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The following is a list of episodes for the television series Masked Rider.[1]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |||||
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1 | "Escape from Edenoi" | Shuki Levy | Shuki Levy & Shell Danielson | September 16, 1995 | |||||
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On the planet of Edenoi, King Lexian grants his grandson Dex the Masked Rider powers before sending him to Earth in a meteor. Upon arrival, Dex's meteor lands in the backyard of the residence of the Stewart family in the city of Leawood. After Dex explains the story of his origins to the Stewarts and why he needs to fit in with the humans on Earth, Count Dregon—the series' main antagonist—sends an Insectovore called the Destructosphere to destroy the city at dawn. In response to Destructosphere's attack, Dex transforms into Masked Rider and prepares for battle. Dex narrowly escapes defeat at the hands of Destructosphere, and is advised by his grandfather, King Lexian, to create new allies for himself, resulting in the birth of Combat Chopper and Magno. But later, Masked Rider and his new allies must battle a trio of Count Dregon's Maggots when they are unleashed upon the local Leawood High School, as well as the Insectovore Beetletron. NOTE: The VHS version of this episode features a fight scene that is not present in the televised one. | |||||||||
3 | "License to Thrill" | Worth Keeter | Joseph Kuhr | September 23, 1995 | |||||
Dex goes to school with the kids and Nefaria has a plan for Count Dregon. Meanwhile, Ferbus stows away in a school bag and Dex shares some thoughts with his classmates. Then, Count Dregon sends his Maggots to Leawood High where the Insectovore Larvatron impersonates Mr. Li. Can our hero stop the enemy's evil plan? | |||||||||
4 | "Pet Nappers" | Worth Keeter | Clifford Herbert | September 30, 1995 | |||||
The Stewart family prepare for attack. Then, Count Dregon sends Nefaria to recruit a couple burglarars. Now, Ferbus is in danger of being kidnapped. Can our hero protect his friend and defeat the Insectovore Mandible? | |||||||||
5 | "Bugs on the Loose" | Worth Keeter | Peter Meech | October 7, 1995 | |||||
While out on a bug hunt, Hal and Albee encounter an Insectivore named Mothitron, who attempts to transform them into Insect Soldiers loyal to Count Dregon. Masked Rider must defeat Mothitron as well as discover an antidote for Hal and Albee's growing mutation. | |||||||||
6 | "Arcade Ace" | David Frost | Jane Macintosh | October 14, 1995 | |||||
Albee is challenged by a bully to a video game play-off, but his reluctance ultimately has Dex filling in for him. Meanwhile, Count Dregon unleashes an Insectovore named Crimson Creeper to battle Masked Rider. | |||||||||
7 | "Super Gold" | David Frost | Mark Litton | October 28, 1995 | |||||
8 | November 4, 1995 | ||||||||
Dex's friend Donais comes to Earth on a mission to upgrade the Masked Rider powers to Super Gold, but Count Dregon kidnaps Donais and uses his own crystal to turn Donais into the evil Robo Rider. Dex is able to turn Robo Rider back into Donais, who offers him the upgrade crystal. Masked Rider then uses his new Super Gold form to defeat the Edentata, a creature that preys on Edenoites. NOTE: The VHS version of this episode features a flashback scene referencing the three part Mighty Morphin Power Rangers crossover "A Friend in Need" that isn't present in the televised one. | |||||||||
9 | "The Grandma Factor" | Worth Keeter | Peter Meech | November 11, 1995 | |||||
Grandma drops by for a visit. Meanwhile, Count Dregon sends his own visitors, who kidnap Grandma (although Molly and Albee were the intended targets). Can our hero save Grandma while partaking in two different battles against the Insectovores Termasect (who was accidentally sent down by the grandmother) and Slimeasect? | |||||||||
10 | "Something's Trashy" | Worth Keeter | Clifford Herbert | November 18, 1995 | |||||
