Favorite cartoons you watched as a youngling (nostalgic thread)

[veras126]

So I'm a bit nostalgic.

I should be studying for a final exam, but the nostalgia just kicked in and I started to remember lots of things I did/liked such as cartoons.

I thought about you guys/gals on the TRS forums and thought to make this thread.

So I'll start myself.

My favorite full-length cartoon is probably An American Tail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRjb8sMjYu8&feature=related

This film came out in 86, I was born in 87.
I basically grew up with this film(till I started to like other things) and this specific song tears me up because of the memories.

I also watched lots of the warner toons all night long, even some anime like Saint Seya, Samurai Pizza Cats, and of course Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Oh, the old superman (and movies) toons is worth a mention.
I was a huge superman fan. I dressed up as superman as a young kid, the whooole outfit, and ran around the streets pretending to be superman (until the day a dude on a bicycle ran over me cause I didn't want to move, you know, since I was made of steel)


what about you population TRS?

[jordanm85]

Always been a fan of Bugs Bunny and all of the Looney Tunes. TMNT, Garfield and Friends, Ghostbusters , Widget The World Watcher, Aladdin (the show and movies) Marsipulami, David The Gnome all of the Nintendo shows (Super Show, Mario 3, Mario World, Captain N, Zelda) And I could keep going for a while.... But my all time favorite was Tiny Toon Adventures. Best cartoon ever.

[endoftheline]

I was a Saturday morning cartoon addict.... yeah I was one of those kids who woke up at the crack of dawn on Saturdays just to catch the cartoons. I don't think I ever grew out of it either, just moved on to anime instead.

but the top of my favorites were definitely all the superhero cartoons. heck they got me into comics so yeah the X-Men animated series, Batman, Spider-man, Fantastic Four, WildC.A.T.S...

Then you had your video game cartoons.. Sonic the Hedgehog, Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. (was partially live action?), Mortal Kombat..

Some others that I loved to watch Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, the Little Bits, TMNT, Dragon Ball Z, Darkwing Duck, Rescue Rangers...

as for favorite animated films, aside from freaking everything Disney, I'd have to say: Secret of Nimh, the Last Unicorn, the Brave Little Toaster, and All Dogs Go to Heaven...


good god, I was a sad sad child...

[endoftheline]

shit I left off Captain Planet! only the best cartoon ever! lol....

[dolson]

I remember loving C.O.P.S., I think it was called (and how could you NOT? A dude with guns in his chest??? SWEET.). GI Joe was a treat, as I didn't see it on too often. Transformers too. Oh, I did love He-Man too.

I also really loved WWF wrestling. I still have fond memories of watching the first few Wrestlemanias with my brother and dad.

As a kid, I religiously watched Monty's Travelling Reptile Show. I used to feel sick to my stomach because I'd never get to be Monty. I also used to call it Monty Python, which, I found out when I got a few years older, was something completely different........

EDIT: animated movie, I think it was called The Last Unicorn... Something about it that I liked. I'll have to find it and watch it again, I guess.

[funkjomamma]

For shows: original X-men, Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck, Captain Planet, and also Tiny Toon Adventures. For movies, all the old school Disney animations.

[veras126]

I completeley forgot about transformers and captain planet.


Tiny toons had me laughing, great toon.

[rokov]

I watched a lot of cartoons (and still do), but the only ones from my childhood that really come to mind are Speed Racer, Looney Tunes, The Smurfs, Battle of the Planets and, of course, Star Blazers. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty-1zWsXFNs

[darksyns]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Captain Planet, Duck Tales......oh and DAVID THE GNOME!!

[funkjomamma]

omg, how could I forget the Smurfs

[hcolyn]

hmmm... Bravestarr comes to mind first, then Captain Planet, The Smurfs, TMNT, Biker Mice From Mars :(, Gummy Bears, Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa... and Tin Tin!

[endoftheline]

For shows: original X-men, Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck, Captain Planet, and also Tiny Toon Adventures. For movies, all the old school Disney animations.

holy shit. Gargoyles! I loved that show!

[bani-banan]

I was never a big fan of cartoons. My dad however was. He's 51 now and watches Tarzan on Disney Channel, Tom and Jerry on cartoon networks. Which is kind of cool.

