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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Bugs Bunny (Looney Toons) from childhood

(But became number 2 when Pinky and the Brain came out as an adult.)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

I was really fond of Gargoyles.

Xanatos was an incredibly well written villain now that I think about it again.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Samurai Pizza Cats. I fondly remember it because my grandma would have tapes of it in her house so whenever I visited grandma's, chances are this show would be playing at some point. I loved watching the launch sequence for some reason and the script is even more zany than I remember LMAO

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls 2 points 1 day ago

I remember thinking this was top tier as a kid, and I recall nothing other than the theme song, which goes hard.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You've just unlocked a childhood memory. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

No problem! I'm happy there are other people here who remember this show! 😃

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The theme song slaps so fucking hard. I immediately heard it when I read your post.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

It really does!

"Will somebody please cue that bird? Samurai Pizza Cats! Oh yeah! Who do you call when you want some pepperoni? Samurai Pizza Cats!"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Holy anchovy, you too?

I expected myself to be the only answerer for that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Me too! 😂 My favourite episode is the one with the dragon, it's the most memorable one to me for some reason! Which is yours?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It's so hard to choose. I think I'd choose the episode where Polly and Lucille became singers. I remember at one point reflecting fondly on how they got actual musical talent for the episode, which a TV show like that doesn't have to do. Saban really gave the show their dedication.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Arthur and One Piece. Saturday Morning PBS.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Batman The Animated Series, prolly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Darkwing Duck is probably the one I remember most fondly. It even had a Twin Peaks inspired episode, Twin Beaks, which I didn't appreciate until I was older.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's about even in my heart between Ren and Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

i was gonna say ren and stimpy -_- lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Original run of 97 X-Men.

Or ronin warriors/teknoman for introducing me to anime

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

No one has mentioned the Thunder Cats, or The SilverHawks. Also Doug.

Do do do do do do do do do do do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

The Angry Beavers and Avatar The Last Airbender; even saw it when it premiered in Germany.

It's a shame Nickelodeon switched to only producing iCarly-style sitcoms shortly afterwards... always hated those.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

outing the ones mentioned, inuyasha as general, so many moments of that show just moulded me and gave me nightmares, courage the cowardly dog just seeded and also reinforced them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

kagome to eustace would be a sick as hell sample

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Ren and Stimpy. I was the strange kid in school, so the show's gross-out humor and absurdity appealed to my weirdo sensibilities. Finding out John K. is a bastard sexpest definitely tempered my nostalgia a bit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In my case this would something from the '60s and '70s in the UK then - and I suppose that stop-motion in The Clangers or Bagpuss etc wouldn't really count, so probably between the gentle, character-based storytelling of Ivor the Engine (and that is a cut-out animation - but I'd think still qualifies) and the surrealism, punning and energy of Roobarb (and Custard).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'd probably go Roobarb as well, though still have a soft spot for Mr. Benn.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Impossible to choose from the absolute bangers of the 80s and 90s.

Heathcliffe, Garfield and Friends, GI Joe, Transformers, Jem, Spider-Man, Tiny Toon Adventures, Tom n Jerry, etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Voltron

if it's yours too do yourself a favour and NEVER revisit it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thundaar, the Barbarian. Absolutely wild sci-fi fantasy. Conan meets Adventure Time.

Close contenders are BTAS, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, He-Man, and TMNT.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

wow. hits a lot of things I was thinking about. Its so hard to say because there is a big thing at different periods. I think if the transformers had come out earlier it might be the one but I was watching it when I was a bit to old to watch cartoons (which is still the case).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

"Space Adventure Cobra" and "Captain Future." I rarely see these cartoons from my time being mentioned, unlike the Smurfs or He-Man for instance.

[–] southsamurai 3 points 1 day ago

It's a tie between GI Joe and Spider-Man & his amazing friends.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Not 100% cartoon, but I really liked Mr Bogus. It may have been called different things in different countries.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Franklin. I'm, at least not in the presence of my family, willing to admit I absolutely love the fairly calm antics of that turtle and his friends and family.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

There are lots of short animated czechoslovakian cartoons for one of the first programs dedicated for children. It is called Večerníček and there are loads of good cartoons.

I can't pick one but I was bit surprised that some of them aired more worldwide. For example Pat & Mat it isn't cartoon (stop motion) but I linked it because it is silent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Ok so been thinking about it and it is so dependent on the time period but I think im going to go with an old one that was just so cool relative to what else was on and what came before. It was the us version of a japanese cartoon and the us version was called. Battle of the planets.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

None of the ones I can think of hold up all that well since I grew up in the 80s. It wasn't until the 90s (with The Simpsons at the vanguard) that ones I would consider to be good for all ages started appearing. The Smurfs was my favorite as a kid.