Classic Cartoons

[Eddage]

I got the idea for this thread after having a conversation with a friend of mine about how good cartoons used to be compared to todays rubbish (with the excpetion of Fairly Odd Parents that is).

Anyway this is a place to discuss all the shows you used to love watching, and I can remember quite a lot, but heres a few...

Alvin and Chipmunks - quality theme tune, three chipmunks called Alvin, Simon and Theadore lived with some guy named Dave, does it get any more random than that!

Banaman - Some little weedy kid called Eric Twinge eats a banana and swaps brain cells for muscle and has a crow for a sidekick.

Charlie Chalk - Possibly one of the best theme tunes ever devised "He can get you out of trouble, he can teach you how to juggle, Charlie Chalk, Charlie Chalk"!

Ducktales - Another quality theme tune "Duck Tales, a whooh ooh". Donald Duck goes on holiday and leaves his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, in care of Scrooge McDuck who is absolutely LOADED!

The Raccoons - Possible one of my favourites, Bert Raccoon lives in Evergreen forest and is constantly trying to foil Cyril Sneers evil plans to destroy the forest in order to make even more money!

These are just a few of many cartoons that I can remember watching as I kid, I would add more but then you guys wouldn't have anything to add yourselfs!

Also I found a great site were you can find info on loads of these shows and downloads theme tunes and opening videos, etc www.80scartoons.co.uk

[Dan Dare]

I Like fun! (http://community.allhiphop.com/showthread.php?p=5444092)

[Pit-Jr]

i agree, i cant get into todays cartoons. luckily Cartoon Network still plays the classics from time to time

Pink Panther
Tom and Jerry
Thundercats
Voltron
Tranzor Z
Ninja Turtles
Coyote and Roadrunner (brilliant)
Smurfs
Inspector Gadget

[gaggle64]

Ren & Stimpy - these guys were amazing, totally off the wall and really, really, weird. Became a worldwide phenominan and made Nickelodeon billions, setting them up as the kiddie-swallowing behmoth it is today. Then the Nicklodeon CEOs took control after series 2, and it became pretty unfunny by the end of series 3. Died on its arse after series 5. Without them modern "greats" like Spongebob and Fairy God Parents simply would not be allowed to exsist. A crime against hummanity and the very fabric of the universe itself.

[MunKy]

Rockos Modern Life. I didnt watch it religiously but it was still an ace 'toon. Also ARRGGHH! Real Monsters!, that was good aswell. Hero Turltes I loved too. Anyone remember Biker Mice from Mars? Classic. I liked Street Sharks aswell. Damn you, now Im thinking of all these 'toons and I wanna watch 'em again!

[The Peeps]

Transformers, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Thundercats, lots more that I can't remember right now. All great :yay:

[Blackfox]

Tom and Jerry (http://www.youtube.com/results?search=tom+jerry&search_type=search_videos&search=Search)

Classic.

[Bren]

anyone know were i can get Racoons episodes? download or watchin on tv? i cant find em anywer

[Helmsly]

Most of the ones mentioned so far but The real Ghost busters was my favourite cartoon.

[ShadowV7]

Tom and Jerry
Old Mario Cartoons
Earth Worm Jim
Sonic
Biker Mice from Mars
Smurfs
POPEYE :)

[EEVILMURRAY]

On of the best prizes I've ever won.
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3725/buckydvd1ho.jpg

[conzer16]

Sharky and George (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0roNT3ggXP8&search=sharky%20and%20george)


Love it!!

[Babooo]

My favourite cartoon as a kid was probably batman. or biker mice from mars. I dunno.

[Eddage]

anyone know were i can get Racoons episodes? download or watchin on tv? i cant find em anywer

Thats what I want as well, I've been trying to download an episode with emule bit it's been on 97.4% for over a week!

[/ nando /]

The Hurricanes!!!!!!!!

[Dan Dare]

That was shit

big up on the Ren & Stimpy mind. I have season 1 and 2 on DVD- all the classic Spumco episodes

'The Danes call it 'quality'

[EEVILMURRAY]

The Hurricanes!!!!!!!!
STORM TIME IS COMING TO J00 TODAY!!:grin:

[Roostophe]

I never understood The Hurricanes, what sort of tosser smiles when they're playing football? You're too knackered to even move your face!
Anyway...

My two favourites: The Real Ghostbusters and Garfield And Friends.

Ones I liked:

Animaniacs
Top Cat
Tom And Jerry
Coyote And Roadrunner
Ren And Stimpy
Sonic
Mr. Bean The Animated Series

Ones I watched:

Real Monsters
Rocko's Modern Life
The Hurricanes
Biker Mice From Mars
Earthworm Jim
Dexter's Laboratory
The Flintstones
The Jetsons

[Ramar]

Mr. Bean The Animated Series

How is that even remotely classic. Surely for the title classic, the cartoon must been slightly old, this is relatively new.

A classic people haven't mentioned is M.A.S.K. (not to be confused with the green faced dickhead).

[Roostophe]

Well, I liked it. That up there is a list of all the cartoons I liked/watched. Not Classic ones. Besides, I'm calling it classic because I haven't seen an episode since before I stopped being a sconer.

[EEVILMURRAY]

Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors.

[gaggle64]

That was shit

big up on the Ren & Stimpy mind. I have season 1 and 2 on DVD- all the classic Spumco episodes

'The Danes call it 'quality'
I just realised I don't have them on DVD yet. I feel alone and ashamed. I have just ordered them. I will now submit myself to gestapo-style torture until the get here from the colonies.

[The3rdChildren]

I remember most of these. I'm pretty big on old cartoon shows and nostalgia, so I'll get to posting a few of mine when I have more time.

[AshMat]

1 word:
DANGERMOUSE

[demonmike04]

Cow and chicken
I.M. Weasel

and Earthworm jim..
Old cartoons were brilliant (those are just my top 3)

[Nintendo Fan]

old Sonic cartoons
old Mario cartoons
Card Captors
Tom & Jerry
Mr Bean
Smurfs

[Katie]

Am I the only one that loved Mighty Mouse?

[Letty]

street sharks.
dragon flyz.
snorks.

[Sarka]

Great Grape Ape! Did no one watch this? Lil' old hurdy gurdy, yay.

And the Perls of Penelope Pitstop! The evil guy had some of the best schemes ever. I actually didn't watch either of these when I was little, picked them up on Boomerang... I didn't really watch cartoons, I prefered real life TV programs for some reason.

[Bluejay]

Am I the only one that loved Mighty Mouse?
Wait, are Mighty Mouse and DangerMouse the same?

Pics pls.

[MunKy]

I just remembered Super Ted! I loved him and Danger Mouse. I think I remember Mighty Mouse, but I need a pic to remind me. Anyone remember Mighty Max or Secret Squirrel?

[Konfucius]

Oh man I still love to watch cartoons and watched quite a lot when I was young.
Tom and Jerry, funny only yesterday I thought about how good the old Tom and Jerry episodes are.
Transformers
Bikermice from Mars
Ninja Turtles
Megaman
Gargoyles
Loony Toons
Animaniacs
Freakazoid
Tiny Toons
... im sure there were more

although these are comic adaptions:
Batman
Superman
Spiderman
Ironman

[Katie]

http://users.erols.com/vseth/MM%20Flexing%20shirt.jpg

Here he is, I had the video. I don't think I've ever actually seen it on tele.

[Hero-of-Time]

Thundercats
Turtles
Transformers
Captain N
Gargoyles ( very dark for a disney )

A special mention goes out to THE TICK. That cartoon was way ahead of its time in terms of humour.

[Eddage]

Wait, are Mighty Mouse and DangerMouse the same?

Pics pls.

No Mighty Mouse is a lot older cartoon, Danger Mouse is the one voiced by David Jason and has a sidekick called Penfold who I believe was a mole!

Some pics...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Mightymouse.JPG/250px-Mightymouse.JPG
Mighty Mouse

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/15/Dangermouse_cast.jpg/240px-Dangermouse_cast.jpg
Danger Mouse

[Tyson]

Count Duckula was awesome. Also voiced by David Jason.

[Hamish]

Samurai Pizza Cats
Trap Door
Rex the Runt (more modern but still a classic)

[Bogbas]

Some of my favorites:
Biker mice from mars
TMNT
Ducktales
Rescue rangers
Was there a show called captain planet?

These bring back memories. It's a shame that most of the cartoons aired here today are dubbed in finnish. Most of the cartoons I watched were just subtitled. They helped me to expand my english vocabulary, and develop an "ear" for english.

[ViPeR]

We all know the one and only cartoon is

TURTLES

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~donlinm/myfavorites/ninjaturtleslogo.jpg

COWABUNGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EEVILMURRAY]

Was there a show called captain planet?


http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/5892/capplan15zx.jpg

[Bogbas]

Ok thanks eevilmurray :) It's a shame that I only saw a couple of episodes, so I don't have a firm opinion on if it's good or not. But I remember watching it as a child.

