Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993–1995)

Two demoted fighter pilots battle evil as high flying masked vigilantes.

Creator:

Christian Tremblay

Stars:

Barry Gordon, Charles Adler, Gary Owens

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Barry Gordon	...	Jake Clawson (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Charles Adler	...	Chance Furlong (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Gary Owens	...	Commander Ulysses Feral (22 episodes, 1993-1994)
Tress MacNeille	...	Callie Briggs (19 episodes, 1993-1994)
Candi Milo	...	Ann Gora (15 episodes, 1993-1994)
Jim Cummings	...	Mayor Manx (14 episodes, 1993-1994)

Storyline

Mechanics by day, the masked Swat Kats trio are a crack force defending Megakat City from criminal masterminds and monsters. Well-crafted, meticulously-animated children's science-fiction in faithful anime style, with well-rounded characters, ongoing storylines and rakes of humour.

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Plot Keywords:

monster | fighter pilot | anime | anthropomorphism | superhero | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 September 1993 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Mook Company Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 30 min (23 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In 2009 interview with Lance Falk (Writer and Design Coordinator of SWAT Kats), Lance Falk said that the way he heard about the reason behind the cancellation of SWAT Kats was that Ted Turner himself simply thought the show was too violent for kids. When SWAT Kats got canceled, there was a paragraph from Ted Turner in "Entertainment Weekly" (early 1995), entitled "Ted's Excellent Speaking Engagement" concerning cartoon violence: "We have more cartoons than anybody: The Flintstones, The Jetsons, the Smurfs, Scooby-Doo. They're nonviolent. We don't have to worry that we're encouraging kids to kill each other - like SOME of the other cartoon programs do".

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Quotes

Razor: [approaches a set of doors, tests] Locked. HI-YAH!
[he kicks the doors, which open]
Razor: Unlocked.

User Reviews

One word: Wow

What an INCREDIBLE show!

Too bad only 2 seasons of episodes were made and it was taken off the air for unknown reasons. I guess some people thought it was a little too mature for the audience of cartoon network.

I remember when I was 15 or so I used to watch the Swat Kats TWICE a day, EVERY day (that's as often as the episodes were shown). I loved it and I was addicted to it! My heart was broken when I found out they're taking it off.

The animation, music, character voices were done incredibly well. The plot was ever - entertaining and written very carefully. It was always solid, never tedious or silly or annoying.

Simply put, it was just a pleasure to watch the Swat Kats - from the beginning scene - the awesome episode opener with the incredible background music - to the very end of every episode with the swat kats kicking tail and saving megakat city.

I loved everything in it - the cool gadgets, the turbokat (swat kats' airplane), the characters...

Well this is getting a bit too long.

Just go and see it if you can find it somewhere!