G.I. Joe: Renegades | |
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Genre | Military science fiction |
Based on | G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero by Hasbro |
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Narrated by | David Kaye |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Running time | 21–22 minutes |
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Network | The Hub |
Release | November 26, 2010 – July 23, 2011 |
G.I. Joe: Renegades is an American animated television series based on the G.I. Joe toy franchise. The series aired on The Hub from November 26, 2010, to July 23, 2011. [1]
The series was previously available to stream on Netflix from April 5, 2012, to February 2015, as streaming rights to the show, along with other Hasbro Studios shows were transferred to advertiser-supported video-on-demand service Tubi TV, which launched in April 2014 and it is currently available for streaming online on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi and YouTube (via the G.I. Joe channel). [2] [3] [4] DVD and Blu-ray releases by Shout! Factory came out in 2013. [5]
A small group of US military personnel are forced to become fugitives, after uncovering suspicious activity at a Cobra Industries pharmaceutical facility. Now branded as renegades by the media for terrorist crimes that they did not commit and pursued by the military as well as Cobra mercenaries, they must use their specialized military skills to prove their innocence and to expose the true face of Cobra Industries and its mysterious leader, Adam DeCobray.
(According to the recent "Hub Exclusive" TV broadcast promoting this series and Transformers: Prime , homages to The A-Team are used in the background of this incarnation of the characters. Most notable is that Roadblock is stated to parallel B.A. Baracus in size and mechanical aptitude, and Flint is a Lieutenant, rather than a warrant officer and is specifically the officer assigned to arrest the "Renegades", akin to Colonel Lynch of the A-Team series. Also, Lady Jaye is sympathetic to her longtime friend Duke and provides covert support for him and the Renegades, much like Captain Charissa Sosa in the A-Team film and Amy Allen in the 1980s TV series.)
After two episodes, the series' intro is narrated by David Kaye:
Accused of a crime they didn't commit, a ragtag band of fugitives fights a covert battle to 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.
Ep. # | Episode title | Director | Writer(s) | Original Air Date | |
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1 | "The Descent, Part 1" | Nathan Chew | Henry Gilroy & Marty Isenberg | November 26, 2010 | |
A team of five soldiers—Duke, Ripcord, Tunnel Rat, Roadblock and Scarlett (with Snake Eyes helping from the shadows)—are sent to investigate Cobra Pharmaceuticals. They discover Cobra's new top secret weapon, Bio-Vipers, but are discovered and are forced to blow the facility to save themselves; though seemingly at the cost of Ripcord's life. Introducing Characters: Duke, Tunnel Rat, Scarlett, Roadblock, Snake Eyes, Rip Cord, General Abernathy, Baroness, Doctor Mindbender, Lady Jaye, Cobra Commander | |||||
2 | "The Descent, Part 2" | Scott Bern | Henry Gilroy & Marty Isenberg | November 26, 2010 | |
After surviving the Cobra Pharmaceuticals explosion, the team are framed for it and become known as the "Renegades" by the media. They then go after a surviving Bio-Viper that's heading to Springfield. While Baroness and Doctor Mindbender oversee the "quarantine," General Abernathy sends Flint to get Lady Jaye to help him bring in Duke's team. Introducing Characters: Flint | |||||
3 | "Rage" | Kevin Altieri | Stan Berkowitz | January 7, 2011 | |
Posing as a preacher that helps veterans, Scrap-Iron kidnaps Tunnel Rat and uses him to test a weaponized "exo-armor" suit for James McCullen and M.A.R.S. Industries. He meets Ralph Pulaski (a.k.a. Steeler) in another suit and they must battle each other to survive. Roadblock then attempts a rescue by allowing himself to be captured, but he is forced into an exo-suit as well. Now the rest of the Joes have to save him too. Introducing Characters: Scrap-Iron, Steeler, Destro (As James McCullen), Doc, (Iron Grenadiers are mentioned) | |||||
4 | "Dreadnoks Rising" | Scooter Tidwell | Eugene Son | January 14, 2011 | |
The Joes make a pit stop in a small town in Kansas and quickly find themselves tangling with the Dreadnoks, their leader Zartan, and a cowardly local sheriff. Now they must race against time to help the locals free themselves from the biker gang's reign of terror, give the sheriff his courage back, put the whole gang behind bars, and get out of dodge before Flint arrives to arrest them. Introducing Characters: Zartan, The Dreadnoks (Buzzer, Ripper, Torch, Monkeywrench and Road Pig) | |||||
