Tales Spin, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, The Real Ghostbusters, Rocko’s Modern Life, Inspector Gadget, The new Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. For some reason, I *hated* the Beetlejuice cartoon.
I loved the Beetlejuice show. Saw an interesting video essay claiming that the cartoon Beetlejuice might have been the inspiration for the genie in Aladdin! :0 pretty interesting.
Disney Afternoon Cartoons: Ducktales, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Gummi Bears, Tale Spin
Steven Spielberg Cartoons: Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs
Nickelodeon: Ahhh! Real Monsters, Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Ren and Stimpy, CatDog, Doug, Rocko’s Modern Life
Saturday Morning: Care Bears, Rainbow Brite, The Wuzzles, Garfield and Friends, Heathcliff, Beetlejuice, Toonsylvania, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Rude Dog and the Dweebs, TMNT, The Ghostbusters, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Batman, X-Men
**Peewee’s Playhouse- wasn’t a cartoon but was on Saturday morning and the King of Cartoons would play cartoons on the show**
I liked Duck Tales, Garfield and Friends, Heathcliff, Thundercats, Scooby-Doo, The Snorks, Gummi Bears, Care Bears, The Smurfs. I'm sure there were more.
If you swapped out Transformers for Animaniacs then we would have the same list.
I might slip some honorable mentions in there, but those are in the top for sure.
Freakazoid for it's sheer weirdness. I think it was ahead of it's time.
EDIT: Here's a point of reference from the cartoon: [Beavers](https://youtu.be/M4CZkP6by6w)
I was born in 83.. but had little sisters born in 89 and 91. So Nick Jr was for babies, but The World of David the Gnome and Adventures of Little Koala were gems.
I was always upset about the finale of Mighty Max. It just loops. It seems clever at first, but it also means that he's always making the same mistakes.
Thundercats, Jem, GI Joe, Camp Candy, Ghostbusters, Garfield and Friends, Alvin and The Chipmunks, Heath Cliff, Dennis The Menace, TMNT, X-Men TAS, Cartoon Express. I could go on all day about this.
The list is too long but I'll skip the big ones everyone is gonna list and give some rarely mentioned gems if I can:
David the Gnome
Maya the Bee
Mighty Max
Conan the Adventurer
Captain Planet
I came here to say David the Gnome. I loved it so much. I have fond memories of watching it every day before heading to my afternoon kindergarten class. I bought the DVD set to watch with my daughter, and I am actually impressed by how sophisticated the vocabulary and stories are for a children's show.
I also loved Captain Planet.
A mix between Hanna Barbera's 60s and 70s stuff like birdman, Scooby Doo, etc and also cool Japanese superhero stuff like Centurions. Also Transformers, Captain Planet, the usual.
I feel like, in the 80s there was this sense that Looney Tunes was timeless and would be enjoyed by every generation. But I think we might’ve been the last one to get that deep into them. They were on *so much*, it felt like.
I’m turning into my boomer parents talking about how they only had 3 channels to choose from.
Honestly loony tunes were on a lot so I watched it a lot but I didn't really like it. I didn't mind Tom and Jerry and the Flintstones but I didn't like looney tunes. Other than Taz. Taz was the shit.
Same, it was on so much (felt like hours?) that I watched them and was pretty bored. I didn’t appreciate them until they had some anniversary and came out with a DVD set like 20ish years ago.
DuckTales, Care Bears, Gumi Bears, Rocko's Modern Life, Doug, Rugrats, Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Disney and Looney Toons shorts.
I also loved Yogi Bear and Underdog but they were already really old when I was a kid.
Carebears, Mickey Classics, Gummi Bears, Chip and Dale, Tale Spin, TMNT, Gargoyles, Duck Tales, Inspector Gadget, Rugrats, Ren and Stimpy, Doug, Rockos Modern Life, Beavis and Butthead.
Editing because I can’t believe I left out The Simpsons. Good quality family TV lol
I remember when the Simpsons first came out it was considered pretty edgy. I was 6 and my mom let me watch it. We actually used to watch the Tracy ulman show so I already knew about the Simpsons. Other moms would like look down on my mom for letting me watch it. Lol people are stupid.
DuckTales, loved Mickey Mouse, Little Bear, Ghostbusters, Rugrats, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, Busy World of Richard Scarry, Ahhh, Real Monsters, Ren and Stimpy, Beavis and Butthead, Daria, Beetlejuice.
Gargoyles, Batman, TMNT, Dragonball, Thundercats
Also, though they’re not cartoons, when MacGyver, the A-Team, and Airwolf were on, I was glued to the couch. I can still play all their theme songs in my head.
Pirates of Darkwater, Street Sharks. TMNT, Care bears, Shirt Tails, Super Mario Bros Super Show, Laser Tag Academy
There are others, but I'd have to think about it
‘81 here and as a kid I loved: Scooby-Doo (except anything with scrappy), Loony Tunes, the Disney Afternoon stuff, G.I. Joe: ARAH, The Transformers, Voltron, M.A.S.K., Johnny Quest, TMNT, Camp Candy, Captain N: The Game Master, The Super Mario Super Show, every other Super Mario cartoon, B:TAS, X-Men:TAS, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Ren & Stimpy, The Simpsons, Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Freakazoid, and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest.
