BIG WOLF ON CAMPUS

 

BIG WOLF ON CAMPUS

(YTV, Fox Family Channel/ABC Family Channel, April 2, 1999-April 27, 2002)

 

Telescene (season 1-2), CinéGroupe (season 3), Saban Entertainment

 
 
MAIN CAST:
Brandon Quinn – Thomas P. “Tommy” Dawkins
Danny Smith – Merton J. Dingle
Rachelle Lefevre – Stacey Hanson (season 1)
Aimée Castle – Lauren “Lori” Baxter (season 2-3)
 
 

Tommy Dawkins (Brandon Quinn) was having a pretty good life. He was a star player on the Pleasantville High football team, he was well-liked, and the girl of his dreams--head cheerleader Stacey Hanson (Rachelle Lefevre)--was finally taking an interest in him. Unfortunately, his life was turned upside-down when a wolf bit him on a camping trip and turned him into a werewolf. Forming an unlikely friendship with social outcast and goth Merton Dingle (Danny Smith), who happened to possess as much knowledge about the macabre as he did movie trivia, they worked together to try and remove Tommy’s curse (or convince Tommy to turn him into one) while also dealing with supernatural trouble that found its way to Pleasantville.

Tommy's original werewolf look.

Big Wolf on Campus was essentially an expansion of the concept seen in the 1985 film Teen Wolf with a mixture of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. However, unlike the film, Tommy hid his lycanthropy from everyone and seemed to possess his abilities when he wasn’t transformed; including super strength, increased speed and agility, rapid healing and enhanced senses. Tommy would come to be revealed as an aberration, as most werewolves succumb to the dark side of their curse that Tommy had somehow managed to repress (however, that dark side was still there and managed to be brought out by certain circumstances). Despite protecting the town from various creatures and entities such as blood bank-robbing vampires, a pack of evil werewolves, ghosts, a mummy, a cyclops and zombies, most people considered the werewolf as big or equal a threat. Further, Tommy often found his dates with Stacey being interrupted by his need to “wolf out”, leading her to think he was constantly ditching her. Stacey also ended up being targeted by some of those entities who found her just as appealing as Tommy.

Tommy finally getting some time alone with Stacey.

Other characters included Tommy’s family: His father, Bob (Alan Fawcett), the mayor of Pleasantville and the biggest proponent for taking the werewolf down, his mother, Sally (Jane Wheeler), a local reporter, and his brother, Dean (Jack Mosshammer), a couch potato who never left his chair (although his television knowledge came in handy at times); Merton’s family, although only his sister, Becky (Natalie Vansier), was ever seen and was embarrassed to be related to him; Tim (Domenic Di Rosa) and Travis (Rob deLeeuw) Eckert, two dimwitted bullies that dubbed themselves “TNT” and dedicated themselves to finding the Pleasantville Werewolf; and Hugo Bostwick (Richard Jutras), the overzealous security guard of the high school. Tommy and Merton would frequently meet in Merton’s basement, which he converted to his “lair” containing all of his accumulated occult items and various screenplays he was working on. They would also hang out at The Factory, a teen hangout where kids could dance, bowl and eat.

Promo shot of Stacey, Tommy and Merton.

Big Wolf on Campus aired on YTV in Canada and Fox Family Channel in the United States, debuting on April 2, 1999 and running for a total of 3 seasons. The show was created by Peter Knight and Christopher Briggs, who after a successful stint writing for Sweet Valley High and Breaker High decided to approach Saban Entertainment with some show ideas for their impending takeover of The Family Channel. Due to its similarity to Teen Wolf, Saban actually contemplated just securing the rights to the film and its characters, but ultimately settled for the cheaper option of just making their own original interpretation. To further save money, the production was filmed in Canada, to take advantage of various incentives Canada offered. It was produced by Telescene, and then CinéGroupe when the former went bankrupt. Knight and Briggs served as creative consultants, producers and wrote several episodes; however, Briggs would depart during the first season over frustration with the power struggles behind the scenes as they found themselves constantly being undermined because of their comparative youth and perceived inexperience. Briggs would return as a consultant and writer for the third season.

