Nate Is Late

*Nate Is Late*
Nate Is Late
	The show's title
Genre	Comedy; Fantasy;
Created by	Sylvain Huchet; Peter Saisselin;
Directed by	Jeremy Guiter; Edouard Kuchiman (S2);
Creative directors	David Maingault; Antoine Birot;
Voices of	Jane U'Brien; Sarah Aubrey; Keith Scott; Jillian O'Dowd (S1); André de Vanny (S1); Ariane Sallis (S2);
Composers	Nathalie Loriot; Franck Hedin;
Country of origin	France; Australia; Germany; United Kingdom;
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2 (3rd confirmed and in production)
No. of episodes	104
Production
Executive producers	Jo Rooney; Andy Ryan;
Producers	Philippe Alessandri; Sylvain Huchet (S2);
Editor	Ivy Buirette
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	Watch Next Media; La Factorie Animation; Nate is Late Productions;
Original release
Network	Super RTL (Germany); 9Go! (Australia, S1 only); Pop and Pop Max (UK); France 4 (France);
Release	26 May 2018 –; present

Nate Is Late (French: Oscar et Malika, toujours en retard, lit. 'Oscar and Malika, always late') is an animated television series created by Sylvain Huchet and Peter Saisselin. The series is produced by Watch Next Media and distributed by KidsFirst.^[3] The series originally aired on France 4, Super RTL, and 9Go!.

A second season has been confirmed by the production companies of the series, and premiered on RTS 1 in Switzerland on 27 August 2021.^[4]^[5]^[6] The English version of the second season is now showing on Pop in the UK and Ireland. A third season is currently in production, in honor of the series' 5th anniversary.^[7]^[8]

Premise

Every morning, Nate and Malika go to school, but get sidetracked on adventures that make them late. When they finally arrive at school, Principal Prudence almost always chooses to not believe their stories.

Characters

Nate (voiced by Jane U'Brien) – An elementary school-aged boy who is enthusiastic about going on adventures, no matter how absurd they may be. He is called "Oscar" in the French version.
Malika (voiced by Sarah Aubrey) – An elementary school-aged girl who is Nate's best friend. Malika acts as the calmer one compared to Nate, but she is also prone to make silly decisions.
Principal Prudence (voiced by Sarah Aubrey) – The principal of Nate and Malika's school, who almost always asks the duo their cause for being late.

In addition to the three main characters, other characters are introduced in most episodes as Nate and Malika embark on their journeys.

Episodes

Series	Episodes	Originally aired
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network
1	52	26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)	9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)	9Go!
2	52	31 January 2022 (2022-01-31)	1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)	Pop
3	52	TBA	TBA	TBA

Season 1 (2018)


