Van Pires

Van-Pires
Created by John Gentile
Anthony Gentile
Starring Marc Schwarz
Garikayi Mutambirwa
Melissa Marsala
Jason Hayes
Country of origin USA
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive producer(s) Brandon Pender, AGE Inc.,
Production Coordinator:
Barbara Lawrence, MSH
Art Direction and various credits
Mike Slisko
Production:
Mike Slisko
Joey Elardy
numerous 3D animators
Running time approx. 30 minutes
Release
Original network FOX and The WB Syndication
Original release September, 1997 – 1998

Van-Pires is a computer animated children's television series (with live-action segments) that originally aired in the USA between 1997 and 1998 in syndication mostly on Fox and WB affiliates. It was produced by Abrahams/Gentile (New York), with CGI animation being produced under MSH (San Francisco).

The series was rated #1 in its time slot during several broadcasts in various United States and International markets. Van-Pires was the first children's CGI-animated television series to be produced using the 3D modeling and animation software 3D Studio MAX (aka 3ds max, Autodesk). It was only the third CGI-animated television series of its kind to use 3D animation in every episode, and ultimately received a Sci-Fi Award.

Van-Pires also had portions of its soundtrack written and performed by John Entwistle of the rock band The Who and Steve Luongo Entwistle's long-time friend, producer and drummer in The John Entwistle Band. A range of other talented voices and animators were involved in production of the series.

The Van-Pires synopsis and its stories center on a group of human teenagers who protect and defend the world from evil anthropomorphized junkyard vans and vehicles known as the "Van-Pires" by transforming into robotic anthropomorphized cars, calling themselves the "Motor-Vators".

Characters

Motor Vators

Four ordinary teens were accidentally caught in the path of a falling meteor. The meteor transformed them into heroic robotic guardians to protect the night from the evil forces of Tracula (a reference to "Dracula") and the rest of the Van-Pires. Each Motor Vator has the ability to fly and they also share the same weaknesses as their enemies; like the Van-Pires, the Motor Vators require gas to sustain themselves and must avoid the sun at all costs. To transform, each hero gets into the driver's seat of his or her Carfin and shouts, "Mission Ignition!"

Allies

Van-Pires

The Villains of the series. Unlike the Motor Vators, they do not have human forms. Led by Tracula, they terrorize the night with a never-ending thirst for gasoline. Like vampires, Van-Pires feed off of vehicles and can sire other Van-Pires to accomplish their evil goals.

Episodes

  1. Those Who Have the Fuel Shall Rule
  2. Unleaded Zeppelin
  3. A Few Good Cars
  4. Mission Demolition or Night of Destruction?
  5. Bride of Tracula
  6. Tailpipes from the Crypt
  7. Bad to the Cone
  8. Nukenstein
  9. A Car Is Born
  10. The Swarm Storm
  11. Revel Without a Car
  12. One Million Miles B.C.
  13. Uncool Fuel

Soundtrack

Main article: Music from Van Pires

In 2000, the John Entwistle Band released Music from Van-Pires as an official album and soundtrack to the series. It was John Entwistle's last solo album before his death two years later.

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