26-443: Biker Mice from Mars is an American animated series created by Rick Ungar . The series premiered in syndication the week of September 19, 1993. It consists of three seasons of 65 episodes, with the final episode airing in syndication the week of February 24, 1996. The show follows three anthropomorphic mice motorcyclists named Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie who escape a war on their home planet Mars before arriving to rebel on
52-446: A day. From June 7, 2010, ITV4 ceased simulcasting, meaning that from early June 2010, GMTV2 could only be seen on the CITV channel, again allowing ITV4 to broadcast 24 hours a day. Originally, Action Stations featured the voices of Toonattik presenters Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson in the form of robots with pre-recorded links in between cartoons, and was later voiced by Mike Rance as
78-684: A secret code word revealed at the end of each show. On 12 March 2006, ITV began simulcasting Toonattik on the CITV Channel , allowing younger Sky Digital , Virgin Media and Freeview viewers to access the show through the children's section of the EPG for the first time. Also, the EPG showed details for the programmes broadcast during the Toonattik time slot, instead of merely saying Toonattik . A Toonattik board game
104-463: A spaceship captain. Between September 2009 and May 2010, the slot had the presenters presenting links from the Action Station ' s 'space base'. Action Stations featured characters Commander Action (David Kangas), Boogaloo (Serial #80064100) (Simon Fielding), Gribulous Bertnarg "Bert" Pimplewicks (Mike Rance) and Princess Akira, the ship's mechanic (Anna Singleton). These characters travelled
130-464: A spaceship, but are shot down by a Plutarkian warship and crash-land on Earth in the city of Chicago . There they meet a charming female mechanic named Charlene "Charley" Davidson and discover that the Plutarkians have come to Earth to steal its natural resources. The Biker Mice investigate the crumbling ghetto of the windy city and soon discover that Chicago's leading industrialist, Lawrence Limburger,
156-620: A special chest named the "Challenge Chest". Then the final game would be randomly chosen by the "Golden Wheel of Twizzle", and a spin of the "Toonattik Twizzler" would determine which of the two presenters would be playing that game. At the end of each show the losing team would receive a 'pie in the face' from the winners. A new Toonattik website was created by 4T2 and launched in late January 2006, allowing viewers to play virtual versions of their favourite "Toonattik Twizzler" games, as well as send emails to Rickers and Williamson, read about their favourite cartoons and unlock bonus content by entering
182-472: Is actually a Plutarkian who disguises himself as a human, plotting to ransack Earth's resources to send to his own dying planet. Limburger enlists two henchmen, mad scientist Dr. Karbunkle and the idiotic Greasepit, to help him steal Earth's natural resources and send them to Plutark with the help of some supervillains that they transport from another location in the galaxy. The Biker Mice become destined to stop Limburger's schemes. The most frequent sign of victory
208-544: Is destroying Limburger's tall tower, forcing him to constantly spend money and time to rebuild it by the next episode. In most episodes, Limburger orders Karbunkle to use the transporter to bring into Chicago one of the very powerful supervillains in the universe. Generally each of them have one special ability which is useful for Limburger's plan in hand. Most of them seem to use an asteroid station called Black Rock as their main hideout when they are not summoned by those willing to pay for their services. On one notable occasion in
234-639: The Earth against the species that destroyed their homeland (the Plutarkians) and to one day return to Mars. The mice's signature weapons consist of a cestus and a laser pistol (Throttle), a bionic arm with built-in laser blaster (Modo), and flares (Vinnie). Despite the frequent battles, no blood is shown, and many villains are monsters, aliens, and robots. Ownership of the initial Biker Mice TV series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide , which also includes Marvel Productions . On
260-618: The ITV Breakfast slot at weekends returned in the form of Scrambled! . Action Stations! was the flagship children 's strand of the British breakfast television station , GMTV2 (branded as part of CITV ). The slot aired between 06:00 and 08:40 on the CITV channel. It began broadcasting on 13 March 2006 and was simulcast on both the CITV channel and ITV2 ; however, it moved to ITV4 on 17 March 2008, meaning that ITV2 could broadcast 24 hours
286-636: The United Kingdom on Toonattik on GMTV on August 26, 2006. However, due to production problems at the studio in the Philippines the series was not finalized until late 2007, resulting in the launch in the United States and many other countries being delayed until 2008 as it still needed to be dubbed. The series was largely influenced by the major toy line that was manufactured by Italian giant Giochi Preziosi in 2005. GP retained Pangea as developers of
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#1732883456409312-502: The United States on many first-run syndicated affiliates . The series has been aired on the YTV / Fox Kids (English) and Le Canal Famille (French) channels in Canada. In the United Kingdom from 1994 to 1997, the series was aired on Channel 4 and from 1998 to 1999 on its youth strand T4 . CITV on ITV2 re-ran the series at 07.55 Monday to Friday for a 10-week strip from early September 2006. It
338-506: The episode "A Scent, a Memory, a Far Distant Cheese", Limburger and Karbunkle accidentally got sucked into the transporter and appear at the Black Rock where all the villains up to that episode confront him for not paying them as they asked for. The episode "Diet of Worms" shows that the other Plutarkians can use the same supervillains. The following supervillains are listed in order of appearance: The series has been aired from 1993 to 1996 in
