G.I. Joe animated intros from 1989-1991 (by DIC) original 4:3 aspect ratio

0:06 Intro for the "Operation: Dragonfire" DIC mini-series released in 1989 (spotlighting 1988-1989 characters and vehicles, especially Python Patrol and Slaughter’s Marauders)
1:07 Intro for the regular DIC series, first shown in the first episode of the first season in 1990, entitled “United We Stand" (featuring characters through 1990 and vehicles exclusively from 1990)
2:08 Intro for the regular DIC series, first shown in the first episode of the second season in 1991, entitled “The Eliminator" (featuring vehicles and characters through 1992)
Read more about the second "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero" series on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.or...)
The 1983-1987 Sunbow intros can be viewed here: • G.I. Joe animated intr... 

[@bluestripetiger]

Hearing "International Hero" is still grating on the ear after all these years, however the I really liked the "Got to get tough" theme song back then and htought it was a nice change. Still like it today--it just has a lot of energy.

[@SabeNo-rh7mb]

*"You got to have Guts to stand for your rights! You got to keep a grip on them to hold on tight! You've got to do the fighting with all of your might! You've Got To Keep the Target Straight Ahead In Your SIIIIIGHTS!"*

[@johnroche]

It is kind of jarring, but it's funny how it still says "A Real American Hero" on screen. Meanwhile, they seem to go out of their way to not mention Cobra for some reason.

[@chrishempstock2427]

It’s jarring if you lived in Europe and you had Action Force as International Heroes and suddenly it’s GI Joe. A sad day indeed for us. Although I do like this theme 😂

[@dennisrounds1996]

Agreed I can appreciate the change in the music, I mean it was the 90s now; and it definitely has a 90s aesthetic. The Animation took a hit when changing studios. My biggest disappointment is there are about two years or so of characters , vehicles and such that we never got to see because they were left in the interim 88/89

[@IrishKyokushin]

@@johnroche Was there a group called Cobra running around at the time that they felt the need to avoid name-dropping them in the intro?

[@AmandaFessler]

Second intro was the one I most vividly remembered. Specifically the AFVs that fired discs(?). It was so ingrained that at age 10, I was utterly confused when a local channel started airing the 80s eps with the more realistic vehicles and Real American Hero song. The latter has vastly grown on me, though. GI JOE IS THERE!

[@2ToyBoys]

"Doing It Cheap!" DIC.

[@mastermonarch]

Not Dic sunbow

[@ds222]

@@mastermonarch Sunbow was terrible quality control.. Lots of animation errors.. DiC was fewer errors but just cheaper production all around.

[@ViewpointProd]

@@ds222 sunbow didnt produce JOE, it was marvle animation and toei

[@IrishKyokushin]

@@mastermonarch This is the DIC seasons.

[@davezanko9051]

@@ViewpointProd The original G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series was a coproduction of Sunbow Productions (which was Hasbro's go-to company for series) and Marvel Productions (the former DePattie-Freling Enterprises, which Marvel had bought a few years before after they made the original Spider-Woman series on their behalf). Marvel Comics, of course, was publishing the comic series, and their animation studio was a logical choice to make the animated TV ads (which were officially for be comic book to get around toy ad restrictions of the time). When they decided to ramp it up into a mini-series, they began subcontracting the animation to Toei, and later other Japanese studios.

[@visoredgruntR34]

Sings "International Hero" keeps the "Real American Hero" part in the logo. Man that is cheap. I think they went to the trouble of actually changed the Ninja Turtles logo into the "Hero Turtles"

[@22steve5150]

I like how that song won't even name "Cobra" as the bad guys, like there was some kind of fucking special interest group who would sue them for insulting snakes or some kinda shit.

[@jenmilem6655]

visoredgruntR34 "Heroes", dude.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

@@22steve5150 It was because Cobra was no longer the greatest enemy to the Joes at the time. This was coming off the animated movie, and Cobra Commander was still a human snake. Destro's Iron Grenadiers were the Joes' main foe at the time.

