List of Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum episodes
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum is an animated children's television series that premiered on November 11, 2019, on PBS Kids.[1] The series is produced by 9 Story Media Group. It is based on the children's book series written by Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulos, named Ordinary People Change the World.[2] The series involves Xavier Riddle with his sister Yadina, and their friends Brad and Berby, at the Secret Museum, and help from historical heroes, who are depicted in the series as children.[3]
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 37 | November 11, 2019 | January 31, 2022 | |
| 2 | TBA | January 15, 2024 | TBA | |
Each episode of Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum runs for half an hour. They consist of two 11-minute stories based on famous historical heroes around the world in the past.[4] However, airings on streaming services such as Globoplay in Brazil split the episodes into segments, with each 11-minute story isolated. There may be an interstitial segment between the two main stories, in which Berby, and either Xavier, Yadina, Brad, or Dr. Zoom, are shown doing something fun together.
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (2019–2022)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code [a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "I Am Johann Sebastian Bach" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Cory Bobiak Written by : Amy Brown Storyboarded by : Firas Momani | November 11, 2019 | 101 |
| "I Am Marie Curie" | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "I Am Mary Shelley" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Meghan Read Storyboarded by : Craig Taillefer Written by : Desmond Sargeant Storyboarded by : Hong Qi | November 12, 2019 | 118 |
| "I Am Harry Houdini" | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "I Am George Washington" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Cory Bobiak Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Firas Momani | November 13, 2019 | 116 |
| "I Am Susan B. Anthony" | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "I Am Isaac Newton" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Amy Brown Storyboarded by : Alex Greychuck Written by : Amy Brown Storyboarded by : Lisa Kathofer | November 18, 2019 | 103 |
| "I Am Golda Meir" | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "I Am Winston Churchill" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Jiro C. Okada Storyboarded by : Alex Greychuck Written by : Lakna Edilima Storyboarded by : Firas Momani | November 19, 2019 | 107 |
| "I Am Cleopatra" | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "I Am Catherine the Great" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Jiro C. Okada Storyboarded by : Sean Janisse Written by : Meghan Read Storyboarded by : Stephanie Ramone | November 20, 2019 | 108 |
| "I Am Tomioka Tessai" | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "We Are the Wright Brothers" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Desmond Sargeant Storyboarded by : Lisa Kathofer Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Sean Janisse | November 27, 2019 | 111 |
| "We Are the Brontë Sisters" | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "I Am Mark Twain" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Charles Johnston Storyboarded by : Stephanie Ramone Written by : Charles Johnston Storyboarded by : Tom Cho | November 27, 2019 | 112 |
| "I Am Abigail Adams" | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "I Am Julia Child" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Lisa Kathofer Written by : Jiro C. Okada Storyboarded by : Sean Janisse | November 27, 2019 | 113 |
| "I Am Neil Armstrong" | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "I Am Helen Keller" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Meghan Read Storyboarded by : Alex Greychuck Written by : Lakna Edilima Storyboarded by : Firas Momani | December 2, 2019 | 103 |
| "I Am Alexander Graham Bell" | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "I Am Florence Nightingale" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Charles Johnston Storyboarded by : Sean Janisse Written by : Jiro C. Okada Storyboarded by : Craig Taillefer | December 9, 2019 | 102 |
| "I Am George Washington Carver" | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "I Am Leonardo da Vinci" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Charles Johnston Storyboarded by : Alex Greychuck Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Firas Momani | December 16, 2019 | 105 |
| "I Am Amelia Earhart" | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "I Am Zora Neale Hurston" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Charles Johnston Storyboarded by : Sean Janisse Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Stephanie Ramone | December 23, 2019 | 116 |
| "I Am Charles Dickens" | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "I Am Jackie Robinson" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Desmond Sargeant
Written by : Amy Brown | January 20, 2020 | 114 |
| "I Am Anna Pavlova" | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "I Am Mary Leakey" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Lakna Edilima
Written by : Lakna Edilima | January 21, 2020 | 115 |
