G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - Season 1
Season 1
Network
Episodes65
DatesSep 12, 1983 - Dec 13, 1985
Episodes
Season 1Episode 130 min
A Real American Hero (1) The Cobra Strikes
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 device to defeat Cobra.
Sep 12, 1983
Season 1Episode 230 min
A Real American Hero (2) Slave of the Cobra Master
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 with the help of a slave girl, but he is injured and cannot remember the base's location.
Sep 13, 1983
Season 1Episode 330 min
A Real American Hero (3) The Worms of Death
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.
Sep 14, 1983
Season 1Episode 430 min
A Real American Hero (4) Duel in the Devil's Cauldron
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 Scarlett.
Sep 15, 1983
Season 1Episode 530 min
A Real American Hero (5) A Stake in the Serpent's Heart
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 sensory deprivation lead the Joes to the Cobra base where a final battle takes place. Cobra Commander is captured and taken to prison, but Destro escapes. The battle is over but not the war!
Sep 16, 1983
Season 1Episode 630 min
The Revenge of Cobra (1) In the Cobra's Pit
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. Meanwhile, Cobra Commander is briefly captured but rescued by Zartan.
Sep 10, 1984
Season 1Episode 730 min
The Revenge of Cobra (2) The Vines of Evil
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 attacks, but Destro smashes them with a hailstorm. During the battle, Destro's weapon breaks, and the three pieces scatter over the globe.
Sep 11, 1984
Season 1Episode 830 min
The Revenge of Cobra (3) The Palace of Doom
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 dominator.
Sep 12, 1984
Season 1Episode 930 min
The Revenge of Cobra (4) Battle on the Roof of the World
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.
Sep 13, 1984
Season 1Episode 1030 min
The Revenge of Cobra (5) Amusement Park of Terror
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 Cobra Temple and attack it.
Sep 14, 1984
Season 1Episode 1130 min
The Pyramid of Darkness (1) The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe
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 commandeer a space station and destroy Joe Headquarters from space. Meanwhile, Cobra Commander reveals a plan to deprive most of the world of electricity.
Sep 16, 1985
Season 1Episode 1230 min
The Pyramid of Darkness (2) Rendezvous in the City of the Dead
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 strategic locations to create an electricity-inhibiting pyramid over the northern hemisphere.
Sep 17, 1985
Season 1Episode 1330 min
The Pyramid of Darkness (3) Three Cubes to Darkness
The Joes rush to prevent Cobra from planting its huge cubes as Shipwreck and Snake Eyes try to evade detection.
Sep 18, 1985
Season 1Episode 1430 min
The Pyramid of Darkness (4) Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls
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.
Sep 19, 1985
Season 1Episode 1530 min
The Pyramid of Darkness (5) Knotting Cobra's Coils
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.
Sep 20, 1985
Season 1Episode 1630 min
Countdown for Zartan
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 is suspicious of the doctor, and when he investigates, he is confronted, then captured by Storm Shadow. Freedom escapes, and leads Lady Jaye, Recondo, Doc, Gung-Ho and Stalker back to the Defense Center, only to discover that Zartan has replaced the doctor and has set up a bomb. While the Joes search for the bomb, Gung-Ho locks Zartan in a prison cell in plain view of Zartan's countdown watch, which unbeknownst to Zartan, Gung-Ho has set it two minutes ahead. Zartan is fooled, and reveals the location in time for the bomb to be disarmed. Zartan escapes, and Spirit and the real Dr. Mettier are saved from death by laughing gas by Storm Shadow. Cobra launches one more futile attack, the Joes counter it, and all's right with the world.
Sep 23, 1985
Season 1Episode 1730 min
Red Rocket's Glare
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 family, unaware of EE's connections to Cobra, refuses to sell their restaurant.
Sep 24, 1985
Season 1Episode 1830 min
Satellite Down
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 Primords complicates Joe and Cobra's efforts to recover the technology.