The kids start a clean-up campaign in Leawood and it is just another day at the office for Count Dregon. Then, Nefaria supervises a little cleaning herself. This gives Cyclopter another idea for an evil Insectovore monster where he revives a previous robotic monster called Cyclotron into the Recyclotron who can control every electronic appliance. Can our hero stop the monster? | |||||||||
11 | "Water Water Everywhere" | Worth Keeter | Joseph Kuhr | November 25, 1995 | |||||
After Hal and Barbara see Dex stay up all night of watching television, they choose to engage in recreation by taking the whole family to their local community swimming pool. Count Dregon, however, sets in notion the release of green colored gas into the atmosphere and has its operations guarded by the Insectovore Firebug. While the green gas is not intended to affect Dex, it controls the minds of everybody else at the pool and turns them into a mob against him. Dex goes to Dregon base of operations. After destroying Firebug, destroys the controls for the gas. | |||||||||
12 | "Ferbus' First Christmas" | Worth Keeter | Margo McCahon | December 23, 1995 | |||||
Dex and Ferbus learn about the traditions of Christmas on Earth when the holiday is upon Leewood, while also saving Santa Claus from Count Dregon's Maggots. | |||||||||
13 | "Stranger from the North" | Worth Keeter | Clifford Herbert | January 27, 1996 | |||||
A foreign exchange student named Bjorgy visits Leawood High School, and Dex and Molly invite Bjorgy to the Stewarts family for one week. During Bjorgy's stay, Count Dregon's commandoids kidnapped Bjorgy (mistaking him for Dex) and take him to the Insectovore Hydrasect. Molly and Albee tell Dex of the incident and Dex transforms into Masked Rider and goes to fight Hydrasect. After Dex defeats Hydrasect in its Arachnida form, Bjorgy returns to his home, leaving the Stewarts family a present of his country's sing-along songs. | |||||||||
14 | "Dance Crazy" | Rob Malenfant | Margo McCahon | February 3, 1996 | |||||
The kids catch dance fever. Meanwhile, Count Dregon plans to defeat the Masked Rider with an all-new Insectovore called Robosect. While the dancers compete for the big prize, Count Dregon has a big surprise for our hero. Can he stop the enemy's evil threat? | |||||||||
15 | "The Green-Eyed Monster" | Rob Malenfant | Kati Rocky | February 10, 1996 | |||||
The kids enjoy a day of dirt bike racing and Ferbus enjoys a few treats. Then, Ferbus is left behind and Dex goes looking for him. But, Count Dregon has a surprise for our hero involving the Skull Reapers. Can he defeat Dregon's evil forces? | |||||||||
16 | "The Heat Is On" | Worth Keeter | Michael Ryan | February 17, 1996 | |||||
Count Dregon dispatches the Insectovore Heliotoid to unleash a heat wave upon Leewood to lure Masked Rider out into the open. Our hero must defeat this new threat and also save Ferbus, who begins to grow dangerously sick from the intense heat. | |||||||||
17 | "Know Your Neighbour" | Worth Keeter | Mark Litton | February 24, 1996 | |||||
The Stewarts become contestants on a hit TV show. Now, Count Dregon is steamin' mad and Maggots are sent to the studio to stop the show. But, the show must go on. Can our hero stop the Maggots while also contending with the Insectovore Electrosect? | |||||||||
18 | "The Dash" | Worth Keeter | Mark Litton | February 24, 1996 | |||||
Dex is running a little late and Mr. Chalmers and the Coach discuss the state track championship. Then "somebody special" flies by. Count Dregon has an evil plan involving the Insectovore Tentaclon. Is our hero fast enough to stop him? | |||||||||
19 | "Battle of the Bands" | Rob Malenfant | Diane Sherlock | April 27, 1996 | |||||
The kids get ready for the big Battle of the Bands competition. Then, the Insectovore Blue-Fanged Louse is sent to wreak havoc on Leawood. Can the Masked Rider defeat Dregon's Insectivore and make it to the Battle of the Bands in time? | |||||||||
20 | "Ferbus Maximus" | Rob Malenfant | Jane Macintosh | May 4, 1996 | |||||
After a dubial showdown between Cyclopter and the Masked Rider, Count Dregon considers Nefaria's next evil plan. When Ferbus takes a bite, strange things begin to happen. Can this evil spell on Ferbus be reversed by Dex as he also contends with Cyclopter and his Cannon Wheels motorcycle as well as the Insectovore Cyborsect? | |||||||||
