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Gatchaman Episode 61 – The Phantom Red Impulse

 

The narrator informs us that Gatchaman and ‘the intrepid Team’ bravely fight, in order to protect and defend world peace. We see the God Phoenix flying through the clouds at sunrise.

 

The Science Ninja Team has just completed their regular patrol duty, and they are on their way home.

 

 

Something tells me that Ryu’s getting a little tired…

But they are passing through some familiar airspace. It’s… dun dun dun… Hontwal!

“Hey, we’re just about right above Hontwal!” Jinpei exclaims. “That’s where the Captain of Red Impulse died, isn’t it, Sis?”

“Jinpei!” Jun scolds and the Swallow realizes his error, clapping his hand over his mouth.

 

But of course, it’s already too late. Ken gapes openmouthed at the viewscreen at the mere mention of Red Impulse.

 

He turns to leave the Bridge.

“Hey, Big Bro, where are you going?” Jinpei asks meekly.

 

“Go on home without me, all right?” Ken tells the Team. “I’ll be right back.”

“Big Brother, I’m sorry!” Jinpei calls after him. But Ken is gone.

 

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to!” Jinpei is contrite after the fact. “I wasn’t thinking, and I guess I made him remember.”

Gee, Jinpei, you think?

The G-1 leaves the God Phoenix and flies away.

 

Ken surveys Hontwal sadly, thinking of his father.

 

He remembers the end of the V2 Plan, and his father’s death.

“Dad!” he cries mournfully.

 

For some reason, there is a flower on Ken’s seat. He picks it up and opens his cockpit glass, to throw it out of the G-1 in memory of Red Impulse.

 

Okay, if he’s flying that high and he opens his cockpit glass, wouldn’t the wind knock him out of his plane? And if he’s flying high enough, wouldn’t he lack oxygen? This all just seems a little unrealistic to me, but I’ll let is pass it the name of artistic remembrance of his dead father.

The flower falls toward the ground, spreading its petals as it goes. I won’t mention how the thing looks like a dandelion, and that Ken is probably just spreading weeds amongst the well-maintained gardens of Hontwal. Wink

But as Ken looks back in front of him, he gasps! Three familiar red planes are flying toward him.

“What?” Ken can’t believe it. “The Red Impulse Squad? It can’t be!”

 

But clearly it is, as the three planes pass above Ken.

 

They loop back around, and pass again on the side, allowing Ken to see the pilot of the first jet.

 

“Dad?” Ken thinks to himself. “My father is alive? Impossible!”

As if the other pilot can hear him, a familiar laugh comes through Ken’s communications system.

“Red Impulse is invincible, Kid!” the pilot says. “Follow behind me, and I’ll lead you to my new base of operation.”

“This can’t be happening!” Ken thinks, his jaw practically on the floor in shock.

 

Fortunately, he does manage to keep a few brain cells through this experience, and he contacts Dr. Nambu on his bracelet.

“This is Gatchaman calling Dr. Nambu. Come in, Doctor. Are you there?”

Dr. Nambu reaches to pick up his sophisticated… CB Mic.

 

“Doctor! Doctor! Gatchaman to Nambu! Over!” Ken cries frantically.

“Nambu here. What’s going on, Gatchaman?”

 

“Doctor, my father! My father is still alive!” Ken shouts.

“Your father is still alive? What are you talking about?” Nambu asks,

“It’s my father, the Commander of Red Impulse! He’s flying right in front of me as I speak! I see him with my own eyes!” Ken babbles, breaking out in a sweat.

 

“Unbelievable! That’s impossible!” Nambu can’t believe it either. “If he was actually alive, don’t you think I would have heard form him by now, Ken?”

 

“Circumstances might have prevented it, Doctor.” Ken suggests. “I’m going to meet with him now.” He shuts off the transmission.

“Far out!” he says, with a goofy grin.

“Wait, Gatchaman!” Nambu shouts, apparently unaware that the communication has been terminated. “How can you be sure it’s him? Gatchaman, come in!”

Realizing that Ken has gone off on his own, Nambu gives up.

“So… Red Impulse, alive.” he says grimly. “How can that be possible?”

Meanwhile, the G-1 is following the Red Impulse jets.

 

“This is not a dream!” Ken tries to convince himself. “The Red Impulse Squad is right in front of me! And that man in that plane is my father.”

Back on the God Phoenix, Jun is shocked to hear Dr. Nambu’s news.

 

“What?” Jun cries “Ken’s father is still alive?”

“Apparently.” the Doctor replies. “Ken just contacted me, and is completely beside himself, I’m afraid. I want all of you to tail him, and find out what’s going on!”

 

“Roger!”

 

The Owl immediately turns the God Phoenix around, heading back toward Hontwal.

“Well, either the Captain of Red Impulse is alive, or something’s wrong with Ken.” Joe says.

 

“When it comes to his father, Ken tends to go a little nutso.” Ryu noted. “Not that I don’t understand how he feels.”

Nutso? Not the word I’d choose, but Ryu’s description is pretty accurate.

A massive mountain rises up out of the ground. Ah, Red Impulse, you must be compensating for something…

A large opening is at the bottom of the mountain, big enough for jet planes to fly inside.

“Oh, what’s this place?” Ken wonders.

 

Sure enough, the three red jets fly through the hole and into the mountain, and Ken follows. He lands behind the three jets in a massive hangar.

 

Ken lowers out of his G-1, still sitting in his pilot’s seat.

 

“So this is the new base, eh?” he sys to himself, looking around. “Sure is a big one. But kind of strange. I wonder where everyone is?”

Ken wanders around the empty hangar, while creepy music plays. He leaves through a door, which turns out to be an elevator. The elevator takes him somewhere, and when he gets out, Ken takes on a defensive posture.

 

Ken is in a long hallway at least 2 stories high, with a set of doors at the end. Ken walks toward the doors and enters. What he sees inside makes him gasp.

 

It’s Red Impulse!

 

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Yep, you never would have guessed, would you? Wink

“It’s Dad!” Ken thinks to himself.

 

He runs across the room, then stops right in front of Red Impulse. Red Impulse raises his arms, placing his hands on Ken’s shoulders in a friendly manner.

 

This shot bears a strong resemblance to episode 52, and part of me is expecting Red Impulse to pick up Ken and throw him across the room as a ‘friendly hello’. Big Grin

“You’re looking very well. I’ve missed you.” Red Impulse says.

“I can’t believe it’s true. You’re here! You survived!” Ken exclaims.

“And the others? How is Dr. Nambu doing?” Red Impulse asks.

“He’s been working hard on implementing the Mantle Project. He’s just fine.” Ken replies quickly, but then he returns immediately to the main subject at hand. “But why didn’t you let any of us know that you had survived the explosion?”

Red Impulse sighs regretfully, turning away from Ken and pounding his fist into his hand.

 

“They say, ‘deceive your friend first, in order to deceive your foe’.” he explains. “I didn’t want Galactor to find out I was alive.”

“It makes sense.” Ken swallows this vague explanation. “But you could have at least told us something!”

 

“During that time, I was on a secret, undercover operation, trying to locate Galactor’s headquarters.” Red Impulse hedges.

“Galactor’s headquarters?” Ken asks excitedly. “Then did you…?”.

