I have a friend who got hold of some of these somehow - we only vaguely remembered the show. They have to save the planet from eco-terrorists. It's hilariously awful.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
Captain Planet was not obscure at all! It was awesome.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
90's? How about Swamp Thing? In retrospect I can see why the cartoon series was VERY short lived.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Captain Planet was given such a huge media push by Ted Turner (broadcast on -all- his networks) that I don't think it counts as obscure, yeah. Love how the smarmy Russian chick is always the one who calmly and coldly explains to the silly, scaredy-cat, overly sensitive other Planeteers the moral of the episode and exactly the right thing to do!
Swamp Thing was a favorite of yours, BlackBlade? Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
Gummie Bears. *starts singing 'bouncing here and there and everywhere...*
I so wanted gummie beary juice...
Posted by DaisyMae (Member # 9722) on :
Ren and Stimpy rocks.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I hated Ren and Stimpy, and I wouldn't call it obscure either.
I watched, very, very little Captain Simian.
Mine were a mix of 80's and 90's shows.
Bucky O'Hare
Centurions
Visionaries
Mighty Max
Conan The Adventurer
Less or not at all obscure shows that I watched include:
Double Dragon, GI Joe, Transformers, Sonic the Hedgehod.
And I have no idea where Under the Umbrella Tree, Dumbo Circus (when I was REALLY young), Little Bits and David the Gnome fall. Those were all when I was in the single digits in the 80's and early 90's.
And I don't know where this falls either, but The Tick is definetely in my top three of best cartoon shows ever. Hysterical show.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
Oh, I loved Mighty Max, Lyrhawn. Particularly the last couple episodes (the little 2 or 3 part arc that ended the series). So good. I miss it. Too bad the toy line was just Polly Pocket for guys. Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :
S.W.A.T. Cats. That's all I have to say.
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
Biker Mice from Mars.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I'll second mysterious cities of gold. I used to love it. I actually downloaded the whole series a few years back. never actually finished watching them but they're all sitting on my computer somewhere.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
I love and cherish Exo-Squad based purely on my memories. I had some of the toys - I recently checked eBay to see if I could get them again, and they're now upwards of $70 a piece. Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Fantastically obscure: A saturday morning cartoon I adored called...wait for it...
"The Cowboys of Moo Mesa"
Who were, in fact...all cows.
They were named after states: Texas, Colorado who was the young hot-head, and then Dakota who was the older, wiser one. I can't quite remember Texas' personality. edit: thinking about it, i think he was sort of the leader, just more level-headed. Sort of like Leonardo, of TMNT fame.
I don't think it was on very long, but i remember the intro sequence vividly.
further edit: Oh my gosh! After a little research I've discovered that the show was actually MADE by the creators of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! C.O.W.boys of Moo Mesa That is so weird that i randomly made that comparison!
Also, i was mis-remembering the characters...I thought Texas was the leader, turns out his name was Montana! oh my gosh, this show ran for longer than i thought...five seasons! I am really in shock. It was an utterly bizarre premise.
*laughs*
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Megaman.
Also, I totally thought that blonde chick from Captain Planet was from Holland or something...I think when they showed them like, "Oh look. All of these stereotypes from all over the world!" she was surrounded by windmills.
-pH
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Only windmills because her power was Wind. But her name was Linka, and the accent was pretty pronounced.
I watched a bit of Cowboys of Moo Mesa when I was younger, but I missed most of it. What is even on Saturday morning cartoons anymore? When I was young it was like, pre-teen variety shows basically, like Animaniacs and Tiny Toons. And there's a show I can't remember the name of, but whenever a commercial would come on they'd sing "After theeese messages...we'll be riiight back!" But I can never remember the name of the show.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
That sounds so so familiar, Lyrhawn...were there a group of them, singing harmony? Possibly...puppets? *trying to remember*
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
I think Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors was a little before hte 90's. As was Silver Hawks.
And Zelda (and the Super Mario Bros Super Show), Captain N: the Game Master, Pirates of Dark Water, M.A.S.K., Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Where's Waldo, the Back to the Future cartoon...
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
OMG...i remember Where's Waldo!
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
I still sometimes get the Where's Waldo theme song stuck in my head... that and the Carmen Sandiego theme.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: And I have no idea where Under the Umbrella Tree, Dumbo Circus (when I was REALLY young), Little Bits and David the Gnome fall. Those were all when I was in the single digits in the 80's and early 90's.
