Lights! Camera! Cobra!
- Studio
- Marvel Productions Ltd., Sunbow Productions, DiC Entertainment
- Distributor
- Claster Television Productions
Synopsis
Rather than pay Destro millions of dollars for a new Firebat, Cobra Commander hires Zartan and the Dreadnoks to steal back the plane, which is on a props lot for the film The G.I. Joe Story, and several Joes are on the set as technical advisors.
Characters
Clerk, Cover Girl, Policewoman, Blowtorch, Crimson Guard, Marty Goldblatt, Destro, Policeman, George Lanceberg, Zartan, Cobra Commander, Ripper, Cobra Commander Actor, Mutt, Recondo, Buzzer, Dusty, Shipwreck, Duke Actor, Junkyard, Torch.
Additional Characters: Low-Light, Wet Suit, Pierre LaFonte, Taurus, Beach Head, Airborne, Nemesis Enforcer, Zandar, Dr. Mindbender, Dial Tone, Mike Randall, Serpentor, B.A. LaCarre, Buck McCann, Slip-Stream, Charles Fairmont, Dr. Filmoss, Tommy Talltree, Timothy Penser, Sci-Fi, Vena, Leatherneck, Cross-Country, Snow Job, Tripwire, WWI American Pilot, Mainframe, Zarana, Thrasher, Sgt. Slaughter, Lifeline
Additional Characters: Low-Light, Wet Suit, Pierre LaFonte, Taurus, Beach Head, Airborne, Nemesis Enforcer, Zandar, Dr. Mindbender, Dial Tone, Mike Randall, Serpentor, B.A. LaCarre, Buck McCann, Slip-Stream, Charles Fairmont, Dr. Filmoss, Tommy Talltree, Timothy Penser, Sci-Fi, Vena, Leatherneck, Cross-Country, Snow Job, Tripwire, WWI American Pilot, Mainframe, Zarana, Thrasher, Sgt. Slaughter, Lifeline
Credits
Directing
- Director
- John Gibbs, Terry Lennon
Producing
- Producer
- Jim Duffy, Sam Weiss, Dan Thompson, Art Vitello, John Ahern, Chuck (Charles) Downs, Mark Glamack, John Grusd, Larry Houston, Alex Lovy, George Singer, John Walker
- Executive Producers
- Joe Bacal, Tom Griffin, Margaret Loesch
- Supervising Producer
- Don Jurwich
- Co-Producer
- Michael Charles Hill
- Associate Producer
- Doug Booth
Writing
- Writer
- Buzz Dixon
Voices
- Voice
- Libby Aubrey (as Liz Aubrey) (Clerk, Cover Girl, Policewoman), Michael Bell (Blowtorch, Crimson Guard), Gregg Berger (Marty Goldblatt), Arthur Burghardt (Destro, Policeman), Corey Burton (George Lanceberg), Zack Hoffman (Zartan), Chris Latta (as Christopher Latta) (Cobra Commander, Ripper), Bill Morey (Cobra Commander Actor, Mutt, Recondo), Neil Ross (Buzzer, Dusty, Shipwreck), Frank Welker (Duke Actor, Junkyard, Torch), Jackson Beck (Narrator)
- Additional Vocal Talent
- Charles Adler (Low-Light), Jack Angel (Wet Suit, Pierre LaFonte), Earl Boen (Taurus), William Callaway (Beach Head), Peter Cullen (Airborne, Nemesis Enforcer, Zandar), Brian Cummings (Dr. Mindbender), Hank Garret (Dial Tone, Mike Randall), Richard Gautier (Serpentor, B.A. LaCarre, Buck McCann), Dan Gilvezan (Slip-Stream), Johnny Haymer (Charles Fairmont, Dr. Filmoss), Michael Horton (Tommy Talltree, Timothy Penser), Jerry Houser (Sci-Fi), Mona Marshall (Vena), Chuck McCann (Leatherneck), Michael McConnohie (Cross-Country), Rob Paulsen (Snow Job, Tripwire, WWI American Pilot), Patrick Pinney (Mainframe), Lisa Raggio (Zarana), Ted Schwartz (Thrasher), Sgt. Slaughter (Himself), Stan Wojno (Lifeline), Darleen Carr, Christian Czingland, Barbara Goodson, Jimmy Keegan, Hap Lawrence, Patricia Lentz, Loren Lester, Marilyn Schreffler
