Trial of Cobra Commander

[@gamesmaster0459]

Still two of my favorite quotes came from this movie. " Be silent or be silenced' and " You are guilty. Guilty of the one unforgivable crime.. FAILURE"

[@TJF588]

*The* quote for me, that hissed "Not the spores!"

[@christophercox8966]

“Save my bones for Davey Jones.”

[@davephantom5150]

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!"-Beach Head

[@whobitmyname]

This movie was great when I was 7, and still entertains today. On so many levels.

[@apar7757]

Totally get what you mean ;)

[@radartechnicianbob8208]

I didn't get to see it in the 80s, but caught it on USA cartoon express when they split it into five parts in the 90s when I was around age nine. I'd seen all the episodes leading up to this, and remember hunting everywhere in stores for the VHS after the conclusion because I loved the movie so much. Really felt like a slambang finale until USA started airing reruns of the DIC series. Loved those too.

[@PatricksCrazyPlace]

You know.....Serpentor wasn't any more successful than Cobra Commander was. I'm just saying.

[@CRocketSlim]

Quiet you! (good point.. but Serpentor was their idea, AND they picked Cobra Commander originally.... but they gotta scapegoat you know)

[@bargainbin6162]

+CRocketSlim Then their gonna regret it when I write a fanfic with Cobra Commander as an ally owning a fleet of spaceships.

[@HeSaidSheSaidMv]

nothing gets by you.

[@gibbs615]

Yeah but the reason Serpentor was created in the first place was because Cobra Commander's time was coming to an end and that's what he didn't realize at first.

[@tureytaino2785]

This, I command!

[@MrX699]

"Be silent, or be silenced! I love that line😀

[@radartechnicianbob8208]

Such a sinister delivery.

[@mreyes8519]

Crushing line lol

[@kgrfirdjy]

I think I once saw that line as flavor text on an orzhov, black, or white removal spell on a magic the gathering trading card. i am almost certain it was text on a card somewhere in one of the current three separate ravnica blocks.

[@joeerickson516]

"Shocking!"

[@dancastro4732]

RIP Burgess Meredith who voiced the leader of Cobra La and RIP to the voice of actor who voiced Cobra Commander

[@Worme95]

Chris Latta RIP

[@sergedeleon9592]

The voice of the cobra commander never replaceable

[@gabrieldjatienza6971]

Chris Latta, who also played Starscream, Megatron's favorite whipping boy and scapegoat....just as Cobra Commander is the scapegoat of Globulus.

[@redpyramid9697]

@@gabrieldjatienza6971 Cobra Commander was also Serpentor' scapegoat, his whipping boy.

[@thedarksideoftheforce6658]

He voiced starscream also from transformers.

[@PatricksCrazyPlace]

Lets be honest though: If Cobra Commander had actually succeeded in defeating GI Joe and taking over the world, no way on Earth he would have turned the keys of the planet over to Golobulus. First move he'd have done: "Destro, I want to nuke an Ice dome in the Himalayas"

[@radartechnicianbob8208]

I can just hear Destro's response. (trademark belly laugh)"And Major Blood bet me ten thousand gold serpentines you'd cease your chaotic antics after becoming a responsible world ruler! Ah, for the sake of my ever expanding wallet, Commander, never change!"

[@redpyramid9697]

In the two part episode Worlds Without End, it had happened, in an alternate universe where the Joes were dead already.

[@leo11lim]

@@redpyramid9697 and kill Golobulus obviously.

[@redpyramid9697]

@@leo11lim I don't know if Golobulus even existed in that parallel universe, let alone all of Cobra-La.

[@leo11lim]

@@redpyramid9697 Fumble might be from the alternate Universe. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoiWlZpvi7qFg7c

[@mrmacross]

I just love how there's all this ceremony about a trial, and then all of the sudden Golobulus just says you're guilty.

[@sharanquiett9412]

Cobra commanderkins was not guilty

[@chrisedwards3214]

The quintessons would have thrown cc to the sharkticons

[@Cyril29a]

@@chrisedwards3214 Innocent!

[@zacglover3345]

The very definition of kangaroo court

[@leeham6230]

This cartoon was absolutely amazing! I LOVED watching it when I was a kid.

[@sammylane21]

The intro to this movie is still an epic start to anything.

[@chrismarks4277]

Man I loved it that night, as much as I look back at it after all these years to watch it again.

[@GhettoMatt]

It was originally intended to be the ending.

[@kagemaru259]

The intro was the best part.

[@kgrfirdjy]

this would have been a great ending to the series, too. the scaley hammer of justice comes for cobra commander

[@davidclemons9498]

I love when Cobra Commander called Globulous a fool. Always a bad ass until the end!

