"Past the Isles of the Moki, beyond the volcanoes of Baka Baca, lies a land so overwelming that it had to be measured by giant people with devices made from trees and bits of prawn...but that's a different story. This particular Island housed a people raised on the foundation of song and the luxury of time. An Island named for it's amphibious and bat like people...AQUABANIA!

Life could not be too good on the island, from churro baking contests to calyposo camp, the inhabitants of the island enjoyed each day with renewed vigor, until the day when things changed.

A strange and evil force descended on the island and life would never be the same. Pushed to the brink of disaster, eight (or sometimes nine) men escaped impending doom.

In a hollowed out log these eight (or nine) men made their way to the highest waterfall and dropped into the raging sea. Drifting aimlessly for days, they washed up on a sandy beach owned by a fantastically insane scientist known as " The Professor". Pulling them from their wooded tomb, he laid them on the sand and having pity on them, he took them under his care. Later they explained their story and looked up into his bespectacled eyes for pity.

Learning of their peril, he decided to help them fight for their cause by giving them the only gift he was capable of, the power of insanity!

Through the use of the Professor's scientifically altered convienence store foods, these eight (or sometimes nine) men gained powers well beyond that of the ordinary Aquabanians! They became the "AquaBuds"...then the "AquaBoys"...then finally, just 'Mel and Friends'. But later, the truth about them was revealed to them!---THEY WERE 'THE AQUABATS'!

With their new found abilities, they set out on a rigorous course of training. Everday the Professor would give them their morning corndog, and they would set out to the water for surf and energy enhancing sun activities.

Later in the day, a nourishing churro would give them the power they needed to withstand even a quick brick to the forehead.

In the evening they played music (which the Professor secretly combined with his own Hypno-mind-controlling wave patterns). This would help them gain the unwilling loyalty of those who dare to listen! By gaining such a following, the Professor knew they (and he) could gain power over the evil forces that led them so far from home.

Armed with radioactive rash guards and anti-negativity helmets, these eight (or sometimes nine) Aquabats had set out to 'CONQUER THE WORLD'."