Zeroman is a Canadian animated television series produced by Amberwood
Entertainment that aired on the Canadian cartoon network Teletoon (in
English) and on Télétoon (in French). It tells the adventures of
incompetent sixty-three-year-old postman Les Mutton (voiced by Leslie
Nielsen) who also happens to be the superhero known as Zeroman. As
Zeroman, Les fights the crime that plagues Fair City in a similar
fashion to Nielsen's Lieutenant Frank Drebin character in the Naked
Gun series.The Zerosuit grants its wearer invulnerability (although
not completely, especially in areas like the solar plexus where the
weave is thinner), flight (taking to the air with a cry of "Out, Out
and Away!" apparently through a form of super-flatulence), superhuman
strength and various other abilities, including shooting sticky
glue-like super-mucus out of his nose when his allergies get
particularly bad as in the episode "The Humidifier". But, even though
the suit grants its user incredible power, the suit is susceptible to
anti-static sheets. When affected by them, the suit wearer is
incapacitated, handicapped and put through immense pain as the suit
begins to bulge uncontrollably.Most of the characters are actually
modeled after their voice actors. Les/Zeroman, Ty, Rusty, Don and Ron
all share many resemblances to their real-life counterparts (Reynolds,
who voiced Ty, used to have a moustache).Les Mutton/Zeroman: Played by
Leslie Nielsen, Les comes into the possession of an alien supersuit
that grants the wearer superpowers, turning him into Fair City's hero,
Zeroman. When not fighting crime as the Man of Zeal, Les Mutton is an
absent-minded and mild-mannered postman who still lives with his
mother at the age of sixty-three (he'll be sixty-four in three weeks).
Zeroman maintains his secret identity similar to Superman but in
reverse, whereas Les doesn't wear glasses and Zeroman does (the
Zero-Specs are also a highly advanced communication system that allows
him to keep in constant contact with Ty). Even though it's quite
obvious that the two are the same person, the people of Fair City
(with the exception of Ty and Gary) cannot seem to tell the difference
and would even go as far as telling Les otherwise whenever his cover
would be blown. This is obviously a fun jab at how Superman hides his
secret identity of Clark Kent. Zeroman's secret hideout is located
under his mother's shabby suburban house. The main secret entrance is
via the toilet in his washroom, and when activated by jiggling the
handle and allowing the seat to scan his bum print, it sends Les down
the Poop-Chute through a network of tunnels to the caverns of his
base. While not explained in detail, Les' father was a secret agent
complete with Sean Connery accent (the Zero-Specs were originally one
of his spy gadgets). Les has romantic feelings for his co-worker,
Sally, but can never really express them to her and seems unaware that
she actually reciprocates them. Les is quite neurotic and not very
bright with a tendency to misunderstand just about everything that is
said to him, and his natural clumsiness, augmented by his cheerful
obliviousness, is magnified to incredible proportions by the suit, but
he is brave and good-hearted and is dedicated to fighting the forces
of evil. He also has a strong love of his mother and goes into fetal
position muttering "Mommy, mommy, mommy" when she gets kidnapped
(Referred as "Mommy go bye-bye syndrome" by Ty).
Entertainment that aired on the Canadian cartoon network Teletoon (in
English) and on Télétoon (in French). It tells the adventures of
incompetent sixty-three-year-old postman Les Mutton (voiced by Leslie
Nielsen) who also happens to be the superhero known as Zeroman. As
Zeroman, Les fights the crime that plagues Fair City in a similar
fashion to Nielsen's Lieutenant Frank Drebin character in the Naked
Gun series.The Zerosuit grants its wearer invulnerability (although
not completely, especially in areas like the solar plexus where the
weave is thinner), flight (taking to the air with a cry of "Out, Out
and Away!" apparently through a form of super-flatulence), superhuman
strength and various other abilities, including shooting sticky
glue-like super-mucus out of his nose when his allergies get
particularly bad as in the episode "The Humidifier". But, even though
the suit grants its user incredible power, the suit is susceptible to
anti-static sheets. When affected by them, the suit wearer is
incapacitated, handicapped and put through immense pain as the suit
begins to bulge uncontrollably.Most of the characters are actually
modeled after their voice actors. Les/Zeroman, Ty, Rusty, Don and Ron
all share many resemblances to their real-life counterparts (Reynolds,
who voiced Ty, used to have a moustache).Les Mutton/Zeroman: Played by
Leslie Nielsen, Les comes into the possession of an alien supersuit
that grants the wearer superpowers, turning him into Fair City's hero,
Zeroman. When not fighting crime as the Man of Zeal, Les Mutton is an
absent-minded and mild-mannered postman who still lives with his
mother at the age of sixty-three (he'll be sixty-four in three weeks).
Zeroman maintains his secret identity similar to Superman but in
reverse, whereas Les doesn't wear glasses and Zeroman does (the
Zero-Specs are also a highly advanced communication system that allows
him to keep in constant contact with Ty). Even though it's quite
obvious that the two are the same person, the people of Fair City
(with the exception of Ty and Gary) cannot seem to tell the difference
and would even go as far as telling Les otherwise whenever his cover
would be blown. This is obviously a fun jab at how Superman hides his
secret identity of Clark Kent. Zeroman's secret hideout is located
under his mother's shabby suburban house. The main secret entrance is
via the toilet in his washroom, and when activated by jiggling the
handle and allowing the seat to scan his bum print, it sends Les down
the Poop-Chute through a network of tunnels to the caverns of his
base. While not explained in detail, Les' father was a secret agent
complete with Sean Connery accent (the Zero-Specs were originally one
of his spy gadgets). Les has romantic feelings for his co-worker,
Sally, but can never really express them to her and seems unaware that
she actually reciprocates them. Les is quite neurotic and not very
bright with a tendency to misunderstand just about everything that is
said to him, and his natural clumsiness, augmented by his cheerful
obliviousness, is magnified to incredible proportions by the suit, but
he is brave and good-hearted and is dedicated to fighting the forces
of evil. He also has a strong love of his mother and goes into fetal
position muttering "Mommy, mommy, mommy" when she gets kidnapped
(Referred as "Mommy go bye-bye syndrome" by Ty).
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