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[–] Corno@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Samurai Pizza Cats. I fondly remember it because my grandma would have tapes of it in her house so whenever I visited grandma's, chances are this show would be playing at some point. I loved watching the launch sequence for some reason and the script is even more zany than I remember LMAO

[–] Qkall@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The theme song slaps so fucking hard. I immediately heard it when I read your post.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

It really does!

"Will somebody please cue that bird? Samurai Pizza Cats! Oh yeah! Who do you call when you want some pepperoni? Samurai Pizza Cats!"

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Holy anchovy, you too?

I expected myself to be the only answerer for that.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Me too! 😂 My favourite episode is the one with the dragon, it's the most memorable one to me for some reason! Which is yours?

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

It's so hard to choose. I think I'd choose the episode where Polly and Lucille became singers. I remember at one point reflecting fondly on how they got actual musical talent for the episode, which a TV show like that doesn't have to do. Saban really gave the show their dedication.

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You've just unlocked a childhood memory. Thanks!

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

No problem! I'm happy there are other people here who remember this show! 😃

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Batman The Animated Series, prolly

[–] Whateley@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago
[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

It's about even in my heart between Ren and Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life.

[–] Qkall@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Original run of 97 X-Men.

Or ronin warriors/teknoman for introducing me to anime

Darkwing Duck is probably the one I remember most fondly. It even had a Twin Peaks inspired episode, Twin Beaks, which I didn't appreciate until I was older.

[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In my case this would something from the '60s and '70s in the UK then - and I suppose that stop-motion in The Clangers or Bagpuss etc wouldn't really count, so probably between the gentle, character-based storytelling of Ivor the Engine (and that is a cut-out animation - but I'd think still qualifies) and the surrealism, punning and energy of Roobarb (and Custard).

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'd probably go Roobarb as well, though still have a soft spot for Mr. Benn.

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Bugs Bunny (Looney Toons) from childhood

(But became number 2 when Pinky and the Brain came out as an adult.)

[–] max55@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I am huge fan of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thundaar, the Barbarian. Absolutely wild sci-fi fantasy. Conan meets Adventure Time.

Close contenders are BTAS, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, He-Man, and TMNT.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 1 month ago

wow. hits a lot of things I was thinking about. Its so hard to say because there is a big thing at different periods. I think if the transformers had come out earlier it might be the one but I was watching it when I was a bit to old to watch cartoons (which is still the case).

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 1 month ago

Ok so been thinking about it and it is so dependent on the time period but I think im going to go with an old one that was just so cool relative to what else was on and what came before. It was the us version of a japanese cartoon and the us version was called. Battle of the planets.

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

There are lots of short animated czechoslovakian cartoons for one of the first programs dedicated for children. It is called Večerníček and there are loads of good cartoons.

I can't pick one but I was bit surprised that some of them aired more worldwide. For example Pat & Mat it isn't cartoon (stop motion) but I linked it because it is silent.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Impossible to choose from the absolute bangers of the 80s and 90s.

Heathcliffe, Garfield and Friends, GI Joe, Transformers, Jem, Spider-Man, Tiny Toon Adventures, Tom n Jerry, etc.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Voltron

if it's yours too do yourself a favour and NEVER revisit it

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of Thundercats. I had so much nostalgia for it until I watched it again.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

None of the ones I can think of hold up all that well since I grew up in the 80s. It wasn't until the 90s (with The Simpsons at the vanguard) that ones I would consider to be good for all ages started appearing. The Smurfs was my favorite as a kid.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Franklin. I'm, at least not in the presence of my family, willing to admit I absolutely love the fairly calm antics of that turtle and his friends and family.

Not 100% cartoon, but I really liked Mr Bogus. It may have been called different things in different countries.

[–] Whateley@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Ren and Stimpy. I was the strange kid in school, so the show's gross-out humor and absurdity appealed to my weirdo sensibilities. Finding out John K. is a bastard sexpest definitely tempered my nostalgia a bit.