G.I. Joe: Renegades | |
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Genre |
Action Adventure |
Created by | Whitney Champion Matt Meeks |
Based on | G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics) by Larry Hama |
Developed by |
Henry Gilroy Marty Isenberg Jeff Kline |
Voices of |
Charlie Adler Clancy Brown Natalia Cigliuti Nika Futterman Matthew Yang King Jason Marsden Johnny Messner Khary Payton Kevin Michael Richardson Charlie Schlatter Tatyana Yassukovich |
Narrated by | David Kaye |
Opening theme | Starr Parodi Jeff Eden Fair |
Composer(s) | Starr Parodi Jeff Eden Fair |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Jeff Kline |
Producer(s) | Phil S. Crain Therese Trujillo |
Running time | approx. 21 minutes |
Production company(s) | Darby Pop Productions Hasbro Studios |
Release | |
Original network | The Hub |
Original 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. The series aired on Teletoon in Canada.
The series was available for instant streaming through Netflix from April 5, 2012 up until February 2015. DVD and Blu-ray releases by Shout! Factory came out in 2013.
A group of young Joes are forced to become fugitives after a spy mission goes horribly wrong that involves the explosion of Cobra Industries' Pharmaceuticals. Now branded as renegades by the media for crimes they didn't commit, they're forced to fight. Pursued by the military and Cobra mercenaries, they must use all their 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 formally an actual officer 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.
The Falcons are a group of military officers sent by General Abernathy to bring in the G.I. Joe team.
Hasbro produced a 26 episode first season of G.I. Joe: Renegades which finished airing on July 23, 2011.