Cobra Commander being the best character in G.I. Joe for two and a half minutes.

[@HausOfLuevano]

Thank you Chris Latta for bringing life to Cobra Commander and Starscream. You made me fall in love with these characters through your banter and vocal execution. Your legacy lives on forever! COBRA! Hsssss

[@davidm4566]

He was the best!

[@Khaydarian]

He's fine as Cravex in The Visionaries aswell. Here's a sample: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2Wqk4CrZ7NgqJo

[@jowhit226]

@@Khaydarian Thanks for that.

[@TheErikM]

They shoulda made an action comedy crossover with cc n screamer. Like screamer is helping cc to steal cybertronian weapons and technology in exchange for enough energy to usurp Megatron as leader of the decepticons. The thing practically writes itself.

[@rjh7101]

" Morons morons, I have morons on my payroll" is my favorite from the entire cartoon series.

[@jgvillan01]

HA! Megs said something similar in season 2.

[@leoncoben6983]

Megatron in the G1 area said the exact same thing except replace "payroll" with "team." Guess all bad minds think alike.

[@Sidewinder1996]

"Idiots! I'm surrounded by incompetent idiots!!"

[@danieljohn7788]

That line sounds a lot like one from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

[@TheCoolProfessor]

"CALAMITY MOST FOUL!!"

[@Emperor_Mateus_of_Palamecia]

“Now I’ll never rule the world! I HATE THIS JOB!!”

[@sporkwarrior9950]

One thing I've always liked about Cobra Commander was how expressive his body language is. They could have cheaped out and had him just stand there (his mouth was covered, anyway, so they had an excuse). But they didn't do that. He's always moving his arms and striking a pose. He has so much personality, which that makes him fun to watch (Chris Latta's performance helps alot, too).

[@Harrison0411]

There will never be another performance of this caliber.

[@Carlosd7979]

Gotta love Gi Joe the vocabulary was really advanced at the time we were children. Most of us of course were just excited to watch after school I'm 43 years old and this was my elementary school days past times

[@dugroz]

Same.

[@OldsXCool]

Transformers was the exact same way. Both cartoons were done by the same people.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Sunbow Studios!

[@civilwildman]

@@TheMrPeteChannel *Sunbow Productions (later Sunbow Entertainment)

[@PatricksCrazyPlace]

In the movie, Cobra Commander used the word "pusillanimous" which I've literally never heard anywhere else in entertainment or real life. I learned what the word meant because of that movie. And the word was used properly in context with its definition and as part of a string of "p words" to create aliteration in the sentence. There were some well read people that worked on these cartoons.

[@tonyjackson4078]

CC knew one thing Destro never learned, a flair for showmanship.

[@TheCoolProfessor]

2:33 "Foiled by a cattle stampede!! A CATTLE STAMPEDE!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!"

[@brushstroke3733]

Cobra Commander and Dessstro were the gateway drug to get me into collecting GI Joe again. Thossse two have cossst me a sssmall fortune in just a few monthsss!

[@JungleEmpress87]

"I have morons on my payroll!" Megatron knows all about having morons on your team. XD

[@fmthebaron]

I like the Dic series when Baroness restored Cobra Commander back into his humanoid form and they got rid of Serpentor. Then Cobra Commander and Destro became good friends.

[@hillerm]

You like what series?

[@sebastianhames8385]

Yes! That one was super cool, I haven't watched as much of it as I have the original cartoon, but I've seen a bit and I think it's great :)

[@altarush]

Compared to Serpentor, the Commander was a sweet genius.

[@kingwinkz4194]

2:05 he ain't wrong, he should reconsider his choice of employees

[@sebastianhames8385]

They're worse than storm troopers tbh 🙄

[@cheeseburger12]

CC: This is all YOUR FAULT Destro! D: But Commander, I wasn't even there! CC: You should have been, Destro! YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN!

[@eazye519]

Cobra Commander is the greatest cartoon character of all time

[@224dot0dot0dot10]

Cobra Commander reminds me of Vladimir Putin a little bit for some reason ?

[@jowhit226]

@@224dot0dot0dot10 😂😂

[@RyanRead]

CC: “a crab! I’m beaten by a crab! How can such a thing happen?” One of my favorites.

[@MrBoyYankee]

#RIPChrisLatta Conra Commander, & Starscream.

[@civilwildman]

*Cobra

[@MrSlanderer]

Cobra Commander had verbally stomped a mudhole through Destro by the end of every episode...

[@sebastianhames8385]

HAHA yes!

