Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors (1985)
The Lightning League drives white and silver vehicles with assorted weaponry, and are led by a teenager named Jayce. The villains are organic green vegetable-based creatures called the Monster Minds, who tend to take the shape of black and green vehicles. They travel via large green organic vines which can grow in and across interstellar space, and sprout seeds that rapidly grow into further Monster Minds. They are led by Saw Boss.
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Episode 1 - Escape from the Garden of Evil
Release Date: 1985-09-01When one of Audric's experiments goes wrong, Saw Boss and the Monster Minds are created and set out to conquer the galaxy. Audric creates a magic root which can fight the Monster Minds but it is split into two, one half is taken by Audric, the other by his son, Jayce. The Lightning League seek the help of Herc Stormsailor to escape the planet and locate Audric.
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Episode 2 - The Vase of Xiang
Release Date: 1985-09-11Jayce travels to Xiang in search of a secret message left by his father in a vase. Saw Boss realises what Jayce is looking for and orders all vases destroyed and Jayce must locate the vase before the message is lost forever.
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Episode 3 - Steel Against Shadow
Release Date: 1985-09-17The Lightning League go in search of the Helmet of Valroth, which could be a powerful weapon against the Monster Minds but the power of the helmet starts to change Jayce.
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Episode 4 - Silver Crusaders
Release Date: 1985-09-17The Lightning League discover the Monster Minds about to take over a planet where all plantlife grows to many times its original size. Fearing an army of gigantic Monster Mind drones, they go in search for allies to help the fight, but find the native order of knights very hostile to all foreigners.
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Episode 5 - Ghostship
Release Date: 1985-09-19Jayce is led to an abandoned ship by a signal from his father. Jayce finds his father has left a message for him but he needs more power from the Pride to receive the coordinates of his father's destination. A self-destruct mechanism is activated.
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Episode 6 - Flora, Fauna and the Monster Minds
Release Date: 1985-09-23Monster Minds are planted aboard the Pride to contaminate the water supply. The water is jettisoned, forcing Herc to land the Pride in search of water and a Cobalt-49 crystal to repair the guidance system damaged by the vines. This is Saw Boss' trap.
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Episode 7 - Fire and Ice
Release Date: 1985-09-25To lure Jayce to his death, Saw Boss puts a marker in the shape of the root on an ice planet that is about to be destroyed by a volcano. Herc lands the Pride on the ice which is then nearly covered by an avalanche. The native people seek help.
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Episode 8 - Space Outlaws
Release Date: 1985-09-27Jayce's search for Audric leads him Taber's Belt the home of the Pirate's Guild led by Morgana, an old friend of Herc. When the Pirates, who are working for the Monster Minds, capture the Pride, the League must try to escape and break Morgana free from Saw Boss' influence.
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Episode 9 - Future of the Future
Release Date: 1985-10-01Having lost Audric's trail, Gillian takes Jayce to the place where all time meets in order to show him the future and track down Audric. Jayce sees a future where the Monster Minds stand unopposed and only by confronting Saw Boss can he change the future and save his father and the galaxy.
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Episode 10 - Underwater
Release Date: 1985-10-03Audric's image is being projected from a body of water on a planet. Jayce goes down to investigate even though Monster Minds are busy draining the water off. Jayce meets the fish people, the X'Hal, and the Old One, and they communicate by telepathy.
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Episode 11 - Frostworld
Release Date: 1985-10-07On the ice planet Auriga, revolutionary leader Cyrilla makes a deal with Saw Boss -- she delivers Jayce in return for Saw Boss deposing the gangster casino owner, Marduk, who's made slaves of everyone on the planet. Cyrilla realizes her error.
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Episode 12 - Critical Mass
Release Date: 1985-10-09After launching setting up a Monster Mind infested galaxy to collapse into a black hole, the League discovers human lifesigns on an asteroid. Jayce is determined to save him, but has less than 3 hours before it's too late.
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Episode 13 - The Purple Tome
Release Date: 1985-10-11The guardians of the Great Library of Hebron contact Jayce for assistance when they come under attack from Monster Minds. The Lightning League must prevent Saw Boss from stealing the Purple Tome, a book which contains the spells used by the ancient Ashvar civilisation.
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Episode 14 - Hook, Line and Sinker
Release Date: 1985-10-15The Monster Minds set a trap for Jayce, offering him Audric in exchange for the root. Audric proves to be just an illusion generated by King Phineas after Saw Boss threatened to destroy his planet. The Lightning League and King Phineas must work together to fight the Monster Minds and save his people.
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Episode 15 - Bloodstone
Release Date: 1985-10-07Saw Boss lures the Lightning League to Kyros, a planet which is being turned into crystal after the power of the Bloodstone was drained by the Monster Minds. Jayce must restore power to the Bloodstone and use it to save the planet before it is too late.
