[Hawkeye_a]

So what were/are your favorite 80s animated TV series ? I went on a youtube binge looking for the the intro segments of some of my favorite shows from when i was a kid...

-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
-Thundercats
-He-Man
-Dinosaucers
-Fraggle Rock

Oh and just a warning, i really liked the Transformers when i was a Kid....so a friend and myself decided to rent out the original animated Transformers movie a couple of years ago......... lets just say we ended up ruining some great memories of that show.

Cheers

[klb5090]

TMNT could be my all time favorite animated show

[Dakar V]

- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- Transfomers
- Garfield & Friends
- Duck Tales
- Tale Spin

TMNT was more 90s for me.

[klb5090]

Originally Posted by Dakar V 

- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- Transfomers
- Garfield & Friends
- Duck Tales
- Tale Spin

TMNT was more 90s for me.

Tale Spin, good choice! how could i forget that amazing theme song!

[SpaceMonkey]

Inspector Gadget.

[Atheist]

Danger Mouse

[exca1ibur]

Robotech
Transformers
G.I.Joe
SilverHawks
Battle of the Planets
Voltron
Duck Tales
Tale Spin
Scooby Doo

[Laminar]

• Garfield and Friends
• Inspector Gadget
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog ('90s)
• Captain Planet ('90s)

[ort888]

Robotech is the correct answer. It's also the only one that's aged worth a damn.

[Uncle Skeleton]

The Simpsons started in 1989. Jesus.

[Dakar V]

Where did Robotech air in the 80s?

[waxcrash]

Dungeons & Dragons

[ort888]

In St. Louis it was on at 7am every weekday on KPLR, which is our crappy local station. It was on for a long time. Right before the Smurfs.

[Dakar V]

I don't think I ran into Robotech until the 90s when it was on Sci-Fi.

[SirCastor]

Transformers.

I have to say though, that as I've gone back and watched a lot of cartoons on the web, it turns out that the shows were really not nearly as great as I remember. I don't know what I was expecting, but I seemed to have bought into this idea that no show today compares to what I had as a kid. It turns out that the animation in 80's cartoons wasn't better. The writing wasn't better. Maybe the Toys were better?

[ort888]

Cartoons were bad in the 80s. Absolute dreck. Anyone who claims that cartoons were better in the 80s then they are today is lying to themselves because cartoons today are 100 times better.

[cjrivera]

Voltron (the Lions, not the vehicles)
Transformers
Thundercats
GI Joe


Hated Capt. Planet

[Dakar V]

I thought Captain Planet was lame back then

C.O.P.S. and Police Academy the series were a couple guilty pleasures.

[lavar78]

Transformers (the series itself was pretty bad, but the movie holds up very well)
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
C.O.P.S.
Duck Tales

The Teddy Ruxpin cartoon was actually surprisingly good -- it was a serial with 1 continuing story.

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by SirCastor 

Maybe the Toys were better?

The toys were better thanks to Voltron alone. Die-cast metal, baby!

[Jawbone54]

Thundercats
G.I. Joe
He-man and the Masters of the Universe
TMNT
Tale Spin (wow...I haven't thought about this show and the following in a long time...)
Duck Tales
Transformers
Beetlejuice
Dinosaurs (actually, that was 90s, right?)

[EDIT] Another 90s one: Bobby's World

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

[EDIT] Another 90s one: Bobby's World

YESallcaps

[mattyb]

Originally Posted by ort888 

Cartoons were bad in the 80s. Absolute dreck. Anyone who claims that cartoons were better in the 80s then they are today is lying to themselves because cartoons today are 100 times better.

How dare you. Swords or pistols?

Cartoons for kids are shite today. Too PC, too soft. The cartoons from the 80s that are still done today are dross.

I was first and foremost a Thunderbirds fan. But Inspector Gadget, Dangermouse, He-Man, and Ulysses were probably my favourite cartoons.

[Chongo]

Loved the early Transformers and this one.

[Mrjinglesusa]

Originally Posted by cjrivera 

Voltron (the Lions, not the vehicles)
Transformers
Thundercats
GI Joe

Winner.

