Worst. Cartoons. Ever. - Page 6

*Prowler* · 11-11-2013, 12:12 PM

I found Angela Anaconda to be fairly mediocre. Never got the hype.

*CyberCubed* · 11-11-2013, 02:20 PM

The old Super Mario cartoon is pretty bad looking back on it now. Still at least it wasn't like the awful Zelda cartoon.

Luke795 · 11-11-2013, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The old Super Mario cartoon is pretty bad looking back on it now. Still at least it wasn't like the awful Zelda cartoon.

I still like those cartoons.

~~Leo656~~ · 11-11-2013, 09:49 PM

Yeah they're alright. Wasn't a lot to 'em and they were pretty formulaic, but so was every show back then. Literally every cartoon show in the '80s was about catchphrases and predictable behavior. Being a product of its time doesn't in and of itself make any those shows bad.

I actually think Zelda was a little better, of the two. And I always much preferred the voices of Mario and Luigi from the cartoons to the awful voices in the modern games from Mario64 on.

**Jester** · 11-11-2013, 09:51 PM

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And I always much preferred the voices of Mario and Luigi from the cartoons to the awful voices in the modern games from Mario64 on.

That's just your wrestling bias....wait? Captain Lou was only the live action Mario...wasn't he?

~~Leo656~~ · 11-11-2013, 10:07 PM

Pretty sure the cartoon Mario was just a guy trying very hard to sound like Capt. Lou, at least in some of the later versions like "Super Mario World", "Super Mario Bros. 3". etc.

And I much prefer Mario's sterotypical Brooklyn-ese to his modern-day stereotypical "right-off-the-boat", "authentic Italian" accent. It's like they forgot that, despite him being Italian, Mario and Luigi were actually born and raised in Brooklyn in pretty much every telling of the story until 1996.

Although I do enjoy randomly shouting "HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOO!" from Super Mario64 every now and then. But still, Mario's voice sucks.

*sdp* · 11-11-2013, 10:36 PM

I'll just comment on three shows you guys mentioned on this thread:

Spider-Man The New Animated Series: The show has plenty of flaws and even though it aired on MTV and tried to be more edgy the plots were often more basic than the original show for kids, even then it does have a redeeming feature, that one girl character of Indy was actually great.

Thundercats - I was so hyped for the new show that I re-watched Thundercats, as a kid I didn't particularly like or hate thundercats I was rather indifferent, I liked aspects of it but it also bored me. As for the actual show well it's hard to judge. For an 80s show it actually has some continuity and great ideas in it, however because of it being an 80s show it has the same flaws that 80s shows have...I think it's a great cartoon for it's time but it just hasn't aged very well. A lot of potential, sadly the new show failed to do that, haven't seen it but I heard it's rather mediocre, not that it mattered since CN would've never given it a chance...

Super Mario: Well there's three shows right? The Super Mario Super Show is absolutely boring, very hard to watch. However the sequel show Super Mario Bros 3 is actually a rather fun show it's so wacky and out there that it's entertaining. Never watched SMWorld.

The Legend of Zelda: Well if you take into account that this show came out before Zelda II even came out, it didn't have a lot of story to flesh out...in fact many of the things featured in the cartoon ended up in future Zelda games, mostly because of coincidence I guess but you can't say that it didn't try to flesh out the universe. Counting each episode is 11 minutes long, the episodes are actually quite interesting, and end before they're about to get boring. In fact most 80s shows were like the Zelda show only stretched out to 22 minutes, so for that reason it doesn't feel as painful to watch. It's definitely a decent show.

*BubblyShell22* · 11-12-2013, 08:31 AM

I loved Super Mario World and even the original Super Mario Brothers Super Show as well as Mario 3, though I barely remember it.

*ZariusTwo* · 11-12-2013, 08:45 AM

I'm a little biased towards Super Show because of fond childhood memories of it, it wasnt quite as engaging or as game-accurate as Mario 3 was though. Mario World truly is a franchise nadir.

Zelda was arguably very bad even when I was a kid, but at the same time, it really isnt quite as bad as it's made out to be these days

*CyberCubed* · 11-12-2013, 08:55 AM

I had fond memories of Mario too but I watched the majority of the episodes online again and a lot of it was just typical 80's cartoon flaws and difficult to sit through.

It's also weird noticing the oddities, like the Princess having red hair, Bowser being called King Koopa (because its his Japanese name), and all the Koopalings have different names than their game counterparts.

Michelangelo · 11-12-2013, 09:11 AM

Ed Grimly, man he sucked. Even Banana man was better than that. Roger Ramjet used to sicken me, but at least Astro Boy was on straight afterwards. Pokemon has always bored me, guess growing up with it helps. Although not a cartoon Monkey was a big things when I was young, but Daria was a cartoon and she rocked. Can't say the same for spongebob imo.

*CyberCubed* · 11-12-2013, 01:42 PM

No offense to the people here, and I know it's not a cartoon, but I never liked Power Rangers. I watched the first 3 or so seasons when the show first started back in 1992/1993 or whenever it was and even back then it felt shallow to me.

