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* WeaponOfChoice: Rock'n'Roll is traditionally the Joes' machine gunner, but here he swaps his weapon out for a [[EnergyWeapon laser]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]]. Meanwhile, Quick Kick wields a meteor hammer that he's very pleased with.
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* UnexpectedCharacter: Again: ''Skywarp''. Not only a character from [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} an entirely different franchise]], but a ''villainous'' one.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: This time around, Roadblock is the field leader of the Joes.
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* PitifulWorms: Skywarp frequently refers to the Joes as "insects".
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* FrickinLaserBeams: As part of the new Hasbro Universe, all the Joes have switched to being armed with [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Cybertronian laser guns]].
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* FrickinLaserBeams: EnergyWeapon: As part of the new Hasbro Universe, all the Joes have switched to being armed with [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Cybertronian laser guns]].
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* WeaponOfChoice: Rock'n'Roll is traditionally the Joes' machine gunner, but here he swaps his weapon out for a [[FrickinLaserBeams [[EnergyWeapon laser]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]]. Meanwhile, Quick Kick wields a meteor hammer that he's very pleased with.
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The series was set to conclude in August 2017 with issue #9, before it relaunches post-''First Strike'' as ''Scarlett's Strike Force'', set to debut in November of 2017. However, demand for ''Scarlett's Strike Force'', as per IDW, was so low that the series was canceled before the first issue was published, ending at 3 issues and a brief backup story in ''Transformers: Unicron'' #2.
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The series was set to conclude in August 2017 with issue #9, before it relaunches relaunched post-''First Strike'' as ''Scarlett's Strike Force'', set to debut in November of 2017. However, demand for ''Scarlett's Strike Force'', as per IDW, was so low that the series was canceled before the first issue was published, ending at 3 issues and a brief backup story in ''Transformers: Unicron'' #2.
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The series is was set to conclude in August 2017 with issue #9, before it relaunches post-''First Strike'' as ''Scarlett's Strike Force'', set to debut in November of 2017.
2017. However, demand for ''Scarlett's Strike Force'', as per IDW, was so low that the series was canceled before the first issue was published, ending at 3 issues and a brief backup story in ''Transformers: Unicron'' #2.
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The series is set to conclude in August 2017 with issue #9 due to lagging sales, before it relaunches post ''First Strike'' as ''G.I. Joe: Unmasked'', set to debut in November of 2017.
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The series is set to conclude in August 2017 with issue #9 due to lagging sales, #9, before it relaunches post ''First post-''First Strike'' as ''G.I. Joe: Unmasked'', ''Scarlett's Strike Force'', set to debut in November of 2017.
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* BeneathTheEarth: Crystal Ball tries to intimidate the Joe team with talk of "the horrors down below". [[WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}} Hmmm...]]
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* BeneathTheEarth: Crystal Ball tries to intimidate the Joe team with talk of "the horrors down below". [[WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}} Hmmm...]]Turns out he's talking about the "Fatal Fluffies".
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* VaguenessIsComing: Crystal Ball gives warning about "[[WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}} the horrors beneath the Earth]]".
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* WeaponOfChoice: Rock'n'Roll is traditionally the Joes' machine gunner, but here he swaps his weapon out for a [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]].
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Crusher is, confusingly, modelled on one of his fellow Dreadnok Gnawgahyde's toys.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Crusher is, confusingly, modelled on one of his fellow Dreadnok Gnawgahyde's toys.
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* WeaponOfChoice: Rock'n'Roll is traditionally the Joes' machine gunner, but here he swaps his weapon out for a [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]].
shotgun]]. Meanwhile, Quick Kick wields a meteor hammer that he's very pleased with.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Crusher is, confusingly, modelled on one of his fellow Dreadnok Gnawgahyde'stoys.toys.
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** [[spoiler: Also, given certain hints from the writers and issue solicitations, the WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}} might be on the way too.]]
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** [[spoiler: Also, given certain hints from the writers and issue solicitations, and Crystal Ball's warnings, the WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}} might be are on the way too.]]way. [[OhCrap Not good.]]]]
* VaguenessIsComing: Crystal Ball gives warning about "[[WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}} the horrors beneath the Earth]]".
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* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Doc Jr. is half Dire Wraith.]]
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler:Doc Sr. is, apparently, a Dire Wraith who didn't want to be part of their invasion.]]
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* TheyLookLikeUsNow: Modus operandi of the [[ComicBook/RomIDW Dire Wraiths]]; a subplot in the book focuses on the Joes' attempts to find a way of properly detecting them.
