See description for notes on video. Wether it be due to lab accidents, degenerative spores, magic rituals, and more, here's all of Cobra Commander's many changes throughout the original G.I. Joe continuity. Christopher Collins was an incredible voice actor, and I thank him for bringing us this fantastic character, along with many others.
@@JLvatron But he has human eyes when wearing the hood in the original series, as opposed to the blue reptillian eyes he has in the movie. I'll say it again, inconsistant.
R.I.P. Chris Latta what a GREAT VOICE TALENT. All the Cobra Commander wanted to do was rule the world and he was constantly being usurped by his subordinates.
The last one was the BEST one! I always loved how Cobra Commander was in that episode of Transformers! And the way Cobra Commander said, "They simply don't make terrorists the way they used to!" is truly legendary!
Chris Latta aka Collins was one of the greatest VAs of his time. Right up there with Peter Cullen and Frank Welker. And not only was he the VA for Cobra Commander, but the original Starscream too in Transformers G1.
You guys notice when they created Serpentor on GI Joe Cobra Commander became more like Starsream... It's like they did it on purpose. The characters of Cobra Commander and Starscream became identical
It's weird how, despite Cobra Commander is supposed to be a conqueror and terrorist, I still can't help but feel sorry when he deevolves into an actual cobra.
The cartoon never made any sense. It went through some weird changes. The comic book was far better. Though I do like a lot of the voice performances. Wish they would have stuck closer to the story in the comic book series at the time.
Huh, devolving into a snake must have sucked, still having somewhat of a mind of your former human self but stuck in a reptile body driven by instinct.
Very true. Have to give him credit though. Even almost completely transformed he still retained enough clarity to go to Lt Falcon's aid, allowing Cobra-La to be defeated. That must have taken great mental fortitude.
So let me get this straight,he was that person which was not entirely a snake man.But he had this plant's toxin which transformed him even more to a snake mutant or some short? And again when they captured him in the movie he was transformed entirely to a snake mutant? 🤔 I am confused a little to be honest! I thought he always was like that beneath!
Correct. He was a regular blue skinned humanoid citizen of Cobra-La who discovered the mutation spores. But when one blew up in his face it mutated him and made him grow more eyes. Then as punishment for failing to conquer the Earth for Cobra-La he was mutated further by the spores and turned into a snake. The Dragonfire ritual that the baroness performed didn't restore him, it just changed his snake body, into a humanoid body.
@@TwesomE Not an alien as in extra terrestrial, but from a race of humanoids who lived used to live on the surface, using biological organisms as advanced tech until Neanderthal man drove them off (never explained how). They then lived underground, waiting to come back and take over the surface again. Never explained either why they just did not come out and "win" as their tech was superior and GI JOE got their asses kicked in every fight... until a plucky young lieutenant *cough* main character bonus *cough* sticks a spike into the eye of their tens of thousands year old leader during a desperate last battle
the plants toxins originally gave him more eyes which made him look like a freak/ more susceptable to light... the second time the plants toxin hit him it began his transformation into a snake.
When I saw the GI Joe movie in 1987 and Cobra Commander was slowly transformed into a snake, it messed me up. He was an absolute villain, but he didn't deserve that fate. When the new episodes came out a year or two later, and he got his revenge on Supentor by devolving him into a lizard, I absolutely relished the shift in power. Cobra Commander was far more interesting than Supentor.
@@altarush thing is, he didn’t WANT to. He felt that Cobra was his. And I mean… can you blame him? He helped make the organization it was basically his by right
I like the fact that for the DIC series, they used the same design as the 2nd Cobra Commander(Fred VII) from the Marvel comics continuity. That's pretty cool.
Cobra Commander was voiced by the same voice actor as Starscream from the Transformers. Did you know that both Starscream and Cobra Commander originated as scientists in their respective cartoons?
I've always wondered how he went from the armored uniform we saw in the 2nd cartoon series to being homeless on the street back in his original mask from the 1st pilot episode.
My theory is that Cobra was destroyed and he disappeared during it's destruction and now he secretly finances Wars and other things just to undermine the government as Revenge plus he is working with other terrorists so I'm thinking he's still making quite a bit of money for all we know he actually has an apartment
@@garyfrombrooklyn I have seen conflicting reports that they recorded that final scene twice, first with the actual "COBRA!!!" and Old Snake laughing maniacally and then the version we see in the episode. The animation tends to bear this theory out.
it’s not the only connection either: the female military officer in the series is the daughter of Lady Jaye and Flint putting the show firmly in their future
@@bostonrailfan2427 That's right - Marissa Fairborne was Flint and Lady Jaye's daughter - Flint even shows up in on episode too. Like Cobra Commander he is never called that, but it's his voice and everything! The canonical year is 2006.
