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Challenge of the GoBots

30min

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.

Production Companies

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Tonka

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Battle For GoBotron

1. Battle For GoBotron

30min

29th Oct 1984

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.

Target Earth

2. Target Earth

30min

30th Oct 1984

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

Conquest Of Earth

3. Conquest Of Earth

30min

31st Oct 1984

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.

Earth Bound

4. Earth Bound

30min

1st Nov 1984

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

The Final Conflict

5. The Final Conflict

30min

2nd Nov 1984

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

First air date

29th Oct 1984

Last air date

13th Dec 1985

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks