Action Man (2000 TV series)
| Action Man | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Animation Action |
| Starring |
Mark Hildreth Michael Dobson Tabitha St. Germain Peter Kelamis |
| Theme music composer | Paul Gordon |
| Composer(s) |
Shuki Levy Kussa Mahchi Michael Whitaker Paul Gordon |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ian Pearson Paul Sabella Jonathan Dern Carol Monroe |
| Producer(s) | Mark Ralston |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Mainframe Entertainment |
| Distributor | Saban Entertainment (2000-2001) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
YTV Fox Kids |
| Original release | August 5, 2000 – 2002 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Action Man (1995 TV series) A.T.O.M. |
Action Man was a Canadian-American CGI animated TV series based on the toy line of the same name. The show is unrelated to the 1995 show. In this series, Alex Mann is an extreme sports athlete known as "Action Man" and is a member of Team Xtreme. A video game named Action Man: Search for Base X was released based on the 2000 series. The show's theme song "Amp it up Action Man" was written and performed by Saban Entertainment's Paul Gordon.
Alex Mann, Action Man's civilian identity, is an extreme sports athlete of Team Xtreme. Danger and adrenaline trigger hidden mental powers called AMP (Advanced Macro Probability) Factor, a result of secret experiments by his former high school coach Simon Grey. With it, Alex is able to calculate all future possibilities, choosing the best course of action. Alex "Action" Mann, Desmond "Grinder" Sinclair, Agnes "Fidget" Wilson, and Ricky Singh-Baines must stop arch-enemy Doctor X, a brilliant geneticist and bio-engineer who stops at nothing to duplicate AMP Factor to rebuild Earth with the genetically enhanced neo-humanity.
Dr. X captured and physically tested Alex Mann repeatedly, as well as his best friend Brandon Caine. Dr. X also added nanotech enhancements to Brandon, making him superior to Alex in battle and in athletics. The culmination of the experiments was to mind transfer Dr. X into Brandon's body to become a nanotech cyborg, able to change his appearance and infect others. Following the ninth episode the series becomes more simplified.
Dr. X founded the Council of Doom with his evil cohorts: Asazi, Tempest, Gangrene, and Quake. Dr. X's nanotech trilobites appeared to gain collective intelligence and rebel against him; but this was actually Brandon Caine's uploaded mind punishing Dr. X.
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