Blast From The Past: Mummies Alive! · 1:46am Apr 16th, 2017
Blast From The Past: Mummies Alive!
As you know, I am absolutely obsessed with learning everything about ancient civilizations (including ancient Egypt). And that is why I used to watch this awesome show called Mummies Alive!
Mummies Alive! was an American animated series from DIC Entertainment. It originally aired for one season in 1997.
The plot revolved around the reincarnation of a Pharaoh's son who was named Rapses.
The beginning episode reveals that in ancient Egypt, an evil sorcerer named Scarab killed the pharaoh's son, Prince Rapses, to become immortal. Entombed alive for his crime (Rapses' body was also never found), Scarab revives in the modern world and begins his search for Rapses' reincarnation, a San Francisco-dwelling boy named Presley Carnovan, to retrieve the spirit of Rapses so he can become immortal. Rapses' (Presley's) bodyguards, Ja-Kal, Rath, Armon, and Nefer-Tina, along with Rapses' cat, Kahti, awake from the dead to protect him from Scarab. They use the power of Ra to transform into powerful guardians.
Each of the mummies is aligned with the power of an Egyptian god. Ja-Kal uses the spirit of falcon, Rath uses the spirit of snake, Armon uses the spirit of ram, and Nefer-Tina uses the spirit of cat. They are able to call upon it for magical armor and powers to fight superhuman evildoers. Although, once their strength is exhausted, they must rest in their sarcophagi to regain the ability. In order to access these powers, the mummies call out the phrase "With the Strength of Ra!", which triggers their transformation. The mummies also have the power to make a horrifying face, usually used to scare away nosy bystanders.
In addition to Scarab, the mummies often had to contend with gods and spirits from Egyptian myth summoned to the modern world, including Anubis, Set, Geb, Apep, Bast, Sekhmet, Bes, and many others, usually as part of one of Scarab's schemes that went out of his control.
I would love to see a reboot of this series, done right. It was such a unique and awesome concept for a cartoon. I think that the modern storytelling format for cartoons would serve it well. I also would like to see what ended up happening to the characters as the series was never completed.
If you get a chance, you should definitely check this series out.
You can watch the episodes here for free. It's a bit cheesy (as it is a 90s cartoon) but the plot i really interesting. And it is about ancient Egypt so you can't go wrong.
Bonus: Mummies Alive! Theme Song
And sadly, only I have made a crossover with this series.
4497898 You made a crossover with Mummies Alive!?? Oh my gosh! I totally want to read it. XD
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4497906 Hurray! I will give it a read. :)
I haven't seen this in years!!
This show was so underrated!
I remember this show. Trying to mix the Tmnt formula with Power Rangers
4497942 I know right? I wish that more people knew about it. It used to be one of my favorite fantasy/ action cartoons besides W.I.T.C.H., Gargoyles, Jackie Chan Adventures, Aladdin the Animated Series, American Dragon: Jake Long, Kim Possible, Totally Spies, My Life as A Teenage Robot, Invader Zim, Xiaolin Showdown, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, and Chalk Zone,
4497945 It was awesome! I think it is one of those cartoons that they should try to reboot besides W.I.T.C.H. which was another awesome fantasy/ action show. Except with W.I.T.C.H. I would want them to finish the series with a season three and four to catch up with the end of the W.I.T.C.H. comics series since the series never had an end (similar to Samurai Jack).
4497953 Ohhh, sooooo many good shows!
4497965 Yesss. There were a lot of great shows that came out of the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. :)
I remember watching this show years ago and loving every moment of it.
4498192 Hurray! It is always good to meet other people who watched the show. :)
Wow, that show is old!
4498380 It is. But it is still awesome.
4498400 True.
4498418 Yay!