Favorite 80's cartoons ?

[Brazoo]

Tough question. I watched hours and hours of cartoons in the early 80s - lots that were mentioned here, but my favorite cartoons were always reruns of older cartoons - Looney Tunes, Popeye, Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Flintstones and a lot of other Hanna-Barbera cartoons. I'd always choose these older cartoons to the ones that were usually on - but I still watched regrettable hours of Smurfs, Scooby and Scrappy Doo and much worse stuff than that.

I also never liked the adventure cartoons a lot of my friends liked, like GI Joe, Transformers, He-Man, G-Force ... I was always bored watching them for some reason. I always chose the funny ones over those types - or at least the ones trying to be funny.

These ones really stood out to me:

Danger Mouse
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (which I was a tad old for when it came out, truth be told)
The Herculoids (Which I liked the look of, more than anything)
Thundarr the Barbarian (same thing, loved the look of it)

Uhh - Does The Simpsons count?

I did watch a lot of "Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends" and "Superfriends", but they were never as good as I wanted them to be. I always watched "Inspector Gadget" too, but the way each episode was identical really irritated me.

Age probably has a lot to do with this list, by 1984 I was pretty much done with Saturday morning cartoons.

[bobws]

So glad i wasn't the first to write down JEM - she's truly outrageous!
Superfriends
Spidey and friends
Thundarr
Goldie Gold
The Newer Space Ghost and Herculoids
Droids/Ewoks
did Spiderwoman come out in the 80's?

[Goblin19]

1. Spider-Man and His Amaxing Friends
2. Smurfs
3. Super Friends
4. Whatever Scooby Doo was on
5. Thundercats

[Figuremod73]

Age probably has a lot to do with this list, by 1984 I was pretty much done with Saturday morning cartoons.

Heheh, unlike toys I never felt I was to old for them.

So glad i wasn't the first to write down JEM - she's truly outrageous!

I use to hide that I watched it. I liked the look of the cartoon.

I also like these alot:
The Littles
Get along gang
Muppet Babies

(I'll probably just keep listing, lol.)

[Figuremod73]

That's cool. "Entertaining" and "good" aren't neccessarily connected. A lot of what I like is absolutely horrid.

Thats for sure. I'm amazed that I pretty much like the same things I did when I was ten. Evolved maybe, but basic taste is basically the same. I still despise sports because they use to take so much time on basic tv on saturdays.

[boynightwing]

Transformers
G.I.JOE
The Real Ghostbusters
Thundercats
Muppet Babies

[Brazoo]

Heheh, unlike toys I never felt I was to old for them.

Me too, actually! I always loved cartoons, and never stopped watching them. It's just that in about 1984 I just got to a point where the new cartoons weren't entertaining - and I was old enough that I would WAY rather sleep in than wake up early on Saturday morning.

I was happy when "Tiny Toon Adventures" came around - because it actually had some entertainment value. Then slightly later Cartoon Network happened and I was thrilled there were a handful of new cartoons to watch that were fun.

[palitoy]

Me too, actually! I always loved cartoons, and never stopped watching them. It's just that in about 1984 I just got to a point where the new cartoons weren't entertaining - and I was old enough that I would WAY rather sleep in than wake up early on Saturday morning.

I was happy when "Tiny Toon Adventures" came around - because it actually had some entertainment value. Then slightly later Cartoon Network happened and I was thrilled there were a handful of new cartoons to watch that were fun.

Yeah I got back into Saturday morning toons in a big way in the early 90s. Used to make a pot of coffee, fry up bacon and leave fox kids on all morning.

[Brazoo]

Maybe it's my age, but to me most of the 80s was a down period for animation in general.

Disney only released a handful of movies in the 80s, and I don't think they did anything notable between "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" (1977) and "The Little Mermaid" (1989).

In my mind "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" came out in 1988 and reminded Hollywood that there was a huge audience for animation - if it had entertainment value.

[Brazoo]

Yeah I got back into Saturday morning toons in a big way in the early 90s. Used to make a pot of coffee, fry up bacon and leave fox kids on all morning.

That's awesome. For me, I'm such a lazy bum that I never grew out of wanting to sleep in Saturdays, but the early 90s were great. It was like "finally, CARTOONS!"

[Earth 2 Chris]

Favorite 80s toons:

Super Friends/Super Powers
Spider-Man (solo 80s cartoon)
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
He-Man and MOTU
GI Joe
MASK
Transformers
Thundercats
TMNT
Smurfs (when it first started I was 5 or so)
Ducktales
Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers

Special recognition goes to the New Scooby-Doo Mysteries and The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo. I so hated when they took away Fred, Velma and Daphne and all the spooky elements. The early 80s episodes of Scooby/Scrappy are utter garbage. When they brought back Daphne, they switched the emphasis back to mysteries, and even guest-starred Fred and Velma. The next season actually gave the series a plot line, and although Flim-Flam was annoying, at least it gave us Vincent Price!

Chris

[jwyblejr]

Tough question. I watched hours and hours of cartoons in the early 80s - lots that were mentioned here, but my favorite cartoons were always reruns of older cartoons - Looney Tunes, Popeye, Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Flintstones and a lot of other Hanna-Barbera cartoons. I'd always choose these older cartoons to the ones that were usually on - but I still watched regrettable hours of Smurfs, Scooby and Scrappy Doo and much worse stuff than that.

I also never liked the adventure cartoons a lot of my friends liked, like GI Joe, Transformers, He-Man, G-Force ... I was always bored watching them for some reason. I always chose the funny ones over those types - or at least the ones trying to be funny.

These ones really stood out to me:

Danger Mouse
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (which I was a tad old for when it came out, truth be told)
The Herculoids (Which I liked the look of, more than anything)
Thundarr the Barbarian (same thing, loved the look of it)

Uhh - Does The Simpsons count?

I did watch a lot of "Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends" and "Superfriends", but they were never as good as I wanted them to be. I always watched "Inspector Gadget" too, but the way each episode was identical really irritated me.

Age probably has a lot to do with this list, by 1984 I was pretty much done with Saturday morning cartoons.

I'd count The Simpsons. They came out in 1989. Earlier if you count The Tracy Ullman Show shorts.

[Figuremod73]

The LATE 80's I think were pretty bad. Not much happening there during the weekends or weekdays. The only show I was really into for the most part was Pee-Wees playhouse.

Fox kids in the '90s was such a good time. Some pretty good toons during that time. Also Tiny Tunes, Animaniacs, and Pinky and the Brain are some of the best cartoons produced in the 90's period.

I'd count The Simpsons. They came out in 1989. Earlier if you count The Tracy Ullman Show shorts.

I was really into the Simpsons the first five or six years. I still like the Simpson, but I think the newer episodes arent as good for some reason. Far from bad compared to some of the other stuff ive seen though. I dont like American Dad, etc.

[Werewolf]

Maybe it's my age, but to me most of the 80s was a down period for animation in general.

Because of syndication the 80s was actually an explosion of animation. You no longer had to wait for saturday morning for cartoons and the syndicated cartoons didn't have such severe censorship restrictions on them. No way something like the Inhumanoids would have been possible on saturday morning. Disney also had a lot of great cartoons in the 80s like Gummi Bears and the syndicated Duck Tales and Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers.

[Figuremod73]

Heres a list of the Disney movies. They were still making them in the 80's but I dont think between The fox and the Hound and The Little Mermaid, they were having much box office success.

http://www.thecompletistgeek.com/