Format: Lines (Speaking Roles / Total Appearances). Totals include opening sequences.
| Individual recurring characters | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codename | ARAH & TROC | TPOD & Season 1 | ASA & Season 2 | The Movie | Totals |
| Cobra Commander | 130 (10/12) | 835 (49/50) | 207 (16/17) | 53 (6/6) | 1225 (81/85) |
| Lady Jaye | 21 (5/6) | 723 (38/41) | 213 (11/17) | 2 (2/5) | 959 (56/69) |
| Flint | 65 (5/6) | 649 (35/39) | 233 (12/17) | 4 (2/4) | 951 (54/66) |
| Duke | 112 (11/11) | 648 (29/34) | 65 (10/15) | 33 (5/5) | 858 (55/65) |
| Shipwreck | 28 (4/4) | 518 (26/31) | 162 (12/13) | 2 (2/5) | 710 (44/53) |
| Destro | 127 (10/12) | 415 (40/41) | 117 (10/12) | 13 (5/6) | 672 (65/71) |
| Scarlett | 84 (9/11) | 426 (25/33) | 28 (3/10) | 4 (2/5) | 542 (39/59) |
| Baroness | 34 (7/8) | 248 (27/28) | 86 (7/8) | 9 (4/6) | 377 (45/50) |
| Zartan | 39 (7/8) | 211 (25/26) | 120 (10/11) | 3 (1/4) | 373 (41/47) |
| Dr. Mindbender | 341 (25/26) | 12 (3/5) | 353 (28/31) | ||
| Roadblock | 36 (5/6) | 184 (24/33) | 98 (13/18) | 28 (4/5) | 346 (46/62) |
| Gung-Ho | 47 (7/11) | 270 (25/35) | 24 (5/15) | 4 (3/4) | 345 (40/65) |
| Hawk | 310 (22/23) | 28 (4/5) | 338 (26/28) | ||
| Xamot | 220 (24/25) | 54 (7/8) | 6 (2/5) | 280 (33/38) | |
| Tomax | 212 (24/25) | 51 (7/8) | 5 (2/5) | 268 (33/38) | |
| Serpentor | 225 (19/21) | 42 (4/5) | 267 (23/26) | ||
| Dusty | 240 (16/24) | 10 (1/4) | 0 (0/4) | 250 (17/32) | |
| Beachhead | 211 (23/26) | 29 (2/3) | 240 (25/29) | ||
| Alpine | 218 (19/27) | 6 (3/9) | 3 (2/5) | 227 (24/41) | |
| Wet-Suit | 225 (17/23) | 0 (0/1) | 225 (17/24) | ||
| Leatherneck | 225 (16/21) | 0 (0/3) | 225 (16/24) | ||
| Sgt. Slaughter | 187 (8/11) | 32 (3/3) | 219 (11/14) | ||
| Lifeline | 201 (20/50) | 5 (3/4) | 206 (23/29) | ||
| Dial-Tone | 180 (21/24) | 8 (3/3) | 188 (24/27) | ||
| Quick Kick | 179 (10/18) | 0 (0/6) | 9 (2/5) | 188 (12/29) | |
| Wild Bill | 10 (5/8) | 166 (23/28) | 7 (3/6) | 1 (1/3) | 184 (32/45) |
| Ace | 4 (1/1) | 174 (20/25) | 0 (0/3) | 0 (0/2) | 178 (21/31) |
| Mainframe | 4 (1/1) | 174 (20/25) | 0 (0/3) | 0 (0/2) | 178 (21/31) |
| Bazooka | 166 (16/19) | 0 (0/11) | 1 (1/5) | 167 (17/35) | |
| Mutt | 14 (3/5) | 124 (12/19) | 4 (1/7) | 0 (0/2) | 142 (16/33) |
| Slip-Stream | 141 (14/15) | 0 (0/1) | 141 (14/16) | ||
| Cover Girl | 6 (3/8) | 117 (12/20) | 5 (2/7) | 0 (0/3) | 128 (17/38) |
| Zarana | 120 (13/15) | 5 (4/5) | 125 (17/20) | ||
| Breaker | 24 (7/10) | 95 (25/27) | 0 (0/2) | 0 (0/1) | 119 (32/40) |
| Buzzer | 3 (2/5) | 88 (19/24) | 22 (13/18) | 3 (2/5) | 116 (36/52) |
| Low-Light | 115 (15/24) | 1 (1/3) | 116 (16/27) | ||
| Major Bludd | 30 (7/10) | 81 (15/15) | 0 (0/1) | 0 (0/2) | 111 (22/28) |
