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  • The Wrong Stuff
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  • Cobra removes TV satellites and takes control of television in order to create an advertising monopoly and influence public opinion with pro-evil programming.
Season
  • 1
RealWorldRefs
  • *One of Cobra's television series is The C-Team. *Another is Father's No Beast. *The Likables are a reference to the Smurfs. *The title is a reference to the 1983 film The Right Stuff. *Cobra Commander's dance with the globe is a reference to Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. *The Army-Navy Game is an annual football game between the armed forces' respective schools, and is highly popular with both military and civilian audiences. *Alpine is desperate to watch Bowling for Dollars.
MemorableQuotes
  • "I pity the fool who doesn't join Cobra!" :-- Thank you, Mr. C.
Errors
  • *The G.I. Joe team members are inexperienced with space travel, despite having been to space in the Pyramid of Darkness miniseries .
ItemsOfNote
  • *Cobra Commander changed the ending of classic films using computer graphics and voice synthesizer? Now that's evil! *90287 is not a real zip code. *Cobra Commander's decision to televise the battle on live television predicted reality television, real life war reporting, and symbolizes the philosophy of "If It Bleeds, It Leads". *Why was it difficult to get political support for the mission? Wall Street and the Fortune 100/500 corporations should have been screaming for action since Cobra raised the advertising prices. *The price named by Tomax and Xamot for advertising and commercial airtime is 5 million dollars. This is close to the prices seen with sporting events such as the Superbowl. *Mr. C tells Scarlett, "Outta my way, woman" and then brushes her aside. The moment would have been more infinitely more interesting if Scarlett would have lashed out at him with a lethal kick, releasing a fiery temper built around years of suppressed frustration about being called a "mere girl" on the Joe force. *The "Now you know..." segment attached to this episode had Roadblock telling kids not to play around downed power lines. Yeah, that one.
BriefSynopsis
  • Cobra removes TV satellites and takes control of television in order to create an advertising monopoly and influence public opinion with pro-evil programming.
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  • Featured Characters
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Number
  • #600-49
Series
Airdate
  • 1985-11-28
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Production
Synopsis
  • 30.0
Episode
  • "The Wrong Stuff"
Continuity
Writer
  • Flint Dille & Stanley Ralph Ross
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Glitches
  • *Ripper is seen wearing Destro's gloves when the weapons dealer takes over the Dreadnok's control panel.
abstract
  • Cobra removes TV satellites and takes control of television in order to create an advertising monopoly and influence public opinion with pro-evil programming.
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