Back when Saturday morning cartoons was good.

[splashpot]

You guys see the crap that they put on TV nowadays? I watched cartoons in the late 80s early 90s. When they still had shows like Transformers, Ninja Turtles(original cartoon), GI Joe, Mighty Max, and the list goes on. I hate to admit it, but if you ignore that gay "heart" dude, I even enjoyed Captain Planet.

What did you guys watch as a kid? I'm trying to remember some of the old quality shows.

[smurfitup]

tiny toons... alvin and the chipmunks

[DCopper04]

Conan the Barbarian. Sweet cartoon.

[shant]

He-Man was the [censored].

[Cumulonimbus]

http://www.c4vct.com/kym/slachash/kiss/dwdkiss.gif

pimpin'.

EDIT: And I totally agree with you man, WTF is up with these cartoons?

[splashpot]

I watched all the shows listed so far. All of them were kick ass.

[diebitter]

Transformers + Dungeons and Dragons were kewl.


I quite liked Biker Mice from Mars, but I think that was more my student days.

[tonypaladino]

Life is like a hurricane
Here in Duckburg
Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes
It's a duck-blur
Might solve a mystery
Or rewrite history

DuckTales (ooh ooh)
Every day they're out there making
DuckTales (ooh ooh)
Tales of daring do bad and good
Luck tales (ooh ooh)

When it seems they're heading for the
Final curtain
Cool deduction never fails
That's for certain
The worst of messes
Become successes

DuckTales (ooh ooh)
Every day they're out there making
DuckTales (ooh ooh)
Tales of daring do bad and good
Luck tales (ooh ooh)

D-d-d-danger watch behind you
There's a stranger out to find you
What to do, just grab on to some Duck Tales

DuckTales (ooh ooh)
Every day they're out there making
DuckTales (ooh ooh)
Tales of daring do bad and good
Luck tales (ooh ooh)

D-d-d-danger, watch behind you
There's a stranger out to find you
What to do, just grab on to some

DuckTales (ooh ooh)
Every day they're out there making
DuckTales (ooh ooh)
Tales of daring do bad and good
Luck tales (ooh ooh)

DuckTales (ooh ooh)
Every day they're out there making
DuckTales (ooh ooh)
Tales of daring do bad and good
Luck tales (ooh ooh)
Not pony tales or cotton tales, no
DuckTales (ooh ooh)

[Dynasty]

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You guys see the crap that they put on TV nowadays? I watched cartoons in the late 80s early 90s.

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All the cartoons of the late '80s and early '90s sucked. I turned them on sometimes and thought "how can kids watch crap like that"?

The cartoons of the '70s and a bit into the '80s were great.

<font color="white">I wonder if age has something to do with it. Duh. </font>

[tonypaladino]

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You guys see the crap that they put on TV nowadays? I watched cartoons in the late 80s early 90s.

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All the cartoons of the late '80s and early '90s sucked. I turned them on sometimes and thought "how can kids watch crap like that"?

The cartoons of the '70s and a bit into the '80s were great.

<font color="white">I wonder if age has something to do with it. Duh. </font>

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When I was a kid and the Cartoon Network was new, they used to just show 60's and 70's cartoons. I though [censored] like Top Cat, Hong Kong Fooey and all that stuff was great. even A Pup Named Scooby Doo and Flintstone Kids had their moments.

[Cumulonimbus]

Tony, you just brought back some old times. The aeroplanes part really gets me. Thanks dog.

-Kyle

[Ulysses]

Superfriends was where it was at.

[Vavavoom]

Shows I watched : (***UK Saturday Morning Cartoons***)

Mysterious Cities Of Gold
Dungeons &amp; Dragons
Mask
Transformers
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Thundercats
Centurions
Visionairies
Rescue Rangers
The Racoons
Kissyfur
Muppet Babies
Bananaman
Superted
Inspector Gadget

Will think of others that I used to watch....But these are what immediately come to mind !

Robin Hood -where he's a fox and they're all animals

Gummi Bears - where those medieval bears would drink Gummiberry Juice and could then bounce around

[Phoenix1010]

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You guys see the crap that they put on TV nowadays? I watched cartoons in the late 80s early 90s.

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All the cartoons of the late '80s and early '90s sucked. I turned them on sometimes and thought "how can kids watch crap like that"?

The cartoons of the '70s and a bit into the '80s were great.

<font color="white">I wonder if age has something to do with it. Duh. </font>

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When I was a kid and the Cartoon Network was new, they used to just show 60's and 70's cartoons. I though [censored] like Top Cat, Hong Kong Fooey and all that stuff was great. even A Pup Named Scooby Doo and Flintstone Kids had their moments.

