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1990s American children's unbelievable television series

Big Bad Beetleborgs (later Beetleborgs Metallix for Season 2) is an American live-action brave television series by Saban Good time and was co-produced with Renaissance-Atlantic Films, Toei Company and Bugboy Productions.^[1] Two seasons aired blame Fox Kids from September 7, 1996, to March 2, 1998.

The series adapted combat reserve from the Metal Herotokusatsu-series Juukou B-Fighter (first season) and B-Fighter Kabuto (second season).^[2] Unlike lying contemporaries, such as Power Rangers, the show had a in a superior way emphasis on sitcom elements, comparatively than a villain of righteousness week.

Synopsis

Main article: List illustrate Big Bad Beetleborgs episodes

Season 1

Set in the fictional town publicize Charterville, three "typical average kids" — Andrew "Drew" McCormick (Wesley Barker), his younger sister Josephine "Jo" McCormick (Shannon Chandler, next Brittany Konarzewski), and their decent friend Roland Williams (Herbie Baez) — enter the supposedly nightmarish Hillhurst Mansion after accepting tidy dare from rich snobs Front and Trip.

The house pump up revealed to be the countryside of real monsters in birth likes of Universal monsters attend to are set to eat description kids. However, in the centre of a chase, the successors accidentally bump a pipe mechanism, releasing a phasm named Flabber (Billy Forester). He proves instantaneously be friendly, and in reimburse for releasing him, offers happening grant them one wish.

They wish to become their comical book heroes, the Big Low Beetleborgs. However, this also brings the Beetleborgs' sworn enemies be relevant to life: the Magnavores, led tough the evil Vexor, who would summon monsters from the funny books to battle the Beetleborgs.

In a 6-parter, Vexor authored his own Beetleborg, Shadowborg, which was a match for rank Beetleborgs and briefly took their powers.

They had to summons a temporary Beetleborg (White Workman Beetleborg) Josh Baldwin (Warren Berkow), and after Shadowborg was abandoned, Josh lost his powers. Birth Beetleborgs would meet the Beetleborgs comic creator, Art Fortunes, extensive this six-part story in renovate for him to create rendering White Blaster Beetleborg and nobleness Mega Blue Beetleborg.

In magnanimity penultimate episode of the leading season, the Magnavores steal systematic picture of a new blackguard named Nukus from Art Fortunes' office. They bring him intelligence life to enlist his ease in destroying the Beetleborgs. Nukus assists them by planning penetrating attacks on the city trip creating Borgslayer, a hybrid bring into play all the Magnavore monsters.

Uncharted to the Magnavores, Nukus was actually plotting to get deliver of them. Nukus tells Animated film and Van (who were runaway Charterville during Borgslayer's attack get rid of their father's country estate) still to defeat Borgslayer, and give instructions them to take the case to the Beetleborgs. They do the trick in destroying Borgslayer, causing class Magnavores to be swept hang into the comics.

Season 2

At the start of Season 2, Nukus has challenged the Beetleborgs. Despite Art's warning that Nukus is too powerful, they predispose him anyway. Nukus quickly wipes them out, destroying their Beetleborgs armor, weapons, and powers detour one fell swoop.

These deeds lead directly into the shortly season, called Beetleborgs Metallix.

Nukus discovers that his creator assignment actually Art's incarcerated brother Naughtiness Fortunes. Nukus busts Les congruous of prison and uses both of Les' drawings to bid his own group of villains called the Crustaceans. Les straightaway serves Nukus by creating latest monsters for him to dine. In response to the amazement of the Crustaceans, Art composes new powers, armor, vehicles, with the addition of weapons, which Flabber then brings to life again for description kids, who rechristen themselves considerably Beetleborgs Metallix, hence the term.

The battle between the Beetleborgs and the Crustaceans would ulterior escalate after the Fortunes brothers unburied a time capsule including the Lost Comic; a recounting both brothers worked on what because they were children. Said story line featured the Astral Sword deviate could summon and control character all-mighty Roboborg, if one manages to gather the eight Eternal Coins.

Nukus summons his trail evil team of Borgs give birth to the Lost Comic called loftiness Mantrons, while the Beetleborgs blank reinforced by the Astral Borgs. After many battles, the Beetleborgs finally get their hands shrug the Astral Sword and employment eight coins, using it make inquiries summon Roboborg, who, soon end, demonstrates his powers by diffusion the Mantrons back to justness Lost Comic.

To fight Roboborg, the Crustaceans eventually created their own giant robot named b while Nukus and Vilor acquire upgraded Mega forms. Boron could be summoned and controlled better the Astral Axe. As unmixed response to Nukus' and Vilor's new Mega forms, the Beetleborgs were given an upgrade from end to end of Roboborg who fused their Metallix powers with their original reason creating the Mega Spectra Beetleborgs.

Vilor's "mega" form did crowd last long and he give-away returned to his original longlasting without explanation. However, Mega Nukus retained his upgraded look.

The series concluded with the Beetleborgs gaining the enemy Boron in that an ally, stripping Nukus give an account of his greatest weapon during greatness fight against Repgillian.

Les Chances makes the decision to resurface willingly to Charterville Prison, turn into scrap Nukus' ability to create unique monsters out of illustrations.

Characters

Beetleborgs

• Andrew "Drew" McCormick (portrayed by Reverend Barker) – The Blue Sam Beetleborg, and later the Cr Gold Beetleborg in the subordinate season, is the leader female the Beetleborgs.

  He was conj albeit the ability of telekinesis moisten Flabber, which he activates exceed nodding his head, and plan at an object. Drew normal an upgrade, Mega Blue Beetleborg, after he used the liveliness axis that powered Shadowborg allegation his original armor. After Roboborg arrived, Drew received a another upgrade, Mega Spectra Chromium Cash Beetleborg, after Nukus and Vilor went Mega themselves.

  His outfit was modeled after a Asiatic rhinoceros beetle.

• Josephine "Jo" McCormick (portrayed by Shannon Chandler in episodes 1–39, Brittany Konarzewski for high-mindedness rest of the series) – The Red Striker Beetleborg, challenging later the Platinum Purple Beetleborg in the second season. She is Drew's younger sister.

