Monster Warriors

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Monster Warriors
Created byWilson Coneybeare
Starring Jared Keeso
Mandy Butcher
Lara Amersey
Yani Gellman
Seán Cullen
Alan Royal
Adam Growe
Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Production locations Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time25 minutes
Production companiesConeybeare Stories
Bejuba! Entertainment
Original release
Network YTV
ReleaseMarch 18, 2006 (2006-03-18) 
July 26, 2008 (2008-07-26)

Monster Warriors is a Canadian television series that aired on YTV in Canada and also on Jetix since April 2006 in the United Kingdom. It was created by Wilson Coneybeare and produced by Coneybeare Stories and distributed by Bejuba! Entertainment. The series concluded its run on July 26, 2008, with a TV movie titled Monster Warriors Finale on YTV. [1]

Contents

Plot

Season 1

The series, a purposely campy cross between the Power Rangers , Scooby Doo and Ghostbusters , follows the adventures of four teenagers fighting to safeguard Capital City from the vengeful wrath of insane and disgruntled old B-Movie director Klaus Von Steinhauer who possesses the ability to bring his cinematic monsters to life ("I make ze monsters big!"). Over the course of the series, various story arcs occur that expand the series' cast and city locations. Each week sees the teens customize common household objects into useful weapons to fight against monstrous creations.

Season 2

The battle continues as the Monster Warriors work from their new hideout: a deserted secret bomb shelter beneath Luke's house. The newly outfitted warriors get caught in the battle between Von Steinhauer and the new Mystery Monster Maker. The new monsters are half animal, half machine.

Characters

Core characters

Luke is the reserved yet tough leader of the Warriors. He is rich, tall and handsome and holds the keys to the group's sweet purple convertible and their headquarters at his home. He is Tabby's love interest. Although he acts tough most of the time, he still has certain fears, particularly of forests. His family fortune comes from his environmental activist parents' invention of coin deposit locks on shopping carts He is like a combination of Fred Jones, Peter Venkman, and Tommy Oliver.

Antonio is the darkly handsome scientific genius of the gang. As a recent immigrant to Capital City, he devoted his considerable intellectual abilities to learning to speak English without any trace of a foreign accent, and he has a vast knowledge of fields like zoology, astronomy, geology and history. Although he is shy and kind of nerdy, he still has many female admirers He is a combination of Shaggy Rogers, Egon Spengler, and Rocky DeSantos.

This blond 17-year-old fancies herself the second in command of the group and is Luke's love interest. She is an ace inventor who can turn ordinary household gadgets into monster-blasting weaponry. She is also the captain of the volleyball team and school class president and is an all-around goody two-shoes- although she doesn't like being called one She is a combination of Velma Dinkley, Janine Melnitz, and Trini Kwan.

She is the bravest of the Warriors and a dedicated practitioner of obscure martial arts. Tough, fierce and virtually fearless, the athletic brunette is, however, particularly uncomfortable with heights, has failed her driving test multiple times and has had a string of hopeless boyfriends. She later develops a relationship with Antonio She is a combination of Daphne Blake, Kylie Griffin, and Kimberly Ann Hart.

Other recurring characters

Cast

New characters in Season 2

Monsters

Episodes

Season 1

This * means the Episodes that are available on DVD.

Episode NumberEpisode TitleMonster
01*"The Giant Spider Invasion"Giant Spiders
02*"The Beast From Beneath the Sea"Kraken
03*"Gators"Giant Alligators
04*"Buzz!"Bumblebee
05*"The Terror Underground"Giant Earthworm
06*"The Super Colossal Ice Monster"Ice Monster
07*"Dawn of the Dragon"Dragon
08*"Anaconda Of The North Woods"Giant Anaconda
09*"The Giant Lobster Invasion"Giant Lobster
10*"Last Ride of the Skeleton Crew"Skeleton Warrior Crew
11*"Attack of the Junk Monster"Giant Metal-Eating Radioactive Junk Monster
12*"Pterodactyl Terror"Pterodactyls
13*"Fall of the Haunted House of T-Rex"T-Rex
14*"Attack of the Giant Carnivorous Butterfly"Giant Carnivorous Butterfly
15"Capital City vs. the Plant Thing"Giant Killer Vine & Giant Slug
16"Beware the Blob Thing"Blob Creature
17*"Alien Zombie from the Planet Zeenom"Alien Zombie from Planet Zeenom
18"Terror of the Giant Cockroaches"Giant Cockroaches
19*"Marauding Mantis"Giant Praying Mantises
20"Revenge of the Mud Maniac"Mud Monsters
21"Termites"Giant Termites
22*"Day of the Piranha"Man-Eating, Flying, Air Breathing Piranhas
23*"Attack of the Enormous Terrifying Ladybug"Giant Ladybug
24*"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Cucumber"Giant Sea Cucumber
25*"Ribbit"Giant Frog Army
26*"Ribbit 2: Froggy's Revenge"Giant Frog Army

