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'''Real Name:''' Robert W. Graves
An infantryman who would later leave the Joes to get his engineering degree.
'''Real Name:''' Robert W. Graves
An infantryman who would later leave the Joes to get his engineering degree.
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'''RealLeatherneck]]
!!!'''Real Name:'''Robert W. Graves
An infantryman who would later leave the Joes toWendell A. Metzger
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[[caption-width-right:150: "There's only one kind of effective training... HARD, So gethis engineering degree.down and give me fifty!"]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Chuck [=McCann=] (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series)
Former drill instructor turned into vehicle driver and officer.
'''Real
!!!'''Real Name:'''
An infantryman who would later leave the Joes to
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->'''Voiced By:''' Chuck [=McCann=] (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series)
Former drill instructor turned into vehicle driver and officer.
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* GeniusBruiser: He's both an engineer as well as infantryman.
* HappilyMarried: To his wife, Lola. They met after he retired from the Joes.
* OriginsEpisode: ''GI Joe Declassified'' was an issue showing how he ended up joining the military as opposed to a Cobra soldier.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Some of the Grunts in continuity come back after leaving.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Clutch, they prove to be the most "normal" soldiers of the GI Joe team.
* UnfazedEveryman: Provided a grounded and "normal" view of most of the conflicts he's in unlike more specialized characters.
* WorkingClassHero: Until Grunt gets his engineering degree, he's working the GI Joe primarily as a job and because of patriotic duty. His origin also emphasizes he could have been anyone.
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* ButtMonkey: At least in the original Marvel saga, Leatherneck's attitude always have him receiving some sort of LaserGuidedKarma, if something bad is going to happen that is humiliating or embarrassing around The Pit, count on Leatherneck to be its recipient.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Since both
*
*
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Many Joes seem to
* TenMinuteRetirement: Some
*
* KavorkaMan: Ironically since he has always find [[AllegedlyDateless trouble on getting dates]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: With
* UnfazedEveryman: Provided a grounded and "normal" view of most of the conflicts he's in unlike more specialized characters.
* WorkingClassHero: Until Grunt gets his engineering degree, he's working the GI Joe primarily as a job and because of patriotic duty. His origin also emphasizes he could have been anyone.
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!!!'''Real Name:''' Wendell A. Metzger
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[[caption-width-right:150: "There's only one kind of effective training... HARD, So get down and give me fifty!"]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Chuck [=McCann=] (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series)
Former drill instructor turned into vehicle driver and officer.
!!!'''Real Name:''' Wendell A. Metzger
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[[caption-width-right:150: "There's only one kind of effective training... HARD, So get down and give me fifty!"]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Chuck [=McCann=] (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series)
Former drill instructor turned into vehicle driver and officer.
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Mainframe]]
!!!'''Real Name:'''Wendell A. Metzger
Blaine L. Parker
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[[caption-width-right:150:"There's only one kind of effective training... HARD, So "Just get down me to the target, and give me fifty!"]]
I can crack any system"]]
->'''Voiced By:'''Chuck [=McCann=] Patrick Pinney (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series)
Former drill instructor turned into vehicle driverseries), Lucas Schuneman (''G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout'')
The original team's hacker andofficer.master programmer.
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* AlwaysSecondBest: When you mention "G.I. Joe's jarhead" you'll instantly think of any other in this list instead of Leatherneck.
* ButtMonkey: At least in the original Marvel saga, Leatherneck's attitude always have him receiving some sort of LaserGuidedKarma, if something bad is going to happen that is humiliating or embarrassing around The Pit, count on Leatherneck to be its recipient.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Since both cartoons were produced by the same studio, you can bet Leatherneck inherited "Eric The Cavalier"'s traits in Characters/DungeonsAndDragons.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: O.K. maybe "friendship" is a wild guess, but rest assured you can earn his respect if you beat him in some instance, as Outback demonstrated in the Marvel's comic.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For some reason, his toys always depict him as having a dark brown bushy 'stache and straight hair. His cartoon and comics depictions always have him with wavy, curly laid-back black hair ala [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] and a pencil mustache.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Many Joes seem to despise Leatherneck habit of not being "one of the boys" outside of a task or a mission, keeping a full-time DrillSergeantNasty attitude towards his teammates.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In Sunbow's "Lets play soldiers" episode, we found out his soft-spot is for down-on-their-luck children who should have deserve better.
