The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Arts => Silver Screen => Topic started by: Petrie on May 19, 2005, 05:22:27 PM
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Most of you probably have seen my MSN name that says "Arvens is toony" and probably wondering what the hell I mean. :P: Simply put it, I'm sure we've all grown up with cartoon characters and have favorites. List 'em.
In no particular order, I watched all of these shows in the late 80s/early 90s. I'd say by 7th grade I didn't watch them as much (1997 onward) and have recently turned back to them and found out just how much I enjoy them. :)
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Darkwing Duck
Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies
Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Tiny Toon Adventures
Care Bears
Inspector Gadget
Captain Planet
Smurfs
Scooby Doo, Where Are You
Jabberjaw
Doug
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Banana Splits Show
Flinstones
The Jetsons
I'm sure I'm missing some I've overlooked off the top of my head.
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I didn't watch many movies or cartoons throughout my life. Some of the cartoons I watched are likely to be unknown in America. They are sort of educational productions for kids the titles are somewhat difficult to translate so my translations give only a rough idea: "Once there was the live" (about the human body), "Once there was the human" (about history in general), "Once there was America" (about American history).
Some cartoons I saw which you will know are
Ducktales
Darkwing Duck
Duchula (not sure if this is the actual English title)
(and some others of which I really don't know the English titles).
To sum it up, I don't think I can really be considered toony.
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Scooby Doo(And its spinoffs)
Looney Toons
Darkwing Duck
Tale Spin
Duck Tails
Rescue Rangers
Tiny Toons
a whole bunch off others.
I Still watch :
Wat's New Scooby Doo?
Yu-gi-oh
and Adult Swim
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We all seem to like DW. :D Darn shame most of the stuff I remember is no longer on tv anymore and there's no dvds or anything of them. :( :(
Forgot to add a couple to my previous list:
Garfield and Friends
Animals of Farthing Wood
Yogi Bear
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Animals of Farthing Wood! I'll underline that one right away! Even though I have to admit I never saw all of the parts that form the complete story. Perhaps the only case I know of a movie being better than the book that gave the story.
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Oh gawd! I could go on for HOURS talking about my fav golden oldies! OK...get a hot cuppa ready coz here I go... :D
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (there's an interesing story behind this title)
Snoopy
Garfield
Transformers
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Looney Toons
Disney's Classic Toons
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Super Mario World
Captain N and the N Team
Rescue Rangers
Ewoks (the animated series)
Tale Spin
Duck Tales
Count Duckula
Denver the Last Dinosaur
SWAT Kats
Scooby-Doo
Rocko's Modern Life
Ren and Stimpy
You know what?! I think I better stop! I could go on forever! :DD Ahhhh memories
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Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (there's an interesing story behind this title)
This isn't by any chance the same show as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in the states? Sure sounds like the same show.
I've never seen Denver the Last Dinosaur but I like the theme song. :D
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Well yeah it is but the funny thing is...we British almost never got the original Turtles cartoons! Coz of that one word... NINJA. The BBFC (British Broadcasting Film Certificate or sumink along those lines) said that it was unfit for kids in Britain to view because it was called Teenage Mutant NINJA Turtles! So, to get around the problem, it was renamed HERO Turtles so it could be aired on British screens. The content was absolutely fine...nothing wrong there but because of the name, it wasnt gonna be allowed on TV. How nutty is that?! :rolleyes:
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How toony are we talking here, a lot of my favorites were serious cartooons.
1. Gargoyles
2. Sonic SatAM (also known as the serious Sonic cartoon, and yes, they did manage to make a serious one.)
3. The Gummy Bears
4. Tale Spin
5. The Transformers (the original series)
6. Duck Tales
7. The New Adventures of Whinny the Pooh
8. ReBoot (computer animated series, but still toony)
9. X-Men (the 90s animated series, it was actually better than the new movies)
10. Spider-Man (the 90s animated series. A heck of a lot better than the new movies!!)
11. Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers
12. The Pirates of Dark Water (a very dark and serious series, but still animated)
13. Crow
14. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
15. Dink the Little Dinosaur
16. Denver the Last Dinosaur
17. The Smurfs
18. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the original series)
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Here's my list in no order. Usually stuff that are either no longer on air or broadcasting someplace I don't have:
Gargoyles
Darkwing Duck
Care Bears
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1980s)
Road Rovers
Street Sharks
Extreme Dinosaurs
Duck Tales
Tale Spin
Scooby Doo (all the way from the 1960s)
Denver the Last Dinosaur
Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
Tiny Toons
Monster Ranchers
Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers
Godzilla (1990s animated series)
Digimon
X-Men (1990s)
Spiderman (1990s)
Double Dragons
Mighty Ducks
Animaniacs
Shows I now watch:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (new series)
Pokemon
Yu-gi-oh
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Quite an awesome selection there! I remember all of those and I used to adore them! I still do! I wouldn't mind getting them on video or something!
