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Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand (2002)

Race Across New Zealand was the first of three telefilms made for the Rocket Power cartoon series, first transmitted on Nickelodeon in the US on 16 Feb 2002, during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The plotline entails the Rocket Power gang's trip to New Zealand to participate in "The Junior Waikikamukau Games", with Otto Rocket competing against the son of an athlete who once beat his father Ray at a race in New Zealand (allegedly by cheating), and his sister Reggie's attempts to get herself noticed by Ray, who is constantly cheering for Otto exclusively. Sports featured in this telefilm include zorbing, mountain biking, tubing, dirtboarding, windsurfing, and snowboarding.

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Joseph AshtonOtto Rocket (voice)
Shayna FoxReggie Rocket (voice)
Ulysses CuadraTwister Rodriguez (voice)
Gary LeRoi GraySam Dullard (voice)
John KassirRaymundo Rocket / Spectator / Announcer (voice)
Ray BumataiTito Makani / Spectator (voice)
Michael WelchTheodore McGill (voice)
Lombardo BoyarLars Rodriguez (voice)
Dale DyeLt. Tice Ryan (voice)
Henry GibsonMerv Stimpleton (voice)

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