[Mokong X-C]

lets see what i can remember

Captain N: The Games Master (Nintendo should make a new version of this with the Wiimote and DS)
The various Mario cartoons
the various Sonic cartoons
Captain Planet (he's our hero, gonna take pollution down to zero /sing)
Transformers (the orgianl show, not the crappy remakes of today)
Thundercats
Spiderman
X-Men
Gargoyles (i loved the whole medevil mythology of it, and there was an ep based in Ireland which was cool)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Rescue Rangers
Alvin and the Chimpmonks
He-man
Samurai Pizza Cats

hhmm...that seems to be all i can remember right now, but i'm sure there's lots more but its late and my brain is tired, haha, but damn if it doesn't bring back memories of old...........

[Platty]

For me it was all about:

Transformers
M.A.S.K
Thundercats
Turtles
Ghostbusters

Used to have the toys for all of the above shows. Damn it was good back then !

[Roostophe]

I just remembered Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers! My god, I saw an episode about a year ago. I never realised how shit the acting was on it. Can't believe I used to like it!

[Hero-of-Time]

I just remembered Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers! My god, I saw an episode about a year ago. I never realised how shit the acting was on it. Can't believe I used to like it!

Funny you should mention that but me and the lads at work we on about the very same thing the other day. What was the deal with all the hand movements while talking? Was pretty racist aswell I mean the Black Ranger was a colored guy and the yellow Ranger was Chiniese....whats that about?

[Inuk]

1) The Marvelous journey of Nils Holgerson (Propably the best in my life)
2) Ulysses 31
3) Thundercats
4) Smurfs
5) Droopy

[mike-zim]

ok here we go.

Voltron
Captain Planet
Transformers
Superted
Raggydolls
Visionairies
Recess
Gargoyals
Samurai Pizza Cats
Pokemon (first couple of series)
Yu-Gi-Oh (again first few series)
Ducktales
Talespin
Carebears
Gummybears
Bears of Bearsville? or something like that
Moomin

There was another one i cant remamber the name. i loved it it was about this bear type creature he had a floating ship/ hot air ballon thing he travelled around in. he fought evil and stuff. god i wish i remembered the name.

EDIT: i cant believe i forgot Watership down.

[MunKy]

Samurai Pizza Cats rings a bell but I cant remember it. Any pics?

[Roostophe]

Funny you should mention that but me and the lads at work we on about the very same thing the other day. What was the deal with all the hand movements while talking? Was pretty racist aswell I mean the Black Ranger was a colored guy and the yellow Ranger was Chiniese....whats that about?

Hah, I never realised that. Flip me!
The film was shite as well.

Raggydolls

I've forgotten everything about that cartoon except for the theme music!
And I don't even like the music. :hmm:

[weeyellowbloke]

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, Inspector Gadget, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, hoo, hoo.
Also the Moomin, which I watched despite it scaring the hell out of me, Captain Planet, Super Ted, Ducktails, Alvin and the Chipmunks (anyone remember a political episode where they brought down the Berlin Wall?), Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wile. E. Coyote and Roadrunner, Tom and Jerry.

I pity kids today, missing out all these classics and getting served up poor rehashed versions.

[Roostophe]

I pity kids today, missing out all these classics and getting served up poor rehashed versions.

That's why they're all out vandalising and pissing in phoneboxes, scaring old ladies and snorting Cecil.

[Dieter]

Tom&Jerry, I moderately enjoyed Top Cat, Captain Planet and Ninja Turtles were fun, but I have to say that Powerpuff Girls hold a very special place in my tiny belgian chocolate heart (<3 Bubbles) and Samurai Jack deserves the term 'classic' already. I must say I enjoy Fairly Odd Parents and Spongebob quite a bit when I have the time.

Sure there's a lot of shit on tv nowadays but cartoons haven't really gone down in quality (at least, the stuff you see on CN) over the years, they've just evolved.

[AshMat]

Oh yeah, i forgot :
Top Cat!
The indisputable leader of the gaaang..

[Katie]

I can't remember much of the Raggy Dolls either but I loved it. How can you not like the theme tune? Raggy Dolls Raaaggy dolls. Ok I can't really remember that either.

I couldn't say it was a classic but I loved Dogtanian too. All I remember doing one summer is watching that with my brother and sister.

