The Fresh Beat Band

The Fresh Beat Band

The Fresh Beat Band is a children's TV show with original pop songs produced for Nick Jr. The Fresh Beats are Shout, Twist, Marina, and Kiki, described as four best friends in a band who go to music school together and love to sing and dance. The show was filmed at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California. All episodes follow the same basic structure: ⁕Each episode begins with a song that foreshadows a problem that the band will solve. ⁕The band works together to solve the problem. ⁕When the problem is solved they perform a song with the problem and solution incorporated into the lyrics. ⁕Each episode concludes with a version of The Fresh Beat Band's closing song, "Great Day". ⁕The main characters dance to choreography by Mandy Moore; Sean Cheesman; Chuck Maldonado; Scotty Nguyen; Dreya Weber; Mary Ann Kellogg; Nakul Mahajan; Mihran Kirakosian; Susan Austin and Fred Tallaksen.

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1. Stick Together

Air Date: 2009-08-24

The Fresh Beats decide to replace the wallpaper in the classroom to surprise Ms. Piccolo on her birthday. While putting up the paper, Kiki and Twist accidentally get stuck together by the wallpaper paste. They try to continue working, but it is difficult so Shout and Marina have to figure out a way to get them unstuck and finish the job in time for Ms. Piccolo's party.

2. Stomp the House

Air Date: 2009-08-24

While practicing for her drum solo for today's big performance, Marina breaks her drumset. The Fresh Beats must scramble to find whatever materials they can find to make a drum set – a trashcan, lids, pipes and even a table.

3. Doggone It!

Air Date: 2009-08-25

Reed has lost his dog, Banjo, and asks the Fresh Beats to help him with the search. They chase Banjo all over town, and he keeps slipping away at the last second. The Fresh Beats and Reed finally figure out that Banjo can be lured by music. Depending on whether they play their music fast or slow, Banjo will either move towards them, or away from them.

4. Loco Legs

Air Date: 2009-08-26

Shout is so excited to perform today that he has developed a case of "loco legs." The Fresh Beats come up with an ingenious plan that will enable them to perform together. They all do the loco legs dance.

5. Let's Boogie

Air Date: 2009-08-27

The Fresh Beats are having trouble learning a dance that Kiki has choreographed. After a trip to the groovie smoothie, Melody teaches them that if you put it in a song, you can remember the steps a lot easier!

6. Quack Shoes

Air Date: 2009-08-31

It's Tap Dance Day at Music School. Shout is excited, and practices his tap dancing skills on the way to class. However, he gets a little too into the dancing. Shout winds up kicking his shoes off his feet, and they land in a tree. Shout needs shoes to tap in, so Marina loans him her duck slippers.

7. Hippity Hop

Air Date: 2009-09-01

Melody is introducing a new line of carrot juice flavored smoothies at her shop. She asks Marina to wear a bunny suit to help promote it. Marina doesn't really want to wear the bunny suit, because she just got a new dress she wanted to wear instead. She reluctantly agrees to wear the suit because Melody is a friend. To provide some moral support, Kiki, Shout, and Twist all dress as animals and come to the Groovy Smoothie to help out.

8. Band Together

Air Date: 2009-09-02

The Fresh Beats are going to pick different instruments to play at music school today! Marina is going to play the xylophone, Shout is going to play the trombone, Kiki is going to play the harp, and Twist wants to play everything!

9. Bounce in the House

Air Date: 2009-09-03

The Fresh Beats are deciding what song to play for their next concert. Twist wants to play something that goes really fast. He starts running around the apartments, and accidentally breaks Marina's drum. Shout, Kiki, and Marina try to convince Twist that he needs to slow down. Twist comes up with a different plan. He turns his room into a bouncy house. This way he can bounce around really fast and not worry about breaking anything. The plan was working until Twist breaks Marina's drum a second time.

11. Freeze Dance

Air Date: 2009-10-20

It's too hot to practice and the Fresh Beats cool off with a smoothie. Melody leaves them in charge of the shop and pretty soon they're making ice-cold smoothies that freeze everyone, which turns into a freeze dance!

13. Smoothies to Go-Go

Air Date: 2009-10-22

Kiki gets the idea to start a delivery service on her roller skates, and finds herself way over her head in need of help from her friends.

