Are there any good cartoon series?

[Qlippoth]

My time-wasting knows no bounds...

Anyone remember a really silly Hercules cartoon (not the Disney one)? Where the strength came from a magic ring? And when he put the ring on, there was always the same background, no matter where Herc. was? (Gods they were heavy into recycling with the cells in that cartoon). Anyone remember the centaur Newt, and the satyrs Toot and Tweet? Anyone remember the theme song?

(operatic voice)
Hercules! Hero of song and story,
Hercules! etc.

Here!

 

[Klaus]

Anyone noticed how much this old Hercules look slike today's Superman cartoons?

Okay, here are my golden memories:
He-Man (and the requisite She-Ra, 'cause she was a foxy mama! And Hordak is eeevil)
Transformers (and the requisite movie where everyone diiiiies!)
Thundercats
GI Joe
Star Blazers
The Real Ghostbusters
Challenge of the Superfriends (with Darkseid having the hots for Wonder Woman)

These days, we have:
Justice League, Samurai Jack, He-Man (again!), Teen Titans (if only they'd de-anime it a bit), KND: Kids Next Door, Clone Wars, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (if only Grim would kill those two brats...) ...

 

[Arnwyn]

The stuff nowadays isn't too bad. I particularly like:

- Spongebob Squarepants (yes, I admit it)
- My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Inyu-yasha
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Samurai Jack
- Simpsons
- Futurama
- Star Wars: Clone Wars
- Dragonball GT (much more tolerable than Z)
- new Spiderman (holy crap, that's good. I consider it "Spiderman 1.5" - it seems to fit perfectly in with the previous movie and as a prequel to Spiderman 2)

But, admittedly, they don't stand up to the 'older' stuff:
- Gargoyles
- Animaniacs
- Freakazoid!
- Robotech
- Transformers
- G.I. Joe
- Reboot
- The Tick

 

[D.Shaffer]

Worst of all is how thinly most of them are just disguised ads for their crappy toys.
ThunderCats, Animaniacs, Voltron (the cats, not the cars), He-man!

...The irony abounds. As much as I enjoyed many old cartoons, a bunch of them are only good via the power of nostalgia.

 

[Bloodstone Press]

Anyone remember the Visionaries?? This thread got me thinking about them. I checked Google and it turns out there is at least one site dedicated to them here: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/1549/visionaries/. There is even a PBEM RPG devoted to them.

Sadly, there was only 13 episodes made, but I remember watching every one of them. The ideas from that show still inspire me today. Long live the Spectral Knights! With place names like "Darkstom Castle" and "Iron Mountain" and the cool polymorphing armor they wore, I thought it was one of the coolest shows ever. Of course, nostalgia probably has a lot to do with it...

I also loved the Galaxy Rangers. Shane Goosman was The Man. Thundarr is also among my all time favs.

Other favorite cartoons from the past:
Transformers
G.I. joe
DnD
Gummy Bears
Voltron (with the cats, not the cars/space ships)


Today, I like to watch Teen Titans, but I agree with some other people here that the animation is a little too wonky. The new Justice League is also good, but I don't get to see it very often.

Samurai Jack is cool too, but I don't see it very often either.

Someone earlier mentioned the Animaniacs and specifically, the Anvil Song. Yeah buddy, that was cool.
Dictator: "I am the DICTATOR!"
Yako: "Excuse me, Mr. Tater..."
That still makes me laugh.

I just saw the new transformers the other day. Can't say anything about the plot, but the animation looked pretty good.

 

[Greatwyrm]

I've really enjoyed the new He-Man, but it's hard to find on CN. Some actual good stories in a number of episodes.

Dexter's Lab is cool and obviously has gamers on the writing staff.

I admit it. I like Spongebob Squarepants, too. So sue me.

Justice League is pretty good. I wasn't happy when they killed of Grundy, but overall, it's good.

I like just about anything in the Sunday night Adult Swim lineup. I was glad to see Home Movies go. Even happier to see Aqua Teens 5 nights a week.

