S1 E1 • The Treasure of Grundo

Teddy and his friend Grubby leave their homeland of Rillonia in search of adventure. Teddy has half a medallion and a map that shows the location of the Hard To Find City, in the Treacherous Mountains of Grundo. They meet a group of Bounders, and are ""rescued"" from them by Professor Newton Gimmick. He informs them that they are in Gimmick's Valley, and invites them to lunch. Teddy shows Gimmick the map and medallion, and Gimmick's interest is piqued. Meanwhile, Jack W. Tweeg fires a cannon at them from his tower, paranoid that Gimmick and the two newcomers will steal his recipe for turning buttermilk into gold. Tweeg learns of Gimmick's intent to help Teddy search for the treasure, and gets LB to steal Teddy's map and replace it with a fake while the Trio prepare Gimmick's Airship for flight. The Trio set off in the wrong direction, while Tweeg and LB head in the right direction. Finally, the Trio realize they're going the wrong way, just as their fuel sup

Première diffusion : 14 septembre 1987

S1 E2 • Beware of the Mudblups

The Airship crash lands in the Great Desert, and the Trio sets out to look for firewood (in the desert?). Eventually, they locate a deposit of coal, but are captured by Mudblups. Grubby is put to work, and Teddy and Gimmick are locked up. There they meet Prince Arin, an Illiper, who tells them about his quest to find his lost sister, Princess Aruzia. A weird looking guy in a trench coat slips into the cavern and films the captives, blinding a Mudblup with the light on his camera. The blinded Mudblup freaks out and smashes the cell door, allowing Arin, Teddy, and Gimmick to escape to the Airship, where they get candles to make lanterns with. The three of them head back to the Mudblup caves and rescue Grubby, using the lanterns as weapons. The group gets back underway with a fresh supply of coal, intent now on helping Arin find his sister.

Première diffusion : 15 septembre 1987

S1 E3 • Guests of the Grunges

The group lands near a waterfall to refill their water supply, where they meet a surly Yeti-like creature known as the Wooly What's-It. Once they explain their mission, the creature changes moods and offers to take them to the Wizard of Grundo for help in finding Princess Aruzia. While passing through The Jungle With No Name, the group encounters a group of Grunges. The Grunges invite the group for Grunge Gumbo, and Prince Arin overdoses on Vitamin Z, a potent ingredient in the gumbo. Arin trips out and becomes the Iron Warrior -- a super-sized, super strong, and super cranky version of himself -- and starts trashing the Grunge Village and kicking everyone's ass. Finally, Wooly engages him and the two go off a cliff and land in a pond. Arin returns to normal, and the group resumes their journey.

Première diffusion : 16 septembre 1987

S1 E4 • In the Fortress of the Wizard

The group reaches the Wizard's castle, and asks the Wizard for his help. The Wizard is willing to give Arin the information he seeks -- for a price. Arin pays up and the Wizard goes into a back room. There he contacts the guy in the trench coat -- Louie -- who produces a film which he puts on a projector. The Wizard calls upon the spirits to tell where the Princess is, and uses hidden controls to operate the projector. The ""Magic Eye"" reveals that Princess Aruzia is being kept prisoner by the Gutangs in the Hard To Find City.

Première diffusion : 17 septembre 1987

S1 E5 • Escape from the Treacherous Mountain

The group lands at the Hard To Find City and releases Princess Aruzia. They then discover an abandoned structure with the other half of Teddy's medallion. Teddy puts the halves together, and a door opens on a huge treasure room. At the same time, six Crystals appear, each with a different message on them. The group collects the Crystals and makes a run for the Airship as the Gutangs realize that the Princess has escaped. The Gutangs attack the Airship, and all looks lost until Wooly appears from out of nowhere and proceeds to kick the shit out of the Gutang planes, allowing everyone to escape. Meanwhile, Tweeg and LB find the treasure room and loot it, only to have the treasure disappear, having been an illusion all along. The group flies home, with Teddy proudly wearing the restored medallion.