Music
Editing
- Editor
- Steven C. Brown, Robert T. Gillis
- Supervising Editors
- Steven C. Brown, Robert T. Gillis
- Assistant Supervising Editor
- Rick Gehr
- Assistant Editors
- Rick Gehr, Larry Whelen
Crew
- Voice Directors
- Don Jurwich, Wally Burr
- Storyboard Directors
- Rick Hoberg, Larry Houston, Bob Kline, Hank Tucker, Sherman Labby, Lonnie Lloyd, Don Shepard
- Storyboard Artists
- Pat Agnacin, Del Barras, Kurt William Conner, Romeo Francisco, James L. Gomez, Adrian Gonzales, Warren William Greenwood, Doug Lefler, David Russell, Alan Shean, Romeo Tanghal, Keith Tucker, Douglas Vandegrift
- Layout Artist
- Pat Agnacin
- Model Design
- Russ Heath
- Supervising Story Editor (1985-86)
- Steve Gerber
- Story Editors
- Flint Dille, Buzz Dixon, Larry Parr
- Production Managers
- Kathy Conte, Stephanie Burt, Geraldine Frerks, Jean Frye, Carole Weitzman
- Post-Production Supervisors
- Eric Early, Steven Heth
- Director of Production
- Jim Graziano
- Music Editors
- Joe Siracusa, Richard Allen, Peter Collier, Robert Randles, Mark Shiney
- Sound Effects Editors
- Richard S. Gannon, Jim Blodgett, Richard Allen, Ted Caplan, Allison Cobb, Michael L. DePatie, John Detra, Karen V. Doulac, Bruce Elliott, Heather Elliott, Ron Fedele, Leonard T. Geschke, Brad Gunther, David Hawkins, Jerry Jacobson, Nicholas James, Richard Raderman, Warren Taylor, Michael Tomack, Peter Tomaszewicz
- Dubbing Supervisor
- Jacquie Freeman Ross
- Sound Re-Recording Mixers
- Larry Goodwin, Peter Reale
- Foley Artist
- Doug Madick
- Model Designers
- Jim Fletcher, Lee Go, Russ Heath, Carol Lundberg, Bruce W. Timm
- Telecine Supervisors
- Andrew Golov, Sarah Swiskow
- Voice Recording Coordinator
- Ellen Burr
- Voice Recording Engineer
- Joel Iwataki
- Production Coordinators
- Nellina Lombardo, Hildy Mesnik
- Production Assistant
- Hildy Mesnik
- Checking Supervisor
- Barbara Donatelli
- Creative Consultant
- Jay Bacal
- Title Song
- Spencer Michlin, Ford Kinder
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Lee Gunther
Companies and other credits
- Distributed by Claster TV Productions
- a division of Hasbro Industries
- Copyrighted 1983 Sunbow Productions
- Inc
- Copyright 1983 Hasbro Industries
- Inc
- Sunbow Productions - Marvel Productions Ltd
- a Cadence Company
Production notes
This series was also known as "GI Joe: A Great American Hero." It was one of the first daily syndicated animated series to "push" its action-figure star.
The series was based on the 1983 "fighting force" of five different dolls, not the original 1960's GI Joe produced by Hasbro.
Originally a weekly series, it became a daily in 1985.
The series was based on the 1983 "fighting force" of five different dolls, not the original 1960's GI Joe produced by Hasbro.
Originally a weekly series, it became a daily in 1985.