Battle of the Planets
Battle of the Planets
TV ShowEnded

Battle of the Planets

7.1 / 10
1978
1 season
85 episodes
AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

G-Force, a five-member superhero team, fights to defend Earth and its space colonies from the threat of the planet Spectra.

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  • Giant from Planet Zyr

    1.Giant from Planet Zyr

    18-09-197830m

    A team of scientists on Earth develop the Jet Cutter, a new laser to powerful enough to cut through a new indestructible metal that Spectra has developed. But Spectra uses a giant...

  • The Fiery Lava Giant

    2.The Fiery Lava Giant

    19-09-197830m

    On Space Island, a colonized asteroid, a Lava Giant suddenly appears and goes on a rampage.

  • Raid of the Space Octopus

    3.Raid of the Space Octopus

    20-09-197830m

    Zoltar attacks Earth's power plants with a tentacled mech, but when G-Force attacks, the Phoenix experiences malfunctions.

  • Siege of the Squids

    4.Siege of the Squids

    21-09-197830m

    A cargo ship is destroyed, but the only witnesses, fisherman and his sons, are reluctant to tell G-Force what they know.

  • Race Against Disaster

    5.Race Against Disaster

    22-09-197830m

    Jason enters a continental auto race with a fellow driver named Lucy. However, Lucy is not all she seems to be. Although used by Spectra to infiltrate G-Force via Jason, Lucy is no...

  • The Space Rock Concert

    6.The Space Rock Concert

    25-09-197830m

    The Team is relaxing at a Dirty Name 5 concert when Spectra appears! The entire band is kidnapped and forced to play. Their music is used as a sound weapon, literally shaking apart...

  • Decoys of Doom

    7.Decoys of Doom

    26-09-197830m

    Humanoid decoys of the G-Force team are created to be used as bait in a trap for Spectra. The "real" Mark swaps places with his decoy and is captured by Spectra. Mark must signal t...

  • Attack of the Alien Wasp

    8.Attack of the Alien Wasp

    27-09-197830m

    Mark while flying his jet encounters Colonel Chronos, who was believed to be dead, and follows him back to his secret base, where he gives Mark documents revealing the location of...

  • The Thing with 1,000 Eyes

    9.The Thing with 1,000 Eyes

    28-09-197830m

    G-Force travels to planet Riga to look into the mysterious disappearance of an investigating team.

  • Panic of the Peacock

    10.Panic of the Peacock

    29-09-197830m

    A giant mechanical peacock constructed by Spectra invades Earth, while Mark is kidnapped and his memory surpressed!

  • A Whale Joins G-Force

    11.A Whale Joins G-Force

    02-10-197830m

    Spectra sends a mechanical whale to Earth. The Mecha attacks Bay City and G-Force goes after it. The Team interrupts the Spectra ship as it attacks some whales and Keyop promptly a...

  • Peril of the Praying Mantis

    12.Peril of the Praying Mantis

    03-10-197830m

    Spectra launches it's latest attack, but when the team is called together Tiny cannot be reached so the team has to attempt to fend off the attack without him.

  • Fastest Gun in the Galaxy

    13.Fastest Gun in the Galaxy

    04-10-197830m

    Spectra agents bring a man who was released from 30 years in prison back to planet Spectra. The ex-prisoner was an expert marksman and Zoltar wants him to operate Spectra's newest...

  • Mad New Ruler of Spectra

    14.Mad New Ruler of Spectra

    05-10-197830m

    Professor Doriarity is recruited by Spectra to make a robot horse army. The Great Spirit makes the Professor the new Ruler of Spectra in exchange for the army and G-Force goes to S...

  • Attack of the Space Terrapin

    15.Attack of the Space Terrapin

    06-10-197830m

    G-Force is introduced and faces a challenge against one of Spectra's mightiest machines, the Space Terrapin. To control the Universe, Spectra will stop at nothing to steal Earth's...