S1 E6 • Take a Good Look

Gimmick leaves a portable version of the Reducing machine out in the open, and LB uses it to shrink the Trio and the Airship down to miniature size. LB proceeds to ransack Gimmick's house, and discovers five of the Crystals and takes four of them to Tweeg, who plans to take them to MAVO. Meanwhile, the Trio meet up with a group of bugs, who invite them to a dance. There, Grubby meets a caterpillar named Karen and falls in love with her. After a few days, however, Grubby is crushed when Karen disappears into a cocoon and falls silent. Teddy and Gimmick figure out that Karen is about to become a butterfly, and rush to tell Grubby the news just as Karen emerges with her new wings. Karen operates the Reducing machine and restores the Trio back to normal size, and Karen regretfully says goodbye to Grubby

Première diffusion : 21 septembre 1987

S1 E7 • Grubby's Romance

Gimmick leaves a portable version of the Reducing machine out in the open, and LB uses it to shrink the Trio and the Airship down to miniature size. LB proceeds to ransack Gimmick's house, and discovers five of the Crystals and takes four of them to Tweeg, who plans to take them to MAVO. Meanwhile, the Trio meet up with a group of bugs, who invite them to a dance. There, Grubby meets a caterpillar named Karen and falls in love with her. After a few days, however, Grubby is crushed when Karen disappears into a cocoon and falls silent. Teddy and Gimmick figure out that Karen is about to become a butterfly, and rush to tell Grubby the news just as Karen emerges with her new wings. Karen operates the Reducing machine and restores the Trio back to normal size, and Karen regretfully says goodbye to Grubby.

Première diffusion : 22 septembre 1987

S1 E8 • Tweeg's Mom

Jack takes 3 of the Crystals to his mother's house. Eleanor Tweeg isn't terribly pleased, but takes Jack, LB, and 2 of the Crystals to Ickly Bognostriclum, the gatekeeper at MAVO HQ. Ickly pockets one of them and gives the other to Quellor, the Supreme Oppressor of MAVO. Quellor is pleased --the Understander of Legends says that MAVO will never be safe as long as an Illiop possesses the Crystals, and Jack is told to recover the remaining Crystals if he wants to be a MAVO member. Ickly, Eleanor, and LB give Jack the crystals they pocketed along the way, and Jack and LB set off to get the sixth Crystal (the First Crystal) from the Trio. Meanwhile, the Trio conclude that the only person who could have stolen the Crystals is Jack W. Tweeg, and discover that he's headed for MAVO.

Première diffusion : 23 septembre 1987

S1 E9 • The Surf Grunges

Gimmick attempts to use his compass to steer the Airship to MAVO HQ, but the compass is faulty (surprise!) and the Trio set down at Ben's beach, where they meet the Surf Grunges. Jack Tweeg's history is revealed; his father was a Surf Grunge who married Eleanor, only to eventually be driven off by her. Grubby uses the Reducing machine to generate an oversized wave for the surfers, which creates giant salt crystals. Teddy realizes that the salt crystals can be made to look like the real Crystals, and the Trio make a set of fakes, including one for Jack to steal that night. The Trio then follow Jack toward MAVO HQ.

Première diffusion : 24 septembre 1987

S1 E10 • The New M.A.V.O. Member

Jack takes the five Crystals (four real, one fake) to MAVO HQ and gives them to Quellor. A celebration is held in honor of the find, and the Understander of Legends installs them in the MAVO ceiling. The Trio shrink themselves and the Airship and infiltrate MAVO HQ, and quietly replace the real Crystals with fakes, starting a brawl along the way. The Airship slips away during the commotion.

Première diffusion : 25 septembre 1987

S1 E11 • The Faded Fobs

Teddy and Grubby run into a group of Fobs who have lost their color. This leads them to enlist Wooly to climb to the top of Rainbow Falls, where he finds a boulder blocking the water where it runs from a cave. Wooly removes the rock, and the water resumes flowing. The Fobs drink the water, and get their color back.

Première diffusion : 28 septembre 1987

S1 E12 • The Medicine Wagon

Tweeg sets out to sell miracle cures to the residents of Gimmick's Valley in order to pay his MAVO membership dues. He winds up talking the Trio into buying "cures" for "ailments" by playing on their insecurities (Gimmick's baldness, Teddy's shortness, and Grubby's lack of handsomeness). The Trio eventually realize they've been swindled, and vow to be happy with the way they are.

Première diffusion : 29 septembre 1987

S1 E13 • Tweeg Gets the Tweezles

Tweeg wakes up with discolored skin, and becomes convinced he's ill with the "Tweezles". LB asks the Trio to help his boss, and they head for the Tower. After each of them puts forth their remedy for Tweeg, Gimmick realizes that Jack is suffering from pigmentation caused by drinking water from Rainbow Falls.

Première diffusion : 30 septembre 1987

S1 E14 • The Lemonade Stand

Tweeg wakes up with discolored skin, and becomes convinced he's ill with the "Tweezles". LB asks the Trio to help his boss, and they head for the Tower. After each of them puts forth their remedy for Tweeg, Gimmick realizes that Jack is suffering from pigmentation caused by drinking water from Rainbow Falls.