Sep 25, 1985
Season 1Episode 1930 min
Cobra Stops the World
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 location.
Sep 26, 1985
Season 1Episode 2030 min
Jungle Trap
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 base and destroy Cobra's newest weapon.
Sep 27, 1985
Season 1Episode 2130 min
Cobra's Creatures
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 insects, on Junkyard. Cobra use it to gain control of an army of animals to take over the world, and send Junkyard hunting after Mutt. In exchange for High Freq, Cobra agrees to break Dr. Lucifer's love, Dr. Attilla, out of jail. GI Joe learns of this, and has Scarlett pose as Attilla, but it's obvious to Lucifer she is not Attilla, and Scarlett is captured. Snake-Eyes and Spirit come to the rescue, using Timber and Freedom to sneak into Cobra's jungle castle and rescue Ripcord and Scarlet, and stop High Freq.
Sep 30, 1985
Season 1Episode 2230 min
The Funhouse
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 obstacles of death, the Joes have to find their way to Cobra Commander and save the day!
Oct 1, 1985
Season 1Episode 2330 min
Twenty Questions
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 into Cobra territory to prove their danger.
Oct 2, 1985
Season 1Episode 2430 min
The Greenhouse Effect
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 in combat. Harvey 15 Bullock 6
Oct 3, 1985
Season 1Episode 2530 min
Haul Down the Heavens
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.
Oct 4, 1985
Season 1Episode 2630 min
Synthoid Conspiracy (1)
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.
Oct 7, 1985
Season 1Episode 2730 min
Synthoid Conspiracy (2)
When Destro discovers a synthoid of himself, he aids the Joes in defeating Cobra's synthoid plot.
Oct 8, 1985
Season 1Episode 2830 min
The Phantom Brigade
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.
Oct 9, 1985
Season 1Episode 2930 min
Lights! Camera! Cobra!
Movie producer wants the real G.I. Joes to star in his movie about them after finding actors to be too unrealistic.
Oct 10, 1985
Season 1Episode 3030 min
Cobra's Candidate
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.
Oct 11, 1985
Season 1Episode 3130 min
Money to Burn
Cobra creates a machine that destroys all the money in the country leaving all its citizens vitually penniless.
Oct 14, 1985
Season 1Episode 3230 min
Operation Mind Menace
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.
Oct 15, 1985
Season 1Episode 3330 min
Battle for the Train of Gold
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.
Oct 16, 1985
Season 1Episode 3430 min
Cobra Soundwaves
Cobra develops a powerful sonic weapon and begins testing it on a country in the Middle East. An Arabian prince assists the Joes.
Oct 17, 1985
Season 1Episode 3530 min
Where the Reptiles Roam
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.
Oct 18, 1985
Season 1Episode 3630 min
The Gamesmaster
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.
Oct 21, 1985
Season 1Episode 3730 min
Lasers in the Night
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.
Oct 22, 1985
Season 1Episode 3830 min
The Germ
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.
Oct 23, 1985
Season 1Episode 3930 min
The Viper is Coming
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""?!
Oct 24, 1985
Season 1Episode 4030 min
Spell of the Siren
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.
Oct 25, 1985
Season 1Episode 4130 min
Cobra Quake
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.
Oct 28, 1985
Season 1Episode 4230 min
Captives of Cobra (1)
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.
Oct 29, 1985
Season 1Episode 4330 min
Captives of Cobra (2)
As the Joes and their families are endangered by the highly explosive crystals, Scarlett and others try to disable the mind-control center.
Oct 30, 1985
Season 1Episode 4430 min
Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent
Cobra unleashes an enormous mechanical sea-serpent that devours any seacraft it comes across, enslaves its captives and grows biggers the more it eats.
Oct 31, 1985
Season 1Episode 4530 min
Excalibur
Storm Shadow steals the sword Excalibur from The Lady Of The Lake. The Joes help her get it back.
