Other action-cartoons you liked as a child?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

What other action-cartoons did you like as a child?

I used to watch:

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (over SVT)
Darkwing Duck (until it was considered too violent and taken off-air by SVT)
Ducktales (over SVT, TV 3)
Original Heman (a few episodes on the Sky Channel)
James Bond Junior (since it usually aired right before TMNT, also over TV 3)
Lucky Luke
Real Ghostbusters (TV 3)
Superfriends (used to air over TV 3 Thursday afternoons)
Talespin (over SVT)

And some others.

[Shark_Blade]

Powerpuff girls (new reboot is crap btw)
Teen Titans (TTGo is kinda lite but okay)
Ben 10
Kim Possible

[Autbot_Benz]

Batman TAS
Transformers/Beast Wars
Darkwing Duck
Spider man
X-men
Justice League

[Utrommaniac]

GARGOYLES!

I watched it pretty religiously even though I didn't have cable. Thanks to a friend who was able to record episodes on VHS for me. Though, I didn't like the World Tour episodes because they didn't have Brooklyn in them :lol: .

Rewatching it recently, I realized...yeah, it's basically uses the same formula as TMNT did. Leader guy, sarcastic rebel guy, smart guy, food guy, old guy, friend girl.

[Prowler]

Mighty Max
Powerpuff Girls
Samurai Jack

And then I also liked anime but I don't think you're asking for that in this thread.

[Jephael]

I know it was live action, but Mighty Morphin Power Rangers always had a cartoonish feel to it.

[Powder]

Swat Cats, Powerpuff Girls, Jackie Chan Adventures, I dunno. I liked goofy stuff way more than action.

If you wanna count anime, I loved Gundam Wing, Big O, Dragonball Z, Outlaw Star, Trigun, etc.

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

He-Man, Thundercats, Batman The Animated Series, Transformers, Go Bots, Ghostbusters, Silverhawks, and really I know it's more of an "adventure" show but Ducktales is my all time favorite cartoon and I'm still a die hard Scrooge McDuck fan and am even wearing a shirt with him on it this very moment and own a huge collection of personalized Don Rosa artwork.

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

I know it was live action, but Mighty Morphin Power Rangers always had a cartoonish feel to it.

What's funny is I'm an 80's kid that was born in 82 but have always harbored quite a bit of animosity toward MMPR because I felt like it killed traditionally animated shows that I grew up on. It was a juggernaut for its generation the same way He-Man and TMNT was for mine though.

[Jephael]

What's funny is I'm an 80's kid that was born in 82 but have always harbored quite a bit of animosity toward MMPR because I felt like it killed traditionally animated shows that I grew up on. It was a juggernaut for its generation the same way He-Man and TMNT was for mine though.

You're only a couple years or so younger than me actually. I was born in late 1980. I was also a big fan of the Disney Afternoon line-up.

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

You're only a couple years or so younger than me actually. I was born in late 1980. I was also a big fan of the Disney Afternoon line-up.

Oh yeah. Me too. Big, big, big time. I really still think of that era as the golden age of cartoons. I also loved Woody Woodpecker, Garfield, Muppet Babies, Fraggle Rock, and Dennis The Menace. Plus Toxic Crusaders.

[Prowler]

Swat Cats, Powerpuff Girls, Jackie Chan Adventures, I dunno. I liked goofy stuff way more than action.

If you wanna count anime, I loved Gundam Wing, Big O, Dragonball Z, Outlaw Star, Trigun, etc.
Yeah me too. Too Stupid Dogs, Johnny Bravo, Animaniacs, Freakazoid, Pinky and the brain, Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, etc were more my thing overall.

[Spike Spiegel]

The DCAU
2002 He-Man
Gundam 0083
Outlaw Star
Tenchi Muyo
Teen Titans (up to the end of season 4)
Totally Spies
The Big O
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego
X-Men Evolution and the '90s X-Men show
'94 Spider-Man and Spider-Man Unlimited

Watched GITS SAC, Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, Gurren Lagann, Bubblegum Crisis, and Gargoyles on DVD in high school/college.