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* TheyLookLikeUsNow: Modus operandi of the [[ComicBook/RomIDW Dire Wraiths]]; a subplot in the book focuses on the Joes' attempts to find a way of properly detecting them. Joe Colton and Wild Bill had fallen victim to this prior to ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]''. [[spoiler:As had Doc I.]]
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** The Dreadnoks assembled by Crystal Ball include lesser-known members Zanzibar, Burn Out and Gnawgahyde.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Quick Kick considers himself to be the greatest martial artist on Earth, better than [[McNinja Snake Eyes]] (because ''he'' [[BareFistedMonk doesn't need a gun]]). [[AwesomeEgo He may well be right]]: he ''deliberately gets himself drunk'' during a fight with the Dreadnok Gnawgahyde just to make himself ''worse'' at fighting.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Quick Kick considers himself to be the greatest martial artist on Earth, better than [[McNinja Snake Eyes]] (because ''he'' [[BareFistedMonk doesn't need a gun]]). [[AwesomeEgo He may well be right]]: he ''deliberately gets himself drunk'' during a fight with the Dreadnok Gnawgahyde just to make himself ''worse'' at fighting.
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** The Dreadnoks assembled by Crystal Ball include lesser-known members Zanzibar, Burn Out and Gnawgahyde.
Crusher.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Quick Kick considers himself to be the greatest martial artist on Earth, better than [[McNinja Snake Eyes]] (because ''he'' [[BareFistedMonk doesn't need a gun]]). [[AwesomeEgo He may well be right]]: he ''deliberately gets himself drunk'' during a fight with the DreadnokGnawgahyde Crusher just to make himself ''worse'' at fighting.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Quick Kick considers himself to be the greatest martial artist on Earth, better than [[McNinja Snake Eyes]] (because ''he'' [[BareFistedMonk doesn't need a gun]]). [[AwesomeEgo He may well be right]]: he ''deliberately gets himself drunk'' during a fight with the Dreadnok
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* WeaponOfChoice: Rock'n'Roll is traditionally the Joes' machine gunner, but here he swaps his weapon out for a [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]].shotgun]].
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Crusher is, confusingly, modeled on one of his fellow Dreadnok Gnawgahyde's toys.
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The first G.I. Joe comic in their IDW continuity published since the creation of the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse, ''G.I. Joe'' vol. 5 takes a more aspirational and cartoony approach to the franchise than its predecessors, [[DenserAndWackier closer to the tone of]] [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero the classic G.I. Joe cartoon]]. The series stars the main team[[note]]including Scarlett, Roadblock, Quick Kick, Rock'n'Roll, Snake Eyes, Helix, Cover Girl, Gung-Ho, Lady Jaye, Dial-Tone Doc, [[LegacyCharacter Doc Senior]], Shipwreck, and Skywarp[[/note]], and stands alongside ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Optimus Prime]]''[[note]]featuring Flint, Chameleon, Mainframe, Hi-Tech, Talon and Spike[[/note]], ''ComicBook/{{Revolutionaries}}''[[note]]featuring Mayday[[/note]], and ''[[ComicBook/RomIDW ROM]]''[[note]]featuring Beach Head and Grunt[[/note]].
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The first G.I. Joe comic in their IDW continuity published since the creation of the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse, ''G.I. Joe'' vol. 5 takes a more aspirational and cartoony approach to the franchise than its predecessors, [[DenserAndWackier closer to the tone of]] [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero the classic G.I. Joe cartoon]]. The series stars the main team[[note]]including Scarlett, Roadblock, Quick Kick, Rock'n'Roll, Snake Eyes, Helix, Cover Girl, Gung-Ho, Lady Jaye, Dial-Tone Dial-Tone, Doc, [[LegacyCharacter Doc Senior]], Shipwreck, and Skywarp[[/note]], and stands alongside ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Optimus Prime]]''[[note]]featuring Flint, Chameleon, Mainframe, Hi-Tech, Talon and Spike[[/note]], ''ComicBook/{{Revolutionaries}}''[[note]]featuring Mayday[[/note]], and ''[[ComicBook/RomIDW ROM]]''[[note]]featuring Beach Head and Grunt[[/note]].
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** Gung-Ho. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when he has to wear a shirt as part of a disguise, as he complains about his chest feeling too tight.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Quick Kick, who's been redesigned to have a less stereotypical and more practical martial arts outfit.
** Gung-Ho. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when he has to wear a shirt as part of a disguise, as he complains about his chest feeling too tight.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Quick Kick, who's been redesigned to have a less stereotypical and more practical martial arts outfit.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The heroes you remember from your favorite childhood cartoons. [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero Both of]] [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers them.]]]]
