G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series)
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero first season title
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| Genre | Military action-adventure |
| Created by | Hasbro |
| Based on |
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics) by Larry Hama |
| Developed by | Ron Friedman |
| Voices of |
Michael Bell Arthur Burghardt Corey Burton William Callaway Brian Cummings Dick Gautier Ed Gilbert Chris Latta Morgan Lofting Mary McDonald-Lewis Bill Ratner Bob Remus B.J. Ward |
| Narrated by | Jackson Beck |
| Composer(s) | Johnny Douglas |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 95 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Joe Bacal David H. DePatie (1983 mini-series) Margaret Loesch (1984 mini-series, Season 1 and 2) Tom Griffin Lee Gunther (Executive in Charge of Production) |
| Producer(s) | Don Jurwich |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Production company(s) |
Hasbro Sunbow Productions Marvel Productions Toei Animation |
| Distributor | Claster Television |
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| Original network | First-run syndication |
| Original release | September 12, 1983 – November 20, 1986 |
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| Followed by |
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1989 TV series) G.I. Joe Extreme |
| Related shows | G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 |
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the 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.
When Hasbro launched the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline in 1982 alongside the Marvel Comics series, they commissioned Marvel Productions to produce a series of fully animated 30-second television commercials to promote the toys and comics, beginning with an ad for the first issue that aired throughout Spring 1982. The popularity of these commercials led to the production of a five-part G.I. Joe mini-series which aired in 1983 (later known as "The M.A.S.S. Device" when it re-aired during the series' syndication). The plot centers on the titular M.A.S.S. Device, a powerful matter-transporter, and G.I. Joe and Cobra's race around the world to acquire the three catalytic elements which power the machine. A second five-part mini-series followed in 1984, "The Revenge of Cobra", with a similar plot that involved the Joes and Cobras traveling around the world to recover the scattered fragments of Cobra's new weather-controlling weapon, the Weather Dominator. Both mini-series were written by Ron Friedman.
G.I. Joe was promoted to an ongoing series in 1985, with an initial order for a first season of 55 more episodes (in order to make up the required 65 episodes for syndication). This season began with a third Friedman-penned five-part adventure, "The Pyramid of Darkness", which originally aired in prime time; the story sees most of the existing cast from the two previous mini-series held captive by Cobra, while a new assortment of characters (that is, the new 1985 range of toys) thwart Cobra's attempts to surround the Earth with the electricity-negating Pyramid of Darkness. Both the new and old characters then shared the spotlight throughout the course of the remaining fifty episodes of the series, which were primarily stand-alone single-episode adventures, with the occasional two-part story. The season was story edited by Steve Gerber.
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