History Awesome / GIJoeResolute

* From the villains' side of things, the new and improved Cobra Commander, who's [[AdaptationalBadass jumped from a comically ineffectual villain to a psychotic tyrant]] who;s willing to cut down anyone in his path to achieve his goals, and within the first few minutes of the show, delivers an ultimatum to the U.N. via a KillSat that sears Moscow off the face of the planet in a matter of moments. Not to mention afterwards, he completely shuts down any possible attempts at betrayal from his subordinates with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UjHfXYpwQA this speech]]. Creator/CharlieAdler's delivery just sells it.

* Duke and Scarlett's mission to Siberia is what turned this troper into a G.I. Joe fan. It goes from a skillful infiltration complete with PrettyLittleHeadshots and AirVentPassageway travel to a stylized acrobatic BackToBackBadasses shootout with lots of GunsAkimbo. They even manage to kill [[PsychoForHire Zar]][[AssholeVictim tan]].

* The climax, when Duke [[spoiler: traps Cobra Commander in his own safe room, then targets the KillSat on Cobra's headquarters in Springfield, blowing up the entire facility just as Duke and the others make their escape.]]

-->'''Cobra Commander:''' And this, is how I win the world. This juncture, of course, is usually where the wheels come off, but not this time. Cutting the traitor [[spoiler:Major Bludd]]'s heart in half right in front of you, right here in this room, should've gotten the point across. It suited me once to appear weak and cowardly, because it motivated you ''people'' to ''think''! But today is a ''new day''. There will be no move to take over my command. There will be no ''mistakes''. There will be ''none'' of your '''''[[PrecisionFStrike CRAP]]'''''! NONE OF IT! ... Work with me and I will give you the world in less than twenty-four hours. Work ''against'' me and I will '''''gut''''' you like a fish. Right here.

** When Duke [[spoiler: re-aligns the targeting coordinates so that the KillSat is targeting Cobra Commander's base, and shoots out the controls for the protective chamber so that CC can't escape]], the insane tyrant lets out a scream of rage rather than break down in a sniveling, cowering mess.
** All throughout, Cobra Commander's attitude ranges from incensed fury at the way his plan is falling apart, to venomously taunting Duke about his helplessness to stop the KillSat from firing, to screaming in incoherent rage as [[spoiler: he realizes that Duke's re-set the coordinates so that the ion cannon fires on ''him'', and that he's trapped in his own protective chamber]]. It's rather quite chilling to watch.

-->'''Cobra Commander:''' And this, is how I win the world. This juncture, of course, is usually where the wheels come off, but not this time. Cutting the traitor [[spoiler:Major Bludd]]'s heart in half right in front of you, right here in this room, should've gotten the point across. It suited me once to appear weak and cowardly, because it motivated you ''people'' to ''think''! But today is a ''new day''. There will be no move to take over my command. There will be no ''mistakes''. There will be ''none'' of your '''''CRAP'''''! NONE OF IT! ... Work with me and I will give you the world in less than twenty-four hours. Work ''against'' me and I will '''''gut''''' you like a fish. Right here.

* Snake Eyes, every moment he's on the screen. From his complete annihilation of the COBRA Troopers on the Arashikage Island, to his showdown with Storm Shadow, to his DynamicEntry at the end, he is a walking, hacking, slashing, shooting, killing-with-a-mere-flick-of-the-wrist [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome CMOA]].

* Duke and Scarlett's mission to Siberia is what turned this troper into a G.I. Joe fan. It goes from a skillful infiltration complete with PrettyLittleHeadshots and AirVentPassageway travel to a stylized acrobatic BackToBackBadasses shootout with lots of GunsAkimbo. They even manage to kill [[AssholeVictim Zartan]].

* Duke and Scarlett's mission to Siberia is what turned this troper into a G.I. Joe fan. It goes from skillful infiltration complete with PrettyLittleHeadshots and AirVentPassageway travel to a stylized acrobatic BackToBackBadasses shootout with lots of GunsAkimbo. They even manage to kill [[AssholeVictim Zartan]].

