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''G.I. Joe Extreme'' is a line of military-themed toys that was sold in retail from 1995 to 1997. The toys were produced by Kenner following their acquisition by former competitor Hasbro and was intended to succeed the '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' line, which was discontinued the previous year. It was supported by a syndicated animated series that ran for two seasons and a series of comics. The line features a storyline quite similar to the ''A Real American Hero'' line. In a "near-future" continuity, a new
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fights to stop a rising terrorist organization called S.K.A.R. (short for Soldiers of Khaos, Anarchy and Ruin) and their leader, a mysterious, shrewd, and incredibly powerful military leader only known as Iron Klaw.


Toyline

The title logo was reminiscent of the original G.I. Joe logo from the 1960s and 1970s. The 3.75" scale was discarded in favor of a new 5" scale, which allowed a greater level of detail especially in the facial and muscular features. Carded figures were released in two varieties, basic figures and deluxe figures. The deluxe versions of the figures, which were advertised as featuring "Ultra SLAM Firepower", came packaged with a backpack accessory connected to a missile launcher via a tube. The launcher shoots its missiles by lowering the plunger on the backpack. A single two-pack was also released. The vehicles and playsets were also advertised with "Ultra SLAM Firepower". The ''Extreme'' line never approached the success of the ''Real American Hero'' line and was canceled after its first wave. A second wave of figures and playsets was showcased in Toy Fair '96, but only two figures (Black Dragon and Harpoon) were given full releases. The rest, which included Mayday (the sole female Joe in the ''Extreme'' lineup), were shelved.


Carded figures

* Basic figures ** Lt. Stone ** Mayday ** Black Dragon ** Metalhead ** Quick Stryke ** Harpoon ** Ballistic ** Sgt. Savage ** Freight ** Iron Klaw ** Inferno ** Rampage ** Steel Raven ** Wreckage * Deluxe figures ** Lt. Stone with Mortar Launcher ** Iron Klaw with Attack Rocket ** Ballistic with Sidearm Blaster ** Metal Head with Shoulder Cannon * Two-pack ** Lt. Stone vs. Iron Klaw


Vehicles and playsets

* Heavy Artillery sets ** Detonator combat cannon with Sgt. Savage figure ** Spitfire battering platform with Inferno figure * Vehicles ** Road Bullet assault cycle ** Sky Stalker ** Sand Striker all terrain vehicle ** Bone Splitter armored tank


Other toys

* Die-cast vehicles - A set of four small scale versions of vehicles from the main toyline. Also came packaged with a compass. * Water Blaster - A ''G.I. Joe''-themed Super Soaker that straps onto one's arm.


Unreleased products

* Carded figures ** Mayday ** Quick Stryke ** Rampage ** Wreckage ** Deluxe Freight ** Deluxe Wreckage ** Urban 4-Pack (included urban-themed repaints of Lt. Stone, Sgt. Savage, Freight and Metal Head) * Heavy Artillery set ** Ice Station Zero * Vehicles ** Thunderin' Fury tank with Freight ** Tigerhawk * Action packs (accessory packs for action figures) ** Alpine Enforcer ** Cybernetic Exo-Armor ** Shadow Stealth Defender * Other products ** Carrying Case ** Combat Communicators (role-playing toy)


Animated series

The ''G.I. Joe Extreme'' series was produced by
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(who co-produced the first ''
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'' TV series), Graz Entertainment and Gunther-Wahl Productions and distributed by Claster Television. The program was part of a checkerboard series of cartoons Claster sold to stations under the umbrella title of ''The Power Block''. Set in the (at the time) "near future" of 2006, the show's main threat is a new, emerging terrorist organization called S.K.A.R. led by Iron Klaw, disguised as the former count of an eastern European country, whose identity he took over after kidnapping him. According to the one-minute intro (which resembles a
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), a "former super-power" has collapsed with several factions vying for control against a new global terrorist organization "known only as S.K.A.R." whose goal is nothing less than total world domination. Iron Klaw claims: ''"We will be VICTORIOUS!"'' to which Lt. Stone replies ''"Not on MY watch!"'' followed by an introduction to the new Joe roster. The opening concludes with a news reporter giving odds of survival as "a million to 1" and Stone yelling: ''"...and that's the way we LIKE it!"'' Season 1 with a one-minute intro with all of the live-action segments during the beginning of all the episodes, Season 2 with a thirty-second intro during Friday's ''The Power Block''. The new Joe team operates in a post-Cold War world wracked by chaos and carnage, and battling against both SKAR and independent mercenaries, who seek to further destabilize an already unstable world. Unlike the previous series, the cartoon featured a pre-credits teaser featuring a mixture of both live actors with the voices dubbed over and CGI. However, as with the previous series, the end of the episode featured new public service announcements in the same vein as the popular "Knowing is Half the Battle" PSAs.


