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  • 7/2/2025
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
01:09One of three
01:19One-to-one
01:20Mm-mm
02:51Hurry, tank.
03:21It is time to leave.
03:27Out of here.
03:28Let's go.
03:51A good day's work, yeah?
04:18You're not a black widow in sight.
04:21I'll bet ol' Overlord is really fuming and fussing right now.
04:25Oh, thanks to the Zone Riders, my plan is working perfectly.
04:30Glad you made it back on time and in one piece.
04:40The students are looking forward to seeing you, as usual.
04:43We always enjoy visiting the Zone Riders training program, General.
04:46It is strange to know you are training people to someday take our place.
04:51Not just that, Hiro.
04:52Someday we may have more suits to fill.
05:24You've done a great job expanding the program, General.
05:29We've been lucky to find so many talented young people to take part in it.
05:33All these kids are in good shape, Tank.
05:45You better watch it.
05:47They'll steal your job.
05:48What are you talking about?
05:50I am in good shape?
05:51Ah, there is Barry Roberts.
06:00Okay, time for a break, but keep it short.
06:03Tank, Commander Courage.
06:06Good to see you, my boy.
06:08I hear you're at the top of your class, Barry, including your pilot's training.
06:11You should be very proud.
06:13I'll be even more proud when someday I'm sitting at the controls of the Eagle.
06:17Next to you, sir.
06:18How would you like Sergeant Tank Schmidt to demonstrate some hand-to-hand combat?
06:23Yay!
06:24Come, I'll show you.
06:28And I'll show you who is in good shape.
06:31You and Tank like that boy very much.
06:33Yes, hardworking.
06:35He has a good chance of becoming a zone rider, and he has a good heart.
06:39Without proper teaching, this hole is impossible to break.
06:47Well, almost impossible.
06:53Not bad, not bad.
07:03Yay!
07:04Okay, okay!
07:09Commander, how about showing us how to break that one?
07:12Glad to.
07:13Okay, Tank.
07:17Now, pulling and tugging won't help, but this will.
07:30Bad news, sir?
07:31Barry, it's just been discovered that Barry Roberts is a security risk.
07:35Barry, at 0900 tomorrow, there'll be a hearing to decide our course of action.
07:42It's my duty to order you to be there.
07:45But it can't be true, sir.
07:47It just can't be.
07:49General, why wasn't this discovered before?
07:51Every student here has been checked out.
07:53Yes, but all we knew about Barry was that he was adopted.
07:56Until now, his birth records were in the zone you just liberated.
07:59I always dreamed of finding my real dad someday, but Therese...
08:05Since I'm going to be Barry's defense attorney, I must know.
08:09Do those records positively state that Barry's father is...
08:13Dr. James Bent, the man now called Overlord?
08:16Yes.
08:23Barry!
08:24Wait!
08:25I guess you heard.
08:27I'm sorry, Tank.
08:28Ah, you are not a security risk.
08:30According to MCC regulations, I am.
08:33I do not believe any of this foolishness.
08:36And that is what I will tell them at the hearing tomorrow.
08:39Don't bother, Tank.
08:40Their minds are made up.
08:41I'm as good as out of the program.
08:43What?
09:02Calm yourself.
09:10I've come to take you home, son.
09:15Then it's true. You really are my father.
09:18And because of that, MCC is kicking me out.
09:21That is unfair.
09:23But now you are seeing them as they really are.
09:27No! You and these other monsters, get out! Now!
09:31Smut-mouthed punk!
09:40Wait! His actions are normal in view of the lies he's been fed.
09:47To prove you can trust me, I will return you here after you've heard me out.
09:56Uh, he didn't throw me. I slipped.
09:59Yes, on your own stupidity.
10:10Your mother was studying law, and I was studying science.
10:15As struggling young students, we couldn't support ourselves, much less a child.
10:20But I vowed that someday I would find you.
10:23Why should I believe anything you say?
10:26Trust me, Barry, as I am about to trust you.
10:30W-what do you mean?
10:32Take the controls.
10:34You can make us crash, or fly us back to your house.
10:38I trust you to make the right choice.
10:41You mean you'd put your life in my hands?
10:44As I ask you to put yours in mine.
10:47Join me, Barry. Join me!
10:51How can I? What you're doing is evil.
10:54That's not true. I am trying to make the world a better place.
10:59Sure. By turning people into mindless zoners?
11:02Only until I win.
11:04Then the zones will be lifted, and everyone will turn to normal.
11:09I don't believe that.
11:10Because you've been misled about me.
11:17Isn't MCC throwing you out only because you are accidentally related to me?
11:22Yes, but...
11:23So they made it look like you are evil. Like you are the enemy.
11:27You were really trying to do good.
11:29I... I guess so.
11:31They did the same to me, son.
11:34But you and I together can change that.
11:46Where could he be?
11:47I saw him enter the complex an hour ago.
11:50Oh, he's blowing any chance he had.
11:53This is not like Barry.
11:55Something is very wrong.
11:59I'm afraid we can't wait any longer.
12:01Trainee Roberts' failure to appear at this hearing leaves me no choice but to...