-> ''"'''Attention''', vermin! I am '''Skywarp''', of the '''G.I. Joe''' International peacekeeping initiative! Drop your '''weapons''' and surrender '''immediately!''' [[TokenEvilTeammate I don't want to have to clean what's]] '''[[TokenEvilTeammate left]]''' [[TokenEvilTeammate of you off my]] '''[[TokenEvilTeammate feet.]]'''"''
-->-- '''[[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Skywarp]]'''
Years previously, [[ComicBook/GIJoeIDW G.I. Joe was formed]] as an elite anti-terrorism task force, protecting the United States against the forces of the totalitarian organisation, Cobra; but in the two years since Cobra's collapse, G.I. Joe have been deemed unneeded, and quietly mothballed.
[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Then their world got a whole lot bigger.]]
In the aftermath of the Revolution, G.I. Joe are back, and ready to defend the Earth from [[ComicBook/RomIDW Dire Wraiths]], [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Decepticons]], and [[ComicBook/MicronautsIDW other]] [[ComicBook/ActionMan villains]]. Armed with new [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Cybertronian]] weapons and a worldwide mandate, the Joes are no longer just real American heroes -- they're real Earth heroes! To this end, they'll be solving problems across the planet, and recruiting team members from outside the USA... like, er, [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Skywarp!?]]
The first G.I. Joe comic in their IDW continuity published since the creation of the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse, ''G.I. Joe'' vol. 5 takes a more aspirational and cartoony approach to the franchise than its predecessors, [[DenserAndWackier closer to the tone of]] [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero the classic G.I. Joe cartoon]]. The series stars the main team[[note]]including Scarlett, Roadblock, Quick Kick, Rock'n'Roll, Snake Eyes, Helix, Cover Girl, Gung-Ho, Lady Jaye, Dial-Tone Doc, [[LegacyCharacter Doc Senior]], Shipwreck, and Skywarp[[/note]], and stands alongside ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Optimus Prime]]''[[note]]featuring Flint, Chameleon, Mainframe, Hi-Tech, Talon and Spike[[/note]], ''ComicBook/{{Revolutionaries}}''[[note]]featuring Mayday[[/note]], and ''[[ComicBook/RomIDW ROM]]''[[note]]featuring Beach Head and Grunt[[/note]].
Illustrated by Giannis Milonogiannis (''[[ComicBook/TheUltimates All-New Ultimates]]'', ''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything]]'') and written by Aubrey Sitterson (''G.I. Joe vs. Franchise/StreetFighter''), the series is being pitched as the "[[TagLine Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe]]" -- a statement of their intent to breathe new life into [[Franchise/GIJoe one of Hasbro's oldest home-grown franchises]].
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* AscendedExtra: Rock'n'Roll and Quick Kick never really had much prominence before this; notably, Rock'n'Roll hasn't historically been a very prominent Joe despite being one of the first ''Real American Hero'' characters, something that this series aims to rectify.
** The Dreadnoks assembled by Crystal Ball include lesser-known members Zanzibar, Burn Out and Gnawgahyde.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Quick Kick considers himself to be the greatest martial artist on Earth, better than [[McNinja Snake Eyes]] (because ''he'' [[BareFistedMonk doesn't need a gun]]). [[AwesomeEgo He may well be right]]: he ''deliberately gets himself drunk'' during a fight with the Dreadnok Gnawgahyde just to make himself ''worse'' at fighting.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Helix's standard ability.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: This time around, Roadblock is the field leader of the Joes.
* BarrierWarrior: Doc Junior uses a portable energy shield in combat.
* BeneathTheEarth: Crystal Ball tries to intimidate the Joe team with talk of "the horrors down below". [[WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}} Hmmm...]]
* BigGood: Scarlett is the team's overall leader this time around; a necessity, as the traditional leaders (such as Hawk, Duke, Joe Colton, and Flint) have variously [[ComicBook/GIJoeIDW been made to step down]], [[ComicBook/Revolution2016 been replaced by alien shapeshifters]], or [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise are busy dealing with Cybertronians]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Mongolian civilians that Crystal Ball controls.
* TheBrute: Skywarp, by virtue of being a ''[[HumongousMecha giant frickin' robot]]''. Just calling him in is enough to convince the Red Shadows to surrender.
* ContinuityNod:
** G.I. Joe have taken up shop in the [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise abandoned Decepticon starship ''Nemesis'']], rechristened the "Lemuria".
** [[ComicBook/Revolution2016 The Joes are still dealing with their organisation being infiltrated by Dire Wraiths.]]
** [[ComicBook/ActionMan The Red Shadows are working with Doctor X.]]
* FrickinLaserBeams: As part of the new Hasbro Universe, all the Joes have switched to being armed with [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Cybertronian laser guns]].
