Action Man
Action Man is a member of an elite multinational task force named Action Force who fight against the terrorist Dr. X and his "Council of Doom".
Seasons
1. Explosive Situation
Air Date: 1995-09-23
Dr. X orchestrates the explosion of a plane to steal a nuclear warhead. With a nuclear battleship about to fall in Dr. X's hands, Action Man makes haste to recover the warhead, aided by his team and Dr. X's former lackey Ursula. Live action mission: Cut off Dr X's fuel supply in the North Sea. Team mate on radio: Action 2 (Knuck). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Making mistakes.
2. Fountain of Youth
Air Date: 1995-09-30
Dr. X captures the Fargo scientists to get hold of the regenerative Extract Herb to gain a fortune out of youth serum. Action Man liberates the scientists, but Dr. X has destroyed all their research. Live action mission: Invade Doctor X's headquarters in New York, USA. Team mate on radio: Action 3 (Natalie) Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Recycling.
3. Cybersoldier
Air Date: 1995-10-07
Dr. X steals an experimental KGB cybernetic android. Action Man barely survives his encounter with the android, but uses this an advantage to beat Dr. X to his game at a robotics factory. Live action mission: Contain radioactive waste in Madagascar. Team mate on radio: Action 2 (Knuck). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Exercising.
4. You Can't Go Home Again
Air Date: 1995-10-14
Natalie helps Action Man recall some of his past memories, but realise they had followed a false trail to Haven Mount village that Dr. X is holding captive to ensure the destruction of the Xtreme Station. Live action mission: Disable megamind computer in Sri Lanka. Team mate on radio: Action Command (Secretary Norris). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Imagination.
5. Ancient History
Air Date: 1995-10-21
Dr. X has stolen a tunneling machine and kidnapped a team of miners for an excavation led by Natalie's uncle Ian, under blackmail from Dr. X. Live action mission: Destroy weapons factory in Alice Springs, Australia. Team mate on radio: Action 2 (Knuck). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Riding a bike.
6. The Red Plague
Air Date: 1995-10-28
Dr. X has taken a beaker of deadly Red Plague virus and kidnapped Dr. Pandemo who developed the cure. Action Man is lured to Dr. X's underground lab so Dr. X can steal the Jet Xtreme. Live action mission: Cut off Dr X's arms supply in Edinburgh, Scotland. Team mate on radio: Action 2 (Knuck). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Appearance.
7. Peril At Perigee
Air Date: 1995-11-04
Dr. X has hijacked a stealth bomber. Dr. X takes the bomber's weapons to launch from the European Space Agency base. Live action mission: Liberate quark plate in Cayman Islands. Team mate on radio: Action 4 (Jacques). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Don't use drugs.
8. Rogue Moons
Air Date: 1995-11-11
Dr. X has a rogue moon launcher set to destroy Earth's cities. Can Action Man find the gun bunker in time to stop the launcher? Live action mission: Intercept arms shipment in Morocco, North Africa. Team mate on radio: Action 3 (Natalie). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Swimming in the sea.
9. Hands Down
Air Date: 1995-11-18
Dr. X's kidnaps the American ambassador to brainwash him in order to set up the Action Team. Action Man goes vigilante to root out Dr. X and clear the Action Team's name. Live action mission: Secure village dam in La Paz, Bolivia. Team mate on radio: Action 4 (Jacques). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Disabilities.
10. We Come in Peace
Air Date: 1995-11-25
Dr. X has stolen an anti-gravity device to stage an alien attack on Earth. Professor Mackenzie who invented the device helps Action Man any way possible. Live action mission: Disable sub station in New Orleans, USA. Team mate on radio: Action 4 (Jacques). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Recycling.
11. R.A.I.D.
Air Date: 1995-12-02
With his Catalyst Crystal plot thwarted, Dr. X sends a dog (which Jacque adopts under the name Raid) to attack Action Man. Live action mission: Stop Dr X's signal in Boston, USA. Team mate on radio: Action 3 (Natalie). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Follow instructions.
12. Skynap
Air Date: 1995-12-09
Dr. X steals Jet Xtreme and kidnaps Secretary Norris and takes over the Action Space Station to start a major war around the world. Live action mission: Secure experimental serum in Barcelona, Spain. Team mate on radio: Action 2 (Knuck). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Riding a bike.
13. The Outside Edge
Air Date: 1995-12-16
Dr. X and his infiltrator Domichi frame Secretary Norris of corruption and disband the Action Team. Live action mission: Destroy weapons stockpile in Los Angeles, USA. Team mate on radio: Action 2 (Knuck). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Using the Internet.
1. The X Factor
Air Date: 1996-09-22
Action Man helps Knuck investigate his nephew Tom who has been involved in Gangrene's X-Vitamin steroid tests. Action Man tricks Dr. X into destroying Gangrene's lab and prevents him from putting the X-Vitamin into the city's water supply. Live action mission: Disrupt blockage in Lake Ontario, Canada. Team mate on radio: Action 3 (Natalie). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Drugs.
