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Big Robot Gold Grab

October 12, 1978

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Battle of the Planets - S1 - E19

Bars of gold are stolen from the Intergalactic Federation, and G-Force is sent out to get it back. While searching one of the islands where the gold might be hidden, Mark, Princess and Keyop are captured and taken to a secret Spectra base.

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Battle of the Planets: Season 1 - 69 Episode s

1x1 - Giant from Planet Zyr
September 18, 1978
A team of scientists on Earth develop the Jet Cutter, a new laser to powerful enough to cut through a new indestructible metal that Spectra has developed. But Spectra uses a giant humanoid mech to steal the Jet Cutter. G-Force travels to Zyr to try and find the giant and recover the laser.
1x2 - The Fiery Lava Giant
September 19, 1978
On Space Island, a colonized asteroid, a Lava Giant suddenly appears and goes on a rampage.
1x3 - Raid of the Space Octopus
September 20, 1978
Zoltar attacks Earth's power plants with a tentacled mech, but when G-Force attacks, the Phoenix experiences malfunctions.
1x4 - Siege of the Squids
September 21, 1978
A cargo ship is destroyed, but the only witnesses, fisherman and his sons, are reluctant to tell G-Force what they know.
1x5 - Race Against Disaster
September 22, 1978
Jason enters a continental auto race with a fellow driver named Lucy. However, Lucy is not all she seems to be. Although used by Spectra to infiltrate G-Force via Jason, Lucy is not able to compete her mission because she has grown fond of Jason. This is quite a feat, especially after the revelation that she is a robot!
1x6 - The Space Rock Concert
September 25, 1978
The Team is relaxing at a Dirty Name 5 concert when Spectra appears! The entire band is kidnapped and forced to play. Their music is used as a sound weapon, literally shaking apart whatever it is directed at. The G-Force team have to rescue the band and stop Zoltar from succeeding in his plan.
1x7 - Decoys of Doom
September 26, 1978
Humanoid decoys of the G-Force team are created to be used as bait in a trap for Spectra. The "real" Mark swaps places with his decoy and is captured by Spectra. Mark must signal the team and lead G-Force to the Spectra base.
1x8 - Attack of the Alien Wasp
September 27, 1978
Mark while flying his jet encounters Colonel Chronos, who was believed to be dead, and follows him back to his secret base, where he gives Mark documents revealing the location of Spectra's Earth headquarters.
1x9 - The Thing with 1,000 Eyes
September 28, 1978
G-Force travels to planet Riga to look into the mysterious disappearance of an investigating team.
1x10 - Panic of the Peacock
September 29, 1978
A giant mechanical peacock constructed by Spectra invades Earth, while Mark is kidnapped and his memory surpressed!
1x11 - A Whale Joins G-Force
October 2, 1978
Spectra sends a mechanical whale to Earth. The Mecha attacks Bay City and G-Force goes after it. The Team interrupts the Spectra ship as it attacks some whales and Keyop promptly adopts a baby whale that survived. G-Force must locate the Spectra base and stop Zoltar before he destroys all of Earth's whales!
1x12 - Peril of the Praying Mantis
October 3, 1978
Spectra launches it's latest attack, but when the team is called together Tiny cannot be reached so the team has to attempt to fend off the attack without him.
1x13 - Fastest Gun in the Galaxy
October 4, 1978
Spectra agents bring a man who was released from 30 years in prison back to planet Spectra. The ex-prisoner was an expert marksman and Zoltar wants him to operate Spectra's newest weapon, a vehicle mounted gun. G-Force goes to Spectra to investigate.
1x14 - Mad New Ruler of Spectra
October 5, 1978
Professor Doriarity is recruited by Spectra to make a robot horse army. The Great Spirit makes the Professor the new Ruler of Spectra in exchange for the army and G-Force goes to Spectra to stop him. They arrive to find that Spectra has turned on the Professor and they must now rescue the Professor and stop the robot horse army.
1x15 - Attack of the Space Terrapin
October 6, 1978
