History and Origin of GI Joe's DESTRO!

This is the entire origin and history of Laird James McCullen Destro XXIV the Chief Weapons Supplier for Cobra known as .... DESTRO! Find out where he family comes from, who he loves and what he does as he works side by side with the one and only Cobra Commander!
#GIJoe #Destro #CobraCommander

[@torritaite2880]

I know that one of, if not the greatest day of my life was meeting, Arthur Burghardt the original voice of Destro!

[@skywarp1]

Ol Devestator himself

[@anthonygutierrez3253]

How was he in person

[@ai6894]

I always loved the bling his character was drawn wearing in the cartoon. Destro wasn't shy about his old money roots!

[@NgaiOlaudah]

TORRI TAITE 2880 MY BROTHER! Guess who, brotherman! COBRAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[@NgaiOlaudah]

@torritaite2880 Besides the days of the births of my beautiful daughter and grand daughters, the greatest day of my life was meeting Torri Taite and many of you who show at the Cons! COBRAAAAAAAAA!!

[@darthXreven]

I always liked Destro in the cartoons, his action figure too was always one of the best...

[@commentcopbadge6665]

Destro gets to tap The Baroness. Game done! 'Nuff said. Destro wins.

[@patrickstewart3446]

Yeah... I mean, how can any Cobra member top that? Two women in Cobra and BOTH of them want Destro. :)

[@bles05]

Destro's tha man!

[@chd1694]

My thoughts exactly. 👍🏽👍🏽. I always liked the Baroness and Lady J. In like Flint i always say. Lol 😂. I’m glad the animators didn’t put a quilt on Destro with him being scottish and all. 😳🥴 There is a tiny hint in one of the episodes that Destro is from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, there was a bunch of sheep 🐑 on a hill and a guy playing the bagpipes. Lmao 😂

[@beaupierrebondurant5651]

Smoothest cartoon villain, ever.

[@michaelkelley4188]

My favorite Gi Joe villain love it!

[@almightytowerdiveking4636]

Destro is a pretty interesting and complex character. GI Joe is interesting altogether. Thanks for the GI Joe videos man. These videos are really cool.

[@mamunestor]

My favorite Destro quote from Larry Hama is “the difference between a free man and a slave is the ability to carry a weapon.”

[@NgaiOlaudah]

Tell us PLEASE in which show is that line that I may look it up... i don't believe it exists...

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Destro looks like a total Badass

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

Destro and Major Bludd were the first GI Joe figures I got back in the day.

[@Walkdogable]

One of the top GI Joe characters.

[@Mecha82]

Destro is my favorite character in entire G.I. Joe. In comic books he is such awesome character with plenty of dimensions beyond just being member of Cobra.

[@noodleschalepah5934]

I have the 6 inch destro figure.

[@piyakhebisonii1001]

My favorite character in G. I. Joe of all time!!

[@vilekyle22]

I love these. Please don't stop doing these.

[@stevengreen9536]

I remember that episode with Lady Jay. It was interesting to learn that she and Destro were actually related. It would be cool if the comics or in an animated movie explored this fact a little more.😀

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

LOL Yeah, and he had a Lovecraft-monster in the basement. I'd love to see that one again.

[@stevengreen9536]

@@jean-paulaudette9246 Yeah must have been that Marvel influence. Advanced tech,magic,mutants,monsters, etc. all exist. But somehow never conflict with the narrative or the plot. :P

[@archam777]

Man.......everybody wants Baroness.

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

Well yeah!

[@dapencilshinobi]

I wish I kept my GI joes

[@favoritemustard3542]

Oh, did you make them hold jumpin' jack firecrackers to their own face & then blow em up w/M80s, too? 👍

[@dragonweyr44]

My father throw away all of my GI Joes, Transformers and other toys back in the 80s

[@zakjones6925]

Destro a whole g in these streets😭 sliding down the Garden State Parkway in a tank!!! 😆 #NJ

[@MarioWendorf]

You know what's great? As a kid I always thought Destro was black. As an adult, I think his voice is funny and makes me want to ask, you're from Scotland huh.. what part of Scotland?

[@NgaiOlaudah]

Callender, Scotland! And Destro was NEVER Black or black! or... Afro-European! The actor who portrayed him however IS!

[@JUJITSOO]

👌😂

[@DrToker]

im 40 and just learned hes not black... i just always thought he was... i guess it was from the guy who voiced him on the old show? idk...

[@PinkyJujubean]

He's from one of those islands off the coast where they have silver heads and talk like black people purely by coincidence

[@lordpuki1375]

I find it amusing that anyone could think Destro was black considering how he loved open-collared shirts. It might be understandable if he was introduced in his Iron Grenadier uniform, but how often do you see a black man with a white chest? His son Alexander, on the other hand...

[@eyeplay6210]

Now I know, and knowing is half the battle.

[@JLvatron]

"Berrylium steel has no nerve endings." haha! GReat video!! Interesting that Major Bludd was originally going to kill Destro, while in the toy fiction, Major Bludd was trained by Destro.

[@delmusdugan]

Best destro quote : premature panic is the sign of an immature mind

[@dinomonzon7493]

Destro was essentially Dr. Doom in the Marvel G. I. Joe universe- he had a personal castle and army, maintained a code of honor, kept his word (once given), and is versed in robotics (see G. I. Joe #90).

[@foxsparrow8973]

Who wants a really good GIJoe reboot?

[@bigdaddy2343]

Me!!!! Based on the cartoon from 84-86 series

[@foxsparrow8973]

@@bigdaddy2343 but this time people get killed.

[@bigdaddy2343]

@@foxsparrow8973 you're pretty cool. Im over here setting up my toddler sons DC imagineXt series action figures with bases and vehicles while he naps. He's gonna wake up to see his entire inventory of weapons vehicles bases etc with the full roster of heroes and villains. LOLOL. I have a ton of fun doing it

[@foxsparrow8973]

@@bigdaddy2343 you could do it in a way that what's known as "cassette based technology " that you use 80's style hair and clothes but with a mix of modern and futuristic technology. Another thing I'd livr to see would be a prequel to GI Joe with the Adventure Team from the 1970s.

[@kray97]

I thought that's what GI Joe: Renegades was supposed to be.

[@ultraduck7472]

My #1 favorite Destro!

[@onepouchman7389]

Sir, your G.I. Joe character featurettes are amazing!

[@sgtdh6892]

Can you do Golobulus and Cobra La next? I would like to propose that Golobulus was actually a scientist working on genetic mutations for Cobra Commander. He was successful but went insane and created this whole Cobra La backstory after his lab was destroyed and when Golobulus woke up a sign above the lab said Cobra La instead of Cobra Laboratories. In his insane state he started his cult of Cobra La. I will explain more but this is my story of the GIJoe Movie and Cobra La.

[@weswhitworth4674]

No wonder Cobra could never accomplish anything. They fought themselves more than they fought G.I. Joe.

[@devonabates6184]

More backstabbing and outdoing each other.

[@go5582]

I love destro.

[@AlabamaVid2]

He is my favorite G.I.Joe villian

[@MISTERPERFECT3806]

Mine, too. Destro rules.

[@peterparker6584]

in the original animated cartoon series, I'd swear on a stack of Bibles. They did an episode where he claimed the mass was a family curse. It was some sort of enchanted mask that was put on each male descendent. After the previous one died or something like that could not be removed until their death where it would be passed on to the next male descendent part of the storyline of the episode was he was messing with some sort of magic to relieve himself of the curse of the mask. You also didn't talk about 1960s DESTRO;).the human bullet, if I remember correctly, was the character who went on to become DESTRO.it's one of the more rare figures from the original 1960s G.I. Joe line

[@alken355]

Yeah the canon gets a little muddy, with the cartoon and comic.

