Sunday, May 27, 2018

Rein-Toon-Ation: The Chopper Bunch (2001)

While Wheelie & The Chopper Bunch marks its 45th anniversary next year, Cartoon Network, three years prior to the series' 30th anniversary, commissioned a Web Premiere Toon that featured the Chopper Bunch, but no sign of Wheelie or his gal, Rota.

Edit, 11/3/23: We finally have a copy available on YouTube:



Given what little time they had, there wasn't really enough time to really send up Japanese anime as they intended. Then, there's the fact that Scrambles, the weakest member of the Bunch, gets to be a hero? Crazy, man.

Rating: B-.

2 comments:

Silverstar said...

To be fair, Wheelie was always kind of bland, a bit like the Road Runner in his shorts. The Chopper Bunch were always the more interesting characters, even back then.

hobbyfan said...

Maybe that explains why Wheelie was cancelled after 1 season.