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Spiral Zone is a 1987 animated sci-fi series that blends action, dystopian storytelling, and futuristic tech. Set in the year 2007, the show follows an elite team known as the Zone Riders as they battle the evil Overlord and his Black Widows, who have enslaved much of the world using a mind-controlling bio-weapon called the Spiral Zone. With its dark tone, advanced animation for the time, and unique character designs, Spiral Zone stands out as one of the most underrated and mature 80s cartoons — a must-watch for fans of retro action and sci-fi animation.

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00:00Surrender or pay the consequences
00:11Earth's most powerful soldiers
00:14Or Earth's last chance
00:17To fight the spirals
00:19Darkness has fallen
00:24On the victims
00:28Of the zone
00:30Our world
00:34Calls for courage
00:36Peace and freedom
00:39We must own
00:42We will fight
00:44On our honor
00:46When it's right
00:47We'll defend
00:49Fight the zone
00:50Zone rise
00:52Earth's most powerful soldiers
00:55Or Earth's last chance
00:57Against the spiral zone
01:01Spiral zone
01:05Zone writers, looks like we're coming to a commercial
01:09Let's fight the zone
01:14You don't understand
01:35I must reach Los Angeles
01:37My son was there when the latest zone generator struck
01:40Sorry, ma'am
01:42Aerospace scientists only on this run
01:44MCC orders
01:44Which half the Coat
01:49Of the Europe
01:49Do what
01:51Although
01:51Our
01:52Flour
01:53Of the
01:541948
01:54To identify
01:54Of the
01:55B
01:57To be
01:58Of the
01:58District
01:59analyzed
01:59Of the
02:00Douglas
02:00fulfill
02:00Indclaire
02:01the
02:02latch
02:02뿌
02:03Of the
02:03anniversary
02:04This
02:05Produced
02:06Of the
02:0771
02:07Has
02:08What
02:08dibuj
02:09came over
02:09efficacy
02:10Hey, how'd we get switched inland?
02:25Laser Express to Central, we've been misrouted.
02:28Indeed, you are.
02:31Straight into the zone!
02:40What's going on?
02:43Who's trying to distract the medium?
02:45What's happening here?
02:46I said, look!
02:54Okay, tank, do it!
03:03Protect the generator!
03:06Protect the generator!
03:08Protect the generator!
03:12Get it, tank!
03:26Courage to MCC.
03:27We copy, Commander.
03:28The generator is down.
03:30The Phoenix Center for Disease Control is ours again.
03:33Excellent, Dirk.
03:34You've just made it possible to save hundreds of thousands of lives.
03:37The rehab team is on its way.
03:39Fine.
03:40We'll be returning to base.
03:41I'm afraid not, Commander.
03:43The Laser Express bullet train has been rerouted into the Central California Zone.
03:48And our top aerospace designers and scientists are on it.
03:51Sounds bad.
03:52It is.
03:53The only railroad stop in the zone is the Mercadine Aerospace Plant.
03:58Which is in Overlord's hands.
03:59I say, Overlord must be taking them to Mercadine to work on some top secret project of his.
04:07The train will reach the plant in two hours.
04:09Dirk, you've got to stop it and rescue those scientists.
04:13They're vital to our defenses.
04:14We're on our way.
04:15Hurry, John.
04:24Max, you and I will check out Mercadine.
04:26Tank Hero La Caterina, you intercept that train.
04:29Prepare to drop.
04:30Right away, Commander.
04:31Here it comes.
04:52It must be going 200 kilometers an hour.
04:55How will we catch it?
04:57By letting it catch up with us.
05:01Come on, take closer.
05:23Darker shirt off the lift.
05:25Let's go.
05:26Well, now we must find a way to stop the train.
05:35How are you going to do that when you won't live long enough to see the next branch line?
05:44Stop, you fool.
05:45You might hit the scientists.
05:48Seize them.
05:48Can't all don't belong.
05:56Come on, let's get out of here.
06:00This is the last car.
06:02There's no place for them to run.
06:05Huh?
06:05Where did they go?
06:07Too much wind.
06:09It will be hard to reach the engine this way.
06:11We will not have to look.
06:14Stop their generators connecting this zone to the San Francisco zone.
06:19We can blast them.
06:20Then cut the car loose.
06:26That's one mean looking machine.
06:28We must work at all.
06:29And nearly finished by the looks of it.
06:31We better shut down this operation fast.
06:34We'll cut around the hangers and knock out that generator.
