M.A.S.K. — Season 1

Aired 30 September 1985

A radioactive meteor crashes on Earth and V.E.N.O.M. steals it by disguising Switchblade as a U.F.O.

Aired 1 October 1985

VENOM steals a mystical arrowhead rumored to point the way to an alien spacecraft buried in the desert.

Aired 2 October 1985

Location: Nevada? VENOM steals the Book of Power, which is the key to the Lost City of Mong Paco and its giant jewel-covered idol.

Aired 3 October 1985

Location: Central City VENOM steals an army truck carrying plutonium. They need the plutonium for their earthquake machine.

Aired 4 October 1985

Location: Town of Cliffwood, Colorado VENOM hypnotizes a small town, using the people to assemble and rebuild a military weapon.

Aired 7 October 1985

Location: Some Jungle VENOM kidnaps a young lizard creature. They intend to sell the creature's anti-bodies because it is believed that they will give longer life.

Aired 8 October 1985

Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. has a device that jams the M.A.S.K. vehicle controls, causing Condor to crash into Shark.

Aired 9 October 1985

Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. has stolen a breed of metal-eating bugs developed for warfare. This episode has a spectacular crash of Thunderhawk in it.

Aired 10 October 1985

Location: Australia? Sly Rax disguises himself an aboriginal priest. V.E.N.O.M. has a machine that causes a giant vortex which they use to ""kidnap"" the village people. V.E.N.O.M. forces them to do slave labour in some sort of crystal mine. M.A.S.K. used their transport plane for the first time.

Aired 11 October 1985

Location: Norway V.E.N.O.M. has a tractor ray that they use to kidnap the president of the PNA. Then V.E.N.O.M. threatens to use the ray to break off a piece of a comet to destroy a city. Firecracker is damaged in this episode.

Aired 14 October 1985

Location: Japan V.E.N.O.M. has a drilling vehicle called The Magma Mole that they are using to burrow beneath Tokyo to create devastating floods. Their next target is Mount Fuji.

Aired 15 October 1985

Location: Greece V.E.N.O.M. has built an amusement park to hide a giant heat ray weapon.

Aired 16 October 1985

Location: Some Jungle VENOM has genetically altered caterpillar eggs to create giant caterpillars. They are using the giant caterpillars to clear away the vegetation in the jungle to reveal a map carved on the jungle floor. The map leads to the Hidden Valley, the location of an ancient source of great power -- a Myan crystal.

Aired 17 October 1985

Location: New York, NY Matt, Scott, and T-Bob are attending a magic show on Liberty Island, New York harbour.

Aired 18 October 1985

Location: India V.E.N.O.M. steals a sceptre from the underground city of Rajim.

Aired 21 October 1985

Location: Singapore V.E.N.O.M. is raiding temples and stealing golden relics, including The Golden Goddess of Sarawak. They are liquifying the gold and stealing it by pumping it through the city's old abandoned drainage system.

Aired 22 October 1985

Location: Unknown There are 3 valuable rings from the Renaissance that, when combined, will lead to a great ancient treasure. V.E.N.O.M. steals the rings and combine the rings on the ruins at Sunhenge.

Aired 23 October 1985

Location: Hong Kong Millionaire Julian Fong hires V.E.N.O.M. to blow up buildings with the high-tech resonator bombs.

Aired 24 October 1985 • 22 min

Location: Panama Brian, the Brain is a computer that controls a nuclear submarine. V.E.N.O.M. threatens to blow up the Panama Canal if their demands are not met.

Aired 25 October 1985

Location: Alaska Bruce finds a man wandering in Alaska who has been exposed to a strange virus, and Bruce gets infected too. V.E.N.O.M. has the antidote, and they plan to sell it for lots of $$$.

Aired 28 October 1985

Location: New Orleans, LA During Mardi Gras, VENOM tries to obtain a super fuel.

Aired 29 October 1985

Location: Egypt Rax dresses up as a mummy and V.E.N.O.M. steals a stone tablet with a map leading to King Tut's tomb. They are after a golden scarab that contains ""The Secret of Life"".

Aired 30 October 1985

Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. hijacks planes. They have an 'impostor' airport in the desert and use a radar jammer to confuse the real airports.

Aired 31 October 1985

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada VENOM conducts heists of Las Vegas casinos.