* KavorkaMan: Ironically since he has always find [[AllegedlyDateless trouble on getting dates]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Wet Suit, they despise each other in the surface, but in some strange way they seem to understand the other quite well.
* ButtMonkey: At least in the original Marvel saga, Leatherneck's attitude always have him receiving some sort of LaserGuidedKarma, if something bad is going to happen that is humiliating or embarrassing around The Pit, count on Leatherneck to be its recipient.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Since both cartoons were produced by the same studio, you can bet Leatherneck inherited "Eric The Cavalier"'s traits in Characters/DungeonsAndDragons.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: O.K. maybe "friendship" is a wild guess, but rest assured you can earn his respect if you beat him in some instance, as Outback demonstrated in the Marvel's comic.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For some reason, his toys always depict him as having a dark brown bushy 'stache and straight hair. His cartoon and comics depictions always have him with wavy, curly laid-back black hair ala [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] and a pencil mustache.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Many Joes seem to despise Leatherneck habit of not being "one of the boys" outside of a task or a mission, keeping a full-time DrillSergeantNasty attitude towards his teammates.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In Sunbow's "Lets play soldiers" episode, we found out his soft-spot is for down-on-their-luck children who should have deserve better.
* KavorkaMan: Ironically since he has always find [[AllegedlyDateless trouble on getting dates]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Wet Suit, they despise each other in the surface, but in some strange way they seem to understand the other quite well.
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* AlwaysSecondBest: When you mention "G.I. Joe's jarhead" you'll instantly think of any other in this list instead of Leatherneck.
* ButtMonkey: At least in the original Marvel saga, Leatherneck's attitude always have him receiving some sort of LaserGuidedKarma,BelligerentSexualTension: More often than not, if something bad is going to happen that is humiliating or embarrassing around The Pit, count on Leatherneck Zarana happens to be its recipient.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Since both cartoons were produced byin the same studio, room with him, you can even feel a DatingCatwoman foreshadowing coming through.
* BroughtDownToBadass: According to his Marvel comics debut, he used to be a RetiredBadass Army Airborne Staff Sergeant in 'Nam, until he re-enlisted again and changed his specialty to computers. You may not see him carrying a gun too often now, but he perfectly can.
* CoolOldGuy: A tech-savvy veteran. He also demonstrates a caring soft spot for rookie recruits.
* DudeInDistress: Nobody's sure why he always falls nose-first into this, but a swift RescueArc will be set in motion for him since he's the team's tech head honcho, and if that's not possible, you can betLeatherneck inherited "Eric The Cavalier"'s traits in Characters/DungeonsAndDragons.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: O.K. maybe "friendship" isMainframe will find a wild guess, but rest assured you can earn his respect if you beat him in some instance, as Outback demonstrated in way to [[TheDogBitesBack bite the Marvel's comic.
Cobra's butt back]].
*EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For some reason, his toys always depict him as having a dark brown bushy 'stache and straight hair. His cartoon and comics depictions always have him with wavy, curly laid-back black hair ala [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] and a pencil mustache.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Many Joes seem to despise Leatherneck habit of not being "oneSuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Sparks, one of the boys" outside (at first) original cartoon-only Joes, down to [[PaletteSwap their similar helmets-headsets and uniforms]]. You can even make a conscious account of every trope depicting Mainframe in here and apply it also to Sparks.
** In ''Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles'' his role was filled-in by "Mouse", a clumsy mountain of atask or a mission, keeping a full-time DrillSergeantNasty attitude towards his teammates.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In Sunbow's "Lets play soldiers" episode, we found out his soft-spot is for down-on-their-luck children who should have deserve better.
* KavorkaMan: Ironically since he has always find [[AllegedlyDateless trouble on getting dates]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Wet Suit, they despise each other in the surface,man, but in some strange way they seem to understand the other quite well.is a down-to-business crack hacker.
