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I had an odd dream last night about castles and fortresses and animated things (no, I had not been drinking, nor toking, or any other form of substance consumption :) ) and it reminded me of something from an 80's cartoon.

This made me think about all the great cartoons & shows I grew up watching. I had too many favourites to list them all, but the top contenders were:

Thundercats - we used to play this in primary school, and I had a polka dot dress that always made me Chetarra

Puddle Lane - I was always fascinated that so many things could happen in one little puddle

Rainbow - George (I think he was the pink one) was SO gay

Emu & Grott Bags - need I say more?

Terrahawks!

... hmm.. Maybe I watched TOO much tele as a nipper.

So what were your all time fave cartoon / show as a kid?

Uhmm... I had several that I liked, can't really remeber. At the moment though my favourtie cartoonist would be one of my friends, she's just amasing. At the moment, they're mostly drawings, but she's getting more into animation so it don't think it will be long till a lot of her things are also animated. Its not really anything for kids though, many of her cartoons do have political messages, or they're just things that kids wouldn't understand. I'm just waiting till I see her cartoons published somewhere one of these days, they're seriously amasing.

best cartoons evar:


thundercats!
defenders of the earth
cities of gold
jayce and the wheeled warriors :D
inspector gadget :p
ghostbusters

best cartoons evar:


thundercats!
defenders of the earth
cities of gold
jayce and the wheeled warriors :D
inspector gadget :p
ghostbusters

I dont remember Jayce - loads of people i know go on about that, I must have missed out

Gadget was, and still is, cool

As a kid I think I like the most the Robotech with the motorcycle/armor things. But really I wasn't picky, I watched just about everything.

I liked Speed Racer a lot because I was into racing, so it played directly to me.

Looney toons
Rocco's Modern Life
Ren and Stimpy

Transformers were also pretty good

Oh, and I cant beleive I forgot this one - Jamie and the magic tourch

defenders of the earth

I dig this opening (not the same show, maybe it is...)
"Five teenagers trained to fly like birds...G-FORCE, Defenders of Space" ...wait, what?

The Rocky and Bullwinkle show

I was not an 80's child but other cool cartoons I can think of are pokémon and more adult things like Family Guy and American Dad. SOOOOO funny. Although it's not a cartoon, WHYO LIKES MMPR??? great show!

I was not an 80's child but other cool cartoons I can think of are pokémon and more adult things like Family Guy and American Dad. SOOOOO funny. Although it's not a cartoon, WHYO LIKES MMPR??? great show!

they are pretty funny actually - I really like Drawn Together on MTV - it's faf

they are pretty funny actually - I really like Drawn Together on MTV - it's faf

Good morning! :fluffle:
I'll be on during the afternoon - must dash now :(

Good morning! :fluffle:
I'll be on during the afternoon - must dash now :(

mmm k - i've got a month end report to finish anyway, and some half a millions quids worth of data to analyse and get right - so i'm off until then too.

I'll keep an eye out ;)

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mmm k - i've got a month end report to finish anyway, and some half a millions quids worth of data to analyse and get right - so i'm off until then too.

I'll keep an eye out ;)

:fluffle:


YaY! :fluffle:

Rocko's Modern Life
Robinson Sucroe
Spongebob Squarepants
The Simpsons
South Park
Family Guy


And before that:

Biene Maja
Heidi
Wicki und die Wikinger
The Smurfs
Looney Toons
The Flintstones
Signor Rossi
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Masters of the Universe
Spiderman
Thundercats
Pauli


... I may have been watching too much TV. Odd. It never seemed like too much.

Samurai Jack

Don't get me started on cartoons!

As a child more of the nighties I grew up watching things like;

The moomins
Sharky and George
Ren and Stimpy
Poddington Peas!!!
Angry Beavers

But i am also old enough to have watched things like;

Thundercats
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Bucky O'Hare (AWESOME!!!)
Count Duckula
Super ted
Transformers

And then all the great cartoons out now;
Family Guy
Futurama
Simpsons
Fairly Odd Parents
Spongebob Square Pants

All of them are sooo good. Btw does anyone remember Rex the Runt? Plasticine animation of the nineties... that has to go in there too!

Don't get me started on cartoons!

As a child more of the nighties I grew up watching things like;

The moomins
Sharky and George
Ren and Stimpy
Poddington Peas!!!
Angry Beavers

But i am also old enough to have watched things like;

Thundercats
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Bucky O'Hare (AWESOME!!!)
Count Duckula
Super ted
Transformers

And then all the great cartoons out now;
Family Guy
Futurama
Simpsons
Fairly Odd Parents
Spongebob Square Pants

All of them are sooo good. Btw does anyone remember Rex the Runt? Plasticine animation of the nineties... that has to go in there too!

