Your Favourite Cartoons..?


Wally said:
Looney Tunes + Merry Melodies, Captain Planet, Rockos Modern Life, Tintin, Angry Beavers, My Pet Monster, Madeline, Pingu, Spongebob, Darkwing Duck, Little Lulu, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rugrats and Buzzy the Crow to name a few.
Click to expand...
Looney Tunes/Merry Melodies are classics for good reason.  They had to ruin it by trying to make it into a sitcom, though, with Bugs Bunny being some strange responsible asshat.  Daffy Duck is a little better, but not much, and only because his slacker lifestyle and mooching off of Bugs gives him chances to be, uh, daffy.  Captain Planet was really great.  Rocko and My Pet Monster (I had one) as well as others I have mentioned, are good.

CocoCreekFisherman said:
ren & stimpy.
Click to expand...
yes

WizardStan said:
ReBoot was also one of my favourites, but definitely geared for an older audience and the CGI may not have held up nearly as well in my head as in real life.
Click to expand...
Another one I forgot.  Some time in the last couple years I was looking at stuff related to it and found out there is still a strong community for this show.  A couple weeks ago I saw a girl (late teens, maybe early 20s) wearing jewelry with the symbol on it.  She seemed a bit too young to have been into it, but what do I know.  She definitely didn't seem the type of person who would have an interest in it, though.  I considered asking her but didn't feel like embarrassing the people I was with.

mindlord said:
Exo-Squad
Click to expand...
I looked for videos of this several years back.  Back when this originally aired I was the only kid in my neighborhood who liked this show.  Odd, since other similar shows were so well loved.

TrashyMG said:
The Tick

Some great one liners and great comedy.. It's really a brilliant actually.
Click to expand...
Agreed.  I haven't seen it in a long time, but it was pretty good from what I remember.

Exophase said:
Lot of classics in this thread.. here's another one I liked as a kid, Eek! the Cat.
Click to expand...
I knew the show, but I had to look it up to remember what was so odd about him.  I liked this one a lot too.

I also liked Hong Kong Phooey and Rocky & Bullwinkle.  I don't know if they would hold my attention now, though.

For some reason I still don't know I like The Boondocks.  I used to read the comic strip, so that may have something to do with it.
 
Haha, someone posted Happy Tree Friends. I was "shunned" by family members I never see often enough to care about over the holidays who thought I was corrupting my two teenage nieces when I selected it on Netflix for us to watch. These relatives of mine walked into the living room when they heard us all laughing hysterically. I only saw the first three episodes and I have to say the show is hilarious.

Although this isn't a cartoon, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is worth a nod if you like the over the top style of humor.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
not strictly cartoons but how about Thunderbirds? Captain Scarlet? there were some others i cant remember..  

magic roundabout... lol
 
rygD said:
iprice said:
Some of the cartoons mentioned in these threads are either too recent, never made it over to here or were perhaps on cable/sat so passed me by.
Click to expand...
Many are available through various video services.  Try YouTube.  As for the newer stuff, some may be available over there.  Check your Cartoon Network family of channels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon_Network_(UK_and_Ireland)
Click to expand...
I'm a little old to start watching those things now, methinks. Besides, I just don't have the time nowadays. :(
 
iprice said:
rygD said:
iprice said:
Some of the cartoons mentioned in these threads are either too recent, never made it over to here or were perhaps on cable/sat so passed me by.
Click to expand...
Many are available through various video services.  Try YouTube.  As for the newer stuff, some may be available over there.  Check your Cartoon Network family of channels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon_Network_(UK_and_Ireland)
Click to expand...
I'm a little old to start watching those things now, methinks. Besides, I just don't have the time nowadays. :(
Click to expand...
Bah, I thought I was too old too.  Some of the shows, such as Regular Show, are obviously made for an older crowd, but with stuff that keeps kids and teenagers entertained.  I understand not having time.  Typically I don't actually watch what I have on the television, but I do look up if the story sounds good enough.
 
You should definitely seek out 'Rick and Morty'. Plenty for the mature cartoon viewer to appreciate in it.


If you like surrealism dialled up to 11 and lots of internet meme references, find 'Uncle Grandpa' too.
 
I can only tolerate Rick and Morty occasionally, but others in my family love it.  Some episodes I really like, though.

edit:  Uncle Grandpa is on right now.  I personally find it a bit too silly, but it is good for the right people.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
spud42 said:
not strictly cartoons but how about Thunderbirds? Captain Scarlet? there were some others i cant remember..  

magic roundabout... lol
Click to expand...
Stingray was the other one, which I used to watch too, preferred it over Thunderbirds
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Remember them both well, but wasn't on my favs list really.

Of those style, I preferred Morph, Trapdoor and The Flumps ...think those are all stop-motion style animations.

...And Button Moon
 
iprice said:
Has anyone mentioned The Wombles or Paddington yet? If not - why not?


Not cell animation like a typical cartoon, but it is stop-motion. And some have mentioned puppet programmes.
Click to expand...
In the same vein, the entire output of 'Smallfilms' deserves a mention -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallfilms


Basically two old blokes in a garden shed, with help from their families & friends, produced children's animations of several kinds, over decades. Anyone over a certain age in the UK or Ireland will recognise their theme tunes and voice-over narration instantly.


Ther most famous titles would probably be -

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ga23iSxyXO4?feature=oembed
There was a BBC documentary a few years ago, 'A life in small films', about them.


They also have a website - http://www.dragons-friendly-society.co.uk/


Older viewers may also recall Bod - which, looking back, is a really unusual mid-day offering for kids with a thinly disguised child buddha figure having all sorts of zen-like realisations to end each episode. The narration by John le Mesurier is, like Oliver Postgate's on all Smallfilms output, instantly recognisable and somehow perfectly tuned to pacify small kids!
 
Last edited by a moderator:
spud42 said:
if we are talking stop motion then all hail the king.. Wallace and Grommet or almost anything Aardman have done.
Click to expand...
Shaun the Sheep is my favourite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqvDLI48o34

<offtopic>Sir Gadabout is also brilliant. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5COB_Y6ufb0

</offtopic>
 
Last edited by a moderator:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

skeezix
Game Of The Week - Captive!
Replies
7
Views
4K
Tag5
T
B
European releases and some others!
Replies
1
Views
2K
extremegamer
E
gaterooze
Snes Game Reviews Starting With The Letter (A)
Replies
10
Views
5K
gaterooze
gaterooze
T
Gb/c Quick Plays
Replies
8
Views
9K
ralp99
R
T
Harvest Moon (snes)
Replies
3
Views
15K
tekt5
T
Back
Top