Big Bad Beetleborgs (later Beetleborgs Metallix) is an American live-action television series by Saban Entertainment and was co-produced with Renaissance-Atlantic Films, Toei Company and Bugboy Productions.[1] It originally aired on Fox Kids. It premiered on September 7, 1996 and ended on March 2, 1998, with a total of 88 episodes over the course of 2 seasons.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | ||||||
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| 1 | 1 | "Beetle Rock" | Shuki Levy | Shell Danielson, Shuki Levy | September 7, 1996 | ||||||
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Drew, Roland, and Jo are hanging out at Zoom Comics when local bullies Van and Trip dare them to go into the old abandoned Hillhurst House. The three kids unleash Flabber from his organ, and are each granted one wish. They choose to become their favorite comic-books heroes, the Beetleborgs, but now have to deal with the evil Magnavors that have escaped from the comic book world. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | "TNT for Two" | John Putch | M.A. Evans | September 9, 1996 | ||||||
| Van and Trip hire two demolition guys to destroy Hillhurst, while the Magnavors send Jet Fighters to attack the Beetleborgs. | |||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Ghost is Toast" | John Putch | Margo McCahon | September 10, 1996 | ||||||
| Van and Trip hire a phasm hunter this time to take out Flabber. | |||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Treasure of Hillhurst Mansion" | John Putch | Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh | September 11, 1996 | ||||||
| Flabber's handkerchief is discovered to be a treasure map, which is fought for by the Hillhurst monsters, Van and Trip, and the Magnavores. | |||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Never Cry Werewolf" | Gabe Torres | M.A. Evans | September 12, 1996 | ||||||
| Wolfgang appears in town, and the Magnavores try to bring him towards their side. | |||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Say the Magic Word" | John Putch | Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh | September 13, 1996 | ||||||
| Jo is accidentally turned invisible by a magic spell book. | |||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Lights, Camera, Too Much Action" | Gabe Torres | Jennifer Heftler, Lisa Page | September 14, 1996 | ||||||
| A moviemaker wants to use Hillhurst to film a horror movie in, and an insect monster sent by the Magnavors lands the monster role. | |||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Nano in the House" | John Putch | Clifford Herbert | September 16, 1996 | ||||||
| Nano finds an amulet which causes all who see it to become slaves to the holder, including the Hillhurst monsters. | |||||||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Locomotion Commotion" | John Putch | Taylor Grant | September 17, 1996 | ||||||
| The Magnavores want to sabotage a train station, so Vexor orders Garganturat to kidnap Heather so she can be his bride. | |||||||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Cat-tastrophy" | Worth Keeter | Margo McCahon | September 18, 1996 | ||||||
| Drew gets his DNA altered with that of a cat monster, and slowly begins to turn into a catboy. | |||||||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Drew and Flabber's Less Than Fabulous Adventure" | Worth Keeter | Bob Allen | September 19, 1996 | ||||||
| Drew wishes to get an amulet from a comic book for Heather he has a crush on, so he and Flabber go into the comic to attempt to capture it from Queen Magna. | |||||||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun" | Worth Keeter | Jennifer Heftler, Lisa Page | September 20, 1996 | ||||||
| A Magnavor spy known as Gorganzolla is sent to Hillhurst to go undercover as a maid. | |||||||||||
