The Adventures of T-Rex

*The Adventures of T-Rex*
The Adventures of T-Rex
Created by	Lee Gunther; Michael Wahl
Developed by	Lee Gunther; Michael Wahl; Jean Chalopin
Directed by	Stephane Martinere
Voices of	Kathleen Barr; Michael Beattie; Garry Chalk; Ian James Corlett; Michael Donovan; Phil Hayes; Scott McNeil; Robert O. Smith; Venus Terzo; Dale Wilson
Composer	Robert J. Walsh
Country of origin	Japan; United States
Original languages	Japanese; English
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producers	Lee Gunther; Michael Wahl; Hidenori Taga; Mark Taylor
Producer	Kitty Film
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	syndication
Release	1992 –; 1993

The Adventures of T-Rex (T-レックス (T-rekkusu)) is an animated TV series that aired in syndication from 1992 to 1993 in North America.^[1] The show features five musical Tyrannosaurus brothers who played to sold-out crowds as a vaudeville group for the Dragon company. The company was owned by the beautiful and wealthy Myrna. The band members were also secretly fighting crime as "T-REX," masterminded by Professor Edison. The show, an American/Japanese coproduction between C&D (Créativité et Développement), Gunther-Wahl Productions and well-known anime producer Kitty Film, lasted only one season.

Plot

Set in a world of anthropomorphic dinosaurs, brothers Bernie (blue), Bruno (pink), Bubba (green), Buck (yellow) and Bugsy (purple) were born with special powers to help fight crime. Each brother's special power was related to a specific part of their anatomy; Bernie's legs, Bruno's arms, Bubba's tail, Buck's mouth and teeth, and Bugsy's telekinetic eyes. In the day, they make up a singing group that perform at the Dragon Company in Rep City.^[2] The group rode out on their Rexmobile to battle "Big Boss" Graves, crime kingpin of Rep City, and his evil organization The Corporation which also consists of Little Boss, Adder, Madder, Shooter, Axe, and the Doctor. Kid sister Ginger was part of the singing group, but didn't know about her brothers' secret identities.

One of the show's other noteworthy elements was giving the T-Rexes imitation celebrity voices: Jack Benny, Art Carney, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Durante.

Voice cast

Kathleen Barr - Flo, Myrna, Black Widow
Michael Beattie - Buck, Delaney
Garry Chalk - Bruno, Madder, Mayor Maynot
Michael Donovan - Professor Edison, Shooter, Big Dinosaur
Ian James Corlett - Bugsy, Waldo Winch
Phil Hayes - Little Boss, Axe
Scott McNeil - Bubba, Adder
Robert O. Smith - Bernie, Cuddles, Dr. Death
Venus Terzo - Ginger, Mae
Dale Wilson - Big Boss Graves, Bissell

Additional voices

Jennifer Copping
Brian Dobson
Janyse Jaud
Alessandro Juliani
Annabel Kershaw
Michael Dobson