I downloaded all of the Voltron lions series from iTunes. Awesome to watch them all again.

[Mrjinglesusa]

Originally Posted by mattyb 

I was first and foremost a Thunderbirds fan.

Thanks for that reminder! I loved that cartoon.

Anyone remember the cartoon with the robot that some guy got into and controlled using a red vehicle of some sort? The vehicle had a glass domed top. I really liked that cartoon but can't remember the name of it for the life of me.

[PB2K]

transformers !!

but anything on sky-schannel in the funfactory with pat sharp i liked. i would even get up early to watch emily
emily, zoids, robotix, inspector gadget, jam, popples, he-man, jayce and the wheeled warriors, and in the end : TRANSFORMERS

and then they finally had the fake GHOSTBUSTERS (a monkey with a flying car) replaced with a cartoon of the REAL GHOSTBUSTERS

[mattyb]

Mrjinglesusa, why would you class Thunderbirds as a cartoon?

[Chuckit]

I don't know if I was the only one that watched it, but I was totally into Bravestarr, about a Native American space cowboy with animal powers and an anthropomorphic horse.

Also, Captain Planet was terrible.

[Person Man]

Dangermouse for teh win!

They were the king of recycled/repurposed footage. Which has only added an additional layer of (unintentional) humor for me when I watch them now.

Other favorites:

The Littles
Inspector Gadget
Thundercats
He-Man (except the He-Man/She-Ra crossover stuff)

I never got into GI Joe or Transformers for some reason.

[Mrjinglesusa]

Originally Posted by mattyb 

Mrjinglesusa, why would you class Thunderbirds as a cartoon?

Yeah, I was thinking of something else. The cartoon with some characters in helmets that had visors shaped like beaks. LOL

[Mrjinglesusa]

Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa 

Yeah, I was thinking of something else. The cartoon with some characters in helmets that had visors shaped like beaks. LOL

G-Force!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-Force...dians_of_Space

[Chuckit]

EDIT: Oh yeah, G-Force.

[Chongo]

Originally Posted by Chuckit 

I don't know if I was the only one that watched it, but I was totally into Bravestarr, about a Native American space cowboy with animal powers and an anthropomorphic horse.

Also, Captain Planet was terrible.

Someone say Captain Planet!!
[adult swim] : Adult Swim Video

[exca1ibur]

Originally Posted by Chuckit 

EDIT: Oh yeah, G-Force.

In the US the show was Battle of the Planets. (Gatchaman in Japan)



Don't forget Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato in Japan) as well

[Hawkeye_a]

Centurion

[ghporter]

Fraggle Rock was Mupets, not animated (or if they came up with an animated version it came later). Almost all animation after about 1967 was poo until they started paying people to actually animate instead of just "animate a little bit" as in most Hanna-Barbera stuff from the 1970s. All static and lifeless...YUCK. (Note that I'm an animation snob: I believe that you should have at least 15 or more different pictures in every second of animation (preferably 24), and that "run cycles" that consist of blurs are a cheap cop out.)

But Danger Mouse was good, as was Dungeons and Dragons (because both were well animated, especially compared to a lot of the rest of what was on. And yes, I was an adult in the 1980s, but I still watched cartoons. Unfortunately it was damned hard to find "good" cartoons (like classic MGM and Warner Bros stuff) on broadcast TV after about 1975. I eagerly await MGM collections to rival the WB "Golden Treasury" collections (I have all 6 volumes released so far). Real art there... D&D made use of some sophisticated techniques, while Danger Mouse was more simplistic and minimalist. Neither had any cheap short cuts, and neither had "aimed at kids" stories or scripts.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

Almost all animation after about 1967 was poo until they started paying people to actually animate instead of just "animate a little bit" as in most Hanna-Barbera stuff from the 1970s. All static and lifeless...YUCK.

I have the exact same opinion about anime. I don't understand why it's so popular.

[lavar78]

I liked G-Force/Battle of the Planets and Star Blazers, but I haven't seen either in years. I also liked Dungeons & Dragons, but it loses points because of that damned Uni! Why didn't one of the others just tell Bobby he had to suck it up and leave Uni? He survived before they got there, so he'd probably survive after they left.