| 14 | 14 | "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World" | Doug Campbell | M.A. Evans | September 21, 1996 | ||||||
| Jo is turned into a Mr. Hyde-like monster by a Magnavor chemical. | |||||||||||
| 15 | 15 | "The Hunchback of Hillhurst" | Doug Campbell | Taylor Grant | September 23, 1996 | ||||||
| The star quarterback of University of Notre Dame, who is also a hunchback, gets amnesia and winds up in the Hillhurst attic. | |||||||||||
| 16 | 16 | "The Littlest Brattleborg" | Doug Campbell | Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh | September 27, 1996 | ||||||
| Drew and Jo's cousin Oliver shows up in town, and later kidnapped when Noxic of the Magnavors mistakes his costume for a real Beetleborg. | |||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Haunted Hideout" | Terence H. Winkless | Margo McCahon | September 28, 1996 | ||||||
| Two bank robbers attempt to hide in Hillhurst, but Flabber gives them a taste of his own justice. | |||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Monster Rock" | Terence H. Winkless | Koji Kataoka, Oak O'Connor | October 4, 1996 | ||||||
| The rock band Torpedo try practicing new tunes in Hillhurst, and get an unexpected inspiration when the monsters mess with their instruments. | |||||||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Convention Dimension" | Terence H. Winkless | M.A. Evans | October 5, 1996 | ||||||
| The Beetleborgs go to a comic book convention where Beetleborgs creator Art Fortunes will be making an appearance, while Vexor plans to have him kidnapped. | |||||||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Root of All Evil" | Gabe Torres | Toni Gallagher | October 11, 1996 | ||||||
| Flabber creates an intelligent plant for the kids to use in their science project. | |||||||||||
| 21 | 21 | "The Doctor Is In" | Gabe Torres | David Fletcher | October 18, 1996 | ||||||
| Frankenbeans' creator Dr. Baron Von Frankenbeans visits Hillhurst and tries to "fix" Frankenbeans' friend. Meanwhile, a seemingly-invincible snake monster (whose weakness may not be found out until next month's issue) is unleashed to wreak havoc. | |||||||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Space Case" | Jeff Burr | M.A. Evans | October 19, 1996 | ||||||
| Aliens arrive at Hillhurst and disguise themselves as reporters to interview the monsters, who they mistake for humans. | |||||||||||
| 23 | 23 | "The Brain in the Attic" | Jeff Burr | Margo McCahon | October 25, 1996 | ||||||
| The brain of the monster Dicehead is placed in the Hillhurse attic, causing whoever is holding it long enough to receive his/her/its worst nightmare. | |||||||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Bye, Bye Frankie" | Gabe Torres | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | October 31, 1996 | ||||||
| Frankenbeans escapes into town on Halloween night, then the monster Grenade Guy is ordered to kidnap him. | |||||||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Fangs Over Charterville" | Jeff Burr | Bob Allen | November 2, 1996 | ||||||
| After several failed attempts, Count Fangula finally catches the constantly invading Van and Trip and turns them into vampires. | |||||||||||
| 26 | 26 | "Curse of the Shadowborg (Part 1)" | Gabe Torres | M.A. Evans | November 11, 1996 | ||||||
| Using a piece of the Blue Stinger Beetleborg's armor, Vexor creates the sinister Shadowborg. | |||||||||||
| 27 | 27 | "The Rise of the Blaster Borg (Part 2)" | Gabe Torres | Margo McCahon | November 12, 1996 | ||||||
| The Beetleborg powers stolen by Shadowborg, the kids seek out Art Fortunes for help. | |||||||||||
| 28 | 28 | "The Revenge of Vexor (Part 3)" | Gabe Torres | Elizabeth Cooper | November 13, 1996 | ||||||
| The new kid in Charterville, Josh Baldwin, is asked to become the new White Blaster Beetleborg. | |||||||||||
| 29 | 29 | "A Friend in Need (Part 4)" | Gabe Torres | Margo McCahon | November 14, 1996 | ||||||
