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Due to our derailing of Innerbrats thread, I thought i should start a new one.

Which 80s Cartoons did you like, and why? My overall favourite was Inspector Gadget because of his cool car and gadgets. I loved his rocket skates, but he would only use his normal skates all the time

Transformers, no doubt about it!

Transformers
COPS

That's all I can remember right now.

"cities of gold" - i dont remember this.
apparently about some kids who raided aztec ruins and were chased by bad guys.

Attack of the killer tomatoes

Toxic avenger

Swamp thing

Pirates of dark water

Fish Police (SEA-CAGO)

Transformers

GIJoe

Centurions

Voltron

A bunch more, but too tired to think.

Hethrir wrote:Due to our derailing of Innerbrats thread, I thought i should start a new one.

Which 80s Cartoons did you like, and why? My overall favourite was Inspector Gadget because of his cool car and gadgets. I loved his rocket skates, but he would only use his normal skates all the time

I am a child of Gadget. I loved that show.

And then Disney had to go rape my childhood with those awful movies.

Rye wrote:"cities of gold" - i dont remember this.
apparently about some kids who raided aztec ruins and were chased by bad guys.

Attack of the killer tomatoes

Toxic avenger

Swamp thing

Pirates of dark water

Fish Police (SEA-CAGO)

Yes, Mysterious cities of Gold was a fantastic show. The big golden eagle was so cool.

Bring back Captain Nintendo and Legend of Zelda! And throw in Super Mario Bros. for old times sake..

TRANSFORMERS ALL THE WAY!!

Too bad I can't remember that much of it. But - hey - it has giant robots, overtly melodramatic villains and lots of explosions - what's not to like about it?

(Yes - I know it borrows the whole "transforming humanoid machine-o'death" theme from Macross)

Also, what about James Bond Jr.??? Am I the only one to remember that?

Durran Korr wrote:

Hethrir wrote:Due to our derailing of Innerbrats thread, I thought i should start a new one.

Which 80s Cartoons did you like, and why? My overall favourite was Inspector Gadget because of his cool car and gadgets. I loved his rocket skates, but he would only use his normal skates all the time

I am a child of Gadget. I loved that show.

And then Disney had to go rape my childhood with those awful movies.

I suppose that raping "the 1000 Arabian Nights", Victor Hugo, Hans Christian Anderson, various folk tales, and the Grimms wasn't enough for Disney. They've even raped paleontology and zoology!

Simon H.Johansen wrote:...Also, what about James Bond Jr.??? Am I the only one to remember that?

I remember that show! It was a little late for me, i was watching less cartoons by those years, so only watched it a few times.

I swear the crap that is on TV these days is utter trash! How do kids put up with it? Pokemon and telletubbies *shudder* I think if inspector gadget was back on, i would watch it.

Hethrir wrote:I swear the crap that is on TV these days is utter trash! How do kids put up with it? Pokemon and telletubbies *shudder* I think if inspector gadget was back on, i would watch it.

On Pokémon:

In the 1980s, the series which introduced westerners to anime were Robotech and Starblazers. (I haven't seen the former, but I dimly recall enjoying "Starblazers") Today, it's Pokémon and Dragon Ball Z.

Yet another possible one of my trademark phrases:

WHAT A DOWNER!

No votes for The Smurfs?

"La, la, la-la-la-la, la, la-la-la...."
SQUISH!

Well, while not an 80's cartoon, I'll have to go with the Coyote and Roadrunner of Buggs Bunny fame. I can watch that show over and over again...

Here is the first anime that introduced me to the genreGoldorak and there are links to other anime related site.

OK...these are 90s cartoons, but i'd just like to say my views.

There were 2 sonic the hedgehog cartoons, one was childish and followed the tried and tested same-plot-every-episode method of making kids like it . There was the usual for its ilk: the bungling bad guy, dr robotnik, his bungling sidekicks, and the hero and his sidekick, who always said "funny" heroic things after effortlessly defeating the bad guy.

Now the other one...that was a different story...well not really, it still had robotnik, but he was a proper villain, and had taken over most of Sonic's world. Sonic was the leader of an animal vs robots resistance, and it was much darker, had proper stories, and was drawn much better. The shame was, the rubbish tried and tested sonic was favoured, presumably because it was much easier to produce, but IT WAS SHIT.

