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The Herculoids Episode/Summary
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1. The Mutoids
First aired: 1/6/1968
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Global rating: 8.3
A ship crash lands on Quasar with a sole occupant on board. Zanor offers assistance and the passenger turns out to be a Mutoid,
a race who can change their appearance to anything. The Mutoids plan to take over Quasar and use it as a base of operations.
Zandor destroys the Mutoids' missile control system and the missiles explode, defeating the Mutoids.
2. The Gladiators of Kyanite
First aired: 11/11/1967
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Global rating: 6.4
The Gladiators of Kyanite arrive and take Tundro for their games. Zandor and Zok go to the rescue as Tundro fights in the
arena but must battle their way out. The other Heculoids arrive and defeat the Gladiators but must face the two Champions.
They defeat them as well and depart.
3. The Antidote
First aired: 1/6/1968
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Global rating: 7.9
While investigating panic among the Monkey People, Zandor confronts a giant spider and is bitten and posioned. Dorno must
go the six-legged mustachioed Spider People within the Endless Caves with the Herculoids to get the only known antidote. The
Spider People capture Dorno to hold him hostage. The Herculoids eventually stage a rescue, get the antidote, and steal the
Spider People's caves to cover their escape.
4. Attack From Space
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 7.4
Quasar is being bombarded from the planet Luvanuum. Zaygot and his henchmen are trying to destroy Quasar. The Herculoids travel
to Lubanuum in a stolen ship - when they land their ship is destroyed and they are attacked by winged sentries with deadly
laser beams. The Herculoids destroy Zaygot's base and he escapes - they use Zaygot's ship to return to Quasar.
5. Defeat of Ogron
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 7.3
Another alien invader shows up and sends a scout probe out which attacks Igoo when he sees it. Igoo destroys it and Ogron
sends out more scout probes. Igoo warns the others who hide when the scouts destroy their tree house, then launch an ambush
which destroys the new scouts. The invader agrees to leave if Zandor and Zok defeat Ogron, his champion. After an extended
battle Zandor lures Ogron's ship into the Black Pool of tar. Needless to say the alien leader doesn't take it well, breaks
his word, and attacks again. Tundro sends him running and Igoo and Gloop shoot a rock that knocks his ship into the Black
Pool.
6. Destroyer Ants
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 6.9
A lightning storm awakens a nest of giant ant eggs. These oversized alien army ants cut a swathe of destruction that Zandor
and the Herculoids must put an end to. Eventually the group manages to deflect the path of the ants into a bottomless chasm.
7. Mekkano, The Machine Man
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 6.9
Mekkano the machine is rescued from the intergalactic prison by his automated ship with its electro-smasher and goes to get
revenge on Zandor and the Herculoids. He launches waves of attacks with his mecho-tanks and when that fails, his mecho-spheres.
Finally he flees to his ship and tries to destroy everyone with his electro-smasher, but Gloop and Gleep manage to capture
him and they put him in the automated Prison Rocket back to jail.
8. Prisoners of the Bubble Men
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Global rating: 6.9
The Bubblemen launch an attack in their bubbleships to obtain guiena pigs for their experiments and manage to grab Zandor
and Tara. Dorno sneaks into the Bubblemen's underwater city through the whirlpool entrance and he and Gleep free his parents
from the leader, Brotac. Zok knocks out some of the pursuing ships, Gloop rescues Zandor and his family when they crash, Igoo
and Tundro knock out the remaining ships, and Zok seals the whirlpool entrance once and for all.
9. The Android People
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 7.0
Zorvak and the Android People have a duplication machine launch an attack on the Herculoids and capture Zandor to make a super-warrior
android. Zandor escapes and they defeat the Android People, but the Zandor super-giant android shows up and kicks some butt.
The Herculoids distract it long enough for Zandor to destroy the control unit on its chest. It turns against its creators
and they destroy each other.
10. The Crystalites
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 6.9
A meteor crash lands on Quasar and transforms into a giant crystaline object. Zandor investigates and is attacked by the Crystalites
while Tara and Dorno are captured in crystal cells. Zandor, Gloop, and Gleep steal uniforms and sneak into the fortress and
free Dorno and Tara. Gloop and Zok destroy Kryton's ship and he is defeated.
11. The Pirates
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 7.7
A pirate brings his treasure to the Herculoids planet to bury it and attacks Dorno, Igoo and Tundro. The pirate leader takes
Dorno hostage but with Gleep's help Zandor rescues him and sends the pirates packing. The leader goes down with his ship when
Igoo pulls it down on takeoff.
