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SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron(TV show/series, 1993-1995)

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 26 episodes

SWAT Kats: The Radical SquadronRating: 4.0/5 (with 51 votes)
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron is a 1993–1994 American animated television series created by Christian and Yvon Tremblay and produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. The series takes place in the fictional metropolis of Megakat City, which is populated by anthropomorphic felines, known as "kats". The SWAT Kats of the title are two vigilante pilots who possess a state-of-the-art fighter jet with an array of weaponry. Throughout the series, they face various villains as well as competition from Megakat City's militarized police force called the Enforcers. The show originally premiered and ran on the syndication block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, as well as TBS Superstation (as a part of the Sunday Morning in Front of the TV block) from 1993 to 1995. Every episode of the series was directed by Robert Alvarez. The bulk of the series was written by Glenn Leopold (15 episodes) or Lance Falk (9 episodes). Jim Stenstrum contributed two episodes, while David Ehrman, Von Williams, Eric Clark (with Lance Falk), Mark Saraceni and Jim Katz all contributed one episode each. A revival series, titled SWAT Kats: Revolution, is under development, with both the Tremblay brothers and the Toonz M... ()
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In a world of anthropomorphic felines, two demoted fighter pilots battle evil as high flying masked vigilantes.

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SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron Seasons and Episodes

