- 6/28/2025
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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01:05Zone Riders, looks like we're coming to a commercial.
01:11Stay tuned. The Zone Riders will be back.
01:13Stay tuned. The Zone Riders will be back.
01:43Stay tuned. The Zone Riders will be back.
01:50Nice job, team. Things were touch and go there for a while.
02:06Yeah. For a while, I wasn't sure Dr. Lawrence would ever get to see these computer cues.
02:12Let us hope the information on them will bring us a step closer to solving the riddle of the Zone.
02:18Wonder what that yellow mist is up ahead.
02:20That farm. It looks like the one I took my son to on holidays.
02:28Then after I left, Overlord struck and I lost my son to the Zone.
02:36Himmel, what is happening?
02:39Tank, old formation.
02:44Yeah, Commander, but I can't seem to...
02:49He is becoming slow.
02:51Automatic, Tank. Put her on automatic.
02:54Automatic. Must hit auto.
02:58It must have something to do with this mist.
03:03Quickly, let's get him out before it hits us, too.
03:09Let go, Tank.
03:11Let me get to that automatic...
03:14Zone getting to me, too.
03:17I... I feel dizzy.
03:19Let's act.
03:22Convert.
03:23Force them to the plane.
03:24Fast.
03:32Is everyone all right?
03:33Get a lift. Look out.
03:39To the plane.
03:40To the plane.
03:53Go! I have to hold them up!
03:59Let's go!
04:00To the plane.
04:10Very interesting.
04:12The analysis of the Zone residue from your suits is complete.
04:16I'm afraid there's nothing unusual about it.
04:19So it must have been the mist, I presume.
04:22Yes, but what was it?
04:24What makes our suits fail?
04:26My answer, Commander, is quite simple.
04:27I haven't a clue.
04:29Are you absolutely certain?
04:33The Zoner who reported it is reliable?
04:37All Zoners are reliable, Bandit.
04:40The question is...
04:44Are you?
04:46Overlord thinks so.
04:48Are you perhaps questioning his judgment?
04:51Enough.
04:53If the Zone riders were affected by the Zone,
04:55it is most important.
04:58Well worth risking my spy inside Mission Command Central.
05:03It is time for you to prove yourself.
05:13Provide me with the information I need.
05:20It's time for you to prove yourself.
05:26Provide me with the information I need.
05:29And when I've won, your place will be powerful.
05:36Soul Riders, scramble. Soul Riders, scramble.
05:42What's wrong?
05:44It's scramble to message. I think from Overlord.
05:48Are you sure?
05:49I cannot be sure. Maybe not.
05:53Soul Riders, scramble. Soul Riders, scramble.
05:56Come on, that's a Code 1 alert.
06:05We have the answer, or at least part of it.
06:13Ach, that's where it happened.
06:1520 years ago, that farm was a secret factory making illegal chemical weapons.
06:23It was discovered, but the chemicals were too dangerous to move. They were buried on the site.
06:28Evidently, they have since leaked out creating the yellow mist, allowing the zone to penetrate your suits.
06:36Later, we're in the middle of a briefing.
06:39Sorry, General. I've got my orders.
06:42Central Diagnostics said your computer is ready to go bananas.
06:46You'll have to talk to them.
06:48Oh, all right. I don't have time to go through that red tape now.
06:51The trouble is, we don't know what those chemicals are.
06:54Someone must know.
06:56That information is only in the mind of one Gideon Rorschach.
07:01He ran the chemical factory and, well, went to jail for it.
07:05Rorschach is free now. He lives in his hometown, near there, just outside the zone.
07:12Uh, all set, General.
07:14I'm sorry for the interruption.
07:16Excuse me, General.
07:17Call it woman's intuition, but I have to check something.
07:20Call it woman's intuition, but I have to check something.
07:51Zenith to Overlord.
07:53Zenith to Overlord.
07:58Some farm where illegal chemical weapons were made.
08:05Taito!
08:20Eva!
08:33You cannot escape!
08:36Look!
08:47Quickly!
08:48Yeah, well, she'll be okay.
08:58The boxes broke her fall, but she'll be out for a day or two, at least.
09:03Until then, we can't find out how much she told Overlord.
09:06We'll have to assume that he knows enough to want the same information we do, so he can stop us.
