"G.I. Joe" (1990) TV series 1990-

Writers:

Ron Friedman
Larry Hama (character development)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

September 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Animation

Plot:

Based on Hasbro's line of toy soldiers. "G. I. Joe is America's top secret mobile strike force team...

Plot Keywords:

Military | Based On Toy

Cast

Don Brown		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Garry Chalk	...	Pathfinder (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Chris Latta	...	Cobra Commander (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Suzanne Errett-Balcom		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Ted Harrison	...	Duke (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Philip Maurice Hayes		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Kevin Conway		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Destro (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Ian James Corlett		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Scott McNeil		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
William S. Taylor		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
David Willis		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Dale Wilson		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Babs Chula	...	Additional Voices (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Alvin Sanders		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Morgan Lofting	...	Baroness (21 episodes, 1990-1991)
David Kaye		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Robert O. Smith		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Jay Brazeau		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Tom Davidson		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Michael Donovan		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Marcy Goldberg		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Fred Henderson		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Terry King		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Lalainia Lindbjerg		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Blu Mankuma		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Shane Meier		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Derek Peakman		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Margot Pinvidic		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Michael Benyaer		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jim Byrnes		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Brent Chapman		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Lisa Corps		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Ed Gilbert	...	General Hawk (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jerry Houser		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Terry Klassen		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Andrew Koenig		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Rick Poltaruk		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Robert Remus	...	Sgt. Slaughter (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Mark Acheson	...	Additional Voices (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Gary Jones	...	Additional Voices (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Annabel Kershaw	...	Additional Voices (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Victoria Langston	...	Additional Voices (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Pauline Newstone	...	Additional Voices (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
John Novak	...	Additional Voices (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Doug Parker	...	Additional Voices (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Tomm Wright	...	Additional Voices (19 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Directed by
John Grusd		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Jim Duffy		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Chuck Patton		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Writing credits
Phil Harnage		(5 episodes, 1991-1992)
David Carren		(4 episodes, 1990)
J. Larry Carroll		(4 episodes, 1990)
Antoni Zalewski		(3 episodes, 1990-1991)
Doug Booth		(3 episodes, 1991)
Michael Charles Hill		(2 episodes, 1990-1991)
Christy Marx		(2 episodes, 1990-1991)
Ted Pedersen		(2 episodes, 1990-1991)
Bob Forward		(2 episodes, 1991)
Eve Forward		(2 episodes, 1991)
Sandra Ryan		(2 episodes, 1991)
Ron Friedman		(unknown episodes)
Larry Hama		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
John Grusd	....	producer (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Andy Heyward	....	executive producer (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Robby London	....	executive producer / co-executive producer (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Jonathan Dern	....	associate producer (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Jack Spillum	....	associate producer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Original Music by
Stephen James Taylor		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)

Series Film Editing by
Gregory K. Bowron		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Richard Bruce Elliott		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Allan Gelbart		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)

Series Casting by
Marsha Goodman		(20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Madeleine Bascom		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Doug Parker		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Art Direction by
Chuck Patton		(39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Jim Duffy		(19 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Production Management
Winnie Chaffee	....	executive in charge of production (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Thierry P. Laurin	....	executive in charge of post-production (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Brian A. Miller	....	production supervisor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Stacey Gallishaw	....	production supervisor (20 episodes, 1991-1992)

