Biker Mice from Mars (2006 TV series)

Plot

Characters

Returning characters

• The Biker Mice - The Mice themselves are, character-wise, almost the same as before, except that now they have been properly formed into a special commando squad; as such, Throttle's leadership role has been formally recognized with the rank of Commander. There have also been minor changes in costume: Throttle has new sunglasses and a solitary green shoulder belt under a new, shorter vest and his one powered glove has been replaced with twin powered gloves that also act as laser blasters, Modo has new boots and a cutting torch in his mechanical arm, Vinnie carries powered shuriken and powered gloves identical to Throttle's, and all three have new helmets. But more controversially for fans of the original series, they have been drawn substantially slimmed-down and less muscular, noticeably less furry and more anthropomorphic than originally. All three also have new bikes: Vinnie has a red superbike similar to his old one, Modo has a purple-blue three-wheeled chopper he calls "Hard Case", and Throttle has a green cruiser or bobber in place of his old black chopper or Softail. All three bikes are augmented with new weapons, improved artificial intelligence, and flight, aquatic, and all-terrain capabilities.
• Charlene "Charley" Davidson - Essentially Charley is the same character-wise, but with a new, short haircut and a more contemporary outfit suited to motorcycling rather than mechanics. Although not present in every episode, she appears in the majority and plays a more prominent role than in the original series. Her relationship with Vinnie has been toned down for the new series, but Charley appears to reciprocate Vinnie's feelings towards her more readily than in the original series. She was previously voiced by Leeza Miller McGee in the 1990s series.
• Carbine - Carbine, revealed to be Stoker's niece, has gained a slight costume change and plays a substantially more prominent role than originally, even appearing on Earth several times. Her relationship with Throttle still exists, emphasizing the strain of the War and their relative military responsibilities. She was previously voiced by Leah Remini in the 1990s series.
• Stoker - Stoker is the classic series minor character who has had the most significant increase in importance, acting as the catalyst for much of the 2006 series' plot. The founder of the Freedom Fighter movement, in the new series he has been missing in action for several years and is wrongly held to have turned traitor. He is the inventor of the Regenerator, a matter-conversion device crucial to produce the water needed for the survival of the Martian population. Some years earlier, he had been forced to build a second Regenerator for Ronaldo Rump. When the Martian Regenerator was accidentally destroyed by the Catatonians the Biker Mice were dispatched to Earth to recover Rump's machine, the plot of the new series. His alter-ego is Nightshift, a black-clad masked biker. The disguise was originally adopted when he was still regarded as a traitor, but is now used to protect him from sunlight, which causes him to temporarily mutate into a wererat. In the final episodes, he is revealed to have a young teenage daughter named Spitfire, who aids the Mice and helps return him to normal by using the Regenerator on him when applied with the fur sample of a Catatonian shapeshifter.
• Rimfire - Modo's nephew, briefly selected as Throttle's replacement when Throttle is promoted to one-star general and to be reassigned to Mars; Carbine decided to rescind Throttle's promotion after seeing that Rimfire still wasn't up to spec as a "Biker Mice," even after a year's training for such a placement. He was previously voiced by Brian Austin Green in the 1990s series.
• Lawrence Lactavious Limburger - A Plutarkian who returns for revenge on the Biker Mice after years of being a bootlicker for the Pit Boss. He later worked on his latest evil plot to get even with the Biker Mice. The Catatonians later used the Regenerator on him that turned him into a fish.
• * Dr. Karbunkle - A human-shaped alien mad scientist that worked for Limburger and has also spent years of being a bootlicker for the Pit Boss. Also returning for revenge on the Biker Mice with Limburger and even had to collaborate with Dr. Phineas P. Catorkian.
• * Greasepit - A grease-covered criminal that was one of Limburger's minions and had briefly became a henchman of Ronaldo Rump in the Catatonians' plot to disguise the aliens that Limburger gathered as the different world leaders. He was previously voiced by Brad Garrett in the 1990s series.
• Pit Boss - The ruler of the Pits beneath the Rump Mini-Mart. Lawrence Limburger and Dr. Karbunkle became bootlickers for the Pit Boss since the Biker Mice defeated them. He was previously voiced by Stu Rosen in the 1990s series.
• Napoleon Brie - A Plutarkian and rival of Lawrence Limburger who returned in "Once Upon a Time on Earth" Pt. 2 in a plot to use the Regenerator to conquer Chicago. He even tried to turn Limburger over to Lord Camembert only to discover that he and the Plutarkians with him were Catatonian shapeshifters in disguise. The Catatonians later used the Regenerator on Napoleon that turned him into a fish.
• Lord Camembert - The ruler of the Plutarkians who was impersonated by a Catatonian shapeshifter. He was previously voiced by Jeff Bennett in the 1990s series.
• Harley - Harley is Vinnie's former sweetheart. Before the Biker Mice went to Earth, Harley was kidnapped by a rat, got half her face blown off, and then was shown mercy by other rats. Therefore, she turned on her own people and aided the rats in their fight. Since then, she has come to hate the Biker Mice because she feels that they gave up on her, although this was not the case. However, near-cataclysmic eruptions that threaten to doom Mars snap Harley back to reality, driving her to sacrifice herself to save Mars. She was previously voiced by Kath Soucie in the 1990s series.

  New characters

• Spitfire - The daughter of Stoker.
• Catatonians - The Catatonians are a race of cat-like aliens that seek to claim the Regenerator. The three-part episode "Once Upon a Time on Earth" revealed that they were rivals of the Plutarkians.
• * Hannibal T. Hairball - Assistant Supreme Commander of the Catatonian Army who is very short and is not very bright.
• * Cataclysm - While officially the second-in-command to his younger brother Hannibal, it is Cataclysm who really calls the shots in the Catatonian quest for the Regenerator.
• * Dr. Phineas P. Catorkian - A very tall and thin Catatonian mad scientist who is the force behind most of the inventions that Hannibal and Cataclysm use against the Biker Mice.
• * Catalina Catacall - A female Catatonian shapeshifter.
• Ronaldo Rump - A parody of Donald Trump and Ricky Ricardo, with an oversized butt, a large Toupée and a pencil mustache. Ronaldo used to be a used car salesman who came across Stoker and the Regenerators in his possession. He uses a Regenerator to make himself more wealthy, but it is running out of power and he is trying to force Stoker to build a new one. At the time when he built his tower over where Limburger Plaza used to be, Ronaldo was approached by Hannibal and his Catatonian army where Ronaldo formed an alliance with him.

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