| Josh recaptures the stolen Beetleborgs' powers, but feels he cannot handle being a Beetleborg himself. | |||||||||||
| 30 | 30 | "Raiders of the Tomb (Part 5)" | John Putch | J.P. Chanda, Peter Lebow | November 15, 1996 | ||||||
| Jo discovers the Magnavors' secret hideout in the Charterville cemetery, so Drew and Josh break in to try to find Shadowborg's power source. | |||||||||||
| 31 | 31 | "Big Rumble in Charterville (Part 6)" | John Putch | M.A. Evans | November 16, 1996 | ||||||
| After gaining new powers from Vexor's power device, Drew uses them in his battle against Shadowborg. | |||||||||||
| 32 | 32 | "Yo Ho Borgs" | Douglas Sloan | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | November 25, 1996 | ||||||
| Flabber brings Captain Blackbeard into the present to help with the kids' history project. | |||||||||||
| 33 | 33 | "Christmas Bells and Phantom's Spells" | Gabe Torres | Shell Danielson | December 21, 1996 | ||||||
| The Magnavors celebrate some classic Yuletime villainy by attempting to steal Christmas. | |||||||||||
| 34 | 34 | "Pet Problems" | Douglas Sloan | Taylor Grant | March 21, 1997 | ||||||
| Wolfgang is given a large purple fanged pet for his birthday. Meanwhile, the Magnavors release Mucant to petnap people's dogs for ransom. | |||||||||||
| 35 | 35 | "Phantom of Hillhurst" | Douglas Sloan | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | March 27, 1997 | ||||||
| A phantom intends to kidnap Jo, who resembles his long lost love, and make her his new singing student. | |||||||||||
| 36 | 36 | "Operation Frankenbeans" | John Putch | David Fletcher | March 28, 1997 | ||||||
| Dr. Baron Von Frankenbeans, Frankie's creator, returns, and gives his "son" an operation to increase his intelligence, but it also turns him into an unbearable snob. Meanwhile, Vexor uses a new strategy to defeat the Beetleborgs: keeping them too busy fighting so they'll neglect their schoolwork and fail | |||||||||||
| 37 | 37 | "The Curse of Mums' Tomb" | John Putch | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | April 3, 1997 | ||||||
| Two archaeologists who were responsible for awakening Mums from eternal slumber many years ago beg him to remove the curse he gave them. | |||||||||||
| 38 | 38 | "This Old Ghost" | John Putch | M.A. Evans | April 4, 1997 | ||||||
| The ghost of Old Man Hillhurst loses his peace and quiet in the grave (naturally due to Magnavors with instruments and poor talents) and returns to his mansion, but first tries to get rid of its current inhabitants. (first appearance of Abbie who would stay on for the rest of the series) | |||||||||||
| 39 | 39 | "Jo's Strange Change" | Brian Thomas Jones | J.P. Chanda, Peter Lebow | April 10, 1997 | ||||||
| Jo falls victim to Flabber's spell book, as Wolfgang casts an appearance-altering spell on her. Meanwhile, the monsters quarrel over who is the scariest. (Shannon Chandler's last appearance as Jo.) | |||||||||||
| 40 | 40 | "She Wolf" | Brian Thomas Jones | M.A. Evans | April 11, 1997 | ||||||
| Wolfgang turns Jara into a werewolf and the two go out to terrorize Charterville. (From this point on Brittany Konarzewski would take over the role of Jo.) | |||||||||||
| 41 | 41 | "Something Fishy" | Worth Keeter | Clifford Herbert, Elizabeth Cooper | April 17, 1997 | ||||||
| The kids believe that a local legend of a fish creature, known as Charterville Charlie, is running loose. | |||||||||||
| 42 | 42 | "Bride of Frankenbeans" | Brian Thomas Jones | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | April 18, 1997 | ||||||
| Doctor Frankenbeans plans to entitle his fortune to his "son", if he marries the bride he built for him. Unfortunately, the bride is only interested in his money. | |||||||||||
| 43 | 43 | "Fangula's Last Bite" | Worth Keeter | Clifford Herbert | April 21, 1997 | ||||||
