![]() Imagine TV producers watching “The Toxic Avenger” and thinking it would make an amazing cartoon aimed at kids. The series only lasted 13 episodes, but those interested in revisiting the series can find it on iTunes and Amazon. Obviously, some of the comic’s more racy stories were changed around to be more kid-friendly, such as eliminating all talk of Voodoo’s exotic dancer background, but for the most part the comic characters were faithfully translated to the small screen. Calling his “covert action team” the WildC.A.T.S., the team fought the Daeomonites that were led by Helspont. Jacob Marlowe found the living computer Void and used her powers to locate the descendants of a race of good aliens called the Kherubim to fight the evil race of Daemonites. The series stayed fairly close to the “WildC.A.T.S.” comic series. “WildC.A.T.S.” was created to air alongside “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “Skeleton Warriors” to round out its Action Zone block of programming. Similar to the “Ultraforce” TV show, “WildC.A.T.S.” was the result of the massive success of “X-Men.” At the time, Image Comics had become a huge comics publisher, and CBS came knocking, wanting a cartoon to compete with Fox’s cartoon lineup. The most cringe-worthy part of the show was the opening song that shoehorned the athlete’s catchphrases and ended with the lyric, “ProStars, it’s all about helping kids.” Ugh. Instead, three voice actors did their best Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky and Bo Jackson impressions as they used gimmicks like boomerang hockey pucks to save kids. The athletes didn’t even voice their own characters. The guys had a base at “Mom’s Gym” where Mom was an incredibly offensive Jewish stereotype that bumbled her way around the facility. When the cartoon episodes actually aired, viewers were given poor animation and horrible stereotypes. ![]() Unfortunately, “ProStars” was very sloppy and lazy, with almost half the run time devoted to live action segments featuring the athletes answering really dull questions from children and making horrible cringe-worthy jokes. The series followed the three biggest athletes of the time, Bo Jackson, Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky, as they were given modified sporting equipment and helped children. “ProStars” is a cartoon that most people have forgotten about, for good reason.
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