Bucky O'Hare was originally a graphic novel released in the mid-1980's, before becoming a TV show in 1992. The storyline followed a parallel universe (The Aniverse) set in the 33rd Century. There is a vast war between the incredibly small United Animals Coalition (run by mammals) and the sinister Toad Empire. The Toad Empire is led by a vast computer system known as KOMPLEX, resembling Adolf Hitler in many ways. A graphic novel is a long-form comic book or manga; the comics analogue to a prose novel or novella. ... A parallel universe, also sometimes called an alternate universe, is a hypothetical universe which exists separately from our own. ...
Characters
Bucky O'Hare was the Captain of a mammal frigate named The Righteous Indignation. His crew consisted of:
Jenny - A Cat from planet Alderbarren, pilot.
Bruiser - Berserker Baboon from Beetlegusia, Space Marine
Blinky - 2ft tall AFC (Android First Class)
Deadeye Duck - A 4-armed duck from Canopis 3, gunner
Willy DuWitt - 10 year old human from Earth, enters the Aniverse via a vortex between the ship's photon accelerator and his own accelerator at home, Engineer.
Throughout the 13 TV episodes, the two opposing armies fought one another both physically and psychologically. Few Toad characters were mentioned, but were as follows:
Toadborg - A large, purple cyborg controlled by the remains of a toad
Air Marshal - 3rd in command under KOMPLEX, with a uniform adorned with medals and a face that is all warts
Frix and Frax - Air Marshal's two bumbling twin henchmen
Capt. Smata - A Toad Officer with a strong lisp
Other characters included:
Al Negator - A crocodile bounty hunter from Reptilia
Commander Dogstar - Officer on board the mammal frigate Indefatigable, strong British accent
Lt. Wolf - Pilot on Indefatigable
Rumblebee - Robotic gunner on Indefatigable in the form of a bee
Pete - Engineer on Indefatigable and Rottweiler
Digger McSquint - A Short-sighted mole, another engineer on Indefatigable
Captain Mimi LaFleur - Officer on The Screaming Mimi frigate, first a resistance leader in the episode, "Home Swampy Home."
Larry Callan - Gunner on The Screaming Mimi, a rabbit and former POW
Queen Katrina - Leader of the Alderbarrens
Felicia - Katrina's young and naive granddaughter
External links
Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185793/) at the Internet Movie Database
BuckyO'Hare (which I'll now refer to as BOH) was a cartoon inspired by a comedy comic strip, it was made in the mid-to-late eighties in the UK.
Bucky is the most recognised mammalian soldier in the entire aniverse (take note that the comic that this show is derived from was a comedy, within the character profiles and the show you will see parodies galore) and commands his frigate The Righteous Indignation with his crew.
BOH is by far my favourite cartoon of all time, it holds wit and intelligence beyond the experience of its target generation which fills the show with a compelling depth that kept kids like me on the edge of their seats.
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