One of the things that was Confusing about the Movie was that they killed off Duke, But then they changed their minds, So they Re-Edited the film and made it look like he had lived.
It was because of the Transformers movie. They didn't want a repeat of kids flipping out the way they did when Optimus Prime died, so they re-edited so Duke lived...
@@alecaquino4306 I cried for the Commander. He need also to get his revenge on those who created Serpentor, abandoned him at his trial/ sacrifice and Golobulus.
"I designed the Cobra Temple to guarantee us secrecy and security" So you designed it to look like a giant snake? I don't know. It seems like you're calling attention to yourself, but what do I know? lol.
12 Bodies and he still looks fabulous! Cobra Commander will always be in my top 80s villians for all time! Thank you Chriss Latta for giving us another icon to enjoy besides Starscream!
Thanks man! Quite fitting indeed, this is literally the only incarnation of the character where that happened, makes him even more unique in a way. Just uh, don't ask why his skin appears to be normal human skin when he has a hood on, ha.
Who didn't get... excited during that Transformers episode thinking ''That's Cobra Commander!'', and then roar at the the end when he said ''COBRA!'' ? 🤘🏼😈🤘🏼
I, myself, always preferred the faceless helmet look and my thoughts was he needed to don the blue fabric mask from time to time either because, 1) the helmet was not easy to swap in and out when he's disguised himself as someone, whereas the fabric mask can be on his person to whip out anytime, and 2) maybe the helmet needed maintenance from time to time, or they just had to rebuff the mirror surface to be shiny again.
funny how an animation error accidentally made sense: when he removes his helmet to don the hood his skin on his head is blue-ish gray, matching the later animated movie skin coloring
From his eyeholes in 10 & 11, it seemed like CC continued to regenerate from snake man to fully human again. I was glad, as what was done to him in CobraLa was a travesty...for a bad guy, anyway!
I wish I had an answer, but I have absolutely NO idea why that appears like that. Even in DIC where they establish he's become a green snake man, we can still see he has a regular flesh tone behind his helmet & later hood when he puts those on. It's like how Optimus Primes trailer just disappears when transforms in the G1 cartoon, it's just one of those unexplainable things that just happen.
the easiest answer is usally the right one. Cobra Commander's alien origin was written after his debut. They didint write Cobra Commander as a member of Cobra La until AFTER the concept of the movie was created. Even when Serpentor was first being created, he was given two origin stories. Hasbro couldn't pick between 'clone of humanity's worst' and the cobra la, so they chose both. He was written as a human, like everyone else in cobra, because the weird shit didint come along until hasbro tried to mess with success.
He may have failed, a lot but Cobra Commander is one of the greatest well known arch nemesis ever. Altho the silver mask is cool, I think I prefer the hood.
Chris Latta had the most unique and memorable voices from GI Joe and Transformers behind Peter Cullen and Frank Welker(all 3 done voicework in both shows)but since I was always much more of a Transformers fan whenever I hear cobra commander speak I instantly think Starscream.
People always call Cobra Commander post Operation Dragonfire "Battle Armor Cobra Commander" Does this come from the action figure because that is CLEARLY a diving suit. Cobra Commander spent most of the mini-series complaining about not having a uniform until Copperhead found one in the Water Moccasin. What kind of uniform would be stored on a boat that clearly has a diving helmet on it...? Even as a kid, I always wondered why he kept the diving suit for the whole Dic series. Like, you were only wearing that because you had nothing else and no access to any of your bases and were on the run. Why would you not change back to something more practical and comfortable once you were firmly back in your old position and only break out that diving gear for water missions?
Yeah, the packaging of the figure says "Cobra Commander with battle armor". It kind of looks like a diving suit, but by all accounts, it's said to be battle armor. The in-show reason he doesn't go back to one of his old suits is that Serpentor had them turned into Halloween costumes, and gave them away, with the real world reason most likely being that they just wanted to create a new look to sell more action figures.
