The WORST episodes of The Herculoids
Every episode of The Herculoids ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Herculoids!
The Herculoids are a group of five super-powered creatures lead by King Zandor of Amzot, his wife Tara, and his son, Dorno. They live together on the planet Quasar and fight against the inevitable alien invaders who seem to show up every week. They crossed over with many other Hanna/Barbera characters such as Space Ghost, the genie Shazam, and many more that remain popular to this day. The shows varied between 10 and 15 minutes, and were often mixed with other shows. Characters (The Herculoids) Gloop & Gleep: Two yellow blobs that can change their forms at will, stretch, and are incredibly elastic. Tundro: A rhinoceros-like dinosaur with thick shielding, he can stretch out his ten legs and blast rocks from its one horn that burst open, causing a mess. Zok: A flying dragon that can release laser beams from its tail and eyes, and can survive in outer space. Igoo: A large ape made of rock, compiled of immense power and very hard to bring down. Zandor, Tara
#1 - The Purple Menace
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1981
A monstrous purple plant sends forth its tentacles to attack, interrupting a game of hide-and-seek. The Herculoids drive off the branches and destroy the core. Dorno doesn't think the meance is over and he and Gleep go looking for another plant, getting into trouble. Dorno leads them to a crater with an energy rock that is mutating the plantlife. Combining their powers they seal the fissure containing the rock, ending the menace once and for all.
#2 - The Invisibles
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/10/1981
Zandor and the Herculoids are plagued by a strange series of invisible incidents as they are entangled and then they start disappearing. Zandor suspects the Flying People and the king says that his son is behind the incident but doesn't know where the invisibility powers come from. Guest-star Space Ghost arrives to reveal that a Magnetite meteor came out of a black hole: its radiation causes invisibility and the king's son got hold of it. Space Ghost takes the meteor away and Zandor drives off the rebellious son.
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#3 - Return of the Ancients
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/3/1981
The descendents/survivors of a highly-developed race that was wiped out on Quasar return to the planet after a 1,000-year mission, and they're not happy to find out their civilization is gone. They attack and capture Dorno, and Gleep and Gloop bring the others. When Zandor confronts them they capture him and put him into a battle with energy whips against their leader. Tara and the Herculoids find proof of how the aliens' civilization was wiped out by trumpeter plants while Zandor plays for time. Tara gets the flower to Zandor which he uses to drive the aliens off.
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#4 - Attack from Space / The Return of Torrak
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 12/30/1967
Amzot is being bombarded by the planet Luvanuum. Zaygot and his henchmen are trying to destroy Azmot. The Herculoids travel to Luvanuum in a ship captured from Sarco. When they land, their ship is destroyed and they are attacked by winged sentries with deadly laser beams. The Herculoids destroy Zaygot's base and he escapes—they use Zaygot's ship to return to Amzot. Torrak returns and sends out a giant fly to capture Tara. The Herculoids follow and discover that Torrak's warrior microorganisms are now larger and more formidable, but defeat them anyway.
#5 - Prisoners of the Bubblemen
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/14/1967
The Bubblemen launch an attack in their bubbleships to obtain guiena pigs for their experiments and manage to grab Zandor and Tara. Dorno sneaks into the Bubblemen's underwater city through the whirlpool entrance and he and Gleep free his parents from the leader, Brotac. Zok knocks out some of the pursuing ships, Gloop rescues Zandor and his family when they crash, Igoo and Tundro knock out the remaining ships, and Zok seals the whirlpool entrance once and for all.
#6 - The Gladiators of Kyanite / Temple of Trax
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/28/1967
After destroying the last wild creature of Kyanite, Neron and his gladiators capture Tundro. Zandor and Zok, followed by the rest of the Herculoids, arrive at the arena to rescue Tundro and fight the gladiators. The unnamed high priest of Trax kidnaps Tara in order to use her as a sacrifice for the idol Trax, cutting off the Herculoids in their rescue attempt. Can Zandor and Zok, who are miles away, get to Trax in time?
#7 - The Ice Monster
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1981
Dorno is feeling depressed when Zandor treats him like a child because of his size and age. Cue an ancient robot monster emerging from an iceblock that is indestructible. Gleep and Dorno sneak into the robot and manage to take control of it and direct it to walk off a cliff, escaping in the nick of time.
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#8 - Ruler of the Reptons / The Antidote
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 12/23/1967
Tara is captured by the Reptons, who place her in a mind control device to make her their evil queen. She orders her people to destroy Zandor and the Herculoids, who beat them and go to rescue Tara. The Reptons send the Destructo Bats after them, but they escape, recover Tara, free her from the machine's influence, and destroy the Reptons' underground lair. While investigating panic among the Monkey People, Zandor confronts a giant spider and is bitten and poisoned. Dorno must go to the six-legged mustachioed Spider People within the Endless Caves with the Herculoids to get the only known antidote. The Spider People capture Dorno to hold him hostage. The Herculoids eventually stage a rescue, get the antidote, and block the Spider People's caves to cover their escape.
#9 - The Antidote
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 12/23/1967
While investigating panic among the Monkey People, Zandor confronts a giant spider and is bitten and posioned. Dorno must go the six-legged mustachioed Spider People within the Endless Caves with the Herculoids to get the only known antidote. The Spider People capture Dorno to hold him hostage. The Herculoids eventually stage a rescue, get the antidote, and steal the Spider People's caves to cover their escape.
#10 - The Pirates / Sarko the Arkman
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1967
After killing two creatures with a treasure chest, pirates bury it on Amzot when the Herculoids approach; Dorno is captured and held hostage. Sarko (pronounced Arko in this episode) captures Igoo for unknown reasons, attacks Zandor with sleeping gas, and captures Dorno and Tundro as well.
