Transformers:
Masterforce aired on Japanese television from 1988 to 1989.
Taking place after
Transformers:
Headmasters,
it is the story of how Metalhawk and his small team of Cybertrons must
protect Earth from the mysterious Devil Z and his Destron forces.
Humans play many prominent roles in
Masterforce,
from the
Destron husband-wife team of Giga and Mega to the Cybertron's Junior
Headmasters and the reluctantly-recruited Ginrai.
Masterforce
is often considered second only to
Transformers:
Victory
as a fan favorite.
Contents
Transformers: Masterforce
1 - Arise, Pretenders!
One night, a luxury cruise
ship is
attacked by two giant monsters, a fish-man and a bat-like creature.
These monsters are searching for a man called Hawk, but when they do
not find him, they order coelacanth-type monsters to destroy the ship.
Watching the video of the attack and hearing of more attacks, Hawk
realizes that he can no longer hide his identity as a Pretender. He and
his fellow Pretenders Lander (Landmine), Diver (Waverider) and Phoenix
(Cloudburst) are forced to abandon their lives as normal humans and
come out of hiding to protect a city. Things get complicated when
Hawk's young human friend Shuta is caught by the Seacon Tentakil.
Metalhawk is double-teamed but manages to defeat the Seacons with his
sword. He is then confronted by Destron Pretenders Blood (Bombburst),
Dauros (Skullgrin) and Gilmer (Submarauder) and beaten up on until the
others show up.
2 - The Destrons'
Terrifying Manhunt!
The Destrons start building
an army of
zombies by stealing corpses from medical universities and imbuing them
with evil energy from the Destron leader, Devil Z. The Destrons send
the zombies onto a massive crime spree, causing destruction throughout
the cities. The zombies tend to disappear when their energy runs out,
however. The Destrons decide that they need to fuse the life energies
of living humans with their evil energies to make it work correctly. To
this end, the Destrons kidnap a number of boys, one of whom is Cab,
Prince of the island kingdom of Karin. Discovering the Destrons' plans,
the Cybertron Pretenders challenge their enemies to a fight to save Cab
and the other prisoners. Cab befriends Shuta and becomes part of the
team. Back at the base, Lander and the doctor are attacked, and the
base is destroyed.
3 - The Targeted Jumbo Jet
A passenger jet from the
Republic of
Montparta has a major accident, thanks to the Destron Blood. As Shuta
and Cab horse around in Cab's treehouse, the Cybertron Pretenders are
stunned to hear about a second accident. They head for Corsica to
interrogate Minerva, a young girl among the passengers involved, about
the circumstances of her plane's crash. She tells them that the
Destrons were indeed involved in the accident. Suddenly, more zombies
appear along with the Destron Pretenders, wreaking havoc in Japan, but
they are later taken care of by the Pretenders. Hawk and the others
decide to board a Montparta-Japan flight to guard Minerva, her parents
and a biologist. Suddenly, the clouds turn dangerous and Hawk and
Phoenix face off against Blood outside, while Cab, Shuta and Minerva
have to deal with a zombie stewardess on the inside. They manage to
defeat their respective opponents and the plane arrives safely.
4 - Birth of the Headmaster
Jrs.
The Cybertron Pretenders
celebrate the
completion of their new underground base at the foot of Mount Fuji.
Shuta and Cab talk about wanting to be Pretenders or Transformers, just
like Hawk. To celebrate the completion of the base, Hawk gives Shuta,
Cab, and Minerva each a pair of special rings called Master Bracelets.
He teaches them how to use these bracelets, telling them to yell out,
"Master force." Saying this caused an exo-suit to form around them,
giving them incredible superhuman powers. Hawk then showed the trio
their new transtectors (Transformer bodies) and so were born the
Headmaster Jrs. (Shuta = Siren, Cab = Hosehead, Minerva = Nightbeat).
Hawk then went into the history of the Headmasters, bringing up the
example of Chromedome who spoke to the new Jrs. Having heard Wilder
(Fangry) voice his desire for power, the Destrons decide to take
advantage of his ambitions to try to win him and his little gang of
thugs -- Cancer and Bullhorn (Squeezeplay and Horribull) -- over to
their side, giving them their own set of Masterforce bracelets and
transtectors. As the Seacons and Destron Headmasters attack San
Francisco, Siren and the other Cybertron Jrs. attempt to rescue a
woman's child in a burning building but are confronted by their Destron
counterparts, who push them around. Fortunately the Pretenders show up
and manage to stop the Destrons, and they manage to save the baby.
5 - Little Demons Run Wild
Wilder and the other
Destron Headmasters
Jrs, looking to increase their circle of friends, start chumming up to
some local biker gang members. Meanwhile, the Cybertron Headmasters
work on simulations to improve their control over the transtectors and
their teamwork, learning valuable lessons. The Destron Headmasters use
force to convince the bikers to join them, trashing a city just to
impress them. Hearing about the attack on the news, Siren and Cab head
out to stop the Destrons by themselves, while Minerva stays behind
until she sees a child being harmed. Minerva and Cab manage to rescue
the child as Shuta takes on the Destron Headmasters. Cab then joins the
fray, but he is overwhelmed by the Destrons, as Shuta battles the
Seacons. Minerva, after seeing Fangry kick the child's dog and seeing
her throw rocks back in retaliation, recalls one of her lessons and
heads into battle, driving the Destrons away.
6 - Showdown in the
Wilderness
Chris, one of the bikers,
starts having
doubts about Wilder's one-track displays of power and says he wants
out, so Wilder takes him away and holds him prisoner in their hideout.
