Forget about mainstream cartoons, what were your "nobody else has heard of it" cartoon fever dreams?

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Neon_Samurai_@reddit

Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea.

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lollipop-guildmaster@reddit

I've been scouring the internet trying to find a copy of this for literal decades now.

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Neon_Samurai_@reddit

https://archive.org/details/spartakus-and-the-sun-beneath-the-sea-/Spartakus+And+The+Sun+Beneath+The+Sea+S1+Ep1+-+The+City+Of+Arkadia+%5BNTSZzdRU6phE%5D.mp4

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lollipop-guildmaster@reddit

HOLY SHIT YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE HUMAN THANK YOU

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Neon_Samurai_@reddit

You're welcome. Just finding out the name of the show took a couple of hours.

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Far-Pie-6226@reddit

Came here to post this. Those weird pangolin things would burst into a song every time they did something. I can't remember the words but the melody lives in my head since childhood.

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Eledridan@reddit

I loved this show because it was just so creative. The theme song was a banger too. Ricky Martin sings it.

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KelarionPrime@reddit

I remember pretending to be a Tigershark on the jungle gem at school fairly frequently.

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Rksbi@reddit

Visionaries. I loved that show. I haven’t met anyone who’s heard of the cartoon let alone see it. It didn’t have many episodes and I think you can find all of the on YouTube now.

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Significant_Dog412@reddit

Of the cartoons that made it to Britain, I've seen little mention of Defenders Of The Earth over the years. I liked it at the time.

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apgeorge69@reddit

Defenders of the Earth? Was that the Flash Gordon cartoon?

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Significant_Dog412@reddit

That's the one. I knew Flash Gordon from the 1980 movie, but what I didn't know until later was that it was a crossover of other old comic heroes too.

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SlavaSobov@reddit

Random 90s Fox Kids stuff like Eeek the Cat, Life with Louie, and Ned's Newt.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

Life With Louie was hilarious. So was Bobby’s World

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SlavaSobov@reddit

Definitely. The fun comedians getting their own cartoons back then was a cool thing.

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molinor@reddit

Oh man. I haven’t thought about Super Ted in years. I only saw it a few times, I don’t remember how/where but I loved it.

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Harlockarcadia@reddit

I loved SuperTed, rented tapes of it constantly as a kid, didn’t realize until I was an adult that Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor) did the voice of Spotty

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RelevantFilm2110@reddit

I'll never understand how Count Duckula doesn't have a massive cult fandom.

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blacktrufflesheep@reddit

It was done by the same animators who did Danger Mouse. Same voice actor also, David Jason.

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I remember the intro to Super Ted raising more questions than it answered. Spotted man? Where the fuck did he come from and why did he select this random bear? I would have had an easier time accepting a super powered bear from space without the needless exposition dump.

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HipHopGrandpa@reddit

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Mr_SunnyBones@reddit

I loved that as a kid , only found out years later it was based on a toy line ( which didn't make it to Europe seemingly ) same thing with Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors.

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UnadvancedDegree@reddit

I had the centurion and Jayce toys. Loved them.

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Mr_SunnyBones@reddit

I'd have been jealous back then, he'll I'm jealous now!!

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Jonestown_Juice@reddit

Pretty much all American cartoons of this era were created to sell toys lol

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ProjectedSpirit@reddit

I liked Centurions but now I remember nothing about it, other than the fact it existed.

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Late_Knight_Fox@reddit

Didn't they shout POWER EXTREME and have upgrades attach to them. I'm going off to youtube to see if I've made this up...?!

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Ganthet72@reddit

Haha! Not a shout, but perhaps a prelude to the '90s the way they say Extreeeeeeeeeme!!

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djhankb@reddit

I was the blue guy for Halloween 1986 I think. Plastic bag costume with the thin plastic shell mask that would cut your tongue. i remember that year several other kids wore the same costume and we got our masks mixed up and everyone ended up with pink eye. True story.

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throwra64512@reddit

My cousin had the toys. Those things were sweet.

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puyakashah@reddit

I had the blue action figure, and I knew there was a show, but I only ever saw an episode or 2.

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Chumbo_Malone@reddit

I had a red guy that could split in half vertically (I think he was the bad guy). I watched the show and don’t remember a guy who could split in half like that.

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uncertia@reddit

Oh shit totally forgot about this masterpiece

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balthus1880@reddit

WOOOOO!

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babyBear83@reddit

Have no idea about this show but it’s funny because the guy in green looks like Burt Reynolds. Which apparently was the archetype man in the 80’s that everyone modeled after.

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PhysicsStock2247@reddit

BraveStarr. It wasn’t a complete unknown but it’s often overlooked. It was a space western with a Native American Marshall trying to keep the peace in a town besieged by alien thugs.

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ProjectedSpirit@reddit

I loved BraveStarr and kind of recall having a crush on him when I was too young to really know that cartoon people aren't real.

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kyraeus@reddit

Honestly I think most people did. At least yours was actually human. Look around at the existence of so many furries these days and realize most developed in this time frame and JUST how many of the female animal characters from these shows were over sexualized as a design decision.

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Robby-Pants@reddit

I loved that show deeply for about a year.

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stevesie1984@reddit

I think it was only on for one season. But there were like 50 episodes? They might have been shorter than standard, though. Like 10 minutes per and they’d show 2 in each slot?

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stevesie1984@reddit

Yes! I was going to say Marshall Bravestar, but I think the title was just Bravestar.

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zoom518@reddit

I saw the movie in the theater. And I was the only one there.

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Majestic_Market2006@reddit (OP)

There was a movie?!

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zoom518@reddit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BraveStarr:_The_Movie

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Ganthet72@reddit

I just recently learned there was a movie setting up BraveStarr's origin. Watched it on Youtube. I'd only ever seen the original series.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

His friend the judge might have been what started puberty

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spacetraxx@reddit

Here’s all episodes. It’s still awesome.

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gramma_moses88@reddit

Thank you kind stranger.

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FriedBreakfast@reddit

STRENGTH OF THE BEAR!

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British_Rover@reddit

Yup that show was awesome.

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Bobo_Baggins_jatj@reddit

I loved that show. He had a mechanical horse with a big gun, I believe.

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PhysicsStock2247@reddit

Thirty-thirty was rad.

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Eledridan@reddit

Thirty-Thirty was the last of his kind and when he was in biped form he was as strong as Bravestarr using strength of the bear.

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ferminriii@reddit

Remember the episode where they showed his background story as a young boy? He got sent to a training camp of some sort. He and a bunch of other boys had to run for miles with a mouth full of water and not drink one drop by the end. It was supposed to train the boys to be strong.

Marshall Bravestar was one of the boys that didn't make it. But he kept training and he got stronger.

It's an image that's been stuck in my head for so many years. And I feel like I'm the only person who even remembers the show was on TV.

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Thomisawesome@reddit

Awesome toys. I had the cowboy. He’d quick draw when you push a button.

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ConfidentOutcome9554@reddit

The show ruled

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pawned79@reddit

I recommend the Secret Galaxy YT channel if you’re really into the shows in OP and comments. They’ve done retrospectives on nearly all of them.

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Maniac1978@reddit

“Heathcliff, Heathcliff, no one should terrify your neighborhood”

It was a cartoon based on the Heathcliff comic strip, but I can’t remember anything about except for that line of the intro.

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snortwheeze@reddit

All Stars! Bo knows.

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djhankb@reddit

🎵We are, we are, pro stars…🎶

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Maniac1978@reddit

“Jordan jams, in your face! He’s gonna put you in your place!”

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Symbiote11@reddit

Holy crap I forgot about this.

