Yoinks"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"One Froggy Day"
11	"Spooky Spa Day"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Tidy Up Little Froggy"
12	"A Prickly Situation"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Framing Game"
13	"Watch Your Steps"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"A Guide to Being the Wurst"
14	"Outta Control Upgrade"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Night Light"
15	"Gone A Stray"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Saving Si Si"
16	"The Blinky Blues"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"The Baddest Boing"
17	"Purst Picnic"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Gracie, Myself and I"
18	"The Chair Affair"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Space Pets"
19	"Birdhouse Hassle"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Darryl's Big Day"
20	"A Very Fluffy Purstmas"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"New Year's Evil"
21	"Starlight Starfright"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Let Sleepover Dogs Lie"
22	"Bell On A Binky"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"A Coo To Remember"
23	"Night of the Coo"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Cheese Chase"
24	"Doggy in a Box"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Cheese Chase"
25	"Pink Peril"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Friends of a Feather"
26	"Inventing Trouble"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	"Invasion of the Robo-Snatchers"

Broadcast

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. 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. 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.

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