Ranking the GI Joe Pets! (Every GI Joe & Cobra Animal Sidekick)

[@leigemaximum1995]

Classified named Serpentor's pet Bucephalus, after the horse of Alexander the Great.

[@KindaCool]

The scary part about that version of Snake Eyes is how perfect of a figure he was solo. Adding Timber in there with him was Hasbro taking it up to 11 just because! 😄

[@rach4carlos]

Timber’s probably got Snake Eyes’ back, but Polly probably knows Shipwrecks safety word!

[@J.dioramas]

@@rach4carlos timber is coming for you 31october LoL 🤣🎃

[@dustyabell2265]

Lol

[@MOCTurtle4911]

It's probably "capsize."

[@jessehughes019]

Awk, yellow! Awk, yellow!

[@joshua2814]

"You can't train a barracuda" should be a t-shirt.

[@alexjones1027]

Came here to say that

[@jamesbosquez5669]

Order's ranking is an absolute crime. German Shepherd ranked below a rat and a kangaroo??? Yikes on bikes.

[@TheIamPC]

Talk about under rated category! Love your stuff dude, your knowledge of the comics is so cool and helpful to this guy who only played with the toys and watched the toons.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Thanks!

[@Robotrik1]

They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats ! They're eating the pets of the people that live there . 😅

[@alemartin444]

This has to be the most entertaining Gijoe related video I've seen in my life. Thank you very much.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Thanks! Great comment, I appreciate it!

[@laneneely1077]

The Hills Have Eyes has already demonstrated that you in fact should take a dog to the desert.

[@jaymorrison8419]

that remake is great, though nasty af

[@jasonchislett3282]

Dude, you always release these videos after I get my ass kicked at work and I fucking thank you so much for it. You turned a shit storm of a day into me smiling when I finally sit down, much fucking love brother. Yo Gen-X.

[@toothpastehombre]

The pragmatism cracks me up. Sure, the giant scorpion isn't practical or real - but were playing fantasy secret military dolls haha

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

True. I like some pragmatism in my action figure fantasy world

[@coreybell2223]

You forget Spirit’s new condor that comes with his Marauder’s Classified figure, instead of Freedom.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Admittedly, I had no idea that was not Freedom. Thanks!

[@stevenjohansen3827]

You can never have too many dogs. Sandstorm was a Coyote not a dog. Porkbelly is a Warthog not a Boar. Dolphins(and Sea Loins) are used by the Navy to find mines as well as other objects, and to detect enemy ships. Rats were used as mine finders they are able to be trained to find mines and are too small to trigger them.

[@dubuyajay9964]

Sea "Loins?"

[@stevenjohansen3827]

@@dubuyajay9964 Good catch oops.

[@brileyblackburn3253]

Apsara the rat is very much based in real world landmine disposal. Rats are smart enough to sniff them out and alert to one when found .and they're too small to trigger it

[@pacificaza]

As soon as I saw the title I immediately gave it a thumbs up! 👍 what an interesting and intriguing topic! Love it! ❤ 100% agree with your number 1 Snake Eyes and Timber 💯🤩

[@redboone1509]

Have you heard some of the names given to police dogs? Order is a good name compared to some ive heard. One was ran threw my car one time whose name was "Tactical". I could see Order being a police dog

[@curtainjerker699]

This is the most fun I've had in a while... dunno what that says about me, but well done!

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Thanks!

[@Sladeonslade]

A friend ogf mine sent me here. You did a great job on this video. Happy I found you. I banged that Like button because you deserved it, Brother.

[@folalde]

Order is number 11? The dog’s job is to detect bombs. That is cool. He should have made the top 5.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

I see your point. I think I just got sick of dogs topping the list

[@egodeth]

I have 3 to add: Wide scope has his dog Lamont Repulsor has a reanimated zombie dog named Dawg Night Adder has an Rottweiler Great vid!

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Thanks!

[@AgentNevets]

Great video. My favorite Joe line groups are: Pets, Women and Vipers.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Thanks. I did one on the omen, both good and bad. Vipers are up next

[@AgentNevets]

@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal I watched those! :)

[@retrojoe8290]

Timber is on the hunt and after you "hungry like a wolf", but Polly probably saw some shiznit on shoreleave. Yo Freaking Joe!

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Oh yeah, Shipwreck is definitely most likely to get an STD

[@christianbrix4311]

So a rat, a kangaroo, a condor, a parrot, a kittycat, and a pig rank above an MP German Shepherd? Ok. Video was great fun as ever though!

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

yeah, I just got a little bored of dogs

[@dubuyajay9964]

​@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal A poor excuse for lowly ranking a practical animal used irl combat situations.

[@willr7284]

I spit my drink out at the coils O’DOOM segment. “ Watch out itchy , he’s Irish !” Lmao u rock

[@StarJoes]

Fun list even if pets are ridiculous. I loved when a figure came with one. I personally would put Order much higher on my list. Probably would be #4 or #5 for me. It’s a great match-up. Like you said, it’s one of the few that makes sense. And I loved the duo team from the animated movie. I would put Polly way lower on my list. I know he’s an iconic character, but I always hated the “comic relief” characters in 80s cartoons, and that was Polly for sure. So just out of finding the bird annoying, I would put him a lot lower on my list. Thanks for doing this video. It was a ton of fun to see all of the pets that have come out over the years.

[@twohandedaxe1212]

Raptor should have come with a laptop and a stack of W-2 forms

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Haha. Yeah, make even more stupid. I cant believe they named the bird General Ledger

[@MOCTurtle4911]

I was looking through a book about GI Joe figures and saw Undertow. So ridiculous. Going to a convention in November and will look for it, because it's dumb. Great, fun video and list.

[@rach4carlos]

Good fun list, but there were a few omissions. For honorable mentions, V.2 Eel’s roboshark should’ve been on the list, as well as, Neurotoxin’s mechanical scorpion; which was later used by the Collector’s Club for Desert Scorpion. Since Kangor was mentioned, the rest of Forca Fera should’ve been mentioned as well, such as Urzor’s bear, Leontor’s lion and Tigor’s tiger. In the Sigma Six toy line, Storm Shadow also came with a tiger. Widescope was introduced in the Spytroops toy line and he has a dog, named Lamont. The Rise of Cobra toy line gave us the Elite Viper and the Cobra Night Adder, who both have dogs. Also, the Collector’s Club gave us a Sludge Viper, named Repulsor, who came with a zombie dog.

[@rach4carlos]

Also, the Valor vs. Venom toy line gave us the Coil Crushers, who came with boa constrictors, and the Sand Vipers had Komodo dragons.

[@rach4carlos]

One of the latest editions to the Joe animal kingdom is Niyol. This is Classified Mad Marauders Spirit’s golden eagle.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

I don't count robots, because they are not pets. But the others are excellent deep cuts! I think I need to hire you (once I make money)

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Wow,. That's not Freedom? I assumed it was Freedom

[@say10sedso56]

​@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimalBaroness came with Ravage for the Transformers crossover. Ravage isn't technically a robot, it's a living mechanical being/alien from another planet 😂

[@creasybear31]

I never thought of the pets as soldiers. I always thought of them as specialists who can hunt, retrieve, and go some places their owners can't. Great video as always, sir!

[@DocChristiansen]

As for another vid...maybe do one on the remaining Dreadnoks from the comics and past lines that you would love to see in Classified? Or, silliest vehicles from the Joes and Cobra?? Or, Oktober Guard members??

[@curseoffenrir]

"You can't train a barracuda." HAHAHA, great video.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Thanks!

[@R.L.Sutton]

Rank the best jets or vehicles

[@williamwright9079]

Yeah man! Cheers for the great video, keep them coming! Max the Bobcat all the way!

[@CaptainPeconi]

Explanation of Raptor is spot-on sir!

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Thanks!

[@eduardo130579]

Amazing videos !!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Do top : BEST CHARACTERS EXCLUSIVE FROM VEHICLES Continue the good work

[@jaymorrison8419]

bro serpentor's snakes can plank and turn into javelins

[@paisano777]

Fr, this should be higher lol. It killed Duke until they changed the ending

[@pixelforge4858]

crazy video. love the channel

[@PixelsNcreatureS]

"Order" might be a Code Name. The guy's name isn't "Law." 🤔

[@G7M9W]

Another fun video! Totally agree -- Timber is the best. Other thoughts: Raptor's OG falcon was named Talon, which gets a nod from Classified Raptor's newly given file name. A few more for the list: Wide Scope's dog Lamont, Night Adder's un-named dog, and Classified Slaughter's (er, "Mad") Marauders Spirit's bird Niyol. (EDIT: I see those are listed in another comment below. My Bad.) Speaking of Voltar's Condor, coincidentally, I know some people who used to have an absolutely massive St. Bernard named Lord.

[@sebastienringuette5515]

Condorman takes offense to your hatred of condors

[@ratmouth]

I’ve always loved Fiona, so seeing her ranked only below Polly, Freedom, Junkyard and Timber makes me happy.

[@daved5652]

Raptor would've been a much better character if they had made him into a cobra paratrooper or something along those lines, and instead of the vulture look or the goofy winged look he has been given, make it like a wing suit of some sort. That way he could jump off heli's or buildings and crash in through a window or something and the raptors being more like a lookout. His head gear could have a view port with a camera on the birds perched keeping an eye out for him to infiltrate areas, and with the view port on his head gear, he could see what they see. That's how I always used him growing up.

[@mikewilson858]

Didn’t classified give him like pack like Vultures flight suit? Seems something like that could have gone a long way on Raptors old toy

[@mrsinister8978]

Id say go all out and base his design on an actual Raptor and give him a pet Velociraptor

[@KageNoTora74]

I would file dolphin attacks off the coast of Ireland under things that don't occur to you until they happen.

[@KageNoTora74]

Maybe Undertow was just an enthusiastic and misguided Heart fan.

[@JoeMapes]

When you spoke about the Whale, it reminded me of that Star Trek movie when the Capt. Kirk is trying to get Jillian to give him the Whale's transmission frequency. She asks him "you're not going to train them to do dip shit stuff like tracking down torpedoes, are you?" Kirk responds "No ma'am, no dip shit stuff". Clearly, she was a marine biologist aware of the GI Joe dip shit usage of animals.

[@DadalorianCreates]

They do have rats trained for Landmine and ordinance detection. you need to keep raptors blinded to keep them chill when not working, (like covering your pet birds cage to calm them. hence the blinder caps for the figures.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

ah! Thanks!

[@wilfredodiaz3445]

In order for some of Cobra's pets to make sense they should make them robotics that would address why they only attack their owner's enemies and explain why they are so big

[@ghremixofficial]

You shoud make a list - similar to this - about the most stupid weapons. I mean: The Fridge's football on a chain?

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Oh yeah. I hated the Fridge figure. One of the dumbest things they ever did

[@DocChristiansen]

Great vid... I would have put Rawkus much higher with the rest of the dogs.

[@shoheiimamura4067]

My wife can't believe you made this video or that I love it

[@LandofMert76]

we need a Classifed Hydro Viper

[@NightRaven650]

💯👍

[@swede4444]

How about a ranking of all the things that make Snake Eyes awesome?

[@christophermcnulty8786]

Great list, I would flip 1 and 2 or tie. Love Junkyard and Timber

[@YeldellGW]

This video pretty much proved something I was thinking about a few weeks ago. G.I. Joe never had a female/pet combo. Hopefully Classified will make that a reality someday.

[@Cyril29a]

They should release an accessory pack for Jinx, Covergirl, Scarlet and Baroness. They could call it the "JD Vance: Cat Lady attack pack". It could include a dozen fully articulated felines so each character can have three or four of them.

[@say10sedso56]

The Baroness came with Ravage in the Gi Joe transformers cross over. Ravage is a Cybertronian jaguar. A living mechanical being/alien. So, not a robot😂

[@Straight0uttaCrofton]

as with everything else, they jumped the shark with this, too - i'm actually a little surprised there wasn't a pet shark

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

There was a robot shark, but robots don't count! At least a pet shark would be better than a barracuda

[@dubuyajay9964]

01:05-01:15 Ah yes, underwater. A place where bullets are known to fly!

[@JoeMapes]

Have you ranked the top 5 best and worst file card?

[@alphaeagle9615]

Nice fun list. I of course have to go with Freedom. Us eagles have to stick together. You're right, I'm surprised you put Order so low. I mean, not even top 10? Come on. For future lists you could do crossovers. Then again, G.I.Joe didn't have that many crossovers. Transformers and Street Fighter are the only 2 I can think of. Perhaps you could do a wish list of crossovers. I've always wanted to see G.I.Joe to crossover with Captain America, Nick Fury, or Sargent Rock.

