Best cartoon when you were a nipper

charlie_says

What was your "bestest" cartoon from your childhood?

For me it has to be Dangermouse. I loved the crazy rant the voice over guy would do at the start of each episode as the animation moved over the city of london. Great song at the end too:

He's The Best
He's The Greatest
He's The Greatest Secret Agent In The World!
He's The Ace - He's Amazing...
He's the Strongest... He's The Quickest.... He's The Best!

Dangermouse! (da da da da daaa) etc


An honorable mention has to go to
Mysterious Cities of Gold and Ulysses 31 (thanks for that lodgepole I didn't remember the names right, too much beer and drugs have corrupted my memory functions) and Transformers (robots in disguise!! sorry couldn't help myself).

Oh the memories....

Sposs

He-man Ruled

Big Chief

there was an intresting thread about this on the tv forum ages ago, dunno there was just so many to choose from really

dungeons & dragons springs to mind at the moment but if anyone can find the thread where i named about 20 old classic cartoons im sure i could give a better elaboration

hedgetrimmer

Transformers all the way....how many of us will admit to crying when Optimus Prime died,...

superfly

Danger Mouse was a defo favourite along with Duckula, Battle of the Planets, He-man, Thundercats, the Real Ghostbusters, Bravestarr and Secret Squirrel

misswex

She-ra and He-man were fantastic!!

Used to love the Gummy Bears as well

All the good cartoons are on Boomerang if you have Sky digital.
As for who's my favourite no contest!

The Sweeper

Dungeons and Dragons.

Hands down, wipeout, leave em standing, clean sweep, knock em dead.

lodgepole

Mysterious Cities of Gold and Ulysses 31.

I'm dying for a Cities of Gold DVD set... There's one in French, but it has no subtitles.

amp

Transformers - Robots in Disguise
Autobots wage their Battle
To destroy the evil forces
Of the Decepticons

More than meets the eye.

I mean seriously, a cars, jets, dinosaurs, construction vehicles that turn into a robot which fight. What more can a growing lad need in a cartoon?

charlie_says

Optimus prime is dead?????? What??

<faints>

Sarky

I used to love Dangermouse and Duckula as a kid.

A friend recently got a Duckula DVD for us all to watch. Now that I'm a little older I realise that not one single episode made any sense whatsoever. Fantastic!

In all fairness, who could find fault with Norse viking penguins?:D

][cEMAN**

And then he came back to life....handy that eh?

Fav cartoon from my childhood? Spiderman and his Amazing Friends

Remember this?

The Clown Man

Cities of Gold was my fav along with Thundercats, obviously.

Ho!

Lukin Black

Originally posted by Lodgepole
Mysterious Cities of Gold and Ulysses 31.

I'm dying for a Cities of Gold DVD set... There's one in French, but it has no subtitles.

Those two, along with Dungeons & Dragons, were my favourites. You can get a vcd or divx set here, and the guy is very trustworthy (got one off him myself).

Tusky

Thundercats - thunder thunder thunder HOOEEEE !
He-Man - I have the powar !
TMN turtles
BraveStar - Strength of the bear bear bear !
Transformers - More than meets the eye !

elexes

i cant rember the name of it but it was on channel 4 . there were all these evil plants that were trying to take over the galixy . its not that tommatos thing . i cant rember the name of it and its killing me . i loved them .

spudulike

got to agree with dungeons and dragons - great stuff - they shoudl put it back on now !!!. Ulysses was good aswell.

][cEMAN**

Originally posted by elexes
i cant rember the name of it but it was on channel 4 . there were all these evil plants that were trying to take over the galixy . its not that tommatos thing . i cant rember the name of it and its killing me . i loved them .

Jace and the Wheel Warriors

kensutz

Yeah Jace and The Wheel Warriors. We were only talking about it in work last nite.

ixoy

Yay! A nostaliga thread!

OK I'm also plumping for "Mysterious Cities of Gold". I have Episode 1-22, but still need 23-39!

Also good was "Ulysses 31". I've only 1.5 episodes of that but I have the full opening credits and theme tune

No mention yet for "Dogtanian and the Three Muskahounds" so I'll do it. And a bloody kick ass theme tune (which I also have - one for one and all for one muskahounds are always ready one for one and all for one...)

Now one I watched, but noone else seemed to have, was Robotech - composed of three series spanning 3 eras: Macross Crossing, The Masters, and the Invid. Sort of an introduction to anime (it spliced together a few Japanese series). Some great music and total "Wow - COOL!" feeling when giant robots battled and the earth got wasted.

