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* OnlyICanKillHim: Very few people in the universe have any kind of chance against Snake Eyes or Storm Shadow one-on-one, ''except each-other''.
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* OnlyICanKillHim: Very few people in the universe have any kind of chance against Snake Eyes or Storm Shadow one-on-one, ''excepteach-other''.each other''.
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* LoveTriangle: One pops up between Snake-Eyes, Scarlett and Duke. It is hinted at during the series, but doesn't really become blatant until the two-part season finale.
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* WeHelpTheHelpless: Duke more or less feels that this should be the team's approach to (eventually) clearing their names, unlike Scarlett's implied "SomeoneElsesProblem" attitude.
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* NeverSayDie: Averted hard [[spoiler:with Ripcord's [[NeverFoundTheBody APPARENT]] death in the first episode, as well as the traitorous major]]...although they still haven't ''said'' "die" yet.
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** In "Prodigal", Roadblock says they've been on the run for almost six months. The episode first aired six months minus two weeks after the premiere.
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** A minor one in Duke and Flint's backstory: After tackling Duke to keep him from turning the a footbal game around at the last second, Flint meets Duke again working the drive-thru at a BurgerFool. When Duke limps out with his foot in a cast, Flint realizes just how much the loss cost him. It's his attempts to make up for it that steer Duke towards the military.
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* CurbStompBattle: Iron Grenadiers with PoweredArmor give the Joes one of these. [[OhCrap Then]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot the Mecha-Vipers]] [[ItGotWorse show up]].
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* ItGotWorse: Cobra, and the Bio-Vipers in particular, are all but made of this in some eps.
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* XMeetsY: The producers have pretty much confirmed that this is ''[[GIJoe G.I. Joe]]'' meets ''Series/TheATeam.'' The storyline has also been described as the A-Team vs. the [[ResidentEvil Umbrella Corporation]].
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Historically, Destro has always been Scottish, but for this series, it seems nobody realized that ClancyBrown was actually doing an ''Irish'' accent throughout the first season (probably because, well... an awful lot of Americans can't tell the difference). Realization seemed to dawn with the first season finale, in which Brown suddenly started added a lot of exaggerated Scottish touches to certain phrase, but on the whole, spent the whole episode oscillating back and forth between the two dialects.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Historically, Destro has always been Scottish, but for this series, it seems nobody realized that ClancyBrown Creator/ClancyBrown was actually doing an ''Irish'' accent throughout the first season (probably because, well... an awful lot of Americans can't tell the difference). Realization seemed to dawn with the first season finale, in which Brown suddenly started added a lot of exaggerated Scottish touches to certain phrase, but on the whole, spent the whole episode oscillating back and forth between the two dialects.
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** When Flint is interrogating Roadblock he reminds the latter of his criminal past as FormerTeenRebel, something that greatly annoys Roadblock. His cousin sees him as the family screw-up and isn't surprised that he went AWOL after blowing up the COBRA building, implying that he may not have been that good at controlling his temper at one point.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: While not even on the level of ''Resolute'', this is a far cry from the kiddie-fied fare of the '80s cartoons.
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* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Played with, the holographic technology Baroness acquired from a quirky MadScientist was explicitedly the only prototype, and Cobra wanted it to remain that way so they destroyed the facility and wiped the mind of the scientist. Problem is, it has a DNA encoder and will only work for Zartan because he was the first to put it on.
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* OffModel: Seemingly done intentionally when Zartan acquires a holographic diguise device. The people he imitates have some slight variations and facial quirks that the regular people don't have.
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**Also, at the end of the final episode, Duke gets a scar under his left eye [[spoiler: during his battle with Cobra Commander]], which is a [[Call Back]] to the old Duke from 12-inch toys from the 60's.
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* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodename: General Abernathy doesn't go by his classic codename of "General Hawk". Likewise, in a flashback to Duke's past, Private Skoog isn't called "Tripwire".
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** Interestingly enough, when the episode's goal is to gather some sort of evidence to [[ClearMyName clear the team's good name]], their roles totally switch and Duke does the calling-out.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: It was announced that after the first season is finished, the show will be going on hiatus in order to "keep creative continuity with the upcoming live action film." To say that this has left the show's future in doubt would be an understatement.
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* RefugeInaudacity + LampshadeHanging: In Episode 7, [[spoiler:after the Joes are captured, Flint points out that their stories about COBRA ''still'' sound ridiculous and fantastical.]]
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* InterserviceRivalry: When the Joes are pressed into work on Shipwreck's boat and Duke ends up hanging off the side scraping barnacles from the hull, he says, [[MythologyGag "This is why I didn't enlist in the ''Navy.''"]][[hottip:*: Unlike the original Shipwreck, who did just that.]]
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* InterserviceRivalry: When the Joes are pressed into work on Shipwreck's boat and Duke ends up hanging off the side scraping barnacles from the hull, he says, [[MythologyGag "'This is why I didn't enlist in the ''Navy.''"]][[hottip:*: Unlike the original Shipwreck, who did just that.]]
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-->''[[Series/TheATeam Accused of a crime they didn't commit,]] a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits ragtag band of fugitives]] fights a covert battle to [[ClearMyName clear their names]] and expose the insidious enemy that is...Cobra. Some call them outlaws. Some call them heroes. But these determined men and women think of themselves only as ordinary Joes. And this is their story.''
The newest installment in Hasbro's on-going ''GIJoe'' franchise, ''G.I. Joe: Renegades'' is an AnimatedSeries airing on TheHub. The show lasted for 26 episodes, running from November 2010 to July, 2011.
''Renegades'' changes things up by having the team being wanted fugitives for destroying a Cobra Industries pharmaceutical plant. The truth of the matter is that counter-intel agent Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara recruited a small team of soldiers, Conrad "Duke" Hauser, Nicky "Tunnel Rat" Lee, Marvin "Roadblock" Hinton and Wallace "Ripcord" Weems ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Snake Eyes]] as backup) to infiltrate the plant. They found bio-weapon research going on, but were discovered by Cobra agents. The ensuing conflict resulted in the destruction of the plant and the evidence O'Hara was looking for.
They are now on the run from both the government and Cobra operatives, all the while trying to expose Cobra Industries for the terrorist organization it truly is, with a stolen heavily armored Cobra Industries truck as their only home. They're pursued by Duke's old rival, Dashiell Fairborne, aka "Flint", and Duke's old friend, Lady Jaye, who want to bring them in to face the consequences for their actions. Along the way they gather additional allies to combat Cobra and [[WeHelpTheHelpless help people in need of their skills]].
Jeff Kline serves as the show's executive producer, with Hank Gilroy and Marty Isenberg, who previously worked on Hasbro properties ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' and ''TransformersAnimated''.
It now has a [[{{Characters/GIJoeRenegades}} character sheet]].
New episode production has been put on hiatus at the end of the first season as they don't want to cause brand confusion with the [[GIJoeRetaliation sequel to the live-action movie.]] Word out there is that Season 2 won't be produced, leaving the show with an unresolved ending.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: InUniverse the Sheriff in 'Dreadnoks Rising' gets a doozy.
-->"You should see me out of the uniform."
* AChildShallLeadThem: [[spoiler: When Jinx returns to the Arashikage clan.]]
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Standard ninja training.
** Despite this, [[spoiler:there's apparently no overcoming being allergic to a particular poison]].
* AdaptationDistillation: The series draws from the original mythos, along with parts of the recent ''GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' film, using the movie's version of Ripcord, a younger Duke, and a look for Doctor Mindbender and Cobra Commander based upon the movies'.
* AdaptationalBadass: As is the trend, Cobra Commander is pretty far removed from the screechy and ineffectual BigBad of the 80's show. He is never caught off guard and when he vows vengence for a defeat he MEANS it.
* AFatherToHisMen: Destro is fiercely protective of his company and its employees, as is Duke to anyone who serves under him.
* AllAsiansAreAlike: This trope is thrown out of a 3 story window in a particularly hilarious scene. In order to infiltrate a high class Cobra-sponsored party, the Joes abduct a Chinese corporate officer and have Nicky dress up like him.
-->'''Cobra greeter:''' Gutentag! My Mandarin is rusty... er,(''greeting in Mandarin'').
-->'''Nicky: ''' Whoa! What's with the racial? Just because I look Chinese you assume I speak it?
-->'''Cobra greeter:''' B-But... You are the head of a Chinese food company...