| Footloose | 111 (10/17) | 0 (0/3) | 0 (0/4) | 111 (10/24) | |
| Torch | 9 (4/5) | 67 (19/24) | 31 (9/16) | 3 (3/6) | 110 (35/51) |
| Polly | 87 (13/16) | 20 (5/9) | 107 (18/25 | ||
| Barbecue | 102 (11/20) | 0 (0/3) | 0 (0/2) | 102 (11/25) | |
| Spirit | 13 (2/4) | 87 (9/20) | 0 (0/3) | 0 (0/2) | 100 (11/29) |
| Recondo | 4 (1/2) | 79 (8/13) | 5 (1/5) | 0 (0/5) | 88 (10/25) |
| Lift-Ticket | 85 (14/19) | 3 (1/2) | 88 (15/21) | ||
| Cross-Country | 82 (10/14) | 3 (1/3) | 85 (11/17) | ||
| Ripper | 6 (3/5) | 42 (16/23) | 31 (11/16) | 4 (4/5) | 83 (14/20) |
| Snow Job | 15 (2/3) | 45 (5/9) | 18 (4/5) | 5 (3/3) | 83 (14/20) |
| Deep Six | 55 (10/12) | 22 (4/5) | 77 (14/17) | ||
| Airtight | 75 (9/12) | 0 (0/4) | 0 (0/3) | 75 (9/19) | |
| Iceberg | 66 (9/13) | 2 (2/3) | 68 (11/16) | ||
| Sci-Fi | 61 (11/16) | 1 (1/2) | 61 (11/18) | ||
| Storm Shadow | 8 (2/5) | 51 (9/9) | 2 (1/2) | 0 (0/1) | 61 (12/17) |
| Lt. Falcon | 57 (4/4) | 57 (4/4) | |||
| Clutch | 17 (6/10) | 36 (4/11) | 0 (0/1) | 53 (10/22) | |
| Doc | 15 (6/7) | 30 (7/10) | 4 (1/3) | 2 (2/3) | 51 (16/23) |
| Torpedo | 18 (2/3) | 24 (5/7) | 8 (2/3) | 50 (9/13) | |
| Mara | 48 (3/3) | 48 (3/3) | |||
| Ripcord | 3 (1/4) | 44 (7/14) | 0 (0/3) | 0 (0/2) | 47 (8/21) |
| Steeler | 6 (3/6) | 40 (2/7) | 0 (0/2) | 46 (5/15) | |
| Colonel Sharp | 10 (2/2) | 36 (9/10) | 46 (11/12) | ||
| Admiral Ledger | 29 (7/7) | 16 (2/2) | 0 (0/1) | 45 (9/10) | |
| Hector Ramirez | 20 (2/2) | 22 (2/2) | 42(4/4) | ||
| Golobulus | 42 (2/3) | 42 (2/3) | |||
| Stalker | 22 (6/9) | 18 (4/11) | 0 (0/2) | 0 (0/4) | 40 (10/26) |
| Airborne | 2 (1/4) | 38 (3/10) | 0 (0/2) | 40 (4/16) | |
| Jinx | 39 (4/4) | 39 (4/4) | |||
| Wild Weasel | 31 (7/9) | 7 (2/2) | 38 (9/11) | ||
| Cutter | 11 (2/3) | 25 (8/11) | 2 (1/4) | 0 (0/2) | 38 (11/21) |
| Rock 'n Roll | 3 (2/10) | 33 (4/13) | 0 (0/3) | 0 (0/4) | 36 (6/30) |
| Grunt | 0 (0/4) | 36 (3/10) | 0 (0/2) | 36 (3/16) | |
| Prof. Mullaney | 17 (2/2) | 18 (1/1) | 35 (3/3) | ||
| Mahiya Windigos | 34 (2/2) | 34 (2/2) | |||
| Thunder | 0 (0/3) | 31 (8/13) | 1 (1/1) | 0 (0/1) | 32 (9/18) |
| Monkeywrench | 31 (11/13) | 1 (1/4) | 32 (12/17) | ||
| Tripwire | 7 (3/10) | 25 (4/9) | 0 (0/2) | 32 (7/21) | |
| Firefly | 2 (1/4) | 23 (5/8) | 5 (1/1) | 0 (0/1) | 30 (7/14) |
| Satin | 30 (3/3) | 30 (3/3) | |||
| Colonel Brekhov | 26 (2/2) | 2 (1/1) | 28 (3/3) | ||
| George Lanceberg | 28 (2/2) | 28 (2/2) | |||
| Scrap-Iron | 1 (1/4) | 4 (1/3) | 20 (4/5) | 0 (0/1) | 25 (6/13) |
| Thrasher | 21 (8/10) | 3 (2/4) | 24 (10/14) | ||
| Flash | 1 (1/5) | 22 (1/4) | 0 (0/1) | 23 (2/10) | |
| Blowtorch | 1 (1/3) | 21 (6/10) | 0 (0/1) | 0 (0/1) | 22 (7/15) |
| Short-Fuze | 13 (4/8) | 9 (2/7) | 0 (0/1) | 22 (6/16) | |