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Same here. I thought Cartoon Network was by far the greatest invention of all time.

[Mr_J]

Wow, wtf has all the warner bros looney toons been left out?? Greatest cartoons ever.

[tonypaladino]

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Muppet Babies

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Man, how the [censored] did I forget about muppet babies? That was the [censored]!!!

Edit: Very lame that t.i.t.s is [censored]

[Vavavoom]

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Muppet Babies

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Man, how the [censored] did I forget about muppet babies? That was the [censored]!!!

Edit: Very lame that t.i.t.s is [censored]

[/ QUOTE ]

Just for u - Muppet Babies Theme (http://www.retrojunk.com/details_theme/24/)

[Brom]

Hercules (the one with the ring)
Bucky'O'Hare
DWD kicked ass
DBZ
I also like most of the superhero shows - Batman, Superman, Spiderman, X-Men. Some of the new CGI and next generation ones of these are OK, but not the same.

[Reef]

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[goofball]

you do realize that in 20 years people who are in their early 20s will be fondly remembering spongebob squarepants or zaboomafoo(sp?) or whatever else?

tom and friggin jerry.

that is all. except early ones blew, and the ones done by the dr. seuss guy were STRAAAANGE.

TMNT was the [censored],
anyone remember the zelda cartoon? I actually have episodes, crazy.
Mario Bros.
Rescue Rangers was the [censored].

anyone else still have the vhs' that BK gave away with two TMNT episodes on each?

[splashpot]

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anyone else still have the vhs' that BK gave away with two TMNT episodes on each?

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I definately have those, lol. They're probably collectors items, haha.

[2+2 wannabe]

"when's there's trouble you call DW"

GOLD

[Scotch78]

Though it wasn't a Saturday morning toon, Exosquad was divine pimpage.

Scott

Yer all a bunch of young pukes.

Kroft Superstars
Scooby Doo
The Laff Olympics
Looney Tunes
Jonny Quest
The Herculoids
Thundarr the Barbarian
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
Fang Face
Jabberjaw
Grape Ape
Captain Caveman
Speed Buggy
Hong Kong Phooey
Battle of the Planets

[StevieG]

Growing up in the 70s we had the standard Warner and Hanna Barbara fare. Favorites included

Hong Kong Fooey,
Scooby Doo,
Justice League,
Looney Tunes

Early in the morning, though, the local stations had some 60s classics on:

Mighty Heroes (http://www.toonarific.com/show.php?show_id=2386) with Rope Man and Diaper Man, among others,
and Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse (http://www.toontracker.com/courcat/courcat.htm)

[Warik]

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What did you guys watch as a kid? I'm trying to remember some of the old quality shows.

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[Reef]

Also..

Sonic the Hedgehog
TaleSpin
Chip N Dale's Rescue Rangers
(Scrooge McDuck one)
Transformers

[daryn]

[ QUOTE ]
Shows I watched : (***UK Saturday Morning Cartoons***)

Mysterious Cities Of Gold
Dungeons &amp; Dragons
Mask
Transformers
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Thundercats
Centurions
Visionairies
Rescue Rangers
The Racoons
Kissyfur
Muppet Babies
Bananaman
Superted
Inspector Gadget

Will think of others that I used to watch....But these are what immediately come to mind !

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ooooh mask!


http://www.p2ptv.co.uk/images/donkey/mask250.jpg

i had that truck.. wicked cool

[krazyace5]

Some that people left out

Robotech
Smurfs
teen car? one where a kid could turn into a car.
She-ra
The Littles

Wow, lots more but I am coming up blank right now.

Not a Saturday cartoon but does anyone remember Fraggle Rock?

[samjjones]

Can Thundarr the Barbarian get some love?

http://ficklinm.com/thundarr.jpg

[splashpot]

Oh man, I just remembered. Did anyone watch "The Tick"? I used to thing that show was the sh!t.
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[daryn]

http://www.imedea.uib.es/natural/goi/ictiology/friends.gif

[Lazymeatball]

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Oh man, I just remembered. Did anyone watch "The Tick"? I used to thing that show was the sh!t.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/byee614/ticktitle.gif

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I watched the tick much more in high school when it was on comedy central at 6:30pm M-F. That followed by an hour of simpson's on fox was an incredible entertainment block. I got so pissed when my local fox station started splitting up the simpson's with the drew carey show or married with children.

[MrMon]

A tremndous amount of the previously mentioned cartoons appear on Boomerang (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/boomerang/index.html) . Check it out. I haven't seen them do it in awhile, but occasionally they'll have a Flashback weekend, where it's 1969 or 1973. Really spooky, plus you get to see how truly awful some things were, plus how good other things were.

