History Trivia / GIJoeTheMovie

* ShoutOut: WordOfGod says that the fight scene between [[spoiler:Jinx and Pythona]] was based on one from a soap opera called FalconCrest.

** Lt. Falcon is voiced by veteran actor/singer/director Don Johnson.

** Lt. Falcon is voiced by veteran actor Don Johnson.

** Duke was originally [[DroppedABridgeOnHim supposed to die]] in the film, and the scene was scripted and filmed as such. This was when ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'' was first on the slate of the three Sunbow films to be released. However, due to scheduling conflicts, it was pushed back, and Hasbro liked (AT THAT TIME, it must be stressed) the edginess of Duke being KilledOffForReal -- this was around the time when [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Robotech]] had been among the first to show actual death in a (ostensibly) kid's show with Roy Focker being killed off -- and demanded the writing staff of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' to do the same to Optimus Prime. And as it happened, ''Transformers: The Movie'' was released first. The reaction was, to say the least, not the one the execs were expecting from ''[[AnimationAgeGhetto six-year-olds and their parents]]'' and suddenly (in addition to resurrecting Optimus at the end of the third season of ''Transformers''), demanded last-minute voice-over inserts to establish that Duke had lived (and resurrecting Optimus Prime in the two-part third season finale of ''The Transformers''). The voice inserts are painfully obvious; mute the sound at the right moments, and you get the death scene it originally was.

** Jinx attempts to stop Serpentor's escape, getting in the way, only to be shoved out of the way of his vehicle by Falcon.

** Wetsuit, Leatherneck, and other Joes setting up bombs to blast their way into Cobra-La, which Slipstream ignites by doing a flyby of Cobra-La and leading an airstrike with Ace and other Joe pilots.

** A pair of scientists (voiced by Creator/PeterCullen and Vereen Watson-Johnson) studying Cobra-La's spores with the help of Blowtorch.
** Wetsuit, Leatherneck, and other Joes setting up bombs to blast their way into Cobra-La, which Slipstream ignites by doing a flyby of Cobra-La and leading an airstrike with Ace and other Joe pilots.

** A pair of scientists (voiced by Creator/PeterCuller and Vereen Watson-Johnson) studying Cobra-La's spores with the help of Blowtorch.

** The scene where Heather was revealed to be Zarana in disguise was originally going to have Zarana be topless (viewed from behind, of course). Hasbro got cold feet and changed it so that she wore a swimsuit that covered her entire torso.

** Lt. Falcon is voiced by veteran actor Creator/DonJohnson.

* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod says that the fight scene between [[spoiler:Jinx and Pythona]] was based on one from a soap opera called FalconCrest.

** The scene where Heather was revealed to be Zarana in disguise was originally going to have Zarana be topless (viewed from behind, of course). Hasbro got cold feet and changed it so that she wore a swimsuit that covered her entire torso.
* TroubledProduction: Though hard to notice, the voice actors did all their lines without much, or any, interaction with each other.

* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod says that the fight scene between [[spoiler:Jinx and Pythona]] was based on one from a soap opera called Falcon Crest.

* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod says that the fight scene between [spoiler:Jinx and Pythona]] was based on one from a soap opera called Falcon Crest.

* Expy: WordOfGod says that the fight scene between [spoiler:Jinx and Pythona]] was based on one from a soap opera called Falcon Crest.

** Duke was originally [[DroppedABridgeOnHim supposed to die]] in the film, and the scene was scripted and filmed as such. This was when ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'' was first on the slate of the three Sunbow films to be released. However, due to scheduling conflicts, it was pushed back, and Hasbro liked (AT THAT TIME, it must be stressed) the edginess of Duke being KilledOffForReal -- this was around the time when [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Robotech]] had been among the first to show actual death in a (ostensibly) kid's show with Roy Focker being killed off -- and demanded the writing staff of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' to do the same to Optimus Prime. And as it happened, ''Transformers: The Movie'' was released first. The reaction was, to say the least, not the one the execs were expecting from ''[[AnimationAgeGhetto six-year-olds and their parents]]'' and suddenly (in addition to resurrecting Optimus at the end of the third season of ''Transformers''), demanded last-minute voice-over inserts to establish that Duke had lived. The voice inserts are painfully obvious; mute the sound at the right moments, and you get the death scene it originally was.

** The scene where Heather was revealed to be Zarana in disguise was originally going to have Zarana be topless (viewed from behind, of course). Hasbro got cold feet and changed it so that she wore a swimsuit that covered her entire torso.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The name "Cobra-La" was intended as a placeholder name by the writers until they could think of a better name, but Hasbro loved the name and forced them to keep it. Comic writer LarryHama, however, hated the concept and refused to write a single Cobra-La story for over twenty years, finally doing so for a commemorative Cobra-La figure release. The packaging even advertised it as "The first Cobra-La story written by LarryHama!"

