In the Presence of Mine Enemies

"In the Presence of Mine Enemies"
Attribution
Writer(s)	Chris Weber & Karen Wilson
Production company	Sunbow Productions
Season	2
Original airdate	November 18, 1986
General information
Continuity	A Real American Hero animated continuity
Series	G.I. Joe
Preceded by	Sins of Our Fathers
Followed by	Into Your Tent I Will Silently Creep
In the Presence of Mine Enemies

During a mach 3 dogfight over Africa, Slipstream and a female Cobra pilot are both shot down. They crash in a mysteriously abandoned Cobra base, becoming reluctant allies when attacked by Cobra BATs. The horrible secret of the abandoned base - a monstrous, failed biological weapon - nearly ends the mission.

Appearances

Feature Characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

G.I. Joe	Cobra	Others
Dial-Tone Lifeline Lift-Ticket Slip-Stream	A.V.A.C. B.A.T. Cobra Officer Dr. Mindbender Raven Strato-Viper Tele-Viper	Bio-Annihilator

Featured Vehicles and Equipment

G.I. Joe	Cobra
Conquest Tomahawk	Firebat Night Raven Riptide Stun

Notes

Memorable Quotes

"You fought well, Joe. Farewell. Raven will remember you with honor."
-- Strato-Viper Raven

"Great. Just great. Over eleven million square miles of Africa to choose from and I gotta pick a Cobra used car dealership"
-- Slipstream

"There must be some mistake! You're their target, not me!" BATs keep shooting at Raven and Slipstream. "But... Cobra takes care of its own..."
Raven, as Slipstream drags her to safety.

"You still think they're here to help ya?"
"Their... their programming must be faulty..."
"No, Raven, your programming is faulty."
-- Slipstream and Raven, after a BAT attacked Raven directly.

Animation and Technical Errors

"Release" misspelled.

• "Release" is misspelled as "Pelease".
• In the scene where Slipstream reaches Joe headquarters by radio, Dial-Tone's lips don't move when he speaks.

Real world References

• The episode was inspired by the book "In the Presence of Mine Enemies", which is the story of a US Navy pilot struggling to survive in a prison during the Vietnam War after his plane is shot down. Also, the episode and book's title is from Psalm 23:5 in The Bible, which states: "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over."
• The shot of Slipstream flying over a Cobra Firebat was inspired by a scene in the film Top Gun, which premiered at movie theaters on May 16, 1986.
• Before releasing his parachute into a Night Raven, Slipstream quips that it is time to play a game called "Chutes and Lasers," which is reference to the board game Chutes and Ladders. The game was created in India and released in the US by Milton Bradley, a company acquired by Hasbro.

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