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| THOMAS. One of ten clones
created by Dr.
Mindbender when trying to create Serpentor. Thomas was named for Storm
Shadow, aka Thomas Arashikage, due to the fact that a then-believed
dead
Storm Shadow was included in the mix of warriors and conquerors whose
DNA
helped create Serpentor. named for Philip of Macedonia. The nine young
clones would grow at a slower rate than normal, and Mindbender nearly
abandoned
them once he perfected the process to create the mature clone that
became
Serpentor, but instead placed them in stasis and left them alive
unbeknownst
to Cobra Commander. Each clone was the amalgamation of history's
greatest
soldiers. After the defeat of Cobra in the 1995, the U.S. government
raided
Mindbender's secret lab on Cobra Island and recovered the clone
children.
They were placed in foster care until Serpentor and Dr. Mindbender
gathered
them in secrecy. All the children joined Serpentor on Cobra Island
during
a battle between his forces and Cobra and G.I. Joe. After the battle,
Philip
and the other boys were again placed in the care of the government. (GIv2
24, 25) |
 THUNDER. The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Matthew Harris Breckinridge.
Thunder
grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, next to a foundry, which probably
explains
his fondness for loud noises. He had a passion for heavy metal rock and
roll and became a drummer. After joining the Army, Thunder specialized
in artillery to "hear them go bang". Thunder later joined the G.I. Joe
team where he drove the Slugger "self-propelled artillery" tank. He
joined
the team a short time before the Joes invaded Springfield. He was one
of
the few Joes who stayed behind to guard Joe headquarters during that
invasion
and keep watch over an imprisoned Zartan. Later, while the Joes were
without
a base, Thunder was one of a group of Joes testing new vehicles and
weapons
in the Utah desert. His many other missions included the Cobra Island
civil
war. Thunder's final mission began as a supposedly simple raid on Cobra
Terror-Dromes in the desert nation of Trucial Abysmia. The mission went
sour when the Joes stumbled upon a large contingent of Cobra soldiers
and
vehicles. Thunder drove one of the group's armored vehicles. The team
was
captured and held prisoner by Cobra. A SAW-Viper, misunderstanding
orders,
killed several of the Joes in cold blood. Thunder was one of the first.
He and his fellow Joes were given heroes' funerals in Arlington
National
Cemetary. Many years later at Arlington, Thunder's name was included on
a new memorial dedicated to the fallen members of the G.I. Joe team. (GI
51,
59, 76, 108, 109; GIv2 26; Figure: 1) |
 TIMBER. A
wolf who befriended Snake-Eyes while the commando lived in his cabin in
the High Sierras. Though Timber became a pet to Snake-Eyes, he remained
a wild animal and usually stood guard at the cabin when Snake-Eyes was
away. Hawk and Stalker were met by Timber when they first asked
Snake-Eyes
to join the newly-formed G.I. Joe team. Because Snake-Eyes rarely left
his land and a wolf was his constant companion, some of the people in
the
tiny town at the foot of the mountains sometimes referred to Snake-Eyes
as a werewolf. When Snake-Eyes' cabin was attacked by Destro, Firefly
and
Fred Broca, Timber helped his friend, pouncing on Destro before he
could
shoot Snake-Eyes. In the battle that followed, Snake-Eyes pulled Timber
into the hidden trap door beneath his cabin as it exploded. Over a year
later, Storm Shadow arrived at the wreckage of the cabin to spend some
time alone. He was worried to find Timber growling at him, but the wolf
soon picked up Snake-Eyes' scent on the ninja and welcomed him as a
friend.
When Scarlett arrived, seeking Storm Shadow's help in saving Snake-Eyes
from the Cobra Consulate in New York, Timber joined the rescue mission.
He was hidden away in a large vacuum cleaner tank being pulled by
Scarlett,
who was disguised as a cleaning lady. When Scarlett's identity was
exposed,
a group of Cobra soldiers had the bad luck of discovering Timber, as
well.