10. Hocus Pocus

Air Date: 2009-10-19

There's a Talent Show at school and Twist wants to do magic tricks. The others want to sing and dance, especially when the tricks don't work. In the end, the Fresh Beats perform... with Twist's magic tricks!

12. Sing With Me

Air Date: 2009-10-21

Kiki and Shout have to sing a duet for Music School. They are having trouble picking a song, because each one has a different idea of what they want to sing. Kiki wants to sing an opera song, while Shout wants to sing a rock "n" roll song. Twist and Marina have to figure out a way to help their friends come up with a compromise.

18. Hip Hop Hoedown

Air Date: 2010-03-05

The Fresh Beat Band is getting ready to play some country music. They head to the Good Note Music Store to get some country music instruments from Reed. Kiki, Shout, and Marina pick their items out right away. Twist has trouble finding one for himself. He keeps picking different instruments, but none of them have a country music sound to them. The day of the performance arrives, and Twist has nothing to play, and the other Fresh Beats don't want to perform without him. Melody and Reed come up with the idea of Twist being the square dance caller.

14. March Our Way

Air Date: 2010-01-11

The Fresh Beats are leading the school parade, with uniforms and marching band instruments! They have trouble marching in a straight line and morph into a hip-hop marching band and march, and dance, Fresh Beat style!

15. Glow For It

Air Date: 2010-01-12

It's the Moonlight block party and everyone is decorating the street. The Fresh Beat Band start their show and all the lights go out! They make glow stick costumes and the party becomes a glow-in-the-dark extravaganza!

16. Rock to Sleep

Air Date: 2010-01-13

Shout gets a bugle in his favorite box of cereal. He plays with it all day, and even into the night. Shout knows it is time to go to sleep, but he can't help himself. He keeps playing his new bugle. Kiki, Marina, and Twist all want to go to sleep, but Shout's bugle playing is driving them nuts. The three of them have to work together to figure out a way to get Shout to go to sleep.

17. Rhyme Time

Air Date: 2010-01-14

Twist is practicing his rapping skills. When he can't find anything that rhymes with the word music, he accidentally loses his voice. Kiki, Marina, and Shout console Twist, and try to help him figure out a way to get his voice back. They decide to try finding a word that rhymes with music on their own.

19. Bubble Blast

Air Date: 2010-04-22

It's Clean & Green Day and the Fresh Beats are cleaning the street! But Shout would rather play music, so they all build a bubble making music cleaning machine, using discarded woodwind instrument parts they got from Reed!

20. Rock the Luau

Air Date: 2010-05-28

The Fresh Beat Band is getting ready to perform at a Hawaiian Luau. After picking up their instruments from Reed, they start practicing. Marina starts to get worried when her hips start shaking and the rest of her body starts dancing without her in control of her own body. She tries to figure out how to control it, but it keeps happening every time she hears Hawaiian music. At the Luau, Melody explains to the group that Marina is dancing the hula, and that her body has a story to tell.

1. Circus Mojo

Air Date: 2010-08-30

The Fresh Beats save the circus by performing in it.

2. Honk Honk

Air Date: 2010-08-31

Fresh Beats build a new car from 57 boxes.

3. Camping With the Stars

Air Date: 2010-09-01

Twist goes camping for the first time.

4. Singin' in the Rain

Air Date: 2010-09-02

Fresh Beats make it rain so Marina can play along to the rhythm.

5. Back to School

Air Date: 2010-09-15

The Fresh Beats reminisce about their favorite songs on the first day back at music school.

6. Jungle Jazz

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Fresh Beats help a plant find a home after it grows too big for Twist's room.

7. Balloon Buddy

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Fresh Beats discover a friendly balloon who likes to conga.

8. Presto Pants

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Twist and Shout build mechanical dancing pants.

9. Giant Pumpkin

Air Date: 2010-10-25

Shout grows a giant pumpkin to bring to a festival.

10. The Case of the Missing Violin

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Fresh Beats search for Kiki's missing violin.

11. Fresh Beats in Toyland

Air Date: 2010-12-13

Twist has a dream where the Fresh Beats are toys in Toyland (Holiday Special).

12. Zydeco Music Parade

Air Date: 2011-03-07

Fresh Beats go on a road trip and create their own instruments.

13. Car Wash Dance

Air Date: 2011-03-09

Fresh Beats do a car wash dance to clean their dirty car.

