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October 22, 1985 (production) |
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27 of 65 in Season 1 |
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27 of 75 overall |
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Sichuan province, China |
For the novelization, see Panda Power (Knight Books).
V.E.N.O.M. kidnaps a sculptor who is working on a large sculpture of a panda bear for a ceremony in China. They also kidnap some panda bears from a preserve, and they bring them to Easter Island. M.A.S.K. must get the pandas out of harm's way before they can battle V.E.N.O.M.
Plot Synopsis[]
Synopsis is forthcoming.
Safety Tip[]
While building a tree house with T-Bob, Scott tells a small boy that it can be dangerous to run with sticks.
M.A.S.K. agents[]
M.A.S.K. vehicles[]
V.E.N.O.M. agents[]
V.E.N.O.M. vehicles[]
Civilians[]
Quotes[]
"Listen to the pandas. It's great to hear nature."
"Yeah, it sure beats your snoring!"
- Scott Trakker and T-Bob
"What's going on, dad?"
"I'm not sure, but I've never seen mother nature hit and run like that before."
- Scott Trakker and Matt Trakker
"Well, I've given the computer everything it needs except tea and crumpets."
"Just as I predicted. M.A.S.K. didn't fire one skinny laser."
"Those stupid M.A.S.K. fools are still hanging around."
"Yeah, they're like ugly wallpaper."
- Miles Mayhem and Vanessa Warfield
Satoisms[]
None
Continuity[]
- The animated sequence of Thunderhawk transforming into jet mode is used twice, the only difference being Matt Trakker's clothing: he's wearing a suit in the first scene and his M.A.S.K. uniform during the second.
- When Matt Trakker says "That question will stump the band", he is referring to a long running segment on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in which audience members would challenge the Tonight Show band to play an obscure song of their choosing.
- Bruce Sato is Thunderhawk's co-pilot on this mission even though the M.A.S.K. Computer mentioned his vehicle as being Rhino.
Conflicts[]
- Scott wakes in the middle of the night and runs to the window. He puts his right hand on the window pane, but his left hand is hovering above it as if the character and the foreground are misaligned.
- When Matt waves goodbye to André who is leaving for Tiananmen Square, at the very end of the shot his arm and shoulder completely disappear.
- Sly Rax is wearing his iconic sunglasses when he arrives on Easter Island with Vanessa, but not when the pandas are unloaded a moment later.
- When Bruce Sato says "And the pandas" just before his mask lowers down onto his head in Thunderhawk, he is speaking with Matt Trakker's voice.
- When Mayhem says 'Who'd wanna hurt a teddy bear?", the shot changes to a close-up, but the clouds in the background remain the same.
- After Vanessa Warfield says "Ladies before... whatever", the scene cuts back to Cliff Dagger, but the cloudy background remains the same. Then Miles Mayhem calls Dagger a 'stupid twit', and as the scene changes to a shot of Thunderhawk in the sky, the cloudy background is still the same.
- As all the M.A.S.K. agents and Scott are laughing at T-Bob at the end, Hondo's hair is colored a light brown instead of black.
- The safety tip starts with a wide shot of several trees on a pavement. Then we cut to Scott and T-Bob building a tree house in a tree that is placed in a green patch of grass. But when they look down, in two shots, stone pavement is visible underneath them.
Behind the Scenes[]
- A paperback book based on this episode, written by Kenneth Harper and Bruce Hogarth, was published by Knight Books in 1986. It was number 05 in this series.
Voice Cast[]
- Doug Stone as Matt Trakker, Bruce Sato, Hondo McLean and Chin Ho
- Mark Halloran as Sly Rax and Cliff Dagger
- Brendan McKane as Miles Mayhem, Alex Sector and André
- Graeme McKenna as T-Bob
- Sharon Noble as Vanessa Warfield, M.A.S.K. Computer and Baby Panda
- Brennan Thicke as Scott Trakker
Trivia[]
- Recording date: October 22, 1985.