[PApagreg]

Rewatching it recently, I realized...yeah, it's basically uses the same formula as TMNT did. Leader guy, sarcastic rebel guy, smart guy, food guy, old guy, friend girl.

Thats pretty much the Five man band trope

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FiveManBand

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

Smurfs and Alvin and the Chipmunks were ones I lived and died by too. Someone else mentioned Animaniacs and that was a great show. It still holds up quite well too. They put it on Netflix not too long ago and I enjoyed watching it again.

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

Mighty Max
Powerpuff Girls
Samurai Jack

And then I also liked anime but I don't think you're asking for that in this thread.

Samurai Jack was a great show. Very well written. I've not see every episode but every episode I have seen I have really enjoyed and think Jack is a really cool character.

[DestronMirage22]

***Cracks Knuckles***

*Spider-man: The Animated Series
*Spider-man And His Amazing Friends
*The Spectacular Spider-man
*The Transformers
*The Batman
*Batman the Animated Series
*Batman Beyond
*Ben 10
*Teen Titans
*Mazinger Z
*Dragon Ball
*Dragon Ball Z
*Voltron
*Powerpuff Girls
*X-Men
*The Invincible Iron-Man
*The Incredible Hulk
*Invader Zim
*Codename: Kids Next Door
*Avatar: The Last Airbender
*Duck Dodgers
*Danny Phantom

[Vicky82]

Dungeons and Dragons
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
She Ra
Thundercats
Ghostbusters
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
Aladdin
Darkwing Duck
X-Men (90s)
Fantastic 4 (90s)
Iron Man (90s)
The Incredible Hulk (90s)
Mighty Max
Gargoyles
Highlander animated series
The real adventures of Johnny Quest
Mighty Ducks
Extreme Ghostbusters

I forgot, Biker Mice From Mars, Tailspin, Ducktails and Gummie Bears

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Batman TAS
Transformers/Beast Wars
Darkwing Duck
Spider man
X-men
Justice League

I watched the 1994-1998 Spiderman TV-series and the 2001-2004 Justice League much later, 2005 since it aired before the episodes of the 2003-2009 TMNT series over Cartoon Network Sweden. But that was not when I was a child.

[DarkFell]

Gargoyles
Mutant League
Batman TAS
SatAM (Occasionally AoStH in small doses.)
TaleSpin
Gummi Bears (If you count that as action cartoon.)
Filmation's Ghostbusters
Animaniacs (I bet I would really understand the jokes / humor more as an adult.)
Darkwing Duck
Reboot (Not a cartoon, but it was still pretty awesome IMO.)

Looney Tunes gets an honorable mention.

I got into BraveStarr, He-Man, and Spiderman TAS in my adult years.

Would also like to watch a few more Mighty Max episodes. Courage the Cowardly Dog still remains on my list.

EDIT - I forgot to mention Beast Wars (another CG show.) I'm sure that there are other shows that I cannot remember.

[Candy Kappa]

I was heavily into Biker Mice from Mars. And I watched SWAT Kats, Batman TAS, 90's X-Men and Spider-Man, He-Man, The Mask and that 90's Johnny Quest show.

I loved the Biker Mice toy line, and a friend of mine had so many Mask figures it felt like he had them all, it was amazing. And I was a lot more into the Johnny Quest figures then GI Joe when it came to 3.75" toys, loved the Desert Stealth Hadji figure since he was a ninja and came with a working bow.

[Wesley]

DCAU
Gargoyles
Spiderman
Jackie Chan Adventures
X-Men
James Bond Jr
Xyber 9
Extreme Ghostbusters
Cadilliacs and Dinosaurs

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I was heavily into Biker Mice from Mars. And I watched SWAT Kats, Batman TAS, 90's X-Men and Spider-Man, He-Man, The Mask and that 90's Johnny Quest show.

