Big Bad Beetleborgs
Three children granted the powers of their favourite comic by a phasm they let out of a haunted house.
Big Bad Beetleborgs rebuilt its titles: two distinct opening sequences are catalogued here across seasons 1–2, running between 33 and 43 seconds.
At 43 seconds at its longest, it opens well under the 58-second median for sci-fi sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Fox Kids in 1996, when Bobby's World, Animaniacs and Eek! The Cat were also on the network.
Only 139 of the 2,618 shows catalogued here changed their titles at all; Big Bad Beetleborgs did so once.
All 2 opening title sequences
Season 1
33sFan upload.
Season 2
43sThe second season, retitled Beetleborgs Metallix, with an entirely new set of suits. Off air with the Fox Kids bug.
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