Tara Duncan: The Evil Empress

Tara Duncan: The Animated Series
Created by	Moonscoop
Country of origin	France
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	26 minutes approx.
Release
Original network	M6, Disney XD
Original release	June 2010

Tara Duncan is a French animated series produced by Moonscoop, best known for Code Lyoko.

The show premiered in June 2010 in France on Disney XD, and at an unknown date in the United States. It is based on a series of French novels.

Characters

• Tara Duncan (voiced by Saffron Henderson) is the main character of the series. She's a 17-year-old Spellbinder and the commander of the Alpha Team. She has blonde hair with a pale highlight, and her familiar is a pegasus named Gallant.
• Sparrow (voiced by Kelly Metzger) is Tara's best friend and animal-loving teammate on the Alpha Team. Her real name is Gloria Daavil and is dating a local Nonspell named Edward. She has dark brown hair and her familiar is a white panther named Sheeba.
• Cal (voiced by Matt Hill) is the final member of the Alpha Team. His full name is Caliban Dal Salan and he was born to a family of Master Thieves. He owns a video store and is super flirtatious. He has spiky black hair and his familiar is a red fox named Blondin.
• Isabella Duncan is Tara's strict grandmother. She is very passionate about Tara focusing on school and studying her spellbinding, and she has a weird romantic relationship with Tara's literature professor, Mr. Spade.
• Master Chem is the leader and assistant to the Alpha and Beta teams. His full name is Chemnashaovirodaintrachivu and he's the guardian of the portal between Earth and Otherworld.
• Manitou is Tara's great-grandfather who accidentally turned himself into a dog permanently.
• Robin M`angil is the commander of the Beta Team. He's a half-elf and likes to use an enchanted bow and arrow along with his magic.
• Fabrice Besois-Giron (voiced by Andrew Francis) is the half-wolf member of the Beta Team. He and Tara refer to each other as brother and sister and he's very close with his team members.
• Fafnir Forgeafeux is the dwarfic member of the Beta Team. She's very hotheaded and hates using magic, which leads to her getting into arguments with her teammates often.
• Sandra Leylocke (voiced by Maryke Hendrikse) is a Nonspell that goes to school with Tara. Despite considering themselves enemies, Tara and Sandra spend a lot of time together.
• Livia is a Nonspell and Sandra's best friend/lackey. She's a petite blonde with big glasses who has a major crush on Cal.
• Edward is a Nonspell that loves horror movies and werewolves. He and Sparrow are dating on-and-off throughout the series.
• The Cryista Brothers are two Nonspells are Tara's school named Jeremy and Jordan. People often refer to them as "The Twins" instead of by their real names.
• Henry Delachasse is a Nonspell villain who is a crytozoologist bent on capturing some sort of magical creature and revealing their existence to the human world.

Episode List

Season One (2010)

