Double Dragon (TV series)

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Double Dragon
Format Animated series
Created by DiC Entertainment
Starring Michael Donovan, Scott McNeil
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of episodes 26
Production
Running time 22 minutes approx.
Broadcast
Original channel first-run syndication
Original run September 12, 1993 – December 4, 1994
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Double Dragon is an animated series based on the video game franchise of the same name. The television series was produced by DiC Entertainment and ran for 26 half-hour episodes in 1993 and 1994.

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[edit] Overview

The premise of the show had the Lee brothers separated at birth, with Billy being raised by an elderly martial arts master known as the Oldest Dragon. In contrast, his brother Jimmy is raised by the evil Shadow Master to become his second-in-command, the Shadow Boss. As a result, the Lee brothers meet each other as adversaries after being reunited as adults. By the end of the second episode, Jimmy is betrayed by the Shadow Master, which leads to Jimmy seeing the errors of his way and joins his brother to the battle against the Shadow Master.

The Lee brothers made use of magical swords which contained special powers and added dragon masks to the brothers' outfit. During the course of the series, the brothers recruited allies in their war against the Shadow Master (voiced by Jim Byrnes) and his henchmen, in the second season gaining stronger magical weapons when the Shadow Master harnessed the strength of the even more evil Shadow Kahn to increase his power. The search for their father, John Lee, was a running subplot throughout the series.

The plot of the pilot episode of the series is loosely based on the NES version of the first Double Dragon game. Like in the first NES game, Jimmy is revealed to be the Shadow Boss in this episode, with his henchmen being Abobo and Willy, who were boss characters in the game as well. By the end of the second episode, Abobo and Willy are sucked into the Shadow Mural, never to be seen again, while Billy and Jimmy join forces to fight against the series' true antagonist, the Shadow Master. All of the characters introduced from the second episode and onward were original creations made for the show. The story and characters of the animated series would be used in the Tradewest-produced Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls, a Double Dragon fighting game released for home consoles.

[edit] Cast of characters

[edit] The Double Dragons

Raised by the Oldest Dragon after being left at the Dragon Dojo by his father John Lee to find his twin brother, he was raised as a Dragon Master to obey the code to the detail. After meeting his brother Jimmy, they decide to join force and fight together as the Double Dragons. He is noble and only fights when he must. He transforms into a Double Dragon with his brother Jimmy Lee using their swords. He can transform further using the Dragon Claws. He later acquires a new armour made by Kami which gives him two swords which can be brought together to form a propeller on his back for flight.

Raised by the Shadow Master and fooled into believing the Shadow Master was his father, he was raised to be the Shadow Boss and be evil. After being betrayed by the Shadow Warrior he joins with Billy as they become the Double Dragons. He is reckless and always gets in trouble, he has problems with conformity and often argues with Billy and Marian. He transforms into a Double Dragon with his brother Billy Lee using their swords. He can transform further using the Dragon Claws. He later acquires a new armour made by Kami which gives him a powerful dragon blaster.

[edit] Friends and allies

  • Oldest Dragon (voiced by French Tichner)

The original Dragon Master of the Dragon Dojo, he raised Billy Lee and left him the Dragon Sword before leaving the Dojo during the events of the first episode. He reappears in subsequent episodes in spiritual form to assist the Double Dragons.

A police officer who helps the Double Dragons and deputized them after Billy Lee saved her life, she is always helping the Double Dragons in anyway she can. Marian is a major character during the first season, but plays a comparatively minor role in the second season.

  • Sun Yi

She is mistress of chi and the most powerful chi warrior alive, she is Kona's teacher and often assists the Double Dragons in their quest. The Shadow Master has constantly tried to capture her to learn her secrets. She also helped Kami get over her revenge for the Shadow Master.

  • Fireball

A young pyrokinetic who was part of a street gang. He almost unintentionally kills a little girl and was sent to jail. After helping the Double Dragons and Marian to save a judge from the Shadow Warriors and a corrupt police commissioner, Fireball paroled into the custody of the Dragon Dojo.

