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Season 3 – Robotech

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An alien ship crashes on Earth and the secrets it bears lead Earth into three interplanetary wars.
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Robotech — Season 3

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Shamus Kelley Den of Geek 05/08/2019
I can't stress enough that Robotech is a fascinating series to behold. The more you learn about it, from both an in universe and behind the scenes perspective, it slowly grabs a hold of you. Go to Full Review
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Episode 1 Aired May 27, 1985 The Invid Invasion After a decade of domination by aliens known as the Invid, Adm. Rick Hunter leads a squad of Robotech fighters as part of a rebellion to retake Earth; soldier Scott Bernard suffers a tragic loss when his entire squadron perishes in battle. Details Episode 2 Aired May 28, 1985 The Lost City Uneasy allies Scott and Rand arrive in a city on a lake and Scott comes face to face with life under Invid rule; a young orphan girl seeks a guardian among the city's reluctant population. Details Episode 3 Aired May 29, 1985 Lonely Soldier Boy Scott and the group find a town overrun with lawlessness where they meet a singer known as Yellow Dancer; Scott meets a Robotech engineer who gives him access to a Veritech fighter to use in battle against a patrol of Invid troopers. Details Episode 4 Aired May 30, 1985 Survival Scott's group establishes a base camp and encounters threats both natural and alien while gathering supplies for their growing resistance. Details Episode 5 Aired May 31, 1985 Curtain Call Lancer, in his Yellow Dancer guise, stages a diversion while Scott's group infiltrates an Invid facility to steal desperately-needed protoculture. Details Episode 6 Aired Jun 3, 1985 Hard Times Rook sneaks off to her hometown to seek revenge on the Red Snakes, a band of thieves, and her old fiancé who appears to have betrayed her; the Invid discover Scott's location and another battle ensues. Details Episode 7 Aired Jun 4, 1985 Paper Hero The resistance fighters enter a village hostile to their cause; Lunk tries to deliver a manuscript to a dead comrade's father. Details Episode 8 Aired Jun 5, 1985 Eulogy The resistance discovers a camp run by Col. Wolfe, an inspirational member of the Earth Reclamation Forces, but after an Invid attack, Rand discovers Wolfe's troubling secret. Details Episode 9 Aired Jun 6, 1985 The Genesis Pit Scott, Rand and Annie fall into a massive pit inhabited by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures that turns out to be part of an Invid experiment to control the evolutionary process. Details Episode 10 Aired Jun 7, 1985 Enter Marlene The Regess devises a plan to grow a humanoid simulagent to infiltrate the resistance and transmit vital intelligence to the Invid; Rand and Rook discover the spy among the wreckage of a recent battle and welcome her to the group. Details Episode 11 Aired Jun 10, 1985 The Secret Route In their attempt to bypass an avalanche, Scott and his group learn about a map that provides a secret route; Lancer approaches a local mayor for help raising money to buy the map and encounters Carla, a musician with ties to his past. Details Episode 12 Aired Jun 11, 1985 The Fortress Scott's group comes upon an old Robotech facility converted into an Invid outpost and devises a plan of attack using bombs covertly planted by Rand and Annie to signal a full-scale assault. Details Episode 13 Aired Jun 12, 1985 Sandstorm Rand braves a sandstorm seeking water for an ailing Marlene and falls into a pit where spores from the Flower of Life trigger prophetic hallucinations. Details Episode 14 Aired Jun 13, 1985 Annie's Wedding Scott's group encounters a tribe of humans who live as primitives and worship the Invid as gods; while Scott attempts to turn the tribe against the Invid, Annie develops a crush on a young, incompetent man named MacGruder. Details Episode 15 Aired Jun 14, 1985 Separate Ways An Invid squadron traps Scott's group underground, where the freedom fighters struggle to stay united amid thoughts of desperation and hopelessness. Details Episode 16 Aired Jun 17, 1985 Metamorphosis The Invid queen allows two of her children to become human and sends them to Earth to find their rogue spy, Marlene; one of the agents has an unexpectedly emotional encounter with Lancer. Details Episode 17 Aired Jun 18, 1985 The Midnight Sun Sera leads an Invid attack on the resistance fighters when they enter a snowy region; Sera eventually finds Marlene, leading to a disturbing set of revelations for both of them. Details Episode 18 Aired Jun 19, 1985 Ghost Town The freedom fighters find a ghost town populated by veterans of the war with the Robotech Masters and intercept a transmission from Adm. Hunter's fleet ordering all units to destroy Invid hives. Details Episode 19 Aired Jun 20, 1985 Frostbite The freedom fighters search for supplies in a city beneath the Rocky Mountains; as Scott and Marlene explore the city, they become closer to one another. Details Episode 20 Aired Jun 21, 1985 Birthday Blues The freedom fighters prepare a birthday surprise for Annie, who yearns for a real celebration after growing up without having any, but an Invid ambush lead by Corg threatens the festivities. Details Episode 21 Aired Jun 24, 1985 Hired Gun Rook meets Dusty Ayres, a human experimented upon by the Invid who seeks revenge on the people he holds responsible. Details Episode 22 Aired Jun 25, 1985 The Big Apple As they near Reflex Point, Scott's group stops in New York City to resupply their protoculture and encounters Corg's squadron, which targets the city's population in a bid to flush out the rebels. Details Episode 23 Aired Jun 26, 1985 Reflex Point Scott's group investigates the crash of a Robotech Expeditionary Force ship and meets an intelligence agent named Sue Graham who explains Adm. Hunter's plan to attack Reflex Point; a skirmish with Corg exposes Marlene as an Invid simulagent. Details Episode 24 Aired Jun 27, 1985 Dark Finale Scott's group joins the Robotech forces in the attack on Reflex Point, but differences of opinion threaten to split the group at a critical time; Marlene comes to terms with her Invid identity of Princess Ariel and aids the freedom fighters. Details Episode 25 Aired Jun 28, 1985 Symphony of Light Scott battles Corg while Lancer and Sera defend the Invid hive long enough for the Regess to gather her brood and make a final bid for survival. Details

Season Info

Executive Producer
Kenji Yoshida
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Sci-Fi, Action, Anime
Original Language
English
Release Date
May 27, 1985