Obscure/Forgotten Cartoons you watched

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He mentioned it being on USA so it isn't the Cyber Squad show. I vaguely remember the one I mentioned and how horrible it was. I only found the name because I remembered something about Beverly Hills.

Besides, the characters were digitized (or something) into vehicles (except Joey's little brother). So if you can discern nipples on a tank, well, all power to ya.

[Kaertos 0]

Drac Pack

Laff-a-Lympics

 

Ah.... Saturday mornings... too bad there aren't "real" saturday morning cartoon blocks anymore. I remember being excited to watch the "New Show Preview" every fall on like a Friday night.

[starvenger 0]

Drac Pack

Laff-a-Lympics

 

Ah.... Saturday mornings... too bad there aren't "real" saturday morning cartoon blocks anymore. I remember being excited to watch the "New Show Preview" every fall on like a Friday night.

Yeah, TNBC was the beginning of the end for Saturday morning cartoons. Not that TNBC was bad - it just wasn't cartoons.

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Is'nt that look 10 years too late? I thought Superman already killed that look.

[Guest Arnold_OldSchool]

Stunt Dawgs, the Where's Waldo Cartoon, Eek the Cat, Bonkers, Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, Heathcliff, Robocop I think had an 80's cartoon with Dino Riders and Spiderman and his Amazing Friends. While not a cartoon, there was some show about these huge lifesize Sea Monkeys or something like that--used to come on real early on Fox on Saturday mornings I think.

 

Also not cartoons, but all the Power Rangers rip offs: VR Troopers, the Ultraman like one (forget what it was called), Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills....

Dark Rider....or something similar was another fox live action show in the same genre.

 

All I remember is the Main character was American but his stunt double was japanese

 

and he had a Fuzzy alien friend who said "Moggly Moggly"

[starvenger 0]

Stunt Dawgs, the Where's Waldo Cartoon, Eek the Cat, Bonkers, Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, Heathcliff, Robocop I think had an 80's cartoon with Dino Riders and Spiderman and his Amazing Friends.  While not a cartoon, there was some show about these huge lifesize Sea Monkeys or something like that--used to come on real early on Fox on Saturday mornings I think.

 

Also not cartoons, but all the Power Rangers rip offs:  VR Troopers, the Ultraman like one (forget what it was called), Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills....

Dark Rider....or something similar was another fox live action show in the same genre.

 

All I remember is the Main character was American but his stunt double was japanese

 

and he had a Fuzzy alien friend who said "Moggly Moggly"

As far as the live-action Japanese imports go, so far as I know there's been:

 

- Ultraman (which was probably about as faithful as it's gonna get)

- Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (based on a show called Gridman, which apparently is not an Ultraman season, but it's from the same company)

- Power Rangers (check out the blonde on the new season/series, S.P.D.)

- VR Troopers (which spliced footage from two similar shows into one season)

- Beetleborgs (in which Saban had preteens as Kung-Fu Fighting superheroes. Best thing about these guys was that the Power Rangers beat the shit out of them. Kinda)

- Masked Rider (which is apparently as popular as Ultraman in Japan. Odd note: on TV Tome it lists Verne Troyer as Ferbus, who I guess was the fuzzy alien thing)

- Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills (Never saw it, due to living in Canada. But I assume that it was a parody of sorts?)

 

Haim Saban (who according to TV Tome has a shitload of music credits from 80's cartoons, including obscure/semi-obscure/we forgot to mention them shows Kidd Video, Get-Along Gang and Rainbow Brite) also produced a couple non-Japanese shows, Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog and Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (I think that's the one with the female turtle).

[Guest PlatinumBoy]

Stunt Dawgs, the Where's Waldo Cartoon, Eek the Cat, Bonkers, Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, Heathcliff, Robocop I think had an 80's cartoon with Dino Riders and Spiderman and his Amazing Friends.  While not a cartoon, there was some show about these huge lifesize Sea Monkeys or something like that--used to come on real early on Fox on Saturday mornings I think.