Years later, Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, Storm Shadow and Jinx took some time
off at the site of the cabin. As they sat around a campfire, Timber
approached,
an arrow in his side and a red cloth in his teeth. He had been shot by
a group of Red Ninjas coming to kill Storm Shadow. The ninjas were
defeated
after a fight, and Timber was given the treatment he needed to recover
from his injuries. Timber lived to a very old age, spending several
more
years on watch at the cabin, with or without Snake-Eyes. About a year
after
the Joe team was shut down in 1994, Timber died while Snake-Eyes and
Scarlett
were living in a newly-built cabin. They buried him in the mountains,
not
far from the cabin. Before passing away, Timber fathered a litter of
wolf
pups, many of whom still live near the cabin today. (GI
27, 31, 32, 52, 90,
91, 145, 149; YB 3; FL 4) |
 T'JBANG. The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Sam LaQuale. Born in
East
Greenwich, Rhode Island, T'Jbang is Storm Shadow's second cousin and
learned
the art of ninjitsu from his family. He learned to use a sword from the
clan's master swordsman. He forged his own sword, preciselt balanced
for
the secret technique known as "Silent Backlash". In the Army, T'Jbang
became
a helicopter pilot. For reasons unknown, he has taken an oath of
silence.
He was eventually recruited for the G.I. Joe Ninja Force by Storm
Shadow.
On Ninja Force's first mission, T'Jbang and his teammates Dojo and
Nunchuk
fought Cobra Night Creepers in Beirut while helping Destro to avoid
assassins
hired by Cobra Commander. Continuing their protection of Destro, the
Ninja
Force and other Joes traveled to the Silent Castle in Trans-Carpathia,
where they fought Cobra Vipers and a group of Red Ninjas. It was the
Ninja
Force who discovered Firefly's connection to the Arashikage ninjas when
the mercenary appeared in command of the Red Ninjas. The team later
helped
liberate the Cobra-controlled town of Millville from Cobra, fighting a
band of Night Creepers. Shortly before the G.I. Joe team was shut down,
T'Jbang and the Ninja Force opened up a martial arts training school on
the site of the Soft Master's restaurant where T'Jbang's teammate,
Dojo,
had been trained many years before. The school was free to the
underpriviledged
young people living in the neighborhood. (GI
117, 118, 120-124, 126, 128-131,
135-137, 140, 141, 144, 145; GIv2
27; MA 1, 2, 4; AE 8-15; Figure: 1) |
 TOLLBOOTH. The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Chuck X. (for nothing) Goren.
Tollbooth
grew up in Boise, Idaho, and at age six his parents gave him a
construction
set for Christmas. He wore that out before he was seven and came to
love
building. Every year his sets got bigger and more complicated until he
outgrew them all. He started building for real and enevtually received
his Master degree in engineering from MIT. When he decided he wanted a
bigger challenge, he joined the Army and became a combat engineer,
hoping
to be part of the G.I. Joe team. He eventually did just that, signing
on
to drive the Joes' Bridge-Layer He joined the Joes some time before the
team's invasion of the Cobra-controlled town of Springfield. He was one
of the few Joes who stayed behind to guard Joe headquarters during that
invasion and keep watch over an imprisoned Zartan. Some time later,
after
the Pit was destroyed, Tollbooth put his engineering skills to good use
as he helped build the new Pit III in the Utah desert. His many other
missions
for the team included the Cobra Island civil war, where he was part of
a convoy of reinforcements. (GI 51, 62, 76, 77; Figure: 1) |
 TOPSIDE.
The code name used by U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer John Blanchet.
Topside
was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and grew up on a farm where he and his
father raised pigs that won numerous prizes at county fairs, gaining
the
reputation as Fort Wayne's Hog Master. At age 20, Topside looked for a
more exciting career and joined the Navy. While serving as deck hand on
a ship transporting a G.I. Joe covert ops team to a mission, and grew
tired
of their tales of toughness. After he decided to take them all on, he
gained
the Joes' notice and was eventually offered a spot on the team. Topside
served with the Joes for a short time before the team was disbanded in
1994. Some time after the team was reinstated in 2001, Topside took
part
in the Joes' battle against a revived Serpentor on Cobra Island. (GIv2
24; Figure: 1) |
  TORCH.
Tom Winken was born in Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, and was
sent to Borstal (reform school) at age fourteen. He escaped and joined
the Merchant Marines, where he learned to use an oxy-acetylene cutting
torch. "Torch" later joined the Melbourne Maulers motorcycle gang, and
eventually made his way into the Dreadnoks. Like most other Dreadnoks
he
simply loves violence and simply tearing things apart. Torch was also
very
much afraid of Zartan, though he could be coaxed into disobeying him,
such
as the time Buzzer stole Zartan's motorcycle to go joyriding, and
convinced
Torch to come along. He was one of the three Dreadnoks -- with Buzzer
and
Ripper -- who traveled to the United States with Zartan, who had begun
working for Cobra. Torch and the Dreadnoks came up against the Joes
again
and again, serving as Zartan's destructive henchman. After working with
Cobra for years, the Dreadnoks were reorganized into a national biker
gang
led by Zartan. In 2001, they began working again with Cobra and renewed
their fight against the G.I. Joe team. After a battle in the streets of
Washington against the Joes and a new, advanced BAT, Torch and many of
the original Dreadnoks were arrested and held in Blackwater Prison.
