The Biker Mice From Mars

[Mandi-chan]

Here's a link to a site that had some news on Biker Mice from Mars fans might be interested in!

http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=131073

[DrSpengler]

That came on at the same time as the Marvel Comics cartoon block, right? I never really watched it, all I recall is that the white mouse was named "Vinny". Cuz I remember sh*t like that.

[Anarky]

Is there any actual proof that these series exist. I mean, everybody can do a petition...

[Mandi-chan]

I think the site said the petition was for the first series on dvd. This new show supposed to air in 2006.

[Anarky]

Well, yeah, emphasize supposed. Has anyone ever seen die hard proof that the new show (the 2006 one) is actually being made.

IMDB has nothing on it: http://imdb.com/find?q=biker%20Mice;tt=on;nm=on;mx=20
TVTOME knows nothing about it: just search "biker"

So, you know, I do really have doubts about the existence of this series (the 2006 ones).

[Kid Icarus]

Was this show really even that popular to begin with?

I don't really remember it being that big, except the toys were pretty decent.

[ZariusTwo]

Was this show really even that popular to begin with?

I don't really remember it being that big, except the toys were pretty decent.

None of the cartoons created in the 90's never had a chance to be as big as they should have been, everyone knows the defining shows of the 90's were Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles (sort of), and Pokemon, the former, Power Rangers, crushed every show that went up against iut.

Biker Mice seemed to be having the strongest impact out of all the shows airing at the time (even if it was also capitlising on the Ninja Turtles cartoon, as were similar cartoons like "Street Sharks" and "SWAT Kats")

[Brodie]

There's tons of cartoons where the toys were better than the actual toon, Street Sharks is the best example, hell, If I could still get my hands on a mint in 'cage' Street Shark, I'd cry.

Biker Mice is one of those shows. I loved the dark mouse, with the eyepatch. He was hardcore.

[marleynaki]

new biker mice froms mars???? really coold..... any photo of this new show???

[ZariusTwo]

I'm bumping this thread to provide an update on the new series, it's now in production

http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=3308

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=3308

A new season of Biker Mice from Mars has gone into production and will debut on the U.K.'s GMTV in the fall of 2006, World Screen reports. Rick Ungar is executive producing. The series has distribution deals in place for most of Asia and Europe; North American rights are currently being negotiated.

Raph's Girl note: Ok... That is it!!! I am moving to England unless the U.S gets the new season!! :o ARGH!!! I hope Rob Paulsen reprises his roles in it!!

[Mod edit: Just wanna keep it all together. :) Resume your conversation!]

[verminator_x]

wow so creative everyone is these days.
why are they always screwing up all these good cartoon show from the 80s and 90s its make me mad.
i cant say im impressed over the new tmnt show everything about it is worse than the old show,the they done exactly the same with transformers and again they failed. and so if this new rumour is correct so will the same **** happen to biker hot dog eating chicago mice from mars and its a pitty.

[Anarky]

I don't think that you can compare the old and the new TMNT-Toon, since they are so different. The old toon was more or less a comedy-show (up to redsky) and the new toon is an action cartoon with some humour in it. It's just a different take on the TMNT.

[verminator_x]

well i havent seen so many episodes of the new tmnt show but, the new show is way much darker than the old show and its based on the orginal tmnt comics but i still hope they will maybe put in krang or maybe ninjara.

[Anarky]

well i havent seen so many episodes of the new tmnt show but, the new show is way much darker than the old show and its based on the orginal tmnt comics but i still hope they will maybe put in krang or maybe ninjara.

Krang is going to appear... uhm... differently. You'll see. Ninjara, who's that?

Now, that's just what I love about the new show. Where the old show had goofball humour (which I remember as the best thing from my childhood) the new show has good plots and very interesting twists in it. And it gets better every episode.

[verminator_x]

ninjara she was raphaels girlfriend in years in the archies adventures comics.
and she was buttkicking and cool. after so many comics appereance she desirves to be in some kinda tmnt show.

[Spitfire]

Krang was in it already...but not for very long :lol: The new show doesnt need Krang or anything from the Archie universe to be good. The whole point of the new show was that Laird just wanted a show that was accurate to the comics or only had stories in them that could be used as spins from the comic. They have even made a few new intresting characters. How you think the show is bad is beyond me. The voice acting is better, their not in the day light every 5 minutes, and the turtles actually use their weapons <_<

[Mecha Cow]

You'd think after two years people would come to accept that the new show is not the old show and never will be.

