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The Best Episodes of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3

Every episode of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3!

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

    #1 - 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...

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  2. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 2 - Operation Dragonfire (2)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Operation Dragonfire (2)

    S3:E2

    Cobra has a map showing the locations of Dragonfire around the world, and the Joes and Cobra battle over one of the locations in a mountain. Baroness and Gnawgahyde use the Dragonfire to DNA convert Cobra Commander back into human form. The Joes manage to get inside the mountain base, but are flooded out...

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  3. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 3 - Operation Dragonfire (3)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Operation Dragonfire (3)

    S3:E3

    Next location is a jungle temple in South America, and there's three factions: Serpentor, the Joes, and Cobra Commander. Scoop finds out he was tricked into joining Cobra and turns against them. But the Joes discover he's a Cobra. Cobra Commander uses the Dragonfire to turn monkeys in Ape Warriors that attack the Joes...

    Director:Unknown
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  4. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 4 - Operation Dragonfire (4)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Operation Dragonfire (4)

    S3:E4

    Scoop returns to Cobra to try to defeat them. Gnawgahyde steals a Conquests and blasts the Joes. Cobra Commander starts fusing animals with vehicles and creates Python Patrol. Serpentor is defeated and fused with Gnogahide's pet iguana. The Joes return to base while Low Light stays behind. Destro dumps Zarana for the Baroness...

    Director:Unknown
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  5. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 5 - Operation Dragonfire (5)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Operation Dragonfire (5)

    S3:E5

    The final location is a mesa. Cobra links all of the Dragonfire bases together through their satellite to create an energy weapon and to supercharge their vehicles with the Dragonfire energy. Finally the Joes have their own Dragonfire after Freedom finds a Native American man who knows how to active it. Scoops sends the Joes the frequency to disable Cobra's Dragonfire and causes a chain reaction that destroys all of Cobra's Dragonfire bases.

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

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

    #7 - 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
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  8. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 8 - Granny Dearest
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Granny Dearest

    S3:E8

    Metal Heads Grandmother comes to visit, who believes he is the leader of Cobra, much to Cobra Commanders disgust...

    Director:Unknown
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  9. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 9 - Victory at Volcania (1)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Victory at Volcania (1)

    S3:E9

    The Joes are on vacation at Volcania, also known as 'Club Joe', also on the Island of Volcania is General Hawk, who has been reassigned because his superiors believe he is too old. Cobra launches an attack on Volcania and assumes control of the Island, Destro has created new weaponry which Cobra Commander threatens the world with. When they do not meet his demands, Cobra Commander becomes angered and fires on the California River bridge...

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  10. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 10 - Victory at Volcania (2)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Victory at Volcania (2)

    S3:E10

    The United Nations do not believe Cobra Commander really destroyed the bridge, and send a fleet to Volcania. General Hawk rescues the Joes and they attack the Cobra Command centre hidden within the Volcano, the command centre is destroyed and takes Destros space gun weapon with it. Cobra Commander and his troops pursue the Joes until reinforcements and the UN fleet arrives, allowing the Joes victory once more.

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  11. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 11 - The Nozone Conspiracy
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Nozone Conspiracy

    S3:E11

    Cobra plans to destroy the Ozone layer and have people buy Cobra Commanders deadly new sun tan lotion...

    Director:Unknown
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  12. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 12 - Pigskin Commandos
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Pigskin Commandos

    S3:E12

    The Joes play a football match against Cobra, with Sgt.Slaughter as the ball...

    Director:Unknown
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  13. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 13 - Cold Shoulder
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Cold Shoulder

    S3:E13

    G.I. Joe/Oktober Guard team up with Rampart and Cpt. Krimov to work on a space satellite while Sgt. Slaughter, Sub-Zero and Stretcher monitoring their movements, but Cobra wants it for themselves which led to the capturing of the satellite and the 2 Joes. it up to sub-zero and Stretcher to save them while the Sarge back them up with the troops against cobra attacks.

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  14. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 14 - Injustice and the Cobra Way
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Injustice and the Cobra Way

    S3:E14

    Cobra Commander disguises himself as a new superhero named Serpent Man in an effort to humiliate G.I Joe...

    Director:Unknown
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  15. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 15 - General Confusion
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - General Confusion

    S3:E15

    When G.I Joe are told they are exceeding government funding they have to report to The Battle World proving grounds to learn how to fight cost efficently under the supervision of Dr.Carday who is secretly Zarana in disguise. Meanwhile Cobra Commander plans to steal a new weapon named 'The General'...

    Director:Unknown
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  16. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 16 - Night of the Creepers
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Night of the Creepers

    S3:E16

    Low Light faces supernatural beings, while Night Creeper Leader plans to regain favour with Cobra Commander...

    Director:Unknown
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  17. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 17 - That's Entertainment
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - That's Entertainment

    S3:E17

    Cobra Commander tries to make a break into the world of stand up comedy by impersonating a famous comedian while planning a trap for the Joes...

    Director:Unknown
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  18. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 18 - I Found You... Evy
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - I Found You... Evy

    S3:E18

    Ambush finds his lost love Evy, only to find she has now joined Cobra...

    Director:Unknown
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  19. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 19 - An Officer and a Viperman
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - An Officer and a Viperman

    S3:E19

    Pathfinder, Ambush and Topside infiltrate a Cobra training camp when Cobra suddenly seems to know their every move...

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

    #20 - 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...

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

    #21 - 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
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  22. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 22 - The Mind Mangler
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - 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
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  23. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Season 3 Episode 23 - BIOK
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - 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...

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

    #24 - Stuck on You

    S3:E24

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

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Operation Dragonfire (1)" is the best rated episode of "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero" season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/2/1989. This episode is rated 2.0 points higher than the second-best, "Operation Dragonfire (2)".