6.9/1027 votes#1 - The Battle Begins (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/1994
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.
Director: Shuki Levy, Worth Keeter
Writer: Douglas Sloan
- 6.9/1025 votes
#2 - The Battle Begins (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1994
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.
Director: Shuki Levy, Worth Keeter
Writer: Douglas Sloan
- 6.9/1019 votes
#3 - Error in the System
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/1994
Grimlord crashes the lab's computer system to retrieve the secret of Mass Inter-Reality Travel. The Troopers call an ambush by Skugs.
Director: Worth Keeter
Writer: Mark Litton
- 6.5/1014 votes
#4 - Lost Memories
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/1994
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.
Director: John Blizek
Writer: Margo McCahon
- 7.4/1017 votes
#5 - Battle for the Books
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/16/1994
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.
Director: John Blizek
Writer: Adam Gilad
- 6.4/1014 votes
#6 - Oh Brother
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/19/1994
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.
Director: John Blizek
Writer: J.K. Richards
- 6.4/1013 votes
#7 - Grimlord's Challenge
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/20/1994
A neighborhood policewoman offers Tao and the kids a challenge: turn Becky into a karate contender in two weeks and win $1,000.
Director: Worth Keeter
Writer: Margo McCahon
- 6.6/1013 votes
#8 - Computer Captive
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/21/1994
While helping Kaitlin install a graphics program in her computer, J.B. gets sucked through the monitor and into Grimlord's dungeon.
Director: Worth Keeter
Writer: Robert Hughes
- 6.2/1014 votes
#9 - Katlin's Little Helper
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/22/1994
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.
Director: John Blizek
Writer: Douglas Sloan
- 7.5/1014 votes
#10 - The Virtual Spy
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/23/1994
Grimlord plants a spy in reality, an investigative reporter named Jeremy, whom Woody hires at the "Underground Voice Daily."
Director: John Blizek
Writer: Mark Litton
- 6.5/1013 votes
#11 - The Virtual V-6
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/26/1994
The guys build a pollution-free motorcycle engine in V.R. and put it in J.B.'s Skycycle.
Director: Worth Keeter
Writer: Douglas Sloan
- 6.9/1014 votes
#12 - No One's Friend
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/27/1994
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.
Director: Worth Keeter
Writer: Mark Litton
- 6.1/1014 votes
#13 - Dogmatic Change
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/28/1994
Grimlord comes up with the idea of turning dog pound pets (and more) into rabid mutant monsters for his own army.
Director: John Blizek
Writer: Sam Okun
- 6.4/1013 votes
#14 - Searching for Tyler Steele
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/30/1994
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.
Director: Deborah Brock
Writer: Douglas Sloan
- 6.3/1013 votes
#15 - Save the Trees
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/2/1994
Grimlord (aka Ziktor) needs an old-growth forest cleared for a massive breakthrough from Virtual Reality.
Director: Worth Keeter
Writer: J.K. Richards
- 5.9/1013 votes
#16 - A Dirty Trick
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/4/1994
Grimlord sends his evil magician to abduct the real magician and catch the Troopers with their guard down.
Director: John Blizek
Writer: Robert Hughes
- 7.4/1019 votes
#17 - Kaitlin's Front Page
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/5/1994
Kaitlin receives a tip on a big story: A top-secret weapons plant and testing site has been set up outside Cross World City.
Director: Deborah Brock
Writer: Robert Hughes
- 5.7/1013 votes
#18 - The Dognapping
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/7/1994
Skugs dognap Jeb when he steps outside for a nature call. They take him to Grimlord, who is angered by the dog's wisecracking mouth.
Director: Deborah Brock
Writer: Margo McCahon
- 5.1/1013 votes
#19 - My Dog's Girlfriend
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/10/1994
Jeb the dog is depressed because he's fallen for Princess the Dog and her puppies, but Princess's owner blocks their romance.
Director: Worth Keeter
Writer: Margo McCahon
- 6.4/1011 votes
#20 - Digging for Fire
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/11/1994
Following an earthquake, the teens discover that someone is digging shafts to the center of the Earth under a downtown building.
Director: John Blizek
Writer: Adam Gilad
- 5.5/1012 votes
#21 - The Great Brain Robbery
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 10/12/1994
In his scheme to take over the planet, Grimlord tries to use the preserved brain of the greatest tactical mind in history.
Director: Worth Keeter
Writer: Douglas Sloan
- 5.8/1011 votes
#22 - The Dojo Plot
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/14/1994
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.
Director: Deborah Brock
Writer: Stewart St. John
- 5.6/108 votes
#23 - Grimlord's Greatest Hits
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/19/1994
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.
Director: John Blizek
Writer: Douglas Sloan, Gil Rosencrantz
- 5.8/1010 votes
#24 - The Disappearance
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/25/1994
Grimlord plots to overtake reality by making his mutants invisible. Meanwhile, Tao tries to teach the Troopers the importance of stealth in combat.
Director: John Blizek
Writer: Robert Hughes
- 5.9/1010 votes
#25 - Nightmares
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/31/1994
Kaitlin starts having strange, vivid dreams about the power and invincibility of Grimlord's forces.
Director: John Blizek
Writer: Al Winchell
The Best Episodes of VR Troopers Season 1
Every episode of VR Troopers Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of VR Troopers Season 1!
Join the VR troopers as they use `Virtual Reality' to stop the evil GrimLord creating havoc.
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Network:Syndication
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Battle Begins (1)" is the best rated episode of "VR Troopers" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by Shuki Levy, Worth Keeter and written by Douglas Sloan, it aired on 9/3/1994. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Battle Begins (2)".