2. Ice Age
Air Date: 1996-09-29
Dr. X steals a Neutron Phalanx Gun and a large amount of Plutonium to destroy the world of its oceans. Action Man recovers the Neutron Phalanx, while Kunck defuses the Plutonium bombs. Live action mission: Disable and destroy Dr X's new base in the Greek Islands. Team mate on radio: Action 3 (Natalie). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Going outside in the sun.
3. Soul of Evil
Air Date: 1996-10-06
Soon after winning a martial arts match, Action Man encounters an assassin named Gem Eye. Learning they both have the same "AM" tattoo, Action Man is led to believe that he and Gem Eye are both members of an assassin cult called the Acolytes of Mayhem. Live action mission: Detonate and destroy toxic dump in Alaska, USA. Team mate on radio: Action Command (Secretary Norris). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Recycling.
4. Deja Vu
Air Date: 1996-10-13
While Dr. X attempts to abduct the G7 leaders, Action Man is constantly troubled by how familiar Dr. X's plan feels. A memory flash reveals that it was Action Man himself that came up with the plan in the first place. Live action mission: Escape prison and expose Dr X's strategies in Hawaii, USA. Team mate on radio: Action 3 (Natalie). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Smoking.
5. Satellite Down
Air Date: 1996-10-20
A satellite containing important security codes for the World Security Council goes down in a hidden civilisation nestled somewhere in the Antarctic. Live action mission: Disable warhead in Moscow, Russia. Team mate on radio: Action Command (Secretary Norris). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: What to do for emergencies.
6. Space Walk
Air Date: 1996-10-27
Dr. X takes control of a fully automated private space shuttle carrying two of the world's richest men. Live action mission: Secure armory in Cherbourge, France. Team mate on radio: Action Command (Secretary Norris). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Riding a bike.
7. The Most Dangerous Prey
Air Date: 1996-11-03
The Action Team head to Australia to free a group of locals being forced by Dr. X's to mine uranium, but Jet Extreme is shot down soon afterwards by Dr. X's Overseer robot. Stranded with no working equipment, Action Man and his friends must survive as Dr. X and the Overseer hunt them down. Live action mission: Secure top secret files in Palermo, Sicily. Team mate on radio: Action Command (Secretary Norris). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Animals in cars.
8. Points of Danger
Air Date: 1996-11-10
Action Man and his team must protect a special fish called the "Puppet Quill" that can emit a special gas. Dr. X needs the fish to create a mind control gas which he plans to use on the world's leaders. Live action mission: Retrieve detonators in Marseilles, France. Team mate on radio: Action 3 (Natalie). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Poisonous plants.
9. Crack of Doom
Air Date: 1996-11-17
The people of Vulcana Island live in isolation from the rest of the world, but Dr. X earns the locals' trust after saving their island from a volcanic eruption, and manages to make the Action Team and the World Security Council look bad in the process. Live action mission: "Operation Freebird" escape prison and silence alarm in Vienna, Austria. Team mate on radio: Action 4 (Jacques). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Rainforests.
10. Space Wars
Air Date: 1996-11-24
Dr. X sends a diversionary attack to Brussels to keep the Action Team busy while he steals and arms a space shuttle from Cape Canaveral. His goal: to take over an abandoned but still armed space station. Live action mission: "Operation Lock and Key" destroy Doctor X's warehouse in Birmingham, England. Team mate on radio: Action 2 (Knuck). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Playing loud music.
11. Past Performance
Air Date: 1996-12-01
Dr. X breaks into a top secret facility in Switzerland with intentions to steal a decryption computer with intentions to steal secret codes and launch a missile in a bid to destroy select points across the Earth. Live action mission: Disable auto chopper in Crete, The Mediterranean. Team mate on radio: Action 2 (Knuck) Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Taking care of pets.
12. A Time For Action (1)
Air Date: 1996-12-08
Jacques is invited to join his family for the holidays, but a sargovian gold shipment is underway which Dr. X wants to get his hands on which as a result interrupts these plans. Live action mission: "Operation Homing Pigeon" rescue captured witness inside warehouse and escape. Team mate on radio: Action 2 (Knuck). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Reading.
13. A Time For Action (2)
Air Date: 1996-12-15
After escaping from the destroyed plane before Jacques can land and pick up Action Man and Natalie he discovers his father has been captured and being held as prisoner alongside Secretary Norris at the embassy. Live action mission: Destroy chiller machine in the Bahamas. Team mate on radio: Action Command (Secretary Norris). Action Man's end-of-episode lesson: Clean up after yourself.
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Rating
7.5/10
Release Date
1995-09-23
Episodes
26 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
DiC Entertainment
Bohbot Communications