NFL Rush Zone: Guardians of the Core
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NFL Rush Zone: Guardians of the Core is an American
Action-Adventure
animated television series. The show centers around a 10-year-old kid named Ish (short for Ishmael), who learns he must protect shards of a power source called "The Core", hidden at 32 NFL stadiums. A television movie
closed the first season, and perhaps the series, on February 5, 2011.
OT - The strange man who explains to Ish about the Core, the Rusherz, and Sudden Death.
Sudden Death - The antagonist of the series, he planned on using the Core to take over the Universe and hired Ash when she was rejected as the Guardian. He was destroyed during the final battle for the Core.
The Gameballz - The guardians of Ish.
Ash - (short for Ashley) Works for Sudden Death and helped capture Ish. She was supposed to be the Guardian, but the Hall of Legends had determined her to be unworthy of the job.
Shandra - Ish's mother. OT warns her that, as the Guardian's parent, she is Sudden Death's next target.
Rusher, whom Ish met at the Chargers
home game. He is a humanoid creature whose outfit consists of a white and blue football helmet with Chargers lightning bolts for a facemask and wears blue and yellow shorts with floral print. He was voiced by Zach Appelman.
Blitzbotz - Sudden Death's mechanical minions with one mission: collect the shards. They also have an arsenal of corruption footballs, which corrupt biological beings, transforming them into fellow blitzbots. 6 Rusherz had succumbed to this power, but were freed from it after Sudden Death's defeat.
Bolt - the Chargers
Rusher, whom Ish met at the Chargers
home game.
Alto - the Saints
Rusher. He wears a Saints football helmet and a black-and-white striped hat.
Liberty - the Giants
Rusher. As his name suggests, he is a humanoid wearing a Giants football helmet decorated with the crown on the top of the statue of liberty and holds a torch in his hand.
Beast - A humanoid lion who wears a Detroit Lions
helmet, and the Lions' Rusher.
Freefall - A humanoid being who wears a slightly oversized version of the Seahawks football helmet, and the Seahawks' Rusher. Together with Talon, Swoop, Soar, Scavenger, and Peck, they make up the Air Team for the Rusherz.
Steve - the Broncos
Rusher - Became a blitzbot while defending the Broncos' shard. In his uncorrupted form, he is a humanoid white horse with an orange mane and wears a Broncos football helmet. (He was saved after Sudden Death was defeated).
Rampage - the Rams
Rusher - Became a blitzbot while defending the Rams' shard In his uncorrupted form, he is a blue ram with horns protruding from his helmet, a reference to the swirl design on the Rams' helmet. (He was saved after Sudden Death was defeated).
Pack - the Packers Rusher. He is yellow, like Blowtorch, but he wears an old-style leather football helmet.
Osmen - the Falcons
Rusher. He is a red and black humanoid falcon wearing a red Falcons helmet.
Freedom - the Patriots
Rusher. He is a silver humanoid being who wears a hat with one star on it and holding the American flag.
Swoop - the Eagles
Rusher. He is a silver eagle-like creature.
Stallion - the Colts
Rusher.
Ray - A humanoid raven
wearing a Baltimore Ravens
helmet, and the Ravens' Rusher.
Iron guy - the Steelers
Rusher, who interestingly enough is a yellow humanoid creature wearing a welder's mask and a Pittsburgh Steelers helmet.
Peck - the Cardinals
Rusher. He is a humanoid cardinal bird wearing an Arizona Cardinals football helmet.
Willy - the Dolphins Rusher, and a dolphin-like humanoid.
Pick Ax - the 49ers
Rusher and resembles a prospector from the Gold Rush era and wears a 49ers helmet.
Vic - the Vikings Rusher, whose face resembles the Vikings' logo, but his helmet has two horns on it.
Lasso - the Cowboys Rusher. He wears a cowboy hat and wears the Cowboys colors.
Arrow Head - the Chiefs
Rusher. His name is a reference to the Chiefs' home stadium, Arrowhead Stadium
.
Toro - the Texans
Rusher, and a blue, white, and red bull-like humanoid.
Fang - A humanoid bengal tiger
wearing a Cincinnati Bengals
helmet, and the Bengals' Rusher.
