Favorite Cartoons

[Footman311]

I was surprised to not find a thread for this.



Scooby Doo would have to be my all-time favorite cartoon, I mean a talking dog who rides around in an old VW van with four other people solving myteries, it doesn't get much better than that.



The Flintstones was another great cartoon, loved how they over played everything about the stone age and made it seem like it was really like that. Every animal had a job had to be my favorite part of that.



The Simpsons probably the best modern cartoon, and always coming up with something new and fresh to do every episode, Homer would have to be my favorite character.

Lifes a bowl of punch G'head and spike it-Nick Hexum

[guardian146]

Ok I have alot of cartoons that I watch or are my favorite.



Invader Zim - GIR is just one of the funniest characters ever, hes always screwing up Zim's plans for world domination.



Scooby-Doo - how can you not like Scooby.



Kim Possible - definitely one of Disney's better cartoons of the moment. Rufus is my favorite character.



Recess - i find it amusing to watch the adventures that they go while at school.



Futurama - gotta love all the things Fry and Bender get themselves into.



Simpsons - how can you not like them Simpsons. they might not be back for another season its so sad.



and then of course there is your classic Disney cartoons that are off the air and that you can only see on Toon Disney.

Ducktales

Darkwing Duck

Talespin

Gargoyles



If I think of any others I'll post them later.



~

I'm dancing like a monkey!!! - GIR

MONKEYS - Ian: MacHall

[Hemiola]

I know I'm giving away my age here, but the TV cartoons really never had much appeal for me. That fact is that most of them are really radio shows with poor quality animation--one of the reasons I enjoy, say, "The Simpsons" is that it is written much like an old radio show, the animation being at best perfunctory.



No, for me it has to be the theatrical cartoons that really show the animator's art, and that means:



Disney--the king of them all, providing, as one critic put it, "the illusion of life". Even nearly 70 years later, when you watch "Snow White", you can still feel like you are watching an old master painting that has miraculously come to life before your eyes.



Warner Bros--again, the lapse of 60-70 years has not dimmed the wit and sparkle of the works of Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, and, of course Chuck Jones (as well as several other genius directors they had working there ). They were always "edgier" than Disney, which is what made them so much fun to watch, but there was also plenty of art too.



MGM--never so committed to the art as the above were, but once Tex Avery joined them, they produced some real masterpieces. And, of course, Hanna and Barbera got their start there with "Tom and Jerry".



UPA--OK, I never really liked the concept of "limited" animation (I always felt it looked cheap, and it led to some of the worst abuses that are seen on TV today ). However, they did come up with some seriously important innovations (e.g. the creative use of sound design) and some beloved characters (think of Mr. Magoo ).



Fleischer--sadly, they were always in the "shadow" of Disney, but the fact is that both Max and Dave were true artists and innovators (they invented the "rotoscope" and came up with the idea for the "follow the bouncing ball" singalongs). Their shorts had a truly "urban" feel (as opposed to the "rural" feel of a lot of the Disney material), and they created some truly immortal characters (Koko the Clown, Betty Boop) and did some of best comic-strip adaptations ever (the "Popeye" series and, of course, "Superman").



Finally, though they are not, strictly speaking, "cartoons", I cannot leave unmentioned the brilliant and gorgeous stop-motion shorts of George Pal--I still adore "Tubby the Tuba" .

[The Smee]

Some of the new Cartoon Network material is fantastic. I'm talking Samurai Jack here mainly, but the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon succeeds in being astronomically better than both of the prequels (although, that's not hard to do).



Dexter's Laboratory rocks, as does the Powerpuff Girls - every now and then they'll have an episode which is geek heaven. Buttercup is also one of my favourite characters in all sci-fi. Isn't that strange?



A new series called Kids Next Door is brilliant (mainly for the imaginative villans and various contraptions they use) but also for having the best end credit sequence I've seen since Head Fuck. There was also this episode when each character describes a mission in their own style, and the cartoon changes for each one - Number 2 was a still comic book from the Golden Era and Number 4 was Dragonball Z. Which was great.



Fairly Odd Parents is also amazing, but I really need to see more of it. I managed to see a feature-length episode of it at one point, and I just fell in love completely with all these ridiculous film references they put in (like Tron, Terminator 2 and Back to the Future, to name a few).



For classics, you just can't beat Dangermouse.

This has been a message brought to you by SmeeCorp.

