Sgt. Slaughter is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe toyline series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero based on the professional wrestler of the same name. Though the original G.I. Joe was based on real life Sgt Alvin York, Sgt. Slaughter was the first G.I. Joe figure accurately based on a real character. Chicago Bears defensive tackle William "the Fridge" Perry was the second. Sgt. Slaughter was also the most successful toy character, with several versions of his toy action figure released. Unlike other real-person action figures, Sgt. Slaughter's toy version makes no reference to its real-life inspiration, although the figure does have wrestling moves. The real-life Sgt. Slaughter also did the voice for the cartoon character and also appeared in person doing introductions to the episodes that were originally G.I. Joe: The Movie. He was also the spokesman for the .I. Joe toys from 1989 to early 1990 introducing the new vehicles and figures.
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