Première diffusion : 1 octobre 1987

S1 E15 • The Rainbow Mine

Gimmick creates a diversion and Teddy escapes from Tweeg's wagon. The Trio then launch an expedition to the top of Rainbow Falls and discover that the cave the water comes from is full of colored glass that look very much like gems. Wooly slips and gets stuck at the mouth of the cave, causing the water to rise inside, nearly drowning the Trio. Wooly breaks free, and once the Trio escape, the What's-It blocks the water with a boulder, causing the falls to dry up. Gimmick then swindles Tweeg into buying a machine that supposedly turns Rainbow water into gems. Tweeg rushes to the Falls to find it dry, and then buys back all his fake remedy at triple the price, only to find that the machine doesn't work.

Première diffusion : 2 octobre 1987

S1 E16 • The Wooly What's-It

The Trio have dinner at Wooly's when a storm hits. Wooly helps the Trio save the tree where Leota the Woodsprite teaches school, and in exchange,offers to educate Wooly.

Première diffusion : 5 octobre 1987

S1 E17 • Sign of a Friend

Grubby eats a Shush Bush while in the forest, which paralyzes his voice box and renders him mute. Leota then introduces the Trio to sign language to communicate with Grubby until he gets his voice back.

Première diffusion : 6 octobre 1987

S1 E18 • One More Spot

The Trio go on a picnic, only to have a group of bugs carry away their food. They meet Amanda, a ladybug who wants to earn a spot at the annual Spot Awards at this year's Bug Fair. The Trio shrink themselves and go with Amanda to the fair, where Amanda gets 3 new spots for making new friends. Just when things were going so well, Wooly captures them and takes them to school as part of his effort to learn about the creatures of Grundo, in hopes of learning more about what he is. Leota's class figures out the truth, and the Trio are restored to normal. Some of Amanda's friends volunteer to help Wooly with his study.

Première diffusion : 7 octobre 1987

S1 E19 • Elves and Woodsprites

Wooly wishes to be the size of his classmates at school, and so Gimmick shrinks him with the Reducing machine, and then conveniently runs with it and trips and falls and breaks it (idiot). Meanwhile, Tweeg dresses up his hand as an Elf in order to cause mischief and turn the Elves and the Woodsprites against each other while Leota's class prepares for graduation. A pie fight breaks out between the Elves and Woodsprites, setting the theater tree on fire.

Première diffusion : 8 octobre 1987

S1 E20 • Grundo Graduation

The Elves and Woodsprites put aside their differences to rescue the trapped Elf children inside the Theater Tree. Amanda brings in a bug bucket brigade while Katie, a deaf Woodsprite, flies to Gimmick's house to enlist the Trio's help in fighting the fire. Teddy takes a risk and uses the untested Reducing machine (which Gimmickhad been repairing) to restore Wooly so that he can put out the fire, but not before stray embers set the roof of Tweeg's tower alight. The Elves and Woodsprites make up and Leota's pupils put on a show for the community before receiving their diplomas.

Première diffusion : 9 octobre 1987

S1 E21 • Double Grubby

Gimmick uses the Second Crystal to augment his latest invention, a replicating machine called the "Multiplication Table". During the course of adjusting and testing the machine, Grubby gets accidentally cloned, and we learn that two Grubbies are NOT better than one. However, the process isn't stable, and the clone dematerializes.

Première diffusion : 12 octobre 1987

S1 E22 • King Nogburt's Castle

Old Mr. Beanly, the King's messenger, shows up at Gimmick's House, inviting the Trio to a banquet in their honor for rescuing Prince Arin and Princess Aruzia (way back in Arc #1). The scatterbrained messenger then heads off to find the other person he's supposed to invite to the castle. Tweeg watches the Airship leave for King Nogburt's castle, and thinks the Trio are after the King's help to steal his gold recipe. Tweeg decides to follow, intent on relieving the King of some of the burden of his wealth. The Trio land at the castle, where we meet Eunice, the Court Physician, and learn that King Nogburt's land is suffering from a food shortage due to a terrible drought. Meanwhile, Tweeg and LB pose as painters in order to gain entry to the castle.

Première diffusion : 13 octobre 1987

S1 E23 • The Day Teddy Met Grubby

The Court Jester sets the King's animals on a stampede, which keeps everyone busy while a group of Gutangs land and raid a nearby farm, until Arin, Aruzia, Teddy, and Grubby drive them off. Later that night at the banquet, Teddy recounts how he first met Grubby when they were boys. King Nogburt is mysteriously poisoned, just as the Gutangs mount another raid.

