Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

Background

Plot

The Movie

List of characters

The Lightning League

• Jayce - Protagonist; bearer of the Magic Root and of the Legendary Ring of Light.
• Audric - Jayce's father and the original master of Oon; creator of the Magic Root, the Monster Minds, Flora, and the early Lightning League vehicles.
• Gillian - A wizard, mentor to Jayce and Flora; Flora's co-creator and the creator of all five Lightning League vehicles; implied to be centuries old.
• Flora - Created by Gillian and Audric; she has telepathic powers with which she can sense Monster Minds and can communicate with animals & plants.
• Oon - Oon is an Eternal Squire, created by Squiresmith Wixland. Oon originally served Audric, but has since been appointed to Jayce.
• Herc Stormsailor - A mercenary who is the proud owner and pilot of the space barge The Pride Of The Skies II. He used to have a close relationship with Pirate Queen Morgana and it is implied he once was a member of the Pirate Guild. He was once an intergalactic commando before he quit. He was largely modeled after Han Solo.
• Brock - Flora's flying fish mount, which "speaks" in chirps and whistles.
• The Zoggies - A trio of robotic canines. They seem to have a liking for Oon, who is almost always being chased by them.
• Jal Gorda - Anthropomorphic alien spy who acts as a recurring guest character throughout the series. He was rescued by Audric from a Monster Mind invasion of his village and has been loyal to him ever since.

  The Monster Minds

• Saw Boss - The leader of the Monster Minds. He was spawned from the very plant that Audric had intended to end starvation.
• Gun Grinner - Sub-boss of the Monster Minds, he oversees the Gun Trooper clones.
• Terror Tank - Sub-boss of the Monster Minds, he oversees the Terror Trooper clones.
• K.O. Kruiser - Sub-boss of the Monster Minds, he oversees the KO Trooper clones.
• Beast Walker Commander - Sub-boss of the Monster Minds, he oversees the Beast Walker clones.
• Saw Trooper Commander - The only one other than Saw Boss that can take a humanoid form. Smaller in stature than Saw Boss and notable by the stripes on his chest and the absence of a cape.
• Dr. Zorg – a scientist working with Saw Boss.

  The Lightning League vehicles

• Armed Force - Armed Force is a vehicle with a large golden grappling arm mounted atop it. Gillian had intended it for Audric, but instead he gave it to Jayce, when Audric was unable to join the League. It seats two, unlike its toy counterpart. Armed Force's toy counterpart included a gimmick dubbed "Stack n' Attack". Any of the other smaller vehicles could detach their wheeled chassis and attach to the top of Armed Force.. This never happens in the show; instead, the phrase "stack n' attack" refers to the Lightning League vehicles being able to exchange weapons mid-battle. The pilots are Jayce and Oon, although in "The Vase of Xiang", Flora and Brock drive it as they attempt to rescue Jayce.
• Drill Sergeant - Drill Sergeant is a two-seater vehicle with a drill to dig tunnels. It is also equipped with two pop-out guns in the front of the cab. It is driven in the opening sequence by Flora.
• Quickdraw - Quickdraw is a vehicle with a concealed gun in a shield atop the vehicle, and an extended arm at the front with a spiked wheel for digging. Gillian drives it in the opening sequence, but it has no regular driver in the series. It seats one, the pilot is Gillian.
• Spike Trike - Spike Trike is a three-wheeled vehicle built for speed. Similar to a half-tracked dune buggy, it has a pair of crunching spiked wheels at the front that lift on a single arm. Herc drives it in the opening sequence, and it is his vehicle of choice during the series as well, the pilot is Herc.
• Trailblazer - Trailblazer is a large, robotic, four-legged vehicle with a front-mounted battering ram, capable of carrying the smaller vehicles. It usually seats one, but is occasionally seen with unused seating for four. Trailblazer is stronger and more durable than the other vehicles, but was used much less often for reasons never disclosed. Trailblazer is depicted as much larger in scale with the other vehicles than the toy counterparts. While the toy version of Trailblazer could carry a single smaller vehicle on its back, the cartoon counterpart could carry four of the smaller vehicles within its body, via a platform that lowered from its underside, every member of the Lightning League can pilot the Trailblazer.
• Battle Base - Battle Base is a mobile fortress that houses all the other vehicles, and it is usually attached to the Pride as its bridge. The main weapon is a large elevating gun turret. Battle Base, like Trailblazer, is of a much larger relative scale in the animation than in its toy form. The toy for Battle Base had three garages that could each hold a single smaller vehicle, and its control bridge seated two. In the series, not only could Battle Base contain all of the smaller vehicles, but even Trailblazer was seen to be able to enter it. The bridge was a rather large full room; just like Trailblazer, every member of the Lightning League can also pilot the Battle Base as well too.