  • Rescue of the Astronauts

    16.Rescue of the Astronauts

    09-10-197830m

    Upon their splashdown on Earth, two astronauts are kidnapped by a Manta Ray submarine for discovering the location of Spectra bases on Mars. G-Force is called upon to resuce the as...

  • Raid on a Nearby Planet

    17.Raid on a Nearby Planet

    10-10-197830m

    Planet Vega is attacked by Spectra's Space Ray Machine and most of their vital installations are destroyed. G-Force is sent to Vega to track down the Ray Machine and follow it back...

  • Mammoth Shark Menace

    18.Mammoth Shark Menace

    11-10-197830m

    Zoltar releases a poisonous pollutant into the ocean which is killing all the fish in the ocean. G-Force has to stop the him before the Earth's entire ecosystem is destroyed.

  • Big Robot Gold Grab

    19.Big Robot Gold Grab

    12-10-197830m

    Bars of gold are stolen from the Intergalactic Federation, and G-Force is sent out to get it back. While searching one of the islands where the gold might be hidden, Mark, Princess...

  • The Ghostly Grasshopper

    20.The Ghostly Grasshopper

    13-10-197830m

    What at first appears to be an exceptionally high powered typhoon hits the world's largest water reserve center in cosmic city. For some unexplained reason, the weather control mis...

  • The Musical Mummy

    21.The Musical Mummy

    16-10-197830m

    Three of earth's top scientist mysteriously vanish, and G-Force is given the mission of protecting the remaining scientists.

  • Space Rocket Escort

    22.Space Rocket Escort

    19-10-197830m

    G-Force is given the job to escort a new plane, called the FY-9, to the planet Riga.

  • Space Safari

    23.Space Safari

    23-10-197830m

    G-Force shoots down Zoltar. He escapes his ship and the team chases him through the forests of Planet Lukadia. Zoltar has the entire forest rigged with traps.

  • Museum of Mystery

    24.Museum of Mystery

    24-10-197830m

    Princess has lost her shoe and cannot transmute. Upset and at a loss on how she can now be a part of the team, or any help at all, she enters a contest to be a spokesperson for a m...

  • Silent City

    25.Silent City

    26-10-197830m

    This episode takes place on planet Exor. One of their island cities is surrounded by an impenetrable wall of radiation created by a Spectra bombing attack. Chief Anderson believes...

  • Microfilm Mystery

    26.Microfilm Mystery

    30-10-197830m

    Spectra wants to steal Metamorphosis 1, a mecha that can transform into any shape.

  • Mission to Inner Space

    27.Mission to Inner Space

    31-10-197830m

    Spectra attacks a mining operation and an explosive mining bit is separated from it's base machine and continues to bore into the earth. G-Force must stop it before it hits magma,...

  • A Swarm of Robot Ants

    28.A Swarm of Robot Ants

    01-11-197830m

    After the city is blacked out, G-Force heads out to find out why. They find a swarm of ants attcking the Solar Fusion Plant. After flooding the ants away from the complex, they fin...

  • Cupid Does it to Keyop

    29.Cupid Does it to Keyop

    02-11-197830m

    Keyop stumbles upon a kidnapped girl, and takes it upon himself to rescue her.

  • Raid of the Red Scorpion

    30.Raid of the Red Scorpion

    03-11-197830m

    The Luminous One commands Zoltar to destroy Earth's entire energy capability. Zoltar uses a 'scorpion' mech to go on a rampage, starting by destroying Earth's most important resear...

  • Spectra Space Spider

    31.Spectra Space Spider

    06-11-197830m

    Stellar City is suffering a terrible drought, so sends supplies to the city by cargo planes. But the is airlifted supply convoy is attacked by a weapon created by Dr. Streker, who...

  • Beast with a Sweet Tooth

    32.Beast with a Sweet Tooth

    07-11-197830m

    G-Force has to track down a giant beetle mecha, that is eating up whole fields of sugar cane crops, depleting the worlds supply of sugar.

  • Raid on Riga

    33.Raid on Riga

    08-11-197830m

    Riga is attacked by Spectra and Chief Anderson is not sure how to defend against Spectra's new weapon, making the team wait. G-Force grows impatient and rushes off to Riga without...

