The Magician - Season 1

First aired: 2/27/1999 26 episodes
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Episodes

1. Race For Your Life

Aired: 2/27/1999

When Ace's skydiving magic trick fails, just before crashing into a roof of a building Cosmo rescues him. As Ace gets home, he learns that the camera man has been sabotaged turbo reactor on the stunt. Duc Paparazzo was reporting with Ace when a fire broke out. Ace saves Duc but Captain Friedrich arrested Ace because he thought Ace tried to attack Duc. Two men that were Spade and Diamond wanted to find the CD video to send to their boss Black Jack. Black Jack wants to make accidents not just Ace but also other people caught on CD video to sell on the world. Ace managed to escaped jail by disguising as police officer. Meanwhile, Cosmo was trying to ban a race car to save the life of Jim Speed the racer. Cosmo got arrested for doing this, but Ace was on his way. Spade and Diamond already were taking control of Jim's car and Ace must hurry to save Jim before Jim's car his destroyed and his life...

2. X-Oshi

Aired: 3/6/1999

After a party at the DNA Club, Hotchkiss the bouncer and his robotic friend Jojo were on their way home when suddenly Hotchkiss is mysteriously was tagging the DNA Club. Meanwhile, Ace and Cosmo was working on his latest magic trick when Cosmo's friend Ulene came to tell the bad news at the DNA Club. The police thinks that Hotchkiss is the one responsible not just graffiti but also for littering on other spots of Electro City few days ago. Ace connects the graffiti to the sale of popular virtual pets known as X-Oshis. Ace and Cosmo tried to visit the toy Professor Lars, but they got sidetraked when they nearly crash on the to the Temple Meditation Center. When there they learned that Lars is not staying in suite 101 and are attacked by X-Oshis. They barely escaped by means of one of Ace's mental illusions, they go back to Lar's home and enter by the window. They discover a secret passage to a series of rooms below, and they found Lars tied and gagged. When they free Lars, he tells Ace

3. Mad Train

Aired: 3/13/1999

Senator Dobbs, Electro City's leader wants to give his new Circus Amusement Park and himself a big publicity stunt, Ace Cooper proposes on making the big disappear. Unfortunately, they and the senator's secretary experience elevator problems when a computer hacker sets off a bomb. The hostage taker has set up explosives on the stairs as well to keep the police at bay. Cosmo and Angel introduce a computer virus into City Hall's mainframe, stalling the hostage taker long enough for Ace and the others to escape safely. Accused Dobbs is not truthful about his financial records, Ace meets Lt. Vega at the police at police headquarters and discovers the identity of the hostage taker: Bill Peach, a former city hall employee who stumbled upon Dobb's emblezzing of funds from the building of the park and who tried to tell the police about it but got thrown out. Later, Ace and Vega confront two men Dobbs sent to kill Peach. Ace and Vega find Peach's trick mannequin and learn his plan to use the Ma

4. Cyber

Aired: 3/20/1999

On Lt. Vega's birthday, he thinks no one's concerned about it, but his secretary Miss LeSage deliver a surprise present from Ace. But before he open it, he gets another surprise present from Capt. Friedrichs. Vega gets to work with a strange new partner: a robotic police recruit named Cyber. Invented by the Cyber Corporation, Cyber is the first cybernetic police officer, and it won't be the last thanks to the company's vice-president, Eldin Tyrole. Cyber gets his first test at the Croesus Palace where two robbers are causing trouble. Ace and Cosmo stop the robbers are causing trouble. Ace and Cosmo stop the robbers and Cyber hauls them off to jail, giving the cybercop a media blitz. Back at the Magic Express, Ace, Cosmo, and Vega learn the robbery was a set-up to give Cyber publicity. Before Vega can give robbers questions, Tyrole who just happens to be Black Jack's niece has already freed them. Vega gets ticked off when two more cybercops try to clean his office. As he yells at Cyber,