#	Title
1	"The Silent Siren"
A mermaid Aquaphonis has stolen pop singer Madney Speer’s voice. Tara, Cal and Sparrow must catch Aquaphonis and return the singer’s vocal ability—no easy feat when you consider that Henry de la Chasse is also hot on the pretty mermaid’s tail, determined to add her to his crypto-zoological collection. Fortunately, Tara, Cal and Sparrow always have something up their sleeves.
2	"BFF"
Serena the terrible Vampire has come from OtherWorld and will do whatever it takes to knock Tara off her stride, taking advantage of the young Spellbinder’s naivety in order to take over the Earth… Fortunately, Cal and Sparrow have got her back and Tara herself has not yet had her say although she is quite annoyed with Sandra who is throwing a party and has invited everyone except her!
3	"The Golden Sceptor"
Tara must battle Nelos the harpy, an old friend of Sparrow’s father, who has come to Earth to steal a golden scepter hidden in the Manor. Master Chem has strictly forbidden them from taking the staff out of the Manor under any circumstances, but Tara, Cal and Sparrow find themselves with no other choice but to disobey—and hand it over to the harpy: Nelos has cast a spell on Sparrow that has locked her in her Beast form the night she has a date with Edward!
4	"Gold Fever"
Tara, Cal and Sparrow are faced with an evil conspiracy cooked up by harpies who are exploiting Master Chem’s weakness for gold to drive him crazy. The Alpha Team must bring Chem back to his senses but Tara already has her hands full trying to talk Isabella into lending her some money so she can enroll in a dance workshop she would give anything to go to.
5	"The De-Horned Unicorn"
Tara, Cal and Sparrow are up against Serena. This time the Vampire has stolen a unicorn's horn with which she intends to absorb the young Spellbinders' powers. But that’s only the half of it! Henry Delachasse manages to steal the unicorn from Serena! Our three young Spellbinders must simultaneously locate the mythical animal and get rid of Serena… who has absorbed Tara’s powers!
6	"Brothers in Fangs"
Tara must arrest Lycos, a werewolf that has come to pick up Fabrice, his “brother in fang,” to take him to a big werewolf congress on OtherWorld. It just so happens that Fabrice has been captured by Henry Delachasse and they’ve got to get him out of there. Tara will need all the help Cal and Sparrow can give her on this one!
7	"Haute Couture"
Tara must unmask Serena, who has come to Earth in disguise with an enormous spider that she intends to use to set a trap for our young Spellbinder friends. As for Sparrow, she’s in deep trouble: she has just discovered that Sandra has stolen her diary—our heroes’ secrets might soon be revealed to all!
8	"Master Chem's Honor"
Tara, Cal and Sparrow want to prove Master Chem’s innocence. He has been accused of fleeing a combat on Earth against a black dragon named Kouzu. Chem’s future is in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Sparrow is troubled, as she believes Edward may have uncovered her secret.
9	"The Mirror of Youth"
Krislak, a dangerous elf, has come to take the Mirror of Youth that is hidden inside the Manor. While Isabella is trying to stop him from carrying out his plans, the mirror reflects her face and Tara’s grandmother finds herself turned back into a sixteen-year-old teenager! As for Cal, he has sworn he will seduce the famous singer Madney Speer, who is coming to Rosemond for a school dance party.
10	"Disenchanted"
Tara, Cal and Sparrow try to stop Sandra, who has been possessed by the spirit of Master Chem’s former mentor, an all-powerful but senile dragon by the name of Shoonavarinatalapatoom or Shoo. As if the situation weren’t already complicated enough, Tara and Sandra take part in a contest the lucky winner of which will get to be in Madney Speer’s latest music video.
11	"Mer-Made"
Tara has been poisoned by Lorelei, a mermaid from OtherWorld, and she is turning into a mermaid herself! Tara and Sparrow must find an antidote or else the young Spellbinder will have to make her home in the water for good! But, unbeknownst to the girls, Lorelei is a childhood friend of Cal’s.
12	"Alpha Male"
Tara, Cal and Sparrow, backed up by Robin from the Beta Team, are faced with an evil Elf who has come to Earth to take revenge against Robin’s father, head of the Secret Service on OtherWorld. Robin’s presence upends Cal completely but he had better overcome his jealousy if he is to come to Tara and Sparrow’s aid in their moment of need.
13	"The Volcan Heart"
Tara, Cal and Sparrow are up against the werewolf Hypnos, who has “bewitched” Manitou to make him reveal the whereabouts of some special rubies that can be strung together to form a necklace they say can make people fall in love. Could such an object really exist? This is the question Cal has on his mind because today is Valentine’s Day and he plans to take advantage of this romantic occasion to get closer to Tara!
14	"Cyrano of Otherworld"
