M.A.S.K. Season 1, Episode 65: Raiders of the Orient Express

The Deathstone

A radioactive meteor crashes on Earth and V.E.N.O.M. steals it by disguising Switchblade as a U.F.O.

The Star Chariot

VENOM steals a mystical arrowhead rumored to point the way to an alien spacecraft buried in the desert.

The Book of Power

Location: Nevada? VENOM steals the Book of Power, which is the key to the Lost City of Mong Paco and its giant jewel-covered idol.

Highway to Terror

Location: Central City VENOM steals an army truck carrying plutonium. They need the plutonium for their earthquake machine.

Video VENOM

Location: Town of Cliffwood, Colorado VENOM hypnotizes a small town, using the people to assemble and rebuild a military weapon.

Dinosaur Boy

Location: Some Jungle VENOM kidnaps a young lizard creature. They intend to sell the creature's anti-bodies because it is believed that they will give longer life.

The Ultimate Weapon

Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. has a device that jams the M.A.S.K. vehicle controls, causing Condor to crash into Shark.

The Roteks

Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. has stolen a breed of metal-eating bugs developed for warfare. This episode has a spectacular crash of Thunderhawk in it.

The Oz Effect

Location: Australia? Sly Rax disguises himself an aboriginal priest. V.E.N.O.M. has a machine that causes a giant vortex which they use to ""kidnap"" the village people. V.E.N.O.M. forces them to do slave labour in some sort of crystal mine. M.A.S.K. used their transport plane for the first time.

Death from the Sky

Location: Norway V.E.N.O.M. has a tractor ray that they use to kidnap the president of the PNA. Then V.E.N.O.M. threatens to use the ray to break off a piece of a comet to destroy a city. Firecracker is damaged in this episode.

The Magma Mole

Location: Japan V.E.N.O.M. has a drilling vehicle called The Magma Mole that they are using to burrow beneath Tokyo to create devastating floods. Their next target is Mount Fuji.

Solaria Park

Location: Greece V.E.N.O.M. has built an amusement park to hide a giant heat ray weapon.

The Creeping Terror

Location: Some Jungle VENOM has genetically altered caterpillar eggs to create giant caterpillars. They are using the giant caterpillars to clear away the vegetation in the jungle to reveal a map carved on the jungle floor. The map leads to the Hidden Valley, the location of an ancient source of great power -- a Myan crystal.

Assault on Liberty

Location: New York, NY Matt, Scott, and T-Bob are attending a magic show on Liberty Island, New York harbour.

The Sceptre of Rajim

Location: India V.E.N.O.M. steals a sceptre from the underground city of Rajim.

The Golden Goddess

Location: Singapore V.E.N.O.M. is raiding temples and stealing golden relics, including The Golden Goddess of Sarawak. They are liquifying the gold and stealing it by pumping it through the city's old abandoned drainage system.

Mystery of the Rings

Location: Unknown There are 3 valuable rings from the Renaissance that, when combined, will lead to a great ancient treasure. V.E.N.O.M. steals the rings and combine the rings on the ruins at Sunhenge.

Bad Vibrations

Location: Hong Kong Millionaire Julian Fong hires V.E.N.O.M. to blow up buildings with the high-tech resonator bombs.

Ghost Bomb

Location: Panama Brian, the Brain is a computer that controls a nuclear submarine. V.E.N.O.M. threatens to blow up the Panama Canal if their demands are not met.

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Cold Fever

Location: Alaska Bruce finds a man wandering in Alaska who has been exposed to a strange virus, and Bruce gets infected too. V.E.N.O.M. has the antidote, and they plan to sell it for lots of $$$.

Mardi Gras Mystery

Location: New Orleans, LA During Mardi Gras, VENOM tries to obtain a super fuel.

The Secret of Life

Location: Egypt Rax dresses up as a mummy and V.E.N.O.M. steals a stone tablet with a map leading to King Tut's tomb. They are after a golden scarab that contains ""The Secret of Life"".

Vanishing Point

Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. hijacks planes. They have an 'impostor' airport in the desert and use a radar jammer to confuse the real airports.