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:If the CreativeClosingCredits of the original Hub broadcast of the finale is to be believed, the entire series was RAH Duke's dream. Might as well be if the exec-mandated "hiatus" becomes permanent.]]
* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Dropped as a MythologyGag in the end of the first episode teaser and some promos...an ad that focuses on COBRA as a benevolent, caring company that works for the benefit of all mankind, amber waves of grain and all, before cutting to the Joes fighting for their lives against COBRA security.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Cobra Commander would like to make you his counter-offer [[spoiler: while you're being devoured by a giant snake]].
* ArmorIsUseless: Averted. Scarlet is shown putting it on in the first ep and later survives a hit because it was under her coat.
* ATeamFiring: Usually averted, since the main enemies tend to be [[RobotMooks Bio Vipers]], who the Joes are free to shoot with impunity. The trope is lampshaded in "Cousins": The cold open features a lineup of US Army Troops taking aim at a firing range with their new laser rifles. None of them hits a goddamn thing, before Flint yells at them that they need to get used to the new weapons.
* AuthorExistenceFailure: Or rather, character designer existence failure. With Clement Sauvé's passing, it makes the show's return from its exec-mandated "hiatus" even less likely.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Played with. The Coyote's gadgets have certainly saved the group on multiple occasions, but the ''maintenance'' of such a complicated piece of machinery for fugitives on the run can be problematic at times, even with a mechanic on hand.
* BadassBiker: Zartan and the Dreadnoks, of course. [[spoiler:And now Snake Eyes.]]
* BadassLongcoat: The Baroness.
** The episode ''Rage'' gives Snake-Eyes one. He still has it in the next episode, and even continues to wear it on and off in future episodes.
* BashBrothers: [[spoiler: The three primary heirs of the Arashikage Dynasty, Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow and Jinx, all fight against Destro's mechs together. Made especially signficant due to Storm Shadows recent HeelFaceTurn]].
* BatmanGambit: Attempted by Destro in "Enemy of my Enemy".
* BavarianFireDrill: Attempted by Scarlett to get Duke out of jail after he's arrested. Every attempt fails utterly.
** She eventually does discover an approach that works, in a CrowningMomentOfFunny at her own expense.
* TheBigGuy: Roadblock. He looks to be about a foot taller than everyone else and is built like a tank. His younger cousin, Heavy Duty shares the family resemblance.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In an interesting take on this trope, both Tunnel Rat and Roadblock end up part of an experiment by M.A.R.S. Industries to incite the rage impulse in the brain in order to control mechs. The problem the experimenters were encountering was that all test subjects were getting exhausted and too unfocused to be efficient operators. Tunnel Rat did as well as anyone else but Roadblock proved to be able to keep somewhat cognitive and focused while under it's influence, yet still forced into an UnstoppableRage. The implications is that despite his generally jovial nature Roadblock has the most experience with keeping his anger in check, and everyone else is grateful for that.
* BlobMonster: The COBRA Bio-Vipers, which are giant amorphous piles of plant matter created by Mindbender. [[spoiler: And Ripcord, who can turn into one at will.]]
* BloodlessCarnage
* ByTheBookCop: Flint really doesn't have any of his own opinions on the "renegades", knowing only that he's been assigned to take them in. (And his old high school footbal rival is on the team.) The worst part is that all of his speculation about their motives, though incorrect, actually make sense.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler: Ripcord, who dies in the premiere and is subsequently removed from the opening credits. Subverted; it turns out he was NotQuiteDead, but we don't learn this until twenty episodes later, long after the finality of his "death" has become convincing.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Happens to all the Joes save Tunnel Rat [[spoiler:and Snake Eyes, who only pretends]] when they come under the sway of Tomax and Xamot's cult.
* ButtMonkey: Tunnel Rat never gets a break.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Everywhere the team goes, Duke finds ''some'' wrong he has to right. Scarlett occasionally calls him out on it
* CleanCut: ''Ninja'' people, dear reader.
* ClearMyName: Being combined with The A-Team, this one's a given. Snake-Eyes as well, who was [[spoiler: thought to have killed the Hard Master; his name is eventually cleared.]]
* ClothingDamage: Tends to happen to Snake Eyes, though never enough that we can see his face (though at one point a bit of his mouth was visible). Predictably, his ninja costume is always fully repaired the next episode, if not the very next scene.
** Firefly suffers some noticeable burns to his uniform after Snake Eyes sends his bomb back at him.
* ConspicuousCG: The bio vipers and some vehicle scenes occasionally drift into this.
* ContinuityNod: A unique way of using this merged with a MythArc. Each episode works as its own story, but each episode often makes a reference to where they were or what they did in previous episodes.
* CoolCar: Major Bludd's ''MadMax'' inspired ride and the Joe's commandeered van, the Coyote. Both also count as a WeaponizedCar.
** Major Bludd's car is essentially the Thunder Machine from the RAH line (a Dreadnok vehicle). Which itself was Mad Max inspired.
* CoolVersusAwesome: Most of the show, but the shining example is when [[spoiler: Snake Eyes, Jinx, and Storm Shadow]] put their differences aside to fight against a platoon of Cobra MiniMecha. It's so cool, you might die from watching it.
* {{Cult}}: Led by Tomax and Xamot.
* CurbStompBattle: Iron Grenadiers with PoweredArmor give the Joes one of these. [[OhCrap Then]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot the Mecha-Vipers]] [[ItGotWorse show up]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Tunnel Rat.
** Duke gets a couple of good moments of this in "Busted" as well.
* DegradedBoss: In its second appearance, the Bio-Viper inverts the trope. ''Their'' third appearance plays it straight, although justified by a design flaw that made them both smarter but lost their regeneration abilities after a [[BoomHeadshot headshot]]. ''Reverted'' when they are upgraded into a more deadly Mech-Viper. ...Basically every version of the Bio-Vipers carries with them different strengths and weaknesses.
* DevilInPlainSight: Would anyone really trust a corporation called '''[[ReptilesAreAbhorrent COBRA]]'''?! Especially if their advert had the CEO [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic handing an apple to children]]?
** [[http://www.cobrainsurance.com/ Ummm...]]
*** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint I don't see no apple]].
* DiabolusExMachina: Every time they find some evidence, it gets trashed through sheer bad luck. (So far.)
* TheDriver: After his introduction in ''Shipwrecked'', Shipwreck gives the Joes rides from port to port.
* DynamicEntry[=/=]StealthHiBye: Snake-Eyes is almost never seen actually traveling with the rest of the Joes, and makes a habit of just showing up, out of nowhere, several minutes into an episode, usually to kick someone in the face.
* {{Expy}}: Not necessarily for past ''GIJoe'' characters, but for ''Series/TheATeam''. Roadblock shares B.A.'s role as the MrFixit and the ScaryBlackMan, while Flint and Lady Jaye fill the roles of Colonel Lynch and Captain Sosa respectively. And Dr. Mindbender is a lot like [[TransformersAnimated The Headmaster]], minus the leetspeak. Tunnel Rat is a human [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Rat Trap.]]
* EmbarrassingNickname: Heavy Duty got his moniker not from his tremendous stature, or his numerous tours of service, but from his grandmother changes his diapers as a child.
* EyepatchOfPower: General Abernathy, who may be an older man in this incarnation, but is rather clearly an experienced military officer and BadAss. Also, doubtless, [[EyeScream Major Bludd]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Jinx, after Storm Shadow convinces her that Snake Eyes killed her father, gives up the codename she chose for herself as Snake Eyes' apprentice, and returns to Japan and the Arashikage, who most definitely did not keep to the new path like the Hard Master wanted. She switches sides again later, after she learns the truth.]]
* TheFaceless: While we've seen Snake-Eyes without a mask in {{flashback}}s, we have yet to see his face in the present story.
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: As is GI Joe tradition. In fact, Tunnel Rat even says the old trope name, "Where did they get lasers?!" Played with; it's made clear that the energy weapons are not standard-issue (we even see a [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter good, old-fashioned sniper rifle in a flashback]]) but we never come across anyone who doesn't have access to them.
** In "Cousins", troops from Flint's unit are seen training with plasma rifles. They're apparently harder to aim as none of them are hitting their marks and Flint admonishes that they're not "your daddies' M16s!"
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Quite a bit. Cobra is nowhere near as ineffective as they were in previous cartoons and traitors are [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves rewarded as they deserve]] when they [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlive their usefulness]].
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: A good deal of it to go with the FUD. A notable example in "Cousins" is [[spoiler: Bludd getting his arm bitten off by an alligator]]. Even the Baroness is shocked that he's still standing.
