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The Pirates of Dark Water

  • TV Series
  • 1991–19921991–1992
  • TV-Y7TV-Y7
  • 30m
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8.3/10
2.7K
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The Pirates of Dark Water (1991)
AnimationActionAdventure
A young man learns that he is a Prince with an urgent quest to save his world by finding thirteen magical treasures of rule.A young man learns that he is a Prince with an urgent quest to save his world by finding thirteen magical treasures of rule.A young man learns that he is a Prince with an urgent quest to save his world by finding thirteen magical treasures of rule.
IMDb RATING
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2.7K
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    • David Kirschner
  • Stars
    • George Newbern
    • Hector Elizondo
    • Frank Welker
    • David Kirschner
  • Stars
    • George Newbern
    • Hector Elizondo
    • Frank Welker
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    • 14User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    George Newbern
    George Newbern
    • Ren
    Hector Elizondo
    Hector Elizondo
    • Ioz
    Frank Welker
    Frank Welker
    • Lugg Brother #2…
    Jodi Benson
    Jodi Benson
    • Tula
    Tim Curry
    Tim Curry
    • Konk
    Brock Peters
    Brock Peters
    • Bloth
    Peter Cullen
    Peter Cullen
    • Mantus
    Dick Gautier
    Dick Gautier
    • Additional Voices
    Les Tremayne
    Les Tremayne
    • Additional Voices
    Allan Lurie
    • Additional Voices
    Darleen Carr
    Darleen Carr
    • Additional Voices
    Jim Cummings
    Jim Cummings
    • Jargis…
    Andre Stojka
    Andre Stojka
    • Additional Voices
    Rene Auberjonois
    Rene Auberjonois
    • Kangent
    Michael Bell
    Michael Bell
    • Additional Voices…
    Hamilton Camp
    Hamilton Camp
    • Additional Voices
    Paul Eiding
    Paul Eiding
    • Additional Voices
    Peter Renaday
    • Additional Voices
      • David Kirschner
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    • Trivia
      One of the few Saturday morning cartoons that actually show two characters dying. In the episode "Break Up", while Ioz and Tula are fleeing from the guards during a revolt, on Pandawa, one of the guards falls into the water, and the Dark Water engulfs him. In the episode "A Drop of Darkness", an old woman named Cray tries to make a youth potion. However, it doesn't turn out too well, the potion actually ages her to the point she becomes old, and dies.
    • Quotes

      Tula: [about the future monkeybird queen, who's newly hatched] Awww! Isn't she cute, Ioz?

      Ioz: [Leans in to take a closer look at the baby, just to get his hair pulled] Oh! Charming! Just like Niddler!

      Niddler: [With the most exited voice] Really? Do you really think I resemble royalty?

      Ioz: No, monkeybird. But you're a royal pain!

    • Alternate versions
      The first five episodes were originally aired in 1991 as the mini-series "Dark Water". The voice of the character Niddler the Monkey-bird was played by Roddy McDowall. After this became a TV series, when the first 5 episodes were rerun, the voice of Niddler was redubbed by Frank Welker and other editing changes were made.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Chronic Rift: War in Science Fiction (1991)

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    9/10
    This show had everything going for it... until it got axed.
    This show was such a good fantasy action/adventure with great effort put into both its animation and its world-building and had an all-star cast as well.

    But I guess that was what ended up prematurely ending our adventure with prince Ren and his loyal crew of misfits in the search of the thirteen treasures of Rule and the fight against the villainous pirate Bloth and the overall baddie of dark water. Only twenty-one episodes were aired, and what we got was excellent but now unfinished.

    The Pirates of Dark Water remains one of the saddest cancellations of a TV-show, because every minute of the show was dedicated to building this imaginative world with its own creatures, clothing, language, culture and we could've got so much more of that and fulfill the quest.
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      • February 25, 1991 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Hanna-Barbera Productions
      • Worldvision Enterprises
      • DIC Entertainment
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    • 30 minutes
      • Color
      • Stereo

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