[@Godravage]

You’re plan is laughable.......”but your punishment will not be!” LOL

[@gibbs615]

He should've known better than to talk back to his supreme boss like that though😕😂

[@Archone666]

@@gibbs615 Like it would have made a difference?

[@gibbs615]

@@Archone666 No guess not

[@sharanquiett9412]

That Globulus shouldn't have done that to cobra commanderkins

[@m2coy]

"we are civilized!!!" proceeds to put cobra commander in a clam

[@kempoonetwog712]

🦪😒😕🥺😳😬

[@davidclemons9498]

They are civilized but also plan to turn everyone who isn't for Cobra in Cobra La into mindless monsters!😂

[@TheTrainChasingPoet1999]

Cobra Commander begging G.I. Joe's guys for help would be Starscream begging the autobots for help.

[@Girard1020]

Noah whitehouse The Transformers Armada Version of Starscream wanted revenge against Megatron for using him as an expendable distraction in order to claim the Mini-Cons that formed the Weapon of the Requiem Blaster which he overheard. He Attacked Megatron with the Star Saber Sword even if it meant joining the Autobots which he did do. Briefly but then rejoined. Starscream’s Armada Version is the greatest one ever made, in order to save Cybertron from Unicron’s Destruction by making an example out of himself by selflessly sacrificing himself to get Galvatron to side with Optimus Prime.

[@phoenixnebula9]

Ironic ..same voice actor😂😂

[@29larron]

Literally

[@ValiantWrestling]

@@Girard1020 Too bad his voice was complete awful, not suited to the role at all and his defection to the Autobot in the story was a complete joke in the end.

[@Kev95682]

Cobra Vipers be like, "Woah, destroy the human race?! I just signed up for the college money!"

[@rhondacotton8544]

G1 cobra commander is star scream and the rest just sound the joker

[@cjs83172]

Rhonda Cotton A fitting analogy, considering the Penguin from the 60s Batman series actually voiced one of the main characters in the G.I. Joe movie.

[@jeremym9011]

+cjs83172 The role that he did in this movie was the best role he has ever done in my eyes.

[@cjs83172]

I'm a bit surprised DC didn't bring him back to voice the Penguin in the 1990s Batman animated series, as it was prior to his death, though it might have been because DC wanted new voice actors to handle the key roles. That's likely why they didn't bring Adam West back to voice Batman, something he did in the 1977 Filmation series, as well as in the last two seasons of the SuperFriends (1984 and '85). And one thing Sunbow and Marvel did was to bring A-list actors to voice certain characters in the Transformers and G.I. Joe movies. Aside from Burgess Meredith, Don Johnson also had a role in G.I. Joe: The Movie, and of course, legendary actors such as Orson Welles and Leonard Nimoy voiced major characters in the Transformers movie.

[@ulisclark3556]

BeefyLevinson what happened to the twins from GIJOE the movie?

[@Mrvwcc11]

I always felt bad for Cobra commander. I just wish they hadn’t done this. So sad 😭

[@JoseFigueroa-iz2on]

Fortunately, Cobra Commander was back to near normal in the DIC G.I. Joe cartoons. He was back to being humanoid and walking on two legs again, albeit still looking like he was when the spores hit him. Fortunately, he had an outfit ready for him, handed to him by one of his men. I don't remember which one of his men handed it to him. Could have been Copperhead. Please correct me if I'm wrong about who handed Cobra Commander his clothing. I can stand to learn more from being wrong than being right. Being wrong makes me learn more, learn better, do better research and all that.

[@Mrvwcc11]

@@JoseFigueroa-iz2on thanks for the info

[@aardvark300]

I find it horrifying but sexy

[@Thehavok75]

​@@JoseFigueroa-iz2on Copperhead Baroness and Gnawgahyde helped restore him. Yep

[@johnholton6485]

"A brilliant young nobleman" puts a pod obviously about to explode into his face from an organism he has no idea what it is lol.

[@stuartvandermerwe8548]

Lol, he should have signed up for medical insurance, then again I doubt Cobra-La has the best health insurance policy seeing how things are run, Globulous probably too racist to get any insurance from the human world anyway.

[@randypeppercorn1865]

@@stuartvandermerwe8548 Plus, in Cobra La, there's no PPE

[@stuartvandermerwe8548]

@@randypeppercorn1865 XD This is damn true, heh though I wonder how they'd handle this pandemic situation, probably better since they are good at Social Distancing from the rest of the world :P

[@Zero_Da_Hero]

Cobrala- your guilty! Also Cobrala- thanks for creating the spores we’ll take it from here!

