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*** Then he and Storm Shadow are McCullen's CoDragons.

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* RomanticPlotTumor: With Ripcord.



* RomanticPlotTumor: With Scarlett.



* CompleteMonster: Participates in a scheme of world domination that will involve the deaths of millions, experiments on his troopers with horrific results, mind-controls his Neo-Vipers, and [[spoiler: prostitutes his own sister.]]



* FashionVictimVillain:[[spoiler: Even before he becomes Cobra Commander.]]



* MagnificentBastard: Arguable given his CompleteMonster status.



* WTHCastingAgency: The kid from ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'' is [[spoiler: Cobra Commander]]??
** Subverted in that he's one of the few actors who seems to be aware he's in a GI Joe movie and acts appropriately cartoonish ''but not absurdly so.''

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* WTHCastingAgency: The kid from ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'' is [[spoiler: Cobra Commander]]??
** Subverted in that he's one of the few actors who seems to be aware he's in a GI Joe movie and acts appropriately cartoonish ''but not absurdly so.''



* MagnificentBastard: Destro's plot is brilliant. He uses NATO to fund the creation of his nanotechnology weapons, steals them back, uses them to locate an enemy's hidden fortress, and then creates a terrorist threat with them that only he could theoretically stop as the man who designed them. Only the Joe's are able to stop it. [[spoiler: In fact, it's all a plot to replace the President.]]



* EvilIsSexy: Oh so very much.
* FetishFuel: Oh so very much x2.



* RelationshipWritingFumble: Stormshadow and she come off as a BattleCouple. It doesn't help that they have great chemistry together.



* RelationshipWritingFumble: Storm Shadow's relationship with the Baroness comes off as sexier and healthier than Duke, Destro, OR her husband.



* CompleteMonster: Implied to be one of these.

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* BadassInANiceSuit



* DressedToKill



* BadassInANiceSuit



* DressedToKill



* Badass Longcoat

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* Badass LongcoatBadassInANiceSuit
* BadassLongcoat



* DressedToKill
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An soldier who joins the Joes in the first movie, the film's protagonist. Real name: Conrad Hauser.

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An A soldier who joins the Joes in the first movie, the film's protagonist. Real name: Conrad Hauser.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: At first, she {{Subverts}} it, angsting about a cut on her face. Played dead straight the rest of the time (the cut magically vanishes).

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: At first, she {{Subverts}} it, angsting about a cut on her face. Played dead straight the rest of the time (the cut magically vanishes).For very long at least.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: For very long at least.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: For very long at least.At first, she {{Subverts}} it, angsting about a cut on her face. Played dead straight the rest of the time (the cut magically vanishes).
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* DemotedToExtra

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* DemotedToExtraDemotedToExtra: More of an inversion. The character was never intended to have a name, and was only there as a plot device for The Doctor's path to darkness. After the fact, they realized he could easily be Mindbender and threw his name in for the fans.
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** This may be a case of FridgeBrilliance, since one of the best strategies in martial arts if your opponent is just as skilled in the same way you're fighting them, you change your tactics. In the flashback, Snake Eyes loses every fight with Storm Shadow when they use the same weapon. He only wins when he changes tactics. Given his CombatPragmatist roots, it makes sense.

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Nowhere in the movie is she indicated to be a hotshot fighter. Faux Action Girl requires that set up.


* FauxActionGirl



* TheSquadette

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* TheSquadette
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** He also aligns with multiple "Lt. Stone" characters in Joe cartoons and comics.
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*[[spoiler:EasilyForgiven]]: Averted.
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*{{Determinator}}
-->'''Baroness''': He gave up.
-->'''Storm Shadow''': He never gives up. [[spoiler:Their car gets hit by a train]]
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!![[spoiler:Destro]]

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!![[spoiler:Destro]]!!Destro
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* IdenticalGrandson: According to Brendan Frasier, he's a descendant of [[TheMummyTrilogy Rick O'Connell]].
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* KatanasAreJustBetter

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* KatanasAreJustBetterKatanasAreJustBetter: Subverted. He only beats Storm Shadow (both as a child, and in the climax) when he switches to bladed tonfas.
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Real name: The Joe's communications specialist and hacker. Abel Shaz.

