GI Joe
Real American Hero
GI Joe Real American Hero was produced by Marvel Productions and Sunbow Productions to follow the success of the toyline by Hasbro.
The show premiered as a five-part mini-series on September 12, 1983, and with the success of that animated introduction, a second mini-series was aired: The Revenge of Cobra, on September 10, 1984.
Following the initial two mini-series, GI Joe Real American Hero began airing on September 16, 1985 concurrently in line with the second season of the Transformers series, debuting with a third five-part story, The Pyramid of Darkness.
A public safety lesson was usually featured at the end of each episode, using G.I. Joe characters in brief scenarios to impart safety tips to children.
In each episode's opening title sequence famed voice actor Jackson Beck states that, "G.I. Joe is the code name for America's daring, highly-trained, Special Mission force.
Its purpose: To defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world."
Because GI Joe Real American Hero were produced as a vehicle to sell the toys, each GI Joe Real American Hero episode typically focused on a particular G.I. Joe character, giving almost everyone a moment in the spotlight.
GI Joe Real American Hero was not directly tied to the comic book produced by Marvel Comics, although several concepts, such as the Oktober Guard, Springfield, and Serpentor were all featured in the comic book and the animated series.
I myself am incredibly surprised lately as to how icons from my youth have become so huge 25 years later. First Transformers, now G.I. Joe.
In some key ways, G.I. Joe was a better show than Transformers. The writing was better, the stories and character development was deeper, and G.I. Joe also had a lot of mature subject matter for a kids show.
GI Joe Real American Hero Episodelist
1 The Cobra Strikes
2 Slave of the Cobra Master
3 The Worms of Death
4 Duel in the Devil's Cauldron
5 A Stake in the Serpent's Heart
6 In the Cobra's Pit
7 The Vines of Evil
8 The Palace of Doom
9 Battle on the Roof of the World
10 Amusement Park of Terror
11 The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe
12 Rendez-vous in the City of the Dead
13 Three Cubes to Darkness
14 Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls
15 Knotting Cobra's Coils
16 Countdown for Zartan
17 Red Rocket's Glare
18 Satellite Down
19 Cobra Stops the World
20 Jungle Trap
21 Cobra's Creatures
22 The Funhouse
23 Twenty Questions
24 The Greenhouse Effect
25 Haul Down the Heavens
26 Synthoid Conspiracy (1)
27 Synthoid Conspiracy (2)
28 The Phantom Brigade
29 Lights! Camera! Cobra!
30 Cobra's Candidate
31 Money to Burn
32 Operation Mind Menace
33 Battle for the Train of Gold
34 Cobra Soundwaves
35 Where the Reptiles Roam
36 The Gamesmaster
37 Lasers in the Night
38 The Germ
39 The Viper is Coming
40 Spell of the Siren
41 Cobra Quake
42 Captives of Cobra (1)
43 Captives of Cobra (2)
44 Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent
45 Excalibur
46 Worlds Without End (1)
47 Worlds Without End (2)
48 Eau de Cobra
49 Cobra Claws Are Coming to Town
50 An Eye for an Eye
51 The Gods Below
52 Primordial Plot
53 Flint's Vacation
54 Hearts and Cannons
55 Memories of Mara
56 The Traitor (1)
57 The Traitor (2)
58 Pit of Vipers
59 The Wrong Stuff
60 The Invaders
61 Cold Slither
62 The Great Alaskan Land Rush
63 Skeletons in the Closet
64 There's No Place Like Springfield (1)
65 There's No Place Like Springfield (2)
66. Arise, Serpentor, Arise! : Day 1
67. Arise, Serpentor, Arise! : Day 2
68. Arise, Serpentor, Arise! : Day 3
69. Arise, Serpentor, Arise! : Day 4
70. Arise, Serpentor, Arise! : Day 5
71. Last Hour to Doomsday
72. Computer Complications
73. Sink the Montana
74. Let's Play Soldier
75. Once Upon a Joe
76. The Million Dollar Medic
77. Cobrathon
78. The Rotten Egg
79. Glamour Girls
80. Iceberg Goes South
81. The Spy Who Rooked Me
82. Grey Hairs and Growing Pains
83. My Brother's Keeper
84. My Favorite Things
85. G.I Joe Raise the Flagg!
86. Ninja Holiday
87. G.I. Joe and the Golden Fleece
88. The Most Dangerous Thing in the World
89. Nightmare Assault
90. Second Hand Emotions
91. Joe's Night Out
92. Not a Ghost of a Chance
93. Sins of Our Fathers
94. In the Presence of Mine Enemies
95. Into Your Tent I Will Silently Creep
96. G.I. Joe: The Movie
97. Operation Dragonfire - Part One
98. Operation Dragonfire - Part Two
99. Operation Dragonfire - Part Three
100. Operation Dragonfire - Part Four
101. Operation Dragonfire - Part Five
102. United We Stand
103. Revenge of the Pharoahs
104. Granny Dearest
105. Victory at Volcania - Part One
106. Victory at Volcania - Part Two
107. The Nozone Conspiracy
108. I Found you...Evy
109. Night of the Creepers
110. General Confusion
111. Stuck on You
112. Pigskin Commandos
113. Cold Shoulder
114. Injustice and the Cobra Way
115. The Mind Mangler
116. D-Day at Alcatraz - Part One
117. D-Day at Alcatraz - Part Two
118. An Officer and a Viperman
119. That's Entertainment
120. BIOK
121. Infested Island
122. Chunnel
123. El Dorado, The Lost City of Gold
124. G.I. Joe The Sword
125. Long Live Rock & Roll - Part One
126. Long Live Rock & Roll - Part Two
127. Kindergarten Commandos
128. Keyboard Warriors
129. The Greatest Evil - Part One
130. The Greatest Evil - Part Two
131. A is for Android
132. The Sludge Factor - Part One
133. The Sludge Factor - Part Two
134. Cobra World
135. Messenger from the Deep
136. The Eliminator
137. Metal-Head's Reunion
138. Shadow of a Doubt
139. G.I Joe Basic Training
140. The Legend of Metal-Head
141. G.I. Joe: Resolute
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Intro Lyrics
GI Joe Real American Hero
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Yo Joe!
He'll fight for freedom where ever there's trouble.
GI Joe is there.
It's GI Joe against Cobra the enemy
Fighting to save the day.
He ...
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