# How many cartoon shows can you remember? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268 "2003-10-19T00:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/1 "2003-10-19T00:08:28Z")
Inspired by a She-Ra thread, I thought it would be fun to see how many cartoons the Teeming Millions can list off. Back in high school, a bunch of my friends and I spent an evening listing cartoons from our childhood. I think we finished it off at about two hundred and fifty. I’m sure the Straight Dopers can do _much_ better than that, especially if we include anime. I’m going for more of a complete list than a competition. I’ll (of course) start it off, and most of mine will be 80’s ones from my childhood. Already mentioned in the She-Ra thread are _Rose Petal’s Place, He-Man, Thundercats, Bravestar, Punky Brewster_, and _Rainbow Brite_. I’ll add _Fables Of The Green Forest_, a cartoon about forest animals generally being forest-y, _Dr. Snuggles_, the animal physician with a robot maid and a Cloud Camel, _The Jetson’s_ (obviously), _The Flintsones_ (also obvious), _My Little Pony_ (I can still sing the theme song), _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_, and _Silverhawks_. Does anyone else remember an early 80’s cartoon called Will’o’the’wisp, or something like that? It had a talking tv. And one about people who made dreams, and were part of a show with _Rose Petal’s Place_ and _My Little Pony_? ---
**Author:** ![DaisyFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@DaisyFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaisyFace)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/2 "2003-10-19T00:38:48Z")
My brother and I have this conversation all the time. And sadly, we watched a lot of TV. Gummi Bears, Flintstones, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons (not great, but a cartoon, nonetheless), GI Joe, He-Man & She-Ra, Muppet Babies, Transformers, and so many more. Modern faves include Rocket-Power, Fairly OddParents, and Kim Possible. (Wow, I _still_ watch a lot of TV!) ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/3 "2003-10-19T01:35:29Z")
Jonny Quest The Herculoids Mi-Tor Super Six: 1. Granite Man 2. Super Boing Can’t remember the other 4 The Impossibles Young Samson & Goliath \ Dr Clyde Crashcup Quickdraw McGraw Magilla Gorilla Sheriff Bing-Bing-Bing Ricochet Rabbit Atom Ant Secret Squirrel Top Cat King Kong Fearless Fly Superchicken A few that would be incredibly politically incorrect these days: -GoGo Gophers -Dick Tracy ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/4 "2003-10-19T01:50:10Z")
_The Littles The Snorks Kissyfur Wildfire Jem The Get-A-Long Gang Go-Bots Voltron Jace and the Wheeled-Warriors Robotech_ And when I was at my gramma’s or someone else’s who had cable, _Danger Mouse_. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/5 "2003-10-19T01:52:22Z")
Some I remember from my childhood, and a few that I remember from my younger brother watching cartoons when I was a teenager. I don’t seem to remember very many from my kids growing up. Rocky and Bullwinkle QuickDraw Mcgraw Top Cat Yogi Bear Beanie & Cecil Popeye Huckleberry Hound Felix the Cat Woody Woodpecker Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck The Flintstones Casper the Friendly Ghost Superman Mighty Mouse Tom & Jerry Underdog The Lone Ranger Disk Tracy McGilla Gorilla Mr. Magoo Touche Turtle George of the Jungle The Jetsons Captain America Heckle & Jeckle Spiderman The Beatles The Jackson 5 Space Ghost The Mighty Heroes Pink Panther Inspector Gadget Tennessee Tuxedo Alvin & the Chipmunks Johhny Quest Scooby Doo Fat Albert ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/6 "2003-10-19T02:04:13Z")
brady bunch marine boy astro boy speed racer droopy dog couageous cat & minute mouse top cat squiddily diddily secret squirrel tennessee tuxedo bug bunny and all related to warner brothers toons scooby doo yogi bear superfriends superman spiderman aquaman batman fantastic four ---
**Author:** ![DaisyFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@DaisyFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaisyFace)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/7 "2003-10-19T02:06:07Z")
Smurfs! ---
**Author:** ![CurlyD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@CurlyD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurlyD)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/8 "2003-10-19T03:11:18Z")
**RJKUgly** named most of the ones I remember from the 50s and 60s, plus Tom Terrific (and Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog) Super Chicken Lairat Sam Alli Gator Dudley Dooright Fractured Fairy Tales (from Rocky & Bullwinkle) ---
**Author:** ![CurlyD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@CurlyD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurlyD)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/9 "2003-10-19T03:20:36Z")
**RJKUgly** named most of the ones I remember from the 50s and 60s, plus Tom Terrific (and Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog) Super Chicken Lairat Sam Alli Gator Dudley Dooright Fractured Fairy Tales (from Rocky & Bullwinkle) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/10 "2003-10-19T03:29:20Z")
**Lissla Lissar** That would be Dreamcasters. **Everybody Else** For the