- G.I. Joe must stop Russia from finding the Great Seal of Alaska to retain control of the State.
Plot
Appearances
Featured Characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
G.I. Joe | Cobra | Oktober Guard |
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Featured Vehicles & Equipment
G.I. Joe | Cobra | Oktober Guard |
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Featured Locations
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Memorable quotes
"When I get my hands on those Red Oktober wackos, I'll make 'em wish Karl Marx was Groucho's brother!"
- --Gung Ho
Notes
Animation and technical errors
- When the Joes and Oktober Guard are riding the dog sleds, Gung Ho is colored as Roadblock in some scenes.
Continuity errors
- Previously known as The Oktober Guard, here the team is referenced as "Red Oktober."
Miscellaneous notes
- Regardless of the provision in the Seward File, does it really seem feasible that the American government would simply hand over Alaska to a guy who shows up with a diamond-encrusted cup in his hand?
- Stormavik and Wong are conspicuously absent from the Soviet Team.
- Just like their comicbook counterparts, Red Oktober starts the episode out as G.I. Joe's adversaries, but if the need arises, they ally themselves with the Joes. See also The Invaders.
=Real world references
- Gerky Potemkin's last name is the same as a Russian statesman (1739 to 1791) who was favored by Catherine II.
- The Russian general quotes Vince Lombardi, however the quote "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing", was originally said by Henry Russell Sanders.
- The Romanov (Romanoff) is a reference to the House of Romanov.
- Gerber Landsford, the governor of Alaska, was a tribute to the first season's story editor, Steve Gerber.
- The episode's title is a play on the Alaskan gold rushes of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with perhaps a hint of the Oklahoma land rush of 1889.
- Gung-Ho mentions Karl Marx and Groucho Marx.
Footnotes
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