Cobra Command - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • An international terrorist organization called "Cobra" guest-starred in the "Island of Doom" episode of the Hanna-Barbera Godzilla animated series on December 1, 1979. The Hanna-Barbera Cobras also had blue uniformed troops, tanks, artillery, and its own air force. A few of the characters were similar to ones in Cobra Command. This episode appeared three years prior to the 1982 launch of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline.
  • In season 3 of the Transformers animated series, a character known as 'Old Snake' who wears a silver mask with a single eyehole over his face (similar to Cobra Commander's mask) and sounds like Cobra Commander, appears in the episode "Only Human". At the end of the episode he says "they simply don't make terrorists like they used to" and shouts "Cobra!" in the manner of Cobra Commander. He appears to be a much older, semi-retired version of himself, as his shout of "CO-BRAAA!" is followed by harsh coughing and wheezing.
  • Pro Wrestler CM Punk has a tattoo of Cobra's logo on his right shoulder.
  • On Hey Arnold, a bully named Wolfgang has a Cobra Organization logo on his shirt.
  • The Cobra Organization appears in the Robot Chicken episode "Joint Point." In a documentary segment in the style of The Office, each certain member explains their job in the Terror Drome ranging from Major Bludd serving as a bridge between the "blokes at the top of the ladder" (like Cobra Commander and Serpentor) and the "peons at the bottom," a Cobra Cloning Machine operator, Cobra logos placed on their products, a reference to the Weather Dominator exploding, Baroness explaining why inter-office romances are forbidden, and Doctor Mindbender running a class to train the Cobra Organization's New Recruits.
  • At the end of the I'm In The Band episode "Izzy Gonna Sing?", Burger is wearing a red t-shirt with a blue Cobra logo.
  • A fictional team in All Pro Football 2k8 called the Carolina Cobras play in Extensive Enterprises Stadium.

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