Monster Warriors

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 ^[1]

Plot

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.

Characters

Core characters

• Luke

Luke is the reserved, yet tough leader of the Warriors. He is rich, tall and handsome and holds the keys to the group's sweet convertible and their headquarters. He is in love with fellow warrior Tabby. Although he acts tough most of the times, he still has certain fears, particularly of forests.

• Antonio

Antonio is the scientific genius of the gang. He has wide knowledge of fields like zoology, astronomy, geology and history. Although he is kind of a nerd, he still has many female admirers.

• Tabby

This 17 year old fancies herself the second in command of the group and is Luke's love interest. She is a gadget queen as she can turn ordinary household gadgets into monster blasting weaponry. She is also the captain of the volleyball team and school class president and is an all round goody two-shoes- although she doesn't like being called one.

• Vanka

She is the athlete, karate practitioner and the bravest of all Warriors. She is particularly scared of heights and also has had a string of hopeless boyfriends. She later develops a relationship with Antonio.

• 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 Keeso - Luke
• Lara Amersey - Vanka
• Mandy Butcher - Tabby
• Yani Gellman - Antonio
• Glenn Coulson - Dink Dorman
• Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang - Kreeger
• Adam Growe - 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 Kumonga)
• 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 Rodan)
• Praying Mantis - This monster was also featured in both seasons. (possibly based on Kamacuras)
• 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 Mothra)
• Cockroachs - Were fried by a gas explosion underneath capital city.
• Dragon - A dragon that captures Vanka.
• Ice Monster - A 25-foot (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 Hedorah)
• 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-foot (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-Kong)
• 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-foot (15 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.

Episodes

Season 1

This * means the Episodes that are available on DVD.

Season 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 but North Video of Czech Republic got all episodes on DVD in Czech and English. http://www.northvideo.cz/e-shop/monster-warriors-01.html

References

External links

• Monster Warriors at TV.com website
• Monster Warriors at the Internet Movie Database
• Monster Warriors at TV.com