The BEST episodes written by Jean Chalopin

#1 - The Hidden Truth

Ulysses 31 - Season 1 - Episode 17

The shapechanger Nereus calls Ulysses for help when Shark Men, servants of the gods, take over his planet.

#2 - The Great Condor

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 17

The setting sunlight leads Esteban and his friends to the statue of the earth goddess, Pachamama. The legend goes that when Pachamama takes the sun in her arms, the Gates to the Cities of Gold will open. Estaban and Zia place their medallions in the statue and the mountain opens up to reveal the first City of Gold. Inside they discover a great bird, made of solid gold.

#3 - Assault on Castle Morgana

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice - Season 1 - Episode 5

After enduring yet another siege attack on Camelot, Arthur decides that it is time to go on the counter offensive to rescue a Unicorn captured by Queen Morgana. The Unicorn is the key to finding all the Keys of Truth and whoever possesses the mystical creature will hold the advantage over their rival.

#4 - The Challenge

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice - Season 1 - Episode 8

Breeze is wounded during a battle with the Warlords. Determined to let none of the other Knights of Justice come to harm at his side, Arthur challenges Viper to single combat, and has Zeke deliver it with other Warlords as witnesses so he'll have to keep his word. But everyone else's misgivings about Arthur's plan prove well-founded when Viper employs treachery in the duel.

#5 - End of the City of Gold

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 39

The Olmecs place the Sun Power Unit at the bottom of their sunlight collecting crystal and activate it. However, the unit does not behave as expected and the Sun Power Unit begins to overheat. The High Priest of the Cities of Gold, who turns out to be Esteban's father, tries to shut it down using Tao's jar which is actually a control unit. But he could be too late.

#6 - The Unbeliever

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice - Season 1 - Episode 3

After welcoming a fleeing peasant into the sanctuary of Camelot, the peasant reveals to Arthur the location of one of the Keys of Truth which is known to reside within a church in the village of Wellton. However, Lady Elaine warns Arthur and his Knights of a premonition she recently has dreamt, foretelling the quest to gain the Key of Truth to be a trap.

#7 - Even Knights...Have to Eat

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice - Season 1 - Episode 4

Arthur has learned the location of one of the Keys of Truth - His own. Though getting out of Camelot to get the Key proves difficult, with the Warlord's blockade forcing Arthur and a small group of Knights to use Merlin's magical underground tunnel. Merlin is unaware that Morgana Le Faye uses her magic to discover exactly what the Knights of Justice are up to and so sets a trap near the tunnel's exit. Can this trap be sprung?

#8 - Secret of the Sphinx

Ulysses 31 - Season 1 - Episode 9

Passing through the domain of the great Sphinx, Ulysses must answer his riddle to leave safely. His treacherous daughter kidnaps the children and plots to make Ulysses her slave.

#9 - A Knight's Quest

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice - Season 1 - Episode 2

Arthur must travel alone to Castle Morgana to save Guinevere and two of his imprisoned Knights (Lancelot and Trunk). Infiltrating the castle appears to be simple enough, but will he escape with his goals accomplished?

#10 - The Jade Mask

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 23

In the jungle, Esteban and his friends discover some ruins, deserted temples and pyramids. In one of the temples, Pedro and Sancho try to remove a jade mask from the wall when the mask begins to glow. Suddenly the stone beams shoot out of the walls, ceiling and floor and trip them up.

#11 - Opening Kick-Off

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice - Season 1 - Episode 1

Morganna banishes King Arthur and the other knights by trapping them in ice. Merlin searches through time to find help in freeing the frozen knights. Merlin finds quarterback Arthur King, and his whole New York Knights football team and brings them to his time, The Medevil time.

#12 - Revolt of the Mayas

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 34

The Mayan people arm themselves and attack the Olmecs, who have been tyrannising them for years. A fierce battle takes place near the entrance to the Olmec base. From the Golden Condor, Esteban and the other children bombard the Olmecs with stones, turning the tide of the battle in favour of the Mayas.

#13 - Secret of the Solaris

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 7

Gomez' Spanish galleon overtakes and attacks the Solaris, the sun-powered ship on which the children are travelling. They manage to outrun the Spanish ship when Tao discovers a wonderful secret solar power boost, just in time. At last, they reach the new continent.

#14 - Attack of the Olmecs

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 32

With the help of Gomez and Gaspard, Esteban and his friends succeed in getting the Golden Condor to fly. But the Olmecs find the Indian Village of the New Sun, and mount a fierce attack. With the help of the Golden Condor, they are defeated. But Zia's father, Papacamayo, has been seriously wounded.

#15 - The Doors of Night

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 27

Esteban and his friends find the second City of Gold, but they are captured by Marinche and the Doctor. The Doctor finds a new manuscript, but is caught in a trap set into the floor of the temple. The children get the manuscript which tells of a third city, to be found near a forest of statues.

#16 - The Spaniards' Cannon

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 20

The Golden Condor carries Esteban and his companions to the High Peak, where they encounter the Spanish forces, armed with their cannon. With the help of the Golden Condor, they stop Gomez and Gaspard. And when they had saved their friends, they leave the High Peak, in search of the land of the Mayas.