No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
1	1	"The Garbage Goblins"	Jérémy Guiter	Sylvain Huchet and Peter Saisselin	Édouard Kuchiman	26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)
Nate accidentally drops his new watch into the sewer where he and his best friend, Malika, have to go down to retrieve it. There, they meet a goblin named Pimple whose family is being threatened by a troll.
2	2	"The Roman Ruins"	Jérémy Guiter	David Witt	Jérémy Guiter	26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)
The duo's shortcut through a construction site leads to an old colosseum underground where they meet Atticus, the ghost of a young gladiator who was afraid to fight back then and is cursed to haunt the grounds until he proves himself. A chance comes up when the three run afoul of two disgruntled construction workers.
3	3	"The Carnivorous Plant"	Jérémy Guiter	Peter Saisselin	Édouard Kuchiman	26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)
Nate forgots to water the class's Venus flytrap Kiki over the weekend and needs to revitalize it quick. The duo's gardener friend, Violet, gives them some formula to do so, but Nate uses too much causing the plant to grow gigantic.
4	4	"The Dragon"	Jérémy Guiter	Cyril Vernet	Virginie Hanrigou	26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)
Nate comes across a baby dragon and comes to care for it. But the two realize its mother will be looking for it. Not helped that a local animal catcher, Maxime, seeks the dragon for his own greedy ends.
5	5	"The Insects"	Jérémy Guiter	Reid Harrison	Gaultier Buiret	27 May 2018 (2018-05-27)
The duo end up accidentally shrunk thanks to the device of the bumbling scientist friend, Professor Toybos. In order to reverse the transformation, they have to traverse his yard to reach the device before it is taken away by garbage collectors. They are helped by some friendly bugs along the way.
6	6	"The Secret Agent"	Jérémy Guiter	Joris Morio	Victor Ianni	27 May 2018 (2018-05-27)
The duo come across a secert agent who claims he's on a case. But not all is as it seems.
7	7	"The Leprechaun"	Jérémy Guiter	Fiona Leibgorin Original idea by: Sonia Gozlan and Françoise Ruscak	Ivan Evans	2 June 2018 (2018-06-02)
The duo help a leprechaun named Shaun to find an evil one who stole his gold coins which they must get back quickly before Shaun turns to stone.
8	8	"The Adorable Monster"	Jérémy Guiter	Augustin Mas and Stéphanie Tallon	Morade Rahni	3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)
On the way to school, Nate and Malika are invited to ride a dark ride in the park where they're scared by the prop monsters save for one at the end. They find out the monsters are real and the ride was a test to get their scaring diploma. However, the last monster, Wizimix, fails because he looks too cute. Taking pity on him, the duo convince the instructor to give Wizimix another chance, but she threatens them if they lie to her.
9	9	"The Haunted House"	Jérémy Guiter	David Witt	Daniel Dubuis	2 June 2018 (2018-06-02)
The duo agree to deliver a letter to an abandoned mansion on the way to school but end up trapped inside with another occupant and find the house is haunted and bringing objects to life within.
10	10	"The Enchanted Frog"	Jérémy Guiter	Alice Diener	Althea Aseoche	3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)
The duo come across a talking frog named Gideon who was cursed by the mother of his true love, Chloe, because she assumes he only sought Chloe for her beauty rather than true love. Nate gets turned into a frog in an attempt to break the spell via kissing, forcing the three to raid the witch's lair and find a way to get Nate and Gideon back to normal.
11	11	"The Kid from the Future"	Jérémy Guiter	Simon Lecocq	Gaultier Buiret	2 June 2018 (2018-06-02)
The duo are about to make it to school without incident when they see a boy named Ascor emerging from a time portal seeking to change an event in the past that results in his timeline having stricter restrictions in his school. The duo travel into the future to see what it is like and must later retrieve Ascor's time travel board before it is destroyed by the robotic principal.
12	12	"The Mermaids"	Jérémy Guiter	Diane Morel and Françoise Boublil	Luke Allen	2 June 2018 (2018-06-02)
While walking through the park, Nate drops his cookie wrapper in the lake. When he goes to retrieve it, he's enchanted to fall into it. Malika follows and the duo find out mermaids live within who aren't happy that humans are throwing trash into the lake, and have created a trash monster from the magic waters. The duo agree to help stop it and prevent further pollution.
13	13	"The Genie"	Jérémy Guiter	Simon Lecocq	Ivan Evans, Peter Sheehan, and Benjamin Vatré	9 June 2018 (2018-06-09)
The duo are given a lamp to deliver and find it houses a genie inside. However, he schemes to be free and tricks Nate into taking his place, forcing Malika to try to set things right.
14	14	"The Magic Book"	Jérémy Guiter	Fiona Leibgorin	Althea Aseoche	9 June 2018 (2018-06-09)
Malika's favorite book about a warrior princess named Leviah suddenly sucks Nate and her inside its world where they meet the titular heroine and help her to stop the evil King Ari from taking all the water of the savanna. However, if they complete the story, Leviah will die in the final encounter as she was written.
15	15	"The Sorcerer's Apprentice"	Jérémy Guiter	Jane Schneider	Gaultier Buiret	9 June 2018 (2018-06-09)
Nate and Malika meet Winkle, a young wizard in training from the Middle Ages who accidentally warped himself to the future. While trying out Winkle's wand, Nate accidentally summons a chimera and forces the three to run. Winkle reveals he was actually supposed to fight it as a final test but procrastinated on studying and tried to avoid it via time travel. The duo must help him gain the courage to face it and stop its threat.
16	16	"The Cuddly Toy"	Jérémy Guiter	Marie Manand	Ivan Evans	16 June 2018 (2018-06-16)
The duo come across a toy bunny who belongs to the local bully, Terry. He claims it isn't his when they try to return it. But they find the bunny is alive and is taken by the council of toys to find another owner. However, the toy bunny isn't ready to leave Terry yet and Nate and Malika must convince the council that Terry still needs her.