That suit does have a bit of a life-support vibe to it, which fits CC's recovering back into at least humanoid and sapient form, as well as glorious rise back to power~
it’s because of the action figure and comics and in the comics, it’s not even him wearing it: it’s an imposter who took control and ran Cobra for a while until overthrown by Cobra Commander
The actor of Cobra Commader himself in the first movie actually made the decision not to use the cartoon voice. He said he thought that just copying the talent of a voice actor who died young of illness and internal issues was just wrong and cheap. So he gave him a deeper voice to show a definitive "I'm not copying" contrast, but had snake sounds added in reminiscent of hisses and rattles so that it would still fit the character.
As indicated by that last one, 1980's GiJoe AND TFG1 ARE both in the same universe after all. I always thought so. That is why when I watch the two I switch DVDs so frequently, sometimes to the point of losing track of where I am. Still good exercise though
I like Cobra La but all things even Marvel Comics origin of Cobra from a Pyramid Scheme gone off the rails is probably the most awesome thing I have ever read in fiction
I’m kinda partial to Cobra Commander’s The hooded look. It totally reminds me of the masked villains from the old black and white serials of the 1940s and I’m sure that’s what the artist who worked on GIJoe we’re going for.
I remember seeing that Transformers episode where Cobra Commander appeared. And after watching Rise of the Beast, it does make me wonder if a potential Transformers/GI Joe Crossover was inspired because of that episode.
I've been a battle helmet fan - I like to think we all knew he had defenses in that faceplate before he ever used them such as the gas and electroshock
Some comments here say his Cobra-La eyes are not in continuity. Sure it's inconsistent, but not at all impossible to explain. Here goes, by timeline: - 0:27 shows his Cobra-La accident eyes. And blue skin. - 1:18 shows his hood with human looking eyes & skin. Alot of time had passed, so countless possibilities including contact lenses, skin makeup, or even a permanent skin coloration treatment, since Cobra Commander had to appear (eyely) human. Remember, Cobra had abundant technological and medical resources and advances. 1:45 shows him re-spored. These spores were already canoned as fast-acting. Looks like they changed his skin and eyes back. Not a big stretch, this is science fiction.
Me also might have found a way to become fully human again after Operation Dragonfly. Cobra could mutate people to have gills, mutated Serpentor tomporarily into a lizard, so Cobra could also undo Cobra commanders mutation.
Number 2 was iconic and still the best Cobra Commander look. I don't remember 12. Interesting you didn't include the 2 different live action movie looks.
It's sad to think they nailed it with the first look, all the others just don't really do it for me, just nothing outdoes the face plate and helmet for instilling the feeling of this is the BBEG of the GIJoe universe
QUESTION: What is that "DIC" show we see? It looks like they had many of the original voice actors for that show. And it seems to acknowledge the plot of G.I. Joe: The Movie, and then pick up off of it. It seems very well written.
After the movie, there was a planned Season 3 to be made by Sunbow as usual. However, many issues arose, and after a year or two, the studio was switched from Sunbow to DIC, and a follow up sequel series was created. It picks up some time after G.I. Joe the movie, about two years after it. It's not as well produced or written as the Sunbow show was, but it's stand out was Cobra Commander. He was still the devious villain we all knew, just now he was a bit of a comedy character, an angry, hissing man who acted like be was better than everyone. And he was genuinely funny! There where other fun bits and characters in the show as well.
@@michaelzoran You can find it on Amazon just by simply searching "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Series 2" DVD. Also, a TH-cam channel named "Reuben Abrahms" has uploaded seemingly every episode of the DIC G.I. Joe series, so you can actually find it here on TH-cam!
I always loved Cobra Commander even though he was the villain to me as a kid I thought of him as quite unique and if I remember correctly in the comics it stated that cobra commander isn't just one man but a whole cabal, as in if the current cobra commander dies then another one who pretty much pops out of no where and sounds and acts like the original. But then they did the whole he was actually a snake man this whole time. RIP Chris Latta you were always our Cobra Commander... COOOOBBBRRRRRAAAAAAA!!!
I don't believe that's true. Or if it is, it's new lore. In the old comic, the one and original CC was thought to be dead and a crimson guardsmen named Fred VII took his place for a while u til he returned...and killed the ioster.
See description for notes on video.
Wether it be due to lab accidents, degenerative spores, magic rituals, and more, here's all of Cobra Commander's many changes throughout the original G.I. Joe continuity.
Christopher Collins was an incredible voice actor, and I thank him for bringing us this fantastic character, along with many others.
I don't count his origin in Cobra-la as canon. It's inconsistant with his appearance in the show leading upto it.
@@Hewylewis that’s because the script for the movie was rushed and constantly changing( Duke was originally supposed to Die, etc)
@@Hewylewis It's not inconsistent. His face was always covered, so the Cobra-la story still fits.