Oh wow! I was just talking to my boyfriend yesterday about David the Gnome. He's the only person I met who remembers it (though he insists that at 21 years old, I should be too young to know it.) I kept thinking about Under the Umbrella Tree and Dumbo's Circus, but couldn't remember their names.
As for me, I got bored last weekend and downloaded "The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest." I was about ten or eleven at the time, but my younger brothers watched it so I used "sibling bonding time" as an excuse to watch cartoons without my mother teasing me. Ten years later and I still love cartoons. This post has only increased my desire to track down my favorites.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Now Carmen was the best. I don't think i have ever gotten so worked up about anything since i used to watch those nitwits run around the US or World maps trying to find Georgia or Russia. "It's the big one!! The one taking up most of freakin' Asia!!!!" *shouts at screen*
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
Which Carmen Sandiego theme, FlyingCow? Since you're in the cartoon thread, I'd assume the cartoon one, but of course many people are more familiar with the live action trivia show one (both Where in the World and Where in Time).
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
I get the one done by Rockapella stuck in my head, which was the trivia show. I loved the cartoon, but that song is just damn infectious.
As was the Waldo theme.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
Oh, after you mentioning them, I have all of them stuck in my head. The Rockapella one, the cartoon one, and the Waldo theme. It's very odd to have three songs playing at once in your mind.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I'm 27 and loved David the Gnome. Though I was probably a bit old when I was watching it.
I completely forgot about Captain N: The Game Master. I used to watch that.
Also, I don't know if I'd call M.A.S.K obscure, but maybe it just didn't seem obscure in my 12 year old world.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Cartoon Planet! I think it counts as obscure because it was totally overshadowed by Spaceghost Coast to Coast, which is pretty funny, but no Brak.
Also, not a cartoon, but does anyone remember Muppets Tonight? The Disney Channel 90's version of The Muppet Show. REALLY funny. Especially the episodes with Cindy Crawford, Sandra Bullock, and Garth Brooks.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Under the Umbrella Tree had three puppet characters, Jacob (a bluejay) Gloria (a gopher) and...crap I can't think of the third, and they lived in a house with some lady who had an Umbrella Tree in the house, and they lived underneath it. Dumbo's Circus was, I think, about people in giant costumes dressed up as the characters from Dumbo. It was horrible, in retrospect, but I liked it for some reason at the time.
I still say "fiddlesticks" all the time like David did. I'm 22, so 21 is definetely not too young to know what DtG is.
Is the Real Adventures of Johnny Quest the more recent one? There's an older one, and a more recent one with better animation. I used to watch the more recent one all the time, but it was a short lived series.
I never watched a Carmen Sandiego cartoon, but I LOVED the game show. It's probably the best gameshow of all time. I also really liked Bozo's Circus when I was a kid, and that video game game show, where they had to uncover a picture one block at a time and answer really easy questions and at the end the kids had to do like a virtual reality "Inside the video game" green screen challenge thing. And Legends of the Hidden Temple.
And I was JUST talking about Muppets Tonight the other day with a friend. When are they going to have that out on DVD? So far as I can remember, this is my favorite scene. I wish I could have seen the Moulin Rouge parody version.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
quote:Samurai Pizza Cats?
Hells yeah. I watched quite a bit of that show back in the day, and the wierd thing is, I don't ever remember seeing them run anywhere. They always kinda glided around. Really bizarre and lazy.
Also, I was rather fond of Eek the cat (and his girlfriend Anabelle).
Gargoyles should have lasted much longer than it did. If I recall correctly, it had a really bad time slot.
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
Wut 'bout Square One TV's....
Mathman
A take off of Pac-man, the lil'math dude had to solve the problem, and he usually got it wrong, which meant he got chased by his archnemesis...
...strange spinning tornado guy.
Best show evar.
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
From the links underneath Wiki's Spartakus entry (funny that I remember Spartakus but not MCoG) I loved the Little Prince, Little Koala, Count Duckula (He won't bite beast or man/Cause he's a vegetarian/Duckula) and DtG. I watch Happy Days just because I love Tom Bosley. I really miss the Father Dowling Mysteries that he was in, too.
Posted by krynn (Member # 524) on :
i remember Space monkeys and EXO squad. i only saw a couple eps of Space MOnkeys, but i know i saw a few more of EXO Squad. there was that whole discrimination thing going on against the uh.. Neo Humans?