17	17	"The Superhero"	Jérémy Guiter	Simon Lecocq, Pierre-Gilles Stehr, and Xavier Vairé	Mike Chavez	16 June 2018 (2018-06-16)
The duo comes across a heroine name Miracle Girl who loses her headband that gives her her powers. Nate takes it but finds himself in trouble against her arch-nemesis, a blob monster named Gigantix. Prompting Miracle Girl, he and Malika have to work together to stop his plot of crashing a satellite into Earth.
18	18	"The Alien"	Jérémy Guiter	Peter Berts	Victor Ianni	10 June 2018 (2018-06-10)
The duo come across an alien named Zediac who is intrigued to experience human school. But he reveals that space pirates are after him for a ransom. However, things aren't what they seem.
19	19	"The Robot"	Jérémy Guiter	Jean-Christophe Hervé and Cédric Perrin	Benjamin Vatré	16 June 2018 (2018-06-16)
Toybos's robot, Elvex, feeling neglected by his creator, starts bringing appliances to life in the city to take it over and leave humans without their amenities. Nate, Malika, and Toybos must find a way to stop him.
20	20	"Santa's Reindeer"	Jérémy Guiter	David Evans	Luke Allen	9 June 2018 (2018-06-09)
It's Christmas time but Malika isn't interested in writing to Santa due to not getting what she wanted last year, thus not believing in him. This changes when she and Nate happen across Santa who is looking for his missing reindeer, Brian, who got separated from him during a training run. The duo help out and find their search leads to another encounter with the greedy animal catcher, Maxime.
21	21	"The Pocket Watch"	Jérémy Guiter	Maël Le Mée and Raphaelle Rio	Luke Allen	16 June 2018 (2018-06-16)
Nate showcases a pocket watch his father lended him. However, its mechanism becomes jammed while he and Malika are making their way to school and suddenly warps them back to the start of the morning. The duo find themselves in a time loop that rewinds them back after a set amount of time and must figure out a way to get the watch fixed within the loop to stop it.
22	22	"The Cyborgs"	Jérémy Guiter	Simon Lecocq	Victor Ianni	10 June 2018 (2018-06-10)
Another invention of Toybos, this time an AI named Zimbra, has gone rogue and begins replacing humans with robotic duplicates. When Nate and Malika stumble upon the plot, they have to stop her before she takes over the city.
23	23	"The Mummy"	Jérémy Guiter	David Witt	Gaultier Buiret	17 June 2018 (2018-06-17)
Nate and Malika arrive at the museum early for a class field trip. Nate notices the backdoor open and Malika and he venture inside where they find two thieves named Boris and Clementine robbing in the place. In midst of the scuffle, a mystical amulet activates and brings the mummy of Queen Pshut to life.
24	24	"Grandpa"	Jérémy Guiter	Alice Deiner	Althea Aseoche	17 June 2018 (2018-06-17)
While racing against each other to school, the duo bump into an elderly woman by accident. However she turns out to be a witch and, slighted by the action, curses the two to be elderly themselves. They now must find a way to find her to reverse the transformation in their aged state, helped along by Nate's grandfather.
25	25	"The Candy Factory"	Jérémy Guiter	Sam Meikle	Morade Rahni	23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)
Nate and Malika happen upon a new candy store that makes delicious sweets. Curious how they can be so good, they sneak inside and find a factory below run by gnomes who are being forced to work for the shopkeeper due to holding their hats (the source of the magic) hostage, prompting the duo to help them out.
26	26	"The Video Game"	Jérémy Guiter	David Evans	Victor Ianni	23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)
Nate and Malika become characters in a video game made real. If they can't get to the middle of the maze of drains underneath the city, they might become pixelated avatars forever.
27	27	"The Pirate"	Jérémy Guiter	Augustin Mas and Stéphanie Tallon	Benjamin Vatré	23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)
Malika shows Nate a telescope that she found in her attic. It belonged to her great-great-great grandmother, and it contains a map to a treasure hidden somewhere in town.
28	28	"The City in the Sky"	Jérémy Guiter	Maël Le Mée and Raphaelle Rio	Joseph Herbelin	23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)
On their way to school, Nate and Malika see a rope ladder dangling down from the sky. They decide to climb it and they are amazed to discover a flying city, hidden in the clouds.
29	29	"The Living Paintings"	Jérémy Guiter	Fiona Leibgorin	Victor Ianni	23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)
Nate and Malika have arrived early for their class visit to the museum, and they are pulled into the mysterious world of paintings.
30	30	"The Tree People"	Jérémy Guiter	Maël Le Mée and Raphaelle Rio	Althea Aseoche	23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)
As they cross through the park to go to school, Nate and Malika find Violet weeping next to an old tree.
31	31	"The Lucky Ring"	Jérémy Guiter	Augustin Mas and Stéphanie Tallon	Joseph Herbelin	24 June 2018 (2018-06-24)
The duo come across a construction worker named Griselda who offers Nate a "lucky" ring that she needs help pulling off her finger. He succeeds and takes possession of it and indeed, many lucky occurrences happen to him. But the luck suddenly goes bad to the point where it becomes harmful to Nate, prompting the duo to find out what's going on and get the ring off of him.
32	32	"The Faun"	Jérémy Guiter	Jane Schneider	Ophélie Mahé	24 June 2018 (2018-06-24)
The duo realize the park's statue of a faun is missing and find some prints leading away from the pedestal. Following it, they come across a party of various fauns, one of whom is named Dion who explains that he and the other fauns have come to life from the statue state for a week. He is the party's host and claims Nate and Malika as "entertainment". But when they prove to be a hit with the guests, Dion wishes for the two to stay longer then intended.
33	33	"The Ninja"	Jérémy Guiter	Augustin Mas and Stéphanie Tallan	Victor Ianni	30 June 2018 (2018-06-30)
Nate and Malika meet Jin, a ninja who offers to train them. In order to become a master, he needs to prove he has students.
34	34	"The Magic Shoes"	Jérémy Guiter	Marie Manand	Althea Aseoche	30 June 2018 (2018-06-30)
