Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea (1985)
The Arkadians are a civilization that survived a great cataclysm and moved to the center of the earth, thriving under the power of their artificial sun, The Tehra, until one day it began to fail. In desperation, the Arkadians broke the ancient law and entered the Forbidden Archives to search for an answer. They used their special powers and created a messenger to the people above, naming her Arkana. She meets up with Matt and Rebecca, two ordinary kids from the surface world, Bic and Bac, two strange anteaters from Arkadia, and Spartakus, a mysterious warrior. Together they search the worlds of the strata for a way to save a people and possibly the world.
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Episode 1 - Prophecy of the Auracite (1)
Release Date: 1986-10-02The group returns to Arkadia to attempt to free the Prisoners of Lost Time but discover that the Tehra will never be permanently restored until a riddle is solved and a second auracite is found.
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Episode 2 - Prophecy of the Auracite (2)
Release Date: 1986-10-02 -
Episode 3 - The Most Dangerous Game (1)
Release Date: 1986-10-08The group is forced to battle in a real-life chess match against some of their most fearsome enemies.
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Episode 4 - The Most Dangerous Game (2)
Release Date: 1986-10-08 -
Episode 5 - Cyrano (1)
Release Date: 1986-10-15 -
Episode 6 - Cyrano (2)
Release Date: 1986-10-15 -
Episode 7 - The Tightrope (1)
Release Date: 1986-10-23Matt follows a devilish trickster and his supernatural pets, a giant eagle and a teleporting snake, on a dangerous quest to find "the gold at the earth's core", thinking it may be the second auracite. Spartakus, knowing that no one has ever returned from the journey, tries to stop him.
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Episode 8 - The Tightrope (2)
Release Date: 1986-10-23 -
Episode 9 - The Twisted Rainbow (1)
Release Date: 1986-10-29While crossing the deserts of Barkar, Spartakus recalls the incident that took away his family and forced him into slavery, his life as a gladiator, and the bitter reunion with his long-lost brother.
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Episode 10 - The Twisted Rainbow (2)
Release Date: 1986-10-29 -
Episode 11 - High-risk Highrise (1)
Release Date: 1986-11-05Ringnar holds Tehrig prisoner, forcing his triggies to build new luxury high-rise apartments for the pirates. When Nasty Max discovers what Ringnar is up to, the two begin a power struggle for the control of Tehrig, the tower, and the pirates' loyalties.
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Episode 12 - High-risk Highrise (2)
Release Date: 1986-11-05 -
Episode 13 - The Boy Pharaoh (1)
Release Date: 1986-11-12The travelers meet Tutankhaton, who is about to become pharaoh, and are caught up in a plot by the boy's uncle and the Priests of Amon, who want to seize power and return to worship of the old gods.
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Episode 14 - The Boy Pharaoh (2)
Release Date: 1986-11-12 -
Episode 15 - The Floating Casino (1)
Release Date: 1986-11-18When the pirates capture just about everyone on the seas, the group find themselves prisoners in the hold of the pirates' ship. Meanwhile, Bic and Bac have to deal with being forced to work as Massmedia's musicians and trying to recover Spartakus' wristguard from the pirates' casino, all while trying to avoid nasty pickpockets.
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Episode 16 - The Floating Casino (2)
Release Date: 1986-11-18 -
Episode 17 - Prince Matt (1)
Release Date: 1986-11-26 -
Episode 18 - Prince Matt (2)
Release Date: 1986-11-26 -
Episode 19 - The Land of the Chameleons (1)
Release Date: 1986-12-03The group befriends a city of people descended from the original Arkadians. They use their shapeshifting powers to help rescue Arkana from a pirate trap.
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Episode 20 - The Land of the Chameleons (2)
Release Date: 1986-12-03 -
Episode 21 - The Token of the Manitou (1)
Release Date: 1986-12-10The travelers are aided in their search for an underground vein of metal that may be auracite by a powerful but suspicious magician called the Manitou. Along the way, they encounter a Cherokee from the surface who is looking for a new home for his people.
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Episode 22 - The Token of the Manitou (2)
Release Date: 1986-12-10 -
Episode 23 - The Master of the Tongues (1)
Release Date: 1986-12-17Guided by a mysterious mute woman, the group ascends a large tower filled with recorded knowledge from throughout history, but someone is trying to keep them from reaching the top.
