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PhysicsStock2247@reddit

Dinosaucers. It was my go to cartoon to watch before the school bus arrived.

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Tentonham@reddit

When I was a kid this and Denver the last dinosaur played back to back in the DINO POWER HOUR! It was great.

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CottaBird@reddit

I still get the theme to Denver the last dinosaur stuck in my head

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mecha_toddzilla80@reddit

Never met anyone else as an adult who remembers this.

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

Right here! I absolutely loved this show. I was deep into my dinosaur phase when this show aired, so I was one happy kid.

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JonnyQuest1981@reddit

I can’t recall a single episode or character name, but can confirm, this show was amazing.

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CottaBird@reddit

Ichy the ichthyosaur is the only name I remember. I got up extra early in kindergarten to have this half hour block before I went to school.

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Creepy_Throat8335@reddit

I still remember Dinosaucers! Allo was, is, and always my favorite character from this show.

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Sarzek@reddit

Here in México they were a big deal, the dubs were hilarious!

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el_pinko_grande@reddit

I only got to see this show like 3-4 times when I was a kid, which I viewed as tragic, because I was unusually obsessed with dinosaurs even for a kid.

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ShortBrownAndUgly@reddit

I still sing parts of the intro to myself sometimes

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InvisibleGiantess@reddit

Vaguely remember the show but vividly remember the toy triceratops we had with the saddle, mask, and rider. Super cool

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Dashcamkitty@reddit

Mysterious Cities of Gold and Kissyfer.

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blondeviking64@reddit

This show made me think that a DeLorean could help me fly before I had ever seen back to the future.

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Trismesjistus@reddit

M-M-M-M-MASK! Liked the show and had several of the toys. Still have, had kinda thought my kids might like but my 2 sons could not care less.

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TifanAching@reddit

Did this have a character that used the spoiler of their car as a glider? I remember getting that toy as a kid.

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Has_Two_Cents@reddit

I had the boulder hill gas station and all the action figures. Loved this show.

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Abidarthegreat@reddit

The cartoon was alright, but the toys were absolutely amazing.

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August_T_Marble@reddit

This is it. This is what I came here for.

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pmo0710@reddit

The best toys out there, super fun and creative

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EricRShelton@reddit

I had to scroll way too far to find this. I had a cheap vinyl wallet from Chuck E. Cheese that I put a StarCom sticker on so I could be more grownup/awesome. Those toys were amazing.

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I had the big bad triangle ship with the little triangle fighters that magneted in place, and the big US ship with the expanding cargo pod and a bunch of white mini fighters and tons of guys and and and I need a nap. These were the best. Yeah bitch! Magnets!

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xXsaberstrikeXx@reddit

Holy crap these toys were so much fun.

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Darkest_Rahl@reddit

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Anyone remember Bravestarr?

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reviewbarn@reddit

Yep. Actually tracked down the first episode a few years back. Explains my love of Firefly and Cowboy Bebop.

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blondeviking64@reddit

I believe the internet archive had the full series.

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avalonfaith@reddit

I just watched the live action Cowboy Bebop the other week and was throughly delighted.

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Trashman82@reddit

I do!

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ReplacementAlive4370@reddit

Eye of the hawk, ear of the wolf, strength of the bear, speed of the puma.

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Tinyhulk27@reddit

Eyes of the hawk Ears of the wolf Strength of a bear Speed of ( some other western animal)

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Darkest_Rahl@reddit

Speed of a puma

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joshuastar@reddit

(puma) (puma) (puma)

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song2sideb@reddit

This is the one I was coming for. It was a good mystic, space western with an anthropomorphic, cyborg horse.

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blondeviking64@reddit

Pirates of dark water

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Responsible_Sound_71@reddit

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IceSmiley@reddit

.I only remember this because my younger brother watched it when it reran on early Cartoon Network. There was a guy named Max Ray? 😂

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Responsible_Sound_71@reddit

You are correct. Idk if it was just me, but he had to be based off of Burt Reynolds right?!

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IceSmiley@reddit

Max Ray was a Burt Reynolds character?

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Eledridan@reddit

Were Doc Terror and Hacker a couple?

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2099AD@reddit

A couple of jerks!

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Champ_5@reddit

Power extreme!!

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BodyBagSlam@reddit

Yep. This one was fun too. The toys were neat as well. You could mix and match stuff. Of course, that also meant random pieces parts everywhere. But still, a cool memory to share. I want to say I had a few issues of the comics. Likewise with the Visionaries.

