Monster Warriors
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Monster Warriors is an original Canadian
television series, which airs 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 Inc. The series concluded its run on July 26, 2008 with a TV movie titled Monster Warriors Finale on YTV
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 there are 21 Episodes from the First Season on Dvd.
Canada
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television series, which airs on YTV in Canada, and also on Jetix
Jetix (UK)
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since April 2006 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. It was created by Wilson Coneybeare and produced by Coneybeare Stories Inc. The series concluded its run on July 26, 2008 with a TV movie titled Monster Warriors Finale on YTV
Season one
The series follows the adventures of four teenagers fighting to safeguard Capital City from the vengeful wrath of an insane and disgruntled B-Movie director who possesses the ability to bring his cinematic monsters to life. 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 two
The battle continues as the Monster Warriors work from their new hide-out: a deserted bomb shelter beneath Luke's house. The newly outfitted warriors get caught in the battle between Von Steinhauer and the new Mystery Monster Maker (who is later revealed as Superintendent McClellan's son, George Junior). The new monsters are half animal, half machine.Core Characters
- LukeLukeLuke is a male given name, and less commonly, a surname.The name Luke is derived from the Latin name , from an Ancient Greek , meaning "man from Lucania". The earliest known recording of the name is from the Bible, The Gospel of Luke, which was written around AD 70 to 90, and it is from here...
- the leader. - AntonioAntonioAntonio is a Greek, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish first name. In the English language it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella...
- the scientist - Tabby - the inventor.
- Vanka - the athlete
- Klaus Von Steinhauer - monster-maker.
- Missy Gore - Ex-Power Plant worker turned villainous side-kick (Season 1). In Season 2 she left for dentistry school.
- Mayor Mel - Mayor of Capital City, with never ending faith in the Monster Warriors.
- Henry - A young boy who sends messages from the future and leader of the future Capital City Rebellion.
- Kreeger - Monster Movie expert and owner of Monster Video movie rentals.
- Superintendent McClellan - Mayor Mel's advisor, who suspects teenagers are behind all wrongdoing in Capital City. He becomes mayor in the second season. He is always on the phone or yelling.
- Dink Doorman - A news reporter whose stories often revolve around the Monster Warriors and their battles, and also hosts a call-in movie show called "The Big Money Movie".
- Fire Chief Holswade – Tabby’s father, the fire department chief
- Eustace McCafferty – nerdy high school student that is in the school science club and astronomy club
Cast
- Jared KeesoJared KeesoJared Keeso is a Canadian actor. He has had a variety of minor roles in both television series and movies, but is best known for his starring role in the Canadian biographic film of legendary hockey commentator Don Cherry, for which he won a Leo Award for best male performance in a feature length...
- Luke - Lara AmerseyLara AmerseyLara Amersey is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her roles in Life with Derek, Overruled, Monster Warriors and Land of the Dead.- Biography :...
- Vanka - Mandy ButcherMandy ButcherMandy Butcher is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the television series Naturally, Sadie as Chelsea Breuer and in Monster Warriors as Tabby.Butcher has a younger brother named Adam Butcher who is an actor....
- Tabby - Yani GellmanYani GellmanYani Gellman is an American film and television actor.Gellman was born in Miami, Florida to a Canadian father and an Australian mother; he was named after a family friend, writer Jan Joors...
- Antonio - Glenn Coulson - Dink Dorman
- Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang - Kreeger
- Adam GroweAdam GroweAdam Growe , is a Canadian comedian, licensed Toronto cab driver, and the host of the Canadian version of Cash Cab.Born in New York, but raised in Vancouver, he has been performing professionally on radio, television and stage for almost 20 years. Once a full-time Morning DJ, Growe has since...
- Superintendent McClellan
New Characters in Season 2
- Mystery Monster Maker - an unsuspected citizen of Capital City, the aliens' new agent to create more dangerous monsters.
- Lucy - a brilliant and, as Antonio puts it, cute girl that Luke meets at the hockey rink.
- George Junior - Superintendent McClellan's son, who eventually is revealed as the Mystery Monster Maker (now he is not evil anymore).
- Dana the Diner Waitress - a happy go-lucky, no-nonsense girl who works at the local diner and the local tech support company.
- General Grabjaw - The leader of the aliens.
Monsters
- Mysterious aliens - An unknown alien race, controlling those who create the monsters. Their motives are to destroy Capital City, though the reason is unknown.
- Giant Spiders - The first of the monsters that the warriors battle. (possibly based on KumongaKumongais a giant spider daikaiju that appeared in the Toho produced Godzilla series. In the monster's first two appearances, it was called Spiega or Spiga. Spiga/Kumonga is the main antagonist in Son of Godzilla.-Abilities:...
) - Kraken - A giant squid that destroys the harbor day in the city and sucks one of the Warriors in.
- Giant Alligators - Found in the sewers.
- 60-foot Bumblebee - Tried to drain Capital City's power supply.
- Skeleton Crew - A small tactical strike team that Tried to poison Capital City's water.
- T. Rex - Found in a carnival.
- Giant Anaconda - Found in the North Woods. (possibly based on Manda)
- Alien Zombie from the Planet Zeenom - Not related to the mystery aliens, created by accident when Klaus' Monster Machine broke and it zapped Missy's comic book. This monster is featured in season 1 and 2.
- Pterodactyls - This monster is featured in season 1 and season 2. (possibly based on RodanRodanis a fictional Japanese mutated pterosaur introduced in Rodan, a 1956 release from Toho Studios, the company responsible for the Godzilla series. Like Godzilla and Anguirus, he is designed after a type of prehistoric reptile...
