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:''This article is about the TV series. For the video game it inspired, see [[Challenge of the GoBots (video game)]].''
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|title_card= [[File:COTGB title card.png|300px]]
|title_card= [[File:COTGB title card.png|300px]]
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|released= [[October 29]], [[1984]]—[[December 13]], [[1985]]
|released= [[October 29]], [[1984]]—[[December 13]], [[1985]]
|run_time= 22 minutes
|run_time= 22 minutes
|starring= [[Lou Richards]]<br />[[Arthur Burghardt]]<br />[[Frank Welker]]<br />[[Bernard Erhard]]<br />[[Bob Holt]]<br />[[Marilyn Lightstone]]<br />[[Sparky Marcus]]<br />[[Leslie Speights]]<br />[[Morgan Paull]]<br />[[Brock Peters]]<br />[[Peter Cullen]]<br />[[Rene Auberjonois]]
|starring= [[Lou Richards]]<br />[[Bernard Erhard]]<br />[[Arthur Burghardt]]<br />[[Frank Welker (actor)|Frank Welker]]<br />[[Bob Holt]]<br />[[Marilyn Lightstone]]<br />[[Ike Eisenman]]<br />[[Leslie Speights]]<br />[[Morgan Paull]]<br />[[Brock Peters]]<br />[[Peter Cullen]]<br />[[Rene Auberjonois]]
|execs= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]<br />[[Patrick S. Feely]]<br />[[Joe Taritero]]
|execs= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]<br />[[Patrick S. Feely]]<br />[[Joe Taritero]]
|producers= [[Kay Wright]]<br />[[Mitch Schauer]]<br />[[Lois Hanrahan]]<br />[[Ray McDonald]]<br />[[Iwao Takamoto]]<br />[[Lew Saw]]
|producers= [[Kay Wright]]<br />[[Mitch Schauer]]<br />[[Lois Hanrahan]]<br />[[Ray McDonald]]<br />[[Iwao Takamoto]]<br />[[Lew Saw]]
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|caption2= Mini-series' title card.
|caption2= Mini-series' title card.
}}
}}
'''''Challenge of the GoBots''''' is an American animated sci-fi action-adventure TV series produced [[Hanna-Barbera]] for syndication on stations that took part in ''[[The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera]]'' programming block (although the preceding miniseries aired in syndication outside of the block). It ran from [[1984]] to [[1985]], airing 65 episodes. The TV series is an adaptation of Tonka's toyline, which was intended as direct competition to Marvel/Sunbow's adaption of Hasbro's ''The Transformers'' (whose toyline technically came before the toyline of GoBots), even to the point where Hanna-Barbera combated Marvel/Sunbow's ''The Transformers: The Movie'' in [[1986]], with its own theatrical movie, ''[[GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords]]''.
'''''Challenge of the GoBots''''' is an American animated sci-fi action-adventure television series produced [[Hanna-Barbera]] for syndication on stations that took part in ''[[The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (syndication block)|The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera]]'' programming block (although the preceding miniseries aired in syndication outside of the block). It ran from [[1984]] to [[1985]], airing 65 episodes in total that spanned one season. The TV series is an adaptation of Tonka's toyline, which was intended as direct competition to Marvel/Sunbow's adaption of [[Hasbro]]'s ''The Transformers'', even to the point where Hanna-Barbera combated Marvel/Sunbow's ''The Transformers: The Movie'' in [[1986]], with its own theatrical movie, ''[[GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords]]''.


