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The Best Episodes of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 37 - Lasers in the Night
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E37

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 38 - The Germ
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E38

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 39 - The Viper is Coming
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E39

    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""?!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 61 - Cold Slither
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E61

    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"".

    Director:Unknown
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  5. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 13 - The Pyramid of Darkness: Three Cubes to Darkness (3)
    7.7/10(28 votes)

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 14 - The Pyramid of Darkness: Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls (4)
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    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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  7. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 17 - Red Rocket's Glare
    7.3/10(26 votes)

    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
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  8. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 1 - The M.A.S.S. Device: The Cobra Strikes (1)
    7.2/10(34 votes)

    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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  9. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 4 - The M.A.S.S. Device: Duel in the Devil's Cauldron (4)
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Friedman

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  10. 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)
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    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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  11. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 11 - The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe (1)
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    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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  12. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 6 - The Revenge of Cobra: In the Cobra's Pit (1)
    7.1/10(27 votes)

    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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  13. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 15 - The Pyramid of Darkness: Knotting Cobra's Coils (5)
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    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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  14. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 16 - Countdown for Zartan
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    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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  15. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 20 - Jungle Trap
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 21 - Cobra's Creatures
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E21

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 22 - The Funhouse
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E22

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 23 - Twenty Questions
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E23

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 24 - The Greenhouse Effect
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E24

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  20. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 25 - Haul Down the Heavens
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E25

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 26 - Synthoid Conspiracy (1)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E26

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 27 - Synthoid Conspiracy (2)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E27

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 28 - The Phantom Brigade
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E28

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 29 - Lights! Camera! Cobra!
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E29

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 1 Episode 30 - Cobra's Candidate
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E30

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Lasers in the Night" is the best rated episode of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero season 1. It scored 8.5/10 from 2 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on October 22, 1985.