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Yea has to be Scooby Doo. Never really trusted caretakers again.
Plenty have been said which I'd consider, but the first one to cross my mind was Muppet Babies. Used to make a point of getting up early on a Saturday morning to watch it and I can't remember why other than hoping that cookie monster features in it.
Roobarb and Custard.
Henry's Cat
Transformers (G1)
Mask
Robotix
Centurions
Our Cat will watch full episodes of TrapDoor
Battle of the Planets.(What was the name of the villain??)
Zoltar. In the Japanese original he/she was a hermaphrodite, handwaved as Zoltar's sister in the sanitised UK outing.
it was only a few years ago that I found out that Battle of the Planets was actually hyperviolent Japanese Manga, and they just cut all the violence out which is why the plotlines never made much sense.
I wouldn't say it was "hyper violent," but the original Anime dealt with some dark themes. 7-Zark-7 was added to paper over the cracks (which is why the animation is clearly different and ropey as hell). Like, Jason was quietly dying from a brain aneurism and increasingly losing the plot, then it'd cut to Centre Neptune and Poundland R2D2 would go "but it's OK kids, he took a couple of paracetamol and everything was fine."
Fun fact, Mark was voiced by Casey Kasem, the same chap who voiced Shaggy and presented America's Top 40 on Saturdays. Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars.
I remember that there was a cartoon series called Ulysses but not what it was about.
You're both thinking of Ulysses 31.
Ulyesses 31 was from the absolute peak of "this children's TV show was created by sleep deprived people on drugs"
TrapDoor
I'd forgotten about that... pure brilliance!
Also, Stop it and tidy up!
Does anyone remember one where the main character was a beach buggy? (Pretty certain I'm not getting mixed up with the hair bear bunch)
Does anyone else remember this....the most trippy weird cartoon
Loved most cartoons. Ulysses was great. Trap door was amazing. Even gummie bears! We still listen to cartoon theme songs when tidying the house. Pole position is a great one. But now get to watch stuff like Teen Titans with the kids…The light begins to shine.
I grew up watching Tom and Jerry with my Dad so that's always going to be special for me. As an adult with a young child of my own we both loved The Simpsons, Family Guy, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain (Narf!) and of course Phineas and Ferb. IMO, a cartoon is only any good if it's written for both audiences; the kids and the adults who inevitably have to sit through it with them.
Loved most cartoons. Ulysses was great. Trap door was amazing. Even gummie bears! We still listen to cartoon theme songs when tidying the house. Pole position is a great one. But now get to watch stuff like Teen Titans with the kids…The light begins to shine.
Bat Fink man..my wings are like a shield of steel!
Thunderbirds and Stingray.
Transformers,
Ulysses.
Scooby Doo
Tom & Jerry
Wile E Coyote
Captain Caveman
Hong Kong Phooey
Top Cat
Was just so many ..
Lots already mentioned but some of my favourites.
Jamie and the magic torch
Ivor the Engine
Chorlton and the Wheelies
Rhubarb and Custard
Hong Kong Phooey
Dangermouse
Ulysses
Battle of the Planets
Terrahawks
Wile E Coyote
Batfink
Mr Men
Ludwig
When my kids were growing up I enjoyed Space Pirates and Boo!
Tom and Jerry for me.
Devlin anyone? It was about a stunt guy who rode motor cycles. Great theme tune. Riding the Evil Knievel bandwagon.
Transformers
Some quality Hanna Barbara and Fred Quimby stuff out there.
Tom & Jerry the gold standard.
But definitely Road Runner (feat. Wyle E Coyote) is a fave. Some many ACME special devices I still want to this day.
Danger Mouse was quality, with David Jason + Terry Scott vying for comic supremacy on each line.
Can't believe (or see) any love for Whacky Races or Stop the Pigeon. Dastardly and Mutley have GOT to be up their with Greenback as arch villians of the universe.
Pinky and the Brain was excellent too.
Yogi + BooBoo outsmarting Ranger Smith in Jellowstone too (smarter than the average bear ?)
One thing I'm sure we can all agree on though was that Scrappy Doo needed taking to Battersea and putting down.
The Flintstones
Top Cat
Tom and Jerry
Bugs Bunny
Deputy Dawg
and of course ROADRUNNER.
Honourable mentions to
Woody Woodpecker
Daffy Duck
Sylvester
They could do a remake of Hong Kong Phoey. This time set in HK, jumping into the filing cabinet to change from mild mannered janitor into democratic liberalist freedom fighter subverting Ping's attempts to subdue the masses whilst still keeping the school clean.
The Trap Door is hands down some of the best TV ever in any genre. Not sure it's a cartoon though...
My 'growing up' list would probably be something like...
Tom And Jerry
Road Runner / Wile E Coyote
Bugs Bunny
Scooby Doo (pre-Scrappy Poo)
Jamie And His Magic Torch
Arabian Knights
Roobarb And Custard
Mr Men
Mr Benn
Hong Kong Phooey
If The Trap Door counts though, then Chorlton And The Wheelies and The Magic Roundabout get somewhere near the top of the list too.
As a kid I always found Ludwig pretty perturbing.
And, Ralph Bakshi did Spiderman?!? Had no idea. Need to dig that out...
Honorable mention to banana man..
Ulysses 31 and The Mysterious Cities of Gold.
They were made by the same people surely...
MCoG is one of the few kid's shows both my wife and I remember and my kids have watched every episode.
No love for Morph or Mighty Mouse?
"Mighty Mouse"
Good call. More Bakshi oddness masquerading as mainstream entertainment.
G-Force - Battle of the Planets.
Had me gripped for every episode.
Absolutely loved watching all the above growing up ! In fact if I was on mastermind (which I wouldn’t due to me being thicker than a piece of 3x2) it’d be my specialist subject. Another to throw into the mix would be Bravestar. He had the ability to call on certain animals powers to help him. Eyes of the hawk, speed of the puma, strength of the bear etc. As kids we used to take great pleasure to call out : Dick of a donkey ?
Bod has just popped in to my head! I fear the music will be stuck with me all day!
Another vote for the original Tom and Jerry especially if they had Spike in them. Used to love watching Glen Micheal's Cartoon Cavalcade on a Sunday.
MCoG is one of the few kid’s shows both my wife and I remember and my kids have watched every episode.
What, all six hundred and twelve bajintygillion of them? Fair play.
The worrying thing reading this thread is how many of these I'd forgotten about, yet, it seems, can still remember the theme tune...
Pc brigade will find so much wrong in their eyes
They only exist in your head.
Would have said Danger Mouse, but not sure it’s aged as well when showing the kids when they were younger.
Dunno, I watched a couple of episodes with my kids, probably at least 10 years ago, and they were still great.
Anyway like most people on the thread born in the 70s, no one favourite. Dangermouse, Roobarb and Custard, Battle of the Planets, Tom & Jerry, Scooby Doo, etc etc etc.
And for more modern cartoons I used to watch with the kids: Phineas and Ferb, Adventure Hour, Spongebob, ...
My favourite was always Transformers (G1 of course)...the movie is still a source of childhood trauma alongside Watership Down!
Cartoons in the 80's had the best theme tunes. Cities of Gold, Pole Position etc. are still in my head.
Henry’s Cat and Roobarb and Custard.
Glad someone up there mentioned Marine Boy, I was starting to feel my age. Made in 1966 it aired in the UK in 1969. I would have been 5 or 6 when I first watched it. Fantastic stuff
3 pages in & having quickly scanned through - no mention of the Raccoons or Count Duckula?