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Mainframe is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's communications expert and debuted in 1986.
Character[]
Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Mainframe's real name is Blaine L. Parker, and his rank is sergeant E-5.
Mainframe was skilled as an athlete and a scholar as a child, though as a card-carrying geek, he would much rather learn about computers than do anything else. He graduated high school at the age of seventeen, and immediately enlisted in the Army airborne. He soon headed into battle overseas, receiving his Combat Infantryman Badge, and later left the army to get his degree from MIT on the G.I. Bill.
Sunbow[]
Mainframe debuted in the original G.I. Joe animated series, voiced by Patrick Pinney. He's one of the main characters in the second season. In the G.I. Joe Sunbow cartoon 5-part mini series "Arise Serpentor, Arise!", Beach Head and his teammate Mainframe escaped from Cobra troops by hiding in the actual coffin of Vlad Tepes. When they manage to get away, Mainframe mentioned a posting he had monitoring base security in Vietnam.
Mainframe was revealed to have been married with children at one point. While driving through Transylvania, he remarks that the countryside reminds him of when he would take his kids trick or treating. In the Sunbow Season 2 episode, "Computer Complications", he mentions having an ex-wife.
In that same episode, Zarana goes undercover at a Joe base as "Carol Weidler". During that time, Mainframe and Zarana develop romantic interest for each other. The episode ends showing both Mainframe and Zarana, miles away looking at the moon, perhaps pondering the same question. In "Grey Hairs & Growing Pains", Zarana helps Mainframe again; he had undergone de-aging.
G.I. Joe: The Movie[]
Mainframe also appeared briefly in the 1987 animated film G.I. Joe the Movie.