Première diffusion : 14 octobre 1987

S1 E24 • Secret of the Illiops

Trio and Arin drive off the Gutangs with the Airship and some Root Stew. The Court Minstrel sings a ballad about the Illiops, their unusual crops and talents. Meanwhile, Prince Arin investigates a previously hidden chamber in the castle, and discovers an ancient book which Teddy opens with one of the Crystals. The book has strange writing, and has pictures of a crop unknown to Grundo -- peanuts from Rillonia -- which Grubby just happens to have. Gimmick duplicates buckets of peanuts with a portable Duplicating machine (based upon the Multiplication Table). Everyone plants the replicated peanuts in the fields surrounding the castle, while Tweeg and LB find the castle vault, and discover that it's empty. King Nogburt's condition worsens.

Première diffusion : 15 octobre 1987

S1 E25 • Through Tweeg's Fingers

Old Mr. Beanly (who has been wandering around Gimmick's Valley, it seems) finally remembers that he was supposed to invite Wooly to King Nogburt's, and the two head for the castle. Gimmick duplicates a gold wristband several times over, and Eunice asks Tweeg to remove them from the King's bedchamber, which he is happy to do. He takes the loot and heads to MAVO Headquarters to pay his dues. Gimmick duplicates King Nogburt's guards in order to fortify the castle against a Gutang attack, allowing the Trio set off for the Jungle With No Name to get a plant that will save King Nogburt's life. However, the Airship is downed in the Gutang air attack. The first raid is fought off, but the Gutangs return when the unstable cloned soldiers dematerialize. Prince Arin discovers that the Court Jester is a Gutang spy. Wooly finally arrives and defeats the Gutangs, and gives Princess Aruzia a bouquet of flowers he picked for her, which turns out to be the ones needed to save King Nogburt.

Première diffusion : 16 octobre 1987

S1 E26 • Uncle Grubby

Gimmick unveils his new book, "All About Fobs", which claims that Fobs must live near Rainbow Falls in order to maintain their bright colors. Fuzz points out that this isn't true, as Fobs are colorful no matter where in Grundo they live. Teddy and Grubby set out to do more research, and meet up with Wooly, who shows them three Fob eggs that were being abused by the Bounders, and Teddy, Grubby, and Wooly take the eggs to Gimmick's house when the parents don't show up. Grubby keeps the eggs warm until the parents arrive, who explain that underground streams lead from Rainbow Falls to most parts of Grundo, which is how Fobs stay colorful even when they're far away from the falls.

Première diffusion : 19 octobre 1987

S1 E27 • The Crystal Book

The Trio and Fuzz discover that the crystals can be made to identify a quality of whoever is holding one of them. Gimmick is identified as "inventive", and it sets him on an inventing spree. Meanwhile, Eleanor, Jack, and LB head back to the Tower. LB and Eleanor send Jack to try swindling the Trio, who use one of the crystals to outsmart him.

Première diffusion : 20 octobre 1987

S1 E28 • Teddy and the Mudblups

Gimmick takes the Airship to the Great Desert to try out his "Pliable Habitat", basically a tent for the Airship made from the airbag. Eleanor,Jack, and LB follow them, and all six of them wind up prisoners of the Mudblups. The Mudblup King falls in love with Eleanor, who wants nothing todo with him. Jack then dresses in drag and impersonates his mother, offering to marry the King in exchange for giving Jack and LB a chest of gems and setting them free. Eleanor is dragged off for the wedding and Jack and LB are released. Meanwhile, the Trio cover themselves in mud and impersonate Mudblups in order to escape.

Première diffusion : 21 octobre 1987

S1 E29 • Win One for the Twipper

Jack gets Gimmick to bet his house on a Grungeball game, and brings in sunglasses-clad Mudblups as ringers to play against the Surf Grunges' team. Jack and LB serve the Grunges fake hotdogs made from noxious weeds, leaving the Trio to save the day when the Grunges fall ill. The Grunge All-Stars win,and Tweeg reluctantly gives Gimmick the chest of gems -- which turns out to be filled with coal.

Première diffusion : 22 octobre 1987

S1 E30 • Tweeg Joins M.A.V.O.

Wooly pays the Trio a visit, and is shown Gimmick's Fob book and Teddy's Crystal book. Conveniently, Tweeg -- looking to get in an 11th hour bad deed before the MAVO swearing-in ceremony -- is eavesdropping, and when everyone goes upstairs to the loft, Tweeg sneaks in and runs off with the book left on the coffee table. The group soon discovers the theft, and surmises that Tweeg must have taken it. Teddy is eager to head for MAVO to get the book back, but Gimmick is strangely less entheusiastic. Tweeg takes his prize to MAVO and presents it to Quellor, who is most pleased. The celebrating commences as a thunderstorm intensifies outside. Meanwhile, the Trio claim to be caterers and fake their way into the party. Wooly creates a distraction, and Gimmick grabs the book. The Trio and Wooly make tracks as the leaky roof in the MAVO War Room allows water to dissolve the fake Crystals. Tweeg and LB are thrown in the dungeon. Teddy chastizes Gimmick for being apathetic about MAVO having the Crystal Book, but Gimmick explains that the book Tweeg stole was actually "All About Fobs", not Teddy's Crystal book.