--> '''[[spoiler: Bludd]]''': I hope you choke on it, sport!
* FiveManBand
** Also FiveTokenBand.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the first part of ''Homecoming,'' Duke's brother says [[spoiler:he'll turn Duke in himself if that's what it takes to keep him away from their parents.]] He wasn't kidding.
** In ''Cutting Edge'', Baroness coldly berating Cobra Commander for insulting her competence [[spoiler: as well as his lack of the breathing device he's needed for several episodes are hints that he's really Zartan.]]
** In ''Knockoffs'', Roadblock mentions the only person he knows with feet rivaling his in size is his cousin Herschel. Herschel later shows up as part of Flint's team.
* ForkliftFu: Duke plows into Major Bludd with a forklift. [[spoiler:[[MadeOfIron It doesn't work]].]]
* FreudianSlip: Jinx notes that Snake Eyes' relationship with Scarlett isn't like that with his other students. Scarlett is surprised, and denies it, saying she's "just high-maintenance". Perhaps not the best phrase to use to ''deny'' that sort of relationship with someone.
* GettingCrapUndertheRadar: Tunnelrat calls Shipwreck, "Barnacle Bill".
* GrandFinale: Necessitated, perhaps, by the hiatus. Any future seasons set in this continuity would have to have a new title, as the final scenes set up a "Government Joes vs. Cobra" scenario.
* GrenadeHotPotato: In "Fire Fight," Firefly learns why it's a bad idea to throw incendiary grenades at a ninja.
** Also, Duke:
--> "You just airballed a grenade!"
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Jinx and Stormshadow after the truth about the Hard Master's death comes out.]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Obviously, though the Joes do tend to meet people (usually burned by Cobra) that support them. At the end of "Fire Fight," Cobra Commander essentially orders the Baroness to invoke this trope as much as possible to make the Joes' lives more difficult.
* HiddenInPlainSight: How Cobra maintains their [[VillainWithGoodPublicity cover]].
** The ''Coyote'''s cloaking abilities can allow it to take the appearance of non-assuming vehicles, such as a family RV.
* HistoryRepeats: Storm Shadow ultimately tried to kill Snake Eyes, allegedly due to murdering his master, but partly because of favoritism, [[spoiler:Jinx switches sides, due to not being able to understand that Snake Eyes didn't murder her father, and was ''also'' a rival to Scarlett, another student]]. The cycle is ultimately broken.
* HowDoIShotWeb: Ripcord laments that his new Bioviper powers don't come with an instruction manual.
* HowDoYouLikeThemApples: In the COBRA Industries ad, Cobra Commander's visual proxy is depicted as innocently giving an apple to children. Points for cleverness due to COBRA's name.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Duke has one with [[spoiler: Bio-viper Ripcord]].
* ImmuneToBullets: The Bio-Viper.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Snake Eyes can block ''lasers'' with his katana. Storm Shadow is no slouch himself.
* IncrediblyLamePun: The "M.A.S.S. Transit Device", [[GIJoe get it?]]
** In case you didn't get it, the M.A.S.S. Device returns in the two-part GrandFinale.
* InfiniteSupplies
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: Courtesy of M.A.R.S. industries.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: Snake Eyes. As of episode six, [[spoiler:Storm Shadow, Scarlett, Jinx; and even the other Joes get some training]].
* InterserviceRivalry: When the Joes are pressed into work on Shipwreck's boat and Duke ends up hanging off the side scraping barnacles from the hull, he says, [[MythologyGag "'This is why I didn't enlist in the ''Navy.''"]][[hottip:*: Unlike the original Shipwreck, who did just that.]]
* InTheBack: Baroness resorts to this when Snake Eyes turns to face Storm Shadow. She only managed to burn his shoulder slightly, and Storm Shadow [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou discouraged any further attempts]].
* IronicEcho: In Episode 2, Baroness says that if the Bio-Viper isn't retrieved, she's gonna tell Cobra Commander and he'll be disappointed, when Dr. Mindbender is protesting blowing up the Joes ''and'' the Bio-Viper, he says that Cobra Commander will be very disappointed if she blows it up.
* IronicEchoCut:
-->'''Flint:''' Duke would never be stupid enough to go back there.\\
''(cut)''\\
'''Scarlett''' (to Duke) I can't believe I let you talk me into going back there.
-->''And then later on:''
-->'''Flint:''' Looks like Duke might be just that stupid after all.
* ItGotWorse: Cobra, and the Bio-Vipers in particular, are all but made of this in some eps.
* ItsPersonal: Storm Shadow's entire reason for joining with Cobra is to have a better shot at taking revenge on Snake Eyes, [[spoiler:whom he blames for the death of his uncle]].
** After [[spoiler:losing an eye]], Major Bludd makes it clear to Baroness that next time he'll be willing to go after the Joes ''for free''.
* JerkJock...[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a Heart of Gold]]: Flint likes rubbing it in Duke's face that his tackle in the High School Football State Championship game won the game for his team, and even harassed him at the [[BurgerFool burger joint]] Duke worked at after high school. But he did show some regret after realizing that injuring Duke's knee in that tackle cost him a football scholarship, and was even the one to point him in the direction of military enlistment for a gifted athlete.
* {{Jetpack}}: The Joes grab one in ''The Union of the Snake''.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: In the season finale the Joes launch a missile into a tank with Destro inside, which then explodes. Later on, the Baroness and Dr. Mindbender are sucked into an unstable wormhole]]. Given that the series is now on hiatus, and unlikely to come back, they are pretty much dead.
* LandMineGoesClick: An interesting occurrence. In a flashback, a nameless army grunt steps on a mine that Duke missed. It goes click. Duke tries to keep him calm while they think of a plan, but the grunt panics and passes out. Duke tackles him before the mine, a bouncing betty, goes off, saving them both, but leaving Duke with a rather nasty scar on his back.
* LeaveHimToMe: Storm Shadow makes it ''very'' clear to the CombatPragmatist Baroness that he won't have her interfering in his duel with Snake Eyes.
* LoveRedeems: Averted. Baroness and Destro fall for each other and remain very much evil.
* LoveTriangle: One pops up between Snake-Eyes, Scarlett and Duke. It is hinted at during the series, but doesn't really become blatant until the two-part season finale.
* {{MacGyvering}}: It's gonna happen, what with the lack of material support that comes of being fugitives. In episode 3, for example, Duke defuses a bomb using, among other things, a piece of chewed gum.
** Subverted when Roadblock tries to fix a complicated piece of electronics in the truck with an extension cord and the workaround doesn't work.
* MadeOfIron: Even by cartoon standards Major Bludd takes an incredible amount of punishment in his debut episode, [[spoiler:[[EyeScream even losing an eye]] at the end]], and none of it so much as slows him down.
* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan: A borderline version, but the writers of a Hasbro property poking fun at corporate public relations in the first thirty seconds or so of the first episode might be a bit of this--Hasbro isn't nearly the size of, say, Halliburton (whose commercials would be in the category mocked), but it's still the kind of multinational MegaCorp that outsources manufacturing to Chinese companies that pay minimum wage...''Chinese'' minimum wage, even.
* MarkOfShame: James [=McCullen's=] new name, [[spoiler: Destro, and the new face to go with it]].
* MathematiciansAnswer:
-->'''Roadblock''': Soooo, we freeing another prisoner or preventing another outbreak?
-->'''Scarlet''': Yes.
* MeaningfulName: The nicknames the others pick up. Scarlett for her red hair, Duke for being something of a John Wayne type, Tunnel Rat for being at home in the dirt, Roadblock for being just so dang massive...
** In episode four, the origin of Snake Eyes' codename is revealed: [[spoiler:[[TheUnreveal His ninja master described his gaze as being "steely", like a serpent's]]. Which is weird, given that he now wears a visor that ''covers'' said gaze.]]
* TheMole: Lady Jaye is this for the Joes, using every opportunity to slow down Flint behind the scenes. Baroness may also be seen as one.
** Breaker had one in Cobra. [[spoiler: Operative word being ''had'']].
* MuggingTheMonster: James [=McCullen=] playing hardball with Cobra Industries. It doesn't end well.
** In ''Cousins,'' this is done subtly; After his trap knocks down [[spoiler: Ripcord,]] Major Bludd ignores him long enough to get an armful of Bio-Viper as he approaches Duke with a bowie knife drawn.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Storm Shadow learning the actual details of what happened between Snake Eyes and the Hard Master made him realize he was the one responsible, he tried to poison Snake Eyes and the cups got switched. Storm Shadow immediately regretted his actions and went on the run]].
