"Cobra Commander" Evolution in Cartoons and Movies. (G.I. Joe)

Cobra has had the best evolution out of all the 80s villains. He was a wimp in the original cartoon but later versions would be more cold calculating and ruthless.

While he was a silly villain in the original cartoon, his appearance in that crossover with The Transformers is a bit disturbing when you realize he was responsible for a lot of legitimate evil, and he got away with it all. I suppose that makes him a much more successful villain then people give him credit for since he did terrorize the world, got away with it, and then enjoyed his retirement.

I will be honest. Resolute Cobra Commander scared the hell out of me. Just in that speech he gave to the troops. And the way he personally killed those tele-vipers. Dude was brutal!

It's well known that Chris Latta, who voiced Cobra Comander on the original cartoon also voiced Starscream in the original Transformers cartoon. But did you know the guy who voiced Cobra Comander on G.I.Joe Spy Troops, also voiced Starscream in the Transformers Armada, Energon, and Cybertron cartoons? Plus Charlie Adler who voiced Cobra Comander in G.I.Joe Resolute and G.I.Joe Renegade cartoons, also voiced Starscream in the live action Transformers movies! And just for some bonus trivia Adler also voiced Low-light on the orignal G.I.Joe cartoon!

The best depiction in my opinion is Retaliation because he had a black suit instead of blue, and he was cruel, cold, calculating, and vicious. I hate how Retaliation didn’t get a sequel, and I wish that the Snake Eyes movie could get a sequel

Anyone else think the Transformers design was sick as fuck?

In the original cartoon, yeah, he came off as slapstick ("A mix of Adolph Hitler and Yosemite Sam").....but he'd flee from one defeat, only to have another plot in motion a week later. The retool for GI Joe: Resolute made him pretty formidable.

RIP Chris Latta and I do enjoy Michael Dobson for bringing Starscream and Cobra Commander to life ❤

His mask looks incredible in Retaliation

I'm amused by the concept of Renegade, which makes the cowardly, incompetent Commander a fact, yet reveals a twist that he was pretending the whole time and is actually an evil genius.

Cobra really made their own Bitcoin.

Imagine Steve Blum voice, cobra, Commander, just like with Starscream

Tbh, I really liked the chromed helmet of 2009 Commander than the blue helmet. His design is what's stuck with me ever since 2012.

Sigma 6, movies, Resolute, and Renegades have the best Cobra Commanders ever! Basically an American Orochimaru & what I believe Starscream should be like!

Give this man some cough drops!

5:24 CLEARLY CHARLY ADLER ENJOYED PLAYING COBRA

Cobra Commander from DIC and Original Cartoon is the best. He’s absolutely entertaining especially his rants towards his other commanders. Always saying how they are incompetent fools and pulling out comebacks. He’s more understanding of his troops compared to Serpentor if we mention him. Pulling a 360* no scope on him turning him into a iguana in DIC. Though he can be a coward at times and smart in which I like the balance of both. Honestly great character and the voice actor is great for him throughout both series actually embrace the character’s personality and role. Also his older styles look to be surprised to say look more professional compared to the newer ones. It might be a bit of nostalgia to say though it actually makes him look like an actual true commander compared to the new ones.

Everyone referencing the fact that CC's VA is also Starscream's VA at the same time. There's a legit reason for this. In the original comic series, the Autobots and Decepticons were woken up by a fight between G.I.Joe and Cobra. Starscream's original voice was lost when he was injured in the crash landing, so when they all reformatted and got new vehicle forms, Starscream got a new voice and chose the most commanding voice amongst the humans: Cobra Commander's. Megatron also chose his pistol form off of Cobra Commander's sidearm, as it was doing the most destruction on the battlefield.

Michael Dobson and Chris Latta are the coolest guys in GI JOE

Feel like Corba Commander had a miss opportunity to scream out, " ZEEUUUSSSS!"