G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

7.6 / 10
1983
4 seasons
139 episodes
AnimationAction & AdventureKids

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the successful toyline from Hasbro and the comic book series from Marvel Comics. The cartoon had its beginnings with two five-part mini-series in 1983 and 1984, then became a regular series that ran in syndication from 1985 to 1986. Ron Friedman created the G.I. Joe animated series for television, and wrote all four miniseries. The fourth mini-series was intended to be a feature film, but due to production difficulties was released as a television mini-series.

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Seasons

  • The M.A.S.S. Device: The Cobra Strikes (1)

    1.The M.A.S.S. Device: The Cobra Strikes (1)

    7.0
    12-09-198330m

    Cobra seizes control of a new satellite for use with a new transportation device, and Duke is captured in the attempt. The G.I. Joe team learns that they must build their own devic...

  • The M.A.S.S. Device: Slave of the Cobra Master (2)

    2.The M.A.S.S. Device: Slave of the Cobra Master (2)

    7.0
    13-09-198330m

    The Joes travel to the arctic to retrieve rare minerals to fuel their MASS device, but Cobra ambushes them, and Snake Eyes is presumed dead. Duke manages to escape the Cobra base w...

  • The M.A.S.S. Device: The Worms of Death (3)

    3.The M.A.S.S. Device: The Worms of Death (3)

    7.0
    14-09-198330m

    Snake Eyes returns home with the help of a wolf and a blind man. The Joes and Cobras battling for undersea elements must join forces to escape giant tubeworms on the ocean floor.

  • The M.A.S.S. Device: Duel in the Devil's Cauldron (4)

    4.The M.A.S.S. Device: Duel in the Devil's Cauldron (4)

    15-09-198330m

    G.I. Joe tries to throw off Cobra with a false surrender while mounting a mission to the Ring of Fire for the third element. Destro sabotages the operation but is pursued by Scarle...

  • The M.A.S.S. Device: A Stake in the Serpent's Heart (5)

    5.The M.A.S.S. Device: A Stake in the Serpent's Heart (5)

    7.0
    16-09-198330m

    Destro returns to Cobra base and seizes control of the operation from the Commander. The now-captured Scarlett and the slave girl organize a slave revolt. Duke's memories under sen...

  • The Revenge of Cobra: In the Cobra's Pit (1)

    6.The Revenge of Cobra: In the Cobra's Pit (1)

    7.0
    10-09-198430m

    A Cobra attack on a Joe convoy results in the capture of Duke and Snake Eyes and the theft of a laser core which Destro uses to power his new weapon, the Weather Dominator. Meanwhi...

  • The Revenge of Cobra: The Vines of Evil (2)

    7.The Revenge of Cobra: The Vines of Evil (2)

    7.0
    11-09-198430m

    Flint and Mutt, stranded by the weather dominator, hire Shipwreck to ferry them out of Cobra territory. Meanwhile, the Joes develop an energy mirror to fight the dominator's attack...

  • The Revenge of Cobra: The Palace of Doom (3)

    8.The Revenge of Cobra: The Palace of Doom (3)

    7.0
    12-09-198430m

    As Flint, Mutt, and Shipwreck return to Joe Headquarters, the Joes and Cobras head to the Island of No Return and the jungle Palace of Doom to retrieve parts of the weather dominat...

  • The Revenge of Cobra: Battle on the Roof of the World (4)

    9.The Revenge of Cobra: Battle on the Roof of the World (4)

    7.0
    13-09-198430m

    As G.I. Joe and Cobra race to retrieve the three parts, Zartan ensures that each side acquires one piece, and then steals the laser core at the Roof of the World.

  • The Revenge of Cobra: Amusement Park of Terror (5)

    10.The Revenge of Cobra: Amusement Park of Terror (5)

    7.0
    14-09-198430m

    Cobra steals the Joes' piece of the dominator and assaults Zartan's base. Now in possession of all three pieces, Destro seeks to rebuild the weather dominator. The Joes locate the...

  • The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe (1)

    11.The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe (1)

    7.0
    16-09-198530m

    Cobra briefly attacks a Joe shuttle launch long enough to load it with its own forces. Shipwreck and Snake Eyes are lost in Cobra territory, and Zartan uses the shuttle to commande...

  • The Pyramid of Darkness: Rendezvous in the City of the Dead (2)

    12.The Pyramid of Darkness: Rendezvous in the City of the Dead (2)

    7.0
    17-09-198530m

    With G.I. Joe headquarters nearly destroyed, the Joes establish a temporary base on the USS Flagg. Joes on the space station try to warn the team of Cobra's plan to plant cubes at...

