Aaron Stone is a live-action, single camera adventure series created by Bruce Kalish for Jetix and is the first original Disney XD series about a teenager who is enlisted to become the real life version of a legendary, crime fighting online game character. The series stars Kelly Blatz, David Lambert, JP Manoux and Tania Gunadi. This marks as Disney Channel's first original drama series since So Weird and also Disney XD's first. 16-year old Charlie Landers as Aaron Stone is an online gaming legend in "Hero Rising", the newest hottest video game. His life is changed forever when "Hero Rising" video game creator billionaire T. Abner Hall (Martin Roach) informs him about the very real Omega Defiance and recruits Charlie to become the 'real life' Aaron Stone. Each episode features one of the Omega Defiance members that Aaron tries to take down. Just like his video game avatar, Aaron wears a protective uniform with high-tech gadgets, weapons, & anti-gravity X-5 sneakers. He also has been given access to a J960 supersonic jet named "The Black Arrow" which he uses as his main means of transportation for his missions around the world. To help him in his missions, he is accompanied by Hall's most trusted android named S.T.A.N. (Sentient Tactical Assisting Neo-human) (JP Manoux) and one of Hall's weapon specialists, Emma Lau (Tania Gunadi). [edit] Characters Main - Kelly Blatz as Charlie Landers/Aaron Stone: The protagonist, who assumes the role of his video-game avatar in order to protect his family and the world. His Hero Rising avatar and real-live secret identity is named "Aaron Stone." he is 16 years old as far as we know.
- David Lambert as Jason Landers/Terminus Mag: Charlie's 14 (most of season 1) - 15-year-old(end of season 1) younger brother, who, like Charlie, is an enthusiastic Internet-game player. His gaming skills are seriously lacking. He appears in the game as Terminus Mag, a giant golden robot who is his brother's ally. Jason has no idea his brother Charlie is a secret real life world crime-fighting hero: Aaron Stone. He has a crush on Emma but she doesn't return his feelings.
- J. P. Manoux as S.T.A.N.: Charlie's android sidekick. His name is said to be an acronym of "Sentient Tactical Assisting Neo-human". Stan is ruled by Asimov's Laws of Robotics: He must not harm humans or allow humans to be harmed, and he must obey orders. Stan's lock-down mode activates whenever his circuits are being tampered turning him into traveling cargo.
- Tania Gunadi as Emma Lau/Dark Tamara: A computer-savvy tomboy who is Charlie's next door neighbor. She knows of Charlie's double identity and works for Mr.Hall. She is very proficient in hacking, as she accesses Vas and Ram's Webcam in Kolkata after hacking Charlie's laptop and stealth. She created most of Charlies weapons and is a 2nd degree weapon specialist. She like Charlie has an alter-ego her avatar, Dark Tamara. It is hinted during the series that both Emma and Charlie have feelings for each other, and that given time it could develop into romance.
Reccuring - Martin Roach as T. Abner Hall: The President of HALL Industries and maker of the game 'Hero Rising'. He is Charlie's mentor and Stan's creator. It was his idea to help the world by creating a think-tank, which lead to the creation of the intelligence serum that turned the Omega Defiance into villains bent on destruction. In Hall's defense, he told them not to take the serum as it wasn't finished testing. He refused the request from the group to take his vial of the serum and instead opts to use all of Hall Industries resources to help bring down the Omega Defiance and undo the damage the serum has caused.
- Shauna MacDonald as Amanda Landers: Charlie & Jason's mother & new employee of HALL Industries.
- Vasanth Saranga as Vas Mehta: The brother of Ramdas. Vas' Hero Rising video game avatar is Vasuvius from Kolkata, India. Vas is the nerdier and more traditional of the two brothers.
- Jesse Rath as Ramdas 'Ram' Mehta: The brother of Vas. Ram's Hero Rising video game avatar is Lethal Lotus from Kolkata, India. Ram often wears a mechanical helmet and is slightly more cool than his brother.
