The Modifyers is an American animated action-adventure-comedy spy television series created by Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor for Nickelodeon. The series chronicles the adventures of secret agent Agent Xero and her robot sidekick Mole as they fight crime in the 1960s London.
Produced by DreamWorks Animation Television, United Plankton Pictures, and Nickelodeon Animation Studio, the series premiered on November 18, 2007 and ended in September 4, 2014, with a total of five seasons. The program has gained high ratings since its debut, becoming Nickelodeon's second top-rated animated series after SpongeBob SquarePants. The complete series was released on DVD and Blu-ray in June 8, 2017 in honor of the tenth anniversary of the series. As of July 30, 2020, the entire series is available on Paramount+.
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See List of The Modifyers characters.
The series follows the adventures of a female spy named Agent Xero (Mae Whitman), who works for an organization called the Modifyers. Using a special holographic ring to disguise her appearance, she, her robotic sidekick Mole (Jeff Bennett), and other Modifyer agents work on the way to fight down any kind of menace and foes. TBD
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Episodes[]
See List of The Modifyers episodes.
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Home media and streaming[]
Streaming[]
In 2010, The Modifyers was initially available on Netflix. Currently, the series is available to watch on Paramount+ and Drio streaming app.
Home video[]
Since 2008, The Modifyers is available on home media distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment. From 2008 onward, a series of 30-50 minute long compilation DVDs is released.
| Title | Release date | Episodes |
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| The All-Seeing Eye | December 10, 2008 | |
| Xero: The Masteress of Disguise | ||
| Countdown from 10 to Xero | ||
| Jump the Groove! | ||
| Athletic Tales | ||
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Theme park rides[]
A dark ride based on the series, The Modifyers — Mission Mania, was opened at DreamWorks Movie Adventure Park in 2010 and closed in 2019, replaced by VeggieTales: Ride n' Seek.
Four amusement rides based on the series opened at Nickelodeon Universe at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey in 2019, a second version of The Modifyers — Mission Mania; The Modifyers on the Modiflyer, a flying scooter ride; The Modifyers: Rat's Capturing Craziness, a scrambler spinning ride; and Mole's Swingers, a giant swing ride.
Costumed versions of Agent Xero (face costume) and Mole (atmosphere costume) can be found in theme parks such as DreamWorks Movie Adventure Park, Mundo DreamWorks, Universal Studios Florida and Hollywood, Nickelodeon Universe theme parks, and Nickelodeon Land.
Film[]
On October TBD, 2011, DreamWorks Animation and Nickelodeon Movies produced a theatrical animated feature film based on the show, The Modifyers Movie, distributed by Paramount Pictures. It serves as a prequel to the series, setting the origin of how Xero joined the Modifyers and her first battle against Baron Vain.
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Video games[]
The Modifyers characters had appeared in several video games.
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Xero, Mole, Dos, Carrie, Kenny, Lucy, Marc, Charlotte, Argle, Cathy, Tom, Alex, Earl, Suzy, Adam, and Kate are playable characters in the 2021 fighting video game Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.
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Theme song lyrics[]
- Agent Xero: (narrating) I'm Agent Xero, masteress of disguise. My modular partner Mole and I are part of a secret mystery-cracking team known as the Modifyers. We work around the clock to foil the schemes of the evil Baron Vain and his goony legion of henchmen.
- Miranda Crossgrove: (singing) The Modifyers are on the way. Agent Xero and Mole are here to save the day. TBD
Trivia[]
- This is one of the fewer DreamWorks Television series to be owned by other company instead of DreamWorks (in this case, The Modifyers is owned by Paramount Global), following NBCUniversal's acquisition to DreamWorks in 2016.
- At the end of the credits, the 1964-1966 DreamWorks Television logo was used in the series with a voice over of Agent Xero saying "This was a DreamWorks Television production", to stylize the reminiscence to television series produced in the 1960s by DreamWorks.
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