[@altarush]

It is like setting him up for failure. Should have made Serpentor themselves, which is weird since they are taking dna from humans.

[@billycasagrand142]

I agree with cobra commander IT WASNT HIS FAULT DAMN IT!!!

[@hopperthemarxist8533]

Cartoons were a hell of lot more mature back then. Even the way they talk. “It’s poetic in its simplicity” could you imagination anyone being that intelligent now.

[@oddfellowfloyd]

I mourn the cartoons of our childhood. The quality of every detail was unparalleled to the horrific, lazy, lame shite that kids have now. -.-

[@davidfisk4735]

Couple of things: I always marveled that they got Burgess Meredith to do the voice of Golobulus. When I was a kid learning the origin of cobra commander was a massive revelation. Broadcast Energy Transmitter is the most generic name for the most generic device ever.

[@oddfellowfloyd]

Derpy name, just like Avatar's "Unobtainium." *giant eye roll*

[@Cyril29a]

@@oddfellowfloyd It is a way better name than Unobtainium

[@jbanana2172]

BET founder got his idea from GI Joe, change my mind.

[@PolyhedralVideo]

Funnier still was the "MacGuffin Device" from the episode ONCE UPON A JOE. When I later read about the real-life writing trope of the same name, I realized the joke that the writers played, and laughed out loud ;)

[@alexrain1188]

Most brutal punishment ever. You just see Cobra Commander descend into madness

[@DouglasTaylor-ii4wx]

Love this scene ❤

[@DouglasTaylor-ii4wx]

Love this scene ❤

[@furioussherman7265]

5:52 Did the king of the lizard people, with plans to turn the entire world into lizard people AND who's voiced by Burgess Meredith, SERIOUSLY just criticize something for being melodramatic? The irony at play here is nothing short of staggering.

[@R-L-I]

Nemesis Enforcer...I’m sorry but that’s a bad ass name right there.

[@gamesmaster0459]

I always thought so too. Does anyone know if they made any of these characters into toys. Nemesis Enforcer would've made a great one.

[@kylebittner1327]

@@gamesmaster0459 he has two figures. One from the 80s with Goloblous and a Cobra La solider. He also has a figure for the 25th anniversary run with Lt. Falcon and a comic

[@vazak11]

(Rubs eyes) A trifle melodramatic, but instructive" I love that line and vibe.

[@omegahtv6779]

"BE SILENT!!!!.........or be silenced".........

[@sharanquiett9972]

Shut up Globolus and let cobra commanderkins finish please

[@steampunker7]

Don't know why but Golobulus' bored "Eh, trifle melodramatic. But instructive." cracks me up. Like the dude didn't just spend the last five minutes or so hamming it up retelling the history of Cobra-La and Cobra Commander like he was reciting Richard the Third. But that's the point he thinks is over the top. XD

[@dennisjakobus807]

They dont make cartoons like that anymore, a shame. Thanks for the upload.

[@anthonychobot2917]

Dennis Jakobus Got damn right

[@ulisclark3556]

Dennis Jakobus they show don't

[@fherlinn]

You mean 22 minute animated commercials for lines of toys? They sure don't make those types of cartoons anymore.

[@hectorvonkobra3951]

This is awesome !!!

[@nix420stuntd7]

Us 80s kids were lucky to come up when we did. GOD BLESS

[@1980Triumph]

I love how at the end even though he could talk, he instead slithered away from the Joes to enact his own form of revenge, I wonder just exactly he would of accomplished but that is why I love the character, Cobra Commander's ego is on a whole other level. As inconsistent as his behavior was in the cartoon he was a supreme self believer, he was so pissed he planned on doing something to Serpentor and Golobulous and I bet if he had the chance it would of been grand

[@summer20105707]

Serpentor and Golobulous. Oh alot further than that. Destro, Mindbender, the twins, all of them have to pay except Barroness for reviving Cobra Commander. And he did get the chance. In the DIC series he turned Serpentor into an iguana. Rumor has it knogahide had him for lunch. 😂

[@187SicknesS]

I always felt sorry for CC when I was a kid after seeing this for the first time.

[@nostalgiccritic7516]

Lol,😂. Cobra Commander had the last laugh. Majority of Cobra was killed and imprisoned by G.I. Joe. Cobra Commander survived and goes by the street name Old Snake in Transformers season 3.

[@sharanquiett9972]

Cobra commanderkins doesn't like being made fun of

[@MarquisLeary34]

Never imagined that GI Joe would go straight up Lovecraftian/Howard! Cobra-La were basically the serpent people from Robert E Howard Hyborea and Lovecraft's cthulhu mythos.