#17 - Mutiny on Board

Ulysses 31 - Season 1 - Episode 8

A space storm revives the companions as crazed automatons who take over the ship and try to crash it into space glaciers.

#18 - The Mirror of the Moon

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 22

Esteban and his friends on board the Golden Condor have to make a forced landing in the jungle, where they're captured by Amazon warriors who want to sacrifice them to their Rain God. After some difficulties, they manage to escape from this dangerous situation. And in the end, the Queen of the Amazons allows them to leave for the land of the Mayas.

#19 - The Swamps

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 26

The Serpent God of the Mayas was said to have crossed the mountains to build a new city in the east, among the swamps of the Rain God. Setting out to find this second city, Esteban and his friends are tricked by Marinche, and find themselves fighting the alligators in the marshes. After a savage battle, they escape to the other side of the swamp.

#20 - Tone's Triumph

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice - Season 2 - Episode 13

#21 - The Ship Solaris

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 6

On a small island among the Galapagos, Esteban and Zia find a young boy living all alone: Tao. His ancestors left a magnificent ship, the Solaris, which contains their ancient secret knowledge, hidden in a temple on the island. Esteban and Zia want to use the ship to reach the mainland.

#22 - The Eternal Punishment

Ulysses 31 - Season 1 - Episode 7

Ulysses encounters Sisyphus, a king condemned to fill a crater with boulders for all eternity for having dared to want the secret of immortality. Zeus has promised Sisyphus he can leave if he makes Ulysses take his place.

#23 - Calypso

Ulysses 31 - Season 1 - Episode 25

The Odyssey responds to a distress call from Queen Calypso, who tells him that if he saves her planet she will tell him the way back to earth. Calypso has been ordered by Zeus to betray Ulysses, but she falls in love with him and cannot carry out the gods' orders.

#24 - The Magician in Black

Ulysses 31 - Season 1 - Episode 20

The Odyssey comes under attack by Tridents as Telemachus is piloting a shuttlecraft. Telemachus spots a planet with a giant hole in its side, and Ulysses takes the Odyssey into the planet's hole to protect it from the Tridents. As they enter the hole, they notice that the Tridents are unable to follow them, exploding when they try. Soon, all the damage incurred by the Odyssey repairs itself, and a voice introducing himself as the Magician in Black tells them that he was responsible. Ulysses and the children are transported to his palace, and there they meet the Magician, who tells them that he is more powerful than the gods. To prove it, Ulysses asks him to free his companions. The Magician agrees, for an undisclosed price, and soon they are reunited with their revived friends. Later, the Magician holds a feast for Ulysses and his companions. Numinor notices that his servants are also Zotrians, and the Magician explains to Ulysses that they are his slaves. The Magician then reminds Uly

#25 - Lost in the Labyrinth

Ulysses 31 - Season 1 - Episode 18

Princess Ariadne comes upon the Odyssey, and asks for Ulysses' help in saving her lover Theseus, who has been exiled to her father's labyrinth to be killed by the fearsome Minotaur.

#26 - Esteban's Medallions

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 14

Mendoza steals the Spanish army's cannon in order to win the trust of the Indians, but his plan fails. As the three Spaniards are about to be executed, Esteban comes to save them. But he demands that Mendoza give him back the sun section of his gold medallion.

#27 - The Reunion

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 33

In the Indian Village of the New Sun, Zia at last finds her father, Papacamayo. But her happiness is short-lived, when he dies from his wounds, after defending the village against an attack by the Olmecs. All the Mayan tribes unite to fight against the Olmecs.

#28 - Maiden Flight of the Condor

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 18

Inside the first City of Gold, Esteban finds a great Golden Condor. When the volcano on which the Cities are built begins to erupt, the Cities are destroyed. Sheltering inside the body of the Condor, they try to make its mechanism work, using the Medallion of the Sun. Suddenly, the giant bird spreads its wings and takes flight.

#29 - The City of Gold

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 37

With Tao as a hostage, the Olmecs force Esteban and Zia to use their medallions to open the doors to the City of Gold.

#30 - The New Continent

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 8

After many adventures, Esteban and his friends finally set foot on the new continent. But there, they meet the soldiers of Governor Pizarro, men who think only of gold. They capture Zia and try to make her tell them the way to the Cities of Gold, but Tao and Esteban help her to escape.

#31 - The Escape

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 30

Using their advanced technology, the Olmecs are able to collect energy from the heat of the sun, and from deep inside the Earth. They capture Esteban, Tao and Zia, intent on transplanting their cells to regenerate their elders, so they can become young again. With Mendoza's help, the children manage to escape.

#32 - Phantoms from the Swamp

Ulysses 31 - Season 1 - Episode 14

Coming across a piece of Zotra that could bring Numinor back to life, Ulysses and Yumi pursue it to a swamp planet where they are ambushed by monsters who can copy their forms.

#33 - The Great Legacy

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 38

After wounding the High Priest of the Cities of Gold, Kalmec steals the Great Treasure, a concentrated source of the sun's power also called the Sun Power Unit. However, the security systems of the City are activated and destroy the Olmecs' flying machine. Kalmec and Menator make their way back to their base, taking the Great Treasure with them.