Première diffusion : 23 octobre 1987

S1 E31 • The Mushroom Forest

The Trio visit the Mushroom Forest, and discover a group of shy shape- shifters called the Nothings. Teddy convinces them that they should change their names to "Anythings" since they can turn into anything. Meanwhile, Quellor sets MAVO in search of Teddy and the Crystals. The Gutangs ransack Gimmick's house, and find the plans to his Airship and sell them to Quellor.

Première diffusion : 26 octobre 1987

S1 E32 • Anything In the Soup

The Jungle Grunges ask for the Trio's help when their oversize vegetables disappear. Gimmick sets a trap for the thieves, but winds up caught in it himself. The culprits turn out to be the Anythings, emboldened by their new name and not aware they were stealing from the Grunges' garden. However, some Anythings disguised themselves as vegetables, and are nearly chopped up as ingredients for Grunge Gumbo. Teddy and Grubby take the Airship on a rescue mission while Gimmick finds a way out of his trap. The Anythings are rescued at the last second. Meanwhile, MAVO unveils an Airship of its own, called the Eclipse, and sets out to find Teddy and the Crystals.

Première diffusion : 27 octobre 1987

S1 E33 • Captured

The Trio party with the Anythings and the Jungle Grunges, unaware that a manhunt is underway. On their way to return the Anythings to the Mushroom Forest, they are intercepted by MAVO's airship, the Eclipse. Teddy hides the Crystals on the Eclipse while Grubby and Gimmick create a distraction. Teddy is made to walk the plank, and eventually plummets toward the ground. Grubby and Gimmick are taken prisoner as the Airship drifts away with the Anythings onboard.

Première diffusion : 28 octobre 1987

S1 E34 • To the Rescue

Teddy lands in the middle of a river that feeds Leekee Lake, and is pulled from the water by a mysterious stranger, who tends to him. The Anythings attempt to pilot the Airship, and eventually crash land near King Nogburt's Castle. Arin and Aruzia learn of the fate of the Trio and set out to repair the Airship and mount a rescue attempt. Wooly and Leota seek out the Wizard of Grundo in search of information, where they also learn of the battle. Meanwhile, Quellor interrogates Grubby and Gimmick as to the whereabouts of the Crystals, believing them to be hidden in Gimmick's Airship.

Première diffusion : 29 octobre 1987

S1 E35 • Escape from M.A.V.O.

Leota and Wooly discover Teddy in a clearing near Leekee Lake on their way to MAVO headquarters. Meanwhile, Arin, Aruzia, and the Anythings land near MAVO HQ. The Anythings infiltrate the building, and impersonate Grubby and Gimmick, allowing the real Grubby and Gimmick to escape. Wooly disguises himself as a monster wanting to join MAVO, and gets inside, also seeking to rescue Grubby and Gimmick. Teddy slips in as well to retrieve the Crystals from the Eclipse, but hides from Tweeg and LB who are sent to prepare the ship for flight. Grubby and Gimmick get lost and also wind up in the hangar, and also take refuge in conveniently located sacks. Tweeg unknowingly puts all three of them on the Eclipse with the other supplies. Gimmick's Airship is spotted, and Quellor takes a Black Box from his throne and takes the Eclipse in pursuit while Wooly runs amok in the MAVO dungeon. Leota foils an attack on the Airship, and Teddy, Grubby, and Gimmick, now reunited, dump a bag of popcorn kernels into the Eclipse's furnace and retreat to the Airship as the Eclipse is overcome with popcorn and goes down, sinking into Leekee Lake with both the Crystals and Quellor's Black Box still on board. Tweeg and LB escape.

Première diffusion : 30 octobre 1987

S1 E36 • Leekee Lake

The Trio locate the wreck of the Eclipse at the bottom of Leekee Lake and attempt to reach it in order to retrieve the Crystals, but the wreck is too deep to swim to. The Trio spend the night with the Surf Grunges, who tell the legend of the mysterious Hermit of Leekee Lake, who Teddy concludes is the person who pulled him from the lake and nursed him back to health. Teddy finds scuba gear on the shore of Leekee Lake that mysteriously is a perfect fit, and uses it to recover the 6 Crystals from the wreck of the Eclipse, and also finds Quellor's Black Box, which has a Seventh Crystal, which is different than the other six, and is cracked. Meanwhile, Quellor begins a search for the wreck of the Eclipse.