 

“I couldn’t locate their headquarters, but I gained some knowledge about them, at least.” Red Impulse walks over behind a large desk. He presses a button on the corner, opening a drawer to reveal a metal briefcase embossed with a Galactor symbol. He lifts the case, displaying it to Ken.

“In this case, I have detailed information as to the location of several key Galactor bases.” he says. “Also the blueprints, and the organization’s personnel structure. If we crush these bases, I’m sure we could cut Galactor’s military strength in half.”

 

“How were you able to collect all that?” Ken asks.

“When it comes to infiltration, I have much more experience than you, my friend.” Red Impulse brags. “I want you to deliver this to Dr. Nambu.”

 

Meanwhile, the God Phoenix is flying over Hontwal, searching for any sign of Ken.

“Where the heck did Ken go, anyway?” Ryu asks in exasperation. “He’s nowhere to be found out there!”

 

“Maybe Ken followed his Dad back to wherever his base is.” Joe guesses.

“What’s that?” Jun screams like a little girl.

 

A large, insect-like mecha rises up from the tropical rainforest below. It’s some kind of elongated wasp or bee, with a big stinger at the end of its tail.

“It’s a bee monster!” Ryu takes his turn shrieking like a little girl.

 

The bee monster approaches.

 

“Damn you!” Joe swears. “I didn’t expect to see Galactor’s rats out here!” The Condor raises his fist, sending it crashing down on the glass cover for the red button that launched Bird Missiles.

 

But when he initiates the firing sequence, nothing happens. Joe is shocked!

 

When I first saw this Gatchaman episode, I was actually yelling at the screen, wondering how Joe could be so dumb.

“The Bird Missiles aren’t firing!” Joe is aghast.

“Did you forget?” Jun asks. “We’re missing G-1 right now! The God Phoenix can’t function unless all five vehicles are combined.”

“So we have to run?” Joe asks angrily. “No way, man!” The Condor slams his fists down onto the console.

 

“Here it comes!” Ryu announces. “Sit down, and hold on!”

 

The Swan and the Swallow jump back to their seats.

The bee monster shoots laser blasts at the God Phoenix, but Ryu is able to avoid the fire.

“You’re not getting away!” says the goon piloting the bee monster.

 

The bee monster shoots red and yellow beams at the God Phoenix.

 

These beams are so devastating to the God Phoenix that Joe’s uniform suddenly turns into Ken’s!

 

The beams stop, but the disoriented Ryu cannot avoid the new laser fire being sent their way. The God Phoenix is out of control, and Joe is back in the right uniform!

 

“We’re going to crash!” Jun shouts.

The Owl pulls at the control levers, maneuvering the God Phoenix’s nose to pull up just before it is about to impact the ground.

 

The God Phoenix careens through the trees, physically forcing its way through the forest, leaves and debris trailing in its wake. After a few moments, the God Phoenix emerges out the other side of the forest, at the top of a large cliff, and suddenly they are flying smoothly over the ocean waters again.

“Oh… I guess we survived the crash, huh?” Ryu moans, apparently unaware of what his piloting has done for the Team.

 

“Hey, look Sis! It looks like Galactor gave up and left us!” Jinpei grins.

 

But the bee monster has not given up. It is flying above the God Phoenix, and descends until it is just above. It grabs the God Phoenix, digging its claws into the sides of the ship.

“What the..?” Ryu is shocked.

 

“Got you!” the goons onboard the bee monster laugh. “Now the game is ours!”

 

“Ahhhh! Bee face! Bee face!” Ryu screams as the bee monster comes into view. The bee puts its stinger into the God Phoenix.

 

The pointed stinger of the bee monster plunges through the ceiling of the Bridge. Jun and Jinpei scream as purple clouds begin emitting from the tip.

 

“It’s poison gas!” warns Joe.

But despite this, everyone is quickly overwhelmed by the purple gas.

 

 

“We blew it…” Joe mutters, just before he collapses.

 

Onboard the bee monster, the goons laugh.

“Looks like it worked as planned!” says one. “Let’s take them back with us!”

“Why not just finish them off right now?” asks another goon, showing higher than usual intelligence for his rank.

“Because hostages always come in handy when plotting something big!” the first goon explains.

And so the bee monster flies off, clutching the God Phoenix in its arms.

And back at the home of Red Impulse…

“Well, I’d really better get on my way.” Ken says.

“Oh, don’t go yet!” Red Impulse protests. “Why don’t you stay just a little longer?”

“But everyone will be worried about me.” Ken points out. Too bad this thought is coming too little too late.

 

“I know!” he suggests. “You come to the base with me! Dr. Nambu would be happy to see you!”

“Well, I still have some work to finish up here.” Red Impulse replies smoothly. “I’ll visit him when I get finished.”

“Very well, then. I’ll come again.” Ken replies. “Real soon.” He rubs his visor as he says this. Is that some kind of luck ritual? Like rubbing a lucky rabbit’s foot?

 

“Give Dr. Nambu my regards, along with…” Red Impulse moves to intercept Ken as he stands to leave.

“Wait!” he reminds Ken. “Don’t forget the case.”

 

“Oh yeah!” Ken says ruefully, grabbing for the briefcase. But it accidentally opens, and papers go spilling everywhere.

 

Red Impulse scrambles to collect the papers.

 

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“What was I thinking?” he says. “I failed to lock it! This is all of the information on Galactor that I’ve worked so hard to collect. It would be terrible if even a single piece of it was misplaced. Be sure to deliver this to Dr. Nambu personally.” he advises Ken, handing the case over.

“Yep, you got it!” Ken agrees.

 

I have always wondered what the point of this bit is. Why does the case open? Is it to make the viewer less suspicious, since there are documents inside? I don’t know. It seems pretty meaningless to me.

Red Impulse escorts Ken to the hangar, watching him prepare for takeoff in the G-1.

“Come see me again!” Red Impulse urges.

“Yep!” Ken grins.

 

Oniishi waves a takeoff flag and Ken flies off. Red Impulse watches as Ken leaves.

And now it’s finally time for the Daily Fish Parade! Too bad only Ken is there to see it. He and Dr. Nambu are going over the documents in the briefcase.

“Sorry,” Dr. Nambu says, “I’m still having a hard time believing that the Commander of the Red Impulse Squadron has survived.”

“Then how do you explain that he went out of his way to give us information on Galactor’s bases, Doctor?” Ken asks.

 

“But that alone doesn’t prove that your father is still alive.” Nambu reminds him. “Anyone with a pencil and paper can fabricate maps.”

Ken isn’t too pleased to hear this. We know because he’s doing his best Condor scowl.

 

“So you continue to doubt my father is alive?” he asks. “Even thought I tell you I saw him, you won’t believe it?”

“Of course I want to believe it.” Nambu says, walking toward the window to stare at the Fish Parade. “But don’t you see how crazy it is?”

 

“And now, where is the rest of the Team?” Nambu asks, as a shark goes by. I guess the shark knows that a lunch buffet will follow the Daily Fish Parade.

 

“I believe they went looking for you.” Nambu tells Ken.

“Don’t know. Haven’t seen them.” Ken replies.

“That’s strange. It’s been a good while since they left.” Nambu says, walking back over to a computer panel.

“This is Dr. Nambu!” he says, attempting to contact the others. “God Phoenix, talk to me! This is Nambu, God Phoenix, come in!” Of course, there is no response.

“It’s no good!” he yells at Ken. “We’ve lost all communication, so something must have happened to them!”