[ZariusTwo]

wow so creative everyone is these days.
why are they always screwing up all these good cartoon show from the 80s and 90s its make me mad

Cry me a river, the only show remotley screwed up was Transformers, the revamped He-Man cartoon bombed due to lack of interest in the toyline, not because they butchered the concept (at least until the second season)

I cant say im impressed over the new tmnt show everything about it is worse than the old show the they done exactly the same with transformers and again they failed

And YOU speak for the target demographic? TMNT's revival is a ratings success, Krangs' already made an appearance (once as a cameo, The Shredder Utrom is a matter of opinion) and whilst the comics are the source material, the series has gone into a completly original direction from them.

And for Christs' sake people, stop comparing both cartoons to one another, its' impossible, there both two different animals

[Jo Dawn]

Check out what I found! (My apologies for making a new thread, and if this has already been posted!!)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0459618/fullcredits

Huzzah!! I cannot wait!! Only a new voice for Charley? Ah well... at least the rest of them are back!!

Where's WhiteWolf? She knows all this stuff!!

I loved this show!!


*bounces around the thread* :D :D

[ZariusTwo]

We now go to Kermit The Frog for another groudsbreaking old story.:lol:

Nah, its' fine, completly new direction for the series though. No Limburger.

[CookSux]

This show needs to stay in the 90s where it belongs

[ZariusTwo]

This show needs to stay in the 90s where it belongs


Got nothing good to say, say nothing at all

Biker Mice>half of the s*ite that airs now.

[Peanut]

This show needs to stay in the 90s where it belongs

Yeah, seriously. That show was f*cking stupid.

[ZariusTwo]

Yeah, seriously. That show was f*cking stupid.


Love the constructive reasoning going around here.:roll:

Got nothing good to say, say nothing at all

Biker Mice>half of the s*ite that airs now.

[Duke]

I honestly don't remember the original Biker Mice From Mars at all so that probably means I wasn't a fan.

[ZariusTwo]

I honestly don't remember the original Biker Mice From Mars at all so that probably means I wasn't a fan.

It came from a legion of TMNT inspired knock offs in the 1990s', but was generally better than a lot of the ones that came out like Street Sharks, the only reason its' not reran now is because the Biker Mice usually caused 9/11 every week when it came to crashing Limburgs' tower. The series had a good continuity and its' own original backstory and had a fairly succesful toyline.

[Sewer Bull]

It came from a legion of TMNT inspired knock offs in the 1990s', but was generally better than a lot of the ones that came out like Street Sharks

Maybe because it was so much TMNT-ish. Every character and every event in TMNT had its own BMFM counterpart - sans Splinter. Charley looked as if she was April's twin sister. And they merged Raph and Mikey to create Vinnie.

But anyway - let's see what they are going to create.

[Peanut]

Love the constructive reasoning going around here.:roll:

Yeah...see it's an opinion. I don't care if you, the self proclaimed "God of TV" think it was one the best shows on at the time. I thought it was completely garbage in every way possible. It probably had the worst character designs of all time.

[Jo Dawn]

We now go to Kermit The Frog for another groudsbreaking old story.:lol:

Nah, its' fine, completly new direction for the series though. No Limburger.

Oh heck, I know it's WAY old news. I just wanted to say it. ;) :P Hehe.

[Mars-Chan]

*the fangirl in Mars-Chan now comes out*

EEHHHH!!!! :P *happy chibi turtle dance*


VINNIE!!!!!!!!!!! Wh00t! Wh00t!!!! :P

:D

[Ryona]

I never watched this series before and I was never really interested in watching it. The characters didn't look so great and the name of the series it's self was a turn off (Biker Mice... From Mars??? Blech!). It just sounded like a really horribly lame TMNT knockoff to me.
Beyond the lame stuff, maybe it was actually a good series though. I have no idea.

[ZariusTwo]

Beyond the lame stuff, maybe it was actually a good series though. I have no idea.

It definatly was worth it.

[ZariusTwo]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1828337416215992382&pr=goog-sl&hl=en-GB

Footage from the new Biker Mice From Mars series, scheued to premiere in the UK first on August 26th followed by a Stateside premiere in Spring 2007.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEglQBFs8Ks

[Brodie]

That looks way snazzy.

Sucks that its not coming out everywhere at the same time.

[Dr. Doom]

Since when has there been demand for a new Biker Mice from Mars series?

[Jo Dawn]

Huzzah!! :)

[DrSpengler]

Clancy Brown and Rob Paulson; at least it'll have good voice acting. The animation looked alright. Thought it was Dong Wooat first but the character movements weren't their typical style. Do we know what studio is animating the show?

