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  • 6/30/2025
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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00:00Surrender or pay the consequences
00:07Earth's most powerful soldiers
00:10Earth's last chance
00:13To fight the spirals of love
00:16Darkness has fallen
00:20On the victims of the zone
00:26Our world calls for courage
00:32Peace and freedom
00:35We must own
00:37We will fight
00:40On our honor
00:42But it's right
00:43We'll defend
00:45Fight the zone
00:46Zone prize
00:48Earth's most powerful soldiers
00:51Or Earth's last chance
00:53Against the spirals
00:56Zone writers
01:03Looks like we're coming to a commercial
01:05Let's fight the zone
01:09Oh, I hope I don't fall
01:18Oh, I hope I don't fall
01:26Oh, I hope I don't fall
01:39I hate to get my head under water
02:02Wow
02:04What's the matter?
02:10Oh, just what we need
02:12You clumsy bird
02:21I hope that thing knows how to tie knots
02:25I hope that thing knows how to tie knots
02:38There it is
02:52There it is
02:58We must get a closer look
03:00Have a seat
03:09Have a seat, Your Excellency
03:10From this throne
03:11I will build an empire
03:13And I stand my rule
03:15And I stand my rule
03:15Over all of South America
03:17I have dreamed of this
03:29Ever since I took over Paraguay
03:31You mean since I took over Paraguay
03:35For you
03:36Lopez Tercero
03:39Does not forget the men
03:40Who serve him
03:41You will have to remember me
03:53Jean Dupre
03:54The power behind the throne
03:58So he still thinks you're building this fortress for him
04:03Why shouldn't he?
04:05After all, he is paying for it
04:28I have made this fortress for Overlord
04:30Now I claim my reward
04:33Overlord must help me overthrow Lopez
04:36Now
04:37You want to be ruler of Paraguay?
04:41I can make you master of half the world
04:44I'll make you my second in command
04:46When you helped put me in Overlord's place
04:50It looks like a duplicate of Overlord's headquarters
04:54Then we were right
04:55The fortress is being built for Overlord
04:58The UN tries to maintain good relations with all governments
05:01Even with Lopez Tercero
05:03But cooperation with Overlord can't be tolerated
05:07Seize the fortress immediately
05:09And take Lopez Tercero into custody
05:11The UN will administer Paraguay
05:13Until a new government can be elected
05:15We're moving on the fortress, hero
05:17Secure a landing strip for the UN transport
05:28Will you join me?
05:29Mais oui
05:30A security alarm
05:32I shall activate the automatic defenses
05:34Nothing can get through the system I have designed
05:40So you say
05:42Refer to Duchess Dyer
05:44Set off the zone pods immediately
05:47Get those zone pods ashore
05:49When do I become immune like you?
05:56Come with me
05:57To the Widowmaker
05:59This way!
06:16Minefield
06:20Minefield
06:34It should be
06:46New
06:54Supposed
06:57Let's move on
06:58We've been hit, but we can make it back to Maine.
07:28We've been hit, but we've been hit.
07:58We've been hit, but we've been hit.
08:28We can't get through the Outer Defenses.
08:35We're falling back.
08:37Get out of there as soon as you can.
08:44Get out of there as soon as you can.
08:51Get out of there.
08:58What is happening?
09:00Bad news, Your Excellency.
09:04What happened to you?
09:06Your hole is over.
09:13We must try to make it to the river.
09:20Zone Riders.
09:27We must try to make it to the river.
09:34Zone Riders.
09:36Zone Riders.
09:43Wow.
09:45Come.
09:46Their defenses require a source of enormous power.
09:52It must come from the dam.
09:59So if we can knock out the dam, the fortress will be disarmed.
10:06Yeah, but the dam will be as well protected as the fortress.
10:07Tank is right, Commander.
10:08Even with our replacement vehicles, we'll never get near it.
10:13No way.
10:14No way.
10:15Can't bring down 60 stories of reinforced concrete with a long-range blast.
10:20You gotta blow a charge right at the weak point of the dam.
10:22Then we have to go back to the dam.
10:23It's a source of enormous power.
10:24It must come from the dam.
10:25So if we can knock out the dam, the fortress will be disarmed.
10:26Yeah, but the dam will be as well protected as the fortress.
10:28Tank is right, Commander.
10:29No way.
10:30Can't bring down 60 stories of reinforced concrete with a long-range blast.