14. Follow the Leader

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Twist leads the Fresh Beats as conductor of the orchestra.

15. Kiki's Kickin' Chorus

Air Date: 2011-03-08

The Fresh Beats put a chorus together to sing a new song.

16. Drum Party

Air Date: 2011-03-10

The Fresh Beats throw a surprise birthday party for Marina.

17. Mixed Up Musical

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The Fresh Beats sing songs and make a musical.

18. Band In A Jam Part 1

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The Fresh Beats get stuck backstage at a concert and remember how they met.

19. Band In A Jam Part 2

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The Fresh Beats get stuck backstage at a concert and remember how they met.

20. Step It Up

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The Fresh Beats enter a stepping competition.

1. Graduation Day

Air Date: 2011-06-24

The Fresh Beats graduate from music school.

2. Giant Pizza

Air Date: 2011-06-24

The Fresh Beats help their new friend, Harper, open the Singin' Pizza Cafe.

3. Dance Floor Superhero

Air Date: 2011-11-18

Harper makes pizzas of the Mighty Music Band, comic book heroes, and decides to throw the Fresh Beats a high-flying dance party. He even gives them Mighty Music Band costumes! But then the Fresh Beats realize that their friends are frozen. It all turns out to be the work of the evil Deep Freeze (Nikki Blonsky) from their comic book. She mistakes the Fresh Beats for the Mighty Music Band because of their costumes. The Fresh Beats really need to stop Freeze and save their friends and their dance party.

4. Cool Pool Party

Air Date: 2011-07-08

Kiki, Marina, and Shout must refill the pool after they accidentally splash all the water out.

5. Snow Day

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Twist accidentally gives everyone a snow day.

6. Rock Star

Air Date: 2011-11-25

The Fresh Beats are transported into the world of the Rock Star board game.

7. The Fresh Bots

Air Date: 2011-12-09

The Fresh Beats create a series of robots that look like themselves.

8. Chimps in Charge

Air Date: 2011-11-11

The Fresh Beats help their friend babysit a pair of chimpanzees.

9. Pink Swan

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Kiki auditions to be the lead in a new ballet.

10. Hoop Dreams

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The Fresh Beats build a basketball court for the Junior Beats.

11. Bollywood Beats

Air Date: 2011-12-02

An Indian market is in town and the Fresh Beats meet a Genie and his sidekicks.

12. Yo! Fresh Beats Go Gabba Gabba!

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The Gabbas meet the Fresh Beats and zap the group to different places.

13. Ghost Band

Air Date: 2011-10-24

The Fresh Beats have a musical showdown against a ghost band.

14. Veloci-Rap-Star

Air Date: 2011-11-04

When a manager recruits Twist to go on tour, he becomes a rap superstar.

15. Laughing Dance Master

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Laughing Dance Master trains the Fresh Beats for a dance festival using odd methods.

16. The Wizard of Song (Part 1)

Air Date: 2012-01-27

Marina is swept up in a wind storm and lands in Oz.

17. The Wizard of Song (Part 2)

Air Date: 2012-01-27

18. Royal Wedding

Air Date: 2012-02-10

The Fresh Beats are excited for a royal wedding happening in town.

19. Keeping It Green

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20. Dance-A-Thon

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21. Keepin' It Green

Air Date: 2012-04-20

The Fresh Beats have a concert to stop the Mayor from building over the park.

22. Yo! Fresh Beats Go Gabba Gabba!

Air Date: 2012-06-08

Plex accidentally transports the Gabba gang and the Fresh Beats to exotic locales every time he hiccups.

23. Hoop Dreams

Air Date: 2012-08-19

The Fresh Beats plan to rock the half-time show at the Junior Beats' basketball game.

24. Dance-a-Thon

Air Date: 2012-10-14

The Fresh Beats compete in an all-night dance contest.

25. Laughing Dance Master

Air Date: 2013-02-10

The Fresh Beats audition for a dance festival but don't make the cut.

26. Pink Swan

Air Date: 2013-10-13

When a new ballet comes to town, Kiki is cast in the lead role as the Pink Swan and has to learn how to do five turns in a row.

27. Snow Day

Air Date: 2013-12-07

The Fresh Beats use a giant blender to make snow for their winter show.

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Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

2009-08-24

Episodes

67 (3 seasons)

Status

Returning Series

Cast