• Air date: 23 Sep '91 20 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 (20)
    • 1. Infested Island

      23 Sep '91
      Overkill recieves an upgrade and becomes The Eliminator, and sets out to destroy the Joes.
    • 2. Chunnel

      24 Sep '91
      At the unveiling of a new tunnel between England and France, Cobra Commander kidnaps the Queen of England and steals the crown jewels, proclaiming himself King...
    • 3. El Dorado, The Lost City of Gold

      29 Oct '91
      Cobra replaces General Hawk with an android replica...
    • 4. The Sword

      30 Sep '91
      Grunt and Cobra Commander by search for El Dorado, The Lost City of Gold.
    • 5. Long Live Rock & Roll - Part One

      02 Oct '91
      Cobra plans to destroy New York city by using subliminal messages in Rock and Roll music.
    • 6. Long Live Rock & Roll - Part Two

      03 Oct '91
      The Joes race to stop Cobras Rock and Roll scheme...
    • 7. Kindergarten Commandos

      07 Oct '91
      Cobra joins forces with the evil Cesspool to pollute the worlds food supplies, and the Joes form the Eco Warriors to combat this new threat...
    • 8. Keyboard Warriors

      08 Oct '91
      The Eco Warriors race to stop Cobra Commander and Cesspool from taking control of the world from their volcano base...
    • 9. The Greatest Evil - Part One

      21 Oct '91
      Cobra Commander believes a hidden city under the sea will make him rich, but both the Joes and Cobra find out it holds a more dangerous secret...
    • 10. The Greatest Evil - Part Two

      23 Sep '91
      Cesspool and Cobra Commander attempt to take over the world with giant insects.
    • 11. A is for Android

      29 Oct '91
      Cobra and GI. Joe team up to fight a Drug dealer...
    • 12. The Sludge Factor - Part One

      07 Oct '91
      While Duke and his younger brother Falcon have a conflict of their own, Cobra Commander plans to steal the Drug Lord Headmans money reserves.
    • 13. The Sludge Factor - Part Two

      25 Sep '91
      Storm Shadow, Snake Eyes and Night Creeper leader all race for posession of the mythical sword of destiny...
    • 14. Cobra World

      14 Nov '91
      Destro creates a new computer system named the ASP which can control Cobra weapons around the world.
    • 15. Messenger from the Deep

      06 Nov '91
      Cobra Commander attempts to lure Storm Shadow back into Cobra...
    • 16. The Eliminator

      28 Oct '91
      Cobra Commander tries to convince the world he has gone straight and opens his own theme park...
    • 17. Metal-Head's Reunion

      19 Nov '91
      Cobra takes control of a school in the hope of training new Cobra recruits from a young age.
    • 18. Shadow of a Doubt

      19 Nov '91
      Metal-Head goes to his high school reunion in an effort to get a secret armor formula for Cobra...
    • 19. Basic Training

      07 Jan '92
      In a clip show, General Hawk advises the audience what it takes to become a GI.Joe.
    • 20. The Legend of Metal-Head

      20 Jan '92
      In another clip show episode, Metal Head relates his time in Cobra to the audience.