Captain N was ok.
i was all about some Pirates of Dark Water. i loved how that had that one phrase, for which im about to butcher and try to spell it... "Noi Getat!" i think Ren was the main char's name.
Oh and Lyrhawn, the "after these messages, we'll be riiight back!" was from way back in the day when cable just came out. it was on ABC for their saturday morning cartoons. they also had those "in a minute" things, if anyone remembers those.
[ March 28, 2007, 07:18 AM: Message edited by: krynn ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Maybe not obscure enough, but The Maxx. Loved it.
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
Ah, MTV's precursor to Adult Swim. I never got Aeon Fluxx, but I loved the Maxx. (I especially loved the Gen 13 comic where Grunge thought he was the Maxx. So perfect.)
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
I never really watched obscure cartoons; more of a populist, I guess.
Dungeons & Dragons Captain Planet Captain N GI Joe He-Man She-Ra Voltron Thunder Cats Smurfs
Shows I only remembered watching every Saturday after browsing this 80s cartoon site BraveStarr Captain Caveman Dragon's Lair Hulk Hogan's Rockin' Wrestling Pole Position Q*Bert Real Ghostbusters
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Captain Planet sucked rocks.
Dude had a mullet-- 'nuff said.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
krynn -
THANK YOU, I haven't seen those in more than a decade. I used to spend the night over at my grandma's house most friday nights. She'd make me one of those crappy Jeno's thin and crispy frozen pizzas, and in the morning I'd get up early, watch the cartoons on ABC, and she'd make me some mini lender's bagels with strawberry cream cheese.
You just brought back a very, very happy memory for me.
Posted by Snail (Member # 9958) on :
Most of the shows shown on Finnish TV when I was a kid seem to have been either Japanese or European, so I've never even heard of most of the shows here...
Anyway, what I watched:
Around the World with Willy Fogg Nils Holgersson - This was actually my favourite when I was 5 or 6 or so. It's an anime show based on a dull Swedish fairy tale book that's actually less of a fairy tale book than a geography book disguised as a fairy tale book. But the anime version is gorgeous. The basic plot goes that there's a boy who is so naughty the local house elf turns him to the size of a thumb. He then joins a bunch of wild geese together with a non-wild goose called Martin, and they all fly to Lapland and back together. I begged and begged and screamed and screamed for my parents to buy me a toy goose so I could be like Nils Holgersson, but they didn't find any geese so I had to make do with a stupid toy parrot. Alfred J. Kwak - On retrospect this was probably the coolest show ever produced. Moomins Darkwing Duck Duck Tales Chip 'n Dale Il etait une fois... la vie Il etait une fois... l'homme Il etait une fois... les Ameriques Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Again, not too obscure, but TailSpin (from The Disney Afternoon explicitly excluded in the OP). I had forgotten that.
quote:Several of the characters are loosely based on characters from Disney's animated film version of The Jungle Book: in particular Baloo, the hot-shot pilot hero of the series; Louie, the owner of Baloo's favorite bar; and Shere Khan, a business tycoon who appears in many episodes.
Fun intro music. Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Scott R: Captain Planet sucked rocks.
Dude had a mullet-- 'nuff said.
He had a straight up, sticks out of the back of your hockey helmet mullet. Totally lame.
I watched the whole run of Ronin Warriors, a translation of a Japanese Anime. I actually need to watch that again. I also watched Dinosaucers, mostly because the timeslot it was in had no other decent shows.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
I loved the TailSpin theme music. I also forgot totally about Q*bert, which was very obscure but fun - same with Rockin' Wrestling.
I also really liked The Centurions, which I feel falls under the "obscure" heading, but was also from the 80s.
Posted by krynn (Member # 524) on :
DINOSAUCERS FTW!!!
i can still remember the intro song
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Yay! Someone else saw Centurions!
Does anyone remember the name of a Nickalodeon show that featured two little koalas? There was a pink and blue one, and they drew little circles in the air and jumped through them to get to other places, and ate eucalytus leaves all day. I can't remember the name of it.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Don't forget Dino-Riders, either. I loved those toys.
I loved my Centurion toys, too.
:gets nostalgic:
Oh! And Sectaurs! Those guys with the blue eyes and antennae that rode on giant bugs! Those toys were awesome.
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
Mysterious city of gold rocked. The disney afternoon shows, tailspin, darkwing duck, etc, were great.