They
were eventually freed due to the legal machinations of Tomax and Xamot
and went on to join in the
battle against the forces of a
revived Serpentor on Cobra Island. They later freed Zartan from a
military facility where he was being held prisoner. Over a year later,
he and others fought Duke and General Rey when they came looking for
information about Rey's past from Zandar.
(for more information about Buzzer,
see Dreadnoks) (GI
24, 25, 28, 30, 32, 33, 35, 38, 47-52, 54, 55, 64, 73-77, 79, 81, 89,
90, 91, 93; GIv2 1, 2, 10-13,
27, 31, 39; BF 2; FL 1, 2, 10; AE 5, 6, 19, 20; DDH;
Figures: 1,
2) |
  TORPEDO.
The
code name used by U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Edward W. Leialoha.
Torpedo
grew up in Aiea, Hawaii, where he learned to surf at a young age. He
became
a skilled diver and worked as a scuba instructor before enlisting in
the
Navy. By age nineteen, he received three black belts in martial arts
(Wu-Shu,
Kenpo and Go-Ju-Ryu). After entering the Navy, he completed the SEAL
training
program and trained in demolitions. He eventually joined the G.I. Joe
team,
becoming the first Navy man on the team. On his first mission with the
team, Torpedo headed to Sierra Gordo to rescue a number of Joes who
were
stuck in the small nation after escaping from Cobra. Torpedo served on
many missions at sea and on land, including battling Cobra in
Washington,
DC, and evading Cobra's high command in the Florida Everglades. Some
time
later, Torpedo joined Snow Job in a battle with a Cobra base on a small
island, onboard the Joe hovercraft. There, he and Snow Job beat the
Cobras
again and again, leaving their base in shambles. But what the two Joes
didn't realize was that the Cobras had kept the secret that they had
been
ordered to protect. That mission led to the creation of Cobra Island,
after
which Torpedo was one of the many Joes to fight in a battle with Cobra
to try and push them off of the island before it became a sovereign
nation.
Later, Torpedo was one of the many Joes to participate in the invasion
of the Cobra-controlled town of Springfield. He served on many more
missions
over the years, fighting the October Guard in the Baltic Sea and once
again
on a covert mission to Cobra Island, piloting a landing craft in the
Cobra
Island civil war, and defending the Pit in Utah from an attack led by
Cobra
Commander himself. He was shot in the leg during that attack, but soon
recovered and stayed with the G.I. Joe team until it was shut down in
1994.
Some time after the team was reinstated in 2001, Torpedo and many other
former Joes joined the team in an attack on Cobra Island, fighting the
forces of a revived Serpentor. (GI
13, 16, 18, 22, 25-28, 36, 40, 48-50,
76, 129, 131; YB 2; OB 2; SM 1; SM:A; Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |
TRIPWIRE. The code name used
by U.S. Army
Sergeant Tormod S. Skoog. After being born in Hibbing, Minnesota,
Tripwire
moved on to a naval base in Yokosuka, Japan where his father served.
While
there, Tripwire dropped out of high school and spent two years
pondering
the meaning of life in a Zen monastery. He was expelled from the
monastery
for breaking too many dishes and spilling every possible liquid, thanks
to his being naturally clumsy and nervous. He enlisted in the Army at
age
19 and found his true spiritual awakening on the grenade range. He
discovered
that the only time he wasn't jittery and awkward was while working with
high explosives. They actually seemed to calm him down. He became an
expert
in explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and demolitions after training at
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  He
eventually was assigned to the G.I. Joe team. On his first mission for
the Joes, Tripwire helped battle Cobra in the streets of Washington,
DC.
Other missions included fighting off Cobra's invasion of Fort
Wadsworth,
and evading Cobra's high command in the Florida Everglades. While on
board
the Joes' freighter, the Jane, Tripwire risked his life to save his
teammates
by throwing himself on a soon-to-detonate bomb. Roadblock took the bomb
from Tripwire and tossed it overboard, while commending his bravery and
telling him never to do anything like that again. Some time later,
Tripwire
was back onboard the Jane during a Cobra Rattler attack. Tripwire and a
few other Joes barely survived by taking out the Rattlers.