[@timidhobgoblin207]

So, he disses mankind for mastering and using an inorganic technology....plans to destroy them and then needs a piece of said manmade inorganic technology in order for the plan to work #scumbaggolobulus

[@LordFuzzy32]

isn't it ironic, don't ya think?

[@justusphillips2480]

Timid Hobgoblin lmao 😂

[@logicsfinest3471]

Gotta love those plot holes. Same way Superman never just gives an enemy a lobotomy at any time he wants to.

[@stuartvandermerwe8548]

Lol very hypocritical in their society if they use something we made xD But I must give praise to Burgess Meredith for his role in this movie.

[@RequiemPoete]

@@stuartvandermerwe8548 What's even funnier is how complete bullshit it was. They are master's at biotech. They actually created a living thing that can fart things into orbit. Do you realize just how impressive that is? And considering there are things like bombardier beetles that can basically make napalm as a defense, there's no reason they couldn't make a biologic alternative to generate the heat needed to mature the spores in space.

[@TheCoolProfessor]

I feel sorry for cc. That's a cruel punishment.

[@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue]

Yeah but Cobra Commander didn't exactly succeed at what he was supposed to succeed at doing!

[@Mrvwcc11]

TheCoolProfessor I agree

[@kintsugiezo6539]

+Celeste K it's poetic in it's simplicity. "Take him away..."

[@sharanquiett9412]

That punishment was unnecessary and no one mutates cobra commanderkins

[@aardvark300]

This movie came out when I was 7. I remember when this scene came up and I was scared, a bit grossed out and freaked out not just by what happened but because it made me hard. Taking care of myself didn’t make me less freaked out. Now I’m 44. I still return this scene for roughly the same reasons. I’m no less freaked out, but that’s part of the enjoyment now.

[@RavnerRavner]

this was some heavy shit to lay on little kids after school....

[@PACNYY]

rav No it wasn't because when we were kids we weren't pussies like the kids of today are.

[@martianmanfrommars8428]

So much for "trial." I'd probably find a more fair trial from the quintessons.

[@olivertv6175]

MartianManFromMars "Innocent!" :)

[@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue]

+MartianManFromMars Yeah, no kidding. It doesn't seem fair that CC was punished because of humanity's evolving.

[@JohnWJones]

@@olivertv6175 "Feed him to the Sharkticons!"

[@olivertv6175]

@@JohnWJones "Hahahaha - Hehehehe - Huhuhuhu - Hohohoho - Hihihihi" :)

[@lelouchvibritannia7809]

Innocent - Fed to Shark robots Guilty - Who knows

[@fherlinn]

Serpentor is lame. Cobra Commander is so much more interesting.

[@austinmcclung4742]

AMEN TO THAT!!!

[@vivimariefedorov7374]

And much sexier! 🔥

[@JMFabiano]

The one good thing about the DIC series was bringing him back.

[@322killuminati]

James Fabiano And they’re keeping Latta as the voice actor.

[@altarush]

What I didn’t like about that? Is Commander was way too forgiving and forgettable? He acted more Christ like than some Joes and acted more Lifeline than a disciplinarian or military leader. Mercy without justice isn’t right.

[@jayduncan944]

every third or fourth quote by Serpentor thand ends with ''This I Command" gotta love it..

[@MrCualpha06]

Now that I'm older....i just realized how creepy this really was lol

[@MisterR82]

@justiladil1: Cobra Commander did return to the series after the movie dude... He was turned back into humanoid form thanks to Baroness. And when he returned, he overthrew Serpentor, captured him, mutated him into a iguana, and re-took control of Cobra. I hated the character Serpentor...

[@mikedski9698]

Cobra Commander Got His Revenge On Serpentor.

[@3baxcb]

​@@mikedski9698No great betrayal goes unpunished in Cobra.

[@PonyExMachina]

I am sorry but this trial was BS! Cobra Commander was way more successful than Serpentor. CC literally went out into the world and basically from scratch created a force that could contend with the SUPERPOWER known as the USA. Some Nothing Cobra created a Dynasty! Serpentor LITERALLY had everything handed to him and he failed at every turn. Cobra Commander deserved better than this. He had to be pushed aside by a science experiment and because of it's constant failure he is he the one who has to take the blame. In the very end Cobra Commander EARNED what he acomplished. NEVER FORGET THE TRUE LEADER OF COBRA!!!!

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

Serpentor was an egomaniacal lunatic. He was also self serving and cared only for himself.