“They must be in trouble!” Ken shouts, as we fade to a commercial break.

But even Solid Gold Ken can’t figure out where the Team are.

When we return, Ken is speeding toward the skies above Hontwal once again, in the hope of locating the other four members of the Team.

Ken recalls Dr. Nambu’s doubt that Red Impulse truly is alive.

“Maybe, but I’m going to lay eyes on him one more time.” Ken resolves.

 

And the next thing you know, Ken and Red Impulse are sitting down to afternoon tea.

“Have some coffee!” Red Impulse offers.

 

“Thanks.” Ken says.

“Well help you look for your teammates.” Red Impulse reassures him. “I’m sure we’ll find them before you know it!”

So let’s make this clear… Ken thinks sitting down and having coffee with his father is more important than looking for his missing teammates. Way to get your priorities straight, Ken!

“Rest easy, Gatchaman.” Red Impulse says. “More importantly, tell me, what did Dr. Nambu have to say about me?”

“He just really couldn’t believe you were still alive.” Ken replies. But in his mind, he suddenly has a doubt.

“He called me ‘Gatchaman’?” Ken thinks to himself. Remember, Red Impulse has always called him ‘Ken’.

 

“So? What’s the matter, Gatchaman?” Red Impulse asks.

“Uh… nothing.” Ken replies, although he is clearly startled when Red Impulse calls him Gatchaman again.

“Drink up. Enjoy your coffee before it gets cold.” Red Impulse urges in his best ‘Daddy’ voice.

Ken’s eyes slowly lower to the cup of coffee in front of him.

“Yeah, right…” he mumbles. He’s so nervous that he takes off his glove to drink the coffee!

 

Ken’s coffee cup drops to the floor and crashes. His glove suddenly back on again, Ken begins to choke.

 

 

(JMHO, but I think Ken deserves an Oscar for this one…)

“Are you all right? What is it?” Red Impulse asks calmly.

Ken stumbles across the floor, falling down.

 

“Gatchaman!” Red Impulse shouts, running over to Ken’s body. “What’s wrong? Are you okay? Gatchaman! Pull yourself together!”

 

But as Ken doesn’t respond, Red Impulse stands up and contemptuously kicks Ken’s body.

 

 

Red Impulse begins to laugh. He pulls at his clothing, and amid a swirling purple cape, the mask of Berg Katse is revealed!

 

“I tricked you into drinking poisoned coffee, but I wouldn’t call you a fool!” Katse laughs. “I’ve had to work hard to get this far after all.” He steps on Ken’s face.

 

“Guess what?” Katse taunts the unconscious Ken. “The briefcase has a transmitter! Thanks to you, we’ll find your secret base! Now we’re off to steal that Mantle Project your people have been working on.”

 

“You know what? I’ve changed my mind.” Katse goes on. “This was too easy, so you must be a fool after all!”

And Katse turns to leave.

“Just as I expected.” Ken says. Katse turns around in horror. Ken stands, whistling the Gatchaman theme.

“Ga… Gatchaman!” Katse stutters.

 

“The next time you try to impersonate someone, better do your homework.” Ken lectures.

“How did you see through me?” Katse asks. And foolishly, Ken tells him.

“Between Red Impulse and me, there are things that just the two of us know about.” Ken says. “Things that no one else alive will ever know.”

 

Well this isn’t entirely true. Dr. Nambu and the rest of the Science Ninja Team know too, Ken.

“Get my drift, you guano-breathed bastard?” Ken smirks. Ooh, I like that one. Good line!

“What does that mean?” Katse asks. And again, Ken is dumb enough to continue, although he’s no longer smirking. He’s got his ‘angry face’ on.

“Do you wanna know? Because I’ll tell you if you want!” Ken shouts. “Now listen up!” He rushes across the room and punches Katse in the face.

 

And the gut.

 

And the jaw.

 

Then he elbows him in the gut.

 

“You can never understand, you rat!” Ken shouts, as he throws Katse to the floor. I guess Ken learned something from his father after all!

Katse falls to the ground, but Ken rushes over and yanks him up by his collar.

 

“How dare you defile my father!” Ken shouts. “Damn you!”

Katse doesn’t look too happy about this turn of events.

 

“Damn it! I’m going to kill you!” Ken shouts, as he bashes Katse’s head against the wall.

 

“You bastard!” Ken shouts, doing his best Captain Kirk impersonation.

 

Some goons finally notice what’s going on, and they come in the door, guns raised.

“Lord Katse!” they shout, opening fire.

 
Ken isn’t too happy about being disturbed.

 

But he lets go of Katse and throws his boomerang.

 

This takes out the goons, and Ken’s cowl turns white in pride as the Eagle catches his returning weapon.

 

 

Oh, but there are more goons! Ken leaps up to the ceiling, swinging on the chandelier and leaping off to take out the others. The he pulls a mini-bomb out of his belt pouch and prepares to throw it at Katse.

Katse grabs a terrified goon to hide behind.

 

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And sure enough, when the blast comes…

 

Katse stands up and presses a button on the wall, and the floor opens up under Ken’s feet.

 

Of course, Ken is able to glide down, but it’s a long drop. He lands on a metal floor.

“Big Bro!” shouts Jinpei. Yes, Ken has landed in the same cell as the rest of the Science Ninja Team.

 

“Man, I knew we could count on you to come rescue us!” Jinpei cries. “How did you know we were here?”

“I got caught too, Jinpei.” Ken admits. Jinpei isn’t too happy to hear this.

 

“Ken, so is it true that your father is still alive?” Jun asks. “Tell us what’s been going on.”

“The whole thing was just a sick and twisted trick.” Ken sighs.

 

Katse and a bunch of goons arrive on the other side of the bars, lording it over the Science Ninja Team.

“I got you all together now, without having to do much work at all!” Katse laughs.

 

“Just sit back, relax, and make yourselves at home, as you watch your base get obliterated!” Katse sneers. “And allow Galactor to present you with a small token of our affection.” Katse snaps his fingers at s goon, who places a bomb onto the wall, opposite the cell bars.

 

“This time bomb is set to go off in five minutes.” Katse informs them. “So be sure to save extra breath for your last scream. Meanwhile, we’ve decided to move to a different secret base. Smart, huh?”

Ken isn’t too happy with Katse’s speech.

 

His hand moves surreptitiously toward his belt, and he pulls something from his waist pouch. When Katse turns away, Ken flicks a small device through the air.

 

It lands on the back of Katse’s neck, on his collar.

“Let’s move out, Galactor!” Katse orders, oblivious to what Ken has done.

“Sire!” the goons salute, turning to run from the room.

“Hurry!” Katse urges, before turning for a final look at the Science Ninja Team. “Well, buh-bye now!” he sneers condescendingly before departing. I guess Katse watches Saturday Night Live. Big Grin

Interestingly, Katse leaves in a different direction from his goons.

“Damn it! Let us out of here, you bastard!” Jinpei calls at Katse’s retreating back. Ken ignores him, instead activating his bracelet.

“This is Gatchaman. Dr. Nambu, come in. Gatchaman to Nambu, do you read?”

 

“The signal is being jammed.” Jun explains. “It’s impossible to transmit anything.”

“But Doc Nambu is in danger! What should we do now?” Jinpei asks.

 

“Jun, try to blow the bars with your Yo-Yo Bomb.” Ken suggests.

