When Cobra Strato-Vipers attempt to steal the MacGuffin Device but are stopped by G.I. Joe, the battle takes out an orphanage, which the Joes begin to rebuild. Now, the Joes must prevent this device from falling into Cobra's evil hands while Shipwreck tells the children a story about Joe members re-imagined as comical dwarfed versions who seek to find a hamburger mine. Meanwhile, Zartan has been hired to try and steal the device, disguised as Shipwreck. But Shipwreck turns the tide using the device, powered by his own comical creations.

"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

Sunbow Season 2 daily run (1986). 30 episodes, the final Sunbow-Marvel-Toei run. This was the season that introduced Serpentor (the Cobra Emperor cloned from history's greatest tyrants by Dr. Mindbender) and the Battle Force 2000 sub-team. Followed by G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) which concluded the Sunbow run.
Production code: 600-64
Studio: Marvel Productions / Sunbow Productions / Toei Doga
Originally aired: October 1, 1986 in afternoon syndication.