Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! (also known as Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Menace in Canada and Bucky O'Hare in the United Kingdom) is an animated series created by Sunbow Productions, Abrams/Gentile Entertainment, Continuity Comics and the French company IDDH, co-produced by Marvel Productions and distributed by Hasbro's subsidiary Claster Television. It was based on the cult comic Bucky O'Hare, and animated by AKOM. It debuted in 1991 in the United States, and 1992 on in the UK on the BBC. The show was made with the intention of promoting the new Bucky O'Hare themed toy line. When plans for that fell through, the series was abruptly cancelled after only 13 episodes. Cast Long John Baldry as Komplex, Pit Stop Pete Jay Brazeau as Toad Air Marshall, Secretary General, Mentor, Rumble Bee Gary Chalk as Commander Dogstar, Al Negator, Quentin, MC, Major Bottlenose, Dan,  Blackbeak, Kamikaze Kamo, General Baboon, Total Terror Toad, Digger McSquint, Wolf, Tri-Bot #1 Doc Harris as Toad TV, Harman, Fake Pirate Simon Kendall as Security Toad #3, Bridge Toad #1 Sam Khouth as A.F.C. Blinky, Frix, Doug, Jeff, Croakley, Tri-Bot #3 Terry Klassen as Rat Produce Merchant, Scarbill, The Newt, Toad Crew Member Scott McNeil as Dead-Eye Duck, Frax, David, Tinker,  Larry, Wartimer, Dexter, Mostly-Mouth Robot-A, Grebb, Sly Lee-Zard, False Bucky Shane Meier as Willy DuWitt Jason Michas as Bucky O'Hare Richard Newman as Toadborg, Wolf, Mostly-Mouth Robot-B, Tri-Bot #2 Pauline Newstone as Lanelle Doug Parker as Andy Phibian, Bruiser’s Mother David Steele as Toad-Mammal, Toad Cowboy Margot Pinvidic as Jenny, Verruca, Sunshine, Mother Aldebaran, Mimi LaFloo, Aunt Iris, Susie, Roona, Toadanne, Felicia, High Artificer, T.J. Dale Wilson as Bruiser, Bruce, Guardroid, Announcer, Captain Smada, Bob, Hopkins, Redjack, Samurai Commander, Rumble Bee

Differences from the comics

Most of the ideas from the comic book were used for the cartoon, with several major differences. The parallel universe the story takes place in is named the "Aniverse". Willy DuWitt can travel freely between Earth and the Aniverse instead of being stranded there. Bruce is transported into another dimension instead of killed. The Toad Empire are willingly following KOMPLEX instead of brainwashed. Deadeye has a Southern accent instead of a Scottish accent. The nigh-omnipotent mouse is nowhere to be seen. Jenny reveals her psionic powers to Willy DuWitt. The cartoon explored more of the Aniverse and followed a loose unifying arc, with Bucky's home planet of Warren being captured by the toads in the season premiere and liberated in the finale (which was co-written by Neal Adams).

Characters

Bucky and his crew are members of the S.P.A.C.E. organization, which stands for Sentient Protoplasm Against Colonial Encroachment. The members of the Toad Empire introduced are as follows:

Characters only in the animated series

Almost all the characters listed above are both from the comic book and the cartoon. Most of the new ones that were introduced are listed below.

Episode list

Home media releases

Sometime after its initial television airing, Family Home Entertainment released all thirteen episodes of the show on six VHS cassettes in North America. In the United Kingdom, BBC Video released twelve out of the thirteen episodes across six VHS tapes, then Metrodome Entertainment released all thirteen episodes on a Region 2 DVD set, as well as a single volume DVD, both of which are now out of print.