@@JLvatron But he has human eyes when wearing the hood in the original series, as opposed to the blue reptillian eyes he has in the movie. I'll say it again, inconsistant.
@@Dhampir101980 I can believe that.
R.I.P. Chris Latta what a GREAT VOICE TALENT. All the Cobra Commander wanted to do was rule the world and he was constantly being usurped by his subordinates.
He will always be my CC/SS.🤘🫡 Did you know he was also the original Mr. Burns from the Simpson’s?
Funny how he was being usurped as CC and the usurper as Starscream.
@@gusdavid7798 I never thought of that, how ironic.
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The last one was the BEST one! I always loved how Cobra Commander was in that episode of Transformers! And the way Cobra Commander said, "They simply don't make terrorists the way they used to!" is truly legendary!
Totally agree!
Makes you wonder.... If Transformers existed at the same time with GI Joe why didn't Cobra take advantage of Cybertronian technology,?🤔
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Ol’ Snake.
So there was a crossover before?
Chris Latta aka Collins was one of the greatest VAs of his time. Right up there with Peter Cullen and Frank Welker. And not only was he the VA for Cobra Commander, but the original Starscream too in Transformers G1.
I cant believe we were shocked when we found out C.C. was a mutant Snake man. He literally hissed when he spoke
that couldve just been a vocal quirk
The nostalgia, it’s coming back…
Every time I hear Chris Lotta I hear starscream when he voiced cobra commander great childhood memories
Cobra Commander used the same technology on the Autobots as he did on Serpentor.
Hooded Cobra Commander is definitely my favorite .
Wow 😮 I like his first uniform in blue with the silver mask
It wasn’t until recently, I realized the same actor was the voice for Cobra Commander and StarScream
You guys notice when they created Serpentor on GI Joe Cobra Commander became more like Starsream... It's like they did it on purpose. The characters of Cobra Commander and Starscream became identical
Great video. I always wanted to see how he was regenerated.
Bro was literally the devil
It's weird how, despite Cobra Commander is supposed to be a conqueror and terrorist, I still can't help but feel sorry when he deevolves into an actual cobra.
Would the version of Resolute count? Some lines indicate it's the same Cobra Commander.
I completely forgot he was a mutant snake thing for a while
In the original Marvel Comics, he was human from start to finish. We just never saw his face.
@@teddybeer6206 - Yes, we did. It wasn't often, but we did.
4:42GIジョー、シューティングの元ネタ戦艦
It was Starscream after he was killed by Galvatron, failed as Decepticon commander but became Cobra commander instead 😂
Cobra Commander was in the effing Transformers?
Yup! It was the one and only time a G.I. Joe character appeared as themselves in a Transformers episode!
My Top 80’s Villains
3. Darth Vader
2. Megatron
1. Cobra Commander
They simply don’t make Villains like they used to ….. COBRAAAAAAAA !
Made by Hassssbro, it has sense the develop of Wrath-amon on Conan the Adventurer series looking back Serpentor.
0:54 a picture is looks realistic
Maybe is photo
Is that transformers episode on TH-cam?
It sure is! Hasbro themselves uploaded it, it's the G1 Season 3 episode "Only human."
Good Old Snake
Kanes PARENTS and Kane remember them all 😅
Does he eventually defeat Serpentor?
He sure did! He used the weapon mentioned at 4:26 to turn Serpentor into a mindless Iguana.
Serpentor should have died at the end of the movie. Commander should have gotten revenge on all those who had tried to replace with Serpentor.
@@altarush In the comic There was a Cobra Civil War Zartan Kills the Emperor
Least he got better uniform than that Armor
GIジョーの、第2シーズンの吹替も頼む
They did him dirty in the movie
He became reptile.
@Nehemiah Pouncey it's not just that, screw Serpentor lol
The cartoon never made any sense. It went through some weird changes. The comic book was far better. Though I do like a lot of the voice performances. Wish they would have stuck closer to the story in the comic book series at the time.
Exactly. I prefer Cobra Commander to be human.
How did he get human flesh around his eyes when he put the helmet on?
He sewed human flesh around the eye holes
Didn't like the Seasons of GI Joe that were Animated by DIC.
I thought the Earlier Episodes that were made by Sunbow were much better.
You and probably most of us who grew up on GI Joe felt the same way
Oh there's certainly a drop in quality in some areas, but I watched some of it for more Cobra Commander. Chris Latta just continued to be great.
