The following is a list of filecards for the characters from the Sgt. Savage line. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like every character got a filecard or a figure. Sucks, eh?
Entries are organized by characters, with each section having the cards for the various incarnations of the character. Sgt. Savage clearly got the better end of the variation stick.
Extra very special thanks to Straight Edge for providing me with this information and for his assistance on the GI Joe Extreme guide. Truly classy of him, truly.
World War II had many heroes, but few achieved the stature of Sgt. Robert Steven Savage. In 1944, after years of combat experience and countless medals of valor, Savage was ambushed by a traitor in his own platoon. Savage's body was never recovered, but his legend never died. Now, fifty years after that fateful night, Sgt. Savage's cryogenically frozen body has been discovered among the ruins of a mysterious laboratory. Savage is revived by the G.I.Joe Team, and given command of a new platoon of combat soldiers: THE SCREAMING EAGLES. What does the future hold for a hero from the past? Will Savage ever seek revenge on his old enemy? What really happened that fateful night so long ago? Find out the answers, and a whole lot more, in the exciting battle-action video adventure starring Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles!
Commando Sgt. Savage
File Name: Savage, Robert S.
Birthplace: Albany, New York
Grade: E-8
SN: SVGA586566
Primary Military Specialty: Combat Mission Leader
Secondary Military Specialty: Heavy Weapons Expert
"I remember it as if it were yesterday. The Terrifying images burned into my brain, becoming clearer by the minute. The images of Kreiger leading us into a trap. I'll always remember his face, the face I know I've seen here in the present! I may have been frozen for the past 50 years, but I'll never forget that traitor, just like I'll never forget those enemy robot soldiers emerging from the shadows to ambush my platoon before we could react. I've got to find out the truth about what happened to me that night, and if Kreiger IS alive and up to his old evil tricks!"
Journal Entry 25W9F-S4
Combat Sgt. Savage
File Name: Savage, Robert S.
Birthplace: Albany, New York
Grade: E-8
SN: SVGA586566
Primary Military Specialty: Combat Mission Leader
Secondary Military Specialty: Heavy Weapons Expert
"I was the toughest commander to ever step onto a battlefield, leading my troops into combat with a pistol in one hand and a grenade launcher in the other! The a traitor in my own platoon sets my men and me up for an ambush. I see his face as the bullets start to fly, then everything goes black. The Joes tell me that was 50 years ago, but to me it was just last night! Now I'm stuck in the future, a defrosted popsicle from W.W. II! Yesterday I saw his face again... my enemy is still alive! With my super enhanced strength and my platoon of Screaming Eagles backing me up, I'll track him down and hit him harder that DiMAggio blasts a baseball... then I'll get mad!"
Journal Entry 36X1G-X1
Pilot Sgt. Savage
File Name: Savage, Robert S.
Birthplace: Albany, New York
Grade: E-8
SN: SVGA586566
Primary Military Specialty: Combat Mission Leader
Secondary Military Specialty: Heavy Weapons Expert / Fighter Pilot
"I experiences the toughest air combat W.W. II could dish out... and survived! My skills as a fighter pilot made me an ace, but I had a lot of help from that tough ol' P-40 fighter I once flew. Man, that was one heck of a plane! I couldn't believe it when the Screaming Eagles(tm) hauled her out of that junkyard. I thought it was 1944 all over again! Those goofballs restored her to better-than-new condition, and even outfitted her with remote control, vertical takeoff and landing capabilities, and the firepower of today's high-tech jets! I guess we're both a couple of reconditioned grunts who are ready for action and back to attack!"
Journal Entry 612E2L-K9
Cryo-Freeze Sgt. Savage
File Name: Savage, Robert S.
Birthplace: Albany, New York
Grade: E-8
SN: SVGA586566
Primary Military Specialty: Combat Mission Leader
"When the ambush began, I figured my men and I had had it. There were just too many enemy 'soldiers'to fight. Fifty years later, those memories and the fate of my fallen platoon still haunt me. When the Joes thawed me out and released me from that cryogenic recombination chamber, they not only released my body, but my memories as well! The only thing that will put them to rest is when I capture General Blitz and force him to pay for his crimes against mankind and me! When I get my hands on that treacherous traitor, he'll wish HE had been frozen and locked in that chamber! In fact, that's not a bad idea!"
Journal Entry 12-09-7823H
Battle Command Sgt. Savage
File Name: Savage, Robert S.
Birthplace: Albany, New York
Grade: E-8
SN: SVGA586566
Primary Military Specialty: Combat Mission Leader
"The battlefield is filled with bomb craters and debris as shell fragments blast past our ears! But no matter how tough the fighting gets, the Screaming Eagles and I keep on fighting! As long as our battle-scarred bunker is standing, General Blitz will never penetrate our defense perimeter! I personally plan to keep the machine gun blasting away at him and those evil I.R.O.N. Stormtroopers until I'm down to my last bullet! Then I'll send a special delivery of mortar fire over to those so-called soldiers and fry their circuitry and sent them to the scrap heap once and for all!"
Journal Entry 276JN-LD8
Total Combat Sgt. Savage
File Name: Savage, Robert S.