[Ecto Jedi]

Wow, this is wonderful news. It's great to see other classic properties get an updated makeover just like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, even though Biker Mice never really shared the immense popularity of the former. Now let's see a new Swat Kats cartoon (or at least a DVD of the old series) and I'll be content.

[Kaneda]

AW man so sweet i loved that show so much.cant wait for the remake.

[Drtooth]

Out of all the super hero anthropomorphic warriors type shows they made with the success of TMNT, Biker Micer was the only one I really liked (I do not count Toxic Crusaders, though). Street Sharks, Extreme Dinosaurs... that stuff left me cold. Biker Mice rocked.

[Lady Venus]

Cool I can't wait to see it.

[verminator_x]

To early to begin making new episodes of Biker mice from mars.
But it could be nice to see what kind of reaction the younger public would give em.

[Barkworm]

Am I the only one who thinks that the animation looks horrible?

[ZariusTwo]

Am I the only one who thinks that the animation looks horrible?


Never stopped the new TMNT series...

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Yeah, i agree the animation looks a bit scrappy and even odd to me. Maybe my eyes were deceiving me in the video, looked like 3-d imagery was mixed in with the 2-d.

Anyway, i'm surprised with this, the Biker Mice coming back from the dead, they were one of my fav 90s cartoons. Nice find.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Woohoo, i just found out in one clip of the new cartoon, that the cat-looking fella in the war admiral get-up sounds very much like Rob Paulsen (voice of Raphael in 80s TMNT series). The TMNT-Biker Mice links/homage continues!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8043331896080619109&hl=en-GB

[ZariusTwo]

The heroic Martian Mice Freedom fighters continue to battle forces who seek to destroy them and steal their valuable assets. This time around, it's the evil Catatonians, a cat-like race of creatures who desire the greatest prize on Mars - The Regenerator.

You see, while Mars once had ample supplies of water, those days passed into history when the planet was strip mined by the conquests of the Plutarkians. Today, the Martian Mice are dependent upon the Regenerator to create their water. It is a brilliant machine created by the equally brilliant GENERAL STOKER. Without it, it is only a matter of time until all of Martian Mousedom will perish. But the Catatonians have their own problems. With their own planet turned into a used up litter box, they must seek new planets to convert into giant sandboxes so necessary to the life of a cat. With the Regenerator in their paws, the Catatonians would possess the ability to transform any body of land anywhere into a giant litterbox fit to sustain Catatonian life. The fact that the Catatonians are the natural enemies of the Martian Mice is just a bonus.

The Catatonians have succeeded in getting their claws on the Regenerator only to have it destroyed ! But as fate would have it, Stoker created two such Regenerators. The bad news is that the second Regenerator has been stolen by the infamous Chicago based real estate developer, RONALDO RUMP. Rump has used the powerful device to turn the Windy City into a RUMP DEVELOPMENT and he doesn't intend to stop there. If Rump can acquire enough Regenerator power, he plans to turn Mexico into the largest Rump Golf and Hotel Resort in the World not to mention his desire to melt the Polar Ice Caps to create virgin beach front property! And so as the Biker Mice From Mars return to the city of Chicago, they must not only capture the Regenerator in time to save their planet, the must stop Ronaldo Rump from turning Planet Earth into one large Rump Development while continuing to battle the Catatonians who also seek the Regenerator. So begins the epic journey of the Biker Mice From Mars. They are back riding some of the most awsome motorcycles ever designed! Rev up your engines and get ready to put the pedal to the metal because, once again, it's time to ...

ROCK AND RIDE!

So it's a continuation of the series rather than a completly new version, at least this means Limburger and the old cast can show up, and they can build up more on Vinnie and Charlie's potential romance.


Nightshift

http://www.bikermice.tv/images/nightshift.jpg

He's a mystery. While you will learn soon enough that he is the alter ego identity of another character in the series, we are left to wonder whether we will have seen the last of him by the end of episode two... Or will he return? And if he returns, whose side will he be playing for?

[PizzaPower]

sooo there is a new series right???? Does it air in the USA?

[Raph's Girl]

Well for one thing this has nothing to do with the new TMNT movie. However I will answer your question.

No...it only airs in Australia.

[discordiatookie]

does'nt stop there from being a buncha toys over here at my local woolies :x and wait... no turtles! aaargh

[ZariusTwo]

Well for one thing this has nothing to do with the new TMNT movie. However I will answer your question.

