8.7/10 16 votes#1 - The Raider Apes
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/4/1967
Gotron and his Raider Apes burn a village in search of gold. The Herculoids come to the villagers' aid.
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8.6/10 20 votes#2 - The Pod Creatures
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1967
An alien spacecraft hovers over Amzot, dropping mechanical pods onto the planet. Meanwhile, Dorno, Igoo and Gleep, on a mission to get firewood, see the robotic pod creatures as the pods open up and start attacking the trio.
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7.9/10 13 votes#3 - The Android People
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/7/1967
Zandor was captured by Gorvac, leader of the Android People, and created a giant evil clone of Zandor with plans to create an army of Zandor clones.
Director: N/A
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7.9/10 13 votes#4 - The Time Creatures
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/4/1967
Oton, leader of the Time Creatures, has determined that in order to rule Amzot in the future, he has to change its past, starting with destroying the Herculoids and altering time in his favor.
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7.8/10 21 votes#5 - Sarko the Arkman
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1967
Sarko captured Igoo for unknown reasons, attacked Zandor with sleeping gas, and captured Dorno and Tundro as well.
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7.7/10 11 votes#6 - Temple of Trax
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/28/1967
The unnamed high priest of Trax kidnaps Tara in order to use her as a sacrifice for the idol Trax, cutting off the Herculoids in their rescue attempt. Can Zandor and Zok, who are miles away, get to Trax in time?
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7.5/10 29 votes#7 - The Pirates
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1967
After killing two creatures with a treasure chest, pirates bury it on Amzot. When the Herculoids approach, Dorno is captured and held hostage.
Director: N/A
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7.4/10 12 votes#8 - Prisoners of the Bubblemen
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/14/1967
Brotak and his Bubblemen kidnap Zandor and Tara for the purpose of using them as scientific experiments.
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7.1/10 15 votes#9 - Mekkor
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/16/1967
A group of powerful robots, led by a larger robot, attack the Herculoids.
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7.1/10 15 votes#10 - The Beaked People
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/23/1967
Krokar, leader of the Beaked People, stages an invasion on the Winged Monkeys, purposely letting one escape so he can capture Zandor and rule Amzot.
Director: N/A
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7.1/10 19 votes#11 - The Lost Dargyte
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/30/1967
Zandor rescues a young boy from a vulture; the Herculoids then take the boy back to his heavily-shadowed home because he can not live in sunlight. The insect-looking creatures attack the Herculoids on their way out.
Director: N/A
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7.1/10 13 votes#12 - The Gladiators of Kyanite
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/28/1967
After destroying the last wild creature of Kyanite, Neron and his gladiators capture Tundro. Zandor and Zok, followed by the rest of the Herculoids, arrive at the arena to rescue Tundro and fight the gladiators.
Director: N/A
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7.0/10 11 votes#13 - The Mole Men
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/30/1967
After being woken up by a bird, Zandor investigates Marcon and the Mole Men's plans to invade the surface world, saving a condemned prisoner in the process. Meanwhile, other Mole Men are attacking the Herculoids.
Director: N/A
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7.0/10 12 votes#14 - Defeat of Ogron
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/14/1967
Andropon and his robots invade Amzot, where the Herculoids easily defeat them. After Andropon continuously threatens to build replacement robot armies (and Zandor continuously vows to defeat said armies), Andropon pits his top warrior Ogron against Zandor and Zok.
Director: N/A
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7.0/10 12 votes#15 - Mekkano, the Machine Master
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/21/1967
Trained machines break Mekkano out of an intergalactic prison, where he vows to destroy the ones who put him in prison: Zandor and the Herculoids.
Director: N/A
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7.0/10 14 votes#16 - Tiny World of Terror
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/21/1967
Torrak shrinks the Herculoids down to microscopic size for the purpose of destroying them with his super-powered microorganisms and then enslaving the galaxy.