Huh, devolving into a snake must have sucked, still having somewhat of a mind of your former human self but stuck in a reptile body driven by instinct.
Very true. Have to give him credit though. Even almost completely transformed he still retained enough clarity to go to Lt Falcon's aid, allowing Cobra-La to be defeated. That must have taken great mental fortitude.
Glad they ditched that sssss thing 😂
So let me get this straight,he was that person which was not entirely a snake man.But he had this plant's toxin which transformed him even more to a snake mutant or some short? And again when they captured him in the movie he was transformed entirely to a snake mutant? 🤔 I am confused a little to be honest! I thought he always was like that beneath!
Correct. He was a regular blue skinned humanoid citizen of Cobra-La who discovered the mutation spores. But when one blew up in his face it mutated him and made him grow more eyes.
Then as punishment for failing to conquer the Earth for Cobra-La he was mutated further by the spores and turned into a snake.
The Dragonfire ritual that the baroness performed didn't restore him, it just changed his snake body, into a humanoid body.
@@R3troZone He was an alien then? 🤔
@@TwesomE Not an alien as in extra terrestrial, but from a race of humanoids who lived used to live on the surface, using biological organisms as advanced tech until Neanderthal man drove them off (never explained how). They then lived underground, waiting to come back and take over the surface again.
Never explained either why they just did not come out and "win" as their tech was superior and GI JOE got their asses kicked in every fight... until a plucky young lieutenant *cough* main character bonus *cough* sticks a spike into the eye of their tens of thousands year old leader during a desperate last battle
@@R3troZone Still enough to rise back to power and give payback to Serpentor~
the plants toxins originally gave him more eyes which made him look like a freak/ more susceptable to light... the second time the plants toxin hit him it began his transformation into a snake.
Weird origin for cc
I prefer helmet.
As joe biden snorts kids hair , I regret not supporting cobra as a kid.
Come back toy abudabhi
When I saw the GI Joe movie in 1987 and Cobra Commander was slowly transformed into a snake, it messed me up. He was an absolute villain, but he didn't deserve that fate. When the new episodes came out a year or two later, and he got his revenge on Supentor by devolving him into a lizard, I absolutely relished the shift in power. Cobra Commander was far more interesting than Supentor.
He was and a lot more creative. He could left and started over again.
@@altarush thing is, he didn’t WANT to. He felt that Cobra was his. And I mean… can you blame him? He helped make the organization it was basically his by right
I like the fact that for the DIC series, they used the same design as the 2nd Cobra Commander(Fred VII) from the Marvel comics continuity. That's pretty cool.
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The USA: *Spits out Coca-Cola*
UK: *Spits out tea*
Russia: *Spits out vodka*
Germany: *Spits out beer*
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I think William Dafoe would be perfect to play as Cobra Commander if there will ever be a GI Joe movie reboot
can g.i. joe come out to play?
I’ve had the exact same idea for him.
It’s funny since he played Green Goblin same with Steve Blum who also played Green Goblin and Starscream
Cobra Commander was voiced by the same voice actor as Starscream from the Transformers. Did you know that both Starscream and Cobra Commander originated as scientists in their respective cartoons?
More reason that the commander isn’t to blame for their losses since he is a scientist, not military guy.
He even voiced D'Compose in Inhumanoids.
I've always wondered how he went from the armored uniform we saw in the 2nd cartoon series to being homeless on the street back in his original mask from the 1st pilot episode.
My theory is that Cobra was destroyed and he disappeared during it's destruction and now he secretly finances Wars and other things just to undermine the government as Revenge plus he is working with other terrorists so I'm thinking he's still making quite a bit of money for all we know he actually has an apartment
more than 15 years had passed. Nice to see he went back to his mainly original look.
I personally like others see the DIC as an alternate universe and do not consider it canon.
I am concerned about how he survived being a snake In Himalayas mountain cold and how the rest of the Cobra did.
@@ToddJumper Even the movie Operation Dragonfly and the Sunbow movie?
That Transformers episode has haunted the deep corners of my mind ever since I saw it back in the day. It's cool that somebody else remembers it. 👍
Me too, I suspected it all through the episode but the confirmation at the end was cool
@@garyfrombrooklyn I have seen conflicting reports that they recorded that final scene twice, first with the actual "COBRA!!!" and Old Snake laughing maniacally and then the version we see in the episode. The animation tends to bear this theory out.
it’s not the only connection either: the female military officer in the series is the daughter of Lady Jaye and Flint putting the show firmly in their future
@@bostonrailfan2427 That's right - Marissa Fairborne was Flint and Lady Jaye's daughter - Flint even shows up in on episode too. Like Cobra Commander he is never called that, but it's his voice and everything! The canonical year is 2006.
