I really loved Gargoyles as a kid
Keith. Mother. Fucking. David.
Also Evil Will Riker and Evil Deanna Troi.
Desdamona. Raawwwrr
Given how extensive its TV Tropes page is I’d say it’s hardly forgotten.
Theme song goes so hard
Oh yeah!
Me too!
I used to love the Gummi Bears when I was a kid, but every time I’ve mentioned the show, no one sees to know what I’m talking about. 🤷♂️
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This one too. It was kinda like a mix of G.I. Joe & Transformers.
A just saw a YouTube video about this, David the gnome, and the wuzzles. The absolute raw voice talent they had on those shows is something we will likely be privy to again.
Aww man! I forgot about The Wuzzles!
I used to watch that one too.
I still have an Ele-roo stuffed toy in good condition.
Nice! I think I had that one as a kid. I’m pretty sure my brother had a bumblelion.
Same: Little brother got Bumblelion. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure it got destroyed by a dog at some point.
Both the Gummi Bears and MASK were famous in France for some reason. MASK was weird but fun, they also made a ton of money by selling toys.
Yeah, cartoons were all about selling toys, even back in the 80’s.
Here’s another obscure show:
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors.
I don’t remember much about the show, but I was all about the toys.
I remember having this one:
Drill Sergeant
baller theme song too! M-m-m-m-MASK!
I can still sing the Gummi Bears theme song lol
I still randomly sing the theme song, but substitute my wife’s name in for “gummy”.
That Gummy bears theme song was like crack. I tried rewatching it now, and it doesn’t have thst same magic anymore. Around that time Voltron was on and Go Bots was around too.
Yeah, I tried rewatching it not too long ago and it definitely wasn’t as good as I remembered. Theme song was still dope though.
I used to love the Gummi Bears when I was a kid, but every time I’ve mentioned the show, no one sees to know what I’m talking about. 🤷♂️
My dad actually liked that show more than we did I think. When Rugrats had Stu Pickles obsessed with the Dummy Bears cartoon it reminded me of my dad. My dad wasn’t that crazy about it but that bit of characterization made the show more endearing to me.
When we first saw Mask someone thought T-bob’s name was Cheeseball, so forever would it be amongst us kids.
I used to watch it every Saturday morning!
This unlocked something
Underwater smurfs was your awakening? I mean more power to ya. Mines was Roger rabbit.
I preferred Jessica rabbit but you do you boo
The workings of the human body explained by animated characters.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284735/plotsummary?item=po2160513
The art on this looks cool
Eek! The Cat
I still sometimes use the phrase “Let the archeologists sort 'em out!” from the Terrible Thunderlizards part of the show.
Thunderlizards Rule!
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I still quote this show, and no one in my life outside of family remembers it.
David the Gnome https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283721/
Eureeka’s Castle https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220895/
The big comfy couch https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0136634
And the more popular sesame street, mister Rodgers neighborhood, Thomas the tank engine, hey dude, guts, legends of the hidden temple, etc…
Eureeka’s Castle
“I meant to do that!”
Actually based off of RL Stein’s kid.
Also yeah he wrote that show.
Those first 2 were my JAM growing up! If we’re going with that era (and Eureka’s Castle being more puppets), what about Today’s Special https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198253/
Almost all of those are not cartoons.
Are you going to report me to the Lemmy authorities?
The fun police is on its way to arrest that other guy.
I don’t remember the couch one, but those first two were mandatory weekend morning watches!
Anyone else remember “The Pirates of Dark Water”?
I think someone else mentioned it already, but Swat Kats was also great
Yes! I loved that show and it was gone too soon for my liking.
I was opening the thread intending to say just this. I don’t remember either show very well, but I remember loving them.
I’m gonna say ThunderCats, because the rights for it are basically up in the air. It should have gotten a film adaptation or a franchise like Masters of the Universe or Transformers, but nobody can figure out who owns it, so they can’t make a movie without some rando suing them… so they don’t.
The OG came out in 1985 and ran for something like 150 episodes, later divided into four seasons. But back then it just came on TV, it wasn’t numbered or divided in any way (aside from multi-part episodes). They did a remake in 2011 on Cartoon Network that was pretty cool, but they couldn’t get the legal stuff in order to get a second season — it was absolutely popular enough.
