G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 animated television series based on the successful toyline

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a military-themed line of action figures and toys in Hasbro's G.I. Joe franchise. The toyline lasted from 1982 to 1994, producing well over 500 figures and 250 vehicles and playsets. The line reappeared in 1997 and has continued in one form or another to the...

 from Hasbro

Hasbro

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 and the comic book series

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics)

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a comic book that was published by Marvel Comics from 1982 to 1994. Based on Hasbro, Inc.'s G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line of military-themed toys, the series has been credited for making G.I. Joe into a pop-culture phenomenon. G.I...

 from Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

. The cartoon had its beginnings with two five-part mini-series, 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 mini-series. The fourth mini-series was intended to be a feature film, but as noted subsequently was released as a television mini-series instead because of production difficulties.

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

This five-part pilot mini-series was alternately aired under the title "The MASS Device" during the series' syndication. Cobra develops an experimental teleportation unit

Teleportation

Teleportation is the fictional or imagined process by which matter is instantaneously transferred from one place to another.Teleportation may also refer to:*Quantum teleportation, a method of transmitting quantum data...

, known as the MASS device, which has the ability to transport matter to any global location, using a satellite to relay the teleportation beam. G.I. Joe must stop Cobra by creating a MASS system of their own, but first must gather the three rare elements that power the device, which consist of radioactive crystals, heavy water

Heavy water

Heavy water is water highly enriched in the hydrogen isotope deuterium; e.g., heavy water used in CANDU reactors is 99.75% enriched by hydrogen atom-fraction...

 found in the depths of the ocean, and fragments from a giant meteorite.

G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra

Cobra has returned in force, armed with a new weapon created by Destro

Destro

Laird James McCullen Destro XXIV, usually referred to simply as Destro, is a fictional villain from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line of military-themed toys from Hasbro. He is portrayed by Christopher Eccleston in the 2009 live-action film, G.I...

—the Weather Dominator, which is able to manipulate storm systems. In the beginning of the miniseries, Cobra steals the power core for a new laser cannon the Joes were transporting to their headquarters, and adds it to the Weather Dominator, giving it unlimited power. Damaged in a preliminary battle, the device breaks into its three component pieces, which scatter across the world. The G.I. Joe team must recover the pieces, before Cobra can reclaim them to rebuild their weather weapon.

G.I. Joe: The Pyramid of Darkness

The third miniseries installment of the G.I. Joe series originally debuted in its complete form during prime time and was later adapted to the more familiar five-part daily miniseries format for rebroadcast on syndicated television. The story centers on Cobra's attempts to build and maintain a new weapon (of the title) that will neutralize all electrical power in the Earth's Northern hemisphere. Four giant "control" cubes are to be placed at key locations around the globe. Once the Joes orbiting space station is seized, the cubes are activated and the pyramid is complete. The Joe force must battle Cobra to destroy the pyramid and find the terrorist organization's secret headquarters.

G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!

The fourth miniseries dealt with Cobra's attempts to genetically engineer a new leader, Serpentor. In light of Cobra Commander's persistent failings to lead Cobra to world domination, Doctor Mindbender

Doctor Mindbender

Dr. Mindbender is a fictional character from the 1980s G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comics, and animated series. He is a scientist who works for the fictional terrorist organization Cobra.-Profile:...

, influenced by a vivid dream, sends Cobra's forces to locations around the world to gather DNA from history's most famous and ruthless leaders. DNA samples are collected from the graves of such historical figures as Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan , born Temujin and occasionally known by his temple name Taizu , was the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death....

, Vlad the Impaler

Vlad III the Impaler

Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia , also known by his patronymic Dracula , and posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler , was a three-time Voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462, the period of the incipient Ottoman conquest of the Balkans...

 (aka Dracula), Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu

Sun Wu , style name Changqing , better known as Sun Tzu or Sunzi , was an ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher who is traditionally believed, and who is most likely, to have authored The Art of War, an influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy...

, Alexander the Great, and Ivan the Terrible

Ivan IV of Russia

Ivan IV Vasilyevich , known in English as Ivan the Terrible , was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 until his death. His long reign saw the conquest of the Khanates of Kazan, Astrakhan, and Siberia, transforming Russia into a multiethnic and multiconfessional state spanning almost one billion acres,...

, among several others. The final phase of the process is partially disrupted by Sgt. Slaughter

Sgt. Slaughter (G.I. Joe)

Sgt. Slaughter is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline series based on the professional wrestler of the same name. Though the original G.I. Joe was based on the real life Sgt. Alvin York, Sgt. Slaughter was the first G.I. Joe figure accurately based on a real person...

, having been freed by Cobra Commander, who was resistant to the project from the start. The Joes fight Cobra around the globe, in an attempt to stop them from collecting the DNA samples. However, Mindbender completes the process, creating the ingenious but petulant and impatient Serpentor, who is installed as the ultimate leader of Cobra.

Main series

Following the initial two mini-series, the regular series began airing on September 16, 1985 concurrently in line with the second season of The Transformers, debuting with a third five-part story, The Pyramid of Darkness. A public safety lesson

Public service announcement

A public service announcement or public service ad is a type of advertisement featured on television, radio, print or other media...

 was usually featured at the end of each episode, using G.I. Joe characters in brief scenarios to impart safety tips to children. These lessons gave birth to the catchphrase: "And knowing is half the battle".