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CajunBuckeye@reddit

Scrolled to see if anyone mentioned this! As a sports obsessed kid, loved this cartoon!

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heycarlgoodtoseeyou@reddit

The younger folks will never know the greatness of Bo. In this show, he’s alongside the 2 of the greatest at their respective sports and, himself, is the star representing 2 sports. And it made sense to everyone at the time.

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adrianhalo@reddit

Denver The Last Dinosaur…does anyone else remember this show?

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Majestic_Market2006@reddit (OP)

I feel like I can hear the theme song in my head, but then again, didn't they all sound the same..

den-VER, the la-st Di-No-Saur!

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Rojo37x@reddit

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BritOnTheRocks@reddit

Oh I just posted the same thing. I think I recorded the pilot on VHS and watched it a bunch.

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Rojo37x@reddit

Nice! I can barely remember anything about the show tbh, but I can picture it. And I definitely remember having a couple of the toys with the holograms on their chests.

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b10t0x1c@reddit

Tranzor Z? I grew up in Venezuela and it aired there (and in Latin America) as Mazinger Z

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BritOnTheRocks@reddit

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Rich_Text82@reddit

Noboby shows love to these misfits

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sweetnsalty24@reddit

Laser tag academy

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thumbtackswordsman@reddit

I was obsessed with Saber Rider and the Star Sherrifs. I still think their outfits are dope.

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Xybots@reddit

Head ’em up, and move ‘em out!

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daughtcahm@reddit

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors!

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Xybots@reddit

Joe Straczynski, who went on to create Babylon 5, wrote for this series.

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IHkumicho@reddit

I sometimes wonder if I've dreamt this or if it actually existed!

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daughtcahm@reddit

I have it on dvd. Been too afraid to rewatch it though, it probably sucks.

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meatus1980@reddit

I had a few of the toys! The one with a claw hand, a buzzsaw, and a bad guy one with some type of green thing

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Totally_Botanical@reddit

MASK was dope!

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xrelaht@reddit

Was this really that obscure? It had a pretty decent toy line, and I wasn’t the only kid watching it when I was a kid. There were comics & video games too.

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Totally_Botanical@reddit

I would say it's just as obscure as most of the other mentions here, and plenty of people I've brought it up to in my life had no idea what I was talking about

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xrelaht@reddit

Most of these shows didn’t have all the other media. Wiki as my source, but for what it’s worth:

IGN voted M.A.S.K. the 99th-best animated series in 2009, calling it one of the most popular cartoon/toy marketing franchises of the 1980s

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Totally_Botanical@reddit

Huh. I would not have guessed that

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ferminriii@reddit

Was there a car that had gullwing doors that allowed it to fly? And a motorcycle that converted to a helicopter? I think those are the only two vehicles I remember.

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keepcalmscrollon@reddit

Correct on both points. It was a red car driven by the good guy leader who was the grey guy front and center. The motorcycle was green. And the bad guy leader (blue guy to the right of the grey guy) had an airplane that turned into a helicopter, IIRC. My brothers and I actually had those.

I also remember black van where the back popped up to be a machine gun turret and a long haul truck can that was kind of a mobile command center.

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schleepercell@reddit

matt trakker and miles mayhem lol

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cjl99@reddit

Trakker's gonna lead the mission...

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keepcalmscrollon@reddit

OMG those names are the best! Peak 80s idgf toy-sales-first "creativity".

Had totally forgotten that.

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Totally_Botanical@reddit

It was 2 bad guys that were twins

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Spackleberry@reddit

I had the Jeep that opened up, and a boat popped out from the front.

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ceejceejceej@reddit

I had the motorcycle, it was so cool

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Rabbitrules87@reddit

Thunder hawk was the car I believe that had the gull wing doors. It was my favorite.

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Far-Pie-6226@reddit

I think the car was a boat. You pressed a button and the front of the car turned upside down.

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Manticore1023@reddit

I loved the cartoon, and I had a few of the toys (Bruce's big rig, the Venom leader's helicopter, and that guy with the Chevy Blazer). never did get Matt Tracker's Camaro though. :(

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Available-Map-1144@reddit

Mask crusaders. Working overtime. Fighting crime. Fighting CRIME!

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therealpopkiller@reddit

And the theme song went hard

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Symbiote11@reddit

Still have all mine in storage.

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LifePedalEnjoyer@reddit

Super cool toys. The figurines were so tiny that they made the vehicles seem huge.

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eLishus@reddit

Best thing about MASK toys, for me, was that the helmets also fit the M.U.S.C.L.E. Men. We didn’t have a ton of $ growing up, so I didn’t get the super cool figures or full sets. Mixing and matching toys to create my on universe.

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hennsippin@reddit

I had the Boulder Hill base. Forgotten all about it

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IchibanChef@reddit

It's on Tubi if you are feeling nostalgic. I tried to watch, but it was tough.

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CarfDarko@reddit

Fun fact: Matt Tracker (grey suit/red helmet) is the same voice actor as Psycho Mantis from Metal Gear Solid.

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Durakus@reddit

The theme song for MASK is amazing.

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MutantSquirrel23@reddit

Muh muh muh Mask. MASK!

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sinisterblogger@reddit

MASK crusaders working overtime fighting crime fighting crime!

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Abidarthegreat@reddit

I had many of the toys and my parents have photos of throwing me a MASK themed bday party

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WrenchNRatchet@reddit

I like to imagine a scenario where someone shows up dressed as Rocky from the Cher movie “Mask”

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js4873@reddit

I LOVED mask! To the extent that it wasn’t til I was an adult that I realized it wasn’t mainstream.

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keepcalmscrollon@reddit

Hell ya! I legit think of it from time to time and how cool the premise was. Or, at least, seemed to a kid. I'm surprised it hasn't been floated again. I think it could be pretty sweet in live action. Guess that could be nostalgia goggles, though.

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lil_grey_alien@reddit

Yes! This was what I was going to mention!

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AdComfortable5486@reddit

Silverhawks was the shit! I had so many of the toys! Robotech was HUGE in Japan and only limited scope here - but weaboo otakus have since really picked up on it.

My favourite one that nearly nobody has ever heard of let alone seen was Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors.

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phillium@reddit

I loved Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors! Definitely one of those rarely discussed ones.

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5th_gen_woodwright@reddit

This is the answer - we need a modern remake

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jp112078@reddit

This was my weird pick as well. But as a kid it was also a little off putting with the growing vines. Kinda “invasion of the body snatchers” feel. Just found out it was a French import!

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AdComfortable5486@reddit

Well - I read about it on Wikipedia, it was a French and Canadian production so that might explain why it wasn’t more popular in the US.

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s-ro_mojosa@reddit

Hokey premise, fantastic cartoon.

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AdComfortable5486@reddit

Which one?

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s-ro_mojosa@reddit

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors.

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AdComfortable5486@reddit

Oh yeah - super hokey. Result of designing a TV series with the express purpose of selling an already developed toy line. lol

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balthus1880@reddit

Silverhawks had a dude with a guitar...I was so into it.

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AdComfortable5486@reddit

Yeah - and his name was “Bluegrass” and he was blue - and he flew their spaceship/jet.

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Symbiote11@reddit

And Bluegrass’s guitar also shot frickin lasers.

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AdComfortable5486@reddit

YES!!!!!

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DetenteCordial@reddit

The only toys I had were Copperkid and Buzzsaw. Buzzsaw is still around in a box somewhere. Copperkid broke in half.

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Classic_Barnacle_844@reddit

You just opened up some deep memories, both of those shows were on my top three faves!