 

Also not cartoons, but all the Power Rangers rip offs:  VR Troopers, the Ultraman like one (forget what it was called), Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills....

Dark Rider....or something similar was another fox live action show in the same genre.

 

All I remember is the Main character was American but his stunt double was japanese

 

and he had a Fuzzy alien friend who said "Moggly Moggly"

As far as the live-action Japanese imports go, so far as I know there's been:

 

- Ultraman (which was probably about as faithful as it's gonna get)

- Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (based on a show called Gridman, which apparently is not an Ultraman season, but it's from the same company)

- Power Rangers (check out the blonde on the new season/series, S.P.D.)

- VR Troopers (which spliced footage from two similar shows into one season)

- Beetleborgs (in which Saban had preteens as Kung-Fu Fighting superheroes. Best thing about these guys was that the Power Rangers beat the shit out of them. Kinda)

- Masked Rider (which is apparently as popular as Ultraman in Japan. Odd note: on TV Tome it lists Verne Troyer as Ferbus, who I guess was the fuzzy alien thing)

- Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills (Never saw it, due to living in Canada. But I assume that it was a parody of sorts?)

 

Haim Saban (who according to TV Tome has a shitload of music credits from 80's cartoons, including obscure/semi-obscure/we forgot to mention them shows Kidd Video, Get-Along Gang and Rainbow Brite) also produced a couple non-Japanese shows, Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog and Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (I think that's the one with the female turtle).

Mystic Knights was Power Rangers in the olden days. The Turtles one was Power Rangers with Ninja Turtles. Live action. They even had an episode where they met the Power Rangers in one of the two series.

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Stunt Dawgs, the Where's Waldo Cartoon, Eek the Cat, Bonkers, Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, Heathcliff, Robocop I think had an 80's cartoon with Dino Riders and Spiderman and his Amazing Friends.  While not a cartoon, there was some show about these huge lifesize Sea Monkeys or something like that--used to come on real early on Fox on Saturday mornings I think.

 

Also not cartoons, but all the Power Rangers rip offs:  VR Troopers, the Ultraman like one (forget what it was called), Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills....

Dark Rider....or something similar was another fox live action show in the same genre.

 

All I remember is the Main character was American but his stunt double was japanese

 

and he had a Fuzzy alien friend who said "Moggly Moggly"

As listed above...it was 'Masked Rider'.

 

Which is like...what? The second most popular show in Japan? (Sentai that is) It's Kamen Rider there..

 

And oddly enough I watched/even still watch, all the shows listed above with the exception of 'Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills ' as I had never heard of it until today..And well, Ultraman (in the US) sucked ass, so I watched that like, 2 or 3 times..

[Guest Phenom]

Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers

Pirates Of Darkwater

Mother Goose And Grimm

Bump In The Night

Marsupilami PWN'D.

[starvenger 0]

The Turtles one was Power Rangers with Ninja Turtles. Live action. They even had an episode where they met the Power Rangers in one of the two series.

That was actually one of the "highlights" of the "Turbo" season, which had Justin, the Wesley Crusher of Power Rangers (genius kid who gets to save the day)

 

Which is like...what? The second most popular show in Japan? (Sentai that is) It's Kamen Rider there..

That's what TV Tome tells me.

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers

Pirates Of Darkwater

Mother Goose And Grimm

Bump In The Night

Marsupilami PWN'D.

The 1st one isn't obscure, but the last 2 had me marking out

[Dimensions 0]

Does anyone remember the New Adventure of Gigantor, on sci-fi channel back in the early-mid 90's?

[Sonic Reducer 0]

Mya the Bee.

 

I won't even scan the thread because I *know* nobody else ever watched that, or even moreso would even remember it.

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

http://www.retrojunk.com/video/1/80s-tv-sh...heme-songs.html

 

Alot of old themes, and Opening videos

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

Who here watched Romper Room?