* ButtMonkey: At least in the original Marvel saga, Leatherneck's attitude always have him receiving some sort of LaserGuidedKarma,
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Since both cartoons were produced by
* BroughtDownToBadass: According to his Marvel comics debut, he used to be a RetiredBadass Army Airborne Staff Sergeant in 'Nam, until he re-enlisted again and changed his specialty to computers. You may not see him carrying a gun too often now, but he perfectly can.
* CoolOldGuy: A tech-savvy veteran. He also demonstrates a caring soft spot for rookie recruits.
* DudeInDistress: Nobody's sure why he always falls nose-first into this, but a swift RescueArc will be set in motion for him since he's the team's tech head honcho, and if that's not possible, you can bet
* DefeatMeansFriendship: O.K. maybe "friendship" is
*
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Many Joes seem to despise Leatherneck habit of not being "one
** In ''Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles'' his role was filled-in by "Mouse", a clumsy mountain of a
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In Sunbow's "Lets play soldiers" episode, we found out his soft-spot is for down-on-their-luck children who should have deserve better.
* KavorkaMan: Ironically since he has always find [[AllegedlyDateless trouble on getting dates]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Wet Suit, they despise each other in the surface,
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[[folder: Mainframe]]
!!!'''Real Name:''' Blaine L. Parker
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[[caption-width-right:150: "Just get me to the target, and I can crack any system"]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Patrick Pinney (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series), Lucas Schuneman (''G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout'')
The original team's hacker and master programmer.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: More often than not, if Zarana happens to be in the same room with him, you can even feel a DatingCatwoman foreshadowing coming through.
* BroughtDownToBadass: According to his Marvel comics debut, he used to be a RetiredBadass Army Airborne Staff Sergeant in 'Nam, until he re-enlisted again and changed his specialty to computers. You may not see him carrying a gun too often now, but he perfectly can.
* CoolOldGuy: A tech-savvy veteran. He also demonstrates a caring soft spot for rookie recruits.
* DudeInDistress: Nobody's sure why he always falls nose-first into this, but a swift RescueArc will be set in motion for him since he's the team's tech head honcho, and if that's not possible, you can bet Mainframe will find a way to [[TheDogBitesBack bite the Cobra's butt back]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Sparks, one of the (at first) original cartoon-only Joes, down to [[PaletteSwap their similar helmets-headsets and uniforms]]. You can even make a conscious account of every trope depicting Mainframe in here and apply it also to Sparks.
** In ''Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles'' his role was filled-in by "Mouse", a clumsy mountain of a man, but is a down-to-business crack hacker.
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!!!'''Real Name:''' Blaine L. Parker
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[[caption-width-right:150: "Just get me to the target, and I can crack any system"]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Patrick Pinney (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series), Lucas Schuneman (''G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout'')
The original team's hacker and master programmer.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: More often than not, if Zarana happens to be in the same room with him, you can even feel a DatingCatwoman foreshadowing coming through.
* BroughtDownToBadass: According to his Marvel comics debut, he used to be a RetiredBadass Army Airborne Staff Sergeant in 'Nam, until he re-enlisted again and changed his specialty to computers. You may not see him carrying a gun too often now, but he perfectly can.
* CoolOldGuy: A tech-savvy veteran. He also demonstrates a caring soft spot for rookie recruits.
* DudeInDistress: Nobody's sure why he always falls nose-first into this, but a swift RescueArc will be set in motion for him since he's the team's tech head honcho, and if that's not possible, you can bet Mainframe will find a way to [[TheDogBitesBack bite the Cobra's butt back]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Sparks, one of the (at first) original cartoon-only Joes, down to [[PaletteSwap their similar helmets-headsets and uniforms]]. You can even make a conscious account of every trope depicting Mainframe in here and apply it also to Sparks.
** In ''Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles'' his role was filled-in by "Mouse", a clumsy mountain of a man, but is a down-to-business crack hacker.
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* UnfazedEveryman: Provided a grounded and "normal" view of most of the conflicts he's in unlike more specializedcharacters.characters.
* WorkingClassHero: Until Grunt gets his engineering degree, he's working the GI Joe primarily as a job and because of patriotic duty. His origin also emphasizes he could have been anyone.