Honorable mentions to: He-Man and Transformers. Also worthy: Thundercats, M.A.S.K (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand - I can still remember!), and Count Duckula (why no mention of him?!). In fact I could go on for ages. And I think I've the theme tune now for every single one of them - WUHOO!

Pompey Magnus

Gotta be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, they ruled my early life!!!

oeNeo

Jace and the Wheel Warriors and MASK!!

sionnach

Originally posted by Depeche_Mode
Gotta be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, they ruled my early life!!!

i agree , leonardo > *

Syd_Vicious

This is Syd_Vicious speaking...

My favourite cartoons when I was a kid include:

Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
M.A.S.K.
The Mysterious Cities Of Gold
Sharky And George
Dogtanian and the Three Muskahounds
Teddy Ruxpin - no idea why but I watched it a lot
Bucky O'Hare
Dick Tracy - those short five minute cartoon thingys
Widget
Dino The Last Dinosaur
The original Ghost Busters cartoon
Dino Riders
Transformers

and last but definately not least...

C.O.P.S. - I can't believe no one has mentioned this cartoon yet! It boasts one of the best theme tunes ever!!!

Anywho, I remember a really old cartoon about this family in a spaceship which featured a man with a long black outfit with it going over his head and a little girl. I thought it was very weird and it spooked me out...anyone got any idea what this cartoon was called and what it was about?

I miss them all

This has been Syd_Vicious speaking...

elexes

Originally posted by ][cEMAN**
Jace and the Wheel Warriors

been trying to think of that name for over a year now .thx i love u . now to find them on dvd

Sparkle

Fraggle Rock,gummy Bears,Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.

LegacyUser

so did ulysses ever free all those people who were floating, or even make it back to earth if he was tryin to do that, remember watchin the show, was damn cool

Hagar

Does anyone else out there remember being subjected to those stars of Poland "Lolek and Bolek" by RTE in the early 60s. No wonder I grew up the way I did.

lodgepole

Originally posted by bananayoghurt
so did ulysses ever free all those people who were floating, or even make it back to earth if he was tryin to do that, remember watchin the show, was damn cool

It was by the same people as Cities of Gold and i'm convinced that the tv stations never showed the end of either series so that we'd keep on tuning in...

puntosporting

He-man
Transformers
Mask
Gi-Joe (any one remember that cartoon?)
Galaxy rangers
Alvin and thew chimp monks
Bravestar
Muppet babies
Smurfs
Visionaries (god i used to love those hologram thingies)

Loads more im gonna go searching oh the memories!

Devious

Anyone remember that one with the three guys that bolted weapons, wings and stuff onto their day-glo body armour? I think it was called Centurions or some such. Cant even remember if it was any good

ixoy

Originally posted by bananayoghurt
so did ulysses ever free all those people who were floating, or even make it back to earth if he was tryin to do that, remember watchin the show, was damn cool

Of course they made it home! Episode 26 - "The Kingdom of Hades". The script can be found here So there never was to be a sequel. I actually remember this episode

Cities of Gold also ended - Episode 39: "The End of the City of Gold". Here's what happened:

Gomez and Gaspard reach the now-exposed city and start gathering gold. At the Burning Shield, Kalmec installs the power unit beneath the crystal spire, under Menator's instructions. It functions, but then overheats and sinks into the ground. Back at the City, Tao's jar glows once again. The High Priest realises that the Olmecs have activated the device. He explains that the jar is actually a vital part of the power unit, without which the power unit will overload and sink into the earth's core, causing a catastrophe of global proportions. The High Priest sets out for the Burning Shield in the hope of shutting down the power unit. As the malfunctioning power unit begins its descent into the earth, the City is shaken by seismic tremors, and the Olmec base at the Burning Shield is utterly destroyed. Mendoza, back at the City of Gold, asks the High Priest's servants why they have not accompanied their master. They explain that the real High Priest died three years earlier. At the Burning Shield, the so-called High Priest prepares to follow the path of the descending power unit. Esteban asks him once more about the travelling prophet, but the High Priest cannot tell him where the prophet went. Mendoza, meanwhile, has just discovered that the so-called High Priest is the travelling prophet, Esteban's father, but decides that it would be easier for Esteban if he isn't told. Further tremors shake the earth. Gomez and Gaspard disappear into the lake as the City of Gold is swallowed by the earth. The High Priest finds the reactor deep underground. He installs the jar, shutting the power unit down, averting the catastrophe but apparently dying in the attempt. Mendoza shows Sancho & Pedro the gold he grabbed from the City earlier. The children return to the condor, determined to cross the Pacific in search of the other six Cities of Gold. They agree to meet Mendoza, Sancho & Pedro someday at the little tavern in Barcelona where they first met. Then the condor takes off, and the three children fly into the sunset.

lodgepole

Originally posted by puntosporting
Gi-Joe (any one remember that cartoon?)

