Grimlord's main means of entering the Dungeon was by using his crystal ball. Once he appeared, all his minions would greet him: Hail Grimlord! Master of the virtual world! The Dungeon could be also accessed through various Virtual Reality breaches in the guise of portals spread across the interior of Crossworld City, mostly in remote areas such as the park. These breaches also lead to other dimensions in certain episodes. Another exit from the dungeon is based in a system of caves outside the city.
There were an abudence of mutants inhabiting the Dungeon, here are the elite that regular apperared, or semi-regulary appeared for the majority:
- (voiced by Mike Reynolds ): Ivar is not only a rocket-shaped mutant, but also a military strategist and chief commander of much of Grimlord's outer aerial and ground forces who occasionally battles the Troopers in various vehicles, but seldomly ever fights one on one. In one episode, Ivar had plotted mutiny with the aide of a stolen military brain. His mutiny resulted in what appeared to be his ultimate destruction. However, Grimlord felt Ivar was redeemable, so Grimlord's forces retrieved Ivar's remains and rebuilt him. General Ivar, along with Icebot, is one of the few survivors of the Virtual Dungeons' destruction in season two, and remains with Grimlord after he upgrades to the Virtual Dark Fourtress.
- (voiced by Michael Sorich ): Col. Icebot is much more reserved than Ivar. He rarely fights at all, and serves as Grimlords' science officer as well as commander and developer of many aerial assault vehicles. In his only battle, Icebot gained the ability to change his form to battle JB and Kaitlin but that form was destroyed when JB struck him with his "Laser Lance" command. He survives his battle and the Dungeons' destruction, and serves Grimlord in season two in the same capacity.
- (also voiced by Michael Sorich): The most active warrior of Grimlords' key lieutenants, Decimator was the first to deal Ryan a mortal blow in the first episode, nearly killing the inexperienced Trooper. Ryan and Decimator clashed frequently over the first season until Decimator met his demise in the second season when Grimlord destroyed the Virtual Dungeon.
- (voiced by Dave Mallow ): Another of Grimlord's key lieutenants. Toxoid was a mutant beast with a high pitched voice that wore green body armor with his head incased in a clear dome. Toxoid's other abilities included teleportation and shooting goo out of his fingers. He has also had the opportunity to battle Ryan Steele personally, but either loses or runs away every time. Toxoid is looked down upon the most due to his limited intellect and cowardly behavior. He was often seen among the organic looking creatures in Grimlord's army. He was never seen again after Grimlord's change and was presumably destroyed when Grimlord self-destructed the dungeon.
- (also voiced by Michael Sorich): One of Grimlord's high ranked robotic warriors and key lieutenants. In one of his notable battles with Ryan Steele, Zelton was given the ability to transform and utilize the powers of other robotic warriors from Grimlord's army since it was made from the power of them. After a hard and enduring battle, Ryan defeated Zelton. Zelton was impressed by Ryan's skills, and saluted him as his equal. Displeased with Zelton's honor, Decimator activated Zelton's self-destruct. Zelton was shortly restored afterwards. Zelton was able to transform into Cannonbot, Graybot, Metalbot, and Renegade.
- (voiced by , father of Ryan Steele. Dark Heart was Grimlord's right hand man, and the fiercest of the mutant armies as well as a key lieutenant. His battle with Ryan resulted in failure however, and with Grimlord disappointed, he arranged for Dark Heart's execution. Dark Heart escaped with Ryan's help, and was eventually restored to human form. However, his freedom was short liived as Grimlord transported him back to Virtual Reality. He made no effort, however, to restore Dark Heart.
- (voiced by Scott Page-Pagter ): Renegade was a master marksman dressed in red spandex with white armor and fancied himself as one of the best. When it came to hunting down the rogue robot Dark Heart, Grimlord sent Renegade. Assisting him on all his battles were two low level mutant cyborgs: a black and silver robot named Chrome Dome armed with a bayonet. The other was a blue robot who never received a proper name in the series. Renegade lost on his first encounter with Dark Heart; but after their second encounter, he successfully defeated and damaged Dark Heart. Renegade made further appearances in the show. He now had an upgraded head and a specially made handgun to fight Ryan. Renegade proved very formidable and would have won if the Ghost Biker hadn't saved Ryan.
- (voiced by Wendee Lee ): In "Rise of the Red Python" season one finale, Col. Icebot was finally successful in creating an evil VR Trooper with Tyler Steele's knowledge. However, the Red Python required a human spirit to harness her full powers. Meanwhile, the Troopers made a new friend named Amy (also played by Lee). Amy was exactly the person Grimlord wanted to become the Red Python. Skugs captured Amy and she was brainwashed and given her new powers. The Red Python proved very formidable and almost killed Kaitlin; JB vowed to get revenge. However, Icebot wasn't as successful as he hoped. The Red Python's powers were slowly becoming unstable and any further battles would lead to her destruction. Amy's physical well-being and mental health were also in jeopardy. During her last battle with JB, her powers gave up completely. The Troopers were able to save Amy before she was destroyed. Neither Amy or the Red Python were mentioned or seen again.