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In earlier drafts, Lt. Falcon was either the brother or son (accounts vary) of General Hawk. Hence the avian motif in their codenames.

** Duke was originally [[DroppedABridgeOnHim supposed to die]] in the film, and the scene was scripted and filmed as such. This was when ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'' was first on the slate of the three Sunbow films to be released. However, due to scheduling conflicts, it was pushed back, and Hasbro liked (AT THAT TIME, it must be stressed) the edginess of Duke being KilledOffForReal -- this was around the time when [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Robotech]] had been among the first to show actual death in a (ostensibly) kid's show with Roy Focker being killed off -- and demanded the writing staff of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' to do the same to Optimus Prime. And as it happened, ''Transformers: The Movie'' was released first. The reaction was, to say the least, not the one the execs were expecting from ''[[AnimationAgeGhetto six-year-olds and their parents]]'' and suddenly, demanded last-minute voice-over inserts to establish that Duke had lived. The voice inserts are painfully obvious; mute the sound at the right moments, and you get the death scene it originally was.

** Duke was originally [[DroppedABridgeOnHim supposed to die]] in the film, and the scene was scripted and filmed as such. This was when ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'' was first on the slate of the three Sunbow films to be released. However, due to scheduling conflicts, it was pushed back, and Hasbro liked (AT THAT TIME, it must be stressed) the edginess of Duke being KilledOffForReal -- this was around the time when [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Robotech]] had been among the first to show actual death in a (ostensibly) kid's show with Roy Focker being killed off -- and demanded the writing staff of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' to do the same to Optimus Prime. And as it happened, ''Transformers: The Movie'' was released first. The reaction was, to say the least, not the one [[TooDumbToLive the execs]] were expecting from ''[[AnimationAgeGhetto six-year-olds and their parents]]'' and suddenly, demanded last-minute voice-over inserts to establish that Duke had lived. The voice inserts are painfully obvious; mute the sound at the right moments, and you get the death scene it originally was.
*** [[LampshadeHanging This is lampshaded six-ways from Sunday]] by Buzz Dixon, the movie's head writer, in his commentary track on the Blu-Ray disc. During Duke's "coma" scene, he [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments quotes, at length, verbatim and hilariously deadpan, John Cleese's legendary monologue from the]] [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "Dead Parrot" sketch]], replacing "Joe" for "Parrot" each time.

** Duke was originally [[DroppedABridgeOnHim supposed to die]] in the film, and the scene was scripted and filmed as such. This was when ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'' was first on the slate of the three Sunbow films to be released. However, due to scheduling conflicts, it was pushed back, and Hasbro liked (AT THAT TIME, it must be stressed) the edginess of Duke being KilledOffForReal -- this was around the time when [[SuperDimensionFortressMacross Robotech]] had been among the first to show actual death in a (ostensibly) kid's show with Roy Focker being killed off -- and demanded the writing staff of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' to do the same to Optimus Prime. And as it happened, ''Transformers: The Movie'' was released first. The reaction was, to say the least, not the one [[TooDumbToLive the execs]] were expecting from ''[[AnimationAgeGhetto six-year-olds and their parents]]'' and suddenly, demanded last-minute voice-over inserts to establish that Duke had lived. The voice inserts are painfully obvious; mute the sound at the right moments, and you get the death scene it originally was.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In earlier drafts, Lt. Falcon was the son of General Hawk. Hence the bird names.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In earlier drafts, Falcon was the son of General Hawk. Hence the bird names.

*** [[LampshadeHanging This is lampshaded six-ways from Sunday]] by Buzz Dixon, the movie's head writer, in his commentary track on the Blu-Ray disc. During Duke's "coma" scene, he [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments quotes, at length, verbatim and hilariously deadpan, John Cleese's legendary monologue from the]] [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "Dead Parrot" sketch]], replacing "Joe" for "Parrot" each time.

** Duke was originally [[DroppedABridgeOnHim supposed to die]] in the film, and the scene was scripted and filmed as such. This was when ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'' was first on the slate of the three Sunbow films to be released. However, due to scheduling conflicts, it was pushed back, and Hasbro liked (AT THAT TIME, it must be stressed) the edginess of Duke being KilledOffForReal -- this was around the time when [[SuperDimensionFortressMacross Robotech]] had been among the first to show actual death in a (ostensibly) kid's show with Roy Focker being killed off -- and demanded the writing staff of ''TransformersTheMovie'' to do the same to Optimus Prime. And as it happened, ''Transformers: The Movie'' was released first. The reaction was, to say the least, not the one [[TooDumbToLive the execs]] were expecting from ''[[AnimationAgeGhetto six-year-olds and their parents]]'' and suddenly, demanded last-minute voice-over inserts to establish that Duke had lived. The voice inserts are painfully obvious; mute the sound at the right moments, and you get the death scene it originally was.