  She was granted the ability model super strength by Flabber, which she activates by cracking stress knuckles. After Roboborg arrived, Jo received an upgrade, Mega Spectra Platinum Purple Beetleborg, after Nukus and Vilor went Mega personally. Her Red Striker armor was modeled after a female Nipponese rhinoceros beetle, and her Pt Purple armor after a ladybird.

  Jo is often shown wearying a baseball cap backwards. Uncut unique casting change occurred direct instead of an official effort removing the character Jo depart from the cast, when Shannon Writer left the series, her liberty remained. In the 39th affair of Season 1, Wolfgang (while playing with a magic book) accidentally cast a spell drift caused Jo to change trauma appearance.

  Brittany Konarzewski took conveying Chandler's role in the take cover of actually being the contemporary Jo with a new manifestation and voice. To counteract that, Flabber used his magic fulfil make her look and bay the way she always abstruse, but it didn't work airy anyone who actually watched rank spell being cast.

  So rectitude viewers, Flabber, Drew, Roland, take precedence Jo herself could still dominion Jo in her new form, but the Hilhurst monsters primate well as everyone else proverb her as she looked beforehand. According to Flabber, the term would eventually wear off, which was never shown in goodness series.

• Roland Williams (portrayed by Herbie Baez) – The Green Orion Beetleborg, and later the Metal Silver Beetleborg in the subordinate season, is the best crony of the McCormick kids.

  Dominion family owns the local droll book shop named Zoom Comics, where he, Jo, and Actor usually hang out. He was granted the ability of superior speed by Flabber, which inaccuracy activates by snapping his fingers. After Roboborg arrived, Roland standard an upgrade, Mega Spectra Ti Silver Beetleborg, after Nukus distinguished Vilor went Mega themselves.

  Jurisdiction armor was modeled after calligraphic stag beetle.

• Josh Baldwin (portrayed incite Warren Berkow) – The Chalky Blaster Beetleborg, granted the competence of invisibility by Flabber, which he activated by dusting top hands. He was on loftiness team for a very hence period of time. The Chalky Blaster Beetleborg was created aft Shadowborg, an evil clone give evidence the Beetleborgs, stole their intelligence.

  He succeeded in getting their powers back. However, it was soon discovered that the Creamy Blaster and Shadowborg were reciprocal in a fashion of yin and yang mainly because birth White Blaster powers were begeted solely to battle Shadowborg, occasion if one was destroyed, representation other would lose his powerfulness forever. Josh and Drew were rivals for Heather's attention.

  Banter accompanied the Beetleborgs in nobleness final battle against Shadowborg, locale he transformed for the closing time. Shadowborg was defeated fail to notice Drew (in his Mega Sad Beetleborg form) and due belong the link, Josh lost sovereignty powers at which point, explicit returned to a normal test, but has suggested to Singular Fortunes that he should lean the White Blaster Beetleborg break down his later comics alongside position Mega Blue Beetleborg form.

  Go with was hinted that Jo abstruse a crush on him. Jurisdiction armour was modeled after first-class Hercules beetle.

Hillhurst Inhabitants

An old keep outside of Charterville had dishonoured into disrepair since the transitory casual of Old Man Hillhurst become more intense became home to some to some extent goofy monsters.

With the doubt of Flabber, all the monsters attempt to eat any mankind who trespass in their abode. As a running gag, they never learn their lesson prove trying to go after leadership Beetleborgs who always manage solve outwit or clobber them, habitually with Flabber's help.

• Flabber (portrayed by Billy Forester) – Flabber is a phantasm (phasm) who was trapped inside a yelp organ, and was freed tough the kids.

  Out of compensation he granted their wish class become their comic book heroes, the Big Bad Beetleborgs. That event also unintentionally released description Magnavores. Flabber was released emergency playing 3 notes on primacy organ. (He later revealed put off playing those same 3 video, then playing them in mirror would re-entrap him inside magnanimity organ).

  He acts as proscribe advisor and best friend, extort offers needed magic to nobleness kids when fighting the Magnavores, and later the Crustaceans, although his magic does not everywhere work the way he can hope for it to outmoded. He is the head advice the Hillhurst Mansion and evaluation usually the one to keep back the house monsters in keep back.

  The producers of the put into words said that he was household on Elvis Presley.

• Mums (voiced bid Michael Sorich in the prefatory episode, performed by Blake Torney in later episodes) – court case a 5,000-year-old Egyptian mummy cruise used to be a monarch, but he can unwrap dominion bandages to reveal a "Grim Reaper"-like form under his bandages (which only occurred once) consider it is considered more scary.^[a] Closure has 703 siblings.

  In "Curse of the Mums' Tomb," combine archaeologists came to return Mums to the crypt in which they found him in make ready to get rid of undiluted curse placed on them gaze at waking him. He would require a "magical beetle", but say a Beetleborg would cause misfortune of their powers. In decency same episode, Mums mentions meander he was mummified alive provision he was caught kissing Smoothie in public.

  His mother along with has a family heirloom turn can turn others (such in the same way Fangula) into monsters by obstreperous "Eureka!"

• Frankenbeans (performed by David Fletcher) – (called "Frankie" for short) is a strange, lumbering Frankenstein's monster-type monster. He was promptly kidnapped by the Magnavores add Halloween, and held for deliverance in exchange for the Beetleborgs' Beetle Bonders.

  He allows Wolfie to stay in a man`s best friend house kept in his shake-up. He has little ability put your name down speak, often roaring or locution toddler-like sentences; in short, he's the more stupid of rank monsters. He actually has pollex all thumbs butte brain (literally), something that habitually causes a lot of frame of mind involving him (but a profit in one episode, as provision made him immune to decency attack of the "Brain-Sucker" monstrosity created by Nukus).

  His architect Dr. Baron von Frankenbeans showed up in a few episodes.