I loved the Biker Mice toy line, and a friend of mine had so many Mask figures it felt like he had them all, it was amazing. And I was a lot more into the Johnny Quest figures then GI Joe when it came to 3.75" toys, loved the Desert Stealth Hadji figure since he was a ninja and came with a working bow.

Do you recall the October 1994 Silje case in Norway, when Power Rangers was cancelled (at least in Sweden).

[Candy Kappa]

Do you recall the October 1994 Silje case in Norway, when Power Rangers was cancelled (at least in Sweden).

Why the **** would you bring up that tragic case? That's just tasteless.

[ssjup81]

Hm, for me, I was into...

Batman TAS
Swat Kats
Mighty Max
Sonic the Hedgehog (darn Power Rangers for killing this show)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Jonny Quest (60s, 80s, and 90s version)
Mummies Alive
Mighty Ducks
She-Ra

These are the only shows that come to mind to me that would actually fall under the category of "action" series...although Jonny Quest may be more Adventure than action.

[drgon78]

Thundercats
He-Man
Voltron
Jonny Quest
Swat Kats
Pirates of Darkwater
Transformers
G. I. Joe
Thundarr The Barbarian
The Real Ghostbusters
M.A.S.K.
X-Men
Spider Man
Batman the animated series
Dungeons and Dragons
Silverhawkes
She-Ra
Sonic the Hedgehog

[turtle1237]

Thundarr The Barbarian
He-Man
C.O.P.S
BraveStar
GI Joe
She_RA
There was a dinosaur cartoon from space, were they had space ship battles, and Earth was caught in the middle lol. Forgot the name of it.
Rambo and Conan cartoons
Batman of course
I also love the 1960s HB cartoon super hero shows like Mighty Mightor and Space Ghost. they rock.

[drgon78]

Dinosaucers, almost forgot about them.

[turtle1237]

Dinosaucers, almost forgot about them.

That's it. It didn't last long as cartoons do lol. What less than a season?
But as a kid you don't forget Dinosaurs flying in spaceships :lol:.

[drgon78]

It got 65 episodes, that is more then a lot of cartoons have gotten.

[Wesley]

Hm, for me, I was into...

Batman TAS
Swat Kats
Mighty Max
Sonic the Hedgehog (darn Power Rangers for killing this show)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Jonny Quest (60s, 80s, and 90s version)
Mummies Alive
Mighty Ducks
She-Ra

These are the only shows that come to mind to me that would actually fall under the category of "action" series...although Jonny Quest may be more Adventure than action.

I liked Sonic SatAM as well, though I never really considered it to be an action show, as I don't recall any action scenes in it. Only the first season was aired in Ireland on rte two, so I didn't see season two until years later when the show was rerun on the satellite channel Pop. I preferred Adventures, though.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I was a big fan of action cartoons.

[Wesley]

I also liked The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Biker Mice from Mars, Extreme Dinosaurs and Cowboys of Moo Measa. I don't remember much about them, though.

[THGhost]

Batman TAS
Dragon Ball Z
DuckTales
Jackie Chan Adventures
Samurai Jack
Spider-Man TAS
TMNT OT & 2K3
The Powerpuff Girls
X-Men TAS

There's probably more but I can't remember right now.

Animaniacs (I bet I would really understand the jokes / humor more as an adult.)

You most certainly will. I highly recommend watching it again now that you're older.

[turtle1237]

It got 65 episodes, that is more then a lot of cartoons have gotten.

Well back in the 80's, most one season cartoons were about 65 episodes, so unless you were really BAD, you at least had a chance to make 65 in a year's time, before they cancel you. hence why I consider it short for its time line.

Now Thundarr is odd, It is consider to run for 2 seasons, but it only had like 20 or so episodes, because they were made from 1981-82. Thus it got 2 seasons lol. Thundarr was pull for how violence it was for a kids cartoon, people were killed lol.