Moomins were good - I rememebr the Clangers as well - it was so weird how you knew what they were saying!

I cant say that I do remember rex & runt - but my fave plastercine based animation was Trap Door

Looney toons
Rocco's Modern Life
Ren and Stimpy
I pity you.

I dig this opening (not the same show, maybe it is...)
"Five teenagers trained to fly like birds...G-FORCE, Defenders of Space" ...wait, what?
nope different show...


http://www.retrojunk.com/details_theme/110/ it was SOO COOLLLL!!L!L!L!! :D:D:D:D

(i'm all giggly)

best cartoons evar:

thundercats!
defenders of the earth
cities of gold
jayce and the wheeled warriors :D
inspector gadget :p
ghostbusters
Thundercats totally rocks! I've not heard of Jayce.. either, but my girlfriend keeps going on about it. Maybe she isn't making it up...

Erm...others...Transformers (obviously), Captain Planet (but...Heart?! WTF?!), MASK, Trap Door, Animaniacs...oh, there's too many.

I was randomly singing the theme for Rocko's Modern Life in the shower today...

I cant say that I do remember rex & runt - but my fave plastercine based animation was Trap Door
YAY! :D I've got all the episodes on dvd...

...and a poster...

...and a t-shirt...

[/sad]

YAY! :D I've got all the episodes on dvd...

...and a poster...

...and a t-shirt...

[/sad]

OMG i so want a t-shirt

The moomins
Sharky and George
Ren and Stimpy
Poddington Peas!!!
Angry Beavers

The Moomins was kinda crap, as was Poddington Peas, but the rest are damn good. It's called Two Angry Beavers, btw.

Thundercats
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Bucky O'Hare (AWESOME!!!)
Count Duckula
Super ted
Transformers
You have taste. :)


And then all the great cartoons out now;
Family Guy
Futurama
Simpsons
Fairly Odd Parents
Spongebob Square Pants
Am I the only one who thinks Fairly Odd Parents and Spongebob Squarepants are both a pile of crap?

All of them are sooo good. Btw does anyone remember Rex the Runt? Plasticine animation of the nineties... that has to go in there too!
Twiglets. ;)

jayce and the wheeled warriors! http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/59-jayce-and-the-wheeled-warriors/ :cool:

Bucky O'Hare (AWESOME!!!)
Count Duckula
Super ted
yes, yes and yes :)

but not the turtles. i never liked that too much. not sure why...

I was randomly singing the theme for Rocko's Modern Life in the shower today...
lol i get that in my head farily often as it happens :p

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/130-rockos-modern-life/

jayce and the wheeled warriors! http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/59-jayce-and-the-wheeled-warriors/ :cool:

OMG I remember that now... i LOVED that show!!!

http://www.videopipe.net/retro/07vxfivvdb/themes/bucky_869_lq_892.wmv :D:D:D

i'm loving this :p and glitzi is lauging and thinks i'm cute :P


i also used to love http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/274-earthworm-jim/ :)

http://www.videopipe.net/retro/07vxfivvdb/themes/bucky_869_lq_892.wmv :D:D:D

i'm loving this :p and glitzi is lauging and thinks i'm cute :P


i also used to love http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/274-earthworm-jim/ :)

Earthworm Jim was ace - the video game was a bit poo though

I dig this opening (not the same show, maybe it is...)
"Five teenagers trained to fly like birds...G-FORCE, Defenders of Space" ...wait, what?

As has already been noted, that was a different show. You're thinking of Battle of the Planets.

I grew up watching all the great show's

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (None of that Hero Crap!!)
Thundercats
Transformers
He-Man
The Raccoons
The Smurfs
Teddy Ruxpin

Also the other great show's not animated.
Mr. Dress-Up
Sesame Street

Some of these shows may have only shown in Canada.

Looney toons
Rocco's Modern Life
Ren and Stimpy


Those two shows made me what I am.


Remember I'm on NSG...

Am I the only one who thinks Fairly Odd Parents and Spongebob Squarepants are both a pile of crap?
Not half as big a pile of crap as Rocko's Modern Life and Ren & Stimpy.

M.A.S.K.
Dinoriders
The Tick
And a lot already mentioned.

Earthworm Jim was great.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Come on, how could no one mention that?!?!?

Currently, my favorite cartoon is either Family Guy, or this one on Cartoon Network called Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends. It's awesome.

