7.2 /10 1 Votes
6.7/10 TV First episode date 14 September 1996 | 7.6/10 IMDb Final episode date 7 December 1996 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre ActionAdventureComedyScience fiction Created by Douglas TenNapelDoug Langdale Voices of Billy WestCree SummerBrad GarrettJim CummingsCharlie Adler Cast Brad Garrett, Billy West, Cree Summer, Ed Gilbert Similar Where's Wally?: The Anim, The California Raisin Sh, Secrets of the Cryptkee, Marsupilami, Earthworm Jim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The cartoon hero presents project g e e k e r
Project G.e.e.K.e.R. is an animated television series that premiered on CBS on September 14, 1996. It was created by Douglas TenNapel, creator of Earthworm Jim, and Doug Langdale, the developer of Earthworm Jim the animated series, with original music by Shawn Patterson (main title theme by Terry Scott Taylor). TenNapel and Taylor also collaborated on the video games The Neverhood, Boombots and Skullmonkeys, and in 2005, re-united for the Nickelodeon cartoon Catscratch. The series is rated TV-Y7-FV, and was produced by Columbia TriStar Television.
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Synopsis
Set in the future, the show was based around a genetic shapeshifter experiment known as Project GKR (Geno-Kinetic Research), who had been stolen by Lady MacBeth (a short-tempered cyborg with a bionic arm) before he could get the programming he needed to be a deadly and powerful weapon at the hands of the evil Mister Moloch, head of Moloch Industries. Due to the lack of his final programming, "Geeker" is left to be a totally random, permanently salivating, four-fingered klutz. He only occasionally manages to use his powers to any full extent, a blessing and a threat to his friends and their enemies. Lady MacBeth and her partner-in-crime Noah, a green, baseball cap wearing intelligent Tyrannosaurus rex, must now prevent Moloch and Geeker's creator Dr. Maston from ever obtaining Geeker at all costs.
Cast
Additional voices
Credits
Music
Terry Scott Taylor (friend of creator Doug TenNapel) was contracted to write the main title theme for the show, while Shawn Patterson was selected to be the series score composer. Two days before the show was set to air, Columbia TriStar discovered a licensing issue with Terry and Patterson was asked by the producers to compose and produce a main title theme to go on the air. Shawn completed this and Project GeeKeR aired with Shawn's original main title music. Weeks into the series, the licensing problem with Terry Scott Taylor was cleared up and the show's creator Doug TenNapel requested that Terry's original main title theme be reinserted into the series. Patterson's main title music was then removed from the remainder of the series.