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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

S01E16 Countdown for Zartan

1985-09-23

Cobra kidnaps Dr. Emil Mettier, a French scientist, and Zartan takes his place just before the doctor is set to arrive at the World Wide Defense Center to help finalize their terrorism database. Spirit grows suspicious of the imposter and, during his investigation, is captured by Storm Shadow. Meanwhile, Freedom manages to escape and leads Lady Jaye, Recondo, Doc, Gung-Ho, and Stalker back to the center, where they discover Zartan's deception and a bomb he's planted. As the Joes search for the explosive, Gung-Ho traps Zartan in a cell, manipulating the countdown watch to be two minutes fast. Zartan, believing he has more time, inadvertently reveals the bomb's location just in time for it to be disarmed. Although Zartan escapes, Spirit and the real Dr. Mettier are rescued from certain doom by Storm Shadow. Cobra makes one last desperate attack, but the Joes successfully fend them off, restoring

Season 1 Episodes

1
The M.A.S.S. Device: The Cobra Strikes (1)
1983-09-12
 2
The M.A.S.S. Device: Slave of the Cobra Master (2)
1983-09-13
 3
The M.A.S.S. Device: The Worms of Death (3)
1983-09-14
 4
The M.A.S.S. Device: Duel in the Devil's Cauldron (4)
1983-09-15
 5
The M.A.S.S. Device: A Stake in the Serpent's Heart (5)
1983-09-16
 6
The Revenge of Cobra: In the Cobra's Pit (1)
1984-09-10
 7
The Revenge of Cobra: The Vines of Evil (2)
1984-09-11
 8
The Revenge of Cobra: The Palace of Doom (3)
1984-09-12
 9
The Revenge of Cobra: Battle on the Roof of the World (4)
1984-09-13
 10
The Revenge of Cobra: Amusement Park of Terror (5)
1984-09-14
 11
The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe (1)
1985-09-16
 12
The Pyramid of Darkness: Rendezvous in the City of the Dead (2)
1985-09-17
 13
The Pyramid of Darkness: Three Cubes to Darkness (3)
1985-09-18
 14
The Pyramid of Darkness: Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls (4)
1985-09-19
 15
The Pyramid of Darkness: Knotting Cobra's Coils (5)
1985-09-20
 16
Countdown for Zartan
1985-09-23
 17
Red Rocket's Glare
1985-09-24
 18
Satellite Down
1985-09-25
 20
Jungle Trap
1985-09-27
 22
The Funhouse
1985-10-01
 23
Twenty Questions
1985-10-02
 24
The Greenhouse Effect
1985-10-03
 25
Haul Down the Heavens
1985-10-04
 26
Synthoid Conspiracy (1)
1985-10-07
 27
Synthoid Conspiracy (2)
1985-10-08
 28
The Phantom Brigade
1985-10-09
 29
Lights! Camera! Cobra!
1985-10-10
 30
Cobra's Candidate
1985-10-11
 31
Money to Burn
1985-10-14
 32
Operation Mind Menace
1985-10-15
 33
Battle for the Train of Gold
1985-10-16
 34
Cobra Soundwaves
1985-10-17
 35
Where the Reptiles Roam
1985-10-18
 36
The Gamesmaster
1985-10-21
 37
Lasers in the Night
1985-10-22
 38
The Germ
1985-10-23
 39
The Viper is Coming
1985-10-24
 40
Spell of the Siren
1985-10-25
 41
Cobra Quake
1985-10-28
 42
Captives of Cobra (1)
1985-10-29
 44
Bazooka Saw a Sea Serpent
1985-10-31
 45
Excalibur
1985-11-01
 46
Worlds Without End (1)
1985-11-04
 48
Eau de Cobra
1985-11-06
 49
Cobra Claws Are Coming to Town
1985-11-07
 50
An Eye for an Eye
1985-11-08
 52
Primordial Plot
1985-11-12
 53
Flint's Vacation
1985-11-13
 54
Hearts and Cannons
1985-11-14
 55
Memories of Mara
1985-11-15
 56
The Traitor (1)
1985-11-25
 58
Pit of Vipers
1985-11-27
 59
The Wrong Stuff
1985-11-28
 60
The Invaders
1985-11-29
 64
There's No Place Like Springfield (1)
1985-12-12