# Which cartoon series do you love most from your childhood? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112 "2003-01-07T05:49:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/41 "2003-01-08T11:57:15Z")
Cities of Gold is my favorite, too. I have all 39 episodes. There was going to be a second season made in 2001 (first season was made in 1982), but the financing fell through. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowKatmandu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@ShadowKatmandu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowKatmandu)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/42 "2003-01-08T12:43:49Z")
…sigh…not a single vote yet for the greatest of them all… Underdog! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/43 "2003-01-08T12:54:32Z")
_Robotech_ is available on DVD. the complete series. So are most of the other Japanamation series. Just so you know. ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/44 "2003-01-08T14:24:41Z")
Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Popeye!!! **sigh** miss those good old days… ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/45 "2003-01-08T17:37:29Z")
I’m taking these all from the same site, but what the hell… [The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1011.php), another vote for [BotP](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1038.php), [Aquaman](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1387.php), [The Superfriends](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1218.php) (VERY cheesy), [SpiderMan](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1211.php) (the 60’s nuclear sky version), [Rocket Robin Hood](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1181.php), [Hercules](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1420.php), [Hong Kong Phooey](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1090.php), [The Drak Pack](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1286.php), [Dungeons & Dragons](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1290.php) (an all time fave), [Plastic Man](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1165.php), [SpiderMan & His Amazing Friends](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1213.php), [Thundarr the Barberian](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1307.php), [Thundercats](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1231.php), and [The Transformers](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1255.php). Whew! Spent a lot of time watching the tube, didn’t I… ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/46 "2003-01-08T17:52:32Z")
I’m taking these all from the same site, but what the hell… [The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1011.php), another vote for [BotP](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1038.php), [Aquaman](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1387.php), [The Superfriends](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1218.php) (VERY cheesy), [SpiderMan](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1211.php) (the 60’s nuclear sky version), [Rocket Robin Hood](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1181.php), [Hercules](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1420.php), [Hong Kong Phooey](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1090.php), [The Drak Pack](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1286.php), [Dungeons & Dragons](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1290.php) (an all time fave), [Plastic Man](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1165.php), [SpiderMan & His Amazing Friends](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1213.php), [Thundarr the Barberian](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1307.php), [Thundercats](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1231.php), and [The Transformers](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1255.php). Whew! Spent a lot of time watching the tube, didn’t I… ---
**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:** [January 8, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/47 "2003-01-08T18:14:54Z")
Anything by Jay Ward: The Rocky Show Rocky and his Friends The Bullwinkle Show George of the Jungle Hoppity Hooper ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/48 "2003-01-08T21:49:44Z")
Well blow me down! I’m gonna chime in with **Popeye the Sailor**. Guk, guk, guk! ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/49 "2003-01-09T02:07:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SolGrundy \* > **On the other hand, Rhino did an awesome job with the _Battle of the Planets_ DVD’s. They include the Sandy Frank BotP versions of two episodes, the Turner “G-Force” version of one of the episodes, and both of the original Japanese “Gatchaman” versions.** Gatchaman had a lot more balls than BotP ever did. Us fans are hoping Rhino will continue, and eventually release all the Gatch episodes - not just the ones that were ‘translated’ into BotP. There’s a BotP comic book out now too. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/50 "2003-01-09T02:20:18Z")
**Dante** named them pretty well. From the era of my younger brother (8 years younger, we often watched after school…) He-man: Hi, I’m Adam, prince of Eternia and keeper of the secrets of Castle Greyskull. This is Cringer, my fearless friend. (ok, that’s all I remember) and Voltron…I’d love to find that on television at some point…they were fun to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/51 "2003-01-09T04:07:20Z")
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Kool McCool, and Spiderman. Those are the ones I remember most fondly from my early childhood. ---
**Author:** ![fiztig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@fiztig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiztig)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/52 "2003-01-09T04:16:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vibrotronica \* > \*\*[The New Adventures of Flash Gordon](http://www.badmovieplanet.com/3btheater/n/newflashgordon.html) \*\* oooooohh… I had totally forgotten about this version of Flash - it _rocked_! Just to add to my list: _Astroboy_ Atlas was dreamy 😃 _Jamie and the Magic Torch_ I always wanted one of those nifty slippery dips that went off to somewhere magical. I got a swing in a tree instead. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/53 "2003-01-09T04:45:33Z")
I’m with **SamClem** and **RealityChuck**. Excellent taste, if you’ll allow me to throw in **Crusader Rabbit**. From [Toontracker.com](http://Toontracker.com): > [@](#): > > Most animation sources list Hanna-Barbera as the originators of limited animation for television, and Ruff and Reddy as the first > made-for-TV cartoon. This is not true. In 1948, Jay Ward (of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) teamed with animator Alex Anderson and sold > NBC-TV a series of cartoons featuring Crusader, a crusading rabbit, and Ragland T. Tiger, his sidekick. It also first aired the year I was born, 1949. I saw reruns in the late 50s on a local kiddie show. Animation is pretty limited, but it had that early Jay Ward style ---
**Author:** ![dejahma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dejahma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dejahma)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/54 "2003-01-09T05:11:33Z")
ok kids; there is only one show that had it all “Rocky and Bullwinkle” 1. Natasha and Boris Badinov (I was so surprised when I found out that there was a real life guy named Boris Goodinuv) 2. Professor Peabody and his “boy” and the ‘way back machine’ 3. Fractured Fairy Tales 4. Duddley Do Right, Nell and Snidely Whiplash 5. The metal munching mice Who could ask for anything more?? Oh yeah, “Fan mail from some flounder”, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/55 "2003-01-09T05:17:00Z")
I had this huge crush on Tarzan… ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/56 "2003-01-09T06:55:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*I had this huge crush on Tarzan… \*\* You mean the one by Filmation, the same company that did _He-Man and the Masters of the Universe_ ? The one where they hired this beefy stud actor to make a few generic “action” moves, then drew over these film clips frame-by-frame to turn him into a cartoon (called “rotoscoping” by Bakshi fans), and reused those same rotoscoped clips over and over again? The one where Tarzan kept going on about “Usha the wind”? The one where they used the same background music that they re-used on every Filmation adventure cartoon, including the animated _Star Trek_ ? The one that was billed as _The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour_ one year, and featured Bat-Mite on the Batman half of the show? ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/57 "2003-01-09T11:00:46Z")
Another vote for **Bullwinkle** in any form… Just got [“The Moose That Roared”](http://www.keithscott.com/html/book_frame.html) , a REALLY detailed history of Jay Ward Productions. Fun stuff. A little trivia - Jay Ward Productions ALSO created the ‘Captain Crunch’ character ! ---
**Author:** ![AchimbaProphet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@AchimbaProphet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AchimbaProphet)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/58 "2003-01-09T11:46:05Z")
Robotech. ---
**Author:** ![DarRRva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@DarRRva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarRRva)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/59 "2003-01-09T13:02:45Z")
Samurai Pizza Cats Transformers (so political for little children) Botmasters Captian Planet The snorks Animaniacs Gem Speed Racer ---
**Author:** ![LiquidChaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@LiquidChaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiquidChaos)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112/60 "2003-01-09T13:56:18Z")
Hot sure if we are only talking about cartoons here, but here goes anyways My favorites were- Garfield and Friends (the farm thing) Fraggle Rock (my all time favorite) Dukes of Hazzard and Chips I also liked Fallguy, GI Joe, Hulk. and lots more but those are all I can think of [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cartoon-series-do-you-love-most-from-your-childhood/147112.md?page=4)