▁a ▁s nake . ▁He ▁esc apes ▁with ▁Joe ▁member ▁Road block , ▁but ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ' s ▁" human ity " ▁sli ps ▁away ▁as ▁his ▁body ▁transform s . ▁He ▁literally ▁los es ▁his ▁human ▁form ▁and ▁ultimately ▁becomes ▁ment ally ▁un respons ive ▁and ▁transform s ▁into ▁an ▁o vers ized ▁s nake . ▁During ▁the ▁Joe ▁assault ▁on ▁Cob ra - La , ▁he ▁is ▁last ▁seen ▁coming ▁to ▁L t . ▁Fal con ' s ▁rescue ▁during ▁the ▁final ▁battle ▁and ▁fo ils ▁Ser pent or ' s ▁attack , ▁allowing ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁to ▁defeat ▁Ser pent or ▁and ▁Gol ob ulus ▁and ▁save ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Di C ▁series ▁After ▁the ▁movie , ▁as ▁seen ▁in ▁G . I . ▁Joe : ▁A ▁Real ▁American ▁Hero , ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ▁is ▁still ▁in ▁his ▁s nake ▁form ▁and ▁kept ▁as ▁a ▁pet ▁by ▁Ser pent or . ▁However , ▁Baron ess ▁rest ores ▁him ▁partly ▁to ▁a ▁semi - human ▁form — through ▁expos ure ▁to ▁an ▁ancient ▁prim ord ial ▁energy ▁called ▁Dragon fire , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁foc al ▁point ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁five ▁episodes ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁series . ▁The ▁basic ▁shape ▁of ▁his ▁body ▁is ▁hum ano id , ▁his ▁skin ▁and ▁features ▁are ▁re pt ilian ▁and ▁he ▁retain s ▁a ▁taste ▁for ▁f lies ▁that ▁he ▁catch es ▁with ▁his ▁pre hens ile ▁tongue . ▁His ▁intellect ▁is ▁fully ▁restored , ▁and ▁upon ▁being ▁out f