| Fangula falls out of favor from the Commissioner of Vampires for failing to create more vampires, and may be taken back to where he came from. | |||||||||||
| 44 | 44 | "The Good, the Bad, and the Scary" | Worth Keeter | Bob Allen | April 25, 1997 | ||||||
| A spell causes the Beetleborgs and Magnavors to become mind-swapped (Roland=Typhus, Drew=Noxic, Jo=Jara). As the Beetleborgs now, Jara, Noxic and Thypus use the Beetleborg powers to wreak havoc. | |||||||||||
| 45 | 45 | "Buggin' Out" | Gabe Torres | M.A. Evans | April 28, 1997 | ||||||
| Flabber finds a sketch of a transportation device left behind by Art Fortunes, and decides to take it for a test run. Things go awry when the device causes him to fuse with Vexor's insect monster. | |||||||||||
| 46 | 46 | "Svengali, By Golly" | Gabe Torres | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | May 2, 1997 | ||||||
| After failing to capture Flabber, Jara, Noxic, and Thypus are cast out of Vexor's services, while a hypnotist monster is taken out of the comic book to find new recruits. | |||||||||||
| 47 | 47 | "Big Bad Luck" | Gabe Torres | Koji Kataoka, Oak O'Connor | May 5, 1997 | ||||||
| The Magnavores torment the Hillhurst monsters with a machine that causes several misfortunes. | |||||||||||
| 48 | 48 | "A Monster is Born" | Worth Keeter | J.P. Chanda, Peter Lebow | May 9, 1997 | ||||||
| The Monsters find a baby on the steps of Hillhurst. Unfortunately, the baby is the Rocket Man monster in disguise. | |||||||||||
| 49 | 49 | "Norman Nussbaum: Vampire Hunter" | Worth Keeter | David Fletcher | May 12, 1997 | ||||||
| A young boy who comes from many generations of vampire hunters goes after Fangula. Meanwhile, the Magnavores pull out all the stops to destroy the Beetleborgs. | |||||||||||
| 50 | 50 | "Brotherly Fright" | Worth Keeter | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | May 16, 1997 | ||||||
| Noxic's brother Super Noxic shows up at Hillhurse disguised to be a fitness trainer named Hurt-ules. | |||||||||||
| 51 | 51 | "Fright Files" | James Mathers | M.A. Evans | May 19, 1997 | ||||||
| An author of children's books visits Hillhurst for inspiration, until he himself is transformed into a monster. Meanwhile, Typhus uses Vexor's new device to transform into Super Typhus. | |||||||||||
| 52 | 52 | "Borgslayer! (Part 1)" | James Mathers | Margo McCahon | May 20, 1997 | ||||||
| A year after the three children became Beetleborgs, Flabber is re-imprisoned in the organ, and the Magnavors find the monster Nukus in Art Fortune's office. Nukus immediately takes charge of a full-blown attack which involves bringing back all the previously-destroyed monsters and fusing them all into the lumbering Borgslayer. | |||||||||||
| 53 | 53 | "Vexor's Last Laugh (Part 2)" | James Mathers | Margo McCahon | May 21, 1997 | ||||||
| The Beetleborgs's luck changes when Flabber is re-released. The Beetleborgs destroy Borgslayer, and by doing so Vexor and his crew are sucked back into the comic book, leaving Nukus to threaten the Beetleborgs. | |||||||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 54 | 1 | "Crush of the Crustaceans (Part 3)" | James Mathers | Margo McCahon | September 8, 1997 | |
| Nukus destroys the Beetleborgs' armor, weapons, and powers, and turns Flabber into ice. While the kids try to persuade Art Fortunes to draw new armor, weapons, and powers for them, Nukus frees Fortunes' twisted brother Les from jail and summons some of Les' drawn monsters into the real world. | ||||||
| 55 | 2 | "Metallix Rising (Part 4)" | James Mathers | Margo McCahon | September 9, 1997 | |
| Nukus, along with new fellow villains Vilor and Horribelle and the Dregs, takes Les Fortunes to the Charterville Cemetery, in order to have a new army of monsters drawn for him. Back at Hillhurst, the kids eventually manage to save Flabber (after they discover a useful spell that can turn them into beetles), who uses some creativity from Art Fortunes to grant them their new Metallix powers. The new Beetleborgs Metallix confront Nukus, but the newly-drawn Worm Tanks cause some serious trouble for our heroes. | ||||||
