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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 25-10-2009 at 21:29:
BOTP Viewing Order
Here it is. The initial numbers are the proper viewing order (per Sandy Frank), followed by the BOTP title, then the corresponding Gatch title. The numbers in <> are the episode numbers on Veoh and on the DVD set.
(I've already found plenty of fic fuel. When things settle down a bit, I think I will go through with summarizing BOTP episodes. The Veoh link will get a lot of work.)
1. Attack of the Space Terrapin (Turtle King) <1>
2. Siege of the Squids (Little Gatchamans) <30>
3. Decoys of Doom (Snow Demon King Blizzarder) <53>
4. Mad New Ruler of Spectra (Who is Leader X?) <18>
5. Peril of the Preying Mantis (Jumbo Shakora, the Ocean Devil King) <64>
6. Giant From Planet Zyr (Hell’s Mecha-Buddha) <49>
7. The Thing With 1000 Eyes (The Fearsome Jellyfish Lens) <14>
8. Fastest Gun in the Galaxy (The Evil White Sea) <48>
9. Panic of the Peacock (Come Back Boomerang) <68>
10. Raid of the Space Octopus (Mortal Blow! Gatchaman Fire) <56>
11. Space Rock Concert (Murder Music) <34>
12. Mammoth Shark Menace (The Daring Mini-Submarine) <47>
13. The Fiery Lava Giant (The Magma Giant, Emperor of Hell) <22>
14. Race Against Disaster (Galactor’s Witch Racer) <24>
15. A Whale Joins G-Force (Revenge! The Whale Operation.) <17>
16. Rescue of the Astronauts (Monstrous Aircraft Carrier Appears) <2>
17. Big Robot Gold Grab (The Great Mini Robot Operation) <6>
18. Musical Mummy (The Neon Giant That Smiles in the Dark) <21>
19. Attack of the Alien Wasp (The Phantom Red Impulse) <52>
20. The Space Safari (Pursue Katse!) <62>
21. Raid on a Nearby Planet (The Camera Iron Beast, Shutterkiller) <41>
22. The Ghostly Grasshopper (Kamisoral, the Guillotine Iron Beast) <25>
23. Space Rocket Escort (The Mysterious Red Impulse) <11>
24. Museum of Mystery (The Secret of the Birdstyles) <63>
25. Silent City (The Particle Iron Beast Micro-Saturn) <57>
26. Microfilm Mystery (The Indestructible Machine Mechanika) <15>
27. Mission to Inner Space (A Deadly Ring of Fire!) <69>
28. A Swarm of Robot Ants (The Great Underground Monster War) <10>
29. Cupid Does It to Keyop (Patogiller, the Triple Combined Iron Beast) <72>
30. Raid of the Red Scorpion (Gatchaman Burns With Rage) <46>
31. Spectra Space Spider (Smog Fiber, the Spiderweb Iron Beast!) <70>
32. Beast With a Sweet Tooth (The Gluttonous Monster Ibukron) <12>
33. Raid on Riga (Galactor’s Challenge) <37>
34. Prisoners in Space (The Great Breakout Trick Operation) <35>
35. Capture of the Galaxy Code (The Devil’s Airline) <40>
36. Orion, Wonder Dog of Space (Renzilla, the Electric Beast) <31>
37. Secret Island (Secret of the Monster Mecha Factory) <50>
38. The Jupiter Moon Menace (The Devil From the Moon) <9>
39. Seals of Sytron (The Sea Lion Ninja Team in the Night Fog) <38>
40. Ghost Ship of Planet Mir (The Ghost Fleet From Hell) <5>
41. The Alien Bigfoot (The Invincible Leader X) <60>
42. Super Space Spies (Galactor’s Monopoly Operation) <71>
43. Vacation on Venus (Storm Galactor’s Headquarters!) <80>
44. Keyop Does it All (The Fearsome Mechadokuga) <42>
45. Demons of the Desert (Burn, Desert Fires) <29>
46. The Space Serpent (Revenge on the Iron Beast Mechadegon) <4>
47. Rockets Out of Control (Leona 3, the Spaceship With No Tomorrow) <81>
48. The Space Mummy (Giant Mummy that Summons Storms) <3>
49. The Sea Dragon (The Firebird vs. the Fire-Breathing Dragon) <19>
50. Perilous Pleasure Cruise (The Fearsome Ice-Kander) <13>
51. G-Force in the Future (Gatchaman, 20 Years Later) <84>
52. The Awesome Armadillo (Matangar, the Armored Iron Beast) <75>
53. Tentacles From Space (Iron Beast Snake 82
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54. Ace From Outer Space (Galactor’s Giant Air Show) <7>
55. Giant Space Bat (Science Ninja Team, Number G-6) <51>
56. The Great Brain Robbery (Super Bem, the Synthetic Iron Beast) <55>
57. Giant Gila Monster (Gatchaman in the Valley of Death) <39>
58. The Duplicate King (The Successful Berg Katse) <66>
59. Curse of the Cuttlefish, Pt 1 (Gezora) <27>
60. Curse of the Cuttlefish, Pt 2 (Gezora) <28>
61. Peril in the Pyramids (The Cemetery in the Moonlight) <58>
62. Save the Space Colony (Counterattack! The Underground Torpedo Operation) <78>
63. Zoltar Strikes Out (Massacre of the Mecha Curve Ball) <54>
64. Magnetic Attraction (The Mecha-Ball Runs Wild) <20>
65. Peaks of Planet Odin (Cataroller, the Revolving Beast) <43>
66. G-Force Defector (Grape Bomber, the Spherical Iron Beast) <82>
67. Invasion of the Locusts (Swarm! A Plague of Mini Iron Beasts) <61>
68. Victims of the Hawk (A Romance Destroyed by Evil) <36>
69. Island of Fear (Lay a Trap in the Crescent Base!) <74>
70. Strike at Spectra (The Wounded G-2) <83>
71. The Galaxy Girls (The Plot to Assassinate Dr. Nambu) <26>
72. The Conway Tape Tap (The Sniper Group Heavy Cobra) <85>
73. The Awesome Ray Force (The Bracelets Exposed) <65>
