Psycon/Cybertron
The show was originally known as Psycon and Cybertron in pre-production and had a technological premise with a solo hero instead of a team of heroes.
In the Psycon pilot script, the main character was Adam Steele who merged with the cyborg Psycon instead of transforming into it. The enemy was a robot army known as Cyberdrones who were lead by Grimlord, whose alter ego was Cyrus Ritker. Cyrus also had a son called Percy who was Adam's martial arts rival. Adam's mentor was a martial arts sensei called Tao. Adam was friends with Tao's granddaughter Mia, a news reporter, and a young kid called Mouse MacKenzie.
The Cybertron pilot starred Jason David Frank as Adam Steele and drew its source footage from Metalder. Frank's character was depicted as a solo hero going up against an army of sentient robots known as Wardrones who were led by Grimlord. Grimlord's alternate identity in the pilot was known as Cyrus Rikter (Gardner Baldwin) who also had a son named Percy Rikter, Adam's martial arts rival. Tao Chong (Richard Rabago) was also present and served as Adam's caretaker/sensei and Cybertron's mentor. Tao also had a daughter named Mia, and Doug Sloan played the part of Tyler Steele. A pair of bumbling news reporters named Elmo (played by Jamie Kennedy) and Scuzzy, who would've served as the series' comedy relief, were also featured.
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