Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron

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Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron was a short-lived cartoon show produced by Hanna-Barbera that first aired in September 1993. It revolved around the feline characters of Megakat City, and its two main characters were Jake Clawson and Chance Furlong, two pilots who were thrown out of the enforcers due to a mishap and forced to work as junkyard auto mechanics to repay the damages they caused. They decided they had to do more to make amends, and therefore, Jake Clawson designed the Turbokat and became the vigilantes known was the SWAT Kats. Jake, a.k.a Razor, was the weapons system officer and Chance, a.k.a T-bone, was the pilot. Together they protected Megakat City from many foes, such as Dark Kat, Dr. Viper, The Pastmaster, Mac and Molly, a.k.a. The Metallikats, and Hard Drive.moreless
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  • Flying High

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By sh811a, Nov 14, 2009 Report Abuse
    This is another one of my relics from my childhood, that I find like a well preserved aircraft is ageless and still has the power to make itself fly; think of this show as "Batman" mixed in with "Top Gun".

    The plot was a typical comic book like plot but it was more in it's execution that mattered. The animation style I feel is great, I really like how they created the city making it dark giving it almost a noir like feeling. But most of all created kinda of a alternate world that does feel belevable. I even like how the cats are animated, most notably the female cats that actually look the most human and strangely attractive whether that's a good thing or bad I don't know (though I don't feel guilty). Best of all the action/flight sequences are just great, they are well chorigraphed and cordinated you really have the sense of flight. I even love the fact that the S.W.A.T. Kats invent their own weapons, they use different kinds of missles and bullets, I won't tell you what they are since seeing them used is one of the best things about the show, but I will say that their great because their non cleche/generic weapons each weapon is always a different supprise and puts the S.W.A.T. Kats a step ahead of the game much as "Batman" or "James Bond's" gadgets do. The music is awdsome it has one of the most memorable animated show theme songs I've heard.

    The characters are good, T-Bone was always my favorate, he is sort of the most physical, he is a hot shot pilot, rebelious, arrogant, aggresive, a bit short tempered though always fun. Razor is the one with the brains he's uncanily similar to Peter Parker/Spiderman, just like that character he's inventive he's practically the one that made the weapons, he's got fast agility and can climb/stick to walls, and also for some reason has magnitism to the ladies many toward the character Callie.

    Supporting characters are unfortunately few mainly because I didn't find many strong ones let alone memorable which is the minor weakness of the show for me, though two for me stood out. Felina, I know a lot of fan had a crush on Callie but to me it was always this character because she was just a strong female charcter let alone a fem fatale. She's agressive, rebelious so she's not afraid to disobey orders or do things her way, feisty, has a dry sense of wit, has a lot of guts she's not afraid of facing danger, and last she hot (what is T-Bone's problem hit on her damn it) she has the hairstyle like Rogue from "X-Men" though only disapointment never knew what she looked like without the paramilitary uniform; okay I might be getting into weard territory moving on.

    Callie is okay, a lot of fans like the charcter so do I but she's just not an absolute favorate of mine. I find her charcter mildly developed rather two dimentional, she just doesn't have a real role/function in the show, she just seems to serve a a mere device to supply the S.W.A.T. Kats and us with information and serve as a damsel in distress nothing wrong with that but it feels a bit pointless since theres no chemestry between Razor and her going on.

    There are good villians, their typical comic book like villians. Though my favorate is always Dark Kat he's sort of a "Dr. Strange" like supervillian since he uses black magic to try and take over the city and thourt the S.W.A.T. Kats, he also has a pritty creepy voice to boot. I just think that's cool it's technology against magic.

    Storylines are good and some are supprising well writen and aren't afraid to be dark, serious or become emotional like one of my favorate episode was when T-Bone is thinking of quiting his role because he accidently caused a fatal injury of an innocent bystander. It really reminds us that this show isn't screwing around it's playing for keeps.

