The Toxic Crusaders: The Television Series, Vol. 1 DVD cover
Genre
Superhero
Created by
Lloyd Kaufman Michael Herz
Based on
The Toxic Avenger by Lloyd Kaufman
Directed by
Bill Hutton Tony Love
Starring
Gregg Berger Susan Blu Rodger Bumpass Paul Eiding Ed Gilbert John Mariano Chuck McCann Michael J. Pollard Hal Rayle Susan Silo Kath Soucie Patric Zimmerman
Composers
Dennis C. Brown Chuck Lorre Larry Brown
Country of origin
United States
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
13
Production
Executive producer
Fred Wolf
Producer
Walt Kubiak
Running time
25 minutes
Production companies
Murakami-Wolf-Swenson Sachs Family Entertainment Troma Entertainment
Original release
Network
Syndication
Release
January 21 (1991-01-21) – May 20, 1991 (1991-05-20)
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Toxic Crusaders is an American animated series loosely based on The Toxic Avenger films.[1] It features Toxie, the lead character of the films, leading a group of misfit superheroes who combat pollution. This followed a trend of environmentally considerate animated series and comics of the time,[2] including Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Swamp Thing, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures, as well as animated series based on R-rated properties like RoboCop and Police Academy. As this incarnation was aimed at children, Toxic Crusaders is considerably tamer than the films it was based on, although it contained adult-oriented jokes that would go over most children's heads.[3]
Thirteen episodes were produced and aired, with some episodes airing as a "trial run" in Summer 1990[4] followed by the official debut on January 21, 1991.[5]
The show aired in Canada on YTV from 1991 to 1992. The US cable network G4 aired the first two episodes on July 25, 2009.
^Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 657–658. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^Eve M. Kahn (3 March 1991). "Television; Cartoons for a Small Planet". New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
^Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 867–868. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^Kahn, Eve M. (1991-03-03). "TELEVISION; Cartoons for a Small Planet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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