It is Track and Field Day at the school, though Nate isn't looking forward to it. He tries to claim he left his running shoes at home. But Malika prompts him to put on some spare shoes she finds at the track. However they force Nate to run nonstop. A fellow classmate reveals he had brought them to compete feeling he lacked the skills to do so, so he and Malika must work together to get the shoes off Nate.
35	35	"The Great Ape"	Jérémy Guiter	Simon Lecocq	Althea Aseoche	30 June 2018 (2018-06-30)
Another adventurous experience seems to be on the cards for Nate and Malika as they cross paths with Willy, a runaway orangutan who could use their help.
36	36	"The Shooting Star"	Jérémy Guiter	Simon Lecocq	Manny Banados	30 June 2018 (2018-06-30)
While trying to get to school before sunrise, a shooting star named Kappa Ceti falls near the duo. She pleads for their help when a bigger star named Alpha Tauri comes looking for her, intent on absorbing her light.
37	37	"The Battle of the Gods"	Jérémy Guiter	Alice Diener	Morade Rahni	30 June 2018 (2018-06-30)
A storm strikes the neighborhood this morning. Trying to take shelter, Nate and Malika discover its cause: the Greek gods are arguing over which of them deserves to rule over Mount Olympus.
38	38	"The Totems"	Jérémy Guiter	Zoé Guiet	Benjamin Vatré	30 June 2018 (2018-06-30)
Nate and Malika are surprised to come across Mrs. Rainfort, Maurice, and Violet all in bad moods. They come across a shaman who explains something is agitating everyone's spirit animals in the spirit realm which is affecting their demeanors. The duo offer to aid him in going into said realm to find and stop the culprit.
39	39	"The Gingerbread Man"	Jérémy Guiter	Cyril Deydier	Victor Ianni	29 July 2018 (2018-07-29)
On the way to school, Nate and Malika save a talking gingerbread man from a cat. But the little biscuit boy isn't very grateful, steals Nate's chili pepper, and ends up running into a house owned by a giant ogre. While his creator/mother, Josette, comes looking for him, the duo help out to make sure both come out safely.
40	40	"The Cave Girl"	Jérémy Guiter	Juliette Bas	Benjamin Vatré	29 July 2018 (2018-07-29)
Nate and Malika meet a girl named Oona who is from the Stone Age and slipped into the present time period through a portal opened by Professor Toybos. What's more, she starts taking a liking to Maurice, forcing the duo to try and help him as well as get Oona back to her rightful time.
41	41	"The Flash"	Jérémy Guiter	Maël Le Mée and Raphaelle Rio	Ophélie Mahé	5 August 2018 (2018-08-05)
The duo comes across an odd camera that, when it takes a picture, creates a living negative of that person, which exhibits the opposite traits of their original. However, Terry ends up snatching the camera away from them. The duo work to get it back, but are hampered by Terry's negative who is friendly but clumsy.
42	42	"The Spore"	Jérémy Guiter	David Witt	Morade Rahni	5 August 2018 (2018-08-05)
Violet is unwell, so Nate and Malika take her to Professor Toybos. He surmises that Violet has ingested the spore of a rare plant that is turning her into a plant!
43	43	"The Dream"	Jérémy Guiter	Peter Saisselin	Morade Rahni	12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)
Malika must save Nate when he gets stuck in a dream where he is chased by gigantic numbers.
44	44	"The Wolf"	Jérémy Guiter	Augustin Mas and Stéphanie Tallon	Althea Aseoche	12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)
A huge beast has ransacked Cosmo's kiosk, so Nate and Malika decide to investigate. Eventually, they find out the beast is actually a young woman named Pat who just happens to be a werewolf that was suppressing the transformation with an amulet but has lost it and now changes at the smell of food. Nate ends up scratched in the encounter, forcing him and Malika to find the amulet to bring Pat back to normal before he transforms completely.
45	45	"The Gremlins"	Jérémy Guiter	Sam Meikle	Ophélie Mahé	19 August 2018 (2018-08-19)
Nate and Malika come across a pair of gremlins who are planning a prank that will engulf the city in sewage. Our heroes must turn the tables on the pranksters to save the city.
46	46	"King Nate"	Jérémy Guiter	Jane Schneider	Gener Ocampo	19 August 2018 (2018-08-19)
Nate is mistaken for a visiting king, and while he is performing the king's official duties with no clue what to do, Malika discovers that the real king has gone into hiding.
47	47	"The Dinosaur"	Jérémy Guiter	David Witt	Benjamin Vatré	26 August 2018 (2018-08-26)
Professor Toybos invents a special spray that turns animals into dinosaurs. Nate accidentally squirts Maurice with the dinosaur DNA spray, which turns the boy into a T-Rex.
48	48	"The Concert"	Jérémy Guiter	David Evans	Althea Aseoche	26 August 2018 (2018-08-26)
Malika's favorite singer is doing a charity concert in the park, but his voice is stolen. When Nate confronts him, his own voice is replaced by chicken sounds.
49	49	"The Snow Fairy"	Jérémy Guiter	Jean-Christophe Hervé and Cédric Perrin	Manny Banados	2 September 2018 (2018-09-02)
Nate needs a birthday present for his mother and finds a snow globe with a fairy from Cosmo. However, when it ends up busted, it releases an actual snow fairy inside who was trapped in it by humans. She then proceeds to start freezing everything in sight as a way of "fun", forcing the duo to try and stop her.
50	50	"The Unicorn"	Jérémy Guiter	Alice Diener	Morade Rahni	2 September 2018 (2018-09-02)
Nate and Malika discover that a unicorn which is living in the park is able to control people's minds with his horn, and he uses it on Nate and Malika in order to make them do his bidding.
51	51	"The Invaders"	Jérémy Guiter	Simon Lecocq	Joseph Herbelin (part 1) Victor Ianni (part 2)	9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)
52	52	"The Invaders"	Jérémy Guiter	Simon Lecocq	Joseph Herbelin (part 1) Victor Ianni (part 2)	9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)
Nate and Malika actually manage to make it on time with no problem on the last day of school to their and Principal Prudence's surprise. All seems well... until they end up kidnapped by aliens who try to tap their memories to invade Earth. After they escape, the aliens launch a premature invasion necessitating Nate and Malika to call on all their friends they made through the season to help fend them off.

