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Home  Episode Summaries Season 2 Iceberg Goes South - Notes
Credits: written by Mary Skrenes
Production Number: 600-66
Original Airdate: October 9, 1986
While testing Arctic equipment for the Joes, Iceberg is captured by
Cobra Interrogator and subjected to genetic experiments that result in
him becoming a half whale, half human creature.
| THE PERSONNEL |
| G.I.Joe: Beach
Head, Dial-Tone, Gung Ho*, Iceberg, Lady Jaye, Lift-Ticket*, Lifeline*,
Low-Light, Sci Fi*, Snow Job, Spirit*, Wet-Suit |
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Cobra: Cobra agents, Dr. Mindbender, Viper |
| THE GEAR |
| G.I.Joe: Devilfish, Polar Battle Bear, Sky Hawk, Snow Cat, Tomahawk |
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Cobra: none |
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* indicates the character was silent during the episode
A picture of an unknown woman appears on Beach Head's desk (Matthew
Pak's 3 3/4" G.I.Joe Collector Guide - Volume Two: The Television Episodes).
While waiting outside the tropidome, Iceberg is seen reading The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, a book that may have been selected since certain aspects of Cobra's organization parallel the Roman Empire, such as feuding parties vying for power and a labor force composed of slaves.
| The last name of Mahia's uncle, Dr. Wendigos, is
the name of creature that is half-man and half-best, like several of the Cobra agents in the episode. Below is an excerpt from Peter Haining's A Dictionary of Ghost Lore about wendigos: |
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The wendigo is a Canadian entity, half-phantom, half-beast, who lives
in the forests and preys on human beings, particularly children. The belief
in this horror dates back to the earliest Indian legends and it is said
that the wendigo will eat the flesh of its victims. According to R.S. Lambert
in Exploring the Supernatural (1955), "Wendigos (who might be women
as well as men) were believed to have entered into a pact with evil spirits,
lurking in the forest, who helped them kill their victims." The legend
of this creature has been immortalized in Algernon Blackwood's short story
"The Wendigo" (1907). |
 
Snow Job's goggles were not included in one shot.
Beach Head's gloves and vest are not present in one shot but appear
in the following shot.
Flint
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Flint explains that you should rely on your conscience rather than
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