Thundercats - we used to play this in primary school, and I had a polka dot dress that always made me Chetarra

Never seen the other ones you mentioned, but Thundercats freaking ruled. I watched that right before Silverhawks came on.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was my favorite, I think, though Transformers would be close behind.

And Duck Tails. Gotta love Duck Tails.

Never seen the other ones you mentioned, but Thundercats freaking ruled. I watched that right before Silverhawks came on.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was my favorite, I think, though Transformers would be close behind.

And Duck Tails. Gotta love Duck Tails.

Ducktails was ace...

I'm so spoiling the child in me today

*looks for some lollies*

Ducktails was ace...

I'm so spoiling the child in me today

*looks for some lollies*

Awh. DUcktails, I so overlooked that one. I had like tons of tapes of that cartoon that got lost one of themany times we moved.

Transformers - Best.Cartoon.Ever. (now being made into a live action film).
The Challenge of the Go-Bots - Cheap Transformers, but I liked it as a Kid.
The Racoons - Going, Going, Going LIVE (wonder if anyone'll pick up on that?)
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - Had a better opening than Ninja :p
Bucky O' Hare
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Wacka Day - C'mon, not a cartoon, but Timmy Mallet!
Super Gran! - Opening theme by Billy Connelly
Grotbags
He-Man
TrapDoor
Bertha - Does anyone else remember that?
Post Man Pat
Portland Bill
The Clangers
Mr Benn
Duck Tales
Tail Spin
Count Duckula
Danger Mouse
Teddy Ruxpin

And soooooo many more...:D

I dont remember Jayce - loads of people i know go on about that, I must have missed out

What if I were to yell "Stack and attack!"

Would that ring a bell?

What if I were to yell "Stack and attack!"

Would that ring a bell?

I've since visited a link that Pure Metal provided and I remember them well...

I actually had a crush on Jayce - how sad is that

but most perfect men are non existent... muwahahahahaha

I think I have wasted too much time in front of my TV! Here are some of my favs from over the years.

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
M.A.S.K.
Transformers (I didn’t like The Go-Bots)
Dungeons and Dragons
The Simpsons
Family Guy
South Park
Ren & Stimpy
Futurama
The Critic
Duck Tales
Count Duckula
Darkwing Duck
Real Ghostbusters
Smurfs
The Super Friends Hour
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Voltron, Defender of the Universe
Wacky Races
The Tick
Pinky and the Brain
X-Men
Batman: The Animated Series
Spider-Man: The Animated Series
Gargoyles
Duckman
Family Dog
Clone High
G-Force (Battle of the Planets)

Indeed they do. Behold the joy
http://www.toonopedia.com/

Mine was probably "something or other and the temple of gold." Maybe? I completely forget.

Two Angry Beavers
Spongebob Squarepants
Blue's Clues!
Teen Titans
Scooby Doo (no scrappy, tho)
I don't watch that many cartoons.

In no particular order ...


Rocky & Bullwinkle
Mighty Mouse
Tom & Jerry
various Loony Tunes
The Flinstones (in prime time originally)
the really original Superman series


I'm sure there were more but dang! it was a long time ago.

TMNT
Thundercats
The Simpsons
Tail Spin (seriously, no one watched this? it was awesome)
Duck Tails
Darkwing Duck
Scooby Doo
Gargoyles
Spiderman & Spiderman: Unlimited
Batman The Animated Series
Animaniacs
Aladdin
The Tick
Magic Schoolbus
X-Men

Those would be the onse I watched growing up plus all the good ones Fox and Nick used to have and the old cartoons Cartoon network aired before they transferred all the classic shit to Boomerang.

Now, discounting anime:
Avatar: The Last Airbender
the new TMNT
Futurama
Family Guy
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Mission Hill
The Tick (airs on Toon Disney's Jetex)
The Venture Brothers
Justice League (when they decide to air it every 4 months)

TMNT
Thundercats
The Simpsons
Tail Spin (seriously, no one watched this? it was awesome)
Duck Tails
Darkwing Duck
Scooby Doo
Gargoyles
Spiderman & Spiderman: Unlimited
Batman The Animated Series
Animaniacs
Aladdin
The Tick
Magic Schoolbus
X-Men

Those would be the onse I watched growing up plus all the good ones Fox and Nick used to have and the old cartoons Cartoon network aired before they transferred all the classic shit to Boomerang.

Now, discounting anime:
Avatar: The Last Airbender
the new TMNT
Futurama
Family Guy
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Mission Hill
The Tick (airs on Toon Disney's Jetex)
The Venture Brothers
Justice League (when they decide to air it every 4 months)


I had a Darkwing Duck lamp for like 6 or 7 years. I don't know what happened to it.

