# What was your childhood cartoon identity? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [June 1, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504 "2022-06-01T13:24:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/41 "2022-06-01T22:07:02Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I was also really into _Danger Mouse_ for a while, a British import that aired on Nickelodeon in the States. A few years ago I found it on Netflix. That also wasn’t really how I remembered it. Danger Mouse came out when I was either in high school or college; nonetheless, I watched, and enjoyed it, back then. What I came to realize, on re-viewing, is that they had their own set of animation short-cuts (in addition to regularly re-using the same sorts of shots) – they very frequently hid the characters’ mouths when they spoke, so that they didn’t need to worry about matching animated mouths to dialogue. For example, you’d often see this view of Danger Mouse and Penfold in the Danger Car, having a conversation. Note that DM’s mouth is cunningly out of view: [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d6/f6/50/d6f6503419b29ecabcc97df4f9d181f4.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d6/f6/50/d6f6503419b29ecabcc97df4f9d181f4.jpg) Here’s an episode, cued up to Colonel K briefing Danger Mouse and Penfold on their next mission. Note how often that the character who’s speaking is either off-screen, being shown from behind, or otherwise has their mouth obscured. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DkqUDgwrQb8/hqdefault.jpg "Danger Mouse - Trouble With Ghosts (Kids Cartoon TV Series)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkqUDgwrQb8&t=71) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/42 "2022-06-01T23:08:09Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > At 18:30 Spridle is underneath some medieval type execution device that would eventually cut him in half. Anyone have an idea what this contraption was called? It was just called a “pendulum”, from the Edgar Alan Poe story “[The Pit and the Pendulum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_and_the_Pendulum)”. Never actually used in the real world. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/43 "2022-06-01T23:12:33Z")
I was an early-anime kid. Loved Speed Racer, Kimba the White Lion, and Space Cruiser Yamato. It’s funny, because I’m not a big anime fan now. I like some of the art styles (like Black Butler and Fruits Basket) but I don’t like the nutty-as-hell storylines. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/44 "2022-06-01T23:26:31Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > > Who made Tennessee Tuxedo? I thought it was great as a kid, but I tried watching it as an adult and couldn’t believe how dumb it was. > > The same company as Underdog: [Total Television](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Television). They also did Klondike Kat, Go Go Gophers, and Commander McBragg, all of which were, in retrospect, of similar, lesser quality, actually, all those and a couple more were part of the underdog show … they were the in-between shorts I remember one that was about a mountie and a french Canadian fox named savoir-faire which had the tag line “Savoir-faire is everywhere” shouted when the fox escaped another one was some old explorer telling his adventures to another old guy … they were only a couple of minutes long and were basically a setup for some horrid ending line pun ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/45 "2022-06-01T23:40:29Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Other: The before and after school line up: Darkwing Duck, Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers, Tailspin, Duck Tales, Gummy Bears. This one. I didn’t wake up early enough for Saturday morning cartoons. The Disney toons were higher quality than most Saturday morning fare, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/46 "2022-06-01T23:43:50Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > I remember one that was about a mountie and a french Canadian fox named savoir-faire which had the tag line “Savoir-faire is everywhere” shouted when the fox escaped > > another one was some old explorer telling his adventures to another old guy … they were only a couple of minutes long and were basically a setup for some horrid ending line pun Those were, in fact, Klondike Kat (“Savoir Faire” was actually a mouse) and Commander McBragg, respectively. 🙂 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vklpprEGC-M/maxresdefault.jpg "Klondike Kat #9 Cream Puff Buff") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vklpprEGC-M) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BfdB21OKXpU/hqdefault.jpg "050 - The World of Commander McBragg - The Orient Express") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfdB21OKXpU) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/47 "2022-06-01T23:55:55Z")
Whenever he gets in a fix, he reaches into his bag of tricks! ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/48 "2022-06-02T00:20:51Z")
My favorite cartoons as a child in the 80s were _G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero_ and _HE-MAN_ and the Masters of the Universe!. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/49 "2022-06-02T01:53:15Z")
