The best cartoon

[Betamax]

Thought I'd try one of the polls. Ok what do you think was the best? Personally I'm with thundercats Ho!

[CDBuRnOuT]

There was an old vampire duck show on Nickelodeon, that ruled...I forgot it...and that spy mouse show...

If anyone knows what I'm talking about, tell me ;)

[Rargh]

Inspector Gadget for me

(Nostalgia... :) )

[Bgnome]

ducktales, rescue rangers, tiny toons, animaniacs, freakazoid, power puff girls, ren and stimpy, tenchi muyo.. tons more
some of those arent that old but if disturbed gets dexter i get these..

[cluthu]

>There was an old vampire duck show on Nickelodeon
Count Duckula! "When the moon falls on the fourth house of..." :knocks over ketchup bottle: That show corrupted me something terrible, seeing as how I've wanted a warping house ever since ;)

Sadly, I never saw a good number of the shows listed in the poll, but a few of my old mid-80s favorites were as follows:

a) the animated Zelda features. Come on, how can you go wrong with Link's "Excuuuuuse me, Princess"?

b) Rainbow Brite. Any show with "gloom clouds" and magical colored pixie-things is simply grand.

I'm so glad that Dungeons and Dragons/Dragonwarrior was listed though; almost no one I know of has seen it. I'm pretty sure the characters were done by someone that worked with DBZ, seeing as how they look very similar. I'm not a fan of DBZ, but Dragon Warrior was all sorts of cool. In a related note, at the time it was rated as the most violent cartoon on television. Nifty, eh? ;)

[Musashi]

Originally posted by Bgnome
ducktales, rescue rangers, tiny toons, animaniacs, freakazoid, power puff girls, ren and stimpy, tenchi muyo.. tons more
some of those arent that old but if disturbed gets dexter i get these..

Tenchi Muyo is a anime...not a cartoon...
But Dungeons and Dragons is da best...

[LanGaidin]

Heh, I think the fact that TMNT is leading that pole shows the general age of th epeople voting. :)

BTW, there must have been 2 different D&D cartoons. First, I never remember it being called DragonWarrior. Granted, since it was on about 15 years ago, it's entirely possible I forgot. However, the one I'm thinking of looked NOTHING like DBZ. The people actually looked like people, not whatever the people in DBZ look like... The one I remember, it was a bunch of kids that got sent to the D&D realm from a roller coaster ride, and it had Uni the unicorn. They were always trying to get back home (Well, except for the episode where they made it home, but had to go back to save their friends, and lost their chance to go home again, of course. :p)

[Ryos]

> The one I remember, it was a bunch of kids that got sent to
> the D&D realm from a roller coaster ride, and it had Uni the
> unicorn. They were always trying to get back home (Well,
> except for the episode where they made it home, but had to
> go back to save their friends, and lost their chance to go home
> again, of course. )

That show rocked! At least if my memory serves me right. I particularly liked the crusty old dungeon master. He could never give a straight answer, just riddles. Didn't they have an episode with a fake DM who could be told apart by the fact he DID answer clearly? That was scary stuff:P

[Betamax]

Check out www.sausagenet.co.uk to see the options that didn't make it.
Come on U guys, the turtles:confused: . I should have put in Mistyerious cities of gold instead (it was no 11)

[cluthu]

>BTW, there must have been 2 different D&D cartoons.
Either that or I made a mistake ;) DragonWarrior had two different titles, both Dragonwarrior in the US and some other name that bore similarity to Dungeons and Dragons. In my sleep deprived state I must have mistook it. Sorry-o.

[Betamax]

The spy mouse show was called DangerMouse. I know this because its on the Bomerang channel at the mom ;)

[Gam3rX]

DarkWing Duck
i really love that

[Raziel]

Originally posted by cluthu
>I'm so glad that Dungeons and Dragons/Dragonwarrior was listed though; almost no one I know of has seen it. I'm pretty sure the characters were done by someone that worked with DBZ, seeing as how they look very similar.

