• 1986
  • TV-Y7
  • 30m
Defenders of the Earth

Summary Four of the greatest comic strip heroes join forces to battle Ming the Merciless. View more details

  • 1986
  • TV-Y7
  • 30m

Defenders of the Earth

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Loren Lester Lou Richards Sarah Partridge Peter Renaday

All cast & crew

6.9

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Genres : Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Animation

Release date : Sep 7, 1986

Countries of origin : United States Japan South Korea

Language : English

Production companies : Marvel Productions DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (DFE) King Features Entertainment

Summary Four of the greatest comic strip heroes join forces to battle Ming the Merciless. View more details

Details

Genres : Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Animation

Release date : Sep 7, 1986

Countries of origin : United States Japan South Korea

Language : English

Production companies : Marvel Productions DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (DFE) King Features Entertainment

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Episodes

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Dec 31, 1969
Unaired Pilot
Same as first episode escape from mongo except for Flash Gordon and Dale has a daughter and The Phantom has a son to protect her from ming the phantom and flash trade children . In the regular series the phantom has a daughter and Flash a son.
Episode 1 • Sep 07, 1986
Escape from Mongo
Flash Gordon and his family find out Ming plans on establishing a base on Earth to begin his conquest of the planet. Flash and his son, Rick, make it to Earth and gather some heroes to unite against Ming.
Episode 2 • Sep 14, 1986
The Creation of Monitor
A huge cavern located in a dormant volcano is chosen as the new home for the Defenders of the Earth and their super computer - Dynak X.
Episode 3 • Sep 21, 1986
A Demon in His Pocket
Kshin's experiments with Mandrake's forbidden sorcery books produces Shogoth, an evil demon. It takes all the Defenders to defeat this creature.
Episode 4 • Sep 28, 1986
A House Divided
The Phantom's evil older brother joins forces with Ming the Merciless and becomes N'Dama, the Weather Demon.
Episode 5 • Oct 05, 1986
Bits 'n' Chips
Ultracomputer Dynak X is invaded by Ming's Electronic Maggot - and miniaturized Defenders must fight her war within!
Episode 6 • Oct 12, 1986
Root of Evil
A famous scientist's plant food experiment backfires - into a formula that turns people into plants!
Episode 7 • Oct 19, 1986
Cold War
Ming the Merciless develops a weather control device and plots to freeze the world solid!
Episode 8 • Oct 26, 1986
The Sleeper Awakes
A mammoth killer-robot from another galaxy has been buried right under Central City for more than ten million years. Ming discovers a way to wake it up.
Episode 9 • Nov 02, 1986
The Revenge of Astra
The beautiful space princess Astra plans revenge against Flash Gordon. She gives Ming the Merciless her secret formula for a race of unstoppable slaves - The Clay People.
Episode 10 • Nov 09, 1986
Hall of Wisdom
The awesome intergalactic storehouse of knowledge visits the Galaxy - and the Defenders must keep Ming from stealing its deadly weapon!
Episode 11 • Nov 16, 1986
The Mind Warriors
When a 7-billion-year-old alien warhead crash lands in the South American jungle, the Defenders must retrieve the device and deactivate it. After Ming fails to stop the Defenders from escaping with it, he hacks into their Battle Simulation Room in an attempt to destroy them
Episode 12 • Nov 30, 1986
The Mind Warriors II
Ming utilizes his Star of Mongo crystal to tap Kshin's fertile imagination in the battle simulation room and brings to life "anti"-Defenders who can destroy the real Defenders once and for all.
Episode 13 • Nov 23, 1986
The Lost Jewels of Tibet
Mandrake and Lothar join forces with the beautiful Atascadero to find The Lost Jewels of Tibet. They discover, along with Ming, the wrath of a prehistoric dragon.
Episode 14 • Dec 07, 1986
The Evil of Doctor Dark
Ming springs from prison an evil ex-Shadow Lord and nemesis of Mandrake, and orders him to locate the three pieces of the ORB OF KONOS that will enable Dr. Dark to grant the Merciless One immortality.
Episode 15 • Dec 14, 1986
Diamonds Are a Ming's Best Friend
Ming plots to steal the Crown Jewels of England so that he can grow invincible crystal soldiers and conquer the world!
Episode 16 • Dec 21, 1986
The Men of Frost
Ming launches a Frost Satellite with the power to blanket the earth with a veneer of frost and enslave all of humanity.
Episode 17 • Sep 29, 1986
Battleground
Ming uses his freeze-ray weapon to capture unstoppable alien creatures, transport them to Earth, and unleash them on the world.
Episode 18 • Sep 30, 1986
The Panther Peril
Ming treks to the hidden Temple of Pantheria to acquire the sacred panther tooth which he will use to control the world's panthers, ordering them to wreak havoc on the world and destroy the Defenders!
Episode 19 • Oct 01, 1986
Fury of the Deep
Ming schemes to take over the earth by using an oceanographer's invention to turn all the fish in the sea against mankind.
Episode 20 • Oct 02, 1986
Family Reunion
Jedda agrees to become N'Dama's protege, the Weather Demon, in exchange for help in saving her father's life.
Episode 21 • Oct 05, 1986
