Trivia / Phantom 2040

• All-Star Cast: Ron Perlman as Graft, Margot Kidder as Rebecca Madison, Mark Hamill as Doctor Jak, Debbie Harry as Vaingloria, Paul Williams as Cairo, the list goes on.
• Defictionalization: The type of camouflage used by Phantom's suit, projecting an image of what's behind the wearer, is actually being developed by the military for combat use.
• The Danza: A weird example - one episode features a techno-wizard named Cordwainer Bird, voiced by Harlan Ellison!
• Hey, It's That Sound!: Ghostbusters fans will immediately recognize the sound effect used for when a holographic communicator turns on in an early episode. It's the same one used in the both the films and cartoons when the Proton Packs are switched on.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes:
  • The complete series did not see an official release for a long while, but transfers of the episodes recorded from TV during its original ran pop up on torrent and streaming sites on occasion. Bootleg DVD sets (such as the one pictured at the top of the main page) also appeared from time to time. In 2013 there was a DVD box set released which contained the first season... but only in Australia. Finally, Mateo Kids TV has made the show available on their youtube channel over here.
  • You want to play the video game, but aren't willing to stoop to emulation? Thankfully a used copy of the game is no more than $20 on eBay these days because it's unlikely to get a virtual re-release anytime soon.
• Playing Against Type: Who would have ever guessed that the same man who has voiced beloved cartoon characters like Yakko Warner, Pinky, Raphael, Donatello, Jack Fenton, PJ, and many more could be so chilling as a genocidal maniac like Sean One?

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