Comics

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acquired the ''G.I. Joe'' comic license in 1996. The initial four issue mini-series, simply titled ''G.I. Joe'' (which featured the tagline "extreme times call for extreme heroes!" on the cover of each issue), was written by
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, with art by Tatsuya Ishida and Scott Reed. The cover to the first issue (''The Hour of the Iron Claw'') was done by Frank Miller, the second issue (''Pawn of the Iron Klaw'') by
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, and issues three (''The Gang's All Here'') and four (''The Ultimate Price'') by Walter Simonson. The plot of the mini-series revealed events that occurred after the ones depicted in the television series, but also contradict them on several points, notably in that Iron Klaw is, at the very beginning, the second-in-command of the military wing of S.K.A.R. The original leader was a woman named The Duchess of M'Klavia, who wanted her royal line to regain control of her country’s government through whatever means necessary. She was assassinated by Iron Klaw, when he became more ambitious and craved for world domination. At this point, the new Joe Team included two new members, Short Fuze (unrelated to the character of the same codename from the ''A Real American Hero'' series) and Tall Sally. The mini-series led to an ongoing series following the same continuity, and beginning with a three-part story: (''Red Scream: Hunted'', ''Red Scream: Shakes Hands with Satan'', ''Red Scream: Island Assault''). The plot featured an anti-globalist group led by a woman called Red Scream, who sought to discredit (and eventually destroy) the Inter-Alliance, by using Joe impostors to commit acts of terrorism. The storyline concluded with both Red Scream's and Iron Klaw's capture. A fourth issue (''All This and World War II'' and ''The Last Wild Heart: The Fourth Man'') began a new story following the still-active remnants of the I.R.O.N. Army, but the comic was put on an indefinite "hiatus", and publication never resumed.


Characters


G.I. Joe Team

* Mr. Clancy (voiced by
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) - He is the Joe Team's presidential liaison and the true team leader, very much like
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in the original series. He dresses in a black suit and is always wearing sunglasses, resembling the
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. * Lt. Stone (voiced by Garry Chalk) - Field commander. After foiling an attempted kidnapping by S.K.A.R. soldiers, both he and Sgt. Savage were approached by Mr. Clancy to form a new G.I. Joe Team. * Sgt. Savage (voiced by Michael Dobson) - Master Sergeant Robert S. Savage, Jr. was the only character carried over from ''A Real American Hero'', as he was part of the short-lived ''
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'' subline. Savage is the "oldest" member of the team; he once had a wife and child. * Ballistic/Eagle Eye (voiced by Brian Drummond) - Albert Salviatti is the team's sharp shooter. He has a strong rivalry with his former comrade-in-arms, the Silencer. He's referred to as "the guy who never misses". His codename was inexplicably changed in Season 2. * Black Dragon (voiced by Tony Lung in Season 1,
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in season 2) - Kang Chi Lee is the Joe Team's resident
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and martial artist. He is from
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(as revealed in "The Search for Clancy") and has a history with a crime family from that area. * Freight (voiced by Blu Mankuma) - Omar Diesel is a former professional
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player and the team's demolitions expert. Freight served in the U.S. Army before becoming a football player. He left football when he heard about the reformation of the Joe Team (as seen in "Crawling from the Wreckage" and "Winner Take All"). * Harpoon (voiced by Francisco Trujillo) - Jose Montalvo is a former Navy SEAL and the team's nautical expert (as seen in "Dawn's Oily Light"). He provides comic relief for the G.I. Joe team. * Mayday (voiced by Randall Carpenter) - Mayday is the lone female of the reformed Joe Team. She is an aggressive and determined skilled fighter and pilot. * Metalhead (voiced by
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) - Matthew Hurley is the team's communications and computer expert and hacker. He was the first person recruited to join the new Joe Team (as seen in "Summoning of Heroes"). He is unrelated to the Iron Grenadier member who was introduced in ''A Real American Hero'' line. * Quick Stryke (voiced by Blu Mankuma) - A former S.K.A.R. operative who defected to the Joe Team after the death of his brother Jonathan (as seen in "Point of Honor"). * Red McKnox (voiced by Dale Wilson) - A
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of
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descent who designed most of the equipment used by the Joe Team. * Tracker - Tracker is an expert tracker recruited by Stone, in order to find Clancy. Tracker possesses
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(as seen in "The Search for Clancy"). ** Lakota - Tracker's trained
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. * Short-Fuze - A member of the Joe Team, appearing only in the comic series. He is an expert in demolitions, unrelated to the original one from ''A Real American Hero'' series. * Tall Sally - A second female character appearing only in the
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series. "Sally" is a nickname short for Salindra.