* MythologyGag: The infamous "Now you know, AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle" line from the original series? That's part of ''Cobra's corporate slogan.''
** The battlecry of the classic team "Yo Joe!" has been dropped a few times in a more casual greeting. "Yo Joes..."
** Several episodes have featured Joes from the original series in minor roles; for example, in the episode "Rage", the veteran Roadblock is forced to fight is named Ralph Pulaski (in the original continuity, Pulaski was Steeler, the Joes' tank driver) and the doctor that treats Tunnel Rat is named Dr. Greer (Carl Greer, aka Doc, served as the team's battlefield medic).
** Cobra's now has one as the giant snake Cobra Commander keeps as a pet is named Serpentor, after the Cobra Emperor of the Sunbow Series.
** In "Prodigal", Cobra Commander dons a full, featureless faceplate like many Cobra Commanders before him have worn.
** Remember how the original Roadblock had that habit of speaking in rhyme? The current incarnation once uttered "We can go, we can stay; I'm good either way."
** In "Shipwrecked", we meet this show's version of...you guessed it, Shipwreck. He named his vessel Courtney, after the woman on a poster taped outside the cabin. Duke remarks that it's model Courtney Krieger, which is the real name of Cover Girl from the original series (apparently, she's blonde as opposed to the original auburn).
* NeverSayDie: Averted hard [[spoiler:with Ripcord's [[NeverFoundTheBody APPARENT]] death in the first episode, as well as the traitorous major]]...although they still haven't ''said'' "die" yet.
** They're also allowing for at least discussion of some rather visceral ideas, such as [[spoiler:battlefield tracheotomies, though that was averted by Tunnel Rat's natural 20 on a Survival check to find a plant to treat Scarlett's allergic reaction. [[LordOfTheRings Aragorn]] would be proud.]]
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Mecha-Vipers and Shadow-Vipers
** Jinx returns in ''Cutting Edge'' [[spoiler: sporting a spiffy robot suit filled to the brim with, well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin cutting edge]] technology.]]
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Played with, the holographic technology Baroness acquired from a quirky MadScientist was explicitedly the only prototype, and Cobra wanted it to remain that way so they destroyed the facility and wiped the mind of the scientist. Problem is, it has a DNA encoder and will only work for Zartan because he was the first to put it on.
* OhCrap: James [=McCullen=] [[spoiler: when Adam [=DeCobray=] reveals his true identity as Cobra Commander to him.]]
* OffModel: Seemingly done intentionally when Zartan acquires a holographic diguise device. The people he imitates have some slight variations and facial quirks that the regular people don't have.
* OnlyICanKillHim: Very few people in the universe have any kind of chance against Snake Eyes or Storm Shadow one-on-one, ''except each-other''.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Historically, Destro has always been Scottish, but for this series, it seems nobody realized that ClancyBrown was actually doing an ''Irish'' accent throughout the first season (probably because, well... an awful lot of Americans can't tell the difference). Realization seemed to dawn with the first season finale, in which Brown suddenly started added a lot of exaggerated Scottish touches to certain phrase, but on the whole, spent the whole episode oscillating back and forth between the two dialects.
** Although there is a difference between the two accents, many people from both sides have been mistaken for the other by virtue of how similar they are anyway (with [[BerserkButton varying degrees of acceptance]]).
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Snake-Eyes is generally the game-breaker of the group, generally saving everyone almost OnceAnEpisode. But besides him Duke is probably the most well-rounded soldier and fighter of the group, and when put into a prison environment he more than holds his own against the other inmates.
* PillowPregnancy: When the BavarianFireDrill doesn't work to get Duke out of jail, Scarlett manages to infiltrate the place by posing as a trailer trash babymama whose lover is doing time. When she finally gets to Duke, he takes a look at her and goes, "[[DeadpanSnarker How long was I inside?]]"
* PredatoryBusiness: COBRA, as noted above.
* PoweredArmor: Again, courtesy of M.A.R.S. Industries. May cause fits of UnstoppableRage.
* RaceLift: Lady Jaye, and following GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra, Ripcord.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Despite being exemplary soldiers Roadblock and Tunnel Rat have a spotty record, Tunnel Rat for trespassing in New York sewers and Roadblock for unspecified juvenile delinquency. Besides that, Scarlett's obsession with COBRA before the incident didn't make her many friends in the Counter Intel circle and Duke has a bit of a stubborn streak.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: At the start of one episode, two Cobra mooks are standing outside a very out of the way facility in the middle of the blizzard, asking how they got reassigned. [[ContinuityNod By messing up the security detail at Baroness' home and some dam, respectively.]]
* RefugeInaudacity + LampshadeHanging: In Episode 7, [[spoiler:after the Joes are captured, Flint points out that their stories about COBRA ''still'' sound ridiculous and fantastical.]]
* RemakeCameo: Michael Bell (Duke) and B.J. Ward (Scarlett) from the original cartoon make a cameo as Duke's parents.
** The Hard Master is played by Keone Young, the voice of Storm Shadow on the Sunbow cartoon.
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Described by Duke after a failed raid on a industrial plant. They didn't get the information they were looking for but Duke noticed that there was infighting between the Bio-Vipers (Dr. Mindbender's work) and the Mech suits (Destro's work), meaning Cobra is not a unified organization.
* RunningGag: The apple pies in episode 1.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Ripcord apparently dies in the first episode.]]
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: It was announced that after the first season is finished, the show will be going on hiatus in order to "keep creative continuity with the upcoming live action film." To say that this has left the show's future in doubt would be an understatement.
** And in the show's first run, the episodes were ''aired out of order''. For better or for worse, they did this to time the two-part Christmas episode ''Homecoming'' correctly. This required additional shuffling around because Storm Shadow appears in it, so the also-two-part ''Return of the Arashikage'' had to be moved as well to introduce him first. After this, the airing order was correct.
** And the tie-in toyline got screwed by Hasbro as well, being hurriedly inserted in the 30th Anniversary assortments, suffering from loss of equipment to cut costs, show characters Airtight and Law being little more than 30th Anniversary toys shoehorned in to pad out the Renegades stuff and worst of all, the line being cut abruptly before the five main characters could even get a toy release (Roadblock got the shaft). '''Oi.'''
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: In his back-story, Duke rescued a soldier from a pressure-sensitive mine and injured himself in the process. He refused a commendation for bravery because it was his unit and he gave the all clear signal on mine sweeping. Even though his Commanding Officers already knew all of that, Duke refused it on principle.
* SerialProstheses: Major Bludd appears to be heading this way. He loses an eye the first time he runs into the Joes, and his arm the second time. If this keeps up (and if the series continues beyond the first season), he'll practically be a robot down the line.
* SeriesContinuityError: The opening credits list Flint as a Warrant Officer on his "file card" (which he traditionally is in most continuities), but he's specifically a Lieutenant in the show (and it would be impossible for him to be one in this series to boot, Warrant Officers are prior senior enlisted).
* ShipTease: Happens with a lot Snake Eyes and Scarlett and Duke and Scarlett.
* ShoutOut: As of the third episode, the theme narration is a direct reference to that of ''Series/TheATeam''.
** [[{{Saw}} "Shall we]] [[WarGames play a game?"]]
** In ''Homecoming,'' Roadblock makes a hilariously bad attempt to fake out the Baroness when she calls the technicians the Joes have just knocked out. Tunnel Rat promptly shoots the console. [[StarWars Han Solo]] would be proud.
** [[MythBusters "Looks like we can call that myth busted."]]
* SomeoneElsesProblem: Implied with Scarlett, who would rather the team just focus on clearing their names.
* SomewhereAHerpetologistIsCrying: Rattlesnakes will ''not'' slither into freezing cold puddles for the sole purpose of biting someone.
* SpotTheImpostor: Played straight when Roadblock and Duke prove to each other neither is Zartan by repeating Roadblock's childhood facts from earlier in the episode. Played with later when Zartan is impersonating Duke. When the Joes catch up to them and try [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay a question only Duke would know the answer to,]] he can't remember and they ''both'' say "no idea." [[spoiler:Snake Eyes can tell them apart by their different heartbeats, and kicks Zartan in the face.]]
* TechnicolorFire: Firefly's incendiary bombs explode and burn blue ''at first'', then turn orange.
* TheAce: Snake Eyes full tilt.