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Real name: The Joe's communications specialist and hacker. Real name: Abel Shaz.
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* Expy: Sgt. Stone seems to be a replacement for professional wrestler Sgt. Slaughter. Oddly, he's not the first Expy of him, with Beachhead having also filled the role.

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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Sgt. Stone seems to be a replacement for professional wrestler Sgt. Slaughter. Oddly, he's not the first Expy of him, with Beachhead having also filled the role.
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* TheGenericGuy
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* SmartBall

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* SmartBall
SmartBall: Arguable, Ripcord isn't an idiot. He's just surrounded by geniuses.



* YouKiledMyFather: The 'you killed my master' variant.

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* YouKiledMyFather: YouKilledMyFather: The 'you killed my master' variant.

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An soldier who joins the Joes in the first movie, the film's protagonist. Real name: Conrad Hauser

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An soldier who joins the Joes in the first movie, the film's protagonist. Real name: Conrad Hauser
Hauser.

* {{Badass}}: Though not to the level of Snake Eyes.



* [[spoiler: LoveRedeems]]



* TheChick

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* TheChickBeautyIsNeverTarnished: For very long at least.
* TheChick: Debatable, she does a lot of ass kicking. It's just it's only against mooks.



* {{Badass}}: Just not so much as Duke or Snake Eyes.




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* YouKiledMyFather: The 'you killed my master' variant.


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* {{Expy}}: For Road Block.
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* WTHCastingAgency: The kid from Third Rock is [[spoiler: Cobra Commander]]??

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* WTHCastingAgency: The kid from Third Rock ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'' is [[spoiler: Cobra Commander]]??

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* MadScientist: Arguable given his CompleteMonster status.
* MagnificentBastard: * TheStarscream

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* MadScientist: MadScientist
* MagnificentBastard:
Arguable given his CompleteMonster status.
* MagnificentBastard: TheStarscream: [[spoiler: He suceeds in overthrowing Destro as well.]]
* TheStarscream
WTHCastingAgency: The kid from Third Rock is [[spoiler: Cobra Commander]]??
** Subverted in that he's one of the few actors who seems to be aware he's in a GI Joe movie and acts appropriately cartoonish ''but not absurdly so.''

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The leader of the Joes. Real name: Clayton Abernathy

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The leader of the Joes. Real name: Clayton Abernathy
Abernathy.



* HollywoodAtheist: Possibly.



* RomanticPlotTumor: With Ripcord.



An soldier who joins the Joes in the first movie, the team's expert pilot. Real name: Wallace Weems

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An soldier who joins the Joes in the first movie, the team's expert pilot. Real name: Wallace Weems
Weems.



* BlackBestFriend: To Duke

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* BlackBestFriend: To DukeDuke.



* RomanticPlotTumor: With Scarlett.



An American who studied martial arts under the Arashikage ninja clan, taking a vow of silence. He is the rival of Storm Shadow. Real name: Classified

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An American who studied martial arts under the Arashikage ninja clan, taking a vow of silence. He is the rival of Storm Shadow. Real name: Classified
Classified.

* ActorAllusion: Ray Park fights Storm Shadow when the latter is wielding a double bladed sword.
* {{Badass}}: So very much.



* TheBrute: Shared with Heavy Duty

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* TheBrute: Shared with Heavy DutyDuty.
* TheDragon: In a rare heroic example, he seems to be this to General Albernathy.



* MightyWhitey: Is the world's best ninja despite being American. In a bit of a subversion, the world's second best ninja seems to be ''Korean.''



The field commander of G.I. Joe and the team's heavy machine gunner. Real name: Hershel Dalton

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The field commander of G.I. Joe and the team's heavy machine gunner. Real name: Hershel Dalton
Dalton.



Real name: The Joe's communications specialist and hacker. Abel Shaz

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Real name: The Joe's communications specialist and hacker. Abel Shaz
Shaz.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Breaker gets [[spoiler: exiled from French soil for the rest of his life.]]



* HollywoodHacking

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* HollywoodHackingHollywoodHacking: Hacks a dead man's ''brain.''



The team's [[InformedAttribute special weapons officer]] and Personal assistant to Gen. Hawk. Real name: Courtney Kreiger

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The team's [[InformedAttribute special weapons officer]] and Personal assistant to Gen. Hawk. Real name: Courtney Kreiger
Kreiger.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Arguable since Cover Girl has had multiple hair colors in the comics and cartoon.



