I wonder if anyone has talked about this show before here at rabroad?
If they did or not, I'm starting a thread on this series!
Hello once again to the Obscure Cartoon Spotlight, where all of us rabroad members get to talk about a different rarely known cartoon each week! I hope I'm not alienating all of you when I bring in a cartoon from a foreign land. If you are a fan of action-comedy cartoons, this one's for you.
This week, the Spotlight goes to a cartoon that never made it to America, please give a warm welcome to The Avenger Penguins!
Whatever you guys do, don't confuse this crime fighting anthropomorph cartoon with the Penguins From Madagascar, this is something completely different.
Avenger Penguins was an action-comedy cartoon series that was first seen in the United Kingdom back in 1993. The series lasted 2 seasons and had 26 half-hour episodes. Proud Creators: Brain Cosgrove and Mark Hall
This series revolved three motorcyclist penguins that not only inhabit Big City, they also unite to protect Big City from evil scientist Caractacus P. Doom and his evil schemes. While attempting to protect the city from evil, the Penguins often find themselves hampered by their miscommunication and and scraps with other fierce biker gangs, like The Stink Brothers for one.
Main cast of the series:
Marlon- The head and leader of the Avenger Penguins. He's a smart, sassy penguin who clearly knows what he desires, yet couldn't correlate things to acheive it.
Rocky (left)- He's a big, stumbling penguin with a notoriously small motorcycle.
Bluey (right)- This guy's a small and bewildering penguin, with an enormous motorbike and intellect to match.
Bella (center)- She's the nice, attractive female penguin who runs the Avenger Penguins' favourite ice cream shop.
These two guys...
Caractacus P. Doom (left)- The main antagonist of the series. He always keeps on setting up evil schemes to stop the Avenger Penguins, as well as to take over the world and such.
Harry Slime (right)- Doom's sychophantic second-hand man, who often has angst on whether he should be really evil or not.
Fun Facts and Such:
This cartoon series is mainly viewed as a parody of all of those other similar action cartoons from the later 80s and early 90s, including such series like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) and Biker Mice from Mars for example.
The series was released on VHS in the United Kingdom and Australia before, with Australia having most of the first season (and one season 2 episode) on 6 2-episode tapes. Avenger Penguins is available on UK DVD, with having the entire series (both seasons 1 and 2) being released on 4 discs.
The Avenger Penguins' Wikipedia article
Toonhound's take on the Avenger Penguins
The Avenger Penguins on Nyanko's Cosgrove Hall fansite
I hope you enjoyed this rare foreign delight this week, there will be more as time passes on. Until next week, I'll be seeing you.
Credits (because we all need 'em):
Informational Basis courtesy of Toonhound and Cosgrove Hall Ate My Brain.
Images courtesy of (but not directly hotlinked from) Toonhound and Cosgrove Hall Ate My Brain.
The Avenger Penguins (C) 1993-1994 Cosgrove Hall Productions, Ltd.
If they did or not, I'm starting a thread on this series!
Hello once again to the Obscure Cartoon Spotlight, where all of us rabroad members get to talk about a different rarely known cartoon each week! I hope I'm not alienating all of you when I bring in a cartoon from a foreign land. If you are a fan of action-comedy cartoons, this one's for you.
This week, the Spotlight goes to a cartoon that never made it to America, please give a warm welcome to The Avenger Penguins!
Whatever you guys do, don't confuse this crime fighting anthropomorph cartoon with the Penguins From Madagascar, this is something completely different.
Avenger Penguins was an action-comedy cartoon series that was first seen in the United Kingdom back in 1993. The series lasted 2 seasons and had 26 half-hour episodes. Proud Creators: Brain Cosgrove and Mark Hall
This series revolved three motorcyclist penguins that not only inhabit Big City, they also unite to protect Big City from evil scientist Caractacus P. Doom and his evil schemes. While attempting to protect the city from evil, the Penguins often find themselves hampered by their miscommunication and and scraps with other fierce biker gangs, like The Stink Brothers for one.
Main cast of the series:
Marlon- The head and leader of the Avenger Penguins. He's a smart, sassy penguin who clearly knows what he desires, yet couldn't correlate things to acheive it.
Rocky (left)- He's a big, stumbling penguin with a notoriously small motorcycle.
Bluey (right)- This guy's a small and bewildering penguin, with an enormous motorbike and intellect to match.
Bella (center)- She's the nice, attractive female penguin who runs the Avenger Penguins' favourite ice cream shop.
These two guys...
Caractacus P. Doom (left)- The main antagonist of the series. He always keeps on setting up evil schemes to stop the Avenger Penguins, as well as to take over the world and such.
Harry Slime (right)- Doom's sychophantic second-hand man, who often has angst on whether he should be really evil or not.
Fun Facts and Such:
This cartoon series is mainly viewed as a parody of all of those other similar action cartoons from the later 80s and early 90s, including such series like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) and Biker Mice from Mars for example.
The series was released on VHS in the United Kingdom and Australia before, with Australia having most of the first season (and one season 2 episode) on 6 2-episode tapes. Avenger Penguins is available on UK DVD, with having the entire series (both seasons 1 and 2) being released on 4 discs.
The Avenger Penguins' Wikipedia article
Toonhound's take on the Avenger Penguins
The Avenger Penguins on Nyanko's Cosgrove Hall fansite
I hope you enjoyed this rare foreign delight this week, there will be more as time passes on. Until next week, I'll be seeing you.
Credits (because we all need 'em):
Informational Basis courtesy of Toonhound and Cosgrove Hall Ate My Brain.
Images courtesy of (but not directly hotlinked from) Toonhound and Cosgrove Hall Ate My Brain.
The Avenger Penguins (C) 1993-1994 Cosgrove Hall Productions, Ltd.