21 | "Unmasked Rider" | Rob Malenfant | Jane Macintosh | June 15, 1996 | |||||
Patsy Carbunkle begins to get too close to discovering the truth about the Stewarts. Meanwhile, Donais returns to Earth to upgrade the Masked Rider powers once more. Dex must use his new Super Blue mode to defeat Dregon's newest Insectovore Tripron. | |||||||||
22 | "Ferbus' Day Out" | Rob Malenfant | Margo McCahon | June 22, 1996 | |||||
While the Stewarts go out to a restaurant to celebrate Hal and Barbara's wedding anniversary, Ferbus ends up going on an adventure of his own, nearly endangering the family's cover when he is caught by the local pound. Meanwhile, Masked Rider finds himself facing off against Double Face, who has been empowered with a weapon called the Super Sword, and the Insectovore Turtletron. | |||||||||
23 | "Jobless" | Rob Malenfant | Jane Macintosh | June 29, 1996 | |||||
Our hero seeks gainful employment. The job search is tough until he lands a gig at the arcade. But Count Dregon unleashes a scheme to stop the new employee involving the Insectovore Liquisect. Can our hero take the fizzle out of Count Dregon's plan? | |||||||||
24 | "Back to Nature" | Rob Malenfant | Joseph Kuhr | July 6, 1996 | |||||
The family goes camping at Molly's suggestion and Count Dregon uses the opportunity to launch an attack. The Insectovore Water Bug is sent to attempt to blow up Leawood Bay Bridge to lure Dex into a trap. Meanwhile, a scientist in the woods catches Ferbus thinking he's a baby Sasquatch. | |||||||||
25 | "Testing 1, 2, 3" | Worth Keeter | Clifford Herbert | July 13, 1996 | |||||
Nefaria sets into a motion a scheme to ruin Masked Rider's secret identity by tricking Principal Henry Chalmers into studying Dex's homelife, trying to determine what makes him such an exceptional student. When his repeated testing fails to expose Dex, Dregon sends down Gork and the Insectovore Fleazoid to attack the city. | |||||||||
26 | "Showdown at Leawood High" | Rob Malenfant | Margo McCahon | July 20, 1996 | |||||
Dex and a school nerd are tormented by the local school bully, who challenges them to a fight after school. To make matters worse, Masked Rider must protect Leawood from the Insectovore Twister Bug before he sends the city flying off into oblivion. | |||||||||
27 | "Power Out" | Rob Malenfant | Mark Litton | July 27, 1996 | |||||
An explosion in Leawood Canyon leads Dex into a trap, where the Insectovore Boulder Beetle begins to sap the Masked Rider powers out of him via negative proton rays as part of Nefaria's plan. If that is not bad enough, Double Face is prepared for the event that Nefaria's plan fails where he has a War Saber and the Insectovore Reptosect monster waiting for him to make use of. Dex must find a way to regain his powers and defeat his opponents before he fully missing Albee's recital. | |||||||||
28 | "Saturday Morning Invasion" | Worth Keeter | Jane Macintosh | September 9, 1996 | |||||
Count Dregon discovers alien competition and abducts the alien when he finds that it can enlarge things. Can our hero defeat Count Dregon and his new titan of terror Ultivore? Not without help from the alien. | |||||||||
29 | "Passenger Ferbus" | Worth Keeter | Jane Macintosh | September 10, 1996 | |||||
It is Grandma's 75th Birthday and she has sent Dex's family airline tickets to come celebrate with her. Once he is aboard the plane, Dex will not be able to leave without revealing his identity. Count Dregon sends down the Insectivore Solarsect to enslave the Earthlings. Will Dex be able to transform and defeat the enemy in time? | |||||||||
30 | "Mixed Doubles" | Worth Keeter | Steve Sessions | September 11, 1996 | |||||
Count Dregon's plan to defeat our hero includes cloning the entire Stewart Family and then cloning himself which creates the Dregonator. Is this a new form of family value, or is Count Dregon just cloning around? | |||||||||
31 | "Million Dollar Ferbus" | Worth Keeter | Margo McCahon | September 16, 1996 | |||||