* TheChessmaster: James [=McCullen=] tries to show off his skills in this department in "Enemy of my Enemy", playing the Joes and Cobra against each-other, [[spoiler: but has ''severely'' underestimated who he's dealing with.]]
* TheUnreveal: Snake Eyes gets captured by a biker gang, lead by Zartan, who likes to take a trinket from each person he harasses. He takes Snake Eyes visor and the only thing the audience knows is his eyes are uncovered, but otherwise hidden from view. Zartan and his gang are noticeably freaked out by ''something'', enough that Zartan returns his visor. This is repeated again in another episode when [[spoiler:a cult "hypnotizes" Snake Eyes.]]
* UltimateUniverse
* UnstoppableRage: James [=McCullen=] uses some AppliedPhlebotinum to try and deliberately invoke this trope. [[GoneHorriblyRight It works a bit too well]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: COBRA is a well respected producer of pharmaceuticals, technologies, military weaponry, and ''better-than-homemade apple pie''.
* ThereWasADoor: Done in episode 17.
* TheVirus: The Anaconda Strain from the episode of the same name.
* TheVoiceless: Snake-Eyes, as per tradition.
* WalkingTheEarth: Interesting for this trope they often cite which state they are in and often make use of real cities, with the continuity between each episode having them an appropriate distance from the previous location. They aren't crossing the United States between episodes and don't have an extremely vague setting for each adventure.
** Later, Shipwreck allowed the team use of his boat, allowing the Renegades to have European adventures.
* WeaponizedCar: See CoolCar.
* WeHelpTheHelpless: Duke more or less feels that this should be the team's approach to (eventually) clearing their names, unlike Scarlett's implied "SomeoneElsesProblem" attitude.
* WhamEpisode: ''Prodigal'', aka episode 20.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: The opening Cobra Industries promo has Adam [=DeCobray=] (Cobra Commander in disguise) picking an apple off of a tree and handing it to a boy and girl.
* XMeetsY: The producers have pretty much confirmed that this is ''[[GIJoe G.I. Joe]]'' meets ''Series/TheATeam.'' The storyline has also been described as the A-Team vs. the [[ResidentEvil Umbrella Corporation]].
** Most of all however, the story can be best described as ''Series/TheATeam'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''.
* YouDontLookLikeYou
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Invoked by Adam [=DeCobray=] to James [=McCullen=], [[spoiler:moments before [[OhCrap revealing his true identity as Cobra Commander]] to him]].
* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Played straight, then averted ''slightly''. [[spoiler:Flint doesn't even come close to believing Duke's claims about Cobra Pharmaceuticals ''at first'', but after being on the receiving end of Baroness and having his life saved by Duke, he comes around ''slightly''.]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: Jinx sports this.
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The newest installment in Hasbro's on-going ''GIJoe'' franchise, ''G.I. Joe: Renegades'' is an AnimatedSeries airing on TheHub. The show lasted for 26 episodes, running from November 2010 to July, 2011.
''Renegades'' changes things up by having the team being wanted fugitives for destroying a Cobra Industries pharmaceutical plant. The truth of the matter is that counter-intel agent Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara recruited a small team of soldiers, Conrad "Duke" Hauser, Nicky "Tunnel Rat" Lee, Marvin "Roadblock" Hinton and Wallace "Ripcord" Weems ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Snake Eyes]] as backup) to infiltrate the plant. They found bio-weapon research going on, but were discovered by Cobra agents. The ensuing conflict resulted in the destruction of the plant and the evidence O'Hara was looking for.
They are now on the run from both the government and Cobra operatives, all the while trying to expose Cobra Industries for the terrorist organization it truly is, with a stolen heavily armored Cobra Industries truck as their only home. They're pursued by Duke's old rival, Dashiell Fairborne, aka "Flint", and Duke's old friend, Lady Jaye, who want to bring them in to face the consequences for their actions. Along the way they gather additional allies to combat Cobra and [[WeHelpTheHelpless help people in need of their skills]].
Jeff Kline serves as the show's executive producer, with Hank Gilroy and Marty Isenberg, who previously worked on Hasbro properties ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' and ''TransformersAnimated''.
It now has a [[{{Characters/GIJoeRenegades}} character sheet]].
New episode production has been put on hiatus at the end of the first season as they don't want to cause brand confusion with the [[GIJoeRetaliation sequel to the live-action movie.]] Word out there is that Season 2 won't be produced, leaving the show with an unresolved ending.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: InUniverse the Sheriff in 'Dreadnoks Rising' gets a doozy.
-->"You should see me out of the uniform."
* AChildShallLeadThem: [[spoiler: When Jinx returns to the Arashikage clan.]]
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Standard ninja training.
** Despite this, [[spoiler:there's apparently no overcoming being allergic to a particular poison]].
* AdaptationDistillation: The series draws from the original mythos, along with parts of the recent ''GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' film, using the movie's version of Ripcord, a younger Duke, and a look for Doctor Mindbender and Cobra Commander based upon the movies'.
* AdaptationalBadass: As is the trend, Cobra Commander is pretty far removed from the screechy and ineffectual BigBad of the 80's show. He is never caught off guard and when he vows vengence for a defeat he MEANS it.
* AFatherToHisMen: Destro is fiercely protective of his company and its employees, as is Duke to anyone who serves under him.
* AllAsiansAreAlike: This trope is thrown out of a 3 story window in a particularly hilarious scene. In order to infiltrate a high class Cobra-sponsored party, the Joes abduct a Chinese corporate officer and have Nicky dress up like him.
-->'''Cobra greeter:''' Gutentag! My Mandarin is rusty... er,(''greeting in Mandarin'').
-->'''Nicky: ''' Whoa! What's with the racial? Just because I look Chinese you assume I speak it?
-->'''Cobra greeter:''' B-But... You are the head of a Chinese food company...
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:If the CreativeClosingCredits of the original Hub broadcast of the finale is to be believed, the entire series was RAH Duke's dream. Might as well be if the exec-mandated "hiatus" becomes permanent.]]
* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Dropped as a MythologyGag in the end of the first episode teaser and some promos...an ad that focuses on COBRA as a benevolent, caring company that works for the benefit of all mankind, amber waves of grain and all, before cutting to the Joes fighting for their lives against COBRA security.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Cobra Commander would like to make you his counter-offer [[spoiler: while you're being devoured by a giant snake]].
* ArmorIsUseless: Averted. Scarlet is shown putting it on in the first ep and later survives a hit because it was under her coat.
* ATeamFiring: Usually averted, since the main enemies tend to be [[RobotMooks Bio Vipers]], who the Joes are free to shoot with impunity. The trope is lampshaded in "Cousins": The cold open features a lineup of US Army Troops taking aim at a firing range with their new laser rifles. None of them hits a goddamn thing, before Flint yells at them that they need to get used to the new weapons.
* AuthorExistenceFailure: Or rather, character designer existence failure. With Clement Sauvé's passing, it makes the show's return from its exec-mandated "hiatus" even less likely.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Played with. The Coyote's gadgets have certainly saved the group on multiple occasions, but the ''maintenance'' of such a complicated piece of machinery for fugitives on the run can be problematic at times, even with a mechanic on hand.
* BadassBiker: Zartan and the Dreadnoks, of course. [[spoiler:And now Snake Eyes.]]
* BadassLongcoat: The Baroness.
** The episode ''Rage'' gives Snake-Eyes one. He still has it in the next episode, and even continues to wear it on and off in future episodes.
* BashBrothers: [[spoiler: The three primary heirs of the Arashikage Dynasty, Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow and Jinx, all fight against Destro's mechs together. Made especially signficant due to Storm Shadows recent HeelFaceTurn]].
* BatmanGambit: Attempted by Destro in "Enemy of my Enemy".
* BavarianFireDrill: Attempted by Scarlett to get Duke out of jail after he's arrested. Every attempt fails utterly.
** She eventually does discover an approach that works, in a CrowningMomentOfFunny at her own expense.
* TheBigGuy: Roadblock. He looks to be about a foot taller than everyone else and is built like a tank. His younger cousin, Heavy Duty shares the family resemblance.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In an interesting take on this trope, both Tunnel Rat and Roadblock end up part of an experiment by M.A.R.S. Industries to incite the rage impulse in the brain in order to control mechs. The problem the experimenters were encountering was that all test subjects were getting exhausted and too unfocused to be efficient operators. Tunnel Rat did as well as anyone else but Roadblock proved to be able to keep somewhat cognitive and focused while under it's influence, yet still forced into an UnstoppableRage. The implications is that despite his generally jovial nature Roadblock has the most experience with keeping his anger in check, and everyone else is grateful for that.
