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* [[Michael Bell]]
* [[The Hero]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: Was originally slated to die in [[The Movie]], but public backlash of [[Transformers:
** He actually ''does'' die on-screen in the movie. They just added lines about him being in a coma and one at the end that he recovered.
* [[Sergeant Rock]]
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Originally Duke was supposed to substitute Hawk after Hawk was [[Put
** [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: To differentiate Duke and Hawk, Duke became more of a "tough guy" while Hawk is more of the "veteran" leader. It's still very minor and only noticeable when they are placed together in the same scene.
=== '''Hawk''' ===
The leader of the Joes. Real name: Clayton M. Abernathy
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: He was blond in the comics, but when he appeared in the cartoon his hair became brown to make him different to Duke.
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The G.I. Joe team's intelligence expert. Real name: Shana M. O'Hara
* [[Action Girl]]. One of the best examples since [[Modesty Blaise (
** Was in danger of becoming a [[Faux Action Girl]] during the DDP-era. After she successfully freed herself from Destro's clutches in America's Elite #7, she either remained at base, was easily knocked unconscious or kept secure thanks to the [[Standard Female Grab Area]] for 19 issues! Luckily she made a triumphant comeback in America's Elite #26 in which she kicked some serious ninja-ass for good and restored her status.
* [[The Archer]]
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* [[Official Couple]]: With either Snakes Eyes (comics) or Duke (cartoon)
** [[Love Triangle]]: She's got feelings for ''both'' in ''Resolute''.
* [[Scarlet Fever]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Gone
* [[The Squadette]]
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* [[Cain and Abel]]: He's Abel to Storm Shadow's Cain.
* [[Canine Companion]]: Timber (a wolf), who in the cartoon helps Snake-Eyes in the battlefield, while in comics guards Snake-Eyes' cabin in the High Sierras.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: As shown in issue 21, in a scene that Larry Hama has admitted pays tribute to ''[[
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: In the same car accident as his father and mother.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Oh, Scarlett you love this trope, don't you?
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Driver of the VAMP jeep. He gets a far bigger role in the comic than he ever did in the cartoon, and gets one of the biggest roles out of the original squad of "green fatigues" guys. Real name: Lance J. Steinberg
* [[Badass Driver]]
* [[Grease Monkey]]
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]
* [[Perma
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: In the comics, he hit on Scarlett any chance he got, and was a notorious pervert.
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* [[Nice Hat]]: His beret.
* [[Official Couple]]: With Lady Jaye. In [[Transformers Generation
=== '''G.I. Joe''' ===
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The son of a Crimson Guard and Snake-Eyes' disciple. Real name: Sean M. Broca.
* [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]
* [[McNinja]]
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* [[Master of Disguise]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: The cartoon took nearly every effort possible to have her either flirt with her sexy voice or take off some clothing. One episode featured her actively competing with The Baroness for a man's affections (for a mission) while wearing a dress with plunging cleavage, she dressed down to a slip once, and she wore a bare-legged SCUBA outfit in another episode (while all the men wore full-leg suits). She was also one in the comics, where her shirt curiously seemed unable to be buttoned up and she was better endowed than the earlier Joe females, Scarlett and Cover Girl. This was toned down when she became more of a desk-driving intelligence officer.
* [[Official Couple]]: With Flint. [[Word of God]] even states that Marissa Faireborn from the third season of ''[[The Transformers (
=== '''Lifeline''' ===
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* [[Chef of Iron]]
* [[Gentle Giant]]
* [[Rhymes
* [[More Dakka]]
* [[Scary Black Man]]
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* [[Animal Companion]]: Freedom, AKA Billy the falcon.
* [[Badass Native]]
* [[Gregg Berger]] in the Sunbow series and [[Maurice
* [[Magical Native American]]
* [[The Rez]]" Political type; his original bio mentioned how poor his family was when he was growing up.
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* [[Demoted to Dragon]]: TV series only, after Serpentor appeared.
* [[Dirty Coward]]: Maybe not dirty, but he definitely had the coward part down in the cartoon.
