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Manimal / Nightman crossover


I loved Manimal, but, I've never had a chance to see the crossover episode with Nightman. Can anyone tell me who was in it and what happened?. Thanks

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Simon returned to play Dr. Chase who had been hunting Jack the Ripper for a long time. The events take place in the same continuity of the show (Manimal) but in later years of course. The Ripper in order to get back at Chase threatens his daughter, the mother of whom is never clearly mentioned nor are her whereabouts. Chase tells his daughter that she too possesses the ability to change. When Ripper tries to abduct Chase's daughter at their home, Chase intervenes and gets injured and Ripper instead takes him. Chase's daughter goes after her dad after realizing her powers and with help of Nightman, manages to rescue Chase.

One point of interest is that they shed some more light on Chase's powers. He mentioned that his father was struck down by dark magicians somewhere in Africa but not before he passed his powers onto him. And those powers were triggered by moment of great stress. However, another key element of the story is a crystal piece that allowed Chase and Ripper to travel through time, but the former also mentioned it was that very crystal that allowed for the transformations to be possible. So this provides bit of a puzzle with Manimal origin, with the question being if his powers are inherent or merely result of some magical crystal that he has had under his possession this whole time.

It was a good treat for Manimal fans but Nightman parts were unbearable especially when he wore that ridiculous outfit.

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Thank you. The background information is interesting

I've never really fancied Nightman, but, as a big Manimal fan, I was interested

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