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G.I. Joe

1990 · TV Series · TV-Y7 · 30 min · ★ 7.6

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This animated action series continues the long-running clash between an elite military team and the Cobra organization, bringing in many new recruits alongside a few familiar faces. Fast-paced missions, colorful villains, and toy-inspired vehicles drive half-hour adventures aimed at fun, patriotic thrills and light humor.

Also known as Action Force: International Heroes · G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

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Details
Original title
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Years
1990–1992
Release date
1983-09-12
Network
Syndication
Language
English
Rated
TV-Y7
Runtime
30 min
Max quality
HD
TMDB rating
7.6/10 (81 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want straightforward, toy-adventure action with a big rotating roster and frequent showdowns, similar to The Transformers; not for you if you need deep character arcs or fresh, non-repetitive plots.

Pros: lots of new characters; energetic battles; fun humor | Cons: repetitive storylines; limited character depth; cast changes

Themes

  • based on comic
  • based on toy
  • terrorism
  • gi joe

Cast & crew

Directed by Dan Thompson

Created by Ron Friedman

Episodes4 seasons · 139 episodes

Season 165 episodes
  • S1E1The M.A.S.S. Device: The Cobra Strikes (1)30m
    Amazon Prime VideoTubi
  • S1E2The M.A.S.S. Device: Slave of the Cobra Master (2)30m
    Amazon Prime VideoTubi
  • S1E3The M.A.S.S. Device: The Worms of Death (3)30m
    Amazon Prime VideoTubi
  • S1E4The M.A.S.S. Device: Duel in the Devil's Cauldron (4)30m
    Amazon Prime VideoTubi
  • S1E5The M.A.S.S. Device: A Stake in the Serpent's Heart (5)30m
    Amazon Prime VideoTubi
  • S1E6The Revenge of Cobra: In the Cobra's Pit (1)30m
    Amazon Prime VideoTubi
  • S1E7The Revenge of Cobra: The Vines of Evil (2)30m
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  • S1E8The Revenge of Cobra: The Palace of Doom (3)30m
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  • S1E9The Revenge of Cobra: Battle on the Roof of the World (4)30m
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  • S1E10The Revenge of Cobra: Amusement Park of Terror (5)30m
    Amazon Prime VideoTubi
  • S1E11The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe (1)30m
    Amazon Prime VideoTubi
  • S1E12The Pyramid of Darkness: Rendezvous in the City of the Dead (2)30m
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  • S1E13The Pyramid of Darkness: Three Cubes to Darkness (3)30m
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  • S1E14The Pyramid of Darkness: Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls (4)30m
    Tubi
  • S1E15The Pyramid of Darkness: Knotting Cobra's Coils (5)30m
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  • S1E16Countdown for Zartan30m
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  • S1E17Red Rocket's Glare30m
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  • S1E18Satellite Down30m
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  • S1E19Cobra Stops the World30m
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  • S1E20Jungle Trap30m
  • S1E21Cobra's Creatures30m
  • S1E22The Funhouse30m
  • S1E23Twenty Questions30m
  • S1E24The Greenhouse Effect30m
  • S1E25Haul Down the Heavens30m
  • S1E26Synthoid Conspiracy (1)30m
  • S1E27Synthoid Conspiracy (2)30m
  • S1E28The Phantom Brigade30m
  • S1E29Lights! Camera! Cobra!30m
  • S1E30Cobra's Candidate30m
  • S1E31Money to Burn30m
  • S1E32Operation Mind Menace30m
  • S1E33Battle for the Train of Gold30m
  • S1E34Cobra Soundwaves30m
  • S1E35Where the Reptiles Roam30m
  • S1E36The Gamesmaster30m
  • S1E37Lasers in the Night30m
  • S1E38The Germ30m
  • S1E39The Viper is Coming30m
  • S1E40Spell of the Siren30m
  • S1E41Cobra Quake30m
  • S1E42Captives of Cobra (1)30m
  • S1E43Captives of Cobra (2)30m
  • S1E44Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent30m