Series Art Department
Kazumi Fukushima	....	storyboard artist (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Gilbert Hung	....	vehicle designer / prop designer (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Steve Swaja	....	prop designer / vehicle designer (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Myrna Bushman	....	storyboard slugging (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Romeo Lopez	....	assistant storyboard supervisor (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Warren Manser	....	prop designer / vehicle designer (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Rudy Messina	....	prop designer (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Linda Rowley	....	storyboard supervisor (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Amado Sangalang	....	prop designer (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Paul Scarzo	....	storyboard supervisor (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Wayne Schulz	....	prop designer / vehicle designer (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Michael Swanigan	....	storyboard supervisor (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Bill Barry	....	prop designer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
John Berman	....	prop designer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Brian Chin	....	prop designer / storyboard supervisor (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Drew Graybeal	....	vehicle designer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Ron Harris	....	prop designer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Steven Olds	....	vehicle designer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Ric Quiroz	....	prop designer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Phil Weinstein	....	assistant storyboard supervisor (19 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Sound Department
Michael J. Cowan	....	supervising sound engineer (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Heather C. Elliott	....	dialogue editor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Peter Tomaszewicz	....	dialogue editor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Donald P. Zappala	....	dialogue editor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Michael Mancini	....	re-recording engineer / sound effects (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Stephanie McCorkle	....	recording assistant (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Michael Newton	....	recording assistant (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Lida Saskova	....	dialogue editor (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Ron Fedele	....	dialogue editor (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Theresa Gilroy-Nielsen	....	dialogue editor (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Scott A. Jennings	....	sound effects (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Mike Mancini	....	re-recording engineer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Robert O'Brien	....	dialogue editor (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Marilynn Saunders	....	recording assistant (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Bob Schlichting	....	recording assistant (19 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Animation Department
Derdad Aghamalian	....	color key artist (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Ron Harris	....	background designer (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Jim Janes	....	character designer (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Artin Aghamalian	....	color key artist (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Pat Agnasin	....	character designer (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Ricardo F. Delgado	....	background designer (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Tim Flattery	....	color backgrounds (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Alison Gefre	....	color key artist (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Kathryn Gilmore	....	color key artist (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Donn Greer	....	character designer (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Joan Igawa	....	color backgrounds (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Stephen Lee	....	color backgrounds (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Larry Nelson	....	background designer (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Tina Oliva	....	color key artist (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Lou Police	....	character designer (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Stephanie Pyren-Fortel	....	character designer (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Teri Shikasho	....	color backgrounds (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Vladimir Spasojevic	....	background designer (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Mike Stribling	....	dialogue lip assignment (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Fred Carrillo	....	background designer / character designer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Bill Ewing	....	dialogue lip assignment (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Romeo Francisco	....	background designer / character designer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Drew Graybeal	....	background designer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Bari Greenberg	....	color backgrounds (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Russ Heath	....	character designer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Sue Hutchins	....	color key artist (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Abel Laxamana	....	color backgrounds (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Pamela Long	....	color key artist (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Tim Maloney	....	color backgrounds (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Steve Swaja	....	background designer (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Dan Wong	....	color backgrounds (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jiunn Yu	....	color backgrounds (19 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Editorial Department
Trudy Alexander	....	assistant editor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Fifun A. Amini	....	videotape supervisor / post-production coordinator (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Kimberly C. Francis	....	assistant executive in charge of post-production (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Richard S. Gannon	....	supervising editor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Dennis Graham	....	videotape supervisor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Anna Granfors	....	format editor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Susan Odjakjian	....	format editor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Kris Gilpin	....	assistant editor (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Gerri Kessler	....	videotape supervisor (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Tonda S. Lark	....	videotape supervisor (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Maria C. Mercado	....	post-production coordinator (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Serena Simmons	....	videotape supervisor (19 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Music Department
Melissa Ellis	....	assistant music supervisor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Stuart Goetz	....	supervising music editor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Joanne Miller	....	music supervisor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Judy Sampson-Brown	....	assistant music supervisor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Daniel J. Johnson	....	music editor (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
John Mortarotti	....	music editor (19 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Other crew
Madeleine Bascom	....	voice director (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Doug Booth	....	story editor (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Ray Bright	....	production assistant / assistant script coordinator (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Kristofor Brown	....	production coordinator / production assistant (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Lori Crawford	....	script coordinator (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Trace Ellis	....	production assistant (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Chris Hammond	....	production assistant (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Penny Lee	....	production assistant / assistant script coordinator (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Brian McGowan	....	production assistant (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
William A. Ruiz	....	assistant script coordinator (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Minoru Terao	....	translator / production assistant (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Renee Toporzysek	....	production assistant (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Kazuko Yamamoto	....	translator / production assistant (39 episodes, 1990-1992)
Jong Whan Chang	....	translator (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Eben F. Eldridge	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Shirley McGregor Ford	....	talent coordinator (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Joshua Lou Friedman	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Andy Heyward	....	creative supervisor (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Kenneth T. Ito	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Minnie S.M. Kim	....	translator (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Robby London	....	creative supervisor (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Roland Macasinag	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Kent W. Meredith	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Martha Moran	....	story editor (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Jose Alfonso Perez	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Paul F. Quinn	....	voice director (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Jung R. Son	....	translator (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Jack Spillum	....	translator (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Jonathan Dern	....	production coordinator (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Noriko Norvell	....	production assistant (19 episodes, 1990-1991)
Doug Parker	....	voice director (19 episodes, 1990-1991)