09/10/1994Season 2 - 13 episodes
#1 | 09/10/1994Mutation City
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Dr. Viper floods Megakat City with Katalyst X-63, a "hideous mutating ooze" that turns normal animals into giant monsters. With the city submerged in slime and infested by huge, repulsive mutants, the Swat Kats must undertake a perilous mission to Megakat Biochemical Labs, where they must retrieve the antimutagens needed to restore everything to normal. T-Bone, who can't swim, nearly drowns in the slime, and later becomes a mutant himself when one of the creatures bites him. Worse, Dr. Viper eventually uses the katalyst on himself, turning into a skyscraper-sized monstrosity.
#2 | 09/17/1994A Bright and Shiny Future
The Pastmaster returns and sends the Swat Kats through one of his time portals and into Megakat City's future, where Mac and Molly Mange rule a nightmare world of killer robots (called ""Metallitack Units""), confining ""non-metallic creatures"" to slave labor camps, and the vigilantes' friends are rebel freedom-fighters. But the worst part is that the Swat Kats' future selves are dead, killed by the Metallikats when they took over. Now, it's up to the pilots from the past to set things right. But when the older Callie and Mayor Manx are kidnapped by the Metallitack Units, the Swat Kats form an uneasy alliance with the Pastmaster, who wants revenge against Mac and Molly for doublecrossing him. Together with Commander Feral and Felina, they storm Metallikat Headquarters.
#3 | 09/24/1994When Strikes Mutilor
A group of alien space pirates, led by the evil Mutilor, arrive over the skies of Megakat City, planning to drain the planet's water using a ship stolen from a peaceful race of cat-like aliens called the Aquians, to sell to another race of aliens altogether, the Zarhabi. With the Turbokat still in repairs, the Swat Kats must employ other methods of battling against the invaders to defend their world.
#4 | 10/29/1994Razor's Edge
Razor's self-confidence is shattered when he believes he has injured two elderly civilians during the Swat Kats' pursuit of Dark Kat. Discouraged, he quits the team, leaving T-Bone to face Dark Kat's latest evil plot alone. This time around, the criminal mastermind plans to destroy Megakat City with his robotic spider craft, the Black Widow, which grows bigger whenever it absorbs power! Can T-Bone succeed on his own, or will Razor regain his confidence and return to the SwatKats?
#5 | 11/05/1994Cry Turmoil
A new villain, Turmoil, attempts to seize control of the skies over Megakat City and ransom their use for the "paltry sum" of $2 million in gold each week. Backing her up is the Omega Squadron, her own private air force comprised entirely of female pilots, as well as the Vertigo Beam, a powerful ray cannon that causes pilots to become disoriented and crash.
#6 | 11/05/1994Swat Kats Unplugged
A hyena-like villain named Chopshop (voiced by Nick Chinlund) is being pursued by the SWAT Kats in his highly advanced helicopter. After a brief but intense aerial dogfight, the SWAT Kats manage to subdue Chopshop and hand him over to the Enforcers. Ann Gora interviews them and Razor comments on having the help of their high-tech gadgetry. Meanwhile, Hard Drive has somehow escaped and steals a recently invented anti-weapons scrambler from Pumadyne scientist Dr. Ohm. With this, Hard Drive prepares to steal the gold being transferred from the Megakat Mint to the City's banks on the newly constructed Megakat Railway. The SWAT Kats come to stop him, but all of their weapons are disabled by the weapons scramber. It is up to Razor and T-Bone to outwit rather than outgun their opponent and retrieve the gold.
#7 | 11/12/1994The Deadly Pyramid
The SWAT Kats are asked by Professor Hackle to come out to his lab where he introduces Cybertron, a small feline robot designed to help the SWAT Kats. Razor thinks it is a neat invention, but T-Bone dislikes it while complaining. Across town, Dr. Sinian and a few others have discovered the ancient ruins of Katchu Picchu and are in the process of excavating the site. Unfortunately, the Pastmaster arrives and using a golden head dress, unearths an enormous Mayan pyramid. Once inside he reanimates a group of huge and indestructible mummies to do his evil bidding, which is to take over Megakat City. The commando mummies wreak all sorts of havoc and all weapons (including the SWAT Kats' missiles) are completely ineffective in stopping them. The SWAT Kats, with the help of the courageous Cybertron must defeat the mummies to save the city.
#8 | 11/19/1994Caverns of Horror
When the SWAT Kats, Felina Feral and Ann Gora search for some missing miners in the caverns beneath Megakat City, they soon find the cause of the disappearances: rock scorpions who have been mutated into gigantic, kat-eating monsters.
#9 | 11/26/1994Volcanus Erupts!
Mayor Manx and his associate Mr. Young are planning to build an industrial park on the tropical paradise of Anakata Island. One of the islanders (voiced by Clyde Kusatsu) warns Manx that if the island's sacred stone is destroyed, bad things will happen. The stone is crushed by a bulldozer and an enormous rock monster named Volcanus (voiced by Frank Welker) erupts from the island's volcano, freed from his 1,000-year lava prison. The SWAT Kats' weapons are ineffective against his rock body and must resort to finding a weak spot in the rock to destroy Volcanus before he attacks Megakat Nuclear Power Plant and decimates the city.
#9 | 12/10/1994The Dark Side of the Swat Kats
The Swat Kats visit a parallel dimension, where their counterparts are evil.
#10 | 11/26/1994The Origin of Dr. Viper
Dr. N. Zyme and Dr. Elrod Purvis engineer Viper Mutagen 368, a regenerative growth formula. Purvis steals the mutagen and its research for himself, only to be discovered by Zyme. Purvis trips down the stairs and becomes covered in the growth formula. He then collapses, supposedly dead and is taken to the morgue. Purvis is mutated by the formula and becomes Dr. Viper. He then proceeds to apply the mutagen to mosquitos and honey bees to attack those responsible for his mutation.
#10 | 12/24/1994Unlikely Alloys
When the Metallikats use an experimental tool to repair themselves, their criminal personalities turn it into Zed, a powerful entity that builds an ever-growing armored body around itself and seeks world domination.
#11 | 12/10/1994The Dark Side of the Swat Kats
A stray lightening bolt hits the Turbokat while the Swat Kats are testing their new dimensional radar system, which results in them being hurled into an alternate dimension where evil versions of themselves are not only wanted for just about every crime in Megakat City, but are also working for Dark Kat. Mistaken for the Dark Swat Kats by Dark Kat, T-Bone and Razor are sent to Puma-Dyne to steal the Mega-Detonator, a key component for an implosion bomb which the criminal mastermind plans to use to destroy Enforcer Headquarters. Making things even more complicated for the vigilante duo are the fact that Callie Briggs is also evil and in on Dark Kat's plot, but the Enforcers mistake them for the Dark Swat Kats and are after them, too.
#12 | 12/24/1994Unlikely Alloys
The Metallikats are up to their usual evil antics and try to rob the Megakat Dollar.While fighting to escape, Mac loses his left arm and Molly is electrocuted and nearly terminated. After escaping, they see a news story about a new piece of technology dubbed the "micro-brain repair unit" which analyzes the components and functions of any mechanical or electronic device and fixes them almost instantaneously. Mac goes to steal the device, which repairs himself and Molly flawlessly. However, the device becomes self aware after its programming is contaminated with the Metallikat's criminal personalities, and begins to assimilate anything mechanical and using them to make itself larger and more powerful, dubbing itself "Zed". Can the SWAT Kats stop Zed ?
#13 | 01/04/1995Kat's Eye News Report
The finale of the Swat Kats series arrives, as Ann Gora, Tiger Shark, and Tom Cat, report on all the historical adventures of the Swat Kats. T-Bone and Razor are highlighted in several instances with the numerous weapons and vehicles they operate, along with certian maneuvers they perform to get away from trouble. During the show, several questions are mentioned in the SKIQ, The Swat Kats Inside Quiz. Subjects include a multiple choice Q and A with a situation pops out, a situation based exam on what you would do if you were the Swat Kats, and then a segement called "Name That Villan".
09/11/1993Season 1 - 13 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Megakat City
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: Bulgarian (BG), English (EN), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/11/1993
Last episode released on: 01/04/1995
Director: Robert Alvarez
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"SWAT Kats"

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