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Captain N: The Game Master

1989–1991 · 3 seasons

A bright, silly Saturday-morning romp through a candy-colored video-game world, full of goofy villains and cheerful teamwork.

Genres: Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy, Action & adventure
Starring: Matt Hill, Venus Terzo, Andrew Kavadas

Overview: A teenager from Earth, is brought to another universe known as Videoland to defeat the evil villainess, Mother Brain, as foretold in an Ancient Prophecy.

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Genres: Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy, Action & adventure
Starring: Matt Hill, Venus Terzo, Andrew Kavadas

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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
survival
identity
found family
power
Places: fantasy world
Era: contemporary
Audience: kids
Form: serialised
animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	1
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: animation, sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure, kids
Written by: Steven Weiss, Dorothy Middleton, Calvin Kelly, Ted Alben
Starring: Matt Hill, Venus Terzo, Andrew Kavadas, Alessandro Juliani, Doug Parker, Levi Stubbs, Frank Welker, Garry Chalk
Length: 3 seasons, 34 episodes, 22 min each
Network: NBC
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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