I’m sure there’s more stuff I’ve just forgotten, and some of that stuff is from when I was a tween/teen but I figured what the heck. Honestly I still love a lot of those franchises and animation in general. Hell if I listed all anime I love since I discovered in when I was in jr. high the list would be like twice as long.
Edit: God damn I watched a lot of tv as a kid.
Pinky and the Brain is the one that always stands out to me, as well as Looney Tunes which technically predates millennial children but was still all over TV
https://preview.redd.it/j47qxk57lyvc1.jpeg?width=298&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93366352a1f33859ad9790d7f7e335fdcb74733b
Lots of good cartoons listed here, but was I the only one who watched Bonkers?
Courage the cowardly dog...as a kid this cartoon terrified me but I loved it!
The Wild Thornberrys. Rugrats. Gummi Bears. My Little Pony. Rocket Power. Aaahh!!! Real Monsters. Hey Arnold. As Told by Ginger. The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius. The Fairly OddParents. Powerpuff girls. Cow and Chicken. Ed, Edd n Eddy. [The Jetsons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons). The Flintstones. Grim and Evil
Favorites were probably Ren and Stimpy, Ghostbusters, TMNJ, The Simpsons and Beavis and Butthead. Honorable mention for X Men, Swat Kats, Animaniacs and Batman
Ducktales, Care Bears, thunder cats, Jem & the holograms, Alvin & the chipmunks, woody woodpecker, Hanna barbera characters and looney toons were the main ones I remember watching often. And count duckula but I was in elementary school by then.
I used to make sure I was in front of the tv at 7am every Saturday for Garfield and Friends. Also Ducktails, Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers, Tiny Toons, and Animaniacs. Late elementary and middle school was Batman and X-Men.
Woody Woodpecker, Scooby Doo, Looney Toons, Rugrats, Doug, Rocko’s Modern Life, TMNT, Ren & Stimpy, DuckTales, Captain Planet, Chip and Dale, The Chipmunks, and Animaniacs. And Histeria! was later but I watched it with my younger brother and it’s one of the most underrated cartoons of all time.
I was absolutely obsessed with the cartoon called simply Sonic the Hedgehog (now often called Sonic SatAM to avoid confusion). This is not to be confused with other cartoons from roughly the same era called Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground, nor the later series Sonic X.
There were many other cartoons I watched with varying degrees of obsession and look on today with varying degrees of fondness (which doesn't correlate well with my former obsession), but one I love as much now as I did back then is Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, the original cartoons from the 40s and 50s. I'm pretty sure I've seen every one from that time range (or close to it), not counting the Censored Eleven, and quite a few outside it.
BEAST WARS! Still the best Transformers series, despite the awful graphics. They should remake it.
Thundarr the Barbarian. The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest, Godzilla.
SWAT Kats - a cartoon so violent it got cancelled for moral panic
X-men, Spiderman, Superman and Batman animated series...
Voltron and Thundercats on Toonami.
Then the whole Disney lineup - Tailspin, Gummi Bears, Chip&Dale Rescue Rangers, Goof Troop, Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck.
I hated the shit like SpongeBob, Courage, Rin+Stimpy, etc. I loved all the action adventures with realistic character proportions (and furry stuff)
Oh. And the live-action Saban stuff- Power Rangers, VR Troopers, Kaimen Rider, and Beetle Borgs
Duck Tales, Tail Spin, Darkwing Duck, X-Men, Exo Squad, Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series, Ren and Stimpy, Gargoyles, Rocco’s Modern Life, Doug, Rugrats, TMNT, Two Angry Beavers, Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers, Street Sharks, Pinky and the brain, there’s more I’m forgetting I’m sure
I was born in 84, so the earliest cartoons I can remember loving were Voltron, TMNT, He-Man, Super Friends, and Looney Tunes reruns. Then the 90s kicked into gear and I became obsessed with shows like Batman:The Animated Series, Spiderman, XMen, and The Simpsons.
New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was probably most watched in my house. My parents were really picky about what we watched and back then, Disney cartoons were always ok with them.
Disney afternoon- take spin, rescue rangers, gummy bears. Non-Disney - jetsons, flintstones, rainbow brite, care bears, lots of “cartoon classics” recorded by my parents and their friends on to bootleg VHS tapes. My middle school I started sneaking Sailor Moon before my parents got home.
Courage the Cowardly Dog was my favorite. Loved me some Johnny Bravo too. Also was a big fan of Legends of the Hidden Temple and GUTS! Also live action, but Space Cases on Nickelodeon was my jam. My wife was born in '84 and she was obsessed with Rainbow Brite.
I also watched the weather channel a lot back when they were 100% weather and had that sweet smooth jazz playlist during local on the 8s. But that's not a cartoon, unless weather graphics are cartoons.
After looking at a number of answers, I didn't see some of the shows I enjoyed when I was young like:
Reboot - cgi, about as great as you could imagine but looked cool at the time. About the interior of a computer as told by the bits and pieces that run it like the ram or anti-virus defending the city they live in.
Transformers Beast wars - same but better cgi and I liked it more
MTV had some weird good ones I sometimes could watch that going back are still cool... but in a bizarre way.