I grew up watching Dexters laboratory, Cow and Chicken (I still love that show).

POWER RANGERS!

I have a new-grown interest in Scooby Doo =)

[veras126]

hmmm... Bravestarr comes to mind first, then Captain Planet, The Smurfs, TMNT, Biker Mice From Mars :(, Gummy Bears, Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa... and Tin Tin!



aww biker mice from mars was awesome!!!


and how the hell did i forgot this!

http://animatedmemories.com/images/silverhawks.jpg


silverhawks was the shit.


AND thundercats!

http://scramblenetwork.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/thundercats.jpg

[sugarsickness]

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Also: http://reboot.com/


Nothing compares. Nothing. It still is one of the greatest shows of all time. Aww yeah.

[enemybrick]

Well, I was born in 87, so, a few of the classics were a bit before my time, but my favorites were

Mighty Max, the Magic School Bus, TMNT, Captain Planet, Ducktales, Talespin, Darkwing Duck, Biker Mice from Mars, Street Sharks, Reboot, KABLAM!, Sonic the Hedgehog, Beast Wars, War Planets, Mummies Alive, Pokemon, Digimon, The Mask, etc etc

Movies though, how about Rock-a-Doodle and Ferngully

[gobo]

I loved a lot of shows listed already like Reboot, Transformers, Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck, Dexters Lab and Silverhawks.

And yeah it was C.O.P.S. I have the entire series on DVD.

A couple others that haven't been mentioned that I loved were He-Man, Muppet Babies and M.A.S.K.

[spartacus]

Def the magic school bus, TMNT, American Tail, Transformers, Gargoyles, Batman, Superman, Street Sharks, Captain Planet, Duck tailes, Darkwing Duck, TailesSpin, Reboot, Sonic The hedghog, Beast Wars. haha there were so many that played on upn early in the morning i just can't remember what they were

[lnknpk04]

For shows: original X-men, Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck, Captain Planet, and also Tiny Toon Adventures. For movies, all the old school Disney animations.

Hah. I could copy/paste your list for my own. I'd have to add Beast Wars though.

[absolutemayhem]

I remember when I was little this cartoon was on after school, I was very young and it did not seem to be on the air for very long. I often considered trying to get a box set or something, but never did. I watched a ton of toons as a kid, but was not a die hard watcher by any means.

G-force

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWMY4U1g4pg

[gabe_utsecks]

The Secret of NIMH

Robin Hood
The Rescuers

I didn't really watch television cartoons (regularly). A little bit of Ninja Turtles and the Beetlejuice cartoon, and that's about it. Oh, and The Magic School Bus and Captain Planet.

[damnedeyez]

G.I.Joe, Transformers (including Beast Wars/Machines as an adult), Thundercats, Voltron, G-Force, Tom & Jerry, Scooby Doo, Inspector Gadget, Darwing Duck, Duck Tales, Talespin, Rescue Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ...

hell, I could keep going and I'd still forget something. (Yes, I liked cartoons.)

[bredrenisedp]

Jayce and the wheeled warriors - epic cartoon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1c1G24GWDg

[esophagus]

Just to show everyone how young I am...

Batman: TAS
Street Sharks
Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers
Darkwing Duck
Old Spider-Man Cartoons
TMNT
Gargoyles
Mighty Max

The list probably goes on.

[doowttam]

I'll have to second the Gargoyles comment. I always thought of myself as Lexington, the smart one.

What other shows have an enemy named Macbeth and an awesome trickster named Puck? That's high class.

Also, I just mentioned this in another thread, does any one remember ReBoot? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReBoot It was/is the most awesome computer animated series, and in fact the first one of its kind.

[dstrack007]

Always loved Looney Tunes and Hannah Barbera for sure... but my all-time favorite cartoon growing up was StarBlazers!

[absolutemayhem]

maybe someone can find it. Its a really old cartoon either late 60s or early 70s. It was kind of like dino riders, but not that cartoon, I already checked. I was 99% sure it was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon, but I did not find it in their Wikipedia listings.