5. The Cruise

Aired: 3/27/1999

Electro City's most popular Celebrities including Ace Cooper and Mona Malone, are enjoying the cruise of Nova when it suddenly hits something and starts sinking. Mona falls over but Ace saves her with his cape. He stays on the ship and rescues a child from being crushed before he falls into the water. He then emerges alongside with Cosmo and Mona on their lifeboat. The next day, Ace is upset about not using his magic during the sinking so he checks out the wreck before the official investigation began. He goes scuba diving and discovers a large hole in the hull of the ship but almost lost his life confronting some large robots. Ace survives the ordeal and then goes with Cosmo to police headquarters to explain the situation to Vega. While there, they see Mr. Wolfe, curator of the Metropolitan Museum, who tells them about solid gold Mayan statues being a part of the Nova's cargo. Ace and Cosmo returns to the sunken ship. But they saw no Mayan statues. Learning from which direction the ro

6. The Prophecy

Aired: 4/3/1999

One dark and stormay night, a gypsy name Nasica predicts a deal going down between Black Jack and someone else. But after a lightning her trailer her crystal ball lets her see something dangerous in store for Electro City. When Black Jack discovers her authenticity, he sends Spade and Diamond after her. She runs into the basement of the Ring Theatre and hides in a storage box while Ace is performing his show. She may have escaped but not before Spade and Diamond cause trouble for Ace and Cosmo during the performance. Ace and Cosmo later find Nasica in the Magic Express, and she explains the situation. Ace has a hard time believing her story, but one piece at a time the strange story begins to get together: First the dangerous subtance in a storage box turns out to be strotium, a radium block which at present is unstable and lethal. Second, the way the city is the contaminated is by the water supply, which leads to one of the city reservoirs. Finally, Ace notices Black Jack and Dr. Park

7. Multi-Flames

Aired: 4/10/1999

While Ace performs at Sonny Boy's new Sinsun Hotel, Sonny Boy gets a phone call about a possible fire but he doesn't take it seriously. Soon after the show, a fire breaks out. The building is evacuated and Ace thinks he has the fire under control when it breaks out again. This time it made him trap. Luckily the firefighters unit shows up just in time to put out the fire and save him. Ace was surprise to see a woman, Lt. Atika leading the fireman. Capt. Freidrichs accuse Ace starting the blaze since he used fireballs during the show. At the Magic Express, Ace, Cosmo, and Angel discover a pattern from the fire three previous fires. From there, Vega determines the culprit to be Multi-Flames, a seasoned arsonist just released from prison. Ace confronts Multi-Flames at a fire station, but both got trapped on an another fire. Cosmo comes with the special fire fighting gear for Ace but they still had to be rescued by Lt. Atika. Once they were rescued, Ace and Multi-Flames were arrested until

8. Bad Program

Aired: 4/17/1999

In the Magic Express Ace is working with Angel on a hologram device to clone to create a duplicate of himself for his newest show while Cosmo is busy playing an interactive computer game that is an adults-only rated game called Raptor XII and Cosmo isn't even at age 18. When a lightning hits the train, everything shuts down including Angel. As Ace and Cosmo inspects everything they don't realize someone is in the Express. The person is Lt. Vega and Cosmo that rated AO games are strictly for adults. Vega gets a call from Ms. LeSage, but a mysterious character comes on. The mystery character kidnaps LeSage and the mysterious character was Raptor XII. Senator Dobbs is also kidnap from Raptor XII. Raptor XII is looking for a person name Major. Raptor starts programming more of himself. Ace and Cosmo managed to escaped. But Dobbs is still in trouble.

