Monster Warriors
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Monster Warriors is an original Canadian
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 television series, which airs on YTV in Canada, and also on Jetix
Jetix (UK)
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 since April 2006 in the United Kingdom
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. 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 

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.

Core Characters

  • Luke
    Luke
    Luke is a male given name, and less commonly, a surname.The name Luke is derived from the Latin name , from an Ancient Greek , meaning "man from Lucania". The earliest known recording of the name is from the Bible, The Gospel of Luke, which was written around AD 70 to 90, and it is from here...

     - the leader.
  • Antonio
    Antonio
    Antonio is a Greek, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish first name. In the English language it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella...

     - the scientist
  • Tabby - the inventor.
  • Vanka - the athlete
  • 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
    Jared Keeso
    Jared Keeso is a Canadian actor. He has had a variety of minor roles in both television series and movies, but is best known for his starring role in the Canadian biographic film of legendary hockey commentator Don Cherry, for which he won a Leo Award for best male performance in a feature length...

      - Luke
  • Lara Amersey
    Lara Amersey
    Lara Amersey is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her roles in Life with Derek, Overruled, Monster Warriors and Land of the Dead.- Biography :...

      - Vanka
  • Mandy Butcher
    Mandy Butcher
    Mandy Butcher is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the television series Naturally, Sadie as Chelsea Breuer and in Monster Warriors as Tabby.Butcher has a younger brother named Adam Butcher who is an actor....

      - Tabby
  • Yani Gellman
    Yani Gellman
    Yani Gellman is an American film and television actor.Gellman was born in Miami, Florida to a Canadian father and an Australian mother; he was named after a family friend, writer Jan Joors...

      - Antonio
  • Glenn Coulson - Dink Dorman
  • Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang - Kreeger
  • Adam Growe
    Adam Growe
    Adam Growe , is a Canadian comedian, licensed Toronto cab driver, and the host of the Canadian version of Cash Cab.Born in New York, but raised in Vancouver, he has been performing professionally on radio, television and stage for almost 20 years. Once a full-time Morning DJ, Growe has since...

     - 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
    Kumonga
    is a giant spider daikaiju that appeared in the Toho produced Godzilla series. In the monster's first two appearances, it was called Spiega or Spiga. Spiga/Kumonga is the main antagonist in Son of Godzilla.-Abilities:...

    )
  • 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
    Rodan
    is a fictional Japanese mutated pterosaur introduced in Rodan, a 1956 release from Toho Studios, the company responsible for the Godzilla series. Like Godzilla and Anguirus, he is designed after a type of prehistoric reptile...

    )
  • Praying Mantis - This monster was also featured in both seasons. (possibly based on Kamacuras
    Kamacuras
    , is a fictional gigantic praying mantis that has appeared in the Toho produced Godzilla series. In its first appearance, the creature was called Gimantis in the U.S. version.-Showa:...

    )
  • 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
    Mothra
    is a kaiju, a type of fictional monster who first appeared in the serialized novel The Luminous Fairies and Mothra by Takehiko Fukunaga, Shinichiro Nakamura, and Yoshie Hotta...

    )
  • Cockroachs - Were fried by a gas explosion underneath capital city.
  • Dragon - A dragon that captures Vanka.
  • Ice Monster - A 25 feet (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
    Hedorah
    , also known as the Smog Monster, is a fictional character in the 1971 film Godzilla vs. Hedorah. The monster was named for , the Japanese word for sludge, vomit, slime or chemical ooze. He is the main antagonist of the film.-Description:...

    )
  • 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 feet (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
    Mechani-Kong
    is a remote-controlled robot double of King Kong introduced in the 1966 animated television series The King Kong Show and featured again in the 1967 film King Kong Escapes. The robot was created by Dr...

    )
  • 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 feet (15.2 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.

Season 1

This * means the Episodes that are available on Dvd.
Episode Number Episode Title Monster
01* "The Giant Spider Invasion" Giant Spiders
02* "The Beast From Beneath the Sea" Kraken
03* "Gators" Alligator Family
04* "Buzz!" Bumblebee
05* "The Terror Underground" Worm
06* "The Super Colossal Ice Monster" Ice Monster
07* "Dawn of the Dragon" Dragon
08* "Anaconda Of The North Woods" Anaconda
09* "The Giant Lobster Invasion" Giant Lobsters
10* "Last Ride of the Skeleton Crew" Skeleton Gang
11* "Attack of the Junk Monster" Giant Metal-Eating Radioactive Junk Monster
12* "Pterodactyl Terror" Pterodactyls
13* "Fall of the Haunted House of T-Rex" T.Rex
14* "Attack of the Giant Carnivorous Butterfly" Carnivorous butterfly
15 "Capital City vs. the Plant Thing" Killer Vine & Giant Slug
16 "Beware the Blob Thing" Blob
17* "Alien Zombie from the Planet Zeenom" Alien Zombie
18 "Terror of the Giant Cockroaches" Cockroaches
19* "Marauding Mantis" Praying Mantis
20 "Revenge of the Mud Maniac" Giant Mud Monster
21 "Termites" Termites
22* "Day of the Piranha" Man-Eating Piranhas
23* "Attack of the Enormous Terrifying Ladybug" Ladybug
24* "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Cucumber" Giant Sea Cucumber
25* "Ribbit" Giant Frogs
26* "Ribbit 2: Froggy's Revenge" Giant Frog Army

Season 2

Episode Number Episode Title Monster
01 "Attack of the Stinkbugs: Part I" Stinkbugs
02 "Attack of the Stinkbugs: Part II" Stinkbugs
03 "Terror at the Drive-In" Praying Mantis
04 "Alien Returns" Alien Zombie
05 "Monkey Machine: Part I" Mechanical Monkey
06 "Monkey Machine: Part II" Mechanical Monkey
07 "Beast from Below" Giant Jellyfish
08 "Megabatua" Giant Bats
09 "Terror in the North Woods" Big Foot
10 "The Secrets of the Lost Canyon" Pterodactyls
11 "Attack of the Leaping Leeches" Leeches
12 ”Attack of the Monumonsters” Monumonsters
13 ”Terror of the Troglothals” One-eyed troll-like monsters
14 ”Astrosaurus vs. Gigantobeast” Molten-lava dinosaur and a Giant Robot
15 ”Invasion of the Computer Bugs” Computer bugs
16 ”Curse of the Lagoon Man” Lagoon Man of Capital City legend
17 ”Ratblaster” Giant Mutated Rat
18 ”Return of the Icemonster” Ice Monster
19 ”Penguins” gigantic penguins
20 "Gnomes for the Holiday" Gnomes
21 "Trick or Treat" Ants
22 "Attack of the Abominable Snowman" Abominable Snowman
23 "Zaal: Kirubian Bird Of Prey" Kirubian Bird
24 "The Skeleton Crew Rides Again" Skeleton Gang
25 "UltiBeast: Part 1"
26 "UltiBeast: Part 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.

External links

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