[@johnroche]

@@dreamlandnightmare They might have been better off modifying the "Cobra and Destro" lyric from the version of the OP they used for the M.A.S.S. Device arc.

[@DaveGX]

THIS *EPIC* THEME *NEVER* GETS OLD!!

[@mindfield9]

G.I.Joe rock till 1987! After 1987 they really lost it! Look at the intro's above... The figures look more like astronauts than soldiers, the vehicles look a bit to strange to me as well... For me they lost the G.I.Joe vibe since 1987, I was a very big G.I.Joe fan by the way...

[@edwarddillon5886]

Don't forget the the neon weapons.

[@victorfergn]

This is the G.I. Joe I remember from the 90s. It seems I've been screwed :O

[@jdb2002]

The last intro is the one I remember. But I really don't remember the episodes themselves (Joe's were on during the time I was 0-6 years old). So I don't know what episodes I did watch. I must have been into GI Joe, since I had both a Joe coloring book and a Joe place mat.

[@jeremyjulkowski4844]

While I find G.I. Joe series 2 a bit divisive in that they injected far too much humor into it versus being more serious and brooding in series 1, the opening theme song to series 2 is just plain awesome! To this day, anytime I go through my G.I. Joe series 2 DVD's, I'm always singing along to the series 2 lyrics! "Got to get tough Yo-Joe!" Love it!

[@CapitanJusticia]

If you think that awful ‘Got to get tough’ crap is better than the classic ‘A Real American Hero’ song, you must have hearing issues!

[@TF80s]

You're joking, right??

[@BearManley]

@@CapitanJusticia it's facts though..... GI Joe Movie theme > GI Joe Season 2 > GI Joe Season 1 themes... in that order.

[@jaxxbohol6475]

DIC was the worst contractor they could have used for the series. Instead of moving the series forward they tried to push everything back to what it was in 1985, but with steering committees ruining every script for PC purposes. Cobra Commander and Destro were reduced an Abbot and Costello level buffoons. No more Cobra La arc. No more Dr. Mindbender, no more Crimson twins. No more Zartan and the Dred Knox, no Scrap Iron, no Wild Weasel. Instead they give us Naugahyde and Metalhead. At the time Robocop was more Marvel quality than DIC Joe ever was. Turns out the real terrorists weren’t Cobra but the PC Steering Committees that did in GI Joe.

[@WyattHolliday]

We’re just lucky they didn’t make it in 2023. Imagine what that trash would be. Every episode would be about how black and more oppressed Roadblock is than in 1985, Cobra Commander and Destro would be gay, Duke wouldn’t be allowed to be manly and would have more soy than an androgynous anime villain, Baroness would be a lesbian because male fans liked her, and so would Lady Jaye, just because she has short hair. And you can guarantee there’s be a fat empowered Joe who’s just as athletic as Snake Eyes.

[@manuefeli]

1990 is my favorito

[@IrishKyokushin]

You can tell exactly when copyright and licensing laws got alot stricter looking at these designs. We went from real world inspired [F-14 Tomcat for Skystriker and Grumman x-29 for the Conquest,etc] vehicles to these no particular designs [like that Cobra helicopter looks like a few boxes taped together]

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

Anyone else noticed how the DiC version of the intro replaced American with international and never directly names Cobra as "the enemy" like the Sunbow version did? This is just a lazy rewrite with new artwork to appeal to non American audiences...

[@3djoes]

SoundBlaster 1987 l Sure did, thank goodness that only lasted for the mini series and by the time it started the full season they had a new song entirely.

[@CapitanJusticia]

Well, there’s more fans who don’t live in the USA.

[@nerva-]

Why did they not say the name Cobra in the first DIC intro? It's not like it was a completely new song - they just modified the original one and changed "American" to "International" and didn't say the enemy was Cobra for no apparent reason.

[@3djoes]

The 1983-1987 Sunbow intros can be viewed here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3axq2aCq5qod5Y

[@David315842]

3DJoes Sunbow/Marvel intros. It was a co-production after all.

[@rongee7337]

THIS WAS THE ERA WHEN GI JOE SUCKED BIG TIME

[@johnnyfountainS]

I love The Baroness that much.

[@miguelmarchettarodriguez1706]

Yo Joe! 😎

[@KirksCORNER-1983]

D E E K I use to laugh at that commercial DICK

[@briancurry6602]

yo joe

[@woiace]

I am more familiar with the G I Joe of 1990-1991.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

As if this incarnation of 'Joe as a whole wasn't bad enough, the new theme tune's chant - "Got to get tough!" - sounds like a Ramones rip-off!

[@garthdavis4320]

Too bad a new season of The Transformers was never made by another animation studio. Hanna-Barbera could've done it.

[@escondidoman32]

"Gi joe international heroes" sounds like joe Biden political correct America

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

In fairness, you can be american AND international heroes. GI Joe DID operate everywhere.

[@willchurch8376]

Funny, because it happened during a Republican administration. Nice try projecting.

[@jamin4556]

👍

[@bigdaddy0614]

International Hero was Hasbro trying to appease the woke audience over 35 years before anyone knew what woke meant.

[@3djoes]

Nah, you've got it wrong. You're viewing this through today's hyper-political lens. This was all about shrewd marketing. "International Hero" was Hasbro trying to widen the appeal of ARAH to a worldwide audience.... and it worked! 25-30% of 3DJoes customers to this day are international customers. Why? Hasbro was selling G.I.JOE worldwide by the mid-1980s. Three companies in South America produced G.I.JOE-derivative products, one in Mexico, one in Japan, one in India, Several in Europe, one in Korea, and on and on it went.

[@varshashrivastavawriteraut1601]

S.C C.S

[@varshashrivastavawriteraut1601]

प्रतिभा

[@JT-gg6kc]

Trump is the real American hero!

[@johnnyfountainS]

Trump is from Cobra La.

[@Samfan4Films777]

this intro sucks

[@mrsextonerockmc5908]

remember this fought Drugs dealer cobra and gijoe team up time

[@David315842]

I just saw that two-parter and the drug dealer wound up dying from an overdose of his own drug.

[@mrsextonerockmc5908]

+David315842 word homie

[@David315842]

Mrsextone Rock MC And they then went a little OTT by showing us his arm in the rubble of his own base and then go straight to a black screen with red writing saying; 'drugs kill'. Bob Forward did a far more subtle job on the Bravestarr episode; The Price and in that a teenager died.

[@mrsextonerockmc5908]

​​@@David315842right right I understand I know talking about

[@runway313]

As a kid I only heard the Got To Get Tough theme. Now finding it as an adult I might have to add this to my workout music.

[@AldenRDavis]

"G.I. Joe: America's top-secret mobile strike force team. Their mission: To defend freedom. The threat: C.O.B.R.A., an evil organization bent on world conquest. The battle cry: "Yo, Joe!"

[@BryonYoungblood]

Got to get tough! Yo Joe!

[@briancurry6602]

go joes

[@StreetFighter2010]

GOT TO GET TOUGH! YO JOE!!!

[@JayTVIndia]

This cartoon intro is better than the lame ad they made recently

[@AldenRDavis]

The DiC series version of G.I. Joe marks the astounding return of Cobra Commander

[@BryonYoungblood]

And his revenge against Serpentor too when he rises back to power as the leader of Cobra

[@scottmccullough5012]

Serpentor for all of his barking, “This I command!!!” Was an even bigger failure than Cobra Commander.

[@BryonYoungblood]

@@scottmccullough5012 He still was dangerous in leading Cobra, even if he ended up failing just as much as Cobra Commander, which is what led CC to want to take his seat of power back.

