24 minSeason 2 • Episode 6
LatestAx gets a job in a gadget store to learn the value of money. But is his boss a Controller?
Five kids are given the power to morph into any creature they wish to help them fight villainous Visser Three and his fellow Yeerks, a breed of parasitic aliens threatening Earth.
Practical Effects
Animatronic animal heads that move like broken puppets.
Writing
Dark YA themes smuggled into Nickelodeon timeslot.
Costume
Visser Three's human suit gets sweatier every episode.
Creator
Katherine Applegate
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The books sold 35 million copies; this show had roughly $35 per episode. Peak 90s adaptation energy.
Shawn Ashmore later played Iceman in X-Men—apparently 'becoming other species' was his whole brand.
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