Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox television Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks is an animated preschool television series created by David Snyder and Bill Gross. The series aired from September 25, 2006, to July 1, 2008, on Discovery Kids and TLC. The series is produced by Bigfoot, Inc., Big Bang Digital Studios, Endgame Entertainment, and CCI Entertainment in association with Discovery Kids and Cartoon Network UK. It presented the fictional adventures of anthropomorphic monster trucks with the personalities of younger children.

In 2007, the series was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Special Class Animated Programs category. Head writers credited on the show were Ken Cuperus, Alice Prodanou and Dave Dias. Voices were recorded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Plot

Episodes take place in the fictional place of Crushington Park, especially in a practice arena full of obstacles and cars to destroy. The reference to Bigfoot (the original monster truck) was mentioned later in the program. The first premiere episode "Race Relations" does not have the character LT (Bigfoot's son), but instead has a tow truck named Hook who also has a profile on the official website.

Characters

Main

• Meteor T. Rover, best known as just Meteor, (voiced by Cameron Ansell), is a space expeditionary rover-modeled monster truck sporting red tires and the main protagonist of the series. He doesn't have a specific treadmark, he just has a dozen small domes on his tires.
• José (voiced by Mitchell Eisner) is a fire engine-modeled monster truck and the cousin of LT. Has pickaxe and fire helmet patterns on his tires, although they are salty despite the fact they do not go down the sides of his tires.
• Junkboy (voiced by Cliff Saunders) is a garbage truck-modeled monster truck. Has trash can patterns on his tires, they are salty as they correctly go down the sides of his tires.
• Ponytail (voiced by Tajja Isen) is a pink monster truck sporting a blonde ponytail and horseshoe patterns on her tires.
• Little Tow, also known as its abbreviation LT, (voiced by Scott McCord), is a tow truck-modeled monster truck based on the 2004-2008 Ford F-150, who is the son of Bigfoot and the cousin of José. Has tow hook patterns on his tires.
• Sarge (voiced by Dan Petronijevic) is a military Jeep-modeled monster truck. He typically refers to his friends as "soldiers", hence his military-like personality. It is unknown what his treadmarks look like.
• Sinker (voiced by Linda Ballantyne) is a bluish-green monster truck decked out in fishing gear and wears a red and yellow checkered hat. Has fish patterns on his tires.
• Amby (voiced by Laurie Elliot) is an ambulance-modeled monster truck. Has band-aid patterns on his tires.
• Big Wheelie (voiced by Martin Roach) is a school bus-modeled monster truck with flames, and the teacher/headmaster of Crushington Park School.
• Race Announcer (voiced by Brad Adamson) is an off-screen announcer who commentates the races the trucks are in.

Supporting

• Bigfoot (voiced by Rod Wilson) is the most famous monster truck. He is LT and Zooey's dad, and José's uncle. Bigfoot is always seen at the Crushington Park Speedway practicing with the other famous monster trucks. Loosely based on a lot more generic version of the ninth generation Ford F-Series with a split windshield, minus the turn signals, and named after the truck of the same name.
• Boo Boo (voiced by George Buza) is the owner of Boo Boo's Body Shop and is the only mechanic in town.
• Buck Haymaker (voiced by Keith Hampshire) is a tractor-styled monster truck. He is Pony's father and Duke's uncle.
• Cement Brent (voiced by Colin O'Meara) is a cement truck-styled monster truck. He is the father of Concrete Pete.
• Concrete Pete (voiced by Billy Rosemberg) is a young cement truck-styled monster truck. Has V-shaped patterns on his tires.
• Cosmo Starfinder (voiced by Len Carlson) is a famous monster truck who is one of Meteor's heroes.
• Crushmeister (voiced by Cathal J. Dodd) is a famous red and yellow monster truck. He is friends with Big Wheelie and has Lightyear tires.
• Duke (voiced by Lyon Smith) is Pony's cousin. Has cow horn patterns on his tires.
• Dynamic Dan (voiced by Brian Froud) is the host of the TV show "Monster Trucking Today." Has film patterns on his tires.
• Forby Forklift is a forklift-styled monster truck with golden-brown tires.
• Grandpa Rover (voiced by Bill Lynn) is Meteor's grandfather.
• Hook (voiced by Joanne Vannicola) is an orange monster truck who has broken lightbulb and cross-bone patterns on his tires. He was only seen in the first episode and was replaced by Little Tow
• King Crush is an oversized steamroller-like monster truck from the horror movies.
• Mrs. Halftrack (voiced by Valerie Boyle) is a monster truck that once served in the military. She served as substitute teacher while Big Wheelie was competing in a mountain monster truck race in "Where's Wheelie".
• Mrs. Rover (voiced by Julie Lemieux) is Meteor's mom who is currently on a space mission.
• Senora Rosa (voiced by Rosa Labordé) is LT and Zooey's mom is a rollback-modeled monster truck. Has rose patterns on her tires.
• Sue the Rooter (voiced by Stacey DePass) is a sewage truck-styled monster truck. Has plunger patterns on her tires.
• Zooey (voiced by Isabel de Carteret) is LT's younger sister. She has two pigtails, and knows everything about animals. Has paw-print patterns on her tires.
• Girl Truck (voiced by Alessandra Cannito in "King Krush" and Tajja Isen in "Special Delivery") is a yellow truck resembling Amby.
• Boy Truck (voiced by Timothy Lai in "King Krush" and Cole Caplan in "Special Delivery") is a blue truck resembling Ponytail.

Broadcast

The series made its world premiere in the United Kingdom on Cartoon Network Too on September 4, 2006, as a launch program for their Cartoonito block. In the U.S., the show aired on Discovery Kids (now Discovery Family) from September 25, 2006 to October 9, 2010, and TLC from October 2, 2006 to September 26, 2008. Reruns of the show later aired on Qubo from March 30, 2015 to December 31, 2017.

In Canada, the show aired on the Canadian version of Discovery Kids.

Internationally, the show aired on Boomerang's Tiny TV block in Australia, Nickelodeon in India, Kids Central in Singapore, RTB2 in Brunei, VTM Kids in Belgium, Pop in Slovenia, and TVB Pearl in China.

Christian version

Minnesota-based Rising Star Studios produced a Christian version of the series, titled Monster Truck Adventures, was produced and aired on The Church Channel, TBN, and Smile from October 2, 2012 to 2020. In this version, a different race announcer would expound more upon each episode by reviewing its events and linking it to a Bible verse.

It was also broadcast on the Australian Christian Channel in Australia.

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