5 | "The Package" | Nathan Chew | Rich Fogel | December 3, 2010 | |
The Baroness contacts mercenary, Major Bludd, to track down and assassinate a target—-a former Cobra employee turned internet blogger-—who they believed stole one of their data scanners, only to learn he's under the Joes' protection. Introducing Characters: Major Bludd, Breaker | |||||
6 | "Return of the Arashikage, Part 1" | Scott Bern | Greg Johnson | December 10, 2010 | |
The Joes take refuge at Snake Eyes' dojo where they train with him and meet his first apprentice, Jinx. They also learn about his connection to Jinx's cousin Storm Shadow and their connected past to the Arashikage ninja clan. Introducing Characters: Jinx, Storm Shadow | |||||
7 | "Return of the Arashikage, Part 2" | Kevin Altieri | Dean Stefan | December 17, 2010 | |
The Joes regroup after an ambush from Storm Shadow, who has kidnapped Jinx, and make a plan to hunt down the former and rescue the latter. | |||||
8 | "Busted" | Scooter Tidwell | Andrew R. Robinson | January 28, 2011 | |
Duke is wrongfully imprisoned when he gets caught up in a chop shop while looking for a replacement part for their vehicle. The rest of G.I. Joe must break him out of prison by having Roadblock get arrested. They soon discover that the prison warden is making prisoners fight each other for his amusement. Now the Joes must get Duke and Roadblock out and expose the illegal activities in the prison. Introducing Characters: Law & Order | |||||
9 | "The Enemy of My Enemy" | Nathan Chew | Scott Sonneborn | February 4, 2011 | |
Adam DeCobray, head of Cobra Industries, hires James McCullen of M.A.R.S. Industries to combine Dr. Mindbender's Bio-Vipers with the failed MARS exo-armor suits. Meanwhile, the Joes infiltrate the Cobra lab after receiving information of DeCobray's plans, from a masked whistleblower. During the attempt, Mindbender reveals a deadly secret, leading DeCobray to reveal himself as Cobra Commander. James McCullen becomes an iron-masked "Destro" (estranged/alienated one) as a symbol of his failure, betrayal and servitude to Cobra. Introducing Characters: Serpentor the Cobra, Iron Grenadiers, Mecha-Vipers | |||||
10 | "Fire Fight" | Scott Bern | Alexx Van Dyne | February 11, 2011 | |
When the town of Green Ridge issues a court order to Cobra Industries to halt the construction of their dam, Baroness and Doctor Mindbender send Firefly to burn this former resort town to the ground, leaving it up to G.I. Joe and a local firefighter to stop him. Introducing Characters: Firefly, Barbecue | |||||
11 | "Homecoming, Part 1" | Kevin Altieri | Marty Isenberg | December 24, 2010 | |
Duke heads home to Missouri to protect his family from Cobra, while the Joes infiltrate Cobra Industrie's Christmas party in Washington D.C. Duke's (adolescent) past with Flint during a high school state football championship is revealed. Introducing Characters: Max Hauser (Duke's dad), Connie Hauser (Duke's mom), Vincent Hauser (Duke's younger brother) | |||||
12 | "Homecoming, Part 2" | Scooter Tidwell | Greg Johnson | December 24, 2010 | |
With the Joes in Flint's military custody en route to DC aboard a military train, the Baroness tries to regain a hard drive holding Cobra secrets. Now dubbed the "Springfield Four" the Joes' identities are compromised in the process. Storm Shadow via the Baroness, forms an alliance with Cobra. Introducing Characters: Stalker, Tripwire | |||||
13 | "Brothers of Light" | Nathan Chew | Brandon Auman | March 11, 2011 | |
Running a cult commune and fleecing the initiatives of their money, psychic twins Tomax and Xamot hypnotize most of the Joes after they find Sister Leia wandering in the desert. Meanwhile, Doctor Mindbender is seeking a psychic in order to learn the secrets to mind control for his Bio-Vipers. Introducing Characters: Tomax and Xamot, Crimson Guard Trivia: This episode was dedicated to the memory of Clément Sauvé (1977–2011). | |||||
14 | "Knockoffs" | Scott Bern | Tom Pugsley | March 18, 2011 | |
Flint and Lady Jaye offer Zartan a reduced sentence for his help. Meanwhile, the Baroness transports a camouflage suit—-technology that can duplicate anyone's appearance—-to Cobra Commander, but Zartan accidentally ruins everyone's plans. The Joes and the Falcons, must capture Zartan and retrieve the camo suit. Introducing Characters: warrant officer/helicopter pilot Wild Bill Hardy | |||||
15 | "White Out" | Kevin Altieri | Dean Stefan | March 25, 2011 | |
