Mighty Ducks (TV series)
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| Genre |
Action/Adventure Science fiction |
| Created by |
Marty Isenberg Robert N. Skir David Wise |
| Based on | The Mighty Ducks by Stephen Herek |
| Developed by | Marty Isenberg Robert N. Skir David Wise Gordon Kent |
| Voices of |
Ian Ziering James Belushi Jeff Bennett Clancy Brown Tim Curry Dennis Franz Brad Garrett Jennifer Hale Tony Jay Steve Mackall Frank Welker April Winchell |
| Theme music composer | Carl Swander Johnson |
| Opening theme | "Ducks Rock" performed by Mickey Thomas |
| Ending theme | Various |
| Composer(s) | Alex Goodman Bruce Broughton Thom Harp Steve Nelson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Blair Peters Frank Squillace Joe Barruso (supervising) |
| Cinematography | Lesley Hutchison |
| Editor(s) | Jamie Thomason |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Anaheim Ducks Walt Disney Television Animation |
| Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ABC Syndication |
| Picture format | SD: 4:3 |
| Original release | September 6, 1996 – January 17, 1997 |
Mighty Ducks (also known as Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series) is an American animated television series that aired on ABC and the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon in the fall of 1996. The show was inspired by the live-action Mighty Ducks films and the NHL team, the Anaheim Ducks. Twenty-six episodes were produced in total. The series most recently aired on Toon Disney but was removed from schedules in November 2004, and has not appeared on the channel's line-up since then.
The series' main theme, composed by Carl Swander Johnson, is performed by Mickey Thomas of Jefferson Starship and Elvin Bishop fame.
DisneyQuest, an "Indoor Interactive Theme Park" located in the Downtown Disney area of the Walt Disney World Resort, has an attraction loosely based on the program called Mighty Ducks Pinball Slam. Wildwing is the only character from the show featured, first as a life-size cutout at the front of the queue line and then again as the goalie in the game.
In another galaxy exists a planet populated entirely by humanoid ducks. Dubbed "Puckworld" by its inhabitants, it is an icy planet, perfectly suited to the Ducks' favorite pastime, hockey. For the citizens of Puckworld, hockey was not simply a sport, but a way of life, occupying virtually every aspect of day-to-day existence.
Legend has it that centuries ago, during an invasion by a reptilian race called Saurians, a duck named Drake DuCaine became the planet's savior over the Saurians' Overlords. The legend tells that DuCaine did so with a high-tech goalie mask. With it, DuCaine sent the Saurians to a mysterious "Dimensional Limbo".
The last of the Saurians escape Dimensional Limbo and returns to Puckworld with an armada of robotic attack ships. The group of four is led by the last of the Saurian Overlords, Lord Dragaunus, who is assisted by his minions Siege, Chameleon and Wraith. They invade the planet and enslave the people of Puckworld. After some time, a resistance is formed by Canard, who has found The Mask of Drake DuCaine. With it, the wearer of the Mask could see through the Saurians' invisibility cloaks. Canard forms a band of Ducks to fight Dragaunus. The members of his team consists of Wildwing, Nosedive, Tanya, Duke, Mallory and Grin. They go on a mission to destroy Dragaunus's fortress the Master Tower and free the planet from the Saurians' control. While the mission is successful, Dragaunus and his forces manage to escape in their ship, the Raptor. The Saurians open up a dimensional gateway to escape through, but Canard and the others follow him into the portal with the Aerowing, intent on stopping them.
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