Ranking All GI Joe Ninjas
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2024
- I rank just about every ninja in the G.I. Joe universe and in so doing give a history of the lore and significance of the Arashikage clan and their enemies and allies….
#gijoe, #arashikage, #classifiedjinx
We talk Ninja Force, bad GI Joe movie characters, obscure Ninjas from the Hamaverse and give some suggestions for some action figures that might be good for the GI Joe Classified line.
Italian music for Italian Ninjas….
Song: Artist : Giueseppe Musolino (Lu rè dill'asprumunti) - 'Ndrangheta
Title: 'Ndrangheta
Genre: Classical
Mood: Bright
Used with permission. Here is the link to the video. Thanks to the channel!
• Classic ITALIAN Music ... - บันเทิง
I love that picture of a filled toy store shelf from the 80's. Those were the days.
YEes, those are great. I found them online. There's a bunch online
GI Joe is basically: "What if a bunch of feuding ninjas got caught up in the War on Terror?... oh, and sometimes there are lasers and robots."
That sounds amazing, right?
Quick Kick is taking 90% of this list out🤘🤘
True, Ninjas are somewhat overrated. Larry Hama treats them like superheroes.
Those are fighting words, but Bruce Lee would probably agree. Besides, Quick kick was tough enough to go shirtless AND eat Popsicles in a frozen tundra. He takes this!
I agree on Snake Eyes. Very cool as a ninja, adds to his lethality, but I still think of him as a commando first.
And I never accepted Firefly as a ninja. Better as an urban camo saboteur.
Was playing Taboo a long time ago and a friend turned to me when he was doing clues. He said, "GI Joe female ninja" and I immediately answered "Jinx."
Yeah, the whole "Firefly is also a ninja" plot felt very tacked on. Never worked for me
This guys pretty cool. Good to see more content about G.I. Joe.
Fantastic work, I just love these videos
Thanks!
I love ninjas! I grew up in the 80’s, either gonna love them or hate them.
80s' was the decade of the ninja!
I’m 2 minutes in had to give it a LIKE just for the big anticipation
Originally, I thought Dawn's story was going to be a tragedy about a kid who grew up cobra.
That would have been cool. What he did in the end was pretty interesting
Great list and ranking.
Glad you enjoyed it
That is hilarious they treat Snake Eyes like Frankenstein from Death Race. Snake Eyes is a symbol anyone can wear the mask but not everyone has the skills.
Right? It was not Larry's best work.
As much as I've loved ninjas - mad props for showing American Ninja, that and the sequel were mine and my brother's favorite movies growing up - I was never really big into the ninjas of G.I. Joe. I love it that you used the silver sword Snake Eyes figure at 41:03 - I LOVED THAT FIGURE. Not my top favorite, but easily a top 5. And lastly, I only recently (like a few days ago) found out that Arashikage is derived from Japanese - Arashi: Storm and Kage: Shadow.
I do love the ninjas, but got a little sick of them at the end. Larry loves his ninjas
Really great video! I am a new (and younger at that) G.I Joe fan so thanks for being a great channel to feed my new growing interest.~
Thanks! Glad to see it surviving past people who were born in the 70's/80's
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal for sure! Thought being a new / young fan (and from the UK at that) it’s not easy but it’s definitely fun
Great stuff I was surprised no mention of Quick Kick or Helix tho
I don't think Quick Kick is a ninja, more just a martial artist. Helix was questionable, but it seems her training was mostly from her mom, who was a martial artist. So I don't think she gets official ninja status, but I could be wrong on that one.
But if Quick Kick was a ninja, he'd be high on the list. One of my favorite all time characters
Really cool
Great video.
It made me want to see a ranking of the different Snake Eyes figures
I've always been partial to the original. The one with his wolf was okay, but I'm more of a minimalist.
Thanks! Yeah, there are enough of them, that's for sure
Yeah, I like Commando Snake Eyes, Especially in Classified
Fun content! Rank all Vipers.
Great idea. That will be a long-ass video though
Great list and awesome choices, though I'd personally have Billy above Jinx. He and Kwinn were the two biggest absentees in the classic run, in my opinion.
I'm glad you didn't include Scarlett, I don't see her as a ninja either, although I wouldn't have included Zartan or Firefly on a list of ninjas either. Their ninja status was just too much of a 90's retcon for me.
Yeah Billy and Kwinn are my two most wanted classified figures.
38:23
He looks less of a Billy Kessler and more of a young Snake Plissken. An official Billy Kessler classified figure release would be dope to own. His figure design would be white ninja outfit, with the special feature being a detachable leg.