- Rob Ramsay as Percy Budnick: A large bully who has a crush on Emma and is always out to get Jason. Jason often provokes Budnick. Percy is also a member of the Easltand High wrestling team.
- Italia Ricci as Chase Ravenwood: Charlie's classmate and love interest. She is secretly obsessed with comic books and finds a connection with Charlie when they find out they both enjoy the "Lost Fighter" series of comics.
- Daniel DeSanto as Harrison: Eastland High's resident nitwit, Harrison often pesters Charlie, Emma and Jason.
- Malcolm Travis as Elias Powers: A former Hall Industries researcher & the real creator of the Hero Rising video game. A programming genius, he designed the game to be unbeatable. In finding out the truth about the Omega Defiance, he fell out with Mr. Hall and joined the seven. He escaped in "Mind Games" but was recaptured in the season 1 finale.
- Meaghan Rath as Tatianna Caine: Mr. Hall's daughter who works for the Omega Defiance. She later helped Aaron fight off Kronis to save Vas and Ram and later accompanied him to his school dance, in which the two bonded. It is shown that Aaron has not given up on her, and still sees good in her, trusting her fully in "Saturday Fight Fever". It is unknown if she has deflected to the good side, but known that she is kept closely with her father.
Enemies Omega Defiance: The Omega Defiance is an evil group composed of the seven most brilliant minds of which Aaron Stone has to defeat. The group once worked for T. Abner Hall to device a think-tank for the betterment of mankind but the plan backfired. The intelligence serum the group had created were taken by them and instead of making them smarter, made them more aggressive. This aggressiveness lead them to betray Hall and now they are bent on destroying mankind to create a new one in which they rule. - Anthony J. Mifsud as Dr. Necros: A chemist who specializes in creating dangerous serums and toxins. His name is derived from a Greek term meaning "death".
- Steven Yaffee as Xero: A young corporate executive who is skilled in handling computers, but incapable of adequate social relations. Xero is an owner of Xero Industries. He is known for fighting through the use of machines and technology, rather than taking on Aaron face-to-face. Due to his social awkwardness, he often speaks in text language (ex. LOL, Stone!). His name is probably a reference to the binary code, zero being one of the binary digits.
- Xhemi Agaj as Helix: A geneticist who specializes in Genetic Mutations, mixing animal and human species together. He has an Albanian accent. His name comes from the structure of DNA, which is a double-helix.
- Tom McCamus as Zefir: A meteorologist once focused on using his genius to create devices to help change the world. After turning evil, his focus is to create devastating weapons that use weather as part of the destruction (eg. Lightning Laser). He is known to employ a team of Ninjas (led by head Ninja "Kwan") to help carry out his doings. His name is derived from the Greek god of the West Wind, Zephyr
- Serain Boylan as Cerebella: A neurologist specializing in Mind Control. Her name is derived from a region of the brain called the cerebellum, which is responsible for sensory perception, coordination and motor control.
- Michael Copeman as General Cross: A general who specializes in weaponry and all things military. He has a large facial scar and is known to wear army fatigues and a beret. The name Cross is probably a reference to the Latin, crux, which figuratively means torture.
- Kent Staines as Kronis: A quantum physicist who specializes in Time Control. He has a son named Dax. His name comes from the Greek god of Time, Chronos
[edit] Guest Stars - Sarah Gadon as Dr. Martin: Mr. Hall's longtime friend, Dr. Martin, helps Mr. Hall by purposely stealing money and diamonds in front of Aaron Stone to test his loyalty.
- Chris Jericho as Billy "The Body Bag" Cobb: A championship MMA fighter who is kidnapped by Xero.
- Sally Taylor-Isherwood as Samantha: A new student in Chuck & Charlie.
