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'''TEAM ATLANTIS'''
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'''''Team Atlantis''''' was a series developed by Walt Disney Television Animation to follow the theatrical film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis:_The_Lost_Empire Atlantis: The Lost Empire]''.  [[Tad Stones]] was the producer, and [[Greg Guler]] was the lead character designer for the series.  [[Vic Cook]] was a director, and Dave Schwartz was a storyboard artist.  [[Greg Weisman]] served as the Voice Director and also wrote at least a couple of scripts for the series.
  
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“Team Atlantis” was a series developed by Walt Disney Television Animation to follow the theatrical film “Atlantis”.  Tad Stones was the producer and Greg Guler was the lead character designed for the series. Greg Weisman served as the Voice Director and also wrote at least one script for the series.
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Unfortunately, due to the disappointing box-office take for the film, the series was cancelled a third of the way through production -- before more than a few episodes had begun being animated -- though scripts and voice work were nearly complete and storyboards had begun on many episodes. Three completed episodes of the series were later re-edited into the direct-to-video sequel, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis:_Milo%27s_Return Atlantis: Milo's Return]''.
  
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Unfortunately, due to the disappointing Box-Office take for the film, the series was cancelled a third of the way through production as three episodes had begun being animated, and voice work and partial story boards were completed for several more episodes.
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==Synopsis==
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The main characters from ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' are reunited and travel about the surface world, tracking phenomena caused by Atlantis's mysterious crystals. These characters include:
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* Milo Thatch, linguist
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* Queen Kida of Atlantis
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* Vinny, demolitions expert and florist
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* Mole, digger
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* Joshua Sweet, physician
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* Audrey Ramirez, mechanic
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* Cookie Farnsworth, cook
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* Wilhemina Packhard, communications expert
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* and Preston Whitmore, the eccentric millionaire who foots the bill.
  
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==“THE LAST”==
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==Cast Members==
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One of the episodes written, voice recorded and partially story boarded was titled “The Last” and was written by Greg Weisman.  The episode was a pseudo-crossover with “Gargoyles” taking place in Paris, in the year 1920 .  With permission from Tad Stones and Jay Fukuto, Greg was allowed to tell a new “[[Gargoyles]]” story in this series. He even got Marina Sirtis to reprise the role of [[Demona]] (referred to in the script as ’The [[Gorlois]]’) and Sheena Easton to play the part of [[Canmore, Fiona|Fiona Canmore]].
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The following ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'' cast members appeared in ''Team Atlantis''. They are listed in alphabetical order.
  
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As the episode opens, we see Fiona Canmore smashing gargoyle statues at [[Notre Dame Cathedral]] only for the sun to set and the Gorlois to make her escape, injuring Fiona in the process.  Fiona makes her way to a hospital where she is reunited with an old flame, Joshua Sweet.
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*[[Jeff Bennett]] - Sam McKeane
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*[[Clancy Brown]] - Edgar Volgud
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*[[Sheena Easton]] - [[Fiona Canmore]]
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*[[Bill Fagerbakke]] - Sven
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*[[W. Morgan Sheppard]] - Erik Hellstrom/"Odin"
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*[[Marina Sirtis]] - [[Demona|The Gorlois]]
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*[[Cree Summer]] - Queen Kida
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*[[Frank Welker]] - Obby/Mantell
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*[[Tom Wilson]] - Ashton Carnaby
  
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At the same time, the Gorlois makes her way to Paris’s catacombs to continue digging for the [[Praying Gargoyle]]. It is here that she encounters Princess Kida, Mole and Vinny.  After a brief struggle, Kida identifies Demona as a Gorlois and tells us that long ago, the Gorlois were allies of her father (the King of Atlantis) and regarded as trusted friends. She and the others take pity on the Gorlois, and Mole develops a strong and even more comedic crush on her.
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==References to ''Gargoyles'' in ''Team Atlantis''==
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*See [[The Last (Team Atlantis)|"The Last"]].
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*Casting Morgan Sheppard as Hellstromm was partially intended as a nod to his voicing of [[Odin]] on ''Gargoyles''. [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=13414]
  