12. The Pod Creatures
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 4.4
While Zandor investigates a strange noise, Dorno discovers a field filled with strange pods landing from space. Creatures
emerge and try to capture him, Igoo, and Gleep. The other Herculoids arrive and fight them off. Their ship leaves and...the
end.
13. The Spider Man
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Global rating: 8.6
Dorno gets captured by six-legged mustachioed spider men raiders while the Herculoids rescue Tara from similar capture. Zandor
and Zok rescue Dorno but the two guys get recaptured by the spider men's adhesive guns. Tara takes the lead and free them.
By coordinating they seal off the entrance to the spider men's cave and put an end to the threat for now.
14. The Island of the Gravites
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Global rating: 5.2
Zandor and Dorno rescue a man floating in the river who says he is from Gravite Island and tells them that a villain has taken
over the island. The Herculoids go to investigate and are attacked by giant gravite creatures. The creatures are being created
by Lotak who wants the village because of its large deposits of gravite. Zok destroys the machine Lotak uses to make his creatures
and Lotak is destroyed when his energy ray backfires on him.
15. Tiny World of Terror
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 7.4
Torrak shrinks the Herculoids, pitting them against his army of warrior microorganisms.
16. Mission of the Amatons
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Global rating: 5.5
Amak and the Amatons come to the planet and place control collars on some animals. When their efforts to enslave the Herculoids
fail, Amak tries to kill them. Gloop and Gleep save the day by turning Amak's stun turret on him, causing his ship to crash.
17. Swamp Monster
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Global rating: 5.1
When a meteor crashes into the nearby swamp, the radiation creates a ferocious monster that the Herculoids must take on and
defeat.
18. The Lost Dargyte
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 7.1
A giant vulture captures a Dargyte and Dorno spots it and calls the others to rescue it. Zok beats the vulture. They escort
the Dargyte through the Stone Forest to safety, but on their return are ambushed by a spike-shooting caterpillar, an armadillo-like
creature, and electricity-shooting beetles. The Herculoids prove triumphant and get back to their own valley.
19. Temple of Trax
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 7.2
The Herculoids come upon the ruins of a lost civilization - Zandor and Zok leave briefly, and Tara is kidnapped by gargoyle
statues that come to life. As the remaining Herculoids are attacked, Zandor returns to help them out and then they must battle
with an ancient priest who intends to sacrifice Tara to the largest gargoyle, Trax.
20. Mekkor
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 5.5
Mekkor and his army of robot invaders lands on Amzot - Mekkor buries himself underground, leaving his antenna above ground
to direct his hordes of robot warriors. The robots keep overpowering the Herculoids until Zandor cuts off Mekkor's antenna
with his shield - without his control, the robots fall, and break into pieces. Mekkor himself pops back up and Zok blasts
him, saving the day.
21. Queen Skorra
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 6.2
Queen Skorra unleashes a mud/lava creature which they eventually defeat but Skorra plans to force them into exile by sending
her drones to capture Gleep, Gloop, Tara, and Dorno. They defend themselves long enough for Zandor and the others to return
and drive off the drones. Skorra launches a mega-shield missile and closes the mega-circle to destroy everyone but Tundro
creates a smokescreen while the others make a tunnel to escape and then send Skorra running.
22. The Raiders
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 6.0
Sta-Lak lands on Quasar and take Tara hostage so he can loot the planet of its riches. Sta-Lak attacks the Herculoids with
his death ray robots and they easily defeat the robots while Sta-Lak escapes in his ship. Sta-Lak's ship is destroyed by Zok's
eye beams and a rock thrown by Igoo.
23. Malak and the Metal Apes
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 7.5
Malak sends his Metal Apes to attack the Sea People. Dorno is shot off of Zok by one of the creatures. Zandor and the Herculoids
destroy the Metal Apes. A damaged Metal Ape returns to Malak's headquarters and is followed by the Herculoids. The Herculoids
destroy the remaining Metal Apes and Zok causes a steel beam to fall on Malak and his assistant.
24. The Mole Men
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 6.0
When Zandor hears a bird shriek he departs without warning and Dorno leads the Herculoids after him. A mole ship is invading
the surface and attacks Dorno. Zandor goes after the Mole Men guards guarding the surface entrance in preparation of invasion.
Knocking them out, he descends into the depths of the Earth and confronts Markon. Targo, an imprisoned rebel, helps Zandor
to escape while Markon pursues. Zandor makes his escape and the Herculoids toss the sentry ship back down the tunnel.
25. Return of Sta-Lek
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 5.5
Sta-Lek returns to Quasar seeking vengeance and equipped with robot duplicates of Igoo, Zok, and Tundro. He captures Dorno
and Tara and Zandor and the others are forced to go into his volcano lair. The robot duplicates prove no match to the originals
even though the robot Igoo can spin at high speeds and has multiple arms, and the mecho-Tundro can fly. Sta-Lek enters a bubble
and flees into a volcanic lavahole.