 

“Yo-Yo Strike!” Jun shouts, throwing her weapon at the metal bars. The yo-yo wraps itself around the bars and detonates… but there is no effect.

 

“This is so pointless.” Joe smirks. “Galactor can’t doubt our abilities that much. They’re sure to have reinforced the bars.”

 

“Don’t tell me we’re going to die like this!” Jinpei whines. “Say something, Big Bro! Anything!” Jinpei runs to the bars and stares at Katse’s time bomb.

“It’s going to go off if we don’t do something soon!” he cries. “Big Bro, can’t we do something?”

 

“All right!” Joe snaps, pulling out his gun. I guess he’s as tired of Jinpei’s whining as I am!

“Don’t do it!” Ken orders. “You’re only going to make it go off, Joe!” What, does he think Joe is going to shoot the bomb?

 

“Just you watch.” smirks Joe, pulling out his drill bit attachment. He fits in the device, then pushes Jinpei aside so he can reach the bars. As Jinpei watches wide-eyed, Joe places his drill in the center of the bar, holding his gun carefully to allow his bit to bore into the metal rung.

 

“It’s no good!” Jinpei shouts. “That’s never going to get us out on time!” Wow, the Swallow is such a morale booster, isn’t he? Sigh.

 

Joe ignores him. He must have a lot of practice doing that.

Inside a Galactor submarine, Katse laughs.

“The Science Ninja Team will soon be wiped from the face of the Earth.” he says to himself. His sub enters an underwater Galactor base. He docks.

 

“Welcome aboard, Sire!” the goons salute. For once, Katse actually salutes them back.

“Thank you men!” he says. But the action of saluting causes Ken’s transmitter to fall off the back of his cloak.

 

The transmitter lands in the water of the Docking Bay.

Meanwhile, back in the prison cell…

“Are you done yet?” Jinpei complains. “Geez, I’m freaking out over here!”

 

“What’s your rush?” Ryu asks the boy coolly. “We don’t have anywhere to go.”

“Joe, aren’t you done?” Jun nags. “Hurry up!” Okay, that’s unfair of her. It’s not like she’s doing anything to help!

“Keep your hair on!” Joe growls. “It’s not like poking holes in paper!”

 

Meanwhile, the bee monster is flying through the air, and goons are tracking the location of the briefcase that ‘Red Impulse’ gave to Ken.

The drill finally breaks through the bar.

“I’ve got it!” Joe announces.

“All right! We’re out of here, dudes!” Jinpei cheers. Notice, not one word of thank you or apology to Joe.

 

“Don’t get too excited. I still have one more to open.” Joe tells him. Jinpei moans loudly. Sheesh! This kid is acting like Joe is going slow on purpose! Can someone belt him, already? Joe’s too busy to do it!

“We’re out of time.” Ken sighs. “It’s no good.”

“Ken, what do we do?” Jun asks.

“We’ll take our chances.” Ken replies calmly. He pulls a number of mini-bombs out of his belt pouch, then packs them into the hole that Joe has made in the bars. Just wondering… how many of these things does he have, anyway?

 

“Everyone, take cover!” Ken orders.

Once they have all moved back to the stone wall, Ken throws his boomerang at the packed explosives.

“Bird Run!”

The bars explode, and one pole lands between Jinpei and Ryu, nearly impaling them.

 

“Far out! We did it!” Ken grins.

 

“Hurry!” Ken calls. He runs out of the cell, and the others follow.

 

But Ryu has a little trouble.

 

“Whoo! Damn it!” he curses. “I swear I’m going to start exercising more tomorrow.” He finally breaks free, then runs after the others, calling at them to wait up.

The God Phoenix shoots out of the hangar and into the open sky, the G-1 is close behind. What, were they both parked next to each other in the hangar? If so, why didn’t Ken notice the God Phoenix when he arrived, earlier?

Seconds later, the entire mountain explodes. So much for ‘Red Impulse’s secret base’.

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But even as the base is exploding, Ken is contacting Dr. Nambu.

 

“Gatchaman here. Come in, Dr. Nambu! Do you read me?”

“You say Galactor is heading this way right now?” Nambu is astounded.

 

“Yes, Doctor.” Ken confirms. “That briefcase is acting as a transmitter. Dispose of it right away!”

“Understood.” Nambu replies. “I’m right on it, Ken!” He throws the briefcase into the incinerator, where it quickly melts away.

 

“Huh?” the goons onboard the bee monster are confused. “We lost the signal!”

“Did they find out?” asks another goon.

 

“No way! That’s impossible! What the hell?” the first goon wants to know.

The G-1 docks with the God Phoenix, and Ken goes to the Bridge.

“Everything should be all right now, guys.” he says.

“So, what was the device you pitched on Berg Katse’s collar, earlier?” Jun asks. We get a brief flashback of this.

 

“Just wait and see!” Ken smirks. “Since he gave us a surprise, I gave him a nifty little transmitter. Check it out! This is going to be very interesting.”

We see the transmitter in the water in the Galactor base. It begins glowing and beeping.

Jun and Jinpei’s radar screen is displaying a map of the Crescent Base’s current location, as well as that of the bee monster.

“It’s starting to transmit a signal!” Jinpei says.

 

“Do you think we’ll trick them, Ken?” Jun asks doubtfully.

“Galactor’s internal communication is never good, so we have a chance.” Ken replied. Hmmm… so there is some doubt here. But I agree with Ken, there’s a good possibility…

 

On the viewscreen, we see the bee monster continuing to approach the Crescent Base.

“But before we know it, it’ll reach Crescent Coral Base!” Jinpei says shakily.

Suddenly, the bee monster diverts its course away from the Crescent Coral Base and moves away.

“It turned!” Jinpei cheers.

 

The exprssion on Kens’ face is vengeful.

 

Meanwhile, Katse appears in the Control Room of the underwater base.

 

“What is going on here?” he rants. “Haven’t you heard from the Gigabee mecha yet? Do I have to do everything?” Ah, so at nearly the end of the episode, the bee monster finally has a name…

“Look, we found it!” one of the goons on the Gigabee crows. “It’s the Science Ninja Team’s Base!” Of course, we can clearly see that he is [i]not[/i[ looking at the Crescent Coral Base…

 

“That’s not much of a base, is it, guys?” another goon laughs. “A single missile could waste the whole place!”

And meanwhile, on the base…

“Huh, whoa, dude, check it out!” says a goon who clearly wishes he were on Beavis and Butthead instead of Gatchaman. “We’ve got something on radar.”

 

“What’s that?” another goon asks. “It’d better not be the Science Ninja Team!”

“I’ll waste the bastards!” A third goon presses a red button. “Attach!”

So the Galactor base is shooting at Gigabee.

 

“Aw, damnit, they’re shooting at us!” says another group of goons onboard the Gigabee.

 

“Who cares? Get them!” says a goon cowering bravely behind a chair.

 

So Gigabee starts shooting its red and yellow beams, and now the Galactor underwater base is blowing up. Water rushes in.

 

“What? What is going on?” Katse shouts.

 

He runs out of the base, which is now filling with water. Two drowning goons grab onto him for help. Katse looks at them in disgust.

 

“Don’t you… get your hands off of me!” Katse shows, throwing the men off of him before running to his escape pod.

