The BEST episodes of Battle of the Planets
Every episode of Battle of the Planets ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Battle of the Planets!
Battle of the Planets follows the adventures of the teenage-hero team G-Force. Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop, and Tiny travel in The Phoenix to battle the evil forces of Zoltar from Planet Spectra. G-Force is guided by Chief Anderson and 7-Zark-7, but also receives help from Colonel Cronos, President Kane, Susan, and even 1-Rover-1. They are based in Center Neptune, which is far beneath the sea off the west coast of the United States.
#1 - The Space Mummy
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1978
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 undercover to investigate. There, he meets Dr. Sweet, who has developed a compound that can render Spectra's latest weapon useless. Sweet hid his creation in his nephew's toy, whose father was a pilot of a plane lost and spends all his days at the airport waiting for his father to return. When it seems like the pilot does indeed return, Sweet is first very happy his brother was back, but then realizes it wasn't him and finds the imposter trying to break into his personal safe. It turns out to be Zoltar, looking for the compound. In the meantime, Mark discovers Spectra is using a giant mummy to bring down the planes, and the rest of G-Force joins him, using Sweet's compound to destroy the mummy. With the compound secure, Spectra will never be able to use their weapon again.
#2 - The Space Serpent
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1978
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 helping Debbie with saving other refineries.
#3 - Ghost Ship of Planet Mir
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1978
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 final battle, 3 strange fighters show up and save G-Force's lives.
#4 - Rescue of the Astronauts
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1978
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 astronauts and retrieve the valuable information they obtained. Mark infiltrates Spectra's base, and is later joined by Keyop to return the astronauts to The Phoenix. The Spectra Commander escapes in the head of the Space Terrapin, only to be destroyed by the Fiery Phoenix.
#5 - Attack of the Space Terrapin
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1978
G-Force is introduced and faces a challenge against one of Spectra's most mightiest machines, the Space Terrapin. To control the Universe, Spectra will stop at nothing to steal Earth's most valuable mineral: Vitalumis. Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop, and Tiny (with help from 7-Zark-7 at Center Neptune) power The Phoenix to victory over Zoltar and Spectra.
#6 - Peril of the Praying Mantis
Season 1 - Episode 64 - Aired 12/17/1979
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.
#7 - Raid of the Red Scorpion
Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 8/13/1979
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 research facility.
#8 - Museum of Mystery
Season 1 - Episode 63 - Aired 12/10/1979
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 major company, and inadvertantly is captured by Spectra.
#9 - The Space Safari
Season 1 - Episode 62 - Aired 12/3/1979
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.
#10 - Invasion of the Locusts
Season 1 - Episode 61 - Aired 11/26/1979
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 attacked by the locusts and forced to crash land in the Amazon. G-Force must rescue them and stop the Giant Locust from destroying the Earth.
#11 - The Alien Bigfoot
Season 1 - Episode 60 - Aired 11/19/1979
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 systems, causing them to crash. Keyop takes off for Tibet on his own and is captured by Spectra. He must lead G-Force to the Spectra base and escape before it's destroyed by G-Force. Zoltar is unmasked in this episode!
#12 - Rage of the Robotoids
Season 1 - Episode 59 - Aired 11/12/1979
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 a series of attacks terrorize the city, G-Force split up and head into the city to try and track down the attackers and stop them. Matters are made worse as one by one, the members of G-Force start disappearing...
#13 - Peril in the Pyramids
Season 1 - Episode 58 - Aired 11/5/1979
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 as her missing son, Ali.
#14 - Silent City
Season 1 - Episode 57 - Aired 10/22/1979
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 the city is a Spectra base and sends G-Force to check it out. The team goes into the city, but they are only able to withstand the radiation for one hour. They are attacked by a Spectra Mecha once they are inside the city. Can G-Force escape the Mecha and solve Spectra's latest plot before their time runs out?
#15 - Raid of the Space Octopus
Season 1 - Episode 56 - Aired 10/15/1979
Zoltar attacks Earth's power plants with a tentacled mech, but when G-Force attacks, the Phoenix experiences malfunctions.
#16 - The Great Brain Robbery
Season 1 - Episode 55 - Aired 10/8/1979
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 Spectra Pirates! G-Force returns with a piece of the Mecha to Center Neptune, and then attends the Annual Robot Show the next day, just in time to watch Spectra steal the new "Fembot" to use as a body for the Brain of Evil. Mark sneaks into the Spectra base while the rest of the team goes after the Brain Mecha.
#17 - Zoltar Strikes Out
Season 1 - Episode 54 - Aired 10/1/1979
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.
#18 - Decoys of Doom
Season 1 - Episode 53 - Aired 9/24/1979
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 the team and lead G-Force to the Spectra base.
#19 - Attack of the Alien Wasp
Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 9/17/1979
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 Spectra's Earth headquarters.
#20 - Giant Space Bat
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 9/10/1979
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.
#21 - Secret Island
Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 9/3/1979
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 base and their latest weapon, the Whirly Knife. Mark summons the team, but can they stop the latest Mech from Spectra ?
#22 - Giant from Planet Zyr
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 8/27/1979
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 humanoid mech to steal the Jet Cutter. G-Force travels to Zyr to try and find the giant and recover the laser.
#23 - Fastest Gun in the Galaxy
Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 8/20/1979
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 weapon, a vehicle mounted gun. G-Force goes to Spectra to investigate.
#24 - Mammoth Shark Menace
Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 8/13/1979
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.
#25 - The Conway Tape Tap
Season 1 - Episode 85 - Aired 5/12/1980
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 Spectra. Jason, who has followed them without orders, rescues them and they must battle their way through the Spectran defenses to escape.