Danger Mouse was fantastic! Can't believe I forgot that one... Also one of the best theme songs -- if there's one thing that separates '80s cartoons from the rest, it's the number of great theme songs. Duck Tales, Pole Position, Thundercats, C.O.P.S., Dinosaucers, Bionic Six, etc.

[cjrivera]

I can't believe I forgot Battle of the Planets. I loved that one.

[Person Man]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

D&D made use of some sophisticated techniques, while Danger Mouse was more simplistic and minimalist. Neither had any cheap short cuts, and neither had "aimed at kids" stories or scripts.

I beg to differ.

While Danger Mouse was well animated, they did use at least one cheap short cut, and that was reuse of animation. Watch any sequence of Danger Mouse and Penfold in the car. Always the same sequence when a button gets pushed. Always button 2. The foot moving from brake to gas pedal. When they'd go back to the street from flying the car would always bounce at the same time and the car would always ricochet at the same angles. And so on.

I kinda noticed it as a kid but never paid much attention to it. But then I bought it on DVD and REALLY noticed it when I started watching the episodes again. Noticing this just makes it funnier for me. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the writers were aware of how much footage got reused and deliberately called attention to it sometimes. The writing was very good, and it did appeal to both adults and kids. Rewatching it as an adult, I find I can appreciate the jokes on different levels now. And of course, it's British humor, which I've always liked.

[SeSawaya]

Godzilla http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2pvCZRP2Yo&NR=1
but I always hate that godzookie ****

and the less than cool Spiderman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-UeE...eature=related
but I always thought Firestar was hot.

G-Force was cool. Seemed like they were ALWAYS shooting missiles at something

[Jawbone54]

I loved all the cartoons that I listed earlier, but nothing is nearer and dearer to my heart animation-wise as all of the old Warner Bros. shows. To this day, I can still quote huge portions of my favorite episodes, especially the Speedy Gonzales ones.

[sek929]

Originally Posted by olePigeon 

I have the exact same opinion about anime. I don't understand why it's so popular.

Some anime? Yes. All anime? Hell no.

Go watch Akira if you want to see some serious animation. It was the most expensive movie of it's day.

[Wiskedjak]

Originally Posted by exca1ibur 

Robotech
Transformers
G.I.Joe
SilverHawks
Battle of the Planets
Voltron
Duck Tales
Tale Spin
Scooby Doo

Seconded, almost to a 'T' plus G-Force. Can't remember SilverHawks, though.

[Captain Obvious]

M.A.S.K.
Tranzor Z (come on how can you not mention it, that chick robot fired rockets out of her tits)
And the short lived video game spin off... Dragon's Lair

[Big Mac]

Thundercats (my favorite cartoon in my early childhood)
Silverhawks
Transformers (although I liked the toys better than the show)
Spiderman
Inspector Gadget
T.M.N.T. (my favorite childhood cartoon in general)
Ducktales
Rescue Rangers
--
Going into the 1990s:
Darkwing Duck
TaleSpin
Batman T.A.S.
X-Men

That's what I count as my favorite childhood cartoons from the 1980s into the mid-1990s. My brother and I were just discussing this very subject. . .

[PB2K]

i actually listened to the violent GI-Joe-Heman and rambo cartoons last minute "wise words" in case you missed the meaning of the whole episode

[Person Man]

Originally Posted by PB2K 

i actually listened to the violent GI-Joe-Heman and rambo cartoons last minute "wise words" in case you missed the meaning of the whole episode

Heh. Those shows that were nothing but glorified 25 minute long commercials for the toys that they were based off of were big on "morals" at the end of the episodes. That's so the show's creators could point to it and say "See? It's educational. The show is teaching kids! Honest!" when people called them out on it or called for kids' programming to be more educational.

[Maflynn]

in no particular order nor is it complete but what I remember the most
star blazers,
thunder cats
transformers.

I think star blazers was my favorite cartoon in the 80s. I wouldn't mind picking up the complete DVD on amazon, but its a bit pricey.