Monday, 24 February 2014

SWATkats : The Radical Squardon.




         When I was a kid, many uncles and aunties would ask me, "he kiddo, what do you want to be when you grow up?" . And I, would cheerfully exclaim, "I want to be a pilot!!", stretch my arms out and "fly" around......
Flying, especially in an airplane, is always fascinating. And a jet? Totally awesome! This emotion, I'm certain, would have been echoed by almost all kids my age.
Jake and chance were pilot and gunner team in 'The Enforcers' Megakat city's para-military. They were the best at their respective jobs in the entire force. But when they failed to obey illogical orders of their commander, to let an enemy escape, and the mission ended in an accident, they were unfairly demoted and made to work at the military salvage yard, a sort of junk yard for the armed forces.
Dishonored, and desperate to fight the forces of evil and protect their city, they formed the SWATkats. Assembling their own fighter plane, the 'Turbokat', out of usable parts found in the junk. And using the hanger under the yard as their base.!!!!!
The vigilante duo never reveal their true identity to anybody, even their allies And call themselves T-bone and Razor. Razor is the weapons expert, deigning and developing various kinds of missiles and weapons, and using them with near perfect accuracy!!! While T-bone is the daredevil prodigal pilot, maneuvering the turbokat like no other aircraft or pilot can imitate.
The world of the vigilantes never seems to run out of villains. But while 'Dark kat' is intelligent, technologically advanced, and very formidable. There are some like  'Madkat', lunatic, and childishly obliviously to any form of technology.

One of the most notorious villain is 'The Pastmaster'. A time manipulating undead wizard. He and the SWATkats clash on several occasions. But he never tires of being defeated by them.
The SWATkats, when not saving the day, operate a garage in the salvage yard, where they befriend the deputy mayor, Callie Briggs. Although she is an ally to the SWATkats, she is oblivious to their true identities.
Callie Briggs does most of the work in the mayor's office, and Mayor Manx is almost always hiding or playing golf, depending on the severity of the situation.
Like all vigilantes, the SWATkats are hated by the city's security forces for undermining them and often proving them incompetent at their job. The principal hater being the commander Ulysses Feral.
The SWATkats have many enemies, but most appear only once.
Apart from the TurboKat, they also have a range of vehicles and weaponry to be used on or below water and land.
The series was created by Christian and Yvon Tremblay, with every episode directed by Robert Alvarez (with the exception of 'Special Report'). Major writers  were Glenn Leopold and Lance Falk.
The SWATkats aired from 1993 to 1994 lasting 2 seasons for a total of 23 episodes With re re-runs on boomerang and various other networks. Dutch

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