Cyclops - the Titans
Rusher, and despite his name, he is actually a blue Centurion
-like creature wearing a Tennessee Titans helmet and holds a white shield with the Titans' logo in his hand.
Grizzly - A humanoid orange bear wearing a Chicago Bears
helmet,and sneakers, he is also the Bears' Rusher.
Claw - the Panthers
Rusher. - Became a blitzbot while defending the Panthers' shard. (He was saved after Sudden Death was defeated). He is a silver cat-like creature who wears a slightly oversized version of the Carolina Panthers' helmet.
Captain fear - the Buccaneers
Rusher. As his name suggests, he talks and looks like a pirate and wears a Buccaneers football helmet.
K-9 - A humanoid football player wearing a Cleveland Browns
helmet, and the Browns' Rusher.
Zeke red corn - the Redskins
Rusher.
Pilot Sonic - the Jets
Rusher. He looks like a fighter pilot wearing a Jets helmet and has a jetpack on his back.
Greg - the Bills
Rusher. - Became a blitzbot while defending the Bills' shard. (He was saved after Sudden Death was defeated). In his uncorrupted form, he is a silver buffalo-like creature with blue hair, silver horns, and a red headband.
Spot - the Jaguars Rusher. - Became a blitzbot while defending the Jaguars' shard. (He was saved after Sudden Death was defeated). In his uncorrupted form, he is a humanoid jaguar creature wearing a Jaguars football helmet.
Spike - the Raiders
Rusher. - Became a blitzbot while defending the Raiders' shard. (He was saved after Sudden Death was defeated). He is a silver creature with black war-paint on his face and a spiked version of the Raiders football helmet.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Action-Adventure
Adventure
An adventure is defined as an exciting or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome. The term is often used to refer to activities with some potential for physical danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing and or participating in extreme sports...
animated television series. The show centers around a 10-year-old kid named Ish (short for Ishmael), who learns he must protect shards of a power source called "The Core", hidden at 32 NFL stadiums. A television movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
closed the first season, and perhaps the series, on February 5, 2011.
Synopsis
Ish must try to protect one or more NFL team's shard every Sunday while trying not to be caught by his mom. He must protect the shards with the help of OT and the rushers.Main
Ish - The protagonist of the series, Ish learns that he is the guardian from OT after being watched by him for a while.OT - The strange man who explains to Ish about the Core, the Rusherz, and Sudden Death.
Sudden Death - The antagonist of the series, he planned on using the Core to take over the Universe and hired Ash when she was rejected as the Guardian. He was destroyed during the final battle for the Core.
The Gameballz - The guardians of Ish.
- Huddle - a golden football with laces for a mouth who speaks SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. - Fumble - A light salmon colored football with a green mohawk.
- Scream - A traditionally-colored football with one eye, who is the more intelligent and tactical of the group.
Ash - (short for Ashley) Works for Sudden Death and helped capture Ish. She was supposed to be the Guardian, but the Hall of Legends had determined her to be unworthy of the job.
Shandra - Ish's mother. OT warns her that, as the Guardian's parent, she is Sudden Death's next target.
Secondary
Bolt - the ChargersSan Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Rusher, whom Ish met at the Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
home game. He is a humanoid creature whose outfit consists of a white and blue football helmet with Chargers lightning bolts for a facemask and wears blue and yellow shorts with floral print. He was voiced by Zach Appelman.
Blitzbotz - Sudden Death's mechanical minions with one mission: collect the shards. They also have an arsenal of corruption footballs, which corrupt biological beings, transforming them into fellow blitzbots. 6 Rusherz had succumbed to this power, but were freed from it after Sudden Death's defeat.
Minor
- Norv TurnerNorv TurnerNorval Eugene Turner is the head coach for the National Football League's San Diego Chargers. He also has served as head coach of the Washington Redskins and the Oakland Raiders, and as offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, and San Francisco 49ers...
- the San Diego ChargersSan Diego ChargersThe San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
head coach.
- Sean PaytonSean PaytonPatrick Sean Payton is the current head coach of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. Payton was a quarterback at Naperville Central High School and Eastern Illinois University and played professionally in 1987 and 1988...
- the New Orleans SaintsNew Orleans SaintsThe New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
head coach.