  • The Pyramid of Darkness: Three Cubes to Darkness (3)

    13.The Pyramid of Darkness: Three Cubes to Darkness (3)

    7.0
    18-09-198530m

    The Joes rush to prevent Cobra from planting its huge cubes as Shipwreck and Snake Eyes try to evade detection.

  • The Pyramid of Darkness: Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls (4)

    14.The Pyramid of Darkness: Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls (4)

    7.0
    19-09-198530m

    Quick Kick joins Alpine and Bazooka, and the Crimson Twins turn the tables on Cobra Commander by taking control of the space station and the Pyramid of Darkness.

  • The Pyramid of Darkness: Knotting Cobra's Coils (5)

    15.The Pyramid of Darkness: Knotting Cobra's Coils (5)

    7.0
    20-09-198530m

    As the Cobra leaders struggle for control of their organization, Quick Kick and Shipwreck lead the Joes in an assault on Cobra forces to destroy their pyramid-creating abilities.

  • Countdown for Zartan

    16.Countdown for Zartan

    7.0
    23-09-198530m

    Cobra kidnaps a French scientist named Dr. Emil Mettier, and Zartan replaces him before he arrives at the World Wide Defense Center to complete their database on terrorism. Spirit...

  • Red Rocket's Glare

    17.Red Rocket's Glare

    7.0
    24-09-198530m

    Extensive Enterprises uses biker gangs to terrorize Red Rocket diners, then buys them back at a lower price and replaces the diners' rocket props with real rockets. But Roadblock's...

  • Satellite Down

    18.Satellite Down

    7.0
    25-09-198530m

    When Cobra uses a tractor beam to steal a spy satellite recently placed in space by the Joes, Breaker forces the satellite to crash in the jungles of Africa, but a tribe of hominid...

  • Cobra Stops the World

    19.Cobra Stops the World

    7.0
    26-09-198530m

    Cobra attacks crucial oil derricks, pipelines, and tankers, seeking to control the world's fuel supplies. But G.I. Joe use Cobra Commander's remote-control attacks to pinpoint his...

  • Jungle Trap

    20.Jungle Trap

    7.0
    27-09-198530m

    Cobra kidnaps scientist Dr. Shakur in order to harness the energy of Earth's core and cause volcanic eruptions, but the Joes work through a number of traps to raid Cobra's jungle b...

  • Cobra's Creatures

    21.Cobra's Creatures

    7.0
    30-09-198530m

    Mutt, Junkyard, & Ripcord are kidnapped by Cobra, so that the evil scientist, Dr. Lucifer, can test his new invention, High Freq, a device which controls the minds of animals and i...

  • The Funhouse

    22.The Funhouse

    7.0
    01-10-198530m

    Flint, Dusty, Bazooka, Alpine, and others have to break into a temple to stop Cobra from its next plan to take over the world. When the temple turns out to be a fun house with obst...

  • Twenty Questions

    23.Twenty Questions

    7.0
    02-10-198530m

    Investigative reporter Hector Ramirez believes that Cobra is not a real threat and that G.I. Joe is a drain on taxpayers' money. But Shipwreck takes him on an unauthorized mission...

  • The Greenhouse Effect

    24.The Greenhouse Effect

    7.0
    03-10-198530m

    A Crimson Guard steals a container filled with experimental rocket fuel, causing plants to grow to gargantuan sizes. Destro convinces Cobra Commander that the plants could be used...

  • Haul Down the Heavens

    25.Haul Down the Heavens

    7.0
    04-10-198530m

    The Joes travel to the arctic regions at the top of the world in order to stop Cobra from using the Aurora Borealis to melt the ice and flood coastal cities around the world.

  • Synthoid Conspiracy (1)

    26.Synthoid Conspiracy (1)

    7.0
    07-10-198530m

    Cobra attempts to cripple the Joes from within by replacing leaders and committee members with artificial beings known as synthoids. The synthoids cut G. I. Joe's budget and eventu...

  • Synthoid Conspiracy (2)

    27.Synthoid Conspiracy (2)

    7.0
    08-10-198530m

    When Destro discovers a synthoid of himself, he aids the Joes in defeating Cobra's synthoid plot.

  • The Phantom Brigade

    28.The Phantom Brigade

    7.0
    09-10-198530m

    Cobra Commander recruits an elderly Gypsy woman to use three small artifacts, which allow them to command three ghosts to attack the Joes. The Baroness and a phantom World War One...