The human skin tone reviewed in the eye holes aren’t consistent
Cartoon movie had some cool moments- cc’s transformation and his storyline with roadblock being one of them.
Always thought movie was underrated
It absolutely terrified me as a kid!
One of the things that was Confusing about the Movie was that they killed off Duke, But then they changed their minds, So they Re-Edited the film and made it look like he had lived.
It was because of the Transformers movie. They didn't want a repeat of kids flipping out the way they did when Optimus Prime died, so they re-edited so Duke lived...
@@OdinSon Lol. All us fans know this one ;)
@@alecaquino4306 I cried for the Commander. He need also to get his revenge on those who created Serpentor, abandoned him at his trial/ sacrifice and Golobulus.
"I designed the Cobra Temple to guarantee us secrecy and security"
So you designed it to look like a giant snake? I don't know. It seems like you're calling attention to yourself, but what do I know? lol.
Ukraine: Then why is the temple shaped like giant cobra?
12 Bodies and he still looks fabulous! Cobra Commander will always be in my top 80s villians for all time! Thank you Chriss Latta for giving us another icon to enjoy besides Starscream!
Great video! I had no idea that he became a literal serpent man eventually. Very cool and fitting for his character
Thanks man! Quite fitting indeed, this is literally the only incarnation of the character where that happened, makes him even more unique in a way.
Just uh, don't ask why his skin appears to be normal human skin when he has a hood on, ha.
@@Blotzwave it was 80s cartoons they didn't need a reason
@@Blotzwave I've heard the theory that he continued gradually changing more into a human form during and after Operation Dragonfire.
he would go on to get is humanoid body back and turn Sir Pentor into a snake monster
I think Cobra Commander should take his meds as prescribed , not overdose on them.
Who didn't get... excited during that Transformers episode thinking ''That's Cobra Commander!'', and then roar at the the end when he said ''COBRA!'' ?
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Yes all my friends debated that and it was all we talked about on the bus ride to school
That blew me away. Hearing that legendary battle cry blew me away as a kid.
Imagine if he met Starscream
Long Live Chris Latta and Michael Dobson for bringing Starscream and Cobra Commander to life ❤
AND Charlie Adler!
It's weird how he replaces the awesome helmet with a piece of fabric with two eye holes cut out.
Contrary to common opinion. I always liked hooded version over the other ones.
@@eliterolothe original hooded uniform and the first DIC uniform were my favorites
I, myself, always preferred the faceless helmet look and my thoughts was he needed to don the blue fabric mask from time to time either because, 1) the helmet was not easy to swap in and out when he's disguised himself as someone, whereas the fabric mask can be on his person to whip out anytime, and 2) maybe the helmet needed maintenance from time to time, or they just had to rebuff the mirror surface to be shiny again.
@@cocodojo3) to sell more toys 😅
Chris Latta brought us Cobra Commander and Transformers' Starscream, incredible voice.
They should have kept the hissing for CC.
funny how an animation error accidentally made sense: when he removes his helmet to don the hood his skin on his head is blue-ish gray, matching the later animated movie skin coloring
Love how CC’s whole origin story is basically a first-draft version of Prometheus.
'Prometheus' ? You mean the Greek Titan?
From his eyeholes in 10 & 11, it seemed like CC continued to regenerate from snake man to fully human again. I was glad, as what was done to him in CobraLa was a travesty...for a bad guy, anyway!
Pretty much became reptile from
Mortal Kombat.
I found it more disturbing that the Baroness was interested in his face in Operation Dragonfly before he turned completely human again.
Man, they need to do justice to live-action G.I. Joe again. Such a rich and fun franchise
This time without the rock I didn’t like him as roadblock
Too bad there was a stray jacket for Cobra commander.
COBRAAAAA-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK!
Hail Cobra Commander! The Great Snake Rules Forever!
How does he have blue skin unmasked but regular flesh tone behind his hood mask? I have never been able to understand that all these years 🤔🤔🤔🤔
I didn’t think they have ever explain that 😂 just like in the comics I believe he was a used car salesman from Springfield who went crazy one day 😂
I wish I had an answer, but I have absolutely NO idea why that appears like that. Even in DIC where they establish he's become a green snake man, we can still see he has a regular flesh tone behind his helmet & later hood when he puts those on.
