Mighty Ducks (1996–1997)

A team of humanoid duck ice hockey team/freedom fighters fight evil between games.

Stars:

Jeff Bennett, Steve Mackall, Jennifer Hale

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jeff Bennett	...	Duke L'Orange (26 episodes, 1996-1997)
Steve Mackall	...	Noseslide (26 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jennifer Hale	...	Mallory McMallard (26 episodes, 1996-1997)
Brad Garrett	...	Grin (26 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ian Ziering	...	Wildwing (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
April Winchell	...	Tanya (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
James Belushi	...	Phil Palmfeather (23 episodes, 1996-1997)
Clancy Brown	...	Seige (23 episodes, 1996-1997)
Tony Jay	...	Wraith (21 episodes, 1996-1997)
Dennis Franz	...	Captain Klegghorn (17 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jim Cummings	...	Commander Xenon (6 episodes, 1996)
Charles Adler	...	Dr. Droid (3 episodes, 1996)
Corey Burton		(3 episodes, 1996)
Tim Curry	...	Lord Dragaunus (21 episodes, 1996-1997)

Storyline

The Mighty Ducks, an intergalactic ice-hockey team from another dimension, are trapped on Earth during a fight against their arch- rival. With no way to get home, they build their headquarters under a defunct hockey rink, and the crowds soon return. In their spare time, they battle criminals wherever they find them, despite the Chief Of Police's distrust, and track down their nemesis.

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Plot Keywords:

hockey | anthropomorphism | superhero | part computer animation

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi | Sport

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Official Sites:

Toon Disney

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 September 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series

Company Credits

Production Co:

Buena Vista Television, Helium Productions, Walt Disney Television Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (26 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Tim Curry was approached for a role in this cartoon, he at first thought he was being offered a role in a sequel to The Mighty Ducks (1993).

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Quotes

Captain Klegghorn: Think we'll hear from those creeps again?
Nosedive: That depends. Have we been renewed for another season?

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Connections

Followed by Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off (1997)

User Reviews

Doctors call this Buffy The Vampire Slayer Syndrome.

The above condition affects spinoffs of movies that are ultimately preferable to the source - "Mighty Ducks," in this case, accomplished it by bearing as little similarity to the original as possible. Originally "The Bad News Bears" on ice, the cartoon revolved around a group of hockey-playing mallards from another planet who arrived on Earth, and with the loss of their leader wanted to return to Puckworld - but in the meantime they became a wildly successful ice hockey team. (The Disney folks sponsored a real-life team of the same name, explaining the credit for the National Hockey League. The appellation "The Coolest Game On Earth" is harder to justify...)

Unlike the other poster, I don't really think this had the right stuff to be up there with "Gargoyles" - it was more light-hearted on the whole and not really too layered. But it was fast and pretty entertaining, if not the kind of thing that could last too long. The House of Mouse has done better ("Gargoyles," "DuckTales," "Kim Possible") but they've also done worse ("Buzz Lightyear of Star Command," "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh," "Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers").

"Ducks ROCK!"