Aired 1 November 1985

Location: Los Angeles, California Brad's rock band is performing at the Hollywood Bowl when giant plants begin to cause havoc all over the city.

Aired 4 November 1985

Location: Cuzco, Peru A preserved Incan priest is discovered in the aftermath of an avalanche and promises the way to El Dorado, the Lost City of Gold.

Aired 5 November 1985

Location: China, Easter Island V.E.N.O.M. kidnaps a sculpter who is working on a large sculpture of a panda bear for a ceremony in China. They also kidnap some panda bears from a preserve, and they bring them to Easter Island. M.A.S.K. must get the pandas out of harm's way before they can battle V.E.N.O.M.

Aired 6 November 1985

Location: Japan V.E.N.O.M. is draining power supplies with a vehicle called Blackout.

Aired 7 November 1985

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Firecracker is destroyed by a heat ray weapon attached to Switchblade. Hurricane is introduced at the end of the show by the name ""Night Stalker"".

Aired 8 November 1985

Location: Rio De Janeiro V.E.N.O.M. steals a worthless painting that is actually a map to a Nazi raider's gold stash inside Sugarloaf Mountain.

Aired 11 November 1985

Location: Africa The blue monster is made of protoplasm, and it is a science experiment gone awry. It devours nearly anything in its way and its only weakness is salt.

Aired 12 November 1985

Location: Switzerland An ex-minister from West Germany hires V.E.N.O.M. to help him spread a virus that turns money bills into blank pieces of paper.

Aired 13 November 1985

Location: Athens Rax disguises himself as Julius Caesar, in order to scare off some archaeologists. VENOM is searching for Caesar's Sword of Victory.

Aired 14 November 1985

Location: France Buddy disguises himself as Dagger and sneaks into VENOM's secret hide out, learning about their plans. The blueprint is a map that shows the location of a Nazi doomsday device built in WW2. Nightstalker is called Hurricane from this point on.

Aired 15 November 1985

Location: Holland A millionaire has hired V.E.N.O.M. to steal a machine that can cause ultra sonic vibrations. The millionaire wants to become vice president of the Netherlands, and if his demands are not met he will destroy all of Holland's dykes. He only wanted to bluff -- too bad Mayhem never bluffs.

Aired 18 November 1985

Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. steals the famous Lippizaner Stallions, earning $4 million in platinum bars from an Arab. At the end V.E.N.O.M. loses the money (by a laser shot from Shark) and they all quickly flee in Piranha.

Aired 19 November 1985

Location: Australia V.E.N.O.M. is manipulating a tribe of aboriginals with holographic projections of flying rocks.

Aired 20 November 1985

Location: Africa Researchers in Africa discover a Golden Scarab which they believe to be part of a hidden treasure that belonged to a lost tribe of Egypt.

Aired 21 November 1985

Location: New Guinea Alex has made an exact replica of the M.A.S.K. crystal used to power up the masks. Matt tells a story about his father (Andrew) who got the crystal from a tribe leader named Warago in New Guinea.

Aired 22 November 1985

Location: San Francisco, USA V.E.N.O.M. steals an artifact, a so-called 'crystal skull' that allows x-ray vision. By using the skull during combat with M.A.S.K., Mayhem sees through the masks and discovers Matt Trakker's true identity.

Aired 25 November 1985

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Gloria is racing in the Indy 500 when all of the TV stations, cars on the racing track and other electronic devices around the stadium stop functioning.

Aired 26 November 1985

Location: Athens Some monks living in a mountain castle have a golden horn that can locate gold.

Aired 27 November 1985

Location: China V.E.N.O.M. kidnaps a scientist who has located a treasure hidden in the Great Wall of China. Eyewitnesses say a giant metal scorpion took the professor.

Aired 28 November 1985

Location: London, England V.E.N.O.M. uses ravens, trained by Vanessa, to steal the crown jewels, and as a diversion Rax has installed a bomb in Big Ben.

Aired 29 November 1985

Location: Unknown Matt, Hondo, Scott and T-Bob are visiting an island that once belonged to a famous captain named Captain Kidd.

Aired 2 December 1985

Location: Some Jungle V.E.N.O.M. steals a stone that makes objects weightless. The only problem is, the stone loses its power when it is removed from where they found it. Hondo uses his Blaster II mask (the one from Hurricane) for the first time.