06:36We'll cut around the hangers and knock out the hangers and knock out the hangers and knock out the hangers.
07:06We'll cut around the hangers and knock out the hangers and knock out the hangers and knock out the hangers and knock out the hangers and knock out the hangers and knock out the hangers and knock out the hangers.
07:36All right, let's go!
07:46Ah!
07:47Katerina!
07:48Don't worry.
07:52She's in good hands.
07:56Very good hands.
08:06Remove your helmets.
08:15Get them now.
08:17Remove your weapon.
08:21It is a shame we do not have time to take prisoners.
08:24Do svidaniya, Duchess.
08:36Make sure those seams are tight.
08:45Put them.
08:46Some fighters.
08:48Stop them.
08:51All right, Courage.
08:56You wanna fight?
08:58You got one.
09:01The scientists are still zoned, but safe.
09:05And the Black Widows have gone.
09:08Now all we have to do is stop the train.
09:10That I will take care of.
09:16And raise it back to Overlord.
09:18We got a problem.
09:20So, once again, the Zone Riders disrupt my plans.
09:26But the routing controls are still yours.
09:29You decide where the train goes.
09:32If the radiation in that old nuclear power plant were to be unleashed, much of California would perish, including the Zone Riders.
09:43And the people left would be forced to flee into the Zone.
09:49Pushed into the new world by the dangerous follies of the old.
09:55A branch of the tracks was laid to within a few hundred feet of the nuclear facility which lies outside the Zone.
10:04Yes.
10:05Yes.
10:06Reprogram the routing computer and override the train's controls.
10:12Overlord, the Duchess Dyer, prepare for new orders.
10:22I will these controls not respond.
10:25Him, we are headed for the Escondido nuclear power plant.
10:29Hello.
10:30What's this?
10:31Lunch is tired.
10:32Good guess.
10:33Boo.
10:34No.
10:35My armor.
10:36The Zone.
10:37Welcome to our side, Schmidt.
10:38Stay tuned.
10:39The Zone Riders will be back.
10:42And now we return with more Spiral Zone action.
11:03Your will is strong, but the Zone is stronger.
11:10Protect this engine with your life.
11:14And if the Zone Riders find you, capture them.
11:19Your Duchess.
11:21And now I'll make sure this train can never be stopped.
11:29Why is the train not slowing?
11:31Take.
11:32Acknowledge.
11:33Something is wrong.
11:35I will check on him.
11:36I will blow the next generator.
11:38We are almost to the mercantile plant.
12:08Commander, we are really outnumbered.
12:12Not for long.
12:13Here comes help.
12:14I must die.
12:15He's just right.
12:17I must die.
12:18He's just right.
12:20I don't get it.
12:22I thought Overlord wanted it to stop me.
12:23Something's gone wrong.
12:24Tank.
12:25Hero.
12:26Cat.
12:27Do you read?
12:28Commander.
12:29Tank is in the engine, but he does not respond.
12:35Courage to MCC.
12:36Come in.
12:37We've been monitoring the train.
12:38We know it's past you.
12:39According to our data, its onboard computer is out of commission.
12:43Overlord must be controlling it from the routing station at Escondido.
12:46Wait a minute.
12:47That branch line dead ends at the old Escondido nuclear facility.
12:50Commander, if that train hits the reactor at top speed...
12:52We've got to reach the routing station and stop that train.
12:54But how are we gonna beat the laser express to Escondido?
12:55In fact...
12:56There's just one problem.
12:57We've got to be able to beat the laser express to Escondido.
12:59It's on-board computer is out of commission.
13:00The pilot must be controlling it from the routing station at Escondido.
13:01Wait a minute.
13:02That branch line dead ends at the old Escondido nuclear facility.
13:04Commander, if that train hits the reactor at top speed...
13:07We've got to reach the routing station and stop that train.
13:11But how are we gonna beat the laser express to Escondido?
13:15In fact...
13:17There's just one problem.
13:23You're history, Courage.
13:51Not bad.
13:54So, you waited to check your luggage or what?
14:07Could you get this bird airborne?
14:09I'll try. I don't have a lot of faith in the cheap labor overlord.
14:12He still has all the stability of a water buffalo and a raft.
14:25Just get us south.
14:27Aye, aye, sir. Okay if I clear these hills first?
14:31Well, there. Sweet dreams, my dear.
14:33So much for the vaunted zone riders. Now to get off this doomsday train.
14:45You're not going anywhere, Duchess.
14:59So, you see yourself as a martial artist, eh?