* DemotedToExtra: Many didn't even realize she was supposed to be Cover Girl.



G.I. Joe's special operations instructor who teaches combat training. Real name: Geoffrey Stone IV

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G.I. Joe's special operations instructor who teaches combat training. Real name: Geoffrey Stone IV
IV.

* Expy: Sgt. Stone seems to be a replacement for professional wrestler Sgt. Slaughter. Oddly, he's not the first Expy of him, with Beachhead having also filled the role.




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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Surprisingly, he seems much more pleasant than most iterations of the Joe's Drill Sergeant.



* CompleteMonster

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* CompleteMonsterCompositeCharacter: Is a merger of Doctor Mindbender and [[spoiler: Cobra Commander.]]
* CompleteMonster: Participates in a scheme of world domination that will involve the deaths of millions, experiments on his troopers with horrific results, mind-controls his Neo-Vipers, and [[spoiler: prostitutes his own sister.]]



* ForScience

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* ForScienceForScience: The Doctor's motivation for all the evil he does seems to be this.
** [[spoiler: It's not, in fact he seems interested in world domination like Destro.]]



* MadScientist
* MagnificentBastard
* TheStarscream

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* MadScientist
MadScientist: Arguable given his CompleteMonster status.
* MagnificentBastard
MagnificentBastard: * TheStarscream



A weapons designer and founder of the Military Armament Research Syndicate (MARS). His terrorist agenda sets up the movie's plot. Real name: James [=McCullen=] XXIV

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A weapons designer and founder of the Military Armament Research Syndicate (MARS). His terrorist agenda sets up the movie's plot. Real name: James [=McCullen=] XXIV
XXIV. Destro's company manufactures 70% of the world's armaments.



* MagnificentBastard: Destro's plot is brilliant. He uses NATO to fund the creation of his nanotechnology weapons, steals them back, uses them to locate an enemy's hidden fortress, and then creates a terrorist threat with them that only he could theoretically stop as the man who designed them. Only the Joe's are able to stop it. [[spoiler: In fact, it's all a plot to replace the President.]]




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* StalkerWithACrush: Has the Baroness' husband murdered because they had sex. Clearly adores her above all things [[spoiler: despite the fact she's mind-controlled and ''he knows it.'']]



Cobra Intelligence Officer who married a wealthy European aristocrat [[spoiler: before she has Storm Shadow kill him]]/ Real name: [[spoiler: Ana Lewis]] aka Anastascia [=DeCobray=]

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Cobra Intelligence Officer who married a wealthy European aristocrat [[spoiler: before she has Storm Shadow kill him]]/ Real name: [[spoiler: Ana Lewis]] aka Anastascia [=DeCobray=]
[=DeCobray=].



* DarkActionGirl
* DarkChick

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* DarkActionGirl
DarkActionGirl: Kicks the most ass in the entire movie.
* DarkChickDarkChick: Waivers between this and DarkActionGirl due to [[spoiler: being brainwashed.]]



* EvilIsSexy
* FetishFuel

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* EvilIsSexy
EvilIsSexy: Oh so very much.
* FetishFuelFetishFuel: Oh so very much x2.



* MsFanservice: Very obviously so.
* RelationshipWritingFumble: Stormshadow and she come off as a BattleCouple. It doesn't help that they have great chemistry together.



Member of the ninja clan Arashikage, trained under his uncle, the Hard Master. He is the rival of Snake Eyes. Real name: Thomas Arashikage

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Member of the ninja clan Arashikage, trained under his uncle, the Hard Master. He is the rival of Snake Eyes. Real name: Thomas Arashikage
Arashikage.



* TheDragon: Destro's it would seem.



** Not so much a beserk button as something he seems to be disgusted by.



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: See below.



* RelationshipWritingFumble: Storm Shadow's relationship with the Baroness comes off as sexier and healthier than Duke, Destro, OR her husband.



* [[Main/{{ptitledr2p2k8t}} Wouldn't Hit A Girl]]

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* [[Main/{{ptitledr2p2k8t}} Wouldn't Hit A Girl]]
Girl]]: Is disgusted by the murder of [[spoiler: Cover Girl.]]



* Arc Words: Him whistling "Jolly Good Fellow".

