Series synopsis
Challenge of the GoBots is an American animation sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on October 29, 1984. It ended on December 13, 1985. It stars B.J. Ward, Phil Hartman, Brock Peters and Frank Welker.
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 ...
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Supporting cast
- Arthur Burghardt
- Marilyn Lightstone
- René Auberjonois
- Lewis Arquette
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Jennifer Darling
- Rob Paulsen
- Foster Brooks
- Gail Matthius
- Soon-Tek Oh
- Bernard Erhard as Cy-Kill (voice)
- Mark L. Taylor
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 67 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 2 | December 8, 1984 | March 21, 1986 |
| Season 1 | 5 | October 29, 1984 | November 2, 1984 |
| Season 2 | 60 | September 23, 1985 | December 13, 1985 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Robo Force: The Revenge of Nazgar A scientist named Dr. Fury and his family are in his house with Coptor when evil robots, led by Hun-Dred, blast their way into the house. Coptor fires on the evil robots but is defeated, and the scientist is abducted for his research on putting human brains into robots. Hun-Dred wants to use Dr. Fury to do this for the evil Nazgar, who created trouble for the scientist's planet nearly two-thousand years ago. Ten years later, a repaired Coptor and Mark Fury (Dr. Fury’s son) along with new robots created by Mark go on a mission to find his father. |
December 8, 1984 |
| 2 |
Gobots: Battle of the Rock Lords The GoBots, television's amazing transformable super heroes, star in their first full length feature film, "GoBots: War of the Rock Lords." It's wall-to-wall action and high tech fun as the heroic Guradian GoBots join the Rock Lords' battle for control of the ultimate super weapon. And they'd better hurry, because the Guardian GoBots' all-time worst enemies, the Renegades, are out to use the super weapon for their own evil purposes. |
March 21, 1986 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Battle For GoBotron 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. |
October 29, 1984 |
| 2 |
Target Earth The Guardians contend with the monster Zod when the Renegades attack the Arctic island of Stolbovoy to obtain the energy source sorium. |
October 30, 1984 |
| 3 |
Conquest Of Earth 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. |
October 31, 1984 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Time Wars The Chronos Time Transporter creates a time portal, allowing users to pass through and visit other time periods. Before the Guardians get a chance to test it, the Renegades show up. |
September 23, 1985 |
| 2 |
It's The Thought That Counts The Renegades are at it again. This time sending a probe to earth , in a try at gaining access to a protected base. Scooter decides to check it out on his own. What will he discover, and will the Guardians be in time to stop the Renegades. |
September 24, 1985 |
| 3 |
Trident's Triple Threat The Renegades form an alliance with a cyborg super-villain named Trident, who helps them kidnap leaders and dignitaries from all around the world. |
September 25, 1985 |
Production
Release
| First aired | October 29, 1984 |
|---|---|
| Last aired | December 13, 1985 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |