Cobra Commander

[@alvaroperez9498]

Cobra Commander turned out to be the greatest military strategist after all.

[@hunterhq295]

He made idiotic mistakes many times though. Everytime they had prisoners they should have just disabled them by breaking their limbs so they couldn't fight back

[@Artisan1979]

LMAO The walls are covered with Cobra Commander’s photo shoot lol. The ego on this guy!

[@moralecomicsanimated2273]

It’s like stalin

[@sharanquiett9412]

Cobra commander didn't like being betrayed or going against him and he never wanted to be replaced

[@duanebarry2817]

@@moralecomicsanimated2273 Or Kim Jong-Un.

[@nerdy_spooks]

The best Ego lol

[@sharanquiett9412]

@@nerdy_spooks as you know that I know that cobra commanderkins is innocent

[@kimeraclan3135]

It's refreshing to see a silly action animated series that displayed such self-awareness without sounding redundant and awkward. Surely beats the forced dialogue of a few other modern animations. Personal taste aside, I gotta admire the writers.

[@paulholyfield]

Absolutely. A little magic was found in this series, it had some exceptionally good writing, acting, and background music.

[@alphatrion100]

Sunbow was great. Transformers, gi joe, Inhumanoids, Robotix. My favorite cartoons

[@ianfinrir8724]

This show might have just been a toy advertisment, but it was a well written toy advertisment.

[@CraigSmithII]

I think & IMO 1986 was a changing of the guard so to speak as far as animated series & especially comic books, were written. Season 3 of Transformers & Season 2 of GI Joe didn't have a lot of over the top silliness in the episodes. Computer Complications is a good example of this. Now when DIC took over GI Joe, the silliness returned

[@chocolateshogun2511]

GI Joe taught me about DNA and world history before junior high.

[@freddyvidz]

When you could learn from cartoons.

[@seanakizuki]

In my case, I fantasized myself being Dr. Mindbender and creating a new leader for humanity.

[@sergedeleon9592]

The rival of cobra commander serpentor

[@thespaceram2879]

@@seanakizuki There is already one and He is the best there is. His name is Lord Jesus Christ and He happens to be God.

[@eman4630]

@@thespaceram2879 Nah Jesus is nothing compared to the Dear Leader Jim Pickens.

[@hthrun]

1:16 Cobra Commander used explosives instead of just opening the door. That's how upset he was.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Go big or go home. Cobra Commander did both.

[@sharanquiett9495]

Cobra commanderkins doesn't like people hiding stuff behind his back

[@Sh0tgunJust1ce]

I love the photos of Cobra Commander on the wall, trying to strike cool poses but looking like a goof. Great little detail.

[@dr.bright6272]

The ferocity of Gengis Kahn... And presumably his habits meaning there's going to be a lot of New Cobra Commanders kids in the world

[@JoseBronxRican]

Try to unsee the climax: "Co-Bra-Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala!"

[@friendlyneighborhoodplagueDR]

I'm still loyal to you Cobra Commander.

[@hunterhq295]

1:34-I feel he could just replace them all with Synthoids or brainwash them all. Plus he still has Zartan, Storm Shadow, Wild weasel, Firefly, Copperhead and Major Bludd to rely on.

[@Mrvwcc11]

I am too. Cobra commander was the best COBRA 🐍

[@fhb3]

2:08 Best line of that season.

[@zyxelztrife2408]

2:08 COBRA!!! And-uh, get someone to fix that door.

[@richardhaynes3925]

I saw this in my first year at senior school & waited 5 years to say, in biology, what DNA stood for: deoxyribonucleic acid. It was my proudest moment in a rubbish school experience. Cobraaaaaaaaaa

[@The_Notorious_N.O.E.]

I know it's just a cartoon so it's oversimplified but DNA isn't the only thing that defines a person. Those historical figures also had their lives shaped by their experiences and all the people who influenced them. Serpentor may have had their DNA but he lacked their wisdom from their lifetimes

[@ianfinrir8724]

Which proves to be Sepentor's downfall.

[@hunterhq295]

@@ianfinrir8724 Also due to lacking Sun Tzu's patience, and CC sabotaged his first creation and they lost Sergeant Slaughter's dna, which makes me wonder what his result would have been had he been complete

[@rah7866]

Gotta love Cobra Commander... Especially when he goes on one of his rants!

