The BEST episodes of Bionic Six

#1 - Scarabscam

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/2/1987

The Bennett kids and Prof. Sharp meet up with Hokey McCoy, an old time con artist and friend of Prof. Sharp. Afterwards, the Bionic Six are sent to investigate the emergence of a strange green tar that has erupted from a mining site. Scarab also shows an interest in the tar (and the possible Burtonium underneath), and assaults the mining site. Scarab captures the tar pit, and sets up an anti-bionic field. Sharp calls upon Hokey's skills to con Scarab into giving up the site.

#2 - I, Scarab (1)

Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 10/14/1987

Dr. Scarab and his team break into Brianobian Laser Core Generating Plant to set up his Modifier. Though the Bionic Six arrive on the scene, they are too late to prevent Scarab's Modifier from activating, covering the entire Earth in an energy wave. As additional security arrives on the scene, the Bionic Six are shocked to find that the security team work for Scarab. The Bionic Six escape, but little do they know that General Brillig and the rest of the world are also under Scarab's rule. The Bionic Six are captured, and it appears Scarab has finally won. However, Prof. Sharp, with the aide of F.L.U.F.F.I., seek out those small few in the world unaffected by Scarab's Modifier: other bionic and android heroes and villains.

#3 - Triple Cross

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/13/1987

Prof. Sharp debuts his newest invention, a Time Extraction Device (or TED) on the television show Good Morning Hemisphere. This device allows Sharp to pull past or future versions of objects into the present. Glove, disguised as one of the hosts of the show, steals TED. Dr. Scarab uses the TED on himself, bringing a younger and an older version of himself into the present. However, each version of Scarab has their own plans.

#4 - Bottom of the Ninth Planet

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/12/1987

Artificial objects resembling "easter eggs" are hurtling towards Earth from outer space, targeting Undertown, Arizona and Mt. Vesuvius. The Bionic Six must split up to intercept both "eggs". The Bionic Six are teleported to Pluto, where a bunch of aliens are playing a game of solar system golf. The Bionic Six are challenged to a bunch of games, including an alien version of baseball.

#5 - The Fungus Among Us

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/9/1987

Dr. Fish returns, this time with a gun capable of rapidly accelerating the growth of fungi. Dr. Fish coincidentally tests his device on the abandoned offshore oil rig directly above Dr. Scarab's hidden lair. Scarab kidnaps Fish, takes his Fungus Accelerator, and abandons him on a remote island. Scarab causes havoc around the globe with his new weapon, and the Bionic Six must stop him.

#6 - The Secret Life of Wellington Forsby

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/8/1987

Scarab and his goons break into Dynatech Industries late one night to steal a Sonic Multiplexer. The Bionic Six arrive on the scene, as does a new "hero" named Captain Confusion. Captain Confusion is actually Wellington Forsby, the smartest and most socially inept student at Albert Einstein High School. Forsby's plan is to capture Scarab to make his mark on the world, and continues to adopt superhero guises to take on Scarab, much to the chagrin of the Bionic Six.

#7 - Mrs. Scarab

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/7/1987

When Dr. Scarab gets lonely, he decides to create the perfect mate. Using his computer, Scarab realizes that his ideal mate would look like Mother-1. Scarab plans an ambush, and kidnaps Mother-1. However, his plan to create a mate is sabotaged by Madame-O, and the result is an identical female version of Scarab.

#8 - Once Upon a Crime

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/6/1987

As King Jonathan ascends to the throne of the fictional nation of Fredonia, he is transformed into a giant frog. A second Jonathan arrives, claiming the first to be a demon trying to take the throne. The whole scheme was orchestrated by Scarab in order to close Fredonia's border and use Fredonia's export of unique microcircuits. The Bionic Six are sent to investigate.

#9 - Kaleidoscope

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/5/1987

Prof. Sharp's computer intercepts a signal from Scarab's computer with the mysterious message "Reactivate Project Mars". 20 years ago, when Dr. Scarab first embarked on a life of crime, he partnered with a master of disguise named Kaleidoscope. Their last caper, Project Mars, was left unfinished. Now, the Bionic Six must contact Kaleidoscope in jail to discover the truth about Project Mars.

#10 - I, Scarab (2)

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 10/15/1987

In two days time, the effect of scarab's Modifier will become permanent, and everybody in the world will worship him. Prof. Sharp sends his new Bionic Six (Perceptor, Kaleidoscope, and the Bandroids) after the original Bionic Six, whom Scarab has captured and is holding in facilities around he world. Kaleidoscope frees Bionic-1, Perceptor frees Mother-1, and the Bandroids free the kids. The Bionic Six now becomes the Bionic Twelve, and, with Prof. Sharp's coordination, the team must assault Scarab's Palace (formerly the White House) and reverse the Modifier's effects.

#11 - Home Movies

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/1/1987

Bunji has taken up a new hobby: 3D Laser Holo-Filmmaking. One of his first projects becomes a film documenting the life of the Bennett family. Unfortunately, Bunji's camera accidentally captures the Bennett family transforming into the Bionic Six. A mix-up has Mechanic getting a hold of the disc with the Bennett family's secret identities. Karate-1 and the rest of the Bionic Six must now track down Mechanic and the missing disc.

#12 - Up and Atom

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/30/1987

During a battle against Madame-O and Klunk, Rock-1 becomes distracted by a voice in her head calling for help from the Bionic Six. Prof. Sharp discovers the source of the sound: a distress call from a sub-atomic anti-matter world. Rock-1, Sport-1, and I.Q. are transported to a sub-atomic ship by Captain Stereopolis. The captain's world is being destroyed by Scarab's current experiment. The Bionic Six must stop Scarab's anti-matter experiment.

