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What cartoons did you watch as a kid?
Which ones?
(list any not listed, of course) |
I didn't have a GI Joe phase until I was in my 20s in the 2000s, I watched the 80s movie and collected the toyline during it's big 2000s resurgence.
I caught a few episodes of Doug but never really faithfully followed it. Hey Arnold and Daria both did that show way better. |
I watched a good portion of GI Joe and He-Man... just not enough to consider myself an avid watcher of either, back then. Like, if one of them was on I'd sit through half an episode or something. I didn't buy any toys or merch or anything.
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You only listed 80s cartoons with a few early 90s ones. I never really watched tmnt as a kid since reruns were rare same with most of the shows you listed in the poll. Needs more Nicktoons, And original Cartoon Network cartoons of the 90s and 90s anime like Pokemon and DBZ.
I'd say a good 90% of the members here grew up in the 80s or 90s so you'll get a lot of similar responses. |
TMNT, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, the Ace Ventura and Mask cartoons, Dexter's Lab etc.
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Surprised The Transformers were not on the list
Voltron Thundercats Super Mario Bros. super Show C.O.P.S. |
Main ones:
Ninja Turtles Batman: TAS Superman: TAS Batman Beyond Justice League (granted I was an adult by this time) Simpsons Pokemon Flintstones Animaniacs Scooby Doo Basically I just left Cartoon Network on all day so I just saw whatever they were airing at the time. |
I watched Ninja Turtles, GI Joe, Doug (Both Nick and Disney versions) and Inspector Gadget.
I liked learning how to be safe by watching the Knowing is Half The Battle GI Joe segments as well as the Inspector Gadget ones. Cartoons I watched not on the list: Hey Arnold Rugrats Toxic Crusaders Mega Man Super Mario Bros. Super Show / Mario 3 / Mario World The Legend of Zelda The Angry Beavers Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (and learning how to be safe in the Sonic Sez segments) Sonic the Hedgehog |
Dinosaucers
I loved that show! |
All of those...and more. Out of the ones listed I watched TMNT, He-Man and Batman: TAS the most. I remember watching a lot of Ducktales but lost interest after the first season.
I lived in Spain until the age of 8 so I only knew Heathcliff and Cadillac Cats by it's Spanish name (Isidoro) and it was one of the few American cartoons that had it's theme song fully translated into Spanish. When I moved to England and getting into conversations with other kids about shows we liked I mentioned Isidoro but people had no clue what I was talking about and kept saying "don't you mean Garfield". I'm guessing Heathcliff wasn't much of a thing in the UK. |
Something is wrong with the poll. I chose TMNT and Batman: TAS, but it says I chose GI Joe...
As a 90s kid it was TMNT/MMPR/Pokémon. GI Joe only stood out as an action figure made of doll molds. |
Well the only ones on that list I have never seen aired on TV is TMNT, The Real Ghostbusters, GI Joe and He-Man. In fact, for a very long time I assumed the Ghostbusters franchise amounted to the first movie. I have seen He-Man advertised on a Smurfs VHS but I never saw an episode until I could look one up online. I'm guessing I never saw any of those in reruns because my parents tended to not pay for extra channels quite often. If it's not that then maybe they didn't run at all, He-Man, TMNT and GI Joe are often unpresentable and might not have been worth it.
Of course if we count TMNT as being the 4Kids cartoon rather than the Fred Wolf cartoon, then I have seen TMNT air on TV. I didn't vote for it because I assume it meant the Fred Wolf cartoon, which again, I have never seen on TV. The same goes for He-Man as I have seen the 2002 show on TV but not the Filmation one. As for listing ones not on there, here you go:
There is a lot more but I might as well cap it off by saying I probably watched way more Simpsons, Family Guy and South Park than what a kid should watch. |
I was a big cartoon watcher as a kid. Probably too much honestly..
Gumby Flintstones Smurfs The Comic Strip featuring the Street Frogs and some other cartoons which escape me at the moment... Tom and Jerry The Power Team TNT's Wild World of Shorts featuring Pink Panther and Bugs Bunny cartoons USA Cartoon Express 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo Ghostbusters (Filmation) Bucky O'Hare Mr. Bogus Widget Denver the Last Dinosaur Captain N ProStars SwatKats Bill and Ted Back to the Future Garfield |
My earliest memories with cartoons go back to Superman: The Animated Series and Mummies Alive which were the 2 biggest things for me before I started watching Ninja Turtles. I also have vague memories of watching stuff like Pokemon, Digimon, Batman Beyond, X-Men: Evolution, Doug, Recess, Hey Arnold!, and Pepper Ann with my siblings. I'd even watch Sabrina: The Animated Series with my sister since she was really into Sabrina the Teenage Witch at the time.