Two warring sentient robotic factions, the peaceful [[Guardians]] and the evil [[Renegrades]], take their fight from their homeworld of [[GoBotron]] to [[Earth]], where both sides find human allies.
Two warring sentient robotic factions, the peaceful [[Guardians]] and the evil [[Renegrades]], take their fight from their homeworld of [[GoBotron]] to [[Earth]], where both sides find human allies.
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==Episodes==
==Episodes==
The series is rife with continuity errors and not even the most thoroughly researched order could avoid some of these issues.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Title
! Title
! Number
! Original air date
! Original air date
|-
|-
| "[[Battle for GoBotron]]"
| 1x01
| 0x01
* "[[Battle for GoBotron]]"
| [[October 29]], 1984
| [[October 29]], 1984
|-
|-
| "[[Target Earth]]"
| 1x02
| 0x02
* "[[Target Earth]]"
| [[October 30]], 1984
| [[October 30]], 1984
|-
|-
| "[[Conquest of Earth]]"
| 1x03
| 0x03
* "[[Conquest of Earth]]"
| [[October 31]], 1984
| [[October 31]], 1984
|-
|-
| "[[Earthbound]]"
| 1x04
| 0x04
* "[[Earthbound]]"
| [[November 1]], 1984
| [[November 1]], 1984
|-
|-
| "[[The Final Conflict]]"
| 1x05
| 0x05
* "[[The Final Conflict]]"
| [[November 2]], 1984
| [[November 2]], 1984
|-
|-
| "[[Time Wars]]"
| 1x06
| 1x01
* "[[Time Wars]]"
| [[September 23]], [[1985]]
| [[September 23]], [[1985]]
|-
|-
| "[[It's the Thought That Counts]]"
| 1x06
| 1x02
* "[[It's the Thought That Counts]]"
| [[September 24]], 1985
| [[September 24]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Trident's Triple Threat]]"
| 1x07
| 1x03
* "[[Trident's Triple Threat]]"
| [[September 25]], 1985
| [[September 25]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Renegade Alliance]]"
| 1x08
| 1x04
* "[[Renegade Alliance]]"
| [[September 26]], 1985
| [[September 26]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Cy-Kill's Cataclysmic Trap]]"
| 1x10
| 1x05
* "[[Cy-Kill's Cataclysmic Trap]]"
| [[September 27]], 1985
| [[September 27]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Speed Is of the Essence]]"
| 1x11
| 1x06
* "[[Speed is of the Essence]]"
| [[September 30]], 1985
| [[September 30]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Genius and Son]]"
| 1x12
| 1x07
* "[[Genius and Son]]"
| [[October 1]], 1985
| [[October 1]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Dawn World]]"
| 1x13
| 1x08
* "[[Dawn World]]"
| [[October 2]], 1985
| [[October 2]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Nova Beam]]"
| 1x14
| 1x09
* "[[Nova Beam]]"
| [[October 3]], 1985
| [[October 3]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Forced Alliance]]"
| 1x15
| 1x10
* "[[Forced Alliance]]"
| [[October 4]], 1985
| [[October 4]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Invasion from the 21st Level Part I]]"
| 1x16
| 1x11
* "[[Invasion from the 21st Level Part I]]"
| [[October 7]], 1985
| [[October 7]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Invasion from the 21st Level Part II]]"
| 1x17
| 1x12
* "[[Invasion from the 21st Level Part II]]"
| [[October 8]], 1985
| [[October 8]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Lost on GoBotron]]"
| 1x18
| 1x13
* "[[Lost on GoBotron]]"
| [[October 9]], 1985
| [[October 9]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Cy-Kill's Shrinking Ray]]"
| 1x19
| 1x13
* "[[Cy-Kill's Shrinking Ray]]"
| [[October 10]], 1985
| [[October 10]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Doppelganger]]"
| 1x20
| 1x14
* "[[Doppelganger]]"
| [[October 11]], 1985
| [[October 11]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[The Quest for Roguestar]]"
| 1x21
| 1x15
* "[[The Quest for Roguestar]]"
| [[October 14]], 1985
| [[October 14]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Rogue Renegade Part I]]"
| 1x22
| 1x16
* "[[Rogue Renegade Part I]]"
| [[October 15]], 1985
| [[October 15]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Rogue Renegade Part II]]"
| 1x23
| 1x17
* "[[Rogue Renegade Part II]]"