S.K.A.R.

* Iron Klaw (voiced by Richard Newman) - The leader of the military wing of S.K.A.R. He has a fascination and deep respect for
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(as seen in "Relics", "Rebellion", and "The Search for Clancy"). Iron Klaw operates under the
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of Count von Rani, the ruler of a small Eastern European nation called Kalistan who he kidnapped and stole the identity of. * Steel Raven (voiced by Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff) - Iron Klaw's right-hand woman, Steel Raven becomes the main instrument of his will by the second season of the TV show. * Inferno (voiced by Ian James Corlett) - Kidwell Pyre served Iron Klaw throughout the first season of the television series. Inferno grew up as the adopted son of a poor single mother who worked as a maid while his two brothers Miles and Fredwick bullied him at an early age. Refers to his arm-mounted flamethrowers as his "Toys" and talks with a hissing voice. * Wreckage (voiced by Dale Wilson) - He was once a soldier named Eric Alexander who fought alongside Freight in the American military until he went M.I.A. In reality, Wreckage was experimented upon in an early attempt by Iron Klaw to create a cybernetic super-soldier when he was captured during a major military conflict in South America (as seen in "Crawling from the Wreckage"). The experiments made Wreckage extremely strong and resilient, but prone to fits of rage. * Rampage (voiced by Colin Murdock) - J. Remington III is an
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who operates legitimate business fronts and
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deals. Rampage is S.K.A.R.'s primary weapon supplier. However, he seeks to eliminate Iron Klaw and seize control of the organization. Rampage possesses the ability to transform into a grotesque devilish green-skinned creature (as seen in "Crawling from the Wreckage" and "Extend a Helping Klaw"). In addition when he's in battle, he also wears high-tech armor with guns on it that often vary from a chain-gun to a rocket launcher. * Duchess of Mklavia - The former leader of the military wing of S.K.A.R., the Duchess appears only in the first comic series. Iron Klaw
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her to replace her as head of both Kalistan and S.K.A.R. * S.K.A.R. Soldiers - The robotic foot soldiers of S.K.A.R.


Non-aligned villains

* The Silencer (voiced by
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) - Although not technically a member of S.K.A.R., the Silencer is often found in their employ. He is a
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known for his marksmanship. The Silencer used to be a member of the U.S. Special Forces serving with Ballistic (Eagle Eye). However, he was court-martialed for his actions and thrown out of the military. * Red Scream - Appearing only in the comic series, Red Scream is an anti-globalist terrorist who sought to destroy the Inter-Alliance by discrediting the Joe Team through the use of imposters. Her identity was later revealed to be Commander Roston, an American military officer with access to the Joe Team's files.


Voices

* Randall Carpenter - Mayday * Garry Chalk - Lt. Stone * Ian James Corlett - Inferno * Michael Dobson - Sgt. Savage * Brian Drummond - Eagle Eye/Ballistic *
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- Metalhead *
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- Black Dragon (Season 2) * Tony Lung - Black Dragon (Season 1) * Blu Mankuma - Freight, Quick Stryke * Colin Murdock - Rampage * Richard Newman - Iron Klaw * Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff - Steel Raven * Francisco Trujillo - Harpoon * Dale Wilson - Red McKnox, Wreckage


Additional voices

* Kathleen Barr - * Lisa Ann Beley - * A.J. Bond - *
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- * John Kirk Connell - * Christopher Gray - *
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- *
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- The Silencer *
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- * Kyle Labine - * Andrea Libman - * Chris Turner -


Crew

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- Voice Director


References


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