Challenge of the GoBots

★ 7 · 1984 · 30m · Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Challenge of the GoBots is an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera, based on the Gobots toy-line released from Tonka. The show originally debuted in animated form as a five-part miniseries, which aired in syndication from October 29 - November 2, 1984. A regular series followed the next year, premiering on September 16, 1985 as part of the new weekday/weekend morning programming block called The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. The series was later rerun on the USA Cartoon Express.

Episodes

1. Battle For GoBotron30m · Facing defeat on GoBotron, renegade GoBots Cy-Kill and his cronies Crasher and Cop-Tur, steal an experimental GoBot weapon called Astro-Beam. They plan to conquer Earth and use it as a staging ground in their war for GoBotron.

2. Target Earth30m · The Guardians contend with the monster Zod when the Renegades attack the Arctic island of Stolbovoy to obtain the energy source sorium.

3. Conquest Of Earth30m · Cy-Kill attacks the US military and uses the sorium to power a device that seizes control of the minds of every human on Earth.

4. Earth Bound30m · With the world against them and Leader-1 captured by the Renegades, Turbo and Scooter go on the run.

5. The Final Conflict30m · The reunited Guardians must break Cy-Kill's hold over Earth in order to save GoBotron from a mass-produced fleet of Zods.