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Desert Scorpion
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Animated Appearances
| DiC Voice | Appearances | Time Identifiable On Screen | Total Lines (In Own Voice) | Total Words
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| Various | 13 | 241 seconds | 13 | 104
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Notes: DiC's Desert Scorpions wore their 1991 outfits, with grey grenades and duller colors. The giant scorpion appeared in General Confusion.
| Season 1 Opening (DiC) | 2 seconds | | in footage from DiC season 1 (0:15-16)
| | General Confusion | 53 seconds | 9 lines | attacking Joes at Battle World/Desert World, reporting to command base
| | That's Entertainment | 41 seconds | 3 lines | reporting news of Jackie Love's visit, at captured studio after theft of MAP
| | I Found You...Evy | 3 seconds | 1 line | summoned to attack Joes
| | Season 2 Opening (DiC) | 2 seconds | | in footage from DiC season 1 (0:14-15)
| | Kindergarten Commandos | 5 seconds | | driving Parasite and Paralyzer among reinforcements
| | The Greatest Evil Part I | 5 seconds | | at Joe/Cobra briefing, operating Paralyzer cannon
| | The Greatest Evil Part II | 3 seconds | | digging through rubble of distribution house
| | A Is for Android | 81 seconds | | ambushed by Joes, driving Paralyzers to capture Hawk and attack Joe HQ
| | Shadow of a Doubt | 7 seconds | | driving Paralyzers to attack Joe HQ, driving Parasite in inner city
| | Cobra World | 12 seconds | | driving Paralyzers in tunnel and at Cobra World
| | Basic Training | 23 seconds | | seen in flashback
| | The Legend of Metal-Head | 4 seconds | | seen in flashback
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Classic Marvel Comic Appearances
To my knowledge, Desert Scorpions did not appear in the vintage comic.
Figure Releases
| Version 1: spring 1991 Wave 1 carded figure assortment
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| Cobra Desert Trooper
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| - head: Desert Scorpion (91)
- arms: Desert Scorpion (91)
- torso: Desert Scorpion (91)
- waist: Desert Scorpion (91)
- legs: Desert Scorpion (91)
| | Accessories: black machine pistol with curved magazine on top (new), small orange-yellow missile with prominent back fins and small fins at midpoint (new), black soft-plastic giant scorpion (new), black pair of spiked digging implements with arm clips (new), black backpack with extending hook for missile/pistol mount (new), small backpack mount for missile and pistol, with peg for hose (new), short black hose (common).
| Nobody voulnteers to be a SCORPION. It is a punishment given to under-motivated VIPERS who refuse to follow orders. In order to survive, they quickly learn to mimic the attack patterns of the venomous, desert scorpions with which they live.
After one year of unblemished service as a Scorpion, a Cobra trooper can be reinstated in the Viper Corps or whatever special force he originated from. A Scorpion fights hard because he knows that if he messes up, he'll go straight into TOXO-VIPERS, the Cobra Hostile Environment Detachment, better known as the "Leaky Suit Brigade."
"A Scorpion prefers to be in the midst of fighting, because it's safer than being in the garrison. In the field, where the whole unit is under threat, everybody pulls together because every trooper's life hinges on their combined firepower and team effort. In the barracks, each Scorpion thinks of himself as a desperate, isolated individual, surrounded by thieves, cutthroats, and scoundrels—and he's right."
| | Variations: The antenna was plastic on some figures and rubber on others.
| | Toy Notes: Item #6586.
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