* GenreShift: A deliberate choice to move from relatively realistic military sci-fi to [[DenserAndWackier cartoonier, more fantastical]] science fiction -- in part a choice of tone to distinguish it from the previous series, and in part a necessity of G.I. Joe existing in a world of [[ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse Dire Wraiths and Cybertronians]].
* LethalChef: With [[SupremeChef Roadblock]] acting as Joe field leader, Shipwreck takes over as head of catering... but only serves deeply unpleasant seaweed-based vegitarian food.
* ManipulativeBastard: Crystal Ball successfully convinces large numbers of Mongolians to rise up in revolution... though [[HypnoticEyes his hypnotic powers]] surely help.
* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler: Zandar and Zarana, disguised as the Mongolians Ying and Yong; it's not clear if they have VoluntaryShapeshifting as Zartan does.]]
* TheMedic: Two of them -- the field medic Doc (junior), and her father Doc (senior) at the base.
* MyGreatestFailure: Rock'n'Roll [[spoiler:shooting Grand Slam after mistaking him for a Dire Wraith. He survives, but in a wheelchair, and [[GuiltComplex this just means that Rock is constantly reminded of what he did]].]]
* TheRemnant: Cobra broke up years before the start of this series, but pockets are still around, including Crystal Ball and the Dreadnoks, the anarchists in Greece, [[spoiler:and the captured Baroness]].
* SwordAndGun: Snake Eyes' standard weapon set, and part of why the BareFistedMonk Quick Kick thinks of himself as a better fighter.
* TheyLookLikeUsNow: Modus operandi of the [[ComicBook/RomIDW Dire Wraiths]]; a subplot in the book focuses on the Joes' attempts to find a way of properly detecting them.
* TokenEvilTeammate: [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Skywarp]], who the author has described as "the team's [[Franchise/DragonBall Vegeta]]".
* UnexpectedCharacter: Again: ''Skywarp''. Not only a character from [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} an entirely different franchise]], but a ''villainous'' one.
* WeaponOfChoice: Rock'n'Roll is traditionally the Joes' machine gunner, but here he swaps his weapon out for a [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]].
[[caption-width-right:350:The heroes you remember from your favorite childhood cartoons. [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero Both of]] [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers them.]]]]
-> ''"'''Attention''', vermin! I am '''Skywarp''', of the '''G.I. Joe''' International peacekeeping initiative! Drop your '''weapons''' and surrender '''immediately!''' [[TokenEvilTeammate I don't want to have to clean what's]] '''[[TokenEvilTeammate left]]''' [[TokenEvilTeammate of you off my]] '''[[TokenEvilTeammate feet.]]'''"''
-->-- '''[[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Skywarp]]'''
Years previously, [[ComicBook/GIJoeIDW G.I. Joe was formed]] as an elite anti-terrorism task force, protecting the United States against the forces of the totalitarian organisation, Cobra; but in the two years since Cobra's collapse, G.I. Joe have been deemed unneeded, and quietly mothballed.
[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Then their world got a whole lot bigger.]]
In the aftermath of the Revolution, G.I. Joe are back, and ready to defend the Earth from [[ComicBook/RomIDW Dire Wraiths]], [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Decepticons]], and [[ComicBook/MicronautsIDW other]] [[ComicBook/ActionMan villains]]. Armed with new [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Cybertronian]] weapons and a worldwide mandate, the Joes are no longer just real American heroes -- they're real Earth heroes! To this end, they'll be solving problems across the planet, and recruiting team members from outside the USA... like, er, [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Skywarp!?]]
The first G.I. Joe comic in their IDW continuity published since the creation of the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse, ''G.I. Joe'' vol. 5 takes a more aspirational and cartoony approach to the franchise than its predecessors, [[DenserAndWackier closer to the tone of]] [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero the classic G.I. Joe cartoon]]. The series stars the main team[[note]]including Scarlett, Roadblock, Quick Kick, Rock'n'Roll, Snake Eyes, Helix, Cover Girl, Gung-Ho, Lady Jaye, Dial-Tone Doc, [[LegacyCharacter Doc Senior]], Shipwreck, and Skywarp[[/note]], and stands alongside ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Optimus Prime]]''[[note]]featuring Flint, Chameleon, Mainframe, Hi-Tech, Talon and Spike[[/note]], ''ComicBook/{{Revolutionaries}}''[[note]]featuring Mayday[[/note]], and ''[[ComicBook/RomIDW ROM]]''[[note]]featuring Beach Head and Grunt[[/note]].