 

Ever loyal to Galactor, a drowning goon presses a button on the control panel, firing more missiles at the Gigabee.

 

Needless to say, life is not good on the Gigabee either.

 

Katse escapes in his submarine just as the base and the Gigabee explode.

Back on the God Phoenix, the Science Ninja Team has apparently been monitoring the entire thing.

“Hah!” crows Jinpei. “They’re killing their own guys!”

 

“Come on, let’s scram.” Ryu grins. “Dr. Nambu must be worried.”

But rather than reveling in the victory with the rest of them, Ken turns away, moving back from the main viewscreen.

“Hey!” Ryu exclaims.

“Big Brother, where are you going now?” Jinpei asks.

 

“Jinpei, you should lay off him for awhile.” Joe tells him. “I’m sure, for Ken, this has stirred up a lot of heartache.”

Ken stands on an elevator, his head bowed as he rises.

 

Strangely, the elevator leads to the Elevation Platform. I thought that platform went down to the Bridge? I guess it goes to different locations on the God Phoenix.

The dome opens, and Ken stands on the hull of the God Phoenix as it flies.

 

Once again, Galactor’s ambition to trap the Science Ninja Team by using vicious measures has ended in a miserable failure. But the heartless Galactor probably couldn’t even being to imagine how devastating this incident was, especially for Ken, who still grieved and still struggled to forget sad memories of his lost father.

 

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BOTP Episode 19 – Attack of the Alien Wasp

Here at Center Neptune, 900 fathoms beneath the sea, Zark is the first one to get bad news, through his complex sensory system.

“I should be happy.” he tells us. “Not a single alert in 24 hours! But… I’m worried.”

Yep, in case you haven’t guessed it already, Zark is a worrywart. Even when there’s nothing to be worried about, he’s worried.

Perhaps that’s why his arms are all twisted!

 

And ooh… Zark is naked today…

“Spectra, a hostile, alien planet in Crab Nebulae, is bound to attack again soon!” Zark assures us. “Their planet is just like Earth, only millions of years older.”

So… Spectra is so advanced that their planet is millions of years older, yet at roughly the same technological level as Earth? Hmmm… And I won’t even get into the ‘just like Earth’ thing. Sigh.

“And their resources are all depleted.” Zark informs us. “They need what we have, and they’ll never stop attacking until they rob Earth of everything.”

And now, Zark turns his head and realizes that he’s got an audience.

 

“Oh, I’m sorry!” he apologizes. “I’m called 7-Zark-7, computerized co-ordinator for Center Neptune. The Intergalactic Early Warning System shoots all red alerts to me, and I relay them to G-Force.”

Ooh, and now he’s introducing G-Force! Pictures of the Team flash by as Zark speaks.

 

 

 

 

 

“These five young people possess incredible skills, and have been trained almost from birth to repel all alien invaders from outer space.” Zark says proudly. “I think I’d better touch base right now with Mark, the leader of G-Force.”

“7-Zark-7 calling G-Force! Come in, G-Force!”

And we cut to the Bridge of the Phoenix, where everyone seems to be a little bit tired.

“G-Force, do you read me?” Zark asks plaintively. “Mark, come in, please! Mark!”

But Mark is apparently too tired to deal with Zark.

“Mark!” Keyop burbles. “No ears?” He’s pointing straight ahead in horror. I presume he’s supposed to be pointing at the communications panel, and is aghast that Mark is ignoring Zark’s hail?

But Princess shushes Keyop. Mark appears to be very sad. He turns and leaves the Bridge.

“Sorry…” Keyop broops.

“It’s okay, Keyop, forget it.” Mark says, before he leaves.

”Dumb me!” Keyop burbles. “My tongue!”

Okay, that’s far too easy a target and I’m not even going to bother to make a comment here.

Mark’s Supersonic Jet leaves the back of the Phoenix and flies away. And even though he never contacted the Team, Zark knows just when to come back in and do a voiceover.

“Mark is a beautiful pilot,” Zark says, as Mark looks down sadly on the landscape going by, “but he is in a very sad mood today, and my Thought Probes tell me why.” Oh, Zark, you are so wise! Please, give us the benefit of the knowledge from your Thought Probes!

And he does.

“He just received word that Zoltar, and his invasion forces from Spectra, attacked Planet Riga and completely devastated it.”

Um… where was G-Force during all of this? Isn’t it G-Force’s job to fight Spectran invasions?

We see a shot of a large rocket going into space and being detonated. Since The Sky Is Falling hasn’t been made into BOTP yet, this footage is not in the least familiar.

“Mark’s good friend from Riga, Colonel Cronus, was undoubtedly lost with all the others.” Zark explains, as Mark throws a flower out of his cockpit. “Mark and Cronus served together many times in mutual defense of our galaxy, and they had great admiration and respect for each other.”

Mark’s expression is surprised.

“Uh, oh, trouble!” Zark tells us, as three red ships appear on the scene. “Three invaders reaching the Blue Cordon Perimeter in Sector Z! Mark has to contact Security Chief Anderson on this right away!”

Um… if you know what’s going on, Zark, they why don’t you contact Chief Anderson? Save Mark a bit of work when he’s already dealing with alien invaders. What do you think?

Yet Mark does nothing but stare as the three ships fly by him. One of the ships flies next to his, and the pilot waves. Mark recognizes him.

“Cronus!” Mark thinks to himself. “I thought he was dead!”

“He looks as though he’s seen a ghost.” Cronus says to himself, before flying off.

“It can’t be!” says an astounded Mark, before using his communicator. “Chief Anderson! G-Force Priority Call! Chief Anderson! Chief Anderson, urgent! Come in!”

“Anderson here!” the Chief says, picking up his high-tech CB mic. “I read you, Mark.”

“I just saw Cronus! He’s alive!” Mark announces.

“Cronus? Alive? That’s impossible!” Anderson replies.

“I saw it! I’m requesting permission to follow him to his base. I don’t want to lose him!” Mark says.

“No, you’re already in a restricted area!” the Chief says. “Return to the command ship at once!”

“Negative, I’ve got to follow him!” Mark insists. So why did he even bother to ‘ask permission’ if he was just going to do what he wants anyway? This is more ‘hotheaded’ Jason’s style than Mark’s, methinks.

“Return to the Phoenix! That’s an order, Commander!” Anderson says, but Mark can’t hear him. He frowns as the ominous music sounds.

“Impossible… I can’t believe it! It can’t be Cronus!” the Chief mutters to himself.

Meanwhile, Mark is following the three red jets.

“My instincts tell me I’m right,” Mark thinks to himself, “even if I am in the doghouse.”

Back on the Phoenix, Princess is horrified. And why?

“Mark disobeyed orders?” she gasps.

“He’s put himself and our entire security system in jeopardy.” Anderson is briefing the rest of the Team on the Phoenix. “You’re his Team. Try to bring him back!”

“G-Force!”

Okay… they’re supposed to try to bring him back? Boy, Anderson sure doesn’t have any faith in them, does he? And it’s only even more embarrassing because we know that in this episode, he’s right not to have faith in them to do this.

The Phoenix turns around and heads back to look for Mark.

“Sounds like our noble Commander might be in line for a demotion.” Jason notes.

“Come on! Get off his back, Jason!” Tiny defends his Commander. “You know Mark always knows what he’s doing!” Ouch…

Mark follows the three jets to a mountain that rises up from the ground.