G-Force is introduced and faces a challenge against one of Spectra's mightiest machines, the Space Terrapin. To control the Universe, Spectra will stop at nothing to steal Earth's most valuable mineral: Vitalumis. Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop and Tiny (with help from 7-Zark-7 at Center Neptune) power The Phoenix to victory over Zoltar and Spectra.
1x16 - Rescue of the Astronauts
October 9, 1978
Upon their splashdown on Earth, two astronauts are kidnapped by a Manta Ray submarine for discovering the location of Spectra bases on Mars. G-Force is called upon to resuce the astronauts and retrieve the valuable information they obtained. Mark infiltrates Spectra's base, and is later joined by Keyop to return the astronauts to The Phoenix. The Spectra Commander escapes in the head of the Space Terrapin, only to be destroyed by the Fiery Phoenix.
1x17 - Raid on a Nearby Planet
October 10, 1978
Planet Vega is attacked by Spectra's Space Ray Machine and most of their vital installations are destroyed. G-Force is sent to Vega to track down the Ray Machine and follow it back to the base. They must infiltrate and destroy the base and the Space Ray Machine to keep Spectra from capturing Vega!
1x18 - Mammoth Shark Menace
October 11, 1978
Zoltar releases a poisonous pollutant into the ocean which is killing all the fish in the ocean. G-Force has to stop the him before the Earth's entire ecosystem is destroyed.
1x19 - Big Robot Gold Grab
October 12, 1978
Bars of gold are stolen from the Intergalactic Federation, and G-Force is sent out to get it back. While searching one of the islands where the gold might be hidden, Mark, Princess and Keyop are captured and taken to a secret Spectra base.
1x20 - The Ghostly Grasshopper
October 13, 1978
What at first appears to be an exceptionally high powered typhoon hits the world's largest water reserve center in cosmic city. For some unexplained reason, the weather control missiles which could have deflected the storm, were never launched. Chief Anderson tries to convince the leaders that the storm was no accident of nature, while G-Force investigates some unusual activity and a possible Zoltar connection.
1x21 - The Musical Mummy
October 16, 1978
Three of earth's top scientist mysteriously vanish, and G-Force is given the mission of protecting the remaining scientists.
1x22 - Space Rocket Escort
October 19, 1978
G-Force is given the job to escort a new plane, called the FY-9, to the planet Riga.
1x23 - Space Safari
October 23, 1978
G-Force shoots down Zoltar. He escapes his ship and the team chases him through the forests of Planet Lukadia. Zoltar has the entire forest rigged with traps.
1x24 - Museum of Mystery
October 24, 1978
Princess has lost her shoe and cannot transmute. Upset and at a loss on how she can now be a part of the team, or any help at all, she enters a contest to be a spokesperson for a major company, and inadvertantly is captured by Spectra.
1x25 - Silent City
October 26, 1978
This episode takes place on planet Exor. One of their island cities is surrounded by an impenetrable wall of radiation created by a Spectra bombing attack. Chief Anderson believes the city is a Spectra base and sends G-Force to check it out. The team goes into the city, but they are only able to withstand the radiation for one hour. They are attacked by a Spectra Mecha once they are inside the city. Can G-Force escape the Mecha and solve Spectra's latest plot before their time runs out?
1x26 - Microfilm Mystery
October 30, 1978
Spectra wants to steal Metamorphosis 1, a mecha that can transform into any shape.
1x27 - Mission to Inner Space
October 31, 1978
Spectra attacks a mining operation and an explosive mining bit is separated from it's base machine and continues to bore into the earth. G-Force must stop it before it hits magma, causing a devastating earthquake.
1x28 - A Swarm of Robot Ants
November 1, 1978
After the city is blacked out, G-Force heads out to find out why. They find a swarm of ants attcking the Solar Fusion Plant. After flooding the ants away from the complex, they find the remants of one, finding that they are tiny robots. From the construction, Center Neptune scientists ascertain that the threat this time is not Spectra, but Tromulous. The team heads out to stop this lates threat. Once on Tromulous, they set down the robot ant and follow it to its home. They come to a giant ant hill, and before they can make a plan, the sand opens up under their feet.They find themselves captured by Commandeer Antof who has struck a bargain with Zoltar giving him Earth if he kills G-Force. Keyop sets chargesto the bubble that entraps the team, enabling them to get out. out of a giant cocoon a queen robot ant hatches.and heads for Earth.