Ahhh! Memories...LOL :DD
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Not just memories, a lot of the ones on any of our lists can still be enjoyed.
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Not just memories, a lot of the ones on any of our lists can still be enjoyed.
If only they'd be put on dvd or something.....they don't even broadcast half of the shows I used to watch. :(
I think the only one that has a dvd is Garfield and Friends, and then it's just the first season. -_-
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Yeah....I'd like to see "The GUmmy Bears" on DVD. :cry
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I've been searching for Denver the Last Dinosaur and Dinosaucers (a show I wanted to see, but never got the chance to) on either VHS or DVD.
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Not surprising on "Dinosaurcers" par,t but why not Denver? That was actually a popular show?
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Denver is available! Try using Amazon.com. I found a 3 video box set of Denver on Amazon and I was soooo tempted to get it! But money issues kinda went against the idea! :( There are so many cartoons I'd wish they'd bring back either to air or for DVD release. I'd drive my bank account into the ground trying to get them all! PMSL! :D Not that I havent already! :rolleyes:
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While on topic of ones we'd like to see, I'd like to try and get ahold of Kimba the White Lion if possible...that's definitely oop so that will be a challenge....
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"Gargoyles Season 2" is what I'd like to see.
Have either of you (Littlefoot and Arvens) ever seen that one?
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Ahhhh! Gargoyles were THE best! I dunno if I have seen season 2 coz I just watched them when they came on but I used to watch them nonetheless. I think they're on one of the Disney channels towards the latter part of the day but I can't say for sure since I don't have Sky. Wanna see it again! :^.^:
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Yeah, they're still on, but I wonder for how much longer.
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Everything has an expiry date sadly to say. I havent seen Gargoyles for a while now so I can't really say I've been in tune with it. I wonder why they don't bring back cartoons like the old ones? I know they revamp them like TMNT, He-Man and Transformers but to me...they just don't compare to what I used to watch as a kid :unsure:
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Just so you get a response, I never saw Gargoyles. The action packed cartoons never interested me that much.
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Well, at least try "Gargoyles", its definitely creative and unique enough that its worth anyone's checking out.
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If it can be found and isn't too expensive....I'm on a book spree at the moment (personal and school).
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On a book spree eh?! If I wasnt at uni, think I would have forgotten what one of those were LOL! :DD More on the "Are you Toony?" subject, was anyone particularly driven to one type of cartoon show? Like Dinsey or Looney Tunes or even Hanna Barbera cartoons?
I have to say I grew up more with Hanna Barbera cartoons like Jetsons, the Biskets, Paw Paw Bears (remember them? That's stretching the timeline a bit! LOL :lol ), Scooby Doo and Tom and Jerry was a big one. I wasnt so much a fan of The Flintstones and I hated the Smurfs :angry: but I've got loads of episodes of the Biskets and the Paw Paw Bears recorded on VHS. :^.^:
What about you guys?
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Hmm...I've never truly been driven to just one. I practically watch everything on my list that's available until they no longer aired them. The series I watched the longest was Gargoyles. I think I saw the entire series once, with maybe a missed episode here and there.
Oh, and Littlefoot, I got on Amazon.com and saw the Denver: the Last Dinosaur tapes you told me about. I was on Ebay too and saw the DVD releases in two volumes so far. I may even go ahead and try to get them!
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Great Kenji! :D
I knew there were Denver videos available somewhere on Amazon. If I had the cash, I'd be buying them all right now (but, since I don't....... <_< ). I d/led a load of old cartoon theme tunes a while back and Denver was one of them. Boy did that cause a few memories to come flooding back! LOL :DD
*sings* Denver...the Last Dinosaur. He's our friend and a whole lot more! Bah-bah! :^.^:
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Disney, since we had cable. :D Plus many of the characters in their cartoons were used in many of their shorts way back to the 1930s. Not that I'm going to kick Bugs Bunny and the Warner guys out since I watched many of them as well, but Disney always had something on.