- Doug Murray as Daniel Landers. Charlie and Jason's deceased father. He gave Charlie a copy of Hero Rising and apparently went on business trips. He is the one who made up Aaron Stone as a representation of a young cowardly Charlie's inner hero.
- Jacob Kraemer as Baxley: A member of the school's basketball team and Charlie's friend.
- John MacDonald as Dark Owl: The agent Mr. Hall employed before Aaron Stone. Dark Owl perishes in the opening scene of the show at the hands of the Omega Defiance operative, Soul Jacker (a foot soldier of Necros'). There have been rumors stating that Dark Owl could be Charlie Lander's deceased father, but this hasn't been confirmed yet.
- Ho Chow as Souljacker:"The Most Dangerous Man Alive" A member of the Omega Defiance who has mastered fighting with two thin pipes that act like boomerangs. He is Dr. Necros' assistant.
- Dillon Casey as Dax: Time Genius Kronis' son is a member of Omega Defiance. He has "daddy issues."
- James Binkley as The Beast. A half human, half sabertooth tiger, mutant "tiger-man" That was defeated by Aaron Stone. He is the main antagonist in the episode "Beastland"
- Jeanne Goosen as Arkov: She works for Dr. Helix & the Omega Defiance. She is known for her trademark facial mole.
- Jason Earles as Hunter: Tasked with being STAN's replacement, he is a defective model that was rushed out of production too quickly. He malfunctions and his task changes to destroy Aaron Stone since the rebel shots on his right chest in front of Aaron Stone.
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[edit] Trivia - Charlie's family name was supposed to be Tanner but Disney was afraid they would run into legal issues with Paul Fusco with another family of the same name.
- The premiere coincided with the launch of the newly re-branded kids’ entertainment channel Disney XD.[1]
- Kelly Blatz, who plays Aaron Stone, is also the lead singer of Los Angeles-based alternative rock band Capra.
- Anthony J. Mifsud ('Mif'), who plays Dr. Necros, is also the lead singer of the internationally renowned and award winning Canadian hard rock/heavy metal band Slash Puppet.
- On Xbox Live, the first episode was free until February 13, 2009.
- The concept of this series is similar to the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter, in which a videogame is used to select a champion to battle a great evil.
- The full name of the jet the "SSJ", stands for Supersonic Jet.
- Kelly Blatz also appeared on the Sonny With a Chance episode "Sonny With a Chance of Dating".
- This show is also very similar to Ace Lightning.
- Although it films in Toronto, the show was last to premiere in Canada.
- Each of the seven members works in a different area which include: Chemistry, Genetics, Time, The Human Mind, Weather, Combat and Technology.
- In the episode "Not So Friendly Skies, Part 2" , Emma saves Aaron with a blaster that is a redeco of the one used in the series Kamen Rider 555 by the title character in order to assume Blaster form.
- In the episode "Stan By Me", Stan is disguised as a plumber, and with a heavy Italian accent he insists his name is "Mario". This is a reference to Mario the video game icon and the Mario franchise of video games.
[edit] Episodes [edit] International release | Country / Region | Channel | | United States | Disney XD | | Disney Channel | | Canada | Family | | Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina | Disney XD (Latin America) | | Disney Channel Latin America | | Colombia | Canal 13 | | Chile | Canal 13 | | Australia | Disney Channel (Australia and New Zealand) | | New Zealand | | Asia | Disney Channel Asia | | Spain | Disney XD (Spain) | | France | Disney XD (France) | | Italy | Disney XD (Italy) | | Poland | Disney XD (Poland) | | Portugal | Disney Channel Portugal | | Central and Eastern Europe | Disney Channel (Central and Eastern Europe) | | Germany | Disney XD (Germany) | | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary | Disney Channel (Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia) | | India | Disney XD (India) | | Greece | Disney XD (Greece) | | Serbia | Disney XD (Serbia) | | Romania | Disney Channel Romania | | Japan | Disney XD (Japan) | [edit] References [edit] External links |
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