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[[Image:Prostars title.jpg|thumb|"''ProStars,'' it's all about helping kids."]]

'''''ProStars''''' was a [[Saturday morning cartoon]] show produced by [[DiC Entertainment|DiC]] on [[NBC]] in [[1991]].

Originally intended to air on [[ESPN]], the show centers on [[Michael Jordan]], [[Bo Jackson]] and [[Wayne Gretzky]] fighting crime and helping children. The three were to represent the pinnacle of all four major American professional sports in the early 1990s. While Jordan and Gretzky are widely considered to be the best to ever play their respective sports, it is accepted that Jackson was included since he represented both [[American_football|football]] and [[baseball]] along with his highly popular "[[Bo Knows]]" [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] ad-campaign. He was a star player, but not analogous to Gretzky or Jordan.

The ProStars hang out in "Mom's Gym", and Mom—a quasi-[[Yiddish]] and [[Jewish mother]] stereotype—is the [[Q (James Bond)|Q]] to the ProStars' [[James Bond]], constantly coming up with wacky gadgets loosely based on sports equipment for the heroes to use. All three ProStars have an overarching character trait that seemingly drove their every action, save their desire to help children. Jordan is the leader, exceptionally smart and talented with complicated contraptions. Jackson is the muscle, immensely strong and owning a bit of a mean streak. Gretzky plays the role of comic relief mostly, his mind always on food.

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*[http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/2003/March/28/sports3.htm University of Western Ontario Gazette article]

[[Category:1990s TV shows in the United States]]

[[Category:Animated television series]]

[[Category:Children's television series]]