Volcanus Erupts! / The Origin of Dr. Viper
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Volcanus Erupts! / The Origin of Dr. Viper is the 21st episode of the animated television series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. Like Cry Turmoil / SWAT Kats Unplugged, it is two short stories in one episode rather than a single normal-length story. It first aired Saturday, November 26, 1994, and both segments were written by Glenn Leopold although the story for Volcanus Erupts! was thought up by series creators Christian and Yvon Tremblay. Directed by Robert Alvarez and produced by Davis Doi. Overseas animation by Studio Mook.
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[edit] Plot Summary
[edit] Volcanus Erupts!
Mayor Manx and Mr. Young plan to build an industrial park on tropical Anakata Island, but a bulldozer accidentally plows into and breaks breaks the sacred Talisman Stone, which is said to keep the demon Volcanus asleep within the island's central volcano. Naturally, the beast is soon set free and heads towards the mainland with the intent of smashing everything in sight. Only the SWAT Kats can stop him, but Volcanus is impervious to almost everything! Can he be stopped before he destroys the Megakat Nuclear Plant?
[edit] The Origin of Dr. Viper
Dr. N. Zyme and his colleague Dr. Elrod Purvis co-develop Viper Mutagen 368, a regenerative growth formula derived from snake DNA. When Zyme reveals his intention to donate the formula to the city, the greedy Purvis attempts to steal it to sell to the highest bidder. In the process however, he ends up spilling it on himself and seems to die, but is soon revived as the twisted mutant Dr. Viper! And when Viper hatches a scheme to mutate Zyme, Mayor Manx, and Callie Briggs into freaks of nature like himself, only the SWAT Kats can save them all.
[edit] Cast
Tress MacNeille as Callie Briggs
Jim Cummings as Mayor Manx / Abel / Enforcer Sergeant
Frank Welker as Volcanus / Dr. Elrod Purvis / Dr. Viper
Clyde Kusatsu as Islander
[edit] Trivia
The Origin of Dr. Viper, in its entirety, is a flashback and set before the events of the first season.
The oil refinery that the SWAT Kats blow up in order to kill Dr. Viper's mutated wasps is the same one that gets blown up by Morbulus in The Giant Bacteria.