    The only bad thing about the show is no supprise, it's life span was cut too soon for no good reason. Which was too bad because I really saw this show going even further, may'be make things more dark and serious, or even develop the characters more. But the other bad thing it's not out on DVD yet, please get it out right now, I've been waiting a long time make my wait pay off.

    Well all the same S.W.A.T. Kats flys high.moreless

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  • Let's kick some tail! One of the greatest shows in the 90's!

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    By frosty_ice, Aug 31, 2009 Report Abuse
    This is one of those shows which I think it was cancelled before its time... Maybe because the series was ahead of its time. Nowadays, this series would have been considered just another series, but back then, it was one of the coolest things that was ever produced by Hanna-Barbera before it was bought by Cartoon Network. The animation was amazingly cool, and the soundtracl was amazing. Guitar cords really are the best ay to get a cool sound for ana action show like this one. The characters were very cool, and the story itself was very good too. The way T-Bone and Razor ended up saving the city every episode was just amazing. Plus, the supporting cast was also one of the best ones ever seen in a cartoon show of the 90's. The voice cast was perfect, that's all I can say about it. Too bad the series did not went on, but, well, at least there is still the chance that one of these days, the Turbokat might be seen in air again, if they decide to make a remake of the series. 10 out of 10!moreless

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  • Ahh! The legendary SWAT kats? This brings back some happy memories :)

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    By Jackasaurus, Mar 23, 2009 Report Abuse
    Personaly, I have never heard of a person who wouldn't like SWAT kats.Anyway here's my average review:

    Title: good.

    Theme song: perfect. Everyone agrees that those quitar chords are awsome!

    Story: two ex-enforcers who become vigilantes. What more would you like ;) ?

    Characters: the main ones- T-Bone and Razor. There are a bunch of other colourful ones for every occaision.

    Humour: :)

    Unfortunally, this show was cancelled before it's time, and it's one of the biggest mysteries to us fans why did that happened. But, SWAT kats are as popular as always and there are rumours of plans to bring back this marvelous show. Yay SWAT kats, long live the SK :)moreless

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  • From the awesome guitar rifts of the 90's comes a totally original cartoon from the good people at Hanna-Barbera

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    By MastaPeacenator, Feb 26, 2009 Report Abuse
    Alright, when I was younger I didn't see this show as much as I think I would've liked, if that makes any sense. I do however remember snippets of the show which made me want to watch it again. I just switched to AT&T and now own a DVR. I also learned that I now have Boomerang, one of the greatest channels out there for any cartoon fanatic. It shows all the retro Pink Panther, Wacky Races, Smurfs, etc. cartoons while also showing newer cartoons from the last 10 or so years such as the SWAT Kats. Getting back to the show, it was timeless. All the villains had great back stories and, to me, really simple to remember names such as Dark Kat, Dr. Viper and The Metallikats. It's like you'll know what they are and do before you even get a chance to see them. The weapons in this show rival Batman's utility belt as the SWAT Kats always have some new gizmo, rocket or bomb to use on the bad guys. The only reason that I don't give this a perfect 10 is that the episodes themselves are a bit, well, linear. While there's nothing wrong with this after recording some 15+ episodes and watching them on and off you start to see a pattern. While that might be the case, this show is undoubtedly one of most kick butt cartoons I've ever seen and I really hope they make a comeback on this show or even a spin off series if that's even possible.moreless

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  • Best show in my childhood and possibly life!

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    By grimreeper99, Dec 25, 2008 Report Abuse
    Swat Kat's was AMAZING! Nothing better at the time and I am hard pressed to find anything better now. The animations for this show were better than anything at the time. This is the only western cartoon that I really love, japan comes out with some good stuff but nothing can even come close. I never played the video game but looking at some videos it's a shame it was awful. I have so many memories of watching this in primary school. Watching it on boomerang and other places now gives me goose bumps. A remake or revival would be a dream come true!moreless

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