Changes: Lights! Camera! Cobra!

Near the end of the episode, a black male wearing Bazooka's uniform fires on the retreating Cobra forces.
Dusty is shown with jet black hair at the beginning and end of the episode; all other times in the series he is portrayed with dirty-blond hair.

Continuity Errors

Cover Girl is identified by Zartan as being a "make-up expert." Although she is a former model and shares her codename with a brand of make-up, Cover Girl is actually an armor specialist and mechanic. Lady Jaye is the Joe team disguise and make-up specialist, as featured in episodes such as "Money to Burn."

Quotes

"I've located the captured Firebat, it's... Commander, your hood. Put it on."
"(laugh) It takes a strong stomach to watch me eat; doesn't it, Destro?"
--Destro and Cobra Commander

"You expect me to talk, Cobra?"
"No, we expect you to fry!"
--Shipwreck and Cobra Commander

"Blast them into eternity! Scatter their bones at my feet!"
--Cobra Commander

"You saved me!"
"I saved a customer."
--Cobra Commander and Destro

Miscellaneous Trivia

Zartan refers to his Ferret ATV as a "Python Cycle" before the race in the desert, which is the working name of the toy while it was in development and in the original series bible.^[1]
Torch calls the police instead of doing the physical work.
Near the beginning of the episode, Destro walks in on Cobra Commander eating dinner without his mask on. He is disgusted by what he sees and requests Cora Commander to put his mask back on. Cobra Commander quips "It takes a strong stomach to watch me eat, eh Destro?"
Insults used this episode:
- "Snake nose" Duke (movie character) to Cobra Commander (movie character)
- "Moron" Cobra Commander's actor to Duke's actor
- "Oddballs" Shipwreck about the Joes on the movie set (himself included)
- "Play actor" Recondo to who he thinks is Zartan's actor
- "Cheat" Someone in the barfight to Shipwreck
- "Barnacle brain" Mutt to Shipwreck
- "Fool" Cobra Commander to Zartan
- "Crazy" Shipwreck to a coyote
- "Slime back" Shipwreck to Buzzer
- "Goons" Shipwreck to the Dreadnoks
- "Landlubbers" Shipwreck to Cobra

Real World References

Shipwreck goes "Meep Meep!" during the scuffle with the coyotes in the desert, like the Roadrunner from the Warner Bros. cartoons.
The "you expect me to talk? / No I expect you to fry" exchange was a reference to the film Goldfinger.

Footnotes

↑ Steve Gerber, G.I. Joe Writers' Guide (Sunbow Productions, Inc., 1985), 17. Available as a PDF at http://joeguide.com/pm/writersguide/

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[1] Steve Gerber, G.I. Joe Writers' Guide (Sunbow Productions, Inc., 1985), 17. Available as a PDF at http://joeguide.com/pm/writersguide/

