Season 402 (Genie & Boy)

402nd Season of Genie & Boy premiered on Nickelodeon in September 28, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2002. This season introduced the new genies to the main group (Faith, Asaya, Kennedy, & Lisa) and is the last to have Serena as part of the main group, The group also teams up with other Genie groups and supernatural beings like Country Genies, Magic Club, and Hawaiian Genies.

This season covers the return of Lena and her time traveling to the 1960's to stop the Moon Landing, Jenie and Genies must stop her, Episodic adventures involving the characters afterwards, and the rise of a mysterious organization named Destroy which apparently wants to control supernatural beings including Genies. Serena has a very big character arc this season involving her getting older and her leaving the group while also meeting with a girl exactly like her named Tara who is also half Human/half Genie working for Destroy having a rivalry with her.

Production
Season 402 was announced on March 2001 following the success of the previous season, starting this season Nickelodeon had somewhat more involvement in production and new writers and other production team come in. It was also announced 4 new genies would be introduced.

Synopsis
4 new Genies named Faith, Asaya, Kennedy & Lisa join the Main group however Lena has returned and plans to time travel to 1969 when the moon landing first happened to order to look for a rare energy source that will turn everyone into monsters. Later on, The mysterious organization named Destroy begins their plan to capturing multiple supernatural beings for a unknown project for them to take over the world. Meanwhile Serena is dealing with the fact, she is getting growing up and becoming a young woman and faces a rivalry with a girl named Tara who is exactly like Serena being half Human/half Genie.

Characters

 * Jenie
 * Leo
 * Marina
 * Terra
 * Shock
 * Serena
 * Trinity
 * Jasmine
 * Nini
 * Nunu
 * Faith
 * Asaya
 * Kennedy
 * Lisa
 * Mistress Novara
 * Frost
 * Nicole

Episodes

 * 1) The New Genies!
 * 2) Mr. Moonlight
 * 3) Dance In The Moonlight
 * 4) The Catch
 * 5) The Halloween Scare!
 * 6) Genie & Claw
 * 7) Divide & Conquer
 * 8) Puppet Matters
 * 9) A Page Of The Knight
 * 10) Faith's Past
 * 11) Every Genie Dog Has Their Day!

Mini-Episodes

 * 1) Aloha!
 * 2) Sunset In Honolulu

Openings

 * Mr. Moonlight (Big Band of Love)- Morning Musume (Episodes 1-10)
 * We're Alive - Morning Musume (Episodes 11-16)
 * Do it! Now - Morning Musume (Episodes 17-26)

Endings

 * Popcorn Love - Morning Musume (Episodes 1-10)
 * Morning Coffee (2002 Version) - Morning Musume (Episodes 11-16)
 * PURE Boy - Morning Musume (Episodes 17-26)

Others

 * The Genie Hawaiian Medley - Morning Musume, Coconuts Musume, Fujimoto Miki, and Ishii Rika (Mini Episodes - Aloha & Sunset In Honolulu) Opening & Ending

Awards
The season won a award for Best Show on the network.

Home Media
Genie & Boy The Complete 402nd Season DVD was released on February 13, 2004 by Paramount Home Entertainment, it contained Bonus Features like Behind The Scenes, Audio commentaries, Music Videos, bloopers, storyboards, deleted scenes, and featurettes.

Trivia

 * This season came 2 weeks after the 9/11 attacks and was pushed back a week of it's original premiere (September 21, 2001).
 * This season introduces Faith, Asaya, Kennedy & Lisa into the series.
 * Starting this season, the group line-up is now up to 13 Genies.
 * This is the last season to have Serena as part of main group, she left in order to continue her spinoff show "The Serena Show", another reason was the popularity of her character which according to Nickelodeon executives which was unexpected and thought a spinoff would make her even more popular.
 * First season to introduce Nicole in the series.
 * Originally this season was going to have Rosie or Daisy return but this ended up not happening.