* BlobMonster: The COBRA Bio-Vipers, which are giant amorphous piles of plant matter created by Mindbender. [[spoiler: And Ripcord, who can turn into one at will.]]
* BloodlessCarnage
* ByTheBookCop: Flint really doesn't have any of his own opinions on the "renegades", knowing only that he's been assigned to take them in. (And his old high school footbal rival is on the team.) The worst part is that all of his speculation about their motives, though incorrect, actually make sense.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler: Ripcord, who dies in the premiere and is subsequently removed from the opening credits. Subverted; it turns out he was NotQuiteDead, but we don't learn this until twenty episodes later, long after the finality of his "death" has become convincing.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Happens to all the Joes save Tunnel Rat [[spoiler:and Snake Eyes, who only pretends]] when they come under the sway of Tomax and Xamot's cult.
* ButtMonkey: Tunnel Rat never gets a break.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Everywhere the team goes, Duke finds ''some'' wrong he has to right. Scarlett occasionally calls him out on it
* CleanCut: ''Ninja'' people, dear reader.
* ClearMyName: Being combined with The A-Team, this one's a given. Snake-Eyes as well, who was [[spoiler: thought to have killed the Hard Master; his name is eventually cleared.]]
* ClothingDamage: Tends to happen to Snake Eyes, though never enough that we can see his face (though at one point a bit of his mouth was visible). Predictably, his ninja costume is always fully repaired the next episode, if not the very next scene.
** Firefly suffers some noticeable burns to his uniform after Snake Eyes sends his bomb back at him.
* ConspicuousCG: The bio vipers and some vehicle scenes occasionally drift into this.
* ContinuityNod: A unique way of using this merged with a MythArc. Each episode works as its own story, but each episode often makes a reference to where they were or what they did in previous episodes.
* CoolCar: Major Bludd's ''MadMax'' inspired ride and the Joe's commandeered van, the Coyote. Both also count as a WeaponizedCar.
** Major Bludd's car is essentially the Thunder Machine from the RAH line (a Dreadnok vehicle). Which itself was Mad Max inspired.
* CoolVersusAwesome: Most of the show, but the shining example is when [[spoiler: Snake Eyes, Jinx, and Storm Shadow]] put their differences aside to fight against a platoon of Cobra MiniMecha. It's so cool, you might die from watching it.
* {{Cult}}: Led by Tomax and Xamot.
* CurbStompBattle: Iron Grenadiers with PoweredArmor give the Joes one of these. [[OhCrap Then]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot the Mecha-Vipers]] [[ItGotWorse show up]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Tunnel Rat.
** Duke gets a couple of good moments of this in "Busted" as well.
* DegradedBoss: In its second appearance, the Bio-Viper inverts the trope. ''Their'' third appearance plays it straight, although justified by a design flaw that made them both smarter but lost their regeneration abilities after a [[BoomHeadshot headshot]]. ''Reverted'' when they are upgraded into a more deadly Mech-Viper. ...Basically every version of the Bio-Vipers carries with them different strengths and weaknesses.
* DevilInPlainSight: Would anyone really trust a corporation called '''[[ReptilesAreAbhorrent COBRA]]'''?! Especially if their advert had the CEO [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic handing an apple to children]]?
** [[http://www.cobrainsurance.com/ Ummm...]]
*** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint I don't see no apple]].
* DiabolusExMachina: Every time they find some evidence, it gets trashed through sheer bad luck. (So far.)
* TheDriver: After his introduction in ''Shipwrecked'', Shipwreck gives the Joes rides from port to port.
* DynamicEntry[=/=]StealthHiBye: Snake-Eyes is almost never seen actually traveling with the rest of the Joes, and makes a habit of just showing up, out of nowhere, several minutes into an episode, usually to kick someone in the face.
* {{Expy}}: Not necessarily for past ''GIJoe'' characters, but for ''Series/TheATeam''. Roadblock shares B.A.'s role as the MrFixit and the ScaryBlackMan, while Flint and Lady Jaye fill the roles of Colonel Lynch and Captain Sosa respectively. And Dr. Mindbender is a lot like [[TransformersAnimated The Headmaster]], minus the leetspeak. Tunnel Rat is a human [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Rat Trap.]]
* EmbarrassingNickname: Heavy Duty got his moniker not from his tremendous stature, or his numerous tours of service, but from his grandmother changes his diapers as a child.
* EyepatchOfPower: General Abernathy, who may be an older man in this incarnation, but is rather clearly an experienced military officer and BadAss. Also, doubtless, [[EyeScream Major Bludd]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Jinx, after Storm Shadow convinces her that Snake Eyes killed her father, gives up the codename she chose for herself as Snake Eyes' apprentice, and returns to Japan and the Arashikage, who most definitely did not keep to the new path like the Hard Master wanted. She switches sides again later, after she learns the truth.]]
* TheFaceless: While we've seen Snake-Eyes without a mask in {{flashback}}s, we have yet to see his face in the present story.
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: As is GI Joe tradition. In fact, Tunnel Rat even says the old trope name, "Where did they get lasers?!" Played with; it's made clear that the energy weapons are not standard-issue (we even see a [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter good, old-fashioned sniper rifle in a flashback]]) but we never come across anyone who doesn't have access to them.
** In "Cousins", troops from Flint's unit are seen training with plasma rifles. They're apparently harder to aim as none of them are hitting their marks and Flint admonishes that they're not "your daddies' M16s!"
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Quite a bit. Cobra is nowhere near as ineffective as they were in previous cartoons and traitors are [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves rewarded as they deserve]] when they [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlive their usefulness]].
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: A good deal of it to go with the FUD. A notable example in "Cousins" is [[spoiler: Bludd getting his arm bitten off by an alligator]]. Even the Baroness is shocked that he's still standing.
--> '''[[spoiler: Bludd]]''': I hope you choke on it, sport!
* FiveManBand
** Also FiveTokenBand.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the first part of ''Homecoming,'' Duke's brother says [[spoiler:he'll turn Duke in himself if that's what it takes to keep him away from their parents.]] He wasn't kidding.
** In ''Cutting Edge'', Baroness coldly berating Cobra Commander for insulting her competence [[spoiler: as well as his lack of the breathing device he's needed for several episodes are hints that he's really Zartan.]]
** In ''Knockoffs'', Roadblock mentions the only person he knows with feet rivaling his in size is his cousin Herschel. Herschel later shows up as part of Flint's team.
* ForkliftFu: Duke plows into Major Bludd with a forklift. [[spoiler:[[MadeOfIron It doesn't work]].]]
* FreudianSlip: Jinx notes that Snake Eyes' relationship with Scarlett isn't like that with his other students. Scarlett is surprised, and denies it, saying she's "just high-maintenance". Perhaps not the best phrase to use to ''deny'' that sort of relationship with someone.
* GettingCrapUndertheRadar: Tunnelrat calls Shipwreck, "Barnacle Bill".
* GrandFinale: Necessitated, perhaps, by the hiatus. Any future seasons set in this continuity would have to have a new title, as the final scenes set up a "Government Joes vs. Cobra" scenario.
* GrenadeHotPotato: In "Fire Fight," Firefly learns why it's a bad idea to throw incendiary grenades at a ninja.
** Also, Duke:
--> "You just airballed a grenade!"
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Jinx and Stormshadow after the truth about the Hard Master's death comes out.]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Obviously, though the Joes do tend to meet people (usually burned by Cobra) that support them. At the end of "Fire Fight," Cobra Commander essentially orders the Baroness to invoke this trope as much as possible to make the Joes' lives more difficult.
* HiddenInPlainSight: How Cobra maintains their [[VillainWithGoodPublicity cover]].
** The ''Coyote'''s cloaking abilities can allow it to take the appearance of non-assuming vehicles, such as a family RV.
* HistoryRepeats: Storm Shadow ultimately tried to kill Snake Eyes, allegedly due to murdering his master, but partly because of favoritism, [[spoiler:Jinx switches sides, due to not being able to understand that Snake Eyes didn't murder her father, and was ''also'' a rival to Scarlett, another student]]. The cycle is ultimately broken.
* HowDoIShotWeb: Ripcord laments that his new Bioviper powers don't come with an instruction manual.
* HowDoYouLikeThemApples: In the COBRA Industries ad, Cobra Commander's visual proxy is depicted as innocently giving an apple to children. Points for cleverness due to COBRA's name.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Duke has one with [[spoiler: Bio-viper Ripcord]].
