"Challenge of the GoBots" (1984) TV series 1984-1985

Writers:

Reed Robbins (writer)
Peter Salas (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

8 September 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Gobots are loosely bassed on the Tonka toy line. There are two warring factions: the Gaurdians, lead by the charismatic Leader-1, and the Renegades, lead by Cy-Kill, whom is bent on dominating Gobotron and then the Earth and the galaxy.

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Based On Toy | Transforming Robot | Surrealism

Cast

Lou Richards

...

Leader-1 / ... (62 episodes, 1984-1985)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Quotes:

Scooter: What am I going to do? A stray shot might hit Small Foot. I may not be able to look the part but I can still throw my voice.
[Throwing his voice to sound like Leader-1]
Scooter: Turbo. You go around and cover the back.
Cy-Kill: Leader-1?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "SuperNews!: Transformers 2? (#1.42)" (2007)

A cartoon based on a whole slew of toys, but for some reason mainly only featured six of them.

Yes, if they made a live action version of this cartoon all they would have to feature is Leader-1, Turbo, and Scooter on the good side and Cykill, Copter and that evil car that may have been a gal on the evil side. The toys numbered probably close to the hundred the amount of robots and week after week these six were the only ones really focused on. Which is one of the reasons I did not like this cartoon as much as Transformers or that Mighty Orbots show this inferior show got canceled. The robots just shot lasers from their hands, they had a stupid plot device of only so many gobots could transport to earth at a time hence why there was only the six old standbys (you know it was mainly cause it was easier to draw the same characters week after week), Scooter was lame and considering he could not shoot lasers you would think the bad guys would have a major advantage till you realized their leader was simply a motorcycle while the good leader is a fighter jet. Another thing that bugged me about the show, all the toys were relatively small and affordable. Yet they had certain ones called deluxe Gobots who were fairly expensive and bigger than the other normal sized ones, but for some reason in the cartoon they made these Gobots smaller than their counterparts. What the heck was up with that?