Worst. Cartoons. Ever. - Page 8

*CyberCubed* · 11-20-2013, 10:52 PM

The 90's were the best time for cartoons. True fact.

~~Leo656~~ · 11-20-2013, 10:58 PM

But... but that's impossible, because He-Man, Voltron, Thundercats and Speed Racer were only being shown sporadically by then... not to mention OT TMNT (although that did have a healthy run into the '90s; and I'm well aware Speed Racer is from the '60s but I saw it a ton in the late-80s so for me it's always been an "'80s Show" by association)...

I think things were pretty even. The '80s had more good, or at least memorable, shows, but there were a small number of shows in the '90s that, by themselves, were of much higher quality than anything from either decade.

And both decades had a bunch of enjoyable yet objectively lousy shows, too.

**Jester** · 11-20-2013, 11:00 PM

Every era of TV has it hits and missed. True fact.

~~Leo656~~ · 11-20-2013, 11:07 PM

I think the first year was solid but then it jumped the shark.

*Coola Yagami* · 11-20-2013, 11:08 PM

Every person is going to consider the cartoons they watched during the era that they grew up in as the best ever. True fact.

*CyberCubed* · 11-20-2013, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Every person is going to consider the cartoons they watched during the era that they grew up in as the best ever. True fact.

I've seen cartoons from every decade thanks to Cartoon Network airing all those old 60's and 70's cartoons, and then the stuff that aired on the 80's, 90's and 2000's regularly.

90's were simply the best:

Batman: tas
Superman: tas
Batman Beyond
Ninja Turtles
Simpsons at its best
Gargoyles
Animaniacs
Tiny Toons
Spiderman
X-men
Most CN original shows
Garfield

etc.

*Prowler* · 11-21-2013, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I've seen cartoons from every decade thanks to Cartoon Network airing all those old 60's and 70's cartoons, and then the stuff that aired on the 80's, 90's and 2000's regularly.

90's were simply the best:

Batman: tas
Superman: tas
Batman Beyond
Ninja Turtles
Simpsons at its best
Gargoyles
Animaniacs
Tiny Toons
Spiderman
X-men
Most CN original shows
Garfield

etc.

Garfield and Friends? Really? I found it average at best.

*Coola Yagami* · 11-21-2013, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

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.

It was Captain Lou Albano in the original Super Show and some other guy in Mario 3 and Mario World. That new guy wasn't trying to sound like Albano, he kinda went for his own thing.

*Coola Yagami* · 11-21-2013, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I've seen cartoons from every decade thanks to Cartoon Network airing all those old 60's and 70's cartoons, and then the stuff that aired on the 80's, 90's and 2000's regularly.

90's were simply the best:

Batman: tas
Superman: tas
Batman Beyond
Ninja Turtles
Simpsons at its best
Gargoyles
Animaniacs
Tiny Toons
Spiderman
X-men
Most CN original shows
Garfield

etc.

But you didn't grow up with them. It's not the same watching 90's cartoons as a kid and 2000s cartoon as a young adult. You didn't run home from school to watch Adventure Time (just an example, I know you hate AT), or eagerly awaited every Saturday for the next ep of TMNT. Well... ok for the TMNT part, but it just feels more awesome when you're a carefree kid as opposed to an adult that has chores and bills to worry about the moment the show is over.

Hell, as awesome as TMNT 2012 is now, I bet I woulda thought it was ten times more awesome if I was 12 again.

*PApagreg* · 11-23-2013, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I've seen cartoons from every decade thanks to Cartoon Network airing all those old 60's and 70's cartoons, and then the stuff that aired on the 80's, 90's and 2000's regularly.

90's were simply the best:

Batman: tas
Superman: tas
Batman Beyond
Ninja Turtles
Simpsons at its best
Gargoyles
Animaniacs
Tiny Toons
Spiderman
X-men
Most CN original shows
Garfield

etc.

Cube buddy there is no such thing as the best decade for example 2000s have
Invader zim
Spec Spiderman
Avatar
Code Lyoko
TMNT
Teen Titans
Kim possible
American Dragon
Megas XLR
Oban Star Chasers
Fosters
Chowder
Flapjack
Samurai Jack
Batman Brave and the beatiful
and ETC

The Sewer Lord · 11-24-2013, 03:22 AM

Cube at his finest.

Anyway, you can't really say which era is best for cartoons. Each decade had its own dominant type or genre of cartoons. The cartoons in the '30s, '30s and '50s were very wacky, like the Looney Toones and Disney cartoons. The '60s and '70s' cartoons were both wacky, but now had a sarcastic and "sitcomic" feel in themselves. In the '80s, the cartoons were a bit less wackier, more sarcastic and had more action. In the '90s and '00s (of the 21th Century), the action cartoons were dominant. In the '10s of the 21 Century, the sitcomic humor (slightly different, though) is now dominant in cartoons.

So judging eras isn't that simple as it sounds.

*ZariusTwo* · 11-24-2013, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by PApagreg

Chowder

No man. S*it no man.

*ObiWanFan4life* · 11-24-2013, 08:07 AM

The Super Friends - Sloppily Animated and Embarrassingly Silly.

Star Wars Ewoks - A cheap cash grab.

*snake* · 11-24-2013, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

The Super Friends - Sloppily Animated and Embarrassingly Silly.

Star Wars Ewoks - A cheap cash grab.

This.

Ewoks was terrible and lasted 2 seasons. Droids was so much better and lasted 1.

*ObiWanFan4life* · 11-24-2013, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by snakeweed101

This.

