Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines

Video
1985
53m

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Action Adventure Animation Family Thriller

Originally serialized in the syndicated _Super Week_, which began this serial with the tug-of-war scene 17 minutes in, paired with the first five episodes of _Robotix_, which after the first... Read allOriginally serialized in the syndicated _Super Week_, which began this serial with the tug-of-war scene 17 minutes in, paired with the first five episodes of _Robotix_, which after the first week became _Super Sunday_, (_Jem_ and _Inhumanoids_ were also rotated in and out), this ... Read allOriginally serialized in the syndicated _Super Week_, which began this serial with the tug-of-war scene 17 minutes in, paired with the first five episodes of _Robotix_, which after the first week became _Super Sunday_, (_Jem_ and _Inhumanoids_ were also rotated in and out), this series depicts a graduate student named Jennifer pursued by goons of millionaire industria... Read all

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6.3/10

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Susan Blu

Jennifer
(voice)
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Wally Burr

Close McCall
(voice)

Peter Cullen

Arthur Ravenscroft
(voice)

Adrian Ravenscroft
(voice)
(as Chris Latta)
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Lance LeGault

Yank Justice
(voice)

Neil Ross

Ravenscroft's Chauffeur
(voice)

Arthur Burghardt

Professor D.
(voice)
(uncredited)

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- Flint Dille
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Trivia
This series is remembered mostly for launching 1:64 scale vehicles through Matchbox under the title "Super Chargers" Ironically, years later Bigfoot was copyrighted to be sold under tbe title "Muscle Machines" but didn't feature any of the trucks in the show, only current to the day versions and a few custom paint job versions of Bigfoot.

Goofs
Either identical twins Red and Redder keep switching clothes with one-another when no one else is changing, or the animators forgot which one was which, as their names and personalities switch back and forth.

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Edited from Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines (1985)

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"Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines" was one of those 80s cartoons, part of a seemingly endless stream from the US, that pitted a group of superheroes against a scene-chewing bad guy. Based on a toy by Hasbro, the crime fighting team here were Yank Justice and his giant machine 'Bigfoot', alongside a pair of foxy red-headed twins, and the silver-haired Prof D. In the UK video version (presumably a amalgamation of a few episodes) they help out with preventing billionaire Mr. Big getting his hands on the fountain of youth.

It's all rather predictable, but makes a change from the usual space setting by having humans battling humans, and Yank Justice's sadistic streak is a bonus, "Are we gonna talk? Or munch knuckle?!". The animation is shoddy though, and it's all a bit tedious after Bigfoot has got out of each predicament by driving over everything in sight. Probably better in bitesize episodes rather than this 50 minute marathon.