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I first heard of this band from maybe that kids show “Yo Gabba Gabba” then later I found out The Aquabats made their show and that they’ve had this band since the 1990s. Watching season 1 there’s also this pilot before the show was greenlit and there’s also this cartoon in the middle of the show as well as a fake commercial about some invention from a company called Gloopy. The band consists of The MC Bat Commander, Crash Mclarson, Eagle Bones Falconhawk, Jimmy the Robot, and Ricky Fitness. They also have this giant bus or what they call a Battle Tram they travel around in as well.
After the pilot episode where they fight a tortilla monster, there’s a whole season where in each episode they fight a different monster, have a guest appearance from someone, and then there’s this cartoon with a story arc until the end of season 1. The MC Bat Commander is the leader of the team, Crash can become gigantic when he becomes emotional, Eagle Bones can shoot lasers from his guitar and then gets a glove where with it, he can summon an invisible hawk, eagle, or falcon, called “The Dude” which is a spirit animal, Jimmy the Robot can shoot lasers or missiles from his fingers and can scan things since he’s a robot, and Ricky Fitness has super speed.
Some of these episodes are also named after some of the songs they wrote from their previous albums. There are also guest stars either from the internet or on tv that make cameos as well and some of them are just surprising at times. Then in season 2, The Aquabats in some episodes tell people about their origins on how they all met, and there these flashbacks that are animated differently as an experiment at times. They also have the songs they did for this show as well and the show won an Emmy for outstanding stunt coordination.
Then after the show ended they made this series where The MC Bat Commander gets the band back together for the show and it’s called “Saturday Morning! With the Aquabats!” and then the “All RadVentures! with The Aquabats!” and I might link the Youtube playlists to them as well as seasons 1 and 2 as well. Watching this it felt like I was watching the Power Rangers with all of its campy style and over-the-top villains. The Aquabats! Super Show! is an amazing live-action show and a fun place for some escapism and today we need that more than ever. You can also watch all of this on their YouTube page since it seems like the DVDs to the show are all sold out now.
Here’s The Aquabats! YouTube page.
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAquabats
Here’s season 1 of The Aquabats! Super Show!
Here’s season 2.
Here’s Saturday Morning! With The Aquabats!
Also finally The All New RadVentures! with The Aquabats!