[@girlgarde]

While Cobra Commander had many faults and failures under his belt, he as you said built up a large terrorist organization from scratch that could contend with the U.S and would likely be able to conquer the world if not for GI-Joe and its allies. In contrast, Serpentor was given control of Cobra and like you said, failed at every turn despite having the best traits of numerous famous Human conquerors throughout history.

[@sharanquiett9412]

Serpentor hurt 6 of our cobra agents

[@mikeax24]

Not to mention cobra commander did that TWICE. In season 1, Cobra goes bankrupt, and using cold slither, he raises enough funds to start up cobra again.

[@sharanquiett9972]

@@mikeax24 serpentor did worse

[@GlinianyZakalec]

Best movie ever made

[@dancastro4732]

I remember the night this movie aired on t.v. and although my dad is no fan of this series he did like this movie once he heard Don Johnson as the voice of Duke's brother

[@PGHDude]

I love how he threw ALL of Cobra under the bus. "I was betrayed! My troops lacked courage!"

[@robertkenny1201]

They would have done the same to him, infact they did just that at the beginning of the movie.

[@PGHDude]

@@robertkenny1201 well to be fair (to be fair to be fair to be fair) he is about the reason they always fail.

[@robertkenny1201]

@@PGHDude Not true there are episodes Cobra Commander isn't even in were Cobra fails.

[@jehb8945]

Those mutations spores were a creative way to kill without actually killing. That scene where Cobra Commander gave my nightmares nightmares for decades.

[@grant21999]

Burgess Meredith was amazing

[@marcuscompton3772]

I swear I thought that was his voice over!!! Thank you so much!

[@floydiustube]

I was legit about to say I thought this sounded like Mickey

[@Drixenol86]

Even Cobra Commander doesn't deserve a fate like this.However, he wasn't decinagrated like Starscream.

[@getreadytotube]

@4:59 - "guilty of the one unforgivable crime - failure!" words to live by when you become an adult.

[@CjackProductions]

@0:30 "Be silent.....or be Silenced That line ran chills thru my spin even now

[@jameszack7158]

Wow. Very interesting back story and a cruel terrifying punishment. Memorable

[@shanewright344]

Like a lot of other people who are commenting, that scene where Cobra Commander was exposed to the spores horrified me as a kid. The pain in his screams, and how his skin changed colour like that was so disturbing

[@TJF588]

Even before the spores hit, that desperation as the pod steadily approached, bond against escape despite his struggling. Just thinking of being in that helpless position is dreadful.

[@DaDrillSergeant]

Hearing Burgess Meredith’s voice is soothing…watched him as penguin as Micky and in this…miss the 80’s!

[@billycasagrand142]

2:19 that's why you wear in-organic protective eye gear cobra commander.

[@cobracorporal6738]

Noted

[@Jason_Maier]

Even I feel bad for what happened to Cobra Commander!

[@sharanquiett9972]

I can't believe that they did this to my cobra commanderkins no one mutates my cobra commanderkins

[@3baxcb]

He ended up returning the favor when Serpentor thought he was triumphant.

[@Robert.R.83]

the origins of Cobra-La are straight out of a LOVECRAFT story

[@gojiramusprimus9088]

True

[@dubuyajay9964]

And Robert E. Howard.

[@RequiemPoete]

Lol. The citizens of Innsmouth.

[@sharanquiett9495]

Mutating and stealing my cobra commanderkins was pythona's biggest and dumbest mistake

[@joshf4492]

Burgess Meredith was a pure treasure.

[@redpyramid9697]

There will never be another like him

[@Orphus]

Ridiculous as this movie is he really nails his part

[@360whiplash]

Serpentor's idea to spare Cobra Commander just to throw him in with the rest of the G.I. Joe prisoners as a show of force would be a costly decision and would come back to haunt him in a big way later on. It resulted in one escaping and revealing their plan to the rest of the G.I. Joe team. And later Cobra Commander would get some serious payback on Serpentor.

[@fmthebaron]

Serpentor's ego cost him big time with high ranking Cobra members like Baroness and Gnawgahyde having enough of his BS and restoring Cobra Commander back to his humanoid form in which Cobra Commander took out Serpentor for good with his Python Patrol and turning him into Gnawgahyde's Iguana for Gnawgahyde to barbeque and eat.

[@sharanquiett9972]

It's a stupid decision

[@sharanquiett9495]

That's serpentor's big mistake

[@HungNguyen-uw8ch]

This movie made no sense on so many levels. The people of Cobra-La were not driven into exile by mankind. It was the Ice Age that drove them underground. Why they didn't emerge after the Ice Age ended is beyond me. The revelation that Cobra Commander came from Cobra-La was dumb and nearly destroyed the GI Joe mythos. And they sent a scientist to lead an army? Well that explains why Cobra Commander failed so much. Remember Starscream was a scientist too. And even if the spores were released from orbit, they would have burned up on re-entry. So burning them up with BET at the end was redundant.