* UnfazedEveryman: Provided a grounded and "normal" view of most of the conflicts he's in unlike more specialized
* WorkingClassHero: Until Grunt gets his engineering degree, he's working the GI Joe primarily as a job and because of patriotic duty. His origin also emphasizes he could have been anyone.
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[[folder: Sergeant Slaughter]]
->'''Voiced By:''' [[Wrestling/SgtSlaughter Bob Remus]] (''G.I. Joe: The Movie'', ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', "Operation: Dragonfire" and ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', [=DiC=] series)
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[[caption-width-right:135:"AT EASE, DISEASE... AND WELCOME TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE!"]]
A fictionalized version of a certain legendary Wrestling/{{WW|E}}F wrestler, for he is who oversees the Joes' training and commands two sub-factions of the team, the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Renegades]] and the Marauders. He is also skilled at driving armored vehicles, treating them the same way as he treats a new recruit: Pushing them to limits of their performance and specification.
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* AceCustom[=/=]{{Thememobile}}: The ''Tag Team Terminator'' Assault Tank. Later the ''Warthog'' Advanced Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
* AsHimself: Every single time you see him in the cartoon, it's his voice that you've heard.
* CatchPhrase: "Cobra can run... BUT THEY CAN´T HIDE!" and "AWE-SOME!"
* ChekhovsSkill: Studied Ancient Greek in college. This comes in handy during a time-travel episode of the cartoon.
* CulturedWarrior: Easily the most [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Schwarzenegger-esque]] member of the team in the cartoon, but turns out he's college-educated and knows how to speak Ancient Greek (which is VERY different from Modern Greek).[[note]]Ancient Greece actually did not have a single language, but four distinct dialects: Ionic, Doric, Aeolic, and Arcadocypriot. Ancient/Classical Greek usually refers to the Attican variant of Ionic spoken by Athenians.[[/note]]
* DrillSergeantNasty: Second only to Creator/RLeeErmey in all pop culture.
* DubNameChange: In Latin America, he is better known by his action figure's name overseas "''Sargento Bravo''" (Roughly translated as "''[[PunnyName Sergeant Rough]]''").
* TheFace: Robert Remus... the man, the character! He was more successful in being the franchise's poster boy than what Duke or Grid-Iron ever were. He's close to Snake-Eyes in terms of who's the franchise's most popular character. His was the mug in ads, cartoons, comics, toys and even during his Wrestling/{{AWA}} stint promoting the franchise, his persona and related merchandise.
** WolverinePublicity: From 1986 to 1991 (when he was dropped from the franchise after his RealLife counterpart's WWF [[FaceHeelTurn Iraqi Heel run]]), at least for the toyline and the cartoon. Not so much in the comics, where he just had a few cameos to promote his character.
* AFatherToHisMen: "[[NoOneGetsLeftBehind We all go home or NOBODY goes home!]]"
* GodGuise: In the "G.I. Joe and the Golden Fleece" episode of the Sunbow 'toon, after his team gets transported back to Ancient Greece, the locals mistake Sgt. Slaughter for [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyMortalsAndDemigods Hercules]].
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Taking a Cobra Viper by the wrist and performing the ''Giant Swing'' to clear the path... [[PutTheirHeadsTogether Head-bashing]] armed enemy troops? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUbgVzMboKs No sweat!]]
* LargeHam: [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Drill Sergeant meets Pro Wrestler]]. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Sgt. Butcher from the DDP comics. [[spoiler: He's also seen at Snake Eyes' funeral in ARAH #214; naming and trademark issues aren't really an issue there, as it's a [[MomentOfSilence silent issue]].]]
* NoNameGiven: Unlike his RealLife counterpart, his real name is classified.
* NoIndoorVoice: He actually did have one, but he only used it [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness when things took a dark turn]].
* OneManArmy: In the cartoon, he essentially filled the role Snake-Eyes did in the comics, as the {{Charles Atlas Super|power}}hero who could take on ninjas, robots, and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s singlehandedly.
-->'''Cobra Commander:''' That man has the constitution of a vending machine!
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: In ''The Movie'', Sarge realized he was the only one capable to be a match for the [[SuperStrength overwhelming power]] of Nemesis Enforcer, since he posed a clear and present threat to each and every one of Sarge's teammates.