1x29 - Cupid Does it to Keyop
November 2, 1978
Keyop stumbles upon a kidnapped girl, and takes it upon himself to rescue her.
1x30 - Raid of the Red Scorpion
November 3, 1978
The Luminous One commands Zoltar to destroy Earth's entire energy capability. Zoltar uses a 'scorpion' mech to go on a rampage, starting by destroying Earth's most important research facility.
1x31 - Spectra Space Spider
November 6, 1978
Stellar City is suffering a terrible drought, so sends supplies to the city by cargo planes. But the is airlifted supply convoy is attacked by a weapon created by Dr. Streker, who was fired from Center Neptune.
1x32 - Beast with a Sweet Tooth
November 7, 1978
G-Force has to track down a giant beetle mecha, that is eating up whole fields of sugar cane crops, depleting the worlds supply of sugar.
1x33 - Raid on Riga
November 8, 1978
Riga is attacked by Spectra and Chief Anderson is not sure how to defend against Spectra's new weapon, making the team wait. G-Force grows impatient and rushes off to Riga without any planning or orders. They are badly defeated and have to be rescued by Colonel Cronos. The Team is sent back to Earth, where it becomes apparent that Mark has lost his confidence. Cronos tests Mark's confidence by challenging his nerve while flying. Mark fails, but a little later, while talking with others, he comes up with a plan to defeat Zoltar's Mecha. G-Force flies back to Riga and engages the Spectran mecha in a fight.
1x34 - Prisoners in Space
November 9, 1978
Tiny's van breaks down and he is picked up by a Prison van on its way to Barracuda Island, a maximum securty prison. Spectra's gains control of the prison and Zoltar has promises freedom to the prisoners if they will join Spectra. The G-Force team must rescue Tiny and keep the prisoners from escaping.
1x35 - Capture of the Galaxy Code
November 10, 1978
G-Force has ensure delivery of the central mechanism of the dynastrol computer. No one besides the president of the intergalactic federation is cleared to carry it.
1x36 - Orion, Wonderdog of Space
November 13, 1978
Spectra causes a worldwide drought on Earth. Orion, goes out on a dangerous mission with Dr. Backster, who has created a way to melt water from part of the polar caps to relieve the drought. When Dr. Backster discovers a secret Spectra base and is captured, he sends Orion to alert G-Force.
1x37 - Secret Island
November 14, 1978
There have been many planes and ships disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle. Mark and Princess are sent to Shipwreck Island in the Triangle to investigate. They discover a Spectra base and their latest weapon, the Whirly Knife. Mark summons the team, but can they stop the latest Mech from Spectra ?
1x38 - Jupiter Moon Menace
November 15, 1978
Commander Typhon from planet Scorpius is an exile who wants Zoltar's help in defeating his rival opponants on his planet In exchange Typhon gives Zoltar a new weapon, the Scorpion, that creates meteor showers. In hopes of averting the destruction of Capital City, G-Force heads for the Jupiter moon of Callisto. The Scorpion then heads for Earth, before the team can destroy it. Finding a submarine at the bottom of the ocean that is controlling the Scorpion and asteroid showers. Typhon escapes the submarine, trapping G-Force inside.
1x39 - Seals of Sytron
November 16, 1978
Galactor attacks Sytron, the only mining and storage facility of Galactite Hydronium for the entire earth. Galactite Hydronium is the fuel that powers Earth's spacecrafts and holds her forcefields together. G-Force must defend the island and rescue the workers.
1x40 - Ghost Ship from Planet Mir
November 17, 1978
Brok, a disposed leader of Mir, joins up with Zoltar to get the planet back. G-Force gets called out from vacation to stop them from destroying an important underwater base. During the final battle, 3 strange fighters show up and save G-Force's lives.
1x41 - The Alien Bigfoot
November 20, 1978
