# Worst. Cartoon. Ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521 "2006-12-17T18:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [December 19, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/21 "2006-12-19T00:39:50Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Don’t pick and choose. ALL the Hannah Barbera cartoons were dreadful. [/QUOTE] Maybe Joe heard that and then expired out of shame: :eek: Joseph Barbera goes to join Bill Hanna. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061218/ap\_en\_ot/obit\_barbera](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061218/ap_en_ot/obit_barbera) Oh well, at least with Johnnie Quest they inspired The Venture Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/22 "2006-12-19T08:01:45Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Don’t pick and choose. ALL the Hannah Barbera cartoons were dreadful. [/QUOTE] Except for \*Jonny Quest \* and \*The Fantastic Four \* and _The Wacky Races_. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/23 "2006-12-19T13:04:16Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] Except for \*Jonny Quest \* and \*The Fantastic Four \* and _The Wacky Races_. [/QUOTE] And _The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop_. And _SWAT Kats_. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/24 "2006-12-19T13:06:15Z")
And _Hong Kong Phooey_. Gotta love a cartoon voiced by Scatman Crothers. ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/25 "2006-12-19T13:18:56Z")
I couldn’t have been the only one who hated those God-awful _Rude Dog and the Dweebs_ cartoons, can I? But come to think of it, they weren’t as bad as the Hannah-Barbaric _Pac-Man_ cartoons. Which weren’t quite as bad as the _Rubik’s Cube_ cartoons. Those were even worse than the 1970s version _Tom and Jerry_ cartoons, when they were nice to each other. Sickening. I vote _Rubik’s Cube_ as the worst cartoon ever. I’d rather read a book of poems by Wiley from _B.C._ than watch a full episode… wait, no I wouldn’t. That’s too much. But still, you get my point. ---
**Author:** ![footbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c5a1d2/32.png) [@footbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footbag)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/26 "2006-12-19T13:30:36Z")
Wasn’t Teddy Ruxpin just incredibly shite and shite? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/27 "2006-12-19T16:12:19Z")
[QUOTE=Chance the Gardener] I vote _Rubik’s Cube_ as the worst cartoon ever. I’d rather read a book of poems by Wiley from _B.C._ than watch a full episode… wait, no I wouldn’t. That’s too much. But still, you get my point. [/QUOTE] As I recall, the title was “Rubik, The Amazing Cube”. And I’ll see your cube and raise you one “Hammerman” and the “Happy Days” cartoon where the Fonz, Richie, and Ralph had a time machine. ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/28 "2006-12-19T16:52:14Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] And I’ll see your cube and raise you one “Hammerman” and the “Happy Days” cartoon where the Fonz, Richie, and Ralph had a time machine. [/QUOTE] Heh… I remember the time-traveling _Happy Days_ cartoons. I remember digging them when I was in my early teens, which is when I believe they were on. I have to wonder how I’d feel about it if I saw it again. I’ll have to check the listings on Boomerang and see if I can rediscover a joyful part of my youth or feel inward shame of my crappy tastes twenty years ago. I seem to have a vague recollection of _Hammerman_. It was about MC Hammer, right? I’m not sure if I ever watched it. It sounds awful. Now I’m remembering _Rickety Rocket_, _Goldie Gold and Action Jack_, and _Meatball and Spaghetti_. Actually, I seem to remember that _Meatball and Spaghetti_ wasn’t that bad. I also dug the new age-y weirdness of _Pandamoneum_. But the Rubik’s Cube cartoon was still the worst. Thanks for the full name. Tetris would probably make a better cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/29 "2006-12-19T17:24:31Z")
[QUOTE=footbag] Wasn’t Teddy Ruxpin just incredibly shite and shite? [/QUOTE] Right up there with My Little freakin Pony and The Smurfs. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/30 "2006-12-19T17:33:36Z")
[QUOTE=Chance the Gardener] I seem to have a vague recollection of _Hammerman_. It was about MC Hammer, right? [/QUOTE] Yes. IIRC, he was an ordinary Joe until he put on a pair of magic talking shoes, which caused him to become a superhero. Heck, if you want to go to licensed cartoons, you have a whole bunch of weird ones to choose from. How about _Pro Stars_, which featured Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, and Bo Jackson as a team of superheroes? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/31 "2006-12-19T20:01:39Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Popeye. In CGI. Honestly, why? Why, why, why? It’s terrible! Sure, they got a decent voice actor for Popeye who does the Popeyeisms pretty well, but for cryin’ out loud, CGI? Won’t somebody think of Max Fleischer? [/QUOTE] And [HERE](http://www.stacken.kth.se/~foo/weekpics/popeye.png) is an indescribably **worse** version of Popeye. Safe for work, if you have a strong stomach. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/32 "2006-12-19T21:37:48Z")
[QUOTE=Chance the Gardener] _Pandamoneum_. [/QUOTE] Yes! I’m not the only one who remembers this show. I described it to my 10 year old nephew and he thought I’d been smokin’ the dope with his dad. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521/33 "2006-12-19T22:53:54Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] ALL the Hannah Barbera cartoons were dreadful. [/QUOTE] Now,now, the original theatrical Tom and Jerry shorts were pretty good, but yeah, all the TV HB cartoons I saw were pretty bad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-ever/384521.md?page=1)