The Robot Invasion

On September 20th 1988, a group of five Hero Robots landed a large spacecraft on the lawn of the White House, and requested permission to capture a group of seven criminal gobocuboids in hiding on planet Earth. The Heros were given an ultimatum of three months (¼ of a sol-cycle) to hunt down the criminals, and leave.

On the 23rd of the same month, five Mean Robots arrived on the same mission, aware of the Hero Robots' presence and determined to acquire the outlaw GBCDs first.

October 9th, the two factions came to a head in Paris, France, leading to the collapse of the Eiffel Tower, along with most of the city. While some historians consider this an expected occupational hazard when capturing criminals of such scale, others feel that the GBCDs, and by extension the Mean Robots, were entirely to blame, as it is known that the Mean Robots were in possession of a GBCD at the time.

The collapse of the Parisian landmark created a rift between America and the rest of the United Nations. Questions arose upon the authority by which the US had granted the Robots pardon, and the Robots were subsequently banned throughout the rest of the United Nations.

Meanwhile, in the two months after their arrival on Earth, the Hero Robots had reached a significant level of popularity in America, and even the Mean Robots had gained some notoriety.

Japanese creators begun to write weekly comics in local newspapers, which starred extremely caricatured versions of the Robots. These were abridged into animated cartoons, which were both cheap to make and easily exported to American audiences. The cartoons' popularity was aided by toys manufactured by the Wazbrothers.

In February of 1989, the Robots were exiled from Earth, the Heros having captured four of the GBCDs, and the Means having captured two. One gobocuboid remained fugitive.