Big Bad Beetleborgs
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Big Bad Beetleborgs
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| Episodes: | 88 |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Country: | United States |
| Seasons: | 2 |
| Seasons Breakdown: | (1) 53, (2) 35 |
| Category: | Superhero |
| Colour: | Yes |
| Format: | Series |
| Company: | Saban Entertainment, Renaissance-Atlantic Films, Toei Company, Ltd. and Bugboy Productions, Inc. |
| Creator: | Haim Saban, Shuki Levy and Toei Company |
| Run Time (mins): | 25 |
| Language: | English |
| Type of Show: | Live Action |
| Status: | Ended |
| Broadcaster: | Fox |
| First Aired: | September 7, 1996 |
| Last Aired: | March 2, 1998 |
Summary
The story follows three children, Drew, Roland, and Jo, who are coerced by older boys into entering a reputedly haunted house. Once inside and locked in, they search for an escape while avoiding the supernatural inhabitants. During their exploration, they inadvertently release Flabber, a funtastic phasm who grants each of them a single wish.
Still holding their comic books, the children choose to become their favourite heroes, the Big Bad Beetleborgs. However, Flabber’s magic also frees the villains from the same comic series, including Vexor and the Magnavors. With their new powers, the three young heroes must defend their town from these adversaries and restore order.
Many of the series’ action sequences were sourced directly from the Japanese production B-Fighter, following the common Saban practice of integrating tokusatsu fight footage into its adaptations.
In the second season the series was retitled Battleborg Metallix, a change introduced to accommodate newly sourced fight footage and to account for the redesign of the heroes’ costumes. The action material for this phase of the production was drawn from B-Fighter Kabuto.
Cast
Drew WESLEY BARKER, Roland HARBIE BAEZ, Jo SHANNON CHANDLER(eps 1-38), Jo BRITTANY KOMARZEVSKI (from episode 39), Flabber BILLY FORESTER, Nano VIVIAN SMALLWOOD, Aaron KIM DELGADO, Abbie CHANNE NOLEN (From episode 37), Frankenbeans DAVID H. FLETCHER, Count Fangula JOE HACKETT, Mums BLAKE TORNEY, Wolfgang FRANK TAHOE, Trip TODD HURST, Van PATRICK SEABORN, Heather ELISABETH LUND, Pipettes TRACI BELLUSCI, Vexor RICK TANE/KISU, Jara BALINDA ENGLISH, Noxic MICHI YAHATO/LEE WHEY, Typhus KYLE JORDON.
aka: Bettleborg Metallix
List of Lists: Metal Hero
Tags: Superhero, United States, 1996, English
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