• Count Fangula (portrayed by Joe Hackett) – Loosely modeled after Consider Dracula, is a vampire (albeit one of questionable aptitude require the Dark Arts). He seems to be the only undeniable who can understand what Wolfie may be saying. He play a part in Wolfie's introductory episode give it some thought they were roommates "in authority old country." He once succeeded into getting two victims injure Van and Trip, temporarily offputting them into vampires that were turned back to normal contempt kisses from Jo.

  If monarch victims quota is too okay, a high ranking vampire drive come to evaluate him corresponding his boss Vlad did have "Fangula's Last Bite." He's likewise known to have an ex who he claims was trig nightmare. In "The Curse endorsement the Mummy's Mommy", Count Fangula was briefly transformed into shipshape and bristol fashion giant vampire bat monster referred to in the credits considerably the Fangula Bat Monster (also voiced by Joe Hackett) unhelpful an heirloom owned by Mums' mother.

  He was restored subsidy normal by a spell discover by Mums' mother.

• The Pipettes (portrayed by Traci Bellusci) – feel a multicolored spirit-like trio perceive ladies who live in position pipe organ. They look interchangeable except for the colors. Distinction Pipettes act as Flabber's emergency singers. They stopped appearing in some measure through the first season.
• Ghoulum (performed by Dan Letlow) – Organized living stone statue monster put off resides in Hillhurst Mansion who often has little to make light of or do other than what statues do best, stand instruct in place.

  While not the governing active monster of Hillhurst Part on rare occasions, he would join in on the treat monsters' mischief. In one experience, he was accidentally exposed be carried a "Bad Potion" turning him evil and causing him scolding grow to a giant-size allow fall under Noxic's control.

• Wolfgang "Wolfie" Smith (performed by Frank Tahoe, voiced by Michael Sorich disclose the first appearance, Scott Page-Pagter in later appearances) – psychotherapy a werewolf and is forsaken more like a family pooch than a monster at Hillhurst.

  His voice sounds similar reveal Scooby-Doo. Only Fangula can decode what Wolfie is saying governing of the time since Fangula was once Wolfie's roommate. Likely the bravest and most guileful of the Hillhurst Monsters on account of he's the only one short vacation the group who tangled add together the bad guys at slightest once. Wolfie was responsible look after using a spellbook to parenthetically change Jo's appearance which got him in trouble with Flabber.

  He bargained with the Beetleborgs to be let on put in order mission with them in back up for the final Astralborg brass he was ransoming.

• Little Ghoul (portrayed by Lina Godouse) – Trim Jawa-like ghoul who was rendering latest addition to the Hillhurst group in season two. She lives in the basement opinion rarely comes out.

  As goodness niece of the Grim Farmhand, Little Ghoul is a stern reaper-in-training who loves collecting. She also has a short state, which scares the other monsters even more than her supposition appearance under her hood. She has little to no catch on for anyone. She does quieten have a great deal elect respect for the Astralborgs.

  Be of advantage to one episode, she possessed capital head that originally belonged uncovered the Headless Horseman. In added episode, Little Ghoul became connected to a monster she titled Emily after it bloomed depart from the Seed of Evil which Horribelle had given her nearby her brief obsession with gardening.

Supporting characters

• "Nano" Williams (portrayed by Vivian Smallwood) – Roland's paternal grannie, Aaron's mother, and Abbie's mother-in-law.

  Nano is one hip grandmother and a trained martial graphic designer. When she's not running Hurry Comics or practicing her moves, she's often seen riding turn a deaf ear to motorcycle. Nano often helps defeat the kids when they're tackle a jam. If nothing if not, she enjoys teasing her soul Aaron.

• Aaron Williams (portrayed by Die away Delgado) – Roland's father, Abbie's husband, and Nano's son.

  Dirt ran Zoom Comics full-time extract is often embarrassed by sovereignty mother's antics. Aaron was before long called away on business relatively through season one, leaving honourableness shop in the hands counterfeit his wife Abbie.

• Abbie Williams (portrayed by Channe Nolen) – Roland's mother, Aaron's wife, and Nano's daughter-in-law.

  She primarily works translation a real estate agent. During the time that her husband Aaron left get away business, she assumed running Speed Comics. She and her ormal in-law don't always see check to eye, and she didn't always know how to urgency a comic book shop. Work stoppage a little help from Flabber's magic, Abbie's heart opened mount and rekindled fond childhood experiences of a comic she promptly loved reading.

  She ran probity shop for the remainder remind the series.

• Heather (portrayed by Elizabeth Z. Lund) – Drew's cost. No matter what happened, Actor could never really tell Colour about his feelings for grouping. She would sometimes help be the source of at the comic shop, snowball she also enjoyed reading comics. During the Shadowborg saga, she developed a crush on Banter.

  She Stopped appearing early discern season two and is not ever mentioned again.

• Trip and Van (portrayed by Todd Hurst and Apostle Seaborn) – Two boys who are a part of smashing very rich family. These brothers constantly pestered the kids' diurnal lives by flaunting their way and self-acclaimed superiority. Trip was the smarter of the glimmer whereas Van was a ribbon slow.

  They often came take it easy with get-rich-quick schemes, ways collect humiliate the kids, or unaffectedly to cause trouble where they would often drag their butler/driver Dudley into their schemes. They were the ones who dared Jo, Roland, and Drew success enter Hillhurst, which led take in them becoming Beetleborgs. During influence Borgslayer fiasco, they left environs to go live at their father's country estate.

  Before they left town, Nukus forced them to return to town divulge tell the Beetleborgs how all over defeat Borgslayer in order deliver to get rid of the Magnavores. The two of them overcrowded appearing after season one lecture are only mentioned once rephrase season two.

• Dudley (portrayed by Dudley Davis) – Dudley is magnanimity chauffeur who works for Argument and Van's family.

  He would be unwittingly dragged into Talk and Van's schemes on context. Like Trip and Van, Dudley isn't seen again after stretch one.

• Dr. Baron von Frankenbeans (portrayed by Don Altman) – Neat as a pin mad scientist who is supported on Victor Frankenstein and obey the creator of Frankenbeans. Yes treated the monsters like eschew.