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Spirited-Gold117@reddit

Belle and Sebastian. It was on Nickelodeon. I loved that show. Also, Dangermouse.

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mattbagodonuts@reddit

I’ve never met another person that remembers Belle and Sebastian.

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Spirited-Gold117@reddit

Well here I am. I fuckin loved that dog

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mattbagodonuts@reddit

Sebastian’s mom was trash though.

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LiliWenFach@reddit

It's possibly the earliest cartoon I remember watching (I was born in '85). I can remember sitting on my nan's sofa and the opening of an episode. I don't remember Belle, but the name Sebastian stayed with me - but like you, no one else I knew watched it, so it was many years before I worked out its name.

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Illustrious_You_6210@reddit

My afternoon un summer were consumed by watching Belle and Sebastian, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, then Gene Autry theater.

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barbeloh@reddit

Mysterious Cities of Gold and Spartacus ran at dawn where I lived. I would wake up super early to watch them

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Dark-Empath-@reddit

The Mysterious Cities of Gold, now you’re talking!

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avalonfaith@reddit

Watched Dangermouse and remember B&S but never watched.

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Champ_5@reddit

Dangermouse was awesome

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PapaTua@reddit

He's the greatest super agent in the world!

Dangermouse and Count Duckula were on back to back for me.

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avalonfaith@reddit

Count Duckula!!!!!

Remember the Bunickula books?

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PapaTua@reddit

Belle and Sebastian was so wonderful! It lives in the same fuzzy place as David the Gnome.

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Thee-lorax-@reddit

Loved that show.

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vikmaychib@reddit

Eek the cat

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InvisibleGiantess@reddit

This is my girlfriend, Annabelle.

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Trashman82@reddit

She's really, ...fat.

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InvisibleGiantess@reddit

Really?!

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HangryHangryHedgie@reddit

A masterpiece by Silverman! Who also did The Simpsons!

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Trashman82@reddit

Terrible Thunderlizards was cool too

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avalonfaith@reddit

Holy shit! Yeeeessss! Eek the Cat was like a be home to watch at this time like 'dults watching Northern Exposure thing. My mom loved it too, which was helpful.

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GutsAndBlackStufff@reddit

Bubblegum Crisis

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dekion101@reddit

Pris!

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Acceptable_Class_576@reddit

Zone Riders and Galaxy Rangers

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dekion101@reddit

Galaxy Rangers and Spiral Zone were great, but pretty dark at times, which is probably why I liked them.

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LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit

Spiral Zone?

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Acceptable_Class_576@reddit

That one

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LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit

I remember the toys were so cool, but too expensive.

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Acceptable_Class_576@reddit

I never had one. Remember seeing one in the store and asking my mom, but she said no.

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LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit

Same here...

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81amarok@reddit

Mr Dress-up. Apparently it was Canadian 🤷🏽‍♂️. But I grew up in Michigan. We got it when I was a kid. But not a ton of others from Michigan.

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fivefootmommy@reddit

I remeber him too! I am also from the Mitten.

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bikeonychus@reddit

WHEELED WARRIORRRRS!

This is the only time I have heard Jace and the wheeled warriors mentioned outside of conversations between me and my husband.

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evilw@reddit

It aired at 7:30am during a weekday. I’d squeeze it in before heading the bus stop. I’ve never met anyone who knows this show!

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bikeonychus@reddit

Ah, we were in the UK, so it was a little different.

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evilw@reddit

Oh, wild! I’m from Detroit and could tune in the CBC so maybe that’s how I watched. Figured that was why I never met anyone who remembered the show. But aired in the UK too!

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fivefootmommy@reddit

I am also from the Detroit area. I loved Jace, but once I moved south no one had ever heard of it

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Mr_SunnyBones@reddit

It was on Sky ( a satellite channel)on saturday mornings if I remember rightly ( Im in Ireland)

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brodievonorchard@reddit

You never came home from the bar with me 10+ years ago when this and the theme from MASK were staples of my drunken YouTube karaoke.

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evilw@reddit

Yasss!

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LiliWenFach@reddit

I'm in the UK. I seem to remember it being on really early in the morning. One of the earliest cartoons I remember, along with Sharky and George.

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bikeonychus@reddit

Yeah, it was weekends though. Saturday mornings.

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killit@reddit

I'm in the UK too, I LOVED Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors! My dad would take me to the local video shop and tell me to pick something, this was one of my favourites, don't know how many times we rented it but would probably have been better just buying it lol. None of my friends knew what it was, or were interested in watching it, so it was just me and my brother

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Philhughes_85@reddit (OP)

Same for me, I only know of it because an off-licence at the top of my street did VHS rentals and they had some weird stuff and this was up there.