All this talk has reminded me of Around the World in 80 Days, the 1972 animated series. It has to be filed under “Other” because it was made in Australia. I can still sing the damn theme song, Only 16 episodes, and even so I don’t think I saw them all. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/50 "2022-06-02T01:58:37Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > All this talk has reminded me of Around the World in 80 Days, the 1972 animated series. It has to be filed under “Other” because it was made in Australia. I can still sing the damn theme song, And, now, I have that earworm stuck in my head. “Around the world in 80 days, so Fogg may marry Belinda Maze.” ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/51 "2022-06-02T03:05:40Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > BTW - most minor sub-pit complaint to the OP @Grrr: Now I _have_ to go back and watch Starblazers via the wonder of Youtube. > > Thankfully, while the animation is dated (and not just H-B bad for epic cheapness) and I can’t stop snickering at the bell-bottom uniforms and deformed comic relief characters, it isn’t nearly as deadly bad as some from my childhood (my best friend at these ages was a huge fan of the OG He-Man cartoon which was Utter CRAP IMHO). Hehehe, I answered Rocky+Bullwinkle, but I did go back and watch the entire Starblazers and the Space Battleship Yamato series recently. As I described it to a friend when I was re-watching them: It’s not bad for a dramatic series, but it’s not great in its Sandy Frank incarnation unless you think “this is aimed at children”. Once you consider that, it’s almost art. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/52 "2022-06-02T06:40:44Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Those were, in fact, Klondike Kat (“Savoir Faire” was actually a mouse) and Commander McBragg, respectively. 🙂 [/quote] > > Heh. In real life I am Commander McBragg. > I’ve been to all 50 states (plus DC and PR) and over 35 countries. And I’m pleased as punch to tell you all about it. > > Can’t tell you how many times the wife has given me an elbow thump to tell me that it sounds like I’m bragging. > > Hey, like Ali said, it ain’t bragging if you actually done it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/53 "2022-06-02T09:57:07Z")
I liked the sarcastic cartoons: WB, Rocky & Bullwinkle, and H-B’s Top Cat ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/54 "2022-06-02T11:55:21Z")
There’s no way to know now, but I wonder, when I was a kid, if there was any animation so shitty that I wouldn’t watch it on purpose, and want more. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504/55 "2022-06-02T12:25:11Z")
My vote was for WB, mainly because of Bugs Bunny – not just Bugs himself, but the other characters like Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester, and Yosemite Sam. I still appreciate them today, and when I visited NYC some years ago as an adult, I dropped into the Warner Brothers store (we don’t have them where I live) and stocked up on Bugs Bunny themed merchandise like ball caps and T-shirts. I even got an ornamental mantelpiece clock – very formal, except that instead of being framed by ornate carvings, it was surrounded by plaster casts of Bugs Bunny characters. _Rocky and Bullwinkle_ was another favourite, but for me that came later. Not sure if the TV show was chronologically later or I just discovered it later. AIUI, due to a limited budget the animation was farmed out to some crappy outfit in Mexico. As it turned out, the primitive animation was part of the show’s charm, something that _South Park_ seems to have rediscovered. > [@Tibby](#): > > … and H-B’s Top Cat Mostly forgotten today, but yeah, _Top Cat_ brings back childhood memories! ---
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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > There’s no way to know now, but I wonder, when I was a kid, if there was any animation so shitty that I wouldn’t watch it on purpose, and want more. .Did you ever see Clutch Cargo? That’s just American animation, there’s much worse from around the world. ---
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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > There’s no way to know now, but I wonder, when I was a kid, if there was any animation so shitty that I wouldn’t watch it on purpose, and want more. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E3XE14upb4I/hqdefault.jpg "Ratatoing (English dub)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3XE14upb4I) ---
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There used to be a videostore here that had a Disney Silly Symphonies tape to rent, the old old black and white ‘Mickey Mouse’ short cartoons. And the ones with the sinister windmill and dancing skeletons. That collection seems to be hard to find now, though I haven’t looked that hard. ---
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When I was a young kid, Bugs. As a teenager I preferred Woody Woodpecker. ---
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> [@mbh](#): > > By the way, **Grrr** , many of my childhood favorites were by Filmation (Tarzan, the Lone Ranger, Zorro, Flash Gordon, Blackstar, StarTrek: the Animated Series, Space Sentinels, etc.) I remember liking some of the early Filmation cartoons like _Journey to the Center of the Earth_ and _Fantastic Voyage_ (does anyone else remember those?) I was also a fan of the Hanna-Barbera _Godzilla_. However, my absolute favorites were early anime translations like _Battle of the Planets_ and _Starblazers_, possibly because of having had access to un-translated anime like _Raideen_ and _Dai Apollon_ on local channel 44 in Palo Alto when I was very young. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504.md?page=4)