Nov 1, 1985
Season 1Episode 4630 min
Worlds Without End (1)
The G.I. Joe team gets sent to another dimension in which Cobra took over the world.
Nov 4, 1985
Season 1Episode 4730 min
Worlds Without End (2)
The G.I. Joe team gets sent to another dimension in which Cobra took over the world.
Nov 5, 1985
Season 1Episode 4830 min
Eau de Cobra
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.
Nov 6, 1985
Season 1Episode 4930 min
Cobra Claws Are Coming to Town
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.
Nov 7, 1985
Season 1Episode 5030 min
An Eye for an Eye
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.
Nov 8, 1985
Season 1Episode 5130 min
The Gods Below
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 Osiris, the Egyptain god of the dead.
Nov 11, 1985
Season 1Episode 5230 min
Primordial Plot
Cobra manages to breed dinosaurs with stolen DNA specimens from recently discovered dinosaur fossils. With the new reptilian help, Cobra plans to terrorize civilation.
Nov 12, 1985
Season 1Episode 5330 min
Flint's Vacation
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 residents and the citizens become an army of slave laborers, forced to construct a secret underwater base.
Nov 13, 1985
Season 1Episode 5430 min
Hearts and Cannons
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 it can be retrieved. They inadvertently parachute onto a Cobra proving ground and discover the evil organization's latest innovation: a metal alloy that's impervious to any conventional weapon! With tanks and planes constructed of this alloy, Cobra could attack the Joe team – or anyone else – without fear. With a battalion of Cobras hot on their heels, can Dusty and Footloose survive the track across the hostile desert to warn the Joes?
Nov 14, 1985
Season 1Episode 5530 min
Memories of Mara
Shipwreck falls for a former Cobra agent Mara who had been tranformed into a water-breathing human/fish hybrid.
Nov 15, 1985
Season 1Episode 5630 min
The Traitor (1)
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 it means giving out G.I. Joe classified information!
Nov 25, 1985
Season 1Episode 5730 min
The Traitor (2)
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. Joe's every move, and steals top secret chemicals to destroy G.I. Joe once and for all?!
Nov 26, 1985
Season 1Episode 5830 min
The Pit of Vipers
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 and leave headquarters vulnerable to attack.
Nov 27, 1985
Season 1Episode 5930 min
The Wrong Stuff
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 social messages such as Father's No Beast and new endings to classic movies. G.I. Joe first send three Joes up in Skystrikers powered by rocket boosters to take out Cobra's satellite. They discover that it is really a space station and are blasted back down to earth. Next they have a space training program to select a group of Joes to go back up. Their Skystrikers are destroyed again by the Space Station, but the group sneaks inside. Being better trained, they defeat the Dreadnoks and destroy the Space Station, escaping in a Cobra Shuttle, thus saving the wonderful world of television.
Nov 28, 1985
Season 1Episode 6030 min
The Invaders
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 flying saucer threat that seems so daunting? Do the space creatures really exist?
Nov 29, 1985
Season 1Episode 6130 min
Cold Slither
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 by performing their theme song as ""The Average Joe Band"".
Dec 2, 1985
Season 1Episode 6230 min
The Great Alaskan Land Rush
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 state. The only way to disapprove the claim is for the Joes to go to Alaska and find the colony's Imperial Seal. Three problems: the seal has been missing for over a hundred years, the Russians are looking for the seal so they can reclaim Alaska, and Cobra is determined to stop them both!
Dec 3, 1985
Season 1Episode 6330 min
Skeletons in the Closet
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 strange hooded cult, secret passages, and the truth behind Destro's silver mask.
Dec 11, 1985
Season 1Episode 6430 min
There's No Place Like Springfield (1)
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 sweetheart, Mara (who is cured of her aquatic transformatin) and they have a daghter.
Dec 12, 1985
Season 1Episode 6530 min
There's No Place Like Springfield (2)
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.
Dec 13, 1985
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