Someone put out a few shows of dragon warrior. sadly, they never finished the story as far as I know.
Sebastain, on nickelodeo. Big white dog. Thats all I remember
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: I watched a bit of Cowboys of Moo Mesa when I was younger, but I missed most of it. What is even on Saturday morning cartoons anymore? When I was young it was like, pre-teen variety shows basically, like Animaniacs and Tiny Toons. And there's a show I can't remember the name of, but whenever a commercial would come on they'd sing "After theeese messages...we'll be riiight back!" But I can never remember the name of the show.
The little jingle actually occurred several times during a given Saturday morning block, I don't think it was attached to a particular show.
I get my 90s and 80s cartoons mixed up (even though I was 14 in 1990 , I was a bit immature for my age) My most obscure Saturday morning show was a live-action drawing show shown only in the metro Boston market called "Captain Bob's Drawing Show". It took place in the eponymous sailor's sea shanty. As for cartoons, I saw so many (though somehow missed Robotech!) that I don't know which ones are obscure, and which ones are popular (I've heard of most of the cartoons listed here, but the further into the 90s, the less likely I would know them).
I kinda liked Pac-Man' cartoon, even if it was just a knock-off of any number of Hanna-Barbera cartoons of the time, with a lot of the same voice actors, even! The Monchichis were pretty swell too.
-Bok
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Darkwing Duck!
Let's. Get. Dan-gerous!
-pH
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Daring duck of mystery!
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
I was a big fan of the Snorks. Was that 80s or 90s?
Also, though though they weren't cartoons, every time someone says "in a minute" I have to repeat the phrase four times in my head in different funny high pitched voices. What were those all about? Anyone remember? They weren't really commercials but came on between cartoons on Sat mornings.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
A couple of my favorites were The Tick and Angry Beavers. The former is finally coming out on DVD, but I'm still waiting for the latter.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
I recently downloaded and watched the whole run of Exosquad. Such a great show. Probably the most serious Saturday morning cartoon I've ever seen. Especially towards the end. Kinda ticked me off that they ended it on a cliffhanger, though. Bucky O'Hare was one of my favorites. I remember watching this one cartoon in the early 80's where a bunch of teenagers get zapped into a cartoon world with their souped up Toyota truck...can't remember the name of it though. I do remember it had as many pop songs as they could fit into it, though.
edit: Anyone else remember the Wing Commander cartoon they did on USA? I loved that show. Can't find it again for the life of me. It was released at the same time as the Mortal Kombat cartoon (And does anyone else remember the Mortal Kombat series, non cartoon? I SWEAR Agent Smith was one of the main characters in that)
second edit: w00t! Posted by Perplexity'sDaughter (Member # 9668) on :
*Samurai Pizza Cats! *Rocko's Modern Life *Beetlejuice *Bobby's World *Doug *Muppet Babies *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (probably my fave at the time. I remember wearing some TMNT shoes in kindergarten and an older boy beating me up on the bus because "I was a girl and not allowed to like Ninja Turtles". *Rugrats
Those are the only cartoons I can remember at this point.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
I was obscure??
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
I used to watch Beetlejuice! Wow, that brings back memories.
Oh, and the Muppet Babies theme is damn catchy, too.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: Captain Planet was given such a huge media push by Ted Turner (broadcast on -all- his networks) that I don't think it counts as obscure, yeah. Love how the smarmy Russian chick is always the one who calmly and coldly explains to the silly, scaredy-cat, overly sensitive other Planeteers the moral of the episode and exactly the right thing to do!
Swamp Thing was a favorite of yours, BlackBlade?
Oh wait! It was called Toxic Crusader, and no it was not my favorite in terms of enjoyment, it was my favorite in terms of being just so absurd, right up there with biker mice from mars.
Unfortunately that cartoon had the coolest premise ever and failed to fully capitalize on it.
edit: I enjoyed Mighty Max too,
I wanted a bodyguard like Norman SOOOOO badly after seeing that show.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I was obscure??
Well, I'd certainly never met you.
Maybe the cartoon wasn't obscure, but I never exactly paid attention to its Nielsen ratings. And I didn't get into it until the end of its run.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
Yeah, BlackBlade. I have the cartoon for Dino Riders on some VHS tapes (ones that came with the toys, I think?). The cartoon was enjoyable and I wish there was more of it. I mean brain boxed dinosaurs? So cool.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Jon Boy, you are the ONLY one who mentioned the wonder that was Angry Beavers. I loved it so much that my little brothers would come wake me up when it came on in the mornings. If the Arbor Day episode came on (or the teeth episode) they'd find me wherever I was in the world and try to get me in to watch it with them. *sigh* I love that show.
I also adored Histeria made by the ever-talented folks who brought us Tiny Toons and the genius Animaniacs. I'm waiting for that on DVD. I also really loved Dexter's Lab on Cartoon Network. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Hooray! Let's be friends, Narnia.
Also, I was a big fan of Freakazoid. I'm not sure if it was obscure, but it sure was short-lived. Histeria's not really ringing a bell, though.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Freakazoid was hilarious, I definitely didn't watch enough of it.
oh yeah, Dexter's Lab. i forgot about that show. it was good to start, but i saw some later eps that werent that good. but some of the early ones were freakin awesome.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by krynn: oh yeah, Dexter's Lab. i forgot about that show. it was good to start, but i saw some later eps that werent that good. but some of the early ones were freakin awesome.
His sister Dee Dee single handedly destroyed the cartoon for me.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Was that animated by the same people that make Powerpuff Girls?
I hate that show, with the exception of one little short with Mojo Jojo when he was on "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire," and it was absolutely hysterical.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Mojo Jojo has to be the best cartoon villain ever. I love his syntax. I can't even imitate it, it was so funny.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
BlackBlade, the Dino-Riders toys were waaaay cooler than the show.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
I enjoyed Histeria just because it always seemed timed well with my 8th grade history class. It seemed whatever subject we were about to be tested over was the subject of the episode of Histeria that morning. It was an odd coincidence. Some of my friends claim it was the only reason they passed their history classes.
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
Whoo Hoo, Freakazoid! My friend Evan and I loved it so much that we wrote fan letters to the producers/writers. They wrote the nicest personal letters back and sent us pictures. We were inconsolable when it was cancelled.
I also loved The Tick and Gargoyles. My favorits is Sewer Urchin.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
quote:Under the Umbrella Tree had three puppet characters, Jacob (a bluejay) Gloria (a gopher) and...crap I can't think of the third
That would be Iggy, the Iguana.
*loved that show*
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Mrs. M, I always liked Deflator Mouse (Die Fladermaus) the most. He cracked me up whenever he ran away, but the best villain had to be of El Seed.
"We are now distributing pens for you to fill out your insurance forms. PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY!" It's more funny in context.
Leo -
Ah! IGGY! What was the name of the woman who owned the apartment?
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Holly Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
quote:Under the Umbrella Tree had three puppet characters, Jacob (a bluejay) Gloria (a gopher) and...crap I can't think of the third
Is that kinda like Pinwheel? I used to love that show.
Edited to fix silly UBB code. Link is to wikipedia and is work safe.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: Mrs. M, I always liked Deflator Mouse (Die Fladermaus) the most. He cracked me up whenever he ran away, but the best villain had to be of El Seed.
"We are now distributing pens for you to fill out your insurance forms. PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY!" It's more funny in context.
"Everytime we flash the Die Fledermaus signal, he disconnects his phone and leaves town for a week."
"I didn't even want to be involved; I got jumped by a hedge! Where are the cops in this town!"
"I'm Die Fledermaus and the only one I'm in love with is me!"
"If we don't put that crazy dame away…she's gonna Marry me!"
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by FlyingCow: BlackBlade, the Dino-Riders toys were waaaay cooler than the show.
True Story! They were the only things that could stand up to my transformer and GI Joe toys!
Even as a child I was AMAZED by how anatomically accurate they were. Apparently the Smithsonian asked the toy factory to make another set for the institute sans the guns/armor obviously.
Posted by Xaposert (Member # 1612) on :
quote:*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (probably my fave at the time. I remember wearing some TMNT shoes in kindergarten and an older boy beating me up on the bus because "I was a girl and not allowed to like Ninja Turtles".
I think that happened to April O'Neil too... more or less....
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Posted by DevilDreamt (Member # 10242) on :
Mad Jack the Pirate is possibly my all time favorite obscure Saturday morning cartoon.
It started in 1998 and was canceled the following year because the writer, Bill Kopp, was hired to do an Austin Powers cartoon, which was later canceled due to conflicts with the next Austin Powers movie, leaving Kopp conveniently without a job. Almost everyone I've ever met has no clue what it is, but the very few who have seen it remember it as comic gold.