I dont even have a really good description other than it was a sci-fi type cartoon with dinosours. People would ride the dinosours, but they had special powers. There was a Triceratops that shot laser beams from its horns, an Ankylosaurus (had a club for a tail) , Stegosaur and a Brachiosaurus.

It was either set in the future or inner earth.

This is now driving me nuts that I can not find this cartoon ... ROFL!

-MayheM

[absolutemayhem]

its not ... Dinosausers, Extreme Dinosaurs

-MayheM

[blacksymbiote]

I loved cartoons when i was growing up. Here's my list of shows I remember and have that nostalgia feel about.

Thundercats
Voltron
M.A.S.K.
Silverhawks
Bionic Six
Bravestar
Teddy Ruxpin
Transformers
GoBots
He-Man
She-Ra
Gummi Bears
Duck Tales
C.O.P.S.
Spider-Man (all versions)
G.I.Joe
The Real Ghostbusters
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Power Rangers
Fraggle Rock
Beetlejuice
Captain Planet
Astro Boy
Smurfs
The Incredible Hercules
Rocket Robin Hood
Eek! the Cat
Tiny Toons
Animaniacs
Darkwing Duck
Tailspin
Tom and Jerry
bugs bunny and tweety
mighty mouse
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
Dexters Laboratory
Batman the animated series
Batman Beyond
Justice League
Teen Titans
biker mice from mars
street sharks
Care Bears
Richie Rich
PRO STARS
The Muppet Show
Pokemon


:D like i said, i liked cartoons :p

[sugarsickness]

In Response to gargoyle's:

I owned the Gargoyle's movie on VHS and at the end of the movie it had a thing that was meant to be watched while the accompanying board game was played. It had Eliza (Was that her name? :X) and the evil guy said things like "Stop! The player who just spun must blah blah blah." The movie was just the first few episodes edited into a movie format (It was about 90 minutes or so I think). I still have the VHS and board game, but it is in the garage.

I will say that I watched it again, maybe, two years ago and thought it was still very awesome. I'm gonna have to find a DVD somewhere I think now >:]

[funkjomamma]

In Response to gargoyle's:

I owned the Gargoyle's movie on VHS and at the end of the movie it had a thing that was meant to be watched while the accompanying board game was played. It had Eliza (Was that her name? :X) and the evil guy said things like "Stop! The player who just spun must blah blah blah." The movie was just the first few episodes edited into a movie format (It was about 90 minutes or so I think). I still have the VHS and board game, but it is in the garage.

I will say that I watched it again, maybe, two years ago and thought it was still very awesome. I'm gonna have to find a DVD somewhere I think now >:]

We had that game. It was awesome, I wish I knew where it was.

[esophagus]

In Response to gargoyle's:

I owned the Gargoyle's movie on VHS and at the end of the movie it had a thing that was meant to be watched while the accompanying board game was played. It had Eliza (Was that her name? :X) and the evil guy said things like "Stop! The player who just spun must blah blah blah." The movie was just the first few episodes edited into a movie format (It was about 90 minutes or so I think). I still have the VHS and board game, but it is in the garage.

I will say that I watched it again, maybe, two years ago and thought it was still very awesome. I'm gonna have to find a DVD somewhere I think now >:]Buy the DVD seasons (even though they never finished releasing them because they didn't sell to Disney's standards). They hold up amazingly well.

[esophagus]

I loved cartoons when i was growing up. Here's my list of shows I remember and have that nostalgia feel about.

Batman Beyond
Justice League
Teen Titans

:D like i said, i liked cartoons :pHow old are you? Weren't these not on until the '00s?

[lavahot]

Lots of cartoon network and Nickelodeon

that show with the action figures and the alein that talks to a cromagnum man
popeye
tom & jerry
Rugrats- lots and lots of Rugrats

X-men
Spider-man the animated series

Is it weird that I can't remember anything else? It's like I have brain damage or somethin. What did I spend hours in front of the TV watching all those years?

[masherscf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDLifAZiRrg

[darksyns]

I just remembered one that I used to watch.....and I don't think it's been mentioned yet.....

James Bond Jr.

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[njshadow]

......oh and DAVID THE GNOME!!