26. The Time Creatures
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 8.6
Oton and the Time Creatures are from the future and they want to destroy everything from the past. Oton and the Creatures
attack Dorno, Gleep, and Tundro, capturing Dorno and returning with him to the future. Zandor uses Oton's time device to propel
himself and the Herculoids 5,000 years in the future. Oton sends his space tanks to destroy the Herculoids but are heroes
emerge triumphant. Zandor and the Herculoids rescue Dorno and return to their own time.
27. Attack of the Faceless People
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 6.3
The princess Serena of the Sun People arrives on Quasar, being pursued by Darkon of the Faceless People. Darkon wants Serena
so he can control her people. The Herculoids successfully drive him off but not before he captures Zara. Zandor agrees to
a swap but substitutes a berobed Gleep for Serena and they destroy Darkon's palace from the inside.
28. Revenge of the Pirates
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 6.0
The pirate captain and his crew from "The Pirates" returns. Using an image transmitter, the captain immobilizes Zandor and
the Herculoids and takes Dorno and Tara prisoner. Zok uses his neutralizing eye beams to free them and then Gloop finds the
real Dorno and Tara from the transmitted images and the Herculoids launch a new assault. The captain tries to escape and Gloop
blocks his escape missile tube, causing the ship to explode.
29. Laser Lancers
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 5.8
The story starts with Zandor knocked out by the Laser Lancers and the Herculoids coming to the rescue. Magoth and the Lancers
send a new wave of attackers which the Herculoids repel but its a ploy to take Dorno and Tara hostage. With Gleep's help theys
eal off the tunnel the Lancers used to sneak up and repel them once and for all.
30. Sarko the Arkman
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 7.9
Sarko the Arkman comes to Quasar to capture specimens and grabs Igoo. The others come running and Sarko gasses Zandor then
captures Dorno and Tundro but Gleep escapes to warn the remainder. Tara wakes up Zandor and Zok, Gleep, and Zok head off into
space to track down Sarko. Zok frees the captives while Zandor draws Sarko's fire. They beat up Sarko and keep him from dropping
Dorno to his death.
31. The Beaked People
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Global rating: 7.7
Krokaw of the Parrot Men (the Beaked People) plans on taking over Quasar and attacks the flying monkey people to lure Zandor
into his trap. Zandor gets captured but Dorno and Zok follow him and Dorno gets captured. Tara and the Herculoids come running
as Zandor is sent on a one-way trip down the River of Peril over the Bottomless Falls. Zok frees Zandor and Tundro sends Krokaw
over the falls to his (apparent) death.
32. The Zorbots
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 6.2
A new batch of aliens led by Konar use an atmosphere asborber on Quasar while the Herculoids look on. When Zandar and the
rest go to investigate the aliens open fire. The Herculoids drive them back but the aliens respond with a gun capable of turning
rock to magma. Zandor "surrenders" and then they sneak out and shut down the absorber, then fight and defeat the alien zorbots
- Konar runs like a bunny.
33. Invasion of the Electrode People
First aired: 0/0/0
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Global rating: 6.6
Volton and his Electrode Men launch an attack on Quasar to vaporize all matter on the planet. Gloop, Zandor, Igoo, and Dorno
repel an initial attack and then Volton leads a new attack with more of his forces. He takes Darno and Tara hostage and Zandor
leads a night-time attack to free them while Zok breaks a dam and floods Volton's crater-base. Volton flees and the Herculoids
prove triumphant for the 33rd time in...oh, about 33 episodes.
34. Ruler of the Reptons
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Global rating: 5.6
Tara is captured by the Reptons, who place her in a mind control device to make them their evil queen. She orders her people
to destroy Zandor and the Herculoids, who beat them and go to rescue Tara. The Reptons send the Destructo Bats after them,
but they escape, recover Tara and free her from the machine's influence, and destroy the Reptons' underground lair.
35. The Raider Apes
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Global rating: 7.7
Gotron and his Raider Apes attack a nearby village, intent on stealing the people's gold. Summoned by the villagers, the Herculoids
arrive nd follow the apes into the cave the gold is hidden in. The villains eventually recover their gold, and load it onto
their ship. However, the ship is so weighted down with gold that it can barely move. Zandor sends Zok out with one last bag
of loot. The dragon drops it right on Gotron's face, and the ship sinks. The chief of the village reveals that the survivors
got away and Zandor suspects that Gotron will one day return.
36. The Return of Torak
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Global rating: 7.0
Torak returns and sends out a giant fly to capture Tara. The Herculoids follow and discover that Torak's warrior microorganisms
are now larger and more formidable but defeat them anyway.