- Mike TomlinMike TomlinMichael Tomlin is the current head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. Tomlin is the third youngest head coach in any of the four major North American professional sports. He is the tenth African-American head coach in NFL history, and first in Steelers history...
- the Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh SteelersThe Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
head coach. In the episode, "Rivalry Week", he can be seen breaking up a fight between Fang and Blowtorch.
- John MaddenJohn Madden (American football)John Earl Madden is a former American professional football player in the National Football League, a former Super Bowl-winning head coach with the Oakland Raiders in the American Football League and later the NFL, and a former color commentator for NFL telecasts. In 2006, he was inducted into...
- retired NFL commentator, former NFL player, former head coach of the Oakland RaidersOakland RaidersThe Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
.
- Michael StrahanMichael StrahanMichael Anthony Strahan is a former National Football League defensive end who played his entire career for the New York Giants; a career where he set the record for the most sacks in a single season and won a Super Bowl in his final year. He is currently a football analyst on Fox NFL Sunday, and...
- Former Giants player, analyst on Fox NFL SundayFOX NFL SundayFox NFL Sunday is the pregame show for the TV show NFL on Fox. The program is broadcast on Fox television affiliates nationwide. The audio portion of the show is broadcast over the Fox Sports Radio network, distributed by Premiere Radio Networks...
- Jerry JonesJerry JonesJerral "Jerry" Wayne Jones is the owner and general manager of the NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys.-Early life:Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. His family moved to North Little Rock, Arkansas when he was an infant. Jones was a star running back at North Little Rock High School...
- Owner/GM of the Dallas Cowboys.
- Shannon SharpeShannon SharpeShannon Sharpe is a former American Football tight end who played for the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. Sharpe is known for his creative commentary and trash talking. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and inducted on August 6, 2011...
- Former Denver Broncos wide receiver.
- Marcus AllenMarcus AllenMarcus LeMarr Allen is a former American football player and, until recently, was affiliated with CBS as a game analyst. As a professional, Allen ran for 12,243 yards and caught 587 passes for 5,412 yards during his career for both the Los Angeles Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1982 to 1997...
- Former Oakland Raiders running back, current ESPN NFL analyst.
- Brian DawkinsBrian DawkinsBrian Patrick Dawkins is an American football safety for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft...
- Safety for the Denver Broncos.
- Steven JacksonSteven JacksonSteven Rashad Jackson is an American football running back for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Rams 24th overall in the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State University....
- Running back for the St. Louis Rams.
- Larry FitzgeraldLarry FitzgeraldLarry Darnell Fitzgerald, Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League, and currently ranks fourth all-time in league history in receiving yards per game for a career , behind Andre Johnson, Torry Holt, and Marvin Harrison...
- Wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals.
- Eli ManningEli ManningEli Nelson Manning is an American football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He is the younger brother of NFL quarterback Peyton Manning and the son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning...
- Quarterback for the New York Giants.
Rusherz
The Rusherz are a race of humanoid alien beings from a distant planet, who bear some resemblance to an NFL team's logo, the city the team is from, or from that franchise's history. According to OT, they were responsible for the creation of the NFL's 32 teams. They are all voiced by Zach Appelman.Bolt - the Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Rusher, whom Ish met at the Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
home game.
Alto - the Saints
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
Rusher. He wears a Saints football helmet and a black-and-white striped hat.
Liberty - the Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
Rusher. As his name suggests, he is a humanoid wearing a Giants football helmet decorated with the crown on the top of the statue of liberty and holds a torch in his hand.
Beast - A humanoid lion who wears a Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
helmet, and the Lions' Rusher.
Freefall - A humanoid being who wears a slightly oversized version of the Seahawks football helmet, and the Seahawks' Rusher. Together with Talon, Swoop, Soar, Scavenger, and Peck, they make up the Air Team for the Rusherz.
Steve - the Broncos
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Rusher - Became a blitzbot while defending the Broncos' shard. In his uncorrupted form, he is a humanoid white horse with an orange mane and wears a Broncos football helmet. (He was saved after Sudden Death was defeated).
Rampage - the Rams
St. Louis Rams
The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...
