Awesome / G.I. Joe: The Movie

• The opening to the movie, with practically every Joe member from the series fighting Cobra over the Statue of Liberty.
  • Duke blasting Major Bludd from the sky, and with a cry of "Yo Joe!" leading dozens of jetpack wearing Joes into combat while Sky Hawks rise to meet Cobra forces.
  • Alpine swinging on a rope to knock some B.A.T's from atop Lady Liberty, and then using his grapple gun to hook onto a Firebat and punch out the cockpit, grappling onto a stolen Cobra flight pod piloted by Snake Eyes.
    • Watch the background during that scene. The Firebat is doing a full 360-degree roll trying to shake him off, but Alpine holds on regardless and smashes the cockpit in a single blow.
  • Duke punches Cobra Commander off the statue. Hell yeah!
  • Roadblock gets a brief but amusingly awesome scene by being the stealthiest jetpack-wearing heavy-machine-gunner ever, smugly grinning as he drops down behind two Cobra troopers, grabs them by the heads, and bashes them together. Way to fail your spot check, Cobras.
    • Best of all, that now provides our page image.
  • A crowning moment for series storyboard artist Larry Houston, who designed the whole three minute sequence. His composition and theming, in combination with the new rendition of the G.I. Joe theme song, makes this into one of the most memorable animated movie introductions of its type. it spends a solid minute building up the threat of Cobra and making it seem like a Darkest Hour situation, only for the lyrics to take a turn for the bold and inspirational as the song answers its own question.
    Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
    Panic spreading far and wide
    Who can turn the tide?
    G.I. JOE! (A Real American hero!)
    G.I. Joe will dare!
• Sgt. Slaughter is awesomeness on two legs. Top marks being his epic beatdown of Nemesis Enforcer with nothing but wrestling moves.
  "This is for Gung-Ho, Alpine, and Bazooka!" (Lift and slam) "This is for Falcon!" (Falling elbow slam) "This is for me!" (Plain body slam) "This is for Duke!" (Second body slam) "AND THIS IS FOR THE U.S. OF A.!!!", (Kirk style double fist bash) "You make me sick" (Throws him into abyss of oblivion as the finisher).
  • Not to mention taking out a giant mantis by swinging a rifle at it's face like a baseball bat because it misfired.
• Cobra Commander saving Falcon from another snake while being a snake himself.
• Pythona's infiltration of Cobra's HQ, defeating bulwarks, barbs and a battalion of Crimson Guards. All for an audience with Serpentor. The scene includes a real Animation Bump every so often.
  • Serpentor's response to Pythona's intrusion has to count as well:
    Serpentor: "None may challenge Serpentor! This, I command!"
• Counts as heartwarming. When the ambushed Joes wake up and return the favor, Wet-Suit gets hit in the jaw, only for Leatherneck, of all Joes, to floor the Royal Guardsman responsible one second later. ^Explanation  Leatherneck and Wet-Suit were a Marine and a SEAL respectively before joining the Joes, so their Interservice Rivalry yelling matches are legendary. This is why Leatherneck's instant retribution is heartwarming—he doesn't actually like Wet-Suit much, but he will repay any injury dealt to his fellow Joe on the spot.