* PowerMakeover: While the real Sgt. Slaughter was somewhat {{Acrofatic}}, the Joeverse version had the HeroicBuild that was standard for most '80s action heroes.
* SunglassesAtNight: His mirrored aviators.
* TrainingFromHell: Played with. His training is brutal but it's designed to make sure that the Joes are at their absolute best.
-->'''Sgt. Slaughter:''' My job is to whip you into shape, and I mean WHIP!!!
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[[folder: Gung-Ho]]
!!!'''Real Name:''' Ettienne R. [=LaFitte=]
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[[caption-width-right:100: "I thought you wanted the job done right. Isn't that why you called in the Marines?"]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Chris Latta (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series), Scott [=McNeil=] (''Valor vs. Venom''), Charlie Adler (''G.I. Joe: Resolute''), Curt Bonnem (''G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout'')
A "Recondo", member of Marine Force Recon Unit, the Corps' special forces scouting and reconnaissance experts.
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* BadassFamily: His family can handle themselves in dealing with Cobra without the Joes' help.
* BadassBoast: A fountain of 'em.
->"What... do you wanna live forever?"
->"Of course they only sent one Marine, you only got one firefight here!"
* BoisterousBruiser: Explicitly called the team's "crazy uncle" in the Animated Series' bio. His ActionFigureFileCard calls him the "Craziest jarhead ever to crawl out of Parris Island".
** Most of the time in a "[[ThoseTwoGuys Powerhouse diumvirate]]" with Roadblock. It was him who unhinged a Shellby GT Cobra door and totaled the car with it, and he was the one who placed a wooden support beam back on its place with his bare fist.
* GratuitousFrench: During his first few appearances. Justified since Gung-Ho is from Louisiana and spends most of his off duty time having fun in "Na´ leans".
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Downplayed in a rare but curious literal case. He was in charge of one of many sub-groups that spawned within the franchise early in TheNineties called "The Mega Marines" whose mission was to fight against Mindbender's new army of grossed-out mooks called "Mega Monsters".
* MamasBoy: In the cartoon, he apologizes to his grandma for being late for the reunion since duty calls.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Scarlett notes in an early issue of the comic that his Cajun accent seems to come and go.
* PartsUnknown: His birthplace, "Fer-de-Lance, Louisiana" is the only fictional one amongst the Joes ranks.
* RaginCajun: Known for his rough and tumble attitude. Before enlisting in the military, he was a notorious brawler and knife fighter.
* SemperFi: The first Corps' member in the Joe Team.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Normally only wears an open vest, revealing a large tattoo of the [=USMC=] crest on his chest. It gets lampshaded in one comics story where he doesn't change his clothing at all for ''arctic conditions''.
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[[folder: Grunt]]
'''Real Name:''' Robert W. Graves
An infantryman who would later leave the Joes to get his engineering degree.
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* GeniusBruiser: He's both an engineer as well as infantryman.
* HappilyMarried: To his wife, Lola. They met after he retired from the Joes.
* OriginsEpisode: ''GI Joe Declassified'' was an issue showing how he ended up joining the military as opposed to a Cobra soldier.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Some of the Grunts in continuity come back after leaving.
* UnphasedEveryman: Provided a grounded and "normal" view of most of the conflicts he's in unlike more specialized characters.
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[[folder: Leatherneck]]
!!!'''Real Name:''' Wendell A. Metzger
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[[caption-width-right:150: "There's only one kind of effective training... HARD, So get down and give me fifty!"]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Chuck [=McCann=] (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series)
Former drill instructor turned into vehicle driver and officer.
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* AlwaysSecondBest: When you mention "G.I. Joe's jarhead" you'll instantly think of any other in this list instead of Leatherneck.