[@belldn3]

The funny thing about this is......the guards that ran with Cobra Commander, blew down the door surrounded his enemies, turned on HIM, in front of his enemies, left with him at the end. Now that's a dysfunctional organization.

[@ianfinrir8724]

The Crimson Guard are under the command of Tomax and Xamot, so they're loyal to them before Cobra Commander.

[@hunterhq295]

@@ianfinrir8724 Many times Cobra has had infighting and betrayals due to conflicting self interests like in the Phantom Brigade, Baroness wanting to keep her job. Destro in Synthoid Conspiracy just because he was angered by his clone. And then Xamot aiding the Joes against Baroness in the Spell of the siren. In Glamour Girls Zartan helped the Joes escape, also Zaranna helping out Mainframe a few times.

[@aaord7872]

I prefer Cobra Commander than Serpentor

[@Schmeichel4ever]

I also prefer cobra commander wearing his helmet. That cloth reminds me of the pacman ghosts

[@stevengreen9536]

Me too.

[@stevengreen9536]

@@Schmeichel4ever Yeah the helmet was much cooler.The cloth kinda reminds me of what real life terrorists sometimes use to hide their identities.

[@rugalthreesixteen6812]

Yeah the pacman ghost mask sucks, people can simply easily remove it as a prank.

[@swiftstreak98]

Serpentor is an asshole

[@timidhobgoblin207]

Mindbender: "Cobra Commander must never learn of this meeting, our movement and even our lives will be in jeopardy" (moments later Cobra Commander walks in, catches them red handed and effectively confirms he'll execute them for treason) Mindbender is immediately like "yeah and what the fuck are you gonna do about it Cobra Commander?" They may as well have invited him to the meeting if he was gonna be that easy to walk over and manipulate.

[@bryansillman3240]

That is funny!

[@Grim2]

Well, Mindbender was surprised that it worked at all sooo... :P

[@hunterhq295]

@@Grim2 CC should have had Storm Shadow and his ninja corps assassinate them.

[@jasonsmith4330]

While I enjoyed the comic book version of Rise of Serpentor this mini series was very good. I enjoyed it a lot as a kid even if the science wasn't sound.

[@Nurgles_Rot_]

@1:17 - "Treachery!!". Only Cobra Commander could unleash single words with such anger. 2nd only to "Hogwash" from the movie!

[@summer20105707]

2:41 And in the long run Mind Bender did fail. Serpentor ultimately lost the war for Cobra and the Commander got his revenge on the "cough" emperor. He turned Serpentor into an iguana and regained cobra. Too bad he didn't exterminate Destro and Mindbender for treason.

[@snakes3425]

Cobra Commander (as he stands over the body of Serpentor, his sword drenched in blood): Get rid of this garbage (faces Mindbender and Destro): The miracle that would turn the tide in our favor. That is what you called this boy who pretended to be a man. Well it will indeed be a miracle alright, IF YOU BOTH SURVIVE WHAT I HAVE PLANNED FOR YOU. But don't think of this as punishment for creating Serpentor, no you see I actually admire your honesty and the initiative you have shown. No I'm not punishing you because I have to...but because I WANT TOO.

[@scockery]

Perhaps Mindbender (along with the Crimson Guard Commander twins) was killed in the destruction of Cobra-La. Destro was still useful and competent. It's worth noting in OPERATION DRAGONFIRE, Cobra was winning until Cobra Commander was back in charge. But almost every miniseries had Cobra winning until the last episode.

[@sharanquiett9412]

Serpentor deserved to be punished for betraying cobra commanderkins and hurting him and grabbing him by the chest and pushing him and throwing him onto the ground was inappropriate and unnecessary and unacceptable behavior

[@kagemaru259]

He gets a lot of his weaponry from Destro's organization.

[@summer20105707]

@@snakes3425 Nice. I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@KimTaeHwan114]

[After created Serpentor] Dr.Mind Bender : "What a spoiled brat I had created!!!"

[@snakes3425]

What did you expect Mindbender you're a dentist not a geneticist

[@hunterhq295]

Well Commander sabotaged it by letting Sergeant Slaughter go and then causing Slaughter's dna to be destroyed. If he was completed with either his dna or Sun Tzu?

[@TPRES_74]

What Kid knew about DNA lol. Crazy thing is the Pentagon had to approve every episode of G.I. Joe because they didn't want to portray the Military in a bad light.