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soul_motor@reddit

Was that the one where the kids transformed into a car?

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AdComfortable5486@reddit

No, but they had cool car/vehicles. And the evil mutant plant enemies transformed into cars.

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TalesByScreenLight@reddit

"Cro"

A woolly mammoth who can talk is thawed out in modern times. He recounts stories of his Cro-Magnon friend Cro, who uses simple engineering to solve problems for his adoptive Neanderthal family.

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xrelaht@reddit

I remember this one! It was done well enough that one of those science magazines for kids used the characters to teach stuff.

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needsmorequeso@reddit

Well now I have the theme song stuck in my head.

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originalbrowncoat@reddit

YEEESSSSSS!

Man I thought I was the only one who remembered Cro!

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Ok-Ad5495@reddit

ExoSquad for me

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xrelaht@reddit

My best friend growing up was obsessed with it.

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Harlockarcadia@reddit

This toys were so cool, I was jealous, buddy of mine had one

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originalbrowncoat@reddit

For a cartoon Exosquad had some pretty good world building and storylines.

Also a banger intro

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seanie_rocks@reddit

The toys were amazing, too. They all had that little jack in the backs of their heads where they plugged into their suits!

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Captain3leg-s@reddit

I searched for this response because I've never met another person who watched an episode. I had every toy they and I gave them away to some younger cousins.

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0fruitjack0@reddit

you're not alone but there are few of us

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ShortBrownAndUgly@reddit

These were the last toys I collected and they were so awesome. I was so disappointed when the video game sucked

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Majestic_Market2006@reddit (OP)

ExoSquad!! I came across parts of one of those action figures in a box of Lego and couldn't remember the name of the for the life of me.

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WrenchNRatchet@reddit

How about “Visionaries” where Merlin gives a bunch of knights the power to turn into holographic animals on their chests?

Or “Spiral Zone” where a mad scientist makes a sort of zombification zone shaped like a spiral that makes people mean and have red patches on their skin

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noonesaidityet@reddit

I'm gonna stop scrolling, because Spiral Zone is the only correct answer. I've met maybe two other human beings who knew what I was talking about when I'd bring up Spiral Zone.

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penywinkle@reddit

The crazy thing for me is that I can clearly remember watching it as a kid. But I took FAR too long to find its title as an adult, despite the internet and all... And I felt like I dreamed it all until relatively recently.

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SunVoltShock@reddit

Merklynn. Tooooootaly different.

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SarahsDoingStuff@reddit

Yes! I’ve been scrolling and scrolling looking for Visionaries! So good!

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trammeloratreasure@reddit

The HERCULOIDS!

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Dazzling-Research-85@reddit

For me its pirates of black water

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ofTHEbattle@reddit

C.O.P.S. I remember watching this after school when I was a kid, had to have been kindergarten or 1st grade.

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heliophoner@reddit

I like how all the Bad Guys look like they're coming up with excuses to get out of some chore.

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indecisivesloth@reddit

I have a memory burned into my brain of the captain saying "Something's fishy around here, and it's not fish!"

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puyakashah@reddit

I remember two catch phrases: "This is the long arm of the law," and "Case closed!"

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Robby-Pants@reddit

Fighting crime in the future time!

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moronmcmoron1@reddit

"it's crime fighting time!"

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Garf_artfunkle@reddit

COPS has two of my favorite dumb cartoon character names: The Cops' chief is "Elliot 'Bulletproof' Vess", and the fellow on the bottom in the maroon hat and double-breasted coat is "Buttons McBoomboom". Christ almighty, we were spoiled.

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ferminriii@reddit

The main bad guy might have been called fat cat in this show? They were always trying to get to the top mafia boss? I don't know if I knew what kind of crime the guy did. He just did some sort of generic organized crime. The main black guy in the trench coat was the leader right? I feel as though I've seen this show a handful of times but it wasn't something that I watched regularly.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

He was just called Big Boss. Fat Cat was Rescue Rangers

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schleepercell@reddit

The action figures had cap guns lol

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woohhaa@reddit

I wants those action figures so bad I was contemplating shoplifting them when I was a kid.

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emjay144@reddit

Secret Galaxy just did a retrospective on that show . It was pretty good.

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ofTHEbattle@reddit

I'll definitely have to check that out.

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Late_Knight_Fox@reddit

I immediately started playing the music to COPS in my head and then scrolled down to find your comment 🫡

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IchibanChef@reddit

It's on Tubi. Stumbled across it the other night when looking for a different 80s cartoon.

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balthus1880@reddit

Insane I haven't thought about this in so long

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ofTHEbattle@reddit

It pops in my head every once in a while, one of the earliest memories I have, sitting there watching this cartoon when I was. A kid. Can't tell you much about it, but I remember watching it a lot.

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mwilday@reddit

Totally loved Mask but Robotech was the bomb.

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just_a_rando_girl@reddit

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AldusPrime@reddit

Sky Commandos was pretty niche

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Ganthet72@reddit

Ooooh! That's a deep cut. I always wondered how many people got clotheslined by the toys.

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AldusPrime@reddit

Hahahaa, probably many.

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Eledridan@reddit

This new unstable element has arisen in the south pacific. Should we send the military or scientists? No, let’s send a rugged mountaineering team with some experimental grappling cable technology. Also there are terrorists.

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AldusPrime@reddit

LOL, what? Wow I forgot that was the set-up!

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AldusPrime@reddit

Inhumanoids was pretty weird:

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PlushyGuitarstrings@reddit

Nightmare fuel.

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Totally_Botanical@reddit

Inhumanoids was the poop! I had so many of the toys

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LaFlamaBlanca311@reddit

Anyone remember Sky Commanders? I just remember they had amazing action figures that all came with zip lines that my dad would almost die tripping over several times a week

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drinkslinger1974@reddit

gif

Starblazers!

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kalitarios@reddit

Robotech ftw

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kalitarios@reddit

Wait ‘Till Your Father Gets Home

Somehow nobody else has ever heard of it

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John_TheBlackestBurn@reddit

I’m pretty sure I’m the only person in the world who remembers James Bond Jr. I loved that show for the very short time that it was on tv. Or maybe I just dreamt that it existed?🤷🏼‍♀️

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Secret_Bees@reddit

I remember

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FergalCadogan@reddit

My last name is Bond so I remember being pelted with this song on the playground. I remember this show very clearly…

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Rojo37x@reddit

I definitely remember it existing.

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JGrimm420@reddit

James. James Bond. Junior.

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ProjectedSpirit@reddit

I remember James Bond Jr. Supposedly the original Bond's nephew but the actual family tree is never explained and you never see his parents at all.

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SlavaSobov@reddit

Had such a cool theme song IMO.

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Stompedyourhousewith@reddit

Rock and rule

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mlgraves@reddit

I just watched this for the first time the other day, and OMG it was awesome.

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SunVoltShock@reddit

Combined with The Devil and Danial Mouse.

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mlgraves@reddit

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Ginger_Snaps_Back@reddit

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mlgraves@reddit

I just said this. Hadn't seen your comment yet. I was a member of the fan club and everything.

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mlgraves@reddit

I love this show. It came on right before Beakman's World.

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ofTHEbattle@reddit

Lol I remember this, that 3d animation was crazy at the time. I didn't particularly care for it but it wasn't horrible.

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mlgraves@reddit

I submit for your approval the WIld West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa. I was a member of the fan club and everything.

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kthejoker@reddit

Dino-Riders

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=naoAqqc3QF4

Bucky O'Hare

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RgllLpdAD7g&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

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This_Fkn_Guy_@reddit

Didn't the girl robot in tranzor z have rocket boobs?