#34 - The Subterranean Secret

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 15

Gomez and his soldiers attack the Fort of the Black Eagle to try to recapture the cannon Mendoza had stolen. Mendoza uses the cannon to fight back, but cannot stop the Spanish army who storm the fort and drive the Incas out. Esteban, Tao and Zia run away towards the High Peak, following secret underground passages constructed by the Incas.

#35 - The Nasca Plateau

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 19

The great Golden Condor, carrying Esteban and his friends away from Pachamama and the erupting volcano, lands in the desert at Nazca. But when Pizarro and his soldiers arrive, Esteban makes sure everyone escapes.

#36 - The Forest of Statues

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 28

After much travelling and many adventures, Esteban and his friends finally discover the third temple built deep inside an enormous cave. A golden statue is holding a third manuscript which mentions a mountain known as "The Burning Shield".

#37 - The Village of the New Sun

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 31

Esteban and his friends are guests at the Village of the New Sun. But the Olmecs have found the Golden Condor, and prepare to attack the village, with the help of the Doctor and Marinche, who mean to steal the great golden bird for themselves. Meanwhile, Myena discovers that Papacamayo, the old chief, is really Zia's father.

#38 - The Olmec Machine

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 35

Esteban and his friends manage to find their way into the Olmec base. But Kalmec discovers them, and takes Zia prisoner. Suddenly, a gigantic war machine rushes up from deep inside the Olmec underground temple.

#39 - Secret of the Temple

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 10

Esteban and his friends are on their way to Zia's village, when they are surrounded by Spanish soldiers. The children manage to escape, and take refuge in an underground temple, where they meet the old priest, Pasha. To help them escape, the priest melts the pillar of ice that supports the temple roof, and it crashes down on top of him. The others just manage to get away.

#40 - The Amazons

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 21

The group head for the land of the Mayas, on board the Golden Condor, when they are forced to land in the jungle. They are captured by Amazon warriors and taken to their temple, to be sacrificed to the Rain God. But Esteban uses his special powers, and the sun comes out. The Queen is so impressed by his power to command the sun, that she orders their release.

#41 - Mystery of the Parents

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 13

When Esteban arrives at the place called the High Peak, he meets an old man, Mayuka, who seems to know something about his parents.

#42 - The End of the Solaris

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 9

Esteban and his companions escape from Pizarro, but their fabulous ship, the Solaris, is taken by Gaspard and Gomez. They offer to exchange the ship for Zia, and her secret. Trying to save Zia, and the friendly Inca people in the village, Tao blows up Gomez's ship, but sadly the Solaris is also destroyed.

#43 - Aerial Pursuit

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 36

Esteban flies the Golden Condor against the terrible Olmec war machine, to try to rescue Zia. Tao and Esteban manage to leap onto the machine in mid-air, and Zia is saved. But Tao is left behind, a prisoner.

#44 - The Seat of Forgetfulness

Ulysses 31 - Season 1 - Episode 12

Ulysses follows a Trident carrier in hopes of learning more about the way out of Olympus, and finds himself trapped in bizarre worlds. To save the children, he will have to give up his memories.

#45 - The Burning Shield

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 29

Having found the Burning Shield, Esteban and his friends fall into the hands of the mysterious Olmecs, who possess very advanced technology. They escape from them, but are captured again. So what will happen to them now?

#46 - The Lake of Gold

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 25

Esteban and his friends are captured by Indians who wanted to sacrifice them to purify their sacred lake of gold. Marinche and Doctor Laguerra try to poison the lake so they could get at all the treasure on the bottom. Mendoza foils their plan by breaking through the dam, flooding the village and allowing the children to escape.

#47 - At the Heart of the Universe

Ulysses 31 - Season 1 - Episode 19

Mercurius, the bubble-dwelling "grandson of the gods," enlists Ulysses' help in taking a jewel from the brow of the giant Atlas under the promise that it will give him the power to send Ulysses home.

#48 - Trapped Between Fire and Ice

Ulysses 31 - Season 1 - Episode 11

Trying to help a stranded astronaut, Ulysses tries to find a hidden base on one of the deadly twin planets Scylla or Charybdis.

#49 - Secret of the Medallions

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 12

The Spanish army follow Esteban and his friends to the Fort of the Black Eagle. Under cover of darkness, the Spaniards attack the fort, but Tao devises a rocket flare that repels the attackers, saving the fort. The three children leave the fort and at last reach the City of the High Peak, whose chief, Kraka, tells them that the medallions Esteban and Zia wear can open the doors of Sela, one of the Cities of Gold.

#50 - The Urubus

The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Season 1 - Episode 16

Searching for the Cities of Gold, Esteban and his friends cross a high plateau up in the Andes. Near Lake Titicaca, they are attacked by the Urubus, a tribe of giants. Tao invents a submarine, and they capture Karuga, chief of the tribe, and hold him prisoner. Karuga tells them that there's a City of Gold on a mountain, guarded by the earth goddess, Pachamama.