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Geek trivia help?
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Mon, 9 Dec 2002 16:59:11 GMT
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Like any good geek, I ordinarily have a pretty good memory for worthless
pop-culture trivia, but I'm drawing a blank.  Therefore I call upon my geek
cronies to help me with this vital issue:

During the 80's, I believe, some cartoon or comic book or geeky film had a
group of bad guys called The Horde, but I absolutely can't remember what it
was.  Does this ring a bell for anyone?  I thought it might be a
vaguely-recollected element of the He-Man universe, since I never really got
into that show.

And what were those weirdo genetically-engineered GI Joe villains called?
There was one guy with the lower body of a snake (and, one assumes, a
troubled social life).

Any guesses?

     Dave!



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  Re: Geek trivia help?
 
Skeletor and the "Evil Horde"... As far as GI Joe, Cobra was the bad guy, but I don't remember a guy that was 1/2 snake (or at least, i don't remember his name)... Couldn't cobra turn into a snake? Jennifer Quoting Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com>: (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: Geek trivia help?
 
Embarassingly, I believe I know the answer to both of these. Yep... under the command of Hordac, The Horde was the collective name for the group of bad guys that harrassed She-Ra (He-Man's sister) in the land of Etheria. Originally the mentor of (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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