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Robotech Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

36 Episodes 1985 - 1985

Episode 1

Boobytrap

Mon, Mar 4, 198525 mins

Ten years after a mysterious alien ship lands on Earth and is rebuilt with its technology adapted, the alien warrior servants of the ship's owners arrive to retrieve it.

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Episode 2

Countdown

Tue, Mar 5, 198526 mins

As the Zentraedi attack moves to its ground advance phase, Rick struggles to survive with Minmei in a fighting vehicle frustratingly alien to him.

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Episode 3

Space Fold

Wed, Mar 6, 198525 mins

To outmaneuver their enemy, the SDF-1 crew use the ship's untested hyperspace fold system, only for it to go near-disastrously awry.

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Episode 4

The Long Wait

Thu, Mar 7, 198525 mins

Trapped in the bowels of the SDF-1, Rick and Minmei struggle to survive as they face certain starvation.

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Episode 5

Transformation

Fri, Mar 8, 198524 mins

Lynn Minmei convinces her uncles of re-opening the restaurant. People asks her, sometimes annoyingly about the time she spent with Rick. On his side, Rick has a conversation with Roy Faulkner and Roy advises him to enlist. General Global is told about a way of using the SDF-1's main weapon by making a drastic TRANSFORMATION that wouldn't come free of cost for the already wounded population of the "City of MACROSS" that lives within.

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Episode 6

Blitzkrieg

Mon, Mar 11, 198524 mins

Flush with their ship's new capabilities, Captain Gloval decides to take the offensive.

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Episode 7

Bye-Bye Mars

Fri, Mar 1, 198524 mins

The SDF-1 lands on the abandoned base on Mars for resupply, unaware that the Zentraedi have arrived and have prepared a trap.

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Episode 8

Sweet Sixteen

Fri, Mar 1, 198524 mins

Rick and other pilot fighters are honored in front of some elite members of the SDF-1 crew. A little later, Rick receives from Roy another badge as he has been promoted: he is now Lieutenant Hunter. Rick is now, also the direct superior of two less experienced pilots: Ben and Max. Rick takes with him his two new fellows when he goes to see Lynn Minmei to her uncles' restaurant. Max is a handsome man and Minmei seems very interested in him; to make things worse, after 4 weeks of combat, Rick may have forgotten to get Minmei a present (it's her sixteenth birthday).

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Episode 9

Miss Macross

Fri, Mar 1, 198524 mins

Rick is ordered to go on patrol, but can't resist watching Minmei in a beauty contest only to find a Zentraedi scout crew who are completely flummoxed by the spectacle themselves.

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Episode 10

Blind Game

Fri, Mar 1, 198524 mins

When the SDF-1's radar is disabled, Commander Hayes goes on a survey mission, and the Zentraedi are waiting for her ship.

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Episode 11

First Contact

Mon, Mar 18, 198523 mins

While Lisa, Rick and Ben are interrogated with strange results for both sides, Max sneaks on board to rescue his comrades.

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Episode 12

The Big Escape

Fri, Mar 1, 198525 mins

As the human prisoners attempt to escape, more secrets of the Zentraedi are discovered.

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Episode 13

Blue Wind

Wed, Mar 20, 198524 mins

Upon hearing Lt. Hayes' report, Capt. Gloval decides the ship must return to Earth, while Zentraedi spies are having difficulty infiltrating Macross' incomprehensible civilian society,

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Episode 14

Gloval's Report

Fri, Mar 1, 198524 mins

With the SDF-1 on Earth, Capt. Gloval records his report of the events before their return to the planet.

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Episode 15

Homecoming

Fri, Mar 1, 198524 mins

With the SDF-1 on Earth, Rick and Minmei and Capt. Gloval and Lt. Hayes go out for separate appointments, only to have less than positive results upon arrival.

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Episode 16

Battle Cry

Fri, Mar 1, 198524 mins

As Macross City goes up in arms at being denied disembarkment, Kyle Minmei makes a considerable impact both in the city and with Lisa Hayes.

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Episode 17

Phantasm

Fri, Mar 1, 198525 mins

In a coma in sickbay, Rick has his latent anxieties given life in troubling dreams.

