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[The Elite]

Cobra-la was a race of super-humans who once ruled the world, but they retreated to hide from the ice age. By the time they decided to emerge, humans had developed spears and arrows, so the cowards decided to stay hidden.

Cobra Commander was a weak runt by their standards, but he survived due to his intellect. They put him to work in bioweapons, and a mishap ruined his face. His people "rewarded him" by giving him the job of "Go conquer humanity", but that was more likely just a pretense for his banishment into the icy wasteland.

Using nothing more than his mind and his charisma and his leadership, Cobra Commander created a military organization capable of ruling the world, and very nearly accomplished that goal on dozens of occasions, but yeah, he never quite managed to stick the landing.

Then his organization turned against him, crediting themselves for their victories and him for their failures, although they recognized that none of them could step up and replace him, so they decided to create a superhuman to replace Cobra Commander (retconned by the movie to suggest that the coup was initiated by Cobra-la, who wanted to seize control over the impressive military organization Cobra Commander created).

In his own self defense, Cobra Commander screwed Serpentor, sticking him with the mind of a pro wrestler rather than the greatest strategic mind in human history. And then he secured his #2 position by telling Serpentor outright that he would need a scapegoat, someone to blame for his many, many failures (of which there were easily as many as Cobra experienced under Cobra Commander).

After Cobra-la/Serpentor led Cobra on a failed mission against GI Joe, Cobra Commander saved his forces by moving them into range of Cobra-la, an action which he knew to be not in his own personal interest (he was personally terrified of Cobra-la, but he brought Cobra there anyways, to save them from a crushing defeat that was not of his making).

Cobra-la, playing up their role as the true head of Cobra, put Cobra Commander on a sham trial, groundlessly accusing him of incompetence, and then slowly and cruelly stripped him of his mind and his humanity. But Cobra Commander had the last laugh, because he betrayed the bastards and provided vital intel to GI Joe, allowing GI Joe to destroy Cobra-la.

And then at the start of the next season, he recovered from being turned into a mindless animal (his people realized that they were lost without him) and he got his revenge against Serpentor, turning him into a mindless animal, and regained control over what was left of his organization.

An episode of Transformers revealed that the organization called Cobra did eventually fade away, but Cobra Commander lived on to old age, and in retirement he successfully tangled with the Autobots and got away clean, while he has a low opinion of the quality of so-called "terrorists" these days.

Comic Cobra Commander was better. I think they killed the real one like 20 issues and replaced him with a mechanic.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

Does Wile E. Coyote count? Was he from the 80s?

The dude failed every time, and it was almost always 100% his own fault.

First appeared in 1948.

 

[Sorcerer]

There all incompetent, by there very nature they have to be, otherwise you can't have a long running show.

 

[Reptars Revenge]

Dick Dastardly by far

What's really lame about him is that he keeps almost winning the races on genuine merit alone, but then insists on cheating just to make sure and then it backfires and he loses.

Pretty much the cartoon version of the New England Patriots. By far the best team and still cheats.

 

[SwipeLeftHoney]

How are you guys forgetting this dude... Galvatron

 

[Blues1990]

All that magical power and she uses it to try and steal a dime.

To be fair, her primary motivation to steal Scrooge's Number One Dime is to melt it in the fires of a volcano to turn it into a powerful magical amulet, capable of granting the Midas Touch.

It's not like she's a feverous coin collector.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

Shredder because he did nothing at all.

Megatron does not belong here. He was among the most competent villain in any cartoon aimed at kids, if not number 1.

 

[Host Samurai]

Shredder brought the revival of 03 Shredder, who fucked shit up.

 

[TheGreatDirector]

Shredder brought the revival of 03 Shredder, who fucked shit up.

Him and the 2012 Shredder are goddamn monsters.

 

[HeelPower]

All that magical power and she uses it to try and steal a dime.

She's a goddess.

I love her so much ,but she didn't get nearly enough screen time.

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

Him and the 2012 Shredder are goddamn monsters.

Yes, those Shredders are far more deadly and competent than the 1980s version... though he did have that "I never bluff." moment.

 

[Pyramid head]

Venger couldn't kill level 1 noobs.

Dude had thighs of steel though. Could you fly while carrying a horse between your legs? No.

 

[Sephzilla]

Him and the 2012 Shredder are goddamn monsters.

Yes, those Shredders are far more deadly and competent than the 1980s version... though he did have that "I never bluff." moment.

1980 cartoon Shredder is basically a disgrace to the other Shredders. The 1990 movie Shredder is pretty badass too

He also has the claim to fame of actually beating the turtles in the first movie

 

[TheTylerDurden]

There is no competition. Within a 10-15 minute reel, he would fail 10 times. Not once, not twice, but multiple times repeatedly.

He is incompetence and failure on the highest level. He mail ordered all kinds of things to try and kill the roadrunner to eat him. He never realized that he could probably mail order food if he was hungry. The only way he loses is if he is not recognized to be an "80's" villain. He was created long before and went on long after.

 

[Armoured Priest]

1980 cartoon Shredder is basically a disgrace to the other Shredders. The 1990 movie Shredder is pretty badass too

He also has the claim to fame of actually beating the turtles in the first movie

At least 80s Shredder didn't go out like a chump like the OG comic Shredder (he got better...sort of)

 

[BKatastrophe]

Megatron.

Starscream is actively planning to usurp you and tells you constantly to your face. WHY IS STILL AROUND, MUCH LESS YOUR 2ND IN COMMAND

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7y9fDIq.jpg[/IMG]

All that magical power and she uses it to try and steal a dime.

A dime that basically controls the world's economy and can make you absolutely rich.

There is no competition. Within a 10-15 minute reel, he would fail 10 times. Not once, not twice, but multiple times repeatedly.

He is incompetence and failure on the highest level. He mail ordered all kinds of things to try and kill the roadrunner to eat him. He never realized that he could probably mail order food if he was hungry. The only way he loses is if he is not recognized to be an "80's" villain. He was created long before and went on long after.

Roadrunner isn't exactly a hero.

 

[Machine]

Some of the villains being mentioned aren't really from the '80s. Dick Dastardly first appeared in 1968 on Wacky Races and as already mentioned Wile E. Coyote first appeared even earlier than that.

 

[zeemumu]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7y9fDIq.jpg[/IMG]

Fair enough

 

[Kolibri]

Going full obscure here. Transfer from Around The World With Willy Fog.

Not only does he fail to stop Fog, but he ends up homeless and broke.

 

[PSqueak]

Skeletor.

He couldn't conquer Eternia.

Meanwhile his counterpart, Hordak, already had won and his arch nemesis was with the pesky (but ultimately small) resistance. Skeletor was a loser.