Now, what would I like to see? A (not necessarily licensed) D&D style cartoon with animation similar to Justice League. A new and revamped GI Joe or A-Team style show. Oh, and a Josey and the Pussycats "reality show" for adult swim.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Voltron (with the cats, not the cars/space ships)

Bizarre. I found the cast of the 5 Lions Voltron really annoying, but I really liked the Air Team, Land Team, Sea Team series.

Someone earlier mentioned the Animaniacs and specifically, the Anvil Song. Yeah buddy, that was cool.

Heh. I remember the lyrics to the Anvil Song when they met a big purple cuddly dinosaur...

An anvil's very shiny,
and very heavy too...
so watch out, my chubby friend...
or one will fall on you!
Ka-CHONG!

It's made of solid iron,
it weighs a ton or two...
We know you want to meet it...
it wants to meet you too!
Ka-CHONG!

-Hyp.

 

[Alzrius]

Anyone remember the Visionaries??

Knights of the magical light!

Lordy, I'd forgotten all about them. Were there really only 13 episodes? Man, I thought the reason I seemed to keep seeing the same episodes over and over was because my crappy local networks were just showing reruns instead of new episodes.

This reminds me, does anyone recall the Supernaturals? I know they were an action figure line, and even had a toll-free number you could call to listen to a few lines of expository dialogue from a randomly-determined character, but they didn't have a TV show that I recall...could it have been on cable back then (late 80's)?

 

[Enkhidu]

Psst! Everyone who listed Jackie Chan Adventures as one of the best cartoons/shows on TV - it was created by one John Rogers - jonrog1 on these very boards!

 

[Nuclear Platypus]

Ok, time to toss in my input as I was mesmerized by the TV.

Old stuff:
Roadrunner
Might Orbots
Voltron (lions naturally)
Transformers (remember the return of Optimus Prime?)
Robotech (didn't care for Southern Cross all that much)
GI Joe (I remember Cobra-La as well as *ugh* GI Joe Extreme)
Thundarr the Barbarian (Lords of Light!)
the Real Ghostbusters (Lorenzo Music was Peter Venkman not Dave Coulier! also Collect Call of Cthulhu)
Extreme Ghostbusters (Tara Strong voiced here too)
the Incredible Hulk / Amazing Spider Man show (guest starred the X-Men!)
the first few episodes of TMNT
the newer Superfriends (Darkseid was obsessed with Wonder Woman)
Thundercats
Silverhawks (remember that?)
Space Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo's descendant but unfortunately never made it past a teaser trailer)
Pryde of the X-Men (based a 6 player quarter eater off it!)

More recent stuff:
X-Men (unfortunately Nightcrawler was only a guest)
X-Men: Evolution (da fuzzy elf and Todd "Toad" Tolensky's theme!)
Tiny Toons (there's a parody of the theme involving Cthulhu and friends)
Beast Wars (I liked it better than Beast Machines, especially since Fox didn't carry the later seasons)
the Incredible Hulk (Cree "Numbah Five" Summers as the She-Hulk and Kathy Ireland as Ogress!)
SpiderMan (not the one on EmptyV)
SpiderMan Unlimited
Gargoyles (aka Star Trek: the Next Generation)
Darkwing Duck (I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the ingrown toenail on the foot of crime!)
new Johnny Quest (with Race Bannon's hot daughter )
Samurai Jack
Johnny Bravo (the Scooby gang crossovered!)
Jackie Chan Adventures (Got me talking like Uncle to my nephews "One more thing...")
Kim Possible
Powder Puff Girls (That's Power Puff! No 'D'!)
Shaman King (don't squeeze the shaman)
the NEW TMNT (back to old Eastman & Laird and Raph sounds like he's from the Bronx)
Dragon Ball
"Drag ON" Ball Z (morbid curiousity mostly but the fights weren't too bad)
Teen Titans
Justice League
Superman & Batman (the Timm versions)
Batman Beyond (Mr Freeze returns!)
Cowboy Bebop
Ruroni Kenshin
Mucha Lucha (It's a way of life!)
Ultimate Muscle (must be the wrasslin' fan in me or the fact I collected M.U.S.C.L.E. Things in the 80's)
Dexter's Laboratory (earlier seasons before the character retooling. Ugh.)

I know I'm missing a few but I think my lists are long enough.