Defenders of the Earth
Defenders of the Earth

Defenders of the Earth (1986)

1986 • 1 season • Animation, Action & Adventure • TV-Y7
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Episode 17 — Battleground

Season 1 • Defenders of the Earth
Released: 1986-09-30 • Animation/Action & Adventure
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Ming's forces travel to the planet Grubor, where they use his freeze-ray weapon to capture six Cave Slugs- invincible alien creatures the size of semi-trucks who can and do eat anything, including rock, metal and laser beams. They are harmless unless provoked, whereupon they counterattack with tremendous force. The Merciless One deploys his first Cave Slug in a mine tunnel beneath Monitor, and as the alien munches its way towards the Defenders headquarters, Kshin and Zuffy stumble upon it and must be rescued by the Defenders. At the time the Cave Slug breaks through the top of the Volcano and heads to Central City, Ming places the five other Cave Slugs in major cities all over the world. The Defenders make the costly mistake of attacking the Cave Slug, sending it on a rampage until Jedda uses her animal telepathic contact abilities to make peace with the alien monster. Infuriated, Ming decides that if our heroes won't provoke the creatures, he will; however, his attack on the earth is crushed when the Cave Slugs counterattack Ming's forces. The misunderstanding settled, the Defenders happily transport the Cave Slugs back to Grubor.

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Creator Lee Falk
Episode air date30.09.1986
Episode runtime30 min
Episode rating6.00
GenresAnimation / Action & Adventure
TMDB series rating7.5
IMDb series rating6.9
Series statusEnded
Age rating7+
CountryUS

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Cast

Lou Richards
Lou Richards
Flash Gordon (voice)
Peter Mark Richman
Peter Mark Richman
The Phantom / Kit Walker / 26th Phantom (voice)
Peter Renaday
Peter Renaday
Mandrake the Magician (voice)
Buster Jones
Buster Jones
Lothar (voice)
Ron Feinberg
Ron Feinberg
Ming the Merciless/Warlock (voice)
Loren Lester
Loren Lester
Rick Gordon / Young Kurt (voice)
Adam Carl
Adam Carl
Kshin / Young Kit (voice)
Diane Pershing
Diane Pershing
Dynak X / Dale Arden (voice)
William Callaway
William Callaway
Octon / Garax (voice)
Hal Rayle
Hal Rayle
Prince Kro-Tan (voice)
Sarah Partridge
Sarah Partridge
Jedda Walker (voice)
Dion Williams
Dion Williams
L.J. (voice)

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