BIG BAD BEETLEBORGS

(1996)

The Saban company in the USA, adapted the Japanese series "Juko Beetle Fighter" into an English language version by cutting out all the non action scenes, and replacing these scenes with American actors and dialogue, then dubbing the action scenes into English. The first series changed the Japanese story to that of three American children who hide in a haunted house to get away from bullies. While in the house, the three find Flabber - a phantom, who grants them a wish, which they choose to be able to transform into Metalic Beetles, to fight bullies and bad guys. The next series was "Beetleborgs Metallix", which was an adaptation of "B-Fighter Kabuto" Saban also released three telemovies, edited down episodes of their two television series. These movies were "Beetleborgs: Curse of the Shadow Borg", "Beetleborgs: Vampire Files", edited episodes from "Big Bad Beetleborgs"; and "Beetleborgs Metallix: The Movie" edited episodes from "Beetleborgs Metallix".

BIG BAD BEETLEBORGS
Fox Kids Network
52 x 23 minute episode series

TRANSMISSION DATES
7 September 1996 - 21 May 1997

EPISODES
Beetle Rock
TNT For Two
The Ghost Is Toast
The Treasure Of Hillhurst Mansion
Never Cry Werewolf
Say The Magic Word
Lights, Camera, Too Much Action
Nano In The House
Locomotion Commotion
Cat-Tastrophy
Drew And Flabber's Less Than Fabulous Adventure
Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun
It's A Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World
The Hunchback Of Hillhurst
The Littlest Brattleborg
Haunted Hideout
Monster Rock
Convention Dimension
Root Of All Evil
The Doctor Is In
Space Case
Brain In The Attic
Bye Bye Frankie
Fang Over Charterville
Curse Of The Shadow Borg
The Rise Of The Blaster Borg
The Revenge Of Vexor
A Friend In Need
Raiders Of The Tomb
Big Rumble In Charterville
Yo Ho Borgs
Christmas Bells And Phasm's Spells
Pet Problems
Phantom Of Hillhurst
Operation Frankenbeans
The Curse Of Mums' Tomb
This Old Ghost
Jo's Strange Change
She-Wolf
Something's Fishy
Bride Of Frankenbeans
Fangula's Last Bite
The Good, The Bad, And The Scary
Buggin' Out
Svengoli By Golly
Big, Bad Luck
A Monster Is Born
Norman Nussbaum: Vampire Hunter
Brotherly Fright
Fright Files
Borgslayer
Vexor's Last Laugh

CAST

Drew McCormick - Blue Stinger Beetleborg	. . . . . . . . .	Wesley Barker
Roland Williams - Green Hunter Beetleborg	. . . . . . . . .	Herbie Baez
Jo McCormick - Red Striker Beetleborg	. . . . . . . . .	Brittany Konarzewski
Aaron	. . . . . . . . .	Kim Delgado
Abbie	. . . . . . . . .	Channe Nolen
Art Fortunes	. . . . . . . . .	Rigg Kennedy
Borgslayer (voice)	. . . . . . . . .	Dave Mallow
Count Fangula	. . . . . . . . .	Joe Hackett
Doctor Von Frankenbeans	. . . . . . . . .	Don Altman
Dudley	. . . . . . . . .	Dudley Davis
Flabber	. . . . . . . . .	Billy Forester
Frankenbeans	. . . . . . . . .	David Fletcher
Heather	. . . . . . . . .	Elisabeth Lund
Jara	. . . . . . . . .	Balinda English
Jara (voice)	. . . . . . . . .	Rajia Baroudi
Josh Baldwin - White Blaster BeetleBorg	. . . . . . . . .	Warren Berkow
Mums	. . . . . . . . .	Blake Torney
Nano	. . . . . . . . .	Vivian Smallwood
Noxic	. . . . . . . . .	Lee Whey
Noxic	. . . . . . . . .	Michi Yahato
Noxic (voice)	. . . . . . . . .	Derek Stephen Prince
Shadowborg (voice)	. . . . . . . . .	Bob Papenbrook
Stu	. . . . . . . . .	Jeff Schubert
Trip	. . . . . . . . .	Todd Hurst
Typhus	. . . . . . . . .	Kyle Jordan
Typhus (voice)	. . . . . . . . .	Dave 'Foots' Footman
Van	. . . . . . . . .	Patrick Seaborn
Vexor	. . . . . . . . .	Kisu
Vexor (voice)	. . . . . . . . .	Joey Pal
Wolfgang	. . . . . . . . .	Frank Tahoe
Wolfgang (voice)	. . . . . . . . .	Scott Page-Pagter
	. . . . . . . . .	Roland Cheng

BIG BAD BEETLEBORGS "LINKS"

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Internet Movie Data Base

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