* ButtMonkey: At least in the original Marvel saga, Leatherneck's attitude always have him receiving some sort of LaserGuidedKarma, if something bad is going to happen that is humiliating or embarrassing around The Pit, count on Leatherneck to be its recipient.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Since both cartoons were produced by the same studio, you can bet Leatherneck inherited "Eric The Cavalier"'s traits in Characters/DungeonsAndDragons.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: O.K. maybe "friendship" is a wild guess, but rest assured you can earn his respect if you beat him in some instance, as Outback demonstrated in the Marvel's comic.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For some reason, his toys always depict him as having a dark brown bushy 'stache and straight hair. His cartoon and comics depictions always have him with wavy, curly laid-back black hair ala [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] and a pencil mustache.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Many Joes seem to despise Leatherneck habit of not being "one of the boys" outside of a task or a mission, keeping a full-time DrillSergeantNasty attitude towards his teammates.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In Sunbow's "Lets play soldiers" episode, we found out his soft-spot is for down-on-their-luck children who should have deserve better.
* KavorkaMan: Ironically since he has always find [[AllegedlyDateless trouble on getting dates]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Wet Suit, they despise each other in the surface, but in some strange way they seem to understand the other quite well.
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[[folder: Mainframe]]
!!!'''Real Name:''' Blaine L. Parker
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[[caption-width-right:150: "Just get me to the target, and I can crack any system"]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Patrick Pinney (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series), Lucas Schuneman (''G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout'')
The original team's hacker and master programmer.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: More often than not, if Zarana happens to be in the same room with him, you can even feel a DatingCatwoman foreshadowing coming through.
* BroughtDownToBadass: According to his Marvel comics debut, he used to be a RetiredBadass Army Airborne Staff Sergeant in 'Nam, until he re-enlisted again and changed his specialty to computers. You may not see him carrying a gun too often now, but he perfectly can.
* CoolOldGuy: A tech-savvy veteran. He also demonstrates a caring soft spot for rookie recruits.
* DudeInDistress: Nobody's sure why he always falls nose-first into this, but a swift RescueArc will be set in motion for him since he's the team's tech head honcho, and if that's not possible, you can bet Mainframe will find a way to [[TheDogBitesBack bite the Cobra's butt back]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Sparks, one of the (at first) original cartoon-only Joes, down to [[PaletteSwap their similar helmets-headsets and uniforms]]. You can even make a conscious account of every trope depicting Mainframe in here and apply it also to Sparks.
** In ''Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles'' his role was filled-in by "Mouse", a clumsy mountain of a man, but is a down-to-business crack hacker.
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[[folder: Sergeant Slaughter]]
->'''Voiced By:''' [[Wrestling/SgtSlaughter Bob Remus]] (''G.I. Joe: The Movie'', ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', "Operation: Dragonfire" and ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', [=DiC=] series)
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[[caption-width-right:135:"AT EASE, DISEASE... AND WELCOME TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE!"]]
A fictionalized version of a certain legendary Wrestling/{{WW|E}}F wrestler, for he is who oversees the Joes' training and commands two sub-factions of the team, the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Renegades]] and the Marauders. He is also skilled at driving armored vehicles, treating them the same way as he treats a new recruit: Pushing them to limits of their performance and specification.
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* AceCustom[=/=]{{Thememobile}}: The ''Tag Team Terminator'' Assault Tank. Later the ''Warthog'' Advanced Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
* AsHimself: Every single time you see him in the cartoon, it's his voice that you've heard.
* CatchPhrase: "Cobra can run... BUT THEY CAN´T HIDE!" and "AWE-SOME!"
* ChekhovsSkill: Studied Ancient Greek in college. This comes in handy during a time-travel episode of the cartoon.
* CulturedWarrior: Easily the most [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Schwarzenegger-esque]] member of the team in the cartoon, but turns out he's college-educated and knows how to speak Ancient Greek (which is VERY different from Modern Greek).[[note]]Ancient Greece actually did not have a single language, but four distinct dialects: Ionic, Doric, Aeolic, and Arcadocypriot. Ancient/Classical Greek usually refers to the Attican variant of Ionic spoken by Athenians.[[/note]]
* DrillSergeantNasty: Second only to Creator/RLeeErmey in all pop culture.
* DubNameChange: In Latin America, he is better known by his action figure's name overseas "''Sargento Bravo''" (Roughly translated as "''[[PunnyName Sergeant Rough]]''").