No...it only airs in Australia.

Wrong, it airs in the UK and Australia.

[PizzaPower]

so why not the us?

[ZariusTwo]

The US are getting the series in 2007.

As for the series' quality, have no worry, the animation may look a little inferior, but being set in the same continuity and having the same vocie actors makes it all the sweeter that it sticks to the series mythology. Plus the in-jokes are a level of humour not seen in many shows since the 1990's

However, because it was produced in collaberation with the UK for a more european based toy and DVD market, there are a lot of British in-jokes, none as much more blatant than this little gem making fun of Richard Branson. Notice how the store is called "B.S"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHvj6Zq7joQ&NR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTcO1I6dggo&NR

[PizzaPower]

sweet, do you know the date when he get it??? I remember watching this when I was younger along with tmnt and street sharks!

[Drtooth]

I really hope this isn't on cable, but it probably will be. Out of all the Ninja Turtle wannabees out there, this was by far my favorite. Unless you count Toxic Crusaders, but I don't.

[Ecto Jedi]

Hmm...I'd be really interested in seeing this once it airs in the U.S. and Canada. It looks pretty decent!

[ThemanthatwouldbeRaphael]

The US are getting the series in 2007.

As for the series' quality, have no worry, the animation may look a little inferior, but being set in the same continuity and having the same vocie actors makes it all the sweeter that it sticks to the series mythology. Plus the in-jokes are a level of humour not seen in many shows since the 1990's

However, because it was produced in collaberation with the UK for a more european based toy and DVD market, there are a lot of British in-jokes, none as much more blatant than this little gem making fun of Richard Branson. Notice how the store is called "B.S"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHvj6Zq7joQ&NR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTcO1I6dggo&NR

Awesome. I love the old school Biker Mice, and the clips I saw from the new series look intresting.

Though, no Lawrence Limburger, or Greasepit, or Prof. Carbunkle, has me a little worried.

[ZariusTwo]

No need to worry, Limburger will be returning in the series soon to explain how the Plutarkian Wars ended.

[BigApple3AM]

I disliked anything that seemed like a turtles rip off as a kid. I might watch this show but I'm not sure about the toys. I'll do my best to skip on them, they look pretty decent though.

Can't get any, because when I go "maybe one..." it turns into an alcohol situation and I'll end up getting drunk on crappy toys.

[PizzaPower]

It will prob get canned here in the states since most shows really don't last to long :( what does everyone else think?

[MrOldSchool]

http://www.zedlandfantasies.co.uk/BMFMgroup.jpg

They were awesome when I was a kid, and they're still pretty badass today. Even my siblings liked them. Great show!

[ZariusTwo]

The new series should be premiering in the states soon, and for any pretentious "remake? Noooo" comments that may follow, the series is in continuity with the original and is set years after the war with the Plutarkians ended. Viewers will find out what happens to Limburger in later episodes, but neverthless, it's essentially the same show, same voice actors, and same characters. The new enemy is the Catatonians

[LogicDonny]

What! Seriously? Wow I didn't realize the new series was a sequel to the old one.

[Jo Dawn]

Wonder what happened to Charlie, then. Isn't she not in this new show?

Or am I mistaken?

[ZariusTwo]

Charlie is still in the series, a little older now, with shorter hair and a bigger rack (I'm not joking, since this is a European funded show, there's less restriction on clevage), Limburger shows up in a guest role later, he was exiled to Earth after his downfall and now works for The Pit Boss alongside Doctor Karbunkle.

[ZariusTwo]

http://www.bikermice.tv

Finally, the official website has got a new layout and, more importantly, an episode guide, with many of them linking to small trailers.

[RaphistheBest]

OMFG!!!:o I love the Biker Mice!!!:D I used to have the VHS's of the show. MY cousin had all the action figures and I was sooooo jealous. This is the best thing EVER! :thyper:

I'm not too keen on the animation. It's okay, it's just not what it used to be ya know? I'm definitely not diggin' the 3-D animation mixed in with the 2-D but oh well. I checked out that siteand I love it. I'm not really likin' how thin they made Vinnie nor how Modo looks, though. He just looks kinda like...oh I don't know...he looks like he would be a slow character and sure Modo is big but he wasn't hulky like that. He was just taller than the other ya know.

Zarius, this site is totally awesome! You're totally awesome!:thumbsup:

[SassyGal]

OMFG!!!:o I love the Biker Mice!!!:D I used to have the VHS's of the show. MY cousin had all the action figures and I was sooooo jealous. This is the best thing EVER! :thyper:

OMFG indeed!!! I am very excited to see this. I loved Biker Mice when it first came out & I am very excited to see them coming back. Thanks for the sweet link to the official site Zarius:D

[Hero]

I like this new series.