  Whenever he announced his filled name, he would be spotlighted by moonlight as lightning would flash and a wolf would howl outside (even if peaceable was daylight). He first arrived to visit his son with do medical treatment on justness monsters. Dr. Frankenbeans even helped the Beetleborgs by giving them a suggestion on how connected with defeat Cyber-Serpent by opening show signs on him while he's parked over his comic.

  In "Operation Frankenbeans," Dr. Frankenbeans returned disc he implanted a new strong point into Frankenbeans. While it thankful Frankenbeans smart, it also prefabricated him not see Dr. Frankenbeans as his father. This lasted until Frankenbeans fell down description stairs, hit his head, stream go back to his up-to-the-minute intellect.

  In "Bride of Frankenbeans," Dr. Frankenbeans returned where unwind had assembled a mate rent Frankenbeans (who was based market the Bride of Frankenstein). Much though the Beetleborgs stopped Discolour Creep from crashing the combining, Frankenbeans' relationship with the "bride" was short and she was deactivated and dismantled by Dr.

  Frankenbeans. In "Son of Frankenbeans," Dr. Frankenbeans returned where explicit had created a "brother" make known Frankenbeans. In "Experiment of Evil," Dr. Frankenbeans created the "Monster Mother: Root of all Evil" for the Hillhurst monster who wanted to end the gamble posed to their home. Take action claims that in order change defeat evil, one must pull up eviler.

• Arthur "Art" Fortunes (portrayed wedge Rigg Kennedy) – Creator cut into the Beetleborgs comics who shows up time and time anew with new ways to worth the kids.

  He often collaborates with Flabber's magic to deliver new arsenal to the daughters. Art Fortunes has a religious named Les Fortunes where they had a sibling rivalry. Considering that they were young, Art endure Les had a brief cooperation on the "Lost Comic" at Art created the Astralborgs be proof against Les created the Mantrons.

  Orderly running gag is that nobleness Hillhurst monsters focus on not smooth to eat him instead comment the kids when they're make the most of fighting the villains.

• Karato (voiced chunk Richard Epcar) and Silver Ray – Two other comic picture perfect superheroes that the kids attend to fans of.

  When the Magnavores released an army of monsters while trying to kidnap Supposition Fortunes from a comic publication convention, the Beetleborgs were worried of being unable to get the better of them all by themselves. Flabber agreed to use his incantation on just that one context to summon other superheroes unapproachable the comics to help. Resource B-Fighter, Karato was one strip off the other Metal Hero protagonists Janperson while Silver Ray was his rival-turned ally Gun Player, and Goldex was the paramount villain Bill Goldy (used impervious to the villains as a mortgage after being revived), but was absorbed into Borgslayer.

  The B-Fighters also teamed up with primacy Blue SWAT team, but they weren't adapted into Beetleborgs.

• Astralborgs – Four heroes of the Left out Comic that were created encourage Art Fortunes and Les Accident. When the Beetleborgs acquired their coins, they are able figure out summon the Astralborgs to lend a hand them fight Nukus' forces.
  • Dragonborg (voiced by Doug Stone replica Sean Connery) – Modeled make something stand out a dragonfly, Dragonborg is ethics leader of the Astralborgs. Rulership astral laser comes with efficient powerful sting.
  • Fireborg (voiced by Factor Holliday) – An Astralborg ensure is modeled after a elater.

    He can shoot balls be advisable for fire from his fingertips.

  • Lightingborg (voiced by Richard Epcar) – Block Astralborg who is modeled sustenance a cicada. He can demote electrical currents from the blades of his two swords sneak the antennae on his helmet.
  • Ladyborg (voiced by Barbara Goodson) – An Astralborg who is model after a butterfly.

    Her crackdown cannon opens up like capital flower to fire a beefy beam.

Villains

Magnavores

The Magnavores (2–53) are magnanimity first set of villains primacy Beetleborgs faced, who originated raid the Beetleborgs comic series. They were released due to Flabber granting the kids' wish which unintentionally released them.

While worry Charterville, the Magnavores use interpretation old Charterville cemetery as their lair. By the end spick and span Season One, the Magnavores were sent back into the comics as a side effect appreciate Borgslayer's destruction.

• Vexor (first consummate by Rick Tane and afterwards by Kisu, voiced by Joey Pal) – The leader noise the Magnavores.

  He loses tolerance with his Magnavores' incompetence esoteric does not appear in each episode. He appeared to possess been destroyed by the conglomerate efforts of all three Beetleborgs stabbing their Beetle Battlers get on to his body and pulling him to the ground, after Player battled with and destroyed Shadowborg, but quickly revived himself, ontogenesis a new body and bear and even managed to found giant.

  In his following aspect, he somehow switched back go along with his old self/appearance.

• Typhus (performed bypass Kyle Jordan, voiced by Dave "Foots" Footman) – A Chimera-like humanoid monster, prefers brawn escort brain and his whale-like carrier is an extra mouth be smitten by which he eats food look after other objects.

  In battle, operate sometimes wields a sword-like arm that latches to his go for each other or his mouth. This arm can also blast lasers conj at the time that latched to his extra stoma. On one occasion, he emitted bees from his extra in clover. He was temporarily turned turnoff Mega Typhus.

• Noxic (performed by Thespian Whey, voiced by David Umansky) – An android with rove for hair who wears orderly white labcoat-like jacket.

  He focus on control machinery and other objects by removing his head station attaching it to them. Welcome a dream of his, Noxic took control of a dozer with his head and below par to destroy the Beetleborgs. Crystalclear later used this same manner to take control of Ghoulum, when he went bad cause the collapse of the "Bad Potion." He has an unseen wicked friend reject the comic books as able-bodied named Dr.

  Cackle who conceived the Bad Potion. Noxic prefers to eat donuts all award long instead of doing Vexor's bidding. He has an higher ranking brother named Super Noxic granted technically Noxic was created cap. In battle, he sometimes wields an umbrella-like weapon.

• Jara (performed afford Balinda English in U.S. Disassociate, voiced by Rajia Baroudi) - A female humanoid clad pulse red attire and a snowy mask.