“A secret air base!” he smirks, before following them inside.

“Everything looks cool.” he says, after leaving his plane. “Fantastic layout! Well concealed. But what’s Cronus doing here?”

Mark wanders down the base and goes up an elevator. He enters a room at the end of a long corridor and gasps. It’s Colonel Cronus!

“Cronus!” Mark thinks to himself. He runs over to the Colonel, and Cronus puts his hands on Mark’s shoulders.

“So we meet again, my friend.” Cronus says.

“I thought Zoltar destroyed your planet!” Mark exclaims.

“Not all of it. I escaped to Earth.” Cronus replies.

“I remember once I was trapped in a magnetic field and you got me out.” Mark says. “I owe you my life.”

Cronus turns around and slams his fist into his hand, as if he’s not happy to hear that at all.

“You owe me nothing.” Cronus insists. “But together, we can get rid of that demon Zoltar from Spectra, if you’ll join me.”

“You can count on it. What’s your plan?” Mark jumps right in.

“It’ll take your entire G-Force Team, and we must work in secrecy.” Cronus warns.

“Our galaxy wants peace.” Mark insists.

“All right. Our first objective is to penetrate Spectra’s secret base on Earth.” Cronus says. Wait, there’s only one secret Spectran base on Earth? Apparently so.

Cronus opens a drawer in a desk and pulls out a large briefcase.

“Here’s the key to our plan.” he says. “Top secret documents proving the location of Spectra’s Earth Headquarters. It reveals all accessible routes, as well as all propulsion units and control reactors.”

“Where did you get those?” Mark wants to know.

“Sorry, Mark.” Cronus shuts him down. “I can only tell you the source is completely reliable.”

Hmmm… this should be alarm bell number one for Mark. Why wouldn’t Cronus reveal his source? Doesn’t he think that Mark is trustworthy?

“Trust me, as I trust you!” Cronus adds. Which is lame, because Cronus obviously doesn’t trust Mark, or he’d just answer the darn question.

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Back on the Phoenix…

“I sure hope we can run into Mark before he gets into trouble!” Tiny says.

“One problem. Where do we start looking?” Jason asks, just as Princess gasps again. Boy, she sure is doing a lot of gasping in this episode!

“Aah! Watch out!” she cries.

Sure enough, a giant bee monster is rising up from out of the trees to meet them.

“It’s a giant wasp!” Tiny exclaims. I can actually buy this. I know the thing has a stinger and all, but really, it has more of the lean, mean physique of a wasp, rather than a bee.

“Red alert! We’ve got a weird alien invader!” Jason says calmly, before slamming his fist on the red button, smashing the glass cover. But the missiles don’t fire. Jason is aghast.

“They’ve jammed our defense system!” he exclaims.

“That means they killed our backup systems too!” Princess adds. “Even if Center Neptune sends help, it’ll never get here in time!”

“We’ll have to take evasive action!” Jason declares. Keyop and Princess jump into their seats while Jason stands up. Tiny starts maneuvering the Phoenix around. He avoids the laser fire from the wasp. But then it shoots red and yellow beams at them, and they are disoriented. Jason’s uniform turns into Mark’s, and then back again. Laser fire from the wasp starts hitting the Phoenix. It begins hurtling toward the ground.

“Pull up, Tiny!” Princess shouts.

The Phoenix dives into the forest, crashing through the trees while Tiny struggles with the controls. Suddenly, it bursts out of the forest and is over the water.

“Restart your hearts!” Tiny says. “We lost them!”

“Lost me!” Keyop broops.

But of course, the wasp isn’t gone. It is above them, and it descends until it can grasp the Phoenix with its claws. Okay, they’re not really claws on an insect… pincers?

“They got us!” Tiny exclaims in horror.

“They never look behind!” laughs a goon on the wasp.

“I’ve lost control!” Ting reports, as the wasp’s face comes into view on the main screen. The wasp’s stinger penetrates the back of the ship and enters the Bridge. Everyone conks out as purple gas floods the Bridge, and no one says a word.

“Right on target, there!” laughs a goon on the wasp. “Sleeping like babies!”

“We got them!” says another goon. “Where do we take them?”

“To the secret mountain base!” replies the first goon. “We’ll get medals for this day’s work!”

And so the wasp flies off, the Phoenix in its grasp. Aaaaaand…. we cut to Zark.

 

“Oh dear.” Zark is fretting. “If Mark had been there, I don’t think this would have happened!” Now IMHO that’s completely unfair. How could Mark have overcome weapons being disabled? Of course, they could have tried the Fiery Phoenix if Mark had been aboard. Perhaps that’s what Zark means. Yeah…

“I’m not receiving any contacts at all. I think I’m losing my sensors!” Zark says. I’m losing more than my sensors, listening to Zark, I’ll tell you that much.

“This is 7-Zark-7 calling Mark! Urgent! Come in, Mark!” Zark says. But Mark is still deep in conversation with Cronus.

“What’s the first step, Cronus?” Mark asks.

“Go back to your G-Force Team.” Cronus says. “Bring them here to join us.”

“I can’t do that.” Mark says. “I can only recommend your plan. Then we’ll have to make a joint decision.” Now this seems strange. Mark is Commander. He can’t bring the G-Force Team here? Perhaps Mark is suspicious, and he’s just being cautious.

“Always loyal, aren’t you?” Cronus says. “I admire that. Do it your way.”

Mark’s jet fires up.

“I’ll be back shortly.” Mark salutes Cronus as he departs. Hmmm… why will Mark be back shortly? Can’t he just contact Cronus to tell him whether or not the Team is in? Again, I’m wondering if Mark has cottoned on to something and is stringing Cronus along.

The G-1 leaves, and we get the Daily Fish Parade at Center Neptune. Chief Anderson is looking at the documents.

“Very interesting.” Anderson admits. “The question is, why did Cronus give them to you?”

“It just could be he wants to help!” Mark replies. “You know what’s wrong with you security people? You suspect everyone!” Well, I guess Mark didn’t figure out that his meeting wasn’t on the up-and-up. Sigh.

“We aren’t allowed one mistake in judgment, Commander.” the Chief replies. “If my own son gave me these papers, I’d question them.” Interesting… does the Chief have a son, then?

“I’m not your son, and Cronus once saved my life.” Mark retorts. “Now he wants help!”

“I believe you have doubts yourself, Commander.” Anderson says, standing up and walking over to watch the Fish Parade. “You must have seen Spectra’s evil symbol on the document case!”

“I saw it.” Mark admits.

“We’ve had these papers before, and ran them through our Crypto-Phaser.” the Chief reveals. “They revealed absolutely nothing! They’re fakes!” Ooh, so these aren’t new documents, and they’re fake to boot! Now Mark really should be suspicious!

“Now maybe Cronus defected from his planet and joined the sinister forces of Spectra.” Anderson suggests.

“I’ll know soon.” Mark says in an angry voice, as we fade to a commercial.

We come back to our usual scene of Zark pacing.

 

“Mark is going back to see his old friend Cronus, and he’s not very happy about what Anderson told him.” Zark recaps. “How would you feel if you didn’t know if your friend was really your friend? I know how I’d feel!” Oh, really?

“No, I don’t know.” Zark admits, shrugging with his hands in the air. “I’m just a robot. I never had a friend.” Gee, I wonder why? Wink

 

“It might be nice to have a friend to compute with.” sighs Zark. Mercifully, we cut to a scene of Mark flying his Supersonic Jet back to Cronus before we can hear more.