In each episode's opening title sequence voice actor Jackson Beck

Jackson Beck

Jackson Beck was an American actor best known as the announcer on radio's The Adventures of Superman and the voice of Bluto in the Famous era Popeye theatrical shorts.-Career:...

 states that, "G.I. Joe is the code name for America's daring, highly-trained, Special Mission force. Its purpose: To defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world".

Because the cartoons were produced as a vehicle to sell the toys, each episode typically focused on a particular G.I. Joe character. The animated series was not directly tied to the comic book produced by Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

, although several concepts, such as the Oktober Guard, Springfield, and Serpentor

Serpentor

Serpentor is a fictional character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, a line of military-themed toys created by Hasbro. The character was introduced in 1986 as a toy with an air chariot and included in the animated series that same year.-Toys:...

 were all featured in the comic book and the animated series.

Season 2

Season 2 featured former WWF

World Wrestling Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...

 and then-current AWA

American Wrestling Association

The American Wrestling Association was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 to 1991. It was owned and founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo...

 professional wrestler made cartoon hero Sgt. Slaughter

Sgt. Slaughter (G.I. Joe)

Sgt. Slaughter is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline series based on the professional wrestler of the same name. Though the original G.I. Joe was based on the real life Sgt. Alvin York, Sgt. Slaughter was the first G.I. Joe figure accurately based on a real person...

, who first appeared in the five-part season-opener Arise, Serpentor, Arise!

Cancellation

Sunbow/Marvel's G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series ended on November 20, 1986 after 95 episodes. Despite G.I. Joes success, no other studio offered to produce a new season until 1989 when DiC took over.

Other G.I. Joe series

In 1989

1989 in television

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, DIC Entertainment

DiC Entertainment

DIC Entertainment was an international film and television production company. In addition to animated television shows such as Ulysses 31 , Inspector Gadget , The Littles , The Real Ghostbusters , Captain Planet and the Planeteers , and the first two seasons of the English adaptation of...

 produced a second G.I. Joe series

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1989 TV series)

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 series was produced by DIC Entertainment and ran from 1989 to 1991....

, starting with a 5-part mini-series titled Operation: Dragonfire. A regular series was broadcast in 1990

1990 in television

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.

As in the past, newer characters (with action figures on sale at the time) took the spotlight from older and more established ones. As a result, most of the Sunbow series cast were retired in favor of new ones. Some, like General Hawk, Duke, Scarlett and Snake-Eyes, were retained as they also had new figures out, and were joined by new creations like Captain Grid-Iron, Ambush, Pathfinder, Bullet Proof and Sky Patrol. Likewise, Cobra Commander and Destro were joined by Cesspool, Metal-Head, Gnawgahyde and a new assortment of (colorful) Viper troops.

In the first few episodes, which served as a link to the old cartoon continuity, some Sunbow-era characters like Serpentor and Sgt. Slaughter did appear, briefly. Serpentor was written out, while Slaughter was eventually retired after a 1990-91 WWF storyline in which his wrestling character "turned traitor" during the first Gulf War

Gulf War

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; he was thus disassociated from the entire Joe franchise.

This Joe series, however, was not long for syndication, as it only lasted 2 seasons and 44 episodes.

The next few years, various cartoon tie-ins to the G.I. Joe franchise were released but they had no bearing on the A Real American Hero mythology. Former Executive in Charge of Production Lee Gunther

Lee Gunther

Lee Gunther was a film editor on more than 85 animated shorts in all.-Career:...

's new studio Gunther-Wahl Productions was contracted and created a new series titled G.I. Joe Extreme

G.I. Joe Extreme

G.I. Joe Extreme is the name of a short-lived line of military-themed toys by Hasbro, a two-season cartoon show by Sunbow Productions, and two 4-issue comic mini-series by Dark Horse Comics. It is a sequel of sorts to the previous G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero TV series, with a one-shot pack-in...

in 1996

1996 in television

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 featuring new characters and villains. As with the 1985 and 1990 series, this series was distributed by Claster Television. With the exception of a fleeting appearance by Cobra Commander, Hawk and Lady Jaye, the series jettisoned past Joe cartoon history and took on a new life of its own.

Films

G.I. Joe: The Movie

G.I. Joe: The Movie

G.I. Joe: The Movie is a 1987 animated film spun off from the animated series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, based on the original Hasbro toyline. It was produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions and was animated in Japan by Toei Animation.Created at the height of the G.I. Joe craze in...

was released direct-to-video on April 20, 1987. G.I. Joe: The Movie was intended as a theatrical release to be closely followed by The Transformers: The Movie

The Transformers: The Movie

The Transformers: The Movie is a 1986 animated feature film based on the animated series of the same name. It was released in North America on August 8, 1986 and in the UK on December 5, 1986....

. However, the G.I. Joe film encountered unexpected production delays which allowed the Transformers feature to be released first. Due to the poor box office performances of the Transformers film and the My Little Pony

My Little Pony: The Movie

My Little Pony: The Movie is a 1986 animated feature film based on the Hasbro toy line, My Little Pony. It was released on June 20, 1986 by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group...

film, G.I. Joe: The Movie was relegated to direct-to-video status before later being split into a 5-part mini-series for television syndication.

1994

1994 in film

1994 was a significant year in film.The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, which to date stands as the highest-grossing traditionally-animated film of all time...

 saw a direct-to-video release for Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles.

In 2003

2003 in film

The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

, Reel FX Creative Studio produced a cartoon based on A Real American Hero. Although it was only a direct-to-video CGI

Computer-generated imagery

Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...

 movie, G.I. Joe: Spy Troops

G.I. Joe: Spy Troops

G.I. Joe: Spy Troops is a 2003 direct-to-video CGI animated movie produced by Reel FX Creative Studios. Spy Troops is the first G.I. Joe movie to be released by Reel FX....

managed to spawn a second movie, G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom

G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom

G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom is a direct-to-video CGI animated movie and sequel to G.I. Joe: Spy Troops. It was released in 2004 by Reel FX Creative Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Like Spy Troops, the film was written around the theme of the toys released that year. In this case, it...

, in 2004

2004 in film

The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

. Any planned follow-ups, however, have been shelved to make way for Hasbro's latest incarnation in the G.I. Joe universe, G.I. Joe: Sigma 6

G.I. Joe: Sigma 6

G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 is a line of military-themed action figures and toys produced by Hasbro, re-imagining the characters of the 1980s toyline, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.The Sigma 6 toy line served several purposes for Hasbro...

. Although Sigma 6 is superficially connected to A Real American Hero, its continuity is self-contained and Hasbro is not expected to return to A Real American Hero.

Cast

• Charlie Adler - Low-Light
  Low-Light (G.I. Joe)
  Low-Light is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. He served as the G.I. Joe Team's Infantryman and debuted in 1986.-Profile:...
  
  
• Jack Angel
  Jack Angel
  Jack Angel is an American voice actor, who has worked on many children's television series, movies and video games.-Life and career:Angel was born in Modesto, California...
  
   - Wet Suit
  Wet Suit (G.I. Joe)
  Wet Suit is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is one of the G.I. Joe team's two Navy SEALs, the other being Torpedo. Wet Suit debuted in 1986.-Profile:...
  
  , Pierre LaFonte
• Libby Aubrey - Cover Girl
  Cover Girl (G.I. Joe)
  Cover Girl is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline comic books and cartoon series. She is a tank jockey, specializing in the Wolverine missile tank, and debuted in 1983.-Profile:...
  
  , Dr. Nancy Winters
• Jackson Beck
  Jackson Beck
  Jackson Beck was an American actor best known as the announcer on radio's The Adventures of Superman and the voice of Bluto in the Famous era Popeye theatrical shorts.-Career:...
  
   - Narrator
• Michael Bell - Blowtorch
  Blowtorch (G.I. Joe)
  Blowtorch is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's original Flamethrower and debuted in 1984.-Profile:...
  
  , Clutch
  Clutch (G.I. Joe)
  Clutch is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is one of the G.I. Joe Team's motor vehicle drivers and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
  
  , Duke
  Duke (G.I. Joe)
  Duke is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 lines of military-themed toys. The character is featured in both the animated series and comic books. Duke is portrayed by actor Channing Tatum in the 2009 live-action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of...
  
  , Lift-Ticket
  Lift-Ticket (G.I. Joe)
  Lift-Ticket is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's Tomahawk pilot and debuted in 1986.-Profile:...
  
  , Major Bludd
  Major Bludd
  Major Bludd , is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series of the 1980s. Appearing in both the comic books and the cartoons, Major Bludd is one of the series villains, a mercenary working for the Cobra Organization.-Toy:Major Bludd first appeared in 1983, he has had 6...
  
  , Scrap-Iron
  Scrap-Iron
  Scrap-Iron is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is Cobra's anti-armor specialist and debuted in 1984.-Profile:Scrap-Iron's primary military specialty is tank destroyer...
  
  , Tollbooth, Xamot
  Tomax and Xamot
  Tomax and Xamot, also called the Crimson Twins or Crimson Guard Commanders, are the code names of identical mirror twin brothers in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero universe...
  
  , Professor Mullaney, Dr. Massey, Socrates Airtes, Robert Harper, Thoth
  Thoth
  Thoth was considered one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart was Seshat...
  
  , Jabal, Beemish
• Gregg Berger
  Gregg Berger
  Greggory "Gregg" Berger is an American voice actor, who is known for his longtime role as Odie the dog from the Garfield franchise...
  
   - Colonel Brekhov, Cutter
  Cutter (G.I. Joe)
  Cutter is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's hovercraft pilot and debuted in 1984.-Profile:...
  
  , Firefly
  Firefly (G.I. Joe)
  Firefly is a fictional character in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero universe. He is a mercenary who works for the Cobra Organization as a saboteur.-Profile:...
  
  , Rip Cord
  Rip Cord (G.I. Joe)
  Rip Cord, also called Ripcord, is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. The character is first featured in the series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and G.I. Joe: Sigma 6. He is the G.I...
  
  , Sparks, Spirit
  Spirit (G.I. Joe)
  Spirit, sometimes called Spirit Iron-Knife, is a fictional character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, a line of military-themed toys. He appears in the animated series, comic books published by Marvel Comics and Devil's Due Productions, toy line and movie....
  
  , Mr. Queeg, Marty Goldblatt
• Susan Blu
  Susan Blu
  Susan Maria Blu , sometimes credited as Sue Blu, is an American voice actress, voice director, and casting director in American and Canadian cinema and television...
  
   - Brittany "Bree" Van Mark, Sheila McDermott
• Arthur Burghardt
  Arthur Burghardt
  Arthur Burghardt is an American actor known for portraying Dr. Jack Scott on the soap opera One Life to Live.His first movie appearance was as the Great Ahmed Kahn in Network . A prolific voice actor during the 1980s, his most celebrated roles were Destro in the animated series G.I. Joe and...
  
   - Destro
  Destro
  Laird James McCullen Destro XXIV, usually referred to simply as Destro, is a fictional villain from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line of military-themed toys from Hasbro. He is portrayed by Christopher Eccleston in the 2009 live-action film, G.I...
  
  , Iceberg
  Iceberg (G.I. Joe)
  Iceberg is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's snow trooper and debuted in 1986.-Profile:His real name is Clifton L. Nash, and his rank is that of sergeant E-5...
  
  , Stalker
  Stalker (G.I. Joe)
  Stalker is the code name of Army Sergeant Lonzo R. Wilkinson, a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series. He is one of very few characters from the first line of the toys to have a distinct appearance from the other action figures, as he is African-American. Stalker was a major...
  
  , Caleb Bronson, Parapsychologist #2
• Wally Burr
  Wally Burr
  Wally Burr is an American voice actor and director. He was best known as the voice director for the Generation 1 cartoon and The Transformers: The Movie. Aside from voicing some incidental characters, he has also filled in roles for regular voice actors who were unavailable for taping. He is also...
  
   - Captain Lukrov, Dr. Hamler
• Corey Burton
  Corey Burton
  Corey Burton is an American voice actor, perhaps best known as Count Dooku, Ziro the Hutt and Cad Bane in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Brainiac in the DC animated universe and Spike Witwicky and Shockwave in the Transformers universe...
  
   - Tomax
  Tomax and Xamot
  Tomax and Xamot, also called the Crimson Twins or Crimson Guard Commanders, are the code names of identical mirror twin brothers in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero universe...
  
  , Lt. Clay Moore, Owen Van Mark
• William Callaway - Beach Head
• Darlene Carr
  Darlene Carr
  Darlene Carr is an actress, singer, and frequent voice over artist. She is best known for her performances in The Beguiled and Disney's The Jungle Book . She is sometimes credited as Darleen Carr or Darleen Drake and is the sister of the actresses Charmian Carr and Shanon Farnon...
  
   -
• François Chau
  François Chau
  François Chau is a Cambodian-American actor. He is known for his role as Dr. Pierre Chang in ABC's Lost, and as The Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze....
  
   - Quick Kick
  Quick Kick (G.I. Joe)
  Quick Kick is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's martial arts expert, and debuted in 1985.-Profile:...
  
  
• Philip L. Clarke
  Philip L. Clarke
  Philip Lewis Clarke is an American voice actor. He has provided voices in various TV series, films, and video games, but is most notable for his leading role as Malcolm Betruger in Doom 3. He also voiced the villain Doctor Go in Challenge of the GoBots....
  
   - Matthew Burke
• Peter Cullen
  Peter Cullen
  Peter Claver Cullen is a Canadian voice actor, known as the voice of Eeyore in the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise, Optimus Prime and Ironhide in the original Transformers series, and the narrator in both of the original American Voltron series...
  
   - Airborne
  Airborne (G.I. Joe)
  Airborne is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's helicopter assault trooper and debuted in 1983.-Profile:...
  
  , Zandar
  Zandar
  Zandar is an adversary in the cartoon, toy and comic book line of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero fictional universe.-Profile:Zandar is the brother of Zartan and Zarana. He is a member of the Dreadnoks, mercenaries who worked for Cobra and enemies of G.I. Joe. While he possesses skill in...
  
  , Ramar, Dr. Vandemeer, Osiris
  Osiris
  Osiris is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and...
  
  , Anubis
  Anubis
  Anubis is the Greek name for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian religion. In the ancient Egyptian language, Anubis is known as Inpu . According to the Akkadian transcription in the Amarna letters, Anubis' name was vocalized as Anapa...
  
  
• Brian Cummings
  Brian Cummings
  Brian Cummings is an American voice actor.-Biography:He is known for his work in radio and television commercials, television and motion picture promos, cartoons and as the announcer on The All-New Let's Make a Deal from 1984 to 1985...
  
   - Doctor Mindbender
  Doctor Mindbender
  Dr. Mindbender is a fictional character from the 1980s G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comics, and animated series. He is a scientist who works for the fictional terrorist organization Cobra.-Profile:...
  
  
• Christian Czingland -
• Pat Fraley
  Pat Fraley
  Patrick "Pat" Fraley is an American voice actor, who is best known as the voice of Krang, Casey Jones and numerous other characters from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
  
   - Ace
  Ace (G.I. Joe)
  Ace is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's original fighter pilot and debuted in 1983.-Profile:...
  
  , Airtight
  Airtight (G.I. Joe)
  Airtight is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's hostile environment specialist and debuted in 1985.-Profile:...
  
  , Wild Weasel
  Wild Weasel (G.I. Joe)
  Wild Weasel is a fictional character appearing in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series and comic-books. He is a member of Cobra and pilot of the Cobra Rattler...
  
  , George Lanceburg
• Marla Frumkin -
• Hank Garrett - Dial Tone
  Dial Tone (G.I. Joe)
  Dial Tone is code name of two fictional characters from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series.The first is male and debuted in 1986. He is the G.I. Joe Team's communications expert. He is voiced by Hank Garrett in the Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon series.The second is...
  
  , Mike P. Randall
• Dick Gautier
  Richard Gautier
  Richard "Dick" Gautier is an actor, comedian, composer, singer and author. Among his most well-known television roles are for Hymie the Robot in the television series Get Smart, and Robin Hood in the short-lived TV comedy series When Things Were Rotten, a Mel Brooks send-up of the classic...
  