Unfortunately,
the freighter was too badly damaged and the Joes were forced to abandon
ship as the Jane sunk beneath the ocean. Tripwire and the others were
rescued
soon after. Tripwire participated in many more operations over the
years,
including the battle to push Cobra off of the newly-formed Cobra
Island,
the invasion of the town of Springfield, the capture of a Terror-Drome
in Sierra Gordo, the Joes' involvement in the Cobra Island civil war
and
the defense of Cobra's attack on the Pit in Utah. Tripwire served with
the Joes until the team was shut down in 1994. He later made his way to
Philadelphia where he served on the police department's bomb squad, and
became something of a local hero. After the G.I. Joe team was
reinstated
in 2001, Tripwire rejoined once the Joes took over the abandoned
Philadelphia
Navy Yards and made a small base there. His missions with the new team
included stopping Cobra from getting their hands on a stolen nuclear
device,
and helping stop a terrorist plot by Tyler Wingfield. Tripwire was
later
one of the many Joes who took part in an attack on Cobra Island to
battle
the forces of a revived Serpentor. Some
time later, after the Joes stopped a plot by Cobra to unleash the
weapon known as the Tempest, and defeated a new threat, the Red
Shadows, the military again disbanded the team. One year later, the Joe
team was reformed with a smaller roster of active members. Tripwire,
like most former Joes, is a reserve member of the new team. (GI 16, 17, 19, 22, 25-29, 36, 40, 41,
48-50, 52, 56, 74, 75, 131; GIv2 8, 24; FL 11, 12; Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4) |
 TUNNEL
RAT. The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Nicky Lee. Tunnel
Rat's diverse family tree is Trinidadian Chinese with Irish, Spanish
and
Indian. He grew up on the mean streets of Brooklyn, toughened up on
Fort
Benning's Ranger Course, and even more in action in Grenada. Tunnel Rat
is also a trained explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) expert and combat
engineer.
His fearless attitude keeps him ready to crawl through an enemy tunnel
ready for a fight. Despite all this meanness, Tunnel Rat retains a
sense
of humor and is easy to get along with off duty. On his first mission
for
G.I. Joe, Tunnel Rat worked with a weapons research and testing team in
the Utah desert. When the group packed up and headed out on the road,
their
convoy was forced to fend off an attack from the new Cobra Pogo
vehicle,
piloted by Cobra Commander himself. In his other missions, Tunnel Rat
later
helped knock out power to the Cobra Consulate from the sewers below,
and
went on a near disastrous mission to find a traitor and spy in
Southeast
Asia. Months later, Tunnel Rat joined a team of Joes onto Cobra Island
on a reconnaissance mission. They stumbled upon Cobra's civil war and
when
the Joes entered the war on the side of Serpentor, Falcon's team became
advance scouts for the Joes' invasion and had to forcibly take control
of Cobra Island's airfield control tower to allow their teammates
access
to the airfield. When Destro's army forced the team into the sewers,
Tunnel
Rat took the point through the island's sluice tunnels during a
rainstorm
as the water rose dangerously higher. By the time Tunnel Rat and the
others
joined up with the rest of the Joe team, the battle was over. Over the
years, Tunnel Rat continued on many missions for the team, including
the
Battle of Benzheen, defending the Pit from Cobra attack and liberating
the Cobra-controlled town of Millville. After the Joe team was shut
down
in 1994, Tunnel Rat returned home to Brooklyn where he worked with
underpriviledged
kids in his old neighborhood. When the team was reinstated in 2001,
Tunnel
Rat signed on as a reserve member and finally rejoined his teammates to
battle against the forces of a revived Serpentor on Cobra Island. Some
time later, after the Joes stopped a plot by Cobra to unleash the
weapon known as the Tempest, and defeated a new threat, the Red
Shadows, the military again disbanded the team. One year later, the Joe
team was reformed with a smaller roster of active members. Tunnel Rat,
like most former Joes, is a reserve member of the new team. He was
called back to duty to stop a group of terrorists who had taken control
of a Cobra biological weapon facility in Manhattan. (GI
59,
64, 67, 72-77, 86, 113, 131, 140, 141, 144, 151; SM 7, 8, 21, 23, 24; GIv2
24, 29, 30;
SM:M; Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) |
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