Season 2 (2021–2022)


No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
53	1	"The Lady of the Lake"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Augustin Mas and Stéphanie Tallon	Théophile Laurent	31 January 2022 (2022-01-31)
Nate and Malika meet a lady turned into water centuries ago by an ancient curse, and trapped in the lake for all eternity.
54	2	"The Thunderbird"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Juliette Bas	Édouard Kuchiman	1 February 2022 (2022-02-01)
Nate and Malika run into an ornithologist who is trying to prove the existence of the legendary thunderbird.
55	3	"The Crocodile Man"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Thomas Personeni	Stéphanie Russo	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
Nate and Malika meet a reporter investigating a crocodile-man hiding in the town's sewers. Things get complicated when a REAL crocodile appears!
56	4	"The Golem"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Thomas Personeni	Gaultier Buiret	3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)
Nate and Malika meet Easter, an alchemist chasing after the clay Golem she created. Nate and Malika have to save it from the alchemist, who wants to destroy her creature!
57	5	"The Hairdresser"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Augustin Mas and Stéphanie Tallon	Alexis Wemaere	4 February 2022 (2022-02-04)
On their way to school, Nate and Malika meet a hairdresser who has invented a spray that makes people's hair grow incredibly fast.
58	6	"The Mood Enhancer"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Simon Lecocq	Théophile Laurent	7 February 2022 (2022-02-07)
Nate and Malika discover that a crazy inventor has decided to eradicate bad moods by altering everyone's brain against their will. Nate and Malika have to stop him!
59	7	"The Chess Game"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Théophile Laurent	Théophile Laurent	8 February 2022 (2022-02-08)
Nate and Malika discover an old chess game in Cosmo's shop. But as Malika tries to teach Nate the rules, the pieces suddenly come to life and restart their centuries-old fight!
60	8	"The Drone"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Wagner Cardeňa	Stéphanie Russo	9 February 2022 (2022-02-09)
Pedro is winning over the inhabitants with his super-sophisticated delivery drone... but Nate and Malika find out that he's stealing his goods from Cosmo's shop!
61	9	"The Astronaut"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Zoé Guiet	Gaultier Buiret	10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)
Nate and Malika meet Cleo, an astronaut who has been ejected from the space station where she works with her fellow researcher. To help, our heroes embark on a space mission!
62	10	"The Gorgon"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Renaud Besse-Bourdier	Alexis Wemaere	11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)
Nate and Malika meet Stheno, a gorgon sculptor who can turn people into stone with her third eye! When she turns Maurice into a sculpture, our heroes get in her way.
63	11	"The Dimensional Rift"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Caroline Torelli	Gaspard Sumeire	28 February 2022 (2022-02-28)
Nate comes across Professor Toybos being chased by a rival scientist, who locks him up in a dimensional rift... and Nate with him! While Malika tries to stop Toybos's rival, Nate and Toybos have to find a way to communicate with her from the rift to help her.
64	12	"The Reptilians"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Claire Dufresne	Alexis Wemaere	28 February 2022 (2022-02-28)
Suzaris is a reptilian who has emerged from a fault line in the ground to explore the human world. She befriends Nate and Malika but the rift that she has opened is causing earthquakes and threatens to swallow the town.
65	13	"The Enchanted Bracelet"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Simon Lecocq	Théophile Navet	1 March 2022 (2022-03-01)
While heading to school, the duo nearly run into Hazel (the witch from "The Grandpa") and try to avoid offending her, only to find out it is Maurice in her body. He explains she stole his with a magical bracelet to enjoy youth again. The duo set out to find her and return Maurice body, but things quickly get complicated when they experience the bracelet's effects themselves.
66	14	"The Ink Thief"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Simon Lecocq	Gaultier Buiret	1 March 2022 (2022-03-01)
Nate and Malika meet Joanna, a famous novelist who has writer's block and uses a magic pen to write for her! But for the pen to work, she has to feed it texts and it soon takes on a mind of its own with malicious intentions.
67	15	"The Tiki"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Yann Ropars	Théophile Laurent	2 March 2022 (2022-03-02)
The town receives a gift from Polynesia: a Tiki, a sacred volcanic stone statue. But suddenly, the Tiki becomes alive and threatens to unleash its devastating power on the city!
68	16	"The Puppet"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Wagner Cardeña	Cédric Guarneri	2 March 2022 (2022-03-02)
Nate and Malika meet Garett, a ventriloquist's magical puppet, who pranks unsuspecting people. Nate is a huge fan of Garett's, but he and Malika soon find his pranks hurtful.
69	17	"The Mandrake"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Augustin Mas and Stéphanie Tallon	Victor Ianni	3 March 2022 (2022-03-03)
As Nate and Malika gather plants in the park to fill the herbarium they need for a school assignment, Nate mistakenly unearths a mandrake whose cries can control nearby plant-life and threatens to envelop the entire city if the duo can't calm it down.
70	18	"The Vampires"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Claire Dufresne	Stéphanie Russo	3 March 2022 (2022-03-03)
Nate and Malika meet friendly a vampire named Winifred. His classmate Harmony has evil intentions, and soon our heroes have to face a blood-thirsty vampire queen returning from limbo!
71	19	"The Sphinx"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Théophile Laurent	Théophile Laurent	4 March 2022 (2022-03-04)
In the town's Roman ruins, Nate and Malika discover a secret passage which leads them to a Sphinx! She offers them legendary treasure if they can answer her riddles correctly.
72	20	"The Pendulum"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	David Evans	Victor Ianni	4 March 2022 (2022-03-04)