) - Praying Mantis - This monster was also featured in both seasons. (possibly based on KamacurasKamacuras, is a fictional gigantic praying mantis that has appeared in the Toho produced Godzilla series. In its first appearance, the creature was called Gimantis in the U.S. version.-Showa:...
) - Killer Vine - A vine that grows and grows and is later killed by the giant slug.
- Giant Slug- A monster sent by Klaus to stop the killer vine from eating him.
- Carnivorous butterfly - A butterfly that eats meat and can enchant its victims with its beauty so it can catch them more easily. (possibly based on MothraMothrais a kaiju, a type of fictional monster who first appeared in the serialized novel The Luminous Fairies and Mothra by Takehiko Fukunaga, Shinichiro Nakamura, and Yoshie Hotta...
) - Cockroachs - Were fried by a gas explosion underneath capital city.
- Dragon - A dragon that captures Vanka.
- Ice Monster - A 25 feet (7.6 m) tall ice monster. This monster is featured in both seasons.
- Lobster - Emerged from a beach in Capital City.
- Blob - A monster that somehow appears to consume Mayor Mel and almost did the same for Vanka.
- Worm - A worm that eats trains.
- Giant Metal-Eating Radioactive Junk Monster - Found in the junkyard.
- Termites - Found in the fire station's basement. Then the queen trapped Mayor Mel in City Hall.
- Giant Mud Monster - A monster made out of mud. (possibly based on HedorahHedorah, also known as the Smog Monster, is a fictional character in the 1971 film Godzilla vs. Hedorah. The monster was named for , the Japanese word for sludge, vomit, slime or chemical ooze. He is the main antagonist of the film.-Description:...
) - Man-Eating Piranhas - Man-eating fish that can fly and come out of water.
- Enormous Ladybug - Was shrunken back to normal size by Tabby's weapon that was later smashed. Klaus never got a chance to finish it so it is one of the few "frendly" Monsters.
- Giant Sea Cucumber - Eats Vanka's new teacher, who was apparently a "mysterious alien" in disguise.
- Giant Frog Army - 25 feet (7.6 m) tall frogs.
- Stink bugs - Unlike other monsters, these giant swarms of stink bugs are a great danger to capital city. They use their stink powder to choke or poison enemies.
- Mechanical Monkey - A giant robotic monkey, set on hunting Superintendent McClellan. (possibly based on Mechani-KongMechani-Kongis a remote-controlled robot double of King Kong introduced in the 1966 animated television series The King Kong Show and featured again in the 1967 film King Kong Escapes. The robot was created by Dr...
) - Giant Jelly Fish- A natural monster Antonio accidentally brought out when he was testing underwater research equipment .
- Big Foot - A natural monster found in the North Woods.
- Mega Bat - Giant bats with large tusks that can impale victims below.
- Leeches - 50 feet (15.2 m) tall leeches.
- Monumonsters - Statues out of Capital City park.
- Troglothals - One-eyed troll-like monsters made out of action figures.
- Astrosaurus - A molten lava dinosaur.
- Gigantobeast - A giant robot.
- Computer Bugs - Emerged from the computer system.
- Lagoon Man- A monster born of capital city legend.
- Ratblaster- A giant rat that ate Luke's monsterblaster and mutated. It's Antonio's belief that the rat came from other monsters they've defeated in the past, specifically the giant carnivorous butterfly and the Junk monster, and that the rat was once normal sized.
- Gigantic Penguins
- Gnomes - Garden Gnomes come alive after one of Klaus Von Steinhauer's inventions goes off accidentally.
Season 1
This * means the Episodes that are available on Dvd.| Episode Number | Episode Title | Monster |
|---|---|---|
| 01* | "The Giant Spider Invasion" | Giant Spiders |
| 02* | "The Beast From Beneath the Sea" | Kraken |
| 03* | "Gators" | Alligator Family |
| 04* | "Buzz!" | Bumblebee |
| 05* | "The Terror Underground" | Worm |
| 06* | "The Super Colossal Ice Monster" | Ice Monster |
| 07* | "Dawn of the Dragon" | Dragon |
| 08* | "Anaconda Of The North Woods" | Anaconda |
| 09* | "The Giant Lobster Invasion" | Giant Lobsters |
| 10* | "Last Ride of the Skeleton Crew" | Skeleton Gang |
| 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" | Carnivorous butterfly |
| 15 | "Capital City vs. the Plant Thing" | Killer Vine & Giant Slug |
| 16 | "Beware the Blob Thing" | Blob |
| 17* | "Alien Zombie from the Planet Zeenom" | Alien Zombie |
| 18 | "Terror of the Giant Cockroaches" | Cockroaches |
| 19* | "Marauding Mantis" | Praying Mantis |
| 20 | "Revenge of the Mud Maniac" | Giant Mud Monster |
| 21 | "Termites" | Termites |
| 22* | "Day of the Piranha" | Man-Eating Piranhas |
| 23* | "Attack of the Enormous Terrifying Ladybug" | Ladybug |
| 24* | "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Cucumber" | Giant Sea Cucumber |
| 25* | "Ribbit" | Giant Frogs |
| 26* | "Ribbit 2: Froggy's Revenge" | Giant Frog Army |
Season 2
| Episode Number | Episode Title | Monster |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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" | |
| 26 | "UltiBeast: Part 2" |
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 there are 21 Episodes from the First Season on Dvd.