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 can still sing the Gummi Bears theme song lol
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.
I still randomly sing the theme song, but substitute my wife’s name in for “gummy”.
baller theme song too! M-m-m-m-MASK!
When we first saw Mask someone thought T-bob’s name was Cheeseball, so forever would it be amongst us kids.
Eek! The Cat
I loved that jolly little purple fuck!
I can still sing: We’re the squishy bears and we’re right over there. We’re the squishiest bears you know!
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…
Almost all of those are not cartoons.
Are you going to report me to the Lemmy authorities?
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/
Anyone else remember “The Pirates of Dark Water”?
I think someone else mentioned it already, but Swat Kats was also great
I was opening the thread intending to say just this. I don’t remember either show very well, but I remember loving them.
Yes! I loved that show and it was gone too soon for my liking.
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
Bucky OHare and the Toad Wars! Although, IT was called something completely different in German
Also: Samurai Pizza Cats!I always seem to want to conflate Bucky O’Hare and Jazz Jackrabbit. Like, if I had a nickle for every gun-toting green animated space rabbit in the 90s, I’d have two nickles. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
I always accidentally conflate him with Usagi Yojimbo from TMNT
Bucky was great!
Samurai pizza cats :D. Now THAT’s an anime I wouldn’t mind watching again. I guess it was an early example of a gag dub, early for me anyway.
Samurai Pizza Cats <3
Loved that show
Ren & Stimpy!
Or even better: the Sam & Max cartoon!
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!
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
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.
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…
oh man, Exosquad was great! i actually had several toys.
I loved Exo-Squad. Had all the toys
KABLAM! Where cartoons and comics collide!
Silverhawks
Yes! Outer space Thundercats!
It was so good!
Exo Squad.
One of the first (to young me) serial cartoons that had an ongoing plot week to week.
I fuckin loved Cro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVUvB34jEwQ
It’s kindof a sad premise looking at it now, but I’ll be damned if that theme song doesn’t live rent-free in my head forever.
Don’t hear much about Count Duckula or The Raccoons anymore.
Both of those had theme songs which went really hard.
Yup! I was watching this recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRPbKIXoEsI
Made me think of it.
I have seen them do this live in concert, it was entirely amazing!
Oh yea, I remember my Duckula casette tapes!
