The Saturday Morning Memorial Animated Series Poll: nominations

HFS:

Check out Jim Woodring's TCJ interview for details on working with Kirby &al. on terrible Saturday morning cartoons, and also generally some of the most entertaining talking ever transcribed

I wish someone would wise