History WesternAnimation / JayceAndTheWheeledWarriors

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* LargeAndInCharge: Subverted with Saw Boss; he's pretty big, but there are bigger Mines.

* OpeningNarration: As provided by the former Creator/{{Ghoulardi}}, the voice of ''Series/TheLoveBoat'', the syndicated run of ''Series/BreakTheBank1976'' and Creator/{{ABC}}, Ernie Anderson: "Thundering across the stars to save the universe from the Monster Minds..."

The show featured two dueling forces. The "good guys" are humans, called the Lightning League. They drive white and silver vehicles with assorted weaponry, and are led by Jayce. The "bad guys" are organic green vegetable-based creatures called the Monster Minds, who tend to take the shape of black and green vehicles. They travel via large green organic vines which can grow in and across interstellar space, that sprout seeds that rapidly grow into further Monster Minds. They are led by Saw Boss.

Jayce's father, Audric, is a galactically famous scientist whose greatest project was to produce a miracle crop to end hunger. Unfortunately for him a solar flare released radiation that mutated his plant (and several others around his lab) into evil sentient creatures called the Monster Minds. Audric created a magic root that could destroy the Monster Minds, but was forced to flee before he could join the two halves. He gave one to his servant, a living suit of armor named Oon, to give to Jayce. Jayce and his friends form the Lightning League who travel the galaxy battling the Monster Minds and searching for Audric to unite the magic root and lead his Lightning League to victory over the changing form of Saw Boss.

** Two answer both of those issues: [[AWizardDidIt the evil plants are specifically magical]].

* TeleportersAndTransporters[=/=]VillainTeleportation: Saw Boss uses "the power of the black light" to teleport his headquarters from place to place.

* WizardsLiveLonger: Gillian casually mentions visiting places 600 years ago, and says at one point that a thousand years isn't all ''that'' long a time to wait for something.

Jayce's father, Audric, is a galactically famous scientist whose greatest project was to produce a miracle crop to end hunger. Unfortunately for him a solar flare released radiation that mutated his plant (and several others around his lab) into evil sentient creatures called the Monster Minds. Audric created a magic root that could destroy the Monster Minds, but was forced to flee before he could join the two halves. He gave one to his servant, a living suit of armor named Oon, to give to Jayce. Jayce and his friends form the Lightning League who travel the galaxy battling the Monster Minds and searching for Audric to unite the root and destroy the Monster Minds once and for all.

* TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised: The show would have been wrapped up in a televised movie that sadly never happened. The creator has indicated what would have happened in it as mentioned on TheOtherWiki.

* BigBad: Saw Boss

* {{Expy}}: Herc Stormsailor is pretty much [[StarWars Han Solo]] with the serial numbers (and apparently a few brain cells) filed off. Other members of the Lightning League also have clear Star Wars parallels (see FollowTheLeader below), but Herc is without competition the most blatant one.
* FollowTheLeader: ''StarWars'' seems to be a major influence on the series, especially most of the FiveManBand. Jayce=Luke Skywalker, Herc=Han Solo, Gillian=Obi-Wan Kenobi and Oon=a combination of [=C3PO=] and [=R2D2=].
** There's even a junked robot resembling [=C3PO=] in the episode "Vase of Xiang."

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Herc

* OpeningNarration: As provided by the voice of ''Series/TheLoveBoat'', the syndicated run of ''Series/BreakTheBank1976'' and Creator/{{ABC}}, Ernie Anderson: "Thundering across the stars to save the universe from the Monster Minds..."

-->-- '''Seanbaby''', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-toys-from-80s-that-just-didnt-care_p2/ 10 Toys from the 80s That Just Didn't Care]]''[[note]]Not [[TheyJustDidntCare like that]], in a good way.[[/note]]

->''"The ''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'' show was so awesome that logic gave it a free pass to do whatever the hell it wanted."''

* MerchandiseDriven: Early on, this results in a few weird, out-of-place bits of dialogue, such as Gillian annoucing he's installed "stack and attack mode" in the vehicles. The toy line didn't do very well when it debuted, and the writers didn't work around those constraints.
* OpeningNarration: As provided by the voice of ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' and Creator/{{ABC}}, Ernie Anderson: "Thundering across the stars to save the universe from the Monster Minds..."

->''"The ''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'' show was so awesome that logic gave it a free pass to do whatever the hell it wanted."''\\
--'''Seanbaby''', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-toys-from-80s-that-just-didnt-care_p2/ 10 Toys from the 80s That Just Didn't Care]]''[[note]]Not [[TheyJustDidntCare like that]], in a good way.[[/note]]

* FiveManBand: One of the classic versions.
** TheHero: Jayce
** TheLancer[=/=]TheBigGuy: Herc Stormsailor
** TheSmartGuy/[[MentorArchetype The Mentor]]: Gillian
** TheChick: Flora
** TeamPet: Oon, Brock and the Zoggies all qualify.

* OpeningNarration: "Thundering across the stars to save the universe from the Monster Minds..."

''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'' is a French/North American animated TV show which first aired on September 16, 1985. It was produced by Creator/DICEntertainment (originally distributed for syndication by SFM Entertainment), and animated by Japanese animation studios Creator/KKCAndDAsia, Creator/{{Sunrise}}, Creator/StudioShaft, Studio Giants, Studio Look and Swan Production. The show was a SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon, created to support Creator/{{Mattel}}'s toy line (which was called simply ''Wheeled Warriors'', and which had no particular story or characters of its own). The show features an ongoing plot; however, like many shows made at the time, it does not have a series finale, and thus the plot was left unresolved. Although a movie was intended to close out the plotlines, it never came to be. Creator/JMichaelStraczynski has claimed that his script for the film, completely written, remains with him.

* Let's not forget the whole "Plants turning to vehicles" thing.

->''"The ''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'' show was so awesome that logic gave it a free pass to do whatever the hell it wanted."''
-->--'''Seanbaby''', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-toys-from-80s-that-just-didnt-care_p2/ 10 Toys from the 80s That Just Didn't Care]]''[[note]]Not [[TheyJustDidntCare like that]], in a good way.[[/note]]

* LovableCoward: Oon

* RobotBuddy[=/=]SmallAnnoyingCreature: Oon
* ScienceFantasy: The ''StarWars'' roots aren't exactly subtle here.