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West and Pike are on the trail of a stolen a supply of fulminate of mercury from a military arsenal. Their trail leads to the prison at Alcatraz, which has been taken over by the evil Din Chang. (In case you're wondering, and as Pike tells Jim, "'Alcatraz' is Spanish for 'pelican'!")

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West and Pike are on the trail of a stolen a supply of fulminate of mercury from a military arsenal. Their trail leads to the prison at Alcatraz, which has been taken over by the evil Din Chang. The agents must stop Chang's plan to attack the US Navy with rockets, then take control of UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. (In case you're wondering, and as Pike tells Jim, "'Alcatraz' is Spanish for 'pelican'!")



* AnachronismStew: At the end of the episode Pike plays Jim "one of those talking records" that record Artie sent (but doesn't actually talk on--we hear a giggling woman instead) from Washington... several years before such a thing existed. Of course, [[{{Steampunk}} then-futuristic technology]] was commonplace on this series.

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* AnachronismStew: At the end of the episode Pike plays Jim "one of those talking records" that record Artie sent (but doesn't actually talk on--we hear a giggling woman instead) from Washington...UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC... several years before such a thing existed. Of course, [[{{Steampunk}} then-futuristic technology]] was commonplace on this series.



* BigDamnHeroes: When Din Chang is about to kill Dr. Gibson, Jim bursts through the wall of his pffice and attacks him.
* DyingClue: In The ColdOpen, puppeteer Jasmine Blood says she can take Jim and Jeremy to Din Chong, but he gets to her first. She manages to say the word "pelican" just before she expires.
* GetIntoJailFree

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* BigDamnHeroes: BigDamnHeroes:
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When Din Chang is about to kill Dr. Gibson, Jim bursts through the false wall of his pffice office and attacks him.
** Corporal Simon is about to execute Jim and Dr. Gibson by FiringSquad when Jeremy, disguised as a junior guard, shows up and tells him that Chang has decided to let them live. Simon tries to go through with it anyway, but Jeremy stops him with a small, concealed bomb he brought along just in case.
* DyingClue: In The ColdOpen, puppeteer Jasmine Blood says she can take Jim and Jeremy to Din Chong, Chang, but he gets to her first. She manages to say the word "pelican" just before she expires.
* GetIntoJailFreeGetIntoJailFree: Jim poses as a cashiered soldier with a RebelliousSpirit to infiltrate Alcatraz.



* PrisonEpisode

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* PrisonEpisodePrisonEpisode: As noted, most of the story takes place inside Alcatraz.

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* AnachronismStew: At the end of the episode Pike plays Jim a vinyl record Artie sent (but doesn't actually talk on) from Washington... several years before such a thing existed.

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* AnachronismStew: At the end of the episode Pike plays Jim a vinyl "one of those talking records" that record Artie sent (but doesn't actually talk on) on--we hear a giggling woman instead) from Washington... several years before such a thing existed. Of course, [[{{Steampunk}} then-futuristic technology]] was commonplace on this series.



* DyingClue: In The ColdOpen, puppeteer Jasmine Blood says she can take Jim and Jeremy to Din Chang, but he gets to her first. She manages to say the word "pelican" just before she expires.

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* BigDamnHeroes: When Din Chang is about to kill Dr. Gibson, Jim bursts through the wall of his pffice and attacks him.
* DyingClue: In The ColdOpen, puppeteer Jasmine Blood says she can take Jim and Jeremy to Din Chang, Chong, but he gets to her first. She manages to say the word "pelican" just before she expires.



* KnockoutGas: Jeremy uses it on Simon when the guard discovers him smuggling himself into Alcatraz.

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* KnockoutGas: Jeremy uses it on Corporal Simon when the guard discovers him smuggling himself into Alcatraz.



* SnarkToSnarkCombat: This exchange between Jim and a [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] prison guard who assigns him hard labor.

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* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: When Dr. Sara Gibson, the prison medic, hears a delirious Jim babbling about Din Chang, she talks to the acting warden--who removes his disguise, [[TheReveal revealing]] to both her and the audience that he ''is'' Din Chang.
* ShirtlessScene: Jim spends about half the episode shirtless.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: This exchange between Jim and Corporal Simon, a [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] prison guard who assigns him hard labor.



-->'''Guard:''' I'll take that chance.
* TrojanPrisoner: Jeremy Pike and Captain Gibson pull this off.

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-->'''Guard:''' -->'''Simon:''' I'll take that chance.
* TrojanPrisoner: Jeremy Pike and Captain Dr. Gibson pull this off.
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* KnockoutGas: Jeremy uses it on Simon when the guard discovers him smuggling himself into Alcatraz.

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* DyingClue: In The ColdOpen, a puppeteer says she can show Jim and Jeremy how to get to Din Chang, but he gets to her firsts. She manages to say the word "pelican" just before she expires.

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* DyingClue: In The ColdOpen, a puppeteer Jasmine Blood says she can show take Jim and Jeremy how to get to Din Chang, but he gets to her firsts.first. She manages to say the word "pelican" just before she expires.



* SnarkToSnarkCombat: This exchange between Jim and a [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] prison guard who assigns him hard labor.
-->'''Jim:''' You realize, of course, that this may ruin our friendship.
-->'''Guard:''' I'll take that chance.



* {{Yellowface}}: Jeremy Pike makes himself up to look Chinese. Inverted by Din Chang, who disguises himself as a Caucasian.

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* {{Yellowface}}: Jeremy Pike makes himself up to look Chinese. Inverted Chinese to investigate Jasmine Blood's murder. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] by Din Chang, who disguises himself as a Caucasian.

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* DyingClue: In The ColdOpen, a puppeteer says she can show Jim and Jeremy how to get to Din Chang, but he gets to her firsts. She manages to say the word "pelican" just before she expires.



* TrojanPrisoner: Jeremy Pike and Captain Gibson pull this in.

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* TrojanPrisoner: Jeremy Pike and Captain Gibson pull this in.off.
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* AnachronismStew: At the end of the episode Pike plays Jim a vinyl record Artie sent for Washington... several years before such a thing existed.

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* AnachronismStew: At the end of the episode Pike plays Jim a vinyl record Artie sent for (but doesn't actually talk on) from Washington... several years before such a thing existed.
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* AnachronismStew: At the end of the episode Pike plays Jim a vinyl record Artie sent for Washington... several years before such a thing existed.
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West and Pike are on the trail of a stolen a supply of fulminate of mercury from a military arsenal. Their trail leads to the prison at Alcatraz, which has been taken over by the evil Din Chang.

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West and Pike are on the trail of a stolen a supply of fulminate of mercury from a military arsenal. Their trail leads to the prison at Alcatraz, which has been taken over by the evil Din Chang.
Chang. (In case you're wondering, and as Pike tells Jim, "'Alcatraz' is Spanish for 'pelican'!")
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West and Pike are on the trail of a stolen a supply of fulminate of mercury from a military arsenal. Their trail leads to the prison at Alcatraz, which has been taken over by the evil Din Chang.

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!!Tropes present in this episode:
* TheAlcatraz: The actual Alcatraz shows up in this episode, but its reputation turns out to be [[CardboardPrison greatly exaggerated]].
* ArmsDealer: Jean Paul.
* GetIntoJailFree
* PrisonEpisode
* TrojanPrisoner: Jeremy Pike and Captain Gibson pull this in.
* {{Yellowface}}: Jeremy Pike makes himself up to look Chinese. Inverted by Din Chang, who disguises himself as a Caucasian.
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