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"M.A.N.T.I.S." (1994): Season 1: Episode 22 -- MANTIS and his friends encounter a ravenous Tyrannosaurus.
"M.A.N.T.I.S." (1994): Season 1: Episode 21 -- Stonebrake needs help from the MANTIS when he brings to life an ancestor who goes on a killing spree.
"M.A.N.T.I.S." (1994): Season 1: Episode 20 -- MANTIS strikes back when Ruell the Spider is positioned to attack Port Columbia.
"M.A.N.T.I.S." (1994): Season 1: Episode 19 -- MANTIS faces a criminal who has the ability to move so fast he is invisible.
"M.A.N.T.I.S." (1994): Season 1: Episode 18 -- MANTIS must stop a traveling magician that uses a mind control machine.
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Overview

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Creators:
Sam Hamm
Sam Raimi
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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
26 August 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
Call me... the Mantis!
Plot:
A paralyzed African-American scientist builds a powerful exo-skeleton in order to walk again, and uses his new abilities to fight crime. full summary
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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"I like my heroes like my coffee," she said, "Strong, Black and electromagnetic servo equipped!" more (7 total)

Cast

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Carl Lumbly ... Dr. Miles Hawkins (22 episodes, 1994-1997)
Galyn Görg ... Lt. Leora Maxwell (22 episodes, 1994-1997)

Gary Graham ... Capt. Ken Hetrick (9 episodes, 1994-1995)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Company:
Renaissance Pictures more

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Trivia:
In the pilot, "M.A.N.T.I.S." stood for: Mechanically Augmented Neuro-transmitter Interactive System. Otherwise known as the "exo-skeleton". But the network felt that the public would get confused by this, and would always be asking themselves, "What's that suit called again?" So the actual series producers, Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo (who had previously done "The Flash") had one of the supporting characters in the first episode of the actual series run, upon seeing the title character in the suit for the first time, say "Wow, you know? It kinda looks like a Mantis!" thus removing the need for an acronymic title. No mention is ever made of the original acronym's meaning in the entire run of the series. Yet the producers retained the spacing between the letters of the original title. more
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"I like my heroes like my coffee," she said, "Strong, Black and electromagnetic servo equipped!", 28 November 2005
Author: bpbcc from Canada

I was a fan of M.A.N.T.I.S. for it's short run on Fox. Was it a great show? Was it life altering? Was it a deep and thorough examination of the human condition? No! I liked it more for what it was not rather than what it was. I got to see it because of its time slot just before the X-Files. Like the X-Files this was a show out of the ordinary. It wasn't about a bunch of gritty cops on the verge of divorce, nor was it about a bunch or evil back stabbing/wonderful gifted doctors/lawyers (take your pick). I don't even care about the sub text of the once brawny man overcoming his disability through the use of his mind. I just wanted something fun to watch on a Friday night waiting for the X-Files and this show filled the gap. I hope it comes out as a complete DVD Box like Firefly. Shows like this could help get a new section going at the store for failed TV shows with huge fan bases.

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