I have the movie... It kicks ass.


I saw the ending to Cities of Gold about a year ago and loved it...

DapperGent

1. Battleship Yamato (Starblazers) - I don't think this ever came to Ireland or the UK. It was truly amazing. Main characters dying and everything. It was japanese originally and got a cut for the US market.

2. Voltron. - This kicked ass. Robot cats coming together to form big robot dude. Fantastic.

3. He-Man. The first cartoon I remember, we still have a video of it at home somewhere.

puntosporting

Voltron i remember that they where like a family or something !

oeNeo

Originally posted by Syd_Vicious
C.O.P.S. - I can't believe no one has mentioned this cartoon yet! It boasts one of the best theme tunes ever!!!

Was that the cartoon with the cop that had retractable handcuffs? And it always said 'Case closed' and stamped a folder at the end?

Big Chief

Dogtanian and the Three Muskahounds

didnt even think of that untill you mentioned it but that was indeed one classic cartoon of my youth, dont even think i mentioned that on the tv forum thread but that cartoon was class

davil

I can't believe nobody mentioned Knightmare. [aint a cartoon but hey you can't limit it to Cartoons. When it came back on Challenge months ago I was delighted. An amazing show when you were a kid, especially when they spied on lord fear witha magnifying glass and his eyes would go red as he was about to kill them. Riveting!!!!

Dreamstone was my favourite Cartoon [need I say more?]
And Teddy Ruxpin was one of my other favourites when I was younger.

Way further back I can remember Batfink ["My wings are like a shield of steel"]

Here's a list of stuff I remember [can't say I liked it all but I remember it anyway] , see if it jump starts up your memory

The Raccoons [Cyril sneer and some pigs and raccoons - a touch of genius]
Woof! [A boy who turned into a dog - Class!]
Penny Crayon [sh*t]
Charlie Chalk [????]
Bananaman [great]
The *Real* Ghostbusters [oh yeah]
The Gummi bears [classic]
Fraggle Rock [awesome]
The original He-man cartoon. [that was the business. not like that new fangled poo]
Ducktales [great fun]
Talespin [you remember Baloo from the Jungle book flying a seaplane and a kid (fox/rabbit/Dunno) surfing clouds out the back of it]
Darkwing Duck [slightly more recent, not as good as Ducktales or Talespin]
Trap Door. [can't remember anything about it other than a blue blob of plasticine looking after his master or sumfink]
Stoppit and tidyup [can't remember]
Mr Ben [a bit before my time but I saw some of it]
King Rollo [can't really remember much]
Count Duckula [fantastic, weird, sometimes a bit scary even, vague memories]
Dogtanion and the Four muskahounds [great]
Finders keepers [couldn't remember that name for weeks]
Samurai pizza cats [Oh yeah]

Wowzer
Inspector Gadget
Round the Bend [unparalleled]
Round the Twist
THE TOMORROW PEOPLE

Dennis [the one on C4 with Mr Wilson]
Oxtales [only on at summer time]

The Bobobods
The Snorkels or snorks or sumfink
The Poddington Peas
The Riddlers [muftys]
The Dinosaurs [Saturday afternoon Animatronics]
The Rattys
Bertha
Button moon

HOLY PRIESTS!!! I WATCHED A LOT OF TELLY AS A KID


And the Sullivans or something was always on before CITV

Hope all of that gave somebody food for thought.
As you can see after hours at Witnness one night we all started rhyming

this stuff off and I haven't stopped since. I can go on btw.

Check out Saturday morning telly on

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=121466&goto=newpost

CombatCow

O yeah Samurai pizza cats were the shiat,as was thundercats,mask.Any one remember battle beasts - pre transformeres,still have some of the figures


CombatCow

dod

Top Cat. Fantastic stuff. Ah fond memories.

Remember the theme song?


Top Cat
The most effec-tu-al Top Cat
Who's intellectual close friends get to call him "T. C."
Providing it's with dignity

Top Cat
The indisputable leader of the gang
He's the boss
He's the whip
He's the number one VIP
He's the most tip top - Top Cat

Yes he's the chief
He's the king, but above everything
He's the most tip top - Top Cat!

charlie_says

Devious: I remember that show Centurions. It was great - my fav guy was the fella who could fly around and shoot the baddies. The underwater guy had a dodgy tash though, never trusted him!
The land dude had some kind of motorbike jobbie....its all very hazy.

lodgepole

Originally posted by Lukin Black
Those two, along with Dungeons & Dragons, were my favourites. You can get a vcd or divx set here, and the guy is very trustworthy (got one off him myself).

