FlixWorld
Big Bad BeetleBorgs backdrop
Action & AdventureKidsSci-Fi & Fantasy

Big Bad BeetleBorgs

6.6(27)
First Aired:September 7, 1996
Seasons:2 seasons
Episodes:88
Status:Ended

When three kids explore Charterville's haunted Hillhurst Mansion on a dare, they discover a lot more than they bargain for! The trio find a wild and wacky phasm named Flabber, who changes their lives forever when he grants their wish to become the superheroes they've read about in BeetleBorgs comics. However, not only does Flabber grant the kids' wish, but he also accidentally facilitates the escape of supervillains from the comic books as well! Now it's up to these three newly tapped superheroes - aided by a friendly neighborhood phasm and armed with fantastic powers and awesome vehicles - to save the world from the forces of darkness that threaten the peace and harmony of all mankind.

Cast

Herbie Baez

Roland

Wesley Barker

Drew

Brittany Konarzewski

Jo

Billy Forester

Flabber

David Fletcher

Frankenbeans

Joe Hackett

Count Fangula

Blake Torney

Mums

Lina Godouse

Little Ghoul

Scott Page-Pagter

Scott Page-Pagter

Wolfgang (voice)

Frank Tahoe

Wolfgang

Channe Nolen

Abbie

Rappin' Granny

Rappin' Granny

Nano

Christopher Cho

Christopher Cho

Nukus

Claudine Barros

Horribelle

Dave 'Foots' Footman

Vilor (voice)

Seasons

E1Beetle Rock (1)

Sep 7, 1996

Drew, Jo and Roland are hanging out at Zoom Comics reading the latest BeetleBorgs comics when local bullies Van and Trip dare them to go into the old abandoned Hillhurst House.

E2Beetle Rock (2)

10.0

Sep 7, 1996

When Flabber grants the kids their wish to become BeetleBorgs, he also accidentally unleashes the comic book villains too!

E3TNT for Two

Sep 9, 1996

Van and Trip pay to have the Hillhurst Mansion blown up while the Magnavors have their own plan to destroy the Mansion.

E4The Ghost is Toast

Sep 10, 1996

Trip and Van hire a bogus ghostbuster to exterminate Flabber from Hillhurst.

E5The Treasure of Hillhurst Mansion

Sep 11, 1996

Flabber has a cold, and is surprised to discover that the old handkerchief he uses to blow his nose is actually a treasure map! The three Beetleborg kids use it to seek out what they expect to be riches beyond imagination. But Van and Trip swipe the map, in an effort to find the treasure themselves. The Magnavores then steal it from them, and release a monster, the Terror Bear, from the comics to keep the Beetleborgs busy. After defeating the monster, the kids team-up with the House Monsters to track down the treasure: and it turns out to be golden slime.

E6Never Cry Werewolf

Sep 12, 1996

A werewolf arrives at Hillhurst. His name is Wolfgang, and he's a notorious freeloader from the House Monsters' old country (Transylvania). Lucky for them, when he makes a big scene in Charterville, the Magnavores take interest, and kidnap Wolfie, hoping to use his strength against the Beetleborgs.

E7Say the Magic Word

Sep 13, 1996

Flabber helps Roland improve his magic trick abilities by lending him a magic book. When he practised his new trick, he performs it at Zoom Comics (but on the way there, he lost the book). He makes Jo disappear, and could not remember how to bring her back. When he discovers that the book was gone, he must find it immediately or Jo is stuck being invisible.

E8Lights, Camera, Too Much Action

Sep 14, 1996

A production of a movie would be taking part in Hillhurst Mansion, and everyone was excited to see it they could become a star in the latest Hollywood movie.

E9Nano in the House

Sep 16, 1996

Nano discovers a bracelet inside a closet, and puts it on. Now, whoever is in the presence of her, becomes her servant. And take a guess just what happens when she visits Hillhurst!

E10Locomotion Commotion

Sep 17, 1996

A rat kidnaps Heather while she was waiting for Nano to arrive back in Charterville from her trip.

E11Cat-Tastrophy

Sep 18, 1996

Drew finds himself slowly becoming a cat monster.