I had a Darkwing Duck lamp for like 6 or 7 years. I don't know what happened to it.
I had a Garfield head alarm clock I won from some Fox magazine contest.
And some Thundercats pajamas I got from who knows where.

Not half as big a pile of crap as Rocko's Modern Life and Ren & Stimpy.
Blasphemy! :eek:

Blasphemy! :eek:

Ren & Stimpy is a pretty big pile of crap.

Blasphemy! :eek:
They are all full of the same unintelligent shit. Well, Fairy Oddparents less so. It is more of a cartoon than an animated shitfest that the other three are.

Back to the original message - Grotbag! I'd forgotten all about her, oh, the nostalgia!

Although I have to say, it's not a cartoon but it was a kids' programme, any brits out there remember 'nightmare'? I think it was also in SA, but that was SO scary as a kid, all this bad virtual stuff with haunted castles and skeletons.

"Take two sidesteps to the right. Right, um, infront of you there's a table with a scroll and a jug on it, pick up the scroll"

"Ok, only five seconds left, quick, argh, there's a skeleton coming!"

They are all full of the same unintelligent shit. Well, Fairy Oddparents less so. It is more of a cartoon than an animated shitfest that the other three are.
I think the main point here is that I watched Ren & Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life when I was <10, but Fairly Odd Parents and Spongebob Squarepants when I was >15. I still say R&S and RMF are better than the other two though.

Moomins were good - I rememebr the Clangers as well - it was so weird how you knew what they were saying!

I cant say that I do remember rex & runt - but my fave plastercine based animation was Trap Door

No no no no no, Rex THE Runt, it was an Aardman animation, done by the same people who did Wallace and Gromit (aka, Nick park), bloody brilliant, Random Pavarotti Disease and all the rest...I think I know the theme tune off by heart...oh dear...

No no no no no, Rex THE Runt, it was an Aardman animation, done by the same people who did Wallace and Gromit (aka, Nick park), bloody brilliant, Random Pavarotti Disease and all the rest...I think I know the theme tune off by heart...oh dear...
*sings*
Rex the Runt, Rex the Runt, it's time for a doggy dialogue...

Rex the Runt, Rex the Runt, the wobbly, bobbly, wibbly, squibbly dooooooooog!

It really was brilliant.

Back to the original message - Grotbag! I'd forgotten all about her, oh, the nostalgia!

Although I have to say, it's not a cartoon but it was a kids' programme, any brits out there remember 'nightmare'? I think it was also in SA, but that was SO scary as a kid, all this bad virtual stuff with haunted castles and skeletons.

"Take two sidesteps to the right. Right, um, infront of you there's a table with a scroll and a jug on it, pick up the scroll"

"Ok, only five seconds left, quick, argh, there's a skeleton coming!"
Nightmare! How could I have forgotten Nightmare! Doh!:headbang:
It was brilliant and Challenge was showing it recently, it was soooo good!:D

Also, does anyone else remember Round the Twist? The only good TV programme to come out of Australia.

Jeeze, did no one else watch Freakazoid?

EDIT: Anything from Amblin in the 90's was gold.

Captain PLanet

oh and freakazoid

Captain PLanet

oh and freakazoid
Does Reboot count as a cartoon? Cause it rocked hardcore too.
I also nominate claymation as a cartoon and then pick Robot Chicken.

When I was a kid I liked Rocky & Bullwinkle, Superman, and Loony-toons.

As an adult, I liked Daria and the Simpsons

The Weekenders. I still love that show. I am the female version of Tino Tonitini.

The Weekenders. I still love that show. I am the female version of Tino Tonitini.
That for some reason reminds me of some cartoon on ABC a while back from I think the creator of Home Movies where they were in court every week because something happened and the case was solved with science.

That for some reason reminds me of some cartoon on ABC a while back from I think the creator of Home Movies where they were in court every week because something happened and the case was solved with science.

I haven't heard of that one. How long ago is a "while back"?

I haven't heard of that one. How long ago is a "while back"?
Lemme think. When Weird Al had his tv show on ABC or NBC.
The show was Science Court.

All the Hanna Barbara stuff, and Warner Bros.

So what were your all time fave cartoon / show as a kid?
Cartoons:
Raideen
Ikku-san
Danguard Ace

Live Action stuff:
Kikaida
Kikaida 01
Kamen Rider V3
Ultraman
Ultra 7
Rainbow Man
Inazu Man
Edo no Takka

*goes into Nostalgia Trance*