• Flingshot - Flingshot is a vehicle equipped with a catapult, built in "The Stallions of Sandeen". A toy was designed, but never produced.
• Spray Gunner - Spray Gunner is a vehicle with a cannon that sprays various fluids, that was added later in the series, but has no introductory episode. The toy did not reach the production stage.
• The Motor Module - Motor Module is a low-riding vehicle with a powerful drive system, often used to field repair other vehicles, or to haul loads in an attachable trailer. It was added later in the series, but has no introductory episode. The toy did not reach the production stage, but was designed to be motorized, and could "Stack n' Attack" as Armed Force could.

• The Pride Of The Skies II - Also known as "The Pride" for short, it is the space barge owned by Herc Stormsailor and home to the Lightning League throughout the series.
• The Space Scooter - A small air-bike.
• The Emergency Cruiser - The Pride's seldom used shuttle craft.

  The Monster Minds vehicles

• Saw Troopers - A vehicle with a large buzzsaw on a rotating stalk.
• Gun Troopers - A vehicle with a cluster of cannons clenched in its teeth. The main weapon is a multi-headed spiked flail mounted on top of the body.
• Terror Troopers - A tank-like vehicle with a large, Venus flytrap-like mouth mounted on the body.
• K.O. Troopers - A truck-like vehicle with a large wrecking ball-like stalk. The front grill and headlights look like an angry face.
• Beast Walkers - A large, four-legged vehicle with a front-mounted claw weapon that is the powerhouse of a Monster Mind clone army. They were seldom used, due to the greater energy required to spawn. Like Trailblazer, they greatly resemble the AT-AT's from Star Wars.

• Flapjacks - A van-like vehicle with a catapult; they were designed, but not produced in the toy line.
• Lurchers - A vehicle with a front ram; again, not produced in the toy line.
• Snapdragons - A smaller four-legged walking vehicle with front-mounted "petals" that opened like a flower to expose a laser cannon.
• Battle Stations - The Monster Minds' answer to Battle Base, it was not produced in the toy line. It was used in only one episode as it took enormous amounts of energy to spawn.

• Cruisers - A larger Monster Mind spacecraft.
• Scouts/Satellites - A smaller Monster Mind spacecraft.
• Drill Vines - A small rocket craft with a drill nose cone, containing a Monster Mind vine cluster, which was used to penetrate targets and release a growth of vines.
• Pods - A plant-like insertion craft launched by Cruisers or Scouts, when Drill Vines were not called for.
• Space Fighters - A small Monster Mind starfighter, used much less commonly than Scouts.

• Expansion Vines - A large vine growth used to infest a planet and spawn Monster Mind Troopers, also sometimes used to connect planets through open space.
• Spore Vines - Not as large as Expansion Vines, used to deploy biological weapons in the form of gases.
• Recepticles - A block-like plant that is used to form a teleportation point for Saw Boss's headquarters.
• Brains - A small plant mass with a single central eye, used for communication by Monster Mind agents of other races.

  Episode list

Voice actors

• Darrin Baker as Jayce
• Charles Joliffe as Gillian
• Gilles Tamiz as Oon
• Luba Goy as Oon
• John Stocker as Gun Grinner
• Dan Hennessey as Audric, CK.O. Kruiser, and Saw Trooper
• Valerie Politis as Flora
• Giulio Kukurugya as Saw Boss
• Len Carlson as Herc Stormsailor and Terror Tank
• Peter Lewis as The opening announcer
• Ernie Anderson as The main opening announcer
• Victor Lanoux as The closing announcer

  Mattel Wheeled Warriors toys

Home video releases

Comic