I know people really got into it but it felt repetitive and the villains were shallow. I can see why people liked it though.

Funny thing is I got heavily into TMNT and pokemon, but Power Rangers was the only big fad at the time I could never stay interested in.

*Prowler* · 11-12-2013, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

No offense to the people here, and I know it's not a cartoon, but I never liked Power Rangers. I watched the first 3 or so seasons when the show first started back in 1992/1993 or whenever it was and even back then it felt shallow to me.

I know people really got into it but it felt repetitive and the villains were shallow. I can see why people liked it though.

Funny thing is I got heavily into TMNT and pokemon, but Power Rangers was the only big fad at the time I could never stay interested in.

I personally never got into Power Rangers either. Dunno why, though.

*CyberCubed* · 11-12-2013, 03:10 PM

I just didn't find the story or characters interesting enough. Also most of the early eps follow the same formula of Rita Repulsa making a new monster and them taking it down by the end of the episode in a similar way.

Aaronardo · 11-12-2013, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

No offense to the people here, and I know it's not a cartoon, but I never liked Power Rangers. I watched the first 3 or so seasons when the show first started back in 1992/1993 or whenever it was and even back then it felt shallow to me.

I know people really got into it but it felt repetitive and the villains were shallow. I can see why people liked it though.

Funny thing is I got heavily into TMNT and pokemon, but Power Rangers was the only big fad at the time I could never stay interested in.

I actually don't like Power Rangers, either. It's just too juvenile for me. I mean, even when I was 7 I was like, "Wow. This is BAD."

*The Stryker* · 11-12-2013, 03:41 PM

Why the hell are you talking about Power Rangers in this thread about bad cartoons?

*ZariusTwo* · 11-12-2013, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatCollectorGuy

I actually don't like Power Rangers, either. It's just too juvenile for me. I mean, even when I was 7 I was like, "Wow. This is BAD."

I'll gladly take a season like Power Rangers Lost Galaxy and Power Rangers RPM over the juvenile Nick TMNT 'toon anyday.

*PApagreg* · 11-12-2013, 04:09 PM

This is my personally taste and I know that people will nod down at me but every cartoon from 1930s-1988 with the exception of Looney Tunes, Tom and JErry, Micky Mouse short, and Jem is a guilty pleasure for me.

*oldmanwinters* · 11-12-2013, 04:27 PM

I find the 1994 Iron Man series almost unwatchable.
And I can suffer through quite a bit when superheroes are involved.

Michelangelo · 11-12-2013, 04:35 PM

Some cartoons age better than others in our eyes I guess.
I use to watch sailor moon because it was entertaining when I was young but I'm unlikely to watch it now that I'm much older. I just watched the first episode of SAMURAI PIZZA CATS for the first time in about 15 years. I thought I enjoyed it more when I was younger but I could still watch this now. It's pretty manic like a lot of Japnaese cartoons.
Smurfs were ok when i was young but I'm not about to watch them now. The other thing with cartoons back in the day was that whatever was on was what I watched. TV was very limited compared with the viewing options children have today. Couple that with only being allowed to watch cartoons when your parents let you means that whatever was on was good enough. With the power of choice today given the net, I still go back to the old shows mostly like the mysterious cities of gold and looney tunes amongst others. power rangers were never my thing either, I wrote them off as a rip off of voltron because of the costumes so never gave them a chance. But we love what we love and we hate what we hate. My wife loves ed grimly but when she showed me the show (I'd never seen it), I just couldn't lie and say it was any good to me and that in fact it was the worst thing I've ever seen. She respects that and I repsect her love of the show, after all she grew up with it and it's important to her, just so long as it doesn't have to be important to me that's fine.

11-11-2013, 10:36 PM	#107
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,222	I'll just comment on three shows you guys mentioned on this thread: Spider-Man The New Animated Series: The show has plenty of flaws and even though it aired on MTV and tried to be more edgy the plots were often more basic than the original show for kids, even then it does have a redeeming feature, that one girl character of Indy was actually great. Thundercats - I was so hyped for the new show that I re-watched Thundercats, as a kid I didn't particularly like or hate thundercats I was rather indifferent, I liked aspects of it but it also bored me. As for the actual show well it's hard to judge. For an 80s show it actually has some continuity and great ideas in it, however because of it being an 80s show it has the same flaws that 80s shows have...I think it's a great cartoon for it's time but it just hasn't aged very well. A lot of potential, sadly the new show failed to do that, haven't seen it but I heard it's rather mediocre, not that it mattered since CN would've never given it a chance... Super Mario: Well there's three shows right? The Super Mario Super Show is absolutely boring, very hard to watch. However the sequel show Super Mario Bros 3 is actually a rather fun show it's so wacky and out there that it's entertaining. Never watched SMWorld. The Legend of Zelda: Well if you take into account that this show came out before Zelda II even came out, it didn't have a lot of story to flesh out...in fact many of the things featured in the cartoon ended up in future Zelda games, mostly because of coincidence I guess but you can't say that it didn't try to flesh out the universe. Counting each episode is 11 minutes long, the episodes are actually quite interesting, and end before they're about to get boring. In fact most 80s shows were like the Zelda show only stretched out to 22 minutes, so for that reason it doesn't feel as painful to watch. It's definitely a decent show. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