Death comes for us all.

Other writers included Gregory Thompson, Aron Abrams, Dan Kopelman, Michael MacKenzie, Dana Reston, Michael Shipley, Jim Bernstein, Rick Nyholm, Kirk Savell, Jonathan Goldstein, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Jeff Rothpan, David Hamburg, Mitchell Goldsmith, Ari Posner, Rick Parks, Scott Jackson, Sam Wendel, Robert L. Baird, Kelly Senecal, Michael Bornhorst, David Feeney, Brian Gewirtz, Arnold Rudnick, Rich Hosek, Barry Julien, David Wolkove, Sandy Brown, Pang-Ni Landrum, Maggie Bandur, Matthew Salsberg, Michael Benson, Marc Abrams, Beth Seriff, Geoff Tarson, Lars Guignard, Ron Nelson and Louis Pearson. Baird and Senecal served as story editors for season 2 with Salsberg taking over in season 3, and Julien as executive story editor. The series’ music was composed by James Gelfand in season 1 and Simon Carpenter for the remainder. The theme was written and performed by Smith with arrangement by Robert Marcel Lepage, which was then rearranged from season 2 onwards by Carpenter. Most of the series’ episode titles were puns or parodies of film titles.

Tommy looking dapper in his refined wolf make-up.

Three episodes into the series, Tommy’s werewolf appearance was changed as Quinn proved to be allergic to the glue used. He went from having a wolf-like face with scraggly hair and pointy ears to just having the ears, fangs, and more hair that expanded to his face in mutton chops leading to an incomplete mustache. This look would come to be enhanced and refined as the series went on. The special make-up effects were done by Twins F/X 11 Inc., Erik Gosselin, Karl Gosselin, Marie-France Guy, Marti Jutras, Frédérick Guilbert, Pascal Hérbert and Caroline Aquin. Special effects were rendered by Big Bang Animation (1997) Inc. for the first two seasons, Covitec for the third.

Meet the new girl: Lori.

Stacey was written out of the show after the first season as having gone off to college early. This was done because Knight felt that the character was poorly fleshed out and needed a reset. This allowed him to add Lori Baxter (Aimée Castle), a transfer from Pleasantville Catholic school who was kicked out for vandalism when helping Tommy and Merton deal with a ghost of a football star destroyed a tribute to him. She became the second person to know about Tommy’s secret, as well as his on again/off again girlfriend (they often found being together was distracting from their mission, and while Tommy wanted to stop working together, she wanted to end the relationship to keep up the fight). As a trained kickboxer, she often helped him battle the bad guys. Additionally, the characters of Hugo and Tommy’s parents largely disappeared due to budgetary constraints and wanting to focus more on the essential characters.

Corey Haim (top) and Corey Feldman really sucking (blood) in their guest-spots.

While it maintained a “villain of the week” type format for its entire run, it did have several recurring villains: Butch (Adam MacDonald), a bully and escapee from old 1950s educational films; the Evil Werewolf Syndicate, who wanted to make Tommy one of their own and use him to create more werewolves (since Tommy was turned by an Alpha and became an Alpha himself); and the personification of Death (Lawrence Bayne). Notably, the Coreys guest-starred in two episodes: Corey Haim as a vampiric version of himself, and Corey Feldman as Haim’s friend who came to town looking for him and to make Merton’s movie.

Frank Stein's monster.

Because of declining budgets, power struggles and issues such as Telescene’s bankruptcy and Saban selling out to Disney, it was a struggle to get each additional season into production. After 65 episodes, enough to reach syndication levels, the series came to an end as it just wasn’t making enough money to justify keeping it going. However, the production was given enough notice to deliver a proper finale and give their characters a send-off. The series remained on Fox Family’s successor, ABC Family (now Freeform), until September when it was removed for Disney’s own programming. To date, only the first season has seen home release on a VHS box set dubbed in French. Starting in 2020, Canadian media company Encore+ Media released the entire series to YouTube.

