also shown to enjoy heavy metal music. Like his other versions, this Roadblock cooks, but does not speak in rhyme unlike the classic Roadblock. He has a cheerful and calm personality. Live action film Rapper-actor Common was originally asked to play the part of Roadblock in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, but was passed over, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje played the character Heavy Duty instead. Dwayne Johnson portrays Roadblock in the sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation. In the film, Roadblock is second-in-command to Duke, and is among the survivors of the military air-strike on G.I. Joe orchestrated by Zartan, who was at the time posing as the President of the United States. Leading Flint, Lady Jaye, Snake Eyes and Jinx, Roadblock successfully stops Cobra by defeating Firefly in combat and using his briefcase to stop the Cobra Zeus satellites. After that, he detonates Firefly's explosives with a device, killing Firefly in the explosion. Johnson will be reprising his role in G.I. Joe: Ever Vigilant. Video games Roadblock is one of the featured characters in the 1985 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero computer game. Roadblock is featured as a playable character in the 1992 game G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor. He is also featured as a playable character in the 1992 G.I. Joe arcade game. Novels Roadblock is a supporting character in the Find Your Fate novel "Operation: Dragon Fire". Roadblock is one of the main characters in the G.I. Joe Find Your Fate novel "Operation: Death Stone" (). In this story, which the reader chooses the options, Roadblock is part of a team of Joes, including Gung-Ho and Snake Eyes, that is searching a remote Pacific jungle island for a strange meteor. Other media Roadblock appeared in the Robot Chicken episode "Day at the Circus", voiced by Seth Green. He is shown accompanying Flint and Gung-Ho on a mission. T-Pain voices Roadblock in the episode "The Ramblings of Maurice". Roadblock is honored for his 20 years of service with a chocolate statue. The webcomic Shortpacked! has Roadblock as a recurring character. In episode 15 titled "Inner Child" of the television series Fringe, Peter Bishop shows a mute child a Roadblock G.I. Joe figure and gives him a brief description of his bio. Roadblock's rhymes are briefly mentioned in the non-fiction paperback 'Saturday Morning Fever'. Kevin Michael Richardson reprised his role of Roadblock in the Family Guy episode "Amish Guy". References