[Vyce 0]

Mya the Bee.

 

I won't even scan the thread because I *know* nobody else ever watched that, or even moreso would even remember it.

Sorry - but I DID watch that show. Can't remember the particulars, but I remember it aired on old-school Nickelodeon. I also remember that my niece and I created our own parody song of the opening theme, entitled "Maya the Pee."

 

Gimme a break, we were under 10, we thought it was funny as hell.

 

Speaking of old-school Nick cartoons, anyone remember "David the Gnome", with the title character voiced by Tom Bosley? I loved that program. I remember how I cried in the final episode when David and his wife died (that entire episode was to teach children about the nature of death, how it was a natural part of life).

 

Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers

 

Fun show, awesome NES game.

[starvenger 0]

Who here watched Romper Room?

Here, but it's not a cartoon, guy.

[GreatWhiteNope 0]

Speaking of old-school Nick cartoons, anyone remember "David the Gnome", with the title character voiced by Tom Bosley?  I loved that program.  I remember how I cried in the final episode when David and his wife died (that entire episode was to teach children about the nature of death, how it was a natural part of life).

I saw that episode for the first time over the summer.

 

Saddest. Thing. Ever.

 

Won't lie - I cried too.

 

But I honestly can't remember Nickelodeon ever showing that episode.

[Guest wildpegasus]

Mya the Bee.

 

I won't even scan the thread because I *know* nobody else ever watched that, or even moreso would even remember it.

Sorry - but I DID watch that show.

Didn't watch Maya the Bee but I am familiar with it. My younger sister used to watch it. An anime show I believe.

 

 

 

Anyone watch the Jungle Book anime show they had on aroung '90 or so?

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Does anyone remember the New Adventure of Gigantor, on sci-fi channel back in the early-mid 90's?

Yes, I used to watch it quite a bit and have been really disappointed that no one on the net has really made a site for it.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

A show I'm trying to remember...I think it was on Nick Jr...

 

It was about this girl (I think) who had these two space koolas I think...kept them as friends but around others they pretended to be stuffed animals...

 

...anyone know what the hell I'm talking about?

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Noozles.

[BUTT 0]

David the Gnome died? Jesus, that's just plain fucked up. That show had a great theme song, though.

 

Here's one nobody has mentioned: The Power Team, which aired during the video game hints show Video Power and featured the wacky adventures of many Midway and Acclaim-licensed game characters.

[Karnage 0]

- Beetleborgs (in which Saban had preteens as Kung-Fu Fighting superheroes. Best thing about these guys was that the Power Rangers beat the shit out of them. Kinda)

Your talking about Forever Red right? And SPD isn't that bad..you can't complain when you got the Pink blonde and that Doctor Chick.

[Guest jm29195]

What about the racoons and captain planet?

[GreatWhiteNope 0]

What about the racoons

That's more of a Canadian thing - but I got CBC as a kid and remember the show very well.

 

Same with "Under The Umbrella Tree" and "Mr. Dressup".

[Ed Wood Caulfield 0]

Oh God, I remember actually liking "Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills" when it was on USA. Well, I only saw like 2 or 3 episodes, but I liked what I saw. Then I saw the first episode when they got their powers, which they got when their leader, which was some sort of alien rock or something, grew out arms and touched their forearms, giving them the tattoos. That freaked me out for some reason, the fact that the alien rock grew out arms, so I stopped watching it, and haven't seen it since. Looking back, the show was kinda bad. The special effects were laughable, and they had some really goofy monsters on there. "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" had better monsters and better effects!