Production Companies

• DiC Enterprises
• Hasbro

Distributors

• Claster Television (1990-1992) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Sei Young Animation Co. Ltd.  storyboards (season 1)
• Sei Young Animation Co. Ltd.  animation (season 1)
• Hung Long Animation Co. Ltd.  animation (season 2)
• Take One  animation (season 2) (as Take One Animation Production)
• Point Animation  animation (season 2) (as Point Animation Production)
• A-Line  animation (season 2) (as A-Line Animation Production)
• Cartooneurs  animation (season 2) (as Cartooneurs Animation)
• Pacific Rim Productions  animation (season 2) (as Pacific Rim Animation Ltd.)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7

Company:

DiC Enterprises

Quotes:

Cobra Commander:What am I paying you for, anyhow?
Destro:You're NOT paying me! I haven't seen a DIME from you in MONTHS!
Cobra Commander:...Minor detail.

Movie Connections:

Followed by "G.I. Joe Extreme" (1995)

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The new GI Joe series aired in the fall of 1990 and it lasted 2 seasons with a total of 35 episodes. It was actually the continuation to GI Joe: Operation Dragon Fire which was a five part mini series and is a follow up to GI Joe the Movie. Although some of the old characters did return, a large majority of the original GI Joes were completely dropped and did not return in the new series as Hasbro and the show's producers wanted the show to mainly and primarily focus on new characters. Captain Grid Iron became the new GI Joe leader with General Hawk and Sgt Slaughter as field commanders. This new GI Joe Series would introduce an abundance of new characters and many new GI Joes were introduced such as Bulletproof, Sky Dive, Drop Zone, Airwave, Rampart, Ambush, Stretcher, Big Bear, Heavy Duty, Scoop, Sub Zero, Clean Sweep, Bullhorn, Ozone, Major Altitude and Pathfinder just to name a few. But the show would also reintroduce many returning GI Joes such as General Hawk, Duke, Flint, Lady Jaye, Rock N Roll, Low Light, Roadblock, Mercer, Sgt Mutt and his sidekick dog Junkyard, Grunt, Sci-Fi, Dusty, Wet Suit, Scarlett, Snake Eyes, Lt. Falcon and the all time favorite Sgt Slaughter. With Captain Grid Iron as their new leader the Joes continued to battle against Cobra. Flint became the leader of the new GI Joe Echo Warriors, while Duke remained absent for the entire first season and only made short guest and cameo appearances in only about 8 episodes during the second season--again this was due to the fact that Hasbro wanted to focus primarily on new characters. After Serpentor's defeat and mutation Cobra Commander would retake command of the Cobra organization. Among Cobra's returning characters were Destro, Major Bludd, The Baronness and Zaranna while the rest of the original Cobra characters were completely dropped in this new series. Cobra also introduced new characters such as Metalhead, Cesspool, a new dreadknock called Gnagahyde, Overkill and a new Cobra ninja master was introduced called Night Creeper Leader, who was actually Snake Eyes' second ninja nemesis after Storm Shadow. Night Creeper Leader was the leader of the Night Creeper cobra ninjas as Storm Shadow was now a GI Joe. The show had limited character development due to the fact that there were so many new characters in order to sell toys for Hasbro. Due to budgetary reasons and Hasbro's financial issues the show was produced by DIC Entertainment which was a much smaller production company compared to Sunbow which produced the original. This show's story lines were very much the same to the original as far as GI Joe's endless battle against Cobra but I think that the battle scenes were better and the military battle vehicles were more up to date. In my opinion this was probably the best GI Joe cartoon every made, the animation was great, the battle scenes were excellent and the show had a lot of humor and it even introduced a brand new GI Joe theme song titled "Got To Get Tough, Yo Joe !!" and the most important thing to remember is that this series stayed true to GI Joe's traditional military and patriotic roots just as the original did and although the story lines were very similar to the original and repetitive the show still managed to be very enjoyable. It's just disappointing that it never had a lasting memory among die hard GI Joe fans such as myself as a classic GI Joe Cartoon, however, it was a great addition to the GI Joe saga. I do hope that this show will be released on DVD.