History Awesome / GIJoe

** ''ComicBook/GIJoeVsTheTransformers'' had him at the end of Volume 2 admit he lined the housing of a traitorous Starscream with 45 pounds of plastic explosives. Which detonate and take out the top of a Decepticon tower that had Starscream, new Decepticon leader Shockwave, and a few other Decepticons too. Ironic in that Cobra Commander finally brought peace back to Cybertron with this act, a fact which probably would've annoyed the heck out of him if he had been aware of it.
*** And in ''The Art of War'', he manages to seize control of Serpent O.R., and by extension the ''Matrix'', all the way from back on Earth.

* Snake-Eyes is awesome personified, including breaking into Destro's castle to save Scarlett and actually taking on Storm Shadow and his ninjas with little weapons, and breaking free during a Cobra torture session, and going upstairs to rescue the people who were supposed to rescue him. In Snake-Eyes-Land, prisoner saves you!
* The comic introduction of Duke and Roadblock. Cobra Commander sends a prototype Rattler to strafe the Joes during Gen. Flagg's funeral. Duke and Roadblock show up [[BigDamnHeroes out of nowhere]] and shoot it down using only a .50 cal and a pistol.
* In issue #28, some Joes on the WHALE face Destro, who attacks with a Rattler. Then Roadblock's gun is eliminated and Deep-Six's mount breaks. The Rattler keeps coming so Roadblock uses ''his own back'' as a mount and Deep-Six destroys the Rattler[[note]]Destro ejects before the Rattler is destroyed, though[[/note]].
* In issue #34, we have Ace in the Skystriker with Scarlett facing off against Wild Weasel in the Rattler with Baroness. The awesome part comes at the end, when they face each other head on, only to realize they had run out of weapons. As they pass each other, they give a [[WorthyOpponent salute]], and fly off back to their respective bases in their trashed planes.
* Issue #80: The Rolling Thunder is facing off against several Cobra Maggots, and beating the hell out of them. The crew of one of them gets the bright idea to try to get close to get underneath the Thunder's main gun. It works... until the Rolling Thunder ''runs them over''.
** It should be noted that the [[http://www.yojoe.com/television/commercials/88/80.mov commercial]] for said issue, while [[NeverTrustATrailer by no means accurate]], is pretty damn awesome in and of itself.
* Cobra Commander has managed to do Awesome things in some of his incarnations:

* Roadblock in regular continuity: A US embassy is being looted. A guy screwing with the American flag gets Roadblock's huge machine gun up his nostril. Roadblock indicates that if he harms the flag, he will lose his head. Guy points out people stealing office equipment. Roadblock: "Nobody ever died for a typewriter."

* In issue #34, we have Ace in the Skystriker with Scarlett facing off against Wild Weasel in the Rattler with Baroness. The awesome part comes at the end, when [[spoiler:they face each other head on, only to realize they had run out of weapons. As they pass each other, they give a [[WorthyOpponent salute]], and fly off back to their respective bases in their trashed planes.]]

* From the 1987 movie, we have [[AsHimself Sergeant Slaughter]], the Joes' very own DrillSergeantNasty. During the climactic battle, a bridge he is on [[ThatsNoMoon turns out to be a giant mantis]], which turns its head toward him. Without missing a beat, [[AwesomeMcCoolName Sergeant Slaughter]] ''[[PistolWhipping Butt strokes]]'' the monster in the face so hard that he shatters his rifle, and turns it [[BridgeLogic back into a bridge.]]

* The opening for the 1987 film is made up of several of these. Examples include Snake-Eyes stealing a Trouble Bubble in mid air, Cobra Commander getting punched off the statue of liberty, Alpine swinging out of nowhere to pound a Firebat's canopy with a fist, instantly fracturing it and Duke blowing up the Cobra airship.
** See for yourself [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv_daZe1kNI here]].
** The opening IS a Moment Of Awesome when you boil it down. As one Youtube commentor put it: Ok. So let me get this straight...It is the 4th of July and a terrorist plants a bomb. Then the Franchise/GIJoe grabs the BOMB while wearing a jetpack, BLOWS UP the terrorist's main ship, PUNCHES through a jet cockpit, and PUNCHES the terrorist leader off the freaking Statue of Liberty. Then one of them lands and plants an American flag on the Statue of Liberty.
*** When a "best of" DVD of the animated series was put out, the opening was included. Not the movie--just the opening.
** "GI Joe vs. The Transformers" had him at the end of Volume 2 also admit he lined the housing of a traitorous Starscream with 45 pounds of plastic explosives. Which detonate and take out the top of a Decepticon tower that had Starscream, new Decepticon leader Shockwave, and a few other Decepticons too. Ironic in that Cobra Commander finally brought peace back to Cybertron with this act, a fact which probably would've annoyed the heck out of him if he had been aware of it.
*** And in part 3, he manages to seize control of Serpent O.R., and by extension the ''Matrix'', all the way from back on Earth.