By this point, I think my brother and sister started to outgrow cartoons and I was finally old enough to grasp time and TV schedules and keep up with regular programming like TMNT (2003), Sonic X, The Batman, Legion of Superheroes, and The Spectacular Spider-Man. In between those shows, I'd watch random stuff like Xiaolin Showdown, Johnny Test, and Tom and Jerry Tales. I'd also catch Archie's Weird Mysteries and Sonic Underground before school, but unfortunately had to leave during the Mummies Alive reruns which I had completely forgotten about at the time. But around the time The Spectacular Spider-Man came out, my childhood was pretty much over and cartoons just kinda went with it too. I had to catch season 2 of The Spectacular Spider-Man on YouTube as well as Wolverine and the X-Men. Shortly after that, we finally had cable for a few years and I'd try to watch Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and The Looney Tunes Show but kind of fell off. However, around the summer of 2008 and during The Dark Knight hype, my oldest brother and I started buying the complete series DVDs of Batman: The Animated Series and The Batman as they were usually front and center at Best Buy. His nostalgia for Batman started getting me nostalgic for Superman: The Animated Series and we eventually just ended up binge watching the entire DCAU along with my sister. We also binged X-Men: The Animated Series and the original TMNT series as they started being released on DVD as well. Though, those are really only the "cool" cartoons. Growing up with 3 siblings all within a decade apart of eachother, I grew up watching PBS Kids shows like Arthur, Dragon Tales, and Clifford the Big Red Dog before and after school to watching shows like The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy, and South Park at night. But even I kind of stopped watching those shows at some point too. |
Besides the ones I voted for on the poll
Peanuts (both specials and the Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show) Gumby Super Mario Bros cartoons Sailor Moon Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Satam Rugrats Rocko Aah! Real Monsters Kablam! Angry Beavers Tiny Toons Pinky and the Brain Flintstones Jetsons Eek! the Cat CatDog The Wild Thornberrys Spongebob (of course) Rocket Power Johnny Bravo Cow and Chicken Dexter's Lab Powerpuff Girls Ed, Edd, n' Eddy Mike, Lu, and Og (really underrated cartoon) Courage the Cowardly Dog Codename: Kids Next Door I did watch cartoons as a teen as well like Mucha Lucha, Xiaolin Showdown (and Chronicles). Of course anime like Pokemon, Yugioh, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Sonic X, etc |
Besides what I voted for in the poll (He-Man, Inspector G, Ghostbusters) I'll add just a couple I can think of.
Thundercats Dungeons and Dragons Ulysses 31, though I think I may have caught re-runs later on. Mysterious Cities of Gold Dogtanian and the three muskerhounds. Then other long time toons like Tom and Jerry, Flintstones, Scooby-Do etc. Oh, I'll add She-Ra, I didn't watch this as much as He-man more but I did watch some of this too. |
Of the ones I watched frequently:
Sonic the Hedgehog Dungeons and Dragons Transformers G1 The Mysterious Cities of Gold BraveStarr Pole Position Thundercats Phantom 2040 Toxic Crusaders Pirates of Dark Water Ninja Turtles Spider-man (1994) X-Men Bionic Six The Legend of Zelda The Simpsons Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors Defenders of the Earth Super Mario Bros / Mario Bros 3 / Mario World The Legend of Prince Valiant Masters of the Universe Bucky O'Hare Captain Planet |
Alfons Åberg (also had some books)
Bamsy Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Darkwing Duck Duck Tales (1987) Flintstones He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983). Not too many episodes. James Bond Junior Lucky Luke (1984) Pat and Mat Super Friends Tale Spin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) The Real Ghostbusters Tom & Jerry A very few episodes of some others, like Scooby-Doo, Simpsons, Taz-Mania, Yogi Bear and Widget |
There lots of shows I watched as a kid aren't on the list.
Other shows that aired reruns Jonny Quest Various Scooby Doo shows Thunderbirds 80s My Little Pony Care Bears She Ra Dungeons and Dragons Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors Count Duckula Gummi Bears The Racoons Super Ted Thundercats Danger Mouse 90s Gargoyles X-Men The Animals of Farthing Wood Fantastic Four Iron Man Incredible Hulk/She Hulk Extreme Ghostbusters Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Aladdin series Rugrats Mighty Ducks Biker Mice from Mars Mighty Max Highlander Animated series There are lot of other shows but didn't watch them that much. |
Droids
Ewoks ReBoot (doesn't really count as a cartoon) Potsworth and Co Around the World in 80 days Belle and Sebastian Popeye and Son Galaxy Rangers Conan the Adventurer Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends Teddy Ruxpin King Arthur and the Knights of Justice Visionaires The Smoggies Peter Pan and the Pirates Speed Racer Gobots Batfink Snorks Telebugs Earthworm Jim |
I don't think I can list everything even if I tried. If it was a cartoon that aired during the 80s or 90s, I watched it. Including older stuff from the 60s and 70s, which was getting healthy amounts of reruns.
