# Which G. I. Joe (80s) were you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 2, 2002, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012 "2002-07-02T11:51:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/1 "2002-07-02T11:51:48Z")
Back when I played with my COBRA helicopters, F-14s and had sidewinder missles up the wazzoo I used to LOVE playing with my GI Joe do … fully poseable action figures with kung-fu like grip. Anyway I was always **Snow Jow**. I can’t recall why but I loved being him. I played him so much all his limbs became loose and eventually fell off. Who were you? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/2 "2002-07-02T11:55:11Z")
sigh, **Snow Job**. Did they change him for the new series? ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/3 "2002-07-02T12:29:17Z")
Oh, man. Can anyone outcool **Snake-Eyes**? I _still_ want to be like him. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_alien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Go\_alien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_alien)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/4 "2002-07-02T13:19:04Z")
I gave the young son of a friend an empty box. “Which Action Man (UK GI Joe) is that, Uncle Alien?” “Deserter” ---
**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/5 "2002-07-02T16:03:30Z")
I always thought **Stalker** was cool because he had that jet pack in the opening credits. Of course, **Snake Eyes** was everyones favorite though… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/6 "2002-07-02T16:22:37Z")
**Bazooka** was my favorite. His “military” uniform consisted of a football jersey, helmet, bazoooka and bubble gum. How fucking cool is that? ---
**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/7 "2002-07-02T16:23:03Z")
Yeah Snake Eyes is/was cool, and I always had a soft spot for Sgt. Slaughter, but the greatest GI Joe of all was one from the late 80’s(I forget what year specifically). It was the one that you created yourself. You got to pick his abilities and personality and name him, and they would send you back the figure and one of those little cards they made for every Joe, only with the information you provided inserted. I named mine Cougar, since I’m a huge cat person, and Lion, Tiger etc just sound stupid. Cougar sounds cool though. ---
**Author:** ![Minor\_Irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/8 "2002-07-02T17:25:26Z")
Why, the Fridge, of course. Just watch “Celebrity Boxing”, and pretend that Manute Bol is, uh, some freakishly tall COBRA guy. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/9 "2002-07-02T17:34:35Z")
**Stalker** , **Roadblock** , and **Beach Head** were cool on the Joe side. **Destro** and the **Dreadnoks** were cool on the Cobra side. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/10 "2002-07-02T18:53:53Z")
What was the name of the “easygoing” typical sailor? **Shipwreck,** or something like that? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/11 "2002-07-02T20:06:51Z")
**The Baroness** ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/12 "2002-07-02T20:13:51Z")
**The Baroness** ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/13 "2002-07-02T21:35:15Z")
I wanted to be **Destro**. An evil scientist, military engineer, millionaire arms dealer, owned at least **two** castles in his own name, **two** _really cool_ varients on his uniform, his own personal military– **The Iron Grenadiers** –and\* sleeps with **The Baroness**. Ghod! He’s got it _GOIN’ ON!_ ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/14 "2002-07-03T01:40:45Z")
Cool! We could have a wicked **Joe Dope**. We just need more bad guys (since we already got the bad gal). ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/15 "2002-07-03T01:46:09Z")
Cool! We could have a wicked **Joe Dope**. We just need more bad guys (since we already got the bad gal). ---
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/16 "2002-07-03T03:18:18Z")
Yeah, I’m with the majority on this one. **Snake Eyes** was the man from the get-go. He was silent, ninja, commando, and badass enough to walk across the Arctic for Zod only knows how many miles and attract a wolf (another sign of a true badass) as a companion. On the other side, I’m going to have to go with **Storm Shadow** , **Destro** , and **Zartan**. Folks do know that there’s a new G. I. Joe comic book out, right? It picks up several years after the ending of the previous series, and the characters have actually changed and aged. It’s a great read. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/17 "2002-07-03T03:40:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steelerphan \* > \*\*What was the name of the “easygoing” typical sailor? **Shipwreck,** or something like that? \*\* Yes. **Shipwreck** it is, with his parrot **Poly**. However, I figured you would be more a fan of **Steeler** , the driver of the Joe tank. **Firefly** was also cool on the Cobra side, but don’t forget **Cobra Commander** himself. To hell with **Serpentor**. I also liked **Sprirt** and his bald eagle, **Freedom**. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/18 "2002-07-03T03:45:55Z")
You guys, c’mon now. . . My list (not in order) [ul]\*\* [li] Leatherneck[/li][li] Flynt[/li][li] Roadblock[/li][li] Sergeant Slaugter[/li]\*\*[/ul] My personal favorite? **Roadblock**. Any man that can haul a 50-cal machine gun like a light hockey stick is the bomb. Tripler Do I still play with 'em? I plead the Fifth. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/19 "2002-07-03T07:28:16Z")
**Roadblock** gets extra bonus points for being a gourmet chef when he’s off-duty. Now _that’s_ awesome characterization! 😃 I was never really too big into Joes, simply because I’m more of a _Transformers_ dude, but I could definitely grok where **Mainframe** was coming from. And **Serpentor** lost a lot of respect in the Joe movie when he started yelling “Cobra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!” for a battle cry… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/20 "2002-07-03T12:32:23Z")
I would have to agree with **koffing** about **Storm Shadow** , he rocked. I was also a **Snake Eyes** fan. The whole back story with them two was cool as well. Rick [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012.md?page=2)