Mutant League

Mutant League is an animated series based on the video games Mutant League Football and Mutant League Hockey which aired from July 2, 1994 to February 24, 1996.[1] The series was distributed by Claster Television and produced by Franklin/Waterman 2 Productions in association with Electronic Arts.[2] 40 episodes were produced.[3]

Plot

During a football game, an earthquake reveals buried toxic waste, and the fumes cause all of the attendees and players to mutate, including young Bones Justice (Bones Jackson in the games). A sports federation based around the superhuman beings, the Mutant League, is formed and Bones grows up to play for the Midway Monsters. Corrupt league commissioner Zalgor Prigg constantly schemes to get the popular athlete to play for any one of the four teams he owns (Slayers, Evils, Derangers or Ooze), or if nothing else discredit him for refusing to join. Bones' search for his father and his personal quest to bring order to the league, are subplots throughout the series.

Characters

Midway Monsters

Bones Justice: The main protagonist of the series, an animated human skeleton. Bones joined the Monsters because it was the only team in the Mutant League that Prigg does not own. Bones seeks out Prigg to learn the truth about his father Butch Justice. He never takes off his shade and his eyes glow red when angered. In one episode, it is also said that he does not need to breathe when the arena is sabotaged by poisonous gas.
Razor Kidd: A mutant lizard who was dumped by the Slayers and joined the Monsters. He and Bones begin as rivals, but become close friends.
Mo and Spewter: Twin troll brothers with superior brawn, but minimal intelligence. They literally share a single brain, which they keep in either one of their flip-top skullcaps.
Darkstar: A tough mutant who loves to fight anyone due to his brutality. After inadvertently knocking down Prigg, as punishment, he was sent to the Monsters where he clashed with Bones until he learned to play fair. Even when he plays fair, he is still brutal to those who threaten his teammates.
Thrasher: Daughter of Malone. She resembles a gargoyle with orange skin and a yellow fin that drapes over the top of her head like hair. She and Darkstar usually have arguments. Her entrance, as the first female player into the Mutant League, was controversial both for Prigg and the Monsters, but she eventually proved herself to the team. Another episode revolved around one of her stalkers.
Elanore McWhimple: Owner of the Monsters.
Malicious Malone: Former Mutant League player-turned Head Coach of the Midway Monsters.
George McWhimple: Husband of Elanore McWhimple.
Slick Toxin: A mutant high-school star athlete recruited by Bones Justice. He is the center of a single episode where, after being heart-to-heart to Bones, he decides to quit the league and return to school.
Cannonball: A mutant that served as the Monsters' baseball pitcher.

Slay City Slayers

K.T. Slayer: A troll with brute force and a vicious take-no-prisoners attitude. Slayer is also Prigg's right-hand mutant and team captain of the Slayers. He is the primary rival of Bones and will do almost anything to put Bones out of commission.
Jackie LaGrunge: A dangerous 9-year veteran, LaGrunge has become even more deadly as this former hybrid evolves into a whiptoid.

Derangers

Joe Magician: A mutant obviously punned after Joe Montana, team captain of the Derangers.
Grim McSlam: A mutant with four arms and punned after Jim McMahon.

Screaming Evils

Madman: A demented hyena man, team captain of the Evils.
Madboy: Son of the demented hyena man Madman.

Ooze

Liquid Lazer: The team captain of the Ooze. Among team captains, he is the most reluctant to follow Prigg's orders. His body can liquify and reassemble at will.

Other characters

Bob Babble: Main announcer for MLSN (Mutant League Sports Network), often seen at times, and frequently heard. He has a voice reminiscent of famed sports announcer Howard Cosell.
Sherry Steele: MLSN's human female reporter and a secret ally of the Monsters. She becomes close friends with Bones, and often serves as his moral center, particularly in an episode where Bones temporarily uses a wheelchair. As the series progresses, she falls in love with Bones, which she admits to in the series finale, just before Bones travels underground in search of his father.
Zalgor Prigg: Corrupt commissioner of the Mutant League and owner of the Slay City Slayers. He was once a power-hungry businessman when he was human. The main antagonist of the series, he eats live spiders that come out of a humidor-shaped box on his desk. He also is somewhat self-conscious of a set of "knobs" that grow out of the top of his head, in a manner similar to hair plugs.
Kang: A werewolf with a Don King hairdo, Prigg's personal assistant. He is frequently pounded on by Prigg for delivering bad news, but his worst fear is being tossed into a fiery pit of demonic lawyers.
Jukka: A scientist working for Prigg. He is purple-skinned and always wears dark goggles. He runs the rejuvenation tanks, despite being employed by Prigg, he is often neutral, and has even helped the Midway Monsters from time to time.

genre	Animation
director	Rob Smiley
voices	Mark Fleischer Jim Herbie Roman Foster Kati Star Rich Buchlloyd Rob Brousseau Barbara Jeanne Harrison Jerry Lee Robert Panepinto Doug Stone William Summers
composer	Eric Allaman
country	United States
language	English
num seasons	2
num episodes	40
executive producer	Jeff Franklin Steve Waterman
runtime	30 minutes
company	Franklin/Waterman 2 Electronic Arts No. 21PSPLP Incorporated Active Entertainment
network	First-run syndication
first aired	July 2, 1994
last aired	February 24, 1996

Plot

Characters

Midway Monsters

Slay City Slayers

Derangers

Screaming Evils

Ooze

Other characters

Voice cast

Episodes

Season 1 (1994)

Season 2 (1995–1996)

Release

Home video

Streaming

External links

References