History and Origin of GI Joe's SPIRIT!

This is the origin and the history of Charlie Iron-knife, aka Spirit, a perennial of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero! From Larry Hama to Ron Rudat and from comic book to screen, here is his tale told over time. We also get to talk about his pet and friend eagle Freedom!
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[@ShinobiShowdown]

Spirit was a complete badass in the cartoon he went toe to toe with Storm Shadow.

[@captassassin5680]

I’ve always liked Spirit. Easily one of my top 5! Thanks for posting this content, it was great!

[@daveyardbird7430]

Spirit was my first Joe and still my favorite

[@Magur]

That bear was terrifyingly huge.

[@alexandersomoza2701]

Spirit and Stormshadow would always go at it in the series and end up in a tie. It was so dope!!

[@kratoscraken5614]

Spirit is one of the best his popularity was on the same level as Snake Eyes not to mention tget made the best tag team. 🇺🇸👍💪

[@nygelleredpath]

Agreed!

[@swordpegasus4032]

spirit and snake eyes are my favourite characters of GI Joe because they are badass and very strategic.

[@lennyalcina4340]

One of the greatest among the Joe's, very intuitive and with a dry sense of humor, a great design and always with a good fighting style, excellent job Jesse

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

I played Spirit as Rambo. I attached Sergeant Slaughter arms on him witha Rock 'N Roll machine gun belt chestplate and equip him with an M-60, Storm Shadow's bow and arrow, and Falcon's backpack with the knife on the side. It was your worst nightmare.

[@ghostbusterguy20011]

Cool do you have any pics do you still have the figure

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

@@ghostbusterguy20011, negative. I ran off and joined the Army and when I came back I found out my evil stepmother sold all my action figures (Star Wars, G.I.JOE, Transformers) inna garage sale. I have a few action figures and vehicles that were made back then but I bought them as an adult outta nostalgia.

[@ghostbusterguy20011]

@@warpartyattheoutpost4987 bummer but I bet I could do that custom might use quick kicks torso though seeing how Rambo is shirtless although roadpig might work nicely as well

[@kungfew1396]

I can't help but notice the similarities between Spirit and Billy from Predator.

[@nygelleredpath]

100% and Turok later as well

[@harveymcelroy9332]

Lol exactly ha ha

[@Will008]

@@nygelleredpath Right

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

The second action figure you showed looked like that one dude from Predator. Like a dead ringer.

[@stevengreen9536]

Yeah I noticed that too.I think that was intentional because that action figure probably came out around the time of the first Predator movie.

[@Will008]

“Billy! Billy, Let’s go!!!” 😂

[@jonnybridin]

I can't get enough of these gijoe vids! I truly look forward to them every week. I'd like to request Shockwave please!

[@joeydubbs763]

1:32 that re issue action figure has clearly been modeled after 'Billy' from the original Predator movie with Schwarzenegger. He's even got a Remington 870 mounted under his M16 & he's a "tracker"....

[@61934da]

Can you do Alpine, Quick kick, and Scrap-iron?

[@1971thedoctor]

Interesting character, thanks for the video. Just remember knowing is half the battle.

[@johnvalencia7520]

Could you do a video of all the Joes's who were K.I.A.?

[@the78wildcat]

Ooh, now THAT would be awesome.

[@TheLordUrban]

Lots of Green Helmets.

[@kratoscraken5614]

The one thing i never got till this day, what was that beef in TAS between Spirit and Stormshadow? 🇺🇸👍💪

[@kingflame81]

Exactly! When it should've been Snake Eyes VS Storm Shadow, or at the very least Quick Kick.

[@insanemob8508]

Dale Bagwell , remember in the cartoon , they used to disrespect Storm Shadow and let fighter like Spirit or Quick Kick beat up on Storm Shadow , knowing that they were not skilled enough to defeat him like that

[@stevengreen9536]

I don't think Storm Shadow had any beef with Spirit.If any thing Storm Shadow had respect for him.Even though they were enemies.During the Revenge of Cobra miniseries Spirit actually saves Storm Shadows life and Storm Shadow ends up returning the favor.In another episode Storm Shadow saves a captured Spirit from an unauthorized execution by the Dreadnaughts.Telling him he was a worthy opponent and did not deserve to be treated that way.

[@Loremastrful]

I think it was a bit of displacement. The rivalry is definitely Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow. But since Snake Eyes is mute and there needed to be dialog between rivals, it was transferred to Spirit.

[@nygelleredpath]

It's because they both valued Honorable Combat through Cultural values. Without Native Americans the US wouldn't have even had Special Forces tbh.

[@MrBurlybiker]

Do Gung Ho!!!!!!

[@ssaaddssaadd4682]

Spirit and Dusty are my two favorite Joes.

[@devonrobinson4914]

Please do a video of Lady Jaye.

[@Lee86THUNDER]

Spirit is as cliche of a native as it gets. Still a true badass

[@jamaalaustin8813]

Would you do one on Roadblock or Doc? Thanks.

[@theonlymatthew.l]

I'd love to see one of these videos on Dusty...