   - Serpentor
  Serpentor
  Serpentor is a fictional character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, a line of military-themed toys created by Hasbro. The character was introduced in 1986 as a toy with an air chariot and included in the animated series that same year.-Toys:...
  
  , Buck McCann, B.A. LaCarre
• Ed Gilbert - General Hawk
  Hawk (G.I. Joe)
  Hawk is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line of military-themed toys. He appears in the animated series, comic books, toyline, and movie.-Profile:...
  
  , King Augeas, Reverend Steen
• Dan Gilvezan
  Dan Gilvezan
  Dan Gilvezan is an actor who provided the voice for Peter Parker/Spider-Man on the 1980s animated series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and the voice of the Autobots Bumblebee, Outback and Hot Spot and the Decepticon Snapdragon in the original 1984-1987 Transformers cartoon...
  
   - Slip Stream
  Slip Stream (G.I. Joe)
  Slip Stream is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's Conquest X-30 pilot and debuted in 1986.-Profile:...
  
  
• Barbara Goodson
  Barbara Goodson
  Barbara Goodson is an American actress known mostly for her versatility in voicing original and dubbed cartoons. She is voted one of the ten best women to do the voices for young males in cartoons...
  
   -
• Dave Hall - Colonel Sharp
• Johnny Haymer
  Johnny Haymer
  Johnny Haymer was an American actor who played Staff Sergeant Zelmo Zale, a recurring character in the television series M*A*S*H. Another high-profile role was that of the painfully unfunny stand-up comedian in the Woody Allen film Annie Hall...
  
   - Charles Fairmont, Dr. Filmoss
• Zack Hoffman - Zartan
  Zartan
  Zartan is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, by Hasbro. He is a mercenary who often worked directly for Cobra Commander, and is one of the main villains in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic and animated series. His character was voiced by Zack Hoffman in the 1985 TV...
  
  
• Kene Holliday
  Kene Holliday
  Kenneth Earl "Kene" Holliday is a prolific American character actor of stage, film, and television, best known for his role as Ben Matlock's original private investigator, Tyler Hudson, on Andy Griffith's hit television series Matlock....
  
   - Roadblock
  Roadblock (G.I. Joe)
  Roadblock is a character from Hasbro's G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series of toys, comics and cartoons. He is one of the most prominent African-Americans in the series. His primary function in G.I. Joe is as a heavy machine gunner and a secondary function as a cook.-Fictional character...
  
  
• Michael Horton
  Michael Horton (actor)
  Michael "Mike" Horton is an American character actor and voice over artist most remembered for his long-running role as Jessica Fletcher's nephew, Grady Fletcher, on the television series Murder, She Wrote...
  
   - Tommy Talltree
• John Hostetter - Bazooka
  Bazooka (G.I. Joe)
  Bazooka is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's missile specialist and debuted in 1985.-Profile:...
  
  
• Jerry Houser
  Jerry Houser
  Jerry Houser is an American character actor and voice actor in film and television.-Career:Houser was born in Los Angeles, California. Since 1971, he has appeared in countless films, TV series, animated series, and commercials...
  
   - Sci-Fi
  Sci-Fi (G.I. Joe)
  Sci-Fi is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's laser trooper and debuted in 1986.-Profile:His real name is Seymour P. Fine, and his rank is that of corporal E-4...
  
  
• Buster Jones
  Buster Jones
  Edward L. "Buster" Jones is an American voice actor.He is probably best known from his roles as Black Vulcan in Super Friends, Blaster in The Transformers, Doc in G.I...
  
   - Doc
  Doc (G.I. Joe)
  Doc is the code name of two fictional characters from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic book and cartoon series....
  
  , Zap
  Zap (G.I. Joe)
  Zap is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's original bazooka soldier and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
  
  , Dr. Windigos
• Stanley Jones
  Stan Jones (actor)
  Gordon Stan Jones , sometimes credited as G. Stanley Jones, Staley Jones or Stanley Jones, was a Canadian film and television actor.-Career:...
  
   - Stormavich, Dr. Shakur
• Sally Julian - Honda Lou West
• Jimmy Keegan
  Jimmy Keegan
  Jimmy Keegan is a drummer. He has played with artists such as Santana, as the drummer on the song "Primavera" on Santana's hit album Supernatural and with John Waite, and is the current drummer for the Progressive rock band Spock's Beard, having replaced original drummer Nick D'Virgilio in November...
  
   -
• Chris Latta
  Christopher Collins
  Christopher Charles Collins , also known as Chris Latta, was an American actor, voice artist and comedian, perhaps best known as the voice of Cobra Commander on the G.I. Joe animated series and as the voice of Starscream in the first Transformers animated series...
  
   - Breaker
  Breaker (G.I. Joe)
  Breaker is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's original communications officer and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
  
  , Cobra Commander
  Cobra Commander
  Cobra Commander is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe franchise. He appears in the toyline, animated series , comic books, video games, and movie as the usual principal antagonist. He is the supreme leader of the terrorist organization Cobra, and archnemesis of the Joes...
  
  , Frostbite
  Frostbite (G.I. Joe)
  Frostbite is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's Snow Cat driver and debuted in 1985.-Profile:His real name is Farley S. Seward, and his rank is that of corporal E-4...
  
  , Gung-Ho
  Gung-Ho (G.I. Joe)
  Gung-Ho is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books, and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's original Marine and debuted in 1983.-Profile:...
  
  , Ripper
  Ripper (G.I. Joe)
  Ripper is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is affiliated with Cobra as one of the Dreadnoks and debuted in 1985.-Profile:...
  
  , Steeler
  Steeler (G.I. Joe)
  Steeler is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's original tank commander and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
  
  , Dr. Hibbentrope, Patrick O'Hara, Horus
  Horus
  Horus is one of the oldest and most significant deities in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists...
  
  
• Hap Lawrence -
• Patricia Lentz -
• Ketty Lester
  Ketty Lester
  Ketty Lester is an American singer and actress, who is best known for her 1962 hit single, "Love Letters", which reached the Top 5 of the charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom.-Life and career:...
  
   - Satin
• Loren Lester
  Loren Lester
  Loren Lester is an American actor of stage, screen, and voice, best known for his portrayal of DC Comics superhero Robin and Nightwing in the numerous Batman animated series and features in the DC Animated Universe....
  
   - Barbecue
  Barbecue (G.I. Joe)
  Barbecue is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's fire fighter and debuted in 1985.-Profile:His real name is Gabriel A. Kelly, and his rank is that of corporal E-4...
  
  
• Morgan Lofting - Baroness
  Baroness (G.I. Joe)
  The Baroness is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline by Hasbro, originally appearing in the first issue of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic series by Marvel Comics in June, 1982. The Baroness is a villain, usually associated with G.I. Joe's enemy, Cobra.Baroness...
  
  , Maat
  Maat
  Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....
  
  , Mongolian Warrior, Mrs. Rudat, Madame Versailles
• Mona Marshall
  Mona Marshall
  Mona M. Ianotti is an American voice actress. She is often cast in the role of young boys. Her roles have included parts in not only Japanese anime, but also in American cartoons as well. Mona Marshall has recently lent her voice to the talking bear Koby the Study Buddy...
  
   - Vena
• Chuck McCann
  Chuck McCann
  Chuck McCann is a film actor, television actor, stage actor, and a voice actor from Brooklyn, New York.-Early career:...
  
   - Leatherneck
  Leatherneck (G.I. Joe)
  Leatherneck is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is a Marine with the G.I. Joe Team and debuted in 1986.-Profile:...
  
  
• Michael McConnohie
  Michael McConnohie
  Michael D. McConnohie is a voice actor and is the President of the Nevada-based Voxworks voice-acting corporation. He is known for his recognizable deep booming voice and is generally known for playing more charismatic characters...
  
   - Cross-Country
  Cross-Country (G.I. Joe)
  Cross-Country is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's H.A.V.O.C. driver and debuted in 1986.-Profile:...
  
  
• Mary McDonald-Lewis - Lady Jaye, Madame Vail, Miss Henderhaunch, Jimmy, Buto
  Wadjet
  In Egyptian mythology, Wadjet, or the Green One , was originally the ancient local goddess of the city of Dep , which became part of the city that the Egyptians named Per-Wadjet, House of...
  
  
• David Mendenhall
  David Mendenhall
  David Mendenhall is an American actor and former child actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Space Raiders, Over the Top, The Transformers: The Movie and They Still Call Me Bruce.-Biography:...
  
   - Bobby, Young Mainframe
• Don Messick
  Don Messick
  Donald Earl "Don" Messick was an American voice actor best known for his work for Hanna-Barbera. Perhaps his most well-known voice creations include Scooby-Doo, Papa Smurf, and Dr. Benton Quest....
  
   - Professor
• Bill Morey - Mutt
  Mutt (G.I. Joe)
  Mutt is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's dog handler , and debuted in 1984.-Profile:...
  
  , Recondo
  Recondo (G.I. Joe)
  Recondo is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's original jungle trooper, and debuted in 1984.-Profile:...
  
  , Colonel Slash, Spencer Murphy
• Rob Paulsen
  Rob Paulsen
  Robert Fredrick "Rob" Paulsen III , sometimes credited as Rob Paulson, is an American voice actor, best known as the voice behind Raphael from the 1987 cartoon of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yakko Warner and Dr...
  
   - Snow Job
  Snow Job (G.I. Joe)
  Snow Job is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's original arctic trooper and debuted in 1983.-Bio:...
  
  , Tripwire
  Tripwire (G.I. Joe)
  Tripwire is a fictional character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, a line of military-themed toys created by Hasbro. He appeared as a minor character in both the comic books and the animated series.-Fictional character biography:...
  
  , Flash
  Flash (G.I. Joe)
  Flash is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's original laser rifle trooper and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
  
  (ARAH), WWI American Warrior, Cobra slavemaster
• Patrick Pinney
  Patrick Pinney
  Patrick Pinney is an American voice actor. He attended college at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he had many friends including assistant director Michele Panelli Venetis and San Francisco Bay area costumer Alison Barnwell Morris , with whom he costarred in "The...
  
   - Mainframe
• Lisa Raggio - Zarana
  Zarana
  Zarana is the sister of Zartan and Zandar in the fiction setting of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. She has short naturally auburn hair that has been dyed pink and is usually depicted with a tattered hot pink T-shirt and blue pants. Zarana is a master of disguise who can fool even the best...
  
  , Una, Donna Dasher
• Bill Ratner
  Bill Ratner
  Bill Ratner is an American voice actor. He is best known for being the voice of G.I. Joe's Flint. He is the movie trailer voice for Will Ferrell's Talladega Nights and Blades of Glory, Kung Fu Panda, Tenacious D, Mike Myers's The Love Guru, Monsters vs...
  
   - Flint
  Flint (G.I. Joe)
  Flint is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series. He was originally created as a character for the Sunbow cartoon series in 1984, and later introduced into the comic book and produced as an action figure in 1985.-Profile:...
  
