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The Rotten Egg

12th of 30 episodes in Sunbow season 2. Written by Steve Mitchell and Barbara Petty. First aired October 7, 1986.

Previous episode: The Million Dollar Medic
Next episode: Once Upon a Joe

Following a successful raid on a Cobra weapons lab, Leatherneck is invited to be the guest of honor at CEC Academy's graduation ceremony. When he arrives, he finds out it's a Cobra training camp run by his old rival, Buck McCann, and he is taken prisoner. Meanwhile, the Joes drill for their own showing at the Marine graduation at Parris Island. In flashback, McCann is revealed to have been a promising but crooked recruit whom Leatherneck caught stealing weapons to sell on the black market.

Leatherneck is used as a target for the cadets to hunt down. He evades the trainees until one of them falls into the river. He saves her at the cost of being recaptured. When he wakes up, he learns the cadets are about to attack and bomb the Parris Island ceremony. He escapes and hitches a ride to Parris Island, and he and the Joes stop McCann's attack.

Appearing Cast and Equipment

Featured Characters
Leatherneck	516 seconds	51 lines	attacking weapons lab; driving Silver Mirage to CEC Academy; fighting at ceremony
Wet-Suit	79 seconds	8 lines	attacking weapons lab; at HQ; flying Conquest; fighting cadets at ceremony
Beach Head	72 seconds	12 lines	training soldiers; concerned about Leatherneck; fighting Cobra cadets at ceremony
Low-Light	56 seconds	2 lines	attacking weapons lab; with Wet-Suit at HQ; fighting Cobra cadets at ceremony
Roadblock	54 seconds	7 lines	attacking weapons lab; flying Conquest; fighting Cobra cadets at ceremony
Zandar	40 seconds	2 lines	driving motorcycle to Parris Island; bike stolen by Leatherneck; attacking at ceremony
Dial-Tone	20 seconds	2 lines	attacking weapons lab; at command center
Monkeywrench	20 seconds	1 line	driving motorcycle to Parris Island; attacking at ceremony
Hawk	17 seconds	3 lines	assigning Joes to attend Parris Island graduation ceremony
Serpentor	8 seconds	2 lines	in Air Chariot inspecting recruits; at Parris Island in imagine spot
Wild Bill	6 seconds	2 lines	flying Tomahawk in attack on weapons lab
Lifeline	5 seconds	2 lines	delivering invitation to Leatherneck
Slip-Stream	4 seconds	2 lines	leading Conquests in attack on weapons lab

Background Characters
Buzzer	22 seconds	(silent)	driving motorcycle to Parris Island; attacking at ceremony
Torch	17 seconds	(silent)	driving motorcycle to Parris Island; attacking at ceremony
Ripper	13 seconds	(silent)	driving motorcycle to Parris Island; attacking at ceremony
Mainframe	9 seconds	(silent)	at command center with Dial-Tone
Zarana	8 seconds	(silent)	driving motorcycle to Parris Island; attacking at ceremony

Troops Appearing
Viper	23 seconds		captured in attack on Cobra weapons lab
Greenshirt	3 seconds		loading Cobra prisoners onto A.P.C.
Strato-Viper	1 second		prisoner being loaded onto A.P.C. (2:04)

Vehicles Appearing
Conquest X-30	50 seconds		used to attack weapons lab and fly to Parris Island graduation ceremony
Silver Mirage	28 seconds		used by Leatherneck to drive to CEC Academy
Tomahawk	13 seconds		used to attack weapons lab and deliver Leatherneck's invitation
Air Chariot	7 seconds		used by Serpentor during cadet inspection
Moray	6 seconds		used to evacuate weapons lab
A.P.C.	3 seconds		used to load prisoners after attack on weapons lab
Rattler	2 seconds		seen at CEC Academy as Serpentor inspects cadets (11:42-43)

Non-Toy Characters: generic Joes in Wet-Suit's outfit, CEC Cadets, Mike P. Randall, Sheila McDermott, Buck McCann, Marine MPs
Non-Toy Equipment: blue Dreadnok motorcycles

Misc. Notes

On the DVDs from Shout! Factory, this episode is included in the Season 2.0 set (Disc 2, Episode 5).
The character Buck McCann is likely a play on the name of Leatherneck's voice actor, Chuck McCann.