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For all you Americans if you have Toon Disney, Rescue Rangers in on at 4:30 in the morning. :p I can't even tape it since we don't get that channel. :(
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I found out that Playhouse Disney plays a lot of old Disney cartoons after around 6-7ish (pm). They play Gummi Bears, Rescue Rangers and loads of others. This applies to UK residents only by the way...but Im sure the US running a similar rota...maybe :unsure:
Better still (still for UK residents...sorry :( ) Sky Movies seems to be airing a lot of Don Bluth cartoon movies. Whilst writing this, I was watching The Secret of NIMH but they've also been playing A Troll in Central Park, Land Before TIme (#9's on later today). An Amercian Tail and Anastacia.
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I'll have to verify this one, but I read somewhere that Darkwing Duck is on at 3:30 pm on ABC for the US folks. :) I'd rather Rescue Rangers but I'll take DW as well. :)
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I'm gonna get a bit sidetracked =p
I spent my childhood mesmorised with two cartoons in particular, Power Rangers and Dragon Ball... I just love Son Goku and everytime he did his kame-ah-me =p
They are rerunning it on a cable channel and I'm tapping every single episode of Dragon Ball GT.. it's my favourite of the Dragon Ball saga's I also enjoy watching many tipes of Anime, witch is more teen or adult targeted, but I was wondering if you liked dragon ball or just anime in general?
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I really like the Dragonball series. GT is my favourite one and Trunks is my fav character (Ubb and Gohan very close seconds). Dragonball Z's cool too! I love the energy fights and super-speed melees! An all time classic anime ;)
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I Grew up Fascinated with Power Rangers as well. I still watch a few episodes every now and then. THe Acting was horrible, i can see that now, and the actors who were on the show have had a hard time breaking away from thier power Ranger characters.
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Yeah, I don't remeber seeing the first characters in any other movie or series... I've watched some of the recent Power Ranger episodes, they're terrible!!! The Zords aren't as cool, and the acting is very very bad, VR trooper like... The funny thing is I couldn't get my eyes of the TV when I was a kid but just can't stand 10 mins of those episodes now :unsure:
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Power Rangers were alright for the few series (with the dinosaurs) but once they started bringing out all these different variations, I switched off. I can't stand the program now but the very first one I used to watch but they gradually became as interesting to watch as a stone on a bit of string going back and forth...LOL :rolleyes:
I have to admit, Disney Channel's got my attention at the moment. I'm really into Lilo and Stitch: The Series and Kim Possible. Both those cartoons crack me up with some of the stuff that goes on. :DD
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yeah, you'd have to be a true PR diehard to know who plays the characters in the last few seasons. I've watched a few of them, but not many.
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Yeah, like I said I sort of used to be one, I have the zords all up to the 6/7th season =x
But then, with Pokemon and "growing up" I just stoped watching them, and left them for gone, but aparently they just won't give up -_-
Btw, just found out they'll start re-reunning Dragon Ball (the first series). It's a bit repetitive since they've already done it at least two times, but I haven't seen them so... I'm thrilled :^.^:
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I Watched Pokemon and Digimon too. I Liked Digimon better, but stopped watching after the second season, after they 'completed' the original story.
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I watched Digimon through all four seasons, and in comparing them to Pokemon, I like Pokemon a little better. In the American version, the show was edited to remove anything that makes it more for young adults, therefore creating so many loopholes in the story plot.
As for Power Rangers, my brother is a greater fan of them, just from the point he knows much of every Japanese version all the way to the 1970s! I only like Power Rangers because of basically the martial arts used in them. Nowadays they use more special effects.
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Pokemon's another one I went off. I liked the first series with the first 150 but I never really got into the other series that followed it (Like the choronicles and the Johto League). I've heard of them but I never actually sat down and watched them. Digimon I didnt go near...I thought Pokemon was bad enough but Digimon was not for me :P:
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I stoped watching Pokemon becuase it was on too early and I also got tired of the plots you could never keep up with all the pokemons. I did enjoy to play cards, you know that game with pokemon cards, but I was never that good... we had a little league in a cafe near by but I stoped going there... As for Digimon, I never did like it, the voices were to kid like and some of them you couldn't understand a word they were saying (and it was all in portuguese :huh: ) I didn't know they cut off parts or episodes in the US, in here kids get everything which is cool, since it's just a cartoon and it isn't as fun if you cut off the violence... I mean if you cut off the fighting sceens in Dragon Ball you'd have only 3 or 4 episodes left :P:
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It's not the violence that was cut off of Digimon to make it for younger viewers...
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Yeah it was the plot... :P:
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Mine is this:
Dino Squad
Sabrina's Secret Life
Transformers
Extreme Dinosaurs
Sonic Underground
Land Before Time (13 films and TV show)
Street Sharks
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
Power Rangers Super Samurai
Power Rangers Samurai
Yugioh
Power Rangers Turbo
:p :DD :smile :lol
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Ren & Stimpy
Happy Tree Friends
South Park
Denver the Last Dinosaur
Looney Tunes
Tom & Jerry
Animaniacs
Tiny Toons
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Batman the animated series (Am I the only one on here who actually watched this classic?)