| [[October 16]], 1985
| [[October 16]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Ultra Zod (episode)|Ultra Zod]]"
| 1x24
| 1x18
* "[[Ultra Zod]]"
| [[October 17]], 1985
| [[October 17]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Sentinel (episode)|Sentinel]]"
| 1x25
| 1x19
* "[[Sentinel]]"
| [[October 18]], 1985
| [[October 18]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Cold Spell]]"
| 1x26
| 1x20
* "[[Cold Spell]]"
| [[October 21]], 1985
| [[October 21]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Crime Wave]]"
| 1x27
| 1x21
* "[[Crime Wave]]"
| [[October 22]], 1985
| [[October 22]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Auto Madic]]"
| 1x28
| 1x22
* "[[Auto Madic]]"
| [[October 23]], 1985
| [[October 23]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Scooter Enhanced]]"
| 1x29
| 1x23
* "[[Scooter Enhanced]]"
| [[October 24]], 1985
| [[October 24]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Tarnished Image]]"
| 1x30
| 1x24
* "[[Tarnished Image]]"
| [[October 25]], 1985
| [[October 25]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[In Search of the Ancient GoBonauts]]"
| 1x31
| 1x25
* "[[In Search of the Ancient GoBonauts]]"
| [[October 28]], 1985
| [[October 28]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Gameworld]]"
| 1x32
| 1x26
* "[[Gameworld]]"
| [[October 29]], 1985
| [[October 29]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Wolf in the Fold]]"
| 1x33
| 1x27
* "[[Wolf in the Fold]]"
| [[October 30]], 1985
| [[October 30]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Depth Charge]]"
| 1x34
| 1x28
* "[[Depth Charge]]"
| [[October 31]], 1985
| [[October 31]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Transfer Point]]"
| 1x35
| 1x29
* "[[Transfer Point]]"
| [[November 1]], 1985
| [[November 1]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Steamer's Defection]]"
| 1x36
| 2x01
* "[[Steamer's Defection]]"
| [[November 4]], 1985
| [[November 4]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[The GoBot Who Cried Renegade]]"
| 1x37
| 2x02
* "[[The GoBot Who Cried Renegade]]"
| [[November 5]], 1985
| [[November 5]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[The Seer]]"
| 1x38
| 2x03
* "[[The Seer]]"
| [[November 6]], 1985
| [[November 6]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Whiz Kid]]"
| 1x39
| 2x04
* "[[Whiz Kid]]"
| [[November 7]], 1985
| [[November 7]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Ring of Fire]]"
| 1x40
| 2x05
* "[[Ring of Fire (GoBots)|Ring of Fire]]"
| [[November 8]], 1985
| [[November 8]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Cy-Kill's Escape]]"
| 1x41
| 2x06
* "[[Cy-Kill's Escape]]"
| [[November 11]], 1985
| [[November 11]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Queest for the Creator]]"
| 1x42
| 2x07
* "[[Queest for the Creator]]"
| [[November 12]], 1985
| [[November 12]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[The Fall of GoBotron]]"
| 1x43
| 2x08
* "[[The Fall of GoBotron]]"
| [[November 13]], 1985
| [[November 13]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Flight to Earth]]"
| 1x44
| 2x09
* "[[Flight to Earth]]"
| [[November 14]], 1985
| [[November 14]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Return to GoBotron]]"
| 1x45
| 2x10
* "[[Return to GoBotron]]"
| [[November 15]], 1985
| [[November 15]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Pacific Overtures]]"
| 1x46
| 2x11
* "[[Pacific Overtures]]"
| [[November 18]], 1985
| [[November 18]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Destroy All Guardians]]"
| 1x47
| 2x12
* "[[Destroy All Guardians]]"
| [[November 19]], 1985
| [[November 19]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Escape from Elba]]"
| 1x48
| 2x13
* "[[Escape from Elba]]"
| [[November 20]], 1985
| [[November 20]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Fitor to the Finish]]"
| 1x49
| 2x14
* "[[Fitor to the Finish]]"
| [[November 21]], 1985
| [[November 21]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Clutch of Doom]]"
