The BEST episodes of Beyblade
Every episode of Beyblade ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Beyblade!
Beyblade is an anime series about a group of kids battling with highly powerful spinning tops enchanted with sacred Bit-Beasts or spirits of mythical ideaology. The show focuses on the battles between Beyblading teams as they compete to become the world champions.
#1 - Final Showdown!
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 12/24/2001
It's the finals of the World Beyblading Championships in Moscow with Tala from the Demolition Boys and Tyson tied at one game a piece in the best of three finals. With the victory, the tide has turned in favor of Tala who warps the two warriors into a giant iceberg where there is no contact with the outside world. The second battle begins, and it takes little time for Tala to combine his multiple Bit Beasts into one and take the lead in the best of three finals. Meanwhile, the evil Voltaire looks on and begins celebrating the victory, which translates into his domination of the corporate world. With the lose, Tyson has fallen into a funk and sees no way of winning, when he suddenly realises the power to win is inside him. With a new outlook and positive thinking, Tyson's confidence translates into a more powerful Dragoon, which handily defeats Tala. With the win, all the stolen Bit Beasts are returned to their rightful owners and in the end, Tyson's friends gather around each wanting to take on the new World Champion Beyblader.
#2 - Beybattle for the Ages
Season 3 - Episode 52 - Aired 12/29/2003
It’s mid-way through Tyson and Brooklyn’s final tie-breaking ‘Justice 5’ match which could give BEGA a stranglehold on the entire sport of Beyblading. Having suffered his only previous defeat at the hands of Kai, Brooklyn’s thirst for revenge takes the form of an unearthly power. Not only has his Beyblade Zeus given Brooklyn sinister black wings with which to fly, it has generated a giant vortex in the sky that is wreaking havoc on the city. Buildings are crumbling everywhere. The entire world is being enveloped by the growing darkness. Only Tyson can stop Brooklyn before it’s too late. Summoning his own formidable power from Dragoon, Tyson flies into the sky to convince Brooklyn to cease the negative emotions that are causing the havoc. When reasoning fails, the pair continues their battle above the ever-crumbling city. The tide turns in Tyson’s favor when he is able to summon the spirits of his teammates’ blades and merge them with Dragoon, which evolves into the most powerful Beyblade ever. By probing deeper into Brooklyn’s psyche, Tyson learns that his foe's anxiety stems from childhood isolation at being a genius so early in life. Tyson makes Brooklyn see that Beyblading is a pure sport to be enjoyed for one reason alone – the love of the game. Brooklyn calms down. The chaos ends. And the pair continues their match simply for enjoyment. With BEGA's HQ in shambles, the upstart league and its owner Boris are ruined. Mr. Dickenson’s BBA league restarts, but in a much more modest form. And kids everywhere – including Tyson and his friends - return to the simple, purest form of Beyblading.Then Tyson and Kai battle one last time
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#3 - Let The Games Begin... Again!
Season 3 - Episode 30 - Aired 7/28/2003
It’s the finals of the World Beyblading Championships and the final battle pits Kai against the defending world Champion, Tyson. The fight is incredibly intense and what’s even more amazing, it looks like the two combatants are so evenly matched, there might not be a winner. And that’s exactly what happens! At the end of the battle, Kai and Tyson drop out at the exact same time! Now a dilemma arises. Mr. Dickenson has to make the final decision and he’s leaning toward calling it a tie because he’s afraid that if they continue the battle, someone could get hurt. But Kai steps up to the plate and pleads his case for the battle to continue, which it does! As the fight resumes, the intensity is felt throughout the arena. Again they are evenly matched and it looks like no one will take it, when… they both mount a final assault! It’s huge! In the end, Tyson comes out on top and Daichi and Tyson become the new Beyblade Tag Team World Champions!!
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#4 - Breaking the Ice
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 11/12/2001
Downtrodden and dejected, the Bladebreakers ask themselves over and over again: “Why would Kai betray us?” Soon enough, however, the boys get a chance to ask him themselves. Summoned by Kai to Beyblade on a frozen lake, the Bladebreakers must not only win to save their Bit Beasts, but must convince Kai that they will always be his teammates. Can they do it...?