11-12-2013, 08:31 AM	#108
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11-12-2013, 08:45 AM	#109
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,502	I'm a little biased towards Super Show because of fond childhood memories of it, it wasnt quite as engaging or as game-accurate as Mario 3 was though. Mario World truly is a franchise nadir. Zelda was arguably very bad even when I was a kid, but at the same time, it really isnt quite as bad as it's made out to be these days __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

11-12-2013, 03:41 PM	#116
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11-12-2013, 04:27 PM	#119
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,508	I find the 1994 Iron Man series almost unwatchable. And I can suffer through quite a bit when superheroes are involved. __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

11-11-2013, 12:12 PM	#101
Prowler Emperor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,999	I found Angela Anaconda to be fairly mediocre. Never got the hype.

11-11-2013, 02:20 PM	#102
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,888	The old Super Mario cartoon is pretty bad looking back on it now. Still at least it wasn't like the awful Zelda cartoon.

11-11-2013, 09:49 PM	#104
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Yeah they're alright. Wasn't a lot to 'em and they were pretty formulaic, but so was every show back then. Literally every cartoon show in the '80s was about catchphrases and predictable behavior. Being a product of its time doesn't in and of itself make any those shows bad. I actually think Zelda was a little better, of the two. And I always much preferred the voices of Mario and Luigi from the cartoons to the awful voices in the modern games from Mario64 on.

11-11-2013, 10:07 PM	#106
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Pretty sure the cartoon Mario was just a guy trying very hard to sound like Capt. Lou, at least in some of the later versions like "Super Mario World", "Super Mario Bros. 3". etc. And I much prefer Mario's sterotypical Brooklyn-ese to his modern-day stereotypical "right-off-the-boat", "authentic Italian" accent. It's like they forgot that, despite him being Italian, Mario and Luigi were actually born and raised in Brooklyn in pretty much every telling of the story until 1996. Although I do enjoy randomly shouting "HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOO!" from Super Mario64 every now and then. But still, Mario's voice sucks.

11-12-2013, 08:55 AM	#110
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,888	I had fond memories of Mario too but I watched the majority of the episodes online again and a lot of it was just typical 80's cartoon flaws and difficult to sit through. It's also weird noticing the oddities, like the Princess having red hair, Bowser being called King Koopa (because its his Japanese name), and all the Koopalings have different names than their game counterparts.

11-12-2013, 09:11 AM	#111
Michelangelo Foot Soldier Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 244	Ed Grimly, man he sucked. Even Banana man was better than that. Roger Ramjet used to sicken me, but at least Astro Boy was on straight afterwards. Pokemon has always bored me, guess growing up with it helps. Although not a cartoon Monkey was a big things when I was young, but Daria was a cartoon and she rocked. Can't say the same for spongebob imo.

11-12-2013, 01:42 PM	#112
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,888	No offense to the people here, and I know it's not a cartoon, but I never liked Power Rangers. I watched the first 3 or so seasons when the show first started back in 1992/1993 or whenever it was and even back then it felt shallow to me. I know people really got into it but it felt repetitive and the villains were shallow. I can see why people liked it though. Funny thing is I got heavily into TMNT and pokemon, but Power Rangers was the only big fad at the time I could never stay interested in.

11-12-2013, 03:10 PM	#114
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,888	I just didn't find the story or characters interesting enough. Also most of the early eps follow the same formula of Rita Repulsa making a new monster and them taking it down by the end of the episode in a similar way.

11-12-2013, 04:09 PM	#118
PApagreg Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 1,828	This is my personally taste and I know that people will nod down at me but every cartoon from 1930s-1988 with the exception of Looney Tunes, Tom and JErry, Micky Mouse short, and Jem is a guilty pleasure for me.

11-12-2013, 04:35 PM	#120
Michelangelo Foot Soldier Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 244	Some cartoons age better than others in our eyes I guess. I use to watch sailor moon because it was entertaining when I was young but I'm unlikely to watch it now that I'm much older. I just watched the first episode of SAMURAI PIZZA CATS for the first time in about 15 years. I thought I enjoyed it more when I was younger but I could still watch this now. It's pretty manic like a lot of Japnaese cartoons. Smurfs were ok when i was young but I'm not about to watch them now. The other thing with cartoons back in the day was that whatever was on was what I watched. TV was very limited compared with the viewing options children have today. Couple that with only being allowed to watch cartoons when your parents let you means that whatever was on was good enough. With the power of choice today given the net, I still go back to the old shows mostly like the mysterious cities of gold and looney tunes amongst others. power rangers were never my thing either, I wrote them off as a rip off of voltron because of the costumes so never gave them a chance. But we love what we love and we hate what we hate. My wife loves ed grimly but when she showed me the show (I'd never seen it), I just couldn't lie and say it was any good to me and that in fact it was the worst thing I've ever seen. She respects that and I repsect her love of the show, after all she grew up with it and it's important to her, just so long as it doesn't have to be important to me that's fine.