10:39You gotta blow a charge right at the weak point of the dam.
10:42Then we have to think of some way to reach that dam.
10:45Hey, no worries.
10:46I already have a plan, mate.
10:52We rip an explosive charge in a round shell and drop it like a bomb as we come in over the lake.
10:57But, well, we're still at least a mile away.
11:00The bomb skips over the water like a stone on a pond, hit the dam and sink to the bottom.
11:05Right where they do the most damage.
11:07You know, it just might work.
11:12Yeah.
11:13It'll work like a koala bear in a eucalyptus tree, mate.
11:27How much longer?
11:37The difference in the service of perhaps a number of permissions and this is not easy.
11:44Perhaps an hour.
11:46Overlord to Reaper, I'll be over the fortress in one hour.
11:51Everything's ready for your arrival.
11:54We will be ready.
11:57The air defense system will knock down all incoming aircraft, including intruder.
12:03I'll be with Razorback and Duchess Dyer.
12:07My Needler's almost had it.
12:23Stay tuned. The Zone Riders will be back.
12:47And now we return with more Spiral Zone action.
12:55Let's go.
12:59Let's go.
13:20Reaper, I'm going for a new backpack.
13:23Oh, and heaven cares about what I say.
13:29You must be Duchess Dyer.
13:43Reaper has made you a black widow.
13:46Your mind is quick.
13:48I like that in a woman.
13:50Why'd you send out the grappler?
13:59We do not know what is ahead of us.
14:06Reaper replaces Overlord.
14:08And we replace Reaper.
14:11And then you and I hold together.
14:14And what about Razorback?
14:16Oh, Razorback will be controlled.
14:19Hmm.
14:20It just might work.
14:22It's a minefield.
14:23We are trapped.
14:24All right.
14:25Let's fight the Zone.
14:26Let's fight the Zone.
14:27It's a minefield.
14:28We are trapped.
14:29All right.
14:30Let's fight the Zone.
14:31Let's fight the Zone.
14:32Let's fight it.
14:33It's a minefield.
14:34Let's fight the Zone.
14:36it's a minefield we are trapped all right let's fight the zone
15:06reaper intruder is approaching the zone i'm on my way
15:20reaper i don't need you i'll capture the zone riders myself use your lancets
15:31i want the zone riders in good shape now that we've forced them into a trap
15:38i want to thank you for saving me back at the waterfall if you hadn't i might have missed this
15:44my pleasure
15:45we're beginning our final approach if only you how final i've waited a long time for this
15:59you are only getting what you deserve yes i'll be the master
16:06so shall you
16:10as you betrayed overlord i have betrayed you
16:24poetic justice no
16:27raise it back to reaper
16:40so
19:16I hear roaring in my ears.
19:23Where did you learn to swim?
19:25Oh, go fly a kite, Ben.
19:27I snaked a couple of fish for the barbie, Commander.
19:50A bit on the small side, I'm afraid, but I think I'll keep him.
19:55Message received, Eagle.
19:56Well done.
19:58He's got him.
20:04Overlord is coming.
20:05We must keep silent about everything.
20:13Reaver.
20:14Overlord, I gave orders that no one should create more black widows.
20:23Overlord, I would...
20:25It was the reward I demanded for building this fortress.
20:29Your fortress is useless to me without the dam to power it.
20:35But you might be of some use.
20:38But Overlord, they have been plotting against you.
20:43Exactly what one would expect of Jean Dupre, soldier, scientist, war criminal, and poet.
20:55Hey, they have made a crooked deal between them.
20:59And that's what we'll call him.
21:02A new black widow.
21:05Crook.
21:08Someday, Overlord, Crook will try to take your place.
21:13Of course.
21:15But first, he'll take yours.
21:31We'll be right back with more Spiral Zone action.
21:38And now we return with more Spiral Zone adventure.
21:43Our world calls for courage, peace, and freedom.
22:01We must own.
22:05We will fight on our honor.
22:08What is right, we'll defend.
22:11Fight the Zone.
22:11Zone Riders, Earth's most powerful soldiers.
22:16Or Earth's last chance against the Spiral Zone.
22:25Spiral Zone.
22:27For thewno, won —
22:28Be'n.
22:31They're things towards the end of the interview.
22:32Move, move, move, move.
22:33Gonna talk.
22:34How'll you stitch all of that will expedite today?
22:38Spiral Zone.
22:41We'll see you.

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