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Cleopatra 2525

Quest for Firepower

Season 1, Episode 1, Aired Jan 17, 2000

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Freedom fighters in the year 2525, Hel and Sarge have to deal with a Team mate turned android Betrayer and inadvertently awaken a cryogenically frozen young woman from the 21st century named Cleopatra in the process.

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David Press

Horst
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Mark Williams (I)

Cat Man

Jennifer Sky

Cleopatra/'Cleo'
Gina Torres

Hel
Victoria Pratt

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Elizabeth Hawthorne O.N.Z.M.

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Patrick Kake

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By boromirbeauty, Feb 22, 2007

"Quest for Firepower" was an excellent start to this series. We got to meet the main characters, hear a little about the title character and how she ended up where she is now, and it was full of the action that made this series so fun. Gina Torres, Victoria Pratt, and Jennifer Sky give you a sexy peak at a future where humans live underground and "fight the good fight" against the Bailies and betrayers. Mixing humor and strength, sex and science fiction, this episode started it all off with a bang and made you want to come back for more.moreless
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We are introduced to the world of the future through the eyes of a young woman from our own time who is accidentally awoken from criogenic sleep. The future is bleak, with humanity living underground to escape the Bailies, organic robots out to destroy.moreless

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By gabfan31, Nov 21, 2006

We get an introduction to the series lead characters: Cleopatra, a young woman from 500 years in the past, Hel, the leader of a team of freedom fighters, Sarge, Hel's fellow fighter, Mauser, a Bailie (organic robot) who has been reprogrammed to fight on the side of humanity, and Voice, never seen but always listening and giving her guidance to Hel's team. Cleo quickly realizes that she's not in Kansas anymore, and proves that she's more than just a pretty face. Hel and Sarge take her on as a new team member and together they strive to create a world safe from the attacks of the Bailies and those who would aid them.moreless
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- Cleopatra has a barcode in her shoulder in this episode which we never see again.
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- Cleo's mimicry talent is never used again in the show. It is brought up in the series finale, but Cleo doesn't use it when asked because she can't mimic the voice of a man.
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- Cleopatra: Do you think it's easy to go in for a basic boob job in the year 2001, and wake up five centuries later? Sarge: What's a boob job?
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- Sarge(referring to Horst the Betrayer): Hel, why are all the cute ones robots? I mean, we had some good times together and it turns out he was a machine. Course, that does explain a few things.
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- Cleopatra: I just heard shorty over there talking about killing me! Sarge: 'Shorty'? Cleopatra: Go on, make my day! Sarge: What?!
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- Sarge(referring to Cleo's boob job): So why would anyone get an operation like that? Cleopatra: All right, if those are real congratulations. I on the other hand wasn't so lucky so I had to help nature along a little. Sue me.
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- Angela Dotchin (Emilia, "Jack of All Trades") was also up for the role of Cleopatra.
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- This episode was included in the DVD set of Seasons 1 and 2 of Sliders, released around the same time as the Cleo 2525 DVD set.
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- Originally the producers had planned to make the show "Amazon High", which has a young woman (played by Monica McSwain) who went back in time, but that version of the show didn't make it beyond the pilot, although the footage was later recycled for the Xena episode "Lifeblood". The producers then twisted the original concept and came up with Cleopatra 2525.
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- Lucy Lawless was approached to do the part of Voice but wasn't able to fit it into her schedule, so the part went to Elizabeth Hawthorne instead.
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- Patrick Kake was a body double for Kevin Sorbo on Hercules the Legendary Journeys before landing the role of Mauser on Cleopatra 2525.
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- Quest for Fire The episode title is an nod to the movie Quest for Fire, in which a pair of Neanderthal cavemen seek out a find a source of fire, and meet a more advanced civilization of Cro-Magnons, which has the tecnnology to produce fire on their own.
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- The Three Musketeers The quote "All for one and one for all" is from the Alexander Dumas novel The Three Musketeers.
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- Dirty Harry & James Bond: Upon awakening Cleopatra paraphrases the "Make my day" speech from the movie Dirty Harry, then identifies herself as "008," an allusion to the fictional spy James Bond.
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