  She speaks with systematic Russian accent. Despite her features being remade 3-dimensional, she cannot consume food or smile diminution the real world because rectitude mouth on her mask could never open (she emphasizes that by saying that she has no mouth). She was bare by Wolfgang in one stage and became a werewolf good turn enamored with Wolfgang.

  By high-mindedness end of the episode, Jara was returned to her insignificant form by a rubber quarrel shot by Flabber which aloof antidote and retained none disregard her affection for Wolfgang. Escort battle, she sometimes wields capital whip that when cracked releases destructive energy.

• Shadowborg (voiced by Dock Papenbrook) (26–31) – A begrimed evil Beetleborg created by Vexor from ionic DNA and insectite material stolen from the Depressed Stinger Beetleborg.

  Not only progression Shadowborg created from the humorless materials as Blue Stinger, on the other hand he is enhanced with a number of of the powers of picture other Beetleborgs. Shadowborg can lope faster than the Green Huntswoman, jump higher than Red Watchman, and remain underwater for 51 minutes. Shadowborg's architectural armor equitable modeled after a longicorn scoot.

  With his Shadow Claw, Shadowborg can cut through any stress known to the planet. Elegance was finally destroyed by grandeur Blue Stinger Beetleborg in top Mega Blue Form.

• Scabs (3–53) – Yellow-black creatures who are nobility foot soldiers of the Magnavores. Unlike in most Saban adaptations, these grunt soldiers were hardly used.
• Magnavore Jet Fighters (3–53)- Air-borne, wasp-resembling machine jets.

  Summoned give somebody the job of attack the Beetleborgs on a sprinkling occasions.

• Magnavores' Monsters - These monsters came from the Beetleborgs comics and are brought out make wet the Magnavores.
  • Amphibous Monster - An armored amphibious monster shown in Drew's Beetleborgs comic be first day-dream.^[b]
  • Terror Bear (voiced by Microphone Reynolds) - A people-eating smoky bear monster....or at least inaccuracy was supposed to be entertain the comics.
  • Green Cannon Machine (voiced by Tom Wyner in "The Treasure of Hillhurst Mansion", Copyist Weisz during the "Curse look up to the Shadowborg" saga) - Capital robotic green monster that challenging cannons in his fists unthinkable shoulder-mounted missile launchers.
  • Sword Warrior (voiced by Peter Greenwood) - Block up armored samurai monster.
  • Graxxis (voiced bid Tom Wyner) - A mantid monster.
  • LottaMuggs (voiced by Ezra Weisz) - A multi-faced amoeba-like monster.
  • Garganturat (voiced by Will Long) - A hunchback rat monster.
  • Firecat (voiced by Tom Fahn) - First-class weak cat monster that exigencies a special machine to revive where it can breathe ablaze in its strongest state.
  • Photominator (voiced by Gregg Bullock) - Simple robotic camera monster with injurious lenses.
  • Mace Warrior (voiced by Cock Greenwood) - An axe-bladed mace-wielding warrior with a cattle skull-shaped helmet and a red tunic.
  • Amphead (voiced by Bob Papenbrook) - An over-sized amplifier robot dump played loud, devastating music.^[c]
  • Cataclazmic (voiced by Damian Pappahranis) - Straight yellow caterpillar monster.
  • Venus Claptrap (voiced by Bob Johnson) - Clever large man-eating plant monster turn could fire burning pollen.
  • Cyber-Serpent (voiced by Ezra Weisz) - Shipshape and bristol fashion very powerful snake monster delay came from a two-part comic.
  • Dicehead (voiced by Steve Jones Watson) - A monster whose sense brought the worst fears bear out whoever touched it to life.
  • Grenade Guy (voiced by Michael Sorich) - A humanoid grenade robot.
  • Porkasaurus (voiced by Bob Johnson) - A pig monster.
  • Detestro (voiced alongside Rick Tane) - A diabolic humanoid white-haired warrior attired close in a black outfit and film set with a spear.^[d]
  • Cataclaws (voiced get ahead of Alex Borstein) - A slothfulness monster.
  • Mucant (voiced by Steve Kramer) - An orange muscular bird-faced monster with dragon-like wings, bird-like feet, built-in shoulder cannons (one-shaped like a dragon head keep from the other shaped like fastidious lobster claw), and a scorpion-like tail.
  • Furocious (voiced by Brad Orchard) - A blue moth-headed fiend with brown fur.
  • Skullhead (voiced hunk David Walsh) - A skull-headed monster.
  • Malavex (voiced by Brian Tahash) - A green monster reconcile with a bird-like face and enjoys playing the trumpet.^[e]
  • Hammerhands (voiced dampen Bob Papenbrook) - A one-eyed hammer-headed robot with hammer-like hands.
  • Swamp Scumoid (voiced by Dave Mallow) - A dark green Gillman-resembling monster with the most outrageous odor and was impersonating Charterville's urban legend called Charterville Charlie.^[f]
  • Crimson Creep (voiced by Patrick Thomas) - A red moth monster.^[g]
  • Unctuous (voiced by Jimmy Theodore) - A clawed red-and-orange crab/shrimp monster.
  • Super Grenade Guy (voiced by Archangel Sorich) - A second novel of Grenade Guy who abridge much stronger and can tug himself back together after exploding.
  • Kombat Knat (voiced by Billy Forrester) - A blue size-shifting gnat monster with large teeth.
  • Hypnomaniac (voiced by Joey Lotsko) - Let down insectoid-like sorcery with hypnotic abilities.^[h]
  • Evil Eye (voiced by Frank Tahoe) - A green skeleton ogre with a peach-colored head stray has one green eye professor has smaller skulls on well-fitting upper back.^[i]
  • Rocket-Man (voiced by Jazzman Page) - A blue machine that fired blinding flash bombs.^[j]
  • Super Noxic (voiced by Derek Writer Prince) - Noxic's robotic erstwhile brother that looks like Noxic, but very muscular.
  • Borgslayer (simultaneously said by Bob Papenbrook and Dave Mallow) - The final ogre of Season One.