[@TheRulersBack18]

cobra commander really had a whole row of portraits of himself on the walls lmao

[@johnathondupuis1301]

GI Joe predicted drones. And a GREAT Cobra Commander meltdown.

[@CosmoShidan]

Drones have been in use since WWI actually.

[@fidelshorter660]

Damn, they don’t make cartoons like this anymore. Transformers, G.I. Joe, Masters of the universe, teenage mutant ninja turtles, Voltron, ghost busters, thunderCats,

[@scottashe984]

Starscream=Cobra Commander voice

[@joshuakline1435]

Kids in 1986: Mom and Dad What's Deoxyribonucleic Acid Parents in 1986 : Who taught you that swear word??

[@psychogamer7213]

Hearing Starscream ACTUALLY be Smart for once is a good change.

[@hunterhq295]

Starscream was smart at times given he made the Combaticons and also made gunpowder in the middle ages

[@psychogamer7213]

Yeah but he just kept making Dumb choices that just ruined all the smart choices he made before hand. And honestly, We all associate Star scream as Megatron's stress reliever, so his smart moments are just overshadowed by the times Megatron slapped him around.

[@hunterhq295]

@@psychogamer7213 He had knowledge but lacked wisdom due to his ego

[@topscavanger1745]

Soo Starscream

[@augustusclaudiusvenorius6292]

One thing I never understood: the Commander charges into the room with a bunch of Seiges, their rifles aimed at Destro and Mindbender. After he says, "My Guard is loyal!", the Doctor sneers and questions whether that's true, the Guardsmen TURN THEIR WEAPONS ON CC! That makes no sense. Why would they blow up the wall, run in, surround the conspirators, rifles drawn, then immediately turn against CC simply because Mindbender suggested those guys might not be loyal? It's like parts of the script weren't animated.

[@andrewmarshall4604]

his name *is* 'mindbender' - it's possible his suggestion was so powerful that they were compelled to act upon it.

[@senatus]

): sense no makes but funny is scene The see. could we that hypnosis any using he was nor time, the at them on scanner Brainwave a using wasn't he but True,

[@senatus]

formatting! Stupid Gah!

[@scockery]

It would've made more sense if CG commanders Tomax and Xamot said that. The implication being that the guard is loyal to them above all.

[@hunterhq295]

@@scockery The Crimson Guard was around after the movie yet Tomax and Xamot weren't.

[@sharanquiett9412]

Dr. Mindbinder our cobra commanderkins didn't like you hiding this behind your back

[@rades994]

A molecule here, a molecule there...

[@gilotovlog8703]

WTF?? If I'm not mistaking, I'm hearing the same pieces of soundtrack that were also used in the G1 Transformers.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Both shows were produced by the same company.

[@Artisan1979]

I credit G.I. Joe for giving me my first biology lesson. I would never have understood DNA without it.

[@hthrun]

This was how I learned about DNA as a kid.

[@mikeb.379]

"Is this the face of a pansy?" Lmao

[@caesar349]

Lord Revan the Prodigal Knight he said “patsy”.

[@starscream2.032]

Is that a trick question?

[@hunterhq295]

@@starscream2.032 Can't even see his face

[@brettrosenberg]

none of these people is the brightest bulb on the block

[@ianfinrir8724]

"Morons! I have morons on my payroll!" Cobra Commander.

[@hunterhq295]

How they were a threat to the world though

[@symphony4lyfe]

Lol I Love how Cobra Commander wasted No Time.lol Immediately came in guns blazing.lol

[@michaelbandada9887]

I think cobra commander has completely lost it...until he can execute a malevolent counterplan to ruin their schemes

[@DrClaw77]

Scrap-Iron: The Bombshell of Cobra

[@lohancindy5442]

DrClaw77 it’s his voice

[@chrisedwards3214]

@@lohancindy5442 Michael bell.played scrap iron, bombshell, Duke and scrapper

[@Girard1020]

2:23 Is this the face of a patsy? Me: Hard to tell, Cobra Commander, because you have that cloth around it. Could you take it off so I see it?

[@amunra8806]

I can’t take any of this seriously since action figure therapy 😂

[@matthewnada913]

In 1986, this all sounded cool but in 2023, we know Dr. Mindbendee’s plan is scientifically impossible

[@cheeseburger12]

Correct. It is scientificly impossible to make a better Cobra leader then Cobra Commander. What was Mindbender thinking!