[Renee85]

Daria! You got to love Daria! It's one of my all-time favorite animated TV Shows out there. You got to love all the characters (Quinn, Jane, Trent etc) and some of the quotes are just priceless to me. Not everyone loves this show but I happen to like it a lot, believe it or not but I can actually relate to Daria is some ways.

Quote:

---

Daria: Don't worry. I don't have low self-esteem. It's a mistake.

Jake: I'll say.

Daria: I have low esteem for everyone else.

---

Of course there are definitely those classic cartoons that I loved as a kid (which wasn't that long ago) like Tom and Jerry, Popeye, Muppet Babies, and the whole Bugs Bunny and Co. but those are just distant memories for me, haven’t seen them in years. My current faves are South Park, The Simpsons, and god help me but an occasional X-men Evolution episode, but that's only on a rare occasion.

____________________________________________________________

"The only way to have a friend is to be one." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Kieli]

Does anyone remember the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon? That rocked! I also loved Robotech and Star Blazers but I don't think that they are really considered cartoons per se. They're Anime but....what does a 10 yr old American kid know (well at that particular time)?



I also loved:



Gargoyles

Batman Beyond

All of the old Tom & Jerry, Looney Toons cartoons (i.e. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, etc)

Tiny Toons & Animaniacs (both are so NOT for kids)

Kim Possible

Invader Zim

Samural Jack

Pole Position

Jonny Quest

Space Ghost

Transformers

GI Joe

Danger Mouse

Underdog

Mighty Mouse

Dudley Do-Right

Mazinga-Z

The Pink Panther

Of course Schoolhouse Rock

Battle of the Planets (another anime show but worth including)



There were so many that I watched, I'm surprised I remember half of them.

Time flies by when the Devil drives.
It's not the pace of life that concerns me, it's the sudden stop at the end.

[justin]

Hmmm, at least 2 people have mentioned Danger Mouse, but no one has mentioned Duckula. What's up with that?



He flies through the night,

looking for a bite,

but he's back home by daylight,

Duckula, Count Ducula

There's more than one way to do it. - The Perl mantra

[Kieli]

Oh I think Duckula never quite grew on me. And I only ever got to see Danger Mouse on HBO but I rarely got to see Duckula anywhere else. Eh, I'm weird

Time flies by when the Devil drives.
It's not the pace of life that concerns me, it's the sudden stop at the end.

[Footman311]

Guardian146 just wanted to tell you about the Simpson's the latest news about them is that sadly, they are only going to do one more season, but Fox has said that after that they are going to come out with a full length movie with them, so even though they will be ending soon, we will always have the great times to remember then by.

Lifes a bowl of punch G'head and spike it-Nick Hexum

Edited by: Footman311  at: 4/19/04 2:46 pm

[Jennpurr]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Thunder Cats. It was and still is one of my favorite cartoons.



Jen

||My Fan Fiction and More!|| ||My Yahoo Group||
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"I think you have to keep an open mind. When someone loves somebody, regardless of gender or race or religion, you should respect them. Love is love. We're all just jealous of Tara and Willow." -- Amber Benson

[Shinnen]

For 80's cartoons... i love Thunder Cats (absolutely cool!), Silverhawks, M.A.S.K (gotta love the cool vehicles), Snorks, Jem and the Holograms, My Little Pony and Friends (yes, i love that, still can't believe I love that even had the Panini sticker book for that one), Voltron (love the Machina!) & Gummi Bears. There's more but I can't remember them off hand. I was a cartoon addict when i was a kid.



For current ones... Mummies Alive, Dexter's Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls, Recess and loads more... I'm still a cartoon addict. the Simpsons... Futurama...etc

CheerZ

Shinnen



She's the most amazing girl in the whole world. She's the only girl who makes my heart beat faster and slower at the same time. When I'm not with her, I'm not living. I'm not existing until I can hold her in my arms again.

[guardian146]

No more simpsons, now I have to find another cartoon to watch all the time. Damn Fox. oh well at least we're gonna get a movie out of this.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'm dancing like a monkey!!! - GIR

MONKEYS - Ian: MacHall

[The Smee]

I managed to see something called Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors or something once. It was crazy. All these vegetable aliens who could turn into reptile tank things with saw-blades. 80s animation rocks!



As for Count Duckula, I saw the Dangermouse episode with Duckula in it. DM and Penfold go to his castle. Does that count?

This has been a message brought to you by SmeeCorp.

[WebWarlock]

I liked Danger Mouse. Most 80's animation to me was fun, but didn't stand up after time. Sure I enjoyed Transformers, Battle of the Planets, even GI Joe, but now they seemed thin.



