Battle for GoBotron

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Battle for GoBotron
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Premiere date October 29, 1984
Run time 21:59
Starring Lou Richards
Bernard Erhard
Frank Welker
Arthur Burghardt
Marilyn Lightstone
Sparky Marcus
Candy Brown
Morgan Paull
Rene Auberjonois
Brock Peters
Kelly Ward
Bob Ridgely
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s) Alan Burnett
Tom Ruegger
Jeff Segal
Director(s) Oscar Dufau
Carl Urbano
Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"Battle for GoBotron" is the first episode of the Challenge of the GoBots miniseries, and the first episode of the series overall. It aired on October 29, 1984 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Alan Burnett, Tom Ruegger, and Jeff Segal, directed by Oscar Dufau and Carl Urbano, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Narrator (voice only) Unavailable
Cy-Kill Bernard Erhard
Cop-Tur Arthur Burghardt
Crasher Marilyn Lightstone
Rest-Q Frank Welker
Hans-Cuff Lou Richards
Leader-1 Lou Richards
Turbo Arthur Burghardt
Zeemon Frank Welker
Scooter Frank Welker
Fitor Kelly Ward
Tank N/A
Geeper-Creeper N/A
BuggyMan Bob Ridgely
Zod Ted Cassidy
Nick Burns Sparky Marcus
Matt Hunter Morgan Paull
A.J. Foster Candy Brown
Doctor Zebediah Braxis Rene Auberjonois
General Newscastle Brock Peters


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Production

Development

Filming

The episode was copyrighted in 1984.

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin, with Paul DeKorte as musical director.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: October 29, 1984 in syndication

Behind the scenes

  • Warner Archive's DVD release (mentioned below) removed the title card.

Errors

Everlasting influence

Marketing and promotion

To coincide with the episode, the Canadian company K-Tel released a vinyl/book adaptation of the episode.

Critical reception

In other languages

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Home availability

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