Well the original manga was created by Akira Toryama the creator of DB Z/GT.
Bye.

[Sandie]

No way Guys. While TMNT was a killer series, the ORIGINAL Transformers, not that crap show that's on now,was the BEST! I mean come on not only is Megatron like the coolest name but the dude turned into a GUN. Of course the entire He-Man/She-Ra series was cool. I also loved watching Rainbow bright, My Little Pony's and Care Bears:p I'm sure all the guys on the board watched those too .

[Bgnome]

:heh: i was kinda young but i do remember watching all those..

[cluthu]

>I'm sure all the guys on the board watched those too .
Hey, I came to terms with my liking of Rainbow Brite. After all, it's b) in my two fave cartoons. I didn't mind Strawberry Shortcake either ;)

[Adair]

So what, does the Simpsons just not fit into this category of cartoons or what? The simpsons beats out any other cartoon hands down.(I'm biased in case you didn't notice) But as for saturday morning type cartoons give me Loony toons and I'll be happy. Sure I've seen them all a thousand times, but come on they're classic. Out of what's in the poll though I'm going with Transformers that showed ruled as did the animated movie. Remember Ultra Magnus?(I think that was the name)

[Ryos]

Ah come on, no cartoon beats out Captain Nintendo in terms of raw content. I pretended for months that my NES controller and zapper had special powers. Ryos presses the start button on the NES pad attached to his belt. Haha, now none of you can move at all. :D I wonder why armies don't invest in those zappers...as I recall, they were rather efficient in dispatching enemies.

Don't forget, King Hippo has to be one of the best (read: biggest moron) villains ever! Sure he got whooped all the time, but every fat tub of lard has his day, no?

[campaign2016]

im with adair on the looney toons

they simply kick ass
although if i had to choose from those on thi list it would have to be thunder cats

[Bgnome]

Originally posted by Ryos
Ah come on, no cartoon beats out Captain Nintendo in terms of raw content. I pretended for months that my NES controller and zapper had special powers. Ryos presses the start button on the NES pad attached to his belt. Haha, now none of you can move at all. :D I wonder why armies don't invest in those zappers...as I recall, they were rather efficient in dispatching enemies.

Don't forget, King Hippo has to be one of the best (read: biggest moron) villains ever! Sure he got whooped all the time, but every fat tub of lard has his day, no?

hahaha, i remember running around with my controller tied to my waist and zapper in hand also.. that surely was a great cartoon

[LanGaidin]

Sandie's right... Transformers was #1, and He-Man was pretty damn awesome, also (I never got into She-Ra, except when she was on He-Man... She was hot, though!). And, I did watch Care Bears, although I never got into Rainbow Brite much... Watched it a few times, but I don't even really remember it.

BTW, Simspons is NOT a cartoon... Cartoons are for kids, and Simpsons definitely is not that, even if it is animated.

I never really liked the Transformers movie all that much. I mean, it was great, but it didn't do justice to the actual series. Plus, Rodimus Prime was such a horrible leader compared to Optimus! He should have stayed Hot Rod...

And, Captain Nintendo was definitely #1 for it's time (It was after Transformers, GI-Joe, and all the REALLY good cartoons). I loved the saturday morning hour that had Captain Nintendo and Super Mario Brothers together!

[Betamax]

The simpsons wasn't up there as I think its more an animated sitcom. (Not that that's a bad thing, its just not a "cartoon"):p What the Heck is this rainbow brite thing? Never heard of it.

Hey anybody from my neck of the woods remember Mallets mallet!