Malika falls under the spell of a magic pendulum held by Marvo the Hypnotist. Under his influence, she steals a precious diamond from the museum and gives it to Marvo! But he turns out to be under a hypnosis as well and reveals that Igor (from "The Secret Agent") is behind things, having stolen his pendulum to commit crimes.
73	21	"The Giant Fish"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Jonathan Evans	Théophile Navet	7 March 2022 (2022-03-07)
Nate and Malika get swallowed by a giant fish! Inside the fish they find Maxime Dermy, the unscrupulous animal trafficker who has been swallowed too! Forcing the three to work together and find a way out.
74	22	"The Wedding Dress"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Margherita Mauro	Stéphanie Russo	7 March 2022 (2022-03-07)
Nate and Malika stumble upon a magic wedding dress that's bringing clothes to life... and the wedding dress falls in love with Nate's new bow-tie, dragging him along! Chloe (from "The Enchanted Frog") returns revealing it is her dress she accidentally animated with a spell and needs the duo's help to stop it from bringing other clothes to life as well.
75	23	"The Home Spirit"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Stéphanie Tallon	Cédric Guarneri	8 March 2022 (2022-03-08)
A poltergeist moves into Malika's house and starts wrecking it! Only Malika's "home spirit" can get rid of him, but it was living in the bread bin that she just threw away.
76	24	"The Great Pili-Pala"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Claire Espagno	Stéphanie Russo	8 March 2022 (2022-03-08)
Tako, a squid-man, wants to free the Great Pili-Pala. Nate and Malika must work with the Mermaid Queen and stop the ancient monster before it makes the water rise and floods the entire city!
77	25	"The Endless Recess"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Vladimir Haulet and Alice Diener	Victor Ianni	9 March 2022 (2022-03-09)
Nate and Malika arrive at school on time! They can enjoy the morning recess for once. But while playing hopscotch, they awake a strange spirit dressed like a Harlequin who wishes to play...forever.
78	26	"The Chicken Cop"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Renaud Besse-Bourdier and Simon Lecocq	Théophile Laurent	9 March 2022 (2022-03-09)
A robot policeman with a chicken head replaces Policeman Dwayne! Depressed, Dwayne decides to retire. But soon, the Chicken Cop malfunctions and starts wreaking havoc!
79	27	"The Kitsune"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Melanie Alexander	Victor Ianni	2 May 2022 (2022-05-02)
Kitsu, a young Kitsu, a young Japanese Kitsune, is stealing food and causing mayhem. But there's worse: the fox has aroused the wrath of a dragon spirit who now threatens to destroy the town!
80	28	"The Collector"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Simon Lecocq	Gaspard Sumeire	3 May 2022 (2022-05-03)
Nils, a collector of magic game cards, turns Melanie, the town's mailwoman, into a character in his game! To free her, Nate and Malika have to challenge him and win the game!
81	29	"The Kappa"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Claire Dufresne and Oriane Vittu de Kerraoul	Stéphanie Russo	4 May 2022 (2022-05-04)
Nate and Malika rescue a kappa, a creature who lives in the park's pond. The creature decides it has to repay them as a debt of honor, but its attempts to help them go wrong...
82	30	"The Beanstalk"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Stéphanie Tallon	Théophile Navet	5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
A rain of stones is threatening to wreck Nate and Malika's neighbourhood, because there's a war going on... in the kingdom of giants, up above the clouds!
83	31	"The Demigod's Test"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Baptiste Renard	Viravong Chanthapanya	6 May 2022 (2022-05-06)
Today is the School Olympics! At the stadium Nate and Malika meet Chloros, a frail looking demigod who has to prove to his father, Zeus, that he is a great athlete.
84	32	"The Glitch"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Wagner Cardeña	Gaspard Sumeire	9 May 2022 (2022-05-09)
Nate and Maurice have fun playing a VR video game until they accidentally release the evil AI, Zimbra (from "The Cyborgs"), that turns Maurice into a computer virus and starts affecting reality! The duo work with Toybos to try and stop her plans to turn the whole world digital.
85	33	"The Tiny Tops"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Margherita Mauro	Paul Hervé	10 May 2022 (2022-05-10)
Nate finds a tiny figurine in the street belonging to the King of the Tiny Tops. Furious that his statue was stolen, the King wages war against our heroes.
86	34	"The Magician's Top Hat"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Jonathan Evans	Théophile Navet	11 May 2022 (2022-05-11)
Nate and Malika meet Fluffy, a talking rabbit! He needs their help, because the magical world where he lives is being threatened by Jack Flash, the evil magician.
87	35	"The Chromapix"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Théophile Laurent	Théophile Laurent	12 May 2022 (2022-05-12)
Nate and Malika discover that the neighbourhood is being painted grey by a Necropix, a space creature who hates colours. Luckily, a young Chromapix arrives to stop it!
88	36	"The Gingerbread Family"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Vladimir Haulet and Baptiste Renard	Cédric Guarneri	13 May 2022 (2022-05-13)
On the way to school, Nate and Malika run into tiny gingerbread creatures who are causing mayhem in town. Investigating leads them to another encounter with Ivan who seeks to us the candy factory to make himself a new gingerbread brother.
89	37	"The Alphabet Agency"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Vladimir Haulet and Simon Lecocq	Hélène Sauvagnat	16 May 2022 (2022-05-16)
Nate and Malika cross paths with the superheroine Miracle Girl once more when a secret agent arrives to arrest her! Quickly they discover that she's the victim of a conspiracy engineered by a past foe of hers.
90	38	"The Wild Beasts"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Augustin Mas and Jérémy Elsair	Théophile Navet	17 May 2022 (2022-05-17)