  • Lights! Camera! Cobra!

    29.Lights! Camera! Cobra!

    7.0
    10-10-198530m

    Movie producer wants the real G.I. Joes to star in his movie about them after finding actors to be too unrealistic.

  • Cobra's Candidate

    30.Cobra's Candidate

    7.0
    11-10-198530m

    Cobra backs a candidate for mayor and uses street thugs to intimidate voters and drum up public sympathy for Cobra's would-be mayor. The gang turns on Cobra when a brother of one o...

  • Money to Burn

    31.Money to Burn

    7.0
    14-10-198530m

    Cobra creates a machine that destroys all the money in the country leaving all its citizens vitually penniless.

  • Operation Mind Menace

    32.Operation Mind Menace

    7.0
    15-10-198530m

    Flash, Airborne, and several other Joes discover that Cobra has amplified the psionic powers of some civilians for use as living weapons; one of the captives is Airborne's telekine...

  • Battle for the Train of Gold

    33.Battle for the Train of Gold

    7.0
    16-10-198530m

    Cobra steals the gold stored at Fort Knox and begins moving it out with a bullet train. When the Joes' equipment is destroyed in a surprise attack, they must use horses to stop the...

  • Cobra Soundwaves

    34.Cobra Soundwaves

    7.0
    17-10-198530m

    Cobra develops a powerful sonic weapon and begins testing it on a country in the Middle East. An Arabian prince assists the Joes.

  • Where the Reptiles Roam

    35.Where the Reptiles Roam

    7.0
    18-10-198530m

    Cobra purchases a dude ranch through one of its dummy corporations, intending to control a nearby solar power station. G. I. Joe travels to the ranch to flush out the Cobras.

  • The Gamesmaster

    36.The Gamesmaster

    7.0
    21-10-198530m

    A bored game player decides to have members of both G.I.Joe and Cobra become part of his newest and most dangerous game where they are the victims.

  • Lasers in the Night

    37.Lasers in the Night

    7.0
    22-10-198530m

    Quick Kick's girlfriend Amber breaks into G.I. Joe Headquarters with the intent of joining the team, and Cobra Commander steals a prototype laser device to carve his likeness on th...

  • The Germ

    38.The Germ

    7.0
    23-10-198530m

    A Cobra spy steals a deadly bacteria along with an experimental growth serum and accidently creates a living, growing and monstrous terror. G.I. Joe must use an orchard of apples t...

  • The Viper is Coming

    39.The Viper is Coming

    7.0
    24-10-198530m

    The ""viper"" is making phone calls leading the Joes to stopping all of Cobra's plans of domination. But one question remains, who is the ""viper""?!

  • Spell of the Siren

    40.Spell of the Siren

    7.0
    25-10-198530m

    The Baroness discovers a conch shell whose song hypnotizes men. She uses the shell to seize control of Cobra and capture most of the Joes. One of the Crimson Twins aids Scarlett, L...

  • Cobra Quake

    41.Cobra Quake

    7.0
    28-10-198530m

    Cobra decides to test a new earthquake-causing weapon to disrupt a Japan peace conference. It is up to Quick Kick, Bazooka, and their trainees to stop Cobra.

  • Captives of Cobra (1)

    42.Captives of Cobra (1)

    7.0
    29-10-198530m

    Cobra kidnaps relatives of the Joe team and uses mind-control technology to turn the Joes' families against them. Their goal is to steal highly unstable explosive crystals.

  • Captives of Cobra (2)

    43.Captives of Cobra (2)

    7.0
    30-10-198530m

    As the Joes and their families are endangered by the highly explosive crystals, Scarlett and others try to disable the mind-control center.

  • Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent

    44.Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent

    7.0
    31-10-198530m

    Cobra unleashes an enormous mechanical sea-serpent that devours any seacraft it comes across, enslaves its captives and grows biggers the more it eats.

  • Excalibur

    45.Excalibur

    7.0
    01-11-198530m

    Storm Shadow steals the sword Excalibur from The Lady Of The Lake. The Joes help her get it back.

  • Worlds Without End (1)

    46.Worlds Without End (1)

    7.0
    04-11-198530m

    The G.I. Joe team gets sent to another dimension in which Cobra took over the world.

  • Worlds Without End (2)

    47.Worlds Without End (2)

    7.0
    05-11-198530m

    The G.I. Joe team gets sent to another dimension in which Cobra took over the world.

