Saturday Morning Cartoons – G.I.Joe Spy Troops

YES! It’s Saturday morning, my favorite time of the week! You know why we’re here, so let’s get to it!

Just last week, we dug in the crates and went back to 2004 to check out G.I.Joe Valor vs Venom, courtesy of Anything Joes. This week, why not dig just a bit deeper and check out 2003’s G.I.Joe: Spy Troops? So with that, my friends, let’s get to it!

When Hasbro launched G.I. Joe vs. Cobra in 2002, an updated revival of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline that was sold between 1982 and 1994, they commissioned Reel FX Creative Studios to produce a series of CGI-animated commercials to promote the new line of figures. They would follow this up with an hour-long direct-to-video movie titled Spy Troops to promote the 2003 series of figures released under the sub-line of the same name. Spy Troops was written by Larry Hama, who wrote the original filecards and the Marvel comic series.

The plot revolves around G.I. Joe, America’s daring, highly trained special missions force. The Joes have just perfected a new technology: Mind Interface Remote Control (MIRC), which allows soldiers to flawlessly command vehicles from a safe distance.