12:05Excuse me, General, but there must be some reasonable explanation for...
12:09General! Trainee Roberts has stolen Sergeant Schmidt's suit and escaped on the Zone Rider cycle!
12:15Stay tuned. The Zone Riders will be back.
12:27And now we return with more Spiral Zone action.
12:39We'll be at the meeting point shortly.
12:42Finally, we will have a Zone Rider suit to analyze.
12:46Yeah, if the kid shows up with it.
12:49For being a product of the streets.
12:51You know surprisingly little about human nature.
12:55How about that? There he is!
12:57Yes, followed by the rest of our expected guests.
13:02Zone Riders approaching!
13:04Black Widows, take your positions!
13:06Black Widows!
13:31Black Widows!
13:32I'm going after Barry.
13:33I'm Commander!
13:34We will hold the Black Widows!
13:35Take care of the others!
13:37Courage is mine!
13:38You!
13:39You!
13:40You!
13:41You!
13:42You!
13:43You!
13:44You!
13:45You!
13:46You!
13:47You!
13:48You!
13:49You!
13:50You!
13:51You!
13:52You!
13:53You!
13:54You!
13:55You!
13:56You!
13:57You!
13:58You!
13:59You!
14:00You!
14:01You!
14:02You!
14:04You!
14:05You!
14:06You!
14:07You!
14:08You!
14:09You!
14:10I need no weapon to deal with you, Courage!
14:12Maybe not.
14:13But how you gonna deal with a brick wall?
14:17I need no weapon to deal with you, Cuttings.
14:26Maybe not, but how are you going to deal with a brick wall?
14:47Bandit Disabled, Pursuing Robbers.
14:56We must take cover.
14:57Right, quick, into the alley.
15:06There goes our way out. Looks like we stand and fight.
15:10I still cannot believe that Barry is the son of Overlord.
15:17We didn't want to believe it either, Tank.
15:19But his birth records are right there on the screen.
15:22And unfortunately, the computer doesn't lie.
15:25That is right, sir. The computer cannot lie.
15:28But people who put information into it can.
15:32Hmm. An interesting observation, Sergeant.
15:35And Barry's records were in the zone.
15:37Overlord could have tampered with them.
15:40Well, jolly easy to find out.
15:42I'll scan them to see if they're the originals.
15:44If they've been tampered with, the computer will certainly let us know.
15:47How?
15:49Like that.
15:51Then Barry is not Overlord's son.
15:54But he does not know that, and we cannot contact him to tell him.
16:07Barry, come to your senses. Overlord is evil. He enslaves people.
16:23That's temporary until he wins.
16:26You don't believe that. Come back with me. One way or the other, you're coming back.
16:31We'll see about that.
16:33The
16:38Dominic
16:44Beard
16:47noted
16:52Bandit radioed in that three of the zone-righters are trapped.
16:55Right is a trap make that for well done Barry welcome commander courage
17:05Take close attention Barry
17:10You have done well son now commander courage the time has come
17:16Razorback remove his helmet
17:19I guess you win the war overlord
17:21Which means I won't be zoned for long since you're gonna do away with the zones, right and return everyone to normal
17:32Like that you're that Barry a crazy idea. They'll never get rid of the zones
17:40Ignore him son courage is trying to divide us get on with it take off his helmet
17:47I
17:49Don't care if you are my father
17:51You're a liar overlord
17:53Barry let me explain
17:55Enough talk
18:00Get them
18:10I will deal with you later you idiot
18:14I will deal with you later you idiot
18:16Let's get out of here
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18:41After them! Get them!
18:54We cannot take much more! We cannot take any more. I'm gonna try to get behind them.
19:16But Max, you will never make it.
19:20Katerina is right. You would not have a chance.
19:24We don't stand a chance this way either.
19:42Talk about a cypher sore eye!
19:50Quickly! We must hurry!
19:56Quickly! We must hurry!
20:26All right, let's get out of here. Overlord can't be far behind.
20:32This court has reached a decision. Will the defendant please rise?
20:36We find Barry Roberts guilty of the theft of a Zone Rider suit and cycle.
20:40However, because you realized your mistake and took steps to correct it, this court has decided to go easy on you.
20:42You'll be put on suspension.
20:44I understand, sir.
20:46For 60 days, whereupon you will be placed on active duty with the UN forces.
20:50Sir, I...
20:52Approach the bench.
20:54Barry Roberts, for bravery above and beyond the call of duty, I present to you the MCC Medal of Valor.
20:58Thank you, sir.
21:00Thank you, sir.
21:26Yeah, I knew he was no son of Overlord.
21:32We'll be right back with more Spiral Zone action.
21:39And now we return with more Spiral Zone adventure.
21:49Earth's most powerful soldiers fight the Spiral Zone.
21:53Our world calls for courage, peace, and freedom with a stone.
22:06We will fight on our honor.
22:09What is right, we'll defend.
22:12Fight the Zone, Zone riders.
22:15Earth's most powerful soldiers are Earth's last chance against the Spiral.
22:22That's what we call the Spiral Zone.
22:26The Spiral Zone.
22:32You
22:33You

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