9. The Challenge

Aired: 4/24/1999

D.J. Mickus was about to leave the DNA Club to go home 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 push off for not answering a question. Ace, Cosmo, and Vega go to the hospital to try to figure what really happen. Cosmo then, explains about the game show interrupting regular progamming and how the same commericals appear. Ace suddenly gets a phone call from the show's host saying a poetry clue on who will be the next victim. They figure it was Zelda Cosmo's friend. Zelda had a problem herself because her motorcycle makes it 240 miles per hour, but Ace and Cosmo saved her. Back at the Magic Express, Ace, Cosmo, and Vega learn who is behind all this and the game's host: Patrick Shoemaker. 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 choice Ace

10. Twin Brothers

Aired: 5/1/1999

Strange was happing to Ace Cooper has some troubles, from Paparazzo's throw-a-pie-on-Ace's-face to Vega upset Ace Cooper doing unappreticed stuff at the DNA Club. The biggest surprise was when Ace childhood frine Mona was with an other man. When the man reveal his idenity, it was man who looks just like Ace Cooper! The fake Ace threw a poison dart at him and trouble was just getting started. The fake Ace pretended to be the real Ace and started ruining Ace's life. Mona realizes what's going on and knows who's the real Ace. When she founds out that the doctor told Ace is poisoned, Ace gets cured. But now Ace vs. Ace? Will the real Ace stop fake Ace before time runs out?

11. Stars Of The Silver Screen

Aired: 5/8/1999

Rumors of plaguing a new movie being in Electro City, actors Moody Grib and Ava Cheron go to workwhen someone sabotages their helicopter and goes into a body of water, but Ace came just in time to rescue her. Cosmo goes after the sabotager's accomplice. Later after Gribs quits, Ava decides to let Ace take over the part. Ace agrees to do it only if Cosmo can be in the action too. Ava and director Oliver Rock explain the plot of the movie: The life of political journalist Jackie Monroe, a woman who mysteriously disappeared a few years earlier in an auto accident. While filming, Ace and Ava had two problems with the two same sabotagers. However, Ace and Zina caught the sabotagers and it turns out they work for Black Jack. Then, Ace gets more suspicious about Ava wondering why Black Jack wants to stop the movie and Ava Cheron really is. But before he gets the answers though, a hired sumo wrestler that worked for Black Jack causes trouble at the film party in the Electric Planet restaurant.

12. Faceless

Aired: 5/15/1999

At the Surge Consortium, Prof. Surge himself introduces the new non-polluting battery. Ace the guest there hears a rumbling noise and investigates the newest room with one of the security guards. Both received a surprise attack from a woman with no face. Ace tried to stop her but she outmatched Ace. Hours later, Surge is angry about the theft of the silicon rods and without know understanding the reason. Ace learns that her name is Faceless from Vega, the most clever thief in Electro City. She also been hired by Black Jack to stop Sonny Boy who has been incriminating evidence which could put Black in jail. Faceless starts having much fun to the dismay of Ace who finds the Magic Express particly trashed along with one of her riddles, Vega is caught sleeping on the job by Capt. Freidrichs via the newspaper, and Black Jack who wants Faceless to stick to the job at hand. Ace and Cosmo decipher the riddle and gets set for a midnight meeting on the dock. Faceless steals a titanium tube from

13. Stop Clowning Around

Aired: 5/22/1999

Ace and Cosmo are enjoying the circus when a ceiling prop goes away, ruining the ringmaster's life. Ace goes to rescue Ace's old freind, Yokiko. The next, Ace,Yokiko, and Cosmo learned about the sabotaged equipment and implement a plan to expose the sabotager to save the circus from being closed. Only moments after the Magic Express arrives at the circus, someone taunts the elephants with mice and opens the cage causing a stampede. Yokiko and Ace rounded up the elephants in the streets of Electro City with no one getting hurt. Using a special dust on the cage door, Ace notices a large set of fingerprints which seems to belong to the strongman of the circus, Igor Strongor. Ace confronts him, but Strongor knoked himself out when he runs into a wall. Then, Ace and Cosmo overhears a conversation between Yokiko and Black Jack's lawyer, Mr. Clockwise who wants Yokiko to sell the property of the circus to let Black Jack build a new casino. When Clockwise gets Spade and Diamond to finish her,