Albee enters his name and that of Ferbus in a Million Dollar Sweepstakes, but both of them get the shock of their lives when Ferbus actually wins—not to mention that they learn both of them are too young and under 18 to even enter. Meanwhile, Masked Rider must battle against Lavasect when Count Dregon frees from his imprisonment. Because of the threat of Lavasect, Count Dregon hopes that Dex will win before Lavasect comes for him next. | |||||||||
32 | "Ectophase Albee" | Worth Keeter | Jane Macintosh | September 17, 1996 | |||||
A family game of baseball has some unexpected results when Albee finds he suddenly has the powers of Masked Rider transferred to him after the ball collides between him and Dex. Now, Albee must battle Count Dregon's Insectovores Manosect, Dread Dragon, and Cyborgator when Count Dregon discover the sudden change. In the end, this entire adventure is discovered to be a dream that Albee had, because, in reality, he was hit by the baseball, which caused him to black out. | |||||||||
33 | "Race Against Time" | Rob Malenfant | Joseph Kuhr | September 26, 1996 | |||||
34 | "Cat-Atomic" | Terence Winkless | Steve Sessions | October 14, 1996 | |||||
Cheerleading tryouts are coming up and Molly is unsure about trying out. After testing a new invention that turned a vampire bat into the Insectovore Parasect, Count Dregon wants to transform the Leawood Lions mascot outfit into the tiger-like Insectovore Catatron. Can the Masked Rider face his ferocious feline fury before it mashes Molly's chances? | |||||||||
35 | "Indigestion" | Rob Malenfant | Glen A.May | October 21, 1996 | |||||
In a desperate attempt to claim the Masked Rider powers, Count Dregon uses a special toxin to poison Dex's school lunch, and Dex has nightmares about being defeated by Dregon's Insectivores afterwards. Ferbus must call King Lexian from Edenoi to heal his grandson. After King Lexian helps Dex to recover, Masked Rider must defeat the Insectovores Spearasect and Space Monkey. | |||||||||
36 | "Dex at Bat" | Rob Malenfant | Clifford Herbert | October 31, 1996 | |||||
A banana and a monster become the key to a mystery. Our hero must brave a haunted house the Insectovore Bananatex. Count Dregon gives the Stewarts a big, hairy problem when he turns the bat Fluffy who Albee is watching for a friend into a monster. Masked Rider will now have to find a way to get Fluffy back to normal and defeat Bananatex. | |||||||||
37 | "The Invasion of Leawood" | Rob Malenfant | Mark Litton | November 4, 1996 | |||||
Count Dregon issues an ultimatum to Leawood: Masked Rider must surrender or the Insectovore Bruticon (who previously conquered a galaxy on Count Dregon's behalf) will destroy the city. Dex must team up with the Masked Rider Warriors dispatched by King Lexian to save the city from this new menace. NOTE: This episode is actually the series finale as it was the last to be created production wise. | |||||||||
38 | "The Eye of Edenoi" | Terence Winkless | Joseph Kuhr | November 5, 1996 | |||||
Count Dregon gives our hero the evil eye. Dex tells the Edenoite legend of the Ocusect in which any Edenoite that looks at the eye in the middle of its forehead, is frozen with fear, forever. Despite having the same fear of the Ocusect as his fellow Edenoites, Dregon plans to create an Ocusect that he controls to trick Dex into being pulled inside its eye, where he can take his Masked Rider powers. Is our hero in the eye of the storm? | |||||||||
39 | "Exit Nefaria, Enter Barbaria" | Terence Winkless | Mark Litton | November 18, 1996 | |||||
Fed up with Nefaria's failures and the defeat of the Insectovore Lobstatron, Count Dregon shrinks her and transfers her powers to Barbara Stewart, dubbing his new servant "Barbaria". Masked Rider must find a way to break the spell as well as defeat the Insectivore Predavore. | |||||||||
40 | "Detention" | Rob Malenfant | Margo McCahon | November 20, 1996 | |||||
Count Dregon sends Maggots to implant the Insectovore Brain Mite in Dex's mind. It will stab the Masked Rider's brain and take control of his arms and legs. Dex cannot control himself even when he and Molly end up in detention! Can the powers of Masked Rider crack the Brain Mite before it scrambles his mind? |
References
edit- ^ The Internet Movie Database. "Episode list for "Masked Rider"".