A.T.O.M. is an English-language French action animated series created by Ariane Desrieux and Paul-Patrick Duval. The show takes place in the fictional Landmark City and focuses on five teenagers, the eponymous Alpha Teens on Machines, who are given prototype weapons, gadgets and vehicles in order to battle Alexander Paine, a man who threatens to destroy Landmark City.
Alpha Teens The Alpha Teens are teenagers who participated in a TV contest and won. Their prize was being hired by Mr. Lee to use his prototype devices.
Axel Manning Axel Manning (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) is the eighteen-year-old leader of A.T.O.M., and a master of the Jo-Lan martial art. Jo-Lan combines the body and mind, allowing each punch, kick, etc. to land with a burst of energy. When Axel was 8, his father, Sebastian Manning, was supposedly killed in an explosion by who was assumed to be Paine, but later found to be someone else. Axel still searches for the truth on what really happened.
Axel enjoys adventure and will push his body to its limits. Just like the rest of the team, he likes extreme sports. Possibly the team's most level-headed member, Axel feels bad when he feels he put someone in danger and for a long time, blamed himself for his father's death. He and King become close friends and he also seems to have feelings for Lioness, as she is the only one who can get through to him when he is particularly emotional.
King Crey "King" Kingston (voiced by Aldis Hodge) is nineteen years old and is the oldest member of the team. He is a gentle giant with superhuman strength who is skilled in various forms of wrestling such as Greco-Roman wrestling, submission wrestling and pro-wrestling. King can rip through doors and walls with little effort; his power equals that of Axel when Axel uses his Jo-Lan special attacks. King also is tech savvy with computers, which he has shown on more than one occasion.
His father brought him to Blue Pines National Park in the outskirts of Landmark City. The experience changed him to the King that he is now. King also loves animals and has had many exotic pets, including Sparky (a gopher), Clarence (a tree frog), Benny (a porcupine), and Fluffy (a bat). King has also temporarily housed other animals at various periods of time and loves to nurse them back to health.
Lioness Catalina "Lioness" Leone (voiced by Alli Mauzey) is the youngest on the team at the age of eighteen. She is a talented Brazilian songwriter and singer who practices capoeira. Her agility and athletic ability make her a very effective fighter. She can hold her own in battle and has exhibited more courage than the others, mainly Hawk and Shark.
Like Axel, Lioness thrives on challenge and will push her body to its limits. Lioness had two fears, Paine's powers and public speaking, both of which she eventually overcame. She grew up with four brothers, Alexander, Antonio, Edvardo, and Fernando. Lioness' father, Rico Leone, known as Thrash, is a rock star and comes to visit her in one episode.
Hawk Zack "Hawk" Hawkes (voiced by Charlie Schlatter) is an eighteen-year-old gifted test pilot who is more at home in the air than on the ground, both due to his piloting skill and his huge ego. He is not too much of a hand-to-hand fighter. He has used a Muay Thai fighting stance more than once, getting knocked down each time he did it. He also was not able to swim until Lioness and a lifeguard named Laura taught him the basics.
Before his time with the Alpha Teens, Hawk was enrolled in a flight school, where he developed a rivalry with another pilot named Bogey. They pushed each other to see who was the best pilot, but Bogey's actions almost got them both killed. Both were expelled after Bogey put all the blame on Hawk for the incident during an inquest.
Hawk's aforementioned ego often annoys the rest of the team (and almost everybody else he meets) and sometimes is counterproductive on their missions. Because of this, he often strikes out with the ladies, including Lioness when he tried to pick her up when they first met. Despite this, Hawk is very serious about protecting innocent lives as well as his piloting skills.
Shark Ollie Herbert "Shark" Sharker (voiced by Brian Donovan) is an eighteen-year-old laid back surfer who is most at home in the water. A student of oceanography, Shark's is a great asset during water-based missions or while testing water-based vehicles for Lee Industries. Like Hawk, Shark isn't very accomplished fighter, but he is very skilled at evasion due to his knowledge of balance and the reflexes he gained from surfing. While most of the time, Shark is a calm and relaxed individual, when Axel was poisoned by Paine's men, he proved himself to be an effective leader.
Antagonists Paine's gang Paine's gang is a criminal group that serves as the main antagonist of the first season.
Alexander Paine Alexander Paine (voiced by Clancy Brown) is a crime boss who seeks to take over Landmark City and serves as the main antagonist of the first season. He is a former covert ops spy for the government, and worked closely with Axel Manning's father, Sebastian Manning. After the apparent death of Sebastian, Paine was sentenced to life imprisonment. However, he only served ten years before escaping with help from Spydah. Paine soon encounters Sebastian's son Axel, who seeks revenge for Sebastian's death. Due to a freak accident that Axel accidentally caused, Paine's nervous system is damaged. Because of this, he is in constant pain, but has the ability to transfer his intense pain to whomever he touches. Controlling a group of convicts from Talon, including Spydah and Flesh, Paine seeks to cause chaos and disorder in Landmark City, giving him an opportunity to take it over.
Spydah Roger "Spydah" Marcel (voiced by Tom Kenny) is a minion of Paine in spider-like armor who broke out of jail with him. He can create insect-themed machines which he treats as his pets. He wears a helmet equipped with six mini-cameras with night vision and infra-red capabilities. His eight detachable mechanical arms provide him with strength, dexterity, and climbing ability. He is also Paine's tech expert building or retooling machine's for Paine's plans.
Flesh Albert "Flesh" (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) is initially a bodybuilding thug who idolizes Paine and is hired by him to steal Nutronium from Lee Industries. After the mission fails, Paine angrily throws chemicals across the room, which strike Albert. This caused his body to mutate and grow to brutish proportions, giving him immense strength. Taking the name Flesh, an insult used by Lioness, Albert stayed working with Paine full-time.
Dragon Dragon (voiced by Keith Szarabajka) is a ninja mercenary and the only Eastern Jo-Lan master and is first seen when he was hired by unknown clientele to steal an inhibitor that drains its wearer of their strength. He met Paine when he and Paine were unexpectedly robbing the same place. Paine sent Spydah and Flesh to take care of him only for Dragon to easily defeat them both. An impressed Paine knew he was both a Jo-Lan master and a mercenary and tripled his pay to give him the inhibitor and capture Axel Manning. In "Fathers and Sons", Dragon is revealed to be a clone of Sebastian Manning, created by Lee during the Chrysalis project.
Magness Samantha "Magness" Paine (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) is the daughter of Alexander Paine. She has had magnetic powers since birth. The extent of which is her ability to control most metals (gold being one exception), disrupting electronics, levitation and canceling Jo-Lan powers. Her magnetic powers are increased in extreme cold, i.e. a snowy mountain. But her powers are weakened by extreme heat, i.e. fire. Magness also knows martial arts to the point where she can keep up with Axel in a fair fight. While Magness is Paine's daughter, she is not officially part of his gang.
Janus Lee Janus Lee (voiced by Tom Kenny) is the inventor and founder of Lee Industries. A rich and successful businessman, he held various assets throughout the city and over 6,000 separate patents on inventions. He was the one who started the Alpha Teens team after he tested them on his game show, "Trackdown" in season 1. He gave them access to Lee Industries vehicles for testing and also let them use them to stop Paine or any other villain threatening Landmark City. In both cases the vehicles usually end up getting trashed, mostly being unintentional, but Lee always paid for new ones.
Throughout the first season, the Alpha Teens become suspicious of Lee and eventually discover that he has created Tilian, a reptilian clone of Axel. Lee explains to Axel that his work on Tilian began shortly after their first meeting, citing his protégé as the direct inspiration for a messianic mission to save humanity from destroying itself. To ensure this transition happens without resistance, Lee intends to create creatures less conspicuous than Tilian who can blend in with humanity. After his actions are exposed, Lee experiments on himself, leaving him unable to think or act rationally. Lee creates an armor made out of hard light technology (light images that actual can come in physical contact with solid and liquid materials).
In "The Serpent's Tale", Lee is mortally wounded by Dragon's attack, which uncontrollably combines him with the hard light energy from his suit. This essentially reverses the effects of the failed self-experimentation that had driven him insane. Quan visits Lee in an attempt to silence him permanently by using his Ju Lan to disrupt Lee's Ki energy, causing a mass explosion that seemingly kills Lee. However, Lee survives as a being made of pure light.
Mu-Team The Mu-Team are genetically-altered clones of the Alpha Teens by Mr. Lee who each sports the characteristics of various animals. They are fiercely loyal to Mr. Lee and are very aggressive.
Tilian Tilian (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) is a clone of Axel who was created with the DNA of a cobra, a crocodile, a gecko, and a chameleon and sports a reptilian appearance. He can generate paralyzing venom, communicate with other reptiles, change color to blend in the surfaces like a chameleon, extend his tongue, and regenerate lost limbs.
Wrecka Wrecka (voiced by Aldis Hodge) is a clone of King who was created with the DNA of an elephant, a rhinoceros, and a hippopotamus. He has a largely humanoid appearance with blue skin and a horn. Wrecka possesses immense strength and charging power; in later appearances, Wrecka gains the ability to generate electricity from his horn.
Firekat Firekat (voiced by Alli Mauzey) is a clone of Lioness who was created with the DNA of a cheetah, a lion, a cougar, and a tiger and sports a feline appearance. Firekat has immense speed equivalent to a cheetah, powerful claws, and the ability to see in the dark.
Stingfly Stingfly (voiced by Charlie Schlatter) is a clone of Hawk who was created with the DNA of a hornet, a wasp, a dragonfly, and a beetle and sports an insectoid appearance. Stingfly is able to fly, stick to walls, shoot acidic eggs from his tail, and emit a powerful shriek.
Rayza Rayza (voiced by Brian Donovan) is a clone of Shark who was created with the DNA of a piranha, an eel, a jellyfish, and a barracuda, giving him a fish-like appearance. Rayza is amphibious, possesses a powerful bite, and can emit electricity from his body like an electric eel.
Cannonball Bros. The Cannonball Brothers (both voiced by James Arnold Taylor) are sibling acrobats who were prisoners at Talon Penitentiary until Paine broke them out. They worked for a circus where they would pickpocket valuables from their audience after the shows. Paine came to them stating that they owed him for breaking them out.
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