“Well, the Commander is on his way!” Zark narrates. “And I’ve got an awful queasy feeling in the pit of my base electrode that he’s in for trouble. Poor Mark! I wish I had some good readout for him, but I only put out what’s put in me!”

And the thought of Zark ‘putting out’ just makes me Puke2 .

We cut to Cronus’ base, and he is placing a cup of coffee in front of Mark.

“I’m surprised, my friend.” Cronus says. “I told you this was to be in the strictest secrecy! Then you showed our plans to your Security Division. Why?”

“I’ll be honest, Cronus. I had some doubts.” Mark admits.

“You doubt a friend?” Cronus is surprised. Mark’s mouth opens and closes for a minute, but he doesn’t say anything.

“No more.” the Commander finally acknowledges.

“Good.” Cronus smiles. “Then let’s drink to both our planets, and peace in our galaxy!” He takes a sip of coffee.

“Health!” he toasts. It must be a Rigan thing to make a toast when drinking coffee.

Mark eyes his coffee suspiciously, but picks it up and drinks it anyway, but not before removing his glove.

The coffee cup crashes to the floor, and Mark’s glove is back on as he chokes and stumbles around the room. Mark should get an Oscar too!

“Mark, what is it?” Cronus asks. Mark collapses on the floor.

“My friend, what’s wrong?” Cronus asks, shaking Mark. “Are you ill? Can I help you?” But as Mark does not respond, Cronus begins to laugh an evil laugh… and pulls off his clothing to reveal that he is actually Zoltar!

“Of course your friend Cronus is dead!” Zoltar laughs. “But I, Zoltar, made myself his duplicate. I only wanted you to lure the rest of G-Force here, so I could destroy all of you! But I didn’t need your help! The Giant Wasp has already captured the others.” He turns to leave.

“Don’t celebrate yet, Zoltar!” Mark says. He stands up, much to Zoltar’s horror.

“Aiiie! You’re alive!” Zoltar exclaims.

“You’re pretty clever, and dumb too!” Mark says. “If you’d have been Cronus, you’d have known I don’t drink!”

Okay… Mark doesn’t drink… coffee? Maybe he’s a Mormon.

“You bombed out again!” Mark smirks. “Your big plan for conquering the Earth will have to wait… forever, I hope! Now, what have you done with the G-Force Team?”

“They all escaped.” Zoltar says. Fortunately, Mark’s not buying it.

“Come on, Zoltar! None of your tricks work!” Mark says.

At that moment, some goons run in the door with their rifles raised. They don’t get a chance to shoot, because Mark leaps into the air and grabs the chandelier, then begins running across the room. Zoltar opens a panel in the floor and Mark falls in. He glides down a long way and…

“Surprise!” Keyop broops. Mark is in a prison cell with the rest of the Team.

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“Stop meeting… like this!” Keyop burbles.

“I didn’t believe he really captured you!” Mark says. So let me get this straight… he believes that Zoltar is Cronus, but then he doesn’t believe that Zoltar has captured the rest of the Team. Uh huh…

“We were looking for you, but we got stung by a giant wasp.” Princess explains.

“Sorry, Team. I goofed it.” Mark apologizes, looking contrite. But suddenly Zoltar is there with goons, on the other side of the bars!

“Welcome, members of G-Force!” he laughs. “We’re proud to have such distinguished guests. Unfortunately, you won’t be guests for long. In a few moments, you’ll be merely unpleasant memories.” A goon puts a bomb on the wall.

“If you have any marvelous plan for escape, I advise you to hurry!” Zoltar goes on. “The clock on the wall is already ticking off your last few precious seconds!”

Mark pulls something out of his belt pouch.

“Clear the area!” Zoltar orders his men. “Fast!” Mark throws the device onto Zoltar’s collar.

“I shall miss you!” Zoltar says, before leaving in the opposite direction form his goons.

“Purple creep!” Keyop broops as Zoltar departs.

“G-Force calling Center Neptune.” Mark says into his communicator. “Red alert! Come in, Center Neptune!”

“It’s no use, Mark!” Princess tells him. “They’ve jammed all our communication lines!”

“Cooked goose!” Keyop burbles.

“Princess, you have the detonator. Use it!” Mark orders. Princess obligingly throws her yo-yo at the bars, but the explosion has no effect.

“Nothing!” Jason says. “Like throwing a firecracker at a mountain! We’ve got to find another way, and fast!”

“Faster!” Keyop broots. He goes to the bars and looks at the clock. “Countdown!”

Jason pulls out his gun.

“Might work, Jason.” Mark approves. “It’s worth a try.”

“What’s our other choice?” Jason asks, while putting the drill attachment onto the end of his gun. He goes over and begins drilling at the bars.

“Tick tock!” Keyop burbles.

Meanwhile, Zoltar is heading toward his underwater base in a sub.

“The end of G-Force! The Earth is ours!” he crows to himself.

His sub enters the base and docks. Zoltar gets out and his men salute him.

“Hail, Zoltar!” they shout.

“Hail, Spectra!” Zoltar salutes back. The movement causes the device Mark put onto Zoltar’s collar to fall into the water in the Docking Bay.

Back in the cell, Jason’s still drilling.

“Any ideas?” Keyop broots.

“Yeah, we’ve had it!” Tiny replies.

“What if that drill doesn’t work?” Princess asks.

“It’d better. It just has to, Princess!” Jason replies. Boy, they’re all so polite!

And eventually, the drill breaks through.

“Home free!” cheers Keyop.

“One bar.” Jason says in disgust. “We can’t get through that!”

“No time left. We have to use the Astrobomb!” Mark says. But strangely enough, it’s coming out in Jason’s voice.

“That’s awfully risky.” notes Princess. Of course, when you’re about to die anyway, the risk doesn’t seem so great, now does it?

Mark pulls out a bunch of Astrobombs and packs them into the hole Jason made. He throws his sonic boomerang at them with a cry of ‘Fire!’. The bars explode and one lands between Tiny and Keyop, freaking them out for a moment. But the hole is now big enough to escape through.

“Take off!” Mark orders, and everyone does. Except Tiny, who gets stuck.

“Why do I have to be so… muscular?” he asks.

Of course, he eventually wedges himself through and runs off after the rest of the Team. The Phoenix and Mark’s Supersonic Jet zoom away from the mountain base just before it explodes. Mark contacts Center Neptune on his communicator.

“This is G-Force! Come in, 7-Zark-7!”

“Big 10, Commander!” Zark responds. “Good to hear your voice! I’ve been worried!”

And yep, we get to see Mark talking to Zark.

 

“G-Force now escaping from Zoltar’s base. Heading home!” Mark says. “Tell Anderson his information was right.”

“It was my information.” Zark says humbly. “And I’m never wrong.” Way to go, Zark, taking credit for everything.

Mark has no response to this, so he just fades out.

“Commander?” Zark asks sadly. “Oh dear, I must have pushed the wrong button! I lost him!”

On the wasp, the goons are receiving new data.

“G-Force has escaped!” says one. “Alert Zoltar! Spectra’s Headquarters is in danger!”

Mark arrives on the Bridge of the Phoenix.

“Well, Princess, I almost blew it.” he admits.