E12Drew and Flabber's Less Than Fabulous Adventure

Sep 19, 1996

Drew wants to get Heather a very special birthday present: the gem of Queen Magna. So he convinces Flabber to accompany him into the comic dimension!

E13Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun

Sep 20, 1996

The House Monsters are getting tired of not catching their meals - the three kids, Drew, Jo, and Roland.

E14It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World

Sep 21, 1996

Vexor summons a bottle from the comics, which contains all the badness in the world. And once the substance is released from the battle, it creates a bad atmosphere, bringing out the worst of people. Jo drinks it and turns into a lunatic.

E15The Hunchback of Hillhurst

Sep 23, 1996

Flabber, The House Monsters, and the three kids discover a hunchback in the attic of the Hillhurst Mansion.

E16The Littlest Brattleborg

Sep 27, 1996

Oliver visits his cousins - Drew and Jo and when he pretends to be a Beetleborgs by dressing up like one, the Magnavors capture him as they believe he is a real Beetleborg.

E17Haunted Hideout

Sep 28, 1996

Bank robbers steal Nano's money and hide it in Hillhurst Mansion.

E18Monster Rock

Oct 4, 1996

A rock band moves into Hillhurst.

E19Convention Dimension

Oct 5, 1996

The kids attempt to meet the Beetleborgs' comic creator, Art Fortunes, at a Comic Book Convention. But the Magnavores sieze the opportunity to release several monsters at once.

E20Root of All Evil

Oct 11, 1996

A plant monsters is sent out of the Comics to destroy the Beetleborgs.

E21The Doctor is In

Oct 18, 1996

Dr. Baron Von Frankenbeans, the creator of the House Monster known simply as Frankenbeans, arrives at Hillhurst for a visit. The doctor runs experiments and tests on Flabber and the other House Monsters to check on their health.

E22Space Case

Oct 19, 1996

Aliens arrive on the planet Earth, and the Magnavors are the first creatures on Earth to witness them. They capture them to use their advanced technology to help defeat the Beetleborgs.

E23The Brain in the Attic

Oct 25, 1996

The House Monsters find what appears to be a brain in their attic. Little do they realize, that it was placed there by the Magnavores to spy on them and the Beetleborg kids.

E24Bye, Bye Frankie

Oct 31, 1996

Frankenbeans ventures out from Hillhurst on Halloween.

E25Fangs Over Charterville

Nov 2, 1996

Count Fangula attacks the people in Charterville, turning Van and Trip into vampires!

E26Curse of the Shadow Borg

Nov 11, 1996

Vexor, using a piece of Roland's Blue Stingerborg armor, creates his very own evil Beetleborg, the Shadowborg. Meanwhile, a new kid in town catches Heather's eye, and thus, catches Drew's ire.

E27The Rise of the Blaster Borg

Nov 12, 1996

The Shadowborg can not be defeated by the three Beetleborgs, so the three kids turned to the creator of the Beetleborgs Comics, Art Fortunes. He creates a new Beetleborg, and a new boy in town named Josh Baldwin gets to use the new armour.

E28The Revenge of Vexor

Nov 13, 1996

When the Beetleborgs lose their power to the Shadowborg, the White Blaster Beetleborg retrieves it.

E29A Friend in Need

Nov 14, 1996

Shadowborg captures the Beetleborgs while attempting to battle Vexor, so they must obtain help from their new Beetleborg.

E30Raiders of the Tomb

Nov 15, 1996

Drew and Josh successfully find their way into the Magnavors hideout and steal an energy rod that contained the required energy to restore the Shadowborg's strength.

E31Big Rumble in Charterville

Nov 16, 1996

The power rod is used to give Drew the Blue Stingerborg upgrade of Mega Blast. Will it be enough to destroy Shadowborg? And how will this effect the White Blasterborg?

E32Yo Ho Borgs

Nov 25, 1996

Blackbeard the pirate is summoned from a history book by Flabber.