14. And They Lived Happily Ever After

Aired: 6/5/1999

Lt. Vega is spying on Captian Friedrichs's finacee because he thinks she is a spy. However, she somehow manage to sneak up at Vega and pushes him at top of a building. Luckily, he ends up in the hospital only suffering from a broken leg after landing on a dumpster. Ace and Cosmo visit him and agree to take over the case. But this means that Ace can not come to the dining date with Mona. Ace and Cosmo watch Friedrich's love carefully but are nearly caught. Then they learn about the Forever & Ever Agency a marriage agency which can fully guarantee a perfect match for anyone. To Ace's surprise, the agency's major stockholder is Black Jack himself. To fully understand Black Jack's evil plan is, Ace signs up with the agency and finds his ""true soulmate"", Belinda. Mona discovers Ace and Belinda via Sensa-News and gets very upset. When Ace brings his ""date"" back to the Magic Express, he exposes the truth about her being a spy. They fought for a little while, but Ace upper hand. Ace and Cosmo

15. Golden Voice

Aired: 6/12/1999

At the Croesus Palace Casino, Mona sings her heart out to the delight of her fans including Ace. She's the finalist of the Golden Voice Award for the best new song. Someone then throws a bouquet of flowers on the stage but it also contain deadly snakes. Ace saves Mona while Cosmo tries to go after the suspect. Unfortuately, Spade and Diamond gets in the way, allowing the suspect to escape. Later, Ace and Cosmo learned that it's not the first time Mona has been threaten. Even Mona's father, Black Jack concerned for her safety and insists that she drops out of the competition. She tells him off and goes with Ace to the Sensa-News studios after losing Spade and Diamond who when they were suppose to watch over her. Mona has to introduce the other nominees: Nesh Divine, whose Cosmo's favorite singer. And Demonia Deadly, a heavy metal singer bent on winning. Nesh recieves an ordinary box of candy which is actually a box of deadly spiders which are loose in her trailer. Ace helps her stop the

16. Black Cat

Aired: 6/18/1999

As Ace and Zina were working on their new ""disappearing panter"" trick, Lt. Vega comes to the Magic Express to capture Zina. Vega is accusing Zina of being Electro City's only loose black panther and attacking a scientist named Professor Sticks the night before. Ace recalls waking up during the night to see Zina return to his room but not knowing where she went. He goes with Vega to the crime scene and is surprised at Zina'a behavior as she suddenly take off. Not knowing why, Vega takes Zina to the police headquarters for tests while Ace and Cosmo go visit a circus which seems to have a wild cat of its own. There they meet their old friend, Yokiko the animal trainer who tells them that her pet black panter, Kim Cougar being kidnapped a few weeks earlier. Things get more complicated when Zina escapes the police headquarters when she was about to be put to sleep. Fortunately though, with Cosmo's traking device, Ace, Cosmo, and Yokiko not only catch up with Zina but also found Kim Cougar a

17. Stealth Robber

Aired: 6/19/1999

Ace and Cosmo were practicing their new act in the middle of a hard rainstorm when suddenly they crash into what seems to be an invisible helicopter. Cosmo ejects from the jet safely at the same time Ace enters the chopper. Just as Ace looks at the cargo, he hears a scarely and familiar voice and gets punched. This voice belongs to Faceless, and the punch comes from one of her henchmen. As for the crates, they contain $200 million stolen from Central Bank. Ace and Faceless are again rivals, Ace manages to get something while she shorts out the turbo reactor on his escape suit when he gets thrown out of the chopper. Ace dives safely into only for Capt. Friedrichs to arrest him. Vega wants 24 hours to help Ace and Cosmo find the stolen money. They go to work immediately and they learned that Faceless has acquired a camoflage technology which makes her seem like invisible. Angel works on enhancing some of Ace's equipment to fight Faceless. But Faceless sabotages the Magic Express but she