YES!!! I still have a few episodes recorded on VHS! :D


"And this is how we light our fire, with flint rocks. *crack, crack*." :D

[njshadow]

Did you guys forget "Doug"!?

One of THE BEST cartoons/shows EVER on Nickelodeon. :cool:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d_sediF_BA&feature=related

[njshadow]

Lots of cartoon network and Nickelodeon

that show with the action figures and the alein that talks to a cromagnum man
popeye
tom & jerry
Rugrats- lots and lots of Rugrats

X-men
Spider-man the animated series

Is it weird that I can't remember anything else? It's like I have brain damage or somethin. What did I spend hours in front of the TV watching all those years?

Dude, add like 4 or 5 more "Lots" for Rugrats for me. :D We taped like 20-30 episodes! :D

And when you say about the actions figures, alien, etc. were you referring to "KABLAM!"? That was a great show as well.

FULL EPISODE OF KABLAM! :D (Intro Included! :D)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUXS6nmxbA8

[njshadow]

This should cover many of the classic "Real Life" Nick intros! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlfkAFcFT50&feature=related

And this should cover many of the Nicktoons! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5P5yqPxqnQ&feature=related

[lavahot]

This should cover many of the classic "Real Life" Nick intros! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlfkAFcFT50&feature=related

And this should cover many of the Nicktoons! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5P5yqPxqnQ&feature=related

Wow, so like, most of the stuff I watched on nick was live action...

Never saw wonder years. Before my time.
I was too young to understand what You Can't Do That On Television was. It just appeared to be pretty colors.
I was a religious Animorphs reader, but I wasn't a fan of the show.
Everything else i watched religiously.

You missed a few:
the quiz show where you fought in a video game
Nick News
The one with the "AgroCraig"
Double Dare
ALL of the animated shows

Man, it's like I've had a brain spasm watching that. I wont be able to think straight for a week!
What ever happened to Lori Beth? She was awesome!

[lavahot]

Did you guys forget "Doug"!?

One of THE BEST cartoons/shows EVER on Nickelodeon. :cool:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d_sediF_BA&feature=related

Reminds me of the Robot Chicken where doug is in a bar, and a fan asks what he's been doing lately. Doug replies, "nuthin," which implies that he's been in a bar since Doug was cancelled.

[njshadow]

Wow, so like, most of the stuff I watched on nick was live action...

Never saw wonder years. Before my time.
I was too young to understand what You Can't Do That On Television was. It just appeared to be pretty colors.
I was a religious Animorphs reader, but I wasn't a fan of the show.
Everything else i watched religiously.

You missed a few:
the quiz show where you fought in a video game
Nick News
The one with the "AgroCraig"
Double Dare
ALL of the animated shows

Man, it's like I've had a brain spasm watching that. I wont be able to think straight for a week!
What ever happened to Lori Beth? She was awesome!

the quiz show where you fought in a video game Nick Arcade
Nick News
The one with the "AgroCraig" Nickelodeon GUTS

AND I missed Wild and Crazy Kids. Such a good show! And NOTHIN' can touch "Salute Your Shorts"! :D

[lavahot]

the quiz show where you fought in a video game Nick Arcade
Nick News
The one with the "AgroCraig" Nickelodeon GUTS

AND I missed Wild and Crazy Kids. Such a good show! And NOTHIN' can touch "Salute Your Shorts"! :D

Wasn't there one called "What would you do?" I can't remember what it was about, but I think it was either a Klondike ad or a show where something is held ransom.

[njshadow]

Wasn't there one called "What would you do?" I can't remember what it was about, but I think it was either a Klondike ad or a show where something is held ransom.

"What Would You Do?" was a sort of variety show hosted by Marc Summers. They had games, prizes and gave kids the chance to get revenge on their parents. Throughout the show kids would earn tokens that they could then put into the secret wall at the end for prizes. The wall had something like 13 or so doors and some would have really good prizes while others would nail you with a pie. And oh yeah, pies were a BIG part of that show. :D

[funkjomamma]

I was a religious Animorphs reader, but I wasn't a fan of the show.