E33Christmas Bells and Phasm's Spells

Dec 21, 1996

As Christmas Day approaches, Flabber recruits the house monsters to decorate the Hillhurst House for the holidays. When Flabber discovers that Christmas gifts and trees are being stolen all over town by the Magnavores, the BeetleBorgs find them leaving a house with bags full of gifts.

E34Pet Problems

Mar 21, 1997

Zoom Comics discovers a lost pet while the Beetleborgs had to take care of another monster released from the Comics.

E35Phantom of Hillhurst

Mar 27, 1997

A Phantom appears in Hillhurst, seeking his long lost love, who just happens to resemble Jo!

E36Operation Frankenbeans

Mar 28, 1997

Dr. Baron Von Frankenbeans, Frankie's creator, returns, and gives his ""son"" an operation to increase his intelligence. But the new, super-smart Frankenbeans turns out a little too snobby.

E37The Curse of Mums' Tomb

Apr 3, 1997

Two archaeologists come to Hillhurst to retrieve there Mummy finds. They reviewed how they had dug up Mums, and how they got the curse where they continue to sneeze, itch, etc... They must reburry Mums so they can rid of the curse.

E38This Old Ghost

Apr 4, 1997

The ghost of Old Man Hillhurst returns and continues to haunt Hillhurst Mansion, while Abbie (Roland's mother) replaces Aaron at Zoom Comics.

E39Jo's Strange Change

Apr 10, 1997

Wolfgang plays around with Flabber's spellbook, and accidentally changes Jo into looking like a different girl!

E40She Wolf

Apr 11, 1997

A female werewolf arrives at Hillhurst, and Wolfgang falls in love at first sniff. But it turns out she's none other than Jara, the Magnavore mistress!

E41Something Fishy

Apr 17, 1997

There's a legend about an enormous fish that lives in Charterville, and Vexor has a plan to release a Giant Fish from the Comics and attack citizens of the city.

E42Bride of Frankenbeans

Apr 18, 1997

Dr. Baron Von Frankenbeans creates a bride just for his ""son"", Frankie. She's not interested in him, until she learns of how he'll be inheriting the Baron's ""fortune"".

E43Fangula's Last Bite

Apr 21, 1997

Count Fangula's "victim quota" is low, as he hasn't drank any blood in weeks! Vlad the Impaler, head vampire from the old country, comes to Hillhurst to make sure he gets back on track.

E44The Good, the Bad, and the Scary

Apr 25, 1997

The kids switch bodies with the Magnavores.

E45Buggin' Out

Apr 28, 1997

A bug creature is released from the newest issue of Beetleborgs. He's accidentally merged with Flabber!

E46Svengali, By Golly

May 2, 1997

Hypnomania is unleashed into the real world and he controls the house monsters to attack the kids. The Beetleborgs must find Hypnomania and destroy him so the house monsters are not under the control of Vexor anymore. While the Magnavor trio are fired by Vexor and have to make a living earning money off humans.

E47Big Bad Luck

May 5, 1997

A monster called Evil Eye attacks the city sending out bad luck to everyone it encounters.

E48A Monster is Born

May 9, 1997

The Monsters find a baby on the steps of Hillhurst. Unfortunately, the baby is the Rocket Man monster in disguise.

E49Norman Nussbaum: Vampire Hunter

May 12, 1997

A boy named Norman Nussbaum arrives in the city to slay a vampire, who goes by the name of Fangula. When the Beetleborgs discover his motive (because he is in a line of Vampire Hunters), they have to save Count Fangula from the child.

E50Brotherly Fright

May 16, 1997

Flabber is determined to turn his hideous housemates into healthy hard-bodies. Enter Super-Noxic, Noxic's little brother, who arrives at Hillhurst under the guise of "Hurt-ulese," a pumped up personal trainer.

E51Fright Files

May 19, 1997

The author of "Fright Files" thinks that Hillhurst would be a great inspiration for his work and moves in. Meanwhile, Vexor's new power-phaser makes Typhus more powerful and they set off to confront the Beetleborgs.

E52Borgslayer!

May 20, 1997

Wolfgang's recurring daydream of causing a mutiny becomes reality when Wolfie accidentally returns Flabber to the pipe organ where he gets stuck. Vexor and the Magnavors burglarize Art Fortunes' studio and take comics featuring Nukus, a very intelligent creature.