  • Prisoners in Space

    34.Prisoners in Space

    09-11-197830m

    Tiny's van breaks down and he is picked up by a Prison van on its way to Barracuda Island, a maximum securty prison. Spectra's gains control of the prison and Zoltar has promises f...

  • Capture of the Galaxy Code

    35.Capture of the Galaxy Code

    10-11-197830m

    G-Force has ensure delivery of the central mechanism of the dynastrol computer. No one besides the president of the intergalactic federation is cleared to carry it.

  • Orion, Wonderdog of Space

    36.Orion, Wonderdog of Space

    13-11-197830m

    Spectra causes a worldwide drought on Earth. Orion, goes out on a dangerous mission with Dr. Backster, who has created a way to melt water from part of the polar caps to relieve th...

  • Secret Island

    37.Secret Island

    14-11-197830m

    There have been many planes and ships disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle. Mark and Princess are sent to Shipwreck Island in the Triangle to investigate. They discover a Spectra b...

  • Jupiter Moon Menace

    38.Jupiter Moon Menace

    15-11-197830m

    Commander Typhon from planet Scorpius is an exile who wants Zoltar's help in defeating his rival opponants on his planet In exchange Typhon gives Zoltar a new weapon, the Scorpion,...

  • Seals of Sytron

    39.Seals of Sytron

    16-11-197830m

    Galactor attacks Sytron, the only mining and storage facility of Galactite Hydronium for the entire earth. Galactite Hydronium is the fuel that powers Earth's spacecrafts and holds...

  • Ghost Ship from Planet Mir

    40.Ghost Ship from Planet Mir

    17-11-197830m

    Brok, a disposed leader of Mir, joins up with Zoltar to get the planet back. G-Force gets called out from vacation to stop them from destroying an important underwater base. During...

  • The Alien Bigfoot

    41.The Alien Bigfoot

    20-11-197830m

    Spectra is using Bigfoot to keep people from getting too close to their latest base in Tibet. They are working on the "Inter-Frequency Disruptor", which affects ships guidance syst...

  • Super Space Spies

    42.Super Space Spies

    21-11-197830m

    G-Force travels to a distant planet called Paradise Island, where Spectra has set up a a base from which it is attacking and pollution the water reservoirs of Earth.

  • Vacation on Venus

    43.Vacation on Venus

    22-11-197830m

    After what seems to be a volcanic blast on Venus, a huge horn is revealed, which is not originally from there. G-Force travels to Venus to stop the Spectra invaders.

  • Keyop Does it All

    44.Keyop Does it All

    27-11-197830m

    While G-Force is working as the special guard at the building where the Intergalactic Federation is meeting, Keyop discovers a car with a Spectra insignia and stows away in its tru...

  • Demons of the Desert

    45.Demons of the Desert

    28-11-197830m

    G-Force flies to Abura, to help their friend the sheik Tabul, whose uncle seized control of the country during his absence.

  • The Space Serpent

    46.The Space Serpent

    29-11-197830m

    A serpent is attacking oil refineries. After her father is killed in one of the earthquakes, Debbie Harland blames Mark for not being able to help him. Mark then needs to balance h...

  • Rockets Out of Control

    47.Rockets Out of Control

    30-11-197830m

    After watching the launch of a rocket ship, Chief Anderson leaves with Secretary Clayborne. But it turns out that Secretary Clayborne is an impostor.

  • The Space Mummy

    48.The Space Mummy

    01-12-197830m

    7-Zark-7 discovers a new planet, which is called Zarkadia in his honor. G-Force learns that several mysterious plane crashes have been occurring on the planet, so Mark travels unde...

  • The Sea Dragon

    49.The Sea Dragon

    04-12-197830m

    Spectra attacks the new defense base on planet Aquatica. They capture the base using their new Mecha: the Sea Dragon. Chief Anderson sends the team to Aquatica to reclaim the base...