Nate and Malika run into Maurice, who is half transformed into a hamster! They take him to their friend Pat, the werewolf vet, but Pat has problems of her own in the form of her recently appointed village chief who distrusts humans and wants Pat to come home. Forcing her hand with a magical moonstone that can turn people into animals if she refuses. The three team up to reverse the effects and try to convince him not all humans are bad.
91	39	"The Return of the Cuddly Toys"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Vladimir Haulet, Hadrien Krasker, and Matthieu Bockenhove	Stéphanie Russo	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)
Nate and Malika run into Brian, Santa's reindeer, who needs their help at the North Pole: Santa's in danger from Stan, his evil brother!
92	40	"The Race Car"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Jérôme Lefévère and Tom Gobart	Paul Hervé	19 May 2022 (2022-05-19)
Nate and Malika find an old racing car hidden in a dead-end. Our heroes try to help her find her former owner, but they're chased by someone who wants to sell her for scrap!
93	41	"Inside Professor Toybos"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Vladimir Haulet and Claire Espagno	Victor Ianni	20 May 2022 (2022-05-20)
Professor Toybos is in danger: he seems to have lost his mind. So Nate and Malika use his latest invention to get inside his brain and convince his logical side to return to his post before his passion and hatred sides do irreparable damage to Toybos's mind!
94	42	"The Asteroid"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Augustin Mas and Wagner Cardeña	Théophile Laurent	23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)
Nate accidentally breaks his solar system project and Malika and he visit Professor Toybos to get it fixed, only for his house to blast off into space once they go inside. Toybos reveals he's going to an asteroid to mine for a rare mineral that can power devices. The duo accompany him on his mission but find that his rival, Felding (from "The Dimensional Rift"), is also there as well, leading to a confrontation.
95	43	"The Time Travellers"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Simon Lecocq	Victor Ianni and Théophile Laurent	24 May 2022 (2022-05-24)
Nate and Malika are reunited with Asgord as he chases a thief that stole his time traveling hoverboard who seeks to steal animals from their timeline and preserve them in his own collection. The three work together to stop him but a mistake by Nate threatens to destroy all time.
96	44	"The Nebulons"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Jérôme Lefévère and Tom Gobart	Paul Hervé	25 May 2022 (2022-05-25)
On their way to school, Nate and Malika run into Billy, the shepherd of the City in the Sky, who is looking for his herd of Nebulons. These funny, cloudy sheep are the main source of water in the city, so he needs to bring them back as soon. But they run into trouble with a Nebulon rustler named Carla looking to steal them for her own ends.
97	45	"The Witches' Convention"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Baptiste Renard	Théophile Laurent	26 May 2022 (2022-05-26)
The duo stumble upon a convention attended by witches. They convince them to let the pair stay but the duo end up framed for a crime they didn't commit and must find the culprit before the witches punish them.
98	46	"The Kobolds"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Jonathan Evans	Viravong Chanthapanya	27 May 2022 (2022-05-27)
On their way to school, Nate and Malika fall into a tunnel where they meet a group of Kobolds who are digging tunnels under the city. But when their giant pet mole starts to tunnel unusually fast, the town's foundations become unstable.
99	47	"The Superstars"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Simon Lecocq	Stéphanie Russo	30 May 2022 (2022-05-30)
The duo head out early due to Malika wanting to stop by the theater to audition for a talent show. However, they come across a talent manager named Betty who uses a magic wand to brainwash Malika into a pop star so she can create pop star duo called S2 and become rich and famous. Nate must enter the audition himself to get Malika back to normal, aided by Maurice and his dance moves.
100	48	"The Goblin's Cousin"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Vladimir Haulet and Oriane Vittu de Kerraoul	Paul Hervé	30 May 2022 (2022-05-30)
A putrid smell is going through the town. Nate and Malika track it to the sewers where they reunite with the goblin, Pimple, who explains the smell is coming from his cousin who has moved into the city but refuses to take a bath and hates anything hygienic. Nate, Malika and Pimple must find a way to clean him and convince him that the smell is affecting others.
101	49	"The Golden Crown"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Augustin Mas and Stéphanie Tallon	Théophile Navet	31 May 2022 (2022-05-31)
At the museum, Nate and Malika run into Boris and Clementine (from "The Mummy") again, and to stop them from stealing the precious golden crown of an Inca emperor. But when Nate and Boris, who wore the crown, start turning everything they touch into gold, the duo realize the crown is cursed and, along with Clementine, have to find a way to reverse it before Boris's greed turns the whole town golden.
102	50	"The Scarecrow"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Augustin Mas and Baptiste Renard	Stéphanie Russo	31 May 2022 (2022-05-31)
Nate and Malika encounter Noctis, small black creatures that gather in cities to plunge its inhabitants them into darkness. Fortunately, Jack the Scarecrow comes along to chase them away.
103	51	"The Banana Peel"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Oriane Vittu de Kerraoul (part 1) Vladimir Haulet (part 2)	Théophile Navet (part 1) Stéphanie Russo and Gaultier Buiret (part 2)	1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
104	52	"The Banana Peel"	Jérémy Guiter and Édouard Kuchiman	Oriane Vittu de Kerraoul (part 1) Vladimir Haulet (part 2)		1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
Nate and Malika help Ben, the banana peel, get his powers back, but he betrays them. Instead of using his powers to become human, he takes revenge on humanity by turning the town into a magic realm, exposing all the magical beings the duo encountered over the series. In order to combat him, Nate and Malika must team with the Alphabet Agency and all their allies before he completely takes over the world.

