Hot Wheels Battle Force 5
Overview
Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 is an American/Canadian 3D CGI television series created by Mattel, Nelvana, and Nerd Corps Entertainment. A two-episode preview aired on the Cartoon Network in the United States on August 24, 2009. In Cartoon Network India it is starting from April 30, 2010 and in Cartoon Network Philippines on July 3, 2010. The series made its official debut on August 29. According to a HotWheels.com page as of July 14, 2010 describing "BATTLE FORCE 5 Battle Action Assortment" toys, Vehicles combine forces to create even more powerful combat machines. The second season began airing September 18, 2010. The first trailer for the series was released on the official Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 website on June 25, 2009. The first two episodes aired on Monday, August 24. This is the fourth production by Nerd Corps Entertainment, following Storm Hawks, League of Super Evil, and Dragon Booster.
Key Crew
Producer: Tina Chow, Irene Weibel, Audu Paden, Chuck Johnson, Ken Faier, Ace Fipke, Pam Lehn, Ira Singerman
Top Cast
Gabe Khouth
Spinner Cortez (voice)
Mark Hildreth
Vert Wheeler (voice)
Michael Dobson
Colin Murdock
Captain Kalus (voice)
Kathleen Barr
Agura Ibaden (voice)
Alessandro Juliani
Zoom Takazumi (voice)
Brian Drummond
Sherman Cortez (voice)
Seasons
Season 1 (2009)
No overview available.
26 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Starting Line
2009-08-29Vert Wheeler is pulled into another dimension to race in a battle against two fighting groups.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 2: Gearing Up
2009-08-29The newly assembled team practices survival skills and controlling their vehicles.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 3: Common Cold War
2009-09-05Agura becomes frustrated with her teammates' hang ups, especially Spinner's fear of germs.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 4: Basic Training
2009-09-12While training in a BattleZone, the team decides to infiltrate a Sark factory.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 5: Missing in Action
2009-09-19Zoom is captured after feeling neglected by the team.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 6: Junkyard Dogged
2009-09-26In order to obtain the next BattleKey, Spinner and Sherman work together and face off against an evil junkyard dog.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 7: Behind Enemy Lines
2009-10-03Vert goes undercover as a Vandal to uncover their secrets of the BattleZone.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 8: My Man Zug
2009-10-10Stanford becomes friends with a shifty character named Zug. The Battle Force 5 is worried that he might be losing focus.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 9: Frenemy
2009-11-07Stanford discovers that he's the descendant of a famed multiverse explorer and ruler. This inspires him to challenge Battle Force 5's leadership structure and make a peace pact with The Vandals, but can they be trusted?!
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 10: Man Down
2009-11-14Zoom is injured while the Battle Force 5 is battling in a Battle Zone. Now the rest of the team must find a plant to get the antidote for Zoom.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 11: Artificial Intelligence
2009-11-21After Zeke's brain is encoded with Battle Force 5 secrets, he joins the team on a mission in a BattleZone.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 12: Double Down
2009-11-29During a strange solar flare, something goes awry in the Multiverse and Battle Force 5 find themselves face-to-face with their evil twins! This anti-Battle Force 5 team is so nasty that our heroes must join together with an unlikely ally if they want to keep their bad-selves away from Earth!
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 13: The Chosen One
2009-12-06An individual from Zoom's past arrives in Handler Corners to take Zoom back home so that he can fulfill his destiny as the "Chosen One.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 14: StormShocker
2010-01-10Battle Force 5 must defend "Zeke's Diner" from the Sarks when the diner has been teleported into a BattleZon
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 15: Cage Match
2010-01-17Vert and Zoom must compete in a "Cage of Doom" against the Vandals while trying to outwit a BattleZone with its fiendish agenda.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 16: Glitchin'
2010-01-24After Spinner takes control of a Zentner, Zemerik captures him and forces him to show him the battle moves. Zemerik then tricks Spinner into using the techniques on the Battle Force 5!