Episode list

Nº	Title	Air date
1	"Hijack"	TBA
Jealous of the Dragon Company's success, Big Boss Graves starts attacking the club's food and drink deliveries and even steals Ginger!
2	"Hot Shot"	TBA
Big Boss Graves calls in a Colossusaurus named Hot Shot to deal with T-Rex.
3	"Rep Side Story"	TBA
Shooter's attempts to steal the Soap Diamond are hindered when he falls in love with Myrna.
4	"Star"	TBA
Bruno and Bernie are tricked by the Corporation into robbing a bank and Bugsy, Buck, and Bubba have to prove their innocence.
5	"Mesmerized Mayor"	TBA
Boss Graves has the Black Widow hypnotize Mayor Maynot, allowing the Corporation to do whatever they please.
6	"The Big Freeze"	TBA
Shooter frames Myrna for stealing a diamond bracelet to prove that the Brothers are T-Rex.
7	"Vinny and the Brothers"	TBA
Myrna's nephew Vinny falls in with the Corporation.
8	"Big Time at the Big House"	TBA
Boss Graves is arrested and sent to Hum-Hum. His arrest was all part of his plan to steal the entire island.
9	"Rep City Games"	TBA
The Brothers enter the Mesozoic Games, but the Corporation kidnaps Ginger to force them to lose.
10	"Robo-Flop"	TBA
Professor Edison quits T-Rex and builds robotic crimefighter Robo-Rex, which turns against him.
11	"Screwloose"	TBA
Graves breaks out a criminal named Screwloose to get his ledger back.
12	"Radio-Dazed"	TBA
Boss Graves uses the radio show of Omnivorous Welles to cause a panic in Rep City.
13	"Where's Ed?"	TBA
14	"The Comeback Kid"	TBA
Bruno falls into a depression after accidentally hurting Buck.
15	"The Fabulous Brother Boys"	TBA
Graves enlists a lovely lady named Ruby to help in a revenge scheme against Howard Huge and T-Rex all fall for her.
16	"Play It Again"	TBA
Bugsy's old flame comes to Rep city and her fiancée is kidnapped by the Corporation.
17	"Big Boss Blues"	TBA
T-Rex is tasked with escorting a famous piano player, but they and the Corporation mistake a phone book thief for him.
18	"Witness Protection"	TBA
Little Boss claims to want to turn states' evidence on Graves in an attempt to learn the identities of T-Rex.
19	"The Biggest Chill"	TBA
One of Graves' men buys and hides a rare stamp and Graves steals Professor Edison's weather-controlling blimp to find it.
20	"Dance Fever"	TBA
Bernie and Myrna enter a dance competition at the Plantation, unaware that Big Boss Graves plans to hypnotize the contestants.
21	"The Contender"	TBA
Bruno becomes a boxer, setting him up against members of the Corporation.
22	"The Mayor's Egg"	TBA
Mayor Maynot's egg is kidnapped and Bubba is framed for it.
23	"The Flying Boat"	TBA
Little Boss and Shooter accidentally end up on Howard Huge's seaplane and Bruno must overcome his fear of flying to help his brothers.
24	"Rep City Guru"	TBA
A guru is taking Rep City by storm, but he may not be all that he seems.
25	"The Kimono Caper"	TBA
The Corporation is stealing kimonos and T-Rex has to find out why.
26	"Doctor in the House"	TBA
T-Rex visits their parents and discovers that the Doctor is using plastic surgery to make lookalikes of the Corporation.
27	"Cruisin' for a Bruisin'"	TBA
28	"Country Cousins"	TBA
Buck goes to the country to work on his banjo playing, but finds Graves' henchmen trying to shake down some rutabaga farmers.
29	"The Rexmobile"	TBA
The Corporation steals the Rexmobile to aid in their car thefts.
30	"Really Big Foot"	TBA
Myrna is captured by a tribe to offer to Really Big Foot and T-Rex must save her.
31	"It's All in the Cards"	TBA
A fortuneteller's predictions make a superstitious Bubba overly paranoid.
32	"Flo and Ed"	TBA
After a fight with Graves, Flo starts dating Professor Edison to make him jealous.
33	"Fight at the Opera"	TBA
The Plantation hijacks an opera, one its cast being Buck's girlfriend.
34	"The Rex Stuff"	TBA
Edison trains Bubba to be an astro-dino to study eclipses while Big Boss Graves tries to start an eclipse of his own.
35	"Rep City Blues"	TBA
T-Rex is tasked with making Chief Delaney and the police more competent.
36	"Radio Rip-off"	TBA
37	"Ginger Snaps"	TBA
Ginger obtains money stolen by Little Boss and befriends Myrna's overbearing mother.
38	"They Flap by Night"	TBA
A group of mysterious robberies are occurring and the culprits are a bunch of trained Pterosaurs.
39	"The Dough Stops Here"	TBA
40	"Bungee Bandits"	TBA
Adder and Madder use bungee cords to try to rob jewels for Big Boss Graves' wedding.
41	"The Best Offense"	TBA
In order to steal the Mona Lizard, Big Boss Graves has the Doctor analyze T-Rex for weaknesses where Graves' minions make photographs to help out in the analyzing.
42	"My Fair Chain Gang"	TBA
Graves teaches the Chain Gang how to be sophisticated in order to have them infiltrate high-society parties.
43	"The Grand Science Fair"	TBA
Professor Edison's brother Phineas comes to Rep City for the Grand Science Fair and T-Rex has to protect him from the Corporation.
44	"Crime Takes a Holiday"	TBA
Fed up with all the crime in Rep City, Myrna and Flo team up to deal with it themselves.
45	"The Rep City Rockets"	TBA
Angry that Bruno's baseball team is keeping kids off the street, Big Boss Graves takes over their rival team.
46	"It's a Gas"	TBA
Boss Graves uses sleeping gas to rob the entire city and Bugsy and Professor Edison have to find a cure to wake up the rest of T-Rex.
47	"The Big Bite"	TBA
48	"Bag of Bones"	TBA
The Corporation follows Professor Edison to steal some ancient bones and end up stealing the Murray Award, earning the wrath of Really Big Foot.
49	"Up the River"	TBA
Bugsy and Bubba try to find their way to an army jungle camp while Boss Graves tries to find T-Rex's transformation machine.
50	"Weekend in the Country"	TBA
T-Rex spends the weekend at a resort, only to find the Corporation is there too.
51	"Little Big Boss"	TBA
When Graves is arrested, Little Boss becomes head of the Corporation.
52	"Super T-Rex"	TBA
Little Boss is kicked out of the Corporation and befriends a monstrous sea dino. Meanwhile, Edison works on new armor for T-Rex.