Spectra is using Bigfoot to keep people from getting too close to their latest base in Tibet. They are working on the "Inter-Frequency Disruptor", which affects ships guidance systems, causing them to crash. Keyop takes off for Tibet on his own and is captured by Spectra. He must lead G-Force to the Spectra base and escape before it's destroyed by G-Force. Zoltar is unmasked in this episode!
1x42 - Super Space Spies
November 21, 1978
G-Force travels to a distant planet called Paradise Island, where Spectra has set up a a base from which it is attacking and pollution the water reservoirs of Earth.
1x43 - Vacation on Venus
November 22, 1978
After what seems to be a volcanic blast on Venus, a huge horn is revealed, which is not originally from there. G-Force travels to Venus to stop the Spectra invaders.
1x44 - Keyop Does it All
November 27, 1978
While G-Force is working as the special guard at the building where the Intergalactic Federation is meeting, Keyop discovers a car with a Spectra insignia and stows away in its trunk.
1x45 - Demons of the Desert
November 28, 1978
G-Force flies to Abura, to help their friend the sheik Tabul, whose uncle seized control of the country during his absence.
1x46 - The Space Serpent
November 29, 1978
A serpent is attacking oil refineries. After her father is killed in one of the earthquakes, Debbie Harland blames Mark for not being able to help him. Mark then needs to balance helping Debbie with saving other refineries.
1x47 - Rockets Out of Control
November 30, 1978
After watching the launch of a rocket ship, Chief Anderson leaves with Secretary Clayborne. But it turns out that Secretary Clayborne is an impostor.
1x48 - The Space Mummy
December 1, 1978
7-Zark-7 discovers a new planet, which is called Zarkadia in his honor. G-Force learns that several mysterious plane crashes have been occurring on the planet, so Mark travels undercover to investigate. There, he meets Dr. Sweet, who has developed a compound that can render Spectra's latest weapon useless. Sweet hid his creation in his nephew's toy, whose father was a pilot of a plane lost and spends all his days at the airport waiting for his father to return. When it seems like the pilot does indeed return, Sweet is first very happy his brother was back, but then realizes it wasn't him and finds the imposter trying to break into his personal safe. It turns out to be Zoltar, looking for the compound. In the meantime, Mark discovers Spectra is using a giant mummy to bring down the planes, and the rest of G-Force joins him, using Sweet's compound to destroy the mummy. With the compound secure, Spectra will never be able to use their weapon again.
1x49 - The Sea Dragon
December 4, 1978
Spectra attacks the new defense base on planet Aquatica. They capture the base using their new Mecha: the Sea Dragon. Chief Anderson sends the team to Aquatica to reclaim the base and destroy the Sea Dragon!
1x50 - Perilous Pleasure Cruise
December 5, 1978
G-Force is called on to check out the mysterious sinking of a ocean liner.
1x51 - G-Force in the Future
December 6, 1978
Mark takes the eccentric scientist Dr Gorky, to the scout a location in the arctic as a possible site for Future World, a concept city to be powered by geothermal energy.
1x52 - The Awesome Armadillo
December 7, 1978
Colonel Two takes over command of Spectra from Zoltar and launches an attack on Earth.
1x53 - Tentacles from Space
December 8, 1978
G-Force investigates Professor Stark who may have given his soil protein formula to a Spectra agent.
1x54 - Ace from Outer Space
January 1, 1979
Out of all the pilots in the Federation, Mark has been selected to test the Space Patol Scout (XF-97) , to be used in Galactic Security. In the midst of the flight he is attacked and downed by Captian Doom from planet Ergos, who is a space pirate. Mark ejects to safety while Doom attacks the airshow uses a laser whip. The Phoenix is forced to land after its rudder is destroyed. From the rudder of the Phoenix, a sample of the metal from the whip is found, but Center Neptune scientists donÕt know what it is. The team heads to Ergos to search for the source of the metal before other weapons constructed with it can be used by the Space Pirate.
1x55 - Giant Space Bat
January 2, 1979
