Retro Cartoons....

[jp1]

So how retro are you? I'm going to list some of the shows I grew up on..and what I wouldn't give to go back and have a day or two of just lounging care free and watching these gems. I tried to get my kids into them, but they just don't like them.

Snorks
Smurfs
Thundercats
He-Man
Fraggle Rock
Heathcliff


If you could jump back to your childhood and kick back and watch some of your favorites what would you be watching?

[pepharytheworm]

Your list is close to mine, but I would add Ninja Turtles, Transformers, and GIJoe. What ever happened to the Visionaries.
The real shows I liked were Hey Dude, You can't do that on television, McGyver,Quantum Leap, and some helicopter show I cant think of the name at the moment

Recently I have gotten into Flapjack

[izdead]

hmmm, there is just way too many to list, I'll just say 90s cartoons from around 93 to 99.
stuff like dexters lab, doug, rocko's modern life, ren & stimpy, spiderman, mighty max, reboot... I could go on.

flapjack is definitely a worthy new cartoon.

[DCsegaDH]

I used to get up really early like 5am use to watch the Sonic The Hedgehog cartoon I like Rocko's Modern Life, Beast Wars, that is all I can remember right now.

[HellHammer]

TMNT
Barnyard Commandos
Captain N
And the really, really crappy and story disregarding American Mega Man series


We should do one of these on toys...

[Hobie-wan]

Thundercats (and by proxy Silverhawks) is one of the few shows I liked as a kid and I've watched a bit of again that still mostly holds up. Yeah things like old WB shorts, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, and Rocky & Bullwinkle hold up, but they were somewhat aimed at adults to begin with. Most shows I liked when I was little if I see now, I just shudder and wonder what the hell was wrong with me.

For instance. Mighty Orbots. Giant combining robots, check. Epic theme, check. Reference to Star Wars, check. "I've traced the deflectron to the planet Evilon dead ahead".

Wut?

[Bootaaay]

I used to get up really early like 5am use to watch the Sonic The Hedgehog cartoon

Heh, same here - every Sunday morning Channel 4 would have the Super Mario Bros. cartoon, followed by Sonic

I was quite lucky I think, as with my age I saw alot of the best of the 70's, 80's & 90's cartoons, but alot of the older shows stopped being shown towards the end of my childhood, I really pity kids who never got to grow up with Thundercats, Battle of the Planets or Ulysses 31.

Some of my favourites when I was a kid;

Batman: The Animated Series
Battle of the Planets (aka Gatchaman)
Biker Mice from Mars
BraveStarr (BRAVESTARR! Speed of the Puma, Strength of the Bear!!)
Bucky O'Hare
Count Duckula
Danger Mouse
Dino Riders
Earthworm Jim
Ghostbusters
Incredible Hulk (loved the intro, duuuuunnnnnnn duuuuuuuuunnnn, duuunnn dunnn duuuuunnn duuunnn....HULK!!)
Looney Tunes
Rude Dog & The Dweebs
Sharky & George (the crimefighters of the sea, do do do do do)
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Thundercats
Top Cat
Trap Door (not technically a cartoon, but what the hell - don't you open that Trap Door, there's somthing down there!)
Ulysses 31
Visionaries
Wacky Races
X-Men (best comic book series ever, and what a kick ass intro!)

[shadobeni]

TMNT
He-Man
Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers
Darkwing Duck
Captain Planet
Conan the Adventurer

[Pulsar_t]

Bootaaay, I still watch Danger Mouse and Count Duckula whenever they're on, unlike many other cartoon shows. Some of my favourite shows:

























That's enough of that

PS - I didn't differntiate between dubbed anime and 'standard' animation back then.

[lisalover1]

hmmm, there is just way too many to list, I'll just say 90s cartoons from around 93 to 99.
stuff like dexters lab, doug, rocko's modern life, ren & stimpy, spiderman, mighty max, reboot... I could go on.

flapjack is definitely a worthy new cartoon.

Rocko's Modern Life was awesome, but in retrospect, it was actually a really depressing cartoon.