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 17: Cold as Ice
2010-02-20A super-cold BattleZone enables the Sark's computerized brains to work faster than ever! As a result, Agura and Stanford must put aside their rivalry to battle the hyper-accelerated Sark, a Sark Tangler and a giant Yeti!
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 18: Mag Wheels
2010-02-28A BattleZone that will give the battlekey only if the Battle Force 5 win a game of BattleKey Scoccer, and the BattleKey is the ball.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 19: Time Out
2010-03-07Hatch has built a time-stopping device that will not only leave the portal open for a Vandal invasion, but freeze time in Handler's Corners.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 20: Artifact Attack
2010-04-02Sherman and Spinner's obsession over gathering Battlezone artifacts prove to be extremely dangerous when their souvenir collection comes to life.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 21: Swarmed
2010-04-09Vert is trapped inside a giant nest of mechanical wasps. Stanford must lead Battle Force 5 to keep the Vandals from reaching Earth while figuring out a way to get Vert out before it's too late...
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 22: Gladiators
2010-04-16The Battle Force 5 and the Vandals are forced to fight against each other, and fellow teammates, in a battlezone run by a deranged, red Sark named Tors-10.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 23: Spinning Out
2010-04-23Stanford gets a hard lesson about self-relience as the Battle Force 5 must stabilize the Cycloid Zone to prevent the multiverse from collapsing. However, a swarm of energy leeches prove to be a considerable obstacle, as they can drain energy from their vehicles and equipment.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 24: Mobi 3.0
2010-04-30When Sage needs to be updated, she is taken to a battlezone in the Mobi. But while downloading new files, the team encounters Zemerik who is trying to take control of both Sage and the Mobi.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 25: Axis of Evil (1)
2010-05-07Tired of constantly being defeated by Battle Force 5, the Vandals and the Sark join forces to form an 'Axis of Evil,' and fake their demise in a plan to seize the Battle Keys. Meanwhile, the BF5 try to find a solution to Sage's dependence on the Mobi.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 26: Axis of Evil (2)
2010-05-14Trapped on the Blue Sentient Homeworld, the Battle Force 5 is forced to ally themselves with the Sark to save Sage and the multiverse. However, a far greater evil is released.
Runtime: 23 min
Season 2 (2010)
No overview available.
26 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Ascent of the Red Sentients (1)
2010-09-18Picking up from the first season finale, Krytus begins the search for his teammates.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Ascent of the Red Sentients (2)
2010-09-25Krytus frees the rest of his team and the Battle Force 5 must master the fusion process in order to defeat the Red Sentient 5. The combination SkyKnife debuts.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Battleship 5
2010-10-02The Battle Force 5 search a Mobi wreck for important Sentient Data Logs. The problem is that the wreck is at the bottom of the Vandal Ocean. The combination Tangler Command Center debuts.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Uprising
2010-10-09A new Vandal shows up and challenges Kalus for the title of Vandal Warlord: Grimian! The combination SmashClaw debuts.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: The Power of Resistance
2010-10-16Battle Force 5 learn from Zemerik that there is a rebellion against the Red Sentients on one of the Red Sentient moons. Tezz Volitov joins the Battle Force 5! The Splitwire debuts.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: The Crimson One
2010-10-23The team have to search for and destroy the Double-Helix Crystal. Stanford must overcome his insecurity whenever he fails, and Vert learns that he plays an important role in a Sentient legend called the "Crimson One". The combination SonicSlash debuts.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: Spawn Hunters
2010-11-20The Battle Force 5 decide to hunt down the Red Sentients' re-spawn chambers. Tezz must overcome his arrogance as Sage deals with Stanford's superstition. The combination ShockBlade debuts.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: Found!...And Lost
2010-11-27When the team escapes into a desolate zone, they discover a Diad collecting Blue Sentient shells. But when the Diad is captured by a pursuing Kyburi, they must rescue him from the Red Sentient homeworld before the Reds learn of his mission.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 9: Deep Freeze
