''Action Man'' is a 2000 CGI animated TV series based on the toy line of the same name. The show is not related to the 1995 version. In this series, Alexander "Alex" Mann is an

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athlete known as "Action Man" and is a member of Team Xtreme. The show's theme song "Amp it up Action Man" was written and performed by

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's Paul Gordon.

Synopsis

Alex Mann, Action Man's civilian identity, is an

athlete of Team Xtreme, taking part in the Mastervision Network's Acceleration Games, a series of unconventional televised sporting activities all over the world. Danger and

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trigger hidden mental powers called AMP (Advanced Macro Probability) Factor, a result of secret experiments by his former high school coach Simon Grey. With it, Alex is able to calculate all future possibilities, choosing the best course of action. Alex "Action" Mann, Desmond "Grinder" Sinclair, Agnes "Fidget" Wilson, and Ricky Singh-Baines must stop arch-enemy Doctor X, a brilliant

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and bio-engineer, who will stop at nothing to duplicate Alex's AMP Factor to rebuild Earth with the genetically enhanced neo-humanity.

Cast

Main

* Mark Hildreth as Action Man / Alex Mann * Michael Dobson as Desmond "Grinder" Sinclair *

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as Agnes "Fidget" Wilson * Peter Kelamis as Ricky Singh-Baines * Christopher Judge as Coach Simon Gray *

Tyler Labine Tyler Sean Labine (born April 29, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He is best known for starring in the television series '' Breaker High'', ''Invasion'', ''Reaper'', '' Deadbeat'' and as Dr. Iggy Frome, head of psychiatry, in the ...

as Brandon Caine *

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as Doctor X (new body) *

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as Doctor X (original body) * Andrew Francis as Tempest / Templeton Storm *

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as Asazi *

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as Gangrene / Dr. Wolfgang Greenholtz * Ian James Corlett as Quake / Sydney

Supporting

* Mackenzie Gray as Nick Masters *

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as Agent Diana Zurvis *

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Kirby Morrow Kirby Robert Morrow (1973 – November 18, 2020) was a Canadian actor, comedian and writer. In animation, he was known as the voice of Miroku from ''InuYasha'', its four movies, and '' Inuyasha: The Final Act'', Van Fanel from the Ocean dub of ...

as Jimmy Woo * Ian James Corlett * Brian Drummond as Craig

Episodes

Season 1 (2000)

Dr. X captured and physically tested Alex Mann repeatedly, as well as his best friend Brandon Caine. Dr. X also added nanotech enhancements to Brandon, making him superior to Alex in battle and in athletics. The culmination of the experiments was to mind transfer Dr. X into Brandon's body to become a nanotech cyborg, able to change his appearance and infect others. Following the ninth episode the series becomes more simplified. Dr. X founded the Council of Doom with his evil cohorts: Asazi and Tempest. Dr. X's nanotech trilobites appeared to gain collective intelligence and rebel against him, but this was actually Brandon Caine's uploaded mind punishing Dr. X.

Season 2 (2001)

The Council of Doom continues to grow after Brandon was saved from Dr. X. The season features new villains: Gangrene & Quake.

Home media releases

In the United Kingdom, three VHS were released by

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and later reissued by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, containing three episodes per tape. One VHS release was also released by Maximum Entertainment.

VHS releases

The series also saw a few DVD releases as well, released in the UK by Maximum Entertainment.

Video games

A video game named '' Action Man: Search for Base X'' was released based on the 2000 series.

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published the

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game ''Action Man: Raid on Island X'' in the United States as a tie-in to the TV series, despite having nothing to do with it.

Awards

In 2001, the show won a Golden Camera Award at the U.S. and International Film and Video Festival for 'Best Animation' in the episode "The Swarm: Part 2".

References

External links

*
IMDB: Episode list for "Action Man" (2000)
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