Aired 3 December 1985

Location: Island? V.E.N.O.M. steals sails from boats to make a balloon that can lift the village from its foundations.

Aired 4 December 1985

Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. is after a hidden treasure stolen by Jesse James in 1878 that has never been recovered. First appearance of Ace Riker and Slingshot.

Aired 5 December 1985

Location: Ireland V.E.N.O.M. is after a treasure that can be found at the end of a rainbow. First appearance of Calhoun Burns and Raven, as well as Julio Lopez and Firefly.

Aired 6 December 1985

Location: Unknown Matt is bitten by a snake and isn't able to lead the team against V.E.N.O.M. who are trying to steal a space shuttle. Alex Sector is Matt's temporary replacement as M.A.S.K. leader.

Aired 9 December 1985

Location: Borneo V.E.N.O.M. is after a jade dragonhead that is kept in the Temple of the Dragon on Mount Kinabalu.

Aired 10 December 1985

Location: Hawaii V.E.N.O.M. steals an artifact (a cape and helmet) and earns big money by selling fake replicas until M.A.S.K. puts an end to their scheme.

Aired 11 December 1985

Location: Washington, DC V.E.N.O.M. steals a quilt and a fireplace screen from an exhibit in a museum. By following V.E.N.O.M.'s gas fumes with Hurricane's infra-red sensors, M.A.S.K. discovers V.E.N.O.M.'s secret hideout. By holding the screen in front of the quilt, a message in morse code is revealed, telling of a stash of 3 million dollars hidden by the Washington Monument.

Aired 12 December 1985

Location: Nevada? V.E.N.O.M. kidnaps an old woman who used to babysit Scott. In her car stolen $20 counterfeit plates are hidden. Lots of cool action around Boulder Hill in this episode. Also, Firecracker is back!

Aired 13 December 1985

Location: New Zeland Julio is visiting a village in New Zealand. He's checking on a project of the Matt Trakker Foundation which helps the people preserve the natives way of life.

Aired 16 December 1985

Location: Unknown Jacques is doing his daily job sawing trees when he hits a tree that's made out of stone and has an inscription on it. V.E.N.OM. steals the tree and translates the inscriptions in order to discover the location of a golden totem.

Aired 17 December 1985

Location: Istanbul V.E.N.O.M. hijacks an armored truck being escorted by Thunderhawk to a museum. The truck is carrying ""The Emperor's Chess Set"", which, when combined together with a painting, shows the location of a golden crown which is hidden inside a church.

Aired 18 December 1985

Location: Acapulco Jose Sanchez, the owner of a large complex of Acapulco hotels, hires V.E.N.O.M. to destroy all other land around his own property, by turning it in to a desert wasteland.

Aired 19 December 1985

Location: Venezuela V.E.N.O.M. is trying to steal an giant aboriginal statue of the Scarlet Empress. At the end Calhoun accidentally fires his Gulliver mask and shrinks the statue. A bird flies by and takes the statue. Gorey calls his mask ""Samson"" rather than Powerhouse.

Aired 20 December 1985

Location: Venice V.E.N.O.M. steals a chemical that turns water into jelly. They use it to cover a harbor, allowing Stinger to drive on the water so they can dig up the golden ship.

Aired 23 December 1985

Location: Nazca Plateau in South America MASK foils a plot by VENOM to steal an ancient South American treasure.

Aired 24 December 1985

Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. steals cars from an auto museum by shrinking them.

Aired 25 December 1985

Location: India V.E.N.O.M. lures a cobra from a shiva-festival using a floating flute. They are after an ivory throne that is hidden in a maze in the Himalayan Mountains. The markings on the back of the cobra's head are supposed to show the way through the maze.

Aired 26 December 1985

Location: Nazca Plateau in South Africa A cargo ship crashes on a beach under mysterious circumstances. Native people say it is the ghost of Manakara. It is actually V.E.N.O.M. (obviously) and they have a strange new magnetic device that gets a hold of T-Bob, as well as the MASK vehicles.

Aired 26 December 1985

Location: Switzerland V.E.N.O.M. seeks ""mad"" King Ludwig's treasure, and pilfers the Orient Express for clues.