Captain Zed and the Zee Zone

Captain Zed and the Zee Zone is a 1991 British-American animated television series created and produced by Tony Collingwood, running for a couple seasons between 1991 and 1993. The concept evolved from a short film a few years earlier called Rarg (1986). It was a co-production amongst Tony Collingwood Productions Limited, Scottish Television Film Enterprises, and DiC Enterprises.

Plot
In the Dream Zone, Captain Zed and his assistant, P.J., are a couple of patrollers who, under their boss, known as The Commander, operate out of Dream Base, in Dreamship 12A. Their realm is where they carry out their duty of keeping the Nightmare monsters, Snort and Mutter, away from interfering with the subconsciouses of children and prevent them from having unpleasant dreams.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) This is one of the more well-animated shows made or partly made by DiC. And there doesn't seem to be as many animation errors as some of DIC's other cartoons. Whatever animation goofs there are, are only kept to a minimum and the art style isn't too bad either.
 * 2) The episodes' storylines are among the finest ever written in their creativity.
 * 3) Both the protagonists (Captain Zed, P.J.) and the antagonists (Snort, Mutter) are great in their own ways. The various kids they meet are fine too and provide something fresh from episode to episode with the variety of themes, and concepts.
 * 4) Although the background music sounds nice, the epic, instrumental theme is really what shines.
 * 5) Fine cast of mostly Canadian voice actors and the voice acting is some of the finest ever heard.
 * 6) It may well be one of the DiC shows that outdoes some of the others in several ways.
 * 7) It's innovative with its references to slumber, including the counting sheep who keep an eye on the dream monitors, the pillow-shaped dream ships, and the little pillows on the patrollers' suits for epaulettes.
 * 8) The messages and lessons are given well while combined with good humor.
 * 9) Even though the theme of this shares similarities with Midnight Patrol/Potsworth and Co. and The Dreamstone, it still stands out in its own right.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) For some rather ridiculously fouled-up reason, this was the only DIC cartoon from 1991 that was never broadcasted in the U.S. nor released on any home media in the states.
 * 2) Some may prefer and miss P.J.'s original design from the first season rather than her redesign in the second.

Trivia

 * This is one of the three dream-themed cartoons from the early 1990s. The others are Midnight Patrol: Adventures In The Dream Zone (a.k.a. Potsworth and Co.) and The Dreamstone.
 * This is the only non-celebrity DiC cartoon from 1991. The other cartoons from that year were Hammerman, Pro Stars, Wish Kid, and Chip & Pepper's Cartoon Madness.

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