Director: N/A
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6.7/10 12 votes#17 - The Raiders
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/23/1967
Sta-Lak flew over Amzot; upon seeing Zandor and Zok, Sta-Lak turned his ship invisible to avoid detection, with the intent of taking Tara prisoner.
Director: N/A
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6.0/10 10 votes#18 - The Spider Men
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/7/1967
A group of spider-like creatures kidnap Dorno, then try doing the same with Tara. Gloop saves her while Gleep blows a horn beckoning the Herculoids to action. Zandor briefly frees Dorno with his shield but is soon captured with Dorno. After a stalemate, Zandor calls the Herculoids to action for one concentrated attack.
Director: N/A
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NaN/10 0 votes#19 - The Zorbots
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/11/1967
A terrible wind storm is raging on Amzot. However, Zandor notices that winds on the left side of a canyon are aiming right, while winds travel in the opposite direction on the right side. Zandor and the Herculoids investigate, and discover Konar is destroying Amzot's atmosphere to replace it with his own. Konar sends his henchmen, who are either killed or injured by the Herculoids. As Zandor confronts Konar, Konar brings out the giant Zorbots to take on the Herculoids. Zandor chooses to surrender in order to destroy the wind machine from within and, when successful, battle the Zorbots.
Director: N/A
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NaN/10 0 votes#20 - Invasion of the Electrode Men
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/11/1967
Volton and his Electrode Men fly into a volcanic crater, setting up a dome headquarters to take over Amzot. The Herculoids are easily defeating them until Volton takes Tara and Dorno prisoner. Zandor and the Herculoids have to wait until nightfall, when the Electrode Men's power is weakened.
Director: N/A
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NaN/10 0 votes#21 - Destroyer Ants
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/18/1967
A lightning storm causes a nest of giant ant eggs to hatch. The giant ants cause havoc and destruction and Zandor and the Herculoids must put an end to them.
Director: N/A
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NaN/10 0 votes#22 - Swamp Monster
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/18/1967
A hideous monster emerges from a swamp and goes on a rampage, destroying anything it comes in contact with by its radioactive touch. It eventually traps Dorno and Gleep in a cave, and it is up to Zandor and the rest of the Herculoids to rescue them and defeat the creature.
Director: N/A
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NaN/10 0 votes#23 - Mission of the Amatons
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/25/1967
Amak and the Amatons come to the planet and place control collars on some animals. When their efforts to enslave the Herculoids fail, Amak tries to kill them. Gloop and Gleep save the day by turning Amak's stun turret on him, causing his ship to crash.
Director: N/A
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NaN/10 0 votes#24 - Queen Skorra
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 11/25/1967
Queen Skorra unleashes a mud/lava creature which they eventually defeat, but Skorra plans to force them into exile by sending her drones to capture Gleep, Gloop, Tara, and Dorno. They defend themselves long enough for Zandor and the others to return and drive off the drones. Skorra launches a mega-shield missile and closes the mega-circle to destroy everyone, but Tundro creates a smokescreen while the others make a tunnel to escape and then send Skorra running.
Director: N/A
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NaN/10 0 votes#25 - Laser Lancers
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/2/1967
The story starts with Zandor knocked out by the Laser Lancers and the Herculoids coming to the rescue. Magoth and the Lancers send a new wave of attackers which the Herculoids repel, but it is a ploy to take Dorno and Tara hostage. With Gleep's help, they seal off the tunnel the Lancers used to sneak up and repel them once and for all.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of The Herculoids
Every episode of The Herculoids ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Herculoids!
Somewhere out in the deep space live the Herculoids. Humanoid Zandor, along with his wife Tara and son Dorno, lead a group of unique creatures: Zok the flying dragon, powerful simian Igoo, rhinoceros hybrid Tundro and two protoplasmic wonders named Gloop and Gleep. Together, they use their diverse super strengths to defend their utopian planet against attack from sinister invaders.
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:CBS
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Herculoids" is "The Raider Apes", rated 8.7/10 from 16 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The Raider Apes" aired on 11/4/1967 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Pod Creatures".