History WesternAnimation / GIJoeRenegades

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** The first being many characters including Duke himself, Flint, Lady Jaye, Heavy Duty, Snake Eyes, Stalker (shown in the same flashback as Tripwire, though [[AdaptationNameChange modified to Stalker One]]), Shipwreck, Snow Job, Frost Bite, Wild Bill, Lift-Ticket, Red Star, Steeler, Jinx, and most of Cobra's other agents already had theirs before the series.

Full episodes of the show are released (although out of order) in the official ''Franchise/GIJoe'' Website/YouTube channel. [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9iSDGvA4UNCGK-QiRUoxNHPun1PAIXON Here's the playlist]].

** 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 vengeance for a defeat he MEANS it.

** While most continuities don't bother to tell us what Cobra Commander's name even is, here it's Adam [=DeCobray=] as opposed to the movie franchise name of Rex Lewis.

* ATeamFiring: Usually averted, since the main enemies tend to be 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.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: 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, referencing the serpent temping Adam and Eve with fruit.

* {{Expy}}: Not necessarily for past ''Franchise/GIJoe'' characters, but for ''Series/TheATeam''. Roadblock shares B.A.'s role as the MrFixit and on occasion, the ScaryBlackMan (he's usually a GentleGiant), while Flint and Lady Jaye fill the roles of Colonel Lynch and Captain Sosa respectively. And Dr. Mindbender is a lot like [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated The Headmaster]], minus the leetspeak. Tunnel Rat is a human [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Rattrap]].

* GrandFinale: The show's producers were aware going in that the show would go into a hiatus it would never return from, so the two-part finale "Revelations" concludes the season's overarching plot of the Joes clearing their names and outing COBRA as a terrorist organization. It was clearly meant to continue, however, as the fates of multiple characters (Destro, Baroness, and Mindbender) were left in the air, several characters grew closer to their mainstream counterparts, and the ending implied the Joes would become a government task force, and most importantly, Cobra Commander is revealed to have survived, setting the stage for the traditional Joe-Cobra conflict.

* 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.

* MistakenForRacist: Played for Laughs when the Joes attempt to crash Cobra's Christmas Party posing as members of a charity drive dressed as Santa and his Elves.

* MotorcycleDominoes: Snake-Eyes uses this to get the Drednok's attention.

** 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.

** The sound of missiles firing is [[SignatureSoundEffect the same sound effect]] from the DIC Entertainment episodes.

* PoweredArmor: Again, courtesy of M.A.R.S. Industries. May cause fits of UnstoppableRage.

* 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.

* 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.
* SdrawkcabName: Dr. Monev is Dr. Venom spelled backwarded.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Zigzagged. By the show's very nature, the Joe's can't clear their name or else they're no longer "renegades," but in spite of that the show does allow for growth and change. This is best exemplified in episode 5 where the scanner they've fought for (that can exonerate them) is predictably destroyed at the last moment but they unlock new features for their armored vehicle and give it a name both of these things carry over to the next episodes.
* TankGoodness: Destro unveils his HISS tank in the final episode. It shoots plasma volleys while being totally invulnerable to any kind of plasma attack, and appears to be significantly faster and more maneuverable than any tank should be in real life.

* ThatCameOutWrong: The Sheriff in 'Dreadnoks Rising' gets one when his crush compliments him and he replies by saying she should see him out of uniform. He realizes the implications of what he just said and attempts to explain that he didn't mean anything lecherous by his statement before telling her to forget it.

* 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.]]

* WrittenInAbsence: In ''"The Anomaly"'', Snake Eyes and Scarlett are completely absent minus a cameo in a bad dream [[spoiler:that Ripcord had]], which is explained off that the two are on a mission of some sorts. Then, in the next episode, ''"Cutting Edge"'', all the other Joes get the same treatment with Scarlett citing them being held up in the Bronx as the reason, which they were. What is interesting to note about this is that [[spoiler:sans Ripcord who was allegedly dead,]] these two episodes are the only time any of the Joes ever miss an episode, and anyway, the latter episode focused more on Jinx and her subplot and Scarlett was out of commission in one way or the other throughout the majority of it.

* {{Expy}}: Not necessarily for past ''Franchise/GIJoe'' characters, but for ''Series/TheATeam''. Roadblock shares B.A.'s role as the MrFixit and on occasion, the ScaryBlackMan (he's usually a GentleGiant), while Flint and Lady Jaye fill the roles of Colonel Lynch and Captain Sosa respectively. And Dr. Mindbender is a lot like [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated The Headmaster]], minus the leetspeak. Tunnel Rat is a human [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Rat Trap.]]

* EvolvingCredits: Many. Episode 1 and 2 had title cardd for Duke, Scarlett, Tunnel Rat, Roadblock and Ripcord. [[spoiler:After Ripcord's death, he is replaced with Flint and Lady Jaye's title cards. It changes again when Ripcord turn out to be alive, leaving out Flint and Lady Jaye's title cards.]]

