Writer:	David Wise
Director:	Kent Butterworth
Star:	Scott McNeil (voice of General Slaughter),  Michael Donovan (voice of Professor T. Bird),  Kathleen Barr (voice of Princess Angelica),  Ian James Corlett (voice of Zitz/Morgan Ziegler)
Guest Star:	Ian James Corlett (Zitz / Morgan Zeigler),  Kathleen Barr (Princess Angelica),  Michael Donovan (Professor T. Bird),  Scott McNeil (General Slaughter)

In an attempt to hype the show, Nintendo Power magazine featured a Battletoads comic in two parts during 1991, each appearing in the May and June issues, respectively. The comic told the story that appeared in the game, ending right before the final battle with the Dark Queen. (edit) David Wise, the writer of the pilot episode, also did the music for the Battletoads video games. (edit) Despite the show only airing a single episode, it was heavily advertised. It even appeared in several issues of GamePro. The colorful full-page ads were done with a unique comic-style design. (edit) Both the good characters (Zitz, Pimple, Rash, Princess Angelica, and Professor T. Bird), as well as the evil characters (The Dark Queen, Beast Police/Psyko Pigs, and General Slaughter) are all based off of the Battletoads video-game characters by the same name. However, the plot of the television show is completely different than that of the game's story. (edit) Two people who provided voices for this show (Ian James Corlett and Scott McNeil) also did voices on the wacky show from Mark Gravas's Kapow, Yakkity Yak. (edit)

Dark Queen: People of Earth. For the crime of harboring the Battletoads, I.. the Dark Queen.. shall now destroy your planet!
Teenage Girl: Oh no, it's heading towards the mall! (edit) Professor T. Bird: I want you to become the most legendary warriors in the universe!
Morgan: I can't believe it. It's what I've been dreamin' of.
George: It sounds cosmically.. cosmic! (edit) (All in unison)
Zitz, Pimple, Rash: Let's get warty! (edit) (after Princess Angelica and Professor T. Bird jump out of an arcade machine)
Morgan: Boy, they sure makes these games realistic nowadays. (edit) Professor T. Bird: On a distant planet in a remote solar system. A planet so backward and insignificant that the Dark Queen never bothered to conquer it. A mysterious planet called Earth. (edit)

Some have speculated that while transforming into the Battletoads, they shout, "Lets get horny!" Although it has yet to be proven otherwise, most believe they're simply saying, "Lets get warty!" (edit) The word 'Scarf' plays a recurring role in this episode. The two store names are Scarf-N-Donuts and Stop-N-Scarf. (edit) The Princess gets a job in which she's paid minimum wage, $4.75, but in the state of California during 1991, the minimum wage was actually $4.25. (edit) While traveling to the Dark Queen's fortress in space, Professor T. Bird and the Battletoads can safely breathe inside the ship's capsule, but when they arrive at the fortress they jump out. How are they able to breathe in space? (edit) Professor T. Bird is completely off-model in this show. (edit)

Visual: 57 BIRD

The car that the boy's give Professor T. Bird to fix up is a pink Ford Thunderbird from 1957. The license plate reads 57 BIRD.

The Thunderbird first entered production in 1955 as a two-seater sporty car. It was described as a personal luxury car. The 1957 model had a radical restyle. The front bumper was reshaped, the grille and tail fins were made larger, and bigger tail-lights were fitted. (edit) The pilot episode of Battletoads is very similar to that of Street Sharks, another show that was published by DiC Entertainment. Both feature a group of unique teenagers that are turned in to creatures to fight crime. (edit) Visual: Galaxy Wars

After school, the boys go to play some arcade games, one of which is called Galaxy Wars. In 1979, Taito Corporation released an arcade shoot-'em-up game called Galaxy Wars. (edit)