  • S1E45Excalibur30m
  • S1E46Worlds Without End (1)30m
  • S1E47Worlds Without End (2)30m
  • S1E48Eau de Cobra30m
  • S1E49Cobra Claws Are Coming to Town30m
  • S1E50An Eye for an Eye30m
  • S1E51The Gods Below30m
  • S1E52Primordial Plot30m
  • S1E53Flint's Vacation30m
  • S1E54Hearts and Cannons30m
  • S1E55Memories of Mara30m
  • S1E56The Traitor (1)30m
  • S1E57The Traitor (2)30m
  • S1E58Pit of Vipers30m
  • S1E59The Wrong Stuff30m
  • S1E60The Invaders30m
  • S1E61Cold Slither30m
  • S1E62The Great Alaskan Land Rush30m
  • S1E63Skeletons in the Closet30m
  • S1E64There's No Place Like Springfield (1)30m
  • S1E65There's No Place Like Springfield (2)30m
Season 230 episodes
  • S2E1Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1)30m
    Tubi
  • S2E2Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (2)30m
    Tubi
  • S2E3Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (3)30m
    Tubi
  • S2E4Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (4)30m
    Tubi
  • S2E5Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (5)30m
    Tubi
  • S2E6Last Hour to Doomsday30m
    Tubi
  • S2E7Computer Complications30m
    Tubi
  • S2E8Sink the Montana30m
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  • S2E9Let's Play Soldier30m
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  • S2E10Once Upon a Joe30m
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  • S2E11The Million Dollar Medic30m
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  • S2E12Cobrathon30m
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  • S2E13The Rotten Egg30m
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  • S2E14Glamour Girls30m
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  • S2E15Iceberg Goes South30m
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  • S2E16The Spy Who Rooked Me30m
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  • S2E17Grey Hairs and Growing Pains30m
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  • S2E18My Brother's Keeper30m
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  • S2E19My Favorite Things30m
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  • S2E20Raise the Flagg!30m
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  • S2E21Ninja Holiday30m
  • S2E22G.I. Joe and the Golden Fleece30m
  • S2E23The Most Dangerous Thing in the World30m
  • S2E24Nightmare Assault30m
  • S2E25Second Hand Emotions30m
  • S2E26Joe's Night Out30m
  • S2E27Not a Ghost of a Chance30m
  • S2E28Sins of Our Fathers30m
  • S2E29In the Presence of Mine Enemies30m
  • S2E30Into Your Tent I Will Silently Creep30m
Season 324 episodes
  • S3E1Operation Dragonfire (1)30m
  • S3E2Operation Dragonfire (2)30m
  • S3E3Operation Dragonfire (3)30m
  • S3E4Operation Dragonfire (4)30m
  • S3E5Operation Dragonfire (5)30m
  • S3E6United We Stand30m
  • S3E7Revenge of the Pharaohs30m
  • S3E8Granny Dearest30m
  • S3E9Victory at Volcania (1)30m
  • S3E10Victory at Volcania (2)30m
  • S3E11The Nozone Conspiracy30m
  • S3E12Pigskin Commandos30m
  • S3E13Cold Shoulder30m
  • S3E14Injustice and the Cobra Way30m
  • S3E15General Confusion30m
  • S3E16Night of the Creepers30m
  • S3E17That's Entertainment30m
  • S3E18I Found You... Evy30m
  • S3E19An Officer and a Viperman30m
  • S3E20D-Day at Alcatraz (1)30m
  • S3E21D-Day at Alcatraz (2)30m
  • S3E22The Mind Mangler30m
  • S3E23BIOK30m
  • S3E24Stuck on You30m
Season 420 episodes
  • S4E1The Eliminator30m
  • S4E2Chunnel30m
  • S4E3A is for Android30m
  • S4E4El Dorado, The Lost City Of Gold30m
  • S4E5Long Live Rock & Roll (1)30m
  • S4E6Long Live Rock & Roll (2)30m
  • S4E7The Sludge Factor (1)30m
  • S4E8The Sludge Factor (2)30m
  • S4E9Messenger from the Deep30m
  • S4E10Infested Island30m
  • S4E11The Greatest Evil (1)30m
  • S4E12The Greatest Evil (2)30m
  • S4E13The Sword30m
  • S4E14Keyboard Warriors30m
  • S4E15Shadow of a Doubt30m
  • S4E16Cobra World30m
  • S4E17Kindergarten Commandos30m
  • S4E18Metal Head's Reunion30m
  • S4E19Basic Training30m
  • S4E20The Legend of Metal Head30m