#5 - The Beyblading Spirit
Season 3 - Episode 48 - Aired 12/1/2003
The battle of “Justice 5 Tournament” continues and Kai is clearly overwhelmed by the power of Brooklyn of the BEGA Bladers. Attack after attack sees Kai barely hanging on as he fights to stay in the match. Tyson and his team mates nervously watch, but vow to stay out of the battle because of a promise that Tyson made to Kai. Pleased with the progress of the battle and confident that Brooklyn will win, Boris watches from the sidelines with delight. Kai’s determination to win against these unbeatable odds begins to frustrate Brooklyn and he increases the intensity of his attacks. Suddenly, when it seems that Kai can’t take any more he manages to draw upon his Beyblading spirit and defeat Brooklyn. The crowd goes wild at this dramatic upset and Kai leaves the stadium only to collapse into Tyson’s arms, battered and bruised. Brooklyn remains in the stadium, stunned and confused after suffering the first defeat of his Beyblading career. Kai assures his concerned team mates that he is all right and tells Tyson that he should be more concerned with his upcoming battle against Garland. Tyson, as confident as ever, shrugs Kai’s advice off but secretly hopes he can summon the same amazing strength that his old friend showed in his battle. Kai walks unsteadily out of the stadium alone, collapses again, and then watches as Dranzer disintegrates in front of him.!
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#6 - First Strike
Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 11/19/2001
Now that Kai is finally loyal to the 'Bladebreakers', he returns Black Dranzer to Boris, doing severe damage to the enemy headquarters in the process. Voltaire orders the operation to proceed, and Boris brings in the Demolition Boys to get the job done. It is revealed that Biovolt is creating a breed of powerful, savage, Bit-Beasts that are designed for War... and the plan is to use them to take over the entire World. The Demolition Boys attack the BBA bus, and Max bravely battles to save his friends. Unfortunately, he loses his Bit-Beast Draciel in the process.
#7 - Zeo vs. Ozuma
Season 2 - Episode 45 - Aired 11/18/2002
The Beyblade World Championship Finals are underway and eight teams convene to compete for the title. The BladeBreakers are shocked to see that their old friend Zeo is in the competition and Tyson confronts him to find out why he has decided to compete against them. It turns out that Zeo is the son of Zagart, an old colleague of Mr. Dickenson’s who stole the ancient rock that contained captured Bit Beasts. Zagart has already made it known to the BladeBreakers that he wants their Bit Beasts and he’s going to use Zeo to get them. Once the competition begins, Zeo’s team member Gordo makes short work of Dunga. Then it’s Zeo turn. He goes up against Ozuma and it is clear to everyone watching that Zeo’s Blade is no ordinary Beyblade. After a very intense battle Zeo defeats Ozuma surprising the entire audience and putting him in a position to move on to the next round where his team will battle the Bladebreakers!!
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#8 - Phoenix Falling
Season 2 - Episode 48 - Aired 12/9/2002
The second semi-final round begins pitting Kai and Ray against the surprising Zeo and Gordo. Ray faces Gordo first and attacks fiercely but Orthrus always seems to evade Driger’s attacks. Zagart has programmed all of the Bladebreakers moves into Zeo and Gordo’s Beyblades, making them unbeatable. Soon, Driger is almost out of power and Gordo seizes his chance. But when Kai reminds Ray of the pain he felt losing Driger to Dunga, Ray taps into his Beyblade spirit and helps Driger salvage a tie. Victory now rests on Kai’s shoulders. Kai and Zeo begin an awesome duel, unleashing so much power that the stadium begins to break apart. The duel becomes a question of whose endurance is greater. As the effects of one final, powerful blast subside, Kai falls to Zeo, who hasn’t even broken a sweat!
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#9 - Live and Let Kai!
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 10/29/2001
It's the first day of the Beyblade World Championships in Moscow, and as our heroes leave their hotel, they still haven't been able to locate Kai who's been missing for some time now. Regardless, they arrive at the tournament and meet up with both the White Tigers and the All Starz who invite them to watch their first match against the Demolition Boys. At first things seem fairly normal, that is, until they start to battle. Things go from bad to worse for the All Starz who are no match for the Demolition Boys who quickly go up 2-0 in the best of five events. In the next match, Michael has to square off against a mystery member of the Demolition Boys and it turns out to be none other than Kai, who has defected from the Bladebreakers. In the final battle, Kai takes on all the All Starz at once... and wins!! After his victory, he commands the All Starz Bit Beasts to enter his blade and he announces to the world that he now possesses the most powerful Beyblade in the world!!
#10 - Ray and Kai: The Ultimate Face-Off...
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/9/2003
With Lee losing to Tala early in the match, White Tiger X is a game down, and Kai now steps up to battle for the Blitzkrieg Boys. This round is sure to be intense, as old teammates face off in the dish. Ray will represent White Tiger X, and the world is watching. The pressure seems too much for the players, as Ray collapses from the strain. Somehow he finds the strength to keep going, and the desire to bring Kai down! The intensity rises as the battle continues, with both players on either side of the dish so evenly matched, who can predict which one will walk away with the victory?
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#11 - What a Blast!
Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 7/7/2003
The entire city is pumped for Tyson and Daichi’s rematch with F Dynasty in double-team play. At first, the awesome power of BBA Revolution has Raul and Julia on their heels. Raul manages to save Julia from a stadium out and his big sister lets him take command. Encouraged by the support of their circus family, the brother and sister use their experience and teamwork to push the BBA Revolution to the brink of defeat. Tyson and Daichi are losing strength when they realize they are having the time of their lives. There’s nothing like competing against powerful, skilled opponents. The BBA Revolution has one last shot at victory. Can Daichi and Tyson manage to use a risky move from F Dynasty’s playbook to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat? When Tyson’s gambit wins the match, Raul and Julia are stunned to hear the crowd cheering for the BBA Revolution and F Dynasty! They are overwhelmed with pride as Kai leaves the stadium. At last, he will face Tyson for the World Championship.
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#12 - A Wicked Wind Blows
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 12/10/2001
After Kai's first round loss to the Demolition Boys in the World Beyblade Finals, it's Ray's turn to take on Bryan in a best-of-three match. Ray learns the hard way that Bryan is a nasty competitor who'll do anything to win - including putting Ray himself through the wringer. When it's discovered that Bryan's attack includes the ability to manipulate air itself into a weapon, Ray faces a troubling realisation. To negate Bryan's fury, he must put his own well being at risk. But Ray's Bit-Beast Driger has other ideas, and it offers up selfless act of its own.
#13 - Cruising for a Bruising
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 7/30/2001
Travelling by boat across the Atlantic, the Bladebreakers must not only deal with Kenny's seasickness, but a gut-wrenching revelation. Tyson's on-board defeat at the hands of a mysterious foe - one wielding a Bit-Beast larger and stronger than any they've ever seen - exposes the team's vulnerability going into the Russian Tournament.
#14 - Bottom of the Ninth
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 7/16/2001
The deciding match of the American Tournament Finals comes down to Max vs. Michael of the ‘All Starz’, in a battle that pits science and technology against human spirit. Unfortunately for Max and the Bladebreakers, the trick dish turns out to be a replica of a baseball diamond – where Michael feels right at home. Max wins in the end, however.
#15 - London Calling
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 8/6/2001
The kids are tricked into missing their boat, forcing them to spend the night in London where a mysterious videotape of Tyson's father is delivered to them. Later, Tyson's Beyblade is stolen and the kids are lured into a fight with the evil Cenotaph and his powerful Bit Beast, Sarcopholon. All seems lost until Kai defeats the mummy by using his own strengths against him. The team agree to travel by land, learning from every European Beyblader they can find.
#16 - Day of the Dragoon
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2001
Tyson quickly loses his battle with Kai. Andrew and Kenny inform him that the Blade Sharks are looking for the ultimate Bit Beast nobody can beat. Andrew, Kenny and Tyson rebuild Tyson's Bey. Meanwhile, Kai then orders Carlos' Bey be destroyed. Kai's goons kidnap Kenny to use his laptop to find the ultimate Bey. Tyson asks the Dragoon for guidance when Dragoon goes right into his Bey. Tyson then re-challenges Kai, and they draw.
#17 - Thirteen Candles
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2001
Tyson, Max and Kenny are working on Dragoon to ensure victory in the finals when Grandpa interrupts and reveals Tyson that it is his 13th birthday! After the party, the first round ends quickly, with Tyson unexpectedly defeating Kai. Kai then goes harder on Tyson and easily defeats him in the second round. The third round is explosive, with Tyson just managing to defeat Kai, and become the National Beyblade Champion. Mr Dickenson then reveals to Tyson, Kai, Max, Kenny and Ray that they will become a team and participate in the World Championships.
#18 - A Knight to Remember!
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 9/17/2001
Enrique and Oliver decide to take our heroes on a dirigible ride to visit Robert's castle. The reason - Tyson hopes to avenge an earlier loss to Robert that happened onboard the ship coming to Europe. Tyson's patience, however, is tested when they have to sit and wait for their host who is 'not to be disturbed'. So, Tyson decides to find Robert on his own and ends up getting lost in the medieval castles many eerie secret passages. Finally, everyone converges in the room where Robert is playing chess against Johnny and it's here where Tyson throws down the gauntlet and challenges Robert to a rematch. Robert refuses and goes into a whole history lesson about how 'once you've defeated your enemy, the battle is over'. Meanwhile, arrogant little Johnny decides to pick a battle with the most-worthy opponent in the room and chooses Kai. As the fight begins, it appears to be even, but then Johnny calls out his Bit Beast Salamulyon and totally destroys him. In the end, the Bladebreakers resolve that they have their work cut out for them to become the world champion Beybladers.