 

 
EPISODE GUIDE:
Season 1:
“Pilot” (4/2/99) – Tommy is attacked by a wolf on a camping trip and becomes a werewolf.
 
“The Bookmobile” (4/9/99) – Tommy has his chance to get rid of his curse, but the arrival of a bookmobile leading to mysterious disappearances takes precedence.
 
“Butch Comes to Shove” (4/16/99) – A character from a 1950s educational film exits into Pleasantville and decides to bring Stacey back with him.
 
“Cat Woman” (4/30/99) – A foreign exchange student comes to the school who gets along with Tommy very well, much to Stacey’s annoyance.
 
“Witch College” (5/7/99) – When a sorority sets their sights on Stacey, she suddenly becomes a real witch.
 
“The Pleasantville Strangler” (5/14/99) – Hugo and Merton accidentally release the spirit of a serial-killer who can possess anyone.
 
“Stage Fright” (5/21/99) – A crazed cable man comes to town and punishes those who steal their cable by sending them into the shows they watch.
 
“That Swamp Thing You Do” (5/28/99) – A teacher who fell into the swamp 25 years ago returns as a mutated monster searching for his old fiancée.
 
“Muffy the Werewolf Slayer” (6/4/99) – A new girl gets information on the werewolf from Merton while Tommy is dealing with a soul-sucking salesman.
 
“Stalk Like an Egyptian” (6/11/99) – Tommy and Merton accidentally resurrect a mummy on a field trip who becomes a teenager and wants to make Stacey his queen…forever.
 
“Flugelhoff!” (6/18/99) – A lychanthropist arrives in town claiming he can cure Tommy.
 
“Invisible Merton” (6/25/99) – Merton’s nemesis comes back to town, armed with magic that makes Merton invisible.
 
“The Wolf is Out There” (7/2/99) – While Tommy tries to battle his wolf cravings and expanding waistline, the mayor ups the battle against the town werewolf.
 
“Interview with a Werewolf” (7/9/99) – Merton gets set up on a date with a woman who sucks the youth right out of him.
 
“Fangs for the Memories” (7/23/99) – Retrieving the blood Tommy donated so as not to spread his curse becomes complicated when vampires raid the blood banks.
 
“Time and Again” (7/30/99) – Merton is thrilled with his new watch that can reverse time; unfortunately, each use drains more and more of his intelligence away.
 
“Big Bad Wolf” (8/6/99) – Tommy and Merton recite an Indian chant that brings Tommy’s dark side out.
 
“Scary Terri” (8/13/99) – Mistaking his friendship for affection, psychic Terri seeks revenge on Tommy when she finds him with Stacey.
 
“Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow” (8/20/99) – A new substitute teacher claims to be the one who turned Tommy and seeks to bring out his bad side.
 
“The Exor-Sis” (8/27/99) – Merton’s sister ends up with a locker that contains an inter-dimensional portal.
 
“Don’t Fear the Reaper” (9/3/99) – When Tommy saves a man from the Grim Reaper, the Reaper comes for Tommy.
 
“Game Over” (9/24/99) – Tommy’s beating a high score on an arcade game unleashes a villain that seeks to destroy him and Merton.
 
Season 2:
“Hello Nasty” (3/18/00) – Tommy, Merton and their new friend Lori must take on the ghost of a football player responsible for the team’s 61-year-old curse.
 
“Frank Stein” (3/25/00) – A quiz bowl turns Merton into a target for a strange man who wants his brain.
 
“Commie Dawkins” (4/1/00) – A Russian man follows Tommy and Merton through a wormhole and changes the outcome of the Cold War.
 
