Episodes: 52 | Released: 1994 | Certificate: PG | Genre: Action/Adventure | Director:
Actors: Brad Hawkins
, Sarah Brown
, Michael Calvin Bacon
, Julian Combs
, Gardner Baldwin
, Richard Rabago
, Michael Sorich
, David W Carr
Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. are called to meet the mysterious Professor Hart at his lab in the mountains. On the way, they are attacked from the air by Air Striker and Fighterbot, and on the ground by Skugs. They make it to the lab, receive their powers and are sent to fight Grimlord's (Ziktor when in his human guise) forces.
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. Through the use of virtual reality, the Professor shows them what may be in store for them if they continue their quest. Meanwhile, Grimlord is planning a full scale assault on the planet.
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. The boys are getting ready for a doubles Karate tournament when Kaitlin alerts them and they rush to save J.B.'s dad from the attacking Skugs.
Kaitlin's cousin, Betsy, comes for a visit. She aspires to be a reporter like Kaitlin and, while on a story, discovers green slime oozing from the grass in the park. Kaitlin and the guys analyze the slime and discover it is a defoliant that will destroy all of the plants and trees.
When a homeless lady wanders into the dojo with amnesia, the kids try to help. Tao cooks herbal food, students pass out flyers, J.B. uses his computer and Kaitlin runs her photo on the front page of Woody's newspaper.
Ryan and J.B. are training two young brothers who argue with each other all the time. Ziktor/Grimlord decides to unleash two monster robot brothers of his own, the Swordbots.
Grimlord uses a computer virus to "crash" the lab's computer system and retrieve the secret of Mass Inter-Reality Travel. In an attempt to recall Professor Hart, the Troopers call an ambush by Skugs.
A neighborhood policewoman offers Tao and the kids a challenge: turn Becky into a karate contender in two weeks and win $1000 from the Police Association to help other street kids.
While helping Kaitlin install a difficult graphics program in her computer at the paper, J.B. gets sucked into the monitor and disappears.
Kaitlin is paid a visit by an eccentric young inventor who has plans for a pollution-free motorcycle engine.
Grimlord plants a spy in reality - an investigative reporter named Jeremy whom Woody hires at the Underground Voice Daily.
In Ziktor's tower, Ziktor decides to turn the Troopers against each other.
Grimlord (a.k.a. Ziktor) needs an old growth forest clear for a massive break-through from Virtual Reality.
A celebration is held on the tenth Anniversary of Tao Dojo and Grimlord sends his Evil Magician to abduct the real magician and catch the Troopers with their guard down.
Jeb the dog is depressed because he's fallen for Princess the Dog and her puppies, but Princess's owner, Mrs. Burns, calls Jeb a pound mutt and blocks their romance - even though Mrs. Burns' little boy, Timmy, is all for it.
Following an earthquake, the teens discover, using the help of Virtual Reality, that someone is digging shafts to the center of the Earth under a downtown building.
The military has been robbed of the preserved brain of the greatest military mind in history. Grimlord will try to use the brain in his scheme to take over the planet.
Kaitlin starts having dreams about the power and invincibility of Grimlord's forces. The nightmares are so vivid she can't sleep and her work starts to suffer. Grimlord is using his "Dreammaster" robot to use her worst fears against her.
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.
While on a hike, the kids and Jeb discover an abandoned building in the middle of nowhere. Kaitlin takes a photo of the building and spots a man in a room with bars on the windows, sitting next to a strange "S" symbol on the wall.
Grimlord plots to overtake reality by making his mutants invisible. At the same time, Tao tries to teach the Troopers the importance of stealth in combat.
Kaitlin receives flowers from a secret admirer - Grimlord! Colonel Ice-Bot is developing evil flowers to capture and destroy the Troopers.
Inside a house in a quiet neighborhood, Colonel Ice-Bot has penetrated the reality barrier with an ionic cyber beam. Grimlord wants him to build a robot to open the reality barrier from the Troopers' side so that General Ivar's armies can attack.
J.B. coaches one of two rival baseball teams for a benefit game to raise money to upgrade the field and to secure the lease. Ziktor wants to end the lease and take the land.