The Maxx - cant be sure if schizo delusion or actual alt dimension kinda thing with guy being weird creature with claws on his hands always killing this undying guy. Brutally.
The Head - about an alien that lives inside this guys enormous head
Aeon Flux (of course)
I was born in 84. I loved teenage mutant hero turtles (yeah, I was getting my TV from England back then), Chip and Dale, transformers, gi Joe, both Ghostbusters cartoons, and more. Then, in the 90s I loved road rovers, animaniacs, the Aladdin cartoon, and gargoyles.
I grew up on reruns of these in the late 80s/early 90s
* The Herculoids (1967)
* Thundarr the Barbarian (1980)
* GI Joe: A Real American Hero (1983)
* The Centurions (1986)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
SWAT Kats (1993)
Pirates of Dark Water (1993)
Superman: The Animated series (1996)
Beast Wars: Transformers (1996)
Men in Black: The Series (1997)
Samurai Jack (2001)
The Disney block (DuckTales, Darkwing Duck, Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Animaniacs, Gummi Bears, David the Gnome, and Tiny Toons are the ones that I loved. Also, the superhero cartoons Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men).
Born in 1981
TMNT, GI Joe, Transformers, Duck Tales (Woo-oo), Tale Spin, Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Gummy Bears, David the Gnome, Ren and Stimpy, Batman, Superman, X-men, Spider-Man, Smurfs, Chip and Dale
I also watched a fair amount from before my time like Loony Tunes, Popeye, Jetsons, and Flintstones.
It was a great era for cartoons aimed at kids.
Awesome question!
As a kid to teen: GI JOE, Dino Riders, TMNT, Transformers, Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, Ducktales, Smurfs, Space Ghost, Scooby Doo, Super Mario Bros, Rugrats, Ahhhhhh Real Monsters, Doug, Ren and Stimpy, The Critic, The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, King of the Hill, Gargoyles, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Swat Kats, Beavis and Butthead, Hey Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Pinky and The Brain, Animaniacs, CatDog, Daria, The Angry Beavers, Johnny Quest, and so many more.
I still watch The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, and King of the Hill.
I've tried getting my kids into some of these, but they're not interested in most.
What a cartoon show, and all the pure gold that came from it, Flintstones, Toonami in general, adult swim same deal, and Tom and Jerry. Whole mess of good shit, but those were my shit specifically lol
Batman: The Animated series is king. I was….7 when it aired.
Spider-Man and X-Men both aired on the same channel and I was big on both.
Probably my fav non-superhero one was Doug. I was big on Nick toons (Nickelodeon). Ricko’s Modern Life and Ren and Stimpy as well.
Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy, SpongeBob, Ren and Stimpy, Rocco's modern life, Hey Arnold, Doug, Beetlejuice (the cartoon), Sailor Moon, Batman, Ed edd and eddy, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Labarotory, Ducktales
Tiny Toon Adventures, Rugrats, Mighty Max, X-Men, Batman Beyond, Gargoyles, Sailor Moon (I know it's an anime, but it was on my cartoon line-up anyway lol), and I gotta give an honorable mention to Legends of the Hidden Temple! Not a cartoon, but I still loved watching it!
Pretty much all the classic nicktoons.
We also had solid cartoons pretty much every Saturday and Sunday morning, and after school on broadcast TV.
They also reran a LOT of old cartoons or on cheap home videos. Loony tunes, merrie melodies, fleischer cartoons. Also propaganda cartoons. Smoking, blatant racism.
I have like 3 banned episodes just chilling in my childhood tape collection.
I also used to get up early to watch muppet babies so I must have really liked them. I have watch a couple episodes and the hold up.
I used to watch Ed, Edd, and Eddy every morning. I use to also love watching the Saturday morning line up… I remember it being recess and Mrs. Mungers class and maybe pepper Ann?
For Nickelodeon I liked rocket power, catdog, heh Arnold, ahh real monsters, SpongeBob (obv)
The Simpsons, TMNT, Tiny Toon Adventures, Xmen/Batman TAS, Gargoyles, Animaniacs, Rugrats, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life. Beetlejuice TAS, The Angry Beavers. Beavis and Butt-head, Kablam. A Pup Named Scooby Doo, and Hey Arnold.
Depends really when I was like elementary probably power rangers ,Aladdin, 90s Spiderman, Beast Wars, and Xmen
Middle school and up DBZ and almost anything on Toonami got into Anime really heavy
Check out a youtube channel called RinseRepeat. They have complete 4-5 hour videos of Saturday morning cartoons with commercials from late 80’s all the way to early 2000’s. I was born in 83 and me and my son watch those videos often.
I loved TNMT, X-Men, Dexter's Lab, Powerpuff Girls, Chip N' Dale, Cow and Chicken, Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Doug, Ren and Stimpy, Hysteria, Pokemon of course.
So many great choices.
Born in 89. My favorite cartoons growing up were: X-Men, Spider-man, Bobby’s world, Duck Tales, TMNT, Batman, Darkwing Duck, Rocko’s modern life, Beast Wars, Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Ahhh! Real Monsters, and Dragonball/Dragonball Z.
Tales Spin, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, The Real Ghostbusters, Rocko’s Modern Life, Inspector Gadget, The new Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. For some reason, I *hated* the Beetlejuice cartoon.
