VR Troopers

S01E18: The Dognapping

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.

Overview

Join the VR troopers as they use `Virtual Reality' to stop the evil GrimLord creating havoc.

Episodes

S01E01 The Battle Begins (1)

September 3, 1994 10.0
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.

S01E02 The Battle Begins (2)

September 10, 1994 9.0
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.

S01E03 Error in the System

September 14, 1994
Grimlord crashes the lab's computer system to retrieve the secret of Mass Inter-Reality Travel. The Troopers call an ambush by Skugs.

S01E04 Lost Memories

September 15, 1994
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.

S01E05 Battle for the Books

September 16, 1994
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.

S01E06 Oh Brother

September 19, 1994
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.

S01E07 Grimlord's Challenge

September 20, 1994
A neighborhood policewoman offers Tao and the kids a challenge: turn Becky into a karate contender in two weeks and win $1,000.

S01E08 Computer Captive

September 21, 1994
While helping Kaitlin install a graphics program in her computer, J.B. gets sucked through the monitor and into Grimlord's dungeon.

S01E09 Katlin's Little Helper

September 22, 1994
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.

S01E10 The Virtual Spy

September 23, 1994
Grimlord plants a spy in reality, an investigative reporter named Jeremy, whom Woody hires at the "Underground Voice Daily."

S01E11 The Virtual V-6

September 26, 1994
The guys build a pollution-free motorcycle engine in V.R. and put it in J.B.'s Skycycle.

S01E12 No One's Friend

September 27, 1994
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.

S01E13 Dogmatic Change

September 28, 1994
Grimlord comes up with the idea of turning dog pound pets (and more) into rabid mutant monsters for his own army.

S01E14 Searching for Tyler Steele

September 30, 1994 30 min
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.

S01E15 Save the Trees

October 2, 1994
Grimlord (aka Ziktor) needs an old-growth forest cleared for a massive breakthrough from Virtual Reality.

S01E16 A Dirty Trick

October 4, 1994
Grimlord sends his evil magician to abduct the real magician and catch the Troopers with their guard down.

S01E17 Kaitlin's Front Page

October 5, 1994
Kaitlin receives a tip on a big story: A top-secret weapons plant and testing site has been set up outside Cross World City.

S01E18 The Dognapping

October 7, 1994
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.

S01E19 My Dog's Girlfriend

October 10, 1994
Jeb the dog is depressed because he's fallen for Princess the Dog and her puppies, but Princess's owner blocks their romance.

S01E20 Digging for Fire

October 11, 1994
Following an earthquake, the teens discover that someone is digging shafts to the center of the Earth under a downtown building.

S01E21 The Great Brain Robbery

October 12, 1994
In his scheme to take over the planet, Grimlord tries to use the preserved brain of the greatest tactical mind in history.

S01E22 The Dojo Plot

October 14, 1994
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.

S01E23 Grimlord's Greatest Hits

October 19, 1994
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.

S01E24 The Disappearance

October 25, 1994
Grimlord plots to overtake reality by making his mutants invisible. Meanwhile, Tao tries to teach the Troopers the importance of stealth in combat.

S01E25 Nightmares

October 31, 1994
Kaitlin starts having strange, vivid dreams about the power and invincibility of Grimlord's forces.

S01E26 Secret Admirer

November 3, 1994
Kaitlin receives flowers from a secret admirer -- Grimlord! Col. Icebot is developing evil flowers to capture and destroy the Troopers.

S01E27 Grimlord's House of Fear

November 4, 1994
Col. Icebot penetrates the reality barrier with an ionic cyber beam, and Grimlord wants him to build a robot to open the reality barrier.

S01E28 Three Strikes

November 7, 1994
J.B. coaches one of two rival baseball teams for a benefit game to raise money to upgrade the field and secure the lease.

S01E29 Danger in the Deep

November 8, 1994
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.

S01E30 Small But Mighty

November 9, 1994
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.

S01E31 Defending Dark Heart (1)

November 14, 1994
The Troopers and Professor Hart discover that one of Grimlord's mutants actually possesses human DNA!

S01E32 Defending Dark Heart (2)

November 15, 1994
Dark Heart, about to be executed by Grimlord's Mutants, uses Toxoid as a shield and escapes while Ryan fights Skugs.

S01E33 Defending Dark Heart (3)

November 16, 1994
A Skug learns of the V.R. Troopers' plans to de-virtualize Ryan's father and warns Grimlord.

S01E34 Defending Dark Heart (4)

November 17, 1994
Grimlord, knowing Dark Heart/Tyler is gravely injured, launches a full aerial assault on Professor Hart's lab.

S01E35 Ghost Biker

November 18, 1994
Ziktor receives some good news: Gen. Ivar has found a weakened area of the reality barrier, and Col. Icebot has developed a new weapon.

S01E36 Endangered Species

November 21, 1994
Kaitlin's friend Danielle beseeches her to write a story about the Animal Sanctuary, where Danielle's father is head scientist.

S01E37 Field Goal

November 22, 1994
When the junior high football coach stumbles onto Grimlord's secret base, Skugs shrink him and imprison him in a sports trading card.

S01E38 The Littlest Trooper

November 23, 1994
Skugs kidnap Baby Boo from his parents in the park and leave the baby on the dojo doorstep.

S01E39 The Reality Virus

November 29, 1994
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.

S01E40 Friends in Need

November 30, 1994
Two circus performers who are scientists in disguise are taken to Professor Hart for help in completing their research on a fuel-increasing formula.

S01E41 Good Trooper, Bad Trooper

February 6, 1995
Kaitlin is doing an article on biologically dissimilar twins. Meanwhile, Ziktor has developed a cloning device.

S01E42 The Transmutant

February 7, 1995
J.B. spars with Ryan in an effort to relax before taking a test to qualify for a scholarship.

S01E43 Who's King of the Mountain?

February 8, 1995
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.

S01E44 The Couch Potato Kid

February 9, 1995
Ricky, Tao's visiting nephew, is a couch potato. The kids are planning an obstacle course and they try to get Ricky involved.

S01E45 The Old Switcharoo

February 10, 1995
Grimlord steals Dr. Unger's transforming device, hoping to take the powers of the V.R. Troopers for his army.

S01E46 Race to the Rescue

February 13, 1995
Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. decide to help out a kid who's being bullied at a go-cart track.

S01E47 Fiddler on the Loose

February 14, 1995
Kaitlin's cousin from Ireland and his band are in town to perform a benefit concert to help raise awareness concerning the environment.

S01E48 Virtually Powerless

February 15, 1995
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."

S01E49 New Kids on the Planet

February 20, 1995
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.

S01E50 Message from Space

February 22, 1995
Professor Hart contacts Ryan, Kaitlin, and J.B. at the Underground to relay a message to Ryan from Dr. Monroe.

S01E51 The Rise of the Red Python (1)

February 27, 1995
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.

S01E52 The Rise of the Red Python (2)

February 28, 1995
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.

Cast

Brad Hawkins
Brad Hawkins
Ryan Steele
Sarah Joy Brown
Sarah Joy Brown
Kaitlin Star
Michael Hollander
J.B. Reese
Gardner Baldwin
Ziktor/Grimlord
Richard Rabago
Tao
Julian Combs
Professor Hart
Michael Sorich
Michael Sorich
Woody
Aaron Pruner
Percy
Kerrigan Mahan
Kerrigan Mahan
Jeb (voice)
T.J. Storm
T.J. Storm
Doom Master
Kristin Norton
Kristin Norton
Despera

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