18. A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing

Aired: 6/25/1999

Ace Cooper was on his way home when he nearly runs over a stampe of escaped zoo animals. Later, Vega explains about the Wolves Company, a group of young eco-terrorist who are completely against everything ecologically wrong. Cosmo hangs out with his buddies at the video game arcade when he discovers a strang symbol in Ulene's notebook. Back at the Magic Express, Ace is determined to discover who made up the Wolves Company team before the police do, since they take the problem more seriously than the group really knows. The group's ""mentor"" wants them to create a stir at the Surge Consortium with a supported ""fake bomb"". At the consortium, Ace and Cosmo keep a lookout when Ace spoted two maintenance workers doing something unusual. He discovers the bomb while Cosmo goes after one of the workers which was surprisely Ulene. Ace has had trouble disarming the bomb coating because it's one design which can't be disarmed. So he it in a special coating and lets the bomb go off. Out of comes so

19. The Chase

Aired: 6/26/1999

Ace and Cosmo are on their way back from a show in Lazaro City when the Magic Express crashes in the desert. Cosmo leaves Ace a note about the crash being his fault and goes for help. He finds another person in the desert followed by a pack of wild hyenas which end up attacking Cosmo. Ace and Zina save when they meet a hunter named Count Hebon. He invites everyone to his place for a cold drink. But the whole place is a trap for Ace and his friends. Hebon wants revenge for losing a person who apparently escaped from him and that person is found by the police and taken to the police headquarters where Vega is about to receive his long-overdue promotion. When he learns about the train crash, he realizes his friends may be in serious danger so he takes off to find them to the displeasure of Friedrichs who won't let anyone leave until Vega returns. At Hebon's estate, Ace and Cosmo fight for their lives through the deadly traps but then they reunite and agreed they'll get out of there alive

20. Professor Cosmo

Aired: 7/3/1999

Cosmo is nearly late for an inventors competition, but he got to exhibition hall just in time to demonstrate his invention, a mental wavelength modifier. Down in the lobby, Ace is busy signing autographs to his fans when he notices another contestant named Van Scott in trouble with Spade and Diamond. Ace tries to help, but only for Diamond to use Van Scott's invention, a robot to attack Ace and cause trouble in the contest. Cosmo used his invention to stop the robot and ends up winning first place. At this point, Cosmo decided it's time to say good bye to Ace and look towards his own future. Black Jack does not have the robot but he has the remote control so he used it to get the robot away from the police. Back at the Magic Express, Ace practices his newest trick while Cosmo considers loads of offers. When they both found out that the robot is loose again, Cosmo goest to work and Ace goes to Angel. Black Jack uses the robot to steal some weapons but Cosmo stops the robot again. The sh

21. Cold Sweat (1)

Aired: 7/9/1999

After fifteen years in Cryogenic Suspension, a old friend of Ace named Gus Moreland awakens, looking like a frozen body and escapes from the Cryogenic Center. When he sees a poster of The Magician, the first thing on Gus's mind is getting revenge. Meanwhile, Ace bails Cosmo out of trouble with the polce and reminds him to be careful about doing many misdeeds before they catch up with him. Later, Ace performs his usual spectacular show with his panther panter Zina. After the show though, Moreland thinks he found Ace and just when was about to knock him down though, it turns out that it was somebody else wearing a similar cape. At the hospital, Vega grows concern about the dangers Ace could face so he sends two bodyguards to watch over him. Moreland goes back to the Cryogenic Center and forces Dr. Charles, the scientist-in-charge to make him look normal again. Charles gives him the temporary injection and Moreland goes after Ace through Cosmo. When Cosmo was blocking Moreland's way, he t

22. Cold Sweat (2)

Aired: 7/10/1999

Last time on The Magician, Ace was traped in the cryogenic chamber because Gus's revenge. Cosmo and Dr. Charles opened the chamber Ace is in but his body slowly breaks up into pieces as Cosmo touches it. But that Ace was a phoney because the real Ace just showed up. Gus Moreland's condition is dangerously critical and he apologizes Ace for his rude attitude and wants to know the whole truth. Ace tells him what happen the day they try to steal the money from a sciece company. Ace then explains about Jac Malone and how he said Gus is out of the gang and lied to Ace that Gus can get out there himself. Gus gets real mad at Jack or in other words, Black Jack. So now he's going after his family to avenge Black Jack. Ace gets in the way when the Cryogenic Center collapsed. Ace survives and Cosmo and Vega goes to Croesus Palace to keep an eye on Black Jack while Ace goes to Mona's house to warn her not leave her home for her life is now in danger. Gus arrives at the Croesus Palace and arranges