As for modern cartoon, Spongebob is a classic. Every bit as good as the classics from Warner Brothers, it also works for adults, who get some of the references kids don't. Little ones love Dora The Explorer and Go Diego Go. Avatar: The Last Airbender is a tremdously involved continuing storyline series. And Jimmy Netron and Fairly Oddparents stand up pretty well.

You get to see/hear an awful lot of Nick when the computer is in the same room as the TV.

[Paluka]

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Can Thundarr the Barbarian get some love?

http://ficklinm.com/thundarr.jpg

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No kidding. I still sometimes will say "Demon Dogs!" or "Lords of light!"

[samjjones]

We need to party sometime.

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[peterchi]

DUCK TALES YES

This was entertaining even several years later, when I was like 18.

[Jack of Arcades]

Ghostbusters, bitches.

[samjjones]

I must point out that many of the shows mentioned in this thread were not "Saturday Morning Cartoons" by definition. For example, Transformers, GI Joe, and He-Man aired on weekdays around 3-5pm.

[Soul Daddy]

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9148/1425841fn.jpg

How could you forget this
http://www.pazsaz.com/pic/captainn.gif
This is the main reason I woke up so early on saturdays

[4_2_it]

From one of the lost episodes:

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1010/smurfs6lk.jpg

[jcx]

Robotech

Tranzor Z - one of the girl robots shot missiles out of her boobies.

Looney Tunes - Many of which you'll never see in their entirety again because they are not up to today's PC standards. They are hilarious.

Little Rascals - Not a cartoon, but unbelieveably funny and my favorite Sat morning show. Pulled for the same reasons as Looney Tunes.

[CrazyEyez]

[ QUOTE ]
I must point out that many of the shows mentioned in this thread were not "Saturday Morning Cartoons" by definition. For example, Transformers, GI Joe, and He-Man aired on weekdays around 3-5pm.

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Correct. I believe I watched those three plus Mask consecutively every day after school.

To answer someone else's question, Turbo Teen. Loved that one. Hot/cold water changed him back and forth from car to boy. Pretty insane now that I think about.

[samjjones]

I had every MASK toy when I was in 5th grade. Unfortunately, such things became seriously "uncool" when I hit 6th grade, and I gave it all away to a neighbor.

[diebitter]

Anyone remember marine boy?

http://www.coolstuffvideos.com/images3/marineboy41.JPG

[Blarg]

I'm older than you. Back then, we had Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes, Speed Racer, Gigantor, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, Quickdraw McGraw. The greatest cartoon voices ever, great cartoons. It's been a long decline ever since.

[diebitter]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm older than you. Back then, we had Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes, Speed Racer, Gigantor, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, Quickdraw McGraw. The greatest cartoon voices ever, great cartoons. It's been a long decline ever since.

[/ QUOTE ]

Try watching Spongebob, powerpuff girls, Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo. You'll be surprised how funny and cool they are.

[Freakin]

He-Man
Captain Planet
X-Men


I agree with you... i watch the stuff that my fiance's brother watches and it disgusts me... it's all just so stupid. There's no adventure, action, or storyline. It's just a bunch of cartoons on screen that don't even look like people doing zany things.

[M2d]

http://www.scoobydooweloveyou.com/laff.jpg

[4_2_it]

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That show was rigged! The Really Rottens got shafted out of several titles.

http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/images/puffjim2.jpg


...and Mom and Dad couldn't understand what influenced me to take drugs.

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Wow, wtf has all the warner bros looney toons been left out?? Greatest cartoons ever.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yup, which proves it's not all about how old you are.

[DrNo888]

One missing:
http://thundercats.vpga.com/artwork/team.jpg

[housenuts]

i watched carebears and teddy ruxpin all the time.

carebears is still awesome. tenderheart is my favourite.
http://www.thetoyshelf.com/images/tenderheart2.jpg

this is my wallpaper
wallpaper (http://www.freewindows.dk/fw/modules/myalbum/photos/1444.jpg)

i'm not gay

[SoCalRugger]

Nobody's mentioned C.O.P.S. yet?

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4468

[StevieG]

[ QUOTE ]
Anyone remember marine boy?


[/ QUOTE ]

mmm....aqua gum

[DukeSucks]

My childhood spanned the late 70s, early 80s, so I'm not sure what decade these are from. As stated earlier, these might not even be from Saturday mornings. I think Saturday mornings went downhill when they stopped showing Schoolhouse Rock.

Mighty Mouse
Heckyl and Jeckyl
Thor
Captain America
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Fat Albert
Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
Pac-Man
Speed Buggy

I know some of you watched Monchichis and Pound Puppies and are just too scared to admit it /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Hamish McBagpipe]

[ QUOTE ]
That show was rigged! The Really Rottens got shafted out of several titles.