Chris' little sister Mary sees her brother being forced into a car and
tells the Cybertron Headmaster Jrs. They pledge to rescue Chris from
the Destron, heading for the Destron hideout, where Wilder berates
Chris for wanting to leave, telling him that with the Destrons, they
get power and importance. Wilder then beats up on Chris as a lesson to
the other bikers never to think about leaving. The Destrons take out
their transtectors as the Cybertron Headmaster Jrs. regroup to
strategize. Shuta takes on the Destrons as Cab attempts to free Chris,
leaving Minerva with Mary. They switch partners - Shuta battling Wilder
and Cancer, Cab taking on Bullhorn as Minerva heads to free Chris.
Suddenly, Mary is captured by Cancer, leaving the Cybertrons helpless
to attack. Chris suddenly revives though and crashes a motorcycle into
Cancer, freeing Mary, allowing the Cybertrons to escape.
7 - Panic! Protect the
Wildlife
An African safari guide
spots a wild
herd of animals stampeding into villages, completely destroying them.
Reports reach the Cybertrons and Hawk calls in the Headmaster Jrs. to
head off to investigate. Back at the Destron base, they hear word that
the Cybertrons are on their way and plan a nice surprise for them. The
Cybertrons look across the continent, trying to determine why the
animals have been stampeding. They soon discover that the Destrons are
stampeding the animals in an attempt to drive all the humans out of
Africa, planning to settle in afterwards and use the continent as a
base for advancing toward world domination. The Headmasters go with the
safari guide back to his hut, where he tells them the story of how he
found a little fawn. Suddenly, the Pretenders come under attack from
the Seacons, before the Destron Pretenders show up, with another armada
of Seacons. While the Pretenders deal with the second wave, Blood puts
a herd of elephants under his spell, starting another stampede - this
time toward the guide's own village. The guide runs into the path of
the elephants, trying to stop them, but is rescued by the Headmasters,
who physically push back the herd.
8 - The Super Warriors, the
Godmaster Brothers
Shuta and his friends are
all ready for
the next day's hang-gliding contest, having trained hard for it. But
things have been too quiet lately and Hawk is uneasy about the
Destrons' lack of activity. During this period, the Destrons have been
hard at work at their new underground base. The Destron Headmasters get
their first peek at their new long-awaited secret weapon, a new type of
super-soldier called a Godmaster. The Pretenders battle with the
Godmasters until the fight is halted by the appearance of Giga and
Mega. They introduce the brother team of Buster and Hydra, and their
transtectors, a pair of jets, who can transform into robots or into a
superjet. The day of the contest arrives and Hawk's worst fears are
confirmed as the Destrons attack with the Dreadwing duo, the Pretenders
and Headmasters. As Minerva cares for an injured person, Hawk and
company dispatch the Destron Pretenders and Headmasters until the
Godmasters show up.
9 - The Cybertrons are in
Danger
With their fighting
strength heavily
augmented by the Godmasters, Giga and the Destrons order the
destruction of the primary energy source for all of southeast Asia, the
world's largest tidal-powered electric plant on Bintan Island. Hawk and
the other Cybertrons try to figure out how to stop the Destrons with
their new Godmasters. The Headmaster Jrs. are a little glum after the
meeting but manage to cheer up. Buster and Hydra head toward the
electrical plant as Giga ponders creating transtectors for himself and
Mega. The Cybertron Pretenders hear about Buster and Hydra and set out
to try to stop them with the Headmaster Jrs. After arriving, Lander,
Diver and Phoenix find themselves fighting a losing battle against the
Destron Pretenders and the robot forms of Buster and Hydra, until
Metalhawk and the Jrs. arrive. Metalhawk and Shuta manage to drive off
the Destron Pretenders as Cab puts out the fires and Minerva cares for
the injured, but they take some damage from the Godmasters, until the
other Pretenders force them to retreat due to a lack of sheer numbers.
10 - The Chosen Hero is
Ginrai
Diver meets up with a rough
truck driver
named Ginrai, whose truck is currently undergoing repairs. He looks to
rent another truck, finding an odd-looking 18-wheeler that no one has
rented because being inside it caused the driver to experience strange
phenomena. Ginrai finishes delivering a cargo to Diver, while Buster
and Hydra check out a canyon. Diver believes that the truck has to be a
Godmaster, especially after noticing Ginrai's bracelets. He tries to
enlist Ginrai to join the Cybertron cause, when suddenly the truck goes
out of control, a bump which had been caused earlier miraculously
fixing itself. They go over the side of a cliff, the cab crashing to
the ground and the trailer ending on top of it. Lander manages to
escape before the crash, but Ginrai is still inside. Suddenly, Buster
and Hydra, who are in the area, notice Lander and attack him as he is
trying to free Ginrai. Meanwhile, inside the cab, Ginrai is trying to
free himself from being trapped, and doesn't know what is going on
outside. The Godmasters are using their master force to beat up on
Lander, when suddenly Ginrai clicks his wrists together, forming an
exo-suit, and then transforming the cab into a robot! Buster and Hydra
then beat a hasty retreat at the shock, allowing Ginrai to ponder
whether or not he wants to be involved.
