Walter Melon is a 1998 animated TV show, very loosely adapted from the Franco-Belgian comic and television series Achille Talon

Achille Talon

Achille Talon is a Franco-Belgian comics series featuring an eponymous main character, created by Greg . Starting publication in the comics magazine Pilote in 1963, the series presents the comic misadventures of an anti-hero.The name derives from "talon d'Achille", the French term for an...

. The show aired in the United States

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 on the Fox Family Channel during 1998 and 1999. Produced and funded by France 2

France 2

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, Saban's and Scottish Television

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Plot

Walter Melon and his assistant Bitterbug run a company as "heroes for hire". Whenever superheroes get in trouble, get sick, or fall victim to their villains' latest scheme, Melon and Bitterbug (Lefuneste) take their places temporarily. In the show Walter and Bitterbug replaced all kinds of heroes spoofs, such as: Superman

Superman

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, Hulk

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, James Bond

James Bond

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, Batman

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 and Robin

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, Kirk

James T. Kirk

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 and Spock

Spock

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, Tarzan

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, Luke Skywalker

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, Mad Max

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, Spider-Man

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, 2 of the Power Rangers

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, Alan Grant, Fox Mulder

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, Jim Phelps, Casper

Casper

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, White Rabbit

White Rabbit

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 and Mad Hatter

Mad Hatter

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, Peter Pan

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, Tin Man and Scarecrow

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, Aladdin

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, and Little Red Riding Hood

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. Walter is not a highly trained, intelligent and handsome macho man like most superheroes. Instead, he is a big jolly fellow with a large nose and a lot of luck. Despite his significantly greater size, nobody ever notices the difference, with his weight merely being commented on after his arrival and subsequently ignored. When he impersonates the heroes, he fights Sneero who represents the bad guys, such as spoofs of: Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor

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, Goldeneye, Joker

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, Darth Vader

Darth Vader

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, Captain Hook

Captain Hook

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, Doctor Octopus

Doctor Octopus

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, Rita Repulsa

Rita Repulsa

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, Cigarette Smoking Man

Cigarette Smoking Man

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, Queen of Hearts

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, Wicked Witch of the West

Wicked Witch of the West

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, Jafar, King Kong

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, and the Big Bad Wolf

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.

In a second season, possibly to make the cartoon more educational, Walter and Bitterbug would receive cross-time distress messages from famous and important historical figures such as Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison

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, Lewis and Clark

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, and the Apollo 11

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 astronauts, rather than superheroes and fictional characters.

The series was available on Jetix Play

Jetix Play

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 (a channel for older cartoon series owned by Disney

The Walt Disney Company

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, which only aired in eastern Europe and the Arab World

Arab world

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). The series is not available through any other outlet currently.

``Hero for hire. Reasonable rates. All major credit cards accepted.'

--Walter Melon

Cast

• Richard Bell - Walter Melon
• Jeremiah Nagle - Bitterbug
• Michael McConnohie
  Michael McConnohie
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   - Sneero
• Francine Elcar - Amelia

Crew

• Jaxqueline tordjman, Vincent chalvon- demersay Sandy Ross - executive producers
• Jamie Simone
  Jamie Simone
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  - Casting & Voice Director
• Micheal dax - Music
• Natalie altmann - Script editor

External links

• retrojunk.com "Retrojunk on Walter Melon"