 

As for "Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad" and "V.R. Troopers", those were MY shows! I used to watch those shows obsessively. Every Monday-Friday from 5-6 p.m. on Channel 11 in New York (which became the WB), I would sit in front of the T.V. and just stare at it watching those shows. They were my favorite shows on T.V. for a while, and I had a HUGE crush on Sidney from "Syber-Squad" and Katlin from "V.R. Troopers". I still remember the theme songs to this day, infact, I am humming the "Super Human Samurai Syber-Squad" theme song as I write this. I know that "Super Human Samurai Syber-Squad" ended after one season, but didn't "V.R. Troopers" have 2 or even 3 seasons? I remember watching new episodes in the summer of 1996, when the show debuted in September 1994. I remember that it went on for quite a while.

 

Back on topic, anyone remember that when Cartoon Network debuted in like late 1992, early 1993, that all they use to show were obscure/forgotten cartoons and Warner Brothers/MGM shorts? I remember watching a bunch of these obscure shows everyday, as when I first found out about Cartoon Network in early 1993, all I did everyday was watch it because I was intrigued by a 24-hour all cartoons, all the time channel. I also remember that they ran the same 4 or 5 commercials everyday.

 

Some of the shows I remember watching in the early days of Catoon Network:

-"Snorks"

-"Centariouns"

-There was this cartoon that I loved on Cartoon Network. I don't know the name, but all I remember that it was a cartoon about a forrest inhabited by teddy bears, and they were ruled by a princess teddy bear. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

-There was also another show, probalby from the 70s, where this guy would turn into a werewolf anytime he saw a picture of the moon, and then turn back to a human everytime he saw a picture of the sun.

-"Wish Kid" (atleast I think that's the name of it. It was this show where this baby made a rocket ship out of a sand castle every week, and he was friends with this toy robot dude, and someone else, and they would go on all these wacky fun adventures. Anyone know what I'm talking about?)

 

And I remember that NBC had a cartoon block of it's own on Saturday mornings in the early 90's. I remember watching "Pro Stars" and this cartoon about alien or robot cat superheroes that was really cool and funny.

 

I also remember loving "Bonkers", "Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers", "Conan The Barbarian" (every morning before school when I was in 1st Grade), "G-Force", "Captain Planet", "Noozles", "Goof Troop", "The Mighty Ducks" (with Ian "Steve" Ziegling from Beverly Hills 90210 as the star!), "Monster Mania" (although I saw it once), "Slimer And The Real Ghostbusters", "Beetlejuice", "Tiny Toons Adventures", and this cartoon that was on Nickelodeon about a guy named Tin or something. He had a dog named Snowy, and he traveled with this old guy and they had adventures. It was on every Monday-Friday at 2 P.M. in 1995. It was based on a comic from the 1930s I think.

 

I've seen tons of cartoons on Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and non-cable television that I don't remember now. I do remember that all they showed on CN was obscure cartoons and Looney Tunes/MGM cartoons before they had original programming starting with "Space Ghost: Coast To Coast" followed by the "What-A-Cartoon" shorts and so on and so on.

 

Reading this thread is bringing back memories...and making me feel older than I really am.

 

Oh and what about "Doug"? And "Disney's Brand Spanking New Doug"? And "Rocko's Modern Life"? That seems to have been forgotten by the general public.

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-There was this cartoon that I loved on Cartoon Network. I don't know the name, but all I remember that it was a cartoon about a forrest inhabited by teddy bears, and they were ruled by a princess teddy bear. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

 

"Paw Paw Bears"

 

-"Wish Kid" (atleast I think that's the name of it. It was this show where this baby made a rocket ship out of a sand castle every week, and he was friends with this toy robot dude, and someone else, and they would go on all these wacky fun adventures. Anyone know what I'm talking about?)

 

That was "Fantastic Max" - "Wish Kid" was Macaulay Culkin's cartoon on The Family Channel.

 

this cartoon that was on Nickelodeon about a guy named Tin or something. He had a dog named Snowy, and he traveled with this old guy and they had adventures. It was on every Monday-Friday at 2 P.M. in 1995. It was based on a comic from the 1930s I think.

 

"The Adventures Of Tin-Tin"

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Thank You! It's all coming back to me now. I loved those shows.

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