* From the 80s cartoon, the episode "Nightmare Assault". Dr. Mindbender has invented a machine that allows him to [[YourWorstNightmare give the Joes nightmares]] to (a) disrupt their sleep and make them less effective in the field; and (b) create opportunities to MindScrew them by re-creating nightmare imagery in the real world. Then he turns the machine on Low-Light, who's already prone to nightmares (unresolved father issues, it seems). Turns out, the machine's nightmares are so weak compared to Low-Light's standard fare that he's not only able to overcome the device and help his teammates do likewise, but he actually makes progress with his own nocturnal terrors.
-->'''Low-Light''': You gotta be tougher than that. I'm not a wimp anymore! I'm a G.I.Joe - and nothing stops a G.I. Joe! NOTHING!!
** To top it off, he makes sure Mindbender gets HoistByHisOwnPetard when in the process, Low-Light ends up giving the Doctor such a scare through the machine that Mindbender destroys it, having seen this was too much even for him.
* The climax of the five-parter "Arise, Serpentor, Arise!": With Serpentor as its new leader, Cobra stages an assault on Washington DC and, in a frightening display of power, seizes the city; Serpentor declares himself the emperor of the nation. This is all following on the heel of several episodes where Cobra managed to outmaneuver G.I.Joe. G.I.Joe's response? Infiltrate the city and proceed to open a can of whup-ass on Serpentor and his forces. The next few minutes of battle that ensue make for one of the most woot-worthy action scenes in 80s Western cartoons.
** Just to be clear, they infiltrated the city by disguising themselves as the president and other American politicians, claimed to surrender and then revealed the deception right in front of a very surprised Serpentor (who had ignored Destro's advice about how [[RealityEnsues conquering the capital wouldn't just leave the US instantly defenseless]]).
** Earlier than that, Sgt. Slaughter took on Serpentor one-on-one and won.
* Cobra Commander has a few depending on the version:
** "Arise, Serpentor, Arise!" has him as the ironic Savior of Serpentor, when a flamethrower stream stops the Joes from advancing on the Emperor, and it's shown the Commander was the one who fired it.

* In "Lasers in the Night", Gung-Ho sucker-punched a snake while running from Cobra.
* Another example from "Arise, Serpentor, Arise!" Zartan is holding tryouts for a new Dreadnok. True to the organization's philosophies, said tryout is a battle royale, last man standing gets the position. All the applicants dogpile on one another, except one (Monkeywrench) who sits on the sidelines. After the established Dreadnoks wonder why he isn't fighting, [[CombatPragmatist he lights a stick of dynamite and tosses it into the fracas]]. Explosion[[note]]unrealistically non-lethal because this is an 80s cartoon[[/note]], thugs flying everywhere, Monkeywrench wins. The way Zartan responds to accusations that Monkeywrench cheated suggests that actually ''improved'' Zartan's opinion of him.
* In "In the Cobra's Pit", Lady-Jaye knocks down five gliders with one javelin, and Cobra Commander's C.L.A.W. a while later...On her first mission, no less.

** The opening IS a Moment Of Awesome when you boil it down. As one Youtube commentor put it: Ok. So let me get this straight...It is the 4th of July and a terrorist plants a bomb. Then the GIJoe grabs the BOMB while wearing a jetpack, BLOWS UP the terrorist's main ship, PUNCHES through a jet cockpit, and PUNCHES the terrorist leader off the freaking Statue of Liberty. Then one of them lands and plants an American flag on the Statue of Liberty.

** Just to be clear, they infiltrated the city by disguising themselves as the president and other American politicians, claimed to surrender and then revealed the deception right in front of a very surprised Serpentor.