Première diffusion : 2 novembre 1987

S1 E37 • The Third Crystal

Tweeg kidnaps Gimmick's pet Fob, Fuzz, and demands that Gimmick leave the valley. Teddy, Grubby, and Gimmick discover the power of the Third Crystal -- it can make things disappear! The Trio make themselves invisible with the Crystal and rescue Fuzz, giving Tweeg and LB a good scare along the way. Meanwhile, Quellor sends a minion, Drudge, to fetch his cousin Dredge to aid in salvaging the Black Box from the wreck of the Eclipse.

Première diffusion : 3 novembre 1987

S1 E38 • Up for Air

Teddy sets out to return the scuba equipment to its rightful owner, and is attacked by Dredge, who wants him for dinner. The monster pulls the helmet off of Teddy's suit and traps him in an underwater cave. Teddy is kept alive by the Fourth Crystal, which produces air for him to breathe. Dredge is driven off by a stranger, who is revealed to be the Hermit of Leekee Lake -- and just happens to be an Illiop! The Hermit shows Teddy a wealth of technology abandoned on the island in the middle of Leekee Lake. The Hermit reveals that he can't remember his name or how he came to be a hermit. He then takes Teddy to an undersea boat, which Teddy activates with one of the Crystals.

Première diffusion : 4 novembre 1987

S1 E39 • The Black Box

Grubby finds a picture of the Seventh Crystal in the Crystal Book, only the Crystal in the picture is unblemished. Gimmick examines the Crystal more closely, and causes it to project a hologram of Illiops living in the Hard To Find City, and then an image of what appears to be Teddy as a young boy, running to his mother. They decide to head to Leekee Lake right away to tell Teddy about this development, and begin making preparations. In the bustle, LB steals the Black Box (with the Crystal in it, natch) and takes it to Tweeg, who immediately takes it to MAVO, planning to return it to Quellor in exchange for lifetime membership to the Organization. However,Ickly points out that the Supreme Oppressor must poses the Black Box at all times, and since Tweeg possesses the Box, he must therefore be the Supreme Oppressor. Quellor is thrown in the dungeon. Meanwhile, the Hermit shows Teddy an ancient underwater city at the bottom of Leekee Lake. Gimmick and Grubby land the Airship, and the Hermit runs off, much to Teddy's dismay.

Première diffusion : 5 novembre 1987

S1 E40 • The Hard to Find City

Teddy shows Gimmick and Grubby the wonders of the technology the Hermit has shown him, including a cave with a secret door, opened by one of the Crystals. The door reveals a staircase that leads to the Hard To Find City. The Trio revisits the Pavilion, and discover that the pedestal the Crystals were found in also has a space for the Seventh Crystal. Meanwhile, the Eclipse is raised from the bottom of Leekee Lake, and Tweeg declares war on the Gutangs. LB lets Quellor out of the dungeon to alert the Gutangs of the impending attack. Quellor challenges Tweeg to use the power of the Black Box, and Tweeg (ever the master villain) triggers the device, and erases his own memory, leaving him with oatmeal for brains. The Gutangs pursue the Trio, who escape back down the tunnel, as Tweeg wanders off.

Première diffusion : 6 novembre 1987

S1 E41 • Octopede Sailors

The Trio attempt to airlift the Subwater Boat back to Gimmick's House, inspiring Gimmick to develop a larger airbag for the Airship when he realizes the current one is unable to carry the heavy load. The Trio settle on towing the Airship with the Subwater Boat instead, and wind up in a hurricane, where they meet a ship manned by Octopedes. Also learn more about Grubby's past is revieled, including how he came to live inRillonia, and how Captain Xelxa of the Octopede ship once saved his life. Also meet Xena (Octopede Princess?) appears, Xelxa's daughter, who appears to have the hots for Grubby. The storm whips up again, and the Octopede ship is damaged when it strikes a reef, forcing the group to head for the nearest shore. Jack wanders home to Eleanor's house, in a childlike state, then unexpectedly runs off. Meanwhile, LB gets kicked out of MAVO HQ when he tries to steal the Black Box to restore Jack's memory. LB makes his way to Eleanor's house, where the two of them decide that maybe they ought to look for Jack.

