Phantom 2040
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Genre	animated science fiction
Starring	Scott Valentine, Mark Hamill, Ron Perlman, Margot Kidder
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	33
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	syndicated
Original run	September 18, 1994 – March 3, 1996
External links
IMDb profile
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Story

In the year 2040, environmental disasters and the economic Resource Wars of the early 21st century have decimated the fragile ecological balance of an Earth once teeming with life. Everywhere, the privileged and wealthy continue to thrive in expensive real estate developments that tower above the suffering masses. The victims of Earth’s misfortune have been forced to subsist on scavenged refuse from the past on the mangled streets of forlorn city-states. A coral reef near the Hawaiian islands is an example of a complex marine ecosystem. ...

In Metropia, the largest and most powerful of the city-states, the powerful corporation Maximum Inc. has commandeered armies of robotic Biots to create a cold, steely urban center, consisting of huge, residential towers intertwined with TubeTrain tunnels. Maximum has plans to construct Cyberville, an immense survival shelter where only the wealthiest and most elite humans will retreat once Earth finally succumbs to its slowly deteriorating state. A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city, usually having sovereignty. ...

The only hope for the survival of humanity is the Ghost Jungle — thousands of square miles of mutated vegetation that may be the planet's salvation. This secret source of life is submerged beneath Metropia where no one is aware of it, but fortunately, college student Kit Walker Jr. is chosen by fate to save the world, donning the black mask and purple suit of his people’s savior, the 24th Phantom.

The role of the Phantom has been passed on from father to son since the 1500s, leading the world to believe that the Phantom is a single immortal individual. Kit, the 24th in the line, is young, unsure, and inexperienced, but he finds within him the courage and might to battle the evil that threatens to destroy the Earth.

Characters

• Kit Walker, Jr. — The 24th Phantom, Kit was not trained for the role like his ancestors were. His father died when he was still a baby, and he grew up not knowing about his heritage. When Guran tells him about the Phantom on his eighteenth birthday, he is initially disbelieving, but takes on the role. His equipment includes a stealth suit for invisibility, a wristband that contains a powerful computer ("analytical"), and another that contains a smart-rope. He also had a multi-purpose vehicle named "Hero", after the 21st Phantom's horse. Voiced by Scott Valentine.
• Guran — Kit's mentor, whose family have been aiding the Phantom for generations. Voiced by J.D. Hall.
• Jack Archer — A private detective, scientist and professor at Kit's university. One of the few who knows the Phantom's true identity. Voiced by Alan Oppenheimer.
• Daniel Aguilar a.k.a. Sparks — A young, orphaned cyber-surfer who also knows Kit is the Phantom. When he was three, his parents, Esteban and María, were kidnapped by Maximin Inc and used as test subjects foer Project Gauntlet, Cyberville's security system. Voiced by Pamela Adlon.
• Sagan Cruz — A Metropia law-enforcement officer, who is attracted to Kit but was initially unaware of his dual identity, and was skeptical about the Phantom's motives. She later figures out his secret and eventually becomes Kit's love interest and partner. She has a cyborg police dog named D.V.L. (a reference to the 21st Phantom's wolf, Devil). Voiced by Leah Remini.
• Aunt Heloise — Kit's only living relative, Heloise is the daughter of the 21st Phantom. She kept the truth from Kit, hoping he could lead a normal life. Voiced by Carrie Snodgress.
• Rebecca Madison — The series villain, head of Maximum Inc. and widow of the 23rd Phantom's killer, Maxwell Madison. Her plans to turn the whole of Metropia into her private kingdom are foiled by the Phantom. Voiced by Margot Kidder.
• Maxwell Madison Jr. — Rebecca's sociopathic son, whose intelligence is belied by his laziness and disinterest in almost everything. When he does have an opinion on something, he presents it as coming from his cat, Baudelaire. He is psychologically disturbed with the disorders being rooted in the loss of his father at such an early age. His cat, perhaps the last remaining symbol of his fathers love for him, is his only and most trusted friend. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.
• Hubert Graft — Rebecca Madison's main enforcer, a cyborg who blames the Phantom for his condition. He was formerly an environmentalist who fought against Maximum to protect the Amazonian rainforest. Voiced by Ron Perlman in the first season, and Richard Lynch in the second.
• Doctor Jak — A cynical TV journalist who reports the Phantom's activities with a flip spin. Voiced by Mark Hamill.
• Mr. Cairo — An information broker who only appears in holographic transmisions and who deals both with the Phantom and Maximun Inc. He is actually a sentient "analytical". Voiced by Paul Williams.
• Sean 1 — The first human born in an Orbital Plataform. An arrogant and abnormally tall man who resorts to terrorist attacks in order to gain independence for his colonies and who is unable to walk by himself while in the presence of gravity. Voiced by Rob Paulsen.
• Gorda — A morbidly obese crime lord and smuggler from Australia who is unable to move by herself and with an army of red-tinted biots under her command. She's voiced by Paddi Edwards.
• Heisenberg — A sentient "fractal" Biot built of nanites. Voiced by Rob Paulsen.
• Pavlova - A Biot and Jak's assistant, becomes a follower of Heisenberg. Voiced by Liz Georges.
• Vaingloria — A star singer with folding mirrors attached to her back by Maximun Inc and which can be used to hypnotize others. Voiced by Deborah Harry
• Betty — A homeless saxophonist and Heisenberg's friend. Voiced by Iona Morris
• Maxwell Madison Sr. — Rebecca's dead husband, whose memories were uploaded into a computer chamber in Maximun Inc, leaving him unable to properly die.