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Fiona, Sweet and Milo Thatch come searching for Kida and the others, having agreed to help Fiona hunt down the Gorlois, only to find that Kida is not willing to let them hurt her.  The Gorlois uses Mole to dig up the Praying Gargoyle before tying him up and escaping back to Notre Dame with it.  She uses it to cast a spell for all of Paris’s stone gargoyles in Paris to suddenly come to life (being animated stone, not flesh and blood), which when night falls again she will use to wipe out every human in the city.
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==See Also==
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*{{wikipedia2|Atlantis:_The_Lost_Empire|Atlantis: The Lost Empire}}
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*{{wikipedia2|Atlantis:_Milo's_Return|Atlantis: Milo's Return}}
  
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Night falls and Sweet and Fiona confront the Gorlois, Sweet coming to think that the Gorlois does have a legitimate gripe, and trying to put an end to both feuds.  A huge battle takes place in the skies of Paris and Sweet destroys the Praying Gargoyle and saves the Gorlois’ life allowing her to escape, hoping that the act will change her.  Sweet and Fiona exchange bitter words before going their separate ways.
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The last thing we see is the remains of the Praying Gargoyle, and the Gorlois swooping down from the sky and snatching up the Atlantean crystal within it.
 
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==Is It Canon?==
 
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One of the big questions asked of Greg Weisman since he revealed this story at the 2002 Gathering was if this story was indeed canon in the “Gargoyles Universe” and if so, did it tie “Atlantis” into the “Gargoyles Universe” as well.  Greg’s answer was that he has his own plans for Atlantis.
 
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The events in “The Last” took place in two different universes, and this was the one place where they intertwined.  Both series while similar were quite different.  Like “Gargoyles”, “Team Atlantis” would have featured [[Odin]] (both voiced by W. Morgan Sheppard), [[Puck]] and the [[Loch Ness Monster]].  However, there were clear differences between these and their “Gargoyles” Universe counterparts. 
 
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Greg felt that with all the legends that “Team Atlantis” was going to encounter and make use of, bringing in gargoyles made sense and decided to tell a story about Demona and one of the [[Hunters]].  Though he had to make a few compromises, neither in the episode nor anywhere in the script is Demona called by name, but “Gargoyles” fans would have recognized her right away. Instead she is called The Gorlois, which is the Atlantean word for Gargoyle.  Fiona Canmore is never referred to as a Hunter except in one vague line of the Gorlois’ thrown in for old fans, while new fans would interpret it as referring to Fiona hunting the Gorlois.
 
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As for the Praying Gargoyle being destroyed and revealing an Atlantean Crystal inside, Greg has since revealed that thanks to the crystal, the statue can regenerate itself over a period of sixty years if kept on holy ground.  Sure enough, sixty years later in [[1980]], Demona returns to Notre Dame to claim the statue as seen in “Hunter’s Moon”.
 
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The story is canon, but neither the movie nor the rest of the series would have been.  A terrible pity that the series was cancelled mid-production.
 
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[[Category:Apocrypha]]
 

Latest revision as of 20:24, 22 August 2017

Team Atlantis was a series developed by Walt Disney Television Animation to follow the theatrical film Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Tad Stones was the producer, and Greg Guler was the lead character designer for the series. Vic Cook was a director, and Dave Schwartz was a storyboard artist. Greg Weisman served as the Voice Director and also wrote at least a couple of scripts for the series.

Unfortunately, due to the disappointing box-office take for the film, the series was cancelled a third of the way through production -- before more than a few episodes had begun being animated -- though scripts and voice work were nearly complete and storyboards had begun on many episodes. Three completed episodes of the series were later re-edited into the direct-to-video sequel, Atlantis: Milo's Return.

Synopsis

The main characters from Atlantis: The Lost Empire are reunited and travel about the surface world, tracking phenomena caused by Atlantis's mysterious crystals. These characters include:

  • Milo Thatch, linguist
  • Queen Kida of Atlantis
  • Vinny, demolitions expert and florist
  • Mole, digger
  • Joshua Sweet, physician
  • Audrey Ramirez, mechanic
  • Cookie Farnsworth, cook
  • Wilhemina Packhard, communications expert
  • and Preston Whitmore, the eccentric millionaire who foots the bill.

Cast Members

The following Gargoyles cast members appeared in Team Atlantis. They are listed in alphabetical order.

References to Gargoyles in Team Atlantis

  • See "The Last".
  • Casting Morgan Sheppard as Hellstromm was partially intended as a nod to his voicing of Odin on Gargoyles. [1]

See Also

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