old school cartoons...

[aitak]

whats your favourite old school cartoon? i love fat albert

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

The original Astro Boy.
I'm a kid of the 80s so my favourite (old ones) aren't that old skool.

Captain Planet
Gumby
Rescue Rangers
Talespin
Duckwing Duck
Ducktales
Johnny Quest

[Sammy Boy]

Not sure if they can considered old school, but here's my list:

- Transformers
- G. I. Joe
- Thundercats
- Lion Force Voltron
- Vehicle Force Voltron
- Smurfs
- Centurions
- Bionic Six
- C.O.P.S.
- Galaxy Rangers
- Silverhawks
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[aitak]

hey, what are you saying, that im ancient? lol...just joking.
what about roger ramjet? hows that for old...thought its not a favourite of mine. a bit too obnoxious.

[aitak]

oh ninja turtles! yeah how good were they?

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

Mid-1980s I think.
Ninja turtles were great, yes!
No aitak, ofcourse I'm not calling you old.
Roger Ramjet was... lacking.
As was Henry's Cat and all the other dodgy ABC brain trash.
Widget the World Watcher was pretty awesome though.

[Sammy Boy]

The Turtles were pretty good, but I think the newer series is better as each episode builds on the previous one with an overarching plot.

The old one seemed to have lacked that crucial element.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

The Animated Batman series from the early 90s was also very awesome!

[mitsuki lover]

My old school favorites would be:
*Archie
*Sabrina The Teen-Aged Witch
*The Flintstones
*The Jetsons
*Josie & The Pussycats and Josie & The Pussycats in Outer Space
*Jonny Quest
*Quickdraw McDraw
*Deputy Hound
*Snaggle Puss
*Touche Turtle
*Gumby
*Davy & Goliath
*Secret Squirrel
*Mighty Mouse
*Felix The Cat
*Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck
*Atom Ant
*George of the Jungle
*etc.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

Road Rovers. Freakazoid. SWAT Cats!

[Tancos]

Rocky and Bullwinkle
Dudley Do-Right

[ShiroiHikari]

I watched a lot of Rainbow Brite back in the day. I watched Ninja Turtles religiously every Saturday morning. I also really like the old Looney Tunes stuff and Tom and Jerry.

[Felix]

FELIX THE CAT! \o.o/

And...

I don't know if they're old school, but

Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
Duck Tales
Talespin

I guess that's all.. possible Gumby as well, although I never watching it very much.

[ChristianKitsune]

what defines old school?

anyways, here are mine!

*Captain Planet
*Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers
*Batman
*Animaniacs
*EEK the CAT!
*Bobby's World
*Ninja Turtles
*Sonic satAM

[Kokhiri Sojourn]

The Animated Batman series from the early 90s was also very awesome!

Agreed.

Also:
- Tiny Toons
- Rescue Rangers
- Duck Tales
- GI Joe
- Transformers
- Mario Bros.
- Carmen Sandiego (the baddies were animated...)
- Smurfs

[Raiden no Kishi]

Did anyone see Pole Position? That was actually pretty cool.

And I absolutely HAVE to mention Inspector Gadget. I absolutely loved that show.

.rai//

[Yeshua-Knight]

man, i'm utterly surprised that one of my personal favs of the OG 'toons, that being....underdog


THERE'S NO NEED TO FEAR!!! UNDERDOG IS HERE!!!!!!!

[Tenshi no Ai]

This is my list concidering "old" as in 80s and before (since some of the older shows still showed in the 90s and 80s was somethign I was basically just being born into it's ending).

-Denver the Last Dinosaur
-Care Bears! (I recently purchaused the second movie on DVD cause I LOVED it when I was little^^)
-Ninja Turtle (on in the 80s, right?)
-various Disney stuffage
-Looney Toons

And that's all I can think of right now...

man, i'm utterly surprised that one of my personal favs of the OG 'toons, that being....underdog


THERE'S NO NEED TO FEAR!!! UNDERDOG IS HERE!!!!!!!