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* Arc Words: ActorAllusion: A couple of references are made to ''The Mummy.''
* ArcWords:
Him whistling "Jolly Good Fellow".Fellow."
* CombatPragmatist: Doesn't at all mind using sneak attacks and other dirty tricks.



* TheDragon: To [=McCullen=]

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* TheDragon: To [=McCullen=] [=McCullen=].
** Arguable, since Storm Shadow better fits the role.
* KickTheDog: His murder of [[spoiler: Cover Girl.]]



* [[spoiler: PresidentEvil]]

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* [[spoiler: PresidentEvil]]
PresidentEvil]]: The entire point of the movie, it turns out.



A scientist in [=McCullen's=] employ who developed the nanomite technology and trained "The Doctor" in the field. His current status is unknown. Real name: Unknown

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A scientist in [=McCullen's=] employ who developed the nanomite technology and trained "The Doctor" in the field. His current status is unknown. Real name: Unknown
Unknown.

* CompleteMonster: Implied to be one of these.
* DecoyProtagonist: A villainous version. A lot of fans familiar with the mythology expected the Doctor to actually be the ''Rise of Cobra'' version of Doctor Mindbender. Only at the end, was it revealed [[spoiler: That the Doctor is Cobra Commander.]]



* OneSceneWonder: In a FlashBack

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* More like NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast. Assuming it wasn't just a 'target name' the military gave him.
* OneSceneWonder: In a FlashBackFlashBack.
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* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler: To the point that he's [[MoleInCharge American President]].

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* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler: To the point that he's [[MoleInCharge American President]].President]]]].

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* SergeantRock



* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* FourStarBadass
* NiceHat
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure



* FriendlySniper



* RedHeadedHero




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* TheSquadette



* TheFaceless




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* TheRival: Storm Shadow



* BaldOfAwesome



* ScaryBlackMan
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rapper Common was offered the role of Heavy Duty's cousin Roadblock, but film screenwriter, Stuart Beattie, chose Heavy Duty instead.



* HollywoodNerd
* HollywoodHacking



The team's [[AllThereInTheManual special weapons officer]] and Personal assistant to Gen. Hawk. Real name: Courtney Kreiger

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The team's [[AllThereInTheManual [[InformedAttribute special weapons officer]] and Personal assistant to Gen. Hawk. Real name: Courtney Kreiger




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* FauxActionGirl
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* SexySecretary
* TheSquadette



* TheCameo
* DrillSergeantNasty
* NiceHat



* CompleteMonster



* ArmsDealer




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* LegacyCharacter
* {{Scotland}}



* Badass Longcoat

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* Badass LongcoatBadassLongcoat



* FetishFuel




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* TheSquadette


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* ArrogantKungFuGuy


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* TheRival: To Snake Eyes
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: His last name is Arashikage, which means "Storm Shadow"


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* WorthyOpponent


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* Arc Words: Him whistling "Jolly Good Fellow".


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* DemotedToExtra
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* BadassBiker Badass Bi]][[BikerBabe ker Babe]]

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* BadassBiker [[BadassBiker Badass Bi]][[BikerBabe ker Babe]]
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* BadassBikerBabe

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* BadassBikerBabeBadassBiker Badass Bi]][[BikerBabe ker Babe]]

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An Ex-NATO soldier who joins the Joes in the first movie, the film's protagonist. Real name: Conrad Hauser

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An Ex-NATO soldier who joins the Joes in the first movie, the film's protagonist. Real name: Conrad Hauser
Hauser

* [[spoiler: DatingCatwoman: With The Baroness]]
* DullSurprise
* TheHero
* StandardizedLeader: Even though Heavy Duty's supposed to have that role.