37. The Invisibles
First aired: 9/12/1981
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Global rating: 5.5
Zandor and the Herculoids are plagued by a strange series of invisible incidents as they are entangled and then they start
disappearing. Zandor suspects the Flying People and the king says that his son is behind the incident but doesn't know where
the invisibility powers come from. Guest-star Space Ghost arrives to reveal that a Magnetite meteor came out of a black hole:
its radiation causes invisibility and the king's son got hold of it. Space Ghost takes the meteor away and Zandor drives off
the rebellious son.
38. Mindbender
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Global rating: 6.9
Dorn, Gloop, and Gleep are playing and discovered an unearthed metal cylinder which contains an alien big-brained alien. When
they release him he reveals himself to be a member of race that ruled Quasar thousands of years ago. The Herculoids seem powerless
against his powers of telekinesis. Finally Zandor manages to defeat the alien by grabbing his amulet. When the Mindbender
threatens to destroy him, Zandor tossed it back into the cylinder. It's a fake and when the alien is in the cylinder they
seal it and put him back into stasis.
39. Space Trappers
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Global rating: 7.2
A Space Trapper comes to the planet to capture animals. He captures Zandor and his family and then uses a mind-control device
to take control of Igoo, Tundro, and Zok. Gloop and Gleep free Zandor and the others and Zandor distracts the trapper by giving
up on the captives and acting as a guide. Tara tries to free the others by destroying the mind-control device. The trapper
gets wise and controls Gloop and Gleep but Zandor destroys the mind control device and drive the Trapper off.
40. The Purple Menace
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A monstrous purple plant sends forth its tentacles to attack, interrupting a game of hide-and-seek. The Herculoids drive off
the branches and destroy the core. Dorno doesn't think the meance is over and he and Gleep go looking for another plant, getting
into trouble. Dorno leads them to a crater with an energy rock that is mutating the plantlife. Combining their powers they
seal the fissure containing the rock, ending the menace once and for all.
41. The Ice Monster
First aired: 9/12/1981
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Global rating: 5.3
Dorno is feeling depressed when Zandor treats him like a child because of his size and age. Cue an ancient robot monster emerging
from an iceblock that is indestructible. Gleep and Dorno sneak into the robot and manage to take control of it and direct
it to walk off a cliff, escaping in the nick of time.
42. Return of the Ancients
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Global rating: 6.8
The descendents/survivors of a highly-developed race that was wiped out on Quasar return to the planet after a 1,000-year
mission, and they're not happy to find out their civilization is gone. They attack and capture Dorno, and Gleep and Gloop
bring the others. When Zandor confronts them they capture him and put him into a battle with energy whips against their leader.
Tara and the Herculoids find proof of how the aliens' civilization was wiped out by trumpeter plants while Zandor plays for
time. Tara gets the flower to Zandor which he uses to drive the aliens off.
43. The Snake Riders
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Dorno and Gleep spot the Snake Riders, who plan an attack from halfway across the planet, across the Boiling Sea. They warn
the others and the Herculoids drive them back to their caverns, but Zara gets captured. Zok disguises himself as one of the
Riders' giant snakes and Dorno disguises himself as a Snake Rider and they sneak in, free Zara, and seal off the passageway
leading back to the Snake Riders' home.
44. The Energy Creature
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Global rating: 5.8
An energy creature lands on Quasar via a meteorite. The creatuer can take on the form and properties of any creature it duplicates
while imprisoning them in energy coils. It takes on the form of Igoo and proves difficult to defeat. Igoo manages to break
free through sheer determination and Zandor defeats the creature by tricking it into taking on the form of a Millennium Plant
which will be in suspended animation for the next few centuries.
45. The Buccaneer
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Global rating: 8.0
The Buccaneer and his pirates arrive on Quasar searching for a buried treasure. They meet the Herculoids and tell them of
their plans, then use their hovercraft to search for the treasure. They begin drilling near a fault line that is close to
the Sand People's home. The Buccaneer kidnaps Dorno and then Zandor when he attempts a rescue. Tara and Zok rescue Zandor
and Dorno and Zok captures the Buccaneer and his pirates - Zandor commands they leave Quasar never to return.
46. The Thunderbolt
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Global rating: 4.9
A friendly dinosaur-like creature, Surla, accidentally eats some radioactive rocks and becomes electrified. Going on a rampage
he attacks the Herculoids, taking down Igoo and Tundro with ease. The Herculoids revive and manage to trick him into draining
off his energies and reverting to his friendly self.
47. The Firebird
First aired: 9/11/1982
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48. long ride to the top
First aired: 10/12/1982
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