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rjgarc@reddit

And a goofy sidekick who made his own robot from his junkyard if I'm remembering correctly.

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This_Fkn_Guy_@reddit

Kind of remember something like that

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Harlockarcadia@reddit

Mazinger Z is so good, it has sequel series as well

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This_Fkn_Guy_@reddit

Oh yea which one?

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Harlockarcadia@reddit

Great Mazinger, Grendizer, God Mazinger

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Symbiote11@reddit

Yes she did. She did not show up often.

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Ok_Scale4517@reddit

Classic Go Nagai (creator)

https://i.redd.it/w13e4g17b8se1.gif

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This_Fkn_Guy_@reddit

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keepcalmscrollon@reddit

Yes she did. At least on the episodes I saw I think they must have cut out footage of them firing. I just remember one shot of the girl robot after they fired and inferring what had happened. And giggling like the dumbass little kid I was.

Saw unedited footage in a .gif on Reddit decades later and felt as if one of life's loose ends has been neatly tied off. It was a special moment.

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This_Fkn_Guy_@reddit

We all giggled at that...I remember thinking they can do that

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I_kwote_TheOffice@reddit

Why does that do something to me? New fetish unlocked?

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AldusPrime@reddit

Aphrodite!

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Majestic_Market2006@reddit (OP)

Shit, I had forgotten about that. Man, the 80s were weird

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muhredditone@reddit

Yeah. My Mom saw me watching it at my Grandmother's house, got mad, and wouldn't allow me to watch it anymore. I was like 6 and couldn't understand what the problem was. I still don't know why she cared and for some reason, it still annoys me. That was a cool show.

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Kryptin206@reddit

Thundarr the Barbarian

Ariel, Ookla RIIIDE!

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pianotherms@reddit

I made an ookla the mok screen print postcard a while back.

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Bjs1122@reddit

Came here for this. Gotta love a crazy post-apocalyptic kids show.

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thumbtackswordsman@reddit

Pretty niche: Thundercats

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pianotherms@reddit

Find the outtakes audio - my college friends and I can quote it to this day.

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Symbiote11@reddit

That wasn’t niche here in the US. They were huge.

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ofTHEbattle@reddit

Right? There has even been a movie in the works for the last few years. Definitely not outside of mainstream. In fact didn't they just put out an updated version on Netflix or something a few years back?

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Symbiote11@reddit

Yes but the Netflix version was vastly different. I tried watching a bit of it.

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ofTHEbattle@reddit

Yeah, I didn't care for it either. Mostly using that as a reference that it's still a popular IP is all. Their updated He-man was terrible!

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Salads_and_Sun@reddit

I think the fever dream version was Tiger Sharks...

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woohhaa@reddit

Snarf snarf.

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wickedkid9@reddit

Lol

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Abidarthegreat@reddit

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pianotherms@reddit

The cricket episode lives in my head. I had no idea what cricket was at the time.

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goldenrule117@reddit

Eric. IS. BANNAMAN!

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AytumnRain@reddit

Freakazoid and Super Dave.

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Hagbard_Celine_1@reddit

Bro you watched Fire and Ice as a kid? That one is a little much. I swear I knew kids who were like five and their parents literally let them watch anything.

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Ethel_Marie@reddit

Did Blackstar have pits of black goo that they always had to avoid? And there was a really beautiful lady character? Or is that a totally different cartoon?

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SunVoltShock@reddit

The La Brea Tar Pits seemed to be front and center on the minds of many cartoons in the 80s.

The Pirates of Black Water was all about black goo.

Who didn't have a beautiful lady?
Though this episode hadvtwo!

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Ethel_Marie@reddit

Yes, it's Pirates of Blackwater! Thank you!

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Illustrious_Profile6@reddit

Think my dad stumbled onto some kind of closeout sale for those galaxy ranger toys because one Christmas we got a giant box of all of them, we had never watched the show but we did make all kinds of interesting space cowboy battle storylines.

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LuisMataPop@reddit

Thundarr and my crush Ariel

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Furballprotector@reddit

Kissyfur. Escaped circus bears who start up a life in the forest.

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altarwisebyowllight@reddit

Paw Paws Bears. The super-duper problematic counterpart to the Gummi Bears.

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Nerdiestlesbian@reddit

They were on with the Monchi Chi’s sometimes!

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Nerdiestlesbian@reddit

Adventures of Little Koala,

Paddington Bear (stop motion animation),

The flying house (religious, my neighbors were only allowed to watch the cartoon, so that is what we watched at their house.)

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QuantumQuatttro@reddit

Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea. Growing up I had faint recollection of this cartoon thinking that maybe I imagined it or that it was a dream. Thank you internet for proving it’s real and the French version is still somewhat entertaining.

In later episode production moved to the US (?) and it was dumbed way down

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KentuckyBonsai@reddit

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ParadoxInABox@reddit

Did anyone else watch Popples? I loved that one.

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perpetualpastries@reddit

That weird one about the city of gold, found a clip of it on YT at some point and kinda wished I’d kept it in the past half-remembrance

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ionlycome4thecomment@reddit

Ah...Robotech is incredibly well known. Maybe not the bastardized US version.

Instead, I nominate Botsmaster. It's Laser Times, Boys!

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GutsAndBlackStufff@reddit

That was a fever dream growing up because it always came on when it was time to go to school

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ionlycome4thecomment@reddit

Good reason to skip school!

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CinnamonPinch@reddit

Looooved Bots Master. I still think it would make an excellent scifi movie. Great world building.

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hendyir@reddit

Haha, Bots Master.

I was looking for that cartoon a couple of month ago. All I remember was the robot ninja with rollerskate, who I thoutght was named Ninjazz.

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Symbiote11@reddit

I never could get into Robotech as kid but it always looked cool. Just the window or something. But I was always a little bothered that their mechs looked the same as Skyfire/Jetfire from Transformers.

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phillium@reddit

Bots Master was an odd one for me. I don't remember if I caught it when it was first airing, or maybe on reruns later on, but all I had was a vague memory of some cartoon that had a 3d section each episode. I searched and searched and had no luck finding it, until I realized that it wasn't anime (robots, fancy 3d graphics, poor memory on my part, it was understandable to not have much to go on), and finally figured out it was this show.

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MCA2142@reddit

Robotech only exists as the “bastardized U.S. version”, as it is a mashup of different anime series, done specifically for the U.S. market.

They’re made from Macross (Suuuuuper well known and popular), Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and MOSPEADA

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thumbtackswordsman@reddit

I watched it at the neighbour's place, but sometimes their grandma made us switch the channel to her soaps. I was so obsessed, especially with the first part.

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Joker-Smurf@reddit

I have Robotech DVD box set sitting in the shelf next to me as I type this.

And Battle of the Planets was one of my faves

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NoOccasion4759@reddit

I felt like that was a fever dream.

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Manticore1023@reddit

Robotech was one of those things I barely remembered as a kid, but I thought it was awesome. Silverhawks seemed to only come on Sunday mornings during winter break. I loved Tranzor Z but I also remember the girl robot had titty missiles. :D

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ComebackShane@reddit

Bionic Six; a super human family! (With a rockin’ theme song!)

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meatus1980@reddit

Bionic, bionic six, oooo-ooooo!

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SarahsDoingStuff@reddit

That might be the biggest theme song banger in a decade full of them. That or Pole Position.

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moles-on-parade@reddit

It gets stuck in my head at random times! Thank you for establishing that I haven't entirely lost my mind.

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Vegskipxx@reddit

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Dino-Riders forever!

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theLegendofWalt@reddit

biker mice from mars!!!

