Does anyone remember the show "Manimal" ?

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Re: Manimal
By: Arlan Levitan to All on Thu Jun 11 2026 12:05 pm

Does anyone remember the show "Manimal" ?

Yep, watched it as well as "Mantis" that came out about the same time. Back when prime-time TV was filled with superhero's.
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Re: Manimal
By: FCpt Dallas Vinson to Arlan Levitan on Thu Jun 11 2026 05:41 pm

Re: Manimal
By: Arlan Levitan to All on Thu Jun 11 2026 12:05 pm

Does anyone remember the show "Manimal" ?

Yep, watched it as well as "Mantis" that came out about the same
time. Back when prime-time TV was filled with superhero's.

wasn't mantis the black dude one that was in the 2000's?


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Re: Manimal
By: Arlan Levitan to All on Thu Jun 11 2026 12:05 pm

Does anyone remember the show "Manimal" ?

Was that different from "Animalman"? I think I watched that one in Europe, maybe. A dude could turn into animals.

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Re: Manimal
By: MRO to FCpt Dallas Vinson on Fri Jun 12 2026 02:13 am

wasn't mantis the black dude one that was in the 2000's?

Yes, was shot in the back and paralyzed from the waist down. Built an exoskelaton so he could walk again, but used it has his crime fighting costume and spent the rest of his time in his wheelchair to hide his identity.
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Re: Manimal
By: Arlan Levitan to All on Thu Jun 11 2026 12:05 pm

Was that different from "Animalman"? I think I watched that one in Europe, maybe. A dude could turn into animals.

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I don't remember animalman. Manimal was kind of campy. It was ok. I used to like it but in retrospect it wasn't really that good. I remember being disappointed that it was suddenly cancelled with no notice. Back then there was no Internet to tell you what was going on. You just turned on the TV and your show wasn't on. You kept trying week after week until you saw an article in TV guide or People or Entertainment Weekly that Manimal was cancelled

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Re: Manimal
By: phigan to Arlan Levitan on Fri Jun 12 2026 05:21 am

Does anyone remember the show "Manimal" ?

Was that different from "Animalman"? I think I watched that one in Europe, maybe. A dude could turn into animals.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085051/
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Re: Mantis
By: FCpt Dallas Vinson to MRO on Fri Jun 12 2026 08:27 am

wasn't mantis the black dude one that was in the 2000's?

Yes, was shot in the back and paralyzed from the waist down. Built
an exoskelaton so he could walk again, but used it has his crime
fighting costume and spent the rest of his time in his wheelchair
to hide his identity.

well manimal and automan was 80s after the tron movie.
that's when they started those super hero shows.

m.a.n.t.i.s was 1994.
as i recall mantis started out decent but was too 'black' but they changed a lot of the show format and didn't do well with that either.


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Re: Manimal
By: Arlan Levitan to All on Thu Jun 11 2026 12:05:52

Does anyone remember the show "Manimal" ?

Yeah. It was OK, but not a show I'd be anxious to see again.

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Re: Manimal
By: phigan to Arlan Levitan on Fri Jun 12 2026 05:21:45

Was that different from "Animalman"? I think I watched that one in Europe, maybe. A dude could turn into animals.

Same premise. Most episodes he either turned into a panther or hawk to save on SFX cost; they'd just reuse the same transformation footage.

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Re: Manimal
By: phigan to Arlan Levitan on Fri Jun 12 2026 05:21:45

Same premise. Most episodes he either turned into a panther or hawk to save on SFX cost; they'd just reuse the same transformation footage.

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The snake transformation lol

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