Danger Rangers

Danger Rangers is an American animated television series that aired on PBS Kids from September 5, 2005, to December 26, 2006, for 16 episodes. The show targets children ages 3 to 8. The Danger Rangers are a team of anthropomorphic animal heroes who protect the youth of the world and teach the children a thing or two about safety through example in the process, such as environmental hazards and unsafe places. Together, they operate out of their base located inside Mount Rushmore, ready to save the day whenever they're needed. Episodes usually involve either children getting themselves in jeopardizing danger from their own mistakes, necessitating the Rangers saving them and teaching them about making smart choices in the future, or the actions of misguided antagonists intentionally putting as many children at serious risk of danger and harm at possible, requiring the Rangers stopping them (the only episode that doesn't rely on either of these plotlines is "Wet and Wild!"). Each episode contains a music video or two (written by Randy Rogel of Animaniacs fame) featuring the characters themed to whatever safety topic said episode is discussing. At the end of each episode, a mini-segment plays that recaps the lessons learned from the events of that particular episode. Douglas Smith and Michael Moore hired ProMedia of Knoxville, TN to develop a low-fidelity prototype that was used to conceptualize the aspirational goal of the animation. Chris West, an employee of ProMedia, was a valued contributing member of their team and was instrumental in developing the original prototype. After raising the necessary capital to produce the pilot episode, "Mission 547: Safety Rules", Smith and Moore traveled to Los Angeles where Jerry Houser, Larry Huber, Ginny McSwain, Howard Kazanjian and Ilie Agopian brought the pilot to life.