| 1x50
| 2x15
* "[[Clutch of Doom]]"
| [[November 22]], 1985
| [[November 22]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[The Third Column]]"
| 1x51
| 2x16
* "[[The Third Column]]"
| [[November 25]], 1985
| [[November 25]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[A New Suit for Leader-1]]"
| 1x52
| 2x17
* "[[A New Suit for Leader-1]]"
| [[November 26]], 1985
| [[November 26]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Renegade Carnival]]"
| 1x53
| 2x18
* "[[Renegade Carnival]]"
| [[November 27]], 1985
| [[November 27]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[The Gift (GoBots)|The Gift]]"
| 1x54
| 2x19
* "[[The Gift (GoBots)|The Gift]]"
| [[November 28]], 1985
| [[November 28]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Terror in Atlantis]]"
| 1x55
| 2x20
* "[[Terror in Atlantis]]"
| [[November 29]], 1985
| [[November 29]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[The Last Magic Man]]"
| 1x56
| 2x22
* "[[The Last Magic Man]]"
| [[December 2]], 1985
| [[December 2]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Braxis Gone Bonkers]]"
| 1x57
| 2x23
* "[[Braxis Gone Bonkers]]"
| [[December 3]], 1985
| [[December 3]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Inside Job (GoBots)|Inside Job]]"
| 1x58
| 2x24
* "[[Inside Job (GoBots)|Inside Job]]"
| [[December 4]], 1985
| [[December 4]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Element of Danger]]"
| 1x59
| 2x25
* "[[Element of Danger]]"
| [[December 5]], 1985
| [[December 5]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Mission: GoBotron]]"
| 1x60
| 2x26
* "[[Mission: GoBotron]]"
| [[December 6]], 1985
| [[December 6]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Et Tu, Cy-Kill]]"
| 1x61
| 2x27
* "[[Et Tu, Cy-Kill]]"
| [[December 9]], 1985
| [[December 9]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[The GoBots That Time Forgot]]"
| 1x62
| 2x28
* "[[The GoBots That Time Forgot]]"
| [[December 10]], 1985
| [[December 10]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[The Secret of Halley's Comet]]"
| 1x63
| 2x29
* "[[The Secret of Halley's Comet]]"
| [[December 11]], 1985
| [[December 11]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Guardian Academy(episode)|Guardian Academy]]"
| 1x64
| 2x30
* "[[Guardian Academy]]"
| [[December 12]], 1985
| [[December 12]], 1985
|-
|-
| "[[Quest for New Earth]]"
| 1x65
| 2x31
* "[[Quest for New Earth]]"
| [[December 13]], 1985
| [[December 13]], 1985
|}
|}
The series is rife with continuity errors and not even the most thoroughly researched order could avoid some of these issues.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Lou Richards]] as [[Leader-1]]
* [[Lou Richards]] as [[Leader-1]]
* [[Bernard Erhard]] as [[Cy-Kill]]
* [[Frank Welker (actor)|Frank Welker]] as [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]], [[Blaster]], [[Rest-Q]], [[Screw Head]], and [[Zeemon]]
* [[Arthur Burghardt]] as [[Turbo]]
* [[Arthur Burghardt]] as [[Turbo]]
* [[Frank Welker]] as [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]], [[Blaster]], [[Rest-Q]], [[Screw Head]], and [[Zeemon]]
* [[Bernard Erhard]] as [[Cy-Kill]]
* [[Bob Holt]] as [[Cop-Tur]]
* [[Bob Holt]] as [[Cop-Tur]]
* [[Marilyn Lightstone]] as [[Crasher]] and [[Path Finder]]
* [[Marilyn Lightstone]] as [[Crasher]] and [[Path Finder]]
* [[Sparky Marcus]] as [[Nick Burns]]
* [[Sparky Marcus]] (miniseries) and [[Ike Eisenmann]] (regular) as [[Nick Burns]]
* [[Candy Brown]] (miniseries) and [[Leslie Speights]] (regular) as [[A.J. Foster]]
* [[Candy Brown]] (miniseries) and [[Leslie Speights]] (regular) as [[A.J. Foster]]
* [[Morgan Paull]] as [[Matt Hunter]]
* [[Morgan Paull]] as [[Matt Hunter]]
* [[Brock Peters]] as [[General Hardcastle]]
* [[Brock Peters]] as [[General Hardcastle]]
* [[Peter Cullen]] as [[Pincher]], [[Spoiler]], and [[Tank]]
* [[Peter Cullen]] as [[Pincher]], [[Spoiler]], and [[Tank]]
* [[Rene Auberjonois]] as [[Zebediah Braxis|Doctor Zebediah Braxis]]
* [[Rene Auberjonois]] as [[Doctor Zebediah Braxis]]
 