* ImmuneToBullets: The Bio-Viper.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Snake Eyes can block ''lasers'' with his katana. Storm Shadow is no slouch himself.
* IncrediblyLamePun: The "M.A.S.S. Transit Device", [[GIJoe get it?]]
** In case you didn't get it, the M.A.S.S. Device returns in the two-part GrandFinale.
* InfiniteSupplies
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: Courtesy of M.A.R.S. industries.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: Snake Eyes. As of episode six, [[spoiler:Storm Shadow, Scarlett, Jinx; and even the other Joes get some training]].
* InterserviceRivalry: When the Joes are pressed into work on Shipwreck's boat and Duke ends up hanging off the side scraping barnacles from the hull, he says, [[MythologyGag "'This is why I didn't enlist in the ''Navy.''"]][[hottip:*: Unlike the original Shipwreck, who did just that.]]
* InTheBack: Baroness resorts to this when Snake Eyes turns to face Storm Shadow. She only managed to burn his shoulder slightly, and Storm Shadow [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou discouraged any further attempts]].
* IronicEcho: In Episode 2, Baroness says that if the Bio-Viper isn't retrieved, she's gonna tell Cobra Commander and he'll be disappointed, when Dr. Mindbender is protesting blowing up the Joes ''and'' the Bio-Viper, he says that Cobra Commander will be very disappointed if she blows it up.
* IronicEchoCut:
-->'''Flint:''' Duke would never be stupid enough to go back there.\\
''(cut)''\\
'''Scarlett''' (to Duke) I can't believe I let you talk me into going back there.
-->''And then later on:''
-->'''Flint:''' Looks like Duke might be just that stupid after all.
* ItGotWorse: Cobra, and the Bio-Vipers in particular, are all but made of this in some eps.
* ItsPersonal: Storm Shadow's entire reason for joining with Cobra is to have a better shot at taking revenge on Snake Eyes, [[spoiler:whom he blames for the death of his uncle]].
** After [[spoiler:losing an eye]], Major Bludd makes it clear to Baroness that next time he'll be willing to go after the Joes ''for free''.
* JerkJock...[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a Heart of Gold]]: Flint likes rubbing it in Duke's face that his tackle in the High School Football State Championship game won the game for his team, and even harassed him at the [[BurgerFool burger joint]] Duke worked at after high school. But he did show some regret after realizing that injuring Duke's knee in that tackle cost him a football scholarship, and was even the one to point him in the direction of military enlistment for a gifted athlete.
* {{Jetpack}}: The Joes grab one in ''The Union of the Snake''.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: In the season finale the Joes launch a missile into a tank with Destro inside, which then explodes. Later on, the Baroness and Dr. Mindbender are sucked into an unstable wormhole]]. Given that the series is now on hiatus, and unlikely to come back, they are pretty much dead.
* LandMineGoesClick: An interesting occurrence. In a flashback, a nameless army grunt steps on a mine that Duke missed. It goes click. Duke tries to keep him calm while they think of a plan, but the grunt panics and passes out. Duke tackles him before the mine, a bouncing betty, goes off, saving them both, but leaving Duke with a rather nasty scar on his back.
* LeaveHimToMe: Storm Shadow makes it ''very'' clear to the CombatPragmatist Baroness that he won't have her interfering in his duel with Snake Eyes.
* LoveRedeems: Averted. Baroness and Destro fall for each other and remain very much evil.
* LoveTriangle: One pops up between Snake-Eyes, Scarlett and Duke. It is hinted at during the series, but doesn't really become blatant until the two-part season finale.
* {{MacGyvering}}: It's gonna happen, what with the lack of material support that comes of being fugitives. In episode 3, for example, Duke defuses a bomb using, among other things, a piece of chewed gum.
** Subverted when Roadblock tries to fix a complicated piece of electronics in the truck with an extension cord and the workaround doesn't work.
* MadeOfIron: Even by cartoon standards Major Bludd takes an incredible amount of punishment in his debut episode, [[spoiler:[[EyeScream even losing an eye]] at the end]], and none of it so much as slows him down.
* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan: A borderline version, but the writers of a Hasbro property poking fun at corporate public relations in the first thirty seconds or so of the first episode might be a bit of this--Hasbro isn't nearly the size of, say, Halliburton (whose commercials would be in the category mocked), but it's still the kind of multinational MegaCorp that outsources manufacturing to Chinese companies that pay minimum wage...''Chinese'' minimum wage, even.
* MarkOfShame: James [=McCullen's=] new name, [[spoiler: Destro, and the new face to go with it]].
* MathematiciansAnswer:
-->'''Roadblock''': Soooo, we freeing another prisoner or preventing another outbreak?
-->'''Scarlet''': Yes.
* MeaningfulName: The nicknames the others pick up. Scarlett for her red hair, Duke for being something of a John Wayne type, Tunnel Rat for being at home in the dirt, Roadblock for being just so dang massive...
** In episode four, the origin of Snake Eyes' codename is revealed: [[spoiler:[[TheUnreveal His ninja master described his gaze as being "steely", like a serpent's]]. Which is weird, given that he now wears a visor that ''covers'' said gaze.]]
* TheMole: Lady Jaye is this for the Joes, using every opportunity to slow down Flint behind the scenes. Baroness may also be seen as one.
** Breaker had one in Cobra. [[spoiler: Operative word being ''had'']].
* MuggingTheMonster: James [=McCullen=] playing hardball with Cobra Industries. It doesn't end well.
** In ''Cousins,'' this is done subtly; After his trap knocks down [[spoiler: Ripcord,]] Major Bludd ignores him long enough to get an armful of Bio-Viper as he approaches Duke with a bowie knife drawn.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Storm Shadow learning the actual details of what happened between Snake Eyes and the Hard Master made him realize he was the one responsible, he tried to poison Snake Eyes and the cups got switched. Storm Shadow immediately regretted his actions and went on the run]].
* MythologyGag: The infamous "Now you know, AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle" line from the original series? That's part of ''Cobra's corporate slogan.''
** The battlecry of the classic team "Yo Joe!" has been dropped a few times in a more casual greeting. "Yo Joes..."
** Several episodes have featured Joes from the original series in minor roles; for example, in the episode "Rage", the veteran Roadblock is forced to fight is named Ralph Pulaski (in the original continuity, Pulaski was Steeler, the Joes' tank driver) and the doctor that treats Tunnel Rat is named Dr. Greer (Carl Greer, aka Doc, served as the team's battlefield medic).
** Cobra's now has one as the giant snake Cobra Commander keeps as a pet is named Serpentor, after the Cobra Emperor of the Sunbow Series.
** In "Prodigal", Cobra Commander dons a full, featureless faceplate like many Cobra Commanders before him have worn.
** Remember how the original Roadblock had that habit of speaking in rhyme? The current incarnation once uttered "We can go, we can stay; I'm good either way."
** In "Shipwrecked", we meet this show's version of...you guessed it, Shipwreck. He named his vessel Courtney, after the woman on a poster taped outside the cabin. Duke remarks that it's model Courtney Krieger, which is the real name of Cover Girl from the original series (apparently, she's blonde as opposed to the original auburn).
* NeverSayDie: Averted hard [[spoiler:with Ripcord's [[NeverFoundTheBody APPARENT]] death in the first episode, as well as the traitorous major]]...although they still haven't ''said'' "die" yet.
** They're also allowing for at least discussion of some rather visceral ideas, such as [[spoiler:battlefield tracheotomies, though that was averted by Tunnel Rat's natural 20 on a Survival check to find a plant to treat Scarlett's allergic reaction. [[LordOfTheRings Aragorn]] would be proud.]]
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Mecha-Vipers and Shadow-Vipers
** Jinx returns in ''Cutting Edge'' [[spoiler: sporting a spiffy robot suit filled to the brim with, well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin cutting edge]] technology.]]
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Played with, the holographic technology Baroness acquired from a quirky MadScientist was explicitedly the only prototype, and Cobra wanted it to remain that way so they destroyed the facility and wiped the mind of the scientist. Problem is, it has a DNA encoder and will only work for Zartan because he was the first to put it on.
* OhCrap: James [=McCullen=] [[spoiler: when Adam [=DeCobray=] reveals his true identity as Cobra Commander to him.]]
* OffModel: Seemingly done intentionally when Zartan acquires a holographic diguise device. The people he imitates have some slight variations and facial quirks that the regular people don't have.