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DrSheetzMTO@reddit

Those toys were dope.

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Steelysam2@reddit

My kids found my old ones a few months ago. They still go hard.

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Eledridan@reddit

Stack and attack! I had Armed Force, so all the other toys could snap to that frame.

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jbott456@reddit

Dude, I’ve been searching for the name of this show since I was 7. Thank you.

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ShowMeYourHappyTrail@reddit

Wuzzles, Snorks, and the old Dungeons and Dragons cartoon (which was way more obscure before the recent D&D boom lol).

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IceSmiley@reddit

I had Snorks toys and i have no idea what fast food restaurant they were from, not sure if it was happy meal toys

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ShowMeYourHappyTrail@reddit

What?! Amazing! My favorite Happy Meal toys were the Fraggles in their veggie cars.

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IceSmiley@reddit

Yea and I had the yellow guy, Tooter and the girl but idk what fast food restaurant it was from, my grandma used to get me food from there, I know the Fraggle Rock cars youre talking about though, i have the guy riding in a carrot car at my mums house 🤣

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Specific_Hamster6778@reddit

Snorks and Wuzzles were awesome!

My mom wouldn't let me watch the D&D show. She thought there was something bad/evil about it or something.

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ShowMeYourHappyTrail@reddit

Yeah, the old Satanic Panic era in the 80s. Lol I think they are on Youtube if you want to see them.

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Specific_Hamster6778@reddit

I couldn't remember exactly why but now that you say that, it was exactly that! I may have to check out an episode to see what I missed 😀.

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ResurgentClusterfuck@reddit

Snorks the underwater Smurfs

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ShowMeYourHappyTrail@reddit

Yep! Loved Smurfs too, but it's much more well known.

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EricRShelton@reddit

Literally! Secret Galaxy just did a video on it!

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lateral_moves@reddit

I loved Jayce and The Wheeled Warriors as a kid. I still have my metal waste paper basket from way back when. I always wished Super7 or Nacelle would do a line of figs.

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loves_spain@reddit

Swat Kats and Marsupilami (at least marsupilami was not very well known in the USA)

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xXsaberstrikeXx@reddit

🎵BIONIC, BIONIC SIX!!! Oooo-ooo, ooo-ooo🎶

And SAMURAI PIZZA CATS!

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2099AD@reddit

Would somebody PLEASE cue that boid?!

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loves_spain@reddit

Jerry Attric lol 😆

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supguy99@reddit

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IceSmiley@reddit

Bo's the man...it's gonna be a grand slam! (Bo whacks a bunch of tanks with a giant log and they explode)

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Eledridan@reddit

Wish they would update and reboot this.

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LiliWenFach@reddit

I don't believe I used to watch this as I had zero interest in sport, but for some reason I know the theme tune.

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GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit

This popped into my brain. Anyone else watch Peter Pan & The Pirates on Fox?

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loves_spain@reddit

Smeeeeee!

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C0BRA_V1P3R@reddit

Yup. With Tim Curry as the voice of Captain Hook.

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DaDutchBoyLT1@reddit

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smokeshack@reddit

The NES game was one of my top ten disappointments as a kid.

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avalonfaith@reddit

Yep!

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chispitothebum@reddit

The theme was sooooo good.

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Atomic_Wedge@reddit

Don't think I've met anyone who's heard of James Bond Jr.

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IceSmiley@reddit

Id heard of James Bond movies but id never seen one and this was my first exposure. I watched the live action Bond movies when i was older and this was my frame of reference.

🎶James Bond Jr chases SCUM...around the world!🎶

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Atomic_Wedge@reddit

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Grinzy@reddit

Don't remember this one...

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LiliWenFach@reddit

I remember this! Was on around the same time as Captain Planet, and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

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hacksawomission@reddit

Good grief I hum the theme song all the time. He got his name from his uncle James...!

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junietwohundred@reddit

I can still sing the theme song. There are so many other things I could remember, but I’ve got the full James Bond Jr. theme song instead.

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queenquirk@reddit

The Littles

Noozles

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IceSmiley@reddit

I remember the Noozles. It was the first anime many American kids watched 😂

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Aware_Policy_9174@reddit

I had completely forgotten about The Littles until I saw it on the forgotten tv shows sub a few months ago. I think I got confused because I also read the borrowers books as a kid.

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avalonfaith@reddit

Yes to both! Noozles!

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Rawbeet@reddit

Bucky o hare is more abstract than it should be. It had a couple awesome games and one of the first crushes I had on a girl was that psychic cat.

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2099AD@reddit

Bucky O'Hare was originally a comic series created by Larry Hama, the guy that did basically the entire run of GI Joe comics in the 80s (and had a pretty lengthy run on Wolverine's solo comic).

The comics only comprise what was like the first episode of the cartoon, which means a LOT of the show had to be made up by the animation team.

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Rawbeet@reddit

Thank you for this as now i must look into the comics.

I know the arcade has some original dialog by the voice cast. Which is worth checking out on mame.

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2099AD@reddit

The Bucky O'Hare comic stories were originally printed in the first six issues an anthology series called Echo of Futurepast (which only had 9 issues total).

And then it got reprinted a bunch of times:

http://buckyohare.org/comic.shtml

Also, yeah, the arcade game is really fun! I've actually gotten to play on a legit machine a few times.

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Rawbeet@reddit

This is awesome! There's even more episodes of the show!

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Grinzy@reddit

BUCKY O'HARE AND THE TOAD WARS

I've always loved the name of the ship "The Righteous Indignation"

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Philhughes_85@reddit (OP)

One of my D&D characters is a Harengon rogue called Bucky o’ Harengon

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jrv3034@reddit

Danger Mouse

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tearlock@reddit

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Grinzy@reddit

Holy shit this scratches at the very back of my brain...

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PapaTua@reddit

Spartikus and the Sun beneath the Sea

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Grinzy@reddit

That looks pretty obscure...

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VoddieMC@reddit

So excellent. That theme tune is an underrated banger.

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Eledridan@reddit

This is mine. Such an awesome cartoon. Just a wild premise and a banger theme for the second season.

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Soulsingin1@reddit

Anyone else watch The Smoggies?

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Grinzy@reddit

Nope! New one to me

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LiliWenFach@reddit

I can still remember the theme tune!

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BlackVulcanLonghorn@reddit

NOBODY remembers The Bots Master...

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Grinzy@reddit

Never even heard of this one...

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phillium@reddit

Was that the one that had that 3D section in each episode where you'd have to put on the glasses?

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BlackVulcanLonghorn@reddit

YES!

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phillium@reddit

Huh, reading up on it (and looking up the odd one-sided sunglasses they supplied), the 3d effect was something called the Pulfrich Effect. Apparently, the brain takes a little longer to process a dark image than a bright one, so the image coming into the eye with the dark lens is processed about a frame behind the other one, giving the 3d effect. It also lets the video look fine for people without the glasses. Nifty.

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underscorea@reddit

ZZ for short!

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gummi-demilo@reddit

Was coming here to post this

I wanted to be Lady Frenzy

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vikmaychib@reddit

Lazer time, boys!

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TheGroovyGhoulie@reddit

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TheGroovyGhoulie@reddit

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TheGroovyGhoulie@reddit

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TheGroovyGhoulie@reddit

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windmillninja@reddit

Peter Pan and the Pirates, featuring the legendary Tim Curry as the voice of Captain Hook.

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jackfaire@reddit

Captain N the Game Master

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CaptainNinjaX@reddit

Captain N - The Game Master

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StChas77@reddit

I used to have the first two Captain N comics, but they got thrown out when I went to college.

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LazerShark1313@reddit

Finally one I remember!

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tearlock@reddit

Inhumanoids

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tearlock@reddit

I had one of the toys.

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CottaBird@reddit

Dinosaucers!

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Cozy_Minty@reddit

One of my favorite cartoons was Galaxy High School, which is about a nerdy unpopular girl who transfers to go to high school in outer space, where she becomes the most popular girl in the entire school and they even buy her a car. I was pretty nerdy, shy, and unpopular so this show was a lot of wish fulfillment for me lol

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PvtHudson093@reddit

How can you forget about Doyle the jock that transfers along with her and neds up being the unpopular kid.

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LiliWenFach@reddit

I remember the characters could get a sort of spray tan to change the colour of their skin. Five year old me thought that was so cool.

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PapaTua@reddit

Galaxy High! Galaxy High!

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Dark-Empath-@reddit

I enjoyed the theme tune too

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BijouWilliams@reddit

Nobody ever seems to remember this one! I really enjoyed it.

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ASH_the_silent@reddit

No one has mentioned Sky Commanders yet!?

Okay, yeah it was pretty forgettable, but Ziplines!