[@rangerwill]

Here's another thing. Shouldn't\wouldn't CC's mask contain a biofilter of some kind? How could the spores affect him?

[@alanguages]

It was a terrible story. Everything about it went to the opposite of G.I. Joe to weirdo land. The Marvel comics made more sense.

[@rangerwill]

You all realise that we are only saying these things because are older, smarter and can think critically. Back then we swallowed what they told us hook, line and sinker

[@evanbao93]

The real question is why on Earth did Cobra-La based their entire comeback on a scientist to lead a human army? A human army that uses modern, inorganic technology? If their way of life is superior, they should have given the scientist their own technology. Plus, Cobra Commander made it clear in the previous seasons that the only reason Cobra seeks to rule the world is to put Cobra Commander on top. He wasn't going to share power to begin with. And in the episode where the Joes visited an alternate universe where Cobra won, Cobra-La was nowhere to be seen. All Cobra did as the new world power was make statues of their dear leader, Cobra Commander.

[@RequiemPoete]

Everything you said is spot on, except if the spores were light enough they could float down slowly enough not to burn up.

[@joeerickson516]

"Cobra-La is prepared for any dangers when it comes to mind." Golobulus.

[@ravenstar5376]

CHRIS .... the only one worthy of the mantle of CC and STAR no one else will ever come close.

[@ravenstar5376]

role examples mike ??

[@ravenstar5376]

sorrry mike , but you mean the A-TEAM doncha ;) i didnt expect zartan to be a member of SAMcro lol . live action transformers ?? the only thing i remember is BAYformers 1-3 that had FIRST AID, GUNG HO , SHIPWRECK and FLINT in the first movie... there wasnt COBRA COMMANDER in that at all . thats the closest we will ever come to a JOE VS TF movie

[@ravenstar5376]

again RENEGADES is the A-team . sorry man but i got into an argument with a bith who said ADAM WEST voiced the jokers voice ( she edited her comment later and denied the whole thing ..even had a social justice warrior buddy of hers come and defend her by calling me a liar) as much as i like cat purring like adler did in BAYFORMERS it really didnt make me like the fact that chris passed ( but ya know thats life :) ) dont forget what i said BAYFORMERS is really joe-vs-tf if you look at 1 and 3 back to back . a few people are ok with half ass acts like millers dark knight returns when that asshole ruined the joker with mediocre acting or when demagio ( bender ) did the voice in red hood.. personally i cant stand half ass work especially when data from TNG did the voice of joker on young justice ... sometimes an actor sets the bar too high and we end up with a STARSCREAM or a JOKER level that cant be touched lol . other times we end up with stuff soo bad it makes THE LAST AIR BENDER MOVIE look like a masterpiece.

[@jeremym9011]

I can see why this movie was so good as well as all cartoons from the 1980s- JAPAN did the overseas to the cartoons. If only they did the overseas to all cartoons nowadays.

[@TransKingFormers]

toei animation same studio that does dragonball z did this and transformers the animated movie

[@professorsponge1554]

I like the movie, but it really went against what was hinted at in the cartoon. It was a really weird direction for Hasbro to take it. Really, I think Cobra Commander suffered the worst character wise. I would have preferred if he was simply the human puppet leader of Cobra rather than some snake person.

[@slapittywapitty8173]

I felt bad for Cobra Commander, an ultimately harmless, incompetent, funny megalomaniac. Baroness & Co. were the REAL threats

[@juanelorriaga2840]

The original idea for the movie sounded a lot better when I listened to the Commentary by Hama during the movie

[@davidhiggins3012]

I lived in Germany in the 80’s and actually they aired both this movie and Transformers the Movie in the movie theater. Still remember before the movie came on, we would stand for the pledge and then they would play the Star Spangled Banner. Such a better idea than previews!

[@starbrand3726]

This was the cartoon event of its time. It was like Avengers :Endgame. Everyone watched it. Duke was supposed to die, but they changed it last minute, and Cobra was not only explained but even justified. Brilliant writing and amazing animation for it's time.