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-*[[Cover Girl (RAH)|Cover Girl]] (15)
+*[[Cover Girl (RAH)|Cover Girl]] (13)
-*[[Duke (RAH)|Duke]] (4)
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-*[[Dusty (RAH)|Dusty]] (16)
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-*[[Greenshirt]]s (5)
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-*[[Mutt (RAH)|Mutt]] & [[Junkyard]] (19)
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-*[[Cobra Commander (RAH)|Cobra Commander]] (hooded) (10)
+*[[Cobra Officer]] (18)
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+*[[Cobra Trooper]]s (17)
-*[[Cobra Trooper]]s (1)
+*[[Crimson Guard (RAH)|Crimson Guard]] (15)
-*[[Crimson Guard (RAH)|Crimson Guard]] (20)
+*[[Destro (RAH)|Destro]] (3)
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+*[[Tele-Viper (RAH)|Tele-Viper]] (16)
-*[[Tele-Viper (RAH)|Tele-Viper]] (22)
+*[[Torch (RAH)|Torch]] (7)
-*[[Torch (RAH)|Torch]] (11)
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-*[[Zartan (RAH)|Zartan]]
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+*[[George Landisburg]] (2)
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+===Featured Vehicles and Equipment===
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-==Quotes==
+==Notes==
+===Animation and Technical Errors===
-"I've located the captured Firebat it's... Commander, your hood. put it on."<br>
+*Near the end of the episode, a black male wearing [[Bazooka (RAH)|Bazooka's]] uniform fires on the retreating Cobra forces.
-"(laugh) It takes a strong stomach to watched me eat dosen't it Destro?"
+*Dusty is shown with jet black hair at the beginning and end of the episode; all other times in the series he is portrayed with dirty-blond hair.
-: --'''Destro''' and '''Cobra Commander'''
+===Continuity Errors===
-"You expect me to talk, Cobra?"<br>
+*[[Cover Girl (RAH)|Cover Girl]] is identified by Zartan as being a "make-up expert." Although she is a former model and shares her codename with a brand of make-up, Cover Girl is actually an armor specialist and mechanic. [[Lady Jaye (RAH)|Lady Jaye]] is the Joe team disguise and make-up specialist, as featured in episodes such as "[[Money to Burn]]."
-"No, we expect you to fry!"
-:--'''Shipwreck''' and '''Cobra Commander''', a la ''Goldfinger''.
+===Quotes ===
+"I've located the captured Firebat, it's... Commander, your hood. Put it on."<br>
+"(laugh) It takes a strong stomach to watch me eat; doesn't it, Destro?"<BR>
+--'''Destro''' and '''Cobra Commander'''
+"You expect me to talk, Cobra?"<br>
-"Blast them into eternity! Scatter their bones at my feet!"
+"No, we expect you to fry!"<BR>
-:--'''Cobra Commander,''' the Blackbeard of the 20th century.
+--'''Shipwreck''' and '''Cobra Commander'''
+"Blast them into eternity! Scatter their bones at my feet!"<BR>
+--'''Cobra Commander'''
 "You saved me!"<br>
-"I saved a '''customer'''."
+"I saved a '''customer'''."<BR>
-:--'''Cobra Commander''' and '''Destro,''' always a businessman
+--'''Cobra Commander''' and '''Destro'''
-==Notes==
-===Animation and technical errors===
-*Near the end of the episode, a black male wearing [[Bazooka (RAH)|Bazooka's]] uniform fires on the retreating Cobra forces.
-*Dusty is shown with jet black hair at the beginning and end of the episode; all other times in the series he is portrayed with dirty-blond hair.
-===Continuity errors===
-*[[Cover Girl (RAH)|Cover Girl]] is identified by Zartan as being a "make-up expert." Although she is a former model and shares her codename with a brand of make-up, Cover Girl is actually an armor specialist and mechanic. [[Lady Jaye (RAH)|Lady Jaye]] is the Joe team disguise and make-up specialist, as featured in episodes such as "[[Money to Burn]]."
-*Wouldn't it have been easier just to bring Torch to the studio to stage the "interrogation" instead of wasting time disguising Recondo as the Dreadnok?
-===Miscellaneous trivia===
+=== Miscellaneous Trivia===
-*Zartan refers to his Ferret ATV as a "Python Cycle" before the race in the desert - the working name of the toy while it was in development and in the original series bible.<ref>Steve Gerber, ''G.I. Joe Writers' Guide'' (Sunbow Productions, Inc., 1985), 17. Available as a PDF at http://joeguide.com/pm/writersguide/ </ref>
+*Zartan refers to his Ferret ATV as a "Python Cycle" before the race in the desert, which is the working name of the toy while it was in development and in the original series bible.<ref>Steve Gerber, ''G.I. Joe Writers' Guide'' (Sunbow Productions, Inc., 1985), 17. Available as a PDF at http://joeguide.com/pm/writersguide/ </ref>
-*Torch calls the police instead of doing the physical work. Dreadnoks can be intelligent.
+*Torch calls the police instead of doing the physical work.
-*Near the beginning of the episode Destro walks in on Cobra Commander eating dinner without his mask on. He is disgusted by what he sees and requests Cora Commander to put his mask back on. Cobra Commander Quips "It takes a strong stomach to watch me eat, eh Destro?"
+* Near the beginning of the episode, Destro walks in on Cobra Commander eating dinner without his mask on. He is disgusted by what he sees and requests Cora Commander to put his mask back on. Cobra Commander quips "It takes a strong stomach to watch me eat, eh Destro?"
+* Insults used this episode:
+** "Snake nose" Duke (movie character) to Cobra Commander (movie character)
+** "Moron" Cobra Commander's actor to Duke's actor
+** "Oddballs" Shipwreck about the Joes on the movie set (himself included)
+** "Play actor" Recondo to who he thinks is Zartan's actor
+** "Cheat" Someone in the barfight to Shipwreck
+** "Barnacle brain" Mutt to Shipwreck
+** "Fool" Cobra Commander to Zartan
+** "Crazy" Shipwreck to a coyote
+** "Slime back" Shipwreck to Buzzer
+** "Goons" Shipwreck to the Dreadnoks
+** "Landlubbers" Shipwreck to Cobra
-===Real world references===
+===Real World References===
-*Shipwreck shouts "Meep Meep!" during the scuffle with the coyotes in the desert, like the Roadrunner from the Warner Bros. cartoons.
+*Shipwreck goes "Meep Meep!" during the scuffle with the coyotes in the desert, like the Roadrunner from the Warner Bros. cartoons.
-*The "you expect me to talk, no I expect you to fry" exchange was taken from the film ''Goldfinger''.
+*The "you expect me to talk? /  No I expect you to fry" exchange was a reference to the film ''Goldfinger''.
-==Footnotes==
+==Footnotes ==
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