* TheFace: Robert Remus... the man, the character! He was more successful in being the franchise's poster boy than what Duke or Grid-Iron ever were. He's close to Snake-Eyes in terms of who's the franchise's most popular character. His was the mug in ads, cartoons, comics, toys and even during his Wrestling/{{AWA}} stint promoting the franchise, his persona and related merchandise.
** WolverinePublicity: From 1986 to 1991 (when he was dropped from the franchise after his RealLife counterpart's WWF [[FaceHeelTurn Iraqi Heel run]]), at least for the toyline and the cartoon. Not so much in the comics, where he just had a few cameos to promote his character.
* AFatherToHisMen: "[[NoOneGetsLeftBehind We all go home or NOBODY goes home!]]"
* GodGuise: In the "G.I. Joe and the Golden Fleece" episode of the Sunbow 'toon, after his team gets transported back to Ancient Greece, the locals mistake Sgt. Slaughter for [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyMortalsAndDemigods Hercules]].
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Taking a Cobra Viper by the wrist and performing the ''Giant Swing'' to clear the path... [[PutTheirHeadsTogether Head-bashing]] armed enemy troops? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUbgVzMboKs No sweat!]]
* LargeHam: [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Drill Sergeant meets Pro Wrestler]]. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Sgt. Butcher from the DDP comics. [[spoiler: He's also seen at Snake Eyes' funeral in ARAH #214; naming and trademark issues aren't really an issue there, as it's a [[MomentOfSilence silent issue]].]]
* NoNameGiven: Unlike his RealLife counterpart, his real name is classified.
* NoIndoorVoice: He actually did have one, but he only used it [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness when things took a dark turn]].
* OneManArmy: In the cartoon, he essentially filled the role Snake-Eyes did in the comics, as the {{Charles Atlas Super|power}}hero who could take on ninjas, robots, and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s singlehandedly.
-->'''Cobra Commander:''' That man has the constitution of a vending machine!
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: In ''The Movie'', Sarge realized he was the only one capable to be a match for the [[SuperStrength overwhelming power]] of Nemesis Enforcer, since he posed a clear and present threat to each and every one of Sarge's teammates.
* PowerMakeover: While the real Sgt. Slaughter was somewhat {{Acrofatic}}, the Joeverse version had the HeroicBuild that was standard for most '80s action heroes.
* SunglassesAtNight: His mirrored aviators.
* TrainingFromHell: Played with. His training is brutal but it's designed to make sure that the Joes are at their absolute best.
-->'''Sgt. Slaughter:''' My job is to whip you into shape, and I mean WHIP!!!
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[[folder: Gung-Ho]]
!!!'''Real Name:''' Ettienne R. [=LaFitte=]
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[[caption-width-right:100: "I thought you wanted the job done right. Isn't that why you called in the Marines?"]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Chris Latta (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series), Scott [=McNeil=] (''Valor vs. Venom''), Charlie Adler (''G.I. Joe: Resolute''), Curt Bonnem (''G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout'')
A "Recondo", member of Marine Force Recon Unit, the Corps' special forces scouting and reconnaissance experts.
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* BadassFamily: His family can handle themselves in dealing with Cobra without the Joes' help.
* BadassBoast: A fountain of 'em.
->"What... do you wanna live forever?"
->"Of course they only sent one Marine, you only got one firefight here!"
* BoisterousBruiser: Explicitly called the team's "crazy uncle" in the Animated Series' bio. His ActionFigureFileCard calls him the "Craziest jarhead ever to crawl out of Parris Island".
** Most of the time in a "[[ThoseTwoGuys Powerhouse diumvirate]]" with Roadblock. It was him who unhinged a Shellby GT Cobra door and totaled the car with it, and he was the one who placed a wooden support beam back on its place with his bare fist.
* GratuitousFrench: During his first few appearances. Justified since Gung-Ho is from Louisiana and spends most of his off duty time having fun in "Na´ leans".
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Downplayed in a rare but curious literal case. He was in charge of one of many sub-groups that spawned within the franchise early in TheNineties called "The Mega Marines" whose mission was to fight against Mindbender's new army of grossed-out mooks called "Mega Monsters".
* MamasBoy: In the cartoon, he apologizes to his grandma for being late for the reunion since duty calls.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Scarlett notes in an early issue of the comic that his Cajun accent seems to come and go.
