Turbo Teen

Turbo Teen

Infobox Television
show_name = Turbo Teen


caption =
genre = Animated television series
runtime = 20 mins (excluding commercials)
creator = Ruby-Spears Productions
executive_producer = Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
voices = T.K. Carter
Pat Fraley
Pamela Hayden
Michael Mish
Frank Welker
country = USA
language = English
network = ABC
first_aired = September 9, 1984
last_aired = August 31, 1985
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 12
list_episodes =
website =
imdb_id = tt0211171
tv_com_id = 20997

"Turbo Teen" was an animated series that aired Saturday mornings on the ABC Network for twelve episodes between 1984 and 1985. The series was once rerun on the USA Network's now-defunct USA Cartoon Express block.

Plot

The series is about a teenager named Brett Matthews, who swerves off a road during a thunderstorm and crashes into a secret government laboratory. There, he and his red sports car are accidentally exposed to a molecular beam invented by a scientist named Dr. Chase. Man and machine become fused together and as a result, Brett gains the ability to morph into the car when exposed to extreme heat and revert back into his human form when exposed to extreme cold. With this new super hero power, Brett and his friends, who call him "TT", go on crime fighting adventures together and solve other mysteries.

As subplots, Brett constantly searches for a way to return back to normal with the help of the scientist responsible for his predicament. Also, a reoccurring villain is the mysterious, unseen "Dark Rider" who drives a monster truck and seeks to capture TT to find the secret behind his abilities.

Production

The show was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. It was broadcast during the growing popularity of the "Knight Rider" television series and mirrors much of it, even down to very similar sounding theme music. The car that Brett turns into looks like an amalgam of a Chevrolet Camaro, and its sister car the Pontiac Trans Am that "Knight Rider's" KITT is modeled after.

"Turbo Teen" episodes

# Dark Rider
# Mystery at Fantasy Park
# No Show UFO
# Micro Teen
# The Sinister Souped-Up Seven
# Video Venger
# Dark Rider and the Wolves of Doom
# The Curse of the Twisted Claw
# Daredevil Run
# The Amazon Adventure
# Fright Friday
# The Mystery of Dark Rider

Cast

* T.K. Carter - Alex
* Pat Fraley - Eddie, Dr. Chase
* Pamela Hayden - Pattie
* Michael Mish - Brett Matthews/Turbo Teen
* Frank Welker - Flip, Rusty, Dark Rider

Parodies

"Turbo Teen" was parodied in the "Robot Chicken" episode "Rabbits on a Roller Coaster" with Brett Matthews voiced by Seth Green, Tom Root as Alex, while Patti was voiced by Chad Morgan.

External links

*imdb title|id= 0211171
* [http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/204-turbo-teen/ Theme song video intro at Retrojunk.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqagfbHPIO0 Video clip of part of a "Turbo Teen" episode]


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