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Episode 16 - The Slaves of Adelbaren
Release Date: 1985-10-21The people of Adelbaron are forced to slave in mines that produce rich nourishment for the Monster Mind vines. Saw Boss captures the young brother and sister of Kumari to force her to brig Jayce to him. Kumari is picked up in space by the Pride.
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Episode 17 - The Hunt
Release Date: 1985-10-23Saw Boss agrees to allow Orion, a hunter who hunts only the most worthy prey, to hunt for Jayce. Orion captures Jayce and takes him to the planet Mortaros to carry out the hunt. Flora undergoes a dangerous procedure to heighten her sensitivity to the root and help the Lightning League find Jayce.
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Episode 18 - Blockade Runners
Release Date: 1985-10-25The planet Baz sprays all their plants with pesticide to keep the Monster Minds from invading their planet, but the Monster Minds send vines to cut them off from outside shipments of food. Zena, the princess of the planet, contacts Jayce for help, but when the Lightning League arrives on Baz the pesticides begin to kill Flora, and the Monster Minds prevent them from taking her to safety.
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Episode 19 - The Sleeping Princess
Release Date: 1985-10-29In search of a message from Audric, Jayce lands on a planet protected by telepathic plants which keep the planet concealed. Saw Boss makes a deal with a wicket wizard who has put a sleeping spell on the princess who controls the plants.
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Episode 20 - Deadly Reunion
Release Date: 1985-10-31By using a lock of Audric's hair, Saw Boss creates a clone which tricks Jayce into a trap. Gillian suspects the truth and convinces Jayce to leave the root behind as a precaution. Jayce is captured and a clone of Jayce is sent back for the root.
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Episode 21 - Sky Kingdom
Release Date: 1985-11-04Computer calculations give Zartan Omega as the probable location of Audric. This planet is covered with blue light from the red dwarf sun and grows only giant flowers. Upon reaching it, though, they discover Monster Minds have set up a satellite.
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Episode 22 - Quest into Shadow
Release Date: 1985-11-06An unconquered planet in the midst of Monster Minds intrigues the Lightning League and they go to investigate. Upon crash landing they discover the energy of the Pride and the vehicles and their own energy is being drained.
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Episode 23 - Unexpected Trouble
Release Date: 1985-11-08The Lightning League heads for the junk planet, Xeron III, to use the metal as a giant antenna to send radio signals throughout the universe in an attempt to contact Audric. An old woman, Iana, lives on the planet with an odd assortment of creatures.
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Episode 24 - Bounty Hunters
Release Date: 1985-11-12Saw Boss offers a huge reward to pirates and cut-throats if they will deliver Jayce to him. A pirate scratches Herc with his special ring which causes Herc to become evil and start plotting against Jayce. Jayce must take the Pride to Planet Hippo.
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Episode 25 - Double Deception
Release Date: 1985-11-14Neetra manages to get a message out regarding her planet, Tekka. Monster Minds are about to attack to acquire their powerful fuel, miran, to power his missiles. The Vertim and Batim colonies rival each other for control of the pyramid made of miran.
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Episode 26 - Gate World
Release Date: 1985-11-18Lost and dangerously low on fuel, the Lightning League searches for Gate World, a legendary gateway to any spot in the universe. Gillian adapts the scanner and the Pride lands in the centre of some stonework on a beautiful planet.
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Episode 27 - Space Thief
Release Date: 1985-11-20Two planets, one full of people, are on a collision course. Gillian devises a potion to make the Monster Minds on the deserted planet grow only on one side. The unevenly distributed weight will cause the planet to split, avoiding a collision.
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Episode 28 - Moon Magic
Release Date: 1985-11-22Gillian and all the wizards of the universe gather together to combine their powers in the orb which then receives strength from the night moon. Saw Boss has captured the night moon and hopes to capture power for evil doing.
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Episode 29 - Affair of Honor
Release Date: 1985-11-26Jayce pleads with Herc's former intergalactic commando leader, General Zhest, to help them fight Monster Minds. The general is too afraid of Saw Boss and Jayce persuades Zhest's son to join the fight. Saw Boss poisons the water of the planet.
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Episode 30 - Doom Flower
Release Date: 1985-11-02While investigating convoys of slaves and equipment heading for the Black Nebula, the Lightning League hear rumours that the Monster Minds are building Doom Flower, a space station that will carry them to another universe with more suns and nutrients, allowing them to grow powerful and return unstoppable.
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Episode 31 - The Stallions of Sandeen
Release Date: 1985-12-02Saw Boss invents a thermal ray which dangerously overheats the Pride's engines forcing the Lightning League to land on Sandeen in search of amethysts, a cooling gem which can protect the engines.
