G.I. Joe Cameo In Avengers Cartoon

[David Fryer]

I was watching the Avengers minisodes leading up to the new cartoon and I spotted a nice little easter egg. Flying one of the helicopters for the Hulkbusters was G.I. Joe's own Wild Bill. They even gave him a single line, spoken with a Texas twang. I don't expect to many more bits like this, but I thought it was a nice nod to the days when Marvel published the G.I. Joe comics.

[JoelF847]

I hadn't heard about the Avengers cartoon. Can you share the details?

[David Fryer]

It premires on Disney XD on October 20th. If you go here you can check out the minisodes and get more details.

[Matthew Morris]

I'm amused they snuck Wolverine in here.

And Kerry Pheyton voicing Bucky is funny too.

[David Fryer]

Matthew Morris wrote:

I'm amused they snuck Wolverine in here.

I haven't gotten to the one with Wolverine in it.

[Purple Dragon Knight]

man, this stuff is cool...

[Matthew Morris]

Ok, saw the premier episodes.

This does appear to be a DCAU-like universe so far. We have the familar cast, but with some changes. Nick's black, with 616 style hair, for example.

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The phrase continuity porn was made for this show. Lots of villians, a "TV friendly" death (watch when Grey Gargoyle 'stones' the guard and he falls over), and as mentioned above, in jokes in the mini-sodes.

Anyone else notice the guardian robots in the BigHouse looked VERY familiar?

Janet seems to be a lot like her 616 counterpart, as do Thor, and, so far, Hank. Tony's clearly influenced by the movie Iron man.

Bring on Arrow Guy! I mean Hawkeye!

While the Hulk's origins seem to be 616, I like this hulk, including his conversation with Banner.

The universe does seem to have the Super-Soldier obsession 1616 does.

Was kind of sad that Matt Frewer wasn't voicing the Leader.

[Matthew Morris]

More continuity porn...

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In the Masters of Evil episode, there's a guy reading a newspaper while stuck in traffic. The headline is "Secret school for mutants in upstate New York?" With the X-mansion in the panel. Another headline on the paper is "Superheroes replaced by shape shifting aliens!"

I get the feeling I'm going to need to get the series on DVD just to catch all the in jokes.

Also there's a conversation between Tony and Jarvis where Tony's basically designing the hall of armor and Jarvis points out "You only have three suits, sir." Made me chuckle.

Best line so far... "I cannot. I'm concentrating."

[KnightErrantJR]

So . . . speaking of in jokes . . . do you suppose no one on the staff of the series had a private chuckle over calling a story arc "Gamma World?"

[KnightErrantJR]

Matthew Morris wrote:

More continuity porn...

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Best line so far... "I cannot. I'm concentrating."

Thor has had several awesome lines.

"I tire of these geeks!"

"Its like a frost giant's head with the body of a baby."

"Iron Man's technology keeps making noises at me."

Plus I love the fact that he called Jarvis "Disembodied Voice" when Jarvis was talking too him just after he moved into the mansion.

However, Jan does get an honorable mention with, "Firemen live in the firehouse!"

[KnightErrantJR]

Regarding Hulk:

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I like that Hulk appears to be skewing towards the Grey hulk personality, which he seemed to have early in the original Avengers run.

[Matthew Morris]

I have to agree about the Hulk. Just please please please keep the Rulk out of my cartoon.

I also don't want to see yet another Hank Pym derailed by his breakdown. One thing that I like about Hank in the comics (when they allow him) is he frakked up <i>and got better</i>.

And yes, I chuckled at 'Gamma World' even if it wasn't intentional. I'd have been amused if the Hulk had put one of the little 'gamma enhancers' on and become the Maestro though.

I also like how the assembly at the end of the credits changes to reflect the membership.

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Looks like this BW is a villian, similar to her Ultimates version, wonder if that's going to reflect in the Movie.

[Grey Lensman]

Presently I see Pym as the character with the most depth in the show.

[Matthew Morris]

Jason Ellis 350 wrote:

Presently I see Pym as the character with the most depth in the show.

I'm biased, but I think Cap has a lot of potential. I do like how they've touched on him being out of time, subtly w/o making him an idiot.

[KnightErrantJR]

Matthew Morris wrote:

I'm biased, but I think Cap has a lot of potential. I do like how they've touched on him being out of time, subtly w/o making him an idiot.

I have said this before on some other forums, but yeah, I think Hank in this show reminds me of Hank when he was the science advisor to the West Coast team, not really that interested in being a super hero, but wanting to make a difference with his talents. I think as he is now he makes a nice counterpoint to Tony.

I think, and I could be wrong, that they are playing up that Cap is out of time, so he's letting others take point and helping out where he can. Its nice that they can subtly show him a bit lost without going great guns on the "gee willikers, its not the fourties anymore!"

I am hoping, however, once he gets his bearings, he starts becoming a bit more assertive. I'll be interested to see if we start seeing some chairman changes down the road and how it affects the team.

And I really liked the quote from Gamma World, as well:

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When Tony somewhat jokingly was going to have Black Panther enter first, and Cap gets out of Tony's way and says, "leaders lead."

[Grey Lensman]

Matthew Morris wrote:

I'm biased, but I think Cap has a lot of potential. I do like how they've touched on him being out of time, subtly w/o making him an idiot.

I don't think this is biased at all. Cap has great potential. I think Pym has shown more depth so far, but a large part of that is he has been in several more episodes. I can easily see Cap overtaking him quite soon.

[Matthew Morris]

Yes! Mockingbird!

And another Wolverine/X-men reference.

Holy Crap!

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And Skrulls. A Secret invasion done right? Yes!

[Matthew Morris]

more fun

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Looks like Nick is going underground, ala Secret Invasion. I'll be interested to see if this Bobbie is a skrull then.

Also, as much as I initially disliked Bucky 'getting better', I have been impressed with him in the 616 universe, so I'm glad that we'll see the character introduced (with an arm missing, I noticed).

Next week... Ultron!

[Matthew Morris]

"Ultron... We would have words with thee."

My inner fanboy just fainted.