It's like how Optimus Primes trailer just disappears when transforms in the G1 cartoon, it's just one of those unexplainable things that just happen.
This has always left me baffled as well
make up on the eyes.
the easiest answer is usally the right one. Cobra Commander's alien origin was written after his debut. They didint write Cobra Commander as a member of Cobra La until AFTER the concept of the movie was created. Even when Serpentor was first being created, he was given two origin stories. Hasbro couldn't pick between 'clone of humanity's worst' and the cobra la, so they chose both. He was written as a human, like everyone else in cobra, because the weird shit didint come along until hasbro tried to mess with success.
I thought he was gonna say "Cobra lalalalalalalalalalalala!" at the end
Chris Latta is my cobra commander RIP I Miss his legend voice 🙏
Same here, and he was the best voice for Starscream as well.
He may have failed, a lot but Cobra Commander is one of the greatest well known arch nemesis ever.
Altho the silver mask is cool, I think I prefer the hood.
Chris Latta had the most unique and memorable voices from GI Joe and Transformers behind Peter Cullen and Frank Welker(all 3 done voicework in both shows)but since I was always much more of a Transformers fan whenever I hear cobra commander speak I instantly think Starscream.
Galvatron will be saying ' STARSCREAM.....DECEPTICONS DESTROY HIM ' after finalizing that Cobra has the same voice as STARSCREAM.......
People always call Cobra Commander post Operation Dragonfire "Battle Armor Cobra Commander" Does this come from the action figure because that is CLEARLY a diving suit. Cobra Commander spent most of the mini-series complaining about not having a uniform until Copperhead found one in the Water Moccasin. What kind of uniform would be stored on a boat that clearly has a diving helmet on it...?
Even as a kid, I always wondered why he kept the diving suit for the whole Dic series. Like, you were only wearing that because you had nothing else and no access to any of your bases and were on the run. Why would you not change back to something more practical and comfortable once you were firmly back in your old position and only break out that diving gear for water missions?
Yeah, the packaging of the figure says "Cobra Commander with battle armor". It kind of looks like a diving suit, but by all accounts, it's said to be battle armor.
The in-show reason he doesn't go back to one of his old suits is that Serpentor had them turned into Halloween costumes, and gave them away, with the real world reason most likely being that they just wanted to create a new look to sell more action figures.
That suit does have a bit of a life-support vibe to it, which fits CC's recovering back into at least humanoid and sapient form, as well as glorious rise back to power~
it’s because of the action figure and comics
and in the comics, it’s not even him wearing it: it’s an imposter who took control and ran Cobra for a while until overthrown by Cobra Commander
They dont make terrorists like they used to 😅
This guy sounds like star scream
The voice is legend wish the movie versions had this similar voice style 🙄
The actor of Cobra Commader himself in the first movie actually made the decision not to use the cartoon voice.
He said he thought that just copying the talent of a voice actor who died young of illness and internal issues was just wrong and cheap.
So he gave him a deeper voice to show a definitive "I'm not copying" contrast, but had snake sounds added in reminiscent of hisses and rattles so that it would still fit the character.
@@Blotzwave oh ok cool thats very understandable thanks for that information bro 😎!👍🏼
As indicated by that last one, 1980's GiJoe AND TFG1 ARE both in the same universe after all. I always thought so. That is why when I watch the two I switch DVDs so frequently, sometimes to the point of losing track of where I am. Still good exercise though
Marissa Fairborn, a recurring Transformers character, is the daughter of Flint and Lady Jaye linking it further…Fairborn is Flint’s real surname
And Flint appears briefly in s3 of transformers
@@raymondpblack2As an illusion / hologram, as I recall?
Almost 100k in less than a Week?
Seems people recently have gained interest in our Beloves Commander
That's my goal, I want to spread some major G.I. Joe character praise.
@@Blotzwaveplease do- this fandom is so dead lol we need more content
I like Cobra La but all things even Marvel Comics origin of Cobra from a Pyramid Scheme gone off the rails is probably the most awesome thing I have ever read in fiction
Starscream! Is that you?
Cobra is now retired and he used his spare times to be businessman in arm dealer.
I’m kinda partial to Cobra Commander’s The hooded look. It totally reminds me of the masked villains from the old black and white serials of the 1940s and I’m sure that’s what the artist who worked on GIJoe we’re going for.
You like the KKK look. Interesting.