[@OfLanceTheLonginus]

Star Brand You’re joking right ? This was an accident of a movie Same with Cobra-La... Do some research bro holy fuckin shit

[@sharanquiett9412]

@@OfLanceTheLonginus it was not an accident that was on purpose and no one mutates my cobra commanderkins

[@OfLanceTheLonginus]

@@sharanquiett9412 No dude I mean like, when the writers were brought together with the bigshots of hasbro or w/e, they threw out this idea as just a placeholder or just a first idea, and the bigshots were like "Yup thats perfect to us! Do it!" and the writers soon realized their massive fucking mistake. Hence why suddenly the commander of a terrorist organization is a mutant coming from a goddamn prehistoric society

[@sharanquiett9412]

@@OfLanceTheLonginus the name is cobra viper Sherrie

[@sharanquiett9412]

@@OfLanceTheLonginus cobra commander is my leader

[@chrisedwards3214]

Cobra commander and starscream both had tragic ends one turned to a snake and the other crumbled to death after trying to take over as leader for so long

[@chrisedwards3214]

Yep dic softened the series up wish Sunbow didn't go out of business

[@Sugardeluxe]

"...to the level of mindless beasts." TELL EM Pythona!

[@sharanquiett9412]

Pythona was mean to my cobra commanderkins

[@nobodysperfect06]

Amazing animation!

[@atomiswave2]

Such A great voice actor

[@DeathofInk]

Least Megatron got upgraded into a new villain, Cobra Commander got pushed to the side while these new villains took central stage for the whole movie.

[@Cyclownus]

DeathofInk Yet Galvatron had his downfall to insanity.

[@mastermonarch]

Cobra commander was resurrected in the DIC series as stupid as it was

[@freddyvidz]

I paid my two-bits for ol' C.C.

[@civilwildman]

Fact: Golobulus was voiced by Burgess Meredith, best known as Mickey from the Rocky films. Nemesis Enforcer was voiced by Peter Cullen, who voiced Airborne, Zandar and Ramar in the cartoon but is best known as the voice of Optimus Prime in the Transformers franchise.

[@ValiantWrestling]

Everybody who has seen the movie and can read the end credits already knows this "Fact".

[@civilwildman]

Fact: You’re being rude and an internet troll.

[@didiervancampo9384]

Crazy that Burgess Meredith was in his eighties while performing here 😮.

[@samueltheil4032]

Cobra Commander should've said how they substituted Sun Tzu's DNA in the creation of Serpentor with the Joe Sgt. Slaughter, and how he tried to destroy it. That might have been news to them, trial might've went a bit differently.

[@volklupo5133]

" You were my hope Cobra Commander.... But now you've become nothing but a no-good stinkin' bum!!!"

[@shadowdramon01]

“Cobra Commander, you were supposed to make the human race eat thunder and crap lightning”.

[@ResidentBigEvil]

Knowing burgess meredith played him I'm half expecting him to say yerr gonna eat lihghtning, yerr gonna crap thunder

[@AANDRADEOFFICIAL]

This animation was so dope. They look realistic. Anime style is cool but I get more into the story with this style

[@Gravja]

OMG.. I watched this as a child..... I remember alot of this!.............. Just makes more sense now.

[@YounghomieSmith]

Comic book version of cobra commander is way more smarter and ruthless then the cartoon version.

[@Drpluv187]

That's saying something

[@damc8415]

By the time the animated cartoon was created, Destro had somehow become the main villain and Cobra Commander was more of a figurehead. (This was the sort of relationship that Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine seemed to have in the original versions of 1977's "Star Wars" and 1980's "The Empire Strikes Back." Destro seemed to copycat Vader's voice initially.)

[@johngrayatkinson1214]

No! No! Not the spores! NOT THE SPORES!!!! this movie is great

[@weisengerben7356]

I call bs, CC can't be a snake person cause in the cartoon when he's wearing his bag mask you can Cleary see human skin around his eyes

[@mastermonarch]

Plus in one episode he mentioned he over thru his military school didn't say if it was college or grade school but I'd like to think it was the Air Force Academy

[@anubis19801]

He was originally intended to be human by the writers, the whole concept of Cobra-La got shoehorned in specifically for the movie, along with his origin. One of the head writers stated in an interview that there was a planned episode of the Sunbow cartoon which would've revealed that Cobra actually came about due to the teachings of an influential Karl Marx-esque figure whose ideology ended up being perverted by Cobra Commander for his own ends, and who was still being held captive by the latter or something like that. However, that episode was never produced for some reason or other and we instead ended up with this. In fact, there was even another episode which showed him finishing up his meal and putting on his signature hood just as Destroy entered his chambers, and it briefly showed him having a very clearly clean-shaven human chin.