Of course Mighty Mightor, Spaceghost, BirdMan, and Johnny Quest were pull for its violence, and got replace with Scooby Doo. Love Scooby, but the PC killed off the amazing 60 cartoons of the era.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Of course Mighty Mightor, Spaceghost, BirdMan, and Johnny Quest were pull for its violence, and got replace with Scooby Doo. Love Scooby, but the PC killed off the amazing 60 cartoons of the era.

In the USA? I recall Darkwing Duck being considered too violent in Sweden, and replaced with Gummibears. Then I stopped watching Disneytime since the only things I liked with Disney was their late-1980's and early-1990's action-cartoons.

[turtle1237]

In the USA? I recall Darkwing Duck being considered too violent in Sweden, and replaced with Gummibears. Then I stopped watching Disneytime since the only things I liked with Disney was their late-1980's and early-1990's action-cartoons.

In the USA yes. In the 1960's(I AM not that old, but I do know my American cartoon history) There was Johnny Quest, SpaceGhost, BirdMan, Mighty Mightor, and for there time, they were consider pretty violent. A protester who pass a few years ago made a movement against the cartoons. And she pretty much got them yank, so Scooby Doo and its many spin offs were made to replace the 1960's cartoons.

Look at Mighty Mightor's violent intro, punching people, shooting lazers out of his club. This was cool stuff right here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lAG6srT9Mk

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

In the USA yes. In the 1960's(I AM not that old, but I do know my American cartoon history) There was Johnny Quest, SpaceGhost, BirdMan, Mighty Mightor, and for there time, they were consider pretty violent. A protester who pass a few years ago made a movement against the cartoons. And she pretty much got them yank, so Scooby Doo and its many spin offs were made to replace the 1960's cartoons.

Look at Mighty Mightor's violent intro, punching people, shooting lazers out of his club. This was cool stuff right here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lAG6srT9Mk

Thanks, I did some Internet surfing now. Is this was you mean?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_for_Children%27s_Television

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Charren

The late-1960's and early-70's was during the Vietnam War! Except those protesting, who complained over that being too violent... :)

Some years ago I wacthed an early-1970's Justice League cartoon episode and saw in the comment field complainings over Batman just throwing his grappling hook catching the antagonist guy, which seemed to have been common during the first seasons instead of fistfights, kicks, knives, pistols and rifles. Now I understand more it was a product of it's time.

What happened with Darkwing Duck was that in mid-October 1994 a 5 years old girl in Norway was accidentaly killed when a group of children were playing. First the Power Rangers were blamed, and TV 3 Sweden stopped showing the Darkwing Duck series. Meanwhile SVT replaced Darkwing Duck with Gummibears.

What was the

[turtle1237]

Thanks, I did some Internet surfing now. Is this was you mean?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_for_Children%27s_Television

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Charren

The late-1960's and early-70's was during the Vietnam War! Except those protesting, who complained over that being too violent... :)

Some years ago I wacthed an early-1970's Justice League cartoon episode and saw in the comment field complainings over Batman just throwing his grappling hook catching the antagonist guy, which seemed to have been common during the first seasons instead of fistfights, kicks, knives, pistols and rifles. Now I understand more it was a product of it's time.

What happened with Darkwing Duck was that in mid-October 1994 a 5 years old girl in Norway was accidentaly killed when a group of children were playing. First the Power Rangers were blamed, and TV 3 Sweden stopped showing the Darkwing Duck series. Meanwhile SVT replaced Darkwing Duck with Gummibears.

What was the

Yep. Because of that group, He-man was not allow to punch people. :lol:
Thundarr try to return things back to its 1960's mindset, but the group battle Thundarr as well. Look I love Scooby as much as the next person, but I think they went over board in tacking down the 1960's action cartoons. I may be a 1980's kid, but I loved the 1960's action cartoons because well, it had action. :lol:

He-man throwing a villain into a hay sack and punching walls is not really action. I do think the 1960's were the best time for action cartoons, no offense to the 80's guys(I am one by the way)
I would just like to watch SpaceGhost over say He-man or 80's GI JOE. Which is why I loved Thundarr, it battle the norm, trying to end the days of Scooby Doo and bring action cartoons back to its roots. I do love me some 80's cartoons, but as "action" cartoons, the 1960's has everything outside of blood lol.