09:12We have to beat him to it.
09:13Therefore, a double-sided plan is necessary.
09:16Commander, you and Katarina will find Rorschach.
09:19The rest of you come with me.
09:20I'm sending you back into the zone to get a direct reading on those chemicals.
09:27Using this remote-controlled vehicle I've devised, guide it onto that farm from a safe distance, and it will analyze the mist.
09:35Number 37.
09:57Let's just hope Rorschach is home.
09:59Keep an eye out of the trouble.
10:00Mr. Rorschach, I'm Commander Dirk Courage of the Zone Riders.
10:09So what?
10:10So we need your help in our fight against Overlord.
10:15What was in those chemicals you manufactured?
10:18I'm through being used.
10:20Leave me alone.
10:21Forget it, Courage.
10:47He's ours, and so are you.
10:50We cannot let them get into it.
10:58Don't worry, Kat.
10:59They won't.
10:59They won't.
10:59We cannot let them get into it.
11:09We cannot let them get into it.
11:10We cannot let them get into it.
11:11We cannot let them get into it.
11:12We cannot let them get into it.
11:13We cannot let them get into it.
11:13We cannot let them get into it.
11:14We cannot let them get into it.
11:15We cannot let them get into it.
11:16We cannot let them get into it.
11:17We cannot let them get into it.
11:18We cannot let them get into it.
11:19We cannot let them get into it.
11:20We cannot let them get into it.
11:21We cannot let them get into it.
11:22We cannot let them get into it.
11:23We cannot let them get into it.
11:24We cannot let them get into it.
11:25We cannot let them get into it.
11:26We cannot let them get into it.
11:27We cannot let them get into it.
11:28Stay tuned. The Zone Riders will be back.
11:35And now we return with more Spiral Zone action.
11:47Watch where you're going.
11:48Out of my way!
11:58Hold it!
12:00We can't risk getting any closer.
12:12They don't know I've beat them to it.
12:16But they will when I've made more of the chemical
12:20and use it to finish off the Zone Riders.
12:25Bandit, what is your situation?
12:28Courage got to Rorschach first, Overlord.
12:31But I will get him back.
12:33Make sure you do.
12:36Razorback, that is dire.
12:38Get to Rorschach's farm. Fast.
12:41Capture the Zone Riders.
12:42And before it can tell them anything,
12:45destroy their robot sensor.
12:48The Black Widows want the same information we want.
12:51But their methods are pretty rough.
12:54Now we must know what those chemicals are, Mr. Rorschach.
12:58You will be doing a service for humanity.
13:02Oh, really?
13:04Let me tell you the service humanity did for me.
13:07You did make illegal chemical weapons, Mr. Rorschach.
13:10Yes.
13:10For my country,
13:12under secret orders from General Fazekas himself.
13:15But he denied it to save his own skin.
13:20So I went to prison.
13:24But he retired to spend his days at a sidewalk cafe in our capital.
13:30I vowed revenge.
13:33And then the Spyro Zone separated us.
13:36You want my help?
13:37Deliver General Fazekas into my hands.
13:43Agreed.
13:46But, Tark, you cannot.
13:47I have to.
13:49But he won't harm the General, I promise you.
13:52Courage to Hero, do you read?
13:55Yes, Commander.
13:56I've got another assignment for you and Tank before we all rendezvous here.
14:00We're almost at the farm.
14:02Flick up.
14:03Keep your eyes open.
14:05You too.
14:06Get to the General fast.
14:07Heading toward Budapest.
14:12I'd better arrange a proper reception.
14:16Bandit, I have something else for you to do.
14:34I'm outnumbered, outgunned, and out of here.
14:37Oh, yes.
14:42Must have said it.
14:44I can't.
14:46Oh, lovely.
14:47He's being zoned.
14:59Nice going, woman driver.
15:04Oh, man.
15:05I never want to get that close to being zoned again.
15:13I do not see the cafe where the General is supposed to be.
15:17Over there.
15:21Don't even think about moving a muscle.
15:25Good to see you, Max.
15:42Max, did you get the Thorlin elephant?
15:45No, but now we leave Captain General.
15:47Chelsea baited us, overlord.
16:02He was here in the city with Schmidt and Tucker.
16:05And you let them get away too, bandit?
