If a slug is not experienced enough, it will get thrown off by the intense speed and the Mega Morph will fail. Highly experienced slugs can evolve into an even stronger form called a Mega Morph when shot at two hundred miles per hour. Slugs are kept in special cylinder-shaped cases called slug shells. All Slug-Slingers have to expand their arsenal so they may use certain techniques such as communicating and using special slug collecting devices. An Infurnus, for example, can serve as a torch. Many slugs also have special abilities even when they are in the "Protoforom". They revert to their normal "Protoform" after being fired. Otherwise, they will return to the slinger's hideout if they are friendly to them. Once they are fired, they can be re-used only if their Slingers are fast in picking them up and reloading. When these slugs are fired with the help of Blasters, they easily reach a velocity of one hundred miles per hour and transform into a stronger form called Velocimorph which can be highly destructive, and can activate a special ability specific to the slug species. In effect, if the Air Elemental were to be Ghouled, all other Air slugs will become ghouls, such as Hoverbug, Flatulorhinkus, Gazzer, Tormato, and Slyren. They are the progenitors of all other slugs, so if one were to be corrupted, all the slugs of its lineage would suffer the same effects. There are five Elemental Slugs which were the first of their kind. The secondary elements are Electric, Toxic, Ice, Plant, Shadow, and Psychic. Slug is a common name for a shell-less creature which lives in Slugterra.Įach slug is contrasted to one of five elements which are Fire, Water, Air, Earth, and Energy. Blakk wants to transform the Slugs into mindless weapons. But there is a threat to Eli and the Slugs, in the form of the evil scientist Dr.
Eli and his crew explore the caverns, challenge rivals and one another to friendly duels, and upgrade their gear in their underground world. But in order to defeat the forces of evil, he must collect, train and duel with little creatures called Slugs in the secret underground world of Slugterra.
Several products tied to the series have been released, including both action figures and video games.Įli Shane is determined to be the greatest Slugslinger, one who slings slugs, of all.
The Online premiere was on Netflix on 2016. It premiered on Disney XD on Septemand began broadcasts in the United States the following month. The series was produced by the Canadian animation studio Nerd Corps Entertainment, a subsidiary of DHX Media (now WildBrain). ĭisney XD Canada does not have a French-language version, though Disney La Chaîne (the French-language counterpart of Disney Channel in English) airs Disney XD programming in French.Slugterra is an animated television series created by Asaph Fipke. DHX's rights to Disney XD programming expired in January of 2016.
The block ended on November 29 and Disney XD (along with Disney Junior) was re-launched by Corus on Decem with a marathon of the second season of Star Wars Rebels. ĭisney XD programming aired in a programming block on the Canadian version of Disney Channel, which Corus launched on September 1, 2015. In that same year, Disney XD premiered the pilot for Fangbone!, in May, and a new original series, Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage), in November.
The acquisition was approved by the CRTC on July 24, 2014, and closed on July 31, 2014. On November 28, 2013, DHX Media announced that it would acquire Disney XD and its sister networks for $170 million. On October 27, 2013, the channel premiered its first original movie, Bunks, produced by Fresh TV. In 2012, the channel premiered its first original series in Slugterra.Īfter the Competition Bureau approved Bell Media's takeover of Astral, Bell announced on Mathat it would put Disney XD, along with five other channels ( Family, Disney Junior's English and French services, MusiMax and MusiquePlus) up for sale. In late 2011, Astral also launched a Disney XD video on demand app for the Xbox 360 video game console. Astral announced it would launch Disney XD on June 1, 2011, using the Family Extreme license, in both standard and high definition. In April 2009, Astral Media was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel named Family Extreme. Launched on June 1, 2011, it is a localized and licensed version of the US cable channel Disney XD, which broadcasts live-action and animated programming aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 11. Disney XD is a Canadian English-language exempted Category B specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment.