G.I. Joe: In the Cobra's Pit

"In the Cobra's Pit"
	Series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero; Season 2, Episode 1
Air date	September 10th, 1984
Writers	Ron Friedman
Director	Dave Brain; Kent Butterworth; Jeff Hale; Norm McCabe; Dan Thompson; John Walker; Sam Weiss
Producers	Tom Griffin; Margaret Loesch; Joe Bacal; Jim Duffy
Starring	Jackson Beck; Michael Bell; Gregg Berger; Arthur Burghardt; Chris Latta; Dave Hall; Zack Hoffman
	Episode guide
Previous; "A Stake in the Serpent's Heart"	Next; "The Vines of Evil"

"Zartan and the Dreadnoks! They have no commitment to our cause; they are nothing but money-grubbing mercenaries!"

―Destro

"In the Cobra's Pit" is the first episode of "The Revenge of Cobra" serial from the animated action & adventure series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and the sixth episode of the series overall. Contributing sequence directors on the episode include Dave Brain, Kent Butterworth, Jeff Hale, Norm McCabe, Dan Thompson, John Walker and Sam Weiss. The script was written by Ron Friedman. This episode first aired in syndication on September 10th, 1984.

Voice Cast[]

Jackson Beck as the Narrator
Michael Bell as Duke, Clutch & Sebastian Bludd
Gregg Berger as Sparks
Arthur Burghardt as Destro & Stalker
Chris Latta as Cobra Commander, Gung-Ho & Ripper
Dave Hall as Colonel Sharp
Zack Hoffman as Zartan
Kene Holliday as Roadblock
Mary McDonald Lewis as Lady Jaye
Bill Morey as Mutt
Bill Ratner as Flint
Neil Ross as Buzzer
Will Ryan as Rock 'n Roll
B.J. Ward as Scarlett
Frank Welker as Torch & Short-Fuse

Appearances[]

The Joes

Breaker, Alvin R. Kibby
Clutch, Lance J. Steinberg
Cover Girl, Courtney A. Krieger
Duke, Conrad S. Hauser
Flint, Dashiell R. Faireborn
Gung-Ho, Ettienne R. LaFitte
Lady Jaye, Alison R. Hart-Burnett
Mutt, Stanley R. Perlmutter
Roadblock, Marvin F. Hinton
Rock 'n Roll, Craig S. McConnel
Scarlett, Shana M. O'Hara
Short-Fuse, Eric W. Freistadt
Snake-Eyes
Sparks, Alessandro D. Verdi
Stalker, Lonzo R. Wilkinson
Thunder, Matthew Harris Breckenridge
Tripwire, Tormod S. Skoog
Wild Bill, William S. Hardy

Cobra

Baroness Anastasia Cisarovna
Cobra Commander
Destro, James McCullen Destro, XXIV
Firefly
Major Sebastian Bludd

More Baddies

Buzzer, Richard Blinken-Smythe
Ripper, Harry Nod
Scrap-Iron
Storm Shadow, Thomas S. Arashikage
Torch, Tom Winken
Zartan

Others

Doctor Gassel
Junkyard

Organizations

Races & Animals

Dogs
Humans

Locations

Aegean Sea
Blackwater Prison
New York

Staten Island
Fort Wadsworth

The Pit

Pit of Chaos

Items

A.S.P.
J.U.M.P. jet-pack
Knockout gas
Mechanical snake
Weather Dominator

Vehicles

Aircraft
Boat
Chameleon swamp skier
C.L.A.W.
Cobra Vulture
Constrictor helicopter
Dragonfly XH-1
H.I.S.S.
Helicopter
Jeep
Killer W.H.A.L.E.
M.O.B.A.T.
Sky Hawk helicopter
Skystriker XP-14F
Slugger tank
Stinger jeep
Tanks
Trubble Bubble
Truck
V.A.M.P.
Wolverine tank

Miscellaneous

Notes & Trivia[]

G.I. Joe, and all related characters and concepts were created by and are the property of the Hasbro Corporation. The franchise originated as a toy line in 1964 that begat the formation of the "action figure" concept of dolls for boys, that has since gone on to become a successful multimedia franchise that has spread out into varying toy lines, animated programs, live-action films, as well as comic books and other merchandise.

Producer Jules Bacal is credited as Joe Bacal in this episode.

Voice actor Christopher Collins is credited as Chris Latta in this episode.

Voice actor Robert David Hall is credited as Dave Hall in this episode.

Actor Kene Holiday's name is mis-spelled as Kene Holliday in the closing credits.

Voice actress Mary McDonald-Lewis is credited as Mary McDonald Lewis in this episode.

This is the first appearance of Lady Jaye.

Quotes[]

Gung-Ho: Keep 'em bottled up in the bayou!
Short-Fuze: Okay, but you better tell me what a bayou is first!

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Flint: Remember, a Cobra's a snake, and 'snake' is 'sneak' spelled sideways.