About this season
Challenge of the GoBots is an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera, based on the Gobots toy-line released from Tonka. The show originally debuted in animated form as a five-part miniseries, which aired in syndication from October 29 - November 2, 1984. A regular series followed the next year, premiering on September 16, 1985 as part of the new weekday/weekend morning programming block called The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. The series was later rerun on the USA Cartoon Express.
Episodes (5)
1. Battle For GoBotron
Aired 29 October 1984 • 30 min
Facing defeat on GoBotron, renegade GoBots Cy-Kill and his cronies Crasher and Cop-Tur, steal an experimental GoBot weapon called Astro-Beam. They plan to conquer Earth and use it as a staging ground in their war for GoBotron.
2. Target Earth
Aired 30 October 1984 • 30 min
The Guardians contend with the monster Zod when the Renegades attack the Arctic island of Stolbovoy to obtain the energy source sorium.
3. Conquest Of Earth
Aired 31 October 1984 • 30 min
Cy-Kill attacks the US military and uses the sorium to power a device that seizes control of the minds of every human on Earth.
4. Earth Bound
Aired 1 November 1984 • 30 min
With the world against them and Leader-1 captured by the Renegades, Turbo and Scooter go on the run.
5. The Final Conflict
Aired 2 November 1984 • 30 min
The reunited Guardians must break Cy-Kill's hold over Earth in order to save GoBotron from a mass-produced fleet of Zods.