The Velociraptor Warrior | |
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Television show information | |
Genre |
Animation |
Created by |
Bryan Andrews |
Developed by |
Bryan Andrews |
Voices of |
Keith David |
Composer(s) |
Tyler Bates |
Country of |
United States |
Original |
English |
No. of seasons |
6 |
No. of episodes |
132 (List of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive |
Bryan Andrews |
Running time |
22 minutes |
Production |
Nickelodeon Animation Studios |
Distributor |
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Broadcast | |
Original |
Nickelodeon |
Original release |
November 5th, 1999-September 23rd, 2005 |
The Velociraptor Warrior is an American animated television series being created by Bryan Andrews and Rob Renzetti. It is being produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios and aired on Nickelodeon from November 5th, 1999 til September 23rd, 2005.
Contents
Sypnosis
In the fictional region of Thundriso, a Velociraptor is chosen to be the hero as he, a female ground sloth and a stupid triceratops stop vary evil from going over his home.
Cast
Main
- Velocity (voiced by Keith David) - a brave and heroic vegetarian Velociraptor who wields a sacred mythical sword, using it for heroic purposes as well as caring for his home.
- Kayna (voiced by Kath Soucie) - an athletic ground sloth who accompanies Velocity and Shunky, as well as their close friend.
- Shunky (voiced by Jess Harnell) - a goofy Triceratops who is influenced with Velocity (also being his best friend) and wants to be like him, usually ending up at goofy and, at times, bad mayhems.
Supporting
- Prime (voiced by Mark Hamill) - a wise tyrannasaurus rex who is Velocity's mentor.
- Ron (voiced by Jason Marsden) - a warthog warrior who loves to pick on Velocity, though he cares for him and will do anything to keep his citizens safe while Velocity is usually away, and is also Velocity's best friend.
- Nancy (voiced by TBD) - a human wearing a prom dress who has powers of telekinetic.
- Leader Rumble (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) - a wise triceratops who is the leader and the ruler of Eroivia and is Shunky's father, as well as an old friend of Prime.
- Boulder (voiced by TBD) - an Ankylosaurus who crushes the rocks for resources.
- Pterry (voiced by Tom Kenny) - a Pteordactyl who serves as a "night watcher" in Eroivia.
- Metalhorn (voiced by Rodger Bumpass) - a rhinocerous with a metal horn who is a blacksmith, and revealed to be a great-great grandson of the creator of Velocity's weapon.
- Jason (voiced by Rob Paulsen) - a trickster spider monkey archer who is a Robin Hood-like figure.
- Brielle (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - a Face Paint girl who lives in Eroivia.
- Soh (voiced by Dante Basco) - a Japanese-American human who is a ninja.
- Lenny and Penny (voiced by TBD and TBD, respectively) - two idiotic leeches who are also very friendly.
- King Jungle (voiced by TBD) - a mandrill who is the king of Monkatopia.
- Squealyton (voiced by TBD) - an annoying monkey who is King Jungle's assistant.
- Lena (also voiced by Tress MacNeille) - a Face Paint girl who is the leader/ruler of Face-Paintia.
- Monkatopia Citizens, consisting of:
- Beauty (voiced by Pamela Hayden) - a Gray Langur wearing a red dress and red lipstick.
- Googy (voiced by TBD) - TBD.
- Parker
- TBD
- Face-Paintia Citizens, consisting of:
- Faith (voiced by TBD) - TBD.
- Miley (voiced by TBD) - TBD.
- Naomi (voiced by TBD) - TBD.
- Trinity (voiced by TBD) - TBD.
- Adrianna (voiced by TBD) - TBD.
- Kourtnie (voiced by TBD) - TBD.
- Janessa (voiced by TBD) - TBD.
- Mike (voiced by TBD) - TBD.
- Michelle (voiced by TBD) - a ground sloth who is Kayna's sister, being an explorer.
- The Great Bullo (voiced by Joe Alaskey) - a bull shark who is a pro-wrestler, challenging Velocity to an exhibition match for fun.
- King Reef (voiced by TBD) - a great orca who is the king of Oceathas.
- Oceathas Citizens, consisting of:
- [dolphin]
- Tundria Citizens, consisting of:
- Erik
- King Frostbite (voiced by TBD) - a giant walrus who is the ruler of Tundria.
- Hunter (voiced by Mark Hamill) - a ring-tailed lemur who usually wanders all over Thundriso, usually having various goods that tends to come in handy.
Antagonists
- Brimstone (voiced by Clancy Brown) - a scorpion-demonic creature who wants to take over Thundriso and the main antagonist of the series.