  • Eau de Cobra

    48.Eau de Cobra

    7.0
    06-11-198530m

    An ancient Babylonian manuscript on secret potions is stolen from the British Museum. Meanwhile, Zartan leads Cobra troopers on a search for a rare fungus to help create an irresti...

  • Cobra Claws Are Coming to Town

    49.Cobra Claws Are Coming to Town

    7.0
    07-11-198530m

    Cobra makes a generous donation to the Joes' toy drive: a battalion of Cobra troops, miniaturized to look like toys. Once inside Joe Headquarters, the Cobra forces sabotage the de...

  • An Eye for an Eye

    50.An Eye for an Eye

    6.0
    08-11-198530m

    A civilian's home is destroyed during a battle between G.I. Joe and Cobra, and he breaks into G.I. Joe Headquarters to seek revenge against Cobra.

  • The Gods Below

    51.The Gods Below

    7.0
    11-11-198530m

    A mission to rescue an archeologist from Cobra's clutches leads the Joes on a strange supernatural journey through the tunnel of an ancient Pharaoh's tomb to a confrontation with O...

  • Primordial Plot

    52.Primordial Plot

    7.0
    12-11-198530m

    Cobra manages to breed dinosaurs with stolen DNA specimens from recently discovered dinosaur fossils. With the new reptilian help, Cobra plans to terrorize civilation.

  • Flint's Vacation

    53.Flint's Vacation

    7.0
    13-11-198530m

    When Flint goes to visit relatives in a small community by the sea, he learns that Cobra forces have set up the town as a mind-controlling base. By night, Cobra controls the resid...

  • Hearts and Cannons

    54.Hearts and Cannons

    6.0
    14-11-198530m

    A Joe transport plane is caught in a storm, forcing the pilot to ditch his cargo, a valuable Mauler tank, over the desert. Dusty and Footloose volunteer to stay with the tank until...

  • Memories of Mara

    55.Memories of Mara

    7.0
    15-11-198530m

    Shipwreck falls for a former Cobra agent Mara who had been tranformed into a water-breathing human/fish hybrid.

  • The Traitor (1)

    56.The Traitor (1)

    7.0
    25-11-198530m

    Dusty's mother has become very sick, and Duke orders Dusty to go home. When Dusty finds out his mother is having financial problems he turns to Tomax and Xamot for money, even if i...

  • The Traitor (2)

    57.The Traitor (2)

    7.0
    26-11-198530m

    G.I.Joe finds out Dusty is the traitor giving out classified information, and they order him to go to jail! Cobra springs him out, but what will happen when Dusty can sense the G.I...

  • Pit of Vipers

    58.Pit of Vipers

    6.0
    27-11-198530m

    G.I. Joe is placed under the command of a new computer, Watchdog, which directs Joes to Cobra targets. The computer is under Cobra's control, being used to spread Joe forces thin a...

  • The Wrong Stuff

    59.The Wrong Stuff

    7.0
    28-11-198530m

    Cobra uses a shuttle to steal all communication satellites. That means the only television network available is the Cobra Network Television which provides programs promoting their...

  • The Invaders

    60.The Invaders

    6.0
    29-11-198530m

    The Joes join forces with a Soviet operation team called ""The October Guard"" to save the world from what seems to be an invasion from outer space. But what is it about this flyi...

  • Cold Slither

    61.Cold Slither

    7.0
    02-12-198530m

    Cobra stakes out a rock concert & uses a rock group to put subliminal messages into the minds of the audience. When the Joe team breaks up their plans, they even get into the act b...

  • The Great Alaskan Land Rush

    62.The Great Alaskan Land Rush

    6.0
    03-12-198530m

    When the last surviving heir of the Russian Imperial Alaskan Colony Company shows up and claims to own Alaska, the Joes suspect it is a Cobra plot to wrench away America's largest...

  • Skeletons in the Closet

    63.Skeletons in the Closet

    7.0
    11-12-198530m

    Lady J receives a strange message from England, informing her she is the heir to an ancient manor. When she arrives, she finds herself thrust into a sinister mystery involving a st...

  • There's No Place Like Springfield (1)

    64.There's No Place Like Springfield (1)

    7.0
    12-12-198530m

    Cobra drugs Shipwreck to make him think he is in his hometown of Springfield, 6 years in the future. Cobra is vanquished forever, G.I.Joe is disbanded, he is married to his lost sw...

  • There's No Place Like Springfield (2)

    65.There's No Place Like Springfield (2)

    7.0
    13-12-198530m

    Shipwreck discovers that he is really in a facsimile of Springfield on the island of Temple Alpha during the present and finds out that it's people are really synthoids.

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