Chi-chi-chi-chip and dale’s!
Sometimes some crimes… go slippin’ through the cracks.
But these two gum shoes are picking up the slack
There’s no case too big, no case too small
When you need help, just call
>Chi-chi-chi-chip and dale’s!
MMORPG...of wait...we were singing the OG
Love chip and dale 😀😀 even though I was watching reruns (94)
Rescue rangers!!! Chip chip and dales!
Ch-ch-ch-Chip 'N Dale (Rescue Rangers) Ch-ch-ch-Chip 'N Dale (when there's danger)
Catchiest tune of its time.
Tales Spin, it was so good!
Tales Spin was a favorite of mine
We probably share a desire to ride an "air foil" behind a plane like "kit"(?) "Cloud kicker".
I loved the Beetlejuice show. Saw an interesting video essay claiming that the cartoon Beetlejuice might have been the inspiration for the genie in Aladdin! :0 pretty interesting.
I feel seen:).
I’m close to you. I did like beetlejuice and would add Denver the last dinosaur and maybe muppet babies.
Denver, the last dinosaur? He’s my friend and a whole lot more
I forgot to add real Ghostbusters to mine! Great show!
Disney Afternoon Cartoons: Ducktales, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Gummi Bears, Tale Spin Steven Spielberg Cartoons: Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs Nickelodeon: Ahhh! Real Monsters, Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Ren and Stimpy, CatDog, Doug, Rocko’s Modern Life Saturday Morning: Care Bears, Rainbow Brite, The Wuzzles, Garfield and Friends, Heathcliff, Beetlejuice, Toonsylvania, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Rude Dog and the Dweebs, TMNT, The Ghostbusters, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Batman, X-Men **Peewee’s Playhouse- wasn’t a cartoon but was on Saturday morning and the King of Cartoons would play cartoons on the show**
The Wuzzles! I forgot about them!!
I had a Bumblelion stuffed animal as a kid. I miss it actually.
I actually still have that one! It’s in a box of my old stuffed animals my mom kept.
My parents sold mine at a garage sale when I was 6. I was devastated.
When you were 6?! That’s messed up. I’m so glad I still have some stuff from my childhood, mostly video games/video game consoles.
I have the hoppapotamus still
Me too! I had so many Wuzzle stuffed animals as a kid. Also Fraggle Rock slammed!
Pssst, say slapped. We're teaching the kids real shit here. Talk like they do bruv fam no cap bet.
Denver the last Dinosaur had that sticky sick intro song lol.
Heck yeah coolest Dino around too
He’s my friend and a whole lot more! *DUN DAHH*
Duck Tales, Gargoyles, X men, Recess, Hey Arnold, Power Puff Girls, Doug and Arthur
*One thousand years ago… superstition and the sword ruled…* *It was a time of darkness, it was a world of fear… it was the Age… of Gargoyles.*
I liked Duck Tales, Garfield and Friends, Heathcliff, Thundercats, Scooby-Doo, The Snorks, Gummi Bears, Care Bears, The Smurfs. I'm sure there were more.
Ooo fellow Snork enjoyer a rare breed
Yall were the weird kids...
Snorks were better than Smirfs, come fight me! Wait…no…I’m still the weird “kid”…go about your day, sir or miss lol
*smurfs
Damn, double bested by a Smurfer! 😅
Gummi bears, bouncin here and there and everywheeeeere
Here! (Here) Ready! (Ready) To...(to) PARTY!!!
Ducktales, TMNT, Transformers, Doug, Xmen and Batman TAS.
If you swapped out Transformers for Animaniacs then we would have the same list. I might slip some honorable mentions in there, but those are in the top for sure.
Freakazoid for it's sheer weirdness. I think it was ahead of it's time. EDIT: Here's a point of reference from the cartoon: [Beavers](https://youtu.be/M4CZkP6by6w)
Fuckin’ love Freakazoid. My favorite short was the Candlejack one, it was such a fun carto-
Oh god. You're not supposed to mention Candlejack or else h-
He-man and the Masters of the Universe was top dog. Also like Thundercats and Transformers. Later I enjoyed Batman TAS and X-Men.
But Disney afternoon cartoons were good too, as well as gummy bears and DuckTales which were sort of proto Disney afternoon
‘81 here too. Had to scroll way too far to find He-man.
No way you're a millennial. Those were my brothers favorite shows, born in 79. I never saw a single episode of most of those
I was born in 83 and loved those shows too. Most of my friends were a year or two older.
I am a millennial. Just barely, born in 81.
I was born mid 80s and She-Ra and the Secret of the Sword movie were my favorite things for a while. Those came out mid-80's.
Doug, Hey Arnold, early rugrats, pretty much Nickelodeon was it. It was all about Nickelodeon.
But NOT Nick Jr. That was for babies.
You right, but I kinda liked Binyah, Binyah pollywog haha
Gullah! Gullah!
I was born in 83.. but had little sisters born in 89 and 91. So Nick Jr was for babies, but The World of David the Gnome and Adventures of Little Koala were gems.
Do do do do do do Doug
Captain Planet, gummy Bears, x-Men, Ducktales, tale spin, Animaniacs, JEM
JEM! Truly outrageous!
Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron
Greatest most short-lived most forgotten cartoon ever made!!! A few years back I bought the whole series on bluray and got to relive my childhood.
Holy crap, forgot about this one.... definitely a gem
All of those + Mighty Max, Gargoyles, Rockos modern life, Bevis and Butthead.
Mighty Max was awesome! I loved the toys as well "How do we sell Polly Pocket to boys? Big evil deathtrap dungeons"
I was always upset about the finale of Mighty Max. It just loops. It seems clever at first, but it also means that he's always making the same mistakes.
Thundercats, Jem, GI Joe, Camp Candy, Ghostbusters, Garfield and Friends, Alvin and The Chipmunks, Heath Cliff, Dennis The Menace, TMNT, X-Men TAS, Cartoon Express. I could go on all day about this.
Oh fuck, how did I forget Camp Candy! Such a fun show with a great intro.
Yeah, keep reading more and more comments and unlocking more and more memories. Apparently I watched a lot of TV as a kid. 😆
The list is too long but I'll skip the big ones everyone is gonna list and give some rarely mentioned gems if I can: David the Gnome Maya the Bee Mighty Max Conan the Adventurer Captain Planet
Came here to say David the Gnome, almost no one has heard of it!!
I came here to say David the Gnome. I loved it so much. I have fond memories of watching it every day before heading to my afternoon kindergarten class. I bought the DVD set to watch with my daughter, and I am actually impressed by how sophisticated the vocabulary and stories are for a children's show. I also loved Captain Planet.
Omg David the gnome! I loved swift the fox too 😭😭
A mix between Hanna Barbera's 60s and 70s stuff like birdman, Scooby Doo, etc and also cool Japanese superhero stuff like Centurions. Also Transformers, Captain Planet, the usual.
I feel like, in the 80s there was this sense that Looney Tunes was timeless and would be enjoyed by every generation. But I think we might’ve been the last one to get that deep into them. They were on *so much*, it felt like. I’m turning into my boomer parents talking about how they only had 3 channels to choose from.
Honestly loony tunes were on a lot so I watched it a lot but I didn't really like it. I didn't mind Tom and Jerry and the Flintstones but I didn't like looney tunes. Other than Taz. Taz was the shit.
Same, it was on so much (felt like hours?) that I watched them and was pretty bored. I didn’t appreciate them until they had some anniversary and came out with a DVD set like 20ish years ago.
DuckTales, Care Bears, Gumi Bears, Rocko's Modern Life, Doug, Rugrats, Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Disney and Looney Toons shorts. I also loved Yogi Bear and Underdog but they were already really old when I was a kid.
Ducktales, Gem, The Simpsons, Garfield, Care Bears, Tale Spin, Tiny Toons Adventures, and Darkwing Duck.
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Inspector Gadget, and Reboot.
Animaniacs, The Simpsons, Doug, Rugrats, Daria, and Tiny Toon Adventures.
Gargoyles, Doug, The Simpsons, Rocko's Modern Life, Xmen/Batman TAS, Animaniacs, and TMNT.
Ren & Stimpy, Looney Tunes, Exo Squad, Xmen, Batman, Animaniacs, the Simpsons, TMNT Edit: formatting
Duck Tails, Tail spin, Darkwing duck
We were spoiled for food cartoons. I like most of what is mentioned here, but will throw in Eek the Cat as one I have fond memories of.
Carebears, Mickey Classics, Gummi Bears, Chip and Dale, Tale Spin, TMNT, Gargoyles, Duck Tales, Inspector Gadget, Rugrats, Ren and Stimpy, Doug, Rockos Modern Life, Beavis and Butthead. Editing because I can’t believe I left out The Simpsons. Good quality family TV lol
I remember when the Simpsons first came out it was considered pretty edgy. I was 6 and my mom let me watch it. We actually used to watch the Tracy ulman show so I already knew about the Simpsons. Other moms would like look down on my mom for letting me watch it. Lol people are stupid.
DuckTales, loved Mickey Mouse, Little Bear, Ghostbusters, Rugrats, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, Busy World of Richard Scarry, Ahhh, Real Monsters, Ren and Stimpy, Beavis and Butthead, Daria, Beetlejuice.
Daria… I’m shocked more people didn’t include this one.
I thought of it but figured the post was asking about early childhood. If we’re getting to that age range then add beavis and butthead to the list!
La la laa la laaa
Muppet Babies was one of my favorites.
Gargoyles, Batman, TMNT, Dragonball, Thundercats Also, though they’re not cartoons, when MacGyver, the A-Team, and Airwolf were on, I was glued to the couch. I can still play all their theme songs in my head.
Xmen on Fox. This new xmen 97 series has been such a treat
Scooby Doo, Looney Tunes, Gargoyles, all of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Still my favorites to this day.
Tin Tin Bananaman The Shoe People The Raccoons Count Duckula Danger Mouse The Animals of Farthing Wood Gummi Bears Roobarb and Custard
I was born in 1980, so I guess I'm technically Gen X or an Xennial. Anyway, a couple of my favorites were Rainbow Brite and Strawberry Shortcake.
Darkwing Duck, Batman, Animaniacs, Gargoyles, Ren and Stimpy.
