The Fight for the FoxBox is a 2003 half-hour-long TV special produced by 4Kids Entertainment for its flagship FoxBox (later known as 4KidsTV) block on Fox. An Intercontinuity Crossover, it aired on August 31 as a prime-time special to promote the block's programming slate for the 2003-04 season. Fox stations that passed on the block preempted the special for syndicated or local programming in its place, which may explain why 4Kids released a promotional DVD of the special distributed through various magazines.
Background[]
The special utilizes recycled clips and animation from the TV shows it features with an entirely new plot written around them and entirely new voice-overs. The various pieces of footage are sourced from Sonic X, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kirby: Right Back At Ya!, Funky Cops, Cubix, Ultimate Muscle, and even the British-American series The Cramp Twins, which 4Kids had the American distribution rights to. Due to Tom Kenny and Kath Soucie being union voice actors based in LA, Marc Thompson and Veronica Taylor voiced the main characters from that show instead.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Original Actor / Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Announcer | N/A | Mike Pollock | |
 Sonic X Footage
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Sonic the Hedgehog | Jun'ichi Kanemaru | Jason Griffith |
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Dr. Eggman | Chikao Ōtsuka | Mike Pollock |
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Miles "Tails" Prower | Ryō Hirohashi | Amy Palant |
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Amy Rose | Taeko Kawata | Lisa Ortiz |
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Decoe | Ken Yamaguchi | Andrew Rannells |
 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Footage
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Leonardo | Michael Sinterniklaas | |
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Raphael | Greg Abbey | |
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Michelangelo | Wayne Grayson | |
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Donatello | Sam Riegel | |
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Splinter | Darren Dunstan | |
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Shredder | Scottie Ray | |
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April O'Neil | Veronica Taylor | |
| TMNT Narrator | N/A | Dan Green | |
| Marc Thompson | |||
| Ultimate Muscle Footage
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Kid Muscle | Masaya Onosaka | Marc Thompson |
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Meat Alexandria | Konami Yoshida | Mike Pollock |
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Dialbolic | Tomohiro Nishimura | Eric Stuart |
 Funky Cops Footage
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Jack Kowalski | Emmanuel Curtil | Andrew Rannells |
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Ace Anderson | Med Hondo | Reginald Metcalf |
| Kirby: Right Back At Ya! Footage
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Kirby | Makiko Ōmoto | Not dubbed |
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Tiff | Sayuri Yoshida | Kerry Williams |
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Tuff | Rika Komatsu | Kayzie Rogers |
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King Dedede | Kenichi Ogata | Ted Lewis |
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Escargoon | Naoki Tatsuta | |
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Chef Kawasaki | Nobuo Tobita | Maddie Blaustein |
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Meta Knight | Atsushi Kisaichi | Eric Stuart |
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Kabu | Nobuo Tobita | Jim Napolitano |
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Mabel | Yūko Mizutani | Amy Birnbaum |
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Chief Bookem | Atsushi Kisaichi | Andrew Rannells |
 Cubix Footage
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Cubix | Hong Siho | Scottie Ray |
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Conner | Lee Mi-Ja | Andrew Rannells |
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Abby | Choi Duk Hee | Veronica Taylor |
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Dr. K | Kim Ki-hyun | Maddie Blaustein |
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Mong | Hong Siho | James Carter Cathcart |
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Cerebrix | Bae Ju-young | |
| The Cramp Twins Footage
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Wayne Cramp | Tom Kenny | Marc Thompson |
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Lucien Cramp | Kath Soucie | Veronica Taylor |
Notes[]
- Nicole Oliver's voice for Dorothy Cramp is retained in The Cramp Twins footage.
- Footage from Shaman King also appears on the Ninja Turtles' TV, but features no new voice-overs.
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | FoxBox | United States |
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Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FoxBox | 2003 | 
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1 NTSC |
United States |
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External Links[]
- The Fight for the FoxBox at the Internet Movie Database