Course I was a big fan of the old Spider-man cartoon and Speed Racer, both of which I recently re-watched and thought my gods they sucked.



I thought Johnny Quest was great.



I loved all the old Bugs Bunny cartoons and even the newer ones, Tiny Toons, Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs.



For newer ones, I do enjoy Kim Possible a lot, and the new Teen Titans and Justice League. I think the Power Puff Girls are a bit overrated, funny yes, ground breaking? No.



Simpsons is great and of course so is South Park.



Of course I have the best excuse. I have kids, I can watch cartoons all day!



ETA: If you like the Smurfs, then you will probably hate this.

Papa Smurf can I lick your Ass? Funny as hell, in a really immature way, and no way work safe. Watch it at home.



Warlock

-----

Web Warlock

Coming Soon to The Other Side, The Netbook of Shadows: A Book of Spells for d20 Witches

"Fool! Ninjas don't wear assless chaps." - Wobert, "In the Pit"

Edited by: WebWarlock at: 4/21/04 7:08 am

[Grimaldi]

my favorite ones are:



Futurama

South Park

Teen Titans

Justice League

Bugs Bunny

Duck Dodgers

Witch Hunter Robin

Robotech

GI Joe

Transformers

Thundercats

G Force

Voltron (but didn't really like the vehicle one that much)

Outlaw Star

X Men/X Men Evolution

Batman/Batman Beyond

I'm not stealing, I'm just taking things without paying for them. In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?
Welcome friends, how may I pervert you?

[MaClayMagic]

I loved The Animaniacs! I just about wiped out our local WB store for anything they brought out on them...before our WB decided that adults didn't wear stuff with cartoons on! Sigh. Wakko, Yakko and Dot were brilliant, and Wakko burping "Hello Mother, Hello Father" had me laughing so hard I cried and then couldn't explain to my parents why I was hysterical...until I shared it with them! Glory days!

Wake up, Neo...

[TaraLivesOn]

If anime is being included in this (and why not) my #1 choice now is "Ghost in the Shell SAC" (don't get the wrong impression from the trailer, its not all war, lots of drama too). You just have to see the Tachikomaz (the blue mini machines in the trailer) they are just too cute. (here is the impressive opening for season1 though note the real show is not 3d rendered like that)



It's only being shown in Japan right now or on very expensive imported DVDs. Very intense stuff. Look for it on Cartoon Network in the fall with english dubs.



Witchhunter Robin is up there in my top picks too...

Edited by: TaraLivesOn at: 4/22/04 6:25 pm

[Still Waters Run Deep]

Tom and Jerry are my all time faves, but really only the MGM/early HB ones. The later offerings were IMO - crap.



On a more UK focus... I loved the early Oliver Postgate/Peter Firmin cartoons: Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine et al.



I'm not sure whether they count as cartoons, but the methodology of stop go animation is similar so The Clangers and that seminal childrens programme Bagpuss has to be at the top of the list - it was voted best childrens programme ever on the BBC not so long ago.



[hence the sig]

-----------------------------------

love and kisses

Still Waters



"just an old, saggy cloth cat. Baggy, and a bit loose at the seams, but Emily loved him"

[justin]

Speaking of UK cartoons my favourites have to be



Mr Ben

Jamie and the magic torch

Captain Pugwash (FYI all the stories about characters with less than wholesome names were just urban legends :-P )



And moving onto cartoons which weren't. as well as Bagpuss I'd add



Chortle and the wheelies

The magic roundabout

There's more than one way to do it. - The Perl mantra

[Gatito Grande]

I quit watching cartoons (of the afternoon/Saturday morning variety*) in the early 70s (just past the time of The Flintstones, The Jetsons . . . I never really got that much into Scooby Doo), and that was that . . . until the 90s came around.



My ex's proclivities introduced me to The X-Men: I'd never read the comic books, and really got into series. "Dark Phoenix" rocked! It was from there that we discovered Gargoyles: awesome animation, and great stories to boot (loved all the multi-culti stuff they included, from cast to stories). I was just sorry that it ended, for me, on a cliffhanger IIRC, and I was never able to follow it after (I don't even know how long it lasted, in new eps. I know it's on the Disney Channel now, but I haven't been inspired to jump in, plot arc unknown).



In terms of humorous cartoons, for a while I really enjoined Pinky and the Brain . . . if only for the theme song! (And because I have a major Brain-identification! )



GG But the cartoon-love lasted about as long as the marriage did . . . and also because my obsessions went elsewhere. *cough*Xena*cough* Out



*I'm not counting primetime, like The Simpsons, Futurama or "specials" like the Charlie Brown series.