Season 2

Episode NumberEpisode TitleMonster
01"Attack of the Stinkbugs: Part I"Stinkbugs
02"Attack of the Stinkbugs: Part II"Stinkbugs
03"Terror at the Drive-In"Praying Mantis
04"Alien Returns"Alien Zombie & Space Monkey
05"Monkey Machine: Part I"Mechanical Monkey
06"Monkey Machine: Part II"Mechanical Monkey
07"Beast from Below"Giant Jellyfish
08"Megabatua"Giant Bats
09"Terror in the North Woods"Big Foot
10"The Secrets of the Lost Canyon"Pterodactyls
11"Attack of the Leaping Leeches"Leeches
12"Attack of the Monumonsters"Monumonsters
13"Terror of the Troglothals"One-eyed troll-like monsters
14"Astrosaurus vs. Gigantobeast"Molten-lava dinosaur and a Giant Robot
15"Invasion of the Computer Bugs"Computer bugs
16"Curse of the Lagoon Man"Lagoon Man of Capital City legend
17"Ratblaster"Giant Mutated Rat
18"Return of the Icemonster"Ice Monster
19"Penguins"gigantic penguins
20"Gnomes for the Holiday"Gnomes
21"Trick or Treat"Ants
22"Attack of the Abominable Snowman"Abominable Snowman
23"Zaal: Kirubian Bird Of Prey"Kirubian Bird
24"The Skeleton Crew Rides Again"Skeleton Gang
25"UltiBeast: Part 1"UltiBeast
26"UltiBeast: Part 2"UltiBeast, Giant Frog, Giant Mud Monster, Giant Cockroaches, Astrosaurus, Gigantobeast, Pterodactyls, Dragon, Mechanical Monkey, Giant Leaping Leeches, Praying Mantis

DVD releases

Monster Warriors Vs. Creepy Crawlers: Volume 1 was released on June 30, 2009.

Features 5 Episodes:

"The Giant Spider Invasion"(Episode #1)

"Buzz!"(Episode #4)

"Attack of the Giant Carnivorous Butterfly"(Episode #14)

"Marauding Mantis"(Episode #19)

& "Attack of the Enormous Terrifying Ladybug"(Episode #23)

Monster Warriors:War of the Water World - Volume 2 was released on August 25, 2009.

Features 5 Episodes:

"The Beast From Beneath the Sea"(Episode #2)

"Day of the Piranha"(Episode #22)

"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Cucumber"(Episode #24)

"Ribbit"(Episode #25)

& "Ribbit 2: Froggy's Revenge"(Episode #26)

Plus 1 Bonus Episode: "The Giant Lobster Invasion"(Episode #9)

Monster Warriors:Mutant Madness - Volume 3 was released on November 24, 2009.

Features 5 Episodes:

"The Terror Underground"(Episode #5)

"Last Ride of the Skeleton Crew"(Episode #10)

"Attack of the Junk Monster"(Episode #11)

"Fall of the Haunted House of T-Rex"(Episode #13)

& "Alien Zombie from the Planet Zeenom"(Episode #17)

Monster Warriors:Creature Feature - Volume 4 was released on March 30, 2010.

Features 5 Episodes:

"Gators"(Episode #3)

"The Incredible Ice Monster!"(Episode #6)

"Dawn of the Dragon!"(Episode #7)

"Attack of the Giant Anaconda!"(Episode #8)

& "Pterodactyl Terror!"(Episode #12)

So far only 21 Episodes from the first season are on DVD, but North Video from the Czech Republic has all episodes of the first series on DVD in Czech and English. [2]

Trivia

Show creator Wilson Coneybeare is the son of Canadian icon Rod Coneybeare, who makes a cameo appearance in one episode as the homeless former mayor of Capital City.

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