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Episode 32 - Brain Trust
Release Date: 1985-12-04Saw Boss is capturing all the scientists of a Brain Trust by luring them with a false message from Audric to his radiation surrounded base. Jayce stumbles upon the plan and smuggles himself, Flora, Gillian, Oon and the vehicles onto the base.
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Episode 33 - Lightning Strikes Twice
Release Date: 1985-12-06With a few clues and a little conjuring, Gillian produces a map showing the destination of the original Lightning League that disappeared years ago. In a far off place untouched by Saw Boss, Jayce is disgusted to find them playing war games.
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Episode 34 - The Liberty Stone
Release Date: 1985-12-10The powerful liberty stone protects Aloar from all invaders by creating the spidereen whirlpool. Gillian brings the league to this planet to see his old magician friend Axilar and to use the stone to seek Audric's whereabouts.
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Episode 35 - The Vines
Release Date: 1985-12-12The Lightning League stumbles upon a parasitic colony of creatures living on Monster Minds vines; Gillian discovers that the vines are concealing the Liberty Stone.
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Episode 36 - The Spacefighter
Release Date: 1985-12-16Vantu's sorcery continues. Flora is still sick and very contagious. They head for the planet Andarin with it's powerful energy strong enough to save Flora. Unfortunately, they are heading right into a trap of Vantu's. They find the wizard, Warp.
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Episode 37 - Heart of Paxtar
Release Date: 1985-12-18The Lightning League discovers the Liberty Stone on Paxtar and once again they go in search of it, hoping that its power will lead them to Audric. Gillian alters their body structure so they can withstand the gravity pressure on Paxtar.
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Episode 38 - Appointment at Forever
Release Date: 1985-12-20Gillian and Flora sense Vantu's presence again and Gillian also senses a great deal of power. Vantu has captured the magic of the world and put it in a pyramid. When he delivers Jayce to Saw Boss, the power will be his to use without interference.
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Episode 39 - What's Going On?
Release Date: 1985-12-24After intercepting a message to Saw Boss regarding the rich soil of a planet, the Lightning League lands there to warn the inhabitants. They are confronted with hundreds of toys and toy people.
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Episode 40 - Dark Singer
Release Date: 1985-12-26The Lightning League stops on a planet to warn its two occupants of Monster Minds taking over the galaxy. Selena has the rare gift of song -- she can sing anything into being, or destroy it.
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Episode 41 - Swamp Witch
Release Date: 1985-12-28To save time the Pride goes through, instead of around, the Phantom Nebula to warn the legendary Swap Witch of Saw Boss' imminent arrival. Flora feels her presence and Swamp Witch reveals herself to Flora.
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Episode 42 - Deadly Reflections
Release Date: 1985-12-31The Lightning League install a shield around the planet Eldor to protect its inhabitants from the Monster Minds. As they leave the planet Saw Boss lures them into a trap, a portal to a negative universe.
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Episode 43 - Early Warning
Release Date: 1986-01-02Saw Boss learns the Vine Stopper, a weapon created by Audric, could be reversed to speed up the vines' growth and sends troops to capture it. When the Lightning League hear of Saw Boss' plans they race to where Audric has hidden the device to secure it before the Monster Minds can but accidentally trigger a self destruct sequence that threatens to destroy the device and the whole planet.
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Episode 44 - A Question of Conscience
Release Date: 1986-01-06Years ago Ghash was turned into a winged monster by a wizard when his greed led him to attempt to take the wizard's book of magic spells. Ghash makes a deal with Saw Boss to lure Jayce into a trap.
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Episode 45 - Life Ship
Release Date: 1986-01-07The Lightning League try to stop Saw Boss from taking control of the Edro Lifeship, a vessel which has been transporting the Edro civilisation towards a new home for 5000 years. The Edro defence system, Myrmidon, seems oblivious of the Monster Minds presence and refuses to let Jayce speak to the Edro and warn them of the danger they face.
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Episode 46 - The Mirage Makers
Release Date: 1986-01-08The Lightning League lands on a desert planet with no plant life, assuming that is where Audric would be. They are mistakenly led by a mirage of Audric to try and rescue him but they are attacked by the native nomads who have been tricked.
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Episode 47 - Do Not Disturb
Release Date: 1986-01-09While teaching the cat people of a planet war strategy, Oon wanders from lecture to lecture feeling unneeded and worthless. Gillian discovers the planet houses a Nightwalker, which is kept behind enormous tall doors and sealed with a gold symbol.
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Episode 48 - Dream World
Release Date: 1986-01-10Unknown to Herc, he falls into a trap set by Saw Boss when he wins a bet and the map to Dream World. Helicia, keeper of Dream World, must accept them or face destruction from Saw Boss. Everything goes beautifully.
