[SnowCat]

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Originally Posted by Fred Broca

The Spy Who Rooked Me

This is the first time the 'Noks are on their motorcycles.

Was just rewatching Season 1's Countdown for Zartan and the Dreadnoks are briefly seen on motorcycles in that episode. But it's a blink and you miss it scene.

[BizCopperhead]

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Originally Posted by Dreadnok Twins

It couldn't have been Zandar that whopped on the Dreadnoks for doing that, because ALL good character development where Zarana is concerned HAS to go to Zartan. That's the rule. Screw the rule.

Zartan's the boss, and it's his sister, he flipped out. It makes sense.

[Dreadnok Twins]

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Originally Posted by BizCopperhead

Zartan's the boss, and it's his sister, he flipped out. It makes sense.

Zandar. Zarana. Twins. Makes even more sense, but no one cares.

[AutobotTurbine]

I just noticed something about Destro’s first appearance in “The Cobra Strikes” (part 1 of the MASS 4 parter). When he scans his hand to enter the Cobra lair, it looks like there’s an X-ray of his hand and what appears to be robotic fingers. Does anyone know if this is just an artistic liberty, or has Destro had a mechanical hand this entire time and I just never noticed?

[SmokeBellew]

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Originally Posted by AutobotTurbine

I just noticed something about Destro?s first appearance in ?The Cobra Strikes? (part 1 of the MASS 4 parter). When he scans his hand to enter the Cobra lair, it looks like there?s an X-ray of his hand and what appears to be robotic fingers. Does anyone know if this is just an artistic liberty, or has Destro had a mechanical hand this entire time and I just never noticed?

That's another one of those it-is-whatever-you-want-it-to-be things. I think that scene in the toon kicked off a sorta running notion that Destro might be cybernetic (is that the right word for that?) because it pops up from time to time. The Resolute Destro figure came with an interchangeable robot arm, for example.

[Once A Man]

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Originally Posted by Dreadnok Twins

Zandar. Zarana. Twins. Makes even more sense, but no one cares.

Zandar was conveniently absent during this episode. Were he present, the Dreadnoks wouldn't even think about trying to hypnotize Zarana or he'd kick their asses. Zartan would have no motivation to betray Mindbender, and Flint and crew would rot in jail while the girls all got literal face lifts.

[J James]

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Originally Posted by AutobotTurbine

I just noticed something about Destro?s first appearance in ?The Cobra Strikes? (part 1 of the MASS 4 parter). When he scans his hand to enter the Cobra lair, it looks like there?s an X-ray of his hand and what appears to be robotic fingers. Does anyone know if this is just an artistic liberty, or has Destro had a mechanical hand this entire time and I just never noticed?

In the modern half of Larry's ARAH comic, Destro loses both hands during an attack on Castle Destro by Cobra. He holds up some stone structure so his men can escape.

As a result, he now has robot hands. This was only referenced one more time, during which he and Baroness were cybernetically "brainwashed" thralls of the Blue Ninja cyborgs. Not truly brainwashed, but disconnected from their nervous systems. They were both conscious of their situation but their bodies would not respond to their minds any longer. So, somehow he detached one of his robot hands, and it turned out that his brain could still control it after it was disconnected from his body. So he piloted his hand up to the implant on his neck to overcome the control of the Blue Ninjas.

I never liked that, but maybe the cartoon was the reason for this change from Larry.

[AWOL]

I wish we'd get an explanation about how Destro's head works. He's got the Silver-Surfer-thing going.

[Cobra Agent 66]

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Originally Posted by AWOL

I wish we'd get an explanation about how Destro's head works. He's got the Silver-Surfer-thing going.

We all hate the movie, but nano-technology makes sense. That way he can have facial expressions.

[scruffyronin]

I noticed that Michael Crichton ripped off Primordial Plot to make Jurassic Park. Which wouldn't be a surprise since he ripped off Seven Samurai to make The 13th Warrior.