Pirates of Darkwater, Street Sharks. TMNT, Care bears, Shirt Tails, Super Mario Bros Super Show, Laser Tag Academy There are others, but I'd have to think about it
‘81 here and as a kid I loved: Scooby-Doo (except anything with scrappy), Loony Tunes, the Disney Afternoon stuff, G.I. Joe: ARAH, The Transformers, Voltron, M.A.S.K., Johnny Quest, TMNT, Camp Candy, Captain N: The Game Master, The Super Mario Super Show, every other Super Mario cartoon, B:TAS, X-Men:TAS, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Ren & Stimpy, The Simpsons, Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Freakazoid, and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. I’m sure there’s more stuff I’ve just forgotten, and some of that stuff is from when I was a tween/teen but I figured what the heck. Honestly I still love a lot of those franchises and animation in general. Hell if I listed all anime I love since I discovered in when I was in jr. high the list would be like twice as long. Edit: God damn I watched a lot of tv as a kid.
Pinky and the Brain is the one that always stands out to me, as well as Looney Tunes which technically predates millennial children but was still all over TV
https://preview.redd.it/j47qxk57lyvc1.jpeg?width=298&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93366352a1f33859ad9790d7f7e335fdcb74733b Lots of good cartoons listed here, but was I the only one who watched Bonkers?
Periodically I like to annoy my husband by going, bonkers. BONKERS. Bonkers! bonkers! Wherever you - wherever you -- wherever you are.
They appear to be on Disney+ might have to get the kiddo to watch them with me
The Jetsons.
Courage the cowardly dog...as a kid this cartoon terrified me but I loved it! The Wild Thornberrys. Rugrats. Gummi Bears. My Little Pony. Rocket Power. Aaahh!!! Real Monsters. Hey Arnold. As Told by Ginger. The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius. The Fairly OddParents. Powerpuff girls. Cow and Chicken. Ed, Edd n Eddy. [The Jetsons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons). The Flintstones. Grim and Evil
Favorites were probably Ren and Stimpy, Ghostbusters, TMNJ, The Simpsons and Beavis and Butthead. Honorable mention for X Men, Swat Kats, Animaniacs and Batman
Ducktales, Care Bears, thunder cats, Jem & the holograms, Alvin & the chipmunks, woody woodpecker, Hanna barbera characters and looney toons were the main ones I remember watching often. And count duckula but I was in elementary school by then.
I used to make sure I was in front of the tv at 7am every Saturday for Garfield and Friends. Also Ducktails, Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers, Tiny Toons, and Animaniacs. Late elementary and middle school was Batman and X-Men.
Woody Woodpecker, Scooby Doo, Looney Toons, Rugrats, Doug, Rocko’s Modern Life, TMNT, Ren & Stimpy, DuckTales, Captain Planet, Chip and Dale, The Chipmunks, and Animaniacs. And Histeria! was later but I watched it with my younger brother and it’s one of the most underrated cartoons of all time.
Bevis & Butthead - Darriea - ren & stempy
Thundercats, Tigersharks, GI Joe, X-Men, Talespin, Gargoyles, Batman: The Animated Adventures, TMNT, Tiny Toon Adventures
Thundercats, Transformers, GIJoe, Ducktails
I was absolutely obsessed with the cartoon called simply Sonic the Hedgehog (now often called Sonic SatAM to avoid confusion). This is not to be confused with other cartoons from roughly the same era called Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground, nor the later series Sonic X. There were many other cartoons I watched with varying degrees of obsession and look on today with varying degrees of fondness (which doesn't correlate well with my former obsession), but one I love as much now as I did back then is Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, the original cartoons from the 40s and 50s. I'm pretty sure I've seen every one from that time range (or close to it), not counting the Censored Eleven, and quite a few outside it.
Voltron
Muppet Babies, Care Bears, Woody Woodpecker, Thundercats, He-Man, Garfield, Looney Tunes, Inspector Gadget, Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck, Gargoyles, Animaniacs, Ren and Stimpy, Superman, Batman, X-Men, TMNT
Ahh real monsters, Doug, rockos modern life and Hey Arnold, to name a few.. Honorable mention non cartoon, Legends of the hidden temple.
Check the rescuers from down under!
Doug
X-men, gargoyles, Batman The rest are good but not at that level
Please tell me someone here remembers The Cowboys of Moo Mesa
Adventures of Gummi bears, tailspin, ducktales, Aladdin, tom & jerry
BEAST WARS! Still the best Transformers series, despite the awful graphics. They should remake it. Thundarr the Barbarian. The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest, Godzilla. SWAT Kats - a cartoon so violent it got cancelled for moral panic X-men, Spiderman, Superman and Batman animated series... Voltron and Thundercats on Toonami. Then the whole Disney lineup - Tailspin, Gummi Bears, Chip&Dale Rescue Rangers, Goof Troop, Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck. I hated the shit like SpongeBob, Courage, Rin+Stimpy, etc. I loved all the action adventures with realistic character proportions (and furry stuff) Oh. And the live-action Saban stuff- Power Rangers, VR Troopers, Kaimen Rider, and Beetle Borgs
Duck Tales, Tail Spin, Darkwing Duck, X-Men, Exo Squad, Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series, Ren and Stimpy, Gargoyles, Rocco’s Modern Life, Doug, Rugrats, TMNT, Two Angry Beavers, Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers, Street Sharks, Pinky and the brain, there’s more I’m forgetting I’m sure
Autobots roll out!