Counter-Clockwise Caper

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada VENOM conducts heists of Las Vegas casinos.

The Plant Show

Location: Los Angeles, California Brad's rock band is performing at the Hollywood Bowl when giant plants begin to cause havoc all over the city.

Secret of the Andes

Location: Cuzco, Peru A preserved Incan priest is discovered in the aftermath of an avalanche and promises the way to El Dorado, the Lost City of Gold.

Panda Power

Location: China, Easter Island V.E.N.O.M. kidnaps a sculpter who is working on a large sculpture of a panda bear for a ceremony in China. They also kidnap some panda bears from a preserve, and they bring them to Easter Island. M.A.S.K. must get the pandas out of harm's way before they can battle V.E.N.O.M.

Blackout

Location: Japan V.E.N.O.M. is draining power supplies with a vehicle called Blackout.

A Matter of Gravity

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Firecracker is destroyed by a heat ray weapon attached to Switchblade. Hurricane is introduced at the end of the show by the name ""Night Stalker"".

The Lost Riches of Rio

Location: Rio De Janeiro V.E.N.O.M. steals a worthless painting that is actually a map to a Nazi raider's gold stash inside Sugarloaf Mountain.

Deadly Blue Slime

Location: Africa The blue monster is made of protoplasm, and it is a science experiment gone awry. It devours nearly anything in its way and its only weakness is salt.

The Currency of Conspiracy

Location: Switzerland An ex-minister from West Germany hires V.E.N.O.M. to help him spread a virus that turns money bills into blank pieces of paper.

Caesar's Sword

Location: Athens Rax disguises himself as Julius Caesar, in order to scare off some archaeologists. VENOM is searching for Caesar's Sword of Victory.

Peril in Paris

Location: France Buddy disguises himself as Dagger and sneaks into VENOM's secret hide out, learning about their plans. The blueprint is a map that shows the location of a Nazi doomsday device built in WW2. Nightstalker is called Hurricane from this point on.

In Dutch

Location: Holland A millionaire has hired V.E.N.O.M. to steal a machine that can cause ultra sonic vibrations. The millionaire wants to become vice president of the Netherlands, and if his demands are not met he will destroy all of Holland's dykes. He only wanted to bluff -- too bad Mayhem never bluffs.

The Lippizaner Mystery

Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. steals the famous Lippizaner Stallions, earning $4 million in platinum bars from an Arab. At the end V.E.N.O.M. loses the money (by a laser shot from Shark) and they all quickly flee in Piranha.

The Sacred Rock

Location: Australia V.E.N.O.M. is manipulating a tribe of aboriginals with holographic projections of flying rocks.

Curse of Solomon's Gorge

Location: Africa Researchers in Africa discover a Golden Scarab which they believe to be part of a hidden treasure that belonged to a lost tribe of Egypt.

Green Nightmare

Location: New Guinea Alex has made an exact replica of the M.A.S.K. crystal used to power up the masks. Matt tells a story about his father (Andrew) who got the crystal from a tribe leader named Warago in New Guinea.

Eyes of the Skull

Location: San Francisco, USA V.E.N.O.M. steals an artifact, a so-called 'crystal skull' that allows x-ray vision. By using the skull during combat with M.A.S.K., Mayhem sees through the masks and discovers Matt Trakker's true identity.

Stop Motion

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Gloria is racing in the Indy 500 when all of the TV stations, cars on the racing track and other electronic devices around the stadium stop functioning.

The Artemis Enigma

Location: Athens Some monks living in a mountain castle have a golden horn that can locate gold.

The Chinese Scorpion

Location: China V.E.N.O.M. kidnaps a scientist who has located a treasure hidden in the Great Wall of China. Eyewitnesses say a giant metal scorpion took the professor.

The Riddle of the Raven Master

Location: London, England V.E.N.O.M. uses ravens, trained by Vanessa, to steal the crown jewels, and as a diversion Rax has installed a bomb in Big Ben.

The Spectre of Captain Kidd

Location: Unknown Matt, Hondo, Scott and T-Bob are visiting an island that once belonged to a famous captain named Captain Kidd.