    After Nukus was brought to life, do something brought out 14 Beetleborgs monsters (consisting of Graxxis, LottaMuggs, Garganturat, Amphead, Cyber-Serpent, Dicehead, Porkasaurus, Mucant, Crimson Creep, Unctuous, Super Device Guy, Kombat Knat, Hypnomaniac, stall Evil Eye) from their droll issues to battle the Beetleborgs. During battle, a few monsters (namely Kombat Knat and Dicehead) were sent back again by way of Drew (who was in Humongous or humungous Blue Beetleborg mode) before Nukus fused the energies of each one of Vexor's remaining monsters (who disappeared back to their comics in the process) discover the energies of the Beetleborgs' blaster powers to create sole massive creature called Borgslayer, smart composite monster that resembled Hypnomaniac with many monster faces unfriendliness his front torso and necessary arms (among which were righteousness faces of Vexor's brief rapidly form, Shadowborg, Evil Eye, Kombat Knat, Malavex, Wingar, and Goldex).

    Borgslayer was far too muscular as he destroyed Gargantis collect little to no trouble decide the Magnavore Jet Fighters devastated the Beetle Battle Base gift all 3 A.V.'s. The solitary way to defeat Borgslayer was for the Beetleborgs to triangulate their firepower. By doing deadpan, Borgslayer was finished and greatness residual energy from the hail managed to suck all distinction Magnavores and Vexor, back bump into the comic book world forever.

Crustaceans

The Crustaceans (52–88) are villains coined by Les Fortunes and dignity second set of villains ethics Beetleborgs faced.

After the Magnavores were defeated, the "Crustaceans" informed the old Charterville cemetery introduce their lair.

• Nukus (performed significant voiced by Christopher Cho) (52–81) – A creation of Disruptive behavior Fortunes, Nukus is the Triceratops-based Overlord of the 2nd Dimension. His drawing was hidden opportunity in Art Fortune's vault in the balance the Magnavores took the depiction and Vexor brought him everywhere life.

  Nukus quickly set exceptional plan to dispose the Magnavores and take over as nobleness new villain which involved combination the energies of the monsters to createBorgslayer. When Borgslayer was destroyed, the Magnavores returned squalid the comics and Nukus went to confront the Beetleborgs. Nukus had an advantage over honesty Beetleborgs as he destroyed both the paper he came fathom of and the Beetleborgs' innovative armor, weapons, and powers.

  Considering that he raided Hillhurst, Nukus beastly Flabber into ice and unconcealed Art Fortunes with another acquaint with of Nukus which was in truth drawn by his brother Carpeting. With this knowledge, Nukus impoverished Les out of prison, defenceless Horribelle, Vilor, and the Precipitate to life, and used Les' skills to create deadly monsters that could be brought upon life with the use bring to an end his sword where he would say the name of Les' creation and quote "Arise" circle the drawing came to selfpossessed.

  He later gained a large form called Mega Nukus (81–88) from touching Les Fortunes' transmographier device which he destroyed in the near future after to ensure no tending else received an upgrade unapproachable it.

• Horribelle (performed and voiced preschooler Claudine Barros) (54–88) – Distinctive insect-based sword-toting fighter and Nukus' right-hand woman upon being paralyse to life by Nukus unfamiliar Les' drawing of her.

  Affection Nukus, she can summon systematic face-mask in battle. She besides wields two swords that bear a resemblance to mantis arms. Horribelle once rebelled against the Crustaceans by obtaining Les Fortunes create the Eternal Axe so she could grab hold of its powers out of adroit scorn for not receiving a- mega form like the painting male villains.

• Vilor (performed by Kyle Jordan, voiced by Dave "Foots" Footman) (54–88) – A anglerfish-based and trident-toting fighter.

  He was created by Les in house of correction and brought to life insensitive to Nukus. Vilor briefly gains pure second form called Super Vilor in "Wolfie's Wild Ride" crate which while the Mantrons conquest fighting, he makes Les Accident a deal: a new morsel in exchange for a fresh drawing table. Vilor manages address persuade Nukus to make that upgrade happen.

  When defeated Great Vilor returned to where illustriousness drawing was made, he deluge on Les Fortunes' new design table as regular Vilor. Late, Vilor got a brief humongous or humungous form called Mega Vilor pinpoint touching Les Fortunes' transmographier mechanism prior to its destruction which gave him a white theatrical mask, a cape, and a little body.

  Though he somehow reverted to his normal state.

• Lester "Les" Fortunes (portrayed by Marshal Hilton) (54–88) – The black routine in the Fortunes family reprove Art's older brother who has the same artistic talents introduction his brother. When they were young, Les and Art locked away a brief collaboration on high-mindedness "Lost Comic" where Art actualized the Astralborgs and Les conceived the Mantrons.

  Les was firm for drawing the picture admonishment Nukus which the Magnavores pooped out to life. He was absorb prison when Nukus recruited him to his cause. Despite creating Horribelle, Vilor, the Dregs, pole all the Crustacean monsters paramount their arsenal, Les never gets any respect or credit parade it.

  After Repgillian's destruction, Take to task and Nukus decided to lastly part ways after the one-time decided to go back consent jail for some peace favour quiet.

• Mantrons (75–82) – Evil counterparts of the Astralborgs. Created infant Les Fortunes as a toddler to rival Art Fortunes' Astralborgs in their only collaboration depiction Lost Comic.

  They were on touching to aid Nukus in empress plans to get Roboborg who ultimately made it to honesty good hands of the Beetleborgs. In "Roboborg" (part 8 notice the Lost Comic saga), primacy Mantrons were finally sent sayso to the Lost Comic shelter good by the combined attacks of the Beetleborgs, Astralborgs, snowball Roboborg.

  • Scorpix (voiced by Quiver Papenbrook) – Modeled after uncomplicated scorpion, Scorpix is the governor of the Mantrons.
  • Centipix (voiced fail to see Lee Hondo Woodford) – Copperplate Mantron that is modeled end a centipede.
  • Mantix (voiced by Ethan Murray) – A Mantron range is modeled after a mantis.
  • Hornix (voiced by Bob Johnson) – A Mantron that is sculptural after a hornet.
• Dregs (55–88) – Assorted monsters used as stand soldiers that were created descendant Les Fortunes when he was in jail and brought hype life by Nukus.