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Adorable_Factor_7483@reddit

For the longest time, my deathtrap of an attic was strung with neon cords EVERYWHERE.

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SorrentoTaft@reddit

Is Captain Power considered obscure?

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Adorable_Factor_7483@reddit

Definitely -- the show didn't even air in my region.

I had the VHS, but only saw one live-action episode on vacation.

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dirtbagmagee@reddit

Raccoons

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Philhughes_85@reddit (OP)

Watched that every Saturday morning

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Adorable_Factor_7483@reddit

Shirt Tales Kidd Video Sky Commanders The Power Team Bigfoot and the Monster Machines

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calbearlupe@reddit

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PvtHudson093@reddit

I fucking loved this show as a child.

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Duke_of_Brabant@reddit

I loved Dungeons and Dragons!

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calbearlupe@reddit

I did too. Not many remember this show.

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CTAMN@reddit

SKELETON WARRIORS!

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illprobablyeditthis@reddit

VAN-PIRES!

Though I guess its only partially animated. I don't know anyone else who has ever heard this one. It feels like a fever dream.

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2099AD@reddit

I remember catching this show ONCE in high school, and I only watched because I was in a 3D animation class at the time.

It was awful. Be glad you don't remember more of it.

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illprobablyeditthis@reddit

oh i'm well aware it was awful lol

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Pharmacy_Duck@reddit

Space Sentinels

Actually from the 70s, but aired in the UK in the early 80s.

And, probably likewise, the New Shmoo.

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C0BRA_V1P3R@reddit

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onecharmingschmuck@reddit

The evil that lies within!

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Horror-Particular-15@reddit

This theme song pops into my head probably 2x/month

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PapaTua@reddit

DeeEEEEeeeeCooooOOoMmmmmPppoooOOOsssEeeeeeee!

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BodyBagSlam@reddit

The toys for these were my white whale for a time in my teenage years.

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C0BRA_V1P3R@reddit

They were pretty great. I think I had most of the Earth Corps, Magnokor, and two of the giant Inhumanoids (D. Compose and Tendril).

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BodyBagSlam@reddit

I always wanted Tendril! Now I want to watch it.

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Seven19td@reddit

I didn’t know of many other kids who watched this back then

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pmo0710@reddit

Actually the real obscure one of the trio is Tigersharks. If Silverhawks is basically thundercats in space Tigersharks is Thundercats underwater.

https://youtu.be/J_GWnCOYk2Q?si=5f9LFSt3uKE6Dz4n

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Effective-Ladder9459@reddit

Dear God

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Acceptable_Class_576@reddit

Don't think this one qualifies as obscure.

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RaptureInRed@reddit

I only remembered it when I saw that kid

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WasteOfBerries@reddit

That's because they're only partly metal, partly real

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PapaTua@reddit

Wings of silver. Nerves of steel!

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Brasticus@reddit

Tallyhawk!

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Champ_5@reddit

Partly metal, partly real!

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tomaxisntxamot@reddit

One of those weird 80s franchises where the theme song is more famous than the show. "Tally Hawk!!!!" has had free rent in my head for 30+ years

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DrThunderCheeks@reddit

Bought the entire series on amazon, but more specifically have the 7 series comic run. Number 4 was my white whale at conventions looking through old boxes until my wife cheated and bought it on eBay for me.

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Responsible_Sound_71@reddit

Still have several episodes on my cartoon tape of this

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JeddHampton@reddit

Science Court (in squigglevision).

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Trashman82@reddit

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Duke_of_Brabant@reddit

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Mike__________@reddit

C.O.P.S.

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2099AD@reddit

The Central Organization of Police Specialists?!

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Duke_of_Brabant@reddit

Bionic Six

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chunkerton_chunksley@reddit

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice!

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2099AD@reddit

Ooo! I was on the GI Joe-themed podcast, KNOWING IS HALF THE PODCAST to talk about KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF JUSTICE last September: https://retroandyart.com/2025/09/knowing-is-half-the-podcast-king-arthur-and-the-knights-of-justice/

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Norwester77@reddit

Anyone else remember Turbo Teen, the one about the teenager who turned into a car when he got too hot?

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void_which_binds00@reddit

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2099AD@reddit

My introduction to body horror.

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Thee-lorax-@reddit

I remember that show. What a horrible premise. I still watched it though.

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Norwester77@reddit

So bizarre!

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1nce_Again@reddit

Herculoids

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DerelictWrath@reddit

Exo-squad.

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petrov32@reddit

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alliwantedwasajetski@reddit

I don’t think the show aired where we lived, but I definitely remember those toys.

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petrov32@reddit

The toys were fire!

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killit@reddit

I've tried to remember the name of this show and couldn't for years. This had the holograms didn't it?

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RebelScum77@reddit

Came here to say this. Loved this show. It had a great toy line as well

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deephurting66@reddit

I found the entire series DVD outside of a Dollar General, this was an awesome little series

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Philhughes_85@reddit (OP)

That’s amazing!

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VoddieMC@reddit

IYKYK.

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phillium@reddit

I swear to god, some of you are just making up weird sounding names.

"You mean you've never heard of Floggle and the Zip Zops, the underwater rock band that saves the galaxy each week? What about Meatruscular, the one about the monster truck with muscles? Hork? No explanation needed for that one, for sure, right?"

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MLDaffy@reddit

I don't know if it's really "obscure" persay but I never hear anyone mention it.

James Bond Jr

It came on really early in the mornings so was a treat if was able to get up in time to watch it. Was like the first cartoon of the day 😂

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MLDaffy@reddit

I don't know if it's really "obscure" persay but I never hear anyone mention it.

James Bond Jr

It came on really early in the mornings so was a treat if was able to get up in time to watch it. Was like the first cartoon of the day 😂

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ReplacementAlive4370@reddit

This show pops into my head at least once a quarter.

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Arishaddai@reddit

Hammerman, 1991

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SirLexington81@reddit

Mighty Max!!!

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youfunnyhoneybunny@reddit

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Chemtrails_in_my_VD@reddit

Dino Riders really deserved more than one season.

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mesosuchus@reddit

at least it has a new toyline

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SheemieRayVaughan@reddit

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ShortBrownAndUgly@reddit

I wanted that damn T. rex so bad

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

Dinosaurs with frickin' laser beams (and cannons). The 80s just rocked.

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Aresmsu@reddit

I had this action figure! Man Dino riders was fun

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noonesaidityet@reddit

If anyone ever asks what being a child in the 80s was like, just show them this gif.

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cirkoolio@reddit

Brave star about a Sheriff and his talking horse who had a gun named Mary Jane

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Eledridan@reddit

30-30 was the horse.

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cirkoolio@reddit

Ah. The fog of memory…thanks!

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Jaleou@reddit

I never see Inch High Private Eye mentioned.

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Mr_SunnyBones@reddit

Loved JATWW as a kid , only found out it was based on toyline years later ( since the toys never made it to my country)

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Hntrbdnshog@reddit

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RaptureInRed@reddit

That Highlander cartoon. I loved it

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Eledridan@reddit

They’re rebooting the franchise and I wish they would just do a live action of the cartoon. It was so cool.

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AssistantNo5668@reddit

I used to like visionaries

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Philhughes_85@reddit (OP)

Visionaries was an awesome show

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evanweb546@reddit

I know they're in the zeitgeist as the knockoff Transformers... but GoBots was kinda awesome. My grandma had them on VHS, she'd taped them for my slightly older cousin. Also had some of the toys in the shared grandkid toybox.

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Eledridan@reddit

GoBots came out first.

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Shelbycobra82@reddit

GoBots and Rock Lords

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StillhasaWiiU@reddit

GoBots was my jam. Turbo was my favorite character.

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rideofthebasilisks@reddit

My buddy Brian and I would play as Skeeter and Crasher

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seaderforge@reddit

The Pirates of Dark Water was really good, not too obscure though I guess for some people.

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BarbaraBattles@reddit

Came here for this. Great show and also a great video game!

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seaderforge@reddit

We were robbed of a conclusion to the story! Just ended abruptly and no season 2 😕

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Eledridan@reddit

They were getting ready to confront The Dark Dweller. It was bullshit that they cancelled it.

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shankthedog@reddit

Noy Jitat!

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Ok-Somewhere-2325@reddit

Stupid monkey bird

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Reasonable_Effort_@reddit

Loved that one.

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avalonfaith@reddit

I just saw it being on one of the streams. It has to be either Pluto, Netflix, or peacock.

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seaderforge@reddit

Tubi is free, you can purchase it on others

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watchyerheadgoose@reddit

That's what I came to say.

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semi5onic@reddit

Skeleton warriors!!

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Sophism@reddit

The Mighty Orbots

So obscure I can barely even remember the show. Flashes of it pop into my head sometimes.

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Nyotree-001@reddit

Loved this show

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Cpmartini1@reddit

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Trismesjistus@reddit

I kind of had the hots for the princess

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Ok-Somewhere-2325@reddit

Teknoman "aka tekkman blade" would come on at 730 am on sat on upn channel 13 in la , I didnt have cable so I would bike to my friends house to watch it.