Première diffusion : 9 novembre 1987

S1 E42 • Tweeg the Vegetable

A spy notes the arrival of the Trio and Captain Xelxa's crew, and flies off to inform the Wizard of Ying, who sends his three henchmen named Fred, Fred, and Fred (Hi, I'm Larry, this is my brother Darrell...) to collect them for his zoo. Meanwhile, Teddy and Grubby set off in search for wood to repair the Octopedes' ship. Tweeg wanders to MAVO HQ, where he's filmed by Louie. Quellor has Tweeg sold to the Ying Zoo. LB returns to Tweeg's tower and sets off with the other bounders to sell the donuts Tweeg made while trying to make gold from buttermilk. He accidentally picks up a donut-shaped bracelet made of gold, which leads him to believe that Tweeg's formula has actually worked. Upon hearing this, Quellor sends out a party to retrieve Tweeg, intending to restore his mind long enough to get the formula. The Wizard of Grundo learns that his brother, the Wizard of Ying, is making a fortune, and orders Louie to pack up, intent on making money in Ying. Back at the shore, Gimmick and the Octopedes are captured, forcing Teddy and Grubby to take the Subwater Boat in pursuit.

Première diffusion : 10 novembre 1987

S1 E43 • Wizardland

Gimmick and the Octopedes are brought to the Ying Zoo and put on exhibit, along with Jack, who was picked up along the way. The Wizard of Grundo and Louie arrive in town and proceed to build an amusement park, right across from the zoo (alternately called "Wizardland" and "Wizard World" during the episode). This triggers fierce competition between the two as they try to attract each other's customers. LB returns to Eleanor's house, where Eleanor receives an advertisement in the mail for the Ying Zoo, featuring "The Troll-Grunge With No Brain". Eleanor and LB head for Ying. Back at MAVO HQ, the search party returns without Jack, which angers Quellor, who also gets an advertisement for the zoo. The Supreme Oppressor orders the Eclipse to be made ready. Meanwhile, Teddy and Grubby track Gimmick and the Octopedes to Quagmire, capitol of Ying, where Teddy loses Gimmick's flashlight, preventing he and Grubby from searching Quagmire undetected (courtesy the Third Crystal). Finally, the two of them disguise themselves using Ying flora, and make their way through town, when they see a billboard for the Ying Zoo, featuring the Octopedes, Gimmick, and Tweeg.

Première diffusion : 11 novembre 1987

S1 E44 • The Ying Zoo

Gimmick is challenged by the Wizard of Ying to build an attraction that will lure the customers from his brother's amusement park (which is drawing even his employees now), and is given the Octopedes as laborers. The disguised Teddy and Grubby enter the Ying Zoo, attracting the attention of the Wizard, who has never seen creatures like them. He gives Teddy and Grubby a personal tour of the zoo, and points out a cage reserved for an Illiop, remarking that he once had an Illiop, but he escaped. The Wizard then tries to capture the disguised Teddy and Grubby. The two of them lose their disguises during the chase, and are finally captured, much to the Wizard's elation. Teddy is put in the Illiop cage.

Première diffusion : 12 novembre 1987

S1 E45 • The Big Escape

Quellor lands at the Ying Zoo and demands that the Wizard release Jack into his custody. The Wizard does, and also provides Quellor with an electrical generator that allows the Supreme Oppressor to generate miniature lightning bolts. Jack's memory is restored, and he is coerced into reciting the recipe for turning buttermilk into gold. Meanwhile, Grubby is put to work on Gimmick's rollercoaster project, which now includes a mechanism that will allow everyone to escape. Teddy remains firmly locked in his cage, where he finds a carving on the floor that says "Teddy + Ilana". Teddy suddenly wonders whether the previous Illiop held at the zoo may have been his father. Grubby cooks up some root stew in the Airship (now a seafood restaurant!) and the Octopedes begin setting the other captives free while the Wizard is conveniently preoccupied by Quellor and the other guards are all at Wizardland. Grubby ties a strong rope to Teddy's cage, and is launched out of the zoo by Gimmick's modified rollercoaster. He then ties the rope to the Subwater Boat and begins trying to yank Teddy free. The Wizard finally realizes that his exhibits are getting away, and he, Quellor, and the MAVO henchmen race to the rollercoaster, but get stuck in a slick of root stew. Gimmick and Xerxa stay behind as the other Octopedes are launched out of the zoo. The rope finally rips Teddy's cage free and crashes into the generator to Quellor's new lightning projector, overloading it and shocking Quellor. Xerxa and Gimmick race to the Airship and head for the sky, while Jack escapes in the confusion. Grubby frees Teddy from the Illiop cage, as Eleanor and LB find Jack near the zoo. Jack pretends to still be mindless, and Eleanor and LB begin to haul him home.