'look at the camera and go 'blurgghhhh' :D

[LanGaidin]

Rainbow Brite was one of the cartoons that no little boy would ever admit to watching, even though they most did, because it was a "girl cartoon." I really don't remember it much, but I remember it ranked in there with My Little Pony and Care Bears. :)

[campaign2016]

The only little boys who never watched rainbow brite were ones with older brothers who would harrass and hit us if we watched stupid ****

but any ways, any one remember gummy bears?

i always wanted gummy berry juice so i could be super strong for a minute or so once a day

[Betamax]

Gummi bears bouncing her and there and everywhere.....

Oh I though of another one (actually I checked the TV guide

:D ) M.A.S.K.! I'm sure I have that venom flying motorbike in the attic somewhere....

[Raziel]

I would say Evangelion(I don't know if americans have seen it).
It has an amazing storyline,great graphics and all.
If you haven't seen it yet try to see 2 or 3 episodes and you'll want to see it all.
Bye.

[Bubsy]

Thundercats baby!!! I remember watching that back in the 80's, what a awesome cartoon. I forgot the names but I liked the guy with the nunchukus, who also like to fix things. Man it's been a looooooonng time I saw that, I was what in elementary:p !!!!!!!!

[Bgnome]

story? do you remember gargoyles?
that was a really cool show; it took from shakespeare, folk legends, and all sorts of neat myths

[Betamax]

I think you mean panthor busby. The other goodguys where lion-o, cheetah, tigra, snarf, wylie-kit and wylie-kat.

[Bgnome]

you also got lynxo, and to a limited extent, snarfer..and i believe it was cheetara

[Betamax]

Oops:emb:

[CDBuRnOuT]

Gargoyles rocked...

It took a hell of a lot from Macbeth, which was an excellent touch, IMHO...

[Ryos]

Out, damn spot!

[Sandie]

Umm no one has said G.I. Joe. Or Garfield, or Heathcliff, or one of my altime favs Alvin and the Chipmunks. How about Rescue Rangers? Duck Tales? Please tell me I'm not the only one that watched all those :)

[Ryos]

Someone already mentioned Duck Tales. However, I might note the best thing about Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers is Blizzard's "these two l33t dudes" music video. Food for thought.

[Bgnome]

Originally posted by Bgnome
ducktales, rescue rangers, tiny toons, animaniacs, freakazoid, power puff girls, ren and stimpy, tenchi muyo.. tons more
some of those arent that old but if disturbed gets dexter i get these..

i mentioned a couple of those sandie :p
i think the "l33t d00dz" music video was pretty funny, but the cartoon was actually pretty cool

[Sandie]

Sorry, I guess some were doubles but some weren't :idea:

[Bubsy]

Betamax how you remeber those names, they still showing that on T.V., or you got'em on tape?!
:confused: You know the one thing I don't know is that, did it ever have an ending!!! Were they stuck on that planet forever?

[campaign2016]

thunder cats is on cartoon network
every day

[Ryos]

Isn't Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on WGN or something? I could have sworn some odd station still carried it...

[CDBuRnOuT]

HEATHCLIFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heathcliff owned you, with his leet cat-gang.

[Betamax]

Originally posted by Bubsy
Betamax how you remeber those names, they still showing that on T.V., or you got'em on tape?!
:confused: You know the one thing I don't know is that, did it ever have an ending!!! Were they stuck on that planet forever?

Unfortunately they are not "yet" showing it on tv over here... That said I have digital satellite tv and with 400 channels there is an awful lot of stuff they can show (most of it crap though) anyways to answer your question thundercats ended its forth series having seen the thundercats saving new thundera from total destruction and "supposedly" beaten Mum-ra once and for. Cue the educational message and thats it. In my opinion it wasn't originally designed to be an ending but when it got axed it turned out to be an OK one. I assume therefore that "everyone lived hapily ever after". :yawn:

[Sandie]

La La La La La La La La La La La.

Who could not loves the smurfs? I mean come on, you have Smurfette the villiage ho, Gargamel with his methlabin the basement, and ever notice all the groofy Mushrooms? Or that one Dopey Smurf? What do you think made the guy Dopey?