| 56 | 3 | "Battle Station Alert (Part 5)" | James Mathers | Margo McCahon | September 10, 1997 | |
| The Crustaceans kidnap Art Fortunes, but the kids use the Bug Out spell to sneak into the Charterville Cemetery and rescue him. Art then draws a new Battle Station and new Battle Vehicles so that the Beetleborgs will be able to face the Worm Tanks and the Crustacean Jet Fighters that Les drew for Nukus. (For this episode and beyond; the new villains, Les Fortunes, and the Hillhurst Monsters are now credited in the opening titles, which utilize a brand new logo as well as a brand new theme song.) | ||||||
| 57 | 4 | "Ghoul Trouble" | John Putch | M.A. Evans | September 11, 1997 | |
| A mysterious presence disrupts the harmony in Hillhurst, as it steals Flabber's precious phasm book. The presence turns out to be a Ghoul named Little Ghoul, who wants to live in the house. Meanwhile, the Crustaceans set a trap for the Beetleborgs using Aqualung, a monster that can liquify, who is accompanied by Crustacean Jet Fighters. | ||||||
| 58 | 5 | "Totally Slammin' Sector Cycles" | John Putch | Bob Allen | September 12, 1997 | |
| The Crustaceans summon the Hagfish of Gar, a monster who can put children under its control with its song as well as spew slime, and Nukus attempts to use it to brainwash all the children of Charterville (including Drew, Jo, Heather, and Roland) by sending them through an "Evil Archway". With the Battle Station left inoperable by Hagfish's song, Flabber provides the children with three new motorcycles, called Sector Cycles. | ||||||
| 59 | 6 | "Headless Over Heels" | John Putch | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | September 15, 1997 | |
| An old acquaintance of Wolfgang's, who had lost his head after sneezing at the werewolf's fleas, visits Hillhurst to get his head back. Nukus believes that the headless ghost is an ally of the Beetleborgs and attacks before they do. | ||||||
| 60 | 7 | "Monster Imposter" | Gabe Torres | Jonathan Cuba | September 16, 1997 | |
| In order to get to Flabber and prevent him from assisting the Beetleborgs with magical help, the Crustaceans use Changeling, a shape-shifter that can turn into any monster of the Hillhurst and therefore can sneak into the house without being recognized. Changeling traps Flabber and the kids have to save him, while battling the monster and the Crustacean Jet Fighters. | ||||||
| 61 | 8 | "Horror Hotel" | Gabe Torres | Taylor Grant | September 17, 1997 | |
| The monsters have to raise money to give Hillhurst a big make-up and so, they turn the house into a hotel for monsters. Nukus takes advantage of the situation and sends a plant-like creature called Furnzilla to destroy the Beetleborgs by pretending to be a customer. | ||||||
| 62 | 9 | "Les is More" | Gabe Torres | Peter Lebrow, J-P Chanda | September 18, 1997 | |
| Les draws a monster named Rooth-less, whom he thinks will defeat the Beetleborgs. However, Nukus doesn't like it and neither does Horribelle. Unknown to them, Vilor and Les use Nukus' sword to bring the monster to life. However since Rooth-less wasn't brought to life by Nukus, it cannot be controlled, and if the monster isn't brought back within 24 hours it would create a rift in the 2D world, sending all 2D creatures back, including the Crustaceans. The Beetleborgs will ultimately have to work together with the Crustaceans to put this out-of-control monster in his place. | ||||||
| 63 | 10 | "Sunset Boo-levard" | Brian Thomas Jones | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | September 19, 1997 | |
| An aging starlet from Hollywood's silent era (and now ghost) shows up at Hillhurst, wanting to make a comeback. | ||||||