| "I Am Alexander Hamilton" | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "I Am Theodore Roosevelt" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Amy Brown
Written by : Jennifer Daley | January 22, 2020 | 116 |
| "I Am Eleanor Roosevelt" | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "I Am Lou Gehrig" | Cory Bobiak | Written By : Lakna Edilima
Written By : Jennifer Daley | January 23, 2020 | 117 |
| "I Am Marie Owens" | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "I Am Nikola Tesla" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Meghan Read | August 3, 2020 | 119 |
| "I Am Nellie Bly" | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "I Am Maya Angelou" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Desmond Sargeant
Written by : Lakna Edilima | August 4, 2020 | 120 |
| "I Am Frederick Douglass" | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "I Am Louis Pasteur" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Charles Johnston
Written by : Amy Brown | August 5, 2020 | 121 |
| "I Am Rachel Carson" | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "I Am Kate Warne" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Meghan Read + Jen Daley
Written by : Jen Daley | August 6, 2020 | 122 |
| "I Am Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "I Am Cesar Chavez" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : M.R Horhager
Lakna Edilima Storyboarded by : Meghan Read | October 5, 2020 | 121 |
| "I Am Dolores Huerta[5]" | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "I Am Confucius" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Charles Johnston
Lakna Edilima | October 6, 2020 | 125 |
| "I Am Sacagawea" | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "I Am Mary Anning" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Amy Brown
Written by : Charles Johnston | October 7, 2020 | 124 |
| "I Am Charlie Chaplin" | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "I Am Billie Jean King" | Logan McNeil | Written by : Jennifer Daley
Written by : Deamond Sargeant | October 8, 2020 | 128 |
| "I Am Arthur Ashe" | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "I Am Rosa Parks" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Desmond Sargeant
Written By : Charles Johnston | October 9, 2020 | 126 |
| "I Am Thurgood Marshall" | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "I Am Harriet Tubman" | Cory Bobiak | Written By : Meghan Read and Desmond Sargeant | October 12, 2020 | 127 |
| 28 | 28 | "I Am Wilma Rudolph" | Cory Bobiak | Written By : Amy Brown
Written By : Meghan Read | February 1, 2021 | 124 |
| "I Am Jonas Salk" | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "I Am Jesse Owens" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Desmond Sargeant
Written By : Charles Johnston | February 2, 2021 | 135 |
| "I Am Ella Fitzgerald" | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "I Am James Naismith" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Desmond Sargeant
Written By : Charles Johnston | April 5, 2021 | 129 |
| "I Am Temple Grandin" | ||||||
| 31 | 31 | "I Am Albert Einstein" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Meghan Read
Written By : Jennifer Daley | April 6, 2021 | 130 |
| "I Am Carol Burnett" | ||||||
| 32 | 32 | "I Am Abraham Lincoln" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Meghan Read
Written By : Amy Brown | April 7, 2021 | 131 |
| "I Am Jane Jacobs" | ||||||
| 33 | 33 | "I Am Sir Edmund Hillary" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Charles Johnston
Written By : Lakna Edilima | April 8, 2021 | 132 |
| "I Am Celia Cruz" | ||||||
| 34 | 34 | "I Am Jigonsaseh" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Millie Knapp
Written By : Lakna Edilima | November 1, 2021 | 136 |
| "I Am Sacagawea" | ||||||
| 35 | 35 | "I Am Ibn Battuta" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Gillian Muller
Written By : Amy Brown | November 2, 2021 | 134 |
| "I Am Beulah Louise Henry" | ||||||
| 36 | 36 | "I Am Rukmini Devi" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Lakna Edilima
Written By : Meghan Read | January 14, 2022 | 133 |
| "I Am Bob Ross" | ||||||
| 37 | 37 | "I Am Fred Rogers" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Meghan Read | January 31, 2022 | 137 |
Season 2 (2024)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 1 | "I Am Michelangelo" | Hong Qi | Written By : Charles Johnston
Written By : Gillian Muller | January 15, 2024 | 201 |
| "I Am Dorothy Levitt" | ||||||
| 40 | 2 | "I Am Bessie Coleman" | Hong Qi | Written By : Lindsey Addawoo
Written By : Jiro C. Okada | January 16, 2024 | 202 |
| "I Am King Sejong the Great" | ||||||
| 41 | 3 | "I Am Eugenie Clark" | Hong Qi | Written By : Meaghan Read
Written By : Ashley Hafal & Amy Brown | January 17, 2024 | 203 |
| "I Am Benjamin Banneker" | ||||||
| 42 | 4 | "I Am Ruth Bader Ginsburg" | Hong Qi | Written By : Amy Brown | January 18, 2024 | 204 |
| 43 | 5 | "I Am Grandmaster Flash" | Hong Qi | Written By : Desmond Sargeant
Written By : Ashley Hafal & Amy Brown | January 19, 2024 | 205 |
| "I Am Mary Seacole" | ||||||
| 44 | 6 | "I Am Hedy Lamarr" | Hong Qi | Written By : Charles Johnston
Written By : M.R. Horhager | January 22, 2024 | 206 |
| "I Am Archimedes" | ||||||
| 45 | 7 | "I Am James Braidwood" | Hong Qi | Written By : Desmond Sargeant
Written By : Jiro C. Okada | January 23, 2024 | 207 |
| "I Am Queen Liliʻuokalani" | ||||||
| 46 | 8 | "I Am Alvin Ailey" | Hong Qi | Written By : Lindsey Addawoo
Written By : Jennifer Daley | January 24, 2024 | 208 |
