# Which G. I. Joe (80s) were you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/21 "2002-07-03T12:48:02Z")

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I don’t really act like any **Joe** I can remember, but my favorite was **Jinx**.

She was cool as crap.

**Zartan** , **Scarlet** and **Beachhead** were pretty cool too.

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**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/22 "2002-07-03T20:04:38Z")

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Snake Eyes, Flint and Beachhead were my favorite good guys.

Destro, Storm Shadow, and the twins Tomax and Xamot were my favorite bad guys.

Which one was I? Snake Eyes, of course.

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/23 "2002-07-03T21:05:43Z")

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Destro, the twins, and that redheaded guy who was with Zartan (what was his name? Zandar?)

But my alltime favorite was Firefly. I don’t know why, but he was my favorite, even though I remember bupkis about him (except for the fire thing).

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**Author:** ![ravesaint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ravesaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ravesaint)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/24 "2002-07-03T23:39:12Z")

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Storm Shadow, by far. He was a badass. He was mysterious. He was a ninja. How much cooler can things get than that (at least, till you discover breasts anyway)?

My prized figure though, was the Cobra Commander. Not the one with the steel facemask, but the special edition one where he was wearing his hood. I had to send in some UPC’s or something to get it, and none of my friends had it. I was the man.😃

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**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 4, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-g-i-joe-80s-were-you/117012/25 "2002-07-04T04:33:20Z")

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I remember that. I can’t recall if I got him or not. I think I did but I was already moving into computers. I wish I still had all my Joes. sigh.

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