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BookDragonPaperCraft@reddit

Wildfire, about a girl who goes to another portal. Can't remember if her horse was only in the other realm or not but I loved that show! And Shirt Tales, can't remember any specific plot except it had animals (wearing shirts, obviously) and I had a poster on my bedroom wall with the characters.

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Birdy_78@reddit

Yes! I am the only one of my friends that remembers this cartoon.

The girl’s name was Sarah, and the horses referred to her as Princess Sarah.

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BookDragonPaperCraft@reddit

I don't know why so few remember Wildfire, it was so good!

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adrianhalo@reddit

I had a Shirt Tales lunchbox!

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BookDragonPaperCraft@reddit

That is awesome! No one seems to know what I'm talking about when I mention that cartoon!

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ChrissiMinxx@reddit

Scrolled to find this. It had an epic theme song.

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BookDragonPaperCraft@reddit

Now I need to look up the song after work!

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ChrissiMinxx@reddit

Say less lol: https://youtu.be/xKk1RQL-dx8?si=y4hOyUjpwkz-J84Z

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CoyPowers@reddit

Loved Wildfire. Didn't last very long, but it was awesome. I'm pretty sure Wildfire was the ...king of the horses, or something, there?

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mom_bombadill@reddit

Ooh ooh my time to shine!

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice (modern teenage football team goes back in time? To Camelot?)

Dragon Warrior

Pirates of Dark Water

Go-Bots

Street Sharks!!

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ofTHEbattle@reddit

King Arthur was awesome!

I don't remember the go-bots show but I had some of the action figures and a kids dish set for it.

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jojodancer10@reddit

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Dhajjfas@reddit

Yes! I’m glad I’m not the only one who caught this

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Shinespark7@reddit

Thank UPN

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sevnthcrow@reddit

Belle and Sebastian

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underpantsviking@reddit

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Robby-Pants@reddit

I’ve never heard of Fire and Ice, and the art style wouldn’t have meant anything to me as a kid, but 45-year-old me totally wants to check out Frank Frazetta the cartoon.

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AZSharksFan@reddit

Maybe a regional thing but I grew up in the SF bay area and Robotech was huge in early to mid 80s. Later in jr hugh and high school my friends were into comics and anime/manga was still very niche.

To the question, though, there was a cartoon on Sundays called Fantastic Max that no one i knew watched but I seemed to catch it every week.

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mr_ckean@reddit

I’m on the other side of the world and grown men still wear Robotech t-shirts to 40 years later.
Nothing niche about it

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AZSharksFan@reddit

It was pretty niche at the time i was talking about - 30ish years ago. Before most people had internet and your local video store might have a few tapes to rent.

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Majestic_Market2006@reddit (OP)

I grew up in much more, let's call em "rural" areas. There wasn't another nerd for miles.

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AZSharksFan@reddit

I figured that might be the case. I probably benefitted from having two nerds for older brothers, too

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Octowuss1@reddit

https://youtu.be/TKdMUum6NzY?si=-xTfrlq82SNJQ-T_

The Mysterious Cities of Gold. I saw it a couple of times in the middle of the night on TV when I was a kid, sick with a stomach bug.

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Birdy_78@reddit

That intro song lives in my head.

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cyberllama@reddit

I have the DVD of that. Classic kids show

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lollipop-guildmaster@reddit

I snapped that one up on DVD the instant it became available! Such a great memory to relive.

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Octowuss1@reddit

Me, too!

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ImTrying2UnderstandU@reddit

Core memory unlocked! I was always mesmerized by the solar ship and flying condor.

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trustme1maDR@reddit

This is mine! AAAAAAAAHH Searching for the Cities of Gooooold....

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CherryColaCan@reddit

Awesome show! I love how it got really dark at times too - its full of minor characters dying horribly, which shocked me as a kid.

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FergalCadogan@reddit

Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light

Pirates of Darkwater

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jkpublic@reddit

Upvote for Pirates of Darkwater!

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KillRobotsSuperior@reddit

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therealpopkiller@reddit

Loved Dinosaucers

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ChrissiMinxx@reddit

Galaxy High!! Only lasted for 13 episodes lol

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82ErFf3/

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therealpopkiller@reddit

This was a great show. Won an Emmy

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DamnitMags@reddit

https://youtu.be/OetVRxQH-n0?si=Fz7GO6R3zlo1MnaU

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jkpublic@reddit

Wasn't the uniformed cop named Long-arm or something like that? A play-on-words for that wrist-mounted handcuff grapple shooter thing.

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arteitle@reddit

Pole Position, it had one season of 13 episodes. Not shown in the image are my two favorite characters, Wheels and Roadie, the AI personalities of the protagonists' cars akin to KITT from Knight Rider.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

I just posted the same thing and saw this. What an insane show

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SarahsDoingStuff@reddit

Literally just wrote under Bionic Six that those had the two biggest bangers as theme songs.

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Symbiote11@reddit

Dude, I didn’t see your Bionic Six comment but yes! I liked that one. I also always remembered a side character I liked. I think his name was Perceptor. He was basically. Daredevil rip off. He was blind, but had heightened other senses.

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Symbiote11@reddit

Omg yes. Loved AI from the guys blue car.

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IchibanChef@reddit

Same here. This is one of the shows I watched as a kid that nobody else seems to remember. Everyone I've ever brought it up to that's my age just looks lost and confused when I try to describe it.

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UGoBoy@reddit

My daughter suddenly got into F1 in a serious way this year. She doesn't appreciate me going "Pole PO ZISH AHAAAAAN" every time she talks about starts...

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Kittypie75@reddit

Beverly Hills Teens!

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lollipop-guildmaster@reddit

Oh wow, I completely forgot that one! The bad girl was Bianca, and the good girl was... Blaze?

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Kittypie75@reddit

Bianca def! She was my favorite :)

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Kittypie75@reddit

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Significant-Ring5503@reddit

This was mine too! I loved their big hair

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Kittypie75@reddit

I remember they had "video phones" that I thought were SO futuristic!

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therealpopkiller@reddit

The Pole Position cartoon was insane. Three siblings continue on a traveling car stunt show after the death of their parents except the show is just a cover as they are sanctioned by the US government to fight crime. The cars had all kinds of gadgets and were run by sentient computers (not unlike KITT from Knight Rider, but with faces), and their pet was a raccoon monkey hybrid. Batshit, but a perfect encapsulation of where we were in 1984

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Partis25@reddit

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors - I think there was only one season but it was cool AF. I had one of the bad guy action figures too. Miss those days !

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Greyhaven7@reddit

Not a cartoon, but Captain Power

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therealpopkiller@reddit

Captain power was awesome, and the finale of that show left an indelible mark on me emotionally

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Majestic_Market2006@reddit (OP)

Was that the one with the gun you shot at the TV? Didn't they have VHS tapes that came with the guns, too?

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keepcalmscrollon@reddit

I think so. Except I don't think it was guns. At least, not just guns. What I remember was toy space fighters – like off brand x-wings, that could somehow shoot and be shot at by the fighters on TV. I only ever saw commercials but they seemed like the coolest thing ever. I wonder if and how that all worked?

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Symbiote11@reddit

Yes I had the main guys ship. Basically, the bad guys on the show at sections that glowed a certain way kind of like Tron but more flashing lights. The ship/gun had a light sensor to know when you had it pointed at the right spot. Also, some of the laser is the bad guys would shoot flash a certain way, so you’d know if your ship was getting hit. If you got hit too many times, your character in the ship would get ejected.