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Episode 49 - The Children of Solarus II
Release Date: 1986-01-13The root is starting to wither and the only cure for it is a dose of the ion winds on Solarus II, a planet controlled by Saw Boss. He destroyed the Solarian people and now uses the healing powers of the winds for his vines.
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Episode 50 - The Gardener
Release Date: 1986-01-14While stopping on a dead planet looking for Audric, the Lightning League crosses path with one of the Vizani, a gardener named Faro who with a few seeds and his own power brings life to the planet.
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Episode 51 - Armada
Release Date: 1986-01-16Saw Boss has developed a new vine, a madness vine, which drives men crazy, and he is luring the greatest Armada of the Tengu to fight him. Jayce tries to warn Prince Akeer not to fight but they are insulted by the thought of defeat or not accepting.
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Episode 52 - The Chimes of Sharpis
Release Date: 1986-01-22Curious as to the persistence of Monster Minds attacking a force field, Jayce lands on the protected planet and discovers the creatures there live by the chimes which are keyed to the growing frequencies of plants.
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Episode 53 - Galaxy Gamester
Release Date: 1986-01-24Jayce follows a clue to Audric and meets up with the gambler Vendetta who has a tape regarding his father, but Jayce has to win it in a game. It is a trap laid by Saw Boss. Vendetta plays a game with Herc to settle an old debt of Herc's.
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Episode 54 - Circus Planet
Release Date: 1986-01-28Jayce finds a message from Audric telling him to go to the circus planet. The root reacts to the nearness of Audric. Everyone splits up to find him, but unfortunately Saw Boss has followed Jayce there.
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Episode 55 - Common Bond
Release Date: 1986-01-30Gar lies to his son and daughter, Octo and Seena, saying Audric stole the root that he developed and that Jayce has taken credit for everything. Gar is taken by Saw Boss and instructs Octo to get help from the Lightning League.
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Episode 56 - Mistress of Soul Tree
Release Date: 1986-02-03Saw Boss tricks Iridel, the Mistress of Soul Tree, telling her Jayce is evil and the root belongs to him. Iridel gets the root and uses the plant life to imprison Jayce. Saw Boss' evil is revealed to her but not before he gains control of Soul Tree.
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Episode 57 - The Life Eater
Release Date: 1986-02-05Saw Boss enlists the aid of the Life Eater to be rid of Jayce, but the job must be done by the Life Eater's conditions: he causes his subjects to face their worst fears and if they weaken even for a moment, give in to their fears, and betray their friends, their life force is trapped forever by the Life Eater.
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Episode 58 - Wasteland
Release Date: 1986-02-07Jayce, suspicious of a trap, is nevertheless lured to a radiation hot planet by Dr. Zorg, a bitter rival of Audric's. Flora and Herc stay behind as backup, but their vehicles are damaged by an enormous mutation and they are exposed to radiation and rendered useless to Jayce where he, Gillian and Oon are indeed trapped.
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Episode 59 - The Oracle
Release Date: 1986-02-11The planet Pax refuses to take the Lightning League's warning of an invasion of Monster Minds preferring to listen to the oracle -- a hologram of Audric. Turns out the oracle is actually a handicapped princess who has been ruling the planet since her father's death.
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Episode 60 - Short Circuit, Long Wait
Release Date: 1986-02-13The Lightning League visits a planet which harbors the greatest computer ever built, hoping its terminals hold information on Audric's whereabouts. The computer, Logos, keeps switching back Audric forth between helping and fighting Jayce.
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Episode 61 - Time and Time Again
Release Date: 1986-02-17A tussle with a comet hurls the Pride and crew twenty-five years back in time to Jayce's home planet. They search and find Audric when he was a student. Jayce tells him he is his son and after much hesitation, Audric almost believes him.
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Episode 62 - The Source
Release Date: 1986-02-19Saw Boss and Monster Minds are blocking sunlight to a planet making it too cold for that planet's defensive humruns (large bugs) to be capable of fighting and eating the Monster Mind vines.
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Episode 63 - The Raid
Release Date: 1986-02-21Jal Rorda, Audric's loyal friend, is tricked and captured by Saw Boss where the evil scientist, Dr. Zorg, is zapping him with the mindsifter to discover Audric's whereabouts. Jayce defies Saw Boss and goes to the planet Nar to rescue Jal Gorda.
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Episode 64 - The Squire Smith
Release Date: 1986-02-25Oon is recalled by the Squire Smith for his obvious fear in the face of Monster Minds. Oon fears he will be melted down. Upon arriving on the Squire Smith's planet, Oon walks into a trap set by Monster Minds.
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Episode 65 - Final Ride at Journey's End
Release Date: 1986-02-27Answering a plea for help in fighting Monster Minds, the Lightning League heads for the planet Argus Four, along with an arrogant loner, Aragon. Aragon, full of anger and pain, is out to destroy Saw Boss and the Monster Minds no matter what the cost.