[@GarrettBriles-sq9ih]

“Morons! I have morons on my payroll!” I feel ya Cobra Commander

[@edaniels240]

Long live Chris Latta the one & only Cobra Commander

[@teddybeer6206]

Yeah....seeing this just makes me appreciate the Cobra Commander from the Marvel Comics even more.

[@robertkenny1201]

Cobra Commander does sound like a human version of Starscream.

[@OneNationUnderPug]

Same actor.

[@Cyberleader135]

2:06 especially here

[@countchocula6596]

Poor Cobra Commander, if only he wasn’t surrounded by such incompetence!

[@onetoman]

Reminds me of skeletor but more human and still can’t be taken seriously

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

in the comics he taken far more seriously as he is competent and murderous.

[@chaos460]

YESSS

[@jessecowled5764]

Garry Chalk voiced the ape in 'Stuck on you' He was also voiced Silver in Ninja Tutles: next mutation. AND he was Primal in Beast Wars. He was type cast as an ape

[@sebastianhames8385]

That is terrible! It sucks that old cartoons are so bad with being responsible when it comes to race with their voice acting, though it shouldn't be too surprising considering all the earliest cartoon characters were based off of minstrel shows. I'm happy that the industry is slowly getting better, even if it's taking a long time.

[@M.A.S.K._Crusader]

I'd follow Cobra Commander to the ends of the earth.

[@AlejandroGuzman-mh7me]

We needed this Cobra Commander in the GI Joe Movies.

[@tchallaomoro8281]

“You’re a fool, Commander! If not for your mad scheme, we would still control Snake Island!” “Arghh! Everyone is against me!” Lol 😂

[@chaos460]

AINDJA I love that one :)

[@TurtleTrackin]

He did have some of the best lines.

[@9Maciej]

Just recently check out the original cartoon, and while it did age for me, Cobra Commander is indeed the best of it. While he is typical saturday cartoon villain, he's written with so much sass when he interacts with Cobra generals and he's so fan to watch.

[@leoncoben6983]

When Starscream isn't being an incompetent leader.

[@panelvixen]

The 1980s, when cartoon villians had all the good insults.

[@SGTRIP-dh7fz]

Remember CC cameo on a Transformers episode?

[@calanon534]

Old Snake. In the Comics, there's a universe that both parties share (G.I. Joe and Transformers) In the Cartoons, there's the G.I. Joe-only universe, then there's the Transformer's Universe that has _both of them_ as shown by the Season 3 character Melissa Fairborne - Flint and Lady J's daughter (with Lady J's VA and a slight Trans-Atlantic or Anglo accent). It can be surmised from shown evidence that in the Transformer's Cartoon Universe, G.I. Joe "dealt with" Cobra completely somewhere after the 2nd Miniseries (The Weather Dominator), since Flint was an important military figure, and CC was in his Early 1980's outfit and clearly never got dragged back to Cobra-La and further mutated then turned fully human in _Operation: Dragonfire._ You could also go out on a limb and guess Cobra-La itself was destroyed when Megatron tried to bring Cybertron into Earth's solar system and caused gigantic natural disasters.

[@Maxislithium]

I was once a man. ONCE A MAN!!!!

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

Could also call it "Cobra Commander roasts Destro for 2 and a half minutes."

[@sebastianhames8385]

A possible sequel to this video lol

[@HolyOrderofTheMoths]

At 2:05 is me when I get to work and realize that no one has done anything..

[@Business458]

😂😂😂 i feel you

[@Dr.Gaming98]

@@Business458you should go into work and shout the quote in Cobra Commander’s voice

[@JohnSchafer-q4u]

R.I.P Chairs Latta Cobra!.

[@presidentsnow7315]

I think that Cobra Commander wants world domination so bad that he'd probably be board to tears if he actually got it.

[@serigraph73]

You missed the one where he tells destro to "watch that attitude!". Lol

[@sebastianhames8385]

Lol!

[@mr.l8723]

2:33 Ok, this is my favorite line now!

[@BBBHuey]

Cobra Commander: "You call this success?! You let them have the fuel, and bring me a BEAN?!" That just cracks me up! Is it a MAGIC bean, Destro? XD

[@imperialseiryu6989]

2:12 Of course it does ! Seeing a man eat with eight eyes eating is disgusting and disturbing !!!

[@OneNationUnderPug]

I get the movie revealed that he was weird snake man but dose that mean he was wearing makeup around his eyes to look human?

[@joshofthesouth]

Sometimes , I wish Destro would just bitch slap Cobra Commander unexpectedly to see what would cobra commander would say lol

[@sebastianhames8385]

He would probably just scream some more 💀

[@brettrosenberg]

ever had a boss like this?