23. All Against One

Aired: 7/30/1999

At the police headquarters, two officers bring in a new prisoner and everyone at the jailhouse is curious. The prisoner turn out to be Faceless and the two officers were Spade and Diamond. Their plan is to break out only a select bunch of prisoners that Ace put behind the bars and get them to work with Black Jack to put an end on Ace Cooper. Sonny Boy and his gang are invited to join the crime alliance since they all agree Ace must be killed. The next day, Ace puts on his show but gets ambushed by three villians: Yago, the fire magician; Dr. Blaun, a mad scientist; and Count Hebon. Faceless joins in wounded Ace's right arm. Cosmo calls for Vega and the police but Mr. Glam sends his robot to block the police. Ace manages to slip away on him Magic Bike but then gets shot by Sonny Boy's team. This could the end of Ace Cooper...

24. Virtual Fatality

Aired: 7/31/1999

Ace Cooper's latest performance gives a chance to be part of the Electro City's 200th anniversary celebration. However, something goes wrong in his teleportation trick as he mysterioulsy disappears. He gets knocked out and kidnapped by two men who takes him away in a van. Cosmo searched and searched but no luck. When Vega comes and tells a replacement audition is taking place, Cosmo looks over the Ring Theater and discovers a man named Jimmy Hagen who somehow starts doing Ace's tricks perfectly. With Angel's help he learns Hagen is a decendant of one of Electro City's founding family and has been in and out of the mental hospital. While trying to figure out Hagen's moves, Cosmo and everyone else hears a shocking announcement from: He's quiting magic. Cosmo discovers the message was not really from but nobody believes him execpt for Mona. He then notices the same vehicle after Ace's dissappear. Cosmo then stows away in the van which takes directly to Hagen's home. There, Cosmo fonud the

25. Junior

Aired: 8/7/1999

On a rainy night at the Magic Express, Ace and Cosmo are ready for dinner with Mona when they get an unexpected surprise on their doorstep: a baby. Cosmo tries to take care of the baby while Ace looks for the person left the baby in the rain. Mona demonstrates Cosmo on babysitting since she's better and Cosmo not good at it. During the night though, Ace decided to name the baby, Junior. However through the night, Mona is shocked that the baby has grown into a toddler. Angel analyzes the child who grows older each hour. Junior then takes the Magic Rider like a maniac and starts causing all kinds of trouble. Ace and Mona catched with the Racer via the Magic Bike, but Junior has used the ejector seat and ends up at the top of a high-rise building. Ace and nearly lost Junior when a strange man picks him up in a turbocopter. The man, Aldus Teron, is up to no good so Ace rescues Junior when jumps from Teron and gets into a very high dive with Ace. Teron goes back to Ingen Laboratories and le

26. No Dice!

Aired: 8/14/1999

At the Sunset Casino, Ace was looking for Cosmo when he accidentally bumps into a strange person. Ace follows the strange man into a secret room and discovers he planted a bomb. Ace was caught by the stranger and got stunned while the bomb is heading into the main area of the casino. As for Cosmo, two of Sonny Boy's henchmen throws him out, since Sonny owns the casino and does not welcome Ace and his friends. Ace wakes up and manages to evacuate the casino and was almost killed. Back at the Magic Express, Angel explains the potency of the bomb and tells the only way to prevent the explosion is to keep it at a colder temperature. All of a sudden, Ace gets a call from the same stranger who blew up Sunset Casino saying that he will blow up another casino to put addicted gamblers out of their misery. Ace meets Vega at the police headquarters and learns that someone has demanded exactly $2,307,680 from the DNA Club & Casino. There, Ace, Vega, and Cosmo found the stranger disguised as a woma