[@WizardOfDenial101]

I loved GI Joe growing up I tried collecting Classified but they are scarce in my location. I have noticed I don't really enjoy the figures as much. I think the vehicles made the line for me more than the characters.

[@tombakabones274]

I used to have numbers 20, sandstorm, sonic pack order, slaughter's Marauders junkyard (still have but not mutt) and freedom, the original 80s pork belly, Max the original and the original timber as a kid

[@michaeljfoley1]

I just thought of the monkey that came with Sigma 6 Shipwreck. Was that mentioned? I know a monkey was mentioned, but...jeez, a lot of these freakin pets 😅😏

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

No, good deep cut though. I missed that one

[@michaeljfoley1]

@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal I have that Sigma Shipwreck staring at me on the shelf, but totally forgot about the monkey until later. I can totally picture Shippy having a pet monkey, along with Polly 😆😏

[@chrisph9910]

Knew Timber was going to be #1 before even watching the video. Though I probably would have had Polly as #2, based solely on the cartoon.

[@bonebreakingaction6815]

Love these lists. Jake the snake Robert's had a pet cobra named lucifer and that was awesome. Road pig being my favorite guy ever ya I know what you mean but it is cool. Would have really been cool back in the day

[@theonlymatthew.l]

Jake also had a Boa named "Damian"

[@bobbywold2311]

I think Robot Chicken had some pretty cool pet sidekicks. Like cat scan for Doc or Deep Six big blue whale that saved the day.

[@nickfrancis]

Order definitely needs to be higher on this list bro!🤔👍🏾

[@J.dioramas]

Everyone in the joe is special unique

[@kylemccalmont2504]

The name of Serpentor’s cobra is Forest. But it’s spelled Ssst.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Really? Damn, Where the hell did you find that.

[@heyo49]

Check out "Old Abe" the war eagle from American final war.

[@CrimsonCobraCommander]

Scorpion used to be that big but that was back before when dinosaurs roamed the earth

[@infamousprime694]

Dusty’s pet is a coyote

[@markcreamer1162]

Great video. Night force spirit has a different bird

[@Kushial]

I feel like they missed a chance with not giving some other figures a pet. Doc with a pet bacteria colony, Recondo with a Tiger, Zartan with a chameleon, ....

[@brileyblackburn3253]

You'd have absolutely zero trouble with training your pet to get away from heavy fire. That's just instinct .

[@louisthompson8642]

I'm sure my house cat would be just fine under an artillery barrage. Cats like explosions, right?

[@Flight-of-Life]

In Africa we use giant Cane Rats to seek out mines.

[@TimH-t4u]

You forgot Night Force Spirits bird Niyol.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Admittedly, I had no idea that was not Freedom. Thanks!

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

I'm using Movie He-Man as Dar the Beastmaster and giving him all the Joe Animals. So that's Timber, Spirit, the Warthog, the dogs, and everything else. I think I have a Panther in there somewhere too. Trying to make my Joe's a bit more realistic. Also, I have my Joe's being taken over by General Thunderbolt Ross, so my poor Joe's are 'Hulk Hounding'. But Cobra can't rest, because with alternates, Generics like Soldier and Marine, and Valaverse, I've made a Sgt. Nick Fury Jr 'New Howling Commando's' Team!

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

I would have killed for a Beast Master action figure when I was a kid

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal Me too. That's why I'm fudging Movie He-Man, who actually looks more like Dar, as him. I have built 10 different Earth's, my Earth Between is for my Fantasy Figures. Conan, Red Sonja, Dar, Lord of the Rings, a few Game of Thrones and others.

[@jamesmcclanahan2558]

Sepentor Cobra is his spear.....

[@Megamentsh]

What about Wide-Scope and Lamont 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@mamunestor]

Sandstorm isn’t a dog. He’s a coyote.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Yeah, figured that out in editing,

[@SirArchon]

Not as crazy as you think. There was a Polish unit in WW2 that had a pet bear named Wojtek which they brought into battle with them.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Ha. Awesome. Thanks

[@mathieuduval7544]

i got Road Pig this week, i like him, even if he looks like Shrek when he became a real dude in the 2nd movie but this guy didn't need a dog!!.... he also didn't need all that shit he came with but i guess it gives hasbro an excuse to jump up the price.... and pork belly is impossible to stand on his own

[@rab3137]

I agree a basic figure would have been fine. A forced up sale with a figure that resembles my over weight now deceased uncle just wasn't cool.