[@spencervontz6468]

Wish could impersonate Chis as Cobra Commander

[@Decal0327]

I never understood why they change Cobra commanders look so many times. I know they wanted to sell action figures but damn.

[@OneNationUnderPug]

The grey face plate was meant for field work, the hood was his formal outfit and the armor was for face to face action.

[@benalor1973]

@@OneNationUnderPug, The armored one was more when they changed studios and had to bring back Cobra Commander from the snake form after the end of the GI Joe Movie. Though the original style is honestly the best looking, as the armor makes him look more brutish rather than a slippery snake.

[@MarinaAfton-k9p]

How many even realize that the voice actor is the same one who played starcream. God you gotta love that tantrum 😊

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

CC/Destro 2024!

[@steveburton9242]

I wish I could have my voice box reconfigured to sound like cobra commander

[@cthulhu626]

THEU LOST TO A CRAB! A CRAB!

[@noahpartic7586]

Chris Latta did right as the voice of CC here as well as StarScream in the Original Transformers series.

[@noahpartic7586]

@Frank Lopez & 1 that can never be replaced...EVER.

[@noahpartic7586]

@Frank Lopez We pay so much attention to Chris Latta in G I Joe & Transformers, it's easy to ignore or forget his other stuff, especially when it's not readily mentioned.

[@noahpartic7586]

@Frank Lopez Visionaries & Inhumanoids didn't get frequent exposure as G I Joe or Transformers so there is that factor to consider. Also, no internet yet to look back on let alone KZbin. You're right though. The lesser works are important too & open to whoever wants'em, which is good. 😔Who knows what else Chris Latta could do if he could stick around a little longer...or that voice of his anyway. Did you know he also did a stand up comedy act once? It's here on KZbin, worth it.

[@noahpartic7586]

@Frank Lopez I watched all those cartoons you mentioned too, all worth it.

[@noahpartic7586]

@Frank Lopez I have that app & have seen said shows there. Most nice of Tubi to help with such. If I had kids of my own, I'd watch that stuff right alongside them.

[@naitthegr8131]

2:21 Nobody points how how only less than a handful of times in the cartoon that the twins were referred to in the order of "Tomax" and "Xamot" like they are in pretty much all other Joe media. Most of the time in the cartoon the twins were referred to in the cartoon in the order of "Xamot" and "Tomax" which I believe actually just sounds better to say in that order than "Tomax and Xamot". Apparently the people who did the cartoon had the same opinion.

[@sebastianhames8385]

That's so interesting, I've never noticed that before :0

[@shaneokeley825]

'It takes a strong stomach to watch me eat doesn't it Destro?'

[@ladyreddeath13]

I feel bad for Chris Latta's vocal chords, if he ever had to record Cobra or Starscream's voice on the same day. That guy had to be seriously hydrated or at least drinking throat soothing tea. Wish he could have lived a little longer.

[@bri55118]

How could you not include the cold slither episode where C.C. told the union official, " The only union they should be concerned with, is the one between their heads and their shoulders."

[@matthewakian2]

He sure sounds like Starscream.

[@MatthewLoh-ru1mw]

Same voice actor (Chris Latta)

[@thespaceram2879]

It is Starscream underneath that metal face plate.

[@captainobvious9233]

2:05 Every time you try do a WoW Battleground with a Pug Group.

[@tphan2835]

Imagine if this guy met the Shredder from 80s Tmnt.😂😂😂

[@MarinaAfton-k9p]

Best character award goes to cobra commander 😊❤ I wish i knew what his face looked like (cartoon version). Everyone is against me, well im not😊 Hail cobra!!!!!

[@jowhit226]

Did they ever show Cobra Commander's face? I assume he is part reptile given how he talks. Scenes like this make the mystery all the more fascinating 2:10. I know he has more of a backstory in the comics.

[@calanon534]

In the comics, he was a human former used car salesman. I felt they were setting up something along the lines of Cobra-La from that very scene where CC says it takes a strong stomach to watch him eat - a result of The Spores mutating his face, since apparently, Cobra-La citizens are fairly human looking. Perhaps not Cobra-La itself, but SOMETHING like it, YEARS before they wrote the Movie script.

[@cheeseburger12]

@@calanon534 reading some interviews from around the time of Arise, Serpentor, Arise- there were heavy hints about what we got with GIJoe the movie. And Buzz Dixon had an idea for an original of Cobra that was scrapped because it didn't fit....because the Cobra-la origion was coming. He later released it as a fan fiction on Amazon but it is discontinued/unavailable before I could get it.

