Action League Now!
Stop-motion superheroes thrown into action.
Action League Now! is a stop-motion series that aired on Nickelodeon as part of both All That and KaBlam![1] The show used "chuckimation," a technique combining stop-frame animation with live-action shots where objects are thrown or dropped into frame.[1] A superhero team made from action figures, toys, and dolls is the focus of this series.[1]
Quick Facts
- Runtime
- 4 minutes (individual shorts); 24 minutes (package series)
- Genre
- Comedy
- Action
- Slapstick
- Superhero
- Creator
- Robert Mittenthal
- Will McRobb
- Albie Hecht
- Based on
- Ruined toys
- Starring
- Jim Krenn
- Cris Winter
- Scott Paulsen
- Collin M. McGee
- Alyssa Grahm
- Narrator
- Scott Paulsen
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
The series was advertised as Action League Now!: The Series when packaged into a half-hour block.[1] That episode was only re-shown in 2016 on the late night TV block "The Splat" on TeenNick.[2] After its first airing in 2002, the Action League Now!: The Series installment "Thunder Girl: Tracking the Storm" was pulled from circulation.[2] That episode could previously be watched on Paramount+, but on December 17, 2025, the entire show was taken off the streaming service.[2]
"ThunderFlesh" was created for KaBlam!'s second season but never aired because its content was considered too mature for children.[2]
What the cited sources add
Jennifer Mangan of the Chicago Tribune called Action League Now! "the most innovative entrant in KaBlam! s cartoon catalog"[3] Jane Hall of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the show "has the weird, aggressive humor of the old 'Mr. Bill' pieces on Saturday Night Live"[3] Mike Fleming of Deadline Hollywood praised the show's "absurdly unforgettable characters"[3][4] A 2017 article noted that the banned episode "I Just Don't Get It" featured an attack on the capitol that closely resembled the 9/11 attacks.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Action League Now!" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Perlmutter, "The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows", Rowman & Littlefield, 2018, p. 3; Erickson, "Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003", McFarland & Co, 2005, p. 463 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Action League Now!" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Action League Now - Nickelodeon - Watch on Paramount Plus", 17 November 2001; "'As Told By Ginger', 'KaBlam!', 'Action League Now!', 'Nick Arcade' and More Removed From Paramount+"; "20 Banned Nickelodeon Episodes You Never Got to See", 16 November 2017 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Action League Now!" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mangan, "Childish fun", Chicago Tribune, October 10, 1996; Hall, "A Nick off the old block", Los Angeles Times, October 7, 1996; Fleming, "Paramount, Jared Hess Channel Classic Nickelodeon Shows For 'NickToons' Film", Deadline Hollywood, January 27, 2016 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Fleming, "Paramount, Jared Hess Channel Classic Nickelodeon Shows For 'NickToons' Film", Deadline Hollywood, January 27, 2016. facts only, no text reused. deadline.com
- "20 Banned Nickelodeon Episodes You Never Got to See", 16 November 2017. facts only, no text reused. thegamer.com
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