[@ExeErdna]

Yes that's the canon that I remember too

[@19zach75]

You are correct. The mask that Destro wears is a cursed tradition that was placed upon his ancestors. I remember that episode well.

[@peterparker6584]

@@19zach75 one thing that always bugged me about the original G.I. Joe's series was all the backstabbing. Nobody could figure out who was in charge of who the Twins major blood the barness zartan and old chrome head Were always fighting over who was going to lead cobra. the faked article brought was a legitimate business empire was another little thing that always made me scratch my head.u had cobra Corp. and cobra, the terrorist organization as if the two were not connected . hell u even had a cobra, credit card;). the barness at one point lead. a all female cobra uprising and that was long before everybody complaining about movies that were all female characters;). ive never seen the drug task force stof yet.i remember seeing one episode where it took place right after the movie wear barness was locating cobra commander in the jungle, where he was a snake and she injected him with something that made him partially human and then killed a leopard and skild it so he wouldn't be running around naked. I'm surprised since G.I. Joe renegades they haven't done another cartoon. More recently. a mother thing that always had me wondering there were several plans by cobra that failed and they never try to repeat, said plan, where it probably would've worked if they tried again and just did a few things differently. To compensate for the mistakes.

[@19zach75]

@@peterparker6584 I agree. Cobra probably could've won by combining the "weather dominator" with the "pyramid of darkness."

[@havenousbrown5917]

I remember reading that civil war story arch as a kid and loving every page of it.

[@littlejimmy5370]

That was a great comic.

[@ChartreusianInfusion]

It’s really sweet of you to mention the community you’re fostering here in the new version of the boilerplate intro this time. Honestly, I could readily fetch my comic book news on yt from elsewhere but I always click HERE first instead because I know YOU know exactly wtf is up, won’t bullshit me for clickbait, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, as I’ve mentioned before and CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH, you read ALL the footnotes and Larry Hama has TAUGHT YOU WELL. Keep it up, man! We LOVE it. :)

[@FnRenner]

DESTROOOOO! Great job! Informative and entertaining. Appreciate the series and your hard work.

[@VaughnJogVlog]

If you simply look at Destro you would think he is the leader.

[@terrancechilds3049]

Think you so much from all of your friends in cobra

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

I still have GI Joe #11.

[@realitycheck4158]

Me too, think it was my first issue?

[@wjzav1971]

Man, its so sad that Destro and Baroness never got to spend a good life together at Destro Castle.

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

Actually he was Red Jackal, a Russian member of Action Force who was crippled in combat. Baron Ironblood had him rebuilt and made him one of his lieutenants, driver of the Hyena vehicle. When Ironblood betrayed the Red Shadows to form Cobra, Red Jackal tracks him down to kill him but instead is recruited by the new Cobra Commander and renamed Destro.

[@jimmyodinson9841]

His name is from Jackal screaming Destroy but never finishing the word, so Baron/Commander named him Destro to forever remind him of his failure

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

@@jimmyodinson9841 One day the Black Major will catch up with them both!

[@olleselin]

@@MrLorenzovanmatterho totally

[@matthewneufer1758]

I was raised by GI Joe

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

The better question is how destro can have facial expressions in a metal mask????

[@OneNationUnderPug]

Probably some form of Nanites mesh that let’s the metal be flexible.

[@Shadyacres11]

I actually wait on your G.I. Joe videos! Great job!

[@SixkillerStronghold]

Thank you for posting! Great video

[@marktaft]

Prolific video as the Classified line has Destro and Profit Director Destro. Keep up the good work!

[@michaelkelley4188]

Thank you sir you rock! I absolutely appreciate this Destro lore video! 👍🏆

[@NgaiOlaudah]

YOU, Michael, ROCK!!!!! COBRAAAAAAAA!

[@brianrebmann5398]

very good video thanks for sharing

[@tinnyle2719]

13:50 excuse me... A cobra toaster?

[@theshockerpit7274]

Well yeah of course how Else do you think he makes evil toast?

[@ianfinrir8724]

​@@theshockerpit7274 Evil Toast and Evil Ham!