[@jowhit226]

Oh that's right, they revealed his face and back story in the cartoon movie. Sorry, it's been a while.

[@thespaceram2879]

Light blue face and whole body man with no hair.

[@robertkenny1201]

God forbid Cobra Commander and Rita Repulsa live in the same universe.

[@rdubayoo]

Destro was probably happy to be rid of Cobra Commander after the events of the movie, but I imagine that he actually missed the guy and their constant bickering. Might explain his complete 180 on Serpentor, who he could never have an actual conversation with that didn't end in shouting or being thrown like a rag doll.

[@davidjames468]

I enjoy Cobra Commander in each incarnation I've experienced him in: - Cartoon (Sunbow&DIC) - Larry Hama's run (Marvel & IDW) - Image comics run to "continue" the Hama run - The two live action movies - The current Energon Universe version While I know there are a few other versions, I'm not as familiar with those as I am the ones I just listed. I have no doubt I'd enjoy the others as well.

[@TheNecessaryEvil]

It’s too bad there isn’t footage of Chris Latta in the recording booth.

[@thundergodgamer118]

What episode is the one where he's wearing the metal outfit?

[@sebastianhames8385]

It's from a later show made in 90s I believe that was released by Dic instead of Sunbow that I think had the same name (?) I haven't watched it in a while.

[@mijadane]

So Cobra Commander is Yzma.

[@QCJSiteB]

Cobra Commander, Skeletor, and Shredder would have all won within a quarter of a single season if they just had higher standards in their hiring department.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Even before i learned who.chris latta was i knew cc snd stats ream was voiced by the same guy What freaked me out was all thr other chatacters chris latta played

[@TPDManiacXC626]

CALAMITY MOST FOWL!

[@dogfacedogface1]

Wasn’t there reasons why he wore the fabric mask and hard mask?

[@calanon534]

I don't recall it ever being explicitly explained, but I imagine the facemask (having been shown at one point to contain electronic bits and bobs) had some kind of early Head's Up Display sort of thing so all of his eyes (he had 6-8 as a result of his Spore exposure) could process information at once, and the cloth hood was for comfort, so his other eyes could rest/be blinded. I think the facemask probably caused serious eyestrain after a while.. imagine having that all over your face.

[@jacobj3933]

I know there's several reasons why, main one is that you couldn't show death in animated shows at the time, but also an in show explanation that he "needed" these people, but Cobra Commander was too forgiving of Destro and the Countess. Mind Bender wasn't as necessary as those 2, which Cobra Commander could/would have found a replacement for him eventually eventually. However, his 2 highest members who betrayed him, well would make more sense to get rid of them. Doesn't matter how he did it, only that he didn't have backstabbers in his ranks at the end of the day. The twin brothers especially, even though they're high ranking CO's, they're not as needed as Destro or Countess. Looking into their backgrounds, not sure how they would be useful as lawyers to any Cobra agent, when they're known to G.I Joe and would effectively be on record as known terrorists.

[@ratmouth]

As much as I love Latta’s voice, the comic version of CC is so much better… a disgruntled used car salesman who started a pyramid scheme, ditched his family, and became a terrorist.

[@Quiras2]

Payroll? You PAY them?

[@TomE.V.]

I want to know why Cobra Commander's eyes appear to be brown underneath his hood. He's depicted to have blue skin with cat-like eyes in the movie. Is it part of his hood or is it just a piss poor retcon

[@StoicLion]

Piss poor retcon. RIP, Chris Latta.

[@DrClaw77]

@@StoicLion crafted from the stalest, longest aged piss, to boot.

[@indagosnake4974]

The real answer is a piss poor retcon, but I like to think he used makeup and contacts around the visible part of his eyes in the hood to appear more human.

[@thundergodgamer118]

What episode is this?

[@cobracommander6420]

Man I’m cool

[@ikagura]

He sounds like Skeletor.

[@thespaceram2879]

Screamer dreamer.

[@anon5438]

cobra commander is why im gay.

[@thespaceram2879]

1 Corinthians 6:9-11, God=Lord Jesus Christ warns of sexual immoral behavior and immoral sexual acts. Those that keep doing it and don't stop those won't enter heaven after passing away. Unfortunately only some ever do. There is no rest for the unrepentant and the disbelieving in the lake of fire and brimstone after passing away. It is the second death.

[@anon5438]

@@thespaceram2879 bruh the Bible isn't real.

