Droners

Droners
Genre	Animated series Comedy Action Adventure Science fiction Fantasy
Created by	Pierre de Cabissole Sylvain Dos Santos
Directed by	Gregory Leterrier Sylvain Dos Santos
Voices of	Anaïs Delva Gabriel Bismuth-Bienaimé Leslie Lipkins Olivia Luccioni-Dassin
Composer	Fabien Nataf
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producers	Caroline Audebert Guillaume Johera Helene Maret
Producers	Pierre Sissmann Julien Bagnol-Roy Sylvain Dos Santos
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Cyber Group Studios La Chouette Compagnie Supamonks Studio
Original release
Network	TF1
Release	October 19, 2020 (2020-10-19) – present

Droners is a French animated series that premiered on October 19, 2020. The series is produced by Cyber Group Studios, La Chouette Compagnie and Supamonks Studio, with the participation of TF1, WDR ARD and The Walt Disney Company France, in association with Sofitvcine 6, Sofitvcine 7 and Pictanovo.

Plot

Droners takes place in the world or ocean planet called TerrAqua – which is 95% covered by water with islands (from atolls to archipelagos) as the 5% land. Team Tiki – Corto, Mouse, Enki, and Oro – need to win the Whale Cup, the most intense drone racing competition of all time. They'll compete against other teenage teams from all over TerrAqua, with most flying their G.E.N.I.E.-powered drones through dangerous territory and avoiding even more dangerous creatures. But failure isn't an option for Team Tiki: the fate of their home island, Nuï, relies on their victory!

Characters

Main

Team Tiki

• Corto Heilani is the 13-year-old female main character and Tikis' pilot.
• Mouse Ruto is the 10-year-old mechanix for the Tikis. She is also the daughter of the Shorescrubber Ruto Clan leader, Big Moe, and she has an older brother, Vago.
• Enki is the 13-year-old enginerd for the Tikis.
• Oro is the G.E.N.I.E. for the Tikis and powers their drone Maroro.

Recurring

WhaleCorp

• Wyatt Whale is the owner and founder of WhaleCorp.
• Neptune is the G.E.N.I.E. for Wyatt Whale.

Team Pirate

• Shark is a Shorescrubber and the pilot for the Pirates.
• Max is a Shorescrubber and the enginerd for the Pirates.
• Ed is a Shorescrubber and the mechanix for the Pirates.
• Patch is the G.E.N.I.E. for the Pirates and powers their drone Claw.

Team Starfish

• Deejay is the pilot for the Starfishes.
• Debbie is the mechanix/enginerd for the Starfishes.
• Shiny is the G.E.N.I.E. for the Starfishes and powers their drone Aquablaster.

The Tao Twins

• Sun is the pilot for the Tao Twins who develops a crush on Corto.
• Monk is the mechanix/enginerd for the Tao Twins.
• Lotus is the G.E.N.I.E. for the Tao Twins and powers their drone Wushu.

Team Bee

• Flora is the pilot for the Bees.
• Fuzz is the enginerd for the Bees.
• Buzz is the mechanix for the Bees.
• Jelly is the G.E.N.I.E. for the Bees and powers their drone Bumblebee, which is a repurposed beeekeeking drone.

Team Siren

• Mina is the pilot for the Sirens.
• Victoria is the enginerd for the Sirens.
• Laurel is the mechanix for the Sirens.
• Nemo is the G.E.N.I.E. for the Sirens and powers their drone Nautilus.

Teach Tech

• Gavinda Teach is the owner and founder of Teach Tech, a tech manufacturing company that creates drones which are powered by nucleum, an element that is toxic to the environment.

The Cold Kings

• Manta is the pilot for the Cold Kings as Polaris Academy's representative.
• Shino is the enginerd/mechanix for the Cold Kings.
• Pavel is Manta's previous superior at Polaris Academy.

Team Mirage

• Hannah is the pilot for the Mirages and is the younger sister of Adam.
• Adam is the mechanix/enginerd for the Mirages and is Hannah's older brother.

