Troma Is Cleaning Up Your Collection with Toxic Crusaders: The Series on Blu-ray December 10th!

Kids of the 80s rejoice! Troma is bringing the complete Toxic Crusaders: The Series to Blu-ray in all its animated glory! You can recreate your memories of seeing the animated Toxie on television and then convincing your mom to rent you to the live-action movie with this two-disc collection offering the full series with plenty of bonus features to go around. 

What's next, a Blu-ray of the Rambo cartoon complete series? The RoboCop cartoon complete series on Blu-ray? I know a lot of people are lamenting a return to '80s culture, but for nostalgia bums, this might be a good thing when something like Troma's Toxic Crusaders: The Series comes to Blu-ray! Newly restored and remastered, this classic slice of '80s cheese will adorn many a Troma fan's collections on December 10th. If all you 40-something-year-olds have been really good this year, maybe Santa will bring it for you for Christmas! 

Toxic Crusaders: The Series 

Toxie uses his new powers to clean up the evil and greedy forces that are willing to poison the environment. Dr. Killemoff wants to destroy the Earth with toxic chemicals and radioactive waste, so it resembles his polluted planet Smogula.  

Toxie isn’t alone in his battle against Dr. Killemoff. Other hideously deformed creatures with superhuman size and strength join up with Toxie to form the Toxic Crusaders. Nozone flew through a hole in the ozone layer and now has powerful sneezes. Major Disaster emerged from a radioactive swamp with the ability to control plants. Headbanger has the heads of the mad scientist Dr. Bender and a singing telegram boy named Fender from an atom smasher accident. Junkyard is a man-dog that merged when lightning hit their toxic sludge covered shelter. Toxie also has the help of his girlfriend Yvonne, who is practically blind without her glasses. Together, the Toxic Crusaders battle against Dr. Killemoff and his evil cohorts to preserve Tromaville. 

Toxic Crusaders: The Series was made for the whole family. The action appealed to preteens with its environmental message. There are jokes that will make the adults in the room laugh. This is a show for the family that wants to share the Troma experience together.  

Toxie was voiced by Rodger Bumpass, who is currently voicing the character of Squidward
Tentacles on SpongeBob SquarePants. Bumpass did double duty by voicing Dr. Killemoff. Other notable voices in the series belong to Paul Eiding (Ben 10), Ed Gilbert (Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills), Hal Rayle (SWAT Kats: The Radical Squad), John Mariano (The Sewer Czar on The Tick), Kath Soucie (Lola Bunny in Space Jam), Susan Silo (Biker Mice From Mars), and Gregg Berger (Cornfed Pig on Duckman).

Two major guest voices were Michael J. Pollard (Bonnie and Clyde) and Chuck McCann (Far Out Space Nuts and Pac-Man). The first episode was written by Chuck Lorre, who went on to create Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and HBO’s Bookie. Troma’s co-founders, Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, also co-wrote a few scripts too. 

The bonus features include a new introduction from Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman, commercials for Toxic Crusaders toys, TV spots, lost archival footage, and a documentary on the video game. Toxic Crusaders: The Series includes all 13 episodes on 2 Blu-ray discs. 

Here's all of the toxic details:

Bonus Materials

• New introduction by Lloyd Kaufman
• Original Toxic Crusaders toy commercials and TV spots
• Feature length documentary about the making of the Toxic Crusaders video game from Retroware
• Long lost archival footage of your favorite mop wielding mutant
• Bonus cartoons

SKU: MVD16262BR
Format: Blu-ray
UPC: 760137162629
Street Date: 12/10/24
PreBook Date: 11/05/24
Label: Troma Films
Genre: Animation
Run Time: 301 mins
Number of Discs: 2
Audio: STEREO
Year of Production: 1991
Region Code: 0
Box Lot:
Territory: NORTH AMERICA
Language: English

Cast & Crew
Actor: Rodger Bumpass
Actor: Susan Blu
Actor: Paul Eiding
Actor: Ed Gilbert
Actor: John Mariano
Actor: Gregg Berger
Actor: Chuck McCann
Actor: Hal Rayle
Actor: Susan Silo
Actor: Kath Soucie
Actor: Michael J. Pollard
Actor: Patrick Zimmerman
Actor: Lloyd Kaufman
Director: Bill Hutten
Director: Tony Love
Producer: Walt Kubiak
Producer: Fred Wolf

Toxic Crusaders: The Series is up for preorder!