Mummies Alive!
| Mummies Alive! | |
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| Written by | Gary Stuart Kaplan Steven Melching Paul Harrison |
| Directed by | Seth Kearsley |
| Voices of |
Bill Switzer Dale Wilson Scott McNeil Graeme Kingston Cree Summer Gerard Plunkett |
| Theme music composer | Ron Wasserman (credited as RAW) |
| Composer(s) | John Campbell Ron Wasserman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 42 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Andy Heyward Robby London Michael Maliani Janice Sonski Ivan Reitman Joe Medjuck Daniel Goldberg |
| Producer(s) | Seth Kearsley |
| Editor(s) | Mike DePatie Gail McIntyre |
| Running time | 30 min |
| Production company(s) |
DiC Entertainment, L.P. Northern Lights Entertainment Mook Animation |
| Distributor | Claster Television, Inc. |
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| Original network | first-run syndication |
| Picture format | NTSC / 480i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | September 15 – November 25, 1997 |
Mummies Alive! is an American animated series from DIC Entertainment. It originally aired for one season in 1997.
In ancient Egypt, an evil sorcerer named Scarab kills the pharaoh's son, Prince Rapses, to become immortal. Entombed alive for his crime (Rapses' body was also never found), Scarab revives in the modern world and begins his search for Rapses' reincarnation, a San Francisco-dwelling boy named Presley Carnovan, to retrieve the spirit of Rapses so he can become immortal. Rapses' (Presley's) bodyguards, Ja-Kal, Rath, Armon, and Nefer-Tina, along with Rapses' cat, Kahti, awake from the dead to protect him from Scarab. They use the power of Ra to transform into powerful guardians.
Each of the mummies is aligned with the power of an Egyptian god. Ja-Kal uses the spirit of falcon, Rath uses the spirit of snake, Armon uses the spirit of ram, and Nefer-Tina uses the spirit of cat. They are able to call upon it for magical armor and powers to fight superhuman evildoers. Although, once their strength is exhausted, they must rest in their sarcophagi to regain the ability. In order to access these powers, the mummies call out the phrase "With the Strength of Ra!", which triggers their transformation. The mummies also have the power to make a horrifying face, usually used to scare away nosy bystanders.
In addition to Scarab, the mummies often had to contend with gods and spirits from Egyptian myth summoned to the modern world, including Anubis, Set, Geb, Apep, Bast, Sekhmet, Bes, and many others, usually as part of one of Scarab's schemes that went out of his control.
Originally, Mummies Alive was geared towards an older audience, but during production it became predominately a children's show. The series ran for one season of 42 episodes; the last two episodes link together to end the show, as it appears episodes 38–40 were the finale of the first season. A second season was planned, but due to low ratings, it was canceled.
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