| 64 | 11 | "Extra...Beetleborgs Revealed" | Brian Thomas Jones | Kojo Katoaka, Oak O'Connor | September 22, 1997 | |
| An anxious journalist seeks out the Beetleborgs' secret identities... and finds them! Will she keep quiet, or will she use this scoop to make herself famous? | ||||||
| 65 | 12 | "Who's That Ghoul?" | Brian Thomas Jones | M.A. Evans | September 23, 1997 | |
| Deadly Nightshade, a Transylvanian bounty hunter, comes to Hillhurst. He wants to capture Little Ghoul for stealing a magic wand from a witch who mistreated her. Flabber calls in the Beetleborgs to force him out. However, Nightshade then teams up with the Crustaceans and Les' latest monster, Ultra Vulture. | ||||||
| 66 | 13 | "Attack of the Brain Suckers" | Worth Keeter | Margo McCahon | September 24, 1997 | |
| Les' latest creation, the Brain Sucker, becomes the star of a new comic book series, which ends up outselling that of the Beetleborgs'! This newfound popularity leads to the Brain Sucker monster going on a brain-sucking rampage, all the way to Hillhurst. | ||||||
| 67 | 14 | "Don't Fear the Reaper" | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | Worth Keeter | September 29, 1997 | |
| Little Ghoul's uncle, the Grim Reaper, comes to Hillhurst - not to kill anyone, but apparently to choose a replacement! The House Monsters compete for his favor, but Nukus wants to gain the position himself by wiping them out with Les' Monster Smasher. | ||||||
| 68 | 15 | "The Old Gray Flabber" | Clifford Herbert | Worth Keeter | October 3, 1997 | |
| Horribelle leaves a portrait of Flabber on the front porch. When Flabber retrieves it, he constantly glances at it to see his beautiful self. One thing he does not know is that the painting is sucking the life out of him, making him older and weaker. He refuses to destroy it because he was so handsome in the portrait, but the Beetleborgs have to do something before it's too late. | ||||||
| 69 | 16 | "Son of Frankenbeans" | Gabe Torres | David Fletcher | October 10, 1997 | |
| Dr Baron Von Frankenbeans sends his latest creation, a younger version of Frankenbeans known as "Little Frankie", to live with his "big brother" at Hillhurst doing his trip. | ||||||
| 70 | 17 | "How Does Your Garden Grow?" | Gabe Torres | Elizabeth Ann Cooper | October 20, 1997 | |
| Little Ghoul takes up some abnormal gardening after Horribelle leaves the Seed of Evil at Hillhurst. | ||||||
| 71 | 18 | "The Curse of the Mummy's Mommy" | Gabe Torres | Karyn Naumo, Tom Milo | October 30, 1997 | |
| Mums' mommy, who is also a mummy, comes to town. Later on, Mums' mommy ring turn Count Fangula into a monster Bat. Now the Beetleborg had to help Count Fangula to return to itself again. Than at the very end, Count Fangula's Mom came... | ||||||
| 72 | 19 | "Halloween Haunted House of Horrors" | Worth Keeter | Jonathan Cuba | October 31, 1997 | |
| As the House Monsters leave Hillhurst on Halloween to do some Trick or Treating of their own, the mansion attracts unsuspecting kids believing it to be haunted. On top of that, the Beetleborgs must also deal with a new monster, El Scorpio. | ||||||
| 73 | 20 | "Booger Man" | Worth Keeter | Taylor Grant | November 3, 1997 | |
| The Booger Man appears at Hillhurst to give the house monsters nightmares. This inspires Nukus to have him give nightmares to Les for an inspiration for a new monster. | ||||||
| 74 | 21 | "The Poe and the Pendulum" | Worth Keeter | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | November 6, 1997 | |
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After a huge lunch the monsters at Hillhurst fall asleep, but are rudely awakened by a raven, which announces the arrival of the famous writer Edgar Alan Poe. Poe's presence at Hillhurst is followed by a series of weird events, in which nothing is as it seems to be. Meanwhile, Nukus has Les draw up the Mole Monster to steal Edgar's latest book. | ||||||