- : A humanoid tank who serves as ground field lieutenant.
- (also voiced by Dave Mallow): A humanoid helicopter who serves as aerial lieutenant.
- : Grimlords' foot soldiers. They usually take the form of human beings when carrying out Grimlords' agendas and travel in threes. In human form, Skugs apparently gained more individuality and intelligence than they normally have in their true forms, as evidenced by Ziktor's secretaries and inventor Strictland. When confronted by the Troopers, they change into their true form and split into a few more to increase the difficulty against their adversaries. They can shift through solid floors back into Virtual Reality. They received an upgrade to Ultra Skuggs in Season Two.
Here is a comprehensive list of several other Mutants and Cyborgs they infested the Dungeon (in order of appearance), but made one or few other appearances in the series:
- Fighterbot: A humanoid jet often paired with Air Stryker. He mainly does reconnaissance or aerial assaults.
- Tankatron: A tank robot that can blast lasers from his ear cannons and finger cannons. He is one of Grimlord's prominent Gunbots.
- Polarbot: A shark-headed robot who accompanied the Tankbots and the Gunbots in Ryan's first battle.
- Kongbot: The first robot that JB and Kaitlin faced. He is an ape-like robot with a flying fist attack. JB quickly destroyed him with the Laser Lance.
- Blue Boar: One of Grimlord's prominent generals. He is a large red and bluish steel robot with a head closely resembling a boar. In one hand he held a sword while his other hand was large. This served as a shield plue each finger was a small cannon. In his only notable battle, he fought by Ryan while JB dealt with Vanbot.
- Cannonose: A walking tank that can blast from his nose. He is one of Grimlord's prominent Gunbots.
- Ballistix: One of Grimlords Tankbots.
- Crabor: A sea creature mutant with tentacles loaded with electricity. When Jeb was kidnapped and the VR Troopers are coming for him, Grimlord positioned the mutant Crabor as part of Grimlord's trap.
- Torpedobot: A humanoid torpedo who accompanied Crabor to battle the VR Troopers to prevent them from rescuing Jeb. He self-destructed trying to blow up the ship Ryan was on.
- Frogbot: A robot sent by General Ivar to prevent the VR Troopers from rescuing Jeb. Destroyed by J.B.
- Cobrot: One of Grimlord's deadliest robot warriors. When Kaitlin was kidnapped, Cobrot along with Metalbot were sent to ambush Ryan and JB in their attempt to rescue their friend. JB defeated the Cobrot.
- Metalbot: One of Grimlord's deadliest robot warriors. Along with Cobrot, he ambushed Ryan and JB while they attempted to save Kaitlin. Metalbot would appear again to abduct a young baseball prodigy in order to lure and destroy Ryan. Zelton, against Ryan in battle, would briefly transform into Metalbot.
- Cannonbot: A robot used by Grimlord to guard the construction of a Weather Control Device. Destroyed in battle, against Ryan and his "Lightning Hand" command. In his battle against Ryan, Zelton briefly took the form of Cannonbot.
- The Eliminator: A robot used to attack Central Library.
- Laserbot: A robot who accompanied General Ivar in his attack at the time when Ryan lost his memory. Fought and defeated by JB. Laserbot would appear again in Season 2 to fight against JB in the "Dream Battle".
- Slice and Dice Swordbot Brothers: The Swordbot Brothers are both siblings who were assigned to destroy Ryan Steele. Slice was an expert with the sword and Dice with the naginata. After their first defeat, they gave Ryan a clue that Tyler was still alive.
- Metalborg: A robot who fought J.B. in order to prevent them from destroying Grimlord's virus. Fought and defeated by J.B.
- Hammerbot: A robot who works for Grimlord. Referred as the "Unbeatable" until his fight with Ryan, where he was defeated. Ryan spared his life.
- The Blade: His run was short-lived as he was defeated in the Dungeon during a sparring session against Hammerbot.
- Spiderbot: A robot who fought J.B. at the top of the world. Destroyed by JB.
- Slashbot: A robotic samurai with a katana. His only notable battle was when Ryan was rescuing J.B. from Grimlord's dungeon. Defeated by Ryan.
- Gunslinger: A rifle toting desperado that wore a brown overcoat and hat. He and J.B. had a showdown, which he lost.