Ewoks was terrible and lasted 2 seasons. Droids was so much better and lasted 1.

Here's another one, Avengers: United We Stand - An Avengers cartoon without Captain America, Thor or Iron Man. There were other reasons why I thought it sucked, but that just bothered me.

*snake* · 11-24-2013, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

Here's another one, Avengers: United We Stand - An Avengers cartoon without Captain America, Thor or Iron Man. There were other reasons why I thought it sucked, but that just bothered me.

I've heard about that one, but I've never seen it.

**Jester** · 11-24-2013, 09:02 AM

Yeah, I watched it recently...it was...lackluster.

*sdp* · 11-24-2013, 09:42 AM

I do think the 90s were the best era to have lived on either as a kid, teenager or adult. They were such care free times. With that said as far as cartoons I do think the 90s had more variety and more selection even though I think the 00's had as many great shows as the 90s and had better shows in the 90s because they had less restrictions in some cases and were able to be written much better. The selection just wasn't as big though which is why the 90s wins, cartoons had more competition from videogames and and the internet which the 90s had less of. The 80s may've had some good shows but overall the writing is just bad and that's why it can't compete, same with previous decades.

Avengers:UWS, isn't that bad but lackluster like Jester mentions so there's nothing really to talk about. It's much better or the same as Iron Man/Fantastic Four/Hulk, but by that time it needed to be more to get the attention, the fact that it had no well known characters didn't help. But I feel this show gets too much hate, it isn't any worse than the others.

*CyberCubed* · 11-27-2013, 01:00 AM

Static Shock is pretty meh. Never understood why people thought it was as good as the core DCAU.

Most cartoons based on movies tend to be pretty bad. Some exceptions like the old Beetlejuice cartoon, The Mask, and Men in Black were alright though. Also Jackie Chan Adventures if that counts.

*Redeemer* · 11-28-2013, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Static Shock is pretty meh. Never understood why people thought it was as good as the core DCAU.

Most cartoons based on movies tend to be pretty bad. Some exceptions like the old Beetlejuice cartoon, The Mask, and Men in Black were alright though. Also Jackie Chan Adventures if that counts.

Those were great cartoons. Men in Black had a awesome intro.

side note I actually liked the premise of Static shock, but his villians were lack luster at best. It had some good writing. first episode that comes to mind is the "bullying" episode
A friend of Virgil and Richie brings a gun to school out of fustration and shoots Richie by mistake. really ahead of its time. If that episode was played now it might get plublicity just from the premise of the episode.

11-20-2013, 11:00 PM	#143
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,301	Every era of TV has it hits and missed. True fact. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

11-20-2013, 11:08 PM	#145
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,718	Every person is going to consider the cartoons they watched during the era that they grew up in as the best ever. True fact. __________________ "I was down with TMNT once, but then they changed what TMNT was. Now what I was down with is no longer TMNT and what TMNT now is seems weird and scary. And it'll happen to YOU." Check out my blog for Comic Reviews and other things. https://markepicblogofrandomness.blogspot.com/ I also started The AEW Crew, the All Elite Wrestling Fan Club! https://www.facebook.com/groups/637508120044168/

11-24-2013, 08:07 AM	#153
ObiWanFan4life Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,724	The Super Friends - Sloppily Animated and Embarrassingly Silly. Star Wars Ewoks - A cheap cash grab. __________________ "The force will be with you, always" - Obi-Wan Kenobi

11-24-2013, 09:02 AM	#157
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,301	Yeah, I watched it recently...it was...lackluster. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

11-24-2013, 09:42 AM	#158
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,222	I do think the 90s were the best era to have lived on either as a kid, teenager or adult. They were such care free times. With that said as far as cartoons I do think the 90s had more variety and more selection even though I think the 00's had as many great shows as the 90s and had better shows in the 90s because they had less restrictions in some cases and were able to be written much better. The selection just wasn't as big though which is why the 90s wins, cartoons had more competition from videogames and and the internet which the 90s had less of. The 80s may've had some good shows but overall the writing is just bad and that's why it can't compete, same with previous decades. Avengers:UWS, isn't that bad but lackluster like Jester mentions so there's nothing really to talk about. It's much better or the same as Iron Man/Fantastic Four/Hulk, but by that time it needed to be more to get the attention, the fact that it had no well known characters didn't help. But I feel this show gets too much hate, it isn't any worse than the others. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

11-20-2013, 10:52 PM	#141
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	The 90's were the best time for cartoons. True fact.

11-20-2013, 10:58 PM	#142
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	But... but that's impossible, because He-Man, Voltron, Thundercats and Speed Racer were only being shown sporadically by then... not to mention OT TMNT (although that did have a healthy run into the '90s; and I'm well aware Speed Racer is from the '60s but I saw it a ton in the late-80s so for me it's always been an "'80s Show" by association)... I think things were pretty even. The '80s had more good, or at least memorable, shows, but there were a small number of shows in the '90s that, by themselves, were of much higher quality than anything from either decade. And both decades had a bunch of enjoyable yet objectively lousy shows, too.

11-20-2013, 11:07 PM	#144
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	I think the first year was solid but then it jumped the shark.

11-27-2013, 01:00 AM	#159
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	Static Shock is pretty meh. Never understood why people thought it was as good as the core DCAU. Most cartoons based on movies tend to be pretty bad. Some exceptions like the old Beetlejuice cartoon, The Mask, and Men in Black were alright though. Also Jackie Chan Adventures if that counts.