Teamo Supremo
Teamo Supremo is a 2002-2004 American animated television series created by Phil Walsh. Animated in the limited animation style pioneered by Jay Ward, predecessors which inspired its style, it tells of three superhero children: Captain Crandall, Skate Lad, and Rope Girl. These three protect their state from supervillains including evil Baron Blitz who was charged with illegal assault, taken into custody, and incarcerated for banishment of a murderaxe, and the shape-changing femme fatale known as Madame Snake who was thrown out of town.
The series made its broadcasting debut for ABC during Disney's One Saturday Morning on January 19, 2002, where most of its first season aired. However, it started regularly airing on Toon Disney in September of that same year, where most of its second season premiered. During the spring of 2003, about half of its second season premiered on what had been by then renamed ABC Kids. In September 2003, it was taken off ABC Kids, leaving the rest of the episodes to premiere on Toon Disney, ending its run by 2004. Thirty-nine episodes were made, with 76 total stories.
Characters
Teamo Supremo
- Captain Crandall / Cap – The leader of Teamo Supremo, who believes that he is an alien superhero from another planet. He is often addressed as "Cap" by his teammates, and his battle catchphrase is "Buh-Za!". In later episodes, Crandall's seemingly imaginary superpowers and backstory seem to actually become canon. In the finale, he experiences a sudden burst of superhuman strength and defense. Also, his skin turns purple when he gets very angry. His gadgets include a special Level 7 belt, as well as a yo-yo, marbles, a boomerang, and a shield.
- Hector Felipé Corrio / Skate Lad – The Hispanic member of Teamo Supremo, Hector is the state's skateboarding champion. His main gadget is a patriotic-themed jet-propelled skateboard and his catchphrase is "Chi-Ka!".
- Brenda / Rope Girl – The sole female member of Teamo Supremo, she has purple hair and buck teeth and speaks with a Southern drawl. Her catchphrase is "Wuh-Pa!", and her gadget is a jumprope, which she uses as a lasso when battling villains, but can also be used to transform herself, Crandall, and Hector into their heroic alter egos when all three jump rope together.
Allies
- Governor Kevin – The "groovy" governor of the state they live in. He always calls for Teamo when necessary, and he sometimes has to lend excuse notes if the crime makes Teamo late for class.
- The Chief – The chief of police, who does not take kindly to Teamo taking police matters into their own hands. He once tried to operate as a costumed superhero himself, using the code-name 'Lawman', but made a hash of it since his 'gadgets' consisted of an umbrella and an eggwhisk. He also suffers from Beat Deafness.
- Mrs. Crandall – Crandall's human mother. He refers to her as "Earth Mom" since he thinks he is an alien. She is completely oblivious to the fact that Crandall and his friends are superheroes.
- Jean Crandall – Crandall's older human sister who is aware of his superhero career. She often gives the team advice, claiming it's necessary if she "wants to be a some day".
- Mr. Paulson – The eccentric director of Level 7, a top-secret facility that makes Teamo's gadgets.
- Samantha – Paulson's assistant.
- Mrs. Woolingantz – Teamo's schoolteacher who often excuses them if Governor Kevin needs them. She doesn't assign much homework, but gets angry when it isn't done.
- Action – Crandall's dog. He is sometimes called to help Teamo in certain missions, ala Ace the Bat-Hound.
- Mrs. Corrio – Hector's mother.
- The Twins – Hector's unnamed twin sisters, who often speak gibberish in unison.
- Brenda's Mom – Brenda's mother, from whom she seems to get her Southern accent.
- Barclae / Diaper Dude – Brenda's baby brother, who once helped Teamo in one of their adventures. His first spoken word was "Brenda."
- Teamo's Dads – The kids' respective fathers, but not much is known about them as they've only been seen in one episode. Crandall's dad seems to read the newspaper a lot and Hector's dad runs a skateboard shop.
- Patience – The Chief's daughter. She has her mother's figure and her father's vocal cords.
- Mauricio the Comedian – A black comedian. He has at least twice been the target of villains seeking revenge on him.
- Tiffany Javelins / Songstress / Sally Smith – A teen singer whom Brenda idolizes. Originally worked for the Mischievous Manager, but turned good afterwards. Strangely, Toon Disney's official site for the show still labelled her as a villain.
- B. Barry Berylium – Chief editor of the state's newspaper, The Stately Planet. He prefers being addressed as "Chief" over "Sir".
- Ollie Jimson – A rookie news journalist who works for Mr. Berylium, who finds it annoying that Ollie never calls him "Chief". His name is a nod to Jimmy Olsen.