Tortuga

• Scarlett "the Rust Queen" is the strict but fair leader of the Zealots, a Shorescrubber clan that made their home in and around the colossal Aquae Turtle Titan, Bedawang.
• Basuki is an Aquae who is loyal to Scarlet.

Team Zealot

• Ifa is the pilot of the Zealot, Saatchi's younger brother and the Rust Queen's grandson.
• Saatchi is the enginerd of the Zealots. She is Ifa's older sister and Scarlett's granddaughter.
• Baba is the mechanix of the Zealot.

Team Falcon

• Hannah returns in season 2 as the pilot of the Falcons with her own G.E.N.I.E., Kami, which was given to her by Wyatt Whale when she returned to the Sun Empire after season 1.
• Hilal is the enginerd of the Falcons.
• Lila is the mechanix of the Falcons.
• Kami is the very young G.E.N.I.E of the Falcons who powers their drone Horus.

Team Plankton

• Lemanja is the pilot of the Planktons.
• Scylla is the mechanix/enginerd of the Planktons.
• Luska is the G.E.N.I.E. of the Planktons who powers their drone Platypulse.

Voice artists

English

• Jet Walker as Corto
• Soso Bianchi as Mouse
• Ogie Banks as Enki
• Micheal Christopher as Oro
• Cedric L. Williams as Adam, Deejay and Shino
• Ryan Colt Levy as Manta and Fuzz
• Tiana Camacho as Debbie, Hannah, Laurel and Max
• Karen Strassman as Flora and Gavinda Teach
• Jenny Yokobori as Mina and Mawu
• Sonny Onorati as Sun
• Bill Butts as Big Moe and Pavel
• Michael Sorich as Kass Krane

French

• Gabriel Bismuth-Bienaimé as Enki
• Caroline Combes
• Anaïs Delva as Corto
• Hervé Grull
• Leslie Lipkins
• Olivia Luccioni-Dassin
• Kelly Marot
• Julien Meunier
• Bruno Méyère
• Marie Nonnenmacher
• Stéphane Roux
• Thomas Sagols

German

• Luisa Wietzorek as Corto
• Nicolas Rathod as Enki
• Sarah Tkotsch as Mouse
• Gerald Schaale as Wyatt Whale
• Fabian Krüger as Oro
• Sophie Lechtenbrink as Hannah
• Carlos Fanselow as Shark
• Andrea Cleven as Flora
• Marie Isabel Walke as Mina
• Fabian Heinrich as Deejay