Spectra shoots down a pilot who observes the testing of their latest weapon, a Bat mech with a Force Ray. Mark finds the pilot, but the he is unable to tell what he saw.
1x56 - The Great Brain Robbery
January 3, 1979
Spectra attacks the Artificial Brain Center on Earth and steals a top-secret "Brain of Evil". The Team tracks down the stolen brain, only to be attacked by the Brain Mecha and then Spectra Pirates! G-Force returns with a piece of the Mecha to Center Neptune, and then attends the Annual Robot Show the next day, just in time to watch Spectra steal the new "Fembot" to use as a body for the Brain of Evil. Mark sneaks into the Spectra base while the rest of the team goes after the Brain Mecha.
1x57 - Giant Gila Monster
January 4, 1979
Zeno, the Zenobian has escaped from the protective custody. Mark goes undercover to try to find him.
1x58 - The Duplicate King
January 5, 1979
Spectra targets one of the richest countries on Earth, the small country of Beldania. G-Force is dispacted out to talk and protect the monarch, but right from the start things seem wrong. Sneaking into the palace at night, to avoid detection, they find the palace bobby-trapped and full of dangers. When they finally find the monarch, they find an imposter in his place.
1x59 - Curse of the Cuttlefish (1)
January 8, 1979
Zoltar attacks Arcturus, where the Conway Tapes have been transferred. G-Force is ordered to go to the planet incognito.
1x60 - Curse of the Cuttlefish (2)
January 9, 1979
Zoltar proclaims the planet to be under the rule of Spectra, but G-Force are unable to counter attack, as they fear that Princess and Keyop are in the line of fire.
1x61 - Peril in the Pyramids
January 10, 1979
An Egyptian temple disappears from Earth. 7-Zark-7 finds the temple has reappeared on Alpha 3 and sends G-Force there undercover to investigate. While there, a woman mistakes Keyop as her missing son, Ali.
1x62 - Save the Space Colony
January 11, 1979
G-Force attempt to defend a space colony on the planet Zebor from an attack by Spectra.
1x63 - Zoltar Strikes Out
January 12, 1979
Spectra creates a huge bomb, hidden somewhere in the city. Chief Anderson's suspicions lead him to send G-Force undercover to the baseball stadium.
1x64 - Magnetic Attraction
January 15, 1979
Spectra unleashes what looks like a giant bowling ball on Earth, and G-Force is helpless in stopping it. None of the Phoenix's missiles or defenses can stop the giant ball. While on a break to ponder the possibilities, Mark sees Keyop playing with a magnet and ball, given to him by Zark. Mark gets the idea to build a giant magnet to attract and destroy the giant ball. The plan is to use the Phoenix to lure the ball into the magnet. When that fails, Mark infiltrates the ball and takes control, sending it into the giant magnet, destroying both. The other G-Force members think Mark is killed in the explosion. However, as all are standing around the fire in tears, Mark flies down from the sky to join them without a scratch.
1x65 - Peaks of Planet Odin
January 16, 1979
7-Zark-7 has a hunch that Spectra is about to unleash a scheme on Planet Odin and sends G-Force there. The chief of that planet turns out to be intent on capturing Colonel Chronos and working with Zoltar who will give him a great new weapon.
1x66 - Invasion of the Locust
January 17, 1979
In Spectra's latest attack, they send locusts to devour Earth's food supplies. Professor Chambers contacts G-Force and they send Keyop back with him to South America. They are attacked by the locusts and forced to crash land in the Amazon. G-Force must rescue them and stop the Giant Locust from destroying the Earth.
1x67 - Victims of the Hawk
January 18, 1979
A young, married couple stayed behind to help defend a base from an attack by Spectra. Both survived and were brought back to Earth as heroes. Zoltar wants to eliminate them (both are eyewitnesses to the Spectran attack) and both have parents that are highly placed in the government. He orders them kidnapped and brought to Spectra. It's up to G-Force to rescue the two from Zoltar.
1x68 - Island of Fear
January 19, 1979
Keyop investigates Witch's Island, which he suspects to be a Spectra base.
1x69 - G-Force Defector
January 23, 1979
When the team is called to assemble, Jason has an accident is unable to join the team, leaving them at a disadvantage as they face Zoltar's attack.