- Viva Voom – Governor Kevin's Dutch girlfriend from high school. She is now a famous actress, but still has her relationship with Kevin.
- A fellow member of the school faculty is usually the one to tell Mrs. Woolingantz that Governor Kevin needs Teamo's help. Her name was never revealed in the series, nor did she ever actually have dialogue.
- Newscaster - The state's newsman who always pops up on TV to deliver news. His name was never revealed either.
Superheroes
- Mr. Gruff - An action hero who Teamo Supremo idolizes.
- The Silver Shield / Gordon – Crandall's grandfather who has had a Captain America-like superhero identity. His battle cry is "Let freedom ring."
- The Dark Talon / Nick – Crandall's other grandfather who has had a Batman-like superhero identity.
- Captain Excellent – An old superhero whom Crandall idolizes.
Villains
- Baron Blitz – A short blue man, possibly from an alien world himself. He is known for taking control of wax statues, and later on bronze statues and animatronics. Baron Blitz is from Blitzlevania.
- Technor the Mechanized Man – Originally invented by Paulson to be a robot psychologist; now power-hungry. He often travels in his power-sucking Magna Body. A spoof of Marvel Comics villain MODOK.
- * Techno-Creeps - The henchmen of Technor. Their outfits are similar to the A.I.M. Agents.
- Chopper Daddy – A motorcycle-themed villain.
- * Scooter Lad a.k.a. Snake a.k.a. Justin – Chopper Daddy's son, who rides a scooter. He has twice tricked Teamo into believing they could trust him and his battle catchphrase is "Hoo-Ka!"
- The Birthday Bandit – B.B. the Clown is a birthday clown gone bad who often robs birthday parties and other special occasions. He briefly changed his name to the Valentine Bandit when he kidnapped Viva Voom.
- * Party Favors - Similarly-dressed henchmen of Birthday Bandit. One Party Favor is named Evelyn.
- Madame Snake – A femme fatale with snake-like features the ability to change her appearance, as well as an outrageously bad fashion sense.
- * Toy Boys - Madame Snake's henchmen.
- Mr. Large – A stereotypical mob leader who likes large items.
- * Ernie the Hat - One of Mr. Large's henchmen who wears a fedora.
- * Mickey the Shirt - One of Mr. Large's henchmen who wears a tropical shirt.
- * Rosie the Purse - One of Mr. Large's henchmen who is always carrying a purse.
- Helius Inflato – A guy who can inflate himself and fly, hence his name. He wants to build a casino in the state, but isn't allowed to.
- Cheapskate – A skateboarding villain who tried to frame Hector for all his crimes.
- Laser Pirate – Larry is a former colleague of Paulson. He is the only pirate that doesn't like water due to a college incident that ruined his invention. His hideout is a skyscraper that flies around.
- * Mauve-Beard - One of Laser Pirate's henchmen.
- * Chartruese-Beard - One of Laser Pirate's henchmen.
- * Indigo-Beard - One of Laser Pirate's henchmen.
- Hypnotheria – A hypnosis-themed villain who thinks of herself as royalty and speaks of herself in the 2nd person.
- The Sinister Stylist – Coco Caliente/The Sinister Stylist is an ex-soap opera actress who had a bad hair day and ended up humiliated by TV funnyman Maurico, due to the almost constant laughter of the audience attending that year's state awards show. She has since then sworn to give bad hair to everyone and display it to the world.
- The Gauntlet – Crawford is formerly one of Paulson's co-workers obsessed with power. He continually wreaks havoc with a pair of powerful Gauntlets he's always able to steal.
- Fabrica – A stuffed toy maker who used them to commit crimes. She once brought to life all the stuffed toys in the state including Teamo Supremo's stuffed toys.
- Dehydro – A water-themed baddie. He has a habit of repeating himself, and repeating himself is what he does. Dehydro over-reiterates, and says things too many times.
- The Mischievous Manager – She appeared as the manager of The Songstress where she used her to control all the girls in the state with Songstress' songs. Teamo Supreme managed to defeat the Mischievous Manager who is then arrested by the Chief. She later collaborated with Dr. Droid in a plot that involves a robot version of Songstress.
- Dr. Pogo – A mad-scientist-like villain who travels everywhere on a motorized pogo-stick.
- Dr. 'Droid – An evil scientist who plans to replace all of the State's citizens with robot look-alikes.
- Mr. Vague – A rather dull bad guy with grey skin. He is never specific with what he wants to steal.
- The Put Down Artist – A stand up comedian who use his comedic talents to insult people and commit crimes. He appears to be a parody of the Batman villain, The Joker.
- * Hecklers - Three unnamed hecklers who serve as the henchmen of the Put Down Artist.