==Merchandise==
===Home media===
===Reading material===
===Toys===
The purpose of the TV series was to promote the fact that there was already a whole range of toys out there already for kids to buy, with the far simpler name of ''GoBots''.
 
===Video game===
In [[1987]] [[Europe]], [[Reaktor]] published an 8-bit scrolling shoot-em-up video game developed by [[Tony Crowther]] and [[Ross Goodley]] also called ''[[Challenge of the GoBots (video game)|Challenge of the GoBots]]'', which was released on the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum home computers.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1984]]
[[Category:1985]]
[[Category:GoBots]]
[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
[[Category:TV series]]
[[Category:TV series]]

Latest revision as of 20:26, 20 March 2024

This article is about the TV series. For the video game it inspired, see Challenge of the GoBots (video game).
Challenge of the GoBots
COTGB title card.png
On-screen title card.
Network Syndication
Production company Hanna-Barbera
Original release October 29, 1984—December 13, 1985
Run time 22 minutes
Starring Lou Richards
Bernard Erhard
Arthur Burghardt
Frank Welker
Bob Holt
Marilyn Lightstone
Ike Eisenman
Leslie Speights
Morgan Paull
Brock Peters
Peter Cullen
Rene Auberjonois
Executive producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Patrick S. Feely
Joe Taritero
Producer(s) Kay Wright
Mitch Schauer
Lois Hanrahan
Ray McDonald
Iwao Takamoto
Lew Saw
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s) Alan Burnett
Tom Ruegger
Jeff Segal
Jeff Segal
Kelly Ward
Director(s) Oscar Dufau
Carl Urbano
Art Davis
Volus Jones
Don Lusk
Rudy Zamora
Alan Zaslove
Ray Patterson (supervising)
Gordon Hunt (voices)
Second title card
GB MS title card.png
Mini-series' title card.

Challenge of the GoBots is an American animated sci-fi action-adventure television series produced Hanna-Barbera for syndication on stations that took part in The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming block (although the preceding miniseries aired in syndication outside of the block). It ran from 1984 to 1985, airing 65 episodes in total that spanned one season. The TV series is an adaptation of Tonka's toyline, which was intended as direct competition to Marvel/Sunbow's adaption of Hasbro's The Transformers, even to the point where Hanna-Barbera combated Marvel/Sunbow's The Transformers: The Movie in 1986, with its own theatrical movie, GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords.

Two warring sentient robotic factions, the peaceful Guardians and the evil Renegrades, take their fight from their homeworld of GoBotron to Earth, where both sides find human allies.

Production

Development

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, which for the miniseries, he was credited for conducting and composing, whereas for the series proper, he was credited with arranging and composing. In the case of Paul DeKorte he was credited as music director then music supervisor.

Episodes

The series is rife with continuity errors and not even the most thoroughly researched order could avoid some of these issues.

Title Original air date
1x01 October 29, 1984
1x02 October 30, 1984
1x03 October 31, 1984
1x04 November 1, 1984
1x05 November 2, 1984
1x06 September 23, 1985
1x06 September 24, 1985
1x07 September 25, 1985
1x08 September 26, 1985
1x10 September 27, 1985
1x11 September 30, 1985
1x12 October 1, 1985
1x13 October 2, 1985
1x14 October 3, 1985
1x15 October 4, 1985
1x16 October 7, 1985
1x17 October 8, 1985
1x18 October 9, 1985
1x19 October 10, 1985
1x20 October 11, 1985
1x21 October 14, 1985
1x22 October 15, 1985
1x23 October 16, 1985
1x24 October 17, 1985
1x25 October 18, 1985
1x26 October 21, 1985
1x27 October 22, 1985
1x28 October 23, 1985
1x29 October 24, 1985
1x30 October 25, 1985
1x31 October 28, 1985
1x32 October 29, 1985
1x33 October 30, 1985
1x34 October 31, 1985
1x35 November 1, 1985
1x36 November 4, 1985
1x37 November 5, 1985
1x38 November 6, 1985
1x39 November 7, 1985
1x40 November 8, 1985
1x41 November 11, 1985
1x42 November 12, 1985
1x43 November 13, 1985
1x44 November 14, 1985
1x45 November 15, 1985
1x46 November 18, 1985
1x47 November 19, 1985
1x48 November 20, 1985
1x49 November 21, 1985
1x50 November 22, 1985
1x51 November 25, 1985
1x52 November 26, 1985
1x53 November 27, 1985
1x54 November 28, 1985
1x55 November 29, 1985
1x56 December 2, 1985
1x57 December 3, 1985
1x58 December 4, 1985
1x59 December 5, 1985
1x60 December 6, 1985
1x61 December 9, 1985
1x62 December 10, 1985
1x63 December 11, 1985
1x64 December 12, 1985
1x65 December 13, 1985

Cast

Merchandise

Home media

Reading material

Toys

The purpose of the TV series was to promote the fact that there was already a whole range of toys out there already for kids to buy, with the far simpler name of GoBots.

Video game

In 1987 Europe, Reaktor published an 8-bit scrolling shoot-em-up video game developed by Tony Crowther and Ross Goodley also called Challenge of the GoBots, which was released on the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum home computers.

References

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