Urbo
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| URBO: The Adventures of Pax Afrika | |
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| Genre | Science fiction Animation |
| Creator(s) | Sean Rogers |
| Starring | Anelisa Phewa, Nick Pauling, Precious Kofi, Mike Westcott, Cokey Falkow, Nicola Jackman, Siphokazi January |
| Country of origin |  South Africa |
| Production | |
| Running time | 26 mins |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | SABC3 |
| Original run | 28 October 2006 – |
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| IMDb profile | |
URBO: The Adventures of Pax Afrika is an ongoing science fiction animated television series created by Octagon CSI. It started airing in October 2006. It chronicles the adventures of a gang of teenagers who live in an a futuristic Cape Town, re-named iKapa City, the last known city on the planet, as they fight the evil industrialist overlord Maximilian Malice.
Pax Afrika, the son of the missing explorer Zingela Afrika, discovers that he has ancestral powers that allow him to see flashes of the future. Together with his friends, emo mechanic T-Man, hacker girl Keitu, and Una, Malice's rebellious daughter, Pax plans to find his father and save the city from Malice Industries. But his fate is also tied to the mysterious, hidden city of URBO- an environmental El Dorado located somewhere in the ruins of Africa.
SABC3 began airing the first 52 part series on 28th October 2006, and is re-launching the first series on 6th April 2007.
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[edit] Heroes
Pax Afrika - A rebellious teenager who discovers that he has been granted magical powers by his ancestors. They include the power to control light and the weather, the ability to see the future, and lightning-fast reflexes.
T-Man - Pax's best friend, an emo mechanic. He is an incredible coward with a dry wit.
Keitu Anderson - A genius hacker girl with a inexplicable crush on T-Man.
Una Malice - Maximilian Malice's rebellious daughter, who has been spoiled, but is a skilled hover-biker who can hold her own against Pax.
Teeter- Pax's mischievous little sister, who has an X-Ray eye and is obsessed with the TV show "Frothy The Bear".
[edit] Villains
Maximilian Malice - A former vacuum-cleaner salesman who stumbled upon the technology that made him the richest, most powerful person in the city.
Clemence 2-X4b - Malice's bumbling side-kick and robotics expert. He was abandoned in a factory full of robot-arms and raised as one of their own, and now finds it hard to deal with real people.
Tumi Nyoka - Pax's nemesis, a psychopathic bully who quickly became head of Malice's army.
Senyaka - One of Pax's ancestors, who grants Pax the power of mind control and manipulation. He is shunned by Pax's other ancestors in the spirit realm.
The Happiness Enforcers - Malice's robot army. Most of them are addicted to the robot soap-opera "The Newly Manufactured And The Restless".
[edit] Other Recurring Characters
Frothy the Bear - A children's TV entertainer, reminiscent of Barney the Dinosaur. He teaches children the importance of buying products from the Malice Corporation.
Mushu - Pax's mentor, who teaches him how to use his magical powers.
Ma Afrika - Pax and Teeter's long-suffering mother.
House - The home-management AI, MaliceSoft House 4.01 Beta. A bossy computer program that looks after Pax's house.
Zakes Turbo - An egocentric, half-witted hoverbike champion with the best hair in the city.
Chatta Kumalo - A vain, ultra-fashionable bionic reporter with a unicycle wheel instead of legs.
Leon and Deon - T-Man's interchangable mechanic brothers.
Stacy - Keitu's fashion-crazed sister.
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