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The Alien Beetles

January 30, 1979

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Battle of the Planets - S1 - E75

Spectra sends their latest Mecha to Earth-the Beetles! The Beetles are powered by human life energy and 4 boys (one is Keyop! ), are captured by Spectra to power the Mechas. G-Force must find a way to rescue Keyop and the others and stop the Beetles before Earth is destroyed!

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Battle of the Planets: Season 1 - 61 Episode s

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.
1x70 - The Galaxy Girls
January 23, 1979
G-Force is headed for their mountain retreat headquarters for a few days. Jason is driving Chief Anderson when they are attacked by a strange car and a woman wearing a mask. Only Jason's skill and a hidden capability of the car they are riding in save their lives. Zoltar's sister Mala is put in charge of sabotaging the Solar Express, the first monorail to circle the globe. Mala pretends to be with Public Relations as Marla Latras, in order to ride on board with Chief Anderson, who is accompanied by Mark. It soon becomes apparent Mala has more in mind than to destroy the Solar Express, but also plans on eliminating Chief Anderson himself!
1x71 - Conway Tape Tap
January 24, 1979
Spectra steals the Conway tapes. Mark and Princess are trapped on a Spectran spy ship and taken to planet Spectra. They recover the Tapes and try to escape, but are captured by Spectra. Jason, who has followed them without orders, rescues them and they must battle their way through the Spectran defenses to escape.
1x72 - Fearful Sea Anemone
January 25, 1979
The team has to defend construction of a secret base.
1x73 - Strike at Spectra
January 26, 1979
G-Force travels to planet Spectra to launch an attack, but Jason is having problems with blurred vision.
1x74 - The Awesome Ray Force
January 29, 1979
Galactor develops a ray that causes the members of G-Force to revert to their civilian clothing.
1x75 - The Alien Beetles
January 30, 1979
Spectra sends their latest Mecha to Earth-the Beetles! The Beetles are powered by human life energy and 4 boys (one is Keyop! ), are captured by Spectra to power the Mechas. G-Force must find a way to rescue Keyop and the others and stop the Beetles before Earth is destroyed!
1x76 - Defector to Spectra
January 31, 1979
Greg, working within the central security agency, seems to be turning traitor for Spectra. Meanwhile, Zark has slipped his fozdic, and cannot perform his duties.
1x77 - Rage of the Robotoids
February 1, 1979
Jason rescues a girl in a cab who is attacked by strange robotic manniquins. Upset that Mark doesn't trust the girl, Jason goes to talk with her, only to find Mark may be right. As a series of attacks terrorize the city, G-Force split up and head into the city to try and track down the attackers and stop them. Matters are made worse as one by one, the members of G-Force start disappearing...
1x78 - The Bat-Ray Bombers
February 2, 1979
Tiny falls asleep on the Phoenix and fails to answer Mark's call to duty. Because of this, he gets suspended from G-Force only to find that a mysterious sea creature is terrorizing citizens. Tiny decides to redeem himself by facing the threat alone.
1x79 - The Fierce Flowers (1)
February 5, 1979
Spectra releases spores on Earth that turn into man-eating flowers.
1x80 - The Fierce Flowers (2)
February 6, 1979
G-Forced attempted burning the flowers, but it only resulted in the flowers releasing more spores. Princess who was captured by a flower is still missing her fate is unknown.
1x81 - Charioteers of Changu
February 7, 1979
Princess is sent to the Himalayas alone to investigate some mysterious charioteers.
1x82 - The Sky is Falling (1)
February 8, 1979
Tom, Mark's old friend from the academy, tells him that he has seen Mark's father on Odin, and Mark goes to Riga without telling Chief Anderson. Meanwhile the rest of G-Force is sent to Odin to try and stop the X-3, a doomsday weapon created by Spectra.
1x83 - The Sky is Falling (2)
February 9, 1979
With Mark still missing and the X-3 doomsday missile already have been launched and detonated, the only chance to save the Earth is if G-Force can launch Spectra's other X-3 missile to counteract the effects of the first missile.
1x84 - Invasion of Space Center (1)
February 12, 1979
Spectra attempts to discover the location of a major research center in order to launch an attack on it.
1x85 - Invasion of Space Center (2)
February 13, 1979
Spectra's missiles hit the research center, with Mark, Princess and Chief Anderson trapped inside.

Battle of the Planets: All seasons

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

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

1x70 - The Galaxy Girls

1x71 - Conway Tape Tap

1x72 - Fearful Sea Anemone

1x73 - Strike at Spectra

1x74 - The Awesome Ray Force

1x75 - The Alien Beetles

1x76 - Defector to Spectra

1x77 - Rage of the Robotoids

1x78 - The Bat-Ray Bombers

1x79 - The Fierce Flowers (1)

1x80 - The Fierce Flowers (2)

1x81 - Charioteers of Changu

1x82 - The Sky is Falling (1)

1x83 - The Sky is Falling (2)

1x84 - Invasion of Space Center (1)

1x85 - Invasion of Space Center (2)

S0: Specials

S1: Season 1