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LiliWenFach@reddit

Rude Dog and the Dweebs

Hurricanes (about a football(soccer) team)

Inspector Gadget

Heathcliff

Greenclaws

The Dreamstone

Shoe People

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HardyCheil@reddit

Hurricanes (storm time is comin' to you today)

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pigspoon874@reddit

Ronin Warriors

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RadGnarly42@reddit

Not quite from when I was a kid but I do remember really liking the one season of Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys.

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MonkeyBoy0420@reddit

To this day I can still hear the title theme in my head. The very specific way they said Captaaaaaaiiiiinnnn simian and the spaaaaaaaaacccccceeee monkeys.

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gooch_norris_@reddit

Oh my god yes this show was hilarious

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steamtroll@reddit

The Adventures of Captain Bucky O'Hare Biker Mice From Mars The Tick Kidd Video

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MonkeyBoy0420@reddit

The tick while amazing was barely a kids show like ren and stimpy was one.

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Sp00nD00d@reddit

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theprofromdover@reddit

I was looking to see if anyone posted this one. Had a good, dark, ongoing story. More like a anime than a normal American cartoon. Loved the toys too.

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MonkeyBoy0420@reddit

Not from as a kid but my favorite obscure one was The Jackie Chan Adventures. Bad Day bad day bad day.

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iLayBackinSalt@reddit

Duckula

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Philhughes_85@reddit (OP)

Count Duckula was fantastic, with a great theme

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AaronLeeR@reddit

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EmPalsPwrgasm@reddit

Looked it up, the intro rocks. Am gonna watch. Has that pull of genuine wonder and adventure that some of those shows back then had

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AbominablePloughman@reddit

Fuck! I loved this and had totally forgot it existed

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Xybots@reddit

The theme music has lived rent-free in my head for decades

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Rapidwatch2024@reddit

The punky Brewster show.

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cakergaard1@reddit

This theme song still gets stuck in my head all the time.

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Both-Artichoke5117@reddit

I loved the Rainbow Brite cartoon when I was little. It didn’t last long, there was only one season but I watched it a lot.

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phantom_phreak29@reddit

Jayce had the best opening and end credits song of the 80s. Only thing that's close is Lisa lougheeds come with us from the ending of the racoons

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AbominablePloughman@reddit

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Vegetable-Yellow997@reddit

I remember this being on at 6.30 in the morning and me waking up early and sneaking downstairs to watch it with the volume low

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madogvelkor@reddit

My favorite as a kid

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gi85on_@reddit

I have the box set on dvd

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SnappyDresser212@reddit

Inhumanoids.

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TrixieBastard@reddit

Snorks
Mighty Max
The Get-Along Gang

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midlife_marauder@reddit

SuperTed

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MetaPhalanges@reddit

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

I don't see any wheels in that picture!

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ArthurBea@reddit

The New Adventures of Beany & Cecil. A reboot of a midcentury cartoon, but done by John Kricfalusi before Ren & Stimpy.

Also the Sam & Max, Freelance Police cartoon, about a dog and bunny duo, based on a cult comic.

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Lindenismean@reddit

I was absolutely obsessed with Exo Squad. They didn’t shy away from the horrors of war or racism either.

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mesosuchus@reddit

It's surprising that this has not been rebooted.

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Lindenismean@reddit

It’d be amazing as a live action.

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WhimsicalPonies@reddit

I loved it show! And the toys were amazing. Had a whole shelf of them when I was 12. Still remember those tiny plastic “fusion packs” that stuck in the back.

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hacksawomission@reddit

Oh man, slavery, genocide, genetic engineering, human machine integration, and the toys were awesome to boot.

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Lindenismean@reddit

I did a rewatch a few years back, and while the animation is pretty par for the course for its time the story is still excellent and holds its own.

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Shabbadoo1015@reddit

Don’t think this is obscure. Routinely referenced as having one of the best theme songs in these types of discussions.

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leshpar@reddit

Bucky o hare. I didn't get into Jace until my late 30s. That show is still awesome!

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jikt@reddit

We have the French version of this theme song on our playlist because it's fucking awesome (and my wife is French). Even our kids go nuts when they hear the opening and they have no idea what it's about beyond what is said in the song.

That theme song is up there with Pokémon.

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_plays_in_traffic_@reddit

how bout roboforce or robotech?

