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'' brothers who played to sold-out crowds as a

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group for the Dragon company. The company was owned by the beautiful and wealthy Myrna. The band members were also secretly fighting crime as "T-REX," masterminded by Professor Edison. The show, an American/Japanese/French coproduction between Gunther-Wahl Productions, C&D (Créativité et Développement), and well-known

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producers Kitty Film and Madhouse, Inc. It lasted only one season.

Plot

Set in a world of anthropomorphic

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s, brothers Bernie (blue), Bruno (pink), Bubba (green), Buck (yellow) and Bugsy (purple) were born with special powers to help fight crime. Each brother's special power was related to a specific part of their anatomy; Bernie's legs, Bruno's arms, Bubba's tail, Buck's mouth and teeth, and Bugsy's telekinetic eyes. In the day, they make up a singing and Comedy Quintet group that perform at the Dragon Company in Rep City. The group rode out on their Rexmobile to battle "Big Boss" Graves, crime kingpin of Rep City, and his evil organization The Corporation which also consists of Little Boss, Adder, Madder, Shooter, Cuddles, Axe, and the Doctor. Kid sister Ginger was part of the singing group, but didn't know about her brothers' secret identities. One of the show's other noteworthy elements was giving the T-Rexes imitation celebrity voices:

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and

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Voice cast

* Kathleen Barr - Flo, Myrna, Black Widow * Michael Beattie - Buck, Delaney * Garry Chalk - Bruno, Madder, Mayor Maynot * Michael Donovan - Professor Edison, Shooter, Big Dinosaur * Ian James Corlett - Bugsy, Waldo Winch * Phil Hayes - Little Boss, Axe *

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- Bubba, Adder * Robert O. Smith - Bernie, Cuddles, Dr. Death * Venus Terzo - Ginger, Mae * Dale Wilson - Big Boss Graves, Bissell

Episode list

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