small team of Joes hiding in the seemingly abandoned Cobra stronghold of Springfield. A Battle Android Trooper attacks, killing Crankcase and severely injuring Ripcord. Animated series Sunbow Rip Cord appeared in the original G.I. Joe animated series. He first appeared in the animated series in the "Revenge of Cobra" mini-series. Rip Cord is also featured in one of the famous "And Knowing Is Half the Battle" Public Service Announcements where he instructs a young ballplayer to have his eyes checked after repeatedly striking out due to blurred vision saying that it is best to confront a problem head-on rather than avoid it. Resolute Ripcord appears in G.I. Joe: Resolute, he was along the joes present when looking at footage of the destruction of Moscow cause by Cobra's particle weapon. He, Duke, and Scarlett head to a missile facility control by Zartan in Sierra Gordo. Duke and Scarlett enter it and kill Zartan, then rescue the two before the facility blew up. Renegades Ripcord first appears in the G.I. Joe: Renegades episode "The Descent". Ripcord is African American in this series. In this show, he was one of four rookies, along with Duke, Tunnel Rat, and Roadblock, chosen by Lady Jaye to investigate the Cobra Pharmaceutical Plant under the command of Scarlett. They discover Cobra's new top secret weapon, the Bio-Vipers, being created by Doctor Mindbender. He is supposedly killed in an explosion with Bio-Vipers who caught him during the escape from the secret lab after they set the bomb. In the episode "Prodigal," the Joes - upon infiltrating a Cobra Medical Facility - discover that Ripcord is the "Patient X" that was used as a test subject for the creation of the Anaconda Strain virus. Following a brief amnesia, the Joes try to get Ripcord out of there, and work to help Ripcord regain his memories. Ripcord doesn't even know how he got out of the explosion. It was soon discovered that Ripcord had been converted into a Bio-Viper while evading a Cobra Drone in the Coyote. When the Cobra Drone was destroyed, Ripcord returned to normal. Scarlett spots a control chip in Ripcord's head and wonders what happened, as Scarlett plans to turn Ripcord over to General Abernathy. Flint, Lady Jaye, and Wild Bill arrive and are unaware of what happened to Ripcord. Just then some Cobra Drones arrive, causing the Joes to try to shoot them down. Cobra