Superbook (2011)
Chris Quantum is your typical Middle School student -- except if you take into account one of his best friends is a robot named Gizmo. Add his best friend Joy Pepper into the mix and you have a recipe for adventure. The adventures begin for this trio when a mysterious device appears and takes them on journeys throughout the Bible. Travel back in time and get ready for the journey of a lifetime!
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Episode 1 - Jesus Feeds The Hungry
Release Date: 2019-01-27Superbook takes the kids back to the wedding of Cana. The wedding feast is nearly ruined when they run out of wine, but Jesus miraculously changes water into wine. Superbook then takes the kids to witness Jesus feeding over five thousand people by multiplying a few fish and five loaves of bread into a feast.
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Episode 2 - Peter and Cornelius
Release Date: 2019-01-27Joy and Chris are running late for school. If Chris gets one more ticket by the school's strict, letter-of-the-law student Hall Monitor, he'll find himself in after-school detention. When Chris enlists Gizmo's help to try to camouflage their way into school, his plan doesn't work. He and Joy get caught. Chris begs for mercy, knowing full well this thorn-in-his-side won't budge. The Hall Monitor has no interest in giving Chris special treatment over anyone else. Chris' attitude about how unlikable this guy is-even though Chris is in the wrong and the guy is just doing his job-prompts Superbook's arrival. Chris thinks he can escape to a place where he is king of his own world. Only this time, Superbook brings the Hall Monitor back with them! Superbook brings them back to a time when Peter needed to learn that God doesn't have favorites.
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Episode 3 - Paul and Silas
Release Date: 2019-01-27Joy is down in the dumps because she's due to have a her tonsils out; Superbook whisks the kids away to Philippi, where they encounter Paul and Silas preaching and being arrested for casting out a demon.
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Episode 4 - Solomon's Temple
Release Date: 2019-01-27Chris, Joy and Gizmo meet Solomon, who builds the Temple planned by his father, King David.
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Episode 5 - Peter's Escape
Release Date: 2019-01-27Chris, Joy and Gizmo see Peter jailed for preaching, then set free by a miracle.
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Episode 6 - Jesus Heals the Blind
Release Date: 2019-01-27Chris, Joy and Gizmo see how Jesus heals people who are blind, physically and spiritually.
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Episode 7 - Joshua and Caleb
Release Date: 2019-01-27Chris, Joy and Gizmo meet twelve spies sent by Moses to explore the Promised Land.
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Episode 8 - Elijah and the Widow
Release Date: 2019-01-27Chris, Joy and Gizmo see God provide for the prophet Elijah, a poor widow, and her son.
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Episode 9 - Teach Us to Pray
Release Date: 2019-01-27Chris, Joy and Gizmo see Jesus teach how to pray and cast out demons.
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Episode 10 - Jeremiah
Release Date: 2019-01-27Chris, Joy and Gizmo meet Jeremiah, who is persecuted for speaking God's message.
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Episode 11 - Jesus in the Wilderness
Release Date: 2019-01-27Chris, Joy and Gizmo meet Jesus and see how God will not allow your temptations to be more than you can bear, and He will show you a way out.
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Episode 12 - Paul and Barnabas
Release Date: 2019-01-27Jia Wei embarrasses Chris by inviting students to a Bible study group. Superbook whisks the kids away to journey with Paul and Barnabas on their mission to spread the message of Jesus. They witness Paul's miracle, blinding an evil sorcerer and converting the Roman Governor to a believer in Jesus. The job becomes too much for disciple John Mark, who abandons the work and returns to Jerusalem. Paul and Barnabas continue spreading the Gospel against all manner of adversity including Paul being stoned and Barnabas and Paul separating over a disagreement. Chris takes their example to heart and when Superbook returns him to school, he, Joy, and Gizmo stand up for Jia Wei and his Bible study group. Chris takes a small, first step, on a journey towards pronouncing the Gospel as the power to Salvation.
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Episode 13 - Philip
Release Date: 2019-01-27Chris is impressed by his father’s new invention. Chris covets the device and wants to use its power to impress his friends and earn lots of money. Superbook whisks the kids away to Samaria. There they watch Philip, Peter and John teach a magician and his followers about the true power of the Holy Spirit. Later, they find Philip in the desert and witness the baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch. Upon returning home, Chris is a changed person. He has been awed by the power of the Holy Spirit and begins his path towards baptism.