I played with the ship as a kid incorporated into my other toys. But I think I only played with the video a couple times. I don’t think it was that accurate for one. It was the duck hunt. And maybe the novelty wore off because they were always in the same place when you watch the tape. And the product was short-lived I think.

The thing that blows my mind is, I forgot it was live action until this thread.

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phillium@reddit

I'm in the same boat. Never had the toys, but just remember the commercials.

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balthus1880@reddit

I played once around age 7. I don't remember anything except the fact that I played it and where.

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Rojo37x@reddit

Oh wow, great call! I rmemeber having the toys and they were so cool!

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OmegaRainicorn@reddit

Kidd Video. I only managed to ever catch two episodes of that show in my childhood. But boy did I love it.

Also Fish City, which only had two episodes I think.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

I LOVED Kidd Video. LOVED.

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ferminriii@reddit

Is that the one where the rock band turned into a cartoon? I think it was on at a weird time. I also only ever saw a handful of episodes. But I think it might have been on later on the Saturday morning block.

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brackthomas7@reddit

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

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ProfZussywussBrown@reddit

Force Five!

It was on every afternoon, but cycled through 5 different series, one per day. Gaiking, Grandizer, Starvengers, Spaceketeers, Danguard Ace. All of which were just licensed anime with an English dub.

I absolutely LOVED these shows and they were a big influence on me

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brzantium@reddit

Dinosaucers

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lollipop-guildmaster@reddit

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studiotec@reddit

The Littles

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warm_sweater@reddit

Read the first one of the books to my own kid recently!

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studiotec@reddit

I'll look into that for my little ones

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Rojo37x@reddit

Great call out. Lesser known classic!

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Aware_Policy_9174@reddit

This picture hit me with the nostalgia hard. I loved the Borrowers books so this show was right up my alley.

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mandalorbmf@reddit

I was/am obsessed with robotech to this day. Mask was a close second.

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Kittypie75@reddit

Poochie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU6vA6WDlSU

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lollipop-guildmaster@reddit

Oh, wow. There's a deep dive. "Pooo-chie, Poochie for girls!"

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Drakeytown@reddit

One i only discovered recently, as an adult: Cadillacs and Dinosaurs

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Preston422@reddit

Jace and the wheeled warriors

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Platt_Mallar@reddit

There was a show that had a toy line (no duh, Platt). They were jets that would blow up when the on-screen jets would shoot at them. I can't remember what it's called.

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UGoBoy@reddit

Captain Power? The toys were spring loaded to fly apart, and would keep score while you shot at targets on screen.

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Platt_Mallar@reddit

I think so?

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CSWorldChamp@reddit

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TheSuperBlindMan@reddit

I vaguely ever remember seeing this show. I know I have seen it before, and when I see the opening of it, it looks familiar, but it's super vague.

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warm_sweater@reddit

Yeah someone else posted the intro video above, I have such vague memories of this one. I do remember the gold condor.

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balthus1880@reddit

I saw this once! Must have been 1987?

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CoyPowers@reddit

Saturday Supercade is one that I found nobody in my life remembers, not even my sister who's just a year younger than me. For a reason I can not explain, I remember having a crush on the kangaroo.

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engine9999@reddit

SAME. My sister is 2 years older and she didn’t remember this either. It fits the “fever dream” label well because I have only wispy fragments of memories, but it’s so undeniably there.

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IchibanChef@reddit

I think it's weird that nobody remembers this one when it was on Saturday mornings on CBS.

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zoom518@reddit

I see in the video intro to the Donkey Kong segment it might be the only recorded time that Mario is the bad guy.

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PWBuffalo@reddit

I remember watching this on Saturdays!

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fuzzycuffs@reddit

Dragon Warrior (i.e. Dragon Quest). Akira Toriyama of Dragon Ball fame. Syndicated in America in 89-90. I would get up at 530AM to watch it.

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Muzz27@reddit

It’s the first time I can remember watching a show and wondering why the mouths don’t match up with the voices.

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Corn_Beefies@reddit

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season8branisusless@reddit

Pirates of Dark Water. Canceled before the end but the theme song was dope

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Veritech_@reddit

I mean, this was essentially my childhood. All you need to do is look at my username haha

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Buddha0426@reddit

Ronin warriors, was on every day one year when I was in school, then one day, it was gone.

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Zilch1979@reddit

Saber Rider.

Saw it once and nobody knew what I was talking about.

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Positively_Eric@reddit

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Ok_Egg514@reddit

Miya the bee,

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thumbtackswordsman@reddit

This is THE cartoon in Germany. Every single Germans has seen it.

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tronassembled@reddit

It was pretty lonely over there being the one American who knew the intro song as just "Maaaaaa-yaaaa, Maya the beeeee" and thought that was plenty good

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Ok_Egg514@reddit

I’m Canadian :)

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InfidelZombie@reddit

Biene Maja! Good way to learn German.

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beba507@reddit

She was huuuugeeeeeee in Spain and Latin America. Her and La pequeña Lulú.

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OmegaRainicorn@reddit

Maya.

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Ok_Egg514@reddit

Thanks

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CMJunkAddict@reddit

Centurions. 3 dudes with air, water and land mechs that could be sent configurations of different weapons.

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TizzyTism@reddit

Eureka’s Castle, The Noozles

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RoyalZeal@reddit

The 80s were a wild time.

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KamuiT@reddit

Denver the Last Dinosaur

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FergalCadogan@reddit

He’s our friend and a whole lot more.

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TheSaltyJM@reddit

I would say Ronin Warriors but the more I talk about the more I find people who remember it.

Also COPS

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flaming_bob@reddit

Five different Shogun Warriors cartoons. I was in giant fighting robot heaven all summer long.

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ProfessionalStar4844@reddit

Ronin Warriors

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FergalCadogan@reddit

AAAARRRROOOOWWWW SHOCK WAVE

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Deesmateen@reddit

Glad someone else watched this. I loved it. But it would disappear so quickly. Found it on tubi or something and tried showing my kids

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woohhaa@reddit

Captian Simian and the Space Moneys

My sister and I loved this show and I’ve yet to meet anyone else who remembers it.

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liminalwanderer30@reddit

Fire and Ice is a really cool film if you're into Conan and Heavy Metal but it's weird seeing it grouped with Silver Hawks lol

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lampshadish2@reddit

The one where the boy turned into a car if he got touched by hot water and back into a boy if he touch cold water. Lots of episodes with spilled soup and driving into pools.

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UGoBoy@reddit

Turbo Teen. I remember him transforming by eating a particularly spicy burrito once...

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FriedBreakfast@reddit

Wow. I actually remember that scene.

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zoom518@reddit

It’s like the Hulk meets Knight Rider. And it still freaks me out.

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HiHiHelloHiHiNo@reddit

What was the cartoon where the gigantic woman robot would say TIT 1 TIT 2 and rockets would shoot out of her boobs?

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Ok_Scale4517@reddit

Yes

https://i.redd.it/6oh3fxwbc8se1.gif

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HiHiHelloHiHiNo@reddit

This has followed me my entire life. Did I imagine it? Why would I imagine that? Thank you

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FriedBreakfast@reddit

Until I saw somebody mention it here on Reddit, I thought the Bionic Six was something I dreamed up.

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mdmommy99@reddit

The Kid n Play cartoon. No one ever remembers this.

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ParsleyMostly@reddit

Lol Fire and Ice. My dad recorded that for us on VHS, us being two little 5 and 6 year old girls LMAO.

Mine were Unico, Angel (flower fairy), Galaxy High, Beverly Hill Teens, the Sea Prince and his Fire Child, Twelve Months, and the Wild Swans.