[@molonlabe4240]

Thanks for making this.

[@_The_Worst_]

😮...How dare they even think of harming Cobra Commander whilst sitting on the🚽pooper...🧐

[@jbragg35]

You know it sucks that Destro was booted out of the 2nd GI Joe movie.I was looking forward to him.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

That scene was lame. It showed how little Hasbro cared or what millennials knew about the Destro character.

[@jbragg35]

@@DavidLLambertmobile yeah I agree

[@mixmix1487]

JLS is the best. So underrated!

[@terrancechilds3049]

Think you so very much from all of your friends in cobra

[@theronmitchell3073]

Oh yeah one of my favorite cobras

[@dirthefner2034]

I so had destro mask for Halloween

[@Allentox]

Dr. Mindbender! Fuck yeah!

[@peterang78]

Great video, though one issue I seem to notice is you seem to focus way too much on the comic. Sure, the comic has a lot of cool things, but it seem like you left some aspect out in the cartoons.

[@nathanbelnap9670]

Thank You Greg Horn!

[@olleselin]

Awesome backstory!

[@sexcorpio6976]

Everytime I see Destro the organ part of No regrets by Robbie Williams sounds in my mind. Everytime I hear such a secuence of notes, I think about Destro.

[@21April853BC]

I used to watch these cartoons after school when I was in grade school.

[@kellycochran6487]

Cromwell wasn't Lord Protector under Charles I, he was the reason Charles I was beheaded in 1658.

[@spineknife2386]

Thanks for your uploads man. I enjoy them every week

[@chrislockemann3251]

I remember getting these off the rack. So good. I liked the earlier ones with Quinn the Eskimo better though. Still, I enjoyed the video. Well done!

[@optimuscprime]

Destro is quite good looking compared to cobra commander's various mugs.

[@bensongbey913]

This was the best thing ever

[@foxsparrow8973]

I wonder if Destro had run ins with the original GIJoe adventure team in the 1970s. It would make a cool prequel.

[@ClericsofOhm]

Very cool video! We just posted a new GI Joe tribute song on our channel, and I think it has sparked a major sense of nostalgia for me. GI Joe was such a big part of my childhood. These looks into GI Joe history are great!

[@comicbookguy4271]

The comics of the 80s really had quite a deep story line

[@thedragon5289]

You forgot to mention that Destro was also a druid and worshiped the old gods.👍🏼

[@alphatrion100]

He was also black in the cartoon

[@fightingmedialounge519]

No, he was voiced by a balck person.

[@christophermartin141]

Keep it up

[@19zach75]

In one episode, it is revealed that Destro and "Lady Jaye" are related through shared ancestry.

[@19zach75]

@Jeffrey Dohnger I'm sure but, I didn't watch this entire video. It's only rehashed information from previous videos regarding Destro.

[@nilbog808]

Facts 🤢

[@TheRealKaiProton]

That was great, I was hoping you would talk about the Recent Movies though too.

[@hollywood6079]

The recent movies were awful bro!!!!!! With all these great characters & stories they couldn't make a decent movie????? Really?????

[@bles05]

@@hollywood6079 seriously..agreed...like, wtf? Hollywood destroyed G.I. Joe

[@iwasanangryyoungman]

I guess Destro felt demotivated working for Cobra Commander so he opted to strike out agitating metahumans - and pissing off professional heroes - in Japan

[@josephskiles]

Been waiting for this

[@bryanjturner21]

Pretty sure you made this video awhile ago, I remember watching another Destro video when I deep dived your channel.

[@TheHellboy1980]

how did he make so many facial expressions in a metal mask i always wondered and why they drew him that way like he had metal skin

[@otrosdatos8113]

He can, he is Destro, ok?

[@energicko]

Agent Hunk Destro's mask was a comprised of nanotechnology polymers. Which flexes with the contours of his face. Much like modern razors for shaving. This was not always explicitly stated in canon.

