History Awesome / GIJoe

* 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.

*** And in part 3, he manages to size control of Serpent O.R., and by extension the ''Matrix'', all the way from back on Earth.

* 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 kick open a Firebat's cockpit and Duke blowing up the Cobra airship.

* From the 1987 movie, we have [[AsHimself Sergeant Slaughter]], the Joes' very own DrillSergeantNasty. During the climactic battle, a bridge he is about to run accross [[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 it shatter his rifle, and turns [[BridgeLogic back into a bridge.]]

* From the 1987 movie, we have [[AsHimself Sergeant Slaughter]], the Joes' very own DrillSergeantNasty. During the climactic battle, a bridge he is about to run accross [[ThatsNoMoon turns out to be a giant centipede]], which attacks him. Without missing a beat, [[AwesomeMcCoolName Sergeant Slaughter]] ''[[PistolWhipping Butt strokes]]'' the monster in the face so hard that it turns [[BridgeLogic back into a bridge.]]

-->'''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!!

* 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, and Duke blowing up the Cobra airship.

*** And in part 3, he manages to size control of SerpentO.R., and by extension the ''Matrix'', all the way from back on Earth.

-->'''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!!

* In "Lasers in the Night", [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtIZGpWC77w&t=5m20s Gung-Ho sucker-punched a snake]] while running from Cobra.

* 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 [[hottip:*:Destro ejects before the Rattler is destroyed, though]].

* From the 1987 movie, we have [[AsHimself Sergeant Slaughter]], the Joes' very own DrillSergeantNasty. During the climactic battle, a bridge he is about to run accross [[ThatsNoMoon turns out to be a giant centipede]], which attacks him. Without missing a beat, [[AwesomeMcCoolName Sergeant Slaughter]] ''[[PistolWhipping Butt strokes]]'' the monster in the face so hard that it turns [[BridgeLogic back into a bridge.]]

* 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.

* 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."

* From the 80s cartoon, the episode "Nightmare Assault". Dr. Mindbender has invented a machine that allows him to 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.

** From the 80s cartoon, the episode "Nightmare Assault". Dr. Mindbender has invented a machine that allows him to 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.
*** 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.

*** To top it off, he makes sure Mindbender gets HoistOnHisOwnPetard 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.

** "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.