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VR Troopers - S1 - E40
Two circus performers who are scientists in disguise are taken to Professor Hart for help in completing their research on a fuel-increasing formula.
VR Troopers: Season 1 - 52 Episode s
1x1 - The Battle Begins (1)
September 3, 1994
On their way to meet Professor Hart, Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. are attacked from the air by Air Striker and Fighterbot and on the ground by Skugs.
1x2 - The Battle Begins (2)
September 10, 1994
Kaitlin and J.B. locate Ryan in the quarry and hurry to his rescue. After a Skug fight, he is brought back to the lab and repaired.
1x3 - Error in the System
September 14, 1994
Grimlord crashes the lab's computer system to retrieve the secret of Mass Inter-Reality Travel. The Troopers call an ambush by Skugs.
1x4 - Lost Memories
September 15, 1994
The kids try to help a homeless lady with amnesia. Tao cooks, students pass out flyers, and Kaitlin runs the woman's photo in the newspaper.
1x5 - Battle for the Books
September 16, 1994
Ziktor wants to destroy all books that teach about solar energy. He starts with Mr. Reese's bookmobile, as a way of getting at J.B.
1x6 - Oh Brother
September 19, 1994
Ryan and J.B. are training two brothers who always argue. Ziktor/Grimlord decides to unleash two monster robot brothers of his own: the Swordbots.
1x7 - Grimlord's Challenge
September 20, 1994
A neighborhood policewoman offers Tao and the kids a challenge: turn Becky into a karate contender in two weeks and win ,000.
1x8 - Computer Captive
September 21, 1994
While helping Kaitlin install a graphics program in her computer, J.B. gets sucked through the monitor and into Grimlord's dungeon.
1x9 - Katlin's Little Helper
September 22, 1994
Kaitlin's cousin aspires to be a reporter like Kaitlin, and while on a story, she discovers green slime oozing from the grass in the park.
1x10 - The Virtual Spy
September 23, 1994
Grimlord plants a spy in reality, an investigative reporter named Jeremy, whom Woody hires at the "Underground Voice Daily."
1x11 - The Virtual V-6
September 26, 1994
The guys build a pollution-free motorcycle engine in V.R. and put it in J.B.'s Skycycle.
1x12 - No One's Friend
September 27, 1994
Ziktor sends a Skug to the dojo disguised as a martial arts student who spars with J.B. and transfers to him an electrical charge.
1x13 - Dogmatic Change
September 28, 1994
Grimlord comes up with the idea of turning dog pound pets (and more) into rabid mutant monsters for his own army.
1x14 - Searching for Tyler Steele
September 30, 1994
Kaitlin takes a photo of a strange building and spots a man in a room with bars on the windows sitting next to a strange "S" symbol on the wall.
1x15 - Save the Trees
October 2, 1994
Grimlord (aka Ziktor) needs an old-growth forest cleared for a massive breakthrough from Virtual Reality.
1x16 - A Dirty Trick
October 4, 1994
Grimlord sends his evil magician to abduct the real magician and catch the Troopers with their guard down.
1x17 - Kaitlin's Front Page
October 5, 1994
Kaitlin receives a tip on a big story: A top-secret weapons plant and testing site has been set up outside Cross World City.
1x18 - The Dognapping
October 7, 1994
Skugs dognap Jeb when he steps outside for a nature call. They take him to Grimlord, who is angered by the dog's wisecracking mouth.
1x19 - My Dog's Girlfriend
October 10, 1994
Jeb the dog is depressed because he's fallen for Princess the Dog and her puppies, but Princess's owner blocks their romance.
1x20 - Digging for Fire
October 11, 1994
Following an earthquake, the teens discover that someone is digging shafts to the center of the Earth under a downtown building.
1x21 - The Great Brain Robbery
October 12, 1994
In his scheme to take over the planet, Grimlord tries to use the preserved brain of the greatest tactical mind in history.
1x22 - The Dojo Plot
October 14, 1994
When Tao is informed that the dojo is on the verge of shutting down due to financial problems, Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. organize a fundraiser.
1x23 - Grimlord's Greatest Hits
October 19, 1994
The teens are going to put on a dance-a-thon so that a student of theirs, Brandon, can afford to go to a special music academy.
1x24 - The Disappearance
October 25, 1994
Grimlord plots to overtake reality by making his mutants invisible. Meanwhile, Tao tries to teach the Troopers the importance of stealth in combat.
1x25 - Nightmares
October 31, 1994
Kaitlin starts having strange, vivid dreams about the power and invincibility of Grimlord's forces.