- The Tourorist – Frenchy Stakes is a tour guide who became disgruntled when her tour party didn't respect the monuments so she decided to steal them all.
- * Dousens - The Tourorist's henchmen.
- Mirrorstar - A vain supervillain.
- Le Poodle – A notorious cat burglar from France.
- Big Skull – An alien supervillain/real estate baron who was the mastermind behind the Cloaked Skull. His real name is pronounced by clicking your teeth together three times. He once captured most of the adult superheroes except for Captain Excellent who was attending a celebrity golf tournament at the time.
- * Cloaked Skull – A masked villain who haunted different locations and was actually just random people controlled by Big Skull using alien technology in the masks.
- The Phony Dentist – An evil dentist who, with his assistant Helga, used a mind control ray on his patients to try and take over the state.
- * Helga - The Phony Dentist's assistant.
- Car-Go - A criminal racer.
- Lord Druid – A descendant of the family that once ruled the state, who tried to change history so his family was still in control.
- Electronica – Polly Pixel is former video game designer furious over the fact that players constantly beat her games using cheat codes.
- Angler - A fisherman-themed villain. Billy Jim Dixon is a former host of the TV show "Fishin' with Billy Jim Dixon" until the show was cancelled and his fishing license revoked due to his henchmen being secretly behind his expert fishing skills that also involved hooking store-bought fish to his line. This led to him planning revenge on the state by using special lures called Smart Baits to hypnotize the state's fish to his fishing nets while plotting to corner the fish stick market.
- * Fishmongers - The henchmen of the Angler. Two of them are named Jeb and Zeke while the third one was unnamed and had no dialogue.
- Vladimir Trettiak – An old enemy from the Chief's younger days. He uses technology from Level 8, which happens to be a step up from Level 7.
- Sinister Shillelagh - A villain with good luck.
- Sloppy Joe - A messy supervillain.
- Zomnambulist - A dream-manipulating supervillain.
- Will 2 Wynn – Governor Kevin's opponent in his re-election. His real name is William Aloysius Wynn, but when Governor Kevin beat him in the election for high school class president, Wynn changed his name to Will 2 Wynn. Will seemed certain to win the election due to his massive campaign fund, which came from a group known as "Will's Friends". After doing some investigating in the archives, Teamo discovered that the group consisted of many of their archenemies, which caused Will to reveal his true motive. Will planned to get back at Governor Kevin for beating him, by helping every villain in the state get back at Teamo. However, Will was beaten and his criminal dealings were exposed, causing him to lose the election as it is illegal to accept campaign donations from criminals, and state law prohibits the election of anyone in jail.
- Mr. Alchemy - An alchemy-themed supervillain who wields an alchemy wand. He once stole Mr. Gruff's voice in order to ruin everyone's holiday season since he thought that Christmas was for people getting new things. Teamo Supremo and Mr. Gruff set him straight and he undid the damages, restored Mr. Gruff's voice, and turned the ornaments on the Christmas tree to gold.
- * Acolytes - The henchmen of Mr. Alchemy.
- The Sons of the Flange Brothers – The self-explanatory sons of the acrobatic villains the Flange Brothers with some of them being cousins to each other. They can come together to form a whirlwind attack.
- DJ Despicable – A supervillain who used to be a popular radio DJ who created a song for Teamo called "Doin' the Supremo", however, he unwittingly signed a record contract that didn't allow him to collect royalties for his song being used on the radio. Enraged by this, he changed his name to DJ Despicable and he and his henchmen, The Mikes, used a special music to hypnotize people into doing an unstoppable dance while he's on his crime spree. He was defeated by the Chief as the latter's Beat Deafness rendered him immune to D.J.'s hypnotic music.
- Barney the Bungler - A clumsy low-level villain.
- Comrade Z - A villain who is an old enemy of the Silver Shield.
- General Incompetence and Major Delays - Two inept ex-militarists.
- Libro Shushman - A librarian who turned to a life of crime.
- Dr. Minutia -
- Lo Fi – A famous musician who turned to a life of crime after the public rejected his experimental use of low frequency music, which he now uses in his crimes.
- Lavalizer – A minor villain with control of fire.
- Mean Thumb – A villain with very large thumbs.
Episodes
Season 1 (2002)
The first season consisted of 26 episodes and aired on ABC.Season 2 (2002-2003)
The second season consisted of thirty-seven episodes, which makes the longest season to air. Fifteen episodes were aired on ABC. Twenty-two episodes were aired on Toon Disney.- Aired on ABC.
- Aired on Toon Disney.
Season 3 (2003-2004)