  • Mrs. Lee

The wife of John Lee and the mother of Billy and Jimmy, she also happens to be the Shadow Master's sister. She willingly lets herself be trapped by her brother in an ominous place inside the Shadow Dojo to spare Jimmy's life. Billy and Jimmy found her once but could not save her from the Shadow Master's clutches.

  • Dragon Spirit

An ancient warrior named Dao Long trapped within a dragon sword, when the sword is destroyed by the Shadow Master, Chop uses the left over metal in the Dragon Chopper, the Spirit of the Sword then inhabits the chopper and helps the Dragon Warriors fight. His original name was Dao Long and he once belonged to Chen Long.

  • Chen Long

Chen Long was once a Dragon Warrior who owned the Dragon Sword with the Spirit who was attacked by the Shadow Monster. He sent the Sword through a portal and was thought to be dead. It was found he was alive and had become a Dragon. He was revived to help fight the reborn Shadow Monster, but sacrificed his life to save the Dragon Warriors, he now joins the Oldest Dragon.

[edit] Dragon Warriors

His parents helped John Lee by inviting him into their home, he trained young Vortex. When the Shadow Master attacked his home, Vortex ran away and went to live with street kids. He protected them and after being forced to fight by Sickle, the Double Dragons save him and made him a Dragon Warrior who uses his spinning fighting style to fight.

A retired Colonel whose real name is Neil McReady, he comes to relax in town, but when the Shadow Master uses his new drug "Oblivion" to cause havoc he helps the Double Dragons fight and is made into a Dragon Warrior. He uses a blaster he obtained in the army.

A sumo wrestler whose real name is Tsunami who was trained in Chi with the Master of Chi. When his master visits, she is taken by the Shadow Master, so he joins the Double Dragons to save his master, the Master of Chi and is made into a Dragon Warrior who uses chi to fight.

  • Chop (voiced by Gary Chalk)

A former cop whose real name Evan, he lost his right arm in a car accident and now works as mechanic. He is known as one of the best car makers. He feels useless because of his disability he is tricked by Shadow Master into making vehicles for the Shadow Warriors and given a mechanical arm. Once he realizes his mistake he makes the Dragon Cruiser for the Double Dragons and is made into a Dragon Warrior who uses his robotic arm to fight.

  • Kami

Her father used to forge powerful armor using the Black Flame until killed by the Shadow Master, now she has been forging her cyber armor in hopes of getting revenge on the Shadow Master, she lures Michael to join her cause and dojo, but thanks to the Double Dragons she and Michael are saved and reformed. She later forges new armors for the Double Dragons to defeat Shadow Kahn and unintentionally one for the Shadow Master, she is then made a Dragon Warrior.

  • Daj

A mutant who lives in Undertown, he is helped and helps the Double Dragons many times. It is later discovered he destined to be the Lord of the Undertown Dragon Temple, he is able to hatch a Dragon from an egg in the underground temple which becomes a suggorate little brother and helps him fight. He is made into an Undertown Dragon Warrior who can use his powers to control all creatures.

[edit] Junior Dragons

  • Michael (voiced Wezley Morris)

A kid who trains at the Dragon Dojo and is friends with Billy and Jimmy Lee. He is the most seen of the Junior Dragons. He is at one point seduced by Kami to use a Cyber Armour to fight the Shadow Master, but he is later returned to be a Junior Dragon.

  • Daryl

A kid who initially wanted to become a Shadow Warrior and helped to trick Billy and Jimmy into a trap. He switch sides when he saw the Shadow Master almost kill Billy.

  • Danny

A video game lover, his dad is an archaeologist who uncovers artifacts for the Double Dragons, he is tricked by the Shadow Master to get the Dragon Claws, however the Double Dragons save the day and he becomes a Junior Dragon.

[edit] Shadow Warriors

The leader of Shadow Warriors, his ultimate goal is to cover the world in darkness and shadow. He has many powers which include shape-shifting and teleporting, and he is able to trap warriors who fail him in the Shadow Mural. He is dark and cruel and has a scythe for a weapon which has a detachable sword for the lower half to be used for the Shadow Boss. As revealed in "The Abyss", he was once the brother of Billy and Jimmy's mother, making him the siblings' uncle, until he was consumed by the Shadow Flames.

