wait remember super robot monkey team hyperforce go i mean help with a title like that good old
serfunge as i have been recently taking the plunge back into the jedex library i have been wanting
to tackle this one for quite some time for some reason i just keep making videos that relate back
to robots that being said yes a cubix video is on the way super robot monkey team hyperforce go oh
no no for the sake of my sanity and this video unless i need to we are referring to this show
as super robot monkey maybe a team thrown in there for good measure sometimes can we all
agree on that right now at the start cool thanks running for 52 episodes over four
seasons super robot monkey team was the first original show produced specifically for the
jet x block of content for all of the jedex channels around the world no that's a jet x
we're talking about jetix but what super robot monkey team set out to do is answer one question
what if the power rangers were actually a team of robot monkeys yeah that's actually the best way i
can put it video over thanks for watching oh you wanted you wanted more okay fine roll the intro
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this the word suga zoom mean anything to you well picture a planet where in which there is only one
large city and the rest is comprised of barren wastelands in this city shook a zoom city on the
planet suga zoom we follow our main protagonist chiro a boy who when exploring the outer limits of
the city found himself a frozen in time seemingly abandoned robot becoming one with the nature
around it due to his curious nature he took a look inside of it flipped the switch got some
ghost powers sorry i thought i was reading the wrong script here chiro then discovers what seems
to be a bunch of stasis tanks that bring back the consciousness of five robot monkeys of the
super variety but chiro was changed from this now becoming one with the power primate a supernatural
form of energy that gives him a signature combat outfit and strength and bravery and to ultimately
be the leader of the super robot monkey team naturally of course the team consisting of
sparks or sprx77 the semi jokester ladies man ladies monkey ladies monkey man bot i don't
know he digs the chicks but don't let his love distractions fool you he's the best pilot on the
team and a major asset in combat he has these big magnet fists if you couldn't tell he helps bring
out a lot of the comedy in the show and becomes a distraction in some cases for chiro's focus he's
also voiced by corey feldman of all people antari the second in command for the group focuses on a
clear mind in calculated strategies when it comes to training and fighting the enemies as well as
how he passes off his wisdom and ideals to chiro he's more serious than he is a goofball but he can
still find fun in the moments in between his main moveset relies on his signature ghost claws he
is voiced by kevin michael richardson also having this certain robot look of the more black and some
gray in seasons one and two and for seasons three and four it would be more silver than black but
that's for a big story related reason is nova well she's the front line fighter of the group tough
but not emotionless as she serves as the core of the team and more specifically chiro nova plays
into the deeper overall plot of the show relating back to the skeleton king we will get back to him
later nova has the powers of her big robot fists ready to take on any challenge she is voiced by
carrie walgren next is gibson the smartest one of the bunch as he is the team scientist most of
the time he focuses on his experiments that lead to great discoveries and sometimes the detriment
of the whole group this doesn't mean that he isn't ready for a fight as he has these powerful cybovac
drills and on top of that he's voiced by spongebob himself tom kenny last but not least is otto the
mechanic of the team with an unparalleled mind when it comes to understanding how things work
and fixing things up technically he would also be the group's healer as well since they themselves
are robotic and he repairs when necessary if there were a class clown otto would be it his weapons of
choice are his holy mackerel freaking energy saws that's so cool and he's voiced by clancy brown
that's so cool chiro himself is a teenager gifted now with the abilities of the aforementioned power
primate and is now the leader of the hyperforce here after coming to terms with his potential
destiny he fumbles his way through being the strong leader he was meant to be he's not perfect
he hasn't mastered the role he now inhabits we see him learn and overcome constantly throughout the
series as he discovers the powers he can wield and the leader he is positioned to be voiced by greg
sypes he fosters all these strong bonds with the team connecting more with the group as their time
together progresses some fun some sweet there are some other characters of great note to look
at like jinme a robot girl who becomes a member of the hyper force at one point to help protect
the city she is voiced by ashley johnson and adds in a hopeful yet determined demeanor to the group
with her having to deal with her own strengths and honing them as well as her relationship with chiro
the sunriders who at first are the idols that shiro looks up to and when they first
encounter one another they are actually the bad guys but upon later appearances become mutuals to
aid in battle they have their own set of powers like super quasar who can shoot solar energy
johnny sunspot who can control and manipulate black holes in aurora 6 well she's got a gun
a sun gun they acquired these powers thanks to the skeleton king when they were working for him
captain suge-zoom an older defender of the city who basically has the same identity as batman who
was this wealthy playboy businessman but then was frozen in time for 60 years during a battle and is
brought back by the city's own super robot monkey team hyperforce go he's even cooler when you know
it's bruce campbell who voiced him he basically served as inspiration into what chiro can be but
