Aaron Stone

""It's more than just a game.""

A Disney live-action adventure series, produced by Bruce Kalish from Power Rangers, about typical teen Charlie Landers, whose skills at the online game Hero Rising bring him to the attention of reclusive billionaire T. Abner Hall. Hall offers Charlie the chance to save the world from Real Life bad guys--specifically, the Omega Defiance, the same evil conspiracy featured in Hero Rising. After an initial Refusal of the Call, Charlie accepts and is soon fighting the same kind of battles that he'd previously experienced only in the game.

According to The Other Wiki, the show was not renewed for a third season, the official reason being that Disney XD wanted to focus on comedy live-action shows. The series lasted from February, 2009 to July, 2010. A total of 35 episodes were released in its two seasons.

Aaron Stone provides examples of:

 * Annoying Younger Sibling: Jason.
 * Artificial Human: STAN.
 * Backstory: "My Stakeout with S.T.A.N." is chock full of it.
 * Big Bad: Dr. Necros, the Omega Defiance member who appears the most times.
 * Season Two has him Eviler Than Thou'd right out of that position by Damaged,
 * At the end of "Mutant Rain,", but then the show got canceled.
 * Clothes Make the Superman: Charlie may have video game skills and be athletic, but he'd be pretty useless without his Powered Armor and gadgets.
 * Darker and Edgier: Season 2. Oh so much Season 2. The first episode deals with
 * Evil Counterpart: Grudge in "Mutant Rain."


 * Face Framed in Shadow: T. Abner Hall.
 * Fun With Acronyms: STAN, Sentient Tactical Assistant Neurohuman.
 * Guilty Pleasure
 * Heroes R Us: The Hall Foundation.
 * It's a Small Net After All
 * Kill Sat
 * Last Starfighter: The series premise.
 * Losing Your Head: Stan.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Dr. Necros, Souljacker.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity:
 * Papa Wolf: Don't mess with Aaron's little brother.
 * Paper Thin Disguise: You couldn't design a Hero Rising avatar who wore a mask, huh, Charlie? Good thing you can just say you're cosplaying as Aaron Stone.
 * Parental Abandonment: Charlie's dad is dead...
 * Or so we're inclined to believe.
 * Punctuated for Emphasis : I. Am. An. Android!
 * Refusal of the Call: Charlie is (of course) initially reluctant to accept the Call to Adventure.
 * Replacement Goldfish: What this show is essentially meant to be for the Power Rangers franchise.
 * Ridiculously Human Robot: STAN.
 * Screwed By the Network: Disney XD decided not to renew the show for a third season because they chose to put more emphasis on comedy based live-action shows.
 * Shirtless Scene: Charlie in the beginning of "Time Out."
 * Shout Out: The Laws of Robotics, established by Isaac Asimov, are programmed into STAN, which is often an important plot point.
 * Tattooed Crook: Souljacker.
 * Those Two Guys: Vas and Ram.
 * Ultimate Gamer 386
 * Villainous Rescue: The Season 2 premiere provides an inadvertent example.
 * Wake Up Go to School Save The World
 * What Measure Is a Non Human: Stan.
 * What Measure Is a Non Human: Stan.