A navy brat who spent two years in a Zen monastery before joining the Army and finding his spiritual awakening on the grenade range. Clumsy and jittery at everything except handling high explosives, which is the only thing that calms him down. "Explosives are the only things that calm him down."
Tripwire is a G.I. Joe team operative in the A Real American Hero line. First released as a Hasbro carded action figure in 1983, with 3 distinct figure versions produced across the 1982 to 1994 vintage run.
Tripwire did not appear by name in the Sunbow or DiC cartoon series synopses. Original Hasbro file-card lore and Marvel ARAH comics appearances are the primary characterization sources.