Walter Melon (TV show)
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Walter Melon was an 1998 animated TV show, adapted from the French comic and television series Achille Talon.
[edit] Plot
Walter Melon and his assistant Bitterbug run a company as "heroes for hire". Whenever superheroes get in trouble or get sick, Melon and Bitterbug (Lefuneste) take their places temporarily. In the show Walter and Bitterbug replaced all kinds of heroes spoofs, such as: Superman, James Bond, Batman and Robin, Luke Skywalker, Mad Max, Spider-Man, 2 of the Power Rangers, Fox Mulder, White Rabbit, and Little Red Riding Hood. Walter is not a supertrained, intelligent and beautiful macho man like most superheroes. Instead, he is a big jolly fellow with a large nose and a lot of luck. When as any of those heroes, he fights Sneero who is represented as the bad guys spoofs, such as: Lex Luthor, Goldeneye, Joker, Darth Vader, Doctor Octopus, Rita Repulsa, Cigarette Smoking Man, Queen of Hearts, and the Big Bad Wolf.
In a second season, possibly to make the cartoon more educational, Walter and Bitterbug would receive cross-time distress messages from famous and important historical figures rather than superheroes.
The series is now available on Jetix (Russia).
``Hero for hire. Reasonable rates. All major credit cards accepted.''
--Walter Melon
