A.T.O.M. (TV series)

***A.T.O.M.*** (*Alpha Teens on Machines*) is a French animated television series, which chronicles the adventures of five teenagers, set in the fictional Landmark City. The Alpha Teens, which consist of Axel Manning (the main character), Catalina Leone, Crey Kingston, Zack Hawkes, and Ollie Sharker, test prototype vehicles and weapons for Lee Industries, and use these prototypes to combat criminals, particularly the sadistic Alexander Paine.

In the United Kingdom, Australia and Latin America, the series is called *Action Man A.T.O.M.* and has its own comic book from Panini Comics.

## Story

Janus Lee, head of Lee Industries, holds a television contest as a front to recruit a group of talented teenagers. Using prototype weapons, gadgets and vehicles, the Alpha Teens, Axel, King, Hawk, Shark and Lioness join forces to battle against the criminal mastermind, Alexander Paine. However, after Paine's defeat, it is revealed that Lee's true purpose was to use the teens' DNA to create clones powered with animal genes. The Alpha Teens once again have to team up to stop Lee and his army of mutants.

## Gear

### Heroes

* **Alpha Teens**: Night Ops Mode, Turbo Board, Earth-buggy, Hypersonic Stratojet, Slamma, Mechcavators, A115, Hydraulix Jamma
* **Axel Manning**: XT-9000, Turbo Board Prototype, Thunderbike 3000, Mecha Speeder, Protojet-5000, Nitrobike XT-7, Jet-Mech and Airjet
* **Crey Kingston** (**King**): Thunderquad 3000, Power Ram, Destructo-Mech and Trackerjet
* **Zack Hawkes** (**Hawk**): Rotorbike 3000, Jetwing, Strato-Mech and Bladejet
* **Catalina Leone** (**Lioness**): MTX 9000, Tagblaster Prototype and Crossjet
* **Ollie Herbert Surfer Sharker** (**Shark**): Speedshark 3000, Sharkski 3000, Scubashark, Aqua-Mech and Subjet

### Villains

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* Paine's Gang: Mechcavators
* Alexander Paine: Street Shredder, Jet Burner, Tagblaster
* Spydah: Bike Fang 8X8X8 and Wall Walker
* Flesh: Barbell (called a Dumbbell on his toy)
* Tilian: Fang-Pack and Snakebike 3001
* Wrecka: Street-Bow
* Firekat: Claw-Climber
* Stingfly: Jet-Sting
* Rayza: Vipah-Fish
* D-Zel: Half of himself (parts of a motorbike)
* Optical: Mechcavator
* Luis Badlam: death machine

## Voice cast

### Main voice cast

* James Arnold Taylor - Axel Manning, Sebastian Manning, Tilian
* Brian Donovan - Ollie "Shark" Sharker, Rayza
* Aldis Hodge - Crey "King" Kingston, Wrecka
* Alli Mauzey - Catalina "Lioness" Leone, Firekat
* Charlie Schlatter - Zack "Hawk" Hawkes, Stingfly
* Clancy Brown - Alexander Paine
* Tom Kenny - Janus Lee, Roger AKA "Spydah"
* Bill Fagerbakke - Albert AKA "Flesh"
* Kari Wahlgren - Samantha Paine AKA "Magness"
* Alexander Polinsky - Garrett

### Additional voice cast

* Jeff Bennett - Edge, Icarus
* Jeff Black - Hybridon
* Brian Cummings - Vinnie "The Mass" Rossi
* Susan Egan - Buffy
* Erin Fitzgerald - Dr. Rachelle Logan
* Jess Harnell - Col. Richter, Optical, D-Zel
* Yuri Lowenthal - Silas Greene
* Maurice LaMarche - Eel, Fender
* Danny Mann - Recombo, Boon, Director
* Jason Marsden - Master Guan
* Andy Milder - Kip Hawkes
* Pat Musick - Momma Rossi
* Pete Sepenuk - Dr. Nimbus, Bonez
* James Sie - Terrance Yao
* Keith Szarabajka - Dragon
* Isabella Way - Laura
* Thomas F. Wilson - Bogey

## Toyline

The A.T.O.M. toyline is an action figure replacement line of the Action Man franchise owned by Hasbro. Distinctly different from other Action Man toyline variations, A.T.O.M's selling point is that the figures are the standard size of normal action figures and not of a doll format. Much like Action Man however, these figures are sold individually, usually with figure accessories, from the vehicles distributed to accompany them.

The franchise has vastly similar concepts to the 1980s' M.A.S.K. toyline from Kenner (which Hasbro bought in 1991), even down to the code name lettering, as each vehicle for the A.T.O.M members changes from one ordinary looking terrain vehicle to anything that ranges from a jet car with unfolding door wings, to a bike that soon propels its driver into the air as a helicopter.

In 2007, Hasbro released a 12 inch version of A.T.O.M action figures, similar as the original Action Man action figures. The toy series was composed mostly of several versions of Axel Manning, the main character, and Payne, Flesh and Tilian as the villains. A plane, a sport car and several minor vehicles were included on this edition of A.T.O.M. toys. After 2007, the A.T.O.M figures returned to their habitual size.

## Video game

A video game based on the show was published by Blast Games and developed by **Brain in a Jar** for the PlayStation 2.

## See also

* List of French animated television series
* Jetix
* Action Man

## External links

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