...my views.

I can't believe no one here has mentioned Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles yet.

jegs2 wrote:No votes for The Smurfs?

"La, la, la-la-la-la, la, la-la-la...."
SQUISH!

The Smurfs actually started out as a French comic book IIRC.

Montcalm wrote:Here is the first anime that introduced me to the genre Goldorak and there are links to other anime related site.

Isn't that... a 1970s cartoon technically??

Simon H.Johansen wrote:

Montcalm wrote:Here is the first anime that introduced me to the genre Goldorak and there are links to other anime related site.

Isn't that... a 1970s cartoon technically??

Maybe i`ll check on it,but this plus others like Albator,Capitaine Flam and Ulysses 31

Rye wrote:Now the other one...that was a different story...well not really, it still had robotnik, but he was a proper villain, and had taken over most of Sonic's world. Sonic was the leader of an animal vs robots resistance, and it was much darker, had proper stories, and was drawn much better. The shame was, the rubbish tried and tested sonic was favoured, presumably because it was much easier to produce, but IT WAS SHIT.

...my views.

Rock on! Those were the Satuday Morning Sonic cartoons and were excellent. I just wished they made more of them, since they clearly intended to make more after Robotropolis got blown up and Snivley became the main badguy, but they never followed through. But I remember those cartoons very fondly.


More 80s cartoon that were great.

Masters of the Universe (the classic)

Thundercats (another classic)

The Super Mario Show (and the Legend of Zelda Friday show, cause Link was so damn horny in it "Saved you again Princess... KISS ME!")

Transformers (how could you not love them?)

GI Joe (Go Joe!)

Captain N (of course, that was a funny show)

Pirates of Dark Water (Heh, I still say "Cheetatan Monkey Bird!" and "Noy Sheetat!")

James Bond Jr. (He chases SCUM and also banged a new girl every episode)

Captain Planet (yes, Captain Planet, it was cheesy, but I still watched it)

Action Force. I remember before GI Joe came in and took over it was Action Force. I had all the toys and boycotted it when the yanks took over. I kept hoping their'd be a misunderstanding and that the fight with cobra would become a 3-way. I was dissapointed.

There you go Astro Boy.
On your flight into space.
Rocket high, through the sky
What adventures soon you will make.

Astro Boy bombs away
On your mission today
Here's the countdown, and a blast off
Everything is GO Astro boy.

Astro Boy as you fly,
Strange new worlds you will find
Atom sound jet propelled,
Fighting monsters high in the sky.

Astro Boy there you go
Will you fight friend or foe?
Cosmic ranger, life of danger,
Everything is GO Astro Boy.

Friends will cheer you
You're our hero
As you go go GO Astro Boy.

I liked Astro Boy. I thought the name 'Dr. Elephant' was totally bizarre.

check this out, a new series http://www.anime-tourist.com/article.php?sid=452

I watched all of these. My favs were Captain Future, Golden Bat, Jet Mars (the one Astro boy was copied from), Starzinger/Spaceketeers, Cobra, and of course, Robotech (1st and 3rd series only).

Lord Pounder wrote:Action Force. I remember before GI Joe came in and took over it was Action Force. I had all the toys and boycotted it when the yanks took over. I kept hoping their'd be a misunderstanding and that the fight with cobra would become a 3-way. I was dissapointed.

What is Action Force?

Transformers
Silverhawks
Thundercats

Let's see if I can recall some of the things I watched as a kid....

Transformers
MASK
GI-Joe
Turbo Teen
Astroboy (80's incarnation)
Centurions
Pandamonium
He-Man
Bravestarr
Great Space Coaster
Thundercats
Silver Hawks
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
Voltes V
Voltron (lion and vehicle team)
Hans Christian Andersen Tales (by Tatsunoko)
Superbook
Flying House
SuperFriends
Ulysses 31
She Ra
Robotech (urgh!)
Macross
Rainbow Bright
Mekanda Robo
Bioman
Maskman
Jetman
Fiveman (all these -man are Japanese sentai series)
Turbo Rangers

....what else....