I grew up ignoring the 1992 family film The Mighty Ducks. Why waste my time on kid-hockey drama when I could watch alien ducks from Puckworld fight crime between games? For me, Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series (especially its stitched-together movie debut, The First Face-Off) was peak ‘90s cool: a six-member, Power Rangers–style team, wrapped in Rocket Power energy that made hockey look like the greatest sport alive. It also has one of the most incredible theme songs in cartoon history. Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series has no ties to the live-action trilogy beyond hockey and the branding, but with its sci-fi leanings and timeless premise, it still feels ripe for an X-Men '97-style revival today.

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