[Culzean]

And let us not forget:



Super Chicken

King Kong

Gigantor (and his little pal Sparky)



Geez, now I have the theme songs going through my head. Funny, I can't remember where I parked the car but I can sing the themesong to a cartoon I watched 40 years ago.



Spiderman is probably the best cartoon theme song. And the hardest to get out of your head. If anyone now has the Spiderman song spinning through your noggin' try singing "I'm a Little Teapot." I don't know why, but that song doesn't stick in your head and will drive out any other tunes.



deb

[veiled isis moon]

I used to love Thundercats, love it. It was soooo cool, and i can't believe Gummy Bears and Racoons haven't been included in the mix, they were wicked. I always used to get a cartoon of ribenna and pretend i could bounce around the place! What? I had issues!! I loved Dangermouse, Fragglerock and Super Ted, he got to fly around, i was jealous for most of my childhood!



The old Disney stuff like Tom and Jerry, Tweety, Taz, Road Runner, i just love to bits, i can still watch it now and be well chuffed.



Michelle.x

[Hemiola]

Hi Michelle, it's great to see another fan of the real classics



Honest, I'm not trying to be a pain, but I must point out that Tom and Jerry were MGM characters, while Tweety, Taz, and the Road Runner (along with Bugs, Daffy, Porkey & co.) were Warner Bros characters, who were brought to life in the famous "Termite Terrace" animation studios .



Disney, of course, was the home of Mickey, Donald, Goofy, etc etc etc



I fear we will never see their like again....

[Big Dummy]

Voltron

Robotech

Sabre Rider and the Star Sheriffs

Ed, Edd, and Eddy

South Park



In no particular order.

[veiled isis moon]

Thanks Hemiola, knew i got that wrong after i posted it, but there all still classics and so much fun to watch.



Michelle.x

Edited by: veiled isis moon at: 4/26/04 12:51 pm

[Kieli]

Quote:

---

If anime is being included in this (and why not) my #1 choice now is "Ghost in the Shell SAC" (don't get the wrong impression from the trailer, its not all war, lots of drama too). You just have to see the Tachikomaz (the blue mini machines in the trailer) they are just too cute. (here is the impressive opening for season1 though note the real show is not 3d rendered like that).

---

ooooh new anime Hellooooooooooo NURSE! (my homage to Yakko, Wakko and Dot.....and HEY! Where the heck is Babs & Buster Bunny?...We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little loony....)

Time flies by when the Devil drives.
It's not the pace of life that concerns me, it's the sudden stop at the end.

[Krazy Dreamer]

Ah, Tiny Toons! That takes me back to my college days in the early 90s. I took all my classes in the mornings, and spent my afternoons playing video games, (old-school Nintendo and Super Nintendo), and watching Tiny Toons at 4:00. Evenings were spent doing homework and helping my friends with theirs. Playing chess and cards with my roommate. On Tuesday nights, bowling was 75¢ for students after 11pm. Free movies and pizza on Saturday nights. Those were the days.

"Some men see things as they are and say,'why?' I dream things that never were and say, 'why not?'"

- Robert F. JFK

[SuperMandy13]

There were and are so many great cartoons! I'll always be a cartoon junkie.



As a kid, I loved the Smurfs, Adventures of David the Gnome, Strawberry Shortcake, He-Man, and all those kinda goofy ones that you end up forgetting like Hong Kong Phooey, Dynomutt (he was on Dexter's Lab! I fell outta my seat when I saw that!), and others like that.



Ones that I'll always love are Daria, Invader Zim, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, X-Men... and others that have probably just slipped my mind.



Currently, I love Kim Possible and Powerpuff Girls. And, of course, anime. Lots and lots of anime. Current anime fave is Maria-sama ga Miteru, which I, and several others, are convinced is basically just a huge cartoon lesbian drama. *snickers*

[justin]

Like a few people here I'm a big fan of the Powerpuff girls. I recently found out that there really is a Townsville (it's in Australia)

There's more than one way to do it. - The Perl mantra

[jixer]

Hello Kittens-



I just got one of the best birthday presents-my favorite cartoon of all time. It's 'Feed The Kitty' from WB. Maybe that's why I was such an MKF fan.



I'm trying to find "Cat Feud" from 1958 next.



Purrfectly happy for a bit,



Jixer