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Cobra Stops the World4th of 55 episodes in Sunbow season 1. Written by Steve Gerber. First aired September 26, 1985.Previous episode: Cobra Soundwaves Next episode: Jungle Trap |
Cobra Commander's latest broadcast boasts of capturing nearly all the world's energy sources and threatens to destroy oil tankers in the ocean. Thanks to a diamond-powered cloaking device, the source of Cobra's transmission is untraceable, so the Joes follow every lead they have. Torpedo and Deep Six sink a floating Cobra base but find no clues to the tankers' location. Ace and Duke scout an Amazonian jungle near a diamond mine but are shot down and captured by Major Bludd. Scarlett busts a Cobra safehouse but learns that the tankers' location is known only to Cobra Commander and Destro.
Cobra explodes one of the tankers by remote and threatens to destroy another every hour, but Sparks begins preparing a tracking device that will reveal where Cobra's base is when they send out the next remote signal. Ace and Duke escape near a Cobra-run diamond mine and steal a Cobra Rattler, and Scarlett leads a Joe assault on Cobra's base as soon as Sparks determines its whereabouts. The battle is won when Ace and Duke enter the fight with their stolen Rattler. Cobra's operation is foiled, but Cobra Commander manages to escape.
Appearing Cast and Equipment
| Featured Characters | |||
| Duke | 256 seconds | 37 lines | giving orders, shot down & captured in Patagonia, fighting at Cobra base |
| Ace | 221 seconds | 19 lines | shot down & captured in Patagonia, flying Rattler at Cobra base |
| Scarlett | 212 seconds | 19 lines | overturning Cobra townhouse hideout, leading fight against Cobra base |
| Cobra Commander | 152 seconds | 17 lines | making broadcasts, escaping Joes during base attack |
| Sparks | 95 seconds | 10 lines | managing communications at Joe HQ, building scanner to trace Cobra |
| Maj. Bludd | 93 seconds | 12 lines | capturing Ace & Duke at Cobra mining operation |
| Deep Six | 90 seconds | 14 lines | flying S.H.A.R.C. against off-shore Cobra base, fighting Eels |
| Col. Sharp | 84 seconds | 12 lines | in charge at Joe HQ |
| Torpedo | 82 seconds | 13 lines | in S.H.A.R.C., fighting at Cobra off-shore base |
| Destro | 66 seconds | 6 lines | at Cobra base, critiquing Cobra Cmdr's plans, activating defenses |
| Cutter | 15 seconds | 2 lines | driving W.H.A.L.E. against Cobra base, capturing Cobra troops |
| Background Characters | |||
| Rock 'n Roll | 8 seconds | (silent) | deployed from W.H.A.L.E. at Cobra base near Patagonia |
| Roadblock | 4 seconds | (silent) | deployed from W.H.A.L.E. at Cobra base near Patagonia |
| Grunt | 3 seconds | (silent) | deployed from W.H.A.L.E. at Cobra base near Patagonia |
| Troops Appearing | |||
| Cobra | 70 seconds | 8 lines | at drilling sites, townhouse hideout, flying Rattlers, fighting at Cobra base |
| Crimson Guard | 53 seconds | 1 line | at Cobra base and mining operation |
| Cobra Officer | 38 seconds | 4 lines | in charge of townhouse hideout |
| Eel | 18 seconds | fighting Deep Six & Torpedo at undersea base | |
| H.I.S.S. Driver | 7 seconds | driving H.I.S.S.es at Cobra base near Patagonia | |
| Greenshirt | 6 seconds | fighting at Cobra base near Patagonia | |
| Vehicles Appearing | |||
| Skystriker | 135 seconds | used near Cobra mining operation, against Cobra base near Patagonia | |
| Rattler | 91 seconds | stolen by Duke & Ace, flown against Cobra base near Patagonia | |
| S.H.A.R.C. | 83 seconds | used against off-shore Cobra base | |
| H.I.S.S. | 21 seconds | used at Cobra base near Patagonia | |
| R.A.M. | 20 seconds | driven by Scarlett at beginning of episode | |
| F.A.N.G. | 17 seconds | used at Cobra base near Patagonia | |
| Killer W.H.A.L.E. | 17 seconds | used to offload troops at Cobra base near Patagonia | |
| A.S.P. | 10 seconds | used at Cobra base near Patagonia | |
| Stinger | 6 seconds | used at Cobra base near Patagonia | |
| Dragonfly | 1 second | used at Cobra base near Patagonia (17:42) | |
| Non-Toy Equipment: Cobra helicopters, cloaking device, Cobra fighter jets | |||
Misc. Notes
- On the DVDs from Shout! Factory, this episode is included in the Season 1.1 set (Disc 4, Episode 4).
- First appearance: Deep Six, Eel, H.I.S.S. Driver.
- This episode appears to have been produced before The Pyramid of Darkness, since the only post-TROC 1985 appearance is from the Eels, whose color scheme is inconsistent.