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Newgeta@reddit

Tekkaman the space knight! I shit my pants decades later when I saw him in tatsunoko vs campcom

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SomebodysWeirdSister@reddit

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WarlockAgent@reddit

I had this VHS tape and watched it multiple times a day. Never saw any other episodes until I got older and started using demoniod

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SumpCrab@reddit

Had to scroll a bit for this one. This was my favorite TV show as a kid.

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Lily_Thief@reddit

Unicorn and the Magic Island.

I have no idea how I watched this as a kid, but I sounded absolutely crazy describing it. A dude making a tower out of people turned to stone! And his servant with a magic flute that made them walk. And just.. everything!

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Majestic_Market2006@reddit (OP)

Ok, I'm going to have to look that one up

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FirstDukeofAnkh@reddit

Kidd Video. I was obsessed with that show.

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rootsquasher@reddit

The Mysterious Cities of Gold

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Ta_mere6969@reddit

Don't know if they weren't mainstream, but I loved the Japanese stuff.

I watched Battle of the Planets when I was 4, then got into Voltron, Tranzor-Z, and Robotech in 1985. Didn't like Transformers or GoBots.

My favorite Voltron was the vehicle one, I think it was originally Dairugger V.

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Classic_Barnacle_844@reddit

I talk about Tranzor Z all the time! Better than Voltron in my opinion.

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TinyDogGuy@reddit

We used to play ‘Silverhawks’, when we were kids. We cut arm holes in 45-gallon, black trash bags and ran around with tinfoil taped to our shirts.

At one point, I got in trouble for “using all the trash bags and tinfoil!” (said with a strong Michigan Mom voice)

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GoCartMozart1980@reddit

The BOTS Master

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TurdFerguson2OOO@reddit

Help! It's the hair bear bunch.

I explain this to everyone who will listen to me, but no one remembers it.

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ChavoDemierda@reddit

Fire and Ice was my favorite! I also loved Voltron and Silver Hawks.

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defective_toaster@reddit

Pirates of Dark Water was pretty awesome. Didn't last long though.

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MillersMinion@reddit

That was a great show

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VisibleCoat995@reddit

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Samurai Pizza Cats. They make great pizza but that ain’t all!

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snortwheeze@reddit

Hammerman, weird cartoon. I feel like MC Hammer fought people with music notes?

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emjay144@reddit

I have vague memories of this show. I think I even had a lunchbox for a while.

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General-Winter547@reddit

Exo Squad needs a remake. Come on Netflix.

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IchibanChef@reddit

Star Blazers. It was the US version of Space Battleship Yamato. No one else at my school watched it. They'd play it on channel 21 in Dallas in the early 80s along with Robo tech and Speed Racer. It was like Toonami before there was a Toonami.

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xxrayeyesxx@reddit

Loved Battle of the Planets

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ProfessionalWeird973@reddit

Not a show (but I’d loved to have written seasons of this when I was in my 20s and smokin’)…. Anyone heard of the Venezuelan Saint, Sr. Misterioso?

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theprofromdover@reddit

Loved me some Spiral Zone. Much darker and more nuanced than other cartoons from the time. Looks like it came out in '87. I would have sworn it was later. They had great toys too.

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SarahsDoingStuff@reddit

I rewatched a couple of episodes a few years ago. Yes it’s still a syndicated 80s cartoon so the overall quality is hit or miss but yes, it was dark AF. You could make an absolutely wild live action series today.

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Mind-of-Jaxon@reddit

There was a Peter Pan and the Pirates

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Historical-Piglet-86@reddit

Watched these like a hawk so I could get the answer right at the end! Did anyone else watch this?

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zoom518@reddit

I must have been the only one that watched Filmation’s Ghotsbusters more than The Real Ghostbusters.

By the way, WBD has a free cartoon rewind channel and some of the stuff mentioned in this thread pops up.

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jonbravo1@reddit

Super human samurai cyber squad... wasn't exactly a cartoon but more like temu single power ranger

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TonyNoPants@reddit

Y'all remember Spiral Zone?

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tronassembled@reddit

Did anyone else feel like the only weirdo who went "oh cool like the kid with the dog" when the band Belle and Sebastian got popular?

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JaxxisR@reddit

Kind of late for our crowd but I never really grew out of cartoons. This one had a really short run but I loved it.

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skywalkerRCP@reddit

I watched so much Tranzor Z. M.A.S.K. is another one some people remember but most do not (my first name is Matt so it was only natural to like Matt Tracker).

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raikougal@reddit

SuperTed, Bananaman, Dangermouse (Danger Mouse might have been a carryover from the 70s but I loved it as a kid), Ghost busters (no not THAT one there was ANOTHER iteration of it that was actually much funnier IMO, and they had a big ape as a companion instead of Slimer)

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throwra64512@reddit

I loved that cartoon as a kid. I even had the car. It had cool bat wings.

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dragon_fiesta@reddit

There was one about a bunch of sky pirates that had a monkey parrot hybrid thing. No idea what it was called

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PallasNyx@reddit

Force Five. Same time Monday through Friday with five different shows.

Gaiking Danguard Ace Starvengers Grandizer Spaceketeers

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0fruitjack0@reddit

early to mid 90's i discovered something called exosquad; they only played it in the mornings then, forgot which network. it was so good, esp the 2nd seasons, then it ended in a titanic cliff hanger

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Combatical@reddit

All these years I thought Galaxy Rangers was Silver Hawks. I guess because of the cowboy pilot. I swear I had one of those horses as a toy growing up.

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PallasNyx@reddit

Force Five.

Five shows at the same time on different days.

Gaiking Danguard Ace Starvengers Grandizer Spaceketeers

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voujon85@reddit

dino riders was my favorite

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CarfDarko@reddit

Dino Riders vibe was part of ths inspiration for the Horizon game.

There was an internal competition in the studio and one of the ideas was Dinosaurs with lazors! It went a different route but without DN the idea would never have been born in the first place.

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wickedkid9@reddit

Dino riders was awesome

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BlackshirtDefense@reddit

"Centurions! Power Extreme!"

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Significant-Cut2636@reddit

Flower Angel and Paw Paw Bears

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roadrunner00@reddit

Silverhawks was popular right? I had the lunchbox.

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wickedkid9@reddit

Go-bots

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wickedkid9@reddit

Dino Riders!!!

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TheVenetianMask@reddit

Galaxy Rangers always, it was like proto-Cowboy Bebop. Coolest characters ever too.

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UGoBoy@reddit

Classic intro track as well.

A character whose entire concept is "Clint Eastwood, but a shape shifter" was enough to carry a whole show.

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TheVenetianMask@reddit

Lol yeah the plots were all over the place. At least I grew up not being afraid of quicksand thanks to that one episode where they flee with some natives.

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EAE8019@reddit

Comic Strip.

It was an hour long show with 4 mini shows. Tigersharks , Karate Kat, Mini Monsters and Street Frogs.

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lordtaco@reddit

When the boob missiles fired off in Tranzor Z it blew my little mind in so many different ways.

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snortwheeze@reddit

The Wuzzles! I even had a stuffy of the elephant-butterfly. But no one seems to remember it.

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chidedneck@reddit

My siblings and I had Bumblelion and Rhinokey.

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Kittypie75@reddit

I had the butterbear and the seal/elk guy!

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chidedneck@reddit

Moosel- half moose, half seal

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shadowlarx@reddit

I remember it. They paid tribute to it in a season three episode of the DuckTales reboot, alongside another old Disney cartoon, Tale Spin.

But the elephant wasn’t crossed with a butterfly, he was crossed with a kangaroo. His name was Eleroo. The butterfly was crossed with a bear and named Butterbear.

