• Air date: 12 Sep '83 65 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (65)
    • 26. Synthoid Conspiracy (1)

      07 Oct '85
      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 eventually order the team to disband.
    • 27. Synthoid Conspiracy (2)

      08 Oct '85
      When Destro discovers a synthoid of himself, he aids the Joes in defeating Cobra's synthoid plot.
    • 28. The Phantom Brigade

      09 Oct '85
      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 pilot help the Joes recover the artifacts.
    • 29. Lights! Camera! Cobra!

      10 Oct '85
      Movie producer wants the real G.I. Joes to star in his movie about them after finding actors to be too unrealistic.
    • 30. Cobra's Candidate

      11 Oct '85
      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 of the youths is nearly burned in a fire.
    • 31. Money to Burn

      14 Oct '85
      Cobra creates a machine that destroys all the money in the country leaving all its citizens vitually penniless.
    • 32. Operation Mind Menace

      15 Oct '85
      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 telekinetic brother.
    • 33. Battle for the Train of Gold

      16 Oct '85
      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 train.
    • 34. Cobra Soundwaves

      17 Oct '85
      Cobra develops a powerful sonic weapon and begins testing it on a country in the Middle East. An Arabian prince assists the Joes.
    • 35. Where the Reptiles Roam

      18 Oct '85
      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.
    • 36. The Gamesmaster

      21 Oct '85
      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.
    • 37. Lasers in the Night

      22 Oct '85
      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 the moon.
    • 38. The Germ

      23 Oct '85
      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 to destroy it.
    • 39. The Viper is Coming

      24 Oct '85
      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""?!
    • 40. Spell of the Siren

      25 Oct '85
      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, Lady Jaye, and Cover Girl in rescuing their companions.
    • 41. Cobra Quake

      28 Oct '85
      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.
    • 42. Captives of Cobra (1)

      29 Oct '85
      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.
    • 43. Captives of Cobra (2)

      30 Oct '85
      As the Joes and their families are endangered by the highly explosive crystals, Scarlett and others try to disable the mind-control center.
    • 44. Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent

      31 Oct '85
      Cobra unleashes an enormous mechanical sea-serpent that devours any seacraft it comes across, enslaves its captives and grows biggers the more it eats.
    • 45. Excalibur

      01 Nov '85
      Storm Shadow steals the sword Excalibur from The Lady Of The Lake. The Joes help her get it back.
    • 46. Worlds Without End (1)

      04 Nov '85
      The G.I. Joe team gets sent to another dimension in which Cobra took over the world.
    • 47. Worlds Without End (2)

      05 Nov '85
      The G.I. Joe team gets sent to another dimension in which Cobra took over the world.
    • 48. Eau de Cobra

      06 Nov '85
      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 irrestible perfume to make a famous Greek shipping tycoon fall prey to the Baroness' charm and put his entire task force in Cobra's control.
    • 49. Cobra Claws Are Coming to Town

      07 Nov '85
      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 defenses, open the gates, and let the rest of the Cobra forces inside. The Joes have to use Cobra's vehicles to stop Cobra's attack on the city using the Joe's own vehicles.
    • 50. An Eye for an Eye

      08 Nov '85
      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.