  • Perilous Pleasure Cruise

    50.Perilous Pleasure Cruise

    05-12-197830m

    G-Force is called on to check out the mysterious sinking of a ocean liner.

  • G-Force in the Future

    51.G-Force in the Future

    06-12-197830m

    Mark takes the eccentric scientist Dr Gorky, to the scout a location in the arctic as a possible site for Future World, a concept city to be powered by geothermal energy.

  • The Awesome Armadillo

    52.The Awesome Armadillo

    07-12-197830m

    Colonel Two takes over command of Spectra from Zoltar and launches an attack on Earth.

  • Tentacles from Space

    53.Tentacles from Space

    08-12-197830m

    G-Force investigates Professor Stark who may have given his soil protein formula to a Spectra agent.

  • Ace from Outer Space

    54.Ace from Outer Space

    01-01-197930m

    Out of all the pilots in the Federation, Mark has been selected to test the Space Patol Scout (XF-97) , to be used in Galactic Security. In the midst of the flight he is attacked a...

  • Giant Space Bat

    55.Giant Space Bat

    02-01-197930m

    Spectra shoots down a pilot who observes the testing of their latest weapon, a Bat mech with a Force Ray. Mark finds the pilot, but the he is unable to tell what he saw.

  • The Great Brain Robbery

    56.The Great Brain Robbery

    03-01-197930m

    Spectra attacks the Artificial Brain Center on Earth and steals a top-secret "Brain of Evil". The Team tracks down the stolen brain, only to be attacked by the Brain Mecha and then...

  • Giant Gila Monster

    57.Giant Gila Monster

    04-01-197930m

    Zeno, the Zenobian has escaped from the protective custody. Mark goes undercover to try to find him.

  • The Duplicate King

    58.The Duplicate King

    05-01-197930m

    Spectra targets one of the richest countries on Earth, the small country of Beldania. G-Force is dispacted out to talk and protect the monarch, but right from the start things seem...

  • Curse of the Cuttlefish (1)

    59.Curse of the Cuttlefish (1)

    08-01-197930m

    Zoltar attacks Arcturus, where the Conway Tapes have been transferred. G-Force is ordered to go to the planet incognito.

  • Curse of the Cuttlefish (2)

    60.Curse of the Cuttlefish (2)

    09-01-197930m

    Zoltar proclaims the planet to be under the rule of Spectra, but G-Force are unable to counter attack, as they fear that Princess and Keyop are in the line of fire.

  • Peril in the Pyramids

    61.Peril in the Pyramids

    10-01-197930m

    An Egyptian temple disappears from Earth. 7-Zark-7 finds the temple has reappeared on Alpha 3 and sends G-Force there undercover to investigate. While there, a woman mistakes Keyop...

  • Save the Space Colony

    62.Save the Space Colony

    11-01-197930m

    G-Force attempt to defend a space colony on the planet Zebor from an attack by Spectra.

  • Zoltar Strikes Out

    63.Zoltar Strikes Out

    12-01-197930m

    Spectra creates a huge bomb, hidden somewhere in the city. Chief Anderson's suspicions lead him to send G-Force undercover to the baseball stadium.

  • Magnetic Attraction

    64.Magnetic Attraction

    15-01-197930m

    Spectra unleashes what looks like a giant bowling ball on Earth, and G-Force is helpless in stopping it. None of the Phoenix's missiles or defenses can stop the giant ball. While o...

  • Peaks of Planet Odin

    65.Peaks of Planet Odin

    16-01-197930m

    7-Zark-7 has a hunch that Spectra is about to unleash a scheme on Planet Odin and sends G-Force there. The chief of that planet turns out to be intent on capturing Colonel Chronos...

  • Invasion of the Locust

    66.Invasion of the Locust

    17-01-197930m

    In Spectra's latest attack, they send locusts to devour Earth's food supplies. Professor Chambers contacts G-Force and they send Keyop back with him to South America. They are atta...