#19 - Brooklyn's Back
Season 3 - Episode 51 - Aired 12/22/2003
The final match between the G Revolutions and the BEGA Bladers has arrived. Tyson prepares for the contest, unsure of whom he will ultimately face. It isn’t until he steps onto the stadium floor when he discovers that he will go face to face, against Brooklyn himself. Brooklyn shows off his incredible powers immediately, stunning both teams on either side of the Beystadium. But no one has any idea of the true extent of Brooklyn’s powers until he creates a wormhole to another dimension, creating an empty shell, carbon copy of the real world! The freak out continues as Brooklyn destroys everything in his new empty world to mold it into an image that makes him happy! Tyson has never faced an opponent like this! Does he stand a chance, or will BEGA continue its evil infection of the Beyblading community?
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#20 - Now You're Making Me Mad
Season 3 - Episode 47 - Aired 11/24/2003
It's the continuation of the Justice 5 Tournament with the BEGA Blader’s leading the battle with two wins and a tie. If G Revolutions lose the next battle, they're out and BEGA (led by the evil Boris) takes over the Beyblading Empire. The next battle is set to pit Tyson against Garland, but when the G Revolutions enter the stadium, they reveal their fifth team member- KAI!! Everyone is stunned, except for the BEGA Blader’s who see him only as a loser. Kai is out for revenge because a few days earlier he lost a battle to Brooklyn. So, wanting to save face, Kai calls out Brooklyn, who arrogantly accepts his challenge. A massive battle ensues with Kai trying desperately to somehow attack his opponent, but nothing seems to work. And what's worse, Brooklyn seems to be copying Kai's every move. Kai becomes frustrated and realizes he must dig deep within himself to draw out more power. He does, however, it's making him weaker and weaker. The rest of the G Revolutions team wants him to quit. Kai refuses and in the end, he prepares for a final assault against his foe!
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#21 - It's a Battle Royale...!
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2003
The teams have been selected and the finals are about to begin. Unfortunately Tyson finds himself facing all of his former friends, each part of a team that he will eventually have to ‘blade against. The biggest blow that Tyson receives, is seeing Kai as a member of the Blitzkrieg Boys! After confronting his sullen, ex-teammate, Kai suggests to Tyson that the reason he left is because his old team just wasn’t good enough! Tyson is insulted to the core; even more so when Ray chooses to let Lee face off against Tyson in the first match, White Tiger X versus BBA Revolution! In an attempt to prove his worth, Tyson makes an arrogant demand: he insists on ‘blading the two White Tiger X team members at the same time! Can Tyson and his relatively untrained partner Daichi even hope to succeed?
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#22 - New and Cyber-Improved...
Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 12/17/2001
After a devastating match puts Ray in the hospital, Tyson trains his heart out to prepare for his battle against Tala, leader of the Demolition Boys. What Tyson doesn't know is that Tala has become one of Boris' weird experiments, uploaded with dangerous Biovolt technology. Meanwhile, Max’s parents work together to come up with an improved Beyblade that can combat the existing threat of the Demolition Boys' prowess. Can it even come close to competing against...Cyber-Tala?
#23 - Victory in Defeat
Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 12/3/2001
The World Championship Finals are finally here and Kai insists on Beybattling first, hoping his knowledge of the Demolition Boys will give him an advantage over Spencer. But in the first set, Seaborg, Spencer's whale Bit Beast, uses the water in the Black Sea Bowl to create a tsunami, which overwhelms Dranzer. Kai is desperate for victory and Voltaire makes him a tempting offer: the power of Black Dranzer in exchange for betraying his friends and stealing their Bit Beasts, but Kai stays true to his heart and resists his grandfather.
#24 - Losing Kai
Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 11/5/2001
Determined to avenge the All-Starz's devastating defeat, the White Tigers face Kai in the Tournament. One by one, they fall before the power of Black Dranzer and watch, horrified, as their Bit Beasts are absorbed into Kai's Beyblade. The Bladebreakers storm the abbey in a desperate attempt to free their teammate. Tyson stumbles into Biovolt's secret lab and learns the truth about Kai's past from a gloating Boris. Tyson refuses to give up on his friend until Kai hands over his old Dranzer Beyblade and tells him to leave. Will the Bladebreakers survive the loss of their most powerful member?
#25 - Olympia Challenge
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 9/24/2001
The Bladebreakers have made themselves at home at Robert's mansion, refusing to leave unless the Europeans agree to a final Beybattle. To teach his guests a lesson, Robert agrees to a match at his new stadium. But there's one condition: If the Bladebreakers lose, they have to forfeit their berth at the world Championship. Ray and Oliver battle fiercely and the first round ends in a tie. Johnny and Kai, bitter rivals, step to the bowl. But can Kai get revenge for his previous loss? Or will he once again fall at the hands of Johnny?