[@johncaulfield8935]

@@anubis19801 The writer of the cancelled episode, Buzz Dixon, submitted his script to Hasbro and they really liked it, but told him to make sure he included the Cobra Emperor (later named Serpentor). When Buzz asked who he was, Hasbro told him he was the leader of Cobra, which Buzz pointed out made no sense since the series established Cobra Commander was the leader of Cobra. Hasbro realized he was right, and asked him to come up with some ideas. Buzz had two possible explanations for the Cobra Emperor. The first was that Destro and Dr. Mindbender, thinking Cobra Commander wasn’t capable of leading Cobra, created Serpentor using the DNA from history’s most ruthless military leaders. The other was that Cobra was actually the front for a secret, more powerful organization that even the Cobra higher-ups didn’t know about. They send out Serpentor to take Cobra Commander’s place. Hasbro liked both and asked Buzz to combine the two. And thus Cobra-La was born.

[@sharanquiett9412]

@@johncaulfield8935 serpentor was mean to cobra commanderkins

[@sharanquiett9972]

Cobra commanderkins wasn't supposed to be unmasked

[@mrmacross]

Just recently watched the show Community. How hilarious that the infamous GI Joe episode uses this mutated Cobra Commander design.

[@civilwildman]

I actually named a save file for Legend of Grimrock 2 after 5:15. It was a moment in the game where you have to fight these human-sized sentient mushrooms who spray spores in your party's faces to injure them.

[@TJF588]

Save scum? Nah, save spores.

[@Dascorpio36]

Fun fact; Duke was originally supposed to die but that was changed after the fallout from Optimus Prime’s death in the Transformer’s 1986 movie.

[@zoesdada8923]

B.E.T.. Black Entertainment Television?

[@livelybubbs6242]

Black Evil Television

[@Mrvwcc11]

Zoes Dada lol 😆

[@pluto545]

Pretty much all of my favorite GI Joe characters in one scene - Lady Jaye, Shipwreck, Flint, Road Block, Quick Kick, and Snake Eyes.

[@donaldc5166]

Is that the voice of Mick, from the original Rocky? Dude, with the eye patch sounds just like him???

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

Yes. That's Burgess Meredith as Golobulous.

[@cjs83172]

Derrick Threex The Penguin himself.

[@BTLAGS]

Golobulous.: Your A Bum Cobra A Bum.

[@XTRABIG]

excellent voice acting

[@grant21999]

Donald Coscarelli it's him...Burgess Meredith

[@gregmartinez6387]

This cartoon was ahead of its time !

[@Curien247]

Cobra-La has evolved past the point of chairs.

[@jeffbreckner1150]

Was hoping Cobra Commander would blame his failures on Starscream

[@cranium3331]

The only thing I hated about the Commander's return is that he didn't torture Serpentor. If I were Commander, I would've hung Serpentor out on a pole in front of Cobra and tortured him for days.

[@randypeppercorn1865]

"Though disfigured..." LOOK WHO'S TALKING!!!

[@masterbison8957]

Spare him this mockery of justice !

[@userjlj]

I wanted this three-pack gi joe of golobulus, nemesis enforcer and the royal guard when I was a kid.. I was saving my allowance and when I got enough, the store where it was available closed shop.. never saw one again..

[@anobleroman8906]

That Burgess Meredith?

[@Madbandit77]

Nolan Fultz Yup. :)

[@RavnerRavner]

he killed it in this.

[@anthonychobot4730]

Nolan Fultz Yes

[@jdbarr769]

+Mr. Ubiboy Best of the big two.

[@bengunn1980]

Yup. He nailed it.

[@fxranger326]

Anyone else notice that Snake Eyes STILL had his sword?

[@randypeppercorn1865]

2:34 They sent him out into the world wearing that? I'd say he was pretty successful.

[@kennylee5621]

Watch at 5:22 and notice how none of the spores infected Nemesis Enforcer or the Royal Guards.

[@coreyfrench8129]

Noticed they all stepped back a few feet too...lol

[@scockery]

In the original movie script, Serpentor was supposed to die after his air chariot blows up, thanks to Lt. Falcon.

[@dinoflagella4185]

I remember watching this as a kid. It was a weird turn in the GI Joe stories. Really weird.

[@robertcolson2233]

Just realized how much Nemesis looks like Archangel from X-Men?

[@bhills1987]

He reminds me of a cross between arch angel and The Juggernaught.

[@adamgrubb5552]

G.I. Joe was property of Marvel at the time.

[@marquesjohnson6359]

I saw this movie for the first time when I was 7 and I thought it was awesome this scene always stayed with me I understood cobra commander was a bad guy but I still felt so bad for him when this happened he was begging then he got turned into a snake I was like.. 😢😢