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General Confusion

10th of 19 episodes in DiC season 1. Written by Steven Greene. First aired October 15, 1990.

Previous episode: Injustice and the Cobra Way
Next episode: Night of the Creepers

In a South American jungle, the Joes attack a Cobra operation extracting exposive sap from trees. Tagging along is Dr. Carday, who is collecting data on the cost of Joe missions for the US Senate. Based on the recommendations of Dr. Carday, who is actually Zarana, the Joes' budget is slashed, and the Joes are ordered to report to Battle World, a low-cost training center that is secretly a Cobra trap to capture the General.

At Battle World, the General is held in a clearing while the other Joes are divided up and sent to what they believe are simulations, where they are attacked by Cobras. Heavy Duty and Low-Light are captured, but Dusty surmises the trap and alerts Big Ben and Sci-Fi. The alerted Joes regroup, but they too are captured. After some taunting from Zarana, Big Ben escapes and finds Capt. Krimov, and they steal back the General. Cobra's command base is quickly overrun, and the Joes return to Headquarters. The Senate restores the Joes' budget, having concluded that "defeat is not cost-effective."

Appearing Cast and Equipment

Featured Characters
Big Ben	239 seconds	30 lines	in Amazon, flying Retaliator in jungle and at Battle World
Dusty	231 seconds	38 lines	driving Hammer in jungle and at Battle World
Sandstorm	188 seconds		with Dusty in Hammer in jungle, at HQ, and at Battle World
Capt. Krimov	134 seconds	19 lines	operating General in Amazon and at Battle World
Heavy Duty	102 seconds	11 lines	in Hammer in Amazon, in General at HQ, on Locust at Battle World
Cobra Commander	98 seconds	6 lines	at Battle World command base
Destro	92 seconds	8 lines	overseeing the sapping of trees in Amazon, at Battle World command base
Low-Light	78 seconds	19 lines	flying Locust over Amazon and in Cave World
Zarana	78 seconds	7 lines	disguised as Dr. Deborah Carday, at Battle World command base
Sci-Fi	64 seconds	8 lines	in Hammer in Amazon, flying Retaliator at Battle World
Metal-Head	27 seconds	4 lines	overseeing the sapping of trees in Amazon

Background Characters
Rampart	10 seconds	(silent)	aboard General in Amazon

Troops Appearing
Desert Scorpion	53 seconds	9 lines	attacking Joes at Battle World/Desert World, reporting to command base
Crimson Guard Immortal	45 seconds		sapping exposives from trees, at Battle World command base, standing guard
Rock-Viper	21 seconds	1 line	capturing Joes in Desert World
Incinerator	15 seconds	1 line	at Battle World command base, attacking Dusty in Desert World
Range-Viper	4 seconds		capturing Low-Light and Heavy Duty in Cave World
Night Creeper	3 seconds		driving Rages at Battle World
S.A.W.-Viper	2 seconds		jumping from an exploding Rage (15:41-42)

Vehicles Appearing
General	280 seconds		in Amazon, at HQ, captured at Battle World
Retaliator	149 seconds		used to attack Cobra in Amazon, at HQ, training in Urban World
Hammer	140 seconds		used to attack Cobra in Amazon, at HQ, training in Desert World
Locust	122 seconds		used to spot trees in Amazon, at HQ, training in Cave World
Dominator	54 seconds		used to sap trees in Amazon, attacking Locust in Cave World
Rage	26 seconds		destroyed by Joes in Amazon, used to escort General, in Urban World ambush
Hurricane V.T.O.L.	9 seconds		attacking Dusty in Desert World

Misc. Notes

On the DVDs from Shout! Factory, this episode is included in the Series 2, Season 1 set (Disc 3, Episode 3)
First appearances (in order): Big Ben, Sandstorm, Desert Scorpions, Incinerators, and Rock-Vipers.
Zarana is colored as Lady Jaye in two shots, both inside Cobra's command base.
This is the only appearance of a giant scorpion, presumably based on the one included with the Desert Scorpion figure.