** In "The Anaconda Strain," Dr. Schurr and Dr. Monev are researching a pathogen that mutates people. Though Schurr's suit ruptures, Monev manages to quarantine him, and even as Schurr mutates, Monev still tries to keep him company and helps the Joes go for an antidote. Though Dr. Monev later traps then and leaves them to die, revealing he deliberately sabotaged Schurr's suit and wanted to study the virus's effects on humans. He had made a cure and kept it from Schurr, ultimately planning to assist COBRA in a global outbreak and selling the cure to only those who could afford it. A fitting debut for Dr. Venom.

* GrandFinale: The two-part episode "Revelations", where the main Joes finally clear their names and put the kibosh on Cobra's master plan. The show's producers knew going in that it was going into a "hiatus" that it never returned from.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Good and evil characters display scars either to show how rugged they are or to make them look more threatening. "Fire Fighters" made good use of the trope with Barbecue and Firefly, both carrying notable burn scars. For Barbecue it symbolizes his injury in the line of duty and shows off why a job like his is important, whilst Firefly is covered in, likely self-inflicted, burns to demonstrate his obsession with fire and who dangerous he is.

* OffModel: Seemingly done intentionally when Zartan acquires a holographic disguise device. The people he imitates have some slight variations and facial quirks that the regular people don't have.
** Also played straight. The episodes by Creator/HanhoHeungUp look more cartoonish than Creator/MoiAnimation's episodes, which employ a more {{Animesque}} feel.
** Jinx's neck is unusually long [[spoiler:while she's wearing her techno-armor]].

* GrandFinale: The two-part episode "Revelations", where the main Joes finally clear their names and put the kibosh on Cobra's master plan. Necessitated, perhaps, by the hiatus, which the show did not return from.

* DiabolusExMachina: Every time they find some evidence, it gets lost or trashed through sheer bad luck or some other fashion right up until the season's end.

* GrandFinale: The two-part episode "Revelations", where the main Joes finally clear their names and put the kibosh on Cobra's master plan. 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.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Historically, Destro has always been Scottish, but for this series, it seems nobody realized that 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.

* OutOfFocus: Flint, and by extension, Lady Jaye, during the second half of the season. Past ''"Knockoffs"'', the two actually miss a good five episodes once the Joes enter Canada and start sailing around with Shipwreck, but even after that, their appearances are mostly quick "one and done" deals and they still don't appear in every episode. Topped off with their final appearances [[spoiler:when the Joes turn themselves in with the proof they needed. General Abernathy does all the talking, pleased as can be, as is most of the other military personnel there including Lady Jaye, Heavy Duty, and a newly recruited Breaker, except for ''Flint'', who pretty much stands there slack-jawed and flabbergasted.]]

* 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.

* YouCantThwartStageOne: The Joes have found evidence to clear their names on more than one occasion, but Cobra successfully stop them every time. It's only at the end of the season finale that they successfully bring the proof to the authorities.

* 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.]]

* RaceLift: As in ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' and ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'', Ripcord is black.

** 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 CallBack to the old Duke from 12-inch toys from the 60's.

** Though it's on the minor side, Flint has more than once had his jeep compromised and has gone through at least 2 different ones. He's also had his [[NiceHat cool beret]] blown off his head at least twice.

* RaceLift:
** Lady Jaye is Hispanic in this continuity.
** As in ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' and ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'', Ripcord is black.

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* 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.

** While otherwise based on his original incarnation (being an American soldier and Roadblock's cousin), Heavy Duty has [[Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra "Herschel Dalton"]] has his real name, not "Lamont Morris".

** "The Anaconda Strain": Dr. Kurt Schnurr (Airtight) and Dr. Archibald Monev (Doctor Venom) are the ones working on the Anaconda Strain. Schnurr is deliberately infected and eventually gets his trademark suit to prevent him from spreading it.

* RealityEnsues: On an occasion when Duke is arrested Scarlett tries to bluff her way into both a police station and a county record office by posing as a lawyer and a government agent respectively. Both attempts fail because the front desk staff at each location are cool-headed and competent enough to demand to see her identification then refuse her entry when she can’t produce it.

** While most continuities don't bother to tell us what Cobra Commander's name even is, here it's Adam [=DeCobray=] as opposed to the movie franchise name Rex Lewis.

** As part of [[NonUniformUniform the rather lax dress code]] of [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero the original team]], Airtight wore a hazmat suit to protect himself. In ''Renegades'', he's infected with an infectous disease by Cobra and wear the suit to protect ''others'' from his condition.

* 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.

* AcidPool: How Cobra Commander is defeated at the end of the final episode. [[spoiler: He survives, but his face is badly burned.]]

** 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.

* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Standard ninja training.
** Despite this, [[spoiler:there's apparently no overcoming being allergic to a particular poison]].

** She eventually does discover an approach that works, in a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} at her own expense.

** While most continuities don't bother to tell us what Cobra Commander's name even is, here it's Adam DeCobray as opposed to the movie franchise name Rex Lewis.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Tunnel Rat calls Shipwreck, "Barnacle Bill", which happens to be the name of an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle_Bill_%28song%29 obscene song]] from the early 20th century.
** In the first episode, Ripcord literally says this word past the radar when a Bio-Viper shambles past a cord from the bomb they had rigged and loosens it before going to correct it himself. It was said low enough that with the music and sound effects, it could easily be missed or misheard.