“The Girl Who Spied Wolf” (4/8/00) – Lori discovers Tommy’s identity just as the Evil Werewolf Syndicate tries to force him to join them.
 
“Apocalypse Soon” (4/15/00) – Tommy and his friends have to prevent a wrestler’s next potentially world-ending win.
 
“The Sandman Cometh” (4/22/00) – Tommy and Merton have to deal with a Sandman who seeks to enslave people through contact with a special sleep sand.
 
“The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth” (5/6/00) – Tommy and Merton learn they picked the wrong side in a battle between a teen and a demon.
 
“Imaginary Fiend” (5/13/00) – Donating his old toys causes Merton’s imaginary friend to get free.
 
“101 Damnations” (5/20/00) – Tommy finds a stray puppy that turns out to be the legendary Cerberus.
 
“Mind Over Merton” (6/3/00) – After being rejected by a genius society Merton creates a potion to make him smarter, which unfortunately helps Tim and Travis figure out who the werewolf is.
 
“Blame it on the Haim” (6/10/00) – Corey Haim comes to town to shoot a vampire flick, but is it possible he’s actually a real vampire?
 
“Pleased to Eat You” (6/17/00) – Becoming Homecoming King causes Tommy to neglect Merton and allow him to fall into a new crowd that doesn’t have his best interests at heart.
 
“The Manchurian Werewolf: Part 1” (7/15/00) – The Evil Werewolf Syndicate brainwashes Tommy and causes him to bite Lori.
 
“Manchu: Part Deux” (7/22/00) – Tommy and Merton must prevent Lori from becoming a werewolf.
 
“Mr. Roboto” (7/29/00) – A cyborg infiltrates the school and implants students with mind-control devices.
 
“Rob: Zombie” (8/5/00) – Lori breaks up with Tommy and convinces Merton to revive her dead boyfriend.
 
“Fear and Loathing in Pleasantville” (8/19/00) – A demon terrorizes the populace to feed on their fear.
 
“Faltered States” (8/26/00) – Merton becomes a test subject at a lab to impress a girl, only to end up turned into a caveman.
 
“Butch is Back” (9/2/00) – Butch emerges from another film and captures Lori.
 
“Voodoo Child” (9/8/00) – The new school nurse offers to let Merton become a voodoo apprentice.
 
“She Will, She Will Rock You” (9/9/00) – The new transfer student turns Merton into stone.
 
“Clip Show: The Kiss of Death” (10/7/00) – Tommy, Merton and Lori go over all of their good deeds to keep Death from claiming Tommy.
 
Season 3:
“Stone Free” (10/27/01) – Tommy and Lori must save Merton from being a stone golem, but the cure may be worse than the disease.
 
“Everybody Fang Chung Tonight” (11/3/01) – Merton’s radio show attracts a vampire and her clan who just happen to feed on werewolf blood.
 
“I Dream of Becky” (11/10/01) – Becky unleashes a genie from a lamp and gets three wishes, unaware that they come at a price.
 
“Stormy Weather” (11/17/01) – Tommy and Lori are suspicious of the first candidate for Merton’s new superhero club.
 
“Hellection” (11/24/01) – Tommy loses the class president election to a girl who made a deal with a demon to win.
 
“Being Tommy Dawkins” (12/1/01) – Trying to escape an ex-convict leads Merton to a portal that lets him enter Tommy’s body.
 
“Save the Last Trance” (12/8/01) – Merton’s new girlfriend ends up being a real witch.
 
“Anti-Claus is Coming to Town” (12/15/01) – Tommy and his friends must help keep a Santa impersonator from ruining Christmas.
 
“N’Sipid” (1/12/02) – Becky is kidnapped by aliens posing as a boy band.
 
“Very Pale Rider” (1/19/02) – Merton is put into his favorite role-playing game.
 
“Play it Again, Samurai” (1/26/02) – While Tommy does community service, Merton falls in love with a 900-year-old Japanese princess.
 
