Monster Warriors | |
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Created by | Wilson Coneybeare |
Starring | Jared Keeso Mandy Butcher Lara Amersey Yani Gellman Seán Cullen Alan Royal Adam Growe Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Production locations | Barrie, Ontario, Canada |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production companies | Coneybeare Stories Bejuba! Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | YTV (Canada) Jetix (Europe) |
Release | March 18, 2006 – July 26, 2008 |
Monster Warriors is an original Canadian television series which 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]
The series, a purposely campy cross between the Power Rangers 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Gigantic penguins created by Klaus after he shoots his monster virtualizer at a bunch of random junk he tossed into Capital City Harbour.
This * means the Episodes that are available on DVD.
Episode Number | Episode Title | Monster |
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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 |
Episode Number | Episode Title | Monster |
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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 |
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]
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