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Robotech: Season 3

25 episodes Premiered May 27, 1985 Updated Sep 19, 2026

Robotech Season 3 continues the overarching saga across 25 episodes.

Previously on Robotech

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Robotech Season 2.
  • Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

Robotech Season 3 continues the overarching saga across 25 episodes.

Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S3·E1 Mytharc

The Invid Invasion

May 27, 1985

The Earth is invaded by a race of aliens calling themselves the Invid. They have come to the Earth to cultivate its vast supplies of Protoculture, a multipurpose energy source & fo

S3·E2 Core

The Lost City

May 28, 1985

Rand & Scott Bernard start a dangerous journey, which will lead them into the very heartland of the Invid empire. They are planning to pick up supplies and rebel fighters, who are

S3·E3 Core

Lonely Soldier Boy

May 29, 1985

Scott Bernard, and his growing band of resistance fighters, try to avoid capture by the persistent Invid Scouts, who patrol the wastelands on the outskirts of their foreign empire.

S3·E4 Core

Survival

May 30, 1985

The Invid have trapped Scott Bernard, and his band of freedom fighters, in a secluded forest. The dangers mount, as the new Robotech Defenders must try and protect themselves again

S3·E5 Core

Curtain Call

May 31, 1985

Scott's band of freedom fighters devise an ingenious plan to steal a critical supply of Protoculture from the Invid! It is a complex game of cat & mouse, as the group tries to do t

S3·E6 Core

Hard Times

Jun 3, 1985

Rook Bartley returns to her hometown, and to painful memories. She tries to face up to a situation which caused her to leave the man she loved and become an outcast.

S3·E7 Filler

Paper Hero

Jun 4, 1985

Lunk makes a slight detour to keep a promise made to a dying friend. He is not prepared for the reception he gets. He ends up fighting for his life, for the freedom of his friends,

S3·E8 Core

Eulogy

Jun 5, 1985

The valiant band of freedom fighters stumble upon an outpost under the command of Colonel Jonathan Wolfe, one of Admiral Hunter's new generation of Robotech Defenders. Eager to joi

S3·E9 Core

The Genesis Pit

Jun 6, 1985

Scott, and his band of rebel fighters, are thrust into the thick of combat with the Invids, as they approach a top secret Invid installation, engaged in biogenetic engineering expe

S3·E10 Core

Enter Marlene

Jun 7, 1985

The Invid hatch a strange plot, which involves placing a simulagent into the ranks of Scott Bernard's band of freedom fighters. The destruction wrought by the early Invid victories

S3·E11 Core

The Secret Route

Jun 10, 1985

The depth of human deprivation is seen, as the band of Robotech Defenders, under the leadership of Scott Bernard, must deal with the delicate situation of greed vs. human compassio

S3·E12 Core

The Fortress

Jun 11, 1985

A daring attack is staged at an abandoned Robotech fortress, used by the Invid as a military base and research laboratory. The plans are complicated by Rand & Annie's discovery of

S3·E13 Core

Sandstorm

Jun 12, 1985

Rand lives through a nightmare hallucination, as he falls victim to the power of the Invid Flower Of Life. This dream seems real, and eventually provides Rand with an insight into

S3·E14 Core

Annie's Wedding

Jun 13, 1985

The valiant band of freedom fighters stumble into a sacred Invid garden, populated by a tribe of primitive warriors. Accused of offending the tribe's ancient river gods, Scott & hi

S3·E15 Core

Separate Ways

Jun 14, 1985

The complexion of the war with the Invids is about to change forever. The pressure of constantly being on the offensive, leaves Scott Bernard and his valiant band of Robotech Defen

S3·E16 Core

Metamorphosis

Jun 17, 1985

The Invid Regiss transforms her royal children into perfect human replicas, into order to begin her plans for universal conquest. In a rare moment's break from fighting, Scott's gr

S3·E17 Core

The Midnight Sun

Jun 18, 1985

A savage battle takes place, which could determine the fate of all mankind! It is a time of reckoning, when Scott Bernard's leadership and courage is put to the test.

S3·E18 Core

Ghost Town

Jun 19, 1985

The past comes vividly alive, as Scott Bernard & his gang of freedom fighters come face to face, with a group of aging veterans that fought alongside Rick Hunter during an earlier

S3·E19 Filler

Frost Bite

Jun 20, 1985

The freedom fighters take a detour from their journey to Reflex Point, to explore a city preserved under a canopy of ice & snow. It's a time to replenish their food supplies, and m

S3·E20 Core

Birthday Blues

Jun 21, 1985

A surprise birthday party for young Annie turns into a nightmare, as Corg leads a band of Invid Shocktroopers against the unsuspecting Robotech Defenders.

S3·E21 Core

Hired Gun

Jun 24, 1985

A hired gun upsets the balance of peace in a barren wilderness, as he attempts to exact revenge against a town he feels has deserted him. However, nobody anticipates the interventi

S3·E22 Core

The Big Apple

Jun 25, 1985

A search for Protoculture energy cells takes the freedom fighters on a dangerous journey into a large urban complex controlled by the Invid.

S3·E23 Core

Reflex Point

Jun 26, 1985

The stage is set for a battle between Admiral Rick Hunter's returning Robotech Expeditionary Force and the Invid horde. It is a time for valiant deeds and heroic action!

S3·E24 Mytharc

Dark Finale

Jun 27, 1985

The war with the Invid comes to a head, as Rick Hunter's returning expeditionary force presses the attack against the alien invaders to the very gates of Reflex Point! There is no

S3·E25 Mytharc

Symphony of Light

Jun 28, 1985

The war with the Invid comes to a head, as Rick Hunter's returning expeditionary force presses the attack against the alien invaders to the very gates of Reflex Point! There is no