Post by The Blue Knight's Wife on Feb 25, 2009 21:22:28 GMT -8
Real Name: Unrevealed, possibly Sportacus
Identity/Class: Normal Human
Occupation: Professional Role Model, “Super-Hero”
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Robby Rotten
Known Relatives: None known
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: (currently) Lazytown (location unknown)
First Appearance: Lazytown (2004)
Powers/Abilities: Sportacus has no superhuman powers, but he is in excellent physical shape and he never tires out despite his very active physical activities. He is an Olympic-Class athlete, gymnast, acrobat and marathon runner. Always positive thinking, he uses a lot of jumps, spins and acrobatic flips and somersaults to race to the rescue. A powerful clairvoyant crystal in his chest device warns him within seconds when anybody is or is about to be in danger. It’s not sure how he reads or discerns the nature of the events it perceives. He travels by means of a pedal powered dirigible, which serves as his home and carries ever sort of sports paraphernalia possible. It seems to float at a level where he can jump down to earth with ease or climb up to it on a rope for which he whistles. Eating candy can weaken Sportacus; the sugar in candy wears him down to the point he can’t move, but fresh fruits can restore him back to his physical prime.
History: Not much is known about Sportacus. No one knows where he came from or if he has a secret identity, but he seems very interested in doing as much good and helping as many people as possible. Wherever he goes, he spreads good will, good habits and respect to others.
When young pink-haired Stephanie moved to Lazytown, she discovered the other kids in town weren’t interested in playing outside or in sports. Her uncle, Mayor Meanswell, called upon Sportacus to come to Lazytown to show to all the kids that sports could be fun. Along the way, he taught good manners, good health and life lessons to Stephanie and her friends Ziggy, Pixel, Trixie and Stingy. He also met Miss Busybody who assisted Mayor Meanswell.
Sportacus was often being sabotaged or mocked for his good habits by Robby Rotten, a local ne’er-do-well and malcontent who lived in an underground bunker at the end of tunnels with an above ground entrance hidden behind a billboard. Out of shape and undeserving, he often spied on Sportacus and the kids with a periscope that popped up out of the ground. Using his vast collection of costumes and inventions, he tried to wear down Sportacus by teaching the kids bad habits, by working against the good Sportacus did, by committing acts of malicious mischief or by just thinking up stunts to drive Sportacus out of town. No matter what he tried, Sportacus always won, and ever optimistic and affable Stephanie and the others learned another lesson to make them the best people they could be.
Comments: Magnus Scheving, the creator, writer, producer and director of Lazytown, plays Sportacus. He also sings the theme song. Julianna Rose Mauriello plays Stephanie and Stefan Karl plays Robby Rotten. The rest of the characters are puppets animated before a green screen by puppeteers obscured by the surreal cartoon-like Lazytown. Each of the puppet children is emblematic of the challenges that kids face to having a healthy life. Ziggy likes Candy too much; Pixel rarely leaves his computer, Trixie refuses to follow rules and Stingy won’t share. The series is created in Iceland. The show's website is here.
Profile by Thor2000.
CLARIFICATIONS: None.
All images and characters depicted on this site are copyright their respective holders, and are used for informational purposes only. No infringement is intended and copyrights remain at source.
SOURCE: www.internationalhero.co.uk/s/sportacus.htm
Identity/Class: Normal Human
Occupation: Professional Role Model, “Super-Hero”
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Robby Rotten
Known Relatives: None known
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: (currently) Lazytown (location unknown)
First Appearance: Lazytown (2004)
Powers/Abilities: Sportacus has no superhuman powers, but he is in excellent physical shape and he never tires out despite his very active physical activities. He is an Olympic-Class athlete, gymnast, acrobat and marathon runner. Always positive thinking, he uses a lot of jumps, spins and acrobatic flips and somersaults to race to the rescue. A powerful clairvoyant crystal in his chest device warns him within seconds when anybody is or is about to be in danger. It’s not sure how he reads or discerns the nature of the events it perceives. He travels by means of a pedal powered dirigible, which serves as his home and carries ever sort of sports paraphernalia possible. It seems to float at a level where he can jump down to earth with ease or climb up to it on a rope for which he whistles. Eating candy can weaken Sportacus; the sugar in candy wears him down to the point he can’t move, but fresh fruits can restore him back to his physical prime.
History: Not much is known about Sportacus. No one knows where he came from or if he has a secret identity, but he seems very interested in doing as much good and helping as many people as possible. Wherever he goes, he spreads good will, good habits and respect to others.
When young pink-haired Stephanie moved to Lazytown, she discovered the other kids in town weren’t interested in playing outside or in sports. Her uncle, Mayor Meanswell, called upon Sportacus to come to Lazytown to show to all the kids that sports could be fun. Along the way, he taught good manners, good health and life lessons to Stephanie and her friends Ziggy, Pixel, Trixie and Stingy. He also met Miss Busybody who assisted Mayor Meanswell.
Sportacus was often being sabotaged or mocked for his good habits by Robby Rotten, a local ne’er-do-well and malcontent who lived in an underground bunker at the end of tunnels with an above ground entrance hidden behind a billboard. Out of shape and undeserving, he often spied on Sportacus and the kids with a periscope that popped up out of the ground. Using his vast collection of costumes and inventions, he tried to wear down Sportacus by teaching the kids bad habits, by working against the good Sportacus did, by committing acts of malicious mischief or by just thinking up stunts to drive Sportacus out of town. No matter what he tried, Sportacus always won, and ever optimistic and affable Stephanie and the others learned another lesson to make them the best people they could be.
Comments: Magnus Scheving, the creator, writer, producer and director of Lazytown, plays Sportacus. He also sings the theme song. Julianna Rose Mauriello plays Stephanie and Stefan Karl plays Robby Rotten. The rest of the characters are puppets animated before a green screen by puppeteers obscured by the surreal cartoon-like Lazytown. Each of the puppet children is emblematic of the challenges that kids face to having a healthy life. Ziggy likes Candy too much; Pixel rarely leaves his computer, Trixie refuses to follow rules and Stingy won’t share. The series is created in Iceland. The show's website is here.
Profile by Thor2000.
CLARIFICATIONS: None.
All images and characters depicted on this site are copyright their respective holders, and are used for informational purposes only. No infringement is intended and copyrights remain at source.
SOURCE: www.internationalhero.co.uk/s/sportacus.htm