Batman Beyond (When I got the chance...)
Beast Wars
Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers
Digimon
Darkwing Duck
Dragonball Z
DuckTales
Freakazoid!
Godzilla the series (The good cartoon based on the mediocre movie.)
Looney Tunes
The New Adventures of Johnny Quest
Pirates of Dark Water
Reboot
Sailor Moon
Scooby-Doo (Practically all of the old inarnations, I haven't seen any of the newer shows.)
Spider-man the animated series
SWAT Kats
Talespin
Tom and Jerry
Yu-gi-oh!
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Looney Tunes
Tiny Toon Adventures
Baby Looney Tunes
Pokemon
Digimon
Yu-Gi-Oh!
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (AoStH)
Pinky and the Brain
Animaniacs
Scooby Doo
Jabberjaw
Yogi Bear
The Smurfs
Hamataro
Sonic X
Tom and Jerry
CatDog
Doug
Ren and Stimpy
Hey Arnold!
The Rugrats
The Wild Thornberrys
Angry Beavers
Rocko's Modern Life
Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z
The Land Before Time (I-IX) and TV series
Teen Titans
Darkwing Duck
Freakazoid!
Earthworm Jim
Popeye the Sailor
Johnny Quest
Betty Boop
Spider-Man
Batman
Beyblade V-Force
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Oh god, where do I begin?
Scooby Doo
Looney Toons
Johnny Bravo
Ed, Edd and Eddy,
Powerpuff Girls
Samurai Jack
Dragonball Z
Pokemon
Digimon
Animaniacs
Codename Kids Next Door
Rugrats
Angry Beavers
Rocko's Modern Life
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go
Star Wars Clone Wars (The 5 minute episode one)
Aah Real Monsters
Sonic the Hedghog
Monster Rancher
YuGiOh!
Tom and Jerry
CatDog
Doug
Spiderman
Batman
X-Men
X-Men Evolution
Ducktales
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
Teen Titans
Tiny Toons
Invader Zim
Batman Beyond
Static Shock
Hey Arnold
Sailor Moon
Beast Wars (Yeah it's 3D animation, but I still loved it!)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Original cartoon and 2000's)
There's probably a bunch more that I can't think of right now.
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I can't really list the cartoons I like here, the list would be way to long. I've seen some anime, though not a lot I'd guess. The first being the cut up Gatchaman that they edited and added footage to make Battle of the Planets, having to cut out the violence, considering how tv was way back in the ancient past of the 70's. Though that was the only way Sandy Frank could get the show aired here so I don't look down at him like some do. he had no choice. I think it was Sandy Frank, or his company. I've seen some anime since then, and a HUGE amount of cartoons from then till now.
As for digimon I've seen some of the first 3 seasons, and season 5. Saw the first episode of season 4 and 6, didn't like those much. As for power rangers I've seen a lot of that. Mainly the first 4 seasons, season 6 (didn't like turbo and never can get past the first few episodes), some of the rest of the seasons up through Jungle Fury. From Lost galaxy through Jungle Fury I watched the first 9 episodes so I'd have some knowledge of the other seasons. Never liked the pokemon episode or 2 I've seen, but that is me.
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No, but I am tiny, and a little loony.
Oh wait...
The main cartoons I actively watched over time were:
Reboot
Rugrats
PokÈmon
DBZ
Sailor Moon
Ed, Edd, N' Eddy
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Blue's Clues to some extent
Gargoyles
Dexter's Lab
Powerpuff Girls
The Land Before Time (TV Series, movies)
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Futurama
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Adventure Time
What's odd is, even though there are a lot of themes in series through time, only Futurama and Courage didn't have a strong emphasis on friendship as a major, MAJOR theme.
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I did not watch all that many cartoons or animated films as a child. This was partially due to being limited to 3 over-the-air channels for much of my childhood. However, we did finally get cable access by the time I was 10 and the selection was opened up significantly.
I particularly enjoyed:
Batman: the Animated Series
Doug
Looney Toons
MTV Oddities (Aeon Flux, in particular)
Ren & Stimpy
Rocko's Modern Life (I am amazed at the amount of stuff this show got passed the radar...)
Scooby Doo (original 60s cartoon)
Sonic the Hedghog (Saturday Morning Series)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Original cartoon)
The Land Before Time (films)
Tiny Toons
X-Men