The Secret of the Stones

Location: Some Jungle V.E.N.O.M. steals a stone that makes objects weightless. The only problem is, the stone loses its power when it is removed from where they found it. Hondo uses his Blaster II mask (the one from Hurricane) for the first time.

The Lost Fleet

Location: Island? V.E.N.O.M. steals sails from boats to make a balloon that can lift the village from its foundations.

Quest of the Canyon

Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. is after a hidden treasure stolen by Jesse James in 1878 that has never been recovered. First appearance of Ace Riker and Slingshot.

Follow the Rainbow

Location: Ireland V.E.N.O.M. is after a treasure that can be found at the end of a rainbow. First appearance of Calhoun Burns and Raven, as well as Julio Lopez and Firefly.

The Everglades Oddity

Location: Unknown Matt is bitten by a snake and isn't able to lead the team against V.E.N.O.M. who are trying to steal a space shuttle. Alex Sector is Matt's temporary replacement as M.A.S.K. leader.

Dragonfire

Location: Borneo V.E.N.O.M. is after a jade dragonhead that is kept in the Temple of the Dragon on Mount Kinabalu.

The Royal Cape Caper

Location: Hawaii V.E.N.O.M. steals an artifact (a cape and helmet) and earns big money by selling fake replicas until M.A.S.K. puts an end to their scheme.

Patchwork Puzzle

Location: Washington, DC V.E.N.O.M. steals a quilt and a fireplace screen from an exhibit in a museum. By following V.E.N.O.M.'s gas fumes with Hurricane's infra-red sensors, M.A.S.K. discovers V.E.N.O.M.'s secret hideout. By holding the screen in front of the quilt, a message in morse code is revealed, telling of a stash of 3 million dollars hidden by the Washington Monument.

Fog on Boulder Hill

Location: Nevada? V.E.N.O.M. kidnaps an old woman who used to babysit Scott. In her car stolen $20 counterfeit plates are hidden. Lots of cool action around Boulder Hill in this episode. Also, Firecracker is back!

Plunder of Glowworm Grotto

Location: New Zeland Julio is visiting a village in New Zealand. He's checking on a project of the Matt Trakker Foundation which helps the people preserve the natives way of life.

Stone Trees

Location: Unknown Jacques is doing his daily job sawing trees when he hits a tree that's made out of stone and has an inscription on it. V.E.N.OM. steals the tree and translates the inscriptions in order to discover the location of a golden totem.

Incident in Istanbul

Location: Istanbul V.E.N.O.M. hijacks an armored truck being escorted by Thunderhawk to a museum. The truck is carrying ""The Emperor's Chess Set"", which, when combined together with a painting, shows the location of a golden crown which is hidden inside a church.

The Creeping Desert

Location: Acapulco Jose Sanchez, the owner of a large complex of Acapulco hotels, hires V.E.N.O.M. to destroy all other land around his own property, by turning it in to a desert wasteland.

The Scarlet Empress

Location: Venezuela V.E.N.O.M. is trying to steal an giant aboriginal statue of the Scarlet Empress. At the end Calhoun accidentally fires his Gulliver mask and shrinks the statue. A bird flies by and takes the statue. Gorey calls his mask ""Samson"" rather than Powerhouse.

Venice Menace

Location: Venice V.E.N.O.M. steals a chemical that turns water into jelly. They use it to cover a harbor, allowing Stinger to drive on the water so they can dig up the golden ship.

Treasure of the Nazca Plain

Location: Nazca Plateau in South America MASK foils a plot by VENOM to steal an ancient South American treasure.

Disappearing Act

Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. steals cars from an auto museum by shrinking them.

Gate Of Darkness

Location: India V.E.N.O.M. lures a cobra from a shiva-festival using a floating flute. They are after an ivory throne that is hidden in a maze in the Himalayan Mountains. The markings on the back of the cobra's head are supposed to show the way through the maze.

The Manakara Giant

Location: Nazca Plateau in South Africa A cargo ship crashes on a beach under mysterious circumstances. Native people say it is the ghost of Manakara. It is actually V.E.N.O.M. (obviously) and they have a strange new magnetic device that gets a hold of T-Bob, as well as the MASK vehicles.