E53Vexor's Last Laugh

May 21, 1997

The BeetleBorgs take a beating from Borgslayer and finally escape to Hillhurst where they must rescue Flabber from the organ and Art from the monsters.

E1Crush of the Crustaceans

10.0

Sep 8, 1997

Nukus destroys the Beetleborgs' armor, weapons, and powers, and turns Flabber into ice. While the kids try to persuade Art Fortunes to draw new armor, weapons, and powers for them, Nukus frees Fortunes' twisted brother Les from jail and summons some of Les' drawn monsters into the real world.

E2Metallix Rising

10.0

Sep 9, 1997

Nukus, along with new fellow villains Vilor and Horribelle and the Dregs, takes Les Fortunes to the Charterville Cemetery, in order to have a new army of monsters drawn for him.

E3Battle Station Alert

Sep 10, 1997

The Crustaceans kidnap Art Fortunes, but the kids use the Bug Out spell to sneak into the Charterville Cemetery and rescue him. Art then draws a new Battle Station and new Battle Vehicles so that the Beetleborgs will be able to face the Worm Tanks and the Crustacean Jet Fighters that Les drew for Nukus.

E4Ghoul Trouble

Sep 11, 1997

Items begin to go missing around Hillhurst, leading the House Monsters to suspect someone new has taken up residence in their basement.

E5Totally Slammin' Sector Cycles

Sep 12, 1997

The siren-song of Les' latest creature, Hagfish of Gar, threatens the children of Charterville from falling under its spell. Luckily, the latest issue of the Beetleborgs Metallix comic features the debut of new motorcycles for the team, known as the Sector Cycles, which Flabber brings to life to aid in defeating the horrible menace.

E6Headless Over Heels

Sep 15, 1997

The Headless Horseman comes to Hillhurst, seeking his missing head! Seems Wolfgang stole it years ago in the old country... will he give it back, or will the Horseman need to take one of the House Monsters'?

E7Monster Imposter

Sep 16, 1997

A monster of Les', with shape-shifting powers, comes to Hillhurst, and wrecks havoc by transforming into each of the House Monsters.

E8Horror Hotel

Sep 17, 1997

The house monsters create a hotel in the Hillhurst Mansion, but what is there to do when one a new creation of Les Fortunes checks in?

E9Les is More

Sep 18, 1997

When Vilor brings Les' new monster to life, it proves to be more than the crustaceans reckoned for.

E10Sunset Boo-levard

Sep 19, 1997

An aging starlet from Hollywood's silent era (and now ghost) shows up at Hillhurst, wanting to make a comeback.

E11Extra...Beetleborgs Revealed

Sep 22, 1997

An anxious journalist seeks out the Beetleborgs' secret identities... and finds them! Will she keep quiet, or will she use this scoop to make herself famous?

E12Who's That Ghoul?

Sep 23, 1997

A Transylvanian bounty hunter comes looking for the Little Ghoul.

E13Attack of the Brain Suckers

Sep 24, 1997

Nukus is angry when publisher Rudy McDougal refuses to devote a comic book to his new Brain Sucker monster.

E14Don't Fear the Reaper

Sep 29, 1997

The Grim Reaper comes to Hillhurst. Not to kill anyone, but to train Little Ghoul to be his replacement!

E15The Old Gray Flabber

Oct 3, 1997

Nukus has a special portrait of Flabber sent to him, and before long, Flabber starts turning old and gray.

E16Son of Frankenbeans

Oct 10, 1997

Dr. Frankenbeans sends his youngest son, Frankie, to stay wih his older brother, Frankenbeans, at Hillhurst.

E17How Does Your Garden Grow?

Oct 20, 1997

Little Ghoul takes up some abnormal gardening.

E18The Curse of the Mummy's Mommy

Oct 30, 1997

Mums' mommy, who is also a mummy, comes to town.

E19Halloween Haunted House of Horrors

Oct 31, 1997

As the House Monsters leave Hillhurst on Halloween to do some Trick or Treating of their own, the mansion attracts unsuspecting kids believing it to be haunted.

