Battle for GoBotron

Battle for GoBotron
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.

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

Organizations

• Renegades
• Guardians
• Guardian Council
• NASA
• NASA Space Corps
• Daily News (mentioned)

Locations

• GoBotron
  • GoBotron Headquarters
  • Renegade Fortress
• Earth
  • Australia (mentioned)
  • Antarctica (mentioned)
  • United States
    • NASA base
    • Cleveland (mentioned)
    • Hunter residence
• The Moon

Objects

• Astrobeam
• Argos
• Sorium
• Daily News newspaper

Vehicles

• Command Center
• Thruster
• Intrepid

Production

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.

Marketing and promotion

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

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • 1985: Kideo Video releases GoBots on VHS.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • 1986: The Video Collection releases GoBots on VHS.
  • May 17, 2011: Warner Archive Collection releases Challenge of the GoBots: The Original Miniseries on DVD.