The Adventures of T-Rex

The Adventures of T-Rex was an animated series that aired in syndication from 1992 to 1993 in North America. The show featured five musical "Tyrannosaurus" brothers who played to sold-out crowds as a vaudeville group while also secretly fighting crime as "T-REX," masterminded by Professor Edison. The show lasted only one season.

Set in a world of anthropomophic dinosaurs, brothers Bernie (blue), Bruno (pink), Bubba (green), Buck (yellow) and Bugsy (purple) were born with special powers to help fight crime. Each brother's special power was related to a specific part of their anatomy; Bernie's legs, Bruno's arms, Bubba's tail, Buck's mouth and teeth, and Bugsy's telekinetic eyes. The group rode out on their Rexmobile to battle “Big Boss” Graves, crime kingpin of Rep City (the show's setting), and his evil organization, The Corporation. Kid sister Ginger was part of the singing group, but didn’t know about her brothers’ secret identities.

One of the show’s other noteworthy elements was giving the T-Rexes imitation celebrity voices: Jack Benny, Art Carney, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Durante.

Their major contribution to the Anthropomorphic Heroes genre was a sense of wit, as their transformation sequence required the use of the catchphrase, "T-Rex is the name and crimebusting's our game" (in practice, however, each of the brothers would replace "our game" with a context-sensitive witicism).

Voice cast

* Ian James Corlett . . . . (Bugsy / Waldo Winch)
* Kathleen Barr . . . . (Flo / Myrna / Black Widow)
* Scott McNeil . . . . (Bubba / Adder)
* Robert O. Smith . . . . (Bernie / Buck / Cuddles / Dr. Death)
* Venus Terzo . . . . (Ginger / Mae)
* Michael Donovan . . . . (Professor Edison / Shooter / Big Dinosaur)
* Dale Wilson . . . . (Big Boss Graves / Bissell)
* Michael Beattie . . . . (Buck / Delaney)
* Gary Chalk . . . . (Bruno / Madder / Mayor Maynot)
* Phil Hayes . . . . (Little Boss / Axe)
* Jennifer Copping
* Brian Dobson
* Janyse Jaud
* Alessandro Juliani
* Annabel Kershaw
* Michael Dobson

Episode list

1. Hijack 2. Hot Shot 3. Rep Side Story 4. Star! 5. Mesmerized Mayor 6. The Big Freeze 7. Vinny and the Brothers 8. Big Time at the Big House 9. Rep City Games 10. Robo Flop 11. Screwloose 12. Radio-Dazed 13. Where's Ed?

14. The Comeback Kid 15. The Fabulous Brother Boys 16. Play It Again 17. Big Boss Blues 18. Witness Protection 19. Biggest Chill 20. Dance Fever 21. The Contender 22. The Mayor's Egg 23. The Flying Boat 24. Rep City Guru 25. The Kimono Caper 26. Doctor in the House

27. Crusin' for a Bruisin' 28. Country Cousins 29. The Rexmobile 30. Really Big Foot 31. It's All in the Cards 32. Flo and Ed 33. Fight at the Opera 34. The Rex Stuff 35. Rep City Blues 36. Radio Rip-off 37. Ginger Snaps 38. They Flap by Night 39. The Dough Stops Here

40. Bungee Bandits 41. The Best Offense 42. My Fair Chain Gang 43. The Grand Science Fair 44. Crime Takes a Holiday 45. The Rep City Rockets 46. It's a Gas 47. The Big Bite 48. Bag of Bones 49. Up the River 50. Weekend in the Country 51. Little Big Boss 52. Super T-Rex

Credits

; Created by::Michael Wahl, Lee Gunther; Developed by::Michael Wahl, Lee Gunther, Jean Chalopin; Original Character Designs by::Satoru Tsuda; Executive Producers::Michael Wahl, Lee Gunther, Jean Chalopin, Hidenori Taga; Co-Executive Producer::Mark Taylor; Producers::Rudy J. Zamura, Xavier Picard, Shigekazu Ochiai; Creative Consultant::Takashi; Teleplay by::Jean Chalopin; Story Editor::Peter Lawrence; Directed by::Stephane Martinere; Voice Direction::Michael Donovan; Talent Coordinator::Gail Hackery; Liaison to Kitty::Gene Pelc; Overseas Production Supervisor::Toshiyuki Hiruma; Art Director::Charlie Sansonetti; Characters and Props::Francois Capuron, Didier Cassegrain, Laurent Duvault, Pascall Morelli, Michele Perbet; Background Designers::Max Braslavsky, Vincent Gassies, Bruno Julier, Florence Nizan, Luc Paulet; Storyboards::Remi Brenot, Vic Dal Chele, Richard Danto, Adrian Gonzalez, Georges Grammat, Gordon Harrison, Philippe Landrot, Pascall Morelli, Ruben Negri, Pascal Pinon; Storyboard Review::Eric McConnell; Color Background Artists::Jean-Claude Bauer, Anne-Cecile de Rumine, Benedicte Fages, Genevieve, Penloup, Vincent Gassies; Color Key Artists::Claude Morelli, Isa Python, Genevieve Penloup, Maryann Stewart; Associate Producers::Karen Malach, Robert Winthrop; Production Coordinators::Monica Arce, Saiid Assefi, Claudia Ellis, Jill Grey, Kazumi Sawaguchi, Gaetano Vaccaro, Frank Weiss; Production Secretary::Samia De Jema; Animation Production::KK C&D Asia, Shigeru Akagawa, Hiroshi Toita, Hiroshi Saotome, Kitty Film; Animation Supervisors::Masanori Miura, Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Masakazu Higuchi, Eiji Okabe; Layouts::Group Zen, Anime-Spot Co. Ltd, AD Cosmo Inc., Teleimage Japan Inc.; Animation Studios::Mad House, Philippe Animation Studio Inc., Mook Company Ltd, Samile Animation Co. Ltd, Hung Long Animation Co. Ltd; Animation Producer::Takahiko Tsuchiya; Editiorial Services::Broughten-Winicki Inc.; Slugging & Sheet Direction::Pretend Production; Original Music by::Robert J. Walsh; Music Editor::Jeffrey R. King; Sound Effects & Mix by::Dick and Rogers Sound Studio Ltd, Fury and Grace; Post Production Supervisor::Yannick Heude; Audio Supervisor::Jacques Siegel; Video Supervisor::Jean-Marc Fonseca; Post Production Coordinators::Aban Patel, Suzanne Remiot

ee also

*Anthropomorphic Superheroes

External links

* [http://www.tv.com/the-adventures-of-t-rex/show/19762/summary.html?q=The%20Adventures%20of%20TRex&tag=search_results;title;0 "The Adventures of T-Rex"] at TV.com
*imdb title|0243687