| 75 | 22 | "The Lost Comic (Part 1)" | Gabe Torres | Margo McCahon | November 7, 1997 | |
| When Art and Les Fortunes were children, they produced a homemade comic book together, Their only collaboration. Now, Les leads the Crustaceans in a quest to find where he buried it years ago. Art and the Beetleborgs are also in pursuit for it. Within its pages are the predecessors to the Beetleborgs, the Astralborgs and Mantrons. | ||||||
| 76 | 23 | "Enter the Dragon Borg (Part 2)" | Gabe Torres | Steve W. Sessions | November 10, 1997 | |
| To help out the Beetleborgs, one of the Astral Borgs, Dragonborg is unleashed to battle with the Evil Borgs. | ||||||
| 77 | 24 | "To Foretell the Truth (Part 3)" | Gabe Torres | M.A. Evans | November 14, 1997 | |
| Flabber calls in a psychic to figure out where the Astral Coins (which are now missing) are. Also, the Beetleborgs gain a new Astral Borg ally, in Fireborg! | ||||||
| 78 | 25 | "Wolfie's Wild Ride (Part 4)" | Nils Molitor | Peter Lebow, J-P Chanda | November 17, 1997 | |
| Wolfgang wants to come along with the Beetleborgs and the Astral Borgs (the Lightningborg is now found to add to the team of three so far) to see what it's like to be in the middle of a battle against other comic monsters. | ||||||
| 79 | 26 | "Lady and the Champs (Part 5)" | Nils Molitor | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | November 21, 1997 | |
| Count Fangula is feeling ill. Seems he swallowed one of the Astral Coins! Horribelle, disguised as a nurse, attempts to retrieve it. Should Fangs manage to cough it up, the Beetleborgs will gain a new Astralborg ally, the Ladyborg! | ||||||
| 80 | 27 | "Astral Ransom (Part 6)" | Nils Molitorr | M.A. Evans | November 24, 1997 | |
| Flabber is kidnapped and the enemies want something in return...the Astral Sword and all 8 Astral Coins! | ||||||
| 81 | 28 | "Astral Ambush (Part 7)" | Tom Shelly | M.A. Evans | November 25, 1997 | |
| An ambush is done by the Crustaceans to eliminate the Astralborgs so they can get at the three puny Beetleborgs. | ||||||
| 82 | 29 | "Roboborg (Part 8)" | Tom Shelly | Heather McCahon | November 26, 1997 | |
| The 8 Astral Coins are at last reunited with the Astral Sword, leading to the summoning of the giant robot beetle fighting creature, Roboborg! But whose side will he be on? | ||||||
| 83 | 30 | "Mega Spectra Beetleborgs" | Tom Shelly | Joel M. Barkow, Louis J. Zivot | February 9, 1998 | |
| Nukus and Vilor get an upgrade, going Mega powered. To even things up, the Beetleborgs are given a power-boost by Roboborg, fusing their old powers with their Metallix ones, creating the Mega Spectra Beetleborgs and Mega-Spectra Sector Cycles! But will this added power boost be enough to stop Mega-Nukus? | ||||||
| 84 | 31 | "Battle of the Giants" | James Mathers | M.A. Evans | February 10, 1998 | |
| Les creates the Astral Ax, and with it, Roboborg's evil counterpart, known as Boron. Mega-Nukus pits Boron and Roboborg against one another. | ||||||
| 85 | 32 | "Robo Rumble" | James Mathers | Heather McCahon | February 16, 1998 | |
| Roboborg battles Boron... this time on the moon! | ||||||
| 86 | 33 | "Super Fang" | James Mathers | Steven W. Sessions | February 17, 1998 | |
| Count Fangula becomes a super hero by helping out the Beetleborgs defeat their rivals/enemies. | ||||||
| 87 | 34 | "Experiment in Evil" | Tom Shelly | M.A. Evans | February 23, 1998 | |
| Dr. Baron Von Frankenbeans' latest creation, a mutant plant, is sought by Mega-Nukus' forces. | ||||||
| 88 | 35 | "Mega Borg Power" | Tom Shelly | Heather McCahon | March 2, 1998 | |
| The Beetleborgs make one last play to gain control of Boron when Nukus combines his magic and Les' drawings to create Repgillian. But even with Boron on their side, will this be enough to stop the Crustaceans and save Charterville? | ||||||