Boys of the Future

Boys of the Future is a Canadian animated science-fiction television series that premiered on YTV on August 4, 1992 and ended on July 1, 1994. It is created by Ray McDermott and developed by Alison Taylor.
==Plot==
Eight human boys (Aaron, Dusty, Chip, Stony, Scoot, Brain, Stink and Slick) are accidentally zapped into the future by Jay's grandfather Albert, who owns a garage called Albert's Junkyard. After spending a day with an alien boy named Slasher (who looks like a cross between a snake and a lizard), they discover the year is 4997 and that Earth has been destroyed by an alien race known as the "Evil One-Eyed Scum".
The boys find a way back to their time, but then the EOES attack their city. In order to prevent this, they decide to help their future selves fight off the EOES. The kids travel into the future through a time machine built by Jay's grandfather.
After several missions in the future, the boys return to 1999, where they realize they are being pursued by the EOES' robots. Jay's uncle Burt tells them the only way to get rid of the robots is to travel to the past and find Jay's grandmother Ruby, who could help them get rid of the robots forever. But when they return to the junkyard, they realize that it is up to them to save their own future by saving the past. They decide to do that by taking 5 robots and bringing them into the past where they can defeat the EOES once and for all.
In the future, the kids also meet two female aliens, Sly and Troy, and discover that their future leader, Z-Meg is only pretending to be good. He is actually under the influence of an EOES commander named Sly and he also turns out to be Sly's brother.
==Cast==
* Mike Smith as Stink, Dusty, Scoot, Chip, Sly, Slasher and Troy
* Aaron Solowoniuk as Aaron
* Aaron Ashmore as Brain
* Aaron Schwartz as Slick and Scoot (pilot)
* Dana Snyder as Z-Meg, Robots and Dusty (pilot)
* Terry Klassen as Uncle Burt and Z-Meg
== Production ==
When the production began in 1991, the show had a different opening theme song and it was produced in a lower quality. It took three years before the opening theme song was produced in a higher quality, and the sound quality in the pilot and the episodes was also produced in a higher quality. The sound was improved, and the episodes were also retitled in the same quality in the episode entitled, "The Beginning". The show is still produced in this quality.
The first episode to be aired was titled "The Beginning" because all of the other episodes were based on the storyline from the pilot. However, the show went through several creative changes. On one occasion, the show had two story arcs that ran at the same time, with episodes alternating between the two arcs.
A number of episodes and some of the stories in the show were based on previous ideas and concepts. Some of the episodes were also based on story concepts that were not used in previous shows that had also been produced by Alison Taylor. The show was a hit in Canada, airing on YTV on Sunday mornings. The show was based on the idea that the boys could travel back in time to help their future selves stop the destruction of Earth by a race of aliens called the Evil One-Eyed Scum. 
There were originally nine aliens. Aaron, the leader, was from the present; Brain, the smart one; Scoot, the fast one; Chip, the tough one; Dusty, the funny one; Stony, the strong one; and Slick, the cool one. They also had a dog named Jay and they traveled around in a time machine. The aliens originally had different names. In the pilot, the names of the characters were changed.
In this series, there are two different kinds of aliens. The first kind are the aliens who are from the future and travel back in time in order to prevent the destruction of their planet. These aliens are the ones who are friendly with the boys. 
The second kind are the ones who are from the present, and they travel to the future in order to destroy their planet. These aliens are the ones who are the enemy of the boys and they are the ones who are also from the present.
According to Aaron Solowoniuk, the voice of Aaron, the original concept for the show was that the boys would be the heroes of their own lives and they would have adventures and save the day. This was the reason why they were all named after famous people. 
The boys also had special powers. Brain could do telekinesis, Dusty could teleport, Stony was a robot, and Chip was a mutant who could change his appearance and become invisible. 
The boys were also the heroes of the show. They were all from different time periods, which was the reason why they had special powers. For example, Dusty could do teleportation, Stony was a robot, and Chip could become invisible.
The boys also had different personalities. For example, Brain was the leader, Aaron was the scientist, Stony was the smart one, Chip was the tough one, and Slick was the funny one. 
In the show, the boys traveled to the future in order to help their future selves stop the destruction of Earth. They traveled to the future through a time machine that was built by the grandfather of one of the boys. The time machine was originally created to bring them back to their time. The grandfather of one of the boys was a genius, so he was the one who built the time machine. 
The show was produced in a lower quality at the beginning, but it was produced in a higher quality in the later episodes. The show had a few creative changes. The first creative change was that the show had two story arcs. The first story arc ran from the pilot to episode 17, and the second story arc ran from episode 18 to episode 26.
Category:Television series
Category:Canadian television series
Category:Canadian animated television series
Category:1990s Canadian animated television series
Category:Science-Fiction
Category:YTV
Category:1992
Category:TobySilva77's ideas