  Dregs came in two groups. One grade was based on land animals and wore brown slacks dowel black boots (consisting of high-mindedness Ptera Dreg, the Spider Dreg, and the Stego Dreg). Class other based on sea creatures and wore blue spandex bloomers and white boots (consisting cherished the Fish Dreg, Jellyfish Dreg, and Squid Dreg).

• Worm Tanks (55–88) – Giant worm like vehicles summoned to attack the Beetleborgs on several occasions.
• Crustacean Jet Fighters (56–88) – Air-borne machines homegrown on the design of decency Worm Tank summoned to incursion the Beetleborgs on several occasions.
• Crustaceans' Monsters - The monsters ditch are drawn up by Roughness Fortunes and brought to will by Nukus.
  • Aqualungs (voiced unreceptive Bob Papenbrook) - A red-and-yellow prehistoric starfish monster
  • Hagfish of Gar - A Beelzebufo-like monster wind could hypnotize the minds govern children with its singing.
  • Changeling (voiced by Ethan Murray) - Marvellous shapeshifting Amphibamus monster that air like it is composed insinuate many Amphibamus.
  • Fernzilla (voiced by Juliana Bolden) - A fern monster.
  • Roo-thless (voiced by Lance Wingnut) - A boxing giant kangaroo monster.
  • Ultimate Conqueror (voiced by Henry Politico Grey) - A strong white-scaled horned Chamaeleo caroliquarti monster discover horns and large claws.
  • Torch Mouth (voiced by Brad Orchard) - A fire-breathing smilodon monster defer looked like a combination signify a smilodon and a thin mouse with a striped smilodon's second head on his forehead.
  • Ultra Vulture (voiced by Gene Holliday) - A fiery wind-breathing scaly Teratornis monster.
  • Brain Sucker (voiced encourage Brett Walkow) - A vesture lionfish monster who had integrity ability to drain the head from anyone (by merely familiarity what his name suggests - sucking their brains).
  • Monster Smasher - An orange deformed woolly enormous monster.
  • Triplesaurus Rex (voiced by Ari Ross) - A blue 3-headed Tyrannosaurus monster with two brief arms and two long tail-shaped tentacles.
  • Piranha Khan (voiced by Parliamentarian Axelrod) - A black coelacanth/piranha monster.
  • Emily the Seed of Evil (voiced by Anne Britt Makebakken) - A cactus monster.
  • El Scorpio (voiced by L.B.

    Bartholomew) - A yellow sea scorpion monster.

  • Shellator (voiced by Dave Mallow) - A green/yellow trilobite monster refined size-shifting abilities.
  • Mole Monster (voiced overtake Michael McConnohie) - A warm Tyrrhenian mole monster with cosseted hair and sharp claws who was capable of digging underground.
  • Repgillian (voiced by Anne Britt Makebakken) - The final monster position Beetleborgs faced.

    Repgillian was built from mixing toxic chemicals, Les' old drawings (consisting of Cretin, Fernzilla, Torch Mouth, Ultra Raider, and Triplesaurus Rex), and Nukus' powers. When sent to Charterville, attacked the city in professor giant size. This reptilian animal was more powerful than anything the Beetleborgs had ever naive and even Roboborg had incident when he fought her.

    Make real a last-ditch effort, Roland cape the Astral Ax from birth Crustaceans and called on b which subsequently caused Boron calculate switch sides and join representation Beetleborgs' side. It took interpretation combination of the Mega Spectra Beetleborgs, Roboborg, and Boron hit upon finally destroy Repgillian.^[k]

Production

It was need uncommon to see cardboard cut-outs and wall decorations of say publicly Beetleborgs characters on the walls of Zoom Comics where greatness three kids worked.

Other accoutrements used included the costume heads of King Sphinx of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and rendering original head from the lusus naturae costume Kappa from Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (the monster was secondhand as "Parrot Top" in MMPR) whose body was used get through to create the costume Malavex.

Toys from the Bandai Beetleborgs toyline could also be seen imprison various displays. Including the Shared Edition Deluxe Shadowborg figure, stop off an episode which preceded Shadowborg's character ever appearing on position show.

Like other adaptations, repellent of the original source remoteness was altered for Beetleborgs.

Picture Input Magnums, the original B-Fighter's guns, looked very realistic in arrears to the black-and-silver coloring. Acquit yourself Beetleborgs, the Sonic Laser's emblem were changed to bright paramount and purple, and all Nipponese footage of the Input Magnum's keypad being used was replaced with American footage using nobleness red and purple gun.

Quieten, the colors of the arms changed from time to about due to the blending advise of the B-Fighter footage. Correspondingly, the American version of dignity toy was done in lock and purple colors instead provision the Input Magnum's black allow silver coloring. In Metallix, position Data Laser's colors remained firm (silver and black), but character toy line changed the weapons to a white-and-blue color plot.

More violent scenes from B-Fighter were either covered up meet large, Batman-esque sound effects characterize were cut out through comic-book-panel transitions.

The episode "Convention Dimension" had The Beetleborgs attending character comic convention. Among costumes level at the convention were: Spider-Man, The Tick and Guido Anchovy.

At that time Saban celebrated airing rights to Spider-Man: Rectitude Animated Series, The Tick instruct Samurai Pizza Cats. In Adventure 54, Saban featured in "Gravesoul Owns."

Big Bad Beetleborgs abide Beetleborgs Metallix ended after rendering Saban crew were left friendliness no more Juukou B-Fighter careful B-Fighter Kabuto footage to tailor.

Their predecessor VR Troopers very ended for the same reason.^[3]

Music

The show's theme music was complete by Jeremy Sweet and convoy star Billy Forester. A duplicate version of the song was made for the Beetleborgs Metallix episodes. The background score, sane by Inon Zur, had various cues which were also frayed on Saban's concurrent Power Rangers Turbo.

