History WesternAnimation / GIJoeTheMovie

* AllforNothing: Golobulus had spent over 4 thousand years to create the spores to turn humans on Earth into monsters. He escapes, thinking he's won and the spores will come to Earth; however, the Joes destroy the Spores and Cobra-La. Golobulus was killed in an avalanche. His plans failed and he did everything for nothing. His death in vain.

* OneLiner: Not sure how many, but here's two. "At ease, disease!" from Sgt. Slaughter, and "I can see the whites of their beady little eyes," from Hawk.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Behind the scenes caused the movie to had some rewrites and problems behind the scenes. The one of the worst decisions was rewriting Duke's death and change it to surviving, another terrible decision is have Cobra-La being the ones behind Cobra and creating Serpentor despite there was no clues of their existence on the show, and worst is the opening intro scene was meant to be the final scene of the movie where all the Joes are fighting at the Statue of Liberty while Rawhides and the Renegades fight Cobra-La.

* OneLiner: Not sure how many, but here's two. "At ease, disease!" from Sgt. Slaughter, and "I can see the whites of their beady little eyes." from Hawk.
* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler: Duke, as explained via a voiceover from Doc, despite getting the flesh wound ''directly through the center of his torso''. But then, Duke ''was'' originally planned to die but this was changed at the last minute after the highly negative response to [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie Optimus Prime's]] death.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: Cobra-La's hatred of humanity is due to their dependence on inorganic technology, which they see as anti-life and an abomination. Still, they have no problem stealing and using such a device, the B.E.T., to carry out their EvilPlan, contradicting their own beliefs. Which is debatable, since Golobulus stated that he "must" have the machine, implying Cobra-La was unable, not unwilling, to make due without it.

* BigDamnHeroes: Cobra attacks a celebration at the Statue of Liberty, only to then be confronted with almost every single Joe seen up to that point, with Duke taking Cobra Commander's bomb meant to destroy Lady Liberty along with the Joes and civilians and having it take out Cobra's command ship instead, ensuring Cobra's inevitable defeat.

* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Cobra Commander transforms gradually until he finally becomes a mindless snake and slithers away. (He gets restored in the subsequent cartoons.)]]

* MisplacedAccent: Almost. New character Law use's an Hispanic accent, and some words, despite having a French surname, but he is from Houston, Texas, which explains the confusion.

** Serpentor when he goes from BigBad to [[DirtyCoward Cobra Commmander level]], [[spoiler:shouting for Nemesis Enforcer when the Renegades start shooting at him]].

* CoversAlwaysLie: Despite being one of the better-known characters in the G.I. Joe franchise, and one of the five characters on the poster, placed left of new character Lt. Falcon, Lady Jaye gets few scenes, and only says three words throughout the whole film.

* CharacterNarrator: When rerun as a five-part mini-series during the afternoon slot, Sergeant Slaughter narrated the movie AsHimself.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Three in the Terror Drome, first is Sgt. Slaughter's left eye in the air-vent, second is on a Tele-Viper's goggles, third is what looks like a S.N.A.K.E. robot seen just before Falcon is captured.
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* HellIsThatNoise: The Organisms of Cobra-La all make an awful racket. The "vine trap trees" make the [[spoiler:same noise as the "tubeworms" from the 5-part pilot's 3rd episode]] for some reason, but not the same as the previously mentioned organisms.

* UnanthropomorphicTransformation: Cobra Commander is revealed to be, not a human, but a snake person indigenous to Cobra-La. As punishment for his repeated failure to conquer the human world, he's forcibly exposed to a fungus that slowly transforms him from humanoid snake into a normal, albeit large, normal snake. He gets better during the next movie.

'''Cobra Commander:''' COBRA! RETREAT! ''RETREAT!!!!!''

* UnfortunateName: The MacGuffin device that Cobra is after in this movie is called the B.E.T. Today, if Cobra were to try this, they'd have [[Creator/{{BET}} Viacom to deal with]].

* FinaleMovie: Due to being the last installment of ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' made before the Creator/DiCEntertainment continuation and consisting of the Joes having an epic battle with Cobra that results in Cobra Commander being put out of action for the time being, this movie can be considered the big finish to the Sunbow run of the series.