Season 3 (TBA)


No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
105	1	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA

Broadcast

The series was produced for broadcast on France.TV (France), Super RTL (Germany), and 9Go! (Australia).^[9] In addition, the series airs on Pop and Pop Max (UK), Cartoon Network (India) and Discovery Kids (MENA).^[3]

In the United States, the show is a streaming exclusive, being available on Ameba, Kidoodle.TV, BatteryPOP, and The Roku Channel.

Reception

Nate Is Late received positive reviews from critics and audiences.

Fernanda Camargo of Common Sense Media gave the series three stars out of five, describing it as a "fun buddy comedy … full of fantasy, thin on lessons."^[10]

References

^ "Nathalie Loriot". nathalie-loriot.webnode.fr.
^ "Planète Jeunesse – Oscar & Malika, toujours en retard". www.planete-jeunesse.com.
^ ^a ^b "Kids First signs initial distribution deals". Kidscreen. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
^ "Oscar & Malika Toujours En Retard" (in French). Retrieved 24 December 2019 – via Facebook.
^ "What broadcasters renewed in June". Kidscreen. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Programme TV - rts.ch". Radio Télévision Suisse. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ "Victor Ianni - Lead storyboard - LA FACTORIE | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ Whittock, Jesse (15 November 2023). "'Nate Is Late': France Télévisions & Super RTL Greenlight Third Season With Production Fully Relocating To Europe". Deadline. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
^ "New Broadcast Agreements Announced for 'Nate is Late'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
^ Camargo, Fernanda. "Nate Is Late TV Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

External links

Nate Is Late at IMDb

[1] "Nathalie Loriot". nathalie-loriot.webnode.fr.

[2] "Planète Jeunesse – Oscar & Malika, toujours en retard". www.planete-jeunesse.com.

[kidscreen-3] "Kids First signs initial distribution deals". Kidscreen. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

[4] "Oscar & Malika Toujours En Retard" (in French). Retrieved 24 December 2019 – via Facebook.

[5] "What broadcasters renewed in June". Kidscreen. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[6] "Programme TV - rts.ch". Radio Télévision Suisse. Retrieved 26 January 2024.

[7] "Victor Ianni - Lead storyboard - LA FACTORIE | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[8] Whittock, Jesse (15 November 2023). "'Nate Is Late': France Télévisions & Super RTL Greenlight Third Season With Production Fully Relocating To Europe". Deadline. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[9] "New Broadcast Agreements Announced for 'Nate is Late'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

[10] Camargo, Fernanda. "Nate Is Late TV Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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Nate Is Late
The show's title
Genre	Comedy Fantasy
Created by	Sylvain Huchet Peter Saisselin
Directed by	Jeremy Guiter Edouard Kuchiman (S2)
Creative directors	David Maingault Antoine Birot
Voices of	Jane U'Brien Sarah Aubrey Keith Scott Jillian O'Dowd (S1) André de Vanny (S1) Ariane Sallis (S2)
Composers	Nathalie Loriot Franck Hedin^[1]^[2]
Country of origin	France Australia Germany United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2 (3rd confirmed and in production)
No. of episodes	104
Production
Executive producers	Jo Rooney Andy Ryan
Producers	Philippe Alessandri Sylvain Huchet (S2)
Editor	Ivy Buirette
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	Watch Next Media La Factorie Animation Nate is Late Productions
Original release
Network	Super RTL (Germany) 9Go! (Australia, S1 only) Pop and Pop Max (UK) France 4 (France)
Release	26 May 2018 (2018-05-26) – present