The first time I've heard of and seen that cartoon was last year in kid's camp^^

[Yeshua-Knight]

it was kinda spoofing superman, it came out about the same time as rocky and bullwinkle and the other old ones

[Tenshi no Ai]

Forgot to add Rocky and Bullwinkle too^^ Guess I watched that quite a bit too. Never did see the live action version though...

[aitak]

oh yeah the jetsons and rocky and bullwinkle...or did i already say that?

[Nate]

HE-MAN

"AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!"

Yes, that was my favorite old school cartoon, and in fact, remains one of my favorite cartoons to this day. I also really enjoyed Voltron and Ninja Turtles, though the old school Ninja Turtles is pretty mediocre by today's standards (they were too goofy...). Ducktales was another favorite, and Darkwing Duck.

I also liked the Noozles. XD

[Stephen]

90s batman and Ninja Turtles. T-u-r-t-l-e power baby. Moved to the tv board.

[Sammy Boy]

The Animated Batman series from the early 90s was also very awesome!

Hey mate, did you know you can buy them on DVD for like 10 bucks per volume (4 eps per vol.) now at places like Myer and JB? I got them all and some of those feature length ones (including Mask of The Phantasm and Sub-Zero).

Kaemmerite - you said it! He-Man rocks!!! I read somewhere that originally it was meant to be a Conan the Barbarian cartoon, but it was deemed to have too much violence and sex and thus not suitable for children. Hence it became He-Man (but it even then it was originally going to be called He-Ro).

Do you have any favourite characters from that show? Mine is Fist-O, but he made few appearances.

Does anyone remember M.A.S.K. or Defenders of the Earth? I also remember Challenge of the Might Go-Bots, but in some cases the past is best left forgotten. Haha.

Also, since we are talking about this, I found this site:

http://www.retrojunk.com/

It contains many opening videos of 70s - 90s TV shows (including cartoons!) that you can watch on the site.

Ah .. they bring back many fond memories.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

Really Ultra? I'll have to look into it. Do they have boxsets also?
I love Mask of the Phantasm - what an awesome Batman movie!

[Sammy Boy]

I think I saw Target selling volumes 1 and 2 together for 20 bucks. It wasn't a boxed set though, they just sticky-taped the shrink wrapped DVD cases together.

I believe there are actually boxed sets, but perhaps not region 4 yet (or maybe never). I think they are realised in the US and/or UK only.

By now I have resigned myself to the fact that Australia seems to always get the short end of the stick when it comes to DVD releases, comic titles, and toys availability and pricing compared to places such as USA, Japan, Canada and the UK. * cries *

JB Hi Fi is a good source of the Batman cartoon DVDs - I got most of mine (including Mask of the Phantasm) there for 10 bucks each. K-Mart and Myer also have some stock. With K-Mart you have to kinda browse through the shelves because sometimes they get misplaced (bad in that they are hard to find, good in that they won't get bought out easily).

If none of the places have them I think you can order through JB - just need to wait a few weeks but they can do it.

At Myer, I also saw the new animated series of Spider-Man (the one with some CG elements), but it's only vol. 1, however 15 bucks for 2 discs is a hard deal to beat.

All the best with your DVD hunt.

[aitak]

defenders of the earth! yeah!

[WrestlingOtaku]

I'll throw in a vote for the animated Batman series too. Mark Hamill was brilliant as the Joker in that series and plays him the best IMO. His laugh alone was chilling and dead on for the character.

I'll also add:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
G.I. Joe (Can't believe no one's put this up yet)
SWAT Cats
George of the Jungle
Inspector Gadget
The Fox Spider-man cartoon (Not the 60's or Amazing Friends, the 90's one. Couldn't stand the other two.)

That's all I got for now.

[Nate]

Do you have any favourite characters from that show? Mine is Fist-O, but he made few appearances.

Probably Orko and Cringer. I can't really remember anyone else of note.

As an aside, I thought the new He-Man cartoon from a couple of years back was really awesome, but my biggest complaint was Cringer didn't talk. :\

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

Ofcourse Inspector Gadget! How could I forget him?

Thanks Ultra, will do.
(Yes, we get the short end of a very long stick)