that's just our main man and robot monkey friends and associates let's see what evil these heroes
must face what is that some kind of wonky jungle rat the super robot monkey team over force go is
coming up next on x check out atari and the rest of the monkeys in the original series
the skeleton king the show's main evil bad dude yeah he's pretty cool looking though
skeleton king is beyond this little thing called world domination and is on to full universal
domination starting with our one city planet here suga zoom before darth veer over here is who he is
now this undead war reeker he was the alchemist a combiner of elements able to fuse both science and
magic he was the creator of the super robot monkey team in pursuit of helping captain suga zoom and
fully creating what the hyper force was this was until one fateful event caused the dark ones to
take out the alchemist upon his return his soul was now tainted with the evils of the dark ones
and beyond now pulling the strings he creates quite the hardships for the super robot monkey
team to face mainly his endless army of formless minions even being his evil to go all freddy
krueger on them and psychologically torment them also corrupting them if he saw a chance to listen
he does some crazy stuff in this show but what's even crazier is he is voiced by mark hamill i mean
of course no wonder it's so great velena is also really cool she's known as the skull sorceress
oddly enough i go by the summon skull in my real life voiced by hinden walsh her role in the show
is basically that of a minion to the skeleton king he entrusts her with the powers of a sorceress
to have her do his bidding and work on bringing him back to the mortal world by resurrecting him
wow i bet if she succeeded she'd be treated to nothing but a proud skeleton king praising her
alright and then of course the other piece of the puzzle mandarin the original sixth robot
monkey who donned an orange look with a sick energy sword and shield he was the leader of
the team way back when and struggled with his anger issues getting the better of him making
him a tough fighter but a struggling leader he was also the one that eventually causes the incident
where the alchemist gets attacked by the dark ones he was eventually sent packing by the rest
of the robot monkey team after his temptations of power became untameable and the team didn't
align with him he himself was also in stasis when he was accidentally freed by chiro later
on the skeleton king finds him and again don't forget how evil jacked skellington over here is
look i'm not saying he murdered that monkey but after he clones him to release mandarin 2 well you
tell me where he went mandarin 2 however retains all the memories that he originally would have had
and now struggles with even more morality issues overall a conflicted character that in need of
surviving pledges loyalty to the wrong side aiding and attacking the hyperforce mandarin is voiced by
james hong with a mixture of fun colorful and well detailed animation as well as the landscapes the
show pours out a palette that makes every scene pop in its own way designing nice unique looks for
all of the main characters and villains especially seriously this show looks phenomenal so aside from
the incredible voice talent stacking this cast there was a whole lot of talent behind the scenes
as well the show was created by ciro neely a director producer and designer in the industry
who had previously worked on shows like muchalucha and teen titans in an era where a lot of western
shows were borrowing influence from other famed media not just in the at the time zeitgeist but
the anime influence from japan was pouring over more and more into every form of media the anime
influence felt on this show is palpable from the stylized action to the mechs to the scene
transitions clearly the first thing you may notice when seeing the robot monkeys are their colors
resembling the power rangers even having them all work together to pilot a super robot just
like the power rangers do with megazord the show also took inspiration from major properties such
as star wars star trek and even voltron and that's just amongst the most notable lynn naylor who has
worked on stuff like samurai jack my life as a teenage robot and high high puffy amiyumi just
to name a few joined on as the show's character designer helping to give the show its similar and
feeling but unique look her husband christopher carty who wrote for shows like samurai jack the
powerpuff girls and even the my life as a teenage robot tv movie special escape from cluster prime
joined the show as an assistant director there was lots of talent within the team for this project
super robot monkey team hyper force go would premiere during jedex's programming block on
abc family on september 18 2004. toon disney would also play this show on their channels jedx block
and would be the only place to exclusively do so in the us once abc family stopped showing
the jedi's block of content in the late summer of 2006. neely would later go on to lead the creative
team for nickelodeon's 2012 version of the teenage mutant ninja turtles so as a cool achievement he
was able to work on properties for the big three cartoon stations on tv cartoon network disney and
nickelodeon at least i think that's pretty cool as for our robot monkey team show and by the way
massive spoilers here the show ends on quite the cliffhanger when in which the bad guys actually
win by resurrecting the skeleton king and the big setup for this major war brewing things genuinely
looked like a solid ending was brewing that we have been building up to for four seasons
and then there are no more episodes the show was officially canceled and sadly that was the end for
super robot monkey team hyper force go we all failed to stop skeleton king we'll be right back
to super robot on the team hyper force go on x now back to super robot monkey team wiper force go on
x wait do you remember that time that we all got hinted at the potential comeback of that show
