Alienators: Evolution Continues

Alienators: Evolution Continues
Also known as	Evolution: The Animated Series
Genre	Animation Action Sci-fi
Written by	Michael Ryan Dick Grunert Paul Quinn
Directed by	Will Meugniot
Voices of	Kirby Morrow Andrew Francis Mark Acheson Cusse Mankuma
Country of origin	USA
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Andy Heyward
Producer(s)	Michael Ryan
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	The Montecito Picture Company DreamWorks Television DiC Entertainment
Distributor	Columbia TriStar Television (2001) Sony Pictures Television (2002)
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox Kids
Original run	September 15, 2001 (2001-09-15) – June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22)

Alienators: Evolution Continues (also known as Evolution: the Animated Series in the UK) is a traditionally animated series based on the moderately successful live-action feature film, Evolution.

Premise

As with the movie, the premise of the series is that a meteor carrying organisms that evolve at a very quick rate crashes into the Arizona Desert; single-celled alien organisms on this meteor quickly evolve into monstrous creatures, dubbed the "Genus". A team of scientists, the Alienators, must eliminate all these creatures before they destroy all life on Earth. Follows up to the Ivan Reitman science fiction film, Evolution. The characters, Ira Kane, Harry Block, Lucy Mai, and Wayne Green must study all these extraterrestrial lifeforms and find a way to defeat them all.

The "Genus" is led by a "humanoid manifestation" named Scopes.

Characters

• Scientist Ira Kane - A biologist fascinated by scientific discoveries and breakthroughs. His scientific knowledge, along with his excitement and passion about the theory of quick evolution, helps him lead the team in eliminating the Genus.
• Scientist Harry Block - A coach who always keeps up on game scores, etc., and loves coaching the women's team. His strategies help the team to victory.
• Lt. Lucy Mai - A tough and aggressive lieutenant trained by a Special Forces team called The Blue Berets. She believes everything should be done by the book, and if it is not explained in the book, they should avoid it.
• Teenage "wannabe fireman" Wayne Grey (who's been renamed Wayne Green) - A 17-year-old firefighter-in-training. Being the first human infected with alien DNA, he continues to mutate for brief periods of time. His mutations are usually similar to the strain of Genus he encounters.
• Scientist Allison Reed has no direct work with the alienators, but is mentioned a few times, no retaining a relationship with Ira like in the movie.
• General Russell Woodman is the pompus windbag in charge of giving the alienators missions.
• GASSIE Stands for "Genetically Altered Symbiotic Stasis in Evolution". The team's pet. It was an alien cell originally neutralized by Ira. It evolved into Gassie, a slime creature that yips and behaves like a dog, who can detect and track other Genus creatures. When Gassie detects the Genus, he quivers and emits a foul odor.
• SCOPES is the Genus' leader: Super intelligent and intent on taking over the universe. Though he occasionally evolves into various creatures, his most common form is as an alien humanoid octopoid. His name is a reference to the Scopes trial.

Production credits

26 episodes, half an hour each.

Produced by DIC Entertainment in association with The Montecito Picture Company and DreamWorks SKG.

It has a similar distribution set-up to the parent film: DreamWorks handles ancillary rights in North America, while Trifecta Entertainment & Media handles syndication on behalf of its animation department (which has been its own company since 2004), and Paramount Home Entertainment handles DVD rights. Meanwhile, Sony Pictures Television handles global distribution rights.

Episode list

No. Episode	Episode	Date
1	Survival, Part 1	September 15, 2001
2	Survival, Part 2	September 22, 2001
3	Survival, Part 3	September 29, 2001
4	Don't Drink the Water	October 6, 2001
5	Slick	October 13, 2001
6	Swarm	October 20, 2001
7	Junkyard Dogs	October 27, 2001
8	French Underground	November 3, 2001
9	Runaway Strain	November 10, 2001
10	Dead Wayne Cells	November 17, 2001
11	Roman Holiday	December 1, 2001
12	To Carthage Then I Came	December 8, 2001
13	Year of the Genus	February 9, 2002
14	Hot Java	February 16, 2002
15	Ira Knows Best	February 23, 2002
16	Genus in Your Tank	March 2, 2002
17	Cradle Will Fall	March 9, 2002
18	Head Case	March 16, 2002
19	General Disorder	March 23, 2002
20	Itching for the Genus	March 30, 2002
21	REAPER, Part 1: Countdown	May 4, 2002
22	REAPER, Part 2: The Ark	May 11, 2002
23	REAPER, Part 3: Alpha Omega	May 18, 2002
24	Fire and Ice	June 8, 2002
25	Meltdown	June 15, 2002
26	End Game	June 22, 2002

External links

• Alienators: Evolution Continues at TV.com
• Alienators: Evolution Continues at the Internet Movie Database
• Alienators Wikia