[@thespaceram2879]

It has nothing to do with any religion at all. It is a relationship with God=Lord Jesus Christ. During the ancient times God=Lord Jesus Christ revealed to Moses and His other prophets what to write about Him while His Holy Bible book was being completed. This includes the prophesies. The proof is in the prophesies. Which only God=Lord Jesus Christ can fulfill. He has fulfilled all of the ones in the Old Testament part of the Bible. Including the Messianic prophesy. As it was also fulfilled by God=Lord Jesus Christ as stated in the New Testament part of the Bible as well. As He will fulfill the last two remaining prophesies in it as also mentioned in Revelation in the New Testament part as well. The next prophesy being judgement day God=Lord Jesus Christ's return. That day God=Lord Jesus Christ will defeat satan and his antichrist and their world dictatorship. He will restore the war torn earth. There will be a new earth and a new heaven. He will rule Israel and all of the nations on earth like in heaven and His kingdom will never end. He will also summon both the living and the dead that day. Everyone will be present. Even you. Those that have willingly accepted God=Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior and have personally confessed to Him their wrongdoings and have repented. Those will be spared of His judgement. Those will have fellowship with Him. Those will inherit eternal life from Him. Those will be of His seed and of Abraham's seed. While those that are either unrepentant wrongdoers or disbelievers , those will be judged of their wrongdoings by God=Lord Jesus Christ and then His angels will throw the poor condemned into the lake of fire and brimstone. Which resides down beneath the dark void. It is the second death. And satan and his rebel angels will be enchained and imprisoned in the dark void for a thousand years. After a thousand years have passed , they will be let out shortly to decieve the world again for a brief time. They are going to decieve many people into attacking the Holy city of Israel and then God=Lord Jesus Christ will call out fire from Heaven to consume them all. And then He will judge satan and his rebel angels for their evil rebellion towards Him and then His angels will throw satan and his rebel angels into the lake of fire. Where they will be forever with all of the people that they decieved before. It is the final prophesy. If you didn't know then now you know. (God=Lord Jesus Christ's return is nearing much closer when the Holy Temple is rebuilt at the Holy site in Israel.)

[@anon5438]

@@thespaceram2879 You are insane and believe in a guy who died 2,000 years ago. Get educated Read some actual books. And touch grass your God is not real it's going to be okay there is no hell.

[@anon5438]

@@thespaceram2879 yeah im not reading all that nonsense

[@liamevans9815]

What the heck was up with Cobra Commander in the first clip? That looked and sounded like a terrible incarnation of the character.

[@Carlosd7979]

That was his new suit that was pretty much like the beginning of the end of gi Joe as a cartoon on those episodes

[@Harrison11106]

I echo what Celeb Doss wrote. The original toy of that new CC suit was that it was a prototype, basically a power-suit. The reason why Cobra didn't field an entire army of those suits was simple: they each cost as much as a jet fighter. As for why he looked & sounded so god awful, part of it has to do with GI Joe: the Movie. After that Sunbow Studios lost the contract for the (GI Joe) animation, they lost it to DIC of all studios (they did Inspector Gadget & a couple of other things). DIC was notorious for 2 things back then; underbidding competitors, & having really subpar animation.

[@robwett1]

@@Harrison11106 The biggest problem is that the quality of writing for the show seriously declined.

[@naitthegr8131]

agree the 1987 armor suit was worse looking and made even worse in the 1990 DIC season (I consider DIC a continuation of Sunbow continuity) animation. I wonder why DIC started with the armor suit since Commander in the comics had dropped the armor costume and gone back to pretty much the original suit or close to it. On the voicing I'm not completely sure but I believe Chris Latta did reprise the role credited as Christopher Collins. But he did sound not quite like Sunbow. For that matter Bob Sgt Slaughter Remus and Jerry Houser (who voiced Sci Fi) did sound slightly different in DIC than Sunbow too. Only Morgan Lofting (who apparently was replaced in 1991 DIC Season 2) as Baroness sounded the same as she did in Sunbow and so did Ed Gilbert who voiced Hawk (who was replaced by 1991 DIC season 2)

[@bennoble2049]

Cobra Commander sounds like a former orange haired POTUS.

[@brushstroke3733]

And Biden and Harris sound like Zartan because that's pretty much who they are as well.

[@brushstroke3733]

Is Trudeau the political stand-in for Serpentor?

[@batfleckforever3594]

Cobra Commander: AKA Adolph Putin

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

@@brushstroke3733 No, that's Putin. Trudeau's the Headman from the Dic Series.

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

@@brushstroke3733 No, they're greenshirts.