Première diffusion : 13 novembre 1987

S1 E46 • Teddy Ruxpin's Birthday

Gimmick gets the idea to deflate the airbag of the Airship to use as a "land sail" to move the craft along the ground. Meanwhile, Grubby pretends he doesn't know it's Teddy's birthday while proclaiming that he never forgets anything. The Trio take the Airship to Mizzly Meadow, where Wooly, the Fobs, the Grunges, and Leota all just happen to show up, and a Grungeball game ensues. Teddy's team wins the game, and everyone finally wishes the Illiop a happy birthday. Meanwhile, MAVO attempts to make gold with the formula Jack gave them -- which Jack tells Eleanor and LB is a fake. Jack tries to make gold with the "real" recipe, and neither he nor MAVO are successful. Quellor declares that Jack will pay for his treachery.

Première diffusion : 16 novembre 1987

S1 E47 • Wizardweek

The Wizard of Grundo returns home from Ying without having turned a profit. He concocts a scheme to hold a festival in honor of all the wizards in Grundo (he's the only one, natch) with races and prizes -- and admission fees. Word spreads throughout Grundo, and everyone begins forming teams, including the Tweegs. The stakes are raised when Jack goads Gimmick into a wager, the loser agreeing to leave Gimmick's Valley forever. The teams prepare, and converge for the competition. The Wizard of Grundo unveils a mystery prize for the winning team -- a giant box, which the Wizard tells Louie is empty at the moment. Regardless, the games begin, and Team Tweeg does everything possible to cheat -- but still loses.

Première diffusion : 17 novembre 1987

S1 E48 • Air and Water Races

Wizardweek enters its second day. Team Tweeg finds the other participants and sews their sleeping bags shut, before heading to the synchronized swimming competition. After much struggling, the others free themselves, only to find Team Tweeg receiving their medals for the first event. A water race and then an air race follows, and as expected, Team Tweeg tries to increase their odds with unsportsmanlike conduct at every turn.

Première diffusion : 18 novembre 1987

S1 E49 • The Great Grundo Ground Race

Wizardweek enters its third day. The participants embark on the first half of a journey that will take them across most of Grundo, beginning at the Great Volcano and proceeding through the Great Desert, Woodley Bog, and Boggley Wood before camping for the night in Gimmick's Valley. The race gets underway, and the Trio take a sizeable lead. Into the Great Desert, however, Gimmick realizes that the Airship is a little low on coal, and so they stop near the Mudblup caves. Gimmick uses what he thinks is the Third Crystal on Grubby, in order to make him invisible so he can procure coal from the caves. However, Grubby starts talking in slo- mo instead of disappearing. The Trio conclude that the Fifth Crystal can accelerate or decelerate objects. The Third Crystal is put to use, and the Trio steal...er, fetch coal from the caves. Just after the Trio depart, Wooly finds the Trio's footprints and follows them into the caves, and everyone else save the Surf Grunges follows Wooly. Meanwhile, Quellor learns of Tweeg's participation in Wizardweek and sends Drudge, Sludge, and Trudge to collect him. The henchmen catch up with Tweeg on the edge of Woodley Bog, but LB convinces them that Tweeg has a fatal contagious disease and frightens the henchmen off. Quellor is not pleased. The participants rest for the night.

Première diffusion : 19 novembre 1987

S1 E50 • A Race to the Finish

Wizardweek enters its final day. The teams resume the race, which takes the participants through the Jungle With No Name, over Trembly Fault, and on to the finish line. Prince Arin and Princess Aruzia take an early lead, and make a stopover at the Jungle Grunges' village for minor repairs just as Drudge, Sludge, and Trudge stumble upon the settlement. In a brilliant display of logic, Quellor's henchmen deduce that Tweeg must be hiding in the Grunge village since he's half Grunge, and proceed to trash the place. Arin and Aruzia decide they need a hit and go for the nearest supply of Grunge Gumbo with Vitamin Z (tm), transforming them into the Iron Warrior and the Aluminum Amazon, respectively. The two of them proceed to beat the shit out of Druge, Sludge, and Trudge until the Trio arrive and decide the two of them have been high as a kite for long enough, and throw water on the tripping Illipers to bring them down. Quellor's henchmen escape into the jungle, and in another stroke of genius (with a capital "J"), collect some slimy green goop to pass off as Tweeg's remains. The Trio win the Great Grundo Ground Race, and returns to the Jungle Grunges' village along with Arin and Aruzia. With the help of the Fifth Crystal, they repair the damage to the settlement in record time. The Wizard of Grundo arrives and presents the Trio with their prize -- a carousel with cars fashioned after the vehicles used in the race. A celebration ensues, and the Wizard and Louie ride off into the sunset. Back at MAVO, a celebration is also in progress, to celebrate the return of Quellor's henchmen with Tweeg's "remains".

Première diffusion : 20 novembre 1987