Series synopsis
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! is an American animation kids action & adventure family sci-fi & fantasy comedy television series that premiered on ABC Family on September 18, 2004. It ended on December 16, 2006. It was created by Ciro Nieli. It stars Greg Cipes, Kevin Michael Richardson, Corey Feldman and Mark Hamill.
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! is an American/Japanese animated television series, and was created by Ciro Nieli, one of the directors of Teen Titans, with animation being done by a Japanese studio known as The Answer Studio. Set mainly on the fictional planet of Shuggazoom, the series follows the adventures of five cyborg monkeys and a human boy named Chiro as they struggle to protect their planet - and the rest of the universe - from the forces of evil.
As is obvious from the visual a ...
Premise
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! is an American/Japanese animated television series, and was created by Ciro Nieli, one of the directors of Teen Titans, with animation being done by a Japanese studio known as The Answer Studio. Set mainly on the fictional planet of Shuggazoom, the series follows the adventures of five cyborg monkeys and a human boy named Chiro as they struggle to protect their planet - and the rest of the universe - from the forces of evil.
As is obvious from the visual appearance of the show, there is a significant anime influence present, despite being produced for American television. It was also influenced by Star Trek, Super Sentai, Voltron, and Star Wars. The show also contains various references to pop culture, a notable example being the episode "Season of the Skull", which is a parody of the 1970s thriller The Wicker Man.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 52 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | September 18, 2004 | December 18, 2004 |
| Season 2 | 13 | February 6, 2005 | May 15, 2005 |
| Season 3 | 13 | October 24, 2005 | February 20, 2006 |
| Season 4 | 13 | September 9, 2006 | December 16, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chiro's Girl Chiro falls for a new girl, Jinmay, not knowing that she's a robot under the Skeleton King's control, but even Jinmay doesn't know it. Jinmay's monkey companion, Sakko, who was secretly a spy for the Skeleton King, took her to the Skeleton King's lair and then constructed her to be evil. Then it's a showdown between the monkey team and an evil robot Jinmay, under the control of Sakko. Jinmay must remember the good memories with Chiro to get back control of herself, and then stop the evil Skeleton King. |
September 18, 2004 |
| 2 |
Depths of Fear It's hot in Shuggazoom City. Very hot. So the monkeys decide to cool off with a swim, and everyone seems excited; except Sprx-77 and Chiro. But the water begins to rise, and soon floods the city. On a rescue mission, Chiro's fear holds him back once more, and no doubt would he have drowned if the team had not saved him at the last minute. Deciding to get to the source of the problem, they plunge down to the deep depths of Shuggazoom's water base, to find that the pillars holding everything up are terribly corroded. And the massive dents look oddly like teeth marks... |
September 25, 2004 |
| 3 |
Planetoid Q Just as Chiro is beginning to understand the mysterious Power Primate, an enormous planetoid known as Q is detected headed straight toward the planet. Gibson's plan is to fly up in the Super Robot, and blast Q with Otto's newly completed gravaton disrupter. Simple, right? Not quite. Imagine the team's surprise when they discover that the giant planetoid is actually a living, speaking space creature! Their only hope is to be swallowed by Q, and disable the propulsion unit within it. Unfortunately for Chiro and the monkey team, this task won't be as easy to carry out as it sounds. |
October 2, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Skeleton King With only Gibson and a half damaged Super Robot, Chiro must mount a rescue against the Citadel of Bone to save the Hyperforce from tortuous brainwashing by Mandarin and Sakko. As Chiro and Gibson explore the citadel's nightmarish interior they discover secrets of Chiro's past as well as a secret of Skeleton King himself. Can Chiro harness the Power Primate, free his friends, and defeat Skeleton King before he unleashes a wave of evil on Shuggazoom? |
February 6, 2005 |
| 2 |
World of Giants When Sparx says that Tolomac 3 is just another piece of rock floating in space, he couldn't be more wrong. It turns out that there's an entire kingdom of giants living there, and they've mistaken the Super Robot for one of their own. Sparx decides to take advantage of the situation and pose as a knight, but the Robot is losing power, and unless the team can find the nearby energy source, they'll be stuck there for good! But there's one who doesn't want them to leave - he wants to get rid of this "square-headed knight" himself... But don't forget the new "girlfriend" Sparx gets while he's there. Guest appearance: Rip Taylor as King of Giants |
February 12, 2005 |
| 3 |
The Lords of Soturix 7 Responding to a distress call, the Super Robot crash lands on Soturix 7. To make things worse, an energy field around the planet has shorted out the robot, Chiro's powers, AND the minds of the rest of the Monkey Team! Now Chiro must brave Skurgg's sadistic games, survive the desert, and reclaim his friends... and his only hope is to connect with the Power Primate on an entirely new level. Guest appearance: Wil Wheaton as Skurgg |
February 19, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Savage Lands: Part I After all that has happened, Chiro, now in a strange new form, discovers a whole new world beneath Shuggazoom's surface. As the remaining Monkey Team member Jinmay search for him, he's on a search of his own... for Antauri. Well, he wants to put Antauri's power primate in the silver monkey suit. When the others finally find him, all they want is for Chiro to come home where he belongs. They are unaware of the greater journey that lies ahead. Guest appearance: Hynden Walch as Valeena |
October 24, 2005 |
| 2 |
The Savage Lands: Part II After all that has happened, Chiro, now in a strange new form, discovers a whole new world beneath Shuggazoom's surface. As the remaining Monkey Team member Jinmay search for him, he's on a search of his own... for Antauri. Well, he wants to put Antauri's power primate in the silver monkey suit. When the others finally find him, all they want is for Chiro to come home where he belongs. They are unaware of the greater journey that lies ahead. Guest appearance: Hynden Walch as Valeena |
October 24, 2005 |
| 3 |
Season of the Skull In hot pursuit of the Dark One Worm, the Super Robot is mysteriously transported to a strange village where everything is, as Otto puts it, "spook-tacular." The citizens turn to the Monkey Team for help, claiming that they are plagued by a curse that is taking away their little ones. Nova knows it is not true literally But what secrets are these strange people really hiding? Trivia: This episode is Halloween-inspired, despite the fact that it aired before Halloween. Guest appearance: Angus Scrimm as Magistrate and Cassandra Peterson as Severina |
October 30, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Galactic Smash: Space Attack (1) The Monkey Team is recruited to play in the world's most dangerous game: Galactic Smash, by an unknown female warrior who requires their assistance, and a cheat device has claimed that they are the only ones who can save the world. Guest appearance: Tara Strong (Extreme Ghostbusters) as Olianna and Arthur Burghardt (Los Luchadores) as the Commodore Game Master |
September 9, 2006 |
| 2 |
Galactic Smash: Game Over (2) Chiro and the Monkey Team have been separated, and the Super Robot has been torn into pieces, but with Shuggazoom now as the target in Galactic Smash, Chiro must find a way to reunite his friends and destroy the evil threatening their home world. |
September 16, 2006 |
| 3 |
Incident on Ranger 7 The Monkey Team runs into an old enemy, Gyrus Krinkle, at the prison on Ranger 7 when Chiro is mysteriously kidnapped and the monkeys must find him. |
September 23, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC Family |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 18, 2004 |
| Last aired | December 16, 2006 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 09:00:00 |