Æon Flux 

Æon Flux is a mysterious and amoral secret agent from the country of Monica. Her motives or background are left unexplained, as are those of her antagonist/love, Trevor Goodchild. On her ... See full summary »

Creator:

Peter Chung

Stars:

Denise Poirier, John Rafter Lee, Julia Fletcher

Cast

Series cast summary:
Denise Poirier	...	Æon Flux 10 episodes, 1995
John Rafter Lee	...	Trevor Goodchild 10 episodes, 1995

Storyline

Æon Flux is a mysterious and amoral secret agent from the country of Monica. Her motives or background are left unexplained, as are those of her antagonist/love, Trevor Goodchild. On her missions, she deals swift, bloody "justice" to all that oppose her. The second season episodes of this series were unique in that Aeon died at the end of every single episode.

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Plot Keywords:

agent | secret agent | 2d animation | future | surrealism | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA South Korea Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 June 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aeon Flux

Company Credits

Production Co:

Colossal Pictures, MTV Animation, MTV Networks

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

It has been considered that the cartoon may have been a possible influence behind South Park (1997). In that cartoon, the character Kenny McCormick is killed off in each episode, but at the beginning of the following episode, Kenny is alive, only to die again.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Trevor Goodchild: The unobserved state is a fog of probabilities, a window of and for error. The watcher observes, the fog collapses, an event resolves. A theory becomes a fact... What is the truth? Tell me, if you know. And I will not believe you. Things are never what they seem. Clean gloves hide dirty hands - and mine are dirtier than most... Without truth, there can be no justice. Justice will be done!

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Alternate Versions

2005 DVD release features modified versions of several episodes, with improved special effects and coloring, and alternate versions of some scenes substituted for the original televised versions. In addition, newly written and produced scenes were added to some episodes in order to improve continuity. All dialogue by the character Clavius was re-recorded by another actor for the DVD release.

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Connections

Referenced in Jersey Girl (2004)

User Reviews

abstract

I remember watching this series late at night about 5 years ago on MuchMusic (Canada's MTV equivalent). It was (and probably still is) the most innovative animated series I've had the chance to lay my eyes on (and wrap my brain around). Definitely not for kids, definitely not straightforward, this series fluctuates between abstract narratives, warped motives, and unconventional characters to tell us the stories of a futuristic communist society ruled by Trevor Goodchild and clashed with by the ever-present iconoclast known as Aeon Flux, a society that is both a distortion and a reflection of our own. Nothing in this series is clear-cut and the writing definitely lets you think your way through instead of being spoon-fed. Thank you, mister Chung, for the great work.