[@tavanijorge2175]

​@@scottmccullough5012 he was lame power ranger villain ☹️

[@blanemylke4144]

You got to love D.I.C. for one detail: Scarlett is next yo Snake-Eyes, finally.

[@IrishKyokushin]

She was next to him in the Mass Device mini series opening and the 1st Season opening versions.

[@3djoes]

Hasbro put the G.I.Joe cartoon out for bids in 1988 (after the Sunbow movie). They selected D.I.C. as the winner of that bidding process. D.I.C.'s cartoon was much lower budget (and hence quality) than the previous Sunbow cartoon right out of the gate with the mini-series in 1989.

[@CGJ7755]

3DJoes the animation in operation dragonfire was slightly under sunbow, but the writing and voice acting was bleh.

[@doggygamer6487]

This ruined my whole outlook on GI Joe once D.I.C. took it. Hanna Barbara could have done a better job with the series.

[@calvinherndon646]

Dic gi joes was the best hands down

[@greggheist8762]

Really tell how bad the animation is. Series 1 still looks good to shows today.

[@3djoes]

@@greggheist8762 yep, you get what you pay for!

[@The_Mimewar]

Man, by the end of the series, it got reeeeeally goofy.

[@TitaniumDragon]

Shane Ellis It was ever not goofy? With an intro which contains the phrase "The mission: to defend freedom", and 80s music, how can you assume that it isn't goofy?

[@hulkmeister23]

+pannoni4 Say what you will about the others, but Sigma 6 deserves a silver, at best!

[@TheWarriorsFromHell]

+Derek Bates Nope, Resolute get's the silver, its draw back was it was 7 minute episodes, and left too much un answered, plus it struggled between the comic/dic show vs the sunbow show as to who scarlet bunks with. which sadly took up too much of the limited show time. seriously flint gets like 3 words the whole series, while we spend over 10 minutes while scarlet decides snake eyes or duke. so simga 6 gets the bonze *edited always get Resolute confused with retaliation for the story name.

[@hulkmeister23]

Gala Ceir you can't be serious.

[@johnpenguinthe3rd13]

1989's Operation: Dragon Fire was really good. The 1990 season was horrible. It got goofy and stupid during 1990. One good 1990 episode is 'Officer & a Viperman", The rest of the 1990 season is a goofy failure. The final season (1991) is when they realized they fucked up during 1990 and tried to correct things. 1991 was a much better season with some serious episodes, but ratings had dropped hard because of the goofy mess from the season before.

[@chadryan9900]

I really felt jipped when I first saw the DIC version of GI Joe. The comic book commercials after the GI Joe movie used animation from the Sunbow series and those were awesome. They watered down Cobra into a bunch of complete morons(even more so then the Sunbow cartoon). Metal head was probably the most dumbass character they created for the series. This was Destro's elite guy?

[@spacecat6022]

They turned into the classic 'one incompetent leader with two clowns per episodes' like many other shows (of bad qualities) had. Metalhead was worth two clowns alone. Cobra had lost it's army, they could not be more than three most of the time. Going around and looking stupid while the Joes laughed at them.

[@DrClaw77]

That '90 intro seemed to be what was used in syndication. USA Network used it when they reran GI Joe in the '90s.

[@bjornjoseph]

Wasn't it a real american hero? Wth is this international hero?

[@3djoes]

bjorn joseph Notice how they say "international heroes" in the 1989 mini-series, but then by the 1990 and 1991 regular series they are back to being "America's to secret strike force team" (see 1:40). It looks like someone tried some funny business in 1989 ("let's make it international") and by 1990 there was push back from management and it was back to being American.

[@TheWarriorsFromHell]

+3DJoes actually International heros was used in the international release of the show (canda,UK etc.) it also helped explain why GI Joe could go and operate in any country with full support of the local governments (except russia and the oktber guard)

[@LordProteus]

+bjorn joseph AMERICA FUCK YEAH doesn't really float outside of the US unless it's a joke.

[@IrishKyokushin]

Cobra wasnt mentioned by name either in that one. Just a Terrorist organization.

[@IrishKyokushin]

+Gala Ceir I was in Ny and remember hearing the International heroes line.

[@jordanthomas7304]

DEEK.

[@romegavadquez6310]

I was sitting here wondering why I didn't remember G I Joe cartoons after 1987. After seeing this I remember now. I must of block this out of my mind because it was soooo horrible. I repressed the memories. What a shit show

[@VBaskin2010]

The DiC version of G.I. Joe should've been on either NBC's Super Secret Saturday Morning Club lineup or The CBN Family Channel's FunTown lineup in 1989 instead!

[@bigdaddy0614]

DIC should have never made the series. Hasbro went cheap right at G.I. Joe's peak.

[@bluestripetiger]

While the DIC series may receive a lot of criticism (not all of it undeserved) it is important ot remember that they were operating under a drastically reduced budget. For me the cardinal sin of DIC GI Joe was not so much the animation (a drop in animation can be forgivable if the stories are engrossing) but rather the drop in plotting. While Marvel/Sunbow GI Joe could be guilty of being formulaic, the DIC series really took a nosedive in this aspect and lacked overall story arcs that could pull a whole bunch of stand alone eps together. Not only that but the plotting often reduced both the Joe heroes and Cobra villains to cardboard cutout stereotypes with very little character development. Having said that, I should say that I actually really loved the "Got to get Tough" theme song. It was new, full of energy, and even today i still think it holds up well. If Marvel/Sunbow had been renewed and gotten the contract for 89-92 instead of DIC they could have used the "Got to Get Tough" theme for a new season and it would not have been out of place. Really cool piece of kids' cartoon music.

[@3djoes]

I agree 100% with your thoughts. Kirk Bozigian came back on the brand in 1990 and he has lamented the shrinking marketing budget of that era many times in interviews. The G.I.Joe brand team simply had to go with the cheaper animation alternative. When you look at it from a revenue perspective it makes perfect sense: G.I.Joe's high water mark for sales was in 1986, and by 1989 they were selling half the product that they were in 1986. When product is losing steam it's hard to make the case to spend big money on top tier animation.

[@BryonYoungblood]

I hear ya and agree 100%! There’s cool concepts in the second series but it lacks oomph like what the first series by Sunbow and Marvel for G.I. Joe had.

[@italianstallion389]

Yea the first multi part episode was great, but after that its quality collapsed. I also hated how they broke flint and lady j up.

[@briancurry6602]

yo joe

[@jaredelizardo201]

Yo bst the original series was the best cartoon ever the dic suck bearly watched it so did a lot of people who were kids then.#I deserve all the criticisms and more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #Dic makeing g.i. Joe was a g.i. joke now Adventures of sonic the hedgehog was there best

[@scorchx3000]

G.I Joe: International heroes! *Shows the Real American hero logo* This dubbing is horrible. I remember in the 80's, G.I Joe was redubbed into Action Force for international markets, but often the dubbing didn't match up with what was on screen. During on episode, Flint left a credit card with a hotel receptionist that clearly identified him as being a part of G.I Joe. Me and my brother (I was 9, he was 5) realised something was up. Then a little while later, my mam bought in some G.I Joe video tapes she got from a pound shop and we were like "This *is* action force. Why did they change the name?" At least with this dub, they kept the name, just changed american to international. Later, we started to question why we had the teenage mutant hero turtles and Americans refered to them as ninja turtles. Dubbing is a weird thing when done in the same language.

[@TimeLord675]

Now imagine if Hasbro had done this with Transformers as well.

[@Cyke101]

They sorta did when they virtually made AKOM the primary studio in the third season. What a nosedive in animation, especially compared to season 1 (even with all their errors).