And and if you really like Gummi Bears you can make Gummi juice. You just mix one packet of Black Cherry and one packet of Lemonade Kool-aide. Make as usual and YUMMMM!!!

Recipe care of my husband :p

[campaign2016]

yeah but does it give you all the benefits of drinking REAL gummi beari juice?!?!?!?!
:confused:
huh does it??

no didnt think so:(

[Sandie]

i don't know. Do me a favor drink some and go jump off a roof, if you bounce then I guess the answer is , Yes, It does work:P

[Adair]

I can't believe no one including myself hasn't thought of The Tick. He's nigh invulnerable...err something like that. That show used to crack me up. I don't think it comes on anymore though. The tick rulz. and all the other heroes like the carpeted man and ferrel boy.

And what about darkwing duck. "Let's get dangerous"
and I don't think Tale Spin was mentioned either, but thats not such a great one anyway.

[campaign2016]

i believe the tick is on comedy central like at 2 or 3 in the morning (central time) also, arent they making a live action tick show staring putty from seinfeld?

[Cugel]

Space Sentinels anyone? I used to love that show.

[Bgnome]

the tick was awesome, but it seemed to be a short lived series..
a really doubt that the live action show will be able to come close to the animated series in terms of content and quality

[CDBuRnOuT]

Spoon!!!!!!!!

[Adair]

Originally posted by campaign2016
i believe the tick is on comedy central like at 2 or 3 in the morning (central time) also, arent they making a live action tick show staring putty from seinfeld?

Was Putty Elain's stupid boyfriend? The character actor who only plays morons(didn't he play putty in a commercial also?) That guy would suck as the tick. sure the tick is pretty dumb, but at least he's witty and on the show he had good timing with his humor.

[cluthu]

>...Or Garfield...
Does anyone remember the episode where Garfield so dislikes the idea of it being monday that he attempts to sleep in, yet can't escape getting hit with pies? I just love how he boards a plane for some distant island in the Pacific, lands, and realizes that because of the change in time-zones, that it's still Monday. Of course, then he gets hit with yet another pie. :sigh: Pure comedic gold, I tell you.

>Was Putty Elain's stupid boyfriend?
Yup, he worked at the auto dealership and had that rather feminine fur coat.

>The character actor who only plays morons
He wasn't a moron when he was the evil news director on Newsradio. In fact, one of my favorite leaving-work quotes comes from an episode with him in it:
"And while I'm gone, none of you had better try any cr*p! This office IS MINE!"

>(didn't he play putty in a commercial also?)
He's the voice-over guy for Burger King.

--
I dunno if "the c word" would be construed as profanity here, thusly why I have the *

[Adair]

I musta missed those News Radio episodes. I liked the show, but only watched it when I happened upon it while flipping channels.

And wasn't Putty in a milk commercial or something where he acted just like he did on Seinfeld? Dim, but funny(sometimes).

I'm not putting him down; I'm just saying I can't imagine him playing a good Tick.

[Enigma1982]

None of list

I vote for Doraemon : Classic Anime
everyone in my country know it well even now.

[cluthu]

>I musta missed those News Radio episodes.
He appeared within two different story lines. In the first Mr. James is accused of being D.B. Cooper and flees (to the house of Dave's parents). Since they're without a boss, his company sends over Putty-boyfriend(whose name I dunno ;) ) to take charge of things. Lisa fell in love with him but he was finally outsted and made to go live on the street. Later he returned as something of a bum and attempted to marry Lisa, but was one again thwarted.

>I liked the show
If anyone's at all interested in watching it again, A&E (Arts and Entertainment Network) airs the show at both 12.30 pm and again at 6.30pm (times Eastern).

[Samor]

inspector gadget's my fave...
liked transformers too (old (before the movie) episodes)

[Betamax]

I see that www.sausagenet.com have now got the theme tune available for download. (How sad am I)

Any one remember Dastardly and muttley flying machines.