  
• Hal Rayle
  Hal Rayle
  Hal Rayle is an American voice actor. He has done many roles for both animated series and live action movies.-Career:Rayle has had a number of voice acting jobs over his career. Rayle's animated series roles include Lieutenant Commander Steele in SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Pipes, Snarl and...
  
   - Deep Six
  Deep Six (G.I. Joe)
  Deep Six is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's S.H.A.R.C. driver and debuted in 1984.-Profile:...
  
  , Admiral Ledger
• Bob Remus
  Sgt. Slaughter
  Robert Remus , better known by his ring name Sgt. Slaughter, is an American former WWE personality and semi-retired professional wrestler. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Slaughter had success in the National Wrestling Alliance, American Wrestling Association, and World Wrestling...
  
   - Sgt. Slaughter
  Sgt. Slaughter (G.I. Joe)
  Sgt. Slaughter is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline series based on the professional wrestler of the same name. Though the original G.I. Joe was based on the real life Sgt. Alvin York, Sgt. Slaughter was the first G.I. Joe figure accurately based on a real person...
  
  
• Peter Renaday
  Peter Renaday
  Peter Renaday is an American voice actor.-Film:*The Aristocats as the truck driver*Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost as Mr.McKnight-TV series:*Angel as The Beast's Master...
  
   - Dr. Marsh, Amun-Ra
  Amun
  Amun, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu , was a god in Egyptian mythology who in the form of Amun-Ra became the focus of the most complex system of theology in Ancient Egypt...
  
  
• Neil Ross
  Neil Ross
  Theodoric Neilson "Neil" Ross is an English voice actor and announcer, born in London, England and now resident and working in Los Angeles, in the United States. He has provided voices for in many American cartoons, particularly those based on Hasbro products and Marvel Comics, and numerous...
  
   - Buzzer
  Buzzer (G.I. Joe)
  Buzzer is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is affiliated with Cobra as one of the Dreadnoks and debuted in 1985.-Profile:...
  
  , Dusty
  Dusty (G.I. Joe)
  Dusty is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's desert trooper and debuted in 1985.-Profile:...
  
  , Heavy Metal
  Heavy Metal (G.I. Joe)
  Heavy Metal is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's Mauler M.B.T. tank driver and debuted in 1985.-Profile:...
  
  , Monkeywrench
  Monkeywrench (G.I. Joe)
  Monkeywrench is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is affiliated with Cobra as one of the Dreadnoks and debuted in 1986.-Profile:His real name is Bill Winkie...
  
  , Shipwreck, Thunder
  Thunder (G.I. Joe)
  Thunder is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's self-propelled gun artilleryman and debuted in 1984.-Profile:...
  
  , Hector Ramirez, Major Ron Michaels, Dr. Jeremy Penser, Wong
• Dan Roth - Grunt
  Grunt (G.I. Joe)
  Grunt is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is an infantryman with the G.I. Joe Team and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
  
  
• Will Ryan
  Will Ryan
  Will Ryan is an American voice actor and producer–writer–composer, well-known for singing about the American West. In the late seventies he teamed up with Phil Baron as Willio and Phillio. They had regular gigs on television, radio and comedy clubs and universities throughout the US...
  
   - Footloose
  Footloose (G.I. Joe)
  Footloose is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's infantry trooper, and debuted in 1985.-Profile:...
  
  , Rock 'n Roll
  Rock 'n Roll (G.I. Joe)
  Rock 'n Roll is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's original machine gunner and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
  
  
• Marilyn Schreffler
  Marilyn Schreffler
  Marilyn Schreffler was an American actress, who provided voice-overs for several animated TV programs, mostly for Hanna-Barbera Productions.-Life:Born in Concordia, Kansas, and had an affinity for cartoons since age 6...
  
   -
• Ted Schwartz - Thrasher
  Thrasher (G.I. Joe)
  Thrasher is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is affiliated with Cobra as the Dreadnoks' Thunder Machine driver and debuted in 1986.-Profile:...
  
  
• John Stephenson
  John Stephenson (actor)
  John Stephenson is an American actor and voice actor. He has also been credited as John Stevenson...
  
   - General Flagg
  General Flagg
  General Flagg is the code name as well as the rank and surname of two fictional characters from the toyline, cartoon and comic series, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero....
  
  , General Franks, Admiral Latimer, Dr. Lucifer
• B.J. Ward - Scarlett
  Scarlett (G.I. Joe)
  Scarlett is a fictional character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, a line of military-themed toys created by Hasbro. The character is one of the original members of the fictional team and toy line. She is a major character of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic book series and the...
  
  , Pelar Vasquez, Flo Breckinridge
• Lee Weaver
  Lee Weaver
  Lee Weaver is an African-American film and television actor.-Career:Weaver's first screen appearance was in 1955 and according to the Internet Movie Database, he has appeared in more than 120 film and television productions, including 45 single-episode appearances on various television...
  
   - Alpine
  Alpine (G.I. Joe)
  Alpine is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's mountain trooper and debuted in 1985.-Profile:...
  
  
• Frank Welker
  Frank Welker
  Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.-Acting career:...
  
   - Copperhead
  Copperhead (G.I. Joe)
  Copperhead is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is Cobra's Water Moccasin pilot and debuted in 1984.-Profile:...
  
