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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Season 1

65 episodes Premiered Sep 12, 1983 Updated Jul 20, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

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

Sep 12, 1983 · 30 min

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

S1·E2

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

Sep 13, 1983 · 30 min

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

S1·E3

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

Sep 14, 1983 · 30 min

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.

S1·E4

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

Sep 15, 1983 · 30 min

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

S1·E6

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

Sep 10, 1984 · 30 min

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

S1·E7

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

Sep 11, 1984 · 30 min

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

S1·E8

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

Sep 12, 1984 · 30 min

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

S1·E10

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

Sep 14, 1984 · 30 min

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

S1·E15

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

Sep 20, 1985 · 30 min

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.

S1·E16

Countdown for Zartan

Sep 23, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E17

Red Rocket's Glare

Sep 24, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E18

Satellite Down

Sep 25, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E19

Cobra Stops the World

Sep 26, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E20

Jungle Trap

Sep 27, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E21

Cobra's Creatures

Sep 30, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E22

The Funhouse

Oct 1, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E23

Twenty Questions

Oct 2, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E24

The Greenhouse Effect

Oct 3, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E25

Haul Down the Heavens

Oct 4, 1985 · 30 min

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.

S1·E26

Synthoid Conspiracy (1)

Oct 7, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E27

Synthoid Conspiracy (2)

Oct 8, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E28

The Phantom Brigade

Oct 9, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E29

Lights! Camera! Cobra!

Oct 10, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E30

Cobra's Candidate

Oct 11, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E31

Money to Burn

Oct 14, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E32

Operation Mind Menace

Oct 15, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E33

Battle for the Train of Gold

Oct 16, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E34

Cobra Soundwaves

Oct 17, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E35

Where the Reptiles Roam

Oct 18, 1985 · 30 min

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.

S1·E36

The Gamesmaster

Oct 21, 1985 · 30 min

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.

S1·E37

Lasers in the Night

Oct 22, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E38

The Germ

Oct 23, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E39

The Viper is Coming

Oct 24, 1985 · 30 min

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""?!

S1·E40

Spell of the Siren

Oct 25, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E41

Cobra Quake

Oct 28, 1985 · 30 min

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.

S1·E42

Captives of Cobra (1)

Oct 29, 1985 · 30 min

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.

S1·E43

Captives of Cobra (2)

Oct 30, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E44

Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent

Oct 31, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E45

Excalibur

Nov 1, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E46

Worlds Without End (1)

Nov 4, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E47

Worlds Without End (2)

Nov 5, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E48

Eau de Cobra

Nov 6, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E49

Cobra Claws Are Coming to Town

Nov 7, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E50

An Eye for an Eye

Nov 8, 1985 · 30 min

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.

S1·E51

The Gods Below

Nov 11, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E52

Primordial Plot

Nov 12, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E53

Flint's Vacation

Nov 13, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E54

Hearts and Cannons

Nov 14, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E55

Memories of Mara

Nov 15, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E56

The Traitor (1)

Nov 25, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E57

The Traitor (2)

Nov 26, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E58

Pit of Vipers

Nov 27, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E59

The Wrong Stuff

Nov 28, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E60

The Invaders

Nov 29, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E61

Cold Slither

Dec 2, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E62

The Great Alaskan Land Rush

Dec 3, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E63

Skeletons in the Closet

Dec 11, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E64

There's No Place Like Springfield (1)

Dec 12, 1985 · 30 min

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

S1·E65

There's No Place Like Springfield (2)

Dec 13, 1985 · 30 min

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.