74. Fearful Sea Anemone (Secret of the Crescent Coral Base) <8>
75. The Alien Beetles (The Grand Insect Operation) <16>
76. Defector to Spectra (The Stolen Gatchaman Information) <67>
77. The Bat Ray Bombers (The God Phoenix Reborn) <23>
78. Rage of the Robotoids (Death Girls Unite) <59>
79. The Sky is Falling! Pt. 1 (Red Impulse’s Secret) <44>
80. The Sky is Falling! Pt. 2 (Farewell Red Impulse) <45>
81. The Fierce Flowers, Pt. 1 (Jigokillers, the People-Eating Flowers) <32>
82. The Fierce Flowers, Pt. 2 (Jigokillers, the People-Eating Flowers) <33>
83. Charioteers of Changu (The Combined Ninjas, Giant Demon Man) <79>
84. Invasion of Space Center, Pt. 1 (Completion of the Plan to Destroy the Crescent Base) <76>
85. Invasion of Space Center, Pt. 2 (The End of the Crescent Base) <77>
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Posted by Becky Rock on 25-10-2009 at 22:34:
I've been using that order from Jason Hofius' book for a fic I'm currently working on. That order leaves us with Cronus dead, Princess nearly killed and Space Center destroyed all within a short period of time. It makes it not look good for our heroes. More fodder for fanfics.
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Posted by tatsunokofan on 25-10-2009 at 22:42:
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But Col. Cronus doesn't die in "Sky is Falling." He escapes at the last second.
James
Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 25-10-2009 at 23:34:
In keeping with the general, 'He's not dead: he's pining for the fjords' focus of the series.
Given that characters do obviously die in a couple of episodes ('The Space Serpent' and 'The Perilous Pleasure Cruise'), I wonder at the Sandy Frank choices for episodes.
Some high-tech ejection technology on that show. Allows people to eject from crashing space capsules and exploding rockets and SURVIVE!
BOTP left us with no clues as to timing. You can make all this last as long as you want.
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 25-10-2009 at 23:43:
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According to Jason's book (pg. 48 ):
Cronus was ultimately killed during a Spectran takeover of Riga. Worse, Mark was informed of Cronus' demise by Zoltar. Needless to say, the effect of his death was devastating to Mark.
I think it's Charioteers of Changu where we learn this information...
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Posted by tatsunokofan on 26-10-2009 at 00:03:
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It's from "Attack of the Alien Wasp," and makes no sense if you view BotP in the Sandy Frank order. The "Cronus is definitely dead" bit comes only if you view the series in the original Gatchaman order and try to make sense of the series that way (And if you ignore "Awesome Ray Force"). Knowing some of the background on how personal elements completely unrelated to the show itself affected things like Jason saying that Cronus died came about, I suspect that he'd now admit that Cronus survived.
James
Posted by Transmute Jun on 26-10-2009 at 00:07:
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That's very interesting... I did not realize that. Thank you for enlightening us, James.
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Posted by Becky Rock on 26-10-2009 at 00:29:
Okay, but you still have to admit the order of the episodes leave the team in a bad way at the end.
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Posted by tatsunokofan on 26-10-2009 at 00:42:
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Yeah, but don't worry, Zark will have a new and improved Research Center designed and built by the next episode. Which, of course, was the first episode. Aaaiiieee!!! We're caught in a time loop!
James
Posted by amethyst on 26-10-2009 at 02:06:
But was the time loop caused by Zark's delusions of grandeur or Zoltar and his semi-competent scientists and goons?
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Posted by amethyst on 26-10-2009 at 04:43:
Actually, this is brushed off in 23. Space Rocket Escort (The Mysterious Red Impulse) <11> by Anderson saying that Zoltar had fooled them before when he impersonated Cronus; the implication being that he might have been fooling them about the death as well, but that isn't explained at all.
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 26-10-2009 at 12:09:
I notice that the title of this thread is missing. Is it because it is NOT an 'episode of the week'?
Operationally, 'The Sky is Falling' should FOLLOW 'The Invasion of Space Center.' Take out the linchpin of Galaxy Security, then launch the X3. It could have worked in terms of plot. Edit out all shots of Crescent Coral Base and show Zark and the team somewhere else. Then, if the Sandy Frank folks really wanted to reassure the audience, they could follow up with an episode or two showing the team in action against Spectra. On Earth.
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