Episodes

Season 1

No.	Title	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original release date	Prod. code
1	"The Païpaï Race"	Pierre de Cabissole & Sylvain Dos Santos	Florian Ponty	October 19, 2020 (2020-10-19)	1.02
The Tikis face the Cold Kings on the Marais Circuit and learn that it's filled with terrifying creatures! Enki is bothered by his ignorance and goes into the jungle by himself to learn more.
2	"Spirale Looping"	Nils Mathieu	Pierre Lesca	October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20)	1.05
Corto is distracted by her crush on Sun from the Tao Twins and thinks she needs a technical solution to improve her drone racing speed. She ends up with an Aqua relic that may be more than she bargained for!
3	"Spider Circuit"	Christophe Courty	Jonathan Valette	October 21, 2020 (2020-10-21)	1.04
Team Tiki is sabotaged and the Pirates are accused of cheating, so they're suspended from the competition. They and Mouse believe they're being stereotyped because they're a team of Shore Scrubbers. But who is really behind the sabotage?
4	"Welcome to Paroa"	Sylvain Dos Santos & Antoine Maurel	Charles-Andre Lefebvre	October 22, 2020 (2020-10-22)	1.03
Maroro needs to be repaired, but the only place to find the right part is in Paroa – the land of the Shore Scrubbers. Mouse, who is a Shore Scrubber, guides the way, but Corto still manages to mess things up.
5	"The Piranicus Race"	Adrien Louiset & Morgann Martin	Zheping Xu	October 23, 2020 (2020-10-23)	1.01
When Enki is the only teen excluded from a party, he tries to act more 'normal'. But, he's so distracted by his social blunders that he forgets about Team Tiki's race against Team Siren!
6	"The Art of Illusion"	Marine Lachenaud & Sylvain Dos Santos	Sebastien Vovau	October 26, 2020 (2020-10-26)	1.07
Gavinda Teach of Teach Tech comes to visit her team, the Mirages. After a particularly bad training session, she tries to convince Corto to switch over to Teach Tech.
7	"Big Moe's Big Race"	Marine Lachenaud & Cedric Lachenaud	Florian Ponty	October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)	1.08
Mouse's father, Big Moe, discovers that his daughter is racing drones and travels to Whale Island to bring her home. Mouse has to prove to him that she has a place in the Whale Cup competition.
8	"The Great Egg Race"	Christophe Courty	Joanna Celse & Zheping Xu	October 28, 2020 (2020-10-28)	1.09
The Tikis, the Sirens, and the Tao Twins all race against each other to grab an egg and make it to the finish line first. Mina realizes she's at a disadvantage and tries to pit Sun and Corto against each other by playing with their crushes on each other.
9	"Ghost"	Sylvain Dos Santos, Marine Lachenaud, & Antoine Maurel	Joanna Celse	October 29, 2020 (2020-10-29)	1.06
The Tikis and the Mirages are trapped in a haunted manor overnight during a storm. Enki believes the ghosts they're seeing are simply a technological prank, but no one seems to know what's really going on.
10	"Oro's Secret"	Camille Couasse & Claire Kanny	Fafah Togora	December 20, 2020 (2020-12-20)	1.12
The power goes out on Whale Island and the competition is suspended – maybe forever! But Corto is desperate to save her island, so she and the rest of the Tikis go out in search of an Aqua crystal that can help bring the power back.
11	"Bubblegum"	Sylvain Dos Santos & Marine Lachenaud	Sebastien Vovau	December 27, 2020 (2020-12-27)	1.11
The Tikis race against the Starfish on the Candy Shop Circuit. There's a technical incident which causes Oro and Shiny to switch places, unable to switch back! So they have to race on the other G.E.N.I.E.'s team.
12	"Spinning Tales"	Morgann Martin & Adrien Louiset	Cedric Fremeaux & Isabelle Piedfert	January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03)	1.10