Dr. Mindbender creates prototype "Shadow-Vipers", synthetic doppelgangers of Storm Shadow, to track down the Joes, who are now in Canada hiding out with Snow Job, Tunnel Rat's old arctic trooper buddy. But Snow Job doesn't give the team the warm welcome they expect. There, Snake Eyes rescues a timber wolf caught in a hunter's trap. Introducing Characters: Snow Job, Frostbite, Timber | |||||
16 | "Shipwrecked" | Scooter Tidwell | Stan Berkowitz | April 16, 2011 | |
A sea captain, Hector Delgado, helps the Joes transport a canister commandeered from Cobra's arctic lab to General Abernathy in Washington D.C., evidence that would expose Cobra Industries' illegal activities and clear their names. On board his ship, Courtney, a prototype Techno-Viper is freed from its canister. Introducing Characters: Shipwreck, Cover Girl (in a poster as Courtney Kreiger), USS Flagg, Techno-Viper Trivia: The two Cobra grunts at the beginning, revealed when they compare stories, are grunts from Fire Fight and Homecoming who are being punished for losing to the Joes. | |||||
17 | "Castle Destro" | Nathan Chew | Mitch Rothenberg & Josh Eiserike | April 23, 2011 | |
18 | "Union of the Snake" | Scott Bern | Eugene Son | April 30, 2011 | |
The Joes infiltrate a corporate tele-communications summit at the Cisarovna chateau in Russia. They uncover a mind-control scheme involving Cobra Industries' new "Black Adder" cellphone. However, the Joes discover a local with an axe to grind against the Baroness and her family, and he's willing to sacrifice everyone's life for revenge. Introducing Characters: Red Star (of the Oktober Guard) Trivia: Cobra Flight Pods (aka: "Trouble Bubbles") from the old series were introduced. | |||||
19 | "The Anaconda Strain" | Kevin Altieri | Bill Wolkoff | May 7, 2011 | |
The Joes uncover the deadly Anaconda Strain (a mammalian virus engineered from reptile DNA) while searching for a missing biochemist, Dr. Kurt Schnurr, in Mexico. They also learn of Cobra's plan to profit from the sale of its antidote once they've released it onto the unsuspecting populace. Introducing Characters: Airtight, Doctor Venom aka Dr. Monev | |||||
20 | "Prodigal" | Scooter Tidwell | Andrew R. Robinson | May 14, 2011 | |
The Joes raid a Cobra medical facility to search for "Patient X" (the originator of the Anaconda Strain) and any other information that would help them prevent an outbreak. They soon discover that Patient X is actually an amnesiac Rip Cord and help to regain his memory. Unbeknownst to them, he has been turned into a Bio-Viper/human hybrid by Doctor Mindbender and Cobra can track his movements. Introducing Characters: Lift-Ticket | |||||
21 | "The Anomaly" | Nathan Chew | Ed Lee & Tim Jennings | June 11, 2011 | |
Doctor Mindbender's attempt to create another human/Bio-Viper hybrid appears to be a failure at first until it ends up reassembling in the New York City sewer system. When Duke, Roadblock, and Ripcord go along with Tunnel Rat to his hometown of Brooklyn to find a missing child named Reggie, they encounter the Sewer Viper being pursued by Doctor Mindbender. When the mad scientist tries to reclaim Ripcord for Cobra, the Sewer Viper removes the control chip in his head, giving the Joe full control of his Bio-Viper form. Introducing Characters: Teddy Lee (Tunnel Rat's older brother) | |||||
22 | "Cutting Edge" | Scott Bern | Greg Johnson | June 18, 2011 | |
When Scarlett and Snake Eyes sneak into Cobra Tower, they find out that Cobra Commander is hiding in the facility after a ninja attack at his castle. The threat of the ninja assassin causes Baroness to call in Storm Shadow to protect Cobra Commander. It is soon discovered that the ninja is actually Jinx in a high-tech suit made by Destro's M.A.R.S. Industries. Jinx learns what really happened to the Hard Master, Storm Shadow confesses to accidentally poisoning his tea, leaving Jinx to be the rightful leader to the Arashikage clan, while he disappears. She swears the clan will go down the honorable path her father intended, abandon the old ways and embrace the new using technology. | |||||
23 | "Cousins" | Kevin Altieri | Henry Gilroy | June 25, 2011 | |
Flint hires Corporal Hershel Dalton (aka: Heavy Duty) to apprehend his estranged cousin Roadblock while he (and the team) is in his hometown of Biloxi, Mississippi for their grandfather's funeral. Major Bludd chases the cousins through the bijou, but loses them ...and an arm to a gator. Introducing Characters: Heavy Duty, Grandma Hinton (Roadblock and Heavy Duty's grandmother) | |||||
24 | "Going Underground" | Scooter Tidwell | Eric Karten | July 9, 2011 | |