* PartsUnknown: His birthplace, "Fer-de-Lance, Louisiana" is the only fictional one amongst the Joes ranks.
* RaginCajun: Known for his rough and tumble attitude. Before enlisting in the military, he was a notorious brawler and knife fighter.
* SemperFi: The first Corps' member in the Joe Team.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Normally only wears an open vest, revealing a large tattoo of the [=USMC=] crest on his chest. It gets lampshaded in one comics story where he doesn't change his clothing at all for ''arctic conditions''.
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[[folder: Grunt]]
'''Real Name:''' Robert W. Graves
An infantryman who would later leave the Joes to get his engineering degree.
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* GeniusBruiser: He's both an engineer as well as infantryman.
* HappilyMarried: To his wife, Lola. They met after he retired from the Joes.
* OriginsEpisode: ''GI Joe Declassified'' was an issue showing how he ended up joining the military as opposed to a Cobra soldier.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Some of the Grunts in continuity come back after leaving.
* UnphasedEveryman: Provided a grounded and "normal" view of most of the conflicts he's in unlike more specialized characters.
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[[folder: Leatherneck]]
!!!'''Real Name:''' Wendell A. Metzger
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[[caption-width-right:150: "There's only one kind of effective training... HARD, So get down and give me fifty!"]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Chuck [=McCann=] (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series)
Former drill instructor turned into vehicle driver and officer.
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* AlwaysSecondBest: When you mention "G.I. Joe's jarhead" you'll instantly think of any other in this list instead of Leatherneck.
* ButtMonkey: At least in the original Marvel saga, Leatherneck's attitude always have him receiving some sort of LaserGuidedKarma, if something bad is going to happen that is humiliating or embarrassing around The Pit, count on Leatherneck to be its recipient.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Since both cartoons were produced by the same studio, you can bet Leatherneck inherited "Eric The Cavalier"'s traits in Characters/DungeonsAndDragons.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: O.K. maybe "friendship" is a wild guess, but rest assured you can earn his respect if you beat him in some instance, as Outback demonstrated in the Marvel's comic.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For some reason, his toys always depict him as having a dark brown bushy 'stache and straight hair. His cartoon and comics depictions always have him with wavy, curly laid-back black hair ala [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] and a pencil mustache.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Many Joes seem to despise Leatherneck habit of not being "one of the boys" outside of a task or a mission, keeping a full-time DrillSergeantNasty attitude towards his teammates.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In Sunbow's "Lets play soldiers" episode, we found out his soft-spot is for down-on-their-luck children who should have deserve better.
* KavorkaMan: Ironically since he has always find [[AllegedlyDateless trouble on getting dates]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Wet Suit, they despise each other in the surface, but in some strange way they seem to understand the other quite well.
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[[folder: Mainframe]]
!!!'''Real Name:''' Blaine L. Parker
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[[caption-width-right:150: "Just get me to the target, and I can crack any system"]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Patrick Pinney (''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Sunbow series), Lucas Schuneman (''G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout'')
The original team's hacker and master programmer.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: More often than not, if Zarana happens to be in the same room with him, you can even feel a DatingCatwoman foreshadowing coming through.
* BroughtDownToBadass: According to his Marvel comics debut, he used to be a RetiredBadass Army Airborne Staff Sergeant in 'Nam, until he re-enlisted again and changed his specialty to computers. You may not see him carrying a gun too often now, but he perfectly can.
* CoolOldGuy: A tech-savvy veteran. He also demonstrates a caring soft spot for rookie recruits.
* DudeInDistress: Nobody's sure why he always falls nose-first into this, but a swift RescueArc will be set in motion for him since he's the team's tech head honcho, and if that's not possible, you can bet Mainframe will find a way to [[TheDogBitesBack bite the Cobra's butt back]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Sparks, one of the (at first) original cartoon-only Joes, down to [[PaletteSwap their similar helmets-headsets and uniforms]]. You can even make a conscious account of every trope depicting Mainframe in here and apply it also to Sparks.
** In ''Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles'' his role was filled-in by "Mouse", a clumsy mountain of a man, but is a down-to-business crack hacker.
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