well actually hey wait a minute i asked the wait remember questions around here who said that i did
holy scripted encounter batman it's deangelo from hats off media so are we done with this back and
forth segue and i can talk about the show or oh sorry yeah go on thank you like i was saying the
show had some reach beyond its years on tv thanks to a fan base that didn't forget about it in an
interview with the show's creator cyril neely he elaborated on the chance for a continuation
of the series saying there's a finale planned for that and i don't know how i'm going to do it but
i swear i'm going to do it someday i can do it as one movie or i can do it as a whole season it
just depends on how much breath i want to give it like look at the last episode you can either pick
it up from there or you can go five years later it's the war of the undead versus the robot chimps
it's this crazy battlefield where all forces have kinda teamed up against the ultimate evil it'd be
awesome it's all figured out pretty much this interview took place back in december of 2014
with nothing new mentioned or done for the show after from what he did say though shows that he
still has a passion to end the show in a big way for the fans whether that be in a one-off new
season or a full-on movie saying he has it all figured out is nice to hear it shows that there
has been plenty of thought given to the show post-cancellation within his creator the show
ended on the cliffhanger for the fourth season as mentioned earlier with reasons pointing to
merchandise related issues which if that's true it's a shame that the show no matter how the
reception will usually come down to the studio not selling enough t-shirts and action figures
to go along with it neely went on saying everyone bugs me about it all the time and i really want to
sit down and tell everybody what happens but i'd rather just make it someday and give it to them
worst case scenario before i die i'll do a perfect graphic novel of it and then disney can sue me
posthumously because they now completely own it and that's how it goes he would go on to make
some light ribbing on the fact that he could just do it and just change their names and some designs
to get away with it but it would be cool to see where his plans for the show were leading to
maybe without the gravitas of his worst case scenario though so disney isn't gonna do anything
with this property are they probably not but they at least put it on disney plus back in 2020 in the
crop four three ratio and not the full hd 16 9 ratio oh disney you never disappoint well thanks
for covering all that maybe one day we can finally see the full version of the series but as for now
four seasons and a cliffhanger is all we got but to take away the anxiousness of the cliffhanger
the show itself was a blast jetx took the action cartoons to another level with this show
seemingly setting up the blueprint for how action cartoons can be handled under this new banner and
i think it's also why jet x is so memorable for shows like this now as we've mentioned before
that disney xd was the overall end game for what jedex was molded into and became the home for
the exclusive jedex content this is where it would live until it eventually didn't this show had some
pretty grand ideas that pack more weight between the character interactions than what it seems like
on the surface oh sorry were you not expecting the heavy weight of sad outcomes consequences
and crushing defeat to be littered throughout the colorful silly robot monkey mech fighting disney
show well it's full of moments that leave a major impact on the story characters feel like they are
living through these more grim moments characters even die like major characters and don't come back
kind of not only was it surprising to see what this show pushed for and got away with but how
it was executed within its medium and target audience the effects can be felt the characters
feel fleshed out and this whole one major city feels a lot more fleshed out than you'd think and
i really think that contributes to why it feels so alive the time spent in developing every aspect
of the show and now when it comes to the home entertainment side of things there was no official
video game released for it i believe there were plans with thq but as far as i know and what i can
find out there it's nothing more than just a myth but you know there has to be some web-based games
you can play like monkey dash a kind of endless on-rail shooter where you fight the formless
enemies and then mission alpha monkeys mobilize where you play as the different monkeys in their
separated vehicular weapons as you try to save shuga zoom city but hey at least at the end of
the day i can flip open my game boy advance sp and watch some super robot monkey team hyper force
go thanks to game boy advance video super robot monkey team hyper force go can be silly it can be
crass but at the end of the day it kicks a whole bunch of asking the question to you now what are
your thoughts on this show were you a big fan of it and would you like to see a final season or an
ending movie that completes the creator's original vision let me know in the comments thanks so much
for watching and thanks so much to deangelo of hats off media for stopping by today to discuss
the show thanks for having me on jordan can i call you jordan actually well too bad cause i'm gonna
my name is the angelo edwards and i run a channel called hats off media where i take my hat off to
any form of media i feel deserves it from cartoons to manga to movies i do it all though right now my
main focus are action cartoons if you want a good example of the kind of stuff i make you can check
out my video on magus xlr and how cartoon network basically sabotaged it or if you're still up for
some monkey business you can check out my video on the hyper force i also have a video on symbionic
titan going up soon that you won't want to miss and if you like art you might like mine which
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