Cobra attempts to destroy New York City, but the Joes counter it with their new MASS device. The Joes notice the ring Duke gave to the slave girl was a homing device, and they teleport to Cobra Mountain. The Joes arrive at Cobra headquarters to launch their assault. Destro redirects the MASS device toward the Earth's core to disintegrate it. Cobra Commander, in panic, enlists the help of the Joes to stop the device. After successfully destroying the device, Cobra Commander is arrested and Destro escapes.
"Now you know. And knowing is half the battle." The Sunbow run closed every episode with a public-service spot delivered by a Joe character, addressing kids on a real-world hazard or virtue. The cartoon's deeper ethic, threaded into the writing across the run, was that Cobra's worldview was based on fear and the Joes' was based on responsibility.
Chris Latta as Cobra Commander
Michael Bell as Duke, Lifeline, Xamot, Blowtorch
Arthur Burghardt as Destro
Morgan Lofting as Baroness
Mary McDonald-Lewis as Lady Jaye, Cover Girl
Bill Ratner as Flint
B.J. Ward as Scarlett
Neil Ross as Shipwreck, Doc, Tomax
Frank Welker as Torch, Wild Weasel, Junkyard, Zandar
Zack Hoffman as Zartan
Charlie Adler as Low-Light
Dick Gautier as Serpentor
- M.A.S.S. Device five-part miniseries (1983). The original Sunbow miniseries that launched the G.I. Joe animated franchise. Premiered in syndication September 12 to 16, 1983.
- Production code: 4009
- Studio: Marvel Productions / Sunbow Productions / Toei Doga
- Originally aired: September 16, 1983 in afternoon syndication.
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