Challenge of The GoBots

1984
4.5
11 reviews
TV-UNRATED
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Eligible
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Season 1, Part 1 episodes (23)

1 Battle For Gobotron
9/8/84
Gobotron flees to Earth in the wake of his failed coup.
2 Target Earth
9/9/84
Cy-Kill and Dr. Braxis join forces to steal an experimental energy crystal.
3 Conquest of Earth
9/10/84
Leader-1 is shot by Crasher while attempting to destroy Cy-Kill's pulsar generator.
4 Steamer's Defection
10/27/84
Steamer defects to the Guardians, but they're suspicious when he reveals Cy-Kill's new scheme to overthrow Earth.
4 Earth Bound
9/11/84
Scooter and Turbo struggle to free Matt, Nick and A.J. from the pulsar generator's spell.
5 The Final Conflict
9/12/84
The destabilized energy crystal has an unexpected effect on the struggle between good and evil on Gobotron.
5 The GoBot Who Cried Renegade
10/28/84
The Renegades discredit Scooter so that no one believes him when he realizes Cy-Kill is planning a new mission.
6 The Seer
10/29/84
Cy-Kill abducts a blind boy who can "see" into the future.
6 It's The Thought That Counts
9/15/84
Cy-Kill re-programs Scooter, making him into a suicide bomber aimed at UNECOM's headquarters.
7 Whiz Kid
10/30/84
A bright teenager invents a weapon that interferes with Gobot circuits, and both sides are desperate to get hold of the device.
7 Renegade Alliance
9/16/84
Cy-Kill cons a well-meaning alien into helping "liberate" GoBotron by attacking the Guardians.
8 Time Wars
9/17/84
In an attempt to take over the Earth by travelling into the past, the Renegades accidentally go back to ancient Rome and are mistaken for gods.
9 Terror In Atlantis
9/18/84
When an archaeologist discovers the remains of the fabled continent of Atlantis, Cy-Kill takes advantage of the situation by unleashing a host of ancient "demons" to destroy the Guardians.
9 Tarnished Image
10/10/84
The Renegade wreak havoc on Earth while disguised as Guardians, and the terrified humans ask Leader-1 to take his people off Earth.
9 Cy-Kill's Escape/Part One-Goborton Saga
11/3/84
Cy-Kill escapes from the prison moon to rally his Renegades for an all-out offensive that leaves Turbo mortally damaged. The only hope is the nearly mythical Last Engineer.

First of a five-part episode.
10 Trident's Triple Threat
9/19/84
The Renegades gain an ally in Trident, a cybernetic/human mix who takes the worlds' leaders hostage.
11 Lost On Gobotron
9/22/84
Nick, Matt and AJ are kidnapped at the heart of Gobotron, but when they escape the Renegades they fall into the hands of Wrecks, the leader of a gang of thieves, who enters Matt in a bizarre form of gladiatorial combat.
12 Flight To Earth/Part Four-Gobotron Saga
11/6/84
The last Guardians escape to Earth after the fall of Gobotron while Cy-Kill and Master Renegade begin planning the attack on Earth.

Fourth of a five-part episode.
12 Cy-Kill's Shrinking Ray
9/23/84
Cy-Kil reduces Leader-1, Scooter and Turbo to the size of toys, but when the tiny Guardians escape their enemies must shrink themselves to go in pursuit.
13 The Quest For Rogue-Star
9/24/84
The Guardians launch an all-out effort to find and destroy Rogue-Star.
14 Ultra Zod
9/25/84
The Renegades hold a town's children hostage to force the adults to build a giant "Ultra Zod," which will conquer Earth and then GoBotron.
15 Sentinel
9/26/84
When a giant robot designed to protect humanity from the Renegades turns against its creators, the Renegades are quick to take advantage of the situation.
16 Speed Is of The Essence
9/29/84
A damaged Turbo is repaired by two teenagers who, unaware he's a GoBot, enter him into a Grand Prix race. When the Renegades spot him, the race turns into a demolition derby.

About this show

On the distant planet GoBotron dwell the GoBots, a race of robots able to transform themselves into amazing fighting vehicles. As war rages between the noble Guardian GoBots and the evil Renegade GoBots, the Renegades escape to earth--with a plot to enslave earthlings and conquer the galaxy. But the Guardians follow, and the battle begins.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
11 reviews
RNR Aguilar
December 24, 2021
Just as good as Transformers, and sometimes even better! Yes, I'd recommend Gobots!
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firewalker bob
August 7, 2021
Love it! Other than transformers the only other good robot action show of the 80s!
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Valamo Lamb
February 15, 2020
I loved this show so much!! ❤
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