VR Troopers (Season 1)

The Battle Begins (1) (Episode 1) 10.0

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1994-09-03

Overview: On their way to meet Professor Hart, Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. are attacked from the air by Air Striker and Fighterbot and on the ground by Skugs.

The Battle Begins (2) (Episode 2) 10.0

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1994-09-10

Overview: Kaitlin and J.B. locate Ryan in the quarry and hurry to his rescue. After a Skug fight, he is brought back to the lab and repaired.

Error in the System (Episode 3)

Writer: Mark Litton

Air date: 1994-09-14

Overview: Grimlord crashes the lab's computer system to retrieve the secret of Mass Inter-Reality Travel. The Troopers call an ambush by Skugs.

Lost Memories (Episode 4)

Writer: Margo McCahon

Air date: 1994-09-15

Overview: The kids try to help a homeless lady with amnesia. Tao cooks, students pass out flyers, and Kaitlin runs the woman's photo in the newspaper.

Battle for the Books (Episode 5)

Writer: Adam Gilad

Air date: 1994-09-16

Overview: Ziktor wants to destroy all books that teach about solar energy. He starts with Mr. Reese's bookmobile, as a way of getting at J.B.

Oh Brother (Episode 6)

Writer: J.K. Richards

Air date: 1994-09-19

Overview: Ryan and J.B. are training two brothers who always argue. Ziktor/Grimlord decides to unleash two monster robot brothers of his own: the Swordbots.

Grimlord's Challenge (Episode 7)

Writer: Margo McCahon

Air date: 1994-09-20

Overview: A neighborhood policewoman offers Tao and the kids a challenge: turn Becky into a karate contender in two weeks and win $1,000.

Computer Captive (Episode 8)

Writer: Robert Hughes

Air date: 1994-09-21

Overview: While helping Kaitlin install a graphics program in her computer, J.B. gets sucked through the monitor and into Grimlord's dungeon.

Katlin's Little Helper (Episode 9)

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1994-09-22

Overview: Kaitlin's cousin aspires to be a reporter like Kaitlin, and while on a story, she discovers green slime oozing from the grass in the park.

The Virtual Spy (Episode 10)

Writer: Mark Litton

Air date: 1994-09-23

Overview: Grimlord plants a spy in reality, an investigative reporter named Jeremy, whom Woody hires at the "Underground Voice Daily."

The Virtual V-6 (Episode 11)

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1994-09-26

Overview: The guys build a pollution-free motorcycle engine in V.R. and put it in J.B.'s Skycycle.

No One's Friend (Episode 12)

Writer: Mark Litton

Air date: 1994-09-27

Overview: Ziktor sends a Skug to the dojo disguised as a martial arts student who spars with J.B. and transfers to him an electrical charge.

Dogmatic Change (Episode 13)

Writer: Sam Okun

Air date: 1994-09-28

Overview: Grimlord comes up with the idea of turning dog pound pets (and more) into rabid mutant monsters for his own army.

Searching for Tyler Steele (Episode 14)

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1994-09-30

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Kaitlin takes a photo of a strange building and spots a man in a room with bars on the windows sitting next to a strange "S" symbol on the wall.

Save the Trees (Episode 15)

Writer: J.K. Richards

Air date: 1994-10-02

Overview: Grimlord (aka Ziktor) needs an old-growth forest cleared for a massive breakthrough from Virtual Reality.

A Dirty Trick (Episode 16)

Writer: Robert Hughes

Air date: 1994-10-04

Overview: Grimlord sends his evil magician to abduct the real magician and catch the Troopers with their guard down.

Kaitlin's Front Page (Episode 17)

Writer: Robert Hughes

Air date: 1994-10-05

Overview: Kaitlin receives a tip on a big story: A top-secret weapons plant and testing site has been set up outside Cross World City.

The Dognapping (Episode 18)

Writer: Margo McCahon

Air date: 1994-10-07

Overview: Skugs dognap Jeb when he steps outside for a nature call. They take him to Grimlord, who is angered by the dog's wisecracking mouth.

My Dog's Girlfriend (Episode 19)

Writer: Margo McCahon

Air date: 1994-10-10

Overview: Jeb the dog is depressed because he's fallen for Princess the Dog and her puppies, but Princess's owner blocks their romance.

Digging for Fire (Episode 20)

Writer: Adam Gilad

Air date: 1994-10-11

Overview: Following an earthquake, the teens discover that someone is digging shafts to the center of the Earth under a downtown building.

The Great Brain Robbery (Episode 21)

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1994-10-12

Overview: In his scheme to take over the planet, Grimlord tries to use the preserved brain of the greatest tactical mind in history.

The Dojo Plot (Episode 22)

Writer: Stewart St. John

Air date: 1994-10-14

Overview: When Tao is informed that the dojo is on the verge of shutting down due to financial problems, Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. organize a fundraiser.

Grimlord's Greatest Hits (Episode 23)

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1994-10-19

Overview: The teens are going to put on a dance-a-thon so that a student of theirs, Brandon, can afford to go to a special music academy.

The Disappearance (Episode 24)

Writer: Robert Hughes

Air date: 1994-10-25

Overview: Grimlord plots to overtake reality by making his mutants invisible. Meanwhile, Tao tries to teach the Troopers the importance of stealth in combat.

Nightmares (Episode 25)

Writer: Al Winchell

Air date: 1994-10-31

Overview: Kaitlin starts having strange, vivid dreams about the power and invincibility of Grimlord's forces.

Secret Admirer (Episode 26)

Writer: J.K. Richards

Air date: 1994-11-03

Overview: Kaitlin receives flowers from a secret admirer -- Grimlord! Col. Icebot is developing evil flowers to capture and destroy the Troopers.