Skugs dognap Jeb when he steps outside for a nature call. They take him to Grimlord, who is angered by the dog's wise-cracking mouth. Although some robots want to terminate Jeb, Grimlord has a plan: he will set a trap.
The teens are enjoying a perfect day at Cross World Dam Lake. Taking a virtual tour of the dam they've been told is polluted, they find a radio signal coming from under the dam itself.
Grimlord sends a package to the dojo. When it's opened, Ryan, Kaitlinand J.B. are exposed to a strange ray which turns them into children.
Local legend has it that anyone who looks at the Ghost Biker face to face vanishes forever. Meanwhile, Ziktor receives two pieces of good news: General Ivar has found a weakened area of the reality barrier and Colonel Icebot has developed a new weapon, the Virtual Vaporizer, to take care of the Troopers.
Kaitlin's friend, Danielle, beseeches her to write a story about the Animal Sanctuary, where Danielle's father is head scientist.
Kaitlin receives a tip on a big story: a top secret weapons plant and testing site has been set up outside Cross World City.
The Troopers and Professor Hart discover that one of Grimlord's mutants actually possesses human DNA!
J.B., Kaitlinand Percy manage to escape being crushed by giant spikes in Grimlord's Virtual Dungeon.
A Skug learns of the V.R. Troopers plans to de-virtualize Ryan's father, Tyler Steel/Dark Heart, and warns Grimlord - who decides to use Dark Heart as bait to lure Ryan to his destruction.
Grimlord, knowing Dark Heart/Tyler is gravely injured, launches a full aerial assault on Professor Hart's lab, as this is the first place Ryan will take his father.
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 fund-raiser to bail it out of jeopardy.
When the Jr. High Football Coach stumbles onto Grimlord's secret base, Skugs shrink him and imprison him in a sports trading card.
Skugs kidnap Baby Boo from his parents in the park and leave the baby on the dojo doorstep.
General Ivar and Colonel Icebot stage a battle with the V.R. Troopers in virtual reality in order to infect them with a Reality Virus.
Two circus performers who are scientists in disguise (Mikail and Leah) are taken to Professor Hart for help in completing their research on a fuel-increasing formula hidden on a micro-dot on a jewel in Leah's necklace.
Grimlord comes up with the idea of turning dog pound pets (and more) into rabid mutant monsters for his own army.
Ricky, Tao's visiting nephew, is a couch potato who spends most of his time watching TV and playing video games.
Grimlord steals Dr. Unger's transforming device, hoping to take the powers of the V.R. Troopers for his army.
Kaitlin is doing an article on biologically dissimilar twins. She maintains that every living being has a mirror image.
J.B. spars with Ryan in an effort to relax before taking a test to qualify for a scholarship. When sparring fails to work, J.B. tries to relax in the park. Skugs attack him and draw him into the BattleGrid where they administer the Metamorphosis Pulse - a weapon designed to gradually change humans into virtual mutants.
J.B. agrees to help his South American e-mail pal, Jose, with some research on volcano data. Mount Kronos, an extinct volcano near-by, has been vibrating strangely and J.B. is convinced that his computer will give him the answer to why this is happening.
Ryan, Kaitlinand J.B. are having a blast at a go-cart racetrack. They notice a kid who is being teased by a bully about having trouble with his go-cart. J.B. and Ryan volunteer to help get the kid's go-cart up and running for a race against the bully.
Kaitlin's cousin from Ireland, Keith, and his band are in town to perform a benefit concert to help raise awareness concerning the environment. Karl Ziktor/Grimlord, not wanting the city to realize his company is responsible for harmful toxic waste dumping, needs to prevent the concert at any cost.
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." As they play, they are given a shock via the game board, which Grimlord is secretly using as a conduit to unleash a lethal dose of gamma radiation on the virtualizers.
Ryan, Kaitlinand J.B. are camping in the wilderness when a streak of light and a thunderous crash nearby alert them to the arrival of an alien spaceship.
Professor Hart contacts Ryan, Kaitlinand J.B. at The Underground to relay a message to Ryan from Dr. Monroe, an old friend of the Professor's who happens to head up the National Space Laboratory.
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.
J.B. is sent to fight the Red Python, which malfunctions mid-battle. Dr. Poindexter has an extra retroformer which they use to bring her back to normal.