#11 - The Time Creatures / The Raider Apes
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/4/1967
Oton, leader of the Time Creatures, has determined that in order to rule Amzot in the future, he has to change its past, starting with destroying the Herculoids and altering time in his favor. Gotron and his Raider Apes burn a village in search of gold. The Herculoids come to the villagers' aid.
#12 - Mekkor
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/16/1967
Mekkor and his army of robot invaders lands on Amzot - Mekkor buries himself underground, leaving his antenna above ground to direct his hordes of robot warriors. The robots keep overpowering the Herculoids until Zandor cuts off Mekkor's antenna with his shield - without his control, the robots fall, and break into pieces. Mekkor himself pops back up and Zok blasts him, saving the day.
#13 - Defeat of Ogron / Prisoners of the Bubblemen
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/14/1967
Andropon and his robots invade Amzot, where the Herculoids easily defeat them. After Andropon continuously threatens to build replacement robot armies (and Zandor continuously vows to defeat said armies), Andropon pits his top warrior Ogron against Zandor and Zok. Brotak and his Bubblemen kidnap Zandor and Tara for the purpose of using them as scientific experiments.
#14 - The Lost Dorgyte
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/30/1967
A giant vulture captures a Dorgyte and Dorno spots it and calls the others to rescue it. Zok beats the vulture. They escort the Dorgyte through the Stone Forest to safety, but on their return are ambushed by a spike-shooting caterpillar, an armadillo-like creature, and electricity-shooting beetles. The Herculoids prove triumphant and get back to their own valley.
#15 - The Pod Creatures / Mekkor
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1967
An alien spacecraft hovers over Amzot, dropping mechanical pods onto the planet. Meanwhile, Dorno, Igoo and Gleep, on a mission to get firewood, see the robotic pod creatures as the pods open up and start attacking the trio. A group of powerful robots, led by a larger robot, attack the Herculoids.
#16 - The Mole Men / The Last Dorgyte
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/30/1967
After being woken up by a bird, Zandor investigates Marcon and the Mole Men's plans to invade the surface world, saving a condemned prisoner in the process. Meanwhile, other Mole Men are attacking the Herculoids. Zandor rescues a young boy from a vulture; the Herculoids then take the boy back to his heavily-shadowed home because he can not live in sunlight. The insect-looking creatures attack the Herculoids on their way out.
#18 - The Mutoids / The Crystallites
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/9/1967
A ship crash-lands on Amzot with a sole occupant on board. Zandor offers assistance and the passenger turns out to be a Mutoid, a race who can change their appearance to anything. The Mutoids plan to use Amzot as a launching site for their missiles to fool their enemies. Can Zandor and the Herculoids stop them in time? A meteor crash-lands on Azmot and transforms into a giant crystalline object. Zandor investigates and is attacked by the Crystallites, while Tara and Dorno are captured in crystal cells. Zandor, Gloop, and Gleep steal uniforms sneak into the fortress and free Dorno and Tara. Gloop and Zok destroy Kryton's ship and he is defeated.
#19 - The Thunderbolt
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/3/1981
A friendly dinosaur-like creature, Surla, accidentally eats some radioactive rocks and becomes electrified. Going on a rampage he attacks the Herculoids, taking down Igoo and Tundro with ease. The Herculoids revive and manage to trick him into draining off his energies and reverting to his friendly self.
#20 - Space Trappers
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/10/1981
A Space Trapper comes to the planet to capture animals. He captures Zandor and his family and then uses a mind-control device to take control of Igoo, Tundro, and Zok. Gloop and Gleep free Zandor and the others and Zandor distracts the trapper by giving up on the captives and acting as a guide. Tara tries to free the others by destroying the mind-control device. The trapper gets wise and controls Gloop and Gleep but Zandor destroys the mind control device and drive the Trapper off.
#21 - The Return of Torrak
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 12/30/1967
Torak returns and sends out a giant fly to capture Tara. The Herculoids follow and discover that Torak's warrior microorganisms are now larger and more formidable but defeat them anyway.
#22 - Revenge of the Pirates
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 12/16/1967
The pirate captain and his crew from ""The Pirates"" returns. Using an image transmitter, the captain immobilizes Zandor and the Herculoids and takes Dorno and Tara prisoner. Zok uses his neutralizing eye beams to free them and then Gloop finds the real Dorno and Tara from the transmitted images and the Herculoids launch a new assault. The captain tries to escape and Gloop blocks his escape missile tube, causing the ship to explode.
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#23 - Queen Skorra
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/25/1967
Queen Skorra unleashes a mud/lava creature which they eventually defeat but Skorra plans to force them into exile by sending her drones to capture Gleep, Gloop, Tara, and Dorno. They defend themselves long enough for Zandor and the others to return and drive off the drones. Skorra launches a mega-shield missile and closes the mega-circle to destroy everyone but Tundro creates a smokescreen while the others make a tunnel to escape and then send Skorra running.
#24 - Temple of Trax
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/28/1967
The Herculoids come upon the ruins of a lost civilization - Zandor and Zok leave briefly, and Tara is kidnapped by gargoyle statues that come to life. As the remaining Herculoids are attacked, Zandor returns to help them out and then they must battle with an ancient priest who intends to sacrifice Tara to the largest gargoyle, Trax.
#25 - Sarko the Arkman
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1967
Sarko the Arkman comes to Quasar to capture specimens and grabs Igoo. The others come running and Sarko gasses Zandor then captures Dorno and Tundro but Gleep escapes to warn the remainder. Tara wakes up Zandor and Zok, Gleep, and Zok head off into space to track down Sarko. Zok frees the captives while Zandor draws Sarko's fire. They beat up Sarko and keep him from dropping Dorno to his death.