[EEVILMURRAY]

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/7822/sph8ae.jpg
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/6924/heath4cw.jpg

[weeyellowbloke]

Ah ha (http://engsoc.queensu.ca/gw/issues/article.php?id=3911-2) I knew Alvin and the Chipmunks brought down the Berlin Wall, plus this guy pretty much sums up why old cartoons are better then new ones.

[Kurtle Squad]

Yeah...Modern 'kidish' cartoons are complete shit, with a few exceptions. (Invader Zim, Spongebob - Fairly Odd Parents now annoys me because it's so annoyingly sucky)
They're all the same and about some annoying American 10 year old boy, or a group of annoying girls. After Nickelodeon lost all its greatness (Bogey, Rood (sp?), Mike McClean (sp?) Mou (sp?) & Lou) and all that, cartoons began to go downhill as well it seems.
Therefore, I only watch Invader Zim & Rocko's Modern Life on Nicktoons really now.

I'm not going to bother naming classic cartoons really, because they've all already been said. I get surprised about how many people day Biker Mice form Mars and Street Sharks though, even as a kid they seemed really kiddy to me. Bucky O'Hare i missed out on really; didn't watch that many episodes.

Edit: No-one's said SECRET SQUIRREL!!!!

[EEVILMURRAY]

Yeah...Modern 'kidish' cartoons are complete shit, with a few exceptions. (Invader Zim, Spongebob - Fairly Odd Parents now annoys me because it's so annoyingly sucky)

How come everyone likes Spongebob!? It's shit!


It's like The Office, complete wank yet everyone seems to love it.

[Eddage]

Ah ha (http://engsoc.queensu.ca/gw/issues/article.php?id=3911-2) I knew Alvin and the Chipmunks brought down the Berlin Wall, plus this guy pretty much sums up why old cartoons are better then new ones.

That guy has it spot on! I used to love it when they would try to teach you something important at the end of episodes, kinda like the Superted episode where he saved Spottyman from being hit by a car then taught him how to cross the road safely - genius!

[Katie]

How come everyone likes Spongebob!? It's shit!


It's like The Office, complete wank yet everyone seems to love it.

I hate it too, I couldn't stand it the first time I saw it and couldn't believe it became so popular. It's painful to watch.

[Konfucius]

How come everyone likes Spongebob!? It's shit!

Finally someone who thinks the same. I also wonder why everyone likes it.

[Kurtle Squad]

I don't like it that much, haha, It's just not as bad as most.

[Mokong X-C]

ack, i can't believe i forgot MASK, that show owned!!!! wish i had a motorbike that could turn into a helicoppter

Funny you should mention that but me and the lads at work we on about the very same thing the other day. What was the deal with all the hand movements while talking?

Well they had to do something to make up for the lack of facial expession.

Also did you know that in about 90% of the "in suit scenes" the American actors aren't in the suits (and no i'm not talking sunt doubles either), all the "robot" and "in suit" fights are taken from footage from the original Japanesse show, the american show just creates stories around the stock footage from Japans previous seasons (ie: whats showing in Japan today will be used in next years "new" show here), i only found this out a few months ago from a issue of Neo, i always knew that Power Rangers was "copied" from a japanese show but never knew that they used footage from them (to save production time and costs).

And pretty much every Ranger-esque show that followed used the same method (using stock footage from Japanese shows), in fact remember VR troppers? The stock footage used for the 3 heros "robot forms" was taken from 3 different and unrelated shows, haha, madness.

The only Ranger-esque show that didn't use stock footage from Japan was Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (haha, the Irish one, hehe) but due to not having stock footage it cost too much to produce and was the main reason it got cancelled. And to this day Power Rangers is the only one left standing::shrug: , i think i still have the orginal Megazord in the attic somewhere, i should look for it over the weekend.

Soory i went a bit off topic there, i went on a bit of a roll:heh:

[Hero-of-Time]

How come everyone likes Spongebob!? It's shit!


It's like The Office, complete wank yet everyone seems to love it.

Finally someone speaks the truth about both of these shows.

*Hands a jar full of cookies to EvilMurray*

[Roostophe]

Well they had to do something to make up for the lack of facial expession.

Also did you know that in about 90% of the "in suit scenes" the American actors aren't in the suits (and no i'm not talking sunt doubles either), all the "robot" and "in suit" fights are taken from footage from the original Japanesse show, the american show just creates stories around the stock footage from Japans previous seasons (ie: whats showing in Japan today will be used in next years "new" show here), i only found this out a few months ago from a issue of Neo, i always knew that Power Rangers was "copied" from a japanese show but never knew that they used footage from them (to save production time and costs).

