History Characters / GIJoeFilmSeries

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:He loves his sister, but he's not above killing her to spite Duke. It's unclear if he still caress for her in ''Retaliation''.]]

** Destro and the Baroness are [[UnholyMatrimony genuinely in love in both the comics and cartoon]]; here, the Baroness is mind-controlled into being with him, making the relationship of questionable consent at best and Destro into a much more despicable character.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard [[spoiler: He uses a blowtorch to kill Duke, who used Ana's gun to shoot him, getting himself burned in the process. He also attempted to save Ana when the Doctor threatens to kill her.]]

* BadassBaritone
* BadassBeard: Most earlier incarnations of Roadblock just had a mustache. This one has a goatee.
* BaldOfAwesome

* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Didn't realize until too late that killing Hard Master, setting Storm Shadow to his path, would come back to bite him in the end, and express his disappointment to Storm Shadow.]]

->'''Played by:''' Byung-hun Lee

* HypocriteHasAPoint: [[spoiler:While he was the one who brainwashed her, Rex was right to call Duke out for abandoning Ana to grieve over her brother's death alone.]]

* DecompositeCharacter: Himself and The Doctor are essentially different versions of the franchise Dr Mindbender, with this guy being a minor character and the other one secretly being a more science-minded Cobra Commander.

* Malaproper:

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He picks operatives well and insists on getting good intelligence. Also, see below.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He correctly guesses MARS Industries' intentions in the first movie. In the second movie, he attempts to resist Zartan's interrogations [[spoiler: and helps restore the Joes' reputation.]]

* KarmicTransformation: [[spoiler: After being badly burned (by Duke using Ana's gun), he was forced to have a face of metal, just like his ancestor. Though this is nanotech metal and not actual metal.]]

* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Rex Lewis's (supposed) death, since he ordered an airstrike which arrived too early. As well as leaving Ana to grieve alone since he couldn't face her for not being able to keep his promise to protect Rex, allowing her to become the Baroness.]]

** Destro in the comics, while still technically a villain, is a much more honorable and principled man; vestiges of this made it into the cartoon. Here, Destro has little in the way of redeeming values. Though he seems to believe the world is chaotic and that he's the only one who can fix it with him in charge.

* RejectedApology: [[spoiler: Duke tells her he's sincerely sorry he couldn't save Rex and for leaving her. She doesn't accept them, until she breaks free of her brainwashing.]]

* ThatWomanIsDead: [[spoiler:When Duke threatens to shoot Ana/The Baroness if Storm Shadow moves:]]
-->[[spoiler:'''The Baroness:''' ''(to Duke)'' Do it. [[ArmorPiercingResponse You already killed me once.]]]]

* DecoyProtagonist: 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 actually Cobra Commander.]]

* DarthVaderClone: In ''The Rise Of Cobra'' at least; his breathing problems and scarred face, history with Duke, and that he's [[TheDragon nominally subservient to [=McCullen=]]] seem designed to invoke this trope.

* {{Revenge}}: He had the warhead tested on the Eiffel Tower to both get everyone attention and to settle a grudge against the country.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Didn’t realize until too late that killing Hard Master, setting Storm Shadow to his path, would come back to bite him in the end, and express his disappointment to Storm Shadow.]]

-->[[spoiler:'''The Baroness:''' ''[to Duke]'' Do it. [[ArmorPiercingResponse You already killed me once.]]]]

-->'''[[spoiler:Storm Shadow:]]''' You made me what I am.
-->'''Zartan:''' Yes, and I see I was wrong.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: He murdered a female GI Joe member in front of Storm Shadow, a man who's disgusted with killing women, and one movie later he gets killed by the same man who he killed the woman in front of because he murdered his master.]]

* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Rex Lewis's (supposed) death. As well as leaving Ana to grieve alone since he couldn't face her for not being able to keep his promise to protect Rex, allowing her to become the Baroness.]]

* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:While a little hypocritical, Rex was right to call Duke out for abandoning Ana to grieve over her brother's death alone.]]

** Destro and the Baroness are [[UnholyMatrimony genuinely in love in both the comics and cartoon]]; here, the Baroness is mind-controlled into being with him, making the relationship of questionable consent at best and Destro into a much more despicable character. Not to mention that he tried to have her killed just to spite Duke.

* BigBadDuumvirate: With The Doctor, [[spoiler: which later becomes TheDragon when The Doctor's true intent is revealed and becomes Cobra Commander]].

* KarmicTransformation: [[spoiler: After being badly burned, he was forced to have a face of metal, just like his ancestor. Though this is nanotech metal and not actual metal.]]

* TragicKeepsake: Subverted, he keeps the metal mask of his ancestor to remind him to never get caught like he did.

** Destro in the comics, while still technically a villain, is a much more honorable and principled man; vestiges of this made it into the cartoon. Here, Destro has little in the way of redeeming values.
** Destro and the Baroness are [[UnholyMatrimony genuinely in love in both the comics and cartoon]]; here, the Baroness is mind-controlled into being with him, making the relationship of questionable consent at best and Destro into a much more despicable character.

-->[[spoiler:'''The Baroness:''' ''[to Duke]'' Do it. You already killed me once.]]

** He was surprised when the Baroness wanted him to kill her husband Daniel [=DeCobray=].

->'''Played by:''' Kevin J. O'Connor

Another ninja in the service of the G.I. Joes. She is Snake Eyes' protege. Real name: Classified.

* ColorCodedCharacters: Whether he's in his Ninja outfit, or in his casual clothes, he's always wearing white. Probably to contrast Snake Eyes' all-black attire.

* HighlyVisibleNinja: Possibly in contrast to Snake Eyes' all-black suit, he wears one that's all-white.

* CompositeCharacter: His background has several elements from makes him more like Stalker in the comics, such as being involved with a gang when growing up in the city, being best buddies with Snake Eyes, and having kids.

* ForScience: The Doctor's motivation for all the evil he does seems to be this.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: This version of Cobra Commabder is Baroness's brother.]]

The other half of the BigBadDuumvirate of the first film, though more of TheHeavy. A weapons designer and founder of the Military Armament Research Syndicate (MARS). His terrorist agenda sets up the movie's plot

* ArmsDealer: He owns a weapons research facility, and develops a superweapon that can decimate an entire city at a short time.

* NoPartyGiven: As always with US Presidents in action movies.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: He shoots an explosive gas canister, seriously injuring Storm Shadow.