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
I don't remember it, DD, but how could it not be great with episode titles like "Attack of the Man-Eating Green Gorillas/The Johnny of the Lamp" or "The Island of Pink & Fuzzy/Uncle Mortimer"?
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
Not obscure, but my favorite...
Ren & Stimpy.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
quote:Originally posted by TheTick:
quote:Originally posted by Scott R: Captain Planet sucked rocks.
Dude had a mullet-- 'nuff said.
He had a straight up, sticks out of the back of your hockey helmet mullet. Totally lame.
because of this thread, ive been humming old cartoon themes to myself while on and around campus. its got me feeling all retro and nostalgic.
Another one i remembered was Tin Tin. i originally had the books for these series that started as x-mas gifts. later i found the show and loved it. he was like a young detective guy with a dog.
Posted by Snail (Member # 9958) on :
Nothing could thrill me less, though I suppose I should give the movie makers the benefit of the doubt.
Posted by Puppy (Member # 6721) on :
Silverhawks! They were partly metal, partly real! Si-i-i-ilve-e-e-e-erha-a-a-a-a-awks!
Posted by The Flying Dracula Hair (Member # 10155) on :
Sam & Max FREELANCE POLICE
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
Vonk - from page one... Are you talking about the heads that swapped places 'after these messages, we'll be riiiiiight back?' in claymation?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I was! I'd forgotten that creepy detail though.
What decade was Sharon, Lewis, and Bram's Elephant Show? And how many of you can still do the song? And that game show with Bozo the Clown? All I remember is kids throwing ping pong balls into buckets at the end. I loved that part.
Posted by sylvrdragon (Member # 3332) on :
Anyone remember Maya the Bee? Also, since Dinosaurs was mentioned, we mustn't forget Fraggle Rock, even though it's technically not a cartoon.
Mario, Sonic, and Megaman were among my main lineup. Last but not least, the first Anime (don't think the term Anime even EXISTED then)I ever watched: Ronin Warriors. Who remembers THAT one?
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
I watched a ton of cartoons in the 90's, but the top ones were without a doubt: Freakazoid, Captain Planet, and Darkwing Duck!
Edit: Oh, definitely not obscure but the Spiderman and X-Men cartoons.
Posted by krynn (Member # 524) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: The ones that were never as well known as...say, The Disney Afternoon or the Dini/Timm super-hero shows...yet still have their charms.
Anyone remember Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys?
Samurai Pizza Cats?
ExoSquad?
yeah i remember all three of those. exo squad was pretty serious stuff when i was a kid. i even had a couple of their action figures. my Legos always had huge battles against their mechs on the staircase in my parents' house. hehe.
not the 90's, but i watched Bravestar as a kid too. another of my all time fav's was Pirates of Dark Water. such a good series.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
I remember Samurai Pizza cats, and Captain Simian (awesome show), but what is Exosquad?
Edit: Oh! I woke up early every Saturday to watch Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
Posted by krynn (Member # 524) on :
and they made a cartoon for Where In the World Is Carmen SanDiego. that was cool.
Posted by Catseye1979 (Member # 5560) on :
Still looking to find a copy of EXO Squad which I remember watching everyday before going to middle school in the early 90's.
I also went a bought the DvDs for Zelda and Captain N
The one I wish they would release on DvD is the movie Unico
I'll have to see if my Mother kept the VCR tape I recorded it on all those years back.
I also loved the opening song for David the Gnome. Awsome Song there .
Edit: For the Guy Wondering what Exo Squad was
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Teddy Ruxpin was well loved, but may have been before the 90's.
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
Don't know if anyone mentioned it yet, but one of my favorites was Dinosaucers!
Essentially it was a biological Transformers. And I loved it!
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
Oh wow, how did I not think of this one. REDWALL!!
Edit: I just looked on amazon, cause now I want to buy the whole series. The seasons are 60-70 dollars each!
Posted by Catseye1979 (Member # 5560) on :
My friend just bought the whole Beast Wars series on DVD. We watched like 8 episodes in a row before deciding to eat lunch.
Posted by The Flying Dracula Hair (Member # 10155) on :
Wow, I'm watching this now and I forgot how much I dug 90s cartoons and how they fueled my imagination. I remember loving each on of these shows, except The Max (which I guess was too old for me, though I watched The Critic with my dad) and Sonic Underground (which I never knew existed, just as well since it looks awful). Huh, I had no idea Dragon Warrior was a cartoon either.
