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As many of you know, I am one of the hopefuls that "Road Rovers" will come back. And even if it doesn't, I will continue to dream and to write and to draw and create, because I love this series, and it shouldn't die out.Now, some of you might remember the Space Rovers who appeared in the episode "Take Me To Your Leader." I rather resented the way how they just randomly appeared with no background story or introductory or anything else. Not only that, but only their leader, Persia, was given a name and speaking lines, while the rest were just speechless drawings.
In my own personal remake of the series, the Space would be given a story to show how they came to be, and each of them would be given their own name, personality, skill, background, etc.
Unfortunately, because I could only find one screencap that showed only Persia and two other Space Rovers (from the front; there was another Space Rover, but I could only see him from the back), I can only present drawings of these three as of this time:
Persia, an afphgan dog;
Molly, a cockerspaniel (the reason I named her Molly is simply because that's the name that came to mind when I was thinking up possible names, and it just stuck; plus I would have her be a romantic interest for Exile, simply because that seems like such a cute coupling)
Duke, a black lab (I named him Duke because I've seen and heard about a lot of black labs who had that name, plus it just seemed to fit)
Also, I think I would have the Space Rovers be a female-dominated team, as opposed to the Road Rovers and Ninja-ken, who have only one female team member each. The Space Rovers would consist of 4 female dogs and one male.
So anyway, if anyone has any extra screencaps of the Space Rovers, please feel free to share them, as well as any possible dog species and names you think I could use for the extra two slots I have open for the remaining Rovers.
Space Rovers (c) WB
Duke/Molly (c) well, their designs belong to WB, but their names and personalities belong to me
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Comments: 128
marlon94 In reply to ??? [2013-07-06 04:00:07 +0000 UTC]
I saw this characters too on episode 12 of the original show, and I'm also quite dissapointed their small appearance, like the other characters. And I agree with your proposal, to keep on the dream of the Road Rovers and the hopes for WB gives a pleasant come back to them with good merchandise including a DVD release and some re-runs. And I'm quite proud to know more people with that dream of the Road Rovers, because I also carry the same dreams of them. Anyway, amazing work with these characters, and the custom names for the nameless background guys.
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Mirumoto-Kenjiro In reply to ??? [2013-07-06 00:24:46 +0000 UTC]
I remember in a menagerie of Space Rovers fan-fics by someone who left the fandom years ago, the other two were named Saundra & Boomer. And they had a big story behind them in past and future.
Keep up the good work!
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MetalExveemon In reply to Mirumoto-Kenjiro [2013-07-06 23:04:20 +0000 UTC]
Sounds neat.
Thanks!
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MDTartist83 [2013-07-06 00:06:20 +0000 UTC]
Hey! I remember these guys! Awesome work here, dude! You made an absolutely amazing rendition of these guys!
I like how you gave them names. I know who Persia is, but as you pointed out, only she was given a name and dialogue. Whereas everybody else remained completely silent and served little importance. This is not particularly surprising because it's like Lupe's introduction in Sonic SatAM. In their debut appearance, only Lupe's name was given, and only she had the most lines of dialogue. Everybody else was just part of the background, and it wasn't until later on in the comics when their names were given.
Anyway, I think in that particular episode, I saw another Space Rover at the controls. I'm not sure if the character was male or female. But it looked to be a Schnauzer type dog. Kind of like Jacques from Lady and the Tramp. Of course, it's kind of hard to tell because of the crappy quality picture from those YouTube videos. Usually in fiction, such dogs are depicted being male. So I guess we could name this guy "Billy", or "Jerome". Or something like that. But aside from that, excellent work, MetalExveemon. Indeed, we REALLY should have seen more of these guys. I mean just to imagine what kind of things they could have encountered out in space. From killer aliens (like the Xenomorphs, necromorphs, or even the creature from The Thing), or an alien race (like in Starwars or Voltron). The possibilities are soaring in the heavens.
