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Rock-Viper
(aka Rock Viper, Cobra Rock Viper)
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Animated Appearances
| DiC Voice | Appearances | Time Identifiable On Screen | Total Lines (In Own Voice) | Total Words
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| Various | 5 | 289 seconds | 5 | 67
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Notes: DiC's Rock-Vipers wore the 1990 outfit but lacked the black chest panel. None of them had mustaches except for Ambush, who wore a Rock-Viper uniform in one episode.
| Season 1 Opening (DiC) | 1 second | | running from Sandstorm (0:28)
| | General Confusion | 21 seconds | 1 line | capturing Joes in Desert World
| | An Officer and a Viperman | 262 seconds | 4 lines | training at Viper Academy (incl. Ambush)
| | BIOK | 4 seconds | | guarding remote Cobra base, jumped by Sky Patrol
| | Season 2 Opening (DiC) | 1 second | | in footage created for DiC season 1 opening (0:28)
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Classic Marvel Comic Appearances
To my knowledge, Rock-Vipers did not appear in the vintage comic.
Figure Releases
| Version 1: spring 1990 regular carded figure assortment
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| Cobra Mountain Trooper
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| - head: Rock-Viper (90, 03)
- arms: Rock-Viper (90, 03)
- torso: Rock-Viper (90, 03)
- waist: Rock-Viper (90, 03), Metal-Head (94, 05)
- legs: Rock-Viper (90, 03), Metal-Head (94, 05)
| | Accessories: cream-colored machine pistol with thick grip and knuckle guard (new), cream-colored MSG90 sniper rifle with cylindrical mount (new), black backpack with three engraved missiles and winch with grappling hook (new), short black hose (common).
| Encased in his non-slip, camo-traction suit and equipped with rocket-assisted, tungsten steel grappling hook and megatensile-strength repelling rope, the Rock-Viper can scale any obstacle to deliver an obliterating barrage of firepower from his missile pack and automatic grenade launcher!
"On the day of their graduation from the training program, candidate Rock-Vipers are dropped from helicopters onto the top of a 500 foot, sheer-sided mesa rock formation. They are outfitted with 250 feet of rope and informed that only 50% will graduate upon completion of this final test. It doesn't take long for them to figure out the only way they will get down the mesa is to slide down the rope and pray they land in a soft pile of dirt at the bottom!"
| | Toy Notes: Featured in 1990's first new figures commercial. Item #6564.
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| Version 2: fall 2000 Real American Hero Collection Wave 2 figure two-pack assortment
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Cobra Attack Unit
Rock Viper | Special Training: Arctic and Wilderness Survival, Mountain Climbing, Bungee Jumping
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| - head: Range-Viper (90, 06), Rock Viper (00), Skull Buster (02), Imperial Guard (05)
- arms: Range-Viper (90, 06), Rock Viper (00), Skull Buster (02)
- torso: Range-Viper (90, 06), Rock Viper (00), Skull Buster (02)
- waist: Range-Viper (90, 06), Rock Viper (00), Skull Buster (02), Imperial Guard (05)
- legs: Range-Viper (90, 06), Rock Viper (00), Skull Buster (02), Imperial Guard (05)
| | Accessories: black grenade launcher and chamber (90 Range-Viper's), blue-grey mortar (90 Range-Viper's), blue-grey mortar shell (90 Range-Viper's), black knife (90 Range-Viper's), blue-grey backpack (90 Range-Viper's), black figure stand (common).
| | Rock Vipers scramble up a mountain crag as easily as the rest of us can stroll across a deserted street. And they do it so stealthily that it's almost impossible to detect their movements. The higher the mountain, the better they like it. More altitude means more room for pranks to a Rock Viper! They think nothing of slicing a fellow Viper's safety line, or dulling the point of his climbing pick, just for laughs. Of course, laughing would be easier if they weren't at 1700 feet elevation and gasping for air! Laughter echoes a long way up—or down! But it's no laughing matter for the G.I. Joe team if the Rock Vipers capture the high ground!
| | Toy Notes: Carded in a two-pack with Maj. Bludd. Item #57756.
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| Version 3: June 2003 Python Patrol carded set
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Cobra Mountain Trooper
Cobra Rock Viper
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| - head: Rock Viper (90, 03)
- arms: Rock Viper (90, 03)
- torso: Rock Viper (90, 03)
- waist: Rock Viper (90, 03), Metal-Head (94, 05)
- legs: Rock Viper (90, 03), Metal-Head (94, 05)
| | Accessories: silver pistol (90 Rock-Viper's), bronze rifle (90 Rock-Viper's), bronze backpack (90 Rock-Viper's), short black hose (common).
| Encased in a non-slip, camo-traction suit and equipped with rocket-assisted, tungsten steel grappling hook and megatensile-strength rapelling rope, the COBRA ROCK VIPER can scale any obstacle to deliver an obliterating barrage of firepower from his missile pack and automatic grenade launcher. On the day that a COBRA ROCK VIPER class graduates from the training program, they are dropped from a helicopter onto the top of a 500 foot, sheer-sided mesa rock formation. They are each outfitted with 250 feet of rope and informed that only 50% will graduate upon completion of this final test. It doesn't take long for them to figure out that they [sic] only way to get down is to slide down the rope and hope the [sic] land in a soft pile of dirt at the bottom.
"We can climb up a mountain crag as easily as the rest of you stroll across a deserted street!"
| | Toy Notes: Carded in a Toys 'R Us-exclusive set with Maj. Bludd, Cobra Laser Viper, Cobra Lamprey, Cobra S.A.W. Viper, and Cobra H.E.A.T. Viper. Item #53400.
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