The Greenhouse Effect

"The Greenhouse Effect"
Attribution
Writer(s)	Gordon Kent
Production company	Sunbow Productions
Production code	#600-21
Season	1
Original airdate	October 3, 1985
General information
Continuity	A Real American Hero animated continuity
Series	G.I. Joe
Preceded by	Twenty Questions
Followed by	Haul Down the Heavens
The Greenhouse Effect

When an experimental rocket fuel merges with a farmer's plant food, Cobra reaps the rewards.

Appearances

Featured Characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

G.I. Joe	Cobra	Civilians
Airtight (13) Alpine (2) Barbecue (5) Bazooka (3) Breaker (12) Dusty (15) Shipwreck & Polly (14) Wild Bill (4)	Cobra Commander (7) Crimson Guard (6) Destro (8) Tomax (10) Xamot (11)	Harvey Lathrop (9) Professor Bullock (1)

Featured Vehicles and Equipment

G.I. Joe	Cobra
Dragonfly XH-1 Mauler M.B.T. Silver Mirage Sky Hawk	C.L.A.W. F.A.N.G. Crimson Twin's seed mortar.

Notes

Animation and Technical Errors

• Barbecue is portrayed with blond hair, although later episodes of the series portray him with reddish-brown hair.

Quotes

"Don't you good guys ever give up?"
"No! That's why we're the good guys!"

--Destro and Wild Bill

"With expendable fruits and vegetables replacing Cobra's ground troops, we can overrun the world!"

-- Destro

Miscellaneous Trivia

• Bazooka's launcher fires lasers in this episode. He even comments on it once it stops working effectively.
• This is the only time Bazooka is portrayed as a decisive fast-thinker like his toy filecard states, not the thick-headed klutz that he's portrayed in all the other episodes.
• Even though it likely predates the animated movie, Cobra Commander's initial doubt of Destro's scheme to replace Cobra's troops with giant fruits and vegetables could be considered as a case of "been there, done that".
• Insults used in this episode:
  • "Imbecile" Professor Bullock to the "janitor" (Crimson Guard #9 undercover)
  • "Buckaroo" Wild Bill to the "janitor" (Crimson Guard #9 undercover)
  • "Clown" The "janitor" (Crimson Guard #9 undercover) to Alpine
  • "Trash" The "janitor" (Crimson Guard #9 undercover) about Alpine
  • "Dino brain" The "janitor" (Crimson Guard #9 undercover) to Bazooka
  • Alpine implies Wild Bill looks like a mountain goat. (WB: "My mama didn't raise no mountain goat." A: "Can't tell it by looking.")
  • "Bad man" Harvey (the greenhouse owner) about Crimson Guard #9
  • "Stupid" Tomax and Xamot to Crimson Guard #9
  • "Must be from California" Homeowner to an undercover Crimson Guard
  • "You big bazooka" Alpine to Bazooka
  • "Chrome dome" Alpine to Destro
  • "Fool" Destro to Cobra Commander
  • "Barnacle breath" Polly to Shipwreck
  • "Barnacle brain" Polly to Shipwreck
  • "Shark bait" Shipwreck to Polly

Real World References

• The episode title, "The Greenhouse Effect," is the name of one of the causes of global warming.
• Cobra Commander throws a bean out of a window, which lands and promptly starts to grow a beanstalk, ala Jack and the Beanstalk.

Footnotes

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