Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad is an animated television series produced by Universal Cartoon Studios.[1] It aired for one season of thirteen episodes in first-run syndication as part of Claster Television's "Power Block" package along with ReBoot, Beast Wars: Transformers and G.I. Joe Extreme, until the block's discontinuation in 1997.[2] The series was based on a toy line developed by Kenner Products.[3]
| Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad | |
|---|---|
 Logo of the series | |
| Genre | Action/adventure |
| Directed by | François Brisson |
| Starring | Michael Donovan Ian James Corlett David Sobolov Venus Terzo Scott McNeil |
| Composer | Alexander Van Bubenheim |
| Country of origin | United States Canada France |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Sheldon S. Wiseman Léon Perahia |
| Producer | Rick Morrison |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Universal Cartoon Studios Edition Dupuis France S.A. Mediatoon Lacewood Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | First-run syndication |
| Release | October 2 – December 25, 1996 |
Overview
editThe VOR-Tech Undercover Conversion Squad is a group of secret agents led by Hudson Roarke. Their mission is to stop Hudson's older brother Damian Roarke—known as Lord Matrix—and his evil "Bio Mechs" from infecting the world with a techno-infectious plague.[4] Similar to the M.A.S.K. franchise, the VOR-Tech agents had special masks and transforming vehicles, with special computer systems that imbue them and their vehicles with special powers.
The series was canceled after only thirteen episodes, and has not been released onto home video.
Cast
edit- Michael Donovan – Hudson Roarke
- David Sobolov – Lord Matrix (Damian Roarke)
- John Payne – Rick Rhodes
- Ian James Corlett – Brad Logan and Hardfire (Jason King)
- Scott McNeil – "Sonic Stinger" vehicle
- Venus Terzo – Miranda Ortiz
- Jim Byrnes – Vance Logan
- Andrea Libman – M.J. Sloan
- Linda Boyd
- Paulina Gillis – Frostbite (Dorian Harding)
- Saffron Henderson
- Mark Hildreth
- Richard Newman
- Pauline Newstone
- Dale Wilson – Tate Osborne
- Lenore Zann
- Ashleigh Ball
- Lyon Smith
- Tom Pickett – Jeremy MacMasters
References
edit- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 676. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Smith, Joe. "Mainframe: Beast Wars". inwap.com. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 889–890. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 1145. ISBN 978-0786464777.