Illustrated by Giannis Milonogiannis (''[[ComicBook/TheUltimates All-New Ultimates]]'', ''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything]]'') and written by Aubrey Sitterson (''G.I. Joe vs. Franchise/StreetFighter''), the series is being pitched as the "[[TagLine Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe]]" -- a statement of their intent to breathe new life into [[Franchise/GIJoe one of Hasbro's oldest home-grown franchises]].
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!!Tropes:
* AscendedExtra: Rock'n'Roll and Quick Kick never really had much prominence before this; notably, Rock'n'Roll hasn't historically been a very prominent Joe despite being one of the first ''Real American Hero'' characters, something that this series aims to rectify.
** The Dreadnoks assembled by Crystal Ball include lesser-known members Zanzibar, Burn Out and Gnawgahyde.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Quick Kick considers himself to be the greatest martial artist on Earth, better than [[McNinja Snake Eyes]] (because ''he'' [[BareFistedMonk doesn't need a gun]]). [[AwesomeEgo He may well be right]]: he ''deliberately gets himself drunk'' during a fight with the Dreadnok Gnawgahyde just to make himself ''worse'' at fighting.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Helix's standard ability.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: This time around, Roadblock is the field leader of the Joes.
* BarrierWarrior: Doc Junior uses a portable energy shield in combat.
* BeneathTheEarth: Crystal Ball tries to intimidate the Joe team with talk of "the horrors down below". [[WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}} Hmmm...]]
* BigGood: Scarlett is the team's overall leader this time around; a necessity, as the traditional leaders (such as Hawk, Duke, Joe Colton, and Flint) have variously [[ComicBook/GIJoeIDW been made to step down]], [[ComicBook/Revolution2016 been replaced by alien shapeshifters]], or [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise are busy dealing with Cybertronians]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Mongolian civilians that Crystal Ball controls.
* TheBrute: Skywarp, by virtue of being a ''[[HumongousMecha giant frickin' robot]]''. Just calling him in is enough to convince the Red Shadows to surrender.
* ContinuityNod:
** G.I. Joe have taken up shop in the [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise abandoned Decepticon starship ''Nemesis'']], rechristened the "Lemuria".
** [[ComicBook/Revolution2016 The Joes are still dealing with their organisation being infiltrated by Dire Wraiths.]]
** [[ComicBook/ActionMan The Red Shadows are working with Doctor X.]]
* FrickinLaserBeams: As part of the new Hasbro Universe, all the Joes have switched to being armed with [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Cybertronian laser guns]].
* GenreShift: A deliberate choice to move from relatively realistic military sci-fi to [[DenserAndWackier cartoonier, more fantastical]] science fiction -- in part a choice of tone to distinguish it from the previous series, and in part a necessity of G.I. Joe existing in a world of [[ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse Dire Wraiths and Cybertronians]].
* LethalChef: With [[SupremeChef Roadblock]] acting as Joe field leader, Shipwreck takes over as head of catering... but only serves deeply unpleasant seaweed-based vegitarian food.
* ManipulativeBastard: Crystal Ball successfully convinces large numbers of Mongolians to rise up in revolution... though [[HypnoticEyes his hypnotic powers]] surely help.
* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler: Zandar and Zarana, disguised as the Mongolians Ying and Yong; it's not clear if they have VoluntaryShapeshifting as Zartan does.]]
* TheMedic: Two of them -- the field medic Doc (junior), and her father Doc (senior) at the base.
* MyGreatestFailure: Rock'n'Roll [[spoiler:shooting Grand Slam after mistaking him for a Dire Wraith. He survives, but in a wheelchair, and [[GuiltComplex this just means that Rock is constantly reminded of what he did]].]]
* TheRemnant: Cobra broke up years before the start of this series, but pockets are still around, including Crystal Ball and the Dreadnoks, the anarchists in Greece, [[spoiler:and the captured Baroness]].
* SwordAndGun: Snake Eyes' standard weapon set, and part of why the BareFistedMonk Quick Kick thinks of himself as a better fighter.
* TheyLookLikeUsNow: Modus operandi of the [[ComicBook/RomIDW Dire Wraiths]]; a subplot in the book focuses on the Joes' attempts to find a way of properly detecting them.
* TokenEvilTeammate: [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Skywarp]], who the author has described as "the team's [[Franchise/DragonBall Vegeta]]".
* UnexpectedCharacter: Again: ''Skywarp''. Not only a character from [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} an entirely different franchise]], but a ''villainous'' one.
* WeaponOfChoice: Rock'n'Roll is traditionally the Joes' machine gunner, but here he swaps his weapon out for a [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]].
