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The field commander of G.I. Joe and the poster boy of the franchise. Real name: Conrad S. Hauser
 
* [[All -American Face]]
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Roadblock in the comics (they entered G.I. Joe at the same time, and most pre-Joe Duke stories show Roadblock with him). [[Race Lift|Ripcord]] in the movies.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Scarlett in the cartoon and possibly Cover Girl as well.
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* [[No Name Given]]: Most of the Joes' real names appear in their file cards, but Snake-Eyes' name just says "Classified".
* [[Official Couple]]: With Scarlett in the comics.
* [[Spot Light Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: In the comics it seemed that ''everything'' was revolved around him in some way.
** At one point, the comic was even retitled ''[[Spotlight -Stealing Title|G.I. Joe: Starring Snake-Eyes]]''.
* [[Sword and Gun]]
 
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* [[Composite Character]] / [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Sort of, in the cartoon. He seemed to have absorbed many of Clutch's personality traits (the ones he didn't already exhibit), and seemed to be to the cartoon what Clutch was to the comic.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: In the cartoon, he's generally the comic relief [[Butt Monkey]] and rather lazy. Doesn't mean he can't handle Cobra goons.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Not so much as Clutch, but in the original series Shipwreck does get to occasionally have some fun with this as he got slapped by Scarlett or Cover Girl when he tried to hit on them (he eventually got a formal relationship with Cover Girl in the comics)
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The explosive disposal expert of the G.I. Joe team. Real name: Tormod S. Skoog
 
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: He is very clumsy most of the time, but when he's close to a bomb becomes an all-business professional.
* [[Rob Paulsen]]
* [[The Klutz]]: When he isn't around explosives.
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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.]]}}
* [[Hey ItsIt'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.
* [[Large Ham]]: '''''COBRAAAAAAAAA!!!!'''''
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* [[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 [[Di C]] series and a bit of the comics {{spoiler|before being taken by the Crimson Guard Fred VII to impersonate him}}
* [[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 ItsIt's That Voice|How ironic...]]
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: In ''Resolute''.
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* [[Arms Dealer]]
* [[The Dragon]] (Bordering on [[Big Bad Duumvirate]] with Cobra Commander or [[Co -Dragons]] with the Baroness, depending on the version.)
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: In the comics, at least.
* [[Expressive Mask]]
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* [[Boobs of Steel]]
* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Big Brother]]: She believes Snake-Eyes killed her brother.
* [[The Dragon]]: [[Co -Dragons]] with Destro, depending on the version.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: In one [[Alternate Reality Episode]] of the cartoon.
** And {{spoiler|in the movie}}
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* [[Master of Disguise]]
* [[Official Couple]]: With Destro
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Toyless Toyline Character]]: For a short time during the franchise's beginning.
 
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* [[Steven Ulysses Perhero]]: His last name is Arashikage, which means "Storm Shadow"
* [[The Straight and Arrow Path]]
* [[Spin -Off]]: He had his own short-lived comic series.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]
 
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* [[Badass Biker|Badass Bikers]]
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: Buzzer.
* [[DaddysDaddy's Little Villain]]: Zartan's daughter Zanya.
* [[Evil Poacher]]: Gnawgahyde
* [[Kill It With Fire]]: Torch
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Creepy Twins]]
* [[Finishing Each OthersOther's Sentences]]
* [[Single -Minded Twins]]
* [[Twin Banter]]
* [[Twin Telepathy]]
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: THIS I COMMAND!
* [[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 The Mirror|found he was a revived Serpentor]], yet decided to not become Serpentor again}}
* [[In the Blood]]: Most of his military cunning comes from the fact of being a composite clone of history's greatest generals.
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* [[Expy]]: Loosely based on Golobulus from the movie.
* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]
* [[Wild Mass Guessing]]: There's the theory that he could be the Black Major from the nazi-inspired Red Shadows who appeared in ''Battle Action Force'' (an UK G.I. Joe comic)
 
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