#13 - You've Come a Long Way, Baby!

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/29/1987

The Bennett family awakens to find a baby on their doorstep, delivered there overnight by two energy beings. Scarab, discovering the night before an interdimensional doorway opened, travels to Cypress Cove to investigate. Meanwhile, the Bennett's new baby is draining light, electrical energy, and bionic energy from all around him.

#14 - Crystal Clear

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/28/1987

After the Bionic Six responds to an avalanche at the High Mountain Ski Resort in Colorado, the team relaxes by visiting a carnival. Once there, Mother-1 visits a fortune teller, who gives her a mysterious prophecy. When the fortune teller's prophecy foretells the truth, and Mother-1's ESP fails, the team is thrown into disarray. Unbeknownst to the team, Scarab and Madame-O are behind Mother-1's ESP failure.

#15 - Now You See Me...

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/25/1987

When Bunji tries a new meditation technique to gain invisibility, the rest of the Bennett kids trick him into thinking it worked. Unfortunately, their trick backfires when a non-invisible Bunji tries to take on Scarab's goons single-handedly. When Karate-1 gets captured, the Bionic Six and the ghost of Bunji's father come to his aid.

#16 - The Case of the Baker Street Bionics

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/24/1987

The Bionic Six are nominated as Crime Solvers of the Year by the Crime Solvers Society. However, the nomination is objected by Irene Hughes, citing that the Bionic Six solve crimes with brawn rather than brains. She challenges the Bionic Six to a competition sponsored by her uncle Mycroft Hughes (a billionaire scientist and fan of Sherlock Holmes). Karate-1 and I.Q. accept, but Scarab and Madame-O crash the party.

#17 - The Man in the Moon

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/23/1987

#18 - Spin Out

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/22/1987

A recent geologic alert has discovered an abundance of emeralds in nearby Mineral Flats. Professor Sharp sends the Bionic Six to investigate. The heroes encounter "Sparky", a restorer of antique planes. They agree to help Sparky raise money by putting on an antique air show. Scarab realizes that the antique aircraft Lulubelle, a B-25 bomber, was lost with a load of emeralds. Scarab's team sets out to steal the aircraft.

#19 - Scabracadabra

Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/16/1987

Sharp introduces the Bionic Six to his old friend, Nicholas Nicholby, the world's foremost illusionist. Sharp arranges the Bionic Six to be Nicholby's guards and expert witnesses for his next performance. Scarab, thinking that Nicholby's abilities are the result of real magic, kidnaps Nicholby and holds him hostage in Nicholby's workshop. Nicholby's wand leads the Bionic Six to Nicholby's workshop, where they must free the magician.

#20 - The Glitch

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/19/1987

Prof. Sharp creates a Parallel Dimensional Viewer (or PDV), where he can view other parallel dimensions. However, Sharp is unable to view human-inhabited parallel worlds due to a "glitch" in the system. J.D. offers to help fix the glitch, and when he does so, he accidentally allows a creature from a parallel world to cross over. J.D. names this foot-tall, bright, orange, furry little creature "Glitch" and brings him home. Glitch causes chaos for both the Bionic Six and Scarab's goons, until Madame-O captures him. Now the Bionic Six must rescue Glitch.

#21 - A Matter of Gravity

Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/20/1987

The Bionic Six are taking an underwater tour of the Marianas Trench, scouting a test location for Prof. Sharp's new invention the Gravitron. On the tour, they meet up with their disabled friend Ronnie Gordon. While I.Q. is visiting Ronnie and his family, Scarab makes an attempt to steal the Gravitron. Scarab kidnaps Prof. Sharp and Ronnie's father, and the Bionic Six must rescue them. However, an impatient Ronnie tries to rescue his father on his own.

#22 - The Elemental

Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/21/1987

Scarab sends his goons below ground in Arizona to mine for Burtonium. Getting stir crazy, Glove convinces the rest of the goons to head above ground to rob some of the locals. Glove's actions alert the Bionic Six, who recruit local Navajo Wayne Earthbody to help them find Scarab's goons. Wayne Earthbody is an "Elemental", someone who has the ability to manipulate the elements.

#23 - I Am the Viper

Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 10/22/1987

An experimental radar-defeating automated stealth plane prototype named Viper has crashed landed on a remote island in the south Pacific. Viper's AI programming is severely damaged, making it attack the Bionic Six. Meanwhile, Dr. Scarab has created a Molding Ray, a gun capable of merging more than one being into one. Scarab hunts down the Bionic Six on that same remote island, where, instead of hitting the Bionic Six, he hits the experimental plane. The plane merges with a snake, and becomes a new metallic snake-like entity set to destroy the Bionic Six.

#24 - Shadow Boxer

Season 2 - Episode 34 - Aired 10/23/1987

A crooked boxer named Joe Kapula tries to get a cut of money from the dive he just took. As Joe fights the mob, the Bionic kids jump into the fight. The members of the mob fighting Joe, however, reveal themselves to be Glove, Madame-O, and Mechanic. Scarab's goons escape with the money, and take Joe with them. Offering him a position on the team, Scarab transforms Joe into the Shadow Boxer.

#25 - Call of the Bunji

Season 2 - Episode 35 - Aired 11/2/1987

On Bunji's birthday, the Bennett family throw him a surprise party. One of his presents is delivered by a hologram of his father. The hologram instructs Bunji that he is ready for the next step in his path to enlightenment, and that he must travel alone to visit the Temple of the Masters in the Himalayas. His test is to become one with the Ruby Obelisk, a source of powerful psionic power, however, he must ignore the temptation the obelisk offers.