15:13Not at all.
15:17Fool.
15:18What's going on down there?
15:32Mission accomplished.
15:42Dirk to Katarina. What's going on down there?
15:44The aerospace scientists are safe, Commander.
15:46But we are trapped here.
15:48Get in the last car and cut yourselves loose.
15:50The train's on a collision course with a nuclear power plant near the zone.
15:54But we can't leave without tank.
15:56Hero, make up.
15:58No! Make up!
16:07According to Reaper, Courage and Jones have commandeered the helicopter.
16:13They must be stopped.
16:18Don't underestimate Courage.
16:20He's probably mastered the helicopter's weapon systems by now.
16:24Any idea how these things work?
16:26Are you kidding?
16:27I don't even know how to turn on the windshield wipers.
16:30This looks like it could be a bomb release.
16:39Hey, not bad, Commander.
16:42Fire!
16:51So far so good.
16:52Let's try this.
16:56Fire!
16:58Courage has mastered those weapons!
17:00Away!
17:02At least I can make sure that there's no way to stop that train.
17:06Let's destroy the routing station.
17:13Quickly.
17:14We must be away from here before the train hits the reactor.
17:17He destroyed the control center.
17:19Now we'll never stop the train.
17:20Yes, we will.
17:21Take us down.
17:23Hero!
17:24Push Alexa!
17:25Please wake up!
17:26Hurry!
17:27Free me!
17:29We are going to crash into the nuclear plant!
17:30We must get to tank!
17:31If they have hurt him, I will find them!
17:32Zone Riders!
17:33I must stop you!
17:34Plant tank!
17:35Move!
17:36The harder they fall!
17:37Aha!
17:38Take!
17:39Stop!
17:40Okay!
17:41Take!
17:42Okay!
17:43We are going to crash into the nuclear plant!
17:44We must get to tank!
17:46If they have hurt him, I will find them!
17:49Zone Riders!
17:50Zone Riders!
17:51I must stop you!
17:52Take!
17:53No!
17:54The harder they fall!
17:55Aha!
17:56Take!
17:57Stop!
17:58Okay!
17:59Easy now!
18:00The harder they fall!
18:01Aha!
18:02Take!
18:03Stop!
18:04Okay!
18:05Easy now!
18:06No!
18:07No!
18:08No!
18:09No!
18:10No!
18:11No!
18:12No!
18:13No!
18:14No!
18:15No!
18:16No!
18:18No!
18:19No!
18:20Oh!
18:21Commander!
18:22Take the within zone!
18:23You mean you are still on the train?
18:25They cannot control him!
18:26Kat!
18:27Listen!
18:28You have got ninety seconds to get to the last car and cut yourself loose before that engine
18:31jumped the tracks!
18:32You hurt the commander!
18:34I have been trying to avoid hurting him but that is no longer an option!
18:39He-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e!
18:43Come on, friend.
18:59Get back.
19:03No.
19:13I must stop him.
19:22Tank, no!
19:36Derek, I am in the clearing, but Hero and Tank are still on the engines.
19:41Commander, we gotta do something.
19:43I don't know who you're going to.
19:44Take us down.
19:52Hero, get Tank on the roof.
19:54I do not think that will be a problem, Commander.
20:02No, Tank!
20:03You do not want to kill me.
20:05I am your friend!
20:07Destroy Zonida!
20:13No!
20:14I don't want to kill him.
20:15No!
20:16Let's go!
20:17Oh!
20:48Tank, Tank, are you all right?
21:01Hero, what is happening?
21:04Where are we?
21:06It is all right now, old friend.
21:13Hey, come on.
21:14Katarina needs a lift, not to mention those aerospace scientists.
21:18Katarina will be glad to see you back to normal.
21:24Huh?
21:25Katarina?
21:28Same old tank.
21:30Zone didn't change him a bit.
21:33We'll be right back with more Spiral Zone action.
21:40And now we return with more Spiral Zone adventure.
21:42Earth's most powerful soldiers fight the Spiral Zone.
21:55Our world calls for courage, peace, and freedom.
22:03We must own.
22:04We will fight on our honor.
22:09What is right?
22:11We'll defend.
22:12Fight the Zone.
22:14Zone riders.
22:15Earth's most powerful soldiers.
22:18Our Earth's last chance against the Spiral Zone.
22:24Spirals in the world.
22:26Spiral Zone!
22:28Spiral Zone!
22:29Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
22:39Spiral Zone!
22:40Spiral Zone!