I was just reading about SSS on Wikipedia and in the trivia section it said that there were 4 extra episodes that did not air in North America.
1) Malcolm's Secret Unveiled
2) Servo's Makeover, Part 1
3) Servo's Makeover, Part 2
4) When Push Comes to Shove
5) The Final Adventure
Does anyone know what the plots to these were?
I've never read this before. I'm inclined to think it's a hoax.
For starters, it doesn't match the naming style of the series. Here are a couple of titles I plucked from list of episodes:
"To Protect and Servo", (ep. 1)
"Amp Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!" (ep. 4)
"Mal-Kahn-Tent" (ep. 8)
"Hasta la Virus, Baby" (ep. 40)
"Give 'Til It Megahertz" (ep. 41)
"Malcolm's Secret Unveiled" is not one that I could see appearing before an episode in green digitized text.
Also, you have to keep in mind that all of the special effects footage is taken from a Japanese series called Gridman. Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad already used the final battle in episode 37, "Kilokahn Is Coming To Town." If "The Final Adventure" was shot, it would have most likely reused the same fight. Lastly, Gridman never received a makeover in the original series. That means that Servo wouldn't have either unless the studio was willing to shoot original footage. Considering the adaptation was done on the cheap, I doubt that happened.
If you're a die hard fan of the series, there are some fights from the original Gridman show that were never used. You might be able to find them on YouTube. But as far as missing episodes of Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, I'm thinking that one is is just a rumor.
lol. I just realized I was replying to a post from a decade ago. Well, to anyone else who may have come across this thread, I hope that clears things up.
Much like the alleged "missing episodes" of The Pirates of Dark Water, it's fun to believe that there are some unseen episodes out there that would give closure to a fondly remembered cult favorite. But, sadly, these things are only rumors to salivate over and hope to one day see on DVD. Sometimes, you just have to admit that a show failed to receive a proper ending.
At least in the case of Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad, they did get a final battle against Kilo Kahn. It just happened to be shown mid-series. The show's writers were told that the show was getting canceled, so they went ahead and featured the final battle. Then, at the last minute, they were told that it wasn't getting canceled after all. That lead to some hasty rewrites on what was meant to be the final episode.
Make no mistake about it though, "Kilokahn Is Coming to Town" is the rightful final encounter.