Worst Cartoons Ever - MSN Article

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Rocko's Modern Life was ten years ago Anark.

And Tex Avery cartoons were 50 years ago,l if you wanna get technical...

[Scandia]

I will have to disagree with that list. Why did they not mention truly stupid stuff like "Road Runner" (EVERYONE I have polled want Wile E. Coyote to FINALLY catch the Road Runner) and "Mister Magoo" (although the US history special is actually good) and some of the really deformed stuff they have these days (no naming names but a certain Nicktoon that anthropomorphizes the simplest animal out there comes to mind).

I have been obsessed with Captain Planet. Transformers and Jem are great. Silverhawks is good although not as much as Thundercats. Pokemon was fine at the beginning but I lost interest in it- although I still refuse to consider it bad in any way. The others I am not super familiar with but still seem decent.

[Anarky]

You lads appear to miss the word "lately" in my statement. You know, as in "of late" not "ten or fifty years ago." I think the cartoon world needs something ridiculously crazy like Spongebob or Ren and Stimpy or Tex Avery or whatever whackjob cartoon you can think of. They're needed to show people that crazy can work. See Spongebob, huge success among all ages. As was Ren and Stimpy and Tex Avery still is awesome today. They don't need to be amazingly original or full of new ideas, it's enough for them if they're batsh*t nuts and stir up things a bit.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Anarky

it's enough for them if they're batsh*t nuts and stir up things a bit.

You mean this?

Only...you know..being original?

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

You mean this?

Only...you know..being original?

wow it's kinda like you know a show about nothing...but a cartoon!

[Ra]

Man, those are some good picks. I'm really nodding my head with "Pokemon" and "13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo". They are really...well...bad, to say the least. 13 Ghosts kind of raped Scooby for me... *shudders*

[MrOldSchool]

Oh boy! I've got a reason to hate NBC! Many of those shows they listed are awesome! The only bad one I can think of on that list is Captain Planet.

[ZariusTwo]

Scrappy did all tea-bagging before 13 Ghosts did.

Pokemon ended with the Orange Islands, the one time the show's writers allowed it to stand on it's own without depending on the games.

[Drtooth]

I just think these guys can compile a list of really horrible cartoons... Much as I hate Pokemon, and would put that on a list for Spite, It doesn't even get to my top ten. And Jem would be more bearable if they were... uh... bare. (Just kidding.... or maybe not).

I still think they didn't scratch the surface putting only 1 Hanna barbera cartoon in there. Now I love ol' HB with a passion... make no mistake, but they really made a lot of crappy shows in the 70's. Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan? How come that isn't on it? I used to REALLY hate that show back when they reran it in the 80's.

And They could have mentioned the pathetic attempts to make current sitcoms in that era into cartoon shows (I think DePatie Freeling did most of them) like the Barkleys (a horrendous ripoff of All in the Family). I will say the 70's was the WORST era for cartoons in some time. I love Fat Albert and Hong Kong Phooey, though.

But, you wanna know what cartoons I really can't stand? Lean in close...and listen carefully....'

those 1930's sound cartoons. Yeah... those. I know they were experimenting with sound and animation in that era... I give them credit... but there is only so many times a dancing Lollypop with a birdy flying around it can be entertaining. I really hate this color cartoon Jack Frost, about the little bear that wanders away from his home because he doesn't wanna hibernate? Dull crap.

And the Fliesher (sp?) Gabby Series. Does anyone give a flying crap about Gabby? The stuff they did with Popeye and Early Betty Boop cartoons was true art. I even like their Superman cartoons (not the War propaganda ones, though) and I HATE Superman. But Gabby sucks... dull crappy little character.

[ToTheNines]

Did you read the Pokemon section? He said anime is known for smooth animation.... is he ****ing serious? I didn't like alot of the things this dude said, but holy ****.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

those 1930's sound cartoons. Yeah... those. I know they were experimenting with sound and animation in that era... I give them credit... but there is only so many times a dancing Lollypop with a birdy flying around it can be entertaining. I really hate this color cartoon Jack Frost, about the little bear that wanders away from his home because he doesn't wanna hibernate? Dull crap.

Yeah thats pretty much my opinion on computer animation since the start as well ooo look we can make this guy dance around and be all goofy it's a cartoon teehee! Take the garfield movies as a good example of this.