[@darthvaderluigi]

​@@Cyke101 AKOM did some Season 2 episodes too I think

[@jaxxbohol6475]

Oh God no….

[@alucard624]

I liked Cobra Commander's new battle armor look he had in Season 1 of the DiC show and was glad Serpentor was giving the boot. I never really was a fan of the whole hooded look for Cobra Commander at all.

[@DaveGX]

Yea, I always liked his armor here, too, better than the leather mask and suits. And also I don’t recall its name, that 8 missile nuke tank. Always wanted 1 of those, the toy, never had 1.

[@cunningsmile4166]

The hood came back in the following season

[@lisaroberts8556]

Hooded Commander was the shit! And the most popular Toy Commander. Could never keep those stocked in the Comic Book Store. People would always come in and buy them. Over and Over! 🐍

[@DeathScepter]

@@DaveGX battlewagon is what you are thinking of

[@DaveGX]

@@DeathScepter At 2:57 -2:58. I'm bored if BattleWagon is the name, but that's it launching the missiles/rockets or whatever. I even remember the CC commercial for the Roy, too

[@butchdeadlift10]

1:43 being the evil scuba force is one thing. Being the evil scuba force that can't see to their left is another.

[@RayValdezPhotography]

The second in tro was when I knew my childhood was coming to an end. How have I forgotten that shitty rendition of the sound and the end of GI JOE

[@alanm7875]

This is when it started to go downhill,once they entered the 90s

[@Chevylover07]

Sunbow is better

[@johnnymason2460]

Okay, I agree with the majority. The Marvel/Sunbow version of G.I. Joe was better than the DIC version. However, we did get what most people wanted anyway: the return of Cobra Commander(in battle armor), a better looking Destro, and the removal of Serpentor(who I never ever liked at all)!

[@thenate5367]

I think there's actually some European/UK tapes that use the Dragonfire theme with a modified version of the MASS Device intro, here's a really low quality upload: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHKckoGqgNCGras

[@3djoes]

Awesome, thanks for sharing that link!

[@leemcdonald1342]

I was old enough to watch the SunBow GI Joe. I still prefer the Season 1 DiC Opening.

[@devonsatchell]

Funny now that I think about it, 90s action cartoons intros were most destructive than the show itself.

[@nickdalby2168]

Yeah I love GI Joe a real American hero

[@lisaroberts8556]

That’s the only one that Matters 🇺🇸

[@10dev785]

Hahaha DIC. That intro always made me laugh

[@Bardim18]

1:17 What does the scouter say about the cobra's power level? IT'S OVER 9000!!

[@johnnyfountainS]

Metal Head wears missile goggles not a scouter. Metal Head is the brother of Naga Hyde.

[@civilwildman]

“The Greatest Evil Parts 1 & 2” were the best DiC episodes. Who’s with me on that one?

[@barnoldo2877]

I watched this bc Ive always been a gi Joe fan but done of the character voices and silliness held it back from being better. Kind of like watching new adventures of he man

[@barnoldo2877]

Naugahyde and road pig were some cool figures. Wish they would have been portrayed in a more serious manner

[@Bimshwel]

You can see a tank with a little US flag and the text UNITED STATES roll through the frame at 0:37 just as the voices finish saying "international heroes"

[@garethridings4286]

Most of the original characters were gone in the new season.

[@daniel79tj]

they always did that to a degree, they pushed the new figures each year, ie Stalker was not seen after the initial mini series on the Sunbow cartoon, it was jut more gradual because it was constant, the transition from Sunbow to DIC skipped 2 years so they had to push a lot more figures like Iron grenadiers, python patrol, new vipers (alley, night, heat, frag)

[@tylongkicks8821]

Animation was terrible

[@carlmahome1]

I'm 34. Grew up with the corniest Americanized versions of every show. TMNT, G.I. Joe (DIC), Dragonball Z (Ocean Dub Rock the Dragon). Ronin Warriors (Americanized theme song). Etc. And I apologize for nothing. GOT TO GET TOUGH!!! YO JOE!!!! YOOOOOO JOE!!!!!!??

