Action Man is a computer generated show about a guy with special powers. As a young boy, he was
exposed to an experiment, that gave him a certain power called the AMP factor. Whenever his
adrenaline gets pumping, he can think instantaneously and decide what to do and how to do it in a
split second. The steps he takes are like simple commands: Check it out, dial it in, amp it up! Check
it out means that he has to take a look around, then by dialing it in, he can see exactly how to do
something, than amping it up means he does it.
There aren’t that many main characters, but here are their names. Alex Mann, Fidget, Grinder,
Rikki, and Dr. X. Alex Mann is the main character, and his nickname is Action Man. He’s one of
the top competitors in the Acceleration Games. He’s either saving the world, winning a race, or
taking lessons from his high school coach on how to control his abilities. Fidget is the young lady
that works as photographer for team Xtreme. She’s a feisty tomboy who can hardly stand being
away from her precious video camera. She has a special brother-sister type bond with Alex, and
that’s why she joined the team. Grinder is the pilot of the team, as the mechanic and backbone.
Without him, the team wouldn’t even be moving, and they’d also be caught in an endless stream of
fighting. He’s longtime friends with Alex, and is the reason why Alex is in the Acceleration Games.
Rikki is the worrisome manager of the team, and if he’s not worrying about money, it’s where Alex
and Fidget disappeared to. He’s the oldest of the team, even though he’s only in his late twenty’s.
Despite his lack of a spine, he’s trustworthy, and an ambitious salesman. Dr. X is an evil geneticist,
who was partly responsible for Alex’s abilities. X is currently trying to rub out Alex’s friends, and
split him open to see how he works. Even though he’s a brilliant genetics engineer, he hasn’t yet
been able to create the perfect Neo-Human.
The TV rating is Y7, and that’s about right. There is some violence, but not that much. Parents
should watch three to four episodes with their kids, before letting them watch it freely.
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