Corto gets jealous of how much Mouse admires Max from Team Pirates, so Corto publicly accuses Max of lying about defeating Kumo, the Titan Spider. Max is unable to prove her story and everyone thinks she's a liar, even her own team.
13	"Eole Crash"	Christophe Courty	Pierre Lesca & Charles-Andre Leferbvre	January 10, 2021 (2021-01-10)	1.19
Manta challenges Corto to an underground race in the Hive, but Mouse fears that it'll destroy their drone.
14	"Out of Sync"	Segolene Basso-Brusa	Florian Ponty	January 17, 2021 (2021-01-17)	1.14
The Tikis have to team up with the Mirages – flying completely in sync! Corto and Hannah struggle to get along while Adam sneaks around and tries to learn more about G.E.N.I.E. technology.
15	"The Comeback Kid"	Christophe Courty	Jonathan Valette	January 24, 2021 (2021-01-24)	1.13
Enki finds old records of Wyatt Whale participating in drone races. The pictures go viral around the island and everyone wants to race Wyatt, though he hasn't raced in a long time.
16	"Race for the Khepri"	Morgann Martin & Adrien Louiset	Pierre Lesca	April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)	1.17
The Tikis race against the Bees and try to catch a Khepri, which is a small but fast robotic beetle.
17	"Into the Maelstrom"	Christophe Courty	Pierre Lesca	April 18, 2021 (2021-04-18)	1.15
Victoria's mother comes to visit and forces Mina to give up her role as pilot during a special race against the Tikis, which follows their elite Maelstrom rules.
18	"Droners Express"	Benoit Boucher, Christophe Courty, & Marine Lachenaud	Florian Ponty	September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)	1.20
Shark brags that he's the three-time winner of Paroa's Courier Trophy, so Corto challenges him to a race.
19	"Duelling Drones"	Nils Mathieu	Zheping Xu	September 12, 2021 (2021-09-12)	1.16
Mouse wants to race in the Shore Scrubber's challenge, but it's at the exact same time as Team Tiki's next race!
20	"The Relay Race"	Alice Giordan & Anais Topla	Joanna Celse	September 19, 2021 (2021-09-19)	1.21
Corto and Sun are excited when their teams get to work together for a relay race, but Monk gets jealous of all the attention his brother is paying Corto.
21	"Kami's Race"	Antoine Maurel, Morgann Martin, & Adrien Louiset	Fafah Togora	September 26, 2021 (2021-09-26)	1.22
After Team Mirage breaks into Wyatt Whale's office and steals a baby G.E.N.I.E., the baby escapes and hides among the Tikis.
22	"The Great Belugaga Race"	Morgann Martin & Adrien Louiset	Sebastien Vovau	October 3, 2021 (2021-10-03)	1.23
After Corto pays her a compliment, Debbie becomes obsessed with Corto and even quits the Starfish to support her.
23	"The Polaris Predicament"	Segolene Basso-Brusa & Christophe Courty	Joanna Celse	October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10)	1.18
Because he keeps losing, Polaris Academy sends a new racer named Pavel to replace Manta as pilot of the Cold Kings.
24	"Race for a Cure"	Pierre de Cabissole	Zheping Xu	October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10)	1.24
The G.E.N.I.E.s for Teams Tiki and Bee are hit by a pollen allergy, so Enki, Fuzz, and Buzz work together to find a cure.
25	"The Final Race Part 1"	Sylvain Dos Santos & Pierre de Cabissole	Pierre Lesca	October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10)	1.25
The Tikis qualify for the grand finale race against the Tao Twins and the Mirages, but Gavinda Teach decides to come visit.
26	"The Final Race Part 2"	Sylvain Dos Santos & Pierre de Cabissole	Isabelle Piedfert & Florian Ponty	October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10)	1.26
The Tikis win the final race of the Whale Cup but accidentally awaken the Titan Crab.