Credits

Created by: Michael Wahl, Lee Gunther
Developed by: Michael Wahl, Lee Gunther, Jean Chalopin
Original Character Designs by: Satoru Tsuda
Executive Producers: Michael Wahl, Lee Gunther, Jean Chalopin, Hidenori Taga
Co-Executive Producer: Mark Taylor Zahra Dowlatabadi
Producers: Rudy J. Zamura, Xavier Picard, Shigekazu Ochiai
Creative Consultant: Takashi
Teleplay by: Jean Chalopin
Story Editor: Peter Lawrence
Directed by: Stephane Martinere
Voice Direction: Michael Donovan
Talent Coordinator: Gail Hackery
Liaison to Kitty: Gene Pelc
Overseas Production Supervisor: Toshiyuki Hiruma
Art Director: Charlie Sansonetti
Characters and Props: Francois Capuron, Didier Cassegrain, Laurent Duvault, Pascall Morelli, Michele Perbet
Background Designers: Max Braslavsky, Vincent Gassies, Bruno Julier, Florence Nizan, Luc Paulet
Storyboards: Remi Brenot, Boyd Kirkland Vic Dal Chele, Richard Danto, Adrian Gonzalez, Georges Grammat, Gordon Harrison Rick Hoberg Dave Jenkins Larry Latham, Philippe Landrot, Pascall Morelli, Ruben Negri, Pascal Pinon
Storyboard Review: Eric McConnell Saburo Hashimoto
Color Background Artists: Jean-Claude Bauer, Anne-Cecile de Rumine, Benedicte Fages, Genevieve, Penloup, Vincent Gassies
Color Key Artists: Claude Morelli, Isa Python, Genevieve Penloup, Maryann Stewart
Associate Producers: Karen Malach, Robert Winthrop
Production Coordinators: Monica Arce, Saiid Assefi, Claudia Ellis, Jill Gray, Kazumi Sawaguchi, Gaetano Vaccaro, Frank Weiss
Production Secretary: Samia De Jema
Animation Production: KK C&D Asia, AKOM Productions Company, Wang Film Productions Company Shigeru Akagawa, Hiroshi Toita, Hiroshi Saotome, Kitty Film
Animation Supervisors: Masanori Miura, Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Masakazu Higuchi, Eiji Okabe
Layouts: Group Zen, Anime-Spot Co. Ltd, AD Cosmo Inc., Teleimage Japan Inc.
Animation Studios: Mad House, Philippe Animation Studio Inc., Mook Company Ltd, Samile Animation Co. Ltd, Hung Long Animation Co. Ltd
Animation Producer: Takahiko Tsuchiya
Editorial Services: Broughten-Winicki Inc.
Slugging & Sheet Direction: Pretend Production
Original Music by: Robert J. Walsh
Music Editor: Jeffrey R. King
Sound Effects & Mix by: Dick and Rogers Sound Studio Ltd, Fury and Grace
Post Production Supervisor: Yannick Heude
Audio Supervisor: Jacques Siegel
Video Supervisor: Jean-Marc Fonseca
Post Production Coordinators: Aban Patel, Suzanne Remiot

References

^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 16. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-1476665993.

External links

[1] Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 16. ISBN 978-1538103739.

[2] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-1476665993.

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