The Beetleborgs make one last play to gain control of Boron when Nukus combines his magic and Les' drawings to create Repgillan.
This guide covers the program known as " Saban's Big Bad Beetleborgs " (in its first season) and " Saban's Beetleborgs Metallix " (in its second and final season). It was the third "companion series" to the Power Rangers franchise, and eventually rose in ratings to point it was number 1 in all… More key demographics. The show was about three typical pre-teen kids, Drew, Roland, and Jo, living in the city of Charterville, where they tend to hang out as Roland's father's comic book store, Zoom Comics. One day, on a dare, the trio entered the local haunted house (known as Hillhurst Mansion), and encounter a gang of crazy gang, child-hugry monsters! While trying to escape, they bumped into a pipe organ, accidentally freeing a wacky blue phasm by the name Flabber. As thanks for releasing him from his prison, he gave them a wish, which they were unanimous on: the kids wanted to be their favorite comic book superheroes - the Beetleborgs! But in fulfilling their wish, Flabber accidentally releases the Beetleborgs' enemies, the evil Magnavores, from the comic book world as well. Now the kids, as the armored, insect-powered, (adult-sized) cyborg warriors called the Beetleborgs, must defend their city from the Magnavores, which include Noxic, Jara, Typhus and their boss, Vexor, as they release evil creatures also out of any issue of the comics. The comic arsenal is also at the kids' disposal, including powerful weapons and three giant fighting machines known as the Beetle A.V.s. The shy but courageous Drew takes the form of the Blue Stinger Beetleborg (and later, the Chromium Gold Beetleborg). He also has the civilian ability of telekinetic powers. Jo, his tomboyish younger sister (who later goes through a change of actresses due to a magic spell gone bad), is the Red Striker (and later Platinum Purple) Beetleborg, and has the civilian ability of super-strength. And the budding magician Roland is the Green Hunter Beetleborg (and later, the Titanium Silver Beetleborg), with super-speed as his civilian ability. Then in "BeetleBorgs Metallix", Art Fortunes, creator of the Beetleborgs comics, creates better and more powerful armor for the heroes, to combat a new line of evil which are created by Art's criminal insane brother, Les Fortunes! His creation of Nukus, Horribelle, Vilor, and their Crustaceans are the new enemies of these new Metallix-powered Beetleborgs. The supporting cast includes Flabber's child-hungry roommates, known as the House Monsters (which include vampiric Count Fangula, tightly-wound Mums, dim-witted Frankenbeans, incomprehensable Wolfgang, and later the fiesty Little Ghoul); Roland's butt-kicking, bike-riding grandmother Nano; Roland's Zoom Comics-owning father Aaron (and later his mother, Abby); Heather, a pretty young girl who works at Zoom and Drew has a major crush on; and Van & Trip, two millionaire brats who tend to bully around the kids. Big Bad Beetleborgs was adapted from the 1995 Toei Metal Hero program, " Juukou Bii Faitaa ( Heavy Armor B-Fighter ). Beetleborgs Metallix was adapted from the 1996 Toei Metal Hero program, " Bii Faitaa Kabuto " ( B-Fighter Kabuto ). The series aired Mondays to Fridays, and Saturday mornings, on the Fox Kids block of the Fox network, from its inception, until the fall of 1998, when reruns of it moved to the UPN Kids block of the United Paramount Network . It has not aired in the USA since 1999, though continues to run in other countries, most notably the United Kingdom. The series ended due to two major factors: Toei stopped production of its Metal Hero series, meaning no series to adapt for a third season (which was tentatively titled Beetleborgs Force ), which would have meant much higher production costs. And secondly, Saban Entertainment needed to free up more money to fund the Ireland co-production Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog . The toy line even continued after the show ended its run! Beetleborgs (both seasons) was a production of Renaissance-Atlantic Films. A co-production of Toei Company, LTD. and Bugboy Productions, Inc. And copyrighted by Saban Entertainment, Inc. and Saban International, N.V. (which is now owned by Disney, and goes by the name of BVS Entertainment, Inc.) (One last FYI: Shannon "Jo #1" Chandler and Elisabeth "Heather" Lund were nominated for "Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program" at the YoungStar Awards for the series)
did anyone else here that cartoon network was going to show beeetleborgs again
Now, in your own opinion, which of the two Beetleborgs seasons do you like more?
but cannot remember very much about it nowadays.
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I didn't hate this show. I used to think it was an okay show. The thing is that I realized it was just like the other shows like Power Rangers and those brands. I don't understand why I liked it so much when I was a kid. Maybe it's because it was one of the only things that was on during the day. I think that the only things I liked was the fights and some of the comedy. Other than that, it wasn't very original. Monsters, bad guys seeking world domination, and good guys protecting the world. Overall, not bad, not good. Thank you.
i loved the beetle borgs i liked all the armor and weapons oh and the beetle battle base was incredible all the av's were sweet to hillhurst was the perfect hideout for the show but i wasnt to impressed with the hill hurst monsters though anyways the magnavores were awsome and i absolutely loved the beetle borgs metallix but i wasnt sure which season i liked more 1 or 2
Won't miss if don't watch. hide show
Aside from Power Rangers, Big Bad Beetleborgs was one of my many favorite television shows to look forward to. It had a lot of stuff that Power Rangers had, which was enough for me to watch it. But it was a bit different though.
Three kids who love comic books are given one wish by a friendly ghost, Flabber. The kids wish they were their favorite comic book characters, the Beetleborgs! Drew McCormick becomes the Blue Stinger Beetleborg, and the leader of the team. He gains the power of telekenesis. His sister, Jo, becomes the Red Striker Beetleborg. She gains the power of super strength. Their friend, Roland Williams, becomes the Green Hunter Beetleborg. He gains the power of super speed. After fighting several monsters made by the bad guys, the Magnavors, they create their own Beetleborg, the evil Shadowborg. Shadowborg easily decimates them, causing the team to make a 4th member. An artist creates the White Blaster Beetleborg, and gives the powers to a classmate of theirs, Josh Baldwin. Josh defeats Shadowborg, but loses his powers as well.
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The series was another rip on the Power Rangers Franchise, though produced by the same company that did them. Three ordinary kids who wish to become their favorite superheroes when they inadvertently free a kind and goofy phantasm from an organ, the story device was very original. The backlash that it created the villains from the comics for them to defeat was an excellent twist aside from the random alien encounter. The house of monsters was a nice turn, though Wolfgang was my favorite and I couldn't stand Fangula.
The series had its prime era, and I even forgave the sad (but uniquely done) replacement of Jo as the Red Beetleborg to a new actress. (best thing Wolfgang's ever done ;)) But the changing of the series was too radical. They introduce a new character Josh, who has been summoned to stop the Shadowborg and when he's defeated, Josh looses his powers. Then half a season later when they're finally victorious they change their powers. This is the Jump Shark portion of the series, I think. It's also when I lost interest, the data card addition was a bit annoying and the "Bug Out" spell was very campy. The new monster was annoying, and that's about all I have to say about that
Kids become heros from their favorite comic book. hide show
Back in the mid-to-late-nineties, I watched this show all the time. I remember coming home from school on Friday, excited to see what would happen next. I made two friends partly because I liked this show. As a kid, I loved this show and bought several of the toys. Now that I’m older, I still want to watch the old episodes and “relive” my childhood. I want to have to toys of this show, which I foolishly gave away. This was one of my favorite Fox Kids shows. I want this show to be brought back in to syndication, or at least on to DVD.
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