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
Reboot. Not exactly a cartoon but still awesome.
Posted by Saephon (Member # 9623) on :
I have all of Reboot on my computer In fact, it's in a folder entirely dedicated to old TV shows that make me happy: Doug Daria Ronin Warriors The Wonder Years The Adventures of Pete and Pete and some others
Posted by The Flying Dracula Hair (Member # 10155) on :
quote:Originally posted by Saephon: I have all of Reboot on my computer In fact, it's in a folder entirely dedicated to old TV shows that make me happy: Doug The Adventures of Pete and Pete and some others
Woah, torrent.
Posted by Kelly (Member # 9576) on :
My brothers and I used to enjoy watching Super Mario Brothers also. Wasn't there also a live action show?
Maya the Bee Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Kelly, I think you combined Eureka's Castle and Allegra's Window.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by SoaPiNuReYe: Reboot. Not exactly a cartoon but still awesome.
Reboot wasn't mo-cap, so I think it does count as a cartoon. Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
lol.
I used to love Eureka's Castle.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
I used to just call it Magellan because he was my favorite character. For those who don't remember, he was the dragon.
Posted by Pegasus (Member # 10464) on :
Mw wife came up with this one: Noozles Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
" Sonic Underground (which I never knew existed, just as well since it looks awful)."
You offend reason, sir! Take that back, or I shall be compelled to dispatch thee!
[ December 09, 2007, 04:48 PM: Message edited by: JonHecht ]
Posted by The Flying Dracula Hair (Member # 10155) on :
I mean.. it's a delicate gem in the childhood of others I hold as dear as my own!
Posted by BandoCommando (Member # 7746) on :
I cannot remember the name of the cartoon, the name of the characters, nor even significant events in the cartoon, but I have very clear images of certain items in the series. Perhaps "with our powers combined" (to quote Captain Planet, dang was that show awful, even if their powers were sweet!), you can help me find the name of this cartoon.
All I really remember was that there was a (caucasian I think) guy who had gold bands around his wrist or both wrists. At some point in the show, he uses these gold bands or telekinesis or something to move massive stone blocks in a way that forms a structure much like those at stonehenge (two vertical blocks with one additional laying horizontally across the top of the other two to make a type of gateway).
It must have been on TV in the mid to late 80's. I remember describing events from the cartoon to my parents and older siblings, but must have made complete nonsense out of it since I'm sure I didn't understand what was actually going on (I was, what, 5 or 6 then?).
Your help is appreciated, even though this matter is somewhat trivial.
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
I watched Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys all the time.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kelly: My brothers and I used to enjoy watching Super Mario Brothers also. Wasn't there also a live action show?
The Super Mario Brothers Super Show had live action segments, with Captain Lou Albano as Mario. Epic win, as the kids would say.
Posted by Eowyn-sama (Member # 11096) on :
Wow, I'd forgotten a ton of these!
But no-one's mentioned Rescue Rangers! (or was that the 80s?) ^_^ I loved that show so much that my dad would make up bedtime stories for me using the characters. Then years later I watched a few episodes with my friends and we discovered that I'd basically turned into my old favorite character--Gadget ^_^
My other favorites were Captain Planet, Mighty Max, Gargoyles, Pirates of Dark Water, Reboot, Beast Wars, and Sailor Moon (although that was the late 90s and I was probably too old for it ^_^)
Wait, they made a Redwall *series*? How did I miss that? Was it any good?
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
Yes, the Redwall series is amazing.
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
Yeah, Captain N was great. It'd probably still be funny now because of how it made fun of some classic video game series. But it really went downhill in its third (and last) season---they cut the episodes down from a half hour to 15 minutes, they featured a lot of obscure, dumb video games, and the artwork was noticeably cruder.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
"Eureka's Castle" was great. The guy who did Magellan's voice also did Bear from "Bear in the Big Blue House". He's a great voice actor.
Puffy, I think I have about 12 episodes of "samurai Pizza Cats" on VHS. We have already begun the indoctrination of our children.
Who do you call when you want some pepperoni? They're stamping out crime and you know that ain't baloney.
I won't repeat the entire song, although I could. But I have to point out that the show had some funny lines in it that kids would miss but parents would crack up over. In one episode Speedy and Guido end up somewhere with bikini babes, and Speedy says, "I'm confused". Guido responds with "I'm aroused."
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