[@Youmama187]

JLS I hope you do Ship Wreck soon, and highlight some of his growth in the cartoon as it was actually some of the best story telling

[@bryansardegna4195]

Love the sound effects. Great video.

[@RadDadRich]

I love these videos! I'm sad that I just now ran across them. Great work!

[@Outlawstar79]

Now I know more about Spirit! And knowing is half the battle...what's the other half?

[@alanguages]

Applying what you know into action.

[@nygelleredpath]

Thanks for covering him.

[@energicko]

Great video, JLS! Continue the great work. Fun fact for 8:26 to 8:32 , Alongside Frank Welker performing Spock's vocalizations; Leonard Nimoy (credited as "Frank Force") was the computer voice of the turbolift at Spacedock.

[@napoleonwilson6499]

As a native American I was always a big fan

[@bigboy13a]

Spirt was actually supposed to be the Americans answer to storm shadow. But snake eyes became so big it never went that direction.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

In the cartoon, Spirit had a rivalry with Storm Shadow. I guess it was because Snake Eyes couldn't talk.

[@the78wildcat]

Woo hoo! 500th 👍 I'm hooked on your GI Joe videos. Great job and keep it up!

[@Ionicblood666]

I love the realistic take on these character portfolios.

[@christopherwalker2228]

This is really... thorough.

[@johnsorrow1987]

Maurice LeMarche was the voice for Serpentor only in the DIC cartoon. Dick Gautier did the voice for Serpentor in the old Sunbow Entertainment version.

[@efrempeters8237]

Thanks 😊 he was so smooth on the cartoon series.

[@teslasuperdestinations]

Love you vids, the equivalent of the Marvel Annual Yearbooks!

[@ai6894]

October Guardsman, retired: "In Soviet Russia, American Spirit smokes YOU!" 🚬⚰️

[@gregorypage5438]

That was a very interesting and informative video.

[@George-de6hd]

a episode on the cobra civil war would be awesome

[@johnvalencia7520]

Next month so November USMC B-day is the November 10th. Could you please do videos on the Marine Joe's?

[@taichi29]

@JLS Comics : You should do a video on Mutt, Cover Girl, Roadblock, Frostbite, Duke, Falcon.

[@jonnybridin]

Id love to learn more about Lifeline!

[@paulleyharris7851]

I always have Spirit on my special team led by Lt. Falcon

[@WARPATH_45]

Thanks JLS 💯

[@scottjackson369]

Are you, The Gatekeeper!

[@jamesmoss3424]

He's a good guy and his eagle is nice.😀👍🦅

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Of my favorite cartoon characters were Shipwreck, Snake Eyes, Low Light, and, of course, Spirit. In no particular order.

[@rickyanderson894]

Do Duke and Storm Shadow

[@UncleBlerd]

CALLED IT

[@KingKong-fj4dk]

Where can I see the UK action force profiles?

[@tbone2425]

Do Lo Light....pls

[@sharpaycutie2]

Adam Becah would've been PERF for this role😭😭😭

[@benquirobiequiratman4646]

Tommy The actor who played Billy in Predator

[@kobocopcustoms]

In the previous Stalker video, You said The next video was going to be about the GI Joe computer game. What happened? I tried searching it and nothing came up.

[@baron7755]

never understood why he had those 3 red chevrons

[@Ynffy]

Bear taken out by Wham! ...bam! I am! a man! Job or no job, You can't tell me that I'm not.

[@kevinredbearaddison4811]

There's only 2 people from G.I . Joe I like and one from Cobra..Spirit, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow.

[@raikagekamikaze]

❤️👍

[@MLCOOK51]

Can you do gun-ho

[@greygremlin1248]

Spirit, Tunnel Rat, Lady Jay, Flint need to be new action figures

[@jeremybaker195]

At 1:33 the " Sprit AKA Charley Iron Knife" looked less like GI Joe's Sprit and more like Billy Sole from Predator. Right down the vest and machete he uses to stand off with the Predator. Is that their way of hinting that Predator was really the first GI Joe movie or was it just a very lazy and Unimaginative sculpting artist? What year is that figure from? I've never seen that one before.

[@marcusalvarez370]

You ain't afraid of no man! Billy: There's something hunting us... and it ain't no man. We all gonna die.

[@derekbates4316]

It always irked me whenever he was pitted against Storm Shadow, when the Joes had their own ninja; talk about a mismatch! They should've pitted him against Zartan.

[@Youmama187]

I loved spirit's toy. I got my first experience with spirit from the cartoon so he was not as interesting as the comic.

[@ghostbusterguy20011]

I love your videos but why do you always say government name? Isn't it just real name or birthname wouldn't government name mean name that was given to them by the government aka code name?

[@zshakur]

Spirit is Force sensitive.

[@acezanders1715]

killing snake eyes for good was the dumbest thing to do in all comics worst idea ever .............👎👎👎👎👎

[@tedb1918]

Where are the LGBQT Joes?

[@tedb1918]

So WOKE! he was only an E-4 keep the First Nations people from the officer ranks!

[@agnethaladuff8559]

Get the Injuns out of G.I. Joe

[@louiswebtser]

Why

[@louiswebtser]

Still why ?