Rusher - Became a blitzbot while defending the Rams' shard In his uncorrupted form, he is a blue ram with horns protruding from his helmet, a reference to the swirl design on the Rams' helmet. (He was saved after Sudden Death was defeated).
Pack - the Packers Rusher. He is yellow, like Blowtorch, but he wears an old-style leather football helmet.
Osmen - the Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
Rusher. He is a red and black humanoid falcon wearing a red Falcons helmet.
Freedom - the Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
Rusher. He is a silver humanoid being who wears a hat with one star on it and holding the American flag.
Swoop - the Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
Rusher. He is a silver eagle-like creature.
Stallion - the Colts
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
Rusher.
Ray - A humanoid raven
Raven
Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied...
wearing a Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...
helmet, and the Ravens' Rusher.
Iron guy - the Steelers
Steelers
Steelers usually refers to the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football team which plays in the National Football League. It may also refer to the following sports teams:Association football...
Rusher, who interestingly enough is a yellow humanoid creature wearing a welder's mask and a Pittsburgh Steelers helmet.
Peck - the Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
Rusher. He is a humanoid cardinal bird wearing an Arizona Cardinals football helmet.
Willy - the Dolphins Rusher, and a dolphin-like humanoid.
Pick Ax - the 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
Rusher and resembles a prospector from the Gold Rush era and wears a 49ers helmet.
Vic - the Vikings Rusher, whose face resembles the Vikings' logo, but his helmet has two horns on it.
Lasso - the Cowboys Rusher. He wears a cowboy hat and wears the Cowboys colors.
Arrow Head - the Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
Rusher. His name is a reference to the Chiefs' home stadium, Arrowhead Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium is a stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri and home to the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs....
.
Toro - the Texans
Houston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Rusher, and a blue, white, and red bull-like humanoid.
Fang - A humanoid bengal tiger
Bengal Tiger
The Bengal tiger is a tiger subspecies native to the Indian subcontinent that in 2010 has been classified as endangered by IUCN...
wearing a Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
helmet, and the Bengals' Rusher.
Cyclops - the Titans
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...
Rusher, and despite his name, he is actually a blue Centurion
Centurion
A centurion was a professional officer of the Roman army .Centurion may also refer to:-Military:* Centurion tank, British battle tank* HMS Centurion, name of several ships and a shore base of the British Royal Navy...
-like creature wearing a Tennessee Titans helmet and holds a white shield with the Titans' logo in his hand.
Grizzly - A humanoid orange bear wearing a Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
helmet,and sneakers, he is also the Bears' Rusher.
Claw - the Panthers
Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...
Rusher. - Became a blitzbot while defending the Panthers' shard. (He was saved after Sudden Death was defeated). He is a silver cat-like creature who wears a slightly oversized version of the Carolina Panthers' helmet.
Captain fear - the Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...
Rusher. As his name suggests, he talks and looks like a pirate and wears a Buccaneers football helmet.
K-9 - A humanoid football player wearing a Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
helmet, and the Browns' Rusher.
Zeke red corn - the Redskins
Redskins
Redskins may refer to:* Redskin , a controversial term referring to Native Americans* The Washington Redskins, a United States football team* Redskin , a socialist or communist skinhead...
Rusher.
Pilot Sonic - the Jets
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Rusher. He looks like a fighter pilot wearing a Jets helmet and has a jetpack on his back.
Greg - the Bills
Bills
The Bills were a youth subculture that thrived in Léopoldville in the late 1950s, basing much of their image and outlook on the cowboys of American Western movies...
Rusher. - Became a blitzbot while defending the Bills' shard. (He was saved after Sudden Death was defeated). In his uncorrupted form, he is a silver buffalo-like creature with blue hair, silver horns, and a red headband.
Spot - the Jaguars Rusher. - Became a blitzbot while defending the Jaguars' shard. (He was saved after Sudden Death was defeated). In his uncorrupted form, he is a humanoid jaguar creature wearing a Jaguars football helmet.
Spike - the Raiders
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Rusher. - Became a blitzbot while defending the Raiders' shard. (He was saved after Sudden Death was defeated). He is a silver creature with black war-paint on his face and a spiked version of the Raiders football helmet.
Episodes
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| 1 | 22 | September 6, 2010 | February 5, 2011 | |
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