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Sergeant Slaughter
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Mercer
Real Name: Felix P. Stratton/Richard Cecil
"I used to be a big bad COBRA, now I'm just a mean snake-stomping machine!"
Voiced By: Kristoffer Tabori (G.I. Joe: The Movie), Maurice LaMarche (G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, DiC series)
A former Cobra operative who joined the "Slaughter's Renegades".
- Adaptation Dye-Job: His original toyline depicted him with a blonde crewcut but the movie and the comics depicted him a brown crewcut.
- Death by Adaptation: He gets wiped out by a Kill Sat in the Devil's Due G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity.
- Defector from Decadence: He joined Cobra for the adventure and promise of material gain, but soon grew disillusioned with Cobra's philosophy.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Because of his past with Cobra, not many other Joes really like him so much, he had to prove time and again to his teammates where his loyalties really are.
- Mook–Face Turn: From rank and file Viper to G.I. Joe recruit.
- Same Character, But Different: Both Action Figure File Cards give him conflicting file names; Hasbro has stated it's the same character, only operating under an alias due to his status as a former enemy working now within the Joes' ranks.
Red Dog
Real Name: David Tapu-Tapu
"...fourth down. Time to punt... YOU!"
Voiced By: Poncie Ponce (G.I. Joe: The Movie)
Former pro-football placekicker from Samoa, recruited to the "Slaughter's Renegades".
- Carry a Big Stick: His main weapon is a hitting stick for combat and also football training, or it used to be back in The '80s.
- I Know Madden Kombat: His main attacks are tackles, takedowns and kicks.
- Irony: He was the second out of three football themed character within the franchise, but the only one who actually played professionally.
- Hair-Trigger Temper/Unnecessary Roughness: The reason he ended up within the Renegades. He was expelled from the professional league after hurting a defense opponent for stepping on his foot. Mind you, Red Dog was a barefoot kicker.
- Stunt Double: In-Universe for action b-movies after being expelled from the pro-league.
Taurus
Real Name: Varujan Ayvazyan
"I do not like his face... let us remove it! ...yes?"
Voiced By: Earl Boen (G.I. Joe: The Movie)
A former circus performer from Turkey, now within the "Slaughter's Renegades".- Combat Parkour: He's seen applying flying scissors to a hapless Cobra trooper head from time to time.
- Cunning Linguist: His second action figure filecard states he's fluent in half-a-dozen languages (Not specified).
- Irony: The animated movie portrays him speaking in broken English.
- The Infiltration: His shtick, given since he used to work as an undercover informant for Interpol prior to join the Renegades.
- Mad Bomber: He's the Renegades' resident demolitions expert.
- Use Your Head: The Large Sarge himself admitted that Taurus' act consisted in opening bottles with his nostrils, stopping hockey-pucks with his forehead and having an amazing record of broken 2x4's with his hard head.
- Verbal Tic: He tends to end all of his phrases with a "…yes?"