11 - Ginrai's Angry "God On"
Giga hones his golf game by
destroying a
jet plane as the Destrons discuss the arrival of the latest
Powermaster. The Destrons have assumed that Ginrai is now a member of
the Cybertrons and Buster and Hydra are given a set of the balls which
Giga used to destroy the plane. Diver and Lander do their best to
persuade Ginrai that they're his friends, but for the moment, he
remains undecided. Hawk pays a visit to the Headmaster Jrs. in their
tree house, informing them of the latest developments. Meanwhile, the
Destrons set out to kill Ginrai by attacking all trucks that look like
his. Ginrai's fellow trucker and good friend Billy, who has a truck
which strongly resembles Ginrai's, is killed as a huge 18-wheeler
forces him to crash his truck. Ginrai goes to his usual truck stop to
relax, but learns of Billy's death. Needless to say, Ginrai is quite
enraged at the Destrons' actions and goes out to seek vengeance. The
Destrons then go after Ginrai's truck next, sending a ball into the cab
to knock the truck down the side of a cliff. Lander and Diver then show
up, taking on Buster as Hydra tries to kill Ginrai. He then activates
his bracelets, transforming Ginrai, and beating up Hydra just as
Metalhawk and Phoenix arrive.
12 - The Miraculous
Friendship
Ginrai, who is continually
plagued by
nightmares, starts to work on his truck, when he notices there are
three more sets of Godmaster bracelets in the glove compartment. He
decides to go to Japan, intent on solving the Godmaster mystery. At the
Destron base, Buster and Hydra recall their experience with Ginrai,
telling Giga and Mega. Ginrai arrives in Japan, greeted by the
Cybertron Headmaster Jrs., but Wilder and company are there as well.
Shuta and Cab notice the trio and face off with them as Minerva stays
with Ginrai. The Destrons then attack Ginrai, but not only does he
easily defeat them, he even captures Cancer, who he handcuffs to the
bed. Minerva then cleans up Cancer's injuries as Hawk blows up a
machine, testing the bracelets. Ginrai suddenly gets upset at what the
Destrons have done and starts to hurt Cancer, demanding some answers.
Minerva objects to Ginrai's method, giving Cancer something to drink.
She leaves the room, at Ginrai's request, but watches him and Hawk
question the Destron through a monitor. Cancer then starts to talk,
telling about how Devil Z arrived on Earth, creating and sending out
several sets of bracelets. The Cybertrons release Cancer, but are then
confronted by Buster and Hydra who manage to hold Minerva at gunpoint,
while they beat up on Ginrai, Shuta and Cab. Suddenly, Minerva is saved
by Cancer, allowing Ginrai to beat up the Destron Godmasters.
13 - Is the Monster Friend
or Foe?
The Destron Headmaster Jrs.
relax at a
tennis court after chasing away the women, discussing the Cybertrons.
As Shuta and Ginrai play a video game, Shuta recalls the words of the
late doctor who helped build the base. Ginrai helps cheer up Shuta by
having a marshmallow roast with him and Cab, while Minerva is lost in
thought. Carried away by her emotions as she remembers her objections
to Ginrai's questioning methods, Minerva and Ginrai somehow don't get
along too well but they have a laugh and clear up their discomfort. As
Cancer tries to remember where the Cybertron base is located, a strange
incident occurs: Ginrai's transtector starts running wild on its own -
with Ginrai trapped inside. The Headmaster Jrs. try to stop the runaway
cab as rescue forces uncover something strange in a buried tunnel. The
transtector takes Ginrai to the buried tunnel, apparently drawn to the
discovery. The Destron Headmaster Jrs. hear the report from the rescue
forces on the news, seeing Ginrai and the Cybertrons there. The
Destrons show up and chase after Shuta and Cab, prompting them to
transform. Ginrai manages to take care of the Destron Headmasters when
Buster and Hydra show up. They start to give Ginrai a hard time, when
he uses his super force to uncover the strange rock in the tunnel - a
trailer section for his cab.
14 - Destroy Ginrai
The appearance of Ginrai
has greatly
upset the Destron forces and Devil Z. Meanwhile, at the Cybertron base,
the trailer has been attached to the cab, completing the 18-wheeler.
The Destron Headmasters happen to be at a bar, where they turn on the
television and actually see Ginrai on it. He transforms from his truck
mode to his robot mode in front of the camera, referring to him as the
Godmaster reserve. Now the Destrons are more determined than ever to
find out who he really is. Ginrai continue to drive his truck, basking
in the news of his television appearance, when Buster and Hydra
formulate a plan to turn public opinion against the Cybertrons. They
launch an attack, prompting Ginrai to head into action. He manages to
defeat the pair with ease but it's simply part of the Destron plan. By
tricking him into fighting them right in the middle of a city, they
make him cause tremendous damage, leaving him standing alone to face
the consequences. The pair continue to beat up on Ginrai as Seacons
emerge from underground. Fortunately, the Pretenders show up to handle
the Destrons and Ginrai manages to blow Buster and Hydra away with his
super force. In the Destron base though, the Seacons have perfected a
new form - merging into King Poseidon.
15 - Super Ginrai is Born
The Destron Headmaster Jrs.
surf onto a
small offshore island while the Pretenders take hostage the children
playing on the beach there. They take the children into an underground
cave and seal them inside as hostages. Their parents at the Oceanic
Research Base are informed and told to surrender immediately. The
Cybertrons find out and send out Diver to try to locate the children.
Diver heads there in his submarine mode, but is spotted and captured by
Gilmer after sneaking over to the island. Fortunately, he is able to
transmit his location, despite being tied up and guarded by the
Headmaster Jrs., with help from the children Ginrai sneaks up from the
rear, concealed in a herd of dolphins while Hawk and company attack
from the front. The two groups of Pretenders duel with each other as
the Cybertron Headmaster Jrs confront their Destron counterparts.