“Dances Without Wolves” (2/2/02) – Tommy finds himself in an alternate universe where he never became a werewolf, but unfortunately his rival has and has given in to his dark side.
 
“Baby on Board” (2/11/02) – An alien encounter leaves Merton pregnant!
 
“The Boy Who Tried Wolf” (2/18/02) – Just as a werewolf comes to town, Tommy accidentally bites Merton turning him into an evil werewolf.
 
“The Mertonator” (2/25/02) – A killer cyborg from the future that resembles Merton is after Tommy.
 
“What’s Vlud Got to Do With it?” (3/4/02) – A werewolf princess falls in love with Tommy.
 
“There’s Something About Lori” (3/11/02) – A factory phantom believes Lori is his long-dead love.
 
“Switch Me Baby One More Time” (3/18/02) – Lori ends up switching bodies with a girl that’s jealous of her.
 
“What’s the Story, Morning Corey” (3/25/02) – Corey Feldman comes to town to produce Merton’s script and to meet up with his old friend, Corey Haim.
 
“Thanks” (4/1/02) – Tommy and Merton are interested in the same girl, unfortunately she’s a supernatural assassin with the kiss of death.
 
“The Sum of All Fears” (4/8/02) – The stars of the show count down the fans’ favorite moments.

GALIDOR: DEFENDERS OF THE OUTER DIMENSION

GALIDOR: DEFENDERS OF THE OUTER DIMENSION

(FOX, February 9-August 24, 2002)

CinéGroupe, Tom Lynch Company, LEGO Group

MAIN CAST:

Matthew Ewald – Nicholas Bluetooth

Marie-Marguerite Sabongui – Allegra Zane

Sam Magdi & Michael O’Reilly (voice) – Jens

Jeff Hall & Georges Morris (voice) – Euripides

Claude Giroux & Walter Massey (voice) – Nepol

Randy Thomas – Samuel “The Stranger” Bluetooth

Derrick Damon Reeve and Steven P. Park & Ian Finlay (voice) – Gorm

Sean Devine – Bala

Karen Cliche – Lind

Tara Leigh – Queen Riana

            It’s hard to imagine a time for LEGO before everything truly was awesome, but in the early part of the 21^st century the company was on a steady decline towards bankruptcy. The market was changing and LEGO was slow to adapt. It began making moves to try and correct this by bringing in a new generation of innovative designers to oversee their set creations and acquiring licenses to hit franchise properties like Star Wars and Harry Potter. In 2001, LEGO decided to enter the growing build-a-figure market by creating a toyline tying into and financing a new upcoming science fiction program, Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension.

 

Allegra with the map.

            Created by Thomas W. Lynch, the series focused on average teenager, Nick Bluetooth (named for Danish king Harald Bluetooth and originally named Christian by Lynch, played by Matthew Ewald), who had been having strange dreams about a completely different place. He was given an electronic map that led him to a spaceship called the Egg that took him and his best friend, Allegra Zane (Marie-Marguerite Sabongui), to the Outer Dimension—the place from Nick’s dreams. It turned out that Nick’s father, Samuel (Randy Thomas), had created the Egg and had adventures in the Outer Dimension where he met Nick’s mother, Queen Riana (Tara Leigh). He was brought to the Outer Dimension to help stop the invasion forces of the sinister Gorm (performed by Derrick Damon Reeve and Steven P. Park, voiced by Ian Finlay), a former royal advisor who was banished and spent his time amassing a huge army and conquering various worlds; leaving a wasteland in his wake. However, in order to conquer Galidor, Gorm must find and assemble a shattered key that will open a gateway to that world.

Promo shot of Euripidies, Allegra, Nick, Jens and Nepol by the Egg.