“He sounds like Starscream!”
“No need to be insulting.”
I believe he and starscream are same voice
I remember seeing that Transformers episode where Cobra Commander appeared. And after watching Rise of the Beast, it does make me wonder if a potential Transformers/GI Joe Crossover was inspired because of that episode.
I love that GI Joe did a take on Enemy Mine!!
I always liked the hood and uniform the best.
I've been a battle helmet fan - I like to think we all knew he had defenses in that faceplate before he ever used them such as the gas and electroshock
Some comments here say his Cobra-La eyes are not in continuity.
Sure it's inconsistent, but not at all impossible to explain. Here goes, by timeline:
- 0:27 shows his Cobra-La accident eyes. And blue skin.
- 1:18 shows his hood with human looking eyes & skin.
Alot of time had passed, so countless possibilities including contact lenses, skin makeup, or even a permanent skin coloration treatment, since Cobra Commander had to appear (eyely) human.
Remember, Cobra had abundant technological and medical resources and advances.
1:45 shows him re-spored. These spores were already canoned as fast-acting. Looks like they changed his skin and eyes back.
Not a big stretch, this is science fiction.
Me also might have found a way to become fully human again after Operation Dragonfly. Cobra could mutate people to have gills, mutated Serpentor tomporarily into a lizard, so Cobra could also undo Cobra commanders mutation.
1:20 Chris Latta Evil Laugh
1:57 I know Zarana was turned on by how fit CC abs and chest are!❤
Battle helmet Cobra Commander will have a place in my heart, first figure I had in Valor vs Venom.
Interestingly at the height of his body horror.... he had 12 eyes
One of the 80s-era's all time great cartoon villains.
2:42 If they ever made a CC plushy of his snake form i'd adore it forever!❤
Cobra Commander deserve respect and true leader of Cobra not the annoying Serpentor..
Never saw the DIC shows. Actually I didn't even know they existed until a few years ago. But man, did that animation suck!
Number 2 was iconic and still the best Cobra Commander look. I don't remember 12. Interesting you didn't include the 2 different live action movie looks.
R.I.P Chris Latta 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
Hooded Cobra Commander.
And I thought he was a disgruntled used car salesman!
You know chris latta's characters have good fashion senses 👍
It's sad to think they nailed it with the first look, all the others just don't really do it for me, just nothing outdoes the face plate and helmet for instilling the feeling of this is the BBEG of the GIJoe universe
Idk why but the hood was always my favorite uniform
Cobra Commander always keeps a spare uniform in the Cobra hovercrafts?
QUESTION: What is that "DIC" show we see? It looks like they had many of the original voice actors for that show. And it seems to acknowledge the plot of G.I. Joe: The Movie, and then pick up off of it. It seems very well written.
After the movie, there was a planned Season 3 to be made by Sunbow as usual. However, many issues arose, and after a year or two, the studio was switched from Sunbow to DIC, and a follow up sequel series was created. It picks up some time after G.I. Joe the movie, about two years after it.
It's not as well produced or written as the Sunbow show was, but it's stand out was Cobra Commander. He was still the devious villain we all knew, just now he was a bit of a comedy character, an angry, hissing man who acted like be was better than everyone. And he was genuinely funny! There where other fun bits and characters in the show as well.
@@Blotzwave Is that show on DVD? If so, how would I find it online at a place like Amazon? Do you have a link?
@@michaelzoran You can find it on Amazon just by simply searching "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Series 2" DVD.
Also, a TH-cam channel named "Reuben Abrahms" has uploaded seemingly every episode of the DIC G.I. Joe series, so you can actually find it here on TH-cam!
@@Blotzwave Didnt really like cause it feels to.....80's? I dont knoe, it just doesn't have the original feel.
And the intros a bit, too hype.
I always loved Cobra Commander even though he was the villain to me as a kid I thought of him as quite unique and if I remember correctly in the comics it stated that cobra commander isn't just one man but a whole cabal, as in if the current cobra commander dies then another one who pretty much pops out of no where and sounds and acts like the original. But then they did the whole he was actually a snake man this whole time. RIP Chris Latta you were always our Cobra Commander... COOOOBBBRRRRRAAAAAAA!!!
I don't believe that's true. Or if it is, it's new lore. In the old comic, the one and original CC was thought to be dead and a crimson guardsmen named Fred VII took his place for a while u til he returned...and killed the ioster.
@@amitypredator9385 That's what I was referencing but yeah its a bit new in the comics