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  • Adored by the Network: Atomic Betty enjoyed its time on its origin channel of Teletoon as one of the network's flagship series, becoming one of the network's longer running series and airing a lot throughout its lifespan. In fact, it was so much of a success that there were considerations for a revival/sequel show afterwards. It also had a bunch of merchandise such as a toyline, books, and a video game, something extremely rare for a Teletoon original series (they usually get DVDs at the most)
  • Channel Hop: In the States, the first two seasons aired on Cartoon Network, with the third season being picked up by The Hub a couple years later.
  • Children Voicing Children: Betty's voice actress Tajja Isen wasn't much older than Betty herself at the time.
  • Crossdressing Voices: Laurie Elliott as Noah.
  • "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Tajja Isen, the voice of Betty, sings the show’s theme song.
  • Keep Circulating the Tapes: There are only two single-disc DVD volumes with random episodes from the first season, released only in North America and Japan. The only place you can get the entire series is on the French iTunes store, so good luck purchasing it if you don't live in France. Shout! Factory was planning on releasing the series on DVD, but sadly postponed then cancelled its release due to rights issues, so you're stuck with reruns with the exception of the first two seasons, which was added to YouTube by marbleKids starting in 2019.
  • In Memoriam: The Season 2 finale "Takes One to Know One" was dedicated to Minimus' original voice actor Len Carlson, who died in January 2006.
  • Only So Many Canadian Actors: A lot of familiar Toronto-based voice acting figures show up, such as Len Carlson, Catherine Disher, Colin Fox, Adrian Truss, Jayne Eastwood, and Tajja Isen.
  • The Other Darrin:
  • Real-Life Relative: Paloma's little sister Juanita was voiced by Nissae Isen, the sister of Betty's voice actress, Tajja Isen.
  • Screwed by the Network: The show's fate on Cartoon Network. Started off on as one of the key shows on their Miguzi block before being punted around the schedule over the course of a year, eventually ending up in a early morning shift where barely anyone was awake to watch it.
  • What Could Have Been:
    • Betty was originally intended to be a 8 year old instead of a 12 year old, as seen in these two pieces of development art. All her space missions would have taken place at night, with her parents dismissing her adventures as dreams she had of her toys and their pets (hence why Maximus and DeGill resemble Purrsy and the goldfish in Betty's room respectively).
    • As revealed in this original concept trailer from Atomic Cartoons (which noticeably uses a different animation style with thinner outlines), Sparky and X-5 were originally going to assume the form of toys that Betty had in her room during the day and transform into their true selves whenever Betty took off for her mission. This seems to have been around the same stage of development as the above info regarding Betty's original age and when her adventures took place, as Betty is shown having to wake up at night and change to her Galactic Guardian outfit from her nightdress.
    • A sequel series called Atomic Betty Redux was in development, starring the teenage Betty from the series finale, but it got stuck in Development Hell before being scrapped entirely due to lack of interest from Atomic Cartoons' production partners.
  • Word of God: According to a staff member behind Atomic Betty, after the events of the series finale "The Future Is Now", Betty, Sparky and X-5 had separated themselves to focus on their own lives.

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