1x26 - Secret Admirer
November 3, 1994
Kaitlin receives flowers from a secret admirer -- Grimlord! Col. Icebot is developing evil flowers to capture and destroy the Troopers.
1x27 - Grimlord's House of Fear
November 4, 1994
Col. Icebot penetrates the reality barrier with an ionic cyber beam, and Grimlord wants him to build a robot to open the reality barrier.
1x28 - Three Strikes
November 7, 1994
J.B. coaches one of two rival baseball teams for a benefit game to raise money to upgrade the field and secure the lease.
1x29 - Danger in the Deep
November 8, 1994
Taking a virtual tour of a dam they've been told is polluted, the teens find a radio signal coming from under the dam itself.
1x30 - Small But Mighty
November 9, 1994
Grimlord sends a package to the dojo. When it's opened, Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. are exposed to a strange ray that turns them into children.
1x31 - Defending Dark Heart (1)
November 14, 1994
The Troopers and Professor Hart discover that one of Grimlord's mutants actually possesses human DNA!
1x32 - Defending Dark Heart (2)
November 15, 1994
Dark Heart, about to be executed by Grimlord's Mutants, uses Toxoid as a shield and escapes while Ryan fights Skugs.
1x33 - Defending Dark Heart (3)
November 16, 1994
A Skug learns of the V.R. Troopers' plans to de-virtualize Ryan's father and warns Grimlord.
1x34 - Defending Dark Heart (4)
November 17, 1994
Grimlord, knowing Dark Heart/Tyler is gravely injured, launches a full aerial assault on Professor Hart's lab.
1x35 - Ghost Biker
November 18, 1994
Ziktor receives some good news: Gen. Ivar has found a weakened area of the reality barrier, and Col. Icebot has developed a new weapon.
1x36 - Endangered Species
November 21, 1994
Kaitlin's friend Danielle beseeches her to write a story about the Animal Sanctuary, where Danielle's father is head scientist.
1x37 - Field Goal
November 22, 1994
When the junior high football coach stumbles onto Grimlord's secret base, Skugs shrink him and imprison him in a sports trading card.
1x38 - The Littlest Trooper
November 23, 1994
Skugs kidnap Baby Boo from his parents in the park and leave the baby on the dojo doorstep.
1x39 - The Reality Virus
November 29, 1994
Gen. Ivar and Col. Icebot stage a battle with the V.R. Troopers in virtual reality in order to infect them with a Reality Virus.
1x40 - Friends in Need
November 30, 1994
Two circus performers who are scientists in disguise are taken to Professor Hart for help in completing their research on a fuel-increasing formula.
1x41 - Good Trooper, Bad Trooper
February 6, 1995
Kaitlin is doing an article on biologically dissimilar twins. Meanwhile, Ziktor has developed a cloning device.
1x42 - The Transmutant
February 7, 1995
J.B. spars with Ryan in an effort to relax before taking a test to qualify for a scholarship.
1x43 - Who's King of the Mountain?
February 8, 1995
J.B. agrees to help his South American "e-mail pal," Jose, with some research on data involving an extinct volcano that has been strangely vibrating.
1x44 - The Couch Potato Kid
February 9, 1995
Ricky, Tao's visiting nephew, is a couch potato. The kids are planning an obstacle course and they try to get Ricky involved.
1x45 - The Old Switcharoo
February 10, 1995
Grimlord steals Dr. Unger's transforming device, hoping to take the powers of the V.R. Troopers for his army.
1x46 - Race to the Rescue
February 13, 1995
Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. decide to help out a kid who's being bullied at a go-cart track.
1x47 - Fiddler on the Loose
February 14, 1995
Kaitlin's cousin from Ireland and his band are in town to perform a benefit concert to help raise awareness concerning the environment.
1x48 - Virtually Powerless
February 15, 1995
While at an arcade, J.B., Ryan and Kaitlin are visited by a mysterious man who suggests they play the newest game in the store, "Dark Odyssey."
1x49 - New Kids on the Planet
February 20, 1995
Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. are camping in the wilderness when a streak of light and a thunderous crash alert them to the arrival of an alien spaceship.
1x50 - Message from Space
February 22, 1995
Professor Hart contacts Ryan, Kaitlin, and J.B. at the Underground to relay a message to Ryan from Dr. Monroe.
1x51 - The Rise of the Red Python (1)
February 27, 1995
J.B. and Ryan rescue a stray kitten and take it to an animal shelter, where they meet Amy, a nice young girl with an interest in martial arts.
1x52 - The Rise of the Red Python (2)
February 28, 1995
J.B. is sent to fight the Red Python, which malfunctions mid-battle. Dr. Poindexter offers an extra retroformer to bring her back to normal.