# What Is The Worst Cartoon Of All Time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546 "2018-05-04T02:12:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/61 "2018-05-05T15:29:32Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Space Ghost was shit, but the worst was the Scooby-Doo knock-off featuring a shark with the voice of Curly Howard. I wouldn’t say [Jabberjaw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PsR5pg53Hk) was the worst. Just a mediocre combination of Scooby Doo and Josie and the Pussycats. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/62 "2018-05-05T18:19:09Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Space Ghost was shit, … That’s sad, because I loved it as a kid. It was paired with Frankenstein Jr, a giant robot Frankenstein monster. I loved the both. I was six. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/63 "2018-05-05T21:47:50Z")
There was a series of cartoons from 1963 made of King Features Syndicate comic strips that was gawdawful. It was called Beetle Bailey and His Friends, who were Snuffy Smith and Krazy Kat. I think pretty much everything from the 70s and 80s sucked. It wasn’t until the 90s cartoon renaissance that cartoons started to get good again. Tiny Toons, Batman TAS, Ren & Stimpy, Animaniacs changed the face of animation. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/64 "2018-05-06T04:17:21Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:40, topic:813546”] I nominate _Colonel Bleep_, the first color cartoon made for TV. [/QUOTE] I’ll see your _Colonel Bleep_ and raise you _Crusader Rabbit_, the first cartoon produced for TV: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3hHQvkUhJo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3hHQvkUhJo) You’ve been warned. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Beany and Cecil. Bad. What level of Scavullo Hell have we descended into that Beany and Cecil and Johhny Quest are considered bad!? Beckdawrek, you and I can no longer be friends. ☹ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/65 "2018-05-06T04:38:35Z")
Popeye died to me after Fleischer quit making them until the rarely seen these days Popeye shorts were made I think they made them in the 60s-70s for tv (I cant remember who made them tho all I remember they had someone riding a winged horse and it had an animated feather intro and outro) but they were based more on the actual strip characterizations (although sweetpea was such a smartass ) and more slice of life stories … Bluto and Popeye fought sometimes but ti wasn’t the main story …my favorite one was the automated supermarket… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/66 "2018-05-06T05:00:24Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > As far as I can recall, as a boy I never fantasized about fucking a yeti. > [@Doyle](#): > > No, it was watching yetis fuck. I think you’re confusing it with The Venture Bros episode with Steve Summers (the Bionic Man) and his Sasquatch bride. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/67 "2018-05-06T05:15:29Z")
Jot [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-o-mXKe-mcs/hqdefault.jpg "Jot's Dirty Hands") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o-mXKe-mcs) ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/68 "2018-05-06T23:18:26Z")
Oh the Triumvirate of mediocrity that was my childhood: [The Amazing Spiderman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1fXf8CLkw0), who apparently only hired one voice actor for every role, [Rocket Robin Hood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGrm_nGs_M) whose theme song would be stuck in my head for days which is tied with [Mighty Hercules](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3diOAXS1RQs) (Daedulus,Danger! Daedulus! Whiinny!) Kill Newton, PLease! Finally, the abomination that was [Space Angel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvLpWmwuyt0). Worst animation and storylines ever. I’ve included links to back my claim up… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/70 "2018-05-06T23:34:25Z")
If you like one note being played on a piano all the time. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/71 "2018-05-07T00:59:26Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > Popeye died to me after Fleischer quit making them until the rarely seen these days Popeye shorts were made > > I think they made them in the 60s-70s for tv (I cant remember who made them tho all I remember they had someone riding a winged horse and it had an animated feather intro and outro) but they were based more on the actual strip characterizations (although sweetpea was such a smartass ) and more slice of life stories … Bluto and Popeye fought sometimes but ti wasn’t the main story …my favorite one was the automated supermarket… I think you’re thinking of the later King Features ones - the ones where Bluto is named Brutus for some legal reason. These were hit and miss; what I assume were the older ones (the animation was not as sharp as the other episodes) had much better writing. I remember one where Olive asks if Popeye needs anything, and he responds, “Yeah - a good writer to write me spinach into the script!” ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/72 "2018-05-07T01:39:56Z")
I was getting up there in years when I saw Ed, Edd, and Eddie. I thought they kicked ass. There were some really bad cartoons out out by Hanna-Barbera inn the seventies. Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch was pretty terrible. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/73 "2018-05-07T03:47:56Z")
Squirrel and Hedgehog [(The North Korean Propaganda Cartoon) | A Review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV41khJKhBs) > [@](#): > > North Korea has its own crazy cartoon show and its all about the propaganda. Who would have thought anthropomorphic critters could be so violent? Let’s review it! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/74 "2018-05-07T06:04:56Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > I’d have to say “The Mighty Hercules.” I remember when it premiered in 1962, and to my 11 year old mind, it was just stupid! I was also 11 in '62. My smartass friends and I would make fun of **The Mighty Hercules** , saying “Great Zeus!” and “That’s me! That’s me!” Even by the low-budget cheapo animation standards of the day TMH was moronic. Disclaimer- We’d get stuck having to watch TMH because it was on the same afternoon cartoons show that featured the Fleischer **Popeye** cartoons. And I mildly curse you for reviving memories of Herc and Newt, Newt, which I’d mercifully forgotten about. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/75 "2018-05-07T18:11:54Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > I was also 11 in '62. My smartass friends and I would make fun of **The Mighty Hercules** , saying “Great Zeus!” and “That’s me! That’s me!” Even by the low-budget cheapo animation standards of the day TMH was moronic. With me and my friends, it was “Grape juice!” and “Fire in every fart.” _Sufferin’ Psyche, Herc! Whatyougonna **do**? Whatyougonna **do**?_ ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/76 "2018-05-07T18:14:14Z")
Two pages and still no mention of _Diver Dan_. I’m gobsmacked. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/77 "2018-05-07T18:28:03Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Beany and Cecil. Bad. Heresy! B&C was a classic! How can you not love a theme song with “Your obedient serpent” in the lyrics? How can you not love a gang that travels to the “No Bikini Atoll”? Great show by the legendary Bob Clampett. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/78 "2018-05-07T18:43:11Z")
> [@swampspruce;20944212Finally](#): > > ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvLpWmwuyt0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvLpWmwuyt0)). Worst animation and storylines ever. I’ve included links to back my claim up… The art on Space Angel – by comic book legend Alex Toth – is considered some of the best in the history of Saturday morning cartoons. And _Beany and Cecil_ as well as its puppet version _Time for Beany_ are among the best ever. It was up there with Rocky and Bullwinkle for cleverness, and was designed for adults (or rather, Bob Clampett) instead of kids. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/79 "2018-05-07T18:58:21Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I’ll see your _Colonel Bleep_ and raise you _Crusader Rabbit_, the first cartoon produced for TV: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3hHQvkUhJo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3hHQvkUhJo) > You’ve been warned. I guess you have to like puns to really enjoy _Crusader Rabbit._ Not the greatest cartoon, but I found it enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/80 "2018-05-07T19:20:32Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Squirrel and Hedgehog > > [(The North Korean Propaganda Cartoon) | A Review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV41khJKhBs) [Krusty] What the hell was that? [/Krusty] “The Mighty Hercules” did have that great theme song, written and sung by Johnny Nash before he went rock steady. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546/81 "2018-05-07T19:34:33Z")
_The Mighty Hercules_ was ruined for me by a flash of insight during the first episode. Evildoers are attacking. TMH whips out his magic ring and dons it, thereby giving him magic strength. Why the heck does he ever take it off? It might make every episode two minutes long, but I’m not seeing a downside to that. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cartoon-of-all-time/813546.md?page=5)