While investigating a series of earthquakes that hit along the eastern seaboard in one week, the Joes discover tunnels under a Virginia barn being constructed by Cobra, though a massive drilling excavator ends up separating Duke and Scarlett from the others. Like the roads of Ancient Rome, they figure out Cobra is building an underground network with Maglev rails that will allow them to move anything, anywhere, at any time without the public's knowledge. | |||||
25 | "Revelations, Part 1" | Nathan Chew | Greg Johnson | July 16, 2011 | |
Scarlett and the Joes go to her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia where she visits her vacant, family home. She learns from footage recovered by Snake Eyes that her father, professor Patrick O'Hara, invented the Molecular Assembler Scrambler Sender (a.k.a. the MASS Device) for Cobra Industries. Meanwhile, the Baroness commands the Bio-Vipers to attack the Joes when Cobra realizes the stone in Scarlett's locket is an integral part of the MASS device. Introducing Characters: Professor Patrick O'Hara (Scarlett's father) Trivia: Features the MASS Device from the original 1980s animated (5 part) mini-series. | |||||
26 | "Revelations, Part 2" | Kevin Altieri & Patrick Archibald | Michael Ryan | July 23, 2011 | |
As Scarlett's locket is in Baroness and Doctor Mindbender's possession, the Joes decide to take the fight to Cobra Industries by infiltrating their stronghold and stop them from finishing the MASS device. After a climactic fight, the Joes arrive in Washington D.C. in Destro's High Speed Sentry (a.k.a. HISS tank) and are surrounded by General Abernathy and the Falcons. Scarlett shows them the proof they need to clear their names. In the end, Cobra Industries' secrets are revealed and Cobra Commander declares war on the Joes. Trivia #1: The original broadcast included a trailer segment showcasing the 1980s Sunbow cartoon version of Duke stating the Renegades reality was "just a dream", specifically separating the two interpretations. The other counterparts of the Renegades crew refute the Renegades reality, laughing at the description Real American Duke tells them. Trivia #2: The H.I.S.S. tank along with Destro's signature outfit are featured, and the Cobra Night Raven can be seen on a Cobra computer screen Trivia #3: Near the end of the episode Duke receives a scar across his left eye, similar to the one he had in G.I. Joe: Resolute and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra . |
G.I. Joe: Renegades finished its first season original broadcast with the episode "Revelations - Part 2" on July 23, 2011. The series went on hiatus status according to Hub PR department, [7] with no news of renewal for a second season in July 2011. [8] On January 26, 2012, when asked when viewers would see a second season, Henry Gilroy said, "Actually, you're probably not going to." [9]
In January 2023, twelve years after the series went off the air, Henry Gilroy revealed that the show's cancellation was due to creative conflicts with Hasbro, including the planned second season's resemblance to the live-action G.I. Joe films, and Hasbro's desire to focus on the upcoming film G.I. Joe: Retaliation instead of continuing the animated series. [10]
On June 5, 2012, Shout! Factory released "G.I. Joe: Renegades - Season 1, Volume 1" on DVD. [11] "G.I. Joe: Renegades - Season 1, Volume 2" was released on DVD on September 25, 2012; the entire season was released on Blu-ray Disc at that time, as well. [5]
As adaptations of episodes of the TV series, IDW Publishing published four comic books under the name of G.I. Joe: Renegades. The comic books were released out of order. Each comic book is 104 pages long.
Action figures of Duke, Ripcord, Scarlett, Snake Eyes and Tunnel Rat were released in 2011, based on the characters from G.I. Joe: Renegades, with the additional action figures of Law & Order and Airtight. Renegades versions of Cobra Commander, Cobra Trooper, Firefly and Storm Shadow were also released as action figures in 2011. All action figures were branded as part of the 30th Anniversary line. [16] Finally, the main G.I. Joe Renegades team was completed in 2017 with the release of Roadblock as part of the San Diego Comic Con-exclusive IDW Revolution box set. [17]
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The Transformers: Prime/G.I. Joe Renegades block of special programming on Friday from 3:30 p.m.–7 p.m. generated significant gains audience versus the previous week among households and key demographics: HH (+111%, 97,000), Persons 2+ (+133%, 142,000), Kids 2-11 (+130%, 62,000), Kids 6-11 (+78%, 32,000), Adults 18-49 (+117%, 50,000) and Women 18-49 (+120%, 11,000). [18]
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