- Lord Apeos (voiced by Diedrich Bader) - a gorilla lord who wants to invade Monkatopia.
- Smithalos, God of Darkness (voiced by TBD) - a entity who wants to cover everything in darkness.
- Suzie and Maisie (voiced by Lacey Chabert and also by Kath Soucie, respectively) - twin mice who loves to steal everything.
- The Dark Humans, consisting of:
- Malware (voiced by Corey Burton) - a Dark Human who serves as the leader of the Dark Human clan.
- Ashton (voiced by TBD) - a Dark Human assassin who is Malware's girlfriend, as well as the trusted one.
- Horace (vocal effects by Joe Alaskey) - a black horse/beetle hybrid who is Ashton's pet, where she usually rides in.
- Clay (voiced by TBD) - a Dark Human hunter who TBD.
- Baylee (voiced by TBD) - a stupid and ditzy Dark Human who usually foils Malware's plans thanks to her stupidity.
- Maria (voiced by Susan Eisenberg) - a masked Dark Human who wields a crossbow, loves to hunt.
- The Dark Human Archers, consisting of:
- Foresight
- TBD
- TBD
- The Goldtoucher (voiced by TBD) - a Dark Human who turns anything he touches to gold.
- Toshimichi (voiced by TBD) - a Dark Human samurai.
- Sludge (voiced by TBD) - a Dark Human with an ability to turn into slime.
- Courtnei (voiced by TBD) - a Dark Human who is capable of controlling people with her touch.
- Nero (voiced by TBD) - a Dark Human who uses his fiddle to destroy things.
- Shockyra (voiced by Jennifer Hale) - a sadistic mercenary who can turn her claws into electricity.
- Dr. Johann Phobos (voiced by Jeffery Combs) - a monkey mad scientist who is obsessed with fear and the mind.
- Igor (also voiced by Rodger Bumpass) - Dr. Phobos' emotionless robotic assistant.
- Goldie and Rondie (voiced by Tara Strong and Richard Steven Horvitz, respectively) - twin goldfish who has been stealing all over the Thundriso region, even annoying Brimstone.
- Captain Blackclaw (voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray) - a cruel panther pirate.
- Blubba (voiced by TBD) - a hippopotamus who is Blackclaw's keen eye as well as the smartest
- Krackers (voiced by TBD) - a dumb parrot who is the stupidest member of the team.
- Clubber (voiced by TBD) - a strong, muscular lion who is the strongest.
- Strangley (voiced by TBD) - an alien creature who loves to attack anyone on his path.
- [Spinosaurus]
- Prince Dante (voiced by TBD) - a mysterious masked prince who claims to have an access to the world.
- TBD
- King Lumpkins (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) - a goofy dictator aye-aye who swears to conqure the world, but always fails miserably.
- Frostwasp (non-speaking, using only sound effects) - a deadly ice-colored wasp who gives people and animals that got stung by it frostbite, lasting until someone finds a cure.
- The Verminous Rodents, consisting of:
- [leader, rat]
- [mouse]
- [squirrel]
- The Tiger Ninjas, consisting of:
- Roku (voiced by TBD) - a strict and smart tiger who is the leader of the ninjas.
- Ruke (voiced by TBD) - the strongest, but stupid tiger who is the strongest of the ninjas.
- Ray (voiced by TBD) - a wise and keen-eye tiger who is the keen-eye of the ninjas.
Production
Animation
The series' animation is being outsourced to Rough Draft Studios in Seoul, Korea.
Reruns/International
Reruns for the series aired on the Nicktoons from 2000 until 2009, and the Nick on CBS block on CBS from late 2000 til late 2005.
Theatrical film
See The Velociraptor Warrior: The Wrath of Grimm.
A theatrical movie, serving as a de facto series finale to the series, was released by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies in 2007.
Lore and Creatures
See The Velociraptor Warrior/Lore and Creatures.
Comic-book series
See Myth of The Velociraptor Warrior.
Episodes
See List of The Velociraptor Warrior episodes.
Transcripts
See The Velociraptor Warrior/Transcripts.
Reception
Critical response
The Velociraptor Warrior received universal critical acclaim from critics and audiences alike. The score on Rotten Tomatoes is on the Fresh certification, scoring with "100%", with the critical consensus reading "TBD". On MetaCritic, the score for the series is on 96 of 100, indicating "universal acclaim".
Tropes
See The Velociraptor Warrior/Tropes.
Gallery
Trivia
- This is the first Nicktoon series to focus mainly on action, while still having comedy.
- This is the final Nicktoon to come out in the 90s.
- The series ended on the same day where Me and the Moose premiered.