“Not true.” Princess disagrees.” It’s thanks to you we’re all safe.”

We get a brief flashback of Mark tossing the device onto Zoltar’s collar.

“No one is safe as long as Spectra still has its main Earth Headquarters!” Mark states. “We have one chance. It depends on where the homing bug has landed.”

We see the homing bug activated in the water of the Docking Bay, and everyone on the Phoenix watches the radar display as the wasp makes its way along, seemingly close to Center Neptune.

“Bug?” Keyop asks.

“Just watch the line.” Princess tells him.

“If the homing bug dropped, the line will hit it, and that’s Spectra!” Mark explains.

“Go bug!” Keyop burbles. Then when the line turns, he cheers, “Bug on!”

Zoltar arrives in the control room of the underwater base.

“Increase jets! he orders. “G-Force may have established our location! We must prepare for an attack!”

The wasp is also moving along underwater. It approaches the base. Trigger-happy goons in the base begin firing at it without orders. The wasp doesn’t fire back, but Zoltar is thrown against the wall and he starts screaming. We get a one second shot of Zoltar fleeing, and you can actually see goons in the water at his feet. Are they dead? Horrifying!

Zoltar jumps into his sub and zooms away, just as the base explodes.

“Creamed!” Keyop burbles.

“Maybe they’ll get the message, one of these days.” Tiny adds.

Frankly, this is very confusing. I can understand why the wasp was fired on, but we didn’t see it explode. And then the base apparently exploded for no reason, and Mark’s homing device had nothing to do with it… unless the homing device also had a bomb in it? I’m confused…

Mark must be confused too, because he turns away sadly and walks off of the Bridge.

“Sad…” Keyop breeps.

“Because of Cronus.” Jason explains. “But in our work, sentiment is risky. Gotta keep your guard up.”

Zark voices over as we see Mark rising to the hull of the Phoenix.

“Jason’s right, it’s a tough world.” Zark says. Wait a minute! I have to hear that again. Did he really say that? I must rewind…

Yep, he did. Zark actually said that Jason was right. I am blown away!

“I know!” Zark goes on. “With all of the alerts going through me, it’s a good thing I have solid-state circuitry, or I’d blow a tube for sure! But Mark will handle it. Right now he’s sad because of his friend Cronus. But he did lead his Team to victory over Zoltar, and that’s what counts!”

Back at Center Neptune, Zark is breaking the fourth wall again.

 

“Well, I really thought G-Force was finished that time!” he tells us. “But those young people have incredible powers. And they need them all to combat the invaders from the Planet Spectra.”

“I’ve got a queasy feeling in the pit of my Activator that Zoltar will soon be back!” Zark continues. “Maybe tomorrow! But I’ll be right here, plugged in and running full speed. And so will G-Force!”

 

Wait… Zark plugs in? That’s something I really didn’t need to know…

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Great review, TJ! And I always enjoy your screenshots, too! I always wondered what the point was of the briefcase opening, too- I was hoping you could clear that up for me- LOL!

And this episode of BOTP confused the dickens out of me as a kid...so Cronus dies twice? He already died in the rocket, didn't he? Oh wait, Zark inferred that he survived...And Cronus was revealed to be Mark's father according to the other ep...but he still calls Mark "friend?"

Still, all of this was very confusing to my little 8 year old mind. I never quite understood Cronus.

And I just *have* to add Wendy's little comic gem here...it fits so well!

 

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I agree, Springie! That comic is perfect for this episode! Thanks for sharing it!

Yep, too many weird things going on with Cronus. I never understood it as a kid either. Sigh...

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Great recap, TJ! I have to say, though, this episode always makes me think of your Ties that Bind III fic now!

I'm impressed that in the BOTP version here they called the mecha a wasp -which it very much looks to be- as opposed to, say, a mosquito or something else it clearly isn't. The headshot images Zark uses to introduce G-Force aren't too bad either (aside from the wrong colors on Mark's and Jason's helmets).

As a kid, I was never sure quite what the whole story was with Cronus, but I assumed that I'd missed episodes with key information. Now I realize that it was always kind of confusing.


Springie, I love that cartoon of Wendy's -it's funny because it's so true!

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Well if this episode makes you think of my fic, that's the greatest compliment you can give. Blushing

I agree, this is one where the BOTP name actually made more sense than the Gatchaman name.

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Love the guano breath line!!

And don't you just love how the Eagle's wings change size depending on what he's doing?? (Perhaps they have an inbuilt "dramatic licence" chip).

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And don't you just love how the Eagle's wings change size depending on what he's doing?? (Perhaps they have an inbuilt "dramatic licence" chip).


Or perhaps the wings change size to fit the need... like other body parts... *ahem*...

Oops, sorry... wrong thread... Wink

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Or perhaps the wings change size to fit the need... like other body parts... *ahem*...


Now THAT is something useful!

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Great recap and comments as always, TJ!

This I always ask also:

“Why not just finish them off right now?” asks another goon, showing higher than usual intelligence for his rank.

They'll never learn!

Regarding the briefcase opening, I too do not see its importance. I was expecting something to happen when I first saw it! With regards to Cronus ... I cannot help! I only know Red Impulse!

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I wonder if the writers were trying to fake out anyone who automatically assumed that this RI was an imposter, and that the briefcase must surely contain a bomb, by making Ken accidentally spill its contents out and show that it does, in fact, seem to contain what RI said it did?

Or, is Ken, for all his apparent belief that RI is real, actually still suspicious enough to pretend to accidentally open the briefcase to see what's inside before taking it back to Dr. Nambu? This one's more of a stretch, as he really does seem totally convinced that RI is genuine during their first meeting.

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When I first saw this Gatchaman episode, I was actually yelling at the screen, wondering how Joe could be so dumb.

“The Bird Missiles aren’t firing!” Joe is aghast.

“Did you forget?” Jun asks. “We’re missing G-1 right now! The God Phoenix can’t function unless all five vehicles are combined.”

“So we have to run?” Joe asks angrily. “No way, man!” The Condor slams his fists down onto the console.



If only Joe had yelled, "But in episode 39, I could fire a missile at the field of Jigokillers when Ken was flying his G-1!" Wink3

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I wonder if the writers were trying to fake out anyone who automatically assumed that this RI was an imposter, and that the briefcase must surely contain a bomb, by making Ken accidentally spill its contents out and show that it does, in fact, seem to contain what RI said it did?

Or, is Ken, for all his apparent belief that RI is real, actually still suspicious enough to pretend to accidentally open the briefcase to see what's inside before taking it back to Dr. Nambu? This one's more of a stretch, as he really does seem totally convinced that RI is genuine during their first meeting.


That second one was my thought as well. Ken (or Mark) even though he WANTED to believe RI he subconsciously was checking to make sure that what he was bringing to Nambu was "safe." Or maybe even consciously doing it....

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When I first saw this Gatchaman episode, I was actually yelling at the screen, wondering how Joe could be so dumb.

“The Bird Missiles aren’t firing!” Joe is aghast.

“Did you forget?” Jun asks. “We’re missing G-1 right now! The God Phoenix can’t function unless all five vehicles are combined.”

“So we have to run?” Joe asks angrily. “No way, man!” The Condor slams his fists down onto the console.



If only Joe had yelled, "But in episode 39, I could fire a missile at the field of Jigokillers when Ken was flying his G-1!" Wink3



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