Captain Dennet as GI Joe - The Dude

The Dude Item # 6565 Regular Carded Assortment
Winter Operations Specialist O-3 (Army Captain) SN: 000-0617-AT89
File Name: CPT. David Dennett Primary MOS: Logistics Operations
POB: Bethesda, Maryland Secondary MOS: N/A

Appearance: Army Digital Pattern Uniform; Patrol Cap; Oakley M-Frame Ballistic Glasses, and belt; black knife, gloves and boots

Accessories: large ACU pattern tech backpack with cold weather sleeping bag; Black Colt M4 machine gun; Black Berretta 9mm Pistol, 2 magazines; Improved Outer Tactical Vest; extra pouches for ammo.

Filecard Information: THE-DUDE was an instructor at the Army Transportation School at Fort Eustis, Virginia and a consultant to the Gourmet Coffee Test Center at the same facility. Before he was tapped for G. I. Joe, The Dude used his "coffee at work" combat tactics in Iraq’s Operation Iraqi Freedom so that the troops would be well prepared if any critical coffee shortages should arise.

"All the other G. I. Joe Logistics Specialists think they have the best brew. Not The Dude! He knows it to the MAX! It drives him so far up the wall that it brings out a special kind of coolness unheard of in the western world. We're talking MAXIMUM COOLNESS! So why does he keep volunteering for OIF assignments? Because he enjoys being The-Dude!"

Versions: 1. 2003 2. 2007 (Military Advisor Team)

Variations: The prototype pictured in the catalog has his upper arms on opposite sides.
Mold:
head—The Dude (03, 07)
arms, torso, waist, and legs—The-Dude (03, 07), Snake Eyes (05/V)

Toy notes: Featured in 2003's first "new figures" commercial.
Cartoon notes: The Dude's most significant appearances were the first-season DIC episodes The Nozone Conspiracy and Cold Shoulder.
Comic notes: The Dude did not appear in the comic.