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karaloveskate@reddit

I don’t remember the name of it, but it was about three guys battling someone and they had different battle suits, one took to the skies, another on land and the third was water based

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kwecl2@reddit

Captain Star

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Jaumpasama@reddit

Probably Spiral Zone.

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platinumperineum@reddit

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Dino Riders

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New_Collection5295@reddit

Bionic Six. That theme song has lived in my head rent free for decades.

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PapaTua@reddit

Oooh oooh oooh oooh!

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cracklincornbread@reddit

Zoobulee Zoo, it wasn’t a cartoon but it always made me feel like a weirdo.

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PapaTua@reddit

Welcome to Zoobulee Zoo!

Starting Ben Vereen.

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moonbunnychan@reddit

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PapaTua@reddit

I feel like I learned a lot about Australia watching this. It was my introduction to the Dreamtime and that it was called Uluru, not Ayers Rock.

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big_ringer@reddit

Mighty Orbots - that lawsuit from Tonka forced it into obscurity.

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Has_Two_Cents@reddit

I loved M.A.S.K. I had the boulder hill had station toy and all the action figures

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RanklesTheOtter@reddit

Battletech!

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New_Collection5295@reddit

You dare to refuse my batchall?!?

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RanklesTheOtter@reddit

Refuse your what!? 0.o

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trinicron@reddit

Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog (late 70s)

This was extremely extremely dark.

Animals just died here and there, bullies all around and not only adults figures out cold figures but when nature, really, everybody just hated the frog, abuse, I recall one episode where he becomes friend to a bird who flies him away... While on a broken wing and add expected (I think) the board just dies.

It was strange that bad stuff just happened, just.. Because.

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Ragnocello@reddit

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AttilaTheFun818@reddit

Nobody seems to remember Hammerman, the MC Hammer cartoon

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pickledpeachesforall@reddit

I remember being about 8 and renting ? Beeny and Cecil from the video store once a month. It came with Mr Magoo as well

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

Lazer Tag. I think it only had one season, but I thought it was awesome. It made me want the blaster and target set, which my cousin and I eventually got. Man they wrer fun (while they worked)!

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cracklincornbread@reddit

I had Lazer Tag the show bed sheets on my twin beds as a child.

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

I never knew they had that. Cool!

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Effective-Okra@reddit

Shirt Tales

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Round-Brother-4863@reddit

The Littles.

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Possible-Tip-2914@reddit

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mustangsgone_mad@reddit

Don't remember this one.

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Shelbycobra82@reddit

Mighty Max

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chapmandan@reddit

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chispitothebum@reddit

Tranzor-Z

Kid piloted a giant robot stored under a swimming pool. The girl robot dhot missiles from her boobs.

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Steelysam2@reddit

Lol. This is verbatim what I was going to say. I can't believe they got away with boob missiles!

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elkniodaphs@reddit

Fluppy Dogs

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WritingNerdy@reddit

I had their coloring book.

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SplakyD@reddit

Voltron

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Linguistic1@reddit

Stone Protectors

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sal_pair_of_dice@reddit

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice. “Excalibur! Be my strength!”

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avalonfaith@reddit

For sure. Dag, I really forgot about so many of these.

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Timad26@reddit

I still have this theme song stuck in my head to this day

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dixiebandit69@reddit

Almost every cartoon mentioned here was created as a way to sell toys.

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BodyBagSlam@reddit

That 80’s to mid 90’s stretch was a toy makers paradise.

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sleeperninja@reddit

I don’t feel like it was terribly obscure, but I really enjoyed The Lost Cities of Gold.

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Dont_Burn_The_Books@reddit

Swan Lake 1981 with English overdub. Watched it many times as it was one of the few video tapes my parents had.

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postitpad@reddit

I liked shirt tails and danger mouse. I even had a shirt tails board game.

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postitpad@reddit

I loved Jayce and the wheeled warriors. I had a bunch of the toys.

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Homer-Thompson@reddit

The correct answer is STREET FROGS.

“WHO CAN DO A HIP-HOP BETTER THAN A FROG CAN?”……..”STREET FROGS”

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ACatNamedWolf@reddit

The Mysterious Cities of Gold

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camptastic_plastic@reddit

Came to say the same thing. I’ll have the theme song stuck in my head for weeks now.

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Dark-Empath-@reddit

The entire OST for that show is amazing. A masterpiece by Shuki Levy, which is saying something considering all the other great scores he wrote including, He-Man, Inspector Gadget and Jace and the Wheeled Warriors. The theme to Pole Position also need an honourable mention.

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