* [[Evil Genius]]/[[Mad Scientist]]: In many incarnations (including the 80's cartoon) it's obliquely shown that he has a scientific background, and it seems he designs at least some of his whacky toys himself, although like [[Fu Manchu]] he spends all his screen time kidnapping other scientists or relying on Dr. Mindbender instead of doing his own work. He's much more explicitly a Mad Scientis in the live action film.
* [[Evil Laugh]]
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: He's may be the leader of a terrorist organization but don't expect any drug trades from him... his outlaws the practice.
* [[The Faceless]]: He usually wears either a faceplate and helmet or a blue hood with eye cutouts.
* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: He used to be a used cars salesman.
* [[General Failure]]: In the 80s cartoon
* [[
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: ''Three'' times he has shared a voice actor with Starscream. Most famously Chris Latta, who voiced the characters in exactly the same way. Charlie Adler (who also voiced Starscream in the live action Transformers movies) seems to have become the new "definitive" voice of the Commander, having voiced him in ''Resolute'', ''Renegades'', and the second live-action movie (Named ''Retaliation'', amusingly establishing something of an "R" theme there).
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Once again, 80s cartoon.
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* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: As noted above.
* [[Not So Harmless]]: ''Resolute'' suggests that his [[General Failure|quirks]] in the 80s cartoon were all a ruse to get his men to think outside the box. When this doesn't go as he planned (inciting his men to either not take him seriously or try to usurp him), he decides to drop the act and become a serious threat.
* [[Powered Armor]]: the battle armor he wore during the [[
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Does one in ''Resolute'': "There will be ''none'' of your ''CRAP''! '''''NONE OF IT''!!!'''"
* [[Same Character but Different]]: One aspect of the character seems to be his characterization is constantly changing between shows, even if they're nominally supposed to be in the same continuity. In ''Valor vs. Venom'' he's his old whacky 80's cartoon self, in ''Sigma 6'' (which was nominally a semi-direct sequel to ''Valor vs. Venom'') he's reinvented as a dead-serious warrior king, and in ''Resolute'' he's an insane murderous sociopath. This even happens in the live action-films: in the second live-action film, Cobra Commander is reportedly still Rex Lewis, but will apparently be "a completely different character" than in the first film.
* [[The Starscream]]: What he became after Serpentor took over in the cartoon. [[Hey, It's That Voice!|How ironic...]]
* [[Took a Level
**
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: He quotes Shakespeare in Sigma 6.
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* [[Official Couple]]: With the Baroness
* [[Scotland]]
* [[War for Fun
=== '''Baroness''' ===
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* [[Daddy's Little Villain]]: Zartan's daughter Zanya.
* [[Evil Poacher]]: Gnawgahyde
* [[Kill It
* [[Master of Disguise]]: Zandar and Zarana (Zartan's siblings).
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: The original three and Monkeywrench. Later Dreadnoks were more effective.
* [[Split Personality]]: Roadpig has two personas, [[Dumb Muscle]] Roadpig and [[Wicked Cultured]] Donald. They even have conversations and are more friendly to each other than most examples of the trope.
* [[Sunglasses
=== '''Firefly''' ===
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* [[Designer Babies]]
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: In the cartoon, the incomplete DNA samples left him without the calm thoughtfulness of Sun Tzu, making him prone to violent and enraged behavior.
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: US General Phillip Rey [[Tomato in
* [[In the Blood]]: Most of his military cunning comes from the fact of being a composite clone of history's greatest generals.
* [[Lamarck Was Right]]
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* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: He was originally part of a plan for a ''[[Rocky (
=== '''Croc Master''' ===
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The Iron Grenadiers' anti-tank expert.
* [[Adult Child]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Backpack Cannon]]
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Driver of the Rattler 4-WD jeep. Real name: Ann A. Conda
* [[Depending
* [[McNinja]]: Born in New Orleans.
* [[Palette Swap]]: of Jinx
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=== '''Interrogator''' ===
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: His first filecard gives three options: former security chief for a deposed dictator, renegade criminal psychologist, or IRS investigator.
* [[Torture Always Works]]
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