love of Cecil please post some information along with the name of the show. Blackstar- An astronaut is pulled into a black hole and enters a world of magic. He lives in a tree with gnomes and fights evil with his Star Sword. Thundarr The Barbarian- In a post apocalytic future, Thundarr fought evil sorcerer warlords with his friends Ukla the Mok and Ariel the sorceress, as well as his mighty Sun Sword. Galtar And The Golden Lance- Galtar and friends fight the evil conqueror Tormac with the help of the mystic Golden Lance. Fantastic Max- With his friends the alien FX and the animated toy man AB, he travels the universe in search of adventure. He owes it all to those four ply diapers and that safety pin. Monchichis- Imagine if the Smurfs were small monkeys. “Way up in the trees live the Monchichis. Mon chi chi. Mon chi chi” Droids-An excellent show following the adventures of C3PO and R2D2 before Star Wars. Ewoks-Guess what this was about. Go on, guess. The Saturday Supercade- As the name implies, cartoons based on video games OTTOMH Donkey Kong- Somehow, the writers always worked in a barrel throwing scene. Q-Bert-Always a scene where he stuffed a ball in his shnozz to fight Coily, the bully snake, or another menace. Dragon’s Lair-This game were the first to feature multiple paths to victory. The cartoons incorporated two segments in each story where the action would stop and the announcer would give us a list of what Dirk the Daring could do. Then we would see how the three choices played out. Pac Man- His wife was named Pepper. Power Pellets grew on trees. Dungeons&Dragons- Based on the classic role playing game and one heck of a lot of fun. The Hulk-The actor who provided Dr Banner’s voice for this toon went on to appear in the Star Trek Next Gen Pilot “Encounter At Far Point.”. And to voice an animated roll of toilet paper in ad for Banner toilet tissue. Seriously. Flash Gordon- Filmation used an extensive library of suitably cheesy sound effects and gave Flash a pink dragon side kick. Tarzan-Filmation used the same sound effects library. His chimp was named Nikemah. Other Dopers have informed me that the name Cheetah was used only in the films, and Nikemah was the name used in Burroughs original books. Defenders Of The Earth- Phantom, Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, and a wonderfully updated Lothar, along with their kids fought Ming the Merciless, his army of robots, and his men of frost. Once per day, by ancient jungle law, the Phantom could call upon the power of 10 tigers. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/11 "2003-10-19T03:45:02Z")
For us incredibly ancient specimens Crusader Rabbit with Rags the Tiger, I believe one of the very first made-for-TV cartoons and, IIRC, was the product of some of the folks who later made Rocky & Bullwinkle Winky Dink, whose gimmick was that your folks could buy a sort of transparent plastic gizmo to fit over the screen that you could draw on to help the cartoon character out of tough spots. There was a human host, too Beanie and Cecil, featuring a boy who wore — you guessed it — a propellor beanie and his buddy, Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent. The campy villian was Dishonest John By the way, **CurlyD** ’s Tom Terrific showed up on Captain Kangaroo. He had an upside-down funnel for a hat and could transform himself into other shapes. He and Manfred were loosely line-drawn, in black and white, with shapes not filled in. Ruff n Reddy, a very early Hanna-Barbera effort, starring a cat and a dog (or was it two different-sized dogs) and which in at least one story arc, involved some evocative precursors to Jetsons-era robots. ---
**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/12 "2003-10-19T03:53:49Z")
Does anybody remember _the Raccoons_ on the Disney channel? ---
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/13 "2003-10-19T04:19:34Z")
I used to watch these (the first 3 are repeats but I loved them too much to leave out!): Thundercats Voltron Bravestar Jabber Jaw The Great Grape Ape Duck Tales Garfield & Friends Carebears (ok I didn’t watch it, I promise, but I remember it) Wasn’t Clifford a cartoon about a big red dog? ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/14 "2003-10-19T04:24:28Z")
I’m terrible with titles… Did the Snorks have snorkels growing from the tops of their heads? Danger Mouse was (and is) my favorite cartoon of all time. Mon chi chi’s - had the stuffed animal. Dungeons and Dragons, Speed Racer. I’m young enough to have grown up on the Simpsons. Looney Tunes, of course - Bugs and the gang. Muppet Babies - um, Muppets, as babies. Clever. I guess I didn’t really add anything useful… but great thread! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/15 "2003-10-19T04:51:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FilmGeek \* > \*\*Did the Snorks have snorkels growing from the tops of their heads? \*\* You bet they did! All Star and the rest of the gang lived underwater and spent their time ripping off the Smurfs and Archie. Even as a child, their frequent use of fire irked me. Then I saw underwater torches on one of Jaque Cousteau’s many adventures. Count Duckula-When the count is killed, his ashes can be reanimated under the right astrological conditions. Unfortunately when Igor ask for the red bottle, Nanny hands him ketchup instead of blood and belladonna. This results in the Count coming back as a cheerful vegetarian instead of a bloodthirsty monster. The Drac Pack- The sons of Dracula, Frankenstein, and the wolfman(wolfie’s son transformed when he saw any moon-pictures, cartoons, models etc) GraveDale High-Rick Morranis was the only normal human in a school of monsters. 