G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985)

Action · Adventure · Animation

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.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (7,298 votes)
Episode average: 7.4 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1985)

7.39 avg 55 episodes 7.4 → 7.9 22 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Pyramid of Darkness: Part 1 - The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe	7.4	165
2	The Pyramid of Darkness: Part 2 - Rendezvous in the City of the Dead	7.4	127
3	The Pyramid of Darkness: Part 3 - Three Cubes to Darkness	7.4	122
4	The Pyramid of Darkness: Part 4 - Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls	7.5	114
5	The Pyramid of Darkness: Part 5 - Knotting Cobra's Coils	7.5	114
6	Countdown for Zartan	7.5	124
7	Red Rocket's Glare	7.4	117
8	Satellite Down	6.9	106
9	Cobra Stops the World	7.5	107
10	Jungle Trap	7.4	108
11	Cobra's Creatures	7.3	98
12	The Funhouse	7.8	102
13	Twenty Questions	7.5	98
14	The Greenhouse Effect	6.8	91
15	Haul Down the Heavens	7.2	88
16	Synthoid Conspiracy: Part 1	7.7	96
17	Synthoid Conspiracy: Part 2	7.6	96
18	The Phantom Brigade	7.4	91
19	Lights! Camera! Cobra!	7.7	92
20	Cobra's Candidate	7.0	88
21	Money to Burn	7.1	86
22	Operation Mind Menace	6.6	82
23	Battle for the Train of Gold	7.1	87
24	Cobra Soundwaves	7.0	81
25	Where the Reptiles Roam	6.3	81
26	The Gamesmaster	7.1	90
27	Lasers in the Night	7.5	83
28	The Germ	7.5	85
29	The Viper Is Coming	7.5	98
30	Spell of the Siren	7.3	81
31	Cobra Quake	7.3	80
32	Captives of Cobra: Part 1	7.7	82
33	Captives of Cobra: Part 2	7.8	79
34	Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent	7.3	74
35	Excalibur	7.3	81
36	Worlds Without End: Part 1	8.2	101
37	Worlds Without End: Part 2	8.3	101
38	Eau de Cobra	7.5	81
39	Cobra Claws Are Coming to Town	7.5	87
40	An Eye for an Eye	7.1	71
41	The Gods Below	7.1	72
42	Primordial Plot	7.1	70
43	Flint's Vacation	7.4	74
44	Hearts and Cannons	7.2	70
45	Memories of Mara	7.9	76
46	The Traitor: Part 1	8.1	77
47	The Traitor: Part 2	7.8	78
48	The Pit of Vipers	6.8	70
49	The Wrong Stuff	7.2	75
50	The Invaders	6.3	71
51	Cold Slither	7.7	88
52	The Great Alaskan Land Rush	6.9	70
53	Skeletons in the Closet	7.8	76
54	There's No Place Like Springfield: Part 1	8.6	105
55	There's No Place Like Springfield: Part 2	7.9	93

Season 2 (1986)

7.41 avg 30 episodes 8.1 → 7.3 22 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Arise, Serpentor, Arise!: Part I	8.1	81
2	Arise, Serpentor, Arise!: Part 2	8.2	77
3	Arise, Serpentor, Arise!: Part 3	8.1	76
4	Arise, Serpentor, Arise!: Part 4	7.9	74
5	Arise, Serpentor, Arise!: Part 5	8.3	76
6	Last Hour to Doomsday	7.4	65
7	Computer Complications	7.8	72
8	Sink the Montana	7.2	73
9	Let's Play Soldier	6.9	66
10	Once Upon a Joe	7.5	68
11	The Million Dollar Medic	7.5	72
12	Cobrathon	7.0	67
13	The Rotten Egg	7.0	64
14	Glamour Girls	7.0	72
15	Iceberg Goes South	7.0	70
16	The Spy Who Rooked Me	7.3	75
17	Grey Hairs and Growing Pains	6.6	68
18	My Brother's Keeper	7.1	67
19	My Favorite Things	7.8	68
20	Raise the Flagg!	7.7	71
21	Ninja Holiday	6.9	69
22	G.I.Joe and the Golden Fleece	7.0	72
23	The Most Dangerous Thing in the World	7.6	73
24	Nightmare Assault	7.4	77
25	Second Hand Emotions	7.4	67
26	Joe's Night Out	7.0	70
27	Not a Ghost of a Chance	7.3	73
28	Sins of Our Fathers	7.7	74
29	In the Presence of Mine Enemies	7.3	73
30	Into Your Tent I Will Silently Creep	7.3	73

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985)

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