Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks

Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks
Format	Educational television
Created by	David Snyder & Bill Gross
Developed by	David Snyder & Ken Cuperus
Starring	Cameron Ansell Scott McCord Martin Roach Rod Wilson Mitchell Eisner Cliff Saunders
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	26
Production
Camera setup	currently unknown
Running time	23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Discovery Kids
Picture format	4:3
Audio format	stereo
First shown in	currently unknown
Original run	September 25, 2006 (2006-09-25) – October 10, 2006 (2006-10-10)
External links
Website

Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks is a children's show on Discovery Kids, that premiered in the fall of 2006 and was produced by Endgame Entertainment and Bigfoot.

It is a CGI-style animation, presenting the fictional adventures of some monster trucks with the personalities of young children.

In 2007, Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Special Class Animated Program category.

Head writers credited on the show were Ken Cuperus, Alice Prodanou and Dave Dias.

The series was canceled October 10, 2010, the last day of Discovery Kids' broadcast. Its successor, The Hub, has not included it in their lineup, so the ending of the series is in limbo.

Plot

Episodes take place in the fictional town of Crushington Park, especially in a practice arena full of obstacles and cars to destroy. The reference to Bigfoot (the original monster truck) appears to be a late addition to the program. The pilot episode "Race Relations" does not have the character LT (Bigfoot's Son) but instead has a towtruck named Hook who also has a profile on the official website. The official website also includes video from a pre-Bigfoot version of the pilot episode with a different theme song. Bigfoot does not appear in any of the first batch of episodes but was included in new episodes on the week of April 16, 2007.

Characters

• Meteor T. Rover (voiced by Cameron Ansell) - " A space expeditionary rover-modeled monster truck sporting red tires and the main character of the series.
• Little Tow (LT) (voiced by Scott McCord) - A tow truck-modeled who is the son of Bigfoot and the cousin of José. He has tow hook patterns on his tires.
• Big Wheelie (voiced by Martin Roach) - A school bus-modeled monster truck and the teacher/headmaster of Crushington Park School.
• Bigfoot (voiced by Rod Wilson) - The most famous monster truck. He is LT and Zooey's dad. Bigfoot is always seen at the Crushington Park Speedway practicing with the other famous monster trucks. He is named after the truck of the same name.
• Senora Rosa (voiced by Rosa Laborde) - LT and Zooey's mom. Has rose patterns on her tires.
• José (voiced by Mitchell Eisner) - A fire engine-modeled monster truck. and the cousin of LT. Has pick axe and fire helmet patterns on his tires.
• Pony Tail (voiced by Tajja Isen) - A pink monster truck sporting a blonde pony tail and horseshoe patterns on her tires.
• Junkboy (voiced by Cliff Saunders) - A garbage truck-modeled monster truck. Has trash can patterns on his tires.
• Sarge (voiced by Dan Petronijevic) - A military jeep-modeled monster truck.
• Amby (voiced by Laurie Elliot) - An ambulance-styled monster truck. Has band-aid patterns on his tires.
• Sinker (voiced by Linda Ballantyne) - A blue-green monster truck decked out in fishing gear and wears a red and yellow checkered hat. Has fish patterns on his tires.
• Hook (voiced by Joanne Vannicola) - An orange monster truck. Has broken lightbulb and crossbone patterns on his tires
• Zooey (voiced by Isabel de Carteret) - LT's younger sister who sports two pigtails. She knows everything about animals. Has paw-print patterns on her tires.
• Boo Boo (voiced by George Buza) - Boo Boo is the owner of Boo Boo's Body Shop and is the only mechanic in town.
• Race Announcer (voiced by Brad Adamson) - An unseen announcer who commentates the races the trucks are in.

Minor characters

• Buck Haymaker (voiced by Keith Hampshire) - A tractor-styled monster truck.
• Cement Brent - A cement truck-styled monster truck.
• Concrete Pete - A young cement truck-styled monster truck. He has V patterns on his tires.
• Cosmo Starfinder (voiced by Len Carlson) - A famous monster truck who is one of Meteor's heroes.
• Crushmeister (voiced by Cathal J. Dodd) - A famous monster truck. He is friends with Big Wheelie.
• Duke (voiced by Lyon Smith) - Pony's cousin. He has cow horn patterns on his tires.
• Dynamic Dan (voiced by Brian Froud) - He's the host of the TV show "Monster Trucking Today." Dynamic Dan has film patterns on his tires.
• Grandpa Rover (voiced by Bill Lynn) - Meteor's grandfather.
• King Crush - An over-sized steamroller-like monster truck from the horror movies.
• Mrs. Halftrack (voiced by Valerie Boyle) - A monster truck that once served in the military. She served as substitute teacher while Big Wheelie was competing in a mountain monster truck race.
• Mrs. Rover (voiced by Julie Lemieux) - Meteor's mom who is currently on a space mission.
• Sue the Rooter - A sewage truck-styled monster truck. She has plunger patterns on her tires.

Episodes

1. "Race Relations"
2. "Missing Mom"
3. "Bathtime for Junkboy"
4. "The Big Time Out"
5. "Snooze, You Lose"
6. "Team Work"
7. "King Crush"
8. "The Pennant Race"
9. "The Truck Who Cried Tow"
10. "Hang Time"
11. "Over-Heated"
12. "Your Name Is Mud"
13. "Here Comes the Crushmeister"
14. "Meteor in Charge"
15. "Try, Try Again"
16. "Grandpa Was a Moonrover"
17. "Meteor's Nightmare"
18. "The Backwards Race"
19. "A Big Hook for Little Tow"
20. "Top Secret"
21. "A-Maze-ing Race"
22. "Sue the Rooter Truck"
23. "Space Rangers"
24. "On Shaky Ground"
25. "The White Soup"
26. "This ????"

• "Space Rangers" is dedicated in memory of Len Carlson.

References

External links

• Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website
• Monster Truck Madness
• Monster Truck Madness 2