The 80s Cartoon Nostalgia Topc - Page 2

**Sean P Kelly** · 04-23-2006, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Booyakasha

I don't think it's reasonable to say all cartoons suck these days. Of course, there's no accounting for taste, but you won't hear me disparaging the various Batman serii, or that mid-nineties X-Men cartoon, or 'Sam and Max--Freelance Police', or 'Conan the Adventurer'. Or hey--'Samurai Jack'. Nostalgia's all well and good, but you couldn't pay me to watch 'Denver the Last Dinosaur' or 'Inhumanoids' over 'Samurai Jack'.

The thing is, while there are still good cartoons, they are usally found on a specialty channel.

Also the whole concept of "Saturday Morning Cartoons" is all but extinct today with only a handful of stations (such as Fox and ABC) still keeping the tradition.

Valentine · 04-23-2006, 12:49 PM

I used to have Bravestarr cereal bowls.

Frumious B, · 04-23-2006, 04:35 PM

I was born in the 1990s. But I watched Syndicated versions of Ducktales, Garfield and Friends, and others.

Joker · 04-23-2006, 04:51 PM

Okay plenty of good ones have all been mentioned, but I also remmeber the Super Mario Show with the cartoons and the live Koopa show ?WTF??

I was born in 81 so I got the prime years like most of the rest of you. I remmeber SuperFriends and all its later adaptions with and with out the wonder twins. I remmeber King Arthur, the Nintendo Power Hour, Captain N of course, the original scooby doo and gang....Tigersharks, Silver Hawks, Lazer Tag, then there was this one show where they had rings and watch bands and it was like a family of multicultural kids. But when they slammed their hands and wristbands to their rings they changed got special powers. Damn my weed clouded mind. Also there was another show that had to do with Airplanes and pilots having special rings as well.....

Also speaking of rings...Captain Planet was cool for a few episodes untill I realized all you ever had to do was sneeze on him and he would die.

Codiekitty · 04-23-2006, 08:41 PM

I never really watched cartoons in the 80s; I would've been four by the time the 90s rolled around. Maybe Ducktales and Chip & Dale, but even then I may have never been exposed to those until the 90s. And an glimpse or two of Heathcliff and TMNT. All my parents let me watch was Peter No-Tail and The Brave Little Toaster. Or maybe they were all I ever wanted to watch. Whatever.

I always hated Alvin and the Chipmunks.

What with all these box sets coming out, I've sat down with He-Man which wasn't all that great but was cheesy enough to win my heart, Ducktales which is good, Chip 'n Dale which I don't care for except the fact they're adorable critters, and TMNT which was good but I often wanted to smack anyone who made a stupid movie reference (if there's anything Lost Vikings 2 has taught me, it's that random movie references are a great way to not be funny). And since Best Buy had both Volumes of the first season of Thundercats half-off last week (normally they're $56 a pop, which is a definite "HELL NO" from me. But they were $28, appearantly for the release of Season 2 Vol.1) I picked those up, but haven't watched them yet (and won't until school gets out).

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***CaptHayfever*** · 04-23-2006, 10:48 PM

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Also speaking of rings...Captain Planet was cool for a few episodes untill I realized all you ever had to do was sneeze on him and he would die.

No, because mucus is a natural byproduct. But you could kill him with a candy wrapper. Captain Planet is the only superhero ever whose only weakness is the exact thing he was created to fight.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Codiekitty · 04-23-2006, 11:15 PM

Linking for size

Note the Environmental Tips. How do you NOT use daylight?

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Valentine · 04-24-2006, 07:01 AM

Duke Nukem?

THE Duke Nukem is a Captain Planet spinoff?!

**Sean P Kelly** · 04-24-2006, 08:29 AM

FYI Captain Planet was made in 1990

Codiekitty · 04-24-2006, 12:11 PM

http://www.crummy.com/comics/planet/

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Joker · 04-24-2006, 12:16 PM

He-man was the corndogcorndogcorndogcorndog! and then I remmeber they tried to re-make he-man in the 90's which was horrible. He was all futuristic (not the cartoon network version) sissy boy.

