Teaser : Doctor X Skyjacks a nuclear warhead on its way to being defused. Action Force is sent to recover it and in the process risk thier lives. Can they get to it in time?
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As the show opens we find Action Man and his team, the ACTION FORCE, in thier secret Head quarters. There is no sign of trouble but Action Man is apprehensive. We then cut to a fighter jet in trouble, engines on fire and emergency systems not responding. Dr. X is seen aboard his submarine and with a push of a button on his command chair, detonates the plane in air.
The pilot manages to eject, lands and pulls out a radio to inform Dr. X that all is proceeding according to plan. A warhead is then seen parachuting to Earth. Cut to Action Man and his team where they are informed that the plane went down (with no known survivors) and that it was carrying a nuclear warhead.
Natalie, Jock and Nock begin researching the situation: Natalie researches the flight plan, Jock scans for radiation, and Nock researches the stats on the missing warhead.
Suddenly Action Man receives an urgent message from Ursala regarding Dr X and the nuclear warhead, but the transmission is lost before any useful information is obtained. When Action Man hears Ursalas' voice and name he experiences the first Flashback we see. ( Start now piecing the information together, it will pay off later when your putting all the pieces together)These are very important to the story and will be a signature of the show. Her voice and name triggers this memory Flash thus helping Action Man regain some of his memories
Learning that the signal came from a small island near Pican, Action Man and his team jump into action!
Action Man and a light strike vehicle are parachuted onto the island which is crawling with skullmen. Action Man picks up Ursala, just in time to have Dr. X spring his island traps on them.
Action Man manages to stop their vehicle before crashing into a hidden pit, but both are captured by Dr. X.Once captive, Action Man requests that Ursala be released.
Dr. X is more than willing to accommodate this request, since Ursala has really been working for Dr. X all along.
Dr. X then reveals that it is not Action Man that he wants, but the nuclear battleship that has arrived as Action Man’s backup. Before being hauled away Action Man is able to activate his emergency beacon, thus kicking his team into overdrive
Action Man manages to escape with the use of his utility belt. The rest of Action Man’s team joins him and they all head out to disarm Dr. X’s nuclear warhead.
Once the bomb is disarmed the battleship is called in to pick up the warhead. With the world saved our heroes fly off into the sunset.
The episode ends with a very GI JOE "ish" PSA: Action Man informs us that we all make mistakes (even him), but that should not prevent us from trying.
Comments by Jamar Miller: At first I was a little dissapointed with this being the first episode because I was a little spoiled with GI JOE EXTREME. In GI JOE EXTREME we actually saw the team being assembled. In Action Man we dont get to see this but after watching the whole series I now know that this was because the big signature of the show was discovering the past. With that Knowledge I now think this was a great episode. It introduces us to all the cast and waste no time in introducing Ursala to us.
This episode is written by Bob Forward, who is famous for writting , as well as being the story editor, for BEAST WARS