A family of machine-enhanced human beings, each possessing unique powers after being augmented with bionic technology, battles evil. Together, the family form a superhero team called the Bionic Six.
In the next century, a bionic scientist called "Dr. Scarab" is after power and immortality by bionic-nanotech engineering. He and his henchmen are stopped again and again by Dr. Sharp and his Bionic Six, a multi-cultural family of bionic people with some fantasy technology.—Jeremy Pace <[email protected]>
Series set in an unspecified decade of the 21st century. Several years ago, Dr. Amadeus Sharp transformed the test pilot Jack Bennett into the cyborg hero Bionic-1. Jack acted as a solo hero for sometime. During a vacation in the Himalayas, Jack's family was exposed to mysterious radiation and was left comatose. Unable to ensure their survival in other ways, Dr. Sharp implanted bionic technology into them. Now the family consists of 6 cyborg heroes, who operate as a team. Dr. Sharp's brother is the super-villain Dr. Scarab/Dr. Wilmer Sharp who is obsessed with finding the secret of immortality, and meanwhile seeks power and wealth through various crimes. After performing enhancements on himself, Scarab created his own team of cyborg super-villains, though they are not particularly loyal to him. They consist of the cunning and ambitious Glove (who plots to overthrow Scarab), the secretive femme fatale Madame-O (who often has hidden agendas), the brutish handyman Mechanic (skilled at using tools, but with a child-like mentality), the chain-wielding biker Chopper, and the humanoid monster Klunk (extremely strong and nearly invulnerable, but with an animal-like intellect and usually unable to speak).—Dimos I
The Bionic Six was a cartoon shown on US TV from 1987-88. The show only lasted for one season of 65 episodes. It was set in the "near" future, and consisted of a politically correct family. The father was a test pilot and gourmet cook, the mother a marine biologist, with four children. The blonde-haired daughter (Meg) was a Valley Girl, the brown-haired son (Eric) was on the high school baseball team, the African-American son (J.D.) was top of his class, and the Oriental son (Bunji) was learning karate. They and Dr. Sharp had to constantly stop Dr. Scarab, Dr. Sharp's evil brother, from taking over the world. Dr. Scarab had five terrorists he created to help him in his evil deeds. The Bionic Six were given their powers by Dr. Sharp's bionizing machine, and were clearly superior to Dr. Scarab's technology. So Dr. Scarab often used tricky plots to try to capture or kill the Bionic Six while searching for the technological fountain of youth and immortality.—Matt Karpowich <[email protected]>