Ginrai manages to rescue the children, but then the Destrons unleash
their Seacons, who merge into King Poseidon. Ginrai battles the monster
in his attempt to save the children, when something miraculous happens.
He manages to summon his trailer, combining with it to form Super
Ginrai, then destroying King Poseidon and sending the Destrons running.
16 - Lightfoot - A Dramatic
Encounter
Shuta and Cab compete in a
local swim
meet, before sneaking over to check on Minerva at the girls' swim area.
Minerva is slightly annoyed at them, especially after they get caught.
Back at the base, Hawk reviews the footage of the public turning
against Ginrai during his fight in the city. As Ginrai tries to solve
the mystery of the remaining three sets of Godmaster bracelets, he
receives in the mail a picture of a Transformer which he hasn't seen
before. He heads out to meet him as the Destrons set up camp at a
junkyard. Ginrai heads toward the return address of the envelope,
attempting to find the transtector depicted, as Blood keeps tabs on
him. He arrives at a beautiful house and meets a young man named
Lightfoot. The 17-year-old, British-born son of a car company president
tells Ginrai of a car that his father found which apparently had
special powers. He takes Ginrai to see the vehicle, which has been
locked up in a garage for a while. Ginrai takes it for a test ride and
determines that Lightfoot is the second Godmaster, giving him a pair of
the bracelets and teaching him what to say. With that, the car
transforms into the robot depicted in the drawing that Lightfoot sent
Ginrai. At this very point, the Destron Pretenders attack, with Ginrai
being forced to give Lightfoot a quick lesson in escaping. They manage
to make it back to Ginrai's transtector, and they proceed to defeat not
only the Pretenders but also King Poseidon.
17 - An Enemy? The Third
Godmaster
At the Destron base, Devil
Z is more
determined than ever to stop the Cybertrons from finding the other
Godmasters, especially after the emergence of Lightfoot. Meanwhile, the
Cybertrons are getting to know their latest recruit, Lightfoot. Both
groups prepare to continue the search for the next Godmaster as they
head toward the Canadian Rockies. Hawk and company meet up with a
Ranger as they head into a tunnel, while the Headmasters do some
exploring. Minerva finds a log cabin, noticing Bullhorn talking to the
Ranger, whom Minerva thinks is a Destron. Shuta and Cab's finish
adventures end up only catching a log, until the Ranger shows up,
offering to help them. Minerva is naturally suspicious, while the other
two are quite impressed with the fish he catches. Suddenly, late at
night, a violent storm breaks out at the Cybertron camp, forcing them
to head to the Ranger's place. There, Minerva reveals her suspicions to
the other Headmasters. Just then, the Ranger starts into a story about
a large, strange rock that he found, which resembles the rock in the
tunnel where Ginrai's cab was encased in. He shows it to them, and
Ginrai's Godmaster bracelets start tingling, while Ranger's wrists are
suddenly encased with his own set of bracelets. Just as they are
teaching him how to use the bracelets, the Destron Headmasters attack,
taking the metal and destroying the cabin. Ginrai manages to outduel
Fangry for the metal, when Buster and Hydra attack. Ranger shows up and
Ginrai teaches him how to use the bracelets, freeing his transtector
from the metal.
18 - A Powerful Foe -
Sixknight the Wanderer
One night, during a
standard military
patrol, a flying gun destroys three jets with ease, before it
transforms into a hovercraft and destroys a ship. This robot warrior
shows up at the Destron base and meets with Giga and Mega, introducing
himself as Sixknight. The pair convince him to go attack the Cybertrons
and to destroy Super Ginrai and the Godmasters. He launches an assault
on an oil refinery, causing massive damage to the refinery and to the
military who tries to stop him. The Cybertrons mobilize their forces,
as the Pretenders confront Sixknight, until their Destron counterparts
show up. Sixknight does battle with Metalhawk, managing to defeat him,
and then Siren, until Ginrai shows up. Sixknight then challenges Ginrai
to a fight to see which of them is the strongest Transformer on the
planet. The Cybertron Pretenders then take care of the Destron
Pretenders as Ginrai starts to beat up Sixknight. Then the tide turns
as Blood captures Minerva and knocks out Cab. Ginrai, now distracted,
starts to get the stuffing knocked out of him by Sixknight. He suddenly
notices that the Destrons have Minerva, and forces them to release her
so that he can finish his fight with Ginrai, who has now become Super
Ginrai. He defeats Sixknight, then shows himself to be a human, much to
Sixknight's utter shock.
19 - Four Godmasters,
Assemble
At their local hangout, the
Destron
Headmasters are looking over the latest F-1 Racing magazine, when they
see an article profiling British Motors and their vehicle. Meanwhile,
the Cybertron Headmasters take a trip to France to see the entry from
Lightfoot's father's company, British Motors, compete in the annual F-1
Grand Prix, meeting the driver named Roadking. The Destrons arrive at a
bar in a small city in France, but after making some demands, are
roughly shown the door by the bartender. Back at the race, a huge
accident occurs right in the middle, endangering the British Motors
driver. He manages to crawl away from his vehicle as it crashes then
explodes. Oddly though, the car manages to "fix" itself, causing Shuta
to radio Ginrai that he thinks he has found another Godmaster. Roadking
manages to win the race, then meets with Lightfoot, Ginrai and the
Headmasters afterwards. Ginrai gives him the last pair of the
bracelets, and it activates, transforming his drag racer into the
fourth Godmaster transtector. The Destron Headmasters attack the small
city in revenge, causing Roadking to head to the bar to defend it. With
the help of the Cybertrons, he defeats the Headmasters and the Seacons.
