
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
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.
- Created By
Ron Friedman
- First Aired on
Sep 12, 1983
- Popularity: 59.6217
- 70 votes
- Networks
- (US)
- Production
Sunbow Productions (US)DiC Entertainment (US)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
4 seaons till Jan 20, 1992
Last episode: The Legend of Metal Head
Seasons & episodes
Total 4 seasons, 139 episodes

Specials
Aired
Episode 1G.I. Joe: The Movie30 min
While Cobra Commander and Serpentor accuse each other's stewardship of Cobra as the root cause of the organization's failures, a mysterious woman breaks into the Terrordrome. Cobra Commander leads the counter-attack, but in an attempt to rid himself of Serpentor, allows the intruder to escape. Reaching Serpentor, the intruder reveals herself as Pythona, who comes from a secret civilization known as Cobra-La. Pythona states that they were responsible for causing Doctor Mindbender to create Serpentor through dream manipulation. At her urging, Serpentor plans to capture G.I. Joe's newest weapon, the Broadcast Energy Transmitter (BET).
Episode 2Spy Troops30 min
The Joes have a new remote-control device in their possession. Cobra sends Zartan to steal this device while the Joes also send in their own spy to the enemy camp. The movie ends in a battle royale between Joe and Cobra forces. This is a prequel to G.I. Joe: Valor Vs. Venom.
Episode 3Valor vs Venom30 min
The sequel to G.I. Joe: Spy Troops. The G.I. Joe team battles Cobra's newest threat, Venomous Maximus and his hybrid troops.
Episode 4Ninja Battles30 min
Legendary ninjas Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow were once the best of friends. Now they are bitter enemies. Each of the Arashikage clan are joined by other ninjas who fight to the finish in the ultimate martial arts battle, pitting GI Joe forces against the evil Cobra organization!
Episode 6Flint's vacation bonus30 min
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