16:09Only temporarily.
16:10I attached a homing device to one of their vehicles.
16:14Look and see.
16:17Oh, excellent, bandit.
16:19Excellent.
16:21When they stop, I'll know exactly where to find them.
16:26You got it.
16:33Good work.
16:38Where am I?
16:40You're out of the zone, General.
16:41No, I want the zone.
16:45Oh, you're just confused.
16:46It's part of the de-zoning process.
16:48Zone.
16:49Zone.
16:51There I don't have to think about Rorschach.
16:54But I think about you, General, all the time.
16:59He's all yours, Rorschach.
17:01Commander, we can't.
17:02We had a deal.
17:03I want the molecular formula for those chemicals.
17:08Radio this to Dr. Lawrence.
17:10I've waited such a long time for this.
17:15Please, do it.
17:17Don't want to remember what I did to you.
17:21I can't.
17:22It's not as I thought it would be.
17:25How could you know he would not shoot?
17:27I'm a good judge of human nature, Tank.
17:29Besides, I left the safety on.
17:31That was good thinking, Commander.
17:32Yeah, and the gun wasn't loaded.
17:37Kat, get Rorschach and the General to save...
17:39The rest of us will take care of Overlord and his bullies.
17:42Hit it.
17:51Perfect.
17:53They think we're after Rorschach and that General.
17:56Now!
18:09Very smart of you to bring in the Klappler, Bandit.
18:30It was easy to adapt it to deliver a dose of Rorschach's chemical to courage in his Soul Riders.
18:37In one minute, the container will explode and their suits will be useless.
18:45They will be zoned.
18:49Take these men!
18:51Protect them!
18:51They must get a clear shot at the generator!
19:02This way!
19:03Must fight it!
19:29Kat!
19:30Kat!
19:31If you'll read me...
19:32Gas!
19:33Zone!
19:34Stay away!
19:35Overlord must save Rorschach's chemicals!
19:36Overlord must save Rorschach's chemicals!
19:38Sirk, I'm homing in on your signal!
19:40Gas can freeze!
19:41That is the quickest way!
19:42Dirk, are you alright?
19:43I will be in a second.
19:47They will be zoned enough to deal with by now.
19:48On my command, we'll pour it on!
19:49Go!
19:50Bring Dirk Courage and his Zone Riders to me!
19:54What?
19:55No!
19:56No!
19:57No!
19:58No!
19:59No!
20:00No!
20:01No!
20:02No!
20:03No!
20:04No!
20:05No!
20:06No!
20:07No!
20:08No!
20:09No!
20:10No!
20:11No!
20:12No!
20:13No!
20:14No!
20:15No!
20:16No!
20:17No!
20:18No!
20:19No!
20:20No!
20:21No!
20:22No!
20:23No!
20:24Well that ought to send over Lord and his friends packing.
20:27Thanks for saving us, Kat.
20:28Oh, it was my pleasure, Commander.
20:31All right folks, time to go home.
20:33Hit it!
20:34With Zoe in jail, we don't have to worry about her spying for Overlord anymore.
20:46Oh, and by the way, there's more good news.
20:49Your suits and helmets are being treated with a protective counter-chemical sealant,
20:54which I am supervising personally.
20:57It is good to be working again.
21:00And there's someone who's glad you are, Mr. Rorschach.
21:02I am here to tell you that for the rest of my life,
21:06I will feel the pain of guilt for what I did to you.
21:09General, guilt is a waste. It cripples a man's soul.
21:14If you wish to make amends, then become great again, as you once were.
21:19Help in the fight against Overlord.
21:22I... I do not know what to say.
21:25Simply say yes.
21:27Yes. A thousand times. Yes.
21:32We'll be right back with more Spiral Zone action.
21:38And now we return with more Spiral Zone adventure.
21:41Earth's most powerful soldiers fight the Spiral Zone.
21:52No, no, no.
21:54Our world calls for courage, peace and freedom.
22:01We must own.
22:03We will fight
22:06On our honor
22:08What is right
22:09We'll defend
22:11Fight the zone
22:12Zone riders
22:14Earth's most powerful soldiers
22:16Are Earth's last chance
22:18Against the Spiral Zone
22:23Spiral Zone
22:33Spiral Zone
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