The Challenge

D.J. Mickus is about to leave the DNA Club for the night when he runs into an army of six-legged robots. He becomes the latest contestant in a manical game show, and he gets pushed off the gangway after being unable to answer a question. Ace, Cosmo, and Vega go to the hospital to try to figure out exactly what happened. Cosmo explains about the game show interrupting regular programming. Ace then gets a mysterious phone call from the show's host, saying a poetic clue to make Ace and his friends figure out who the next victim is. They determine Zelda, a popular young model and friend of Cosmo, to be next on the list. Zelda herself has problems on her motorcycle as a robot makes it speed over 240 (My guess is kilometers per hour, since France is a metric system country.), but Ace and Cosmo save her. At the Magic Express, Ace, Cosmo, and Vega learn who the mad game show host is: Patrick Shoemaker, the host of the Super Challenge game show. The show was canceled at nearly the same time Ace started his own show, and, according to Angel, Shoemaker blamed Ace for the fall from fame. Shoemaker then calls Ace and challenges him to play as a contestant in order to guess the next victim. With no other choice, Ace and Cosmo go to the old TV studios and nearly die in the deadly challenges. In desperation, Ace chooses getting a clue to the next victim over saving Cosmo from sliding into a huge turbofan. Now, how can Ace save both the victim and Cosmo??

Ace Cooper/Le Magicien, Cosmo, Véga, Blackjack, Angel, Mona, Commissaire Fredericks, Diablo.
Characters (English Version): Ace Cooper/The Magician, Cosmo Cooper, Derek Vega, "Black Jack" Malone, Mona Malone, Duc Paparazzo

Original Broadcast Premiere: September 2, 1998.

Release date reflects U.S. air date on FOX.