20 - The Cybertron Warrior,
Sixknight?!
Roadking continues to win
races for
British Motors as the Cybertron Pretenders and Ginrai discuss their
upcoming strategies. As the Destron Headmasters relax on the beach,
Cancer recalls his friendship with Minerva, much to Bullhorn's
displeasure. At dinner, Mega senses Cancer's being upset and has a talk
with him, trying to cheer him up by giving him a new friend, Browning,
a tiny little Transformer who is able to change into a gun. The
Cybertron Headmasters are relaxing when Sixknight suddenly appears
again, this time in front of Minerva, asking to speak with Ginrai.
Sixknight speaks with Ginrai, telling him that he has been able to
accept the fact that he lost to a human, as the Destron Headmasters
arrive on an island, allowing Browning to crash the helicopter they
took. Ginrai tells Sixknight that it is the human tendency toward
self-preservation which is what makes humanity unstoppable. Their talk
is interrupted by reports that the Destron Headmasters are running wild
in a nearby city. Sixknight arrives before the Cybertrons in his jet
mode, taking on the Destrons himself, thrashing them soundly. They bow
in homage to him, tricking him into letting his guard down, then
attacking him. The Cybertron Headmasters try to step in, but Ginrai
tells them to leave him alone. Minerva intervenes, allowing Sixknight
to break free of the hold who then threatens to kill the Destrons. But
Browning appears next to Minerva, who fires him, distracting Sixknight
long enough to let them escape.
21 - Rescue the Girl
At a hospital, two doctors
are abducted
by Blood putting them to sleep, then carrying them away. Meanwhile, the
Cybertron Headmasters arrive for a visit to Cab's home country, Karin.
Before their arrival though, a little girl is being treated by Cab's
long-time family doctor, Dr. Kopo. The elderly Donk walks in to pay a
visit and hears from the doctor that she is not expected to live.
Suddenly, Blood bursts through the floor, grabbing the doctor, as Donk
watches. Donk greets the Headmasters as they arrive, telling Cab that
his doctor has been kidnapped. Cab brings the little girl a present,
but she is too sick to even open it. Shuta contacts Hawk, telling him
of the disappearance of the doctor, and the Cybertrons head to Karin.
As the Headmasters take the little girl on a boat to take her back to
land, the Seacons emerge, critically damaging the boat. They move in
for the kill when the other Cybertrons arrive on their own boat. Early
the next day, Dr. Kopo makes a break for it, but runs out of room on
top of a cliff, where he is confronted by Blood. He dives off the cliff
and starts to swim away where he is eventually picked up by the
Cybertrons, who start their assault that night, converting their boat
into a submarine. As Roadking battles Blood, Ranger takes on Dauros,
and Lightfoot lures Gilmer away, Ginrai enters the cave to free the
doctors. As they start to leave, they are surrounded by the Seacons;
however, the Godmasters reveal their master force, wiping them all out
with ease. The doctors then work together to save the little girl.
22 - Lightfoot Finds His
Back to the Wall
As Buster and Hydra work on
their pool
game, they are interrupted by Giga and Mega, who order them to kill the
Godmasters. Meanwhile, Hawk and the others are meeting with Grand
Maximus, who has arrived from outer space. Grand Maximus tells Hawk
that he believes that Black Zarak is on his way to Earth, and he
outlines a method to increase Super Ginrai's fighting ability, handing
Hawk a disk. The Destrons unleash their plans, posing as photographers
to kidnap Lightfoot's father, the president of British Motors.
Lightfoot speeds off in his transtector as Hawk and Lander work on the
specifications on the new plan. Lightfoot arrives at the main offices,
looking for his father, encountering Seacons instead. As he prepares to
shout "God on," Buster and Hydra appear with his father tied up,
threatening to kill him if he tries anything. He gets beaten up by
Buster, as Ranger, Roadking and Ginrai work on a way to free his father
and the hostages. Lightfoot enacts revenge on Buster and Hydra with
Ranger's help, as Roadking and Ginrai handle the Seacons.
23 - Expose the Destrons'
Dark Trap
The Earth is suddenly
bombarded by
meteorites as Shuta and Cab fasten their attention to a female
fortuneteller on television who predicted the arrival of the
meteorites. She announces that Super Ginrai is an evil being who will
bring doom to earth, shocking the Headmasters. She continues by
predicting the next disaster will take place in Japan, and indeed it
comes true, when an airplane is destroyed. The fortuneteller is
revealed to be Mega, who comments on the success of the plan with
Buster and Hydra as people wave anti-Ginrai signs everywhere. Mega
continues her appearances, predicting more disasters as the Destron
Pretenders work on making them come true, blowing up a dam. The
Cybertron Headmasters try to tell the villagers that it is the fault of
the Destrons, but they don't believe them. Ginrai, suspicious of the
fortuneteller, follows her and is ambushed by the Pretenders as
helicopters transport a large meteorite for observation. Super Ginrai
chases the Pretenders when Darkwing suddenly attacks, blasting him in
the back. He manages to defeat them both with his master force as Mega
picks up the meteorite with her master force, carrying it toward a
tower of children, when Super Ginrai stops it. The children throw rocks
at Mega, distracting her long enough for Super Ginrai to throw the
meteorite back at the Destrons, uncovering Mega's Destron affiliation.
24 - Battle in the Desert
The Cybertron Headmasters
learn for the
first time from Hawk of the Cybertron's most important operation, the
Godbomber Project. The Transformer, known as Godbomber, is being
constructed, according to Grand Maximus' specifications, to combine
with Super Ginrai to create the ultimate Godmaster, God Ginrai. Devil Z
hears of this plan and decrees that Super Ginrai must be destroyed
before the project can be completed. Unfortunately, Ginrai has been
convinced to be a stunt driver in a clever Destron plan. He drives his
truck around a series of mines but gets blown up by an uncharted mine.
He faces off with Buster and Hydra, managing to defeat them but then
meets the Godmasters Giga and Mega, whose transtectors occupy a single
merged form, Overlord. Overlord then proceeds to completely beat up
Super Ginrai, leaving him for dead, but somehow he manages to survive
the brutal assault.
25 - Destroy the Godbomber
Plan
Black Zarak makes his way
across outer
space, heading toward the moon while the Cybertrons drive an injured
Ginrai to the hospital. The other Godmasters poke fun at Ginrai's
injuries, then things become serious as they discuss what the Destrons
will do. Meanwhile, at the Destron base, Devil Z orders the Destrons to
press the advantage following their victory over Super Ginrai. They set
out to stop the Godbomber Project, determining that a British Motors
factory is being used as a base. The Cybertron Headmasters check in
with Hawk on the progress of the Godbomber Plan, when the alarm
suddenly sounds, indicating a Destron attack. Without Ginrai available
to help, it is up to Lightfoot and the Headmasters to fend off the
Darkwing duo and the Destron Pretenders. Meanwhile, Giga and Mega take
Overlord into outer space, heading toward the Moon to meet Black Zarak
there. Roadking arrives to help even the odds with the Destrons. A
black truck suddenly emerges from a garage carrying a covered cargo.
Buster and Hydra break away from the fight as they think it is the
Godbomber project, but it turns out to be Ranger's transtector.
Lightfoot, Roadking and Ranger manage to rip several wings off
Darkwing, sending him running.
26 - God Ginrai Goes into
Space
Destron Godmasters Giga and
Mega take
over a science station on the Moon, imprisoning the men there, leaving
the Cybertrons unable to help until the Godbomber project is finished.
As Ginrai goes through training exercises with the Headmaster Jrs,
trying to overcome his psychological fear of Overlord, Hawk announces
that the Godbomber Plan is finished. He cautions Ginrai to keep from
taking on all the Destrons by himself, and that they are a team, but is
ignored. Super Ginrai and Godbomber merge and form God Ginrai, who
heads for the surface of the Moon, where Overlord is preparing to
escort Black Zarak to Earth. Vowing that he must stop this from
happening, for the sake of humanity, God Ginrai engages both Overlord
and Black Zarak in combat.
27 - Showdown on the Moon
As God Ginrai continues to
battle both
Overlord and Black Zarak on the Moon, his friends on Earth try to
figure out what is going on there, as they have lost their
transmission. Fighting one-on-two, God Ginrai, despite his best
efforts, has to deal with being shot in the back and things don't look
very good. As he manages to get the advantage over Overlord, Black
Zarak shows up to blast him but just as things look their worst, Grand
Maximus shows up and confronts Black Zarak, evening the odds somewhat.
Overlord and Black Zarak, sensing defeat, head towards Earth, but God
Ginrai and Grand Maximus then give chase, managing to knock them back
to the Moon.
28 - The Psionic Whirlwind
After realizing that God
Ginrai's main
weakness is his lack of air combat skills, the Destrons try to lure him
out into battle, using a petrochemical complex as bait. Buster and
Hydra engage God Ginrai in combat, while Giga and Mega lay in waiting.
Giga emerges from the sand, his cannon aimed directly at the back of
God Ginrai's head, but something miraculous happens when all hope is
gone. Ginrai discovers that Godbomber is able to transform into a robot
himself and he manages to escape. Overlord then creates a psionic
whirlwind, trying to trap all of the Cybertrons in the sand forever,
but God Ginrai manages to turn the tables on him, using his fists to
throw Overlord into the whirlwind himself.
29 - Undersea Volcanic
Eruption
A powerful local earthquake
of magnitude
seven strikes in Australia, thanks to explosives the Destrons have set
off in their construction of an undersea base. Under orders from
Ginrai, Lightfoot descends to the sea floor in robot mode to
investigate. As he checks over an undersea volcano, he comes under
attack by hundreds of Seacons, leaving him pinned under a large slab of
rock. Ginrai and the Headmaster Jrs then travel there to rescue him.
Super Ginrai goes by himself to rescue Lightfoot, where he is ambushed
by King Poseidon, who causes an avalanche on top of them. Meanwhile,
the Headmaster Jrs. are working to evacuate the people from the ruined
cities. Godbomber goes into the ocean to help rescue Super Ginrai, who
is trying to break out from under the ocean floor. Ironically, the
Destron undersea base is buried under an avalanche of flaming rocks
from volcanoes. While Lightfoot deals with the other Seacon gumbies,
God Ginrai battles King Poseidon above a river of lava.
30 - Destroy Godbomber
Finding out that Destron
Headmaster Jrs.
are burning storehouses at a U.S. granary to the ground, Ginrai and the
Cybertron Headmaster Jrs. rush to the scene. Super Ginrai is ambushed
by Overlord but is saved momentarily by Shuta, who is told to move
Godbomber away from the fight. He, Cab and Minerva try to drive
Godbomber away but are unable to operate the transtector since God
Ginrai, who normally controls it with his super force is unconscious.
Just then Buster and Hydra strike with the intention of destroying
Godbomber once and for all. When all seems lost, Sixknight suddenly
appears and takes on Buster, leaving Hydra to destroy the immobile
Godbomber. Fortunately, the three Headmaster Jrs. manage to activate
Godbomber, combing their superforce to transform him into robot mode
and driving away the Destrons.
31 - The Final Godmaster
Black Zarak and Grand
Maximus' battle in
the skies over the surface of the Moon are watched intently on
videotape by Clouder, the last of Earth's Godmasters. As he watches, he
finds the Destrons more appealing, and decides to offer the services of
his unusual transtector, Doubleclouder (Doubledealer) to them.
Meanwhile, as part of their search for the last Godmaster, the Destrons
are setting up an advance base (Overlord's base mode) on an uninhabited
island in the Pacific. As part of his initiation, Clouder faces off
against King Poseidon in front of the other Destrons, defeating him at
the expense of a cruise liner. He then shows the other Destrons his
ability to adopt a Cybertron form, and is ordered by Giga and Mega to
infiltrate the Cybertron base. God Ginrai and the other Headmaster Jrs
attack the Overlord base, but Minerva gets injured in the process.
Clouder comes forward to rescue her and is taken into the trust of the
other Cybertrons, while God Ginrai manages to defeat Overlord.
32 - Destroy the Cybertron
Base
Using his unique ability to
assume both
Cybertron and Destron forms, Clouder manages to infiltrate the
Cybertron base as a Destron spy, relaying to the Destrons the base's
location and internal structure. He also engages in some guerrilla
tactics and manages to render the base's defense systems completely
inoperative by inserting bombs here and here, opening the door for a
Destron attack.
33 - The Cybertron Base
Explodes
Thanks to Clouder's spying
activities,
the Cybertron base is in serious trouble. Overlord strikes in an
attempt to destroy the base before starting the all-out attack that
will begin his invasion of earth, injuring Hawk badly. With its defense
barrier, radar and radio destroyed, the base is as effectively isolated
as an island. The Seacons press the attack against the base and
Lightfoot radios God Ginrai for help. God Ginrai exhausts almost all
his energy saving the Headmaster Jrs from being trapped inside the base
when it explodes, and he still has a one-on-one with Overlord, who he
manages to defeat. God Ginrai ends up blowing up the base himself to
free the Headmasters, Clouder and Lightfoot from certain doom. Clouder
regrets his actions and walks away from the Destrons.
34 - Black Zarak, Destroyer
from Space
Encouraged by their success
in
destroying the Cybertron base, the Destrons immediately start putting
into effect their plan to wipe humanity off the face of the Earth.
Almost at the same time, Black Zarak arrives on Earth, having managed
to trap Grand Maximus in an electromagnetic field in space. The
combined might of Overlord and Black Zarak lays waste to numerous
cities in short order, as the humans are unable to stop them.
Meanwhile, God Ginrai is stuck out in space, delayed by having to
rescue Grand Maximus, while on earth, his friends, being able to offer
much resistance, can only wonder if he will return in time. He does,
flying in on Grand Maximus' base mode and takes out Overlord, while
Grand Maximus takes on Black Zarak, driving them away.
35 - The Day of Mankind's
Destruction
The Cybertrons manage to
stop the
Destrons' attack on earth, but then the Destrons move to Phase Two,
moving into orbit around the earth, and attacking the planet literally
from all sides. Their weapon is the ultimate killing machine, a device
called the Death Paramachine that concentrates all of Black Zarak's
energy into a killing laser, which causes massive destruction on the
earth. Using this, they try to wipe out all humans and Cybertrons at
once. Fortunately, standing in the way of this plan is God Ginrai and
the other Cybertrons who head into space on Grand Maximus to battle the
Destron pretenders, Darkwing, Overlord and Black Zarak. Just as the
weapon is about to fire for the second time, God Ginrai flies into it
with his superforce, destroying it. Grand Maximus is hit by the second
blast though and hurtles through the atmosphere toward Earth, but is
saved by Shuta, who is, in turn, saved by God Ginrai.
36 - Save Cancer?
Black Zarak outlines his
plans to attack
China, homeland of the Destron Headmaster Jr., Cancer. Hearing of this,
he goes there, telling everyone that the Destrons are coming and that
they should flee for their safety. They do not believe him, calling him
a traitor and making him evaluate his reasons for being a Destron. He
begins to have his doubts about being a member of the Destrons and
taking part in their genocidal plans. Suddenly, Black Zarak appears and
starts to destroy the city, burying Cancer in rubble as he tries to
rescue Jan. His little friend Browning manages to alert the Cybertron
Headmaster Jrs. who rescue him.
37 - Showdown at the
Destron Undersea Base
Just as the Cybertrons are
putting all
their efforts into finding the Destron base, Clouder appears before
Shuta, saying that he will guide the Headmaster Jr. to the base for the
Cybertrons saving his life. Despite his doubts, Shuta accompanies him
alone to the Destron base, not knowing that the Destrons have uncovered
their plan. They are both captured by Giga and Mega, who use them as
bait to lure God Ginrai to the base to kill them all. Overlord begins
beating up on Super Ginrai when he arrives, while King Poseidon
prepares to beat up Godbomber, but Cancer ends up attacking King
Poseidon and they all escape.