Birthplace: Albany, New York
Grade: E-8
SN: SVGA586566
Primary Military Specialty: Combat Mission Leader
"When the going gets tough, the Screaming Eagles and I get going! I don't care how outnumbered we are or how difficult the battle conditions become, if my men and I are ordered to overtake an enemy bunker, that's just what we're going to do! I've been enough firefights to know that when the bombs start dropping and the bullets start flying, that's when the hero in all of us takes command! Victory is inevitable as long as I keep my trigger finger blasting away while my rifle pumps out rounds of ammo with its pulsating, recoil-action barrel! Hearing those bullets rip through the air heading for enemy attackers is the sweetest sound I've ever heard!"
Journal Entry X35-37A-A4
NOTE: This filecard refers to the 12-inch version of Sgt. Savage. Visit YoJoe.com for a picture of this figure. S'kinda cool.
Jungle Camo D-Day
File Name: Brewi, David
Birthplace: Bayshore, New York
Grade: E-5
SN: 47D40-B289
Primary Military Specialty: Heavy Artillery
"I've known him to be an extraordinary artillery expert who can handle any combat situation he's thrown into, but I never realized the extent of his expertise. On his latest mission, he was ordered into the steamy jungles of South America to search for a missing pilot. Not only did he have to battle the heat, but he was forced to fight off an onslaught of hostile, indiginous rebels to reach the crash site. After locating the pilot, bandaging his wounds, and camouflaging themselves with special paint, he carried the pilot over a sheer rock face with his customized cliff climber and led him to safety. Now that's what I call service above and beyond the call of duty!
Journal Entry 24HJ-0533
Urban Attack Dynamite
File Name: Garrido, Hector J.
Birthplace: Argentina, South America
Grade: E-5
SN: 78-SGH-789A
Primary Military Specialty: Demolitions Expert
"He's a top-notch demolitions expert with an explosive personality, just get him on a motorcycle and you'll see what I mean! When he races into a street battle on his urban assault cycle, enemies simply cower in fear, or surrender to him on sight. He thrives on protecting our city streets from the criminal element. Throwing thugs in jail gives him almost as big a thrill as hitting 200 mph on two wheels! Whether they are simple cat burglers or a platoon of I.R.O.N. Stormtroopers, Dynamite is ready to blow them all away!
Journal Entry LK-890PT0
Jet Pack General Blitz
File Name: Kreiger, Garrison "Blitz"
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Grade: O-1 (2nd Lt)
SN: 88-PK2L-94H
Primary Military Specialty: I.R.O.N. Army Commander
"There is nothing I want more than to capture this traitor and beat him like the sorry sack of scrap that he is! But now my task is tougher than ever due to his latest inventions. That radar backpack of his alerts him to enemy attacks, and his turbo-charged jet pack allows him to escape into the clouds before I can even get a shot off! Despite this fancy equipment he'll soon be whimpering at my feet and begging for mercy. That's because the only equipment I need to defeat him are bullets and guts! And I've got plenty of both!
Journal Entry 3712-2RFTU
Cyborg General Blitz
File Name: Kreiger, Garrison "Blitz"
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Grade: O-1 (2nd Lt)
SN: 88-PK2L-94H
Primary Military Specialty: I.R.O.N. Army Commander
"The evil General thinks he can take our turf right out from under our feet, but it's not going to be that simple! The Screaming Eagles and I as dug in deep and loaded with firepower, and we plan to blast that bunker of his right off the face of the planet! The bunker survived our initial attack, but it took a massive beating. If we can just take out that mortar launcher and machine gun we'll be able to charge forward and overrun Blitz's army like the unstoppable fighting force we are! I can't wait to drive those tin cans back to the junkyard where they belong!"
Journal Entry 34ECQ44-89
Arctic Stormtrooper
Primary Military Specialty: "Iron Army" Cyborg
Secondary Military Specialty: Arctic Commando
"I've only had the DISpleasure of meeting up with these frigid foes once -- and once was enough! The Screaming Eagles and I were on routine maneuvers in the Arctic Circle when we were unexpectedly attacked by an entire platoon of them! They appeared as if from the ice itself and immediately bombarded us with artillery launched from their powerful catapult blasters! Thanks to D-Day and Dynamite, we managed to escape unharmed and 'scrapped' a few of the tin-head terrors on our way out. Next time we meet up with them, we'll kick their cans all the way to the South Pole!"
Journal Entry 44-23QER
I.R.O.N. Anvil
Primary Specialty: I.R.O.N. Army Tank Commander
A legion of I.R.O.N. Panther tanks lumbers across a battlefield strewn with debris. They roll hauntingly past the smoking remnants of burned-out tanks, and the bullet-riddled carcasses of p-40 fighter planes. The battle is over. Their mission of destruction is complete. Who could be responsible for such devastation? Who could so unmercifully control the power of the Panther tank? There could only be one answer: the I.R.O.N. ANVILS! Following the evil orders of General Blitz, the I.R.O.N. Anvil tank commanders will stop at nothing as they search for the battle bunker containing Sgt. Savage and his men. Blitz has bragged that no one can stop his fearless tank force. Unfortunately for Sgt. Savage, he just may be right!