[@therealhardrock]

The DiC series is inferior in almost every way, except the intro got a major testosterone injection. This show probably should have been called "A real Canadian Hero" because most of the voice actors were Canadian. In fact, they are the same group of voice actors from Vancouver that you hear in all kinds of cartoons from the 80s and 90s. Just about anything made by DiC, Nelvana, Mainframe Entertainment, and Ruby Spears used that same pool of voice actors. This show had both Bobs from ReBoot, Ocean dub Goku, Ocean dub Piccolo, and Optimus Primal from Beast Wars.

[@3djoes]

therealhardrock great info!

[@brambakker1939]

Dicc🤣🤣🤣

[@BryonYoungblood]

The Ocean Group has also worked on stuff like Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha, and much else in the anime department. :)

[@Ben82077]

“International heroes”? That sounds horrible. I think the show established that in the 80’s.

[@BryonYoungblood]

It was but this also stems from when G.I. Joe as a name was being used in the UK, after the use of Action Force for decades before going with G.I. Joe the Action Force, then simply G.I. Joe.

[@ganimed1976]

Who is the chinese monk looking charakter right next to SGT. Slaughter at 0:58 ?

[@locomotionllc]

ganimed1976 that's a character from the1989 miniseries, Operation Dragonfire

[@IrishKyokushin]

Got to Get Tough is a great theme. The obvious downgrade in animation quality and "kid Friendly" designs [like that disk launching tank ] didn't help the series.

[@chocolateshogun2511]

Ya got to have GUTS!!! Sir, this is a Wendy’s 👩🏻‍🦰🍔

[@Figures_of_Action_Reviews]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yo Im crying oh man that is hilarious

[@VilasSheldon]

Great video. Thank you for posting this!

[@rugalthreesixteen6812]

Cheapening the GIJoe theme intro a M.A.S.K. ripoff was a "DIC" move.. such Dics.

[@kascnef]

sounded like tram America

[@ChHideki]

Back in the time you could be ver 30 an be an action hero, now you must be betwen 10 and 17 now if you are 18 you are too old to be an action hero

[@JUSLOFI]

u can view episodes on this netflix like site called Tubitv. Doesn't have every episode but it's cool.

[@thundermaxx1273]

I'm SO glad I didn't have to put up with this crappy version of G.I.JOE when I was growing up and instead was able to watch the original G.I.JOE series. Just listening to the theme song for this cartoon series would automatically let me know that this show would suck BIG TIME.

[@johnnyfountainS]

I love both. The Baroness sure does suck.

[@SamtheBravesFan]

Not as memorable as the original theme song, but I definitely remember seeing this version!

[@jenmilem6655]

That was 1989.

[@johnnyfountainS]

Then my aunt died in 1990. Then this contunued in 1991 and ended Gi Joe with Metal Head.

[@RayValdezPhotography]

THE SONG SOUNDS fucked up like they inserted some of the words

[@SMDHO1776]

International hero my ass

[@Mrtv1017]

I wish this show would air on Starz Encore Family

[@JJB11]

Mrtv1017 Me too. I watched this cartoon when I was little before I go to school when I was 4 (on my pre-school). Now I'm 28 years old.

[@johnnyfountainS]

This show used to be on youtube for free. Blame Hasbro Toys and Games. Now it's on ebay.

[@DiscothecaImperialis]

Toei Doga still animate this? eh. what could possible be. a crossover with Leijiverse and becomes G.I. Joe: A Real Galactic Hero. ?

[@JAug-eo8su]

What are you guys talking about DiC literally sucked. It went from an amazing edgy incredibly animated show to a show for babies. When sunbow stopped producing it

[@bigdaddy0614]

Dic ruined the series..

[@nervusbreakdown]

I have to at least give them props for trying even though they weren't fooling the kids in that era. Sunbow and Marvel had that down-packed.