A Shadow Warrior whose skin appears to be made of ice, he is a computer and technology expert of the gang. He fights using a rapier on his back and a dagger he carries.

  • Sickle (voiced by Scott McNeil)

A Shadow Warrior who specializes in disguises and is armed with two large red sickles.

  • Trigger Happy (voiced by Terry Klassen)

A large brute who loves to destroy and shoot at things, he uses a hand mounted blaster to fire at unsuspecting people.

  • Countdown (voiced by Alvin Sanders)

Another large brutish Shadow Warrior who is usually used to make deals with the organization's allies. He attacks with shoulder mounted rocket blasters. In "Shadow Conned", the Shadow Khan manipulates him into betraying the Shadow Master. As a result, he is imprisoned in the shield Shadow Khan was once trapped in by the Shadow Master after his betrayal was discovered.

  • Jawbreaker (voiced by Michael Donovan)

A monstrous pink-skinned mutant who has a large jaw with sharp teeth and can bite a chunk out of anything. In "Sight of Freedom", he turns against the Shadow Warriors after befriending the police chief's blind daughter and joins the Dragon Warriors.

A large blue thug with monstrous strength who works for the Shadow Boss in the pilot episode ("The Shadow Falls"). In the beginning of the second episode ("The Legend Begins"), he is sucked into the Shadow Mural never to be seen again for the remainder of the series.

  • Wild Willy (voiced by Gary Chalk)

A crazy cowboy who wields two laser blasters, he also serves the Shadow Boss in the pilot episode and works alongside Abobo. His maniacal personality appears to annoy the more serious Abobo. Like Abobo, he too is absorbed into the Shadow Mural at the beginning of the second episode.

  • Shadow Khan

Introduced in the beginning of the second season, he is a powerful and evil villain who was trapped in the past, by the Oldest Dragon in a shield. The Shadow Master uses the entrapped being to make himself more powerful, until he convinces Countdown to free him in "Shadow Conned". He is able to bring out his victim's worst fears and can only be harmed by the Dragon Claws. He later summons his own army known as the Terror Warriors with similar powers to him, to help him fight the Double Dragons.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1

# Title Writer(s) Original airdate Production order
1 "The Shadow Falls"  Phil Harnage, Sandra Ryan September 12, 1993 101
2 "The Legend Begins"  Phil Harnage, Martha Moran September 19, 1993 102
3 "The Mistress of Chi"  September 26, 1993 106
4 "The Price of Oblivion"  Bob Forward October 3, 1993 103
5 "River of Tears"  October 10, 1993 104
6 "Over the Line"  Sandra Ryan October 17, 1993 107
7 "Rebirth"  October 24, 1993 108
8 "Judgement Day"  Mike O'Mahoney October 31, 1993 105
9 "Dragon Hunt"  Kurt Weldon November 7, 1993 111
10 "Call to Arms"  Kurt Weldon November 14, 1993 109
11 "Heart of the Matter"  Kurt Weldon November 21, 1993 110
12 "The Abyss"  November 28, 1993 113
13 "Eye of the Dragon"  December 5, 1993 112

[edit] Season 2

# Title Writer(s) Original airdate Production order
14 "Shadow Khan"  Martha Moran September 11, 1994 201
15 "Shadow Claw"  Phil Harnage September 18, 1994 202
16 "Virtual Reality Bytes"  Rich Mueller September 25, 1994 204
17 "Doom Claw"  Martha Moran October 2, 1994 203
18 "Superhighway Warriors"  Rich Mueller October 9, 1994 206
19 "Undertown"  Doug Booth October 16, 1994 205
20 "Spirit in the Sword"  Doug Booth October 23, 1994 208
21 "Shadow Conned"  Martha Moran October 30, 1994 209
22 "The Sight of Freedom"  Phil Harnage November 6, 1994 211
23 "The Ancients Arise"  Sandra Ryan November 13, 1994 210
24 "Return of the Shadowmonster"  Doug Booth November 20, 1994 212
25 "Daj of the Undertown Dragons"  Martha Moran November 27, 1994 213
26 "RPM"  Phil Harnage December 4, 1994 207

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