Grimlord's House of Fear (Episode 27)

Writer: Margo McCahon

Air date: 1994-11-04

Overview: Col. Icebot penetrates the reality barrier with an ionic cyber beam, and Grimlord wants him to build a robot to open the reality barrier.

Three Strikes (Episode 28)

Writer: Mark Litton

Air date: 1994-11-07

Overview: J.B. coaches one of two rival baseball teams for a benefit game to raise money to upgrade the field and secure the lease.

Danger in the Deep (Episode 29)

Writer: Adam Gilad

Air date: 1994-11-08

Overview: Taking a virtual tour of a dam they've been told is polluted, the teens find a radio signal coming from under the dam itself.

Small But Mighty (Episode 30)

Writer: Robert Hughes

Air date: 1994-11-09

Overview: Grimlord sends a package to the dojo. When it's opened, Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. are exposed to a strange ray that turns them into children.

Defending Dark Heart (1) (Episode 31)

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1994-11-14

Overview: The Troopers and Professor Hart discover that one of Grimlord's mutants actually possesses human DNA!

Defending Dark Heart (2) (Episode 32)

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1994-11-15

Overview: Dark Heart, about to be executed by Grimlord's Mutants, uses Toxoid as a shield and escapes while Ryan fights Skugs.

Defending Dark Heart (3) (Episode 33)

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1994-11-16

Overview: A Skug learns of the V.R. Troopers' plans to de-virtualize Ryan's father and warns Grimlord.

Defending Dark Heart (4) (Episode 34)

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1994-11-17

Overview: Grimlord, knowing Dark Heart/Tyler is gravely injured, launches a full aerial assault on Professor Hart's lab.

Ghost Biker (Episode 35)

Writer: Mark Litton

Air date: 1994-11-18

Overview: Ziktor receives some good news: Gen. Ivar has found a weakened area of the reality barrier, and Col. Icebot has developed a new weapon.

Endangered Species (Episode 36)

Writer: Cheryl Saban

Air date: 1994-11-21

Overview: Kaitlin's friend Danielle beseeches her to write a story about the Animal Sanctuary, where Danielle's father is head scientist.

Field Goal (Episode 37)

Writer: J.K. Richards

Air date: 1994-11-22

Overview: When the junior high football coach stumbles onto Grimlord's secret base, Skugs shrink him and imprison him in a sports trading card.

The Littlest Trooper (Episode 38)

Writer: Margo McCahon

Air date: 1994-11-23

Overview: Skugs kidnap Baby Boo from his parents in the park and leave the baby on the dojo doorstep.

The Reality Virus (Episode 39)

Writer: Mark Litton

Air date: 1994-11-29

Overview: Gen. Ivar and Col. Icebot stage a battle with the V.R. Troopers in virtual reality in order to infect them with a Reality Virus.

Friends in Need (Episode 40)

Writer: J.T. Paul

Air date: 1994-11-30

Overview: Two circus performers who are scientists in disguise are taken to Professor Hart for help in completing their research on a fuel-increasing formula.

Good Trooper, Bad Trooper (Episode 41)

Writer: Winston Richard

Air date: 1995-02-06

Overview: Kaitlin is doing an article on biologically dissimilar twins. Meanwhile, Ziktor has developed a cloning device.

The Transmutant (Episode 42)

Writer: Mark Litton

Air date: 1995-02-07

Overview: J.B. spars with Ryan in an effort to relax before taking a test to qualify for a scholarship.

Who's King of the Mountain? (Episode 43)

Writer: J.K. Richards

Air date: 1995-02-08

Overview: J.B. agrees to help his South American "e-mail pal," Jose, with some research on data involving an extinct volcano that has been strangely vibrating.

The Couch Potato Kid (Episode 44)

Writer: Margo McCahon

Air date: 1995-02-09

Overview: Ricky, Tao's visiting nephew, is a couch potato. The kids are planning an obstacle course and they try to get Ricky involved.

The Old Switcharoo (Episode 45)

Air date: 1995-02-10

Overview: Grimlord steals Dr. Unger's transforming device, hoping to take the powers of the V.R. Troopers for his army.

Race to the Rescue (Episode 46)

Air date: 1995-02-13

Overview: Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. decide to help out a kid who's being bullied at a go-cart track.

Fiddler on the Loose (Episode 47) 10.0

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1995-02-14

Overview: Kaitlin's cousin from Ireland and his band are in town to perform a benefit concert to help raise awareness concerning the environment.

Virtually Powerless (Episode 48)

Writer: Stewart St. John

Air date: 1995-02-15

Overview: While at an arcade, J.B., Ryan and Kaitlin are visited by a mysterious man who suggests they play the newest game in the store, "Dark Odyssey."

New Kids on the Planet (Episode 49)

Air date: 1995-02-20

Overview: Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. are camping in the wilderness when a streak of light and a thunderous crash alert them to the arrival of an alien spaceship.

Message from Space (Episode 50)

Air date: 1995-02-22

Overview: Professor Hart contacts Ryan, Kaitlin, and J.B. at the Underground to relay a message to Ryan from Dr. Monroe.

The Rise of the Red Python (1) (Episode 51)

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1995-02-27

Overview: J.B. and Ryan rescue a stray kitten and take it to an animal shelter, where they meet Amy, a nice young girl with an interest in martial arts.

The Rise of the Red Python (2) (Episode 52)

Writer: Douglas Sloan

Air date: 1995-02-28

Overview: J.B. is sent to fight the Red Python, which malfunctions mid-battle. Dr. Poindexter offers an extra retroformer to bring her back to normal.