- Battlebot: A robot who battled Ryan outside of the Virtual Dungeon. Defeated by Ryan.
- Leviatrons: Robots that Ryan had fought as Grimlord's diversion involving Drillbot.
- Drillbot: Drillbot is a robot was assigned to steal J.B.'s VR Fighter Bike in order to extract its V6 engine for Grimlord. Fought and destroyed by J.B.
- Mutant Jeb: Grimlord created a special formula to mutate animals, and Jeb his first test subject. As a monster, Jeb was completely loyal to Grimlord and was order to go on a rampage. Ryan used a virtual canine to bring Jeb back to his senses and change him back to normal.
- Chainbot: When Ziktor's attempt to legally cut down an old forest failed, the robot known as Chainbot was assigned to destroy it completely. He was stopped by Ryan.
- Magician: Masqurading as a human at Tao Dojo, The Magician stole JB and Kaitlin's Virtualizers, leaving only Ryan to battle. The Magician was filled with dirty tricks including explosive cards. Ryan destroyed him and retrieved the stolen Virtualizers.
- Trooper Terminator: An ultimate killing machine used by Grimlord to destroy the Troopers. It had deadly guns and heat seeking capabilities. To bring Ryan to the Trooper Terminator, Skugs stole a boxful of puppies. The puppies where placed in a minefield guarded by the Trooper Terminator. Ryan tricked it by heating a rock and decapitating it.
- Fistbot: Mysterious earthquakes were hitting Crossworld City. The Troopers began to investigate, which brought them closer to Grimlord's underground digging operation. Fistbot, a brown boxing mutant armed with flying punching gloves, was assigned to stop them so Grimlord could dig to the earth's core. Defeated by Ryan when Ryan discovered his legs were his weakness.
- Dream Master: Dream Master is a mutant who is capable of attacking the Troopers through their dreams. He took advantage of Kaitlin's stress by inducing nightmares of her being outnumbered by Skugs. He tried to do the same to Ryan, but Ryan fought against Dream Master's headgames and won.
- Spikebot: In addition to the Dream Master, the robot Spikebot was created to cause more trouble for Ryan. JB intercepted Spikebot made short work of him. Spikebot also had an alternate form with the word "Edison" written on his body; the reason or purpose of this form was never explained.
- Diskbot: Grimlord released an album known as "Grimlord's Greatest Hits". The CD emitted hypnotic waves that made people into mindless zombies. When JB and Kaitlin attacked the CD factory, Diskbot was waiting. Diskbot used assorted sizes of sharp-edged disks that he shot from his head. The disks could also double as a shield, reflecting JBs laser fire. JB eventually destroyed it in battle.
- Spitbot: A robot who accompanied Toxoid in an invisibility battle. Defeated by Ryan in battle.
- Pollenbot: A large white spore. Pollenbot was created from the toxin used to poison Kaitlin. J.B. used his gun to suck up Pollenbot and destroy it with a single shot.
- Vacbot: A suburban neighborhood was plagued with stories of a haunted house; the house seemed harmless at first glance. Little did anyone suspect, Icebot was using the house to secretly construct Vacbot in the real world. Vacbot was constructed with various household appliances and armed with a blasting vacuum. He battled Kaitlin and J.B. in Cross World City and was destroyed by them.
- Shoulderbot: A robot with hidden gun turrets under his shoulderpads. The Troopers uncovered Grimlord's operation to destroy a dam which would lead to flooding Crossworld City. Shoulderbot was sent to stop them so the dam operation could be completed. Shoulderbot attacked Kaitlin and nearly destroyed her. Later, JB confronted Shoulderbot and destroyed him. Shoulderbot would later appear in Season 2, to face off against Kaitlin in the "Dream Battle".
- Cranoid: When the Troopers were turned into kids, Grimlord took advantage by sending Cranoid, a robot with two brains in its chest. Cranoid underestimated young JB and Kaitlin; young JB successfully performed the Laser Lance manuever and destroyed Cranoid.
- Flybot: A robot who assisted Renegade into executing Dark Heart.
- Bugbot: A red-eyed lizard who assisted Renegade into executing Dark Heart.
- Cannon Fist: A robot who ambushed Ryan.
- Footbot: A football-themed robot. Defeated by JB in battle.
- Terminoid: A copper-colored bat robot. Along with General Ivar, Terminoid captured a pair of foreign scientists in order to steal a special formula that threatened Ziktor's control over the city's energy sources. Before getting the formula, Kaitlin rescued the scientists and JB defeated him.