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Episode 18

Farewell, Big Brother

Wed, Mar 27, 198524 mins

The supreme ace of the Zentraedi fleet accepts a challenge by Khyron to find and duel her counterpart of the Micronian forces.

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Episode 19

Bursting Point

Thu, Mar 28, 198524 mins

The news of Fokker's death puts a dark cloud over plans to evacuate the 70,000 refugees onboard the SDF-1. Khyron, the most evil Zentraedi, wastes no time jumping on an opportunity to attack his sworn enemies aboard the giant Space Battle Fortress.

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Episode 20

Paradise Lost

Fri, Mar 29, 198524 mins

After the disaster in Ontario, the SDF-1 is ordered to launch into space as a practical exile. The three Zentraedi spies return and report, sparking curiosity about Micronian mores and music, Minmei in particular.

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Episode 21

A New Dawn

Mon, Apr 1, 198524 mins

Temporarily isolated together after the ship goes into battle mode, Rick and Lisa have an increasingly friendly and revealing conversation.

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Episode 22

Battle Hymn

Tue, Apr 2, 198524 mins

Commander Breetai outwits the SDF-1 crew and his forces board the ship.

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Episode 23

Reckless

Mon, Apr 1, 198525 mins

After the Zentraedi invaders are driven out, the crew of the SDF-1 find themselves dealing with defectors from that race.

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Episode 24

Show Down

Mon, Apr 1, 198525 mins

As Miriya searches for the hated enemy ace, Lisa decides to go Earth Command to show the startling new findings about the enemy.

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Episode 25

Wedding Bells

Mon, Apr 1, 198525 mins

Max and Miriya finally duel openly, leading to a sudden wedding which proves more valuable for the ship's survival than anyone could have expected.

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Episode 26

The Messenger

Mon, Apr 1, 198525 mins

With Breetai's fleet now thoroughly contaminated by Human culture, Exedore is sent to the SDF-1 as a peace envoy.

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Episode 27

Force of Arms

Mon, Apr 1, 198525 mins

Dolza tricks his advance armada and surrounds the Earth with 4.8 million armed ships. For Dolza, the time for talking has ended. The SDF-1 and the Earth must be destroyed. It forces Breetai to join with Captain Gloval to counteract this threat.

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Episode 28

Reconstruction Blues

Mon, Apr 1, 198525 mins

After two years of reconstruction, Rick finds his life complicated by Zentraedi malcontents and his own complicated feelings for both Minmei and Lisa.

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Episode 29

Robotech Masters

Mon, Apr 1, 198524 mins

War begins to creep back into the lives of those who have fought for the preservation of Protoculture. Some of the Zentraedi have returned to their violent ways. It is up to Admiral Gloval and the alien Exedore to come up with a solution to the current problem.

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Episode 30

Viva Miriya

Mon, Apr 1, 198524 mins

RDF troopers go on a mission with Breetai to capture a Zentraedi factory station, and Max and Miriya's infant daughter is the key to the operation.

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Episode 31

Khyron's Revenge

Mon, Apr 15, 198525 mins

As the Zentraedi's past is revealed to RDF command, Kyle Minmei's resistance to a military guard of the last resizing chamber backfires disastrously.

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Episode 32

Broken Heart

Mon, Apr 1, 198525 mins

While Lisa waits all day for Rick to come for a date, Rick is sidetracked by Minmei and a Zentraedi Malcontent attack.

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Episode 33

A Rainy Night

Mon, Apr 1, 198524 mins

Finding Lisa depressed at Rick's disinterest in her, Claudia puts her feelings into perspective by telling the story of her relationship with Roy Fokker.

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Episode 34

Private Time

Thu, Apr 18, 198525 mins

Minmei tries to become part of Rick Hunter's life again after returning from her tour of the frontier. It is a situation complicated by Rick's growing concern for Lisa and his final realization of his duty as a soldier.

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Episode 35

Season's Greetings

Fri, Apr 19, 198525 mins

At Christmas time, Rick and Lisa's personal life is disrupted still more by a desolate Minmei while Khryon has a violent surprise of his own.

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Episode 36

To the Stars

Mon, Apr 22, 198525 mins

Lisa's final visit to Rick before leaving on a space mission under her command becomes unexpectedly dramatic thanks to both Minmei and Khyron.

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