364-402: The following weekend, the slot relaunched with out-of-vision presentation, this remained until its eventual axing at the end of 2010. From 15 May to 26 December 2010, the programme was hosted by the animated characters named the "Toonteam" (Bizzle, Hobson, Cocker3, Donk, Pat, Ni-No, Brian and Poop Dog), in place of Rickers and Williamson. On 18 January 2014, children's in-vision presentation during
390-403: The planet Mars, there existed a race of anthropomorphic mice who enjoyed motorsports and had a very similar culture and society to that of human beings. At some point in time they were all but wiped out by the Plutarkians, alien fish-like humanoids who plunder other planets' natural resources because they have wasted all of their own. Three survivors, Throttle, Modo and Vinnie, manage to escape on
416-433: The presenters showcasing drawings and letters sent in by the viewers. Four months later, when Toonattik was revamped, each week Rickers and Williamson would lead teams of boys and girls in a battle of the sexes, playing various games to earn as much points as they could, a format later adopted by Holly and Stephen's Saturday Showdown in 2006. Viewers had the chance to send in suggestions for games, these were pulled from
442-517: The series development. On July 21, 2023, Ryan Reynolds announced that he and his company Maximum Effort were co-producing a reboot of the series with The Nacelle Company and Fubo . An LCD game of same name was released for Tiger Electronic Game on 1993. A Biker Mice from Mars video game was released by Konami for the Super NES in 1994. The PAL version features extensive advertisements for Snickers candy bars. A Biker Mice from Mars game
468-1043: The series, in addition to the non-stop action. Marvel Comics published a three-issue series in the early 1990s. A fourth issue was solicited on the reader's page. Marvel UK published its own series. The whole American series and portions of the British series were published in Germany (also by Marvel UK) in 7 magazine-sized issues from 1994 to 1995. Oni Press has rebooted the comic series in July 2024 starting with "Biker Mice From Mars #1" List of animated television series These are lists of animated television series . Animated television series are television programs produced by means of animation . Animated series produced for theaters are not included in this lists; for those, see List of animated short film series . These lists include compilation series of theatrical shorts such as The Bugs Bunny Show since they often feature some new wrap-around animation. Toonattik Toonattik
494-399: The show relied heavily on phone-in competitions. After a few months on-air the slot was split into two, each adopting their own individual branding to separate the age categories. The pre-school slot for ages 0–6 became known as Wakey! Wakey! (later replaced by The Fluffy Club in 2008), with the 7-12 slot using the Toonattik name. The relaunch focused more on audience participation, with
520-492: The toy line, working in tandem with creator and executive producer, Rick Ungar . Characters, vehicles, and weapons used in the series were first developed by Pangea and turned over to G7 Animation for integration into the series. The team of Ungar, G7, and Pangea collaborated in order to maintain consistency between the intellectual property and the execution of the primary toy range, as the GP licensing monies were utilized to set in motion
546-525: Was also planned for Sega Mega Drive but it was never released. In 2006, another Biker Mice from Mars video game was released based on the 2006 revival in Finland , Australia and the United Kingdom for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2 platforms. The game did not receive any major positive ratings although it was a major sales success throughout Scandinavia . In 2015, a Biker Mice from Mars mobile game
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#1732883456409572-542: Was presented by Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson before being out-vision from 15 May to 26 December 2010. Toonattik launched on 5 February 2005 as the new children's weekend morning slot on GMTV , featuring a mix of imported cartoons for ages 4–12. The slot was originally split into two, with the first half featuring pre-school programming with out-of-vision continuity, and the second half featuring shows for older children, which featured in-vision continuity links provided by Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson . Initially
598-504: Was produced by Character Options Ltd in 2007. On 6 March 2010, it was reported that Toonattik presenters Rickers and Williamson would be made redundant, as part of ITV plc 's buyout of Disney's 25% share in GMTV (since renamed to ITV Breakfast ). They presented Toonattik together for the last time on 9 May 2010, which featured a big song finale at the end. Soon after their departure, Jamie & Anna were hired to work for Nickelodeon . From
624-461: Was released by 9thImpact for iOS and Android devices through the App Store and Google Play Store . The game is divided into episodes, each with a different storyline which unfolds as the player completes the levels. Commenting on the new game, series creator Rick Ungar said that Biker Mice fans would enjoy the snappy banter, classic catchphrases and irreverent satire that they would expect from
650-494: Was repeated on ITV2 at 08.25 Monday to Friday for 10 weeks from March 27, 2007. The cartoon was broadcast in the Republic of Ireland on RTÉ Two on weekday afternoons from 11 September 1995 to 1996. The Biker Mice from Mars returned to television in 2006. The 2006 Biker Mice from Mars series is a continuation of the story, while giving more airtime to another character, General Stoker. The new 28-episode series began airing in
676-425: Was the flagship children 's strand of the British breakfast television station , GMTV (known on-air as CITV at weekends), which ran from 5 February 2005 to 26 December 2010. The strand aired on weekend mornings from 07:25 (sometimes at 07:20) until GMTV's closedown at 09:25, featuring a selection of both British and imported cartoons, mainly from brands such as Disney , Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network . It
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