| Zap | 4 (2/7) | 17 (3/9) | 0 (0/1) | 21 (5/17) | |
| Dr. Vandermeer | 19 (5/5) | 19 (5/5) | |||
| Horrorshow | 17 (2/2) | 2 (2/2) | 19 (4/4) | ||
| Selena | 19 (3/3) | 19 (3/3) | |||
| Sparks | 4 (2/3) | 10 (1/1) | 4 (1/2) | 18 (4/6) | |
| General Flagg | 18 (3/3) | 18 (3/3) | |||
| Big Lob | 17 (4/4) | 17 (4/4) | |||
| Zandar | 14 (8/10) | 1 (1/4) | 15 (9/14) | ||
| Pythona | 13 (4/4) | 13 (4/4) | |||
| Law | 12 (4/4) | 12 (4/4) | |||
| Honda Lou West | 12 (3/3) | 12 (3/3) | |||
| Copperhead | 0 (0/1) | 11 (3/3) | 11 (3/4) | ||
| Tunnel Rat | 9 (4/4) | 9 (4/4) | |||
| Mercer | 7 (2/3) | 7 (2/3) | |||
| Heavy Metal | 6 (1/4) | 0 (0/3) | 6 (1/7) | ||
| Taurus | 6 (2/3) | 6 (2/3) | |||
| Frostbite | 5 (1/5) | 5 (1/5) | |||
| Red Dog | 5 (2/3) | 5 (2/3) | |||
| Tollbooth | 4 (3/4) | 0 (0/1) | 4 (3/5) | ||
| Daina | 4 (2/2) | 0 (0/1) | 4 (2/3) | ||
| Non-speaking characters | |||||
| Snake-Eyes | 11 appearances | 27 appearances | 6 appearances | 5 appearances | 49 appearances |
| Junkyard | 5 appearances | 11 appearances | 5 appearances | 21 appearances | |
| Timber | 3 appearances | 10 appearances | 1 appearance | 14 appearances | |
| Freedom | 3 appearances | 7 appearances | 2 appearances | 12 appearances | |
| Nemesis Enforcer | 5 appearances | 5 appearances | |||
| Crankcase | 1 appearance | 2 appearances | 3 appearances | ||
| Chuckles | 3 appearances | 3 appearances | |||
| Order | 3 appearances | 3 appearances | |||
| Troops | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codename | ARAH & TROC | TPOD & Season 1 | ASA & Season 2 | The Movie | Totals |
| Cobra Troopers | 15 (6/12) | 109 (33/50) | 4 (4/7) | 1 (1/4) | 129 (44/73) |
| Strato-Vipers | 89 (9/14) | 0 (0/1) | 89 (9/15) | ||
| Crimson Guards | 2 (1/3) | 76 (16/29) | 2 (2/6) | 1 (1/3) | 81 (20/41) |
| Cobra Officers | 7 (3/8) | 46 (15/23) | 2 (2/6) | 0 (0/1) | 55 (20/38) |
| Tele-Vipers | 20 (11/13) | 13 (5/6) | 1 (1/2) | 34 (17/21) | |
| Motor-Vipers | 15 (5/13) | 1 (1/3) | 16 (6/16) | ||
| Snow Serpents | 9 (6/9) | 5 (2/2) | 0 (0/1) | 14 (4/7) | |
| A.V.A.C.s | 9 (2/3) | 5 (2/3) | 0 (0/1) | 14 (4/7) | |
| Greenshirts | 2 (1/4) | 11 (5/35) | 0 (0/15) | 0 (0/3) | 13 (6/57) |
| Eels | 5 (4/9) | 5 (3/4) | 10 (7/13) | ||
| B.A.T.s | 21 appearances | 2 appearances | 23 appearances | ||
| Royal Guards | 4 appearances | 4 appearances | |||
| H.I.S.S. Drivers | 3 appearances | 3 appearances | |||
| Viper Pilots | 1 appearance | 1 appearance | |||
| Lampreys | 1 appearance | 1 appearance | |||
| Major one-time guest roles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Lines | Episode | Name | Lines | Episode | |
| Raven | 63 | In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Crimson Guard X-99 | 15 | The Germ | |