===HERO

[Spitfire]

Am I the only one who thinks that the animation looks horrible?

No, do they want it to be CGI or not? Make up their minds.

Also I know the TMNT theme song sucks but this is worse. It looks like a freaking anime. Not to mention re-birthing a series that ripped off TMNT to begin with is just a bad idea.

Then again it looking like the new GI Joe series means kids will eat it up. What's next Street Sharks?

And did anyone see the horrid video game footage ugh. I guess I'm the only person on the forum who thinks Biker Mice From Mars sucked when I was a kid and continues to suck in the new millennium.

[Cure]

What's next Street Sharks?

Oh SNAP! I sure hope so!!!! Streex and Slammu FTW!!!

[Spitfire]

ALF is back, in pog form!

[ZariusTwo]

Also I know the TMNT theme song sucks but this is worse. It looks like a freaking anime. Not to mention re-birthing a series that ripped off TMNT to begin with is just a bad idea.

Biker Mice did it's own thing, it may have had the same humour as the original series, but that's where the buck stopped. You know what was refreshing? The fact that, unlike the TMNT, there was an obvious relationship between one of the Mice and the "April" of the series. Vinnie and Charlie was what I never got with things I wanted like April/Mikey.

Yeah, the video games suck, so did the SNES version as a matter of fact, even an avid BM fan like myself is'nt going to remotley defend them. I have however seen this series for the most part and it's as funny and solid as it used to be.

Besides, without Biker Mice, the UK would never have gotten Avenger Penguins, a show which was so embedded in Biker Mice style characters and tone with it's own excellent humour that it could'nt have been a rip-off of anything else.

[Spitfire]

Avenger Penguins? I gota look that up. Penguins are usually at least mildly amusing that or their really funny.

I watched it as a kid everyday but I haven't seen it recently. I just remember it as a TMNT spin-off series. But you've obviously seen it more recently so I'll take your word for it.

[ZariusTwo]

Avenger Penguins? I gota look that up. Penguins are usually at least mildly amusing that or their really funny..

The series was from Cosgrove Hall, the studio responsible for Danger Mouse and Count Duckula, it's greatest succesess. They did some great stuff in the 1990s also, like AP and Fantomcat, but neither became quite as popular anywhere else except in the UK

The intro for AP is right here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxC823707T8

The odd thing is, the last episode of the new BM series claims to be the first "rock opera cartoon", which is plain bulls*it because the idea was actually used by Avenger Penguins first in one of the second season's final episodes, two of the opera's highlights can be seen here

"Bike Up"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eai4vVBRQ9M&mode=related&search=

"Doom's Song"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXu-A1jHcg8&mode=related&search=

[RaphistheBest]

What's next Street Sharks?

Oh SNAP! I sure hope so!!!! Streex and Slammu FTW!!!

Hellzyeah!!! I love the Street Sharks!! I was all about Streex.

Biker Mice did it's own thing, it may have had the same humour as the original series, but that's where the buck stopped. You know what was refreshing? The fact that, unlike the TMNT, there was an obvious relationship between one of the Mice and the "April" of the series. Vinnie and Charlie was what I never got with things I wanted like April/Mikey.

You're right the Biker Mice did do their own thing. Not once did I even consider that they were a spin off of TMNT. And I totally agree with you on the whole thing with wanting something to be acknowledged between April and one of the turtles and actually having something acknowledged between Charlie and Vinnie. Well, as close to being acknowledged as it could possibly be, ya know.:P

Besides, without Biker Mice, the UK would never have gotten Avenger Penguins, a show which was so embedded in Biker Mice style characters and tone with it's own excellent humour that it could'nt have been a rip-off of anything else.

Avenger Penguins, huh? I will definitely have to check them out because if it's what you say it is then, hell, I'm sure I'll love it!

[ZariusTwo]

Of course, the only thing missing from the new series is the fact the Mice cause 9/11 practically every week by smashing Limburger's tower (no Limburger, and his stance on the new show means no tower)

I doubt you'll find Avenger Penguins anywhere beyond region two DVDs, but you should be able to track them down on torrents.

[Fang Wolf]

I Wonder if some have see that Show on Tv? :roll:

It's very Good Show..:D

[ZariusTwo]

I especially liked that episode called "Use The Bloody Search Function"