So, Stop The Pigeon, Stop The Pigeon,
Stop The Pigeon, Stop The Pigeon,
Stop The Pigeon, Stop The Pigeon
Stop that Pigeon How ?
Nab him - jab him - tab him - grab him,
Stop that pigeon now! :cool:

[neversurrender]

wooooo:yawn:

[SimonMallion]

Betamax: I dont remember Dastardly and muttley flying machines, but I remember seeing Penelope Pitstop and Wacky Races, I think they are sorta related.

[Samor]

Originally posted by UncleClive
Betamax: I dont remember Dastardly and muttley flying machines, but I remember seeing Penelope Pitstop and Wacky Races, I think they are sorta related.

yes they are...

[Betamax]

uncle clive in the Uk the show was more commonly by kids as "Catch the pigeon" as this is what Phillip Scofield called it on CBBC. Anyways if you want to see what I'm on about its on Boomerang every day at 9:30 am and 3:30 pm (assuming you have digital TV).

[Betamax]

Oh and I have attached the theme tune

[neversurrender]

the best cartoon series is popye the sailor man poon poon.hehehehe

[n0estoy]

haha. a 2 month old thread. i loved thundercats and tmnt. what was the name of that cartoon w/ the dudes that had vehicles that travelled on cables, and the wore color coded armor like suit things.

[Betamax]

Sounds like Captian Scarlet VS the Mysterions

[Bahamut_Zero]

Dragon Ball is the best!!

[Zell]

Dagon Ball Z !!!!!!!!! Gotenks , Veggeto , Majin Boo , ahhh the best cartoon ever !!!

[n0estoy]

nah, i prefer the green dude he [Gokou] meets at the tournament in heaven. (not piccolo!!!!)

[Bahamut_Zero]

maybe it's paikuhan or pikuhan or something, i don't remember!:)

[404]

Nah!

Japanese cartoons are not that good - except for Doraemon, NGE and Akira (three of the best anime of all time) - Dragon Ball Z is the most uncreative cartoon of all time (all the characters have the same basic concept - specially the enemies - get creative please!!!)

THE BEST Cartoon on the planet would be: Ren and Stimpy, Chicken and Cow, The sIMPSONS, and Beavis and Butthead

[Adair]

Ummm what that sticking out of Ren's @$$? I don't remember either of them having a tail that looked like that. On second thought maybe I don't want to know, it looks rather gross. Anyway I really liked R&S back when it was on. We need more toons like that for the young ones of today.
I voted for Simpsons being the best, but it was voted as an animated sitcom instead of a cartoon. Oh well its still the best no matter what genre it falls in.
Hey 404, if you haven't seen it I think you would enjoy Princess Mononoke. Its an anime movie that was out about 6months ago. It has excelently done hand drawings(instead of computer). The story is also very good, may even give you something to think about. If you see it just remember that its about 99% hand drawn.

[liquid]

Me, I like Gundam 0083 Stardust Memories, a 13 episode OVA made back in 1993. It's old but one of my favorites. Also a movie named Spriggan was frigg'n awesome.

[n0estoy]

yeah!!! paikuhan!!! he was awesome. defeated cell with one...or two kicks...can't remember clearly. Just saw Ghost in the Shell in its entirety for the first time last night. i gotta see it again in english. is too complicated to get everything and be reading the subtitles, but it wasn't too bad. not up their w/ Rurouni Kenshin though...

[Zell]

it's nothing againts Ninja Scroll or The Batusai (Wndering Samurai Rurouni Kenshin) The Movie !!!!

[Adair]

Ninja Scroll is very good IMO. Has any one seen Princess Mononoke? Its not as action packed as Ninja Scroll, but its very well done and the story is the best I've seen in an anime. Also PM is about 99% hand drawn. I saw it in a theatre and was amazed. Then I found out its hand drawn and was like:eek: