Episode
The Herculoids: The Raider Apes
Overview
Gotron and his Raider Apes burn a village in search of gold. The Herculoids come to the villagers' aid.
Details
- Series
- The Herculoids
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1967-11-04
- Runtime
- 11 min
Episode context
The Raider Apes is Episode 18 in Season 1 of The Herculoids. It aired on 1967-11-04. The runtime is 11 min.
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Episode 17: The Time Creatures
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.
Episode 19: The Zorbots
A terrible wind storm is raging on Amzot. However, Zandor notices that winds on the left side of a canyon are aiming right, while winds travel in the opposite direction on the right side. Zandor and the Herculoids investigate, and discover Konar is destroying Amzot's atmosphere to replace it with his own. Konar sends his henchmen, who are either killed or injured by the Herculoids. As Zandor confronts Konar, Konar brings out the giant Zorbots to take on the Herculoids. Zandor chooses to surrender in order to destroy the wind machine from within and, when successful, battle the Zorbots.
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