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

    #1 - Lasers in the Night

    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)

    #2 - The Germ

    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
    Writer: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)

    #3 - The Viper is Coming

    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)

    #4 - Cold Slither

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

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

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

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

    #9 - 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
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  10. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 7 - Revenge of the Pharaohs
    8.0/10(2 votes)

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

    #11 - 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
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  12. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 23 - BIOK
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - 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
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  13. 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)

    #13 - 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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  14. 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)

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

    #15 - 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
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  16. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 2 Episode 13 - The Rotten Egg
    7.3/10(28 votes)

    #16 - The Rotten Egg

    S2:E13

    Leatherneck attends graduation ceremonies at a new academy and discovers it run by former enemy Buck McCann, who is loyal to Cobra. Leatherneck must foil McCann's plan to destroy Parris Island Marine Academy.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. 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)

    #17 - 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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  18. 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)

    #18 - The M.A.S.S. Device: Duel in the Devil's Cauldron (4)

    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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  19. 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)

    #19 - 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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  20. 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)

    #20 - 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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  21. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 2 Episode 1 - Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1)
    7.2/10(29 votes)

    #21 - Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1)

    S2:E1

    A surprise attack by Cobra, using the new BATs, reveals that the Joes have gotten sloppy. General Hawk asks Sergeant Slaughter to help whip the team back into shape. Meanwhile, a series of dreams prompt Dr. Mindbender to concoct a plan to build a new Cobra leader from the DNA of long-dead conquerors. A package downed Night Raven reveals that Zartan has been asked to expand his team of Dreadnoks so he turns to his siblings, Zandar and Zarana for help, and the Joes investigate and discover the plan, only to be cornered by Thrasher and his Thunder Machine.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 2 Episode 3 - Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (3)
    7.2/10(30 votes)

    #22 - Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (3)

    S2:E3

    Cobra takes DNA from the tombs of Ivan the Terrible and Alexander the Great. Sergeant Slaughter retrieves a DNA pack from Cobra's raid on Sun Tzu's tomb, and from it the Joes surmise that Cobra is building a new breed of soldiers. Dr. Mindbender intends to use Slaughter's DNA as a replacement, and so feigns defeat as a ploy to retrieve the sarcophagus of Genghis Khan and capture Slaughter.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 2 Episode 7 - Computer Complications
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #23 - Computer Complications

    S2:E7

    When the Joes seek to recover a sample of anti-matter from a sunken ship, Zarana is sent to their headquarters to sabotage the operation. She and Mainframe discover they have feelings for each other. In the aftermath of a battle, the USS Flagg is sunk.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 2 Episode 8 - Sink the Montana
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    #24 - Sink the Montana

    S2:E8

    An aging admiral learns that his ship is to be scrapped, and he turns to Cobra for help. Cobra renders his ship impervious to electronic vessels, so G.I. Joe must use the two-hundred-year-old USS Constitution to defeat him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 2 Episode 11 - The Million Dollar Medic
    7.2/10(30 votes)

    #25 - The Million Dollar Medic

    S2:E11

    Bree Van Mark, a cute wealthy woman, develops a crush on Lifeline after he rescues her and her father from a sinking yacht during a battle between G.I. Joe and Cobra. Lifeline discovers that Cobra is after Bree's father, a wealthy industrialist whose holding include a defense company. But the Joes think that Bree is working for Cobra since some of her gifts, including a gold plated helicopter, have backfires. She flies off in a Tomahawk taking Lifeline with her. They head to a cabin in the Rockies and are followed by Cobra. Lifeline, who is a pacifist, must fend off Cobra until the rest of the Joes arrives.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Lasers in the Night" 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 10/22/1985. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Germ".