  • Victims of the Hawk

    67.Victims of the Hawk

    18-01-197930m

    A young, married couple stayed behind to help defend a base from an attack by Spectra. Both survived and were brought back to Earth as heroes. Zoltar wants to eliminate them (both...

  • Island of Fear

    68.Island of Fear

    19-01-197930m

    Keyop investigates Witch's Island, which he suspects to be a Spectra base.

  • G-Force Defector

    69.G-Force Defector

    23-01-197930m

    When the team is called to assemble, Jason has an accident is unable to join the team, leaving them at a disadvantage as they face Zoltar's attack.

  • The Galaxy Girls

    70.The Galaxy Girls

    23-01-197930m

    G-Force is headed for their mountain retreat headquarters for a few days. Jason is driving Chief Anderson when they are attacked by a strange car and a woman wearing a mask. Only J...

  • Conway Tape Tap

    71.Conway Tape Tap

    24-01-197930m

    Spectra steals the Conway tapes. Mark and Princess are trapped on a Spectran spy ship and taken to planet Spectra. They recover the Tapes and try to escape, but are captured by Spe...

  • Fearful Sea Anemone

    72.Fearful Sea Anemone

    25-01-197930m

    The team has to defend construction of a secret base.

  • Strike at Spectra

    73.Strike at Spectra

    26-01-197930m

    G-Force travels to planet Spectra to launch an attack, but Jason is having problems with blurred vision.

  • The Awesome Ray Force

    74.The Awesome Ray Force

    29-01-197930m

    Galactor develops a ray that causes the members of G-Force to revert to their civilian clothing.

  • The Alien Beetles

    75.The Alien Beetles

    30-01-197930m

    Spectra sends their latest Mecha to Earth-the Beetles! The Beetles are powered by human life energy and 4 boys (one is Keyop! ), are captured by Spectra to power the Mechas. G-Forc...

  • Defector to Spectra

    76.Defector to Spectra

    31-01-197930m

    Greg, working within the central security agency, seems to be turning traitor for Spectra. Meanwhile, Zark has slipped his fozdic, and cannot perform his duties.

  • Rage of the Robotoids

    77.Rage of the Robotoids

    01-02-197930m

    Jason rescues a girl in a cab who is attacked by strange robotic manniquins. Upset that Mark doesn't trust the girl, Jason goes to talk with her, only to find Mark may be right. As...

  • The Bat-Ray Bombers

    78.The Bat-Ray Bombers

    02-02-197930m

    Tiny falls asleep on the Phoenix and fails to answer Mark's call to duty. Because of this, he gets suspended from G-Force only to find that a mysterious sea creature is terrorizing...

  • The Fierce Flowers (1)

    79.The Fierce Flowers (1)

    05-02-197930m

    Spectra releases spores on Earth that turn into man-eating flowers.

  • The Fierce Flowers (2)

    80.The Fierce Flowers (2)

    06-02-197930m

    G-Forced attempted burning the flowers, but it only resulted in the flowers releasing more spores. Princess who was captured by a flower is still missing her fate is unknown.

  • Charioteers of Changu

    81.Charioteers of Changu

    07-02-197930m

    Princess is sent to the Himalayas alone to investigate some mysterious charioteers.

  • The Sky is Falling (1)

    82.The Sky is Falling (1)

    08-02-197930m

    Tom, Mark's old friend from the academy, tells him that he has seen Mark's father on Odin, and Mark goes to Riga without telling Chief Anderson. Meanwhile the rest of G-Force is se...

  • The Sky is Falling (2)

    83.The Sky is Falling (2)

    09-02-197930m

    With Mark still missing and the X-3 doomsday missile already have been launched and detonated, the only chance to save the Earth is if G-Force can launch Spectra's other X-3 missil...

  • Invasion of Space Center (1)

    84.Invasion of Space Center (1)

    12-02-197930m

    Spectra attempts to discover the location of a major research center in order to launch an attack on it.

  • Invasion of Space Center (2)

    85.Invasion of Space Center (2)

    13-02-197930m

    Spectra's missiles hit the research center, with Mark, Princess and Chief Anderson trapped inside.

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