G.I Joe Explored – One Of The Greatest 80’s Cartoon That Exposed Harsh & Realistic Results Of War

Who would have thought that a military-themed toy line by Hasbro would end up fostering G.I. Joe into such a popular culture phenomenon? To begin with, we have had Larry Hama’s G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, a smash-hit comic book series boasting 155 issues and leading the way for a whole new generation of comic book readers. This was followed by the celebrated Ron Friedman developing a miniseries, one that permanently altered the toy industry and at the same time gave America its most patriotic Saturday morning cartoon.

0:00 Intro
1:19 What The Cartoon Television Series Is All About?
5:39 Who Are The Main Characters Of The Show?
5:40 General Hawk
6:19 Duke
6:58 Flint
7:31 Beach Head
8:03 Sgt. Slaughter
8:47 Cobra Commander
9:45 Destro
10:40 The Baroness
11:20 Tomax and Xamot
12:04 Serpentor
13:03 How Good Was The Toy Line?
15:42 Interesting Facts About The Cartoon
16:30 The Future Of G.I. Joe?

[kratoscraken]

G.I.JOE was, is and will be the best animated series ever created. I love this series so much it influenced my life so I joined to serve. Thank you MV for showing this happy 🇺🇸 4th. YOOO JOE!!!! 💪👌💪

[ghostcobra]

GI Joe: The Movie also has the single greatest theme song in cartoon history..

[seanmcmillan]

The actor who voiced Cobra commander also was the voice of Starscream on Transformers

[slaveleia]

I’m guessing this guy isn’t actually a G.I. Joe fan. He mispronounce “Spentor” throughout the whole video making it hard to watch.
He also left out Scarlett who is without a doubt more of a main character than Beachhead or Sgt. Slaughter. Scarlett is shown as taking on leadership in Revenge of Cobra after it appears Flint was lost in battle.

[shainewhite]

Such a good animated Action Adventure Sci Fi series!
I just wish the movies would be as good as this.
Cobra Commander: "NEXT TIME, GI JOE!"

[terrancechilds]

You got it wrong Gi joe was not on Saturday morning it come on five days a week

[briandain]

I found all 99 Episodes of the Original Run at Walmart for $40!! Didn't have the movie, but has everything else up to the movie.

[ThatsGuy]

The thing is, as kids at the time, we knew most if not all the cartoons were advertising toys. Sometimes I'd get a really cool toy and be kind of sad that it didn't have a cartoon.

[EVGriffinJr]

Great video. One minor correction though. G.I. Joe was actually a weekday cartoon and not just a Saturday morning one.

And it’s about time somebody said that about Duke! I always felt he had a Steve Rogers a.k.a. captain America vibe!

[sammylane]

GIJOE: THE ANIMATED MOVIE had one of the most awesomely ALL AMERICAN BADASS intros ever.

[godstomper]

Growing up in the 80s, GI joe became a bonding tool between Nam vets and their sons.

[adamcoleman]

I had a huge crush on lady Jay as a kid lol. 😍

[OscillatorCollective]

I don’t care that is was pro USA propaganda, I loved this show, still do, and the toys were my best friends.

[mobreezy]

GI Joe was great. It didn't puss around like He-Man where the characters couldn't really directly fight with each other (He-Man was forbidden from using his sword in an offensive manner; he could only block lasers and stuff, not get to slicing Trap-Jaw's good arm) GI Joe gave you gunfights (I know, not good in retrospect) fistfights, swordfights, dogfights, submarine battles. It gave us...violence, but with consequences. I remember the episode where the Lady Jaye took down a Rattler that crashed into some guy's house and nearly killed his family, and how anguished she felt for her role in the accident. This guilt led her to help the schmuck attempt to get some revenge on Cobra and learn a lesson about vengeance. I did think it was ridiculous how every Cobra Viper or grunt managed to jump out of a vehicle before it exploded or magically parachute before being blown to bits. But the show worked; the Joes always took prisoners and with a few exceptions, treated them humanely (looking at you Gung Ho)

[kirbykok]

G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero (1983) is One of My Favorite Cartoons from the 1980's !

[peterang]

Gi Joe. When I think of 80s cartoons, I think of G.I. Joe the cartoon.
A cartoon I kinda like, far more than the Transformers G1 cartoon.

It was like Justice League Unlimited, Star Wars The Clone Wars, or Avengers: Earth Mightest Hero, before they even existed.

[landismithCOJ]

Serpentor figure with the hovercraft was a must have as a child.

[dravenvandross]

GI Joe definitely part of my childhood growing up in the '80s I freaking love the cartoon and the action figures even if the action figures broke like nothing you have to worry about the rubber bands breaking the thumbs the hands and don't get me started when they get loose but still I freaking love the '80s yo Joe.

[iampoch]

"The good news is Henry Golding returns as Snake Eyes." - no, that is not good news. Don't get me wrong, he's a fine actor, but I'd rather they be faithful to the source material, specifically the Marvel comics.

[lucasguinn]

First M.A.S K. and now G.I.JOE, thank you Marvelous Videos for exploring my childhood.