| "I Am Lucy Maud Montgomery" | ||||||
| 47 | 9 | "I Am Zelia Nuttall" | Hong Qi | Written By : Jennifer Daley & Alex Cabrera-Aragon
Written By : Jennifer Daley | January 25, 2024 | 209 |
| "I Am Jules Léotard" | ||||||
| 48 | 10 | "I Am Louis Braille" | Hong Qi | Written By : Amy Brown
Written By : Desmond Sargeant | January 26, 2024 | 210 |
| "I Am Zaha Hadid" | ||||||
| 49 | 11 | "I Am Jim Thorpe" | Hong Qi | Written By : T'áncháy Redvers
Written By : T'áncháy Redvers | July 15, 2024 | 211 |
| "I Am Norval Morrisseau" | ||||||
| 50 | 12 | "I Am Roberto Clemente" | Hong Qi | Written By : Mike Kiss
Written By : Jiro C. Okada | July 16, 2024 | 212 |
| "I Am Kristi Yamaguchi" | ||||||
| 51 | 13 | "I Am Madam C.J. Walker" | Hong Qi | Written By : Lindsey Addawoo
Written By : Jiro C. Okada | July 17, 2024 | 213 |
| "I Am Edwin Binney" | ||||||
| 52 | 14 | "I Am William Shakespeare" | Hong Qi | Written By : Jennifer Daley
Written By : Jennifer Daley | September 9, 2024 | 214 |
| "I Am Katherine Johnson" | ||||||
| 53 | 15 | "I Am Bruce Lee" | Hong Qi | Written By : Jenny Lee
Written By : Alex Cabrera-Aragon | September 10, 2024 | 217 |
| "I Am Sonia Manzano" | ||||||
| 54 | 16 | "We Are Siegel and Shuster" | Hong Qi | Written By : Lindsey Addawoo
Written By : Jiro C. Okada | October 14, 2024 | 216 |
| "I Am Edmonia Lewis" | ||||||
| 55 | 17 | "I Am David Suzuki" | Hong Qi | Written By : Charles Johnston
Written By : T'áncháy Redvers | October 15, 2024 | 218 |
| "I Am Esther Martinez" | ||||||
| 56 | 18 | "I Am Gwen Ifill / I Am Matthew Henson" | TBA | TBA | December 9, 2024 | 215 |
| 57 | 19 | "I Am Kofi Annan / We are William and Caroline Herschel" | TBA | TBA | December 10, 2024 | 219 |
Shorts (2022)
[edit]| No. | Title | Written by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Puzzled" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
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Brad revisits Marie Curie. Virtue: Perseverance | ||||
| 2 | "Happy Birthday" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
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Yadina revisits Confucius. Virtue: Compassion | ||||
| 3 | "Fair and Square" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
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Xavier revisits Abraham Lincoln. Virtue: Honesty | ||||
| 4 | "Stand Up" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
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Yadina and Brad revisit Harriet Tubman. Virtue: Courage | ||||
| 5 | "Shell Shocked" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
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Xavier revisits George Washington Carver. Virtue: Responsibility | ||||
| 6 | "The Duet" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
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Yadina revisits Abigail Adams. Virtue: Gratitude | ||||
| 7 | "Dreidel" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
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Xavier and Yadina revisit Frederick Douglass. Virtue: Curiosity | ||||
| 8 | "Play Ball" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
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Xavier, Yadina, and Brad revisit Sacagawea. Virtue: Creativity | ||||
Specials
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code [b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | "Xavier Riddle and the Secret Movie: I Am Madam President" | Unknown | Unknown | March 16, 2020 | TBA |
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Yadina, who dreams of becoming president one day, realizes all the presidents were men. She questions if she can still be president, even though it is something no girl has done yet. The trio visit the Secret Museum, where a five-part star is shown to them. They travel to different periods in time, where they meet women who are attempting to do something that has never been done before. Yadina learns from them what is needed to do something that has never been done before, as she attempts to complete the star. She meets Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Amelia Earhart, Junko Tabei, Sally Ride and herself as an adult. Amelia Earhart is the only historical figure to be featured in both the movie and an episode. | |||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ 9 Story files the copyright for the episodes under groups, rather than separate episodes, as seen here:
- "Public Catalog". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^ 9 Story files the copyright for the episodes under groups, rather than separate episodes, as seen here:
- "Public Catalog". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
Reference
[edit]- ^ "PBS KIDS Announces New Series Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, Premiering November 11, 2019". PBS. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ "Brad Meltzer on Finding Heroes for "Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum"". TV Shows. November 15, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
- ^ Columnist, Francine Brokaw Community. "'Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum' premieres on PBS Kids". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
- ^ "This Adorable PBS Show Will Teach Your Kids About Golda Meir". Kveller. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Program > KET". KET. 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
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