[@archangelstormrider3695]

This got to get tough intro kicks ass. Even after all this time

[@pedronusprime9280]

this is favorite Destro's design

[@lil_big_mike]

I think I had grown out of GI Joe when they became international heros....

[@Artessnow]

The 1983-87 series was epic. The DIC stuff was cheesy and tasteless.

[@jasonryan1942]

Worse theme song

[@michaelhoule2134]

You can really see how companies took advantage of the laxing of the tv laws targeting kids in the early 80s. By the late 80s it was just a shameless 1/2 hour commercial of " annoy your parents until they buy you the NEW line of 1989 G.I. Joe figs kids. Keep on it they will eventually cave." Most of the figs kinda sucked and there where so many reskins/re-coloured forces and patrols it was just meh.

[@3djoes]

Sure, the rise of the sub-lines (Tiger Force, Night Force, Python Patrol, etc) felt unoriginal compared to all new figures (of which we were still getting those years) but to overlook 1988-1994 because of the sub-lines is doing yourself a great disservice. For example, take a hard look at the sculpts and accessories from 1990 - there were some amazing figures, accessories, and even all original vehicles that year. FIGURES: www.3djoes.com/1990-overview1.html VEHICLES: www.3djoes.com/1990-overview.html

[@CapitanJusticia]

@@3djoes Face it, GIJOE jumped the shark after 1987.

[@3djoes]

@@CapitanJusticia we can surely agree to disagree! I think those that grew up on 1982-1986 were biased to those years, while the next generation of kids that grew up on the 1990s stuff hold it in very high regard.

[@CapitanJusticia]

@@3djoes I agree it’s probably a generational thing. But it’s pretty well known that GIJoes peak years of popularity as both a cartoon and toy was in the mid 80’s.

[@3djoes]

@@CapitanJusticia from the VP of Boys Toys, Kirk Bozigian: 1986 was their best selling year, followed by 1993. G.I.Joe was alive and well in the 1990s.... internal politics killed the ARAH (1982-1994) line and gave the brand to the newly acquired Kenner Cincinnati division. They produced G.I.Joe EXTREME which was HORRIBLE.

[@misfit666_usmc6]

Says international heroes... but the logo says ARAH.... cheap

[@joshuav875]

I figured the animation style reminded me of the Captain Planet series

[@hobbs1701a]

When you upgrade Windows 95 to Windows XP!!

[@mattdawg83686]

INTERNATIONAL heroes?!?

[@Nabeel2218]

Real American hero are my Joe's not this got to get tough bull

[@Sambam1981]

It was over with that “got to get tough theme” it was trash then

[@spencervontz6468]

Far im concerned the OG story ended with the movie

[@meerkat1954]

Good quality.

[@Heretic_for_life_931]

89' was the start of the downfall of gi joe

[@cunningsmile4166]

COOOOOOBBRRRRRAAAAA!!!!

[@aderek79]

Wow, these DIC intros are terrible compared to the originals. It kind of makes me glad that I did not watch the DIC episides. I get the feeling it would have sullied a part of my childhood.

[@3djoes]

I collected Joes religiously from 1986-1990. Sure, I was 11 and aging out of toys already, but I'm pretty sure the DiC cartoon was the nail in the coffin.

[@stuartvandermerwe8548]

To me the DIC series does not do justice to the RAH series, the songs were catchy but in the 90s, but the animation sucked, I blame the budget they were probably on during the time.

[@spacecat6022]

I was and am still a big fan of G.I.Joe but I must admit, I didn't watch all the DIC episodes. It was too hard to bear seeing how it turned stupid and uglier. At the same time they sold neon ninjas with super moves (read: not as articulate as before) I kind of slowed down my collection. Luckily they made some good stuff after that and I hope they still will because right now it doesn't seem too alive.

[@karlwarner7401]

American hero... Come on guys 😂