Quick Kick (G.I. Joe)
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Quick Kick | |
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G.I. Joe animated series. | |
First appearance | 1985 |
Voiced by | François Chau |
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Affiliation | G.I. Joe |
Specialty | Silent Weapons Martial Arts Expert |
File name | Ito, MacArthur S. |
Birth place | Los Angeles, California |
SN | 631-42-7104 |
Rank | E-4 (Corporal) |
Primary MOS | Infantry |
Secondary MOS | Intelligence |
Quick Kick is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's martial arts expert, and debuted in 1985.
Profile
His real name is MacArthur S. Ito, and his rank is that of Corporal E-4. Quick Kick was born in Los Angeles, California.
Quick Kick's
Toys
- A Real American Hero (1985)
- The first Quick Kick action figure to come out was part of the 1985 wave of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toys.[2] He was part of the series of carded action figures to come out that year.[3]
- The Incredible Shrinking Joes (1990)
- Quick Kick was a part of miniature statues of G.I. Joe characters in a toy-only storyline The Incredible Shrinking Joes.
- G.I.-Joe 25th Anniversary Series (2008)
- A Quick Kick figure was included in the Pyramid of Darkness box set along with Snake Eyes, Major Bludd, Cobra Commander and a Pyramid of Darkness control cube.
Comic Books
Marvel Comics
In the Marvel Comics G.I. Joe series, Quick Kick first appeared in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #45 (March 1986). His first mission involved aiding Flint, Alpine, and Spirit on a mission to Cobra Island to retrieve Ripcord, who had parachuted to the island, against orders, in search of his girlfriend, Candy Appel.[4]
Quick Kick, Stalker, Outback and Snow Job are in a mission to Borovia when they are cornered by corrupt aspects of its military. Outback, protesting, is ordered to escape and does so. The other three spend many months in a Borovian gulag, rescued only by an unsanctioned G.I. Joe team. The ex-prisoners reassure Outback they hold no hard feelings.[5]
Later, Quick Kick and Outback are stuck in a bus full of Mexican tourists that is under siege by terrorists. Though the enemy is defeated, two of the tourists are killed.[6]
Quick Kick's final appearance was issue #109. Several Joes, including Quick Kick, are captured by
Devil's Due
Quick is seen in a photo in Snake Eyes' home in the first issue of the Devil's Due series. He receives a profile in the Battlefiles Sourcebook. Even though this is not shown, it is implied Quick-Kick's name is part of the memorial to deceased Joes located at Arlington National Cemetery.[8]
Action Force
Quick Kick appears in many issues of the alternate continuity 'Marvel UK' series "Action Force". He rescues his friends from imprisonment on the Argent Oil Platform, a move that fits into Destro's plans to publicly discredit 'Action Force'.[9]
He is the focus of a three-part issue where he defies the team to rescue an old friend from a cult. It turns out the man is a leader of a Cobra splinter group and Quick Kick is forced to take the organization down from the inside. The third part has a secondary story where Quick Kick remembers meeting the
Animated series
Sunbow
Quick Kick first appears in the Sunbow
In the episode "Lasers in the Night", Quick Kick finds a girlfriend, a college student named Amber, and protects her from Cobra when she tries to join the Joe team.[13] In the two-part episode "Captives of Cobra", he is one of the Joes whose families are captured and brainwashed by Cobra.[14] Throughout the series, Quick Kick also served as a counterpart to Storm Shadow. In "Cobra Quake", he trains martial arts students in Japan, and is one of the Joes who stop a Cobra plot to use earthquake bombs on Japan.[15] In "Excalibur", he is one of the Joes setting up an anti-Cobra radar system in Britain. Quick Kick breaks his leg in an encounter with Storm Shadow; though it is healed instantly by Spirit, he breaks it again in another confrontation with Storm Shadow.[16]
Quick Kick is featured in one of the series' PSAs, in which he saves a kid falling from a poorly built treehouse and teaches him the importance of planning before doing.
He is voiced by François Chau. All of his appearances in Season 2 are silent.[17]
G.I. Joe: The Movie
Quick Kick also appeared briefly in the 1987 animated film G.I. Joe: The Movie. He is part of a unit of Joes led by Roadblock who go after the fleeing Cobra forces after Cobra's first attempt to steal the Broadcast Energy Transmitter (B.E.T.) and become captives of Cobra-La.[18]
Video games
Quick Kick is one of the featured characters in the
Other media
Quick Kick is mentioned as a 'unique character' in an essay in the non-fiction book 'Integrating English: developing English language and literacy in the multilingual classroom'.[19]
References
- ISBN 0-87135-288-5.
- ISBN 0-87341-301-6.
- ^ "Quick Kick". File Card. Yo Joe. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #45 (March 1986)
- ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #61-67 (1987)
- ^ G.I. Joe Special Missions #27 (November 1989)
- ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #109
- ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (vol. 2) #26
- ^ Action Force #13 (May 23rd 1987)
- ^ Action Force #14-17 (June 1987)
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
- ^ Ashford, Sage (2018-02-24). "The 15 Most Useless Members Of G.I. Joe". CBR. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ^ "Lasers of the Night". G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
- ^ "Captives of Cobra". G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
- ^ "Cobra Quake". G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
- ^ "Excalibur". G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
- ^ "Roll Call". G.I. Joe Roll Call. Joe Headquarters. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ G.I. Joe: The Movie (Motion picture). De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. April 20, 1987.
- ISBN 978-0-201-11554-3.
External links
- Quick Kick at JMM's G.I. Joe Comics Home Page