E20Booger Man

Nov 3, 1997

The Booger Man appears at Hillhurst to give the house monsters nightmares. This inspires Nukus to have him give nightmares to Les for an inspiration for a new monster.

E21The Poe and the Pendulum

Nov 6, 1997

Edgar Allan Poe, the long-deceased horror poet author, comes to Hillhurst seeking inspiration.

E22The Lost Comic

Nov 7, 1997

When Art and Les Fortunes were children, they produced a homemade comic book together. Their only collaboration. Now, Les leads the Crustaceans in a quest to find where he buried it years ago. Art and the Beetleborgs are also in pursuit for it. Within its pages are the predecessors to the Beetleborgs, the Astralborgs and Mantrons.

E23Enter the Dragon Borg

Nov 10, 1997

To help out the Beetleborgs, one of the Astral Borgs, Dragonborg is unleashed to battle with the Evil Borgs.

E24To Foretell the Truth

Nov 14, 1997

Count Fangula, believing he can see the future, starts up a psychic hotline. Also, the Beetleborgs gain a new Astral Borg ally, in Fireborg!

E25Wolfie's Wild Ride

Nov 17, 1997

Wolfgang wanted to come along with the Beetleborgs and the Astral Borgs (the Lightningborg is now found to add the the team of 3 so far) to see what it's like to be in the middle of a battle against other comic monsters. And the Borgs are glad he came because he OWNED the opponents (kicked their butts).

E26Lady and the Champs

Nov 21, 1997

Count Fangula is feeling ill. Seems he swallowed one of the Astral Coins! Horribelle, disguised as a nurse, attempts to retrieve it. Should Fangs manage to cough it up, the Beetleborgs will gain a new Astralborg ally, the Ladyborg!

E27Astral Ransom

Nov 24, 1997

One of the monsters of Hillhurst is kidnapped and the enemies want something in return...One of the Astral Borgs.

E28Astral Ambush

Nov 25, 1997

An Ambush is done by the Crustaceans to eliminate the Astralborgs so they can get at the three puny Beetleborgs.

E29Roboborg

Nov 26, 1997

The 8 Astral Coins are at last reunited with the Astral Sword, leading to the summoning of the giant robot beetle fighting creature, Roboborg! But whose side will he be on?

E30Mega Spectra Beetleborgs

Feb 9, 1998

Nukus and Vilor get an upgrade, going Mega powered. To even things up, the Beetleborgs are given a power-boost by Roboborg, fusing their old powers with their Metallix ones, creating the Mega Spectra Beetleborgs! But will this added armor be enough to stop Mega-Nukus?

E31Battle of the Giants

Feb 10, 1998

Les creates the Astral Ax, and with it, Roboborg's evil counterpart, known as Boron. Mega-Nukus pits Boron and Roboborg against one another.

E32Robo Rumble

Feb 16, 1998

Roboborg battles Boron... this time on the moon!

E33Super Fang

Feb 17, 1998

Count Fangula becomes a super hero by helping out the Beetleborgs defeat their rivals/enemies.

E34Experiment in Evil

Feb 23, 1998

Dr. Baron Von Frankenbeans' latest creation, a mutant plant, is sought by Mega-Nukus' forces.

E35Mega Borg Power

10.0

Mar 2, 1998

The Beetleborgs make one last play to gain control of Boron.

Videos

Storyline

When three kids explore Charterville's haunted Hillhurst Mansion on a dare, they discover a lot more than they bargain for! The trio find a wild and wacky phasm named Flabber, who changes their lives forever when he grants their wish to become the superheroes they've read about in BeetleBorgs comics. However, not only does Flabber grant the kids' wish, but he also accidentally facilitates the escape of supervillains from the comic books as well! Now it's up to these three newly tapped superheroes - aided by a friendly neighborhood phasm and armed with fantastic powers and awesome vehicles - to save the world from the forces of darkness that threaten the peace and harmony of all mankind.

Recommended

More Like This

Comments

Sign in to join the discussion.
Big Bad BeetleBorgs — FlixWorld