2010-12-04The team must locate a terraforming device which could restore Blue Sentient civilization, and the Ice Zone it's in prompts Vert to bring in a new recruit. A.J. Dalton joins the Battle Force 5! The GearSlammer and the combination RigSaw debut.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 10: Lord of the Kharamanos
2010-12-11The Battle Force 5 search for a way into the Red Sentient Homeworld, only to end up on the Vandal homeworld. Tezz learns compassion and to be more of a team player, as he and Vert discover the Vandals' most important secret: their vehicles are being built by an enslaved race of super-engineers.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 11: Fusion Confusion
2011-01-29When a freak accident causes Sherman and Grimian to switch minds, the Battle Force 5 must rescue Sherman from the Vandals and pull himself together before Grimian relays Earth's coordinates to Krytus.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 12: Mouth of The Dragon
2011-02-05Battle Force 5 must enlist the aid of the Order of the Flying Fists to drive the Red Sentients away from Earth. Zoom's former master is more than what he seems.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 13: Full Throttle
2011-02-12To prevent Krytus from locating Sage, Battle Force 5 enlist the aid of pro racer and Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon in order to destroy the scanner that's being used to search the Multiverse.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 14: Stone Cold Warrior
2011-02-19Battle Force 5 meet Rawkus, a golem responsible for maintaining the balance of the Multiverse. Can Zoom gain his trust when the Red Sentients steal his Power Core Stone?
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 15: Shadow Zone
2011-02-26Rawkus brings Vert and Zoom to the Shadow Zone to find the lost minds of the Blue Sentients. The key, however, lies within Sage.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 16: Hunt for the Magmatrox
2011-03-05The Battle Force 5 must find and rescue the legendary and nearly extinct Magmatrox before the Red Sentients hunt it down!
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 17: Sol Survivor
2011-04-16The Battle Force 5 race against time to save Sage's mentor, Sol.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 18: The Blue Tide
2011-04-23Under the pretense of stopping Krytus from upgrading the Red Sark, the Battle Force 5 ally with Zemerik on a mission to an ancient Sark Factory. However, Zemerik has other plans for the factory. Meanwhile, a lightning strike permanently fuses the Buster and Tangler.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 19: Legacy
2011-04-30Vert is reunited with his long lost father! After catching up on their relationship, he leads the Battle Force 5 to a Red Sentient Mobi that Tors-10 was constructing.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 20: Shadow Runners
2011-05-07Vert gets trapped in the Shadow Zone with Krytus and are forced to work together to get out! If not, the entire Multiverse will be destroyed!
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 21: Blast from the Past
2011-05-14The Battle Force 5 are transported 1,000,000 years back to the Sentients' distant past! Not only must they battle their way back home in an ancient gladitorial game, but they must make certain history unfolds the way it was originally supposed to.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 22: Grimian's Secret
2011-06-18The Battle Force 5 learn of Grimian's alliance with Krytus! Meanwhile, Tezz's scientific curiosity gets him captured by the Vandals!
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 23: Better Off Red
2011-06-25Vert must work with Krytus to prevent Sage from creating a doomsday device that will end the Multiverse! But is this really the truth? The secret to the Red Sentients' Re-Spawn technology is revealed.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 24: Get Zemerik
2011-07-02Pursued by the Red Sentients, Zemerik and Zug flee to the Torborian Badlands. While Krytus pursues him, the Battle Force 5 seek vital information from Zemerik's hard-drive that would mean the end of the Sark!
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 25: Rumble in the Jungle
2011-07-09When the Vandals attack the Kharamanos homeworld, the Battle Force 5 must help the Kharamanos stop the Vandals once and for all!
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 26: Unite and Strike
2011-07-16The war with the Red Sentients comes to its climax, as Krytus unfreezes the Red Sentient population by releasing a beta decay wave from a destroyed Battle Zone. At the same time, the Blue Sentient shells are rediscovered as the BF5 attempt to revive the Blue Sentient race.
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