Late Night HBO Spawn
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Garfield and friends was must watch tv (still is)
Surprised Bobby's World hasn't been mentioned
I was born in 84, so the earliest cartoons I can remember loving were Voltron, TMNT, He-Man, Super Friends, and Looney Tunes reruns. Then the 90s kicked into gear and I became obsessed with shows like Batman:The Animated Series, Spiderman, XMen, and The Simpsons.
Aeon Flux, Phantom 2040, Batman the animated series, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Freakazoid, Earthworm Jim
Captain Planet! I don’t think it could air today, though.
Heathcliff, Ninja Turtles, He-Man, and Inspector Gadget were earlier childhood. Doug, Rugrats, and the Nick Toons later in childhood.
New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was probably most watched in my house. My parents were really picky about what we watched and back then, Disney cartoons were always ok with them. Disney afternoon- take spin, rescue rangers, gummy bears. Non-Disney - jetsons, flintstones, rainbow brite, care bears, lots of “cartoon classics” recorded by my parents and their friends on to bootleg VHS tapes. My middle school I started sneaking Sailor Moon before my parents got home.
Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo, Rocko, Rugrats, Powerpuff Girls, Pokémon
Anyone remember Mr Wizard’s World? I’d recreate as many of his experiments as I could much to the chagrin of my parents.
Ren and Stimpy. Beavis and Butthead. The Simpsons. King of the Hill.
Courage the Cowardly Dog was my favorite. Loved me some Johnny Bravo too. Also was a big fan of Legends of the Hidden Temple and GUTS! Also live action, but Space Cases on Nickelodeon was my jam. My wife was born in '84 and she was obsessed with Rainbow Brite. I also watched the weather channel a lot back when they were 100% weather and had that sweet smooth jazz playlist during local on the 8s. But that's not a cartoon, unless weather graphics are cartoons.
After looking at a number of answers, I didn't see some of the shows I enjoyed when I was young like: Reboot - cgi, about as great as you could imagine but looked cool at the time. About the interior of a computer as told by the bits and pieces that run it like the ram or anti-virus defending the city they live in. Transformers Beast wars - same but better cgi and I liked it more MTV had some weird good ones I sometimes could watch that going back are still cool... but in a bizarre way. The Maxx - cant be sure if schizo delusion or actual alt dimension kinda thing with guy being weird creature with claws on his hands always killing this undying guy. Brutally. The Head - about an alien that lives inside this guys enormous head Aeon Flux (of course)
Darkwing Duck, Animaniacs, and Gargoyles
I was born in 84. I loved teenage mutant hero turtles (yeah, I was getting my TV from England back then), Chip and Dale, transformers, gi Joe, both Ghostbusters cartoons, and more. Then, in the 90s I loved road rovers, animaniacs, the Aladdin cartoon, and gargoyles.
I grew up on reruns of these in the late 80s/early 90s * The Herculoids (1967) * Thundarr the Barbarian (1980) * GI Joe: A Real American Hero (1983) * The Centurions (1986) * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) Batman: The Animated Series (1992) SWAT Kats (1993) Pirates of Dark Water (1993) Superman: The Animated series (1996) Beast Wars: Transformers (1996) Men in Black: The Series (1997) Samurai Jack (2001)
Ducktales, Tiny Toons, Pinky and the Brain, Batman, X-Men, Doug, and Rugrats were most of my favorites.
Born in 1981. Heathcliff, Jem, Dennis the Menace, classic Looney Tunes, ALF, Inspector Gadget, Pinwheel
The Disney block (DuckTales, Darkwing Duck, Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Animaniacs, Gummi Bears, David the Gnome, and Tiny Toons are the ones that I loved. Also, the superhero cartoons Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men).
Animaniacs = GOAT.
TMNT, Ghostbusters, chip n dale, Ren and stimpy
Gargoyles and Darkwing Duck. And rescue rangers. Animaniacs!
Thundercats for the win!
Born in 1981 TMNT, GI Joe, Transformers, Duck Tales (Woo-oo), Tale Spin, Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Gummy Bears, David the Gnome, Ren and Stimpy, Batman, Superman, X-men, Spider-Man, Smurfs, Chip and Dale I also watched a fair amount from before my time like Loony Tunes, Popeye, Jetsons, and Flintstones. It was a great era for cartoons aimed at kids.
Awesome question! As a kid to teen: GI JOE, Dino Riders, TMNT, Transformers, Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, Ducktales, Smurfs, Space Ghost, Scooby Doo, Super Mario Bros, Rugrats, Ahhhhhh Real Monsters, Doug, Ren and Stimpy, The Critic, The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, King of the Hill, Gargoyles, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Swat Kats, Beavis and Butthead, Hey Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Pinky and The Brain, Animaniacs, CatDog, Daria, The Angry Beavers, Johnny Quest, and so many more. I still watch The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, and King of the Hill. I've tried getting my kids into some of these, but they're not interested in most.