[/ QUOTE ]

Whew, I was worried you lot wouldn't mention the shamesless crossover, but still great Laff-A-Lympics in this thread.

However, my statistical analysis shows that the Really Rottens did, in fact, win a few titles. The Scooby Doobies won 54.52% of the time, the Yogi Yahooies 31.21%, leaving the Really Rottens 14.27% which amounted to 4 wins over the tragically short 4 year run. The first time I saw the Really Rottens win without being disqualified, when I was about 7, I think I cried tears of joy, I was so happy with the ending. Dynomutt was clearly just a ringer for the Scoobies and I'm surprised some kind of challenge against his inclusion in the events was not launched. Also, the Rottens had some kind of magician that kept getting disqualified for using his spells yet that piece of [censored] Scooby used Babu the goddamn genie all the time and the refs said squat. I agree, the fix was in.

Lastly, the New Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show from a couple of years prior enabled the Scoobies to bring in Grape Ape and they obviously could have swept every event with this creation but they showed a little mercy.

http://img285.imageshack.us/img285/6098/untitled5uc.png

[tek]

[ QUOTE ]
Yer all a bunch of young pukes.

Kroft Superstars
Scooby Doo
The Laff Olympics
Looney Tunes
Jonny Quest
The Herculoids
Thundarr the Barbarian
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
Fang Face
Jabberjaw
Grape Ape
Captain Caveman
Speed Buggy
Hong Kong Phooey
Battle of the Planets

[/ QUOTE ]

You forgot these classics:

Rocky and Bullwinckle
Jetsons
Fractured Fairy Tales
Tom and Jerry
Heckle and Jeckle
Peabody and Sherman
Underdog
Felix the Cat
Hercules
Tweety Bird
Wacky Racers
Magilla Gorilla
Tom Terrific
Gumby and Pokey (claymation)
Flintstones
Casper
Voyage to the Center of the Earth
Wally Gator
Yogi Bear (and friends)
Tennessee Tuxedo
Road Runner
Foghorn Leghorn
Archies
Bugs Bunny
Huckleberry Hound
Richochet Rabbit
Peppy LaPue
Porky Pig
Dudley DoRight

[Vavavoom]

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...and Mom and Dad couldn't understand what influenced me to take drugs.

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"Puf n Stuf" ....... Wow....This wasn't a normal cartoon though but more a film nevertheless one that I probably watched 100+ times as a kid...And who could forget Witchie-Poo !

** Just looked this up on IMDB....it was a tv series as well...Wow....1970....I watched this when I was about 6/7 yrs old ....Never would have guessed that old.....**

Threads like these are great on the nostalgia front...I love em ...

[diebitter]

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...and Mom and Dad couldn't understand what influenced me to take drugs.

"Puf n Stuf" ....... Wow....This wasn't a normal cartoon though but more a film nevertheless one that I probably watched 100+ times as a kid...And who could forget Witchie-Poo !

** Just looked this up on IMDB....it was a tv series as well...Wow....1970....I watched this when I was about 6/7 yrs old ....Never would have guessed that old.....**

Threads like these are great on the nostalgia front...I love em ...

[/ QUOTE ]


They repeated it later. I got a series on DVD, my 3-year old daughter loves witchy-poo, and often insists on wearing stripey tights, to be just like witchy-poo..

She also tells me she wants 3 boyfriends, 1 girlfriend and a baby.

Girls are so advanced these days.

[Lurkmaster Flex]

haha all those long lists im surprised no one mentioned the one with michael jordan, wayne gretzky and bo jackson as pseudo super heroes. I dont remember the name, but bo knows animation.

[Rootabager]

[ QUOTE ]
How could you forget this
http://www.pazsaz.com/pic/captainn.gif
This is the main reason I woke up so early on saturdays

[/ QUOTE ]

This was also my favorite cartoon. I had completely forgot it existed till you reminded me. I would watch that show religiously.

[Rootabager]

"anyone else still have the vhs' that BK gave away with two TMNT episodes on each? "

I still have all of those tapes. I forgot i had them too. I have only been to burger king a few times and all the trips were to get these tapes.

[imported_anacardo]

[ QUOTE ]
She also tells me she wants 3 boyfriends, 1 girlfriend and a baby.

Girls are so advanced these days.

[/ QUOTE ]

Jesus Christ. Katie, bar the door. Or, rather, bar the door on Katie.

Good luck with what will no doubt be a trying 21st century.

[diebitter]

mmmm Katie

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/reef/katiemelua15iv.jpg

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

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[CollinEstes]

I can't believe this hasn't been mentioned.

My all time fav as a kid....


http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/coverv/98/224998_thumb.jpg

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