And pretty much every Ranger-esque show that followed used the same method (using stock footage from Japanese shows), in fact remember VR troppers? The stock footage used for the 3 heros "robot forms" was taken from 3 different and unrelated shows, haha, madness.

The only Ranger-esque show that didn't use stock footage from Japan was Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (haha, the Irish one, hehe) but due to not having stock footage it cost too much to produce and was the main reason it got cancelled. And to this day Power Rangers is the only one left standing::shrug: , i think i still have the orginal Megazord in the attic somewhere, i should look for it over the weekend.

Soory i went a bit off topic there, i went on a bit of a roll:heh:

You learn something new everyday.

You've reminded me of VR Troopers. The only thing I remember about that show was that in probably every show one of the characters who was possibly the leader of the Troopers was getting his arse handed to him for starters, main and dessert whilst his allies had some problem getting to his aid, when they'd finally arrive the "Leader" was about to pay the bill for the Arse D'Oeuvres towards the weird monster thingummyjig, and they'd kill the baddie with a gun or something.

And that has reminded me of another show I cannot remember the name of, but sure it had the word "Samurai" in it. It was a show in which a teenage lad would be transported into some computer world to destroy some monster that had appeared in there, possibly a virus. I can't remember it that well. And I bet no one here knows what I'm talking about.

[EEVILMURRAY]

Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad?
http://ca.geocities.com/arnabisthebest/tv/sybersquad.jpg

Also, let's not forget Big Bad Beetleborgs!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/Beetleborgs.jpg/250px-Beetleborgs.jpg


MASKED RIDER!!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/KamenRiderPose.jpg

[Hero-of-Time]

I remember on VR Troopers they had a karate tourny like every episode and they always ended up winning but giving the prize money to someone else...chumps!

[Roostophe]

Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad?
http://ca.geocities.com/arnabisthebest/tv/sybersquad.jpg

That's the one!


MASKED RIDER!!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/KamenRiderPose.jpg

I've just remembered this one too. Completely forgot about it.

I also remember BBB. But these two I completely forgot!

[Shorty]

How come everyone likes Spongebob!? It's shit!


It's like The Office, complete wank yet everyone seems to love it.

The Office is wank in your opinion.

It's wank in my opinion too, but I can see why people like it. I'm not into awkward cringe-comedy with so much realism, but some people are -- that's why it has a following.

I always loved Power Rangers. I was young, it was fun, I couldn't care less who stole what from whom.

[MoogleViper]

Jonny Quest has got to be the best. There was another one I liked but can't remember the name. It had these sharks that walked on land. They were really muscly.

[EEVILMURRAY]

The Office is wank in your opinion.

Holy crap... no way.

Jonny Quest has got to be the best. There was another one I liked but can't remember the name. It had these sharks that walked on land. They were really muscly.
Street Sharks?
http://www.bknkids.com/images/propertyimages/street_sharks.jpg

[MoogleViper]

Street Sharks?
http://www.bknkids.com/images/propertyimages/street_sharks.jpg

Yep thats it.

[triforcemario]

How come everyone likes Spongebob!? It's shit!


It's like The Office, complete wank yet everyone seems to love it.*Hands EvilMurray a cookie and a cuppa*

I completly agree with you.

[Katie]

http://www.classickidstv.co.uk/denver/logo.jpg

I named my rabbit 'ears' after the one in Denver.

[Hero-of-Time]

http://www.classickidstv.co.uk/denver/logo.jpg

I named my rabbit 'ears' after the one in Denver.

HES MY FRIEND AND A WHOLE LOT MORE DO DO

[Mokong X-C]

Also, let's not forget Big Bad Beetleborgs!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/Beetleborgs.jpg/250px-Beetleborgs.jpg


MASKED RIDER!!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/KamenRiderPose.jpg

AH NO, lets forget, damn i had successfully repreased those memories until now, oh the horror, those had to be the worst of the Power Ranger clones IMO.

(another tidbit, one of those shows...or maybe it was both...ended up being cancelled, not because of low ratings or high production costs but because they ran out of stock footage, cuz the original japanese show was cancelled/ended after two/three seasons...also i think with Masked Rider they ended up using "newer" stock footage first and worked "backwards"..i gotta find the issue of Neo and have a read again)

[MunKy]

Edit: No-one's said SECRET SQUIRREL!!!!

Yes I did. Check back.