Season 2

No.	Title	Written by	Storyboarded by	Prod. code
1	"Welcome to Tortuga - Part 1"	Pierre de Cabissole & Sylvain Dos Santos	Pierre Lesca & Caroline Rondeau	2.01
Nuï is saved thanks to Wyatt Whale. However, when Corto finds him lamenting about the other islands' fate and learns there might be a way to save them all, she embarks him, the Tikis, the Pirates and the Bees, on a trip to Tortuga, the biggest Shorescrubber settlement to get help from its powerful ruler, the Rust Queen.
2	"Welcome to Tortuga - Part 2"	Pierre de Cabissole & Sylvain Dos Santos	Yuaë Tiouka & Manon Serda	2.02
The Tikis need to qualify for the Rotor Punch, a drone racing tournament, to obtain the Aquae crystals needed to power Whale's idea to stop the rising waters. In the race, they meet old acquaintances, some they would have liked to forget.
3	"The Wotan Race"	Christophe Courty	Caroline Rondeau	2.03
The Tikis have to race against the Blizzard Bosses in Tortuga's frozen area, but Corto and Oro can't stand the cold weather. Manta offers to help Corto as a way to get back at Pavel.
4	"Trial by Track"	Cédric Lachenadu	Pierre Lesca & Caroline Rondeau	2.04
Saddened by an injustice done to him, Oro steals a relic from the Rust Queen's museum. When he and Corto are caught by Ifa before they can deliver it back, they must follow a shorescrubber tradition and win a race to be pardoned.
5	"The Nurato Race"	Christophe Courty	David Cazeaux & Soizic Delon	2.05
Corto messed up again and angered the Zaelots with a prank on Ifa. In order to fix her mistake, she and Oro have to brave the powerful maelstrom Nurato to get a new relic for the Zaelots.
6	"The Pocamourus Race"	Camélia Acef & Julia Folio	Yuaë Tiouka & Manon Serda	2.06
For a love-themed race, Corto and Manta are paired and even have to pilot a combined drone together to race against Hannah and Sun, much to Corto's chagrin.
7	"The Royal Race"	Christophe Courty	David Cazeaux & Soizic Delon	2.07
The Rust Queen announces a royal race where all eight teams will participate, but the Tikis do not know the rules and do not get they have to ally themselves with someone if they want to win. When the alliance between Hannah and Manta dominate the race, Corto must find a way to overcome this hurdle.
8	"The Aquae Knight Race"	Antoine Maurel & Grant Sauvé	David Cazeaux	2.08
While punished for a mishap caused by Corto, the Tikis are introduced to an illegal racing track by the Pirates. Corto recognizes someone in the way of piloting the champion, the Aquae Knight, however, her discovery attracts the attention of an old foe, Kass Krane.
9	"The Mechanix Race"	Marie Seurin & Mathilde Belin	Pierre Lesca	2.09
The Tikis must race against the Falcons for a race where the skills of the mecanix are the keys to winning. Both teams' mecanixes, Mouse and Lila, end up striking a friendship which displeases Corto and Hannah, who are very competitive with each other.
10	"The Restricted Race"	Chérifa Tsouri & Mathilde Cadrot	Yuaë Tiouka & Manon Serda	2.10
After a race, the Rust Queen compliments Corto, which pleases the young girl but irritates Ifa. When Corto declares she is going to enter a restricted area to fix a problem for the Zealots, Ifa gets even more riled up. While Corto is eventually reasoned, Ifa decides to tackle the issue himself, even if it means risking his life.
11	"The Boomer Race"	Christophe Courty	Soizic Delon	2.11
During an official dinner, Corto's words trigger an argument between Lavinia, Wyatt Whale and the Rust Queen, which ends up with a race; the three older pilots against each other and one younger pilot: Corto. Corto feels pressured to win and prove the younger generation's worth as Hannah, Manta and Mina try to help her prepare.
12	"The Race for the Monkeyglide"	Marine Lachenaud, Cédric Lachenaud & Sylvain Dos Santos	Caroline Rondeau & Yuaë Tiouka	2.12
Enki's parents visit him on Tortuga, but he gets jealous of the attention they give to the Planktons, their next adversaries. However, the Rust Queen decides to change the rules and sends the teams into Tortuga's forest to prove the existence of the Monkeyglide, a creature thought to be a myth. Enki's desire to impress his parents and beat the Planktons might be a problem.
13	"The Planktons’ Secret"	Sylvain Dos Santos & Antoine Maurel	Pierre Lesca & Manon Sedra	2.13
Oro accidentally angers the Planktons and they cause Maroro to crash in the frozen area of Tortuga. However, when they go back to get him back to the Tikis, they do not find him: he has been taken by the "ghost of Tortuga". Even if the Rust Queen forbade them from going there, the Tikis would not abandon Oro, and the Planktons would tag along.
