VR Troopers Season 1, Episode 18: The Dognapping

The Battle Begins (1)

On their way to meet Professor Hart, Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. are attacked from the air by Air Striker and Fighterbot and on the ground by Skugs.

The Battle Begins (2)

Kaitlin and J.B. locate Ryan in the quarry and hurry to his rescue. After a Skug fight, he is brought back to the lab and repaired.

Error in the System

Grimlord crashes the lab's computer system to retrieve the secret of Mass Inter-Reality Travel. The Troopers call an ambush by Skugs.

Lost Memories

The kids try to help a homeless lady with amnesia. Tao cooks, students pass out flyers, and Kaitlin runs the woman's photo in the newspaper.

Battle for the Books

Ziktor wants to destroy all books that teach about solar energy. He starts with Mr. Reese's bookmobile, as a way of getting at J.B.

Oh Brother

Ryan and J.B. are training two brothers who always argue. Ziktor/Grimlord decides to unleash two monster robot brothers of his own: the Swordbots.

Grimlord's Challenge

A neighborhood policewoman offers Tao and the kids a challenge: turn Becky into a karate contender in two weeks and win $1,000.

Computer Captive

While helping Kaitlin install a graphics program in her computer, J.B. gets sucked through the monitor and into Grimlord's dungeon.

Katlin's Little Helper

Kaitlin's cousin aspires to be a reporter like Kaitlin, and while on a story, she discovers green slime oozing from the grass in the park.

The Virtual Spy

Grimlord plants a spy in reality, an investigative reporter named Jeremy, whom Woody hires at the "Underground Voice Daily."

The Virtual V-6

The guys build a pollution-free motorcycle engine in V.R. and put it in J.B.'s Skycycle.

No One's Friend

Ziktor sends a Skug to the dojo disguised as a martial arts student who spars with J.B. and transfers to him an electrical charge.

Dogmatic Change

Grimlord comes up with the idea of turning dog pound pets (and more) into rabid mutant monsters for his own army.

Searching for Tyler Steele

Kaitlin takes a photo of a strange building and spots a man in a room with bars on the windows sitting next to a strange "S" symbol on the wall.

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Save the Trees

Grimlord (aka Ziktor) needs an old-growth forest cleared for a massive breakthrough from Virtual Reality.

A Dirty Trick

Grimlord sends his evil magician to abduct the real magician and catch the Troopers with their guard down.

Kaitlin's Front Page

Kaitlin receives a tip on a big story: A top-secret weapons plant and testing site has been set up outside Cross World City.

My Dog's Girlfriend

Jeb the dog is depressed because he's fallen for Princess the Dog and her puppies, but Princess's owner blocks their romance.

Digging for Fire

Following an earthquake, the teens discover that someone is digging shafts to the center of the Earth under a downtown building.

The Great Brain Robbery

In his scheme to take over the planet, Grimlord tries to use the preserved brain of the greatest tactical mind in history.

The Dojo Plot

When Tao is informed that the dojo is on the verge of shutting down due to financial problems, Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. organize a fundraiser.

Grimlord's Greatest Hits

The teens are going to put on a dance-a-thon so that a student of theirs, Brandon, can afford to go to a special music academy.

The Disappearance

Grimlord plots to overtake reality by making his mutants invisible. Meanwhile, Tao tries to teach the Troopers the importance of stealth in combat.

Nightmares

Kaitlin starts having strange, vivid dreams about the power and invincibility of Grimlord's forces.

Secret Admirer

Kaitlin receives flowers from a secret admirer -- Grimlord! Col. Icebot is developing evil flowers to capture and destroy the Troopers.

Grimlord's House of Fear

Col. Icebot penetrates the reality barrier with an ionic cyber beam, and Grimlord wants him to build a robot to open the reality barrier.

Three Strikes

J.B. coaches one of two rival baseball teams for a benefit game to raise money to upgrade the field and secure the lease.

Danger in the Deep

Taking a virtual tour of a dam they've been told is polluted, the teens find a radio signal coming from under the dam itself.

Small But Mighty

Grimlord sends a package to the dojo. When it's opened, Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. are exposed to a strange ray that turns them into children.

Defending Dark Heart (1)

The Troopers and Professor Hart discover that one of Grimlord's mutants actually possesses human DNA!

Defending Dark Heart (2)

Dark Heart, about to be executed by Grimlord's Mutants, uses Toxoid as a shield and escapes while Ryan fights Skugs.

Defending Dark Heart (3)

A Skug learns of the V.R. Troopers' plans to de-virtualize Ryan's father and warns Grimlord.

Defending Dark Heart (4)

Grimlord, knowing Dark Heart/Tyler is gravely injured, launches a full aerial assault on Professor Hart's lab.

Ghost Biker

Ziktor receives some good news: Gen. Ivar has found a weakened area of the reality barrier, and Col. Icebot has developed a new weapon.

Endangered Species

Kaitlin's friend Danielle beseeches her to write a story about the Animal Sanctuary, where Danielle's father is head scientist.

Field Goal

When the junior high football coach stumbles onto Grimlord's secret base, Skugs shrink him and imprison him in a sports trading card.

The Littlest Trooper

Skugs kidnap Baby Boo from his parents in the park and leave the baby on the dojo doorstep.

The Reality Virus

Gen. Ivar and Col. Icebot stage a battle with the V.R. Troopers in virtual reality in order to infect them with a Reality Virus.

Friends in Need

Two circus performers who are scientists in disguise are taken to Professor Hart for help in completing their research on a fuel-increasing formula.

Good Trooper, Bad Trooper

Kaitlin is doing an article on biologically dissimilar twins. Meanwhile, Ziktor has developed a cloning device.

The Transmutant

J.B. spars with Ryan in an effort to relax before taking a test to qualify for a scholarship.

Who's King of the Mountain?

J.B. agrees to help his South American "e-mail pal," Jose, with some research on data involving an extinct volcano that has been strangely vibrating.

The Couch Potato Kid

Ricky, Tao's visiting nephew, is a couch potato. The kids are planning an obstacle course and they try to get Ricky involved.

The Old Switcharoo

Grimlord steals Dr. Unger's transforming device, hoping to take the powers of the V.R. Troopers for his army.

Race to the Rescue

Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. decide to help out a kid who's being bullied at a go-cart track.

Fiddler on the Loose

Kaitlin's cousin from Ireland and his band are in town to perform a benefit concert to help raise awareness concerning the environment.

Virtually Powerless

While at an arcade, J.B., Ryan and Kaitlin are visited by a mysterious man who suggests they play the newest game in the store, "Dark Odyssey."

New Kids on the Planet

Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B. are camping in the wilderness when a streak of light and a thunderous crash alert them to the arrival of an alien spaceship.

Message from Space

Professor Hart contacts Ryan, Kaitlin, and J.B. at the Underground to relay a message to Ryan from Dr. Monroe.

The Rise of the Red Python (1)

J.B. and Ryan rescue a stray kitten and take it to an animal shelter, where they meet Amy, a nice young girl with an interest in martial arts.

The Rise of the Red Python (2)

J.B. is sent to fight the Red Python, which malfunctions mid-battle. Dr. Poindexter offers an extra retroformer to bring her back to normal.