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snortwheeze@reddit

Thank you! That's right, Eleroo!

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Famous-Somewhere-@reddit

Pandamonium Candy Candy Saturday Supercade

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beba507@reddit

Candy candy and Sabrina (the lil girl that had a cloud for a friend)

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beba507@reddit

Comic strip. No one I tell knows about this. It was a mixed show animated cartoon. it had cool frogs, a karate cat detective, a group of shark/ fish men/ women and monster camp for teens. It was my absolute favorite cartoon. And MONSTERS real life actors in a twilight zone type setting. Thanks. I know I’m not crazy these things were real

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Sunday_Schoolz@reddit

Pretty sure Robotech is well known

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driago@reddit

MASK and Visionaries

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ObiWan-Shinoobi@reddit

Add Ronin Warriors to this list

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alcoyot@reddit

THUNDARRR. Man I loved that era. Where they mixed post apocalyptic sci fi with magical super natural elements. There’s so much good sci-fi and fantasy fiction too that inspired all that. Like from the 70s and 80s

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GutsAndBlackStufff@reddit

There’s a full Mazinger-Z movie on YouTube. Just so you know.

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AltruisticCompany961@reddit

2 Stupid Dogs.

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AltruisticCompany961@reddit

I loved Silverhawks! Even had the action figures that had the wings that pop out!

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BrotherCool@reddit

The Spiral Zone.

One of those dark cartoons that really flew under the radar.

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Eledridan@reddit

Theme song was a banger.

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elkniodaphs@reddit

Fluppy Dogs

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Cisru711@reddit

My sisters loved this movie.

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keepcalmscrollon@reddit

Man I thought I knew all things Disney and I have never even slightly heard of this.

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TheSuperBlindMan@reddit

Silver Hawks is the only one that I remember ever seeing out of the list given.

TransZor sounds like a Temu version of Transformers. I have no idea what that is.

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Eledridan@reddit

Tranzor Z was heavily edited Mazinger Z released in the US.

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MrsEmilyN@reddit

Rose Petal's Place. It was a movie. I had the soundtrack on a cassette tape. I watched and listened obsessively.

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SkullTrauma_II@reddit

Turbo Teen. dude turned into a car when he got hot. the fuck?

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Oraistesu@reddit

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Affectionate-Act1574@reddit

I was found to say Silverhawks, but here you gone done and featured them already. I had two sets of Silverhawks action figures.

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btwrenn@reddit

There was a show on The USA Cartoon Express that, until the internet, I was legit not sure actually existed. The show was called Sport Billy.

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Captain_Quinn@reddit

Widget the world watcher and James Bond jr

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MoeFocka@reddit

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Food_Library333@reddit

Tranzor Z was awesome.

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shadowlarx@reddit

Here’s mine, The Adventures of T-Rex, about five tyrannosaurus brothers who were a vaudeville group by day and superpowered crime fighters by night. It only ran for one season back in the early 90s.

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GinchAnon@reddit

I was into Silverhawks for sure.

One I haven't seen listed was Mutant League. I thought that sit mshit was amazing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutant_League

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ALT3NPFL3G3R@reddit

All of those had absolute "Bangers" for intro songs... The hymns of my generation. We still play them at parties when it gets late and "funny" and everyone is singing along. (Me German btw)

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TopRedacted@reddit

RoboTech shouldn't be in there.

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Felixir-the-Cat@reddit

Goldie Gold and Action Jack

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keepcalmscrollon@reddit

Shirt Tails? Snorks? The Get Along Gang? I think I'd watch literally anything that came on Saturday morning.

Remember how they had a show at the beginning of the season kind of showcasing all of the cartoons in their Saturday Morning lineup? At least NBC did but I think other networks may have too.

Anyway, I remember having a stuffy from Shirt Tails that maybe came from a fast food tie-in? And a Get Along Gang advent calander of all things.

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peekaboooobakeep@reddit

Noodles

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Fair_Blood3176@reddit

Puff the Magic Dragon

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keepcalmscrollon@reddit

Didn't Burgess Meredith play Puff? (Meredith was the Penguin from Batman, Rocky's trainer who dies in part III after getting attacked by Mr T IIRC, and the guy in Twilight Zone who finally had time to read all the books he wanted, if you didn't know. He was, oddly, a reoccurring character in my childhood).

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Mr_SunnyBones@reddit

People haven't heard of Battle of the Planets/G-Force???

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Significant_Dog412@reddit

I hadn't until the internet. Not sure if it just never came to Britain (we were even further behind the US on anything Japanese, despite places like France and Italy getting anime earlier), or was a bit too early in the 80s for me.

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Mr_SunnyBones@reddit

It did air in the UK , but maybe before your time! It was on one of the Saturday morning BBC shows in the mid 80s ..what's really weird is , I'm in Ireland , RTE ( Irish TV station) showed the Battle of the Planets version on Saturday mornings , and BBC showed G-Force shortly after , and both shows were remixes basically of a show called Gatchaman , so shared some characters etc , but not others!

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Significant_Dog412@reddit

Cheers. Looking online, I'm seeing 84/85 UK air dates which would explain me missing it, being only 2-3. Mysterious Cities of Gold is another cartoon often cited in the UK as "early anime" that I just missed.

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KnifeFightAcademy@reddit

The Silverhawks theme song has been my ringtone for as long as I have been able to have custom ringtones :) still not sick of hearing it.

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alberthere@reddit

Mighty Man and Yukk

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nemomnemonic@reddit

Tranzor, seriously? That is how you call Mazinger?

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VVrayth@reddit

I definitely watched the Police Academy animated series, both seasons of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (AND the live-action series, the actual thing in this list you've never heard of), and Where's Waldo.

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this_knee@reddit

I don’t know if it qualifies , as it was a game, but in my imagination it was a full on cartoon: Drakkhen.

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GhostChips42@reddit

It wasn’t really a cartoon, but I feel like I’m the only one of my friends who remembers Terrahawks.

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HopelessMagic@reddit

Paw Paw Bears! I actually collected all the merchandise from the show as well. If you Google Paw Paw Bears and see a picture of PVCs and plushies, it's very likely my personal collection.

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LifePedalEnjoyer@reddit

I had so many one of action figures from failed TV/toy projects. Most of which came from a discount sore called Bargain Town.

One of these toys from Darkstar, I think. He was an orange wolf guy with a translucent body. You could turn a wheel on his back that made sparks inside his chest.
https://youtu.be/iZTrsx2s02Q?si=6Ni3QaeCjw2Kj65J

I had a Centurion (the water guy with green armor) and Leoric from Visionaries.

Also had a bunch of late He-Man toys from The Horde and Snake Men villainous factions.

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Flashy-Share8186@reddit

I remember g-force and silver hawks! Not the others you mentioned. Someone mentioned mask and shirt tales, I remember them! Do you remember the snorks? I only recall the theme song.

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Majestic_Market2006@reddit (OP)

Yeah! The Snorks were like underwater Smurfs. Snorked that snorking snorker right is his snork!

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TheQueefyQuiche@reddit

Alright team, this has been eluding me for years, if this rings any bells, please let me know.

Was around late 80s I'm guessing. It was a whole family of...global crime fighters/heroes, each having their own unique ability. Mom n Dad were at the helm n I think there were two or three kids. Older boy wore like a karate kid style bandana n would meditate and I think his expertise was like martial arts. I think they wore uniformish outfits, either khaki or gray with red/blue/yellow highlights. I think one of them could fly, but not all of them, so they had a ship to move the whole team around.

Thats all of the fever dream i can recall...Any guesses?

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