Sins of Our Fathers

"Sins of Our Fathers"
Attribution
Writer(s)	Buzz Dixon & Steve Gerber
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	Not a Ghost of a Chance
Followed by	In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Sins of Our Fathers

Dial-Tone has screwed up one too many times and as a result his re-enlistment papers are rejected by G.I. Joe. Out in the private sector, Dial-Tone finds himself without a job... that is until a mysterious woman offers him a job on an even more mysterious project somewhere in Northern England, a job secretly funded by Cobra!

Appearances

Featured Characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

G.I. Joe	Cobra
Bazooka Beach Head Cutter Dial-Tone Flint Hawk Lift-Ticket Mainframe Shipwreck Wet-Suit	A.V.A.C. B.A.T.s Cobra Commander Destro Dr. Mindbender Motor-Vipers Scrap-Iron Serpentor Strato-Vipers Tele-Vipers Vipers Zarana

Featured Vehicles and Equipment

G.I. Joe	Cobra
Devilfish Tomahawk W.H.A.L.E.	Air Chariot Firebat Night Raven Stun Trubble Bubble

Notes

Memorable Quotes

"With Dial-Tone working for me, Serpentor is as good as finished!"
-- Cobra Commander

Tele-vipers try to shift the blame.

"Who is responsible for this being kept a secret channel?"
-- Serpentor, to three tele-vipers who all start pointing at each other.

"How are we doing?"
"For all the good our lasers are doing, we might as well be spitting at it!"
-- Serpentor and Dr. Mindbender, on how the attack against the ancient creature is going.

Animation and Technical Errors

• 

  Previously a normal sized horse.

  The horse shrinks in size through the episode.

Continuity Errors

• The creature, who originally appeared in "Skeletons in the Closet", was shown to be a one-eyed octopus; it has been changed to something crossing a cobra and an insect and greatly increased in size.

Real World References

• The monster seen in Castle Destro is a reference to H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.
• When Destro's chant is played backwards, it states: "Anyone listening to this backwards for a secret occult message is a real dweeb!"
• The title "Sins of Our Fathers" is derived from references in the Bible to the punishments for sins continuing down the generations.

Miscellaneous Trivia

• Destro and Cobra Commander were sent on a "fool's errand" and "busy work".
• This episode is a sequel to "Skeletons in the Closet".
• G.I. Joe has a "board" that approves members of the team. Flint said "Your reenlistment application has been turned down. Nothing personal, but, well, the board felt your recent performance as a Joe wasn't up to standards."

Gallery

"YOU'LL BE S-O-R-R-Y"

References

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