** All throughout, Cobra Commander's attitude ranges from incensed fury at the way his plan is falling apart, to venomously taunting Duke about his helplessness to stop the KillSat from firing, to screaming in incoherent rage as [[spoiler: he realizes that Duke's re-set the coordinates so that the ion cannon fires on ''him'', and that he's trapped in his own protective chamber]]. It's rather quite chilling to watch.
* Duke and Scarlett's mission to Siberia is what turned this troper into a G.I. Joe fan. It goes from skillful infiltration complete with PrettyLittleHeadshots and AirVentPassageways to a stylized acrobatic BackToBackBadasses shootout with lots of GunsAkimbo. They even manage to kill [[AssholeVictim Zartan]].

** All throughout, Cobra Commander's attitude ranges from incensed fury at the way his plan is falling apart, to venomously taunting Duke about his helplessness to stop the KillSat from firing, to screaming in incoherent rage as [[spoiler: he realizes that Duke's re-set the coordinates so that the ion cannon fires on ''him'', and that he's trapped in his own protective chamber]]. It's rather quite chilling to watch.

* From the villains' side of things, the new and improved Cobra Commander, who's [[AdaptationalBadass jumped from a comically ineffectual villain to a psychotic tyrant]] who;s willing to cut down anyone in his path to achieve his goals, and within the first few minutes of the show, delivers an ultimatum to the U.N. via a KillSat that sears Moscow off the face of the planet in a matter of moments. Not to mention afterwards, he completely shuts down any possible attempts at betrayal from his subordinates with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te37IO40HJg this speech]]. Creator/CharlieAdler's delivery just sells it.

-->'''COBRA Commander:'''There is only one thing to do. Ramp up the reactor output! I want to start striking cities randomly, until they ''give me what I WANT!!''

-->'''CobraCommander:''' [[BigWhat WHAT?!]] They're coming ''here?!'' Launch the defense swarm, ''you MORONS!!''

* From the villains' side of things, the new and improved Cobra Commander, who's [[AdaptationalBadass jumped from a comically ineffectual villain to a psychotic tyrant]] who;s willing to cut down anyone in his path to achieve his goals, and within the first few minutes of the show, delivers an ultimatum to the U.N. via a KillSat that sears Moscow off the face of the planet in a matter of moments. Not to mention afterwords, he completely shuts down any possible attempts at betrayal from his subordinates with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te37IO40HJg this speech]]. Creator/CharlieAdler's delivery just sells it.

* From the villains' side of things, the new and improved Cobra Commander, who has [[TookALevelInBadass jumped from a comically ineffectual villain, to a]] {{Badass}}, willing to cut down anyone in his path to achieve his goals, and within the first few minutes of the show, delivers an ultimatum to the U.N. via a KillSat that sears Moscow off the face of the planet in a matter of moments. Not to mention afterwords, he completely shuts down any possible attempts at betrayal from his subordinates with a speech that is just awesomely evil:
-->'''COBRA Commander:''' And this, is how I win the world. This juncture, of course, is usually where the wheels come off, but not this time. Cutting the traitor [[spoiler:, Major Bludd's heart]] in half right in front of you, right here in this room, should've gotten the point across. It suited me once to appear weak and cowardly, because it motivated you ''people'' to '' '''think!''' '' But, today, is a new day. There will be no move to take over my command... There will be '' '''no mistakes''' ''... There will be '''none''' of your '' '''crap!''' '' NONE OF IT! ... Work with me, and I will give you the world, in less than twenty-four hours. Work against me, and I ''will'' '' '''gut''' you like a '''fish.''' '' Right here.

-->'''COBRA Commander:''' Less than twelve hours, and it's [[PunctuatedForEmphasis all. Gone. ''Wrong.'']] I mean, you ''know'' I missed some of [the Joes] with the cannon shot! (Voice drops a venomous octave) You ''know it.''

-->'''COBRA Commander:''' [[BigWhat WHAT?!]] They're coming ''here?!'' Launch the defense swarm, ''you MORONS!!''

** All throughout, Cobra Commander's attitude ranges from incensed fury at the way his plan is falling apart, to venomously taunting Duke about his helplessness to stop the KillSat from firing, to screaming in incoherent rage as [[spoiler: he realizes that Duke's re-set the coordinates so that the ion cannon fires on HIM, and that he's trapped in his own protective chamber]]. It's rather quite chilling to watch.

