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

Every episode of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero!

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the successful toyline from Hasbro and the comic book series from Marvel Comics. The cartoon had its beginnings with two five-part mini-series in 1983 and 1984, then became a regular series that ran in syndication from 1985 to 1986. Ron Friedman created the G.I. Joe animated series for television, and wrote all four miniseries. The fourth mini-series was intended to be a feature film, but due to production difficulties was released as a television mini-series.

Genres:AnimationAction & Adventure
Network:Syndication

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero" is "Jungle Trap", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Jungle Trap" aired on 9/27/1985 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Cobra's Creatures".

  • Jungle Trap
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    #1 - Jungle Trap

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/27/1985

    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.

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  • Cobra's Creatures
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    #2 - Cobra's Creatures

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/30/1985

    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.

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  • The Funhouse
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    #3 - The Funhouse

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/1/1985

    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!

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  • Twenty Questions
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    #4 - Twenty Questions

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/2/1985

    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.

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  • The Greenhouse Effect
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    #5 - The Greenhouse Effect

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/3/1985

    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

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  • Haul Down the Heavens
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    #6 - Haul Down the Heavens

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/4/1985

    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.

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  • Synthoid Conspiracy (1)
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    #7 - Synthoid Conspiracy (1)

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 10/7/1985

    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.

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    #8 - Synthoid Conspiracy (2)

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 10/8/1985

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

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  • The Phantom Brigade
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    #9 - The Phantom Brigade

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 10/9/1985

    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.

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  • Lights! Camera! Cobra!
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    #10 - Lights! Camera! Cobra!

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 10/10/1985

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

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  • Cobra's Candidate
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    #11 - Cobra's Candidate

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 10/11/1985

    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.

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  • Money to Burn
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    #12 - Money to Burn

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 10/14/1985

    Cobra creates a machine that destroys all the money in the country leaving all its citizens vitually penniless.

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  • Operation Mind Menace
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    #13 - Operation Mind Menace

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 10/15/1985

    Flash, Airborne, and several other Joes discover that Cobra has amplified the psionic powers of some civilians for use as living weapons; one of the captives is Airborne's telekinetic brother.

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  • Battle for the Train of Gold
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    #14 - Battle for the Train of Gold

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 10/16/1985

    Cobra steals the gold stored at Fort Knox and begins moving it out with a bullet train. When the Joes' equipment is destroyed in a surprise attack, they must use horses to stop the train.

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  • Cobra Soundwaves
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    #15 - Cobra Soundwaves

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 10/17/1985

    Cobra develops a powerful sonic weapon and begins testing it on a country in the Middle East. An Arabian prince assists the Joes.

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  • Where the Reptiles Roam
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    #16 - Where the Reptiles Roam

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 10/18/1985

    Cobra purchases a dude ranch through one of its dummy corporations, intending to control a nearby solar power station. G. I. Joe travels to the ranch to flush out the Cobras.

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  • The Gamesmaster
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    #17 - The Gamesmaster

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 10/21/1985

    A bored game player decides to have members of both G.I.Joe and Cobra become part of his newest and most dangerous game where they are the victims.

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  • Lasers in the Night
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    #18 - Lasers in the Night

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 10/22/1985

    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.

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  • The Germ
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    #19 - The Germ

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 10/23/1985

    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.

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  • The Viper is Coming
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    #20 - The Viper is Coming

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 10/24/1985

    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""?!

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  • Spell of the Siren
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    #21 - Spell of the Siren

    Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 10/25/1985

    The Baroness discovers a conch shell whose song hypnotizes men. She uses the shell to seize control of Cobra and capture most of the Joes. One of the Crimson Twins aids Scarlett, Lady Jaye, and Cover Girl in rescuing their companions.

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  • Cobra Quake
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    #22 - Cobra Quake

    Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 10/28/1985

    Cobra decides to test a new earthquake-causing weapon to disrupt a Japan peace conference. It is up to Quick Kick, Bazooka, and their trainees to stop Cobra.

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  • Captives of Cobra (1)
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    #23 - Captives of Cobra (1)

    Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 10/29/1985

    Cobra kidnaps relatives of the Joe team and uses mind-control technology to turn the Joes' families against them. Their goal is to steal highly unstable explosive crystals.

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  • Captives of Cobra (2)
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    #24 - Captives of Cobra (2)

    Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 10/30/1985

    As the Joes and their families are endangered by the highly explosive crystals, Scarlett and others try to disable the mind-control center.

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  • Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent
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    #25 - Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent

    Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 10/31/1985

    Cobra unleashes an enormous mechanical sea-serpent that devours any seacraft it comes across, enslaves its captives and grows biggers the more it eats.

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