[@hunterhq295]

@@cheeseburger12 It's tv, like cloning dinosaurs in jurassic park isn't possible in real life

[@cheeseburger12]

@@hunterhq295 It wasn't the cloning I was objecting to. It was the improving on Cobra Commander part.

[@hunterhq295]

@@cheeseburger12 Mindbender believed he could do better given Commander's many mistakes and cowardice. (Examples in the christmas episode he left the key with the captive Joes instead of finishing them off) He never learns on finishing enemies when he had the chance

[@cheeseburger12]

@@hunterhq295 Unfortunately, Dr. Mindbender failed to account he was in an 80s cartoon. And although things were much more relaxed then the 70s, the writers still had limits.

[@hunterhq295]

1:33-Solution, replace them with Synthoids. Plus he has other reliable/loyal replacements like Storm Shadow, Copperhead, Wild weasel, Firefly.

[@rdubayoo]

He had one loyal dude and treated him like garbage.

[@hunterhq295]

Scrap Iron betrayed him later. I feel Storm Shadow was his most trusted

[@rdubayoo]

@hunterhq295 Yeah, and look how that turned out. You know what the funny thing is, though? I'm willing to bet the Commander was a lot more popular in the organization after he got rid of Serpentor. It's easy to imagine someone could do a better job at something until it's actually tried, and you find out that no, the original guy really was the best person for the job.

[@hunterhq295]

@@rdubayoo Surprised way Destro was supporting Serpentor all this while and he and Baroness spoke against CC in the movie, only after that they began to support him in taking down Serpentor. (Strangely much of Cobra like Zartan, the Twins, Mindbender or Major Bludd were absent after the movie, can assume they either died in Cobra La's explosion or got arrested?)

[@thenationalradar8355]

Aging is realizing that Cobra Commander was actually right, but he had a disloyal incompetent workforce that he grossly overpaid.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Cobra Commander also gave his employees health and unemployment insurance. Nobody's 100% evil.

[@Girard1020]

Deoxyribonucleic Acid now I know what D.N.A. Stands for & knowing is half the battle.

[@ianfinrir8724]

The other half, of course, is violence.

[@cobrageneral556]

Doctor mindsssucker guy,who have a crazy ambitionsss !!!

[@peterang78]

Cobra Commander you said it, lord cobra commander.

[@richardsorel201]

So ahead of its time!

[@andrewmarshall4604]

the crazy part is they're actually trying to do this now, in China

[@magnusdiridian]

1:12 the voice of reason

[@arkinyte13]

0:29 So did those two soldiers shrink or is Cobra employing child soldiers?

[@cobracorporal6738]

1:09 - *Serpentor*

[@fmthebaron]

That's messed up that the Crimson Guard turned their weapons on Cobra Commander like that. It must be because of all those high ranking Cobra members all in the same room going against Cobra Commander. Cobra Commander turned the tables later when he had full support from high ranking Cobra members Baroness and Gnawgahyde in which he was able to easily recruit his Python Patrol to overthrow Serpentor for good.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Aren't the Crimson Guard under the command of Tomax and Xamot?

[@bennoble2049]

Nano technology in 1985. Imagine what it is today in 2022.

[@colonelkurtz2269]

Two heavily armed forces that cause collateral and materiel damage but never reduce each other's capacity to fight tomorrow. 😆 🤣 😂

[@amitypredator9385]

Mindbender executed order 66.

[@arober9758]

Very good job fellows!!

[@romegavadquez6310]

Yes, dna, sprinkle a little here a little there. Surprise what you come up with

[@andrewmarshall4604]

I'm guessing it's not going to work or they'll just end up creating some blind deformed mutant with lungs on the outside that only lives about 2 minutes.

[@Mrvwcc11]

2:09 😂 and get someone to fix that door

[@briancurry6602]

nice

[@andrewkruzienski770]

Wow Cobra La's plan was almost thrawted by their own agent.

[@hunterhq295]

It was thwarted in the end

[@briancurry6602]

never see that coming

[@dr.bright6272]

Don't trust the villian with the giant old timey mustache to lead.