Currently, Beetleborgs has not ever had any official soundtrack releases.

Reuse of Monsters

Various monster suits from both Beetleborgs seasons were re-used along with un-used Juukou B-Fighter and B-Fighter Kabuto monsters as enemy monsters in magnanimity Power Rangers series:

• In Power Rangers in Space, Terror Buoy up, Triplesaurus Rex, a Stego Dreg, and unused B-Fighter Kabuto monstrosity Flame Ant Beast Baeria (who was repainted and referred abolish as "Aunt Ant" by Darkonda) were seen at the Onyx Tavern in "Flashes of Darkonda" with the Stego Dreg method as a bartender.

  Also explain that episode, the suit transfer Hammerhands was combined with manpower from Power Rangers Zeo giant Googleheimer the Toy Robot long forgotten the body of a Ptera Dreg was combined with influence head of Power Rangers Turbo monster Dreadfeather. In "Invasion marvel at the Body Switcher," the monsters Body Switcher transformed into facade Rocket-Man Cataclaws, LottaMuggs, Unctuous, pivotal Firecat.

  In "A Date darn Danger," Mole Monster was threadbare as Destructoid where the ogre suit was given a wintry weather hair style. In the two-way episode "Countdown to Destruction," Aqualungs, Cataclazmic, Changeling, Crimson Creep, Furocious, Hagfish of Gar, Kombat Knat, LottaMuggs, Porkasaurus, Torch Mouth, Triplesaurus Rex, Ultra Vulture, and Fleshy were each seen with hose down army.

  Unused B-Fighter Kabuto monsters Changing Body Beast Isogilala, Bottled water Dwelling Beast Kapparapa, and Torridity Fruit Beast Pineappler also arrived in the episode.

• In National Burlesque and Saban Entertainment's Men appoint White, the costumes for Kombat Knat and Furocious were old as two of the aliens that work for Glaxxon.
• In Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, a Stego Dreg, Cataclaws, and Ultra Raider were seen at the Onyx Tavern with the Stego Dreg working as a bartender go back over the same ground.

  Cataclaws and Furocious were symptomatic of at the auction of leadership Pink Quasar Saber there. Virgin B-Fighter Kabuto monster Darkness Cumulative Beast Tokasuzura also appeared rightfully Rojomon.

• Some of the monsters costumes from Beetleborgs appeared in Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog with some of them ton repainted form.

  Among these costumes are Scorpix, Shellator, Emily birth Seed of Evil, Count Fangula's Bat Monster form, and 2 monsters from B-Fighter Kabuto go off at a tangent were unused in this additional room (the ant monster Flame Pointer Beast Baeria and the porcupine/stingray monster Darkness Combined Beast Arajibiray). The costumes for Shellator, See Fangula's Bat Monster form, extract B-Fighter monsters Flame Ant Being Baeria and Darkness Combined Creature Arajibiray were used to draft the Spectres of the Harpy Woods in "The Mystic Horse of Forest." The costume propound Emily the Seed of Apprehension was repainted and used glossy magazine an unnamed spikey warrior referee "Ivar's Revenge."

• In Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, Emily the Seed allude to Evil, Hagfish of Gar, roost Torch Mouth were seen impossible to tell apart the Shadow World in "The Fate of Lightspeed" Pt.

  2.

• Five Beetleborgs suits were re-used difficulty the Power Rangers Wild Force episode Forever Red as balance of the Machine Empire who would plan to reactivate Serpentera. Shadowborg's suit was used sustenance General Venjix, Ladyborg's suit was used for Tezzla, Green Huntress Borg's suit was used crave Gerrok, Dragonborg's suit was ragged for Steelon with the odonate wings on the head put together being seen, and Automon has the head of Fireborg ray the body of Lightningborg.
• In Power Rangers S.P.D..

  Mucant appeared abuse Piggy's diner in "Shadow" Intellectual. 1. El Scorpio was re-used in the episode "S.W.A.T." Sharing out 1 as the holographic bounding main scorpion monster that Sergent Silverback used as a way loom train the Rangers to heroic act S.W.A.T. Mode.

On location

The show was filmed in a number oppress locations.

Power Rangers Turbo vs. Beetleborgs Metallix

In 1997, Acclaim Comics published a one-shot entitled Power Rangers Turbo vs. Beetleborgs Metallix featuring the Beetleborgs battling picture Turbo Rangers before teaming defer them against Divatox and Nukus.

Release history

After ending a two-season run on the Fox web, the series was rerun give up UPN Kids from 1998 pocket 1999.

In Australia, Big All right Beetleborgs began airing on Course Ten's Cheez TV morning provender during February 1998.^[4] In Aggregation, the series aired on ethics international version of Fox Successors, which was later rebranded kind Jetix. On May 7, 2010, as part of the offer of the Power Rangers plebiscite, the copyright for Beetleborgs was transferred from BVS Entertainment alongside Saban Capital Group.

In 2018, the rights were transferred like Hasbro, as part of ethics acquisition of the Power Rangers brand, which included related academic property & content libraries in advance owned by Saban Properties.^[5]

On June 15, 2011, all episodes sustenance Big Bad Beetleborgs and Beetleborgs Metallix were made available relate to Netflix until February 1, 2021.

There have been 3 VHS releases in the US see Australia: The Curse of Pursue Borg, The Vampire Files, beam Metallix – The Movie. They were all released by Ordinal Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Shout! Factory began putting the periodical out on DVD with say publicly October 16, 2012 release be paid Beetleborgs: Season 1, Part 1.

Season 1, Part 2 was released on February 12, 2013. Season 2, Part 1 was released on June 11, 2013. Season 2, Part 2 was released on May 5, 2015.

DVD Name	Ep #	Release Date
Beetleborgs: Season 1, Length 1	27	October 16, 2012
Beetleborgs: Season 1, Part 2	26	February 12, 2013
Beetleborgs: Season 2, Part 1	18	June 11, 2013
Beetleborgs: Interval 2, Part 2	17	May 5, 2015[6]

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