4 GraveDale High kids’ meal toys were released by Burger King. TeenWolf-Based on the Michael J Fox film. Only his friends Boof and Stiles new his hairy secret. His mom, dad, and grandparents were all werewolves. His younger sister, Lupe, was too young to change and envied the rest of the family. The Real Ghostbusters-Based on the films. Peter Venkman has the voice of Garfield. Filmations Ghostbusters- A fat guy. A thin guy. A gorilla in a fedora. A talking car. A sexy timetraveller. A talking time hopper. A recurring gang of baddies that made no sense EG Scared Stiff the robot ghost! WTF? Monster Force-An elite squad of monster hunters. The team included Frankenstein and a man who was partially infected with lycanthropy. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/16 "2003-10-19T05:02:52Z")
Well, this probably isn’t in the spirit of the thread, but in the interest of spreading knowledge, I suggest going to [this site](http://yesterdayland.elsewhere.org) for cartoon lists. Just click on the “Saturday Morning TV” section and pick your decade. You’ll find lists and info for pretty much every cartoon ever made. This is a mirror site/archive for the new defunct [yesterdayland.com](http://yesterdayland.com), which was pretty much THE reference site for cartoons/kidvid (and other nostalgia-related stuff). ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/17 "2003-10-19T05:07:19Z")
That should say “now defunct [yesterdayland.com](http://yesterdayland.com)” ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/18 "2003-10-19T09:11:13Z")
I was a major TV junkie as a kid: - Jason and the wheeled warriors (dunno, it was watchable) - Transformers (none of this _Armada_ rubbish) - Smurfs (everyone’s favourite) - Technoman (My First Anime) - Conan the barbarian (neat action/adventure) - Captain N (Nintendo marketing 101) - Dungeons and Dragons (geek in the making) - Mighty Orbots (That theme song rocked!) - Gargoyles (great storylines) - Sports Billy (wasn’t even sporty, go figure) - Thundercats (used to watch it until they took it off for being ‘too violent’) ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/19 "2003-10-19T14:00:21Z")
I suddenly remember _James Bond, jr_. I don’t think I ever watched it. There was one called _(Something) and Sebastian_ about a boy in the Alps (I think) and his big white dog. Watched it religiously. _The Little Prince_- very loosely based on the book. Now I have the _Tranformers_ theme stuck in my head. Thanks for the title, **Doc**. It’s been bothering me for years. Well, on and off. Not, you know, continuously. There was one called something like _The Adventures of Simon_ or _Simon Draws_ or something, with a theme song that went, _“Well, you know my name is Simon/ And the things I draw come true…”_ _The New Archies_, which I remember as sucking badly. _Barba-Papa_- friendly shape-changing amorphous creatures. When they changed shape, a narrator said, “Clickety-click, Barba trick!”. _Astro Boy_, which was my first exposure to anime. _Hercules_, with his centaur pal, whose only job was to run around saying, “Hey, Herc! Hey, Herc!” very annoyingly. ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268/20 "2003-10-19T14:31:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hometownboy \* > **Winky Dink, whose gimmick was that your folks could buy a sort of transparent plastic gizmo to fit over the screen that you could draw on to help the cartoon character out of tough spots.** My Dad had told me about watching this show when he was a kid. My grandparents wouldn’t buy him the plastic sheet, so he drew on the tv screen itself! These may have already been mentioned, but: Shirttails The Wuzzles The Popples Kidd Video Heathcliff **Lissla Lissar** , maybe the one with the dream creating people you’re thinking of was **Moondreamers**? I don’t remember exactly what the show was about, but I had a bunch of those dolls. They seemed to be people who lived in the sky. Each doll came with a charm you could wear, and one of the characters was a bear named Ursa? There seems to be a huge amount of stuff about 80’s cartoons, and since I was a kid then I can remember those, but can anyone who was a kid in the 90’s tell me what the popular 90’s cartoons were? I can’t even think of one other than Ren and Stimpy or Beavis and Butthead, but those were more for adults than young kids. Because I have young kids, I am well aware of the modern cartoons, which include: Rocket Power, Hey Arnold, Franklin, Sagwa, Arthur, the Berenstain Bears, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Cat Dog, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Clifford, Rugrats, the Wild Thornberrys, As Told By Ginger, Sailor Moon, Pokemon, Samurai Jack, Dora the Explorer, I Am Weasel, and the Powerpuff Girls. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cartoon-shows-can-you-remember/208268.md?page=2)