I like how you drew Persia's pose. You should try drawing Lupe in your own style. I'd love to see how that turns out.
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MetalExveemon In reply to MDTartist83 [2013-07-06 00:15:21 +0000 UTC]
Thank yooou!!!!
I really appreciate you wonderful comments!
Heh, yeah; like I said in the description box, in my own remake of the series, "Take Me to Your Leader" would show the Space Rovers being created, and they would serve a little more purpose in the episode's plot (like they would be the ones who alert The Master of Storm's mind control thing). And afterwards, they would pop up here and there over then next four seasons, either having adventures of their own or helping the Road Rovers out.
Do you like the idea of Molly being Exile's girlfriend?
Thanks for pointing out the Schnauzer, though I also said in my description box that I personally would have the Space Rovers be female dominated, just to contrast with the male dominated Road Rovers...
...though ROFL I just imagined that the Schnauzer is revealed to actually be a girl! It could be kinda like the ladybug from "A Bug's Life", where it's actually a boy ("So! Being a ladybug automatically makes me a girl! Is that it, fly-boy?!").
I can imagine Exile being introduced to the Schnauzer and saying something that indicates he thinks that he's talking to a fellow male, only for her to say "I'm a GIRL, you mongrel!" Lol...
But yes, I love your ideas of killer aliens and alien races! That would have been so awesome! Another space cartoon would be "Buzz Lightyear of Starcommand". Did you ever see that one? That was pretty good.
Heh-heh, thank you, and yes, I really should draw Lupe one of these days!
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bigfootRULES In reply to MetalExveemon [2014-01-01 01:08:57 +0000 UTC]
molly being exiles girlfriend sounds like a good idea. molly's power should be taming and commanding alien wild animals like these.
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MetalExveemon In reply to bigfootRULES [2014-01-02 03:09:53 +0000 UTC]
Thanks!
Ewwww, nasty looking aliens!
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bigfootRULES In reply to MetalExveemon [2014-01-02 04:03:50 +0000 UTC]
heck she could have a little pet creature that keeps on the ship like this demonml.deviantart.com/art/Con…
and she thinks is cute. what do you think about her power?
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MetalExveemon In reply to bigfootRULES [2014-01-02 04:35:02 +0000 UTC]
Heh-heh, I guess that alien is kinda cute... kinda.
So what is her power exactly?
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bigfootRULES In reply to MetalExveemon [2014-01-02 04:53:41 +0000 UTC]
i told you she can tame and control wild animals. like fluttershy.
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MetalExveemon In reply to bigfootRULES [2014-01-02 04:55:25 +0000 UTC]
I've never heard of Fluttershy, so it's a little bit harder for me to understand. X)
But what I meant is how exactly does that work? I mean, are there animals that she can't control? Does it apply only to aliens? Woud she be able to control other canosapiens and canomutants?
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bigfootRULES In reply to MetalExveemon [2014-01-02 05:06:31 +0000 UTC]
telepathy. she can only mind control things that aren't sentient.
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bigfootRULES In reply to MetalExveemon [2014-01-02 05:45:07 +0000 UTC]
and i think they should have a Chihuahua shaped robot for comedy relief.
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MetalExveemon In reply to bigfootRULES [2014-01-02 06:07:56 +0000 UTC]
That might be overdoing it, but then again, maybe... X)
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bigfootRULES In reply to MetalExveemon [2014-01-02 06:14:07 +0000 UTC]
i think his personality would be a mix between C-3PO from star wars and rattrap from beast wars transformers.
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MetalExveemon In reply to bigfootRULES [2014-01-02 06:17:35 +0000 UTC]
Really? That's a weird combination.
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bigfootRULES In reply to MetalExveemon [2014-01-02 06:31:40 +0000 UTC]
with a bit of this personality.
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Curator85 In reply to ??? [2013-07-05 22:22:38 +0000 UTC]
I remember those guys! If they made more episodes the space rovers would have appeared more often.I;m with you I do hope road rovers will return.I like this.
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