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Battle of the Planets!

Okay, so it’s not the most imaginative storyline ever invented - but is is a cartoon classic. Basically the Earth is under attack from aliens! Mainly these attacks come from the evil planet Spectra, a dying planet that was trying to prey on Earth’s abundant resources. However fear not, Earth has an unbeatable defense in the form of G-Force! G-Force is a team of five super kids, trained since birth to fight off the alien threat and defend the Intergalactic Federation of Planets.
G-Force consisted of Mark, Tiny, Jason, Priness and Keyop - their outfits were very trendy bird-like space-suits (see the pictures below ). They also had a spacecraft along a similar theme called the Phoenix, which did a StarFleet style switch from a normal space-ship into a giant phoenix that could basically crush any bad-guy with a power jet-flame.
The show is a watered down version for American Television of the original Japanese show Gatchaman - this original show included profanity, violence and a hermaphrodite enemy, Zoltar. I've not put too much info on the site, as this cartoon is really a bit before my time, I've just got some vague recollections of watching this, but if you want to learn more then follow the further information links below!

Battle of the Planets: Resources

Wikipedia Page- Gives a breakdown of the characters

Battle of the Planets: Lyrics

G-Force!
Princess - Tiny -Keyop -Mark -Jason, and watching over them from Centre Neptune their computerised co-ordinator Seven Zark Seven!
Watching, Warning, against surprise attacks by alien galaxies beyond space.
Fearless young orphans, protecting Earth's entire galaxy;
Always five, acting as one -
Dedicated, Inseparable, Invincible!