So was I. I still have all the books. I really didn't like the ending though, she left it on such a cliff hanger. And yeah, the show was horrid.

[zombierin]

I LOVED cartoons (and still do haha):

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Animaniacs, Beetlejuice, Biker Mice from Mars, Bump in the Night, Captain Planet, Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers, Cro, Darkwing Duck, Doug, DuckTales, Garfield & Friends, Gargoyles, Goof Troop, Gummi Bears, He-Man, Inspector Gadget, Magic School Bus, The Mask, Mummies Alive, Muppet Babies, My Pet Monster, ProStars, Reboot, Rocko's Modern Life, Rugrats, Rupert, Sailor Moon, Samurai Pizza Cats, She-Ra, The Smoggies, Sonic the Hedgehog, Stickin' Around, The Super Mario Brothers Super Show, TaleSpin, Tales from the Cryptkeeper, Tiny Toon Adventures

and I know I am forgetting something...

[msmags]

Ah saturday morning cartoons....basically went hand in hand with my childhood. Tiny Toons was definitely a standout, Jem and the Holograms, original Bugs Bunny stuff, Transformers....lots more that I'm definitely forgetting....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgzZ2Ta0EpA

[krypt]

speed racer, atom ant, captain planet, the superfriends, the smurfs, underdog, scooby doo, darkwing duck, reboot, the centurions, aaah real mosters, invader zim, alvin and the chipmunks, jabberjaw, chip & dale rescue rangers, gargoyles, talespin, ducktales, GUTS, marsupalami, hey arnold, double dare, figure it out, rugrats, tom & jerry, looney tunes, the jetsons, the flintstones, rocko's modern life, pinky and the brain, the animaniacs, thundercats, beast wars, power rangers...

i know there are more

good thread no one i know likes to reminisce about old tv shows for more than a few minutes

[blacksymbiote]

How old are you? Weren't these not on until the '00s?

Ok, well maybe i don't have the huge nostalgic trip over those later ones. But they were still really good. Most of the shows I listed date well back into the 80's, but there's nothing wrong with picking up a few cartoons on a Saturday morning no matter how old you are.

[razor1138]

Captain CAVVVVVVVVVE MAAAAAAN!, Muppet Babies, Gi-Joe,Silverhawk, Transformers, Voltron Snorks, Smurfs, Loony Toons, Animaniacs, Dungeons and Dragons, Fraggle Rock, Yogi Bear, The Ledgend of Zelda, Captain N, DINO-RIDERS, He-Man, Thundercats, TMNT, Spiderman & Xmen animated (90's).

[rse2]

Rocky & Bullwinkle and Friends.

Mighty Mouse, Woody Woodpecker.

[tamtamg]

gee, i wonder what my favorite cartoon was growing up? i wonder?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDtdQ8bTvRc

[lavahot]

gee, i wonder what my favorite cartoon was growing up? i wonder?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDtdQ8bTvRc

Freakaziod?

[ghostbeezy]

Animaniacs, shout out to that show. Awesome. This song will be in my head for weeks. Thats messed up you'd do that to someone.

I remember Gargoyles, and Pinky and the Brain. Shitttttt. I did admittedly watch speed racer occasionally. Saturday marvel? Xmen? heck yes.

[rokov]

This thread is starting to make me feel old. A lot of the shows that have been mentioned (Animaniacs, Reboot, Gargoyles, X-Men & Spider-Man on Fox, etc) were on when I was in college.:rolleyes:

[gobo]

Hahah, a friend of mine sang the first 5 verses or so of Yakko's country song from memory last night. (Bear in mind we're 27 ;) )

[dr-nix]

A few of my favorite cartoons when i was young, let me think (these cartoons are not mentioned in any particular order)

http://www.lupinencyclopedia.com/avrc/images/series/castMacross.jpg
Macross/Robotech was a series i used to rent (or my mom did for me but whatever).

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4862/ulyssesbu5.jpg
Ulysees 31 was another series we used to rent and watch, awesome series (one of the reasons along with Macross among others why i'm into anime)

Then there were the usual suspects like Transformers, Thundercats, M.A.S.K. and so on (i also liked GI Joe but i read the comics i didn't watch the cartoon)