Rocket Power: 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 February 16, 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.

In the same month the telefilm was premiered, a soundtrack album for the series [1] was released, featuring the songs that appeared in the telefilm. Besides the show's theme song, the album featured:

• "Individuality" by Area-7
• an English language cover of "99 Luftballons"("99 Red Balloons") by Goldfinger
• "Valentino" by Bowling for Soup (who had previously performed the theme song to Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius for the film's soundtrack album)
• "I'm Cool" by Reel Big Fish

External link

• A transcript of the telefilm, from the Maximum Rocket Power website

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