G.I. Joe/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[The Hero]]

* [[Not Quite Dead]]: Was originally slated to die in [[The Movie]], but public backlash of [[Transformers: The Movie|Optimus Prime's death]] caused the writers to spare him at the last minute. [[No One Could Survive That|This is particularly strange because he literally got a snake thrown ''in to'' his chest cavity, entering where his heart should be.]]

** 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 on a Bus]] for a while in the comics, which is why they're so similar. The animated version of Duke was practically Hawk from the comics before they decided to bring Hawk to the animated series as well.

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=== '''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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* [[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 with the Wind|"Scarlett" O'Hara]]. She's even from Atlanta.

* [[The Squadette]]

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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]]

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The son of a Crimson Guard and Snake-Eyes' disciple. Real name: Sean M. Broca.

* [[The Apprentice]]

* [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]

* [[McNinja]]

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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.

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* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: He used to be a used cars salesman.

* [[General Failure]]: In the 80s cartoon

* [[~~Heel~~ ~~Face Door Slam~~]]: In the comics, he [[My God, What Have I Done?|realizes how much of a monster he has become]] and attempts to [[Know When to Fold'Em|leave COBRA behind]]. {{spoiler|[[It Got Worse|Then he gets shot.]]}}

* [[Deadly Change-of-Heart]]: In the comics, he [[My God, What Have I Done?|realizes how much of a monster he has become]] and attempts to [[Know When to Fold'Em|leave COBRA behind]]. {{spoiler|[[It Got Worse|Then he gets shot.]]}}

* [[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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* [[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 In Badass]]: In ''Resolute''.

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: In ''Resolute''.

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* [[Wicked Cultured]]: He quotes Shakespeare in Sigma 6.

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* [[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 At Night]]

* [[Sunglasses at Night]]

=== '''Firefly''' ===

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The Iron Grenadiers' anti-tank expert.

* [[Adult Child]]

* [[Ax Crazy]]

* [[Backpack Cannon]]