[@videosurfah]

@@energicko lol wow

[@SomeBlueKind]

@@energicko You can see the gyros and whatsits when he takes it off in this video.

[@Riceball01]

@@energicko But why would you want that? I'd think that it would be better to make it a simple mask, it's not only cheaper and requires less maintenance, it has the added advantage of being more intimidating and/or disconcerting since you can never read his facial expressions.

[@isidorebranham5327]

“....A crappy situation....!!”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@michaelchristophercompitus3291]

0:37 James McMullen on the filecard?

[@terrancechilds3049]

You can send you the spread the message of Cobra like a loyal subordinate of the organization

[@mangamegs]

You're a true american or Canadian KZbin hero.

[@deadaccount7520]

I think I see a flaw in the logic. I know, but if you don't believe in treating the material with respect. Your not reading this comment. So they felt cobra commanders assassination could only be done if something was done about his bodyguard Stormshadow. So he hires someone to track Stormshadow down. To be a effective bodyguard. Don't you have to be around the body in question to guard it? So either they didn't even know where cobra commanders was. Which seems to bea far bigger hurdle than a bodyguard. Or Stormshadow is the greatest bodyguard of all time...or the absolute worst.

[@christopherpavkovich4995]

From Scotland had a black man’s voice. 😂

[@NgaiOlaudah]

hey, Numb Nuts, there Afro-Scotsmen!

[@JamieFHarbert]

it would be cool if Destro and Doctor Doom teamed up in a movie

[@glennhouston5686]

Nope , doom does not tolerate mediocrity ✔️💯

[@diamondsandgold1993]

Did the GI Joe's close shop because they won? Forcing Cobra to disband? I'm ready for the GI Joe's to beat Cobra again in this new run. These stories are really interesting though!

[@anthonygutierrez3253]

Remember it's just a old kids show 📺

[@diamondsandgold1993]

@@anthonygutierrez3253 I'm talking about the comics, issue 155

[@jareddavidmanifold313]

What years are all those destro figures that have been shown in the video?

[@FenrirFire18]

*GO JOE!*

[@invest42morrow]

Wait. If destro is wearing a mask then how the hell do the lips move???

[@mikeb8054]

Magic

[@OneNationUnderPug]

The mask probably has technical in it that makes it flexible when he talks but hard when he get shot or something.

[@Rexerman89]

"I loved in the Sunbow cartoons where his mask would move like his real face would! It's a mask, it should'nt move at all lol!"

[@glennhouston5686]

Magic of youth and cartoons 👍🏿🍻

[@Cosmicslopman]

You're out of the band Destro.

[@hassanpalomo4705]

Its funny a mike bloomberge comercial played before this

[@ianirizarry30]

Hail cobra lol

[@paulleepoy7236]

DESTRO IS MY FATHER 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@thespaceram2879]

Then where is your iron mask and her's?

[@adfnow6270]

Destro was .... Bullet man 😮 RETCON TIME 😁

[@scoobydont8]

Heyo. Cromwell was named Lord Protector 4 or 5 years after the death of Charles I.

[@R3troZone]

I wouldn't say the Baroness spent most of the Cobra civil war strapped to the front of a HISS tank since the war lasted 4 issues in the comics and the Baroness is captured by Serpentor maybe 2 pages before she's rescued.

[@basilisgkotsis4042]

The first Human puppet of Start scream

[@joeelgart7760]

Wow, kept getting caught

[@MrMarcuscarter20]

I forgot about the iron grenadiers

[@isidorebranham5327]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@MikeFsGamingCorner]

Since we know about the Autobot commander Optimus Primes origins as Orion Pax What do we know about the Megatrons origins

[@bcreighton1829]

I know Sgt. Slaughter was a character in G.I Joe, but did The Iron Sheik make a cameo at 14:15? Only WWF/WWE Old School Fans would catch this...

[@flamestoyershadowkill6400]

I believe a Hero Aca character was named after him

[@timothylyons5686]

And there was me believing Destro was originally Red Jackal, a former Z Force driver.