| Buck McCann | 46 | The Rotten Egg | Cadet Mike Randall | 15 | The Rotten Egg | |
| Charles Fairmont | 44 | An Eye for an Eye | Marty Goldblatt | 14 | Lights! Camera! Cobra! | |
| B.A. LaCarre | 44 | Raise the Flagg! | Tito Vasquez | 14 | Cobra's Candidate | |
| Amber | 42 | Lasers in the Night | MacIntosh | 14 | Satellite Down | |
| Brittany Van Mark | 39 | The Million Dollar Medic | Miss Henderhaunch | 14 | Money to Burn | |
| Matthew Burke | 38 | The Spy Who Rooked Me | Gerky Potemkin | 14 | The Great Alaskan Land Rush | |
| Admiral George Latimer | 37 | Sink the Montana! | Tommy Talltree | 13 | Operation Mind Menace | |
| General Franks | 33 | The Synthoid Conspiracy | Arnold | 13 | Twenty Questions | |
| Dr. Jeremy Penser | 32 | My Brother's Keeper | Dr. Massey | 13 | Primordial Plot | |
| Cadet Shiela McDermott | 27 | The Rotten Egg | Dr. Marsh | 13 | The Gods Below | |
| Jenny | 27 | Once Upon a Joe | Stinky | 13 | Cold Slither | |
| Dr. Nancy Winters | 25 | Hearts and Cannons | Mai Li | 13 | Let's Play Soldier | |
| The Gamesmaster | 24 | The Gamesmaster | Madame Veil | 13 | Glamour Girls | |
| Prof. Braxton | 24 | Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent | Donna Dasher | 13 | Grey Hairs and Growing Pains | |
| Major Pierre LaFonte | 22 | Ninja Holiday | Stephanie Steen | 13 | Second Hand Emotions | |
| Una McBride | 21 | Glamour Girls | Dr. Mettier | 12 | Countdown for Zartan | |
| Dr. Lucifer | 20 | Cobra's Creatures | American Warrior | 12 | The Phantom Brigade | |
| Pilar Vasquez | 19 | Cobra's Candidate | Jimmy | 12 | Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent | |
| Crimson Guard 9 | 19 | The Greenhouse Effect | Set | 12 | The Gods Below | |
| Crimson Guard Cadet Deming | 19 | There's No Place Like Springfield | Jefferson Davis Chu | 12 | Let's Play Soldier | |
| Timothy Penser | 19 | My Brother's Keeper | Admiral Overton | 12 | Sink the Montana! | |
| Col. Slash | 18 | The Pyramid of Darkness | Owen Van Mark | 12 | The Million Dollar Medic | |
| Ahmed Razouli Jabal | 18 | Hearts and Cannons | Frank Sullivan | 12 | Not a Ghost of a Chance | |
| Wong | 18 | The Invaders | Dr. Entwhistle | 11 | Haul Down the Heavens | |
| Althea Delgado | 17 | There's No Place Like Springfield | Mystery Woman | 11 | Skeletons in the Closet | |
| Bobby | 16 | Once Upon a Joe | Reverend Steen | 11 | Second Hand Emotions | |
| Major Ron Michaels | 16 | Not a Ghost of a Chance | Dr. Marks | 10 | Captives of Cobra | |
| Robert Harper | 15 | Cobra's Candidate | Socrates Airtes | 10 | Eau De Cobra | |
| Harvey Lathrop | 15 | The Greenhouse Effect | Destro's creature | 10 | Sins of Our Fathers | |