* OnlyICanKillHim: Very few people in the universe have any kind of chance against Snake Eyes or Storm Shadow one-on-one, ''except each-other''.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Historically, Destro has always been Scottish, but for this series, it seems nobody realized that ClancyBrown was actually doing an ''Irish'' accent throughout the first season (probably because, well... an awful lot of Americans can't tell the difference). Realization seemed to dawn with the first season finale, in which Brown suddenly started added a lot of exaggerated Scottish touches to certain phrase, but on the whole, spent the whole episode oscillating back and forth between the two dialects.
** Although there is a difference between the two accents, many people from both sides have been mistaken for the other by virtue of how similar they are anyway (with [[BerserkButton varying degrees of acceptance]]).
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Snake-Eyes is generally the game-breaker of the group, generally saving everyone almost OnceAnEpisode. But besides him Duke is probably the most well-rounded soldier and fighter of the group, and when put into a prison environment he more than holds his own against the other inmates.
* PillowPregnancy: When the BavarianFireDrill doesn't work to get Duke out of jail, Scarlett manages to infiltrate the place by posing as a trailer trash babymama whose lover is doing time. When she finally gets to Duke, he takes a look at her and goes, "[[DeadpanSnarker How long was I inside?]]"
* PredatoryBusiness: COBRA, as noted above.
* PoweredArmor: Again, courtesy of M.A.R.S. Industries. May cause fits of UnstoppableRage.
* RaceLift: Lady Jaye, and following GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra, Ripcord.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Despite being exemplary soldiers Roadblock and Tunnel Rat have a spotty record, Tunnel Rat for trespassing in New York sewers and Roadblock for unspecified juvenile delinquency. Besides that, Scarlett's obsession with COBRA before the incident didn't make her many friends in the Counter Intel circle and Duke has a bit of a stubborn streak.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: At the start of one episode, two Cobra mooks are standing outside a very out of the way facility in the middle of the blizzard, asking how they got reassigned. [[ContinuityNod By messing up the security detail at Baroness' home and some dam, respectively.]]
* RefugeInaudacity + LampshadeHanging: In Episode 7, [[spoiler:after the Joes are captured, Flint points out that their stories about COBRA ''still'' sound ridiculous and fantastical.]]
* RemakeCameo: Michael Bell (Duke) and B.J. Ward (Scarlett) from the original cartoon make a cameo as Duke's parents.
** The Hard Master is played by Keone Young, the voice of Storm Shadow on the Sunbow cartoon.
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Described by Duke after a failed raid on a industrial plant. They didn't get the information they were looking for but Duke noticed that there was infighting between the Bio-Vipers (Dr. Mindbender's work) and the Mech suits (Destro's work), meaning Cobra is not a unified organization.
* RunningGag: The apple pies in episode 1.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Ripcord apparently dies in the first episode.]]
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: It was announced that after the first season is finished, the show will be going on hiatus in order to "keep creative continuity with the upcoming live action film." To say that this has left the show's future in doubt would be an understatement.
** And in the show's first run, the episodes were ''aired out of order''. For better or for worse, they did this to time the two-part Christmas episode ''Homecoming'' correctly. This required additional shuffling around because Storm Shadow appears in it, so the also-two-part ''Return of the Arashikage'' had to be moved as well to introduce him first. After this, the airing order was correct.
** And the tie-in toyline got screwed by Hasbro as well, being hurriedly inserted in the 30th Anniversary assortments, suffering from loss of equipment to cut costs, show characters Airtight and Law being little more than 30th Anniversary toys shoehorned in to pad out the Renegades stuff and worst of all, the line being cut abruptly before the five main characters could even get a toy release (Roadblock got the shaft). '''Oi.'''
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: In his back-story, Duke rescued a soldier from a pressure-sensitive mine and injured himself in the process. He refused a commendation for bravery because it was his unit and he gave the all clear signal on mine sweeping. Even though his Commanding Officers already knew all of that, Duke refused it on principle.
* SerialProstheses: Major Bludd appears to be heading this way. He loses an eye the first time he runs into the Joes, and his arm the second time. If this keeps up (and if the series continues beyond the first season), he'll practically be a robot down the line.
* SeriesContinuityError: The opening credits list Flint as a Warrant Officer on his "file card" (which he traditionally is in most continuities), but he's specifically a Lieutenant in the show (and it would be impossible for him to be one in this series to boot, Warrant Officers are prior senior enlisted).
* ShipTease: Happens with a lot Snake Eyes and Scarlett and Duke and Scarlett.
* ShoutOut: As of the third episode, the theme narration is a direct reference to that of ''Series/TheATeam''.
** [[{{Saw}} "Shall we]] [[WarGames play a game?"]]
** In ''Homecoming,'' Roadblock makes a hilariously bad attempt to fake out the Baroness when she calls the technicians the Joes have just knocked out. Tunnel Rat promptly shoots the console. [[StarWars Han Solo]] would be proud.
** [[MythBusters "Looks like we can call that myth busted."]]
* SomeoneElsesProblem: Implied with Scarlett, who would rather the team just focus on clearing their names.
* SomewhereAHerpetologistIsCrying: Rattlesnakes will ''not'' slither into freezing cold puddles for the sole purpose of biting someone.
* SpotTheImpostor: Played straight when Roadblock and Duke prove to each other neither is Zartan by repeating Roadblock's childhood facts from earlier in the episode. Played with later when Zartan is impersonating Duke. When the Joes catch up to them and try [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay a question only Duke would know the answer to,]] he can't remember and they ''both'' say "no idea." [[spoiler:Snake Eyes can tell them apart by their different heartbeats, and kicks Zartan in the face.]]
* TechnicolorFire: Firefly's incendiary bombs explode and burn blue ''at first'', then turn orange.
* TheAce: Snake Eyes full tilt.
* TheChessmaster: James [=McCullen=] tries to show off his skills in this department in "Enemy of my Enemy", playing the Joes and Cobra against each-other, [[spoiler: but has ''severely'' underestimated who he's dealing with.]]
* TheUnreveal: Snake Eyes gets captured by a biker gang, lead by Zartan, who likes to take a trinket from each person he harasses. He takes Snake Eyes visor and the only thing the audience knows is his eyes are uncovered, but otherwise hidden from view. Zartan and his gang are noticeably freaked out by ''something'', enough that Zartan returns his visor. This is repeated again in another episode when [[spoiler:a cult "hypnotizes" Snake Eyes.]]
* UltimateUniverse
* UnstoppableRage: James [=McCullen=] uses some AppliedPhlebotinum to try and deliberately invoke this trope. [[GoneHorriblyRight It works a bit too well]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: COBRA is a well respected producer of pharmaceuticals, technologies, military weaponry, and ''better-than-homemade apple pie''.
* ThereWasADoor: Done in episode 17.
* TheVirus: The Anaconda Strain from the episode of the same name.
* TheVoiceless: Snake-Eyes, as per tradition.
* WalkingTheEarth: Interesting for this trope they often cite which state they are in and often make use of real cities, with the continuity between each episode having them an appropriate distance from the previous location. They aren't crossing the United States between episodes and don't have an extremely vague setting for each adventure.
** Later, Shipwreck allowed the team use of his boat, allowing the Renegades to have European adventures.
* WeaponizedCar: See CoolCar.
* WeHelpTheHelpless: Duke more or less feels that this should be the team's approach to (eventually) clearing their names, unlike Scarlett's implied "SomeoneElsesProblem" attitude.
* WhamEpisode: ''Prodigal'', aka episode 20.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: The opening Cobra Industries promo has Adam [=DeCobray=] (Cobra Commander in disguise) picking an apple off of a tree and handing it to a boy and girl.
* XMeetsY: The producers have pretty much confirmed that this is ''[[GIJoe G.I. Joe]]'' meets ''Series/TheATeam.'' The storyline has also been described as the A-Team vs. the [[ResidentEvil Umbrella Corporation]].
** Most of all however, the story can be best described as ''Series/TheATeam'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''.
* YouDontLookLikeYou
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Invoked by Adam [=DeCobray=] to James [=McCullen=], [[spoiler:moments before [[OhCrap revealing his true identity as Cobra Commander]] to him]].
* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Played straight, then averted ''slightly''. [[spoiler:Flint doesn't even come close to believing Duke's claims about Cobra Pharmaceuticals ''at first'', but after being on the receiving end of Baroness and having his life saved by Duke, he comes around ''slightly''.]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: Jinx sports this.
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