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The Best Episodes of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

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An elite team of soldiers thwart the evil Cobra organization's desire for world domination at every turn, cleverly stopping them from controlling the weather, creating unstoppable weapons, and genetically engineering super-warriors.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 6 - United We Stand
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - United We Stand

    S3:E6

    Cobra Commander threatens to unleash a deadly mind numbing gas on the world unless they surrender to Cobra...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 21 - D-Day at Alcatraz (2)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - D-Day at Alcatraz (2)

    S3:E21

    The Cobras escape from Alcatraz and prepare to use their new weapon to take over the world, now GI Joe has to stop their most devious scheme yet...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 22 - The Mind Mangler
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Mind Mangler

    S3:E22

    Duke is captured by Gnawgahyde who uses a device called the Mind Mangler to try and break into Dukes brain, but a girl named Megan helps Duke escape, little does he know that Megan is really a disguised Zarana planning to steal GI Joes secrets...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 24 - Stuck on You
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Stuck on You

    S3:E24

    After a battle, Cobra Commander and Pathfinder become lost in the Jungle with a enraged Gorilla in pursuit...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 1 - Operation Dragonfire (1)
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Operation Dragonfire (1)

    S3:E1

    G.I. Joe is acting as the Peace Corps helping a poor village, when they met journalist/cameraman Leonard Michaels aka Scoop who joins the Joes. Cobra attacks a monastery to get the secret to the Dragonfire, a mysterious energy in the earth. Destro dumps the Baroness for Zarana, so Baroness plots with Gnawgahyde to return Cobra Commander to human form to get revenge. Scoop turns out to be a Crimson Guard commander spying on GI Joe...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 7 - Revenge of the Pharaohs
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Revenge of the Pharaohs

    S3:E7

    Night Creeper Leader is hit on the head during a battle with the Joes in Egypt and begins to believe he is the reincarnated Pharoah and attempts to take over Egypt...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 20 - D-Day at Alcatraz (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - D-Day at Alcatraz (1)

    S3:E20

    Cobra Commander, Destro and Metal Head allow themselves to be imprisoned in Alcatraz so that they can gain access to a highly powerful weapon on the Comstock Lode submarine outside of the prison...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 23 - BIOK
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - BIOK

    S3:E23

    Destro creates a super computer named BIOK, which infiltrates every computer system in the world, but soon BIOK turns on them and has plans of its own to take over the world...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 1 - The M.A.S.S. Device: The Cobra Strikes (1)
    7.0/10(32 votes)

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

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Dan Thompson
    Writer:Ron Friedman

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  10. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 2 - The M.A.S.S. Device: Slave of the Cobra Master (2)
    7.0/10(28 votes)

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

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Friedman

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  11. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 3 - The M.A.S.S. Device: The Worms of Death (3)
    7.0/10(29 votes)

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

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Friedman

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  12. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 5 - The M.A.S.S. Device: A Stake in the Serpent's Heart (5)
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #12 - The M.A.S.S. Device: A Stake in the Serpent's Heart (5)

    S1:E5

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Friedman

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  13. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 6 - The Revenge of Cobra: In the Cobra's Pit (1)
    7.0/10(26 votes)

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

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 7 - The Revenge of Cobra: The Vines of Evil (2)
    7.0/10(29 votes)

    #14 - The Revenge of Cobra: The Vines of Evil (2)

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 8 - The Revenge of Cobra: The Palace of Doom (3)
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #15 - The Revenge of Cobra: The Palace of Doom (3)

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 9 - The Revenge of Cobra: Battle on the Roof of the World (4)
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #16 - The Revenge of Cobra: Battle on the Roof of the World (4)

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 10 - The Revenge of Cobra: Amusement Park of Terror (5)
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #17 - The Revenge of Cobra: Amusement Park of Terror (5)

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 11 - The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe (1)
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #18 - The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe (1)

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 12 - The Pyramid of Darkness: Rendezvous in the City of the Dead (2)
    7.0/10(24 votes)

    #19 - The Pyramid of Darkness: Rendezvous in the City of the Dead (2)

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 13 - The Pyramid of Darkness: Three Cubes to Darkness (3)
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #20 - The Pyramid of Darkness: Three Cubes to Darkness (3)

    S1:E13

    The Joes rush to prevent Cobra from planting its huge cubes as Shipwreck and Snake Eyes try to evade detection.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 14 - The Pyramid of Darkness: Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls (4)
    7.0/10(27 votes)

    #21 - The Pyramid of Darkness: Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls (4)

    S1:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 15 - The Pyramid of Darkness: Knotting Cobra's Coils (5)
    7.0/10(24 votes)

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

    S1:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 16 - Countdown for Zartan
    7.0/10(24 votes)

    #23 - Countdown for Zartan

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 17 - Red Rocket's Glare
    7.0/10(23 votes)

    #24 - Red Rocket's Glare

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 18 - Satellite Down
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #25 - Satellite Down

    S1:E18

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"United We Stand" is the best rated episode of "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero". It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/25/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "D-Day at Alcatraz (2)".