The Defense Never Rests
Ming develops Android Clones of the Defenders and programs them to commit a series of crimes, so that the real Defenders will be put on trial by the Galactic Federation -- and banished to a galaxy 300 light-years from Earth.
Episode 22 • Oct 06, 1986
Like Father, Like Daughter?
In Ming's latest plot---Using his Mind Neutralizer to enslave the human race, Ming manipulates his own daughter, Aura, to capture Flash, Rick, Jedda, and L.J.
Episode 23 • Oct 07, 1986
The Would-Be Defender
When an overzealous 13-year-old superhero "wanna-be" spends a day at Monitor, it could mean the destruction of Earth.
Episode 24 • Oct 08, 1986
Doorways Into Darkness
Ming captures a powerful source of anti-energy and unleashes an army of monsters from the Nightworld on the Earth.
Episode 25 • Oct 09, 1986
Deal with the Devil
Octon and Garax concoct a bogus scheme to overthrow Ming, luring the young Defenders to Ice Station Earth where Ming probes Rick's mind for the secret plans to Monitor's defense systems.
Episode 26 • Oct 12, 1986
Terror in Time
Ming unleashes a parasitic, life-killing mutant on the Defenders and sends them back in time in a plan to eliminate the Defenders and destroy all life on earth from the early days.
Episode 27 • Oct 13, 1986
Ming's Household Helpers
Ming's household helper robots are selling like hotcakes; however, the public doesn't know that his Merciless Highness plans to enslave every one of their owners via satellite directed hypno-beam.
Episode 28 • Oct 14, 1986
The Starboy
A seemingly-harmless young child crash-lands on Earth, followed by an intergalactic armada of alien ships bent on destroying him and the world.
Episode 29 • Oct 15, 1986
The Gods Awake
Aided by a powerful mystic, Ming brings to life gods from another dimension to help him conquer the world; however, his plan goes out of control when he underestimates his collaborator.
Episode 30 • Oct 16, 1986
The Ghost Walks Again
Jedda, believing her father dead, must make the most important decision of her life -- is she ready to assume the role of Phantom?
Episode 31 • Oct 19, 1986
The Book of Mysteries
The Defenders face certain death inside an ancient shrine in Morocco while Kshin discovers a mysterious book of enigmas.
Episode 32 • Oct 20, 1986
The Future Comes But Once
The Defenders must prevent Ming from obtaining an obelisk which will give him the power to travel 4 times the speed of light.
Episode 33 • Oct 21, 1986
Kshin and the Ghost Ship
Kshin discovers a ghost ship whose crew needs to locate a compass to free themselves from centuries of aimless wandering.
Episode 34 • Oct 22, 1986
The Carnival of Doctor Kalihari
On a family outing to a traveling carnival, the older Defenders become part of the freak show when they shrink to three inches!
Episode 35 • Oct 23, 1986
The Mystery of the Book
Once again guided by the book, Enigma, Kshin faces an evil monster who is out to conquer and destroy first the Defenders then the Earth.
Episode 36 • Oct 26, 1986
Flash Times Four
His Heinous Highness kidnaps Flash, clones him four times, and puts him under the Inquisitor to instill his super-hero flying prowess into the phony look-alikes.
Episode 37 • Oct 27, 1986
The Frozen Heart
Ming turns L.J.'s mistreated girlfriend into a Frost Person who fights against the Defenders.
Episode 38 • Oct 28, 1986
Rick Gordon, One-Man Army
Rick and the Defenders must save a tropical island from revolutionary forces who are in cahoots with Ming the Merciless.
Episode 39 • Oct 29, 1986
The Rites of Zesnan
Rick, L.J., and Jedda's extreme competitiveness has The Phantom let them try an ancient Amazon race. As they do, Ming traps the Defenders with plans to destroy them.
Episode 40 • Oct 30, 1986
Audie and Tweak
Octon designs a flawless super-computer which Ming uses to demobilize all the world's computer systems in a plot to control Earth.
Episode 41 • Nov 02, 1986
Return of the Skyband
An evil band of women pirates, with a vendetta against The Phantom, terrorize the universe and nearly kill the masked superhero.
Episode 42 • Nov 03, 1986
Dracula's Potion
While investigating a disappearance in Transylvania, the Defenders are put under a vampire's spell and turned into animals for the monster's exotic collection!
Episode 43 • Nov 04, 1986
One of the Guys
Kshin learns that handicaps need not leave one totally helpless when he is temporarily paralyzed and joins forces with a boy in a wheelchair to defeat Ming the Merciless!
Episode 44 • Nov 05, 1986
100 Proof Highway
Jedda falls for an alcoholic schoolmate and is nearly killed by his dangerous behavior!
Episode 45 • Nov 06, 1986
The Time Freezer
A space alien uses a Time Freezer to steal millions of dollars' worth of jewels and gold.
Episode 46 • Nov 09, 1986
The Prince Makes His Move
The Defenders have a new adversary as Ming's son, Prince Kro-Tan, moleculizes Ming and plots to take over the Earth himself!
Episode 47 • Nov 10, 1986
The Prince Triumphant
Prince Kro-Tan plans to harness energy from the Earth's core to transport the planet to Mongo.
Episode 48 • Nov 11, 1986
The Prince Weds
The Defenders, unknowingly carrying Kro-Tan's mind bombs, must rescue Jedda from Mongo before the slimy Prince makes her his bride.
Episode 49 • Nov 12, 1986
The Prince's Royal Hunt
Teleported to different areas of Mongo, the Defenders must re-unite and defeat Kro-Tan.

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