About this season
Lazer Tag Academy is an animated television series inspired by Worlds of Wonder's Lazer Tag that was created by Ruby-Spears Productions. The series aired on NBC from September 13 to December 6, 1986. It was later shown in reruns under the new title Lazer Patrol on the Sci Fi Channel as part of Sci Fi Cartoon Quest.
Episodes (13)
1. The Beginning
Aired 13 September 1986 • 30 min
Jamie Jaren, the thirteen-year-old Lazer Tag champion who possesses curious powers over the energy emitted from her Lazer Tag StarLyteâ„¢ unit, chases her evil ancestor Draxon Drear to the year 1987, to protect Beth Jaren, a distant ancestor of Jamie. Drear reasons that by kidnapping Beth and changing history, Jamie will never be born, and no one will be able to stop the evil Drear.
2. Skugg Duggery
Aired 20 September 1986 • 30 min
Draxon Drear's plan to turn the Jaren kids into mutant Skuggs backfires when these volatile creatures damage the transmitter mechanism. Everyone in the world except the Jaren kids gets Skugg-ized, so it falls to them to reverse the effects and return the world to normality.
3. Yamoto's Curse
Aired 27 September 1986 • 30 min
4. Pay Dirt
Aired 4 October 1986 • 30 min
5. Charles' Science Project
Aired 11 October 1986 • 30 min
6. The Witch Switch
Aired 18 October 1986 • 30 min
7. The Olanga Story
Aired 25 October 1986 • 30 min
8. Battle Hymn Of Jaren's
Aired 1 November 1986 • 30 min
9. Sir Tom Of Jaren
Aired 8 November 1986 • 30 min
10. Redbeard's Treasure
Aired 15 November 1986 • 30 min
11. Drear's Doll
Aired 22 November 1986 • 30 min
12. StarLyte On The Orient Express
Aired 29 November 1986 • 30 min
13. Jamie And The Spitfires
Aired 6 December 1986 • 30 min