38 - The New Black Zarak
After freeing Shuta, Ginrai
and the
other Cybertrons know that now that they've finally located the Destron
base, they must destroy it. They assemble a strike force, led by God
Ginrai and Grand Maximus and prepare to take down the base. Cancer and
Clouder guide the Cybertrons through a gap in the Destrons' radar
detection net, but the Destrons have a new system and launch a
counter-offensive with the Seacons and Pretenders. Fortunately, Grand
Maximus is more than enough to handle King Poseidon, while God Ginrai
handles the Pretenders. Lord Z reveals his true form and merges with
Black Zarak, who traps the Cybertrons at the bottom of the base.
Overlord then plants some bombs to blow up the base entirely, and God
Ginrai has to convince Wilder and Bullhorn to leave before the whole
base is destroyed.
39 - The Reborn Darkwings
Despite Cancer's attempt to
convince
Bullhorn and Wilder to stay with the Cybertrons, they fly off in their
robot modes, leaving him behind. Giga and Mega begin to have their
first doubts of Devil Z. Meanwhile, unable to defeat Ginrai despite
their best efforts, Buster and Hydra decide to take the final step and
abandon their frail human bodies altogether. Devil Z takes them into
his dark dimension and converts them into mechanical beings, fusing
them completely with their transtectors so that they are reborn as
super robot lifeforms. Devil Z then starts its all-out attack on North
America by concealing itself (and Black Zarak) in the Grand Canyon. The
Cybertrons assemble a strike force to stop the menace, most of them
trying to help the survivors while Super Ginrai goes to the Grand
Canyon with Godbomber and the Headmasters. There, he is confronted by
the new Buster and Hydra. while the Seacons surround the Headmasters.
Bullhorn and Wilder show up to help the Headmaster Jrs., while
Godbomber shows up to help Super Ginrai defeat Dreadwing. Next up -
Overlord.
40 - The Battle for Survival
Overlord does not use his
weapons in
fighting God Ginrai yet has no problem beating him up, confusing God
Ginrai greatly. All Overlord is concerned with is whether or not he is
stronger/better than God Ginrai. Grand Maximus shows up and stops the
fight between God Ginrai and Overlord personally, blasting Overlord out
of the way. The Destron Headmaster Jrs decide to leave the Destrons
because of how they have been mistreated; they do not change sides, but
work only to get back at the Destrons. While the Seacons take on the
Cybertron Headmasters and Hawk, Buster and Hydra attack Lightfoot and
Roadking, burying them inside a cave. Buster manages to capture Shuta,
and the Destron Headmasters attempt to transform to stop this, but
instead they lose their bracelets, while their transtectors are reborn
as robotic forms. God Ginrai and Grand Maximus show up, and Shuta
manages to break free of his captors. The other Cybertron Headmasters
blast the Destron Headmasters, freeing Bullhorn, Wilder, Cancer, and
Clouder. The Destrons manage to destroy most of North America and Devil
Z orders Overlord and the others to finish destroying Europe.
41 - The True Form of Devil
Z
From atop the Great
Matterhorn, Black
Zarak releases his Devil Thunder power, causing paranormal phenomena
everywhere. God Ginrai and the other Cybertrons follow the Destrons to
the Great Matterhorn and prepare an all-out assault. The Destron
Headmasters and Clouder try to help out as much as possible, but
without their bracelets, they appear powerless. The Cybertrons split up
to launch their attack - God Ginrai from the south, Lightfoot and the
other Godmasters from the north and Hawk and the Headmasters from the
east. Black Zarak almost immediately sends an avalanche to stop
Lightfoot's party and orders King Poseidon to stop Hawk and the
Headmaster Jrs. God Ginrai rushes to help the Headmaster Jrs. and Hawk
but finds Buster and Hydra waiting for him. Using his superforce, he
manages to get past them, and is able to rescue Hawk from King
Poseidon. Black Zarak then punishes Buster and Hydra for failing to
dispose of the Cybertrons by practically killing them. Overlord then
gets angry, attacking Black Zarak but he is unsuccessful and at the
brink of death when God Ginrai shows up. God Ginrai helps Overlord
escape with Sixknight showing up suddenly to allow God Ginrai to get
reinforcements Unfortunately, for this heroic deed, Black Zarak
destroys Sixknight, leading to the final confrontation.
42 - The Ultimate Battle
Black Zarak, from atop the
Great
Matterhorn, tries to head toward Antarctica where he is planning to
release his Devil Thunder energy there. God Ginrai attempts to stop
Black Zarak, meeting him in single combat and doing significant damage
to him, but then Black Zarak drops an avalanche on top of him. While
this is going on, the other Cybertron Godmasters face off against a
weakened Buster and Hydra. Black Zarak subjects God Ginrai with his
Devil Thunder rings, immobilizing him and threatening to turn him into
a robot, but suddenly Grand Maximus, who picked up a strong
electromagnetic disturbance, arrives on the scene, blasting at Black
Zarak to free God Ginrai, who then manages to destroy Black Zarak's
robot head. Unfortunately, Devil Z assumes an even-more hideous form to
battle the Cybertrons. Overlord shows up, and as Devil Z orders him to
attack God Ginrai, he ends up attacking Devil Z itself. As a result, it
takes away their Godmaster powers, killing Giga and Mega and turning
Overlord into a pure robot. However, God Ginrai and the other
Headmaster Jrs combine their Superforce and destroy Devil Z once and
for all. It is revealed that Devil Z was the one who created the
Godmasters and gave them their powers, but they manage to overcome
their "creator". As a result of its destruction, they lose their
Masterforce bracelets and become humans, completely separated from the
robots who head back to space.