            Aiding Nick was Jens (performed by Sam Magdi, voiced by Michael O’Reilly), the chief royal scientist whose original plant body was destroyed by Gorm resulting in his being placed into a robot one; Euripides (performed by Jeff Hall, voiced by Georges Morris), a frog-like creature called an Amphibib who was the royal scholar capable of using telekinesis and generating heat through his staff; and Nepol (performed by Claude Giroux, voiced by Walter Massey), a blue-furred Siktari that was shrunken by Gorm and could run at great speeds or freeze things with his spear. Riana would appear in holographic messages only Nick could see to provide cryptic guidance on his journey. Eventually, Lind (Karen Cliche), a Galidorian trained by Gorm to take his place in the royal court that could dissolve into a purple gel, would join the team. Aiding Gorm was Tager, a being with mind control abilities; Caliphonic, the leader of the Aquarts; and Bala (Sean Devine), a cyborg bounty hunter. Gorm’s primary army was composed of Boges; human-sized bug-like creatures that could fly.

Gorm.

            In the Outer Dimension, Nick discovered he gained a special ability to “glinch.” Glinching meant he was able to channel an energy that allowed him to shapeshift parts of his body to resemble those he had come in close contact with, temporarily gaining whatever skill was associated with those appendages (such as super strength with Jens’ robotic arms). Gorm also possessed this ability but to a lesser extent than Nick, necessitating his use of a device to increase his power. This glinching ability was used to explain the core aspect of the toyline: where a character’s body parts could be swapped for others. While Nick and Gorm, and to an extent the Egg--which was revealed to be partially sentient--were the only ones on the show who could do this, all of the characters in the toyline were able to be mixed and matched. It was a simplified version of LEGO’s more-successful BIONICLE line.

            Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension debuted on FOX on February 9, 2002. It was one of the last programs to debut as part of the Fox Kids programming block, which was replaced by the 4Kids Entertainment-produced FoxBox that September. Along with LEGO, the show was produced by CinéGroup and the Tom Lynch Company. It was filmed digitally to reduce the time required to add in the necessary computer-generated imagery. It was also filmed in a wide aspect ratio, although only the previews were broadcast as such. The series was written by Lynch, along with Chad Fiveash, Damian Kindler, Erik Saltzgaber, Jonas E. Agin, Tom Chehak, Alex Epstein, Shari Goodhartz, Vijal Patel, Terry Saltsman and James Patrick Stoteraux, with music composed by Andrew R. Powell.

            Unfortunately, Galidor failed on two fronts. Not only did the show underperform in the ratings, but the toyline was selling poorly. This was due in large part to LEGO’s miscalculation of making the toys incompatible with other LEGO sets and doing away with the construction style they were best known for. Only 15 of 17 planned sets were made before sales saw the line cancelled. Without the toys to draw revenue from and the ending of Fox Kids, Galidor ended on a cliffhanger after two seasons; which aired without a break in between. Reruns would air on ABC Family following its conclusion.

            To promote the series, a set of five toys and a mini comic book were included with McDonald’s Happy Meals that year. Nick, Jens, Euripides, Nepol and Gorm were all present with fully interchangeable parts. LEGO also published a single issue for a proposed comic book series, Galidor: Danger in the Outer Dimension. A poorly-received tie-in video game was developed by Tiertex Design Studios for the Game Boy Advance and released by LEGO Interactive and Electronic Arts in October of 2002. Asylum Entertainment was developing a version for PlayStation 2, GameCube and PC with an early 2003 release date, but financial instability caused them to cancel the game and lay off the development team. A Flash game was also featured on the Fox Kids website. One of the toys, the Kek Powerizer, featured a built-in game that could be controlled by moving the toy’s limbs in certain ways. It also had a special sensor that allowed it to interact with the show when it was on by playing sounds, screen animations and activating new missions for the game.

            Although LEGO eventually rebounded, the blunder with Galidor almost pushed the company over the edge. It wouldn’t be until 2010’s Hero Factory that they would again attempt a tie-in television series to one of their toy lines. The Galidor concept was eventually reused for the Ben 10: Alien Force toyline, which met with similar success (or lack thereof). Galidor was later mentioned as a location in the Guardians of The Galaxy: The Thanos Threat series of shorts and was seen as a t-shirt worn by Rufus McCallister in the Ninjago City set from The Ninjago Movie.