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Episode 24 - The Master of the Tongues (2)
Release Date: 1986-12-17 -
Episode 25 - The Land of the Great Spider (1)
Release Date: 1986-12-24The travelers are caught in the web of a giant spider. Bic and Bac are held captive by a tribe of their anteater cousins for their fire-making ability.
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Episode 26 - The Land of the Great Spider (2)
Release Date: 1986-12-24 -
Episode 27 - The Ransom of Peace (1)
Release Date: 1986-12-31The group returns to Mira's village, which is preparing another confrontation with the Mogokhs. The villagers are divided over a plan to buy peace with the Mogokh leader by giving him a large ransom of gold. Spartakus helps with the plan, hoping he can learn something about his father from Baatu.
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Episode 28 - The Ransom of Peace (2)
Release Date: 1986-12-31 -
Episode 29 - The Triangle of the Deep
Release Date: 1987-01-08The travelers investigate the stratum where the People of the Deep mysteriously vanished long ago. To help Tehrig stay on course in this area, which has magnetic disturbances, they create a fake competitor to FIPIRATE, tricking the pirates into increasing their broadcast signal strength. Of course it also causes the pirates to put on a huge impromptu concert for all the rogues of the strata.
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Episode 30 - Uncle Albert
Release Date: 1987-01-15The group investigates a city closed in by giant walls and are captured by the army of Iron Men, who terrorize its citizens. With the help of an eccentric genius named Uncle Albert, they plot to help the people escape.
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Episode 31 - Tehrig's Nightmare
Release Date: 1987-01-22A badly damaged Tehrig returns to Arkadia for repairs and soon begins thinking he's actually the pirates' ship. His friends try to bring him out of his delusional state, while recounting some of their adventures involving the pirates in "clip show" fashion.
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Episode 32 - Rainbow's End
Release Date: 1987-01-29The travelers discover an abandoned city that was once inhabited by the Arkadians who built the Tehra. Rainbow is here, too, and he wants the secrets of the Arkadians, as well as Arkana, for himself.
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Episode 33 - Holiday Fever
Release Date: 1987-02-05Tehrig is stuck in an ancient trap designed to disable ships run by artificial intelligence. Fortunately, the pirates are vacationing nearby, and Rebecca, Bic, and Bac try to steal the pirate ship to rescue their friends, with a little help from Ringnar's mischievous nephews.
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Episode 34 - Dodo
Release Date: 1987-02-12Tehrig lands on an island inhabited by slow-witted dodo birds that can draw people into their dreams of flight. Rebecca gets lost after the pirates try to catch the birds and finds herself at the home of Alice, who lives alone with her memories of Wonderland.
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Episode 35 - The Shadow of the Tehra
Release Date: 1987-02-19The travelers discover the explorer Ulysses adrift at sea and help him reach the lost island of Atlantis, which only reappears once every one thousand years.
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Episode 36 - The Temple of the Condor
Release Date: 1987-02-26The group discovers an Aztec-like pyramid hidden deep within a mountain fortress. They meet a priest who intends to save the sun of the Civilization of the Condor by offering Arkana as a sacrifice.
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Episode 37 - Mama Thot
Release Date: 1987-03-05The group returns to the city where Arkana was kidnapped by Thot in order to reunite it with its mother and return it home. But the pirates have built a theme park in the city, with Thot as the main attraction.
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Episode 38 - Gateway to Dawn
Release Date: 1987-03-12Tehrig is trapped by Arachne's web, and to free his friends, Spartakus has to board the ghost ship Araukania, where he agrees to guide the ship on its final journey to the Gateway to Dawn.
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Episode 39 - The Path of Light
Release Date: 1987-03-19Having returned to Arkadia, Spartakus decides that the only to find the secret of the auracite is to go to Arkshag's prison camp, even if it means he can never return. Arkana tries to stop him, but Arkshag prevents her from reaching him in time. Inside the camp, Spartakus discovers the secrets of the oracle and his wristguard.
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Episode 40 - The Return of the Prisoners of Lost Time
Release Date: 1987-03-26Spartakus returns to Arkadia with the Prisoners of Lost Time. Together, they discover the truth about the second auracite and Arkadia's original purpose. Matt and Rebecca return home as the Arkadians fulfill their destiny.