15 years later, I don’t think anything’s been done with it outside of, maybe, fan fiction and fan art.
Going back even older… Mysterious Cities of Gold. That’s never been remade or adapted… however… while Tomb Raider was basically “we want to make a video game of Indiana Jones but we can’t get the rights, so let’s make it a girl with big tits,” for some reason, they wanted to swing it back the other way and say “let’s make Tomb Raider but have it be a hot guy instead and keep it exclusive to the PlayStation because at this point the concept is just so watered down, we’d lose money if we ported it to PC/Xbox” and called it Uncharted. Then they said fuck it and made an actual Indiana Jones game. Le sigh. But anyway, I wanna say one of the Uncharted games leaned into Mysterious Cities of Gold territory… but I’m not really sure. Anyway, it was about three Mexican kids (I think, as in born & raised in Mexico) who seek out the eponymous golden cities. IIRC they do find the ruins of the city they were looking for, but they expected the cities to be actually made of gold. And maybe they found some gold but not like they thought. But they had a plane and I think they had some cool adventures, so they broke even I suppose?
Going back even older… Mysterious Cities of Gold. That’s never been remade or adapted…
They actually resumed the story directly in a sequel series in 2012: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Cities_of_Gold_(2012_TV_series)
Thanks, I had no idea.
I was in my local comic shop today, being free comic book day, and saw a Thunder Cats x Silver Hawks comic.
Purchased immediately!
I always wanted Panthros tank when I was a kid. It was awesome. ThinderTank goooo
I had the actual ThunderTank play set when I was a kid. I think it was about a foot long? The back opened up. I have a Hot Wheels (or maybe it’s Matchbox) of the ThunderTank (so it’s like 2" long). Haven’t looked at it that close, it’s still sealed in the blister pack.
The Runabout shuttles on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine remind me of the ThunderTank so much. You got the two-seater cockpit up front and like a cargo area behind it. There’s a bit more to the Runabout than that, but it still reminds me of the ThunderTank. Also, the Mako tank on Mass Effect, and the similar one in Mass Effect 4 (it had another name but I already forgot, that game was so half-baked but still fun).
Niceee!!!. I got this awesome comic book cover prints at new york comicon last year.i
They should make a play of that series.
Thundercats: The musical
Honestly even the title song fits.
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Catdog
It’s not the most obscure, but I remember loving it so much and as an adult (with friends that watch plenty of cartoons) it doesn’t ever come up.
Catdog was amazing, I loved that as a kid. The physics of that creature is wild though, how does it work?!
2 Stupid Dogs
Well isn’t that cute…
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve had to explain this line I’d have like 10 nickels.
BUT IT’S WRONG!
Captain Caveman
I’ve actually done the “Captain Caaaavemaaaaaan!!!” yell around people in my age group and just got blank stares.
…And son?
And the whole Laugh Olympics crew!
I had a sick captain caveman shirt when I was in highschool
Ren & Stimpy!
Or even better: the Sam & Max cartoon!
I love that the first episode of Sam and Max starts with a “previously on”. 😆
Many I would mention are already here, so I’m throwing in Reboot!
Finally, a current discussion about Reboot to bring this up in.
Okay, so Matrix from the later seasons was absolutely just a parody of Cable from X-Men, right? With the gun, and the sleeveless armor, and the gold eye?
Yeah, it’s been a while so I looked up the character’s arc and it does seem that he is inspired from Cable and/or Solid Snake (who actually debuted in Metal Gear in 1987).
Ahh… Always felt like that was a parody or callback, and never figured it out!
There’s three that I consistently have people who grew up at the same time don’t remember:
Exosquad I watched religiously, and I don’t think they ever finished it. Mighty Max was on every day before I went to school, so it was my breakfast watch.
Mighty Max was pretty cool.
oh man, Exosquad was great! i actually had several toys.
I only have the vaguest recollection of the Mighty Max show, but I definitely had a couple of the mini-diorama toys. I distinctly remember a skull island one. They were like Polly Pockets but marketed to boys.
Denver the last dinosaur was my friend and a whole lot more…
Denver always reminds me of stephen baldwin ( young riders era)
I loved Exo-Squad. Had all the toys
KABLAM! Where cartoons and comics collide!
Meltman!
With the power to… MELT!
Oh Prometheus and Bob…