[@hakimzaaba7782]

And the baldy molecule with a cape

[@albertoruiz7996]

A true maquiavelo

[@Zninety]

Honestly, just open the door. You don't need to blow the wall.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Go big or go home. Cobra Commander did both.

[@Fendude]

How did Cobra Commander leave the room? Did he create another hole in the wall?

[@LordTalax]

Went out the hole he created?

[@dansondelta4759]

@@LordTalax old i know but we watched through the hole.

[@Supported-Characters]

“Get someone to fix that door”. LOLOL I would have said,: “What door, jackass. You blew it up!”

[@rafalpopielarski7639]

Witam gdzie mozna ogladac caly serial lub film lub jaki jest kanal Gdzie jest bajka G>I>JOE ?

[@model84]

zwazywszy na ilosc serii i ze to ma 35lat to tylko odmety torrentow

[@diogoalmeida9200]

Create a new leader using genetics…while I still think that Serpentor’s creation was one the silliest ideas of the whole G.I. Joe franchise, I guess it was clearly inspired by 70’s anime and tokusatsu which usually had evil organizations/empires led by machines or enhanced humanoids…

[@LordTalax]

Those are some great troops that turn on you in an instant.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Cobra was like the decepticions you dint join to make friends

[@ianfinrir8724]

@@chrisedwards3214 Well, Destro and Baroness get along pretty well.

[@snakes3425]

0:03 So why did they invite two random Vipers to the meeting?

[@reavern]

The Arise, Serpentor, Arise storyline was the greatest multi-episode story in the original G.I. Joe cartoon. Watching this clip, I’m reminded that G.I. Joe (more accurately Cobra) had the greatest over-the-top voice actors in cartoon history! I wish modern animated shows had characters voiced like Dr. Mindbender, The Baroness, Destro, Zartan, and even Cobra Commander. On the flip side, the Joes were kinda bland - and Roadblock’s rhyming was cringe. I’ve watched some of the G.I. Joe remakes and they were utterly devoid of the “80s Magic” that made the original cartoon so popular. It would be a dream if the animation could be updated (as in completely redone, because TBH it’s difficult to watch today) but the voice performances could be preserved. I’d watch the hell out of a new G.I. Joe cartoon IF it was faithful to original!

[@ianfinrir8724]

G.I Joe: Renegades was awesome. It serves as an origin story to G.I Joe and is basically The A-Team but with the Joes.

[@georgiablackman9661]

🤣 @ 2:16-2:19 how they walk

[@johnstafford2402]

Who’s the guy with monocle, mustache and a cape without his shirt 😄

[@Girard1020]

Dr. Mindbender

[@xxvvxxxx]

Freddy Mercury of courze...

[@ianfinrir8724]

Dr. Mindbender. Used to be a dentist trying to invent a device that would allow dental procedures to be painless without needing anesthesia. He tried the device on himself and it made him obsessed with inflicting pain.

[@hunterhq295]

@@Girard1020 Only appeared in season 2

[@chrisnapolion6967]

Me to

[@DEADG6D]

Why didnt they jus go in the door. He is a bad leader. That costs money to haphazardly burst thru your own walls in a military installation

[@andrewmarshall4604]

The crazy part is they are actually trying to do this now, in China

[@CosmoShidan]

Wait, didn't Cobra Command already have the ability to clone an army of perfect soldiers?

[@ManInABubble]

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[@JoseBronxRican]

"Yuuuuuuuu-Lyyyyyyyyyye!!!!!"

[@jcoriha]

How did that Jan 6th plan work out for you Commander?

[@ianfinrir8724]

Please. Cobra Commander has more style than that.

[@raidencruz7820]

1:18

[@xxvvxxxx]

Well todays perspective plan is quite reasonable and not science fiction

[@euhphil]

Cobra Comander was cool, but Serpentor was cooler.

[@cheeseburger12]

Lies! Unsubstantiated Lies!

[@zippityzop]

A shame that this story arch turned into that horrible joke of an animated film. GI Joe the movie is a botched abortion.

[@CedlowHumankush]

love Cobra commander...hate serpentor

[@springtrapstarwar5557]

destro and dr mindbender including tomax and xamot are traitors to cobra, if they hated him so much, then why they joined their organization in the first place.

[@taylorberg6860]

Non fiction

[@sharanquiett9495]

Never

[@buymeskittles2719]

1:45 Oh, Ssssssssssssssshit.