14	"The Treasure Hunt"	Adéle Heynemann & Thibaut Tupler	Caroline Rondeau	2.14
Enki's curiosity is triggered by Mina's explanation about a lost relic of Maelstrom. However, he accidentally catches the interest of the Rust Queen in the relic so that she can add it to her treasure. The Tikis will have to find a way to fix this mess without creating too many waves.
15	"The Predator Race"	Benoît Boucher	Caroline Rondeau	2.15
For the next race, the Rust Queen announces it will be a game of hide-and-seek between two teams, the predators and the prey. Corto is not thrilled at being a prey, but she is even less happy to be teamed up with the Planktons. However, Lemanja's ideas might be what they need to win this game.
16	"The Bee-Turtle Race"	Romain Gadiou & Chloé Sastre	Soizic Delon	2.16
While a Bee-Turtle acts aggressively on the shores of Tortuga, Gungir, the Blizzard Bosses' drone, is reportedly stolen. Pavel accuses Corto, but the thief turns out to be an unexpected person with an incredible reason.
17	"The Chefs’ Race"	Marine Lachenaud & Cédric Lachenaud	Pierre Lesca	2.17
Chef Otaqua participates in the Rotor Punch by having the Droners cook. While unconvinced by any of them, he chose the Blizzard Bosses and the Tikis for the race. Corto is happy, but she finds herself in a bind when Mouse and Enki cannot stop arguing about what they must cook while Pavel is revealed to be a talented cook.
18	"Baba’s Race"	Christophe Courty	Yuaë Tiouka	2.18
Baba's behavior causes concern to Ifa as Mouse discovers a part of his past that explains why the next race seems to agitate him so much. Despite Baba and Mouse's warnings, Ifa and Corto take a shortcut that lands them straight into trouble.
19	"The Third Eye Race"	Christophe Courty	David Cazeaux	2.19
After Sun's new attack temporarily blinds Corto, the Tikis have to find a way to race against the Blizzard Bosses. Sun and Lotus propose to train Corto and Oro to use the same technique that permits Sun to see through Lotus' eyes. The only problem is that it relies on the mastery of Zen... and Corto is anything but zen!
20	"The Mystery Race"	Christophe Courty	Soizic Delon	2.20
Corto impresses everyone with her piloting skills, but the Tikis' next race is about enginerd skills. Enki's patience might run out.
21	"The Labyrinth Race"	Romain Gadiou & Chloé Sastre	Pierre Lesca & Yuaë Tiouka	2.21
The Rust Queen and Whale came up with a new surprise: they put a labyrinth in the race. Meanwhile, Hannah is stressed as her relationship with Kami becomes tense, not helped by Corto's tauntings.
22	"The Tsunami Challenge"	Nicolas David, Antoine Maurel & Grant Sauvé	Manon Sedra & Caroline Rondeau	2.22
The Rotor Punch is put on hold as the Buzzball competition begins. The Tikis are visited by Mouse's older brother, Vago, as they meet the Rust Queen's unexpected guest, Buzzball team Tsunami's champion: Loopi. Loopi is the person Corto admires, but she has to find it in herself to win against her idol.
23	"The Race or the Key"	Christophe Courty	David Cazeaux	2.23
Hannah discovers a shocking secret about Cold as the Tikis and the Blizzard Bosses are about to race. Pavel wants to steal the key to the vault, and Hannah and the Tikis must find a way to stop him without alerting the Rust Queen.
24	"The Magnetis Race"	Pierre de Cabissole	Hugo Llames & Soizic Delon	2.24
A dispute between Oro and Nemo leads to a dangerous bet as the Tikis and the Sirens have to race and fly by the dangerous Magnetis, a giant magnet which eventually pulls in anything that gets attracted into it. Meanwhile, Kami decides to take revenge on Nemo for his nasty temper by scaring him during the race. But, it does not go as planned.
25	"The Rotor Punch Race - Part 1"	Pierre de Cabissole, Antoine Maurel & Sylvain Dos Santos	David Cazeaux & Caroline Rondeau	2.25
The final race is here, but Antaboga has found new allies and they threaten to destroy Tortuga. Meanwhile, Oro is torn between two worlds.
26	"The Rotor Punch Race - Part 2"	Pierre de Cabissole, Antoine Maurel & Sylvain Dos Santos	Pierre Lesca	2.26
The Rust Queen prepares to confront Antaboga as Tortuga falls into chaos. The Tikis must fight and Oro has an important decision to take.

Broadcast

The series is broadcast on Disney Channel in various markets. The show is broadcast on Primo TV in the United States with minimal reruns. This network is only available to Xfinity customers, no streaming service or other broadcaster with wider reach has picked up the show in the United States. The show is also broadcast in the UK on Pop.

External links

• Droners at IMDb
• Official Website