  , Flash
  Flash (G.I. Joe)
  Flash is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's original laser rifle trooper and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
  
  , Freedom, Junkyard, Polly, Short-Fuse
  Short-Fuze (G.I. Joe)
  Short-Fuze is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's original mortar soldier and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
  
  , Timber, Torch
  Torch (G.I. Joe)
  Torch is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is affiliated with Cobra as one of the Dreadnoks and debuted in 1985. He is often seen working closely with Ripper and Buzzer....
  
  , Wild-Bill
  Wild Bill (G.I. Joe)
  Wild Bill is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s.-Profile:According to Wild Bill's original file card, his real name is William S. Hardy, and his rank is that of army chief warrant officer CW-4...
  
  , Horrorshow, Rock 'n Roll
  Rock 'n Roll (G.I. Joe)
  Rock 'n Roll is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's original machine gunner and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
  
   (ep. 10), Tom, Parapsychologist #1, Brett Tinker, Timothy Penser
• Stan Wojno - Lifeline
  Lifeline (G.I. Joe)
  Lifeline is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's rescue trooper and debuted in 1986.-Profile:...
  
  
• Michael Yama - Torpedo
  Torpedo (G.I. Joe)
  Torpedo is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's original SEAL and debuted in 1983.-Profile:...
  
  
• Keone Young
  Keone Young
  Keone J. Young is an American character actor. His father is Chinese and his mother is Japanese.He has been prolific in his character work and has made numerous guest appearances on such varied television series as Diff'rent Strokes, The Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Family Matters,...
  
   - Storm Shadow
  Storm Shadow (G.I. Joe)
  Storm Shadow is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic book series and television shows. The character is best known for his history with fellow ninja Snake Eyes...
  
  

Crew

• Wally Burr
  Wally Burr
  Wally Burr is an American voice actor and director. He was best known as the voice director for the Generation 1 cartoon and The Transformers: The Movie. Aside from voicing some incidental characters, he has also filled in roles for regular voice actors who were unavailable for taping. He is also...
  
   - Voice Director
• Junichi Hayama - Inbetween Animation
• Don Jurwich - Voice Director
• Bruce Timm
  Bruce Timm
  Bruce Walter Timm is an American character designer, animator and producer. He is also a writer and artist working in comics, and is known for his contributions building the modern DC Comics animated franchise, the DC animated universe.-Animation:Timm's early career in animation was varied; he...
  
   - Model Design (Season 1)

VHS and DVD releases

In the 1980s, various episodes were released on VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

 by Family Home Entertainment

Family Home Entertainment

Family Home Entertainment was an American home video company founded in 1980 by Noel C. Bloom. It was a division of International Video Entertainment, which had its headquarters in Newbury Park, California.-General information:...

.

In 2003-2004, Rhino Entertainment

Rhino Entertainment

Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes...

 began releasing G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero on DVD in Region 1. They released the original mini-series in 2003 followed by Season 1 in 2 volume sets in 2004. The first half of Season 2 was released in late 2004 but the remaining episodes were never released. These DVD sets have since gone out of print as Rhino lost the distribution rights.

In 2008, Hasbro

Hasbro

Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...

 reacquired the worldwide distribution rights to the Sunbow

Sunbow Productions

Sunbow Entertainment was an animation studio, founded in 1980 and owned up until 1998 by Griffin-Bacal Advertising in New York. The first animation efforts by Griffin-Bacal were producing the animated commercials for Hasbro's G.I...

 library which includes G.I. Joe. During 2008 and 2009, Hasbro released five gift packs of cartoon-inspired action figures, each including a DVD. The first four sets included the four miniseries, and the fifth an assortment of Sunbow series episodes.

In March 2009, Shout! Factory

Shout! Factory

Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2003 that was started by Richard Foos , Bob Emmer and Garson Foos initially as a specialty music label...

 acquired the rights to re-release G.I. Joe on DVD in Region 1. They have subsequently released Season 1 in 3 volume sets. On July 22, 2009, they released G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero: Complete Collector's Set, a 17-disc boxset featuring all 95 episodes and extensive bonus features including archival Hasbro toy commercials and a collectible 60-page book. The second and final season was released on April 27, 2010.

In 2011 Shout! Factory

Shout! Factory

Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2003 that was started by Richard Foos , Bob Emmer and Garson Foos initially as a specialty music label...

announced plans to release the second series (DiC Series) on DVD in 2012. The first season of the second series was released January 10, 2012

DVD Name	Ep #	Release Date
Season 1, Part 1	22	July 14, 2009
Season 1, Part 2	21	November 3, 2009
Season 1, Part 3	22	February 2, 2010
Season 2	30	April 27, 2010
Series 2, Season 1	24	January 10, 2012

Alternate titles

In foreign broadcasts, the series was renamed:

• Action Force (UK title)
• כח המחץ Koach HaMahatz - "Crush Force" (Israeli title) Da ying xiong - "Great Hero" (Mandarin title in Mainland China) Yi yung kwan ying (Cantonese title in Hong Kong) Te zhong bu dui - "Special Force" (Mandarin title in Taiwan)
• Comandos em Ação (Brazilian title)
• G.I. Joe: Comandos Heroicos (Mexican/Latin American title)
• Chijô Saikyô no Expert Team G.I. Joe (地上最強のエキスパートチームG.I.ジョー) - "The Greatest Expert Team on Earth G.I. Joe" (Japanese title)

Reception

In January 2009, IGN ranked G.I. Joe as number 19 in their Top 100 Animated Series.

External links

(1st mini-series) (2nd mini-series)

• G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero at Retrojunk.com
• G.I. Joe (Sunbow) at YOJOE.com