What methods of payment does he take? And is he based in the UK? I'll probably buy a set...

Sauron

Had to be Transformers...just brilliant:rolleyes:
Topcat was good too imo

][cEMAN**

I watched a lot of cartoons when I was younger and still do (they're great - especially the simpsons) and these were all of the ones I watched (probably more but can't remember them atm - i'll add to the list when I think of them).

Alvin and the Chipmunks
Around the world with Wily Fog
Aladin
Animaniacs
Angry Beavers

Babar (when I was really young)
Beetlejuice
Bugs Bunny
Berenstien Bears
Banana Splits (Not a cartoon but I loved it all the same)
Batman
Bravestarr
Bucky O'Hare
Beavis & Butt-Head
Batman of the future
Botz Master

Captain N
Centurions
Crazy Claws
Cabbage Patch Kids
California Raisins
Captain Planet
Captain Caveman
Charlie Brown and Snoopy
Count Duckula
Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers
Care Bears
Critic (The)
Clerks
Cartoon Sushi

Daffy Duck
Donald Duck
Danger Mouse
Defenders of the Earth
Dennis the Menace
Dino-Riders
Dinky Dog
Donky Kong
Donky Kong Jr.
Dragon Ball
Dragon Ball Z
Duck Tales
Digimon
David the Gnome
Duck Tails
Dungeons and Dragons
Dinosaucers
Denver the Last Dinosaur
Dexter's Lab
Daria
Dr. Katz
Duckman

Ewoks

Fraggle Rock
Flintstones
Flash Gordon
Flintstone Kids
Family Guy
Futurama

Gummi Bears
Goofey
Garfield
Ghostbusters
GOBOTS
Gargoyles

He-man
Heathcliff
Henry's Cat
Hey Arnold!
Hercules

I Am Weasel
The Incredible Hulk
Inspector Gadget
Invader ZIM

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
James Bond Junior
Jetsons

Kwicky Koala
Kissyfur

Legend of Zelda

Mickey Mouse
M.A.S.K.
Mr. T
Muppet Babies
Mighty Max
Magilla Gorilla
Might Mouse
Mysterious Citys of Gold
Maxx

Pac Man
Paw Paws
Pluto
Power Rangers (The first time I saw it I knew it would be HUGE - and it was. But I still thought it was gammy)
Peter Pan
Pink Panther
Popeye
Pirates of Dark Water
Pinky and The Brain
Powerpuff Girls

Q-bert

Road Runner
Raggy Dolls
Rocko's Modern Life
Ren & Stimpy
Roger Ramjet

She-ra
Smurfs
Super Mario's Super Show
Scooby Doo
Scooby and Scrappy Doo
Speedy Gonzalis
Sylvester and Tweety
Spiderman
Spiderman and his Amazing Friends
Space Ghost
Shirt Tales
Snorks
Samurai Pizza Cats
Starcom
Superted
Samurai Jack
Superman: The Animated Series
Simpsons
Southpark
Spawn

Thundercats
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers
Tom and Jerry
Teddy Ruxpin
Tiny Toons
Timone and Pumba
Terrahawks
Top Cat

Ulysees 31

Visionaries

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
Wuzzles

X-Men
X-Men Evolution

Yogi the Bear

Sauron

*sniff*

I'm getting a hint of "copy and Paste" off that list
:ninja:

Kone

Ulysses 31 - Absolute class!!!!

Mysterious Cities of Gold - I would sell my first born to get a copy on VCD or DVD!

Dungeons and Dragons - <sighs>

Trapdoor - Don't you open that trapdoor! cos there's something down there!

Batfink - now there was a bat you could trust!

][cEMAN**

There's a certain amount of copy & paste because I couldn't remember that many cartoons off the top of my head - but the ones listed were all watched by me. There were another 50 or so I left out which I knew of but didn't watch, like Jem etc. That I left to my sister to watch.

Monty - the one and only

Moved to Television board

ixoy

Originally posted by Kone
Mysterious Cities of Gold - I would sell my first born to get a copy on VCD or DVD!

The guy in the link listed above has it on VCD. Put your firstborn in a box and post it to him - it'll prolly cover the costs of the discs and postage.

Syd_Vicious

Originally posted by Neo-
Was that the cartoon with the cop that had retractable handcuffs? And it always said 'Case closed' and stamped a folder at the end?

This is Syd_Vicious speaking...

Yep, that's the one alright...I know there's a C.O.P.S. appreciation site on the net, I've been on it and it has the theme tune available for download. There's one for Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors and The Turtles too

I just wish someone would do that for Sharky and George

*Sings aloud* "Sharky and George, the crimebusters of the sea..."

This has been Syd_Vicious speaking...