Really enjoying your vids and im learning a lot, im a HUGE GI Joe fan but i see theres a lot idk!!! Im surprise you didn't included Ninja Force Scarlett and im surprise back in the day that they didn't do a NF Lady Jaye!!??... i should know this but i think we only got one version of Lady Jaye.... thats weird!! You should do a vid about some character's who only got one version and deserve another... or versions of characters that we dont know or completely forgot!!
I feel like Scarlett is not a ninja, just is banging a ninja. So ninja by injection?
Love your videos! Kwwp up the great work, Can you please do a video ranking the vipers?
*keep :)
Great idea. Holy shit, that might be two hours long. There's a lot of em
I hope so :) But it will be worth it! Fun for all Joe fans across the globe! @@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal
Excellent video. Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are tied for the best in my opinion. You can't have one without the other.
I would rank Billy Kessler as third. I used Nunchuk as Billy in my personal kid/ teen canon. Billy had assumed a false alias with a code name to get into the Ninja Force that only Storm Shadow and Zartan knew about.
Zartan would be 4.
Slice and Dice rank 5 and 6 for me. I like to think that there's still a lot of potential for these two characters in a G.I. Joe reboot someday.
The Night Creepers rank 7 for me. After that, it gets difficult.
Yes, I had an extra storm shadow and I disassembled him and put on a joe head and made an eyepatch using a sharpie to make Billy
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal You were lucky to have Storm Shadow v1. There's no way that I would have been able to swap heads on the 1992 Ninja Force figures without breaking them.
John Carpenter also Directed The Elvis Movie that Kurt Russell played Elvis in! And was the first collaboration between John and Kurt!
Great video! There were some really deep cuts in there; some I had forgotten about and some I didn’t even know about. There were some omissions. Tiger Claw and Shadow Strike, from the ninja battles playset. Ashiko, from the Pursuit of Cobra toy line. Cyber Ninja, Cobra Combat Ninja and Red Fang Ninja from the Retaliation toy line. Also, Ninja Ku and Cobra De Hielo from South America.
Oh damn. Good catch. I missed a bunch
I remember exactly the same thing. I was 10 years old, I walked into the store and saw a white ninja. that made my mind explode. white ninja!? Until then we had only seen black ninjas.
It's Jinx at #1, and that's not up for debate!
I agree with the top 3 rankings! I haven't read many comics but I love the lore and the toys. G.I.Joe is my all time favorite toy line! Soldiers and ninjas 🥷 rule!
The comic is pretty great. Definitely the greatest toy line of all time
To be fair, I prefer how the Night Creeper Leader looked in the early 90s DIC cartoon. Honestly, before I found out that he was a ninja, I used always pretend that Firefly was a ninja, cause he looked like one.
Yes. Maybe the only thing the DIC cartoon got right. He actually looks like he fits with the Night Creepers. Tiger pajamas boy looks like he has nothing to do with them
I guess I'm different than most. If there was a figure I liked and they made it basically just another color I loved it. That's why I like the Ninja Viper and I guess the reason Faker is my second fav motu figure. IDK that's just me
to me, it just represents a little bit of laziness on their part.
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal yeah it is. They seen kids like me coming. The original had to be a figure I really liked though.
I really liked Faker and Prince Adam myself. Something about those colors just worked for me even though it was most certainly a 'greedy' move on the company's part.
I totally forgot about Ninja Force but that's probably for the best...
Ok dude, I had to pause the video. "Banzai" #5 accessory is a sun protection mask and #8 is a knee brace. Lol wtf I got a knee brace I wear sometimes. I even got a Halloween mask or two from my kids trick or treating. Maybe Cobra will hire me! 😂 I can't help it the knee brace as an accessory made me spit out my Dr Pepper. No shit. That's a good one there.Possible edits to this comment will probably ensue. Now, back to the list. ✌️
Ha. I didn't catch that. Wow, he just got even more lame.
Awesome video!!! We would have gotten along great as kids. My question is What about Quick Kick & Budo? You would think they’d have the skills to hang or be formidable if they were brought on to GI Joe for their respective skillsets. Samurai were the historical enemy of the ninja. Would there be a special category for the likes of Quick Kick & Budo?
Yes, we would have! As for Budo & Quick Kick, I'd say they are not ninjas. I also didn't include Agent Helix, because even though she fights like a ninja, she did not specifically have ninja training.
.... and speaking of Ninja "craze" when we were kids, i cannot believe the weapons me and my friends had, it was SO DANGEROUS!!!!.... it was the 80s, are parents didn't give AF !!!
Yes, We had a store nearby in Warwick RI called Ninja World. I bought throwing stars and swords, No one cared, The 80's were great
I agree with you totally on the death of snake eyes arc. the writing felt forced, especially how they brought in 2 snake eyes characters after, hated it. Also hated to blue cyborg ninjas 😆 🤣. The new run and the transformers crossover is rocking right now
Yeah, the new run of GI Joe has been mixed. Some really good stuff, like the Agent Helix series, and a lot of very mixed, too sci-fi for me crap. I need to check out the Skybound stuff
Bro, same!
Damn! Wonder how many people got hurt in the making of that Ninja Force commercial.!? lol😅
Yes, they probably got hurt walking into walls. Those costumes do not look comfortable
I loved jinx
I didn't realize that G.I.Joe had so many Ninjas. Fortunately, ninjas aren’t dangerous. They’re more afraid of you than you are of them…
I can honestly say I have never met a ninja,
as a huge 90s joe fan i for once have to agree with you on a lot of your comments. the pile driver was one of the worst vehicles in the entire line, right up there with the cobra rat. however in saying that i did like T'GIN-ZU it was a nice repaint of the 91 storm shadow (who is one one of my favorite versions of storm shadow). Also i know ninja force scarlet gets a lot of hate and i get it with her larger butt and lack of articulation, but she did have a good head sculpt , far better looking head sculpt then the 82 butterface version. i will disagree on t-bang and dojo i think these are 2 of the worst ninja force characters/figures. very boring and goofy looking. my top favs for ninjas would be slice/dice, 89/91 storm shadow and jinx
Ha. "Butterface." So true. The original Cover Girl figure is even worse
Didn't Budo get the ninja force treatment?
I don't think so. There's Bushido, which is a super dumb character, but I don't recall Budo being a ninja and I did look through 3D Joes. But I also missed a bunch, so it is possible
OPHELIA and BUSHIDO should have made the list.
They are on the list. Both of them
I’m still a ninja
Snake eyes stom shadows slice dice my opinion everyone else can have there own
man thank you so much for your videos.
please does anyone knows a store that i could buy gi joe ? im from Brazil and we dont have any store here =(
Thanks! If you want to buy online, you could try.... smalljoes.com/
I pretty much struck Devil's Due from my lexicon. Except Kamakura, I guess.
I guess you could look at Akiko as 'at least they didn't make her Jinx.' Was she horny for Snake Eyes? I just don't remember beyond the constantly not killing him LOL.
Ninja Force Scarlett has a 'big butt' but it ain't the kind I would want. I like my pancakes on a plate if you get me. I think in 92 somebody else sort of started writing the file cards. T'JBang was my favorite BY FAR.
According to Larry in the letter's column Firefly was "the Faceless Master" and he had it in his pocket for all those years. Even back then, I was....skeptical. But he was definitely a ninja- a master even, although he was admittedly no match for Snake Eyes.
You didn't say WHY Zartan was Onihashi's assistant or WHY he was guilty that he killed himself. Zartan became his assistant to assassinate Snake Eyes, and Onihashi knew he was a snake from the beginning.When he killed the Hard Master, Onihashi's honor was destroyed and he committed Sepukku because of it. Also, he was T;Jbang's master at some point.
Both the Master and Apprentice stories (regarding SE's first pupil) have bad things going on - they fridged her in that story, and you covered Storm Shadow adequately.
The Soft Master delivers one of my favorite lines in the series when he discusses Okinawa Japan and how you can't legislate hand guns in Issue 27.
Snake Eyes' brain waves are the most monitored brain waves on the brain wave scanner - it was introduced with HIM in it in issue 10 - it's how we first get any glint of his past as a ninja - 11 issues before Storm Shadow shows up! Regardless, I'd like a Dawn Moreno (Italian??) Classified figure.
Billy got a figure in FSS. He definitely needs more toys, bur they seem to be leaning into the Commander being a weirdo from Cobra-La.
Jinx is Jinx. She's great!
Storm Shadow also delivers one of my favorite lines from the comic - "The only reason to master violence is to abolish it." His need for vengeance ended with his "death" in issue 47, but yes. He's the man.
Snake Eyes is number one for me, commando or ninja. He's the standard by which everyone should live (at least after maybe issue one where he suggests killing Dr. Burkhardt would be more logical than a rescue). He's the most honorable, least jealous, most skilled, has the greatest moral compass despite being a stone cold killer. He's a 'perfect' character, but not in an annoying way (to me).
You can probably tell I'm a big Joe fan, too. LOL I love Transformers even more (even if the comic was inferior to GIjoe).
I get Snake being number one. and you are dead on about his honor. That's one of the reasons the origins movie pissed me off
Agree on the Scarlett Big pancake butt. Just like sir Mix-a-lot, I like big butts--but not that kind
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal She's getting kind of a butt on the upcoming retro card figure.
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal Yeah, I'm not sure where "Snake Eyes" ever appeared in that movie. They were both pretty much Storm Shadow LOL
Ninja please. We all know who the top slots will go to! :)
Haha, love "Ninja Please"
Quick Kick should have been on your list as number 3 I am very very disapointed!
He's not a ninja. He just knows martial arts.
To me there are only two Snake-Eyes figures from the original line. And that's the first two. Commando version is probably second and Knight visor version is the best. The other Snake-Eyes figures that came after were gawd awful. The third one gave him silver bifocals and made him look bizarre and then the one where he's wearing a hat and he's wearing blue just looked stupid. Just my opinions.
I like the third one because he came with badass weapons- like the three-pronged nunchucks & Blowgun but I don't need a classified version, because-- already too many damn Snake Eyes figures. Yeah, the blue one is dumb
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Have you read the 5 issue IDW "Snake-Eyes: Agent of Cobra" series? If you like Ronin (and Billy) I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
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What about budo? Road pig as well ..both ninja characters
Nah, Budo is a samurai. Samurai are the natural enemy of ninjas, Road Pig is also not a ninja
Snake Eyes will always be #1 just because he is the pinnacle of martial skill, wisdom, military training, morals, and mystery. He is an all-rounder and gets things done.
But I'm willing to capitulate that Storm Shadow v2 is the #1 ninja we need in Classified figure form.
Yeah, he is my favorite character. I just prefer commando style
How about Jin
Budo should’ve been given an honorable mention because he’s part of Ninja Force; even though he’s a Samurai.
When did he become part of Ninja Force? I don't see that figure anywhere? --However, I missed a lot, so I'm not disputing
My mistake. Budo wasn’t part of Ninja Force. He was released in 1988 and Ninja Force didn’t arrive until 1992. I mentally lump all the martial artists together, even though Jinx, Quick Kick and Budo predate Ninja Force. Because of the Joe movie and animated series, I can visualize Jinx and Quick Kick apart from the other martial artists. I’ve erroneously lumped Budo in with Ninja Force.
@@rach4carlosBudo was supposed to be part of Ninja Force in 95. There are pics out there of an unreleased figure. Maybe thats why you thought he was in there 😊
Flint and Road Pig was also supposed to be in the Ninja Force line in 95 😂
Just saying u should have included ninja force F.S.S more updated figs only because u included classified figs
I thought I got all of em. Who am I missing? I know I missed a couple from the Retaliation line, but not Ninja Force specifically
Bushido, dojo, chitty chitty bang lol, banzai, slice,dice,ninja night creeper and nunchuck. I mean u did all ninja force but they updated them
Where's Tigerclaw?
Oh yes, Missed him. He's from the really bad 3d cartoon, right?
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal yeah ninja battles. He's like a repaint of Kamakura
Quick Kick #1. No Quick Kick, no Karate Kid. No Karate Kid no Season 6 of Cobra Kai!
😂 karate kid was before quick kick. 😂
Quick is not a ninja.
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Out of the original Ninja Force 🥷 Nunchuck looks the best, too bad they all have such terrible generic names.
True. I don't even know where they got T'bang from
Honestly, the worst thing about Joe is ninjas..... Lame.
Yeah? Not a fan of ninjas? it's not my favorite part of GI Joe, and some of them really suck (As discussed)
Larry Hama stole his Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow rivalry ideas from the "Enter the Ninja" movie which came out in 1981...a year before the POS woke hack Hama plagiarized it. I have zero respect for him now that he is a rabid adherent to [CURRENT YEAR] wokeness. The writing had been on the wall for some time though as the Dawn Moreno idea was ridiculous for a long time before he signed off on the Snake Eyes movie disaster.
He may have “orders from on high” if you get what I mean in order to keep his job.
@@dennisrounds1996 Then he is a sellout.
I still love Larry Hama, just not all of the decisions he makes along the way. The Dawn Moreno story ends up being a good read, but it does jump the shark to kill Snake Eyes and return him as a clone.
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal The most annoying thing out of his mouth was when he said Snake Eyes should have been Asian from the beginning...immediately after saying that Snake Eyes was written as White on purpose. If his second statement is now his permanent position, shouldn't he say the same about the Blind Master, Billy and any of the other non Asian martial artists? It's just stupid.
@@judesheckelberg5135 I think he has admitted that was bullshit. But yes, that was dumb.
Never too late to be a ninja ... heard midnight to around 4am is best anyway🥷
I';m gonna do it..... ahh, I'd probably throw my back out.