Tara must find her English literature professor, who has disappeared without a trace, while Isabella has fallen for the charms a smooth-talking Semchanach! It turns out that the Semchanach is the one holding the professor captive, forcing him to write love poems for him. In the midst of all this, the Manor, delighted to see Isabella in such a playful mood, plays a string of practical jokes on the young Spellbinders.
15	"Clairvoyant"
Claire, a Nonspell, turns up unannounced at the Manor and quickly becomes fast friends with Tara. But when Chem and Isabella discover she has magic powers and decide to send her to OtherWorld against her will, Tara decides to take matters into her own hands… and finds herself mixed up in an unexpected adventure!
16	"Summer School"
Tara is at odds with her own grandmother, Isabella, who wants to send her to an advanced spell-casting camp on OtherWorld! Anteos, a “strange” harpy, chooses this precise moment to show up on Earth, putting Master Chem in a very awkward position. Called in by Tara to stand up for her, he finds himself forced to battle Isabella, who has challenged him to a duel.
17	"The Four Parchments"
Tara, Cal and Sparrow have got their hands full with Serena, who is back again, trying to gain control of the transfer portals. This time around, Fafnir, is the one that will get the young Spellbinders out of trouble as she is the only one who has the power to walk through walls.
18	"Heart of Stone"
The Manor is not in its normal state: the Living Stone is giving ludicrous responses, the Manor's rooms transform without warning, and a mummy is roaming the halls—all while Isabella and Manitou are away! Tara, Cal and Sparrow have to work out what’s going on... In the process, they find themselves faced with Karlos, a dangerous elf, and his cousins.
19	"Assault on the Manor"
While Chem and Isabella are away at a conference, Tara and Sparrow invite their Nonspell friends over for a games night but three nosey gate-crashing werewolves show up at the party! Meanwhile, Cal has volunteered to go along to the conference with Isabella hoping to spend some quality time lounging around by the hotel pool.
20	"The Cup of Invincibility"
Louxos and Kerberos, two fearsome werewolves, turn up on Earth in search of a silver cup that will make them immune to silver! And Henri de Lachasse just happens to have organized a dog contest the first prize of which is the famous cup! Tara, Cal and Sparrow must find a way to enter the contest, and what could be better than entering Manitou!
21	"As If By Magic"
Tara, Cal and Sparrow are up against Ptenos and Ephesos, two harpies who intend to kidnap a stage magician and his lovely assistant who have been hired to perform at Tara’s end-of-year school gala night. The harpies mistakenly believe the performers are powerful Spellbinders and when the assistant vanishes into thin air, Tara has to stand in for her at the last minute.
22	"Guardian of My Heart"
Tara, Cal and Sparrow must stop Amrod, a young magic-crystal-collecting elf. This assignment could have been like so many others, except that there is a little surprise in store for Tara: the moment Amrod sets eyes on her, he falls instantly in love, and clearly, he is as surprised by it as she is! As for Cal, he falls head over heels in love with Vahina, one of his customers at the video store.
23	"The Gold and the She-Dragon"
Master Chem is in love with an adorable dragon named Mel, but when he invites her to spend the weekend with him on Earth, she becomes the number one suspect for a robbery in which gold was stolen from one of Rosemond’s banks. Tara and her team take it upon themselves to prove Master Chem’s innocence to stop him from being relieved of his duties, and to allow him to enjoy a carefree romantic weekend.
24	"Boil, Bubble, Troil, Trouble"
After battling a mermaid who ended up getting away, Tara and Sparrow break out in boils. Master Chem must call on the Beta Team to catch the mermaid and find out why she came to Earth. Panicking at the idea that Robin and Fabrice are coming to the Manor while they are disfigured, Tara and Sparrow decide to try and heal themselves despite Isabella’s orders to await an OtherWorld healer.
25	"A Familiar Air"
Things couldn’t get worse for Robin: Scarela, a terrible harpy, has captured his familiar and is using it to torture him: he has come to tell the Alpha Team that they must find Scarela as quickly as they can. But Tara and her friends have no idea that this is all part of an even more devious trap.
26	"The Naughty Little Vampire"
Master Chem gives the Alpha Team a new assignment: they must watch over the son of the President of the Land of Vampires on OtherWorld and protect him from Serena who is trying to kidnap him. Little Vlad’s stay at the Manor is going to be all action for Tara, Cal and Sparrow as the little guy has one thing on his mind: to become a Semchanach! Meanwhile, Tara has to represent her school in a “street ball” tournament.