Double Dragon (TV series)

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Double Dragon was an animated series based on the video game franchise of the same name. The television series was produced by DiC Entertainment and ran for 26 half-hour episodes between 1993 and 1995. The premise of the show had the Lee brothers separated at birth, with Billy being raised by a wiseman known as the Eldest Dragon. In contrast, his brother Jimmy was raised by the evil Shadow Master to become his right-hand man. As a result, the Lee brothers met each other as adversaries after being reunited as adults. However, by the end of the second episode, Jimmy is betrayed by the Shadow Master, which leads the brothers to set aside their difference and fight against the greater evil. The Lee brothers made use of magical swords which contained special powers and added dragon masks to the brothers' outfit. During the course of the series, the brothers recruited allies in their war against the Shadow Master (voiced by Jim Byrnes) and his henchmen, in the second season gaining stronger magical weapons when the Shadow Master harnessed the strength of the even more evil Shadow Kahn to increase his power. The search for their father, John Lee, was a running subplot throughout the series. The voices of Billy and Jimmy were provided by Michael Donovan and Scott McNeil respectively. The theme song was written by the composer of Stuart Little Alan Silvestri. The first episode could be considered an adaption of the first game, with Abobo (the most known boss of the game), Willy (the main boss of the arcade version) and Jimmy Lee (revealing himself as the "Shadow Boss", being the main boss as in the NES adaptation) as villains. However, Abobo and Willy were trapped in the main villain's "Shadow Mural" early on and never seen again.