EPISODE GUIDE:

“Identity” (2/9/02) – Nick receives a map on his birthday that leads him and Allegra to a ship that takes them to the Outer Dimension.

“Euripides, Please” (2/16/02) – Nick, Allegra and Jen search for Euripides, a Aphibib philosopher who can show them how to read the map.

“All for One, One for Nepol” (2/23/02) – Nick meets the warrior Nepol and Vilda, Gorm’s henchwoman who collects slaves to become part of Gorm’s army.

“Bouncing Off the Walls” (3/2/02) – Nick finds but is unable to acquire the first key fragment.

“Dust til Dawn” (3/9/02) – The team runs into a problem when they locate the key.

“Belonging” (3/16/02) – Nick and Allegra are a little homesick and Nick discovers his team are plastered on wanted posters.

“A Crack in the Map” (3/23/02) – Nick’s friends must save him when he’s sentenced to 30 years of community service after a dumb mistake.

“Seeing is Just Seeing” (3/30/02) – The team finds the secret hideout of infamous break-in artist Colash, and Gorm finds them.

“Truth, Lies and Videotape” (4/6/02) - Jens’ old friend Britta has the next key fragment, but she believes Gorm is good and alerts him to their presence.

“Just Because You’re Paranoid” (4/27/02) – Nick plans to expose Gorm on television, but Gorm jams the signal and ends up damning him and his team instead.

“Frozen Feud” (5/4/02) – The next key fragment is located in the icey home of Euripides, which necessitates him and Allegra to find a special plant that will keep them warm.

“Relativity” (5/11/02) – The team deals with attacks from the Boges and snow beasts while retrieving crystals to repair Nepol’s goggles.

“It’s Déjà vu All Over Again’ (5/18/02) – Nick believes he found a nest of key fragments, but that’s put on hold when Gorm has Allegra kidnapped.

“The Road to Kek” (5/25/02) – Allegra manages to escape and get a message to Nick to tell him that Gorm’s defenses are weak, but that appears to be nothing more than a trap.

“A Room with No View” (6/1/02) – As the team continues to come for Allegra, Gorm uses illusion technology to make her believe her adventures were just a dream.

“Escape from Kek” (6/8/02) – Gorm finally captures the team and wants Nick to join him in rebuilding the Outer Dimension.

Season 2:

“Pieces of Nick” (6/22/02) – Nick is forced outside of the material world and Allegra decides bringing the Egg back to Kek will bring him back.

“A Tale of Two Nicks” (6/29/02) – A Nick from another reality is pulled into theirs and because two of them can’t exist in the same one Nick begins to fade out.

“Go for the Bronze” (7/6/02) – The next key fragment ends up being in the grand prize of a fierce battle competition.

“State of the Art” (7/13/02) – Bala manages to download the map and the next key fragment, putting Nick’s crew into a race against his.

“The Great Glinch Switch” (7/20/02) – The final key fragment is located on Earth, but Tager steals the Egg and all of their fragments before they can go after it.

“Mr. Tager Goes to Earth’ (7/27/02) – The team heads to Earth for the last key fragment, and Tager uses his mind control powers to send everyone after them.

“Area 51” (8/3/02) – Nick sets out to rescue Euripides from a secret laboratory and discovers that Lind is trying to do the same.

“Recalling the Past” (8/10/02) – As the team reminisces over their adventures, Nick reveals to them how Allegra is an important member of it.

“The Gates of Galidor, Part 1” (8/17/02) – The team locates the Gates of Galidor where their enemies wait to take them down.

“The Gates of Galidor, Part 2” (8/24/02) – As Lind confronts Gorm, the team discovers Nick’s father’s secret laboratory which may hold the solution to all their problems.