* Even when things start going wrong, and his plan is falling apart around him, Cobra Commander doesn't whine. He doesn't try to run. Instead, it's revealed that not only was he CrazyPrepared enough to have a ''second'' KillSat WaveMotionGun ready in case the main one was taken offline, and nearly wipes out the Joes with it. After that, it's all one frightening VillainousBreakdown that makes Combra Commander seem even ''more'' dangerous:

* Even when things start going wrong, and his plan is falling apart around him, Cobra Commander doesn't whine. He doesn't try to run. Instead, it's revealed that not only was he CrazyPrepared enough to have a ''second'' KillSat WaveMotionGun ready in case the main one was taken offline, and nearly wipes out the Joes with it. After that, it's all one frightening VillainousBreakdown:
** Cobra Commander is willing to blow up cities randomly (and ruthlessly executing one of his own soldiers when it's pointed out that they don't have the ''power'' to make that happen).

-->'''COBRA Commander:''' And this, is how I win the world. This juncture, of course, is usually where the wheels come off, but not this time. Cutting the traitor [[spoiler:, Major Bludd's heart]] in half right in front of you, right here in this room, should've gotten the point across. It suited me once to appear weak and cowardly, because it motivated you ''people'' to '' '''think!''' '' But, today, is a new day. There will be no move to take over my command... There will be '' '''no mistakes''' ''... There will be '''none''' of your '' '''crap!''' '' NONE OF IT! ... Work with me, and I will give you the world, in less than twenty-four hours. Work against me, and I ''will'' '' '''gut''' you like a '''fish.''' '' Right here.

* The climax, when Duke [[spoiler: traps [[CompleteMonster Cobra Commander]] in his own safe room, then targets the KillSat on Cobra's headquarters in Springfield, blowing up the entire facility just as Duke and the others make their escape.]]

* From the villains' side of things, the new and improved Cobra Commander, who has [[TookALevelInBadass jumped from a comically ineffectual villain, to a]] CompleteMonster {{Badass}}, willing to cut down anyone in his path to achieve his goals, and within the first few minutes of the show, delivers an ultimatum to the U.N. via a KillSat that sears Moscow off the face of the planet in a matter of moments. Not to mention afterwords, he completely shuts down any possible attempts at betrayal from his subordinates with a speech that is just awesomely evil:

* From the villains' side of things, the new and improved Cobra Commander, who has [[TookALevelOfBadass jumped from a comically ineffectual villain, to a]] CompleteMonster {{Badass}}, willing to cut down anyone in his path to achieve his goals, and within the first few minutes of the show, delivers an ultimatum to the U.N. via a KillSat that sears Moscow off the face of the planet in a matter of moments. Not to mention afterwords, he completely shuts down any possible attempts at betrayal from his subordinates with a speech that is just awesomely evil:

* From the villains' side of things, the new and improved Cobra Commander, who has jumped from a comically ineffectual villain, to a CompleteMonster {{Badass}}, willing to cut down anyone in his path to achieve his goals, and within the first few minutes of the show, delivers an ultimatum to the U.N. via a KillSat that sears Moscow off the face of the planet in a matter of moments. Not to mention afterwords, he completely shuts down any possible attempts at betrayal from his subordinates with a speech that is just awesomely evil:

* Snake Eyes, every moment he's on the screen. From his complete annihilation of the COBRA Troopers on the Arashikage Island, to his showdown with Storm Shadow, he is a walking, hacking, slashing, shooting, killing-with-a-mere-flick-of-the-wrist [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome CMOA]].

-->'''COBRA Commander:''' And this, is how I win the world. This juncture, of course, is usually where the wheels come off, but not this time. Cutting [[spoiler: the traitor, Major Bludd's]] heart in half right in front of you, right here in this room, should've gotten the point across. It suited me once to appear weak and cowardly, because it motivated you ''people'' to '' '''think!''' '' But, today, is a new day. There will be no move to take over my command... There will be '' '''no mistakes''' ''... There will be '''none''' of your '' '''crap!''' '' NONE OF IT! ... Work with me, and I will give you the world, in less than twenty-four hours. Work against me, and I ''will'' '' '''gut''' you like a '''fish.''' '' Right here.

* The climax, when Duke [[spoiler: traps [[CompleteMonster Cobra Commander]] in his own safe room, then targets the KillSat on Cobra's headquarters in Springfield, blowing up the entire facility just as Duke and the others make their escape.]]