| Toxic Crusaders | |
|---|---|
 The Toxic Crusaders: The Television Series, Vol. 1 DVD cover | |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Created by | Lloyd Kaufman Michael Herz |
| Based on | The Toxic Avenger by Lloyd Kaufman |
| Directed by | Bill Hutton Tony Love |
| Starring | Gregg Berger Susan Blu Rodger Bumpass Paul Eiding Ed Gilbert John Mariano Chuck McCann Michael J. Pollard Hal Rayle Susan Silo Kath Soucie Patric Zimmerman |
| Composers | Dennis C. Brown Chuck Lorre Larry Brown |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Fred Wolf |
| Producer | Walt Kubiak |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production companies | Murakami-Wolf-Swenson Sachs Family Entertainment Troma Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | January 21 – May 20, 1991 |
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Toxic Crusaders is an American animated series loosely based on The Toxic Avenger films.[1] It features Toxie, the lead character of the films, leading a group of misfit superheroes who combat pollution. This followed a trend of environmentally considerate animated series and comics of the time,[2] including Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Swamp Thing, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures, as well as animated series based on R-rated properties like RoboCop and Police Academy. As this incarnation was aimed at children, Toxic Crusaders is considerably tamer than the films it was based on, although it contained adult-oriented jokes that would go over most children's heads.[3]
Thirteen episodes were produced and aired, with some episodes airing as a "trial run" in Summer 1990[4] followed by the official debut on January 21, 1991.[5]
The show aired in Canada on YTV from 1991 to 1992. The US cable network G4 aired the first two episodes on July 25, 2009.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 657–658. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Eve M. Kahn (3 March 1991). "Television; Cartoons for a Small Planet". New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 867–868. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ Kahn, Eve M. (1991-03-03). "TELEVISION; Cartoons for a Small Planet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ^ Toxic Avenger Issue #1, Marvel Comics, "Toxic Times" letters page; photo here.