Lazer Tag Academy
Starring	Booker Bradshaw Noelle Harling
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	30 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC

Lazer Tag Academy was an Animated television series inspired by Worlds of Wonder's Lazer Tag (their branded version of the pursuit game referred to generically as "laser tag").

Contents 1 Synposis 2 Production 2.1 Cast 3 Syndication 4 External links

[edit] Synposis

The premise of the show is Jamie Jaren, the Lazer Tag Champion of that era traveled back in time from the year 3010 to the 1980s to help her ancestors, teenagers Tom and Beth and toddler Nicky. The kids needed protection from another futuristic being, an evil relative of Jamie's named Draxon Drear, who led a group of genetically engineered werewolf-like beings called Skuggs whose spaceship had crashed into the Atlantic Ocean at some point in the past, but they were unwittingly awakened from suspended animation in 3010 by Professor Olanga.

The bad guys had traveled back in time to destroy Beth because she would eventually create the Starlyte gun and Starsensor (two real-life Lazer Tag products) worn by Jamie. These machines enabled Jamie to compete in the Lazer Tag tournaments of her time period, but in the hands of certain individuals, a Starlyte is capable of producing effects that enable the wielder to manipulate matter and energy on a molecular scale and with the aid of the Starsensor, travel through time.

Beth and Tom's parents, Andrew and Genna Jaren, were mostly ignorant to the battles with the werewolf like beings and believed Jamie was a foreign exchange student.

[edit] Production

The series was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions, and aired on NBC from 1986-1987. At the same time, another laser tag related series, DiC's live-action Photon series aired the same year in syndication.

[edit] Cast

• Booker Bradshaw ... Draxon Drear
• Pat Fraley ... Charlie Ferguson / Skugs
• Noelle Harling ... Jamie Jaren
• Billy Jayne ... Tom Jaren
• Christina MacGregor ... Beth Jaren
• Tress MacNeille ... Mrs. Jaren
• Sid McCoy ... Prof. Olanga
• Frank Welker ... Mr. Jaren / Skuggs / Ralphie
• R.J. Williams ... Nicky Jaren

[edit] Syndication

Lazer Tag Academy was later rerun in syndication under the name Laser Patrol. This version was also shown briefly on the Sci-Fi Channel.

[edit] External links

• Lazer Tag Academy at the Internet Movie Database
• Lazer Tag Academy at TV.com
• The Lazer Tag Academy Main Page

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