Lots of Disney, lots of WB, lots of Fox Kids, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network. Action stuff rose to the top of the heap for me, so stuff like turtles, he-man, x-men, batman were what I looked forward to the most. Funny enough, while I liked Spider-Man and watched a lot of the various shows featuring him, I was not a really big fan of him. I was more into Batman and X-Men. And of course, in those days, while I knew who Captain America, Iron Man, etc. were, most kids didn't care much about them at that time. |
Everything on the list but Doug.
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As a kid :
HM (first time it aired too then later VHS) Gadget (ditto) DoE (only on VHS) MASK Blackstar (this aired on weekdays) Bstarr (only VHS) Dennis Roger Ramjet 60s Thundercats (only VHS) Gummy Bears Duck Tales (mostly VHS) Chip n Dale RR (VHS) Disney Mermaid (VHS) Real GB (and Filmation GB too , both VHS) Puppet shows : Muppets , Fraggle Rock , Charlie Chalk , Fireman Sam (the new Sam is also pretty good) , Postman Pat As a teen : BTAS Animaniacs Quest 60s J Bravo |
Most of the cartoons listed above got a watch from me. Reboot, Beast Wars, Rocko's Modern Life, M.M.P.R., Sonic SatAM, and Gargoyles were also my favorites. Pokemon, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball Z showed up later on.
I do find it a bit amusing that even though we had cable and eventually satellite service, the local stations were the bigger powerhouses at the time. |
Too many to count. I was born in 1990 but grew up watching a lot of cartoons from before my time due to cable reruns in my country. I'll just list the ones I liked the most.
Johnny Bravo TMNT 87 TMNT 2003 Wacky Races Looney Tunes The Simpsons Stop the Pigeon Captain Caveman Tom and Jerry Flinstones Power Puff Girls Ed Edd n eddy 2 stupid dogs The Mask Cow and chicken I am weasel Hair Bear Bunch Johnny Quest Scooby Doo Garfield and Friends Billy the Cat Hong Kong Phooie Freakazoid Pinky and Brain Animaniacs Duck Tales Dexter's Laboratory Tiny Toon Adventures Futurama Family Guy Adventures of Tintin Tom and Jerry Kids Count Duckula Pink Panther And more. These are just cartoons. I'm not including anime. |
I watched most cartoons already mentioned along with these:
Dogtanian Sandokan Around the World with Willy Fogg Super Ted Animals of Farthing Wood Bouli (Irish dub) Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Extreme Ghostbusters Men in Black: The Series Biker Mice from Mars Cowboys of Moo Measa The Bugs Bunny Show The Road Runner Show Noah’s Island Rupert Babar Dastardly and Muttley The Flintstones The Perils of Penelope Pitstop Isnogaud Rugrats And others too many count off the top of my head The Den (Irish children’s tv strand) showed a lot of old and new cartoons from around the world so I grew up watching shows from before my time also. Was born in 1986. |
I selected everything on this list because on a very technical level, I watched these as a kid. Some of the shows like TMNT, BTAS, He-Man, and Ghostbusters I had to be stealthy about because I wasn't 'allowed' to see them by my parents. So I would only see parts of them, though I loved them very much. Stuff like Darkwing Duck and Rescue Rangers was deemed as 'safe' by my parents, so I watched those in their entirety as a kid with no issues.
When I got older, and had my own TV, I got to watch all of these, and then some. I've even re-watched a lot of these as an adult. For instance, I re-watched/watched all of GI Joe as an adult on The Hub when it was a channel. |
I watched a lot of TMNT as a kid, I grew up with the 2003 series and then watched the 2012 and fred wolf shows after that, I'd often catch the 2003 series on citv after school.
I did watch the Real Ghostbusters,Ducktales and Animaniacs, but I wasn't around in the 80s/90s, I watched these shows online because I was interested in old cartoons at the time, with Jem being one that I watched a lot. as for shows not on that list, there's a lot Jem and the holograms She-ra Princess of Power Looney Tunes Tom and Jerry Flinstones House of Mouse Lilo and Stitch the series Rugrats Spongebob The Simpsons My Little Pony (the 80s series/tales and friendship is magic) Strawberry Shortcake 90s Sailor Moon Pokemon Postman Pat Fireman Sam Angelina Ballerina Funny bones Noddy Scooby Doo X-men (1992) Jimmy Neutron Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Underground Sonic X Winx Club Totally Spies the Mario cartoons (from Saturday supercade to super show,adventures of Mario bros 3 and super Mario world) The Legend of Zelda cartoon Rupert Recess Little Bear Arthur Tweenies Thomas the tank engine The Magic Key Kim Possible Hilltop Hospital Yu Gi Oh I'm from the UK and didn't have cable so if I did catch any nick/Disney or cartoon network shows it would've been when visiting relatives who had the sky tv service, I didn't experience Toonami, but citv had a block called action stations that was similar, it was through that I found anime via pokemon, action stations was just part of the citv breakfast time slot but the shows aired at that time were usually action shows or anime. |
I think the appropriate question is: What cartoons didn’t I watch as a kid?
I even watched the ones I wasn’t supposed to on Adult Swim late at night. |
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