I give mad props to BTAS as well, because it was the start of the end of censorship of action cartoons. Batman after 30 or so years can finally punch the Joker.

[turtle1237]

Thanks, I did some Internet surfing now. Is this was you mean?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_for_Children%27s_Television

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Charren

The late-1960's and early-70's was during the Vietnam War! Except those protesting, who complained over that being too violent... :)

Some years ago I wacthed an early-1970's Justice League cartoon episode and saw in the comment field complainings over Batman just throwing his grappling hook catching the antagonist guy, which seemed to have been common during the first seasons instead of fistfights, kicks, knives, pistols and rifles. Now I understand more it was a product of it's time.

What happened with Darkwing Duck was that in mid-October 1994 a 5 years old girl in Norway was accidentaly killed when a group of children were playing. First the Power Rangers were blamed, and TV 3 Sweden stopped showing the Darkwing Duck series. Meanwhile SVT replaced Darkwing Duck with Gummibears.

What was the

Well the media likes to blame stuff, the 2 kids that shoot up Columbine school in 1999, I believe Doom was blame more for the shooting than the 2 maniacs that killed over 20 or so kids. I played Mortal Kombat as a kid, loved the game, but I never had the urge to kill some one because of the game. I bet if Jessie James and Billy Kid were running wild today vs the old West, they would blame some movie or game. violents has always been around. Just today we have stuff to blame I guess.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Yep. Because of that group, He-man was not allow to punch people. :lol:
Thundarr try to return things back to its 1960's mindset, but the group battle Thundarr as well. Look I love Scooby as much as the next person, but I think they went over board in tacking down the 1960's action cartoons. I may be a 1980's kid, but I loved the 1960's action cartoons because well, it had action. :lol:

He-man throwing a villain into a hay sack and punching walls is not really action. I do think the 1960's were the best time for action cartoons, no offense to the 80's guys(I am one by the way)
I would just like to watch SpaceGhost over say He-man or 80's GI JOE. Which is why I loved Thundarr, it battle the norm, trying to end the days of Scooby Doo and bring action cartoons back to its roots. I do love me some 80's cartoons, but as "action" cartoons, the 1960's has everything outside of blood lol.

I give mad props to BTAS as well, because it was the start of the end of censorship of action cartoons. Batman after 30 or so years can finally punch the Joker.

Blaming for toy commercials. In Sweden, toy commercials were banned for many years. TV 3 Sweden would easaly get past by airing from London. The ban was removed in 2010, but no channel uses the right much anymore.

[turtle1237]

Blaming for toy commercials. In Sweden, toy commercials were banned for many years. TV 3 Sweden would easaly get past by airing from London. The ban was removed in 2010, but no channel uses the right much anymore.

Since I don't live in Sweden :lol:. Did they ever air the 1960's action shows like SpaceGhost or Mighty Mightor? Or when I mention said shows you draw a blank?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Since I don't live in Sweden :lol:. Did they ever air the 1960's action shows like SpaceGhost or Mighty Mightor? Or when I mention said shows you draw a blank?

I don't know much. just that Cartoon Network Sweden aired some Johnny Quest during the 1990's. I didn't watch much. It was a time when I began to feel ashamed for watching cartoons.

As long as Sweden only had two TV-channels and government monopoly (up to the later 1980's), there weren't many cartoons at all to watch, except some old Disney short films every Christmas.

[Splinter the boss]

I watched Batman Beyond as a kid.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Plus Toxic Crusaders.

I watched Toxic Crusaders (and Captain Planet) later.

[MrTMNT2012]

Batman: TAS.

Doesn't get much better than that tbh!

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I also watched the 1994-1998 Spiderman much later (early-2005 or so).