Inferno Dragon · 04-24-2006, 12:17 PM

^yeah, right when alot of those preachy "save the earth from pollution" cartoons came around. I can think of captain Planet and Widget off the top of my head as far as those kind of shows went.

okay, now for the real post. I was bourn in '85 but I do remember those '80s toons very well. I remember He-man, G.I. Joe, Ghostbusters (both versions), Dino Riders (loved that show!), Transformers,
Thunder Cats (and it's Japanese cloan Tigersharks, and yes it's an anime because it came on that same programming block with Samuri Pizza Cats and others),
TMNT, SMBSS,
D&D (which is being replayed on the Jetix block on toon disney now, the other day I saw Tiamat facing off against the evil wizard in the episode where the weapons needed to be recharged.).
oh what other shows do I remember, oh right the starblazers and voltron, oh and you have to include the smurfs and snorks in there, I'm surprised those two shows haven't been mentioned.

**Booyakasha** · 04-24-2006, 12:41 PM

^That's because not many people actually enjoyed 'Smurfs' and 'Snorks'. As I see it, they mostly just existed so that today's no-talent comedians can get a cheap laugh by saying 'Hey, man, remember the Smurfs? What was that all about, man?'

**Sean P Kelly** · 04-24-2006, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Inferno Dragon

^yeah, right when alot of those preachy "save the earth from pollution" cartoons came around. I can think of captain Planet and Widget off the top of my head as far as those kind of shows went.

Speaking of cartoons with a message, anyone remember the 1990 anti-drug special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue?

Codiekitty · 04-24-2006, 01:46 PM

I remember a flash with a bunch of cartoon characters telling some kid not to do drugs, but the kid had already decided he's wasn't going to do it, and they annoyed him so much that he decided he was going to do drugs. I remember Inspector Gadget and Fat Albert, but nobody else.

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Koga · 04-24-2006, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Joker

then there was this one show where they had rings and watch bands and it was like a family of multicultural kids. But when they slammed their hands and wristbands to their rings they changed got special powers. Damn my weed clouded mind.

Bionic, Bionic Six! Oohoohooh!

I didn't remember that one until I read that description, and the theme song immediately came into my head.

I do remember the pilots with rings show as well, but I can't think of the name.

Joker · 04-24-2006, 02:42 PM

And is All Stars the one with the cartoon super stars of basketball, baseball,football and hockey ?

Wayne Gretzky(sp?) was in it wasn't he....

**Booyakasha** · 04-24-2006, 03:55 PM

^'Pro Stars'. Wayne Gretzky, Bo Jackson, and Michael Jordan. I'm pretty sure that was from the nineties. I'm also pretty sure that it wasn't very good.

**Sean P Kelly** · 04-24-2006, 04:28 PM

^ 1991 (btw, I look up the shows on IMDb if you are wondering why I know the year EVERY show ran)

***CaptHayfever*** · 04-25-2006, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Gimpy

Speaking of cartoons with a message, anyone remember the 1990 anti-drug special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue?

Heh, yeah; wow, that was cheesy. Codie, the thing you saw was probably a parody of this.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

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04-23-2006, 08:41 PM	#25
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Inferno Dragon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Planet Draco Gender: Posts: 5,962 Thanks: 52 Thanked 33 Times in 26 Posts Points: 38,341.22 Bank: 31,881.39 Total Points: 70,222.61 Donate	^yeah, right when alot of those preachy "save the earth from pollution" cartoons came around. I can think of captain Planet and Widget off the top of my head as far as those kind of shows went. okay, now for the real post. I was bourn in '85 but I do remember those '80s toons very well. I remember He-man, G.I. Joe, Ghostbusters (both versions), Dino Riders (loved that show!), Transformers, Thunder Cats (and it's Japanese cloan Tigersharks, and yes it's an anime because it came on that same programming block with Samuri Pizza Cats and others), TMNT, SMBSS, D&D (which is being replayed on the Jetix block on toon disney now, the other day I saw Tiamat facing off against the evil wizard in the episode where the weapons needed to be recharged.). oh what other shows do I remember, oh right the starblazers and voltron, oh and you have to include the smurfs and snorks in there, I'm surprised those two shows haven't been mentioned.

04-24-2006, 01:46 PM	#35
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04-24-2006, 02:42 PM	#37
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04-24-2006, 04:28 PM	#39
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