* [[Main/{{ptitleeym5vv2h}} Screw The Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]



* TheAce: Takes it hard when she fails.
* ActionGirl
* BadassBikerBabe
* TheChick
* {{Gainaxing}}: On the treadmill
* HeroesWantRedheads: In this medium, it's Ripcord.
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: Her crossbow.
* ImprobableAimingSkills
* QuicklyDemotedWoman
* SpyCatsuit



An Ex-NATO soldier who joins the Joes in the first movie, the team's expert pilot. Real name: Wallace Weems

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An Ex-NATO soldier who joins the Joes in the first movie, the team's expert pilot. Real name: Wallace Weems
Weems

* AcePilot
* BlackBestFriend: To Duke
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Scarlett
* ImprobablePilotingSkills
* TheLancer
* RaceLift: Was white before this movie, now he's black.
* {{Sidekick}}: To Duke
* SmartBall



* BadassLongcoat
* TheBrute: Shared with Heavy Duty
* DualTonfas
* KatanasAreJustBetter
* LargeHam: Quite a feat when you can't talk.
* {{Ninja}}
* TheQuietOne



* TheBrute: Shared with Snake Eyes
* GatlingGood
* [[Main/{{ptitledr2p2k8t}} Wouldn't Hit A Girl]]



* InterrogatingTheDead: Via MacGyvering a palm pilot.
* NonActionGuy
* RaceLift: Was white before this movie, now he's a Moroccan Arab.
* TheSmartGuy



* {{Chickification}}: She drove tanks in the comics, here, she's a secretary.



!Cobra

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!Cobra
!MARS/Cobra



* BatmanGambit
* [[spoiler: BigBad:]] By the end of the film.
* EvilGenius
* EvilSoundsDeep
* FashionVictimVillain:[[spoiler: Even before he becomes Cobra Commander.]]
* ForScience
* LargeHam
* MadScientist
* MagnificentBastard
* TheStarscream



* BatmanGambit
* BigBad
* DressedToKill
* [[spoiler: KarmicTransformation: Forever forced to have a face of metal, just like his ancestor.]]
* LargeHam



Cobra Intelligence Officer who married a wealthy European aristocrat [[spoiler: before she has Storm Shadow kill him]]/ Real name: [[spoiler: Ana Lewis]] aka Anastascia DeCobray

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Cobra Intelligence Officer who married a wealthy European aristocrat [[spoiler: before she has Storm Shadow kill him]]/ Real name: [[spoiler: Ana Lewis]] aka Anastascia DeCobray
[=DeCobray=]

* AllWomenLoveShoes
* Badass Longcoat
* TheBaroness
* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy]]
* {{Chickification}}
* DarkActionGirl
* DarkChick
* [[spoiler: DatingCatwoman: With Duke]]
* DeadLittleBrother: Subverted [[spoiler: as he is alive]].
* DressedToKill
* DullSurprise
* EvilIsSexy
* GunsAkimbo
* [[spoiler: HighHeelFaceTurn]]
* [[spoiler: MoreThanMindControl]]
* SpyCatsuit


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* Badass Longcoat
* BreakTheHaughty: As a boy
* TheBrute
* [[spoiler: DisneyVillainDeath]]
* DressedToKill
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Killing women is a big BerserkButton for him.
* HighlyVisibleNinja
* MadeOfIron
* {{Ninja}}
* WellDoneSonGuy: As a boy
* [[Main/{{ptitledr2p2k8t}} Wouldn't Hit A Girl]]


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* DirtyCoward
* TheDragon: To [=McCullen=]
* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler: To the point that he's [[MoleInCharge American President]].
* [[spoiler: PresidentEvil]]


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* ForScience
* MadScientist
* MeaningfulName
* OneSceneWonder: In a FlashBack
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The BigBad of the first film, [[spoiler: which makes sense because he's the Big Bad of the franchise]]. He assists McCullen in his evil plans, but secretly has plans of his own. Real name: [[spoiler: Rex Lewis]]

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The BigBad of the first film, [[spoiler: which makes sense because he's the Big Bad of the franchise]]. He assists McCullen [=McCullen=] in his evil plans, but secretly has plans of his own. Real name: [[spoiler: Rex Lewis]]



A weapons designer and founder of the Military Armament Research Syndicate (MARS). His terrorist agenda sets up the movie's plot. Real name: James McCullen XXIV

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A weapons designer and founder of the Military Armament Research Syndicate (MARS). His terrorist agenda sets up the movie's plot. Real name: James McCullen [=McCullen=] XXIV



A scientist in McCullen's employ who developed the nanomite technology and trained "The Doctor" in the field. His current status is unknown. Real name: Unknown

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A scientist in McCullen's [=McCullen's=] employ who developed the nanomite technology and trained "The Doctor" in the field. His current status is unknown. Real name: Unknown

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