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''[[Phantom 2040]]'' is an [[Animated Adaptation]] of the comic book superhero [[The Phantom (
In the year 2040, college student Kit Walker learns that his father, who disappeared when he was a baby, was the 23rd Phantom, latest in a long line of heroes. Kit takes up the mantle, with the support of Guran, his father's friend and assistant, and Professor Archer, one of Kit's teachers, who puts two and two together after the return of the Phantom coincides with a sudden decline in Kit's academic performance. Kit's Aunt Heloise, who raised him in ignorance of his heritage in the hope he could avoid the short and dangerous life his father had led, also lends her support when it becomes clear that he's committed to it whatever she does.
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The Phantom's fight against crime and corruption often involves crossing swords with [[Mega Corp|megacorporation]] Maximum, Inc. Maximum's founder, Maxwell Madison, disappeared on the same night as Kit's father, and this, it quickly becomes clear, is not mere coincidence. The corporation is now run by his widow, Rebecca, with (not much) help from Max Madison Jr. Following the death of his father, Max Jr. has developed into a psychologically withdrawn young man with no interest in anything much except his cat, Baudelaire. (Having the temperamental Rebecca for a mother probably didn't help.) Rebecca Madison's [[The Dragon|Dragon]] is Maximum's security chief, Graft, a cynical former soldier and enviromentalist who was critically injured in a battle and now is kept alive by Maximum technology; what's left of his body can be plugged into a variety of robotic frames ranging from approximately-human to full-on-battle-mech.
The visual aesthetic of the series is similar to that of ''[[
The people behind this series went on to also do a [[Flash Gordon
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** Likewise {{spoiler|Heisenberg, the fractal biot, who becomes self-aware after his external processor is damaged. He then uses his own sub-components to make other biots selfaware, beginning with Pavlova, Dr. Jak's assistant}}
* [[Animated Adaptation]]
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** Graft definitely would've preferred dying on the battlefield to becoming Rebecca Madison's half-robotic errand boy.
* [[Flying Car]]
* [[Fun
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Mr. Cairo, in "The Sacrifice, Part II".}}
* [[Hollywood Cyborg]]: Graft. Vaingloria and Doctor Jak as well, to a lesser extent.
* [[Hollywood Hacking]]: Sparks
* [[I Cannot Self
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** Played up even more when {{spoiler|Max Madison Sr.}} returns. A continuing plot from his reintroduction to the finale was his desire to die, but inability to end his life because of his programming. Ultimately, the Phantom does this at his request.
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: The complete series has yet to see an official release, but transfers of the episodes recorded from TV during its original run pop up on torrent and streaming sites on occasion. Bootleg DVD sets (such as the one pictured at the top of the page) also appear from time to time.
* [[Land of One City]]: There is no real "United States" any more, just a series of city-states that are independently ruled.
* [[Land Down Under]]: That one episode set in Australia, with the brown-plated boomerang-throwing Biots and the rocket-launcher-toting robot wallaby.
* [[Lawyer
* [[Legacy Character]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Two meanings of the word "graft" are "A portion of living tissue surgically transplanted from one part of an individual to another, or from one individual to another, for its adhesion and growth" and "The acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, esp. through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc." It's the perfect name for the character Graft, a [[Hollywood Cyborg]] who is the enforcer for a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]].
* [[Mecha
* [[Mega Corp]]: Maximum, Inc.
* [[Nephewism]]
* [[Never Hurt an Innocent]]: Which is one of the reasons there are so many robots for the Phantom to blow up now.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Vaingloria, a pop idol voiced by [[Blondie (
* [[Older and Wiser]]: Aunt Heloise.
* [[Paparazzi]]: Doctor Jak, for most of the series. In "Matter Over Mind", it is shown that he was actually an [[Intrepid Reporter]] in the past, {{spoiler|before his wife died in the Sector Zero crash}}, and these more heroic tendencies resurface throughout the episode.
* [[Pick
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Max Jr.
* [[Reforged Into a Minion]]: Graft.
* [[Secret Keeper]]
* [[Shout
* [[Sticks to
* [[Superhero]]
* [[Troubled Child]]: Perfectly describes Maxwell Madison Jr., apart from the technicality of him being an adult now.
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