[Sage Ninja]

holy crap how the hell can they have Jem on the list! Yeah it took place in the eighties but even so the storlines are still pretty engaging and charming that even if you are not an eighties child you can appriate. And heck even if the main character Jerrica was an eighties woman she still has characteristics that even a young girl of today can indentify with and look up to. This show even "went there" in areas that ehere pretty mature for a cartoon and pulled it of very well. A few Episodes dealt with run-aways and drugs and social problems and aimed at an older audiance and with these story lines instead of just narrowly aiming at the kidde girls in their audiance. Heack this show was even a freakin animated soap opra alot of the time and had more intergerity than modern day whore-wanna-be girl cartoons like Bratz. This show actually attempted to have an on going story-line and and indepth characters that went beyond rock music and fashion.

I was just a baby when this first came out and I didn't get to actually watch and appriciate this show until it was shown on the USA Cartoon express block (in the 90's) years later after the show was cancelled. And really enjoyed it alot! So I don't think its fair to say that this show is so dated that kids today couldn't enjoy it since it had such a heavy eighties feel.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Scandia

"Mister Magoo" (although the US history special is actually good) .

You know what are the WORST Mr. Magoos? The 1970's ones where he has that obnoxious dog McBarker... the episodes are ALL about him. It's the Annoying dog show with special guest host mr. Magoo for cryin out loud.

A few Episodes dealt with run-aways and drugs and social problems and aimed at an older audiance and with these story lines instead of just narrowly aiming at the kidde girls in their audiance. Heack this show was even a freakin animated soap opra alot of the time and had more intergerity than modern day whore-wanna-be girl cartoons like Bratz. This show actually attempted to have an on going story-line and and indepth characters that went beyond rock music and fashion.

Well, this list is as creditble as that stupid AFI list./.. it had some credibility untill they shoved "Titanic" into the list... are you serious?

[gobo]

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

Holy crap. How the hell can they have Jem on the list? ... Heck, this show was even a freakin' animated soap-opera alot of the time and had more intergrity than modern day whore-wanna-be girl cartoons like Bratz.

Actually, the underlined quote is what I couldn't stand about the show. I can only take so much focus on drama... But, I wouldn't dare deny that it had more integrity than alot of today's 'toons.

But, just for the record, Bratz may look like aspiring streetwalkers, but they have morals. It took my niece's appreciation for the franchise to prove that to me (by forcing me to watch it). Worshipping divas seems to be the really destructive 'young girl' influence.

[majesty329]

This guy did not do his research there are way worse cartoons then the ones he named and a lot of those shows shouldn't even be on that list and I would say that there were worse Disney cartoons then Goof Troop.

[Deathknight]

Yeah, the guy who wrote this list has obviously not seen a lot of cartoons that have been on. Anyone remember The Brothers Flub on Nickelodeon? That show was sooooo bad, much worse than anything this guy mentioned.

[Barkworm]

I guess he focused on popular shows to have a greater effect on people. Just like the Raspberry awards.

[RAM BAM]

Canadian dromies probably will remember a couple of doozies
that were shown over and over:

Hercules - That irritating one with Newton, Toot and Daedlus (I don't
know how to spell his name). I think this one was done in
Toronto, but I'm not totally sure. Global TV showed this one
early in the morning.


Rocket Robin Hood - Produced by Krantz Films in Toronto.

[SassyGal]

Originally Posted by RAM BAM

Canadian dromies probably will remember a couple of doozies
that were shown over and over:

Hercules - That irritating one with Newton, Toot and Daedlus (I don't
know how to spell his name). I think this one was done in
Toronto, but I'm not totally sure. Global TV showed this one
early in the morning.


Rocket Robin Hood - Produced by Krantz Films in Toronto.

Oh lord! Why did you have to mention Hercules? That was just painful to watch...now the theme song will be stuck in my head...my fave line from the song was fire in his eyes, thunder in his thighs OMG, just thinking about is making me giggle!

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by majesty329

I would say that there were worse Disney cartoons then Goof Troop.

Indeed... while I think their greatest shows were Gummi Bears, Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, Talespin and Darkwing duck (Listen to Jim Cumming's voice work on those last two... you can tell he was having fun doing those shows), I really do like Goof Troop, and both movies (though i kinda feel bad... I get the impression that Peg left Pete and took Pistol with her and both pets died). While not as good as the first few series, certainly not the worst. As I said earlier, it was after that show they made some bad choices. They pretty much only made Bonkers to give the middle finger to Amblin entertainment for splitting up the Roger Rabbit license (though I did enjoy it) and it took them forever to make a really good one... (I don't count Gargoyls... I don't hate it, I just never got into it).

I think Schnookums and Meat would be one of their worst. I am a fan of Bill kopp (Eet the Cat co-creator), but this show was just Disney's shallow attempt at cloning Ren and Stimpy. While the Pith Possum segments had potential, I felt the rest of the show's quality was uneven.