Grey Hairs and Growing Pains Humor

That final Lady Jaye beat in Grey Hair and Growing Pains is absolutely a moment most G.I. Joe fans "growing up" remembered.  LOL

Lady Jaye's line, "I think I grew a little too big for my britches," is classic Sunbow humor. It’s embarrassment, charm, a tiny bit of flirt energy, definitely fan service, which Lady Jaye provided plenty throughout the show, but it's still within the PG boundaries of the programming.

It’s certainly suggestive,  but is tempered by the comedic awkwardness. They get away with it also because Flint, her boyfriend, is the only one on hand, so it's not like she's humiliated in front of the other teammates. 

MOTU Grey Hairs and Growing Pains: 

"Psst, Adam.  We made a slight miscalculation," Teela said, not wanting to bring attention from the others.

"Miscalculation?  What's wrong?" Adam asked, genuinely confused.  

"I think I've grown a little too big for my leotard," Teela bashfully admitted, stepping out of the conversation chamber, covering herself.

Another go at it will be under the jump.  A tad more NSFW, so look at your own risk!  YO JOE!

Script Recyling in '80s Cartoons

Syndicated cartoons in the '80s and '90s often relied on repeating plot structures to sustain long seasons, especially when producing 65+ episodes per year for weekday syndication. 

David Wise wrote two episodes I remember well that seemed pretty... familiar?  This had been brought up in Transformers and Turtles fandom, but at least one stock aspect was also used in G.I. Joe.

I love being a turtle!

By all measurements, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 was a huge success.  Its cartoon spanned 10 seasons with 193 episodes.  That's a hell of a run.  

It adapted the darker comic (which was a hyper violet parody of trendline in comics in the '80s, "grim and gritty") into a more kid-friendly, humorous tone.  "Cowabunga!"  "Heroes in a half shell!"  and so on.

That's not to say it was "bad," there are great episodes from the beginning to the end of the series (but as it was, there was also a lot of bloat and bad episodes as well, the quality had wild swings).  

And it had a HUGE cultural impact.  Action figures!  Cereal!  Video Games!  T-Shirts!   A music tour!  Movies!  and more!