[@DocChristiansen]

@@rab3137 Are there any bodies in the Classified line that would be a better fit for Road Pig??? Would love to swap heads if I could find one

[@mathieuduval7544]

@@rab3137 This is kinda of "childish" but i was very disappointed when i saw he didn't come with his little but cool shield like the 3.75 version!! That big ass Shockwave & Alley Viper shield was not a good move!

[@mathieuduval7544]

@@DocChristiansen The Gung Ho body would've been fine, sometimes i feel the hasbro Classified team is over thinking this and thats why sometimes that leads to stupid mistakes!

[@nathanielmiles-gensler805]

what about Hi-tech robot dog??

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

I wouldn't count it as a pet. But they could have one

[@frankschipani7682]

Max will always be my number one!

[@eetretsim]

*Law & Order is the improved version of Mutt & Junkyard. (Dog named Order is WAY cooler than a man named Mutt.)

[@J.dioramas]

They are both good bro

[@Cyril29a]

"He finds the bombs and I drive the car... we tried it the other way but it didn't work." He won me over with that line and I was 12

[@NightRaven650]

@@Cyril29a 👍🐕‍🦺

[@Huskypack77]

What about the eels stingray

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Wasn't it the Demons of the Deep who had the stingray/Devil ray? Or is there a different version of Eels that I'm not remembering

[@Huskypack77]

@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal just looked at my carded eel & your right. I could have sworn he came with a stingray but he doesn't. That's what 40 years down the line does to you 😂

[@Flight-of-Life]

Oh and Porkbelly is a warthog. Warthogs don't take shit and will chase off a lion. And yobbo is a vervet monkey. Interesting fact the male South African vervet monkey has blue balls, literal blue balls 😂

[@LandofMert76]

rule of cool. Desert Scorpion scorpions

[@Cyril29a]

The best GIJoe Pet is Mutt... and yes I know he is the human

[@citadelli]

#1 sharks with laser beams and Tesla’s Neural Link! Wait wrong movie twisted… lol. 😂 Most wild animals like fish, snakes or wort hogs etc. while cool to us fantasy kids, not practical or realistically trainable. Falcons I could see being used like with Zartan and Raptor or the monkey could actually be useful if trained in a controlled environment. Wild canines or felines like Coyote or Timber…only after special circumstances, and much bonding. Trip wires rat. Very cool and can be trained to be smart. One of probably the best adds to classified (and I don’t have it). The idea actually came from history in the Vietnamese/Korean wars. Fiona is more like a trap lol. Freedom…I mean only because Spirit is a mystic. So cool but not realistic. Probably vicious than you think if it was able to be trained. Polly is just a comic side kick. Junk yard #2 cause it’s a dog. #1 would be Order despite the name. Watch some videos on German Shepards trained for combat. So badass.

[@smcw3566]

Sand Vipers Giant Lizard

[@rach4carlos]

Yes, I believe they are Komodo dragons.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Good deep cut!

[@TheGentlemanWake]

Vulture is a bad comparison... because in the comics he too is a dude with feather wings.

[@wraith6776]

I always thought the boar was named Clyde.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

It might have been. They changed it on the new Classified figure. They also made it a warthog apparently

[@ghremixofficial]

Never really liked as a character, and I know that he is not really important by the lore, but Desert Scorpion's giant scorpion should be higher on this list. I mean: hands down the most terrifying and deadly animal (if we accept that it is a genetically altered, giant mutant scorpion ---- I'm preatty sure that you can control it due to the modifications, and as a nonexistent animal, it terrifies the sh*t out of anybody...)

[@markl1109]

A condor is a kind of vulture...

[@superiorcybergodzilla5670]

Croc Master vs Bane

[@chrisold97]

The scorpion is a robot

[@DavidWalraven-kx1ly]

Sorry, Spearhead. Max is a terrible thing to take into combat. I’m from Texas, and bobcats are usually mean, unpredictable little shits.

[@mccallosone4903]

early gijoe was awesome and semi reality based....right up until serpentor. then i was out! cobra lalala my ass

[@ランダムロボット]

Revise your list. Devil Ray's are HIGHLY intelligent animals. Some Rays can pass the mirror sentience test. They have primate level intelligence. Seriously.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

But what's it gonna do in a fight? other than get shot?