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Episode list

Season 1

1. Generation Unto Generation (part 1)
2. Generation Unto Generation (part 2)
3. The Sum of the Parts
4. Fire and I.C.E.
5. Reflections of Glory
6. Shadows from the Past
7. The Good Mark
8. Ghost in the Machine
9. Dark Orbit (part 1)
10. Dark Orbit (part 2)
11. The Biot In Red
12. The Gauntlet
13. Three Into One
14. Life Lessons
15. The Magician
16. Swifter, Higher, Faster
    Maximun inc is using a new potentially dangerous method to improve human beings
17. Lasers In The Jungle
18. Down The Line
    A message from 2157 directs the Phantom to break his code against killing so the future may be saved

Season 2

1. Control Group
2. A Boy And His Cat
   Maxwell Madison Jr.'s testing of his Legion biot goes wrong leaving him trapped in virtual reality.
3. Rite Of Passage
4. The World Is My Jungle
   Recap episode
5. Sanctuary
6. The Ties That Bind
7. The Woman In The Moon
8. Matter Over Mind
   Mr. Cairo finds that he is connected to Doctor Jak and the Sector Zero crash
9. The Sins Of The Father (part 1)
   The Phantom finds out some details about Sector Zero crash via an old biot and Maxwell Madison comes back via a Legion biot
10. The Sins Of The Father (part 2)
    The Phantom discovers that Maxwell Madison's plan was to use the Ghost Wood in combination with a toxin that killed only Ghost Wood to get rich but someone switched the cargo. He also discovers his father is still alive.
11. The Sacrifice (part 1)
    The Madison family try to enlist Gorda's help in escaping from their self imposed 10 year prison.
12. The Sacrifice (part 2)
    The Phantom discovers that Maxwell Madison Sr. and his father were friends.
13. Rogue
14. The Second Time Around
15. The Furies
16. Moments Of Truth
17. The Whole Truth

Video game

A Phantom 2040 video game was produced for Sega Genesis, Game Gear and Super NES, and like the animated series, it received very positive reviews. It is possible to play as both the Phantom and his alter-ego, Kit Walker. The game has over 20 different endings, depending on the choices the player makes while progressing through the story. The Mega Drive/Genesis was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world as the Mega Drive. ... The Sega Game Gear was Segas first portable gaming system. ... The European SNES design is identical to the Super Famicom. ...

Comic books

Phantom 2040 was adapted into a comic book series by Marvel Comics in 1995 (cover dated May-Aug. 1995). Only four issues were published, released as a mini-series . The stories were only loosely based on the TV series, and had a different tone than the dark, complicated animated show. The comic book was written by Peter Quinones, pencilled by Steve Ditko, and inked by Bill Reinhold. Each issue featured a free poster drawn by such artists as John Romita Sr. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... Stephen Ditko (born 2 November 1927) is a renowned American comic book artist and writer best known as the co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. ... The Amazing Spider-Man #50. ...

VHS and DVD editions

DVD cover to Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks

Many episodes of the series have been released on VHS and DVD, but a definitive collection is yet to come. A DVD called Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks was released in 2004, and includes the first five episodes of the series edited into a "movie". Many other episodes were released on VHS in the late 1990s. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS is a recording and playing standard for analog video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) and launched... DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

Trivia

• The second episode begins with a 'recorded' voiceover that is preceded by a sound effect originally created by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop for the UK radio series The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. It is the sound the Guide makes before responding to a question.

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External links

• Phantom 2040 at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Phantom 2040 website of the main writers of the series
• Phantom 2040 - The Ghost Jungle