Originally posted by: JediSage
Wow...great list. I agree about Scrappy Doo and Lisa Simpson, and Apache Chief. Total losers. Serpentor...wasn't he the "Emperor" for the the Cobras? I kind of liked him.

He was created to be the Emperor of the Cobra Organization, yes. I actually don't have a problem with Serpentor, though I think he was at his best in "GI Joe The Movie" (which honestly wasn't a very good movie but it did have some good animation and nicely done battles, particularly that kickass opening with the redux of the GI Joe theme). I actually enjoy listening to him bellow "This, I command!" (it sounds a lot like something Cobra Commander would say).

I've read that there was this idea by one of the show's writers, possibly Buzz Dixon, that Cobra Commander and COBRA as a whole was really just a front for a much larger, more sinister organization, which unfortunately turned out to be the bug race of Cobra-La in the movie (they meant to change the name but Hasbro loved it so much they made the writers keep it). The second season of GI Joe saw a number of new arrivals, such as General Hawk (who actually predated Duke and Flint in the GI Joe toyline and comic book but for some reason he did not appear in the two miniseries "Real American Hero" and "Revenge of Cobra" - in fact, he didn't appear in the animated Joeverse until the second season of the series!) Beach Head, Cross Country, Dial Tone, Iceburg, Leatherneck, Life-Line, Low Light, Mainframe and Wet-Suit among others for the Joes and for the Cobras Dr. Mindbender and Zartan's brother Zander and sister Zarana for the Dreadknocks, who all kinda phased out the earlier characters (Leatherneck was basically Gung Ho with hair and a different voice). Did we mention Sgt. Slaughter? When you introduce new characters, something's usually bound to go wrong somewhere.

If the GI Joe universe started over (which it kinda did with this new CGI GI Joe thing "Valor VS Venom" and, unfortunately, the new GI Joe Sigma 6 on Fox Kids) I think Serpentor might get a different introduction, though if I'd been in charge of his intro in the show all those years ago, I'd have had them splice his genetic matrix with the DNA of General Hawk instead of Sgt. Slaughter - might have made him a little more mellow and also a more personal nemesis for Hawk.