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Summary

GoBots dealt with two opposing forces of transforming robots from the planet Gobotron: the heroic Guardians and the evil Renegades. The Guardians were led by Leader-1 with others including Turbo and Scooter. The Renegades were led by Cy-Kill, with Crasher and Cop-Tur among their ranks. The characters rarely had guns, instead shooting energy blasts out of their fists. Unlike Transformers, GoBots had regular female characters. However, the females were built like the males (only Crasher receiving any distinguishable female features). The GoBots' origin as organic beings accounted for the presence of genders among the robots. In the animated series Challenge of the GoBots, Cykill was the leader of the evil Renegades. ...

The series generally focused on the "lead" three robots from each faction (Leader-1, Turbo and Scooter vs. Cy-Kill, Cop-Tur and Crasher), who were virtually ever-present, with other characters seeming to rotate in "guest-star" roles.

GoBots had no clear divide between the two factions. The characters (as well as the toys) had no identifying insignias or markings to indicate their allegiance, although it was clearly indicated on the packaging. Likewise, there was no commonality of design within each faction.

The only “theme” to a side was that anything that turned into a “monstrous” looking robot or vehicle was a Renegade.

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Characters

Guardians

• Leader-1
• Turbo
• Scooter
• Small Foot
• Van Guard
• Blaster
• Rest-Q
• Pathfinder
• Sparky
• Heat Seeker
• Road Ranger
• Night Ranger
• Hanss-Cuff
• Bolt
• Ace
• Mr. Moto
• Dive-Dive
• Flip Top
• Zeemon
• Treds
• Major-Mo

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Renegades

• Cy-Kill
• Crasher
• Cop-Tur
• Loco
• Fitor
• Tank
• Screw Head
• Destroyer
• Tux (Stretch)
• Fly Trap
• Vamp
• Scorp
• Pincher
• Bugsy
• Hornet
• Creepy
• Dr. Go
• Scales
• Zod
• Stallion
• Stinger
• Buggyman
• Geeper-Creeper
• Snoop
• Slicks
• Zero

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Humans

• Matt
• Nick
• A.J.

Plot

Thousands of years ago on the planet that came to be known as GoBotron, there lived a race of human-like beings. At some point in time, whether by natural causes or by catastrophe, this humanoid race was threatened with extinction.

One surviving humanoid became known as the Last Engineer. The other surviving humanoid is referred to as the Master Renegade. The Last Engineer, who had already supplemented his body with mechanical parts, devised the "Gobot form" for the surviving people of the planet, large robot bodies capable of turning into other vehicles.

In the last quarter of the 20th Century, the planet Earth became involved in the conflict between Leader-1's Guardians and Cy-Kill's Renegades. During one of these battles, one of Leader-1's lieutenants, Turbo, became severely damaged. Unwilling to let his friend and teammate die, Leader-1 began his quest to find the legendary Last Engineer. Leader-1 found the person he believed to be the Last Engineer, but Leader-1 had unwittingly released the Master Renegade (though he did repair Turbo to gain the Guardians' trust). The Guardians later found the true Last Engineer, who was instrumental in frustrating the alliance between Cy-Kill's Renegades and the Master Renegade.

The Master Renegade later escaped the custody of the Renegades, and plagued both factions, notably attacking the UniCom colony of New Earth.

Episode list

1. Battle For Gobotron
2. Target Earth
3. Conquest Of Earth
4. Earth Bound
5. The Final Conflict
6. It's The Thought That Counts
7. Renegade Alliance
8. Time Wars
9. Terror In Atlantis
10. Trident's Triple Threat
11. Lost On Gobotron
12. Cy-Kill's Shrinking Ray
13. The Quest For The Rogue-Star
14. Ultra Zod
15. Sentinel
16. Speed Is Of The Essence
17. Genius And Son
18. Dawn World
19. Pacific Overtures
20. Forced Alliance
21. Invasion From The 21st Level (Part 1)
22. Invasion From The 21st Level (Part 2)
23. Doppelganger
24. Scooter Enhanced
25. Tarnished Image
26. Cold Spell
27. Crime Wave
28. Auto-Matic
29. Renegade Rampage (Part 1)
30. Renegade Rampage (Part 2)
31. Search For The Ancient Gobonauts
32. Gameworld
33. Wolf In The Fold
34. Depth Charge
35. Transfer Point
36. Steamer's Defection
37. The GoBot Who Cried Renegade
38. The Seer
39. Whiz Kid
40. Ring Of Fire
41. Cy-Kills Escape (Part 1 of 5)
42. Quest For The Creator (Part 2 of 5)
43. The Fall Of Gobotron (Part 3 of 5)
44. Flight To Earth (Part 4 of 5)
45. Return To Gobotron (Part 5 of 5)
46. Element Of Doom
47. Destroy All Guardians
48. Escape From Elba
49. Fitor To The Finish
50. Clutch Of Doom
51. The Third Column
52. A New Suit For Leader-1
53. Renegade Carnival
54. The Gift
55. Nova Beam
56. The Last Magic
57. Braxis Gone Bonkers
58. Inside Job
59. Element Of Danger
60. Mission Gobotron
61. Et Tu Cy-Kill?
62. The GoBots That Time Forgot
63. The Secret Of Hailey's Comet
64. Guardian Academy
65. Quest For New Earth
66. Cy-Kill's Cataclysmic Trap

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Comparisons to Transformers

The franchises of GoBots and Hasbro's Transformers have often been compared due to the obvious similarities between the products. Although GoBots were technically first to reach the market, Transformers became the clear leader in both the marketplace and in popular culture. Transformer or Transformers may refer to: Transformer, an electrical device Transformer (album), Lou Reeds 1972 rock album Transformers (myth) of Pacific Northwest native myth The fictional Transformers Universe: Transformers (toyline), a line of toys Transformers category in Wikipedia Transformers Universes Transformers series, television series Transformers (original cartoon) (Aired from...

Examples of the similarities between the brands' backstory include:

• Both are opposing robot forces of robots which transform between humanoid and transportation-based forms which represent good and evil, respectively.
• GoBots hail from Gobotron where Transformers hail from Cybertron
• Both franchises introduced female robotic characters, however, GoBots featured these characters in the premiere and maintained the character(s) as regular players. Transformers did not introduce female robotic characters until the second season and used them only sparingly.

References

See also

• GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)

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External links

• Challenge of the GoBots at the Internet Movie Database
• Challenge of the Gobots Screenshots at Counter-X.net
• Challenge of the GoBots fan page
• Overlord Cy-Kill's Renegade Control Site