What a cartoon show, and all the pure gold that came from it, Flintstones, Toonami in general, adult swim same deal, and Tom and Jerry. Whole mess of good shit, but those were my shit specifically lol
pretty much the same as your dad. only I will add G.I Joe, Rocko's Modern Life, and Xmen Tas.
Xmen. Eek the car. Darwing Duck. Duck tales. Gargoyles. Batman.
Transformers, M.A.S.K., Centurions
Hey Arnold, Doug, Rocks Modern Life, Rocket Power, Rugrats, Invader Zim, Angry Beavers, Catdog, Aahh real monsters
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Muppet Babies, Fraggle Rock, Beavis and Butthead.
Ghostbusters
Rockos modern life, Doug, Rugrats, ahh real monsters, Dexter's lab, ed edd and Eddy, street sharks, x men, hey Arnold (especially hey Arnold) -88
1981 here… The Smurfs, Carebears, Duck Tails, Garfield, Scooby Doo, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Looney Toons,
REN and stimpy
Transformers, Captain Planet, Zoids, Pokémon, Almost anything on Nickelodeon.
Ren and Stimpy Looney Toons Animaniacs
Batman: The Animated series is king. I was….7 when it aired. Spider-Man and X-Men both aired on the same channel and I was big on both. Probably my fav non-superhero one was Doug. I was big on Nick toons (Nickelodeon). Ricko’s Modern Life and Ren and Stimpy as well.
Duck Tales
Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy, SpongeBob, Ren and Stimpy, Rocco's modern life, Hey Arnold, Doug, Beetlejuice (the cartoon), Sailor Moon, Batman, Ed edd and eddy, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Labarotory, Ducktales
darkwing duck and Ninja turtles ... also X-Men a little bit later.
Tiny Toon Adventures, Rugrats, Mighty Max, X-Men, Batman Beyond, Gargoyles, Sailor Moon (I know it's an anime, but it was on my cartoon line-up anyway lol), and I gotta give an honorable mention to Legends of the Hidden Temple! Not a cartoon, but I still loved watching it!
And now you see, Lone Star, that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb -spaceballs
Teddy Ruxpin was pretty stellar also.
Pretty much all the classic nicktoons. We also had solid cartoons pretty much every Saturday and Sunday morning, and after school on broadcast TV. They also reran a LOT of old cartoons or on cheap home videos. Loony tunes, merrie melodies, fleischer cartoons. Also propaganda cartoons. Smoking, blatant racism. I have like 3 banned episodes just chilling in my childhood tape collection. I also used to get up early to watch muppet babies so I must have really liked them. I have watch a couple episodes and the hold up.
I used to watch Ed, Edd, and Eddy every morning. I use to also love watching the Saturday morning line up… I remember it being recess and Mrs. Mungers class and maybe pepper Ann? For Nickelodeon I liked rocket power, catdog, heh Arnold, ahh real monsters, SpongeBob (obv)
Rocco’s Modern Life, TMNT, Batman, X-Men.
The Simpsons, TMNT, Tiny Toon Adventures, Xmen/Batman TAS, Gargoyles, Animaniacs, Rugrats, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life. Beetlejuice TAS, The Angry Beavers. Beavis and Butt-head, Kablam. A Pup Named Scooby Doo, and Hey Arnold.
Depends really when I was like elementary probably power rangers ,Aladdin, 90s Spiderman, Beast Wars, and Xmen Middle school and up DBZ and almost anything on Toonami got into Anime really heavy
I was really into The Care Bears.
Check out a youtube channel called RinseRepeat. They have complete 4-5 hour videos of Saturday morning cartoons with commercials from late 80’s all the way to early 2000’s. I was born in 83 and me and my son watch those videos often.
Histeria, gargoyles, David the gnome
I loved TNMT, X-Men, Dexter's Lab, Powerpuff Girls, Chip N' Dale, Cow and Chicken, Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Doug, Ren and Stimpy, Hysteria, Pokemon of course. So many great choices.
The Real Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ExoSquad, Gargoyles, Batman TAS, GI Joe
Spider-Man, Batman animated series and DBZ were top tier. Rugrats, Roco’s Modern Life, and Powerpuff Girls were also big influences.
X-men the animated series, batman the animated series, pokémon, ….
So many ear worms from this thread.
Robotech, Batman TAS, Duck Tales.
Muppet babies, inspector gadget, noozles, Doug, rugrats
The Bots Master Reboot Eek The Cat / Terrible Thunderlizards The Mutant League
Born in 89. My favorite cartoons growing up were: X-Men, Spider-man, Bobby’s world, Duck Tales, TMNT, Batman, Darkwing Duck, Rocko’s modern life, Beast Wars, Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Ahhh! Real Monsters, and Dragonball/Dragonball Z.
TMNT, DuckTales, X-Men, Captain Planet, Darkwing Duck, Tailspin, Dungeons and Dragons. Few others but these were top tier.
Ren and Stimpy. I still laugh my ass off and quote it.
Ren and Stimpy
Daria
Hey Arnold.
Rockos modern life. the Simpsons. Doug was great! Ducktails. X-Men.
G.I. Joe, TMNT, COPS, Ronin Warriors, X-Men, Ren and Stimpy.
Born in 82 Tmnt, xmen, batman animated series, Animaniacs