I remembered writing a joke where I compared Noynoy Aquino to Emperor Palpatine. Now, it's time to do another joke post comparing Antonio Trillanes IV to the 80s cartoon version of the Cobra Commander. If you're the 80s to 90s kid then you may have watched Sunbow's G.I.Joe TV series (produced by Hasbro and Sunbow Animation) which had a lower quality sequel with DiC after its movie. But if there's one thing that remained consistent in both Sunbow and DiC -- it's that Cobra Commander in those incarnations is a far fetch from the socialist-type of a terrorist he was in the comic books. The cartoon Cobra Commander was more of a Yosemite Sam, Skeletor, or the G1 Megatron (cartoon version) -- hot-tempered, immature, cowardly (but not as much as Starscream who tends to say he doesn't retreat), and quick to call "RETREAT!" whenever things don't go his way. In short, the typical cartoon villain.
The 1980s cartoon version of Cobra Commander himself is presented to what you'd call to be very stupid with practical stuff in spite of credentials. In the episode "Twenty Questions" -- it does display Cobra Commander possesses a certain degree of intelligence or would have graduated Cum Laude any hard to enter school. Trillanes himself graduated Cum Laude at the Philippine Military Academy and got a Master's Degree from the University of the Philippines. However, Cobra Commander in spite of his high intelligence (which explains how he managed to establish the COBRA terrorist organization and his origins in the movie are pretty much a jump the shark for Hasbro IMHO), maintain such power (that was until Destro and Dr. Mindbender just had enough). Trillanes, like Cobra Commander, did create his own organization known as the Magdalo (mutineer in English) or better renamed as Magtago (Hiding).
Both of these villains also possess a gift of speaking and gathering crowds to do their bidding. How else do you think Cobra Commander managed to organize the COBRA Organization while hiding his unusual origins that Hasbro forcibly inserted for the movie? How else do you think Trillanes was able to establish the Magdalo faction and even convince people to try and overthrow Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo back in her elected term? How do you think Trillanes still has followers even with President Duterte's immense popularity? They wouldn't be able to do it if it wasn't for their incredibly powerful charisma. Why do you think Trillanes still has some supporters even if more people hate him now? Why did you think that Cobra Commander himself still has followers willing to do his stupid commands even if he was, in fact, the most hated person in the G.I.Joe Continuity due to his status as a villain?
The 1980s cartoon version of Cobra Commander himself is presented to what you'd call to be very stupid with practical stuff in spite of credentials. In the episode "Twenty Questions" -- it does display Cobra Commander possesses a certain degree of intelligence or would have graduated Cum Laude any hard to enter school. Trillanes himself graduated Cum Laude at the Philippine Military Academy and got a Master's Degree from the University of the Philippines. However, Cobra Commander in spite of his high intelligence (which explains how he managed to establish the COBRA terrorist organization and his origins in the movie are pretty much a jump the shark for Hasbro IMHO), maintain such power (that was until Destro and Dr. Mindbender just had enough). Trillanes, like Cobra Commander, did create his own organization known as the Magdalo (mutineer in English) or better renamed as Magtago (Hiding).
Both of these villains also possess a gift of speaking and gathering crowds to do their bidding. How else do you think Cobra Commander managed to organize the COBRA Organization while hiding his unusual origins that Hasbro forcibly inserted for the movie? How else do you think Trillanes was able to establish the Magdalo faction and even convince people to try and overthrow Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo back in her elected term? How do you think Trillanes still has followers even with President Duterte's immense popularity? They wouldn't be able to do it if it wasn't for their incredibly powerful charisma. Why do you think Trillanes still has some supporters even if more people hate him now? Why did you think that Cobra Commander himself still has followers willing to do his stupid commands even if he was, in fact, the most hated person in the G.I.Joe Continuity due to his status as a villain?
Should we mention the trademark "RETREAT!" phrase that Cobra Commander and Megatron shouted whenever things fell out of their favor? I guess Trillanes does it too considering that both his planned mutinies landed in failure. The only thing he probably is missing is for Gary Alejano to become like Destro -- a right-hand man who is prone to becoming like Starscream in Transformers.
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