- Horrorbot: A gray robot that looked like a pile of tubes with green boots and armed with a pointed harpoon. Horrorbot is a hunting specialist. On his first appearance, Horrorbot led a hunting party on a wildlife preserve to capture a pair of unusual wombats. By doing so, Ziktor would be able to tear down the preserve. Ryan, with the unlikely help of the wombats, fought against Horrorbot. He would return again, this time assisting Terminoid in tracking down a special formula. He imprisoned Ryan in a deep ditch and tried to bury the Trooper alive, but Ryan escaped and knock Horrorbot into the ditch. Horrorbot begged Ryan to save him, which Ryan tried to do. Ryan's generosity was repaid with continued attacks, so Ryan used his Lightning Hand to slice Horrorbot in half.
- Combax: Inspired by the Troopers, Grimlord set up his own ruthless obstacle course for his army to sharpen their skills. Combax, however, refused to participate claiming he was already the best. Combax then captured Tao's nephew, which lured Ryan to the obstacle course against overwhelming odds. Ryan eventually survived the obstacle course and defeated Combax.
- Wolfbot: A white-furred symbiote with detachable spider on his back. When Ryan killed the spider, Wolfbot fell down dead.
- Transmutant: Strictland invented a special green slime that turned people into monsters. However it only worked in the virtual world and was good for a one time use. When JB was seeking a quiet place to study, he was ambushed by Skugs and taken to the Battle Grid where he was administered the formula. JB slowly transformed into a green, silver-haired mutant with long claws. Under Grimlord's control, he was assigned to kill Ryan. During mid-battle, Ryan saved JB from falling off a cliff. JB was confused with Ryan's actions; so Ryan made effort to reason with him. Finally free of Grimlord's control, both Troopers fought off Wolfbot and Crabor together.
- Rollbot: A yellow robot what the ability to turn into a ball and had the strength to toss heavy boulders. He assisted General Ivar into trapping J.B. on an old mountain which was really a dormant volcano. J.B. eventually escaped the trap and destroyed Rollbot.
- Mechanoid: He was assign to guard a special transference device that caused Ryan and Jeb to switch bodies. His bulky structure and heavy claw arm made the battle difficult for JB and Kaitlin. After Mechanoid was destroyed by JB, Grimlord blew up the device causing Ryan and Jeb to switch back.
- Graybot: Col. Icebot constucted Graybot to disguise himself as a human to befriend the Troopers so he could gain access to their secrets. In his true form, Graybot possessed superhuman strength and shot arrows from his wrist. Kaitlin seemed to have a crush on his human form. Eventually he revealed his true form and was defeated in battle by Ryan. Zelton briefly transformed into Graybot during his battle against Ryan.
- Fiddlebot: Grimlord was fed up with Icebot's robots, so he decided to make one himself. To finish his creation, he ordered Skugs to capture Kaitlin's cousin, Keith of the Young Dubliners. Keith was imprisoned within Fiddlebot's body. As Fiddlebot, he could attack simply by playing his voilin. Ryan eventually defeated him and rescued Keith.
- Vanbot: Vanbot was a humanoid black SUV used to kidnap a pair of alien children. He could disguise himself as a regular van and turn into his true form, trapping his occupants inside. Defeated by JB.
- Skullbot: A skeleton-looking mutant dressed in a black tunic and armed with a scythe. A scientist was delivering a message to Ryan concerning Tyler Steele. Skullbot and Skugs intercepted the message, replaced the scientist with a robotic double, and set up a fake briefcase filled with explosives. Once the Troopers discovered the fake briefcase, they saved the real scientist and Ryan defeated Skullbot.
- Amphibador: A mutant who started a revolution against Grimlord. It failed, and he was eventually defeated by Ryan.
- Shark Fin: A mutant who fought Kaitlin and J.B. in the present while Ryan traveled into the past to save his younger self from Strictland. Defeated by JB.
- Rabidspore: A mutant who accompanied Wolfbot into attacking Ryan and J.B. Defeated by J.B.
- Venobot: A mutant robot that resembled a cicada.
The Dungeon has various interior chambers from which the mutants and cyborg armies emerge from to await Grimlords' commands, the dungeon is also a...erm...DUNGEON, and a rather medieval one at that in format and U.S footage.
Grimlords' throne, is a makeshift rocket chair.
The Dungeon also has a more extreme defense other than Mutants, like a self destruct sequence that Grimlord has used twice. In an attempt to kill Ryan and Tyler Steele, the first time the dungeon is destoyed; half way through the first season, it's repaired in next to no time. It is NOT repaired after Grimlord activates the self destruct a second time in Season Two, and he is forced to retreat to a smaller, less efficient hiding place. The loss of most of his mutant army to help refit the Dungeon, and Grimlords' preparations in upgrading his army to the Dark Fourtress presumbly played a factor in the permanent neglect of the decimated Virtual Dungeon.
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