Battle of the Planets: All seasons

S0: Specials
4 Episode s
S1: Season 1
85 Episode s

1x1 - Giant from Planet Zyr

1x2 - The Fiery Lava Giant

1x3 - Raid of the Space Octopus

1x4 - Siege of the Squids

1x5 - Race Against Disaster

1x6 - The Space Rock Concert

1x7 - Decoys of Doom

1x8 - Attack of the Alien Wasp

1x9 - The Thing with 1,000 Eyes

1x10 - Panic of the Peacock

1x11 - A Whale Joins G-Force

1x12 - Peril of the Praying Mantis

1x13 - Fastest Gun in the Galaxy

1x14 - Mad New Ruler of Spectra

1x15 - Attack of the Space Terrapin

1x16 - Rescue of the Astronauts

1x17 - Raid on a Nearby Planet

1x18 - Mammoth Shark Menace

1x19 - Big Robot Gold Grab

1x20 - The Ghostly Grasshopper

1x21 - The Musical Mummy

1x22 - Space Rocket Escort

1x23 - Space Safari

1x24 - Museum of Mystery

1x25 - Silent City

1x26 - Microfilm Mystery

1x27 - Mission to Inner Space

1x28 - A Swarm of Robot Ants

1x29 - Cupid Does it to Keyop

1x30 - Raid of the Red Scorpion

1x31 - Spectra Space Spider

1x32 - Beast with a Sweet Tooth

1x33 - Raid on Riga

1x34 - Prisoners in Space

1x35 - Capture of the Galaxy Code

1x36 - Orion, Wonderdog of Space

1x37 - Secret Island

1x38 - Jupiter Moon Menace

1x39 - Seals of Sytron

1x40 - Ghost Ship from Planet Mir

1x41 - The Alien Bigfoot

1x42 - Super Space Spies

1x43 - Vacation on Venus

1x44 - Keyop Does it All

1x45 - Demons of the Desert

1x46 - The Space Serpent

1x47 - Rockets Out of Control

1x48 - The Space Mummy

1x49 - The Sea Dragon

1x50 - Perilous Pleasure Cruise

1x51 - G-Force in the Future

1x52 - The Awesome Armadillo

1x53 - Tentacles from Space

1x54 - Ace from Outer Space

1x55 - Giant Space Bat

1x56 - The Great Brain Robbery

1x57 - Giant Gila Monster

1x58 - The Duplicate King

1x59 - Curse of the Cuttlefish (1)

1x60 - Curse of the Cuttlefish (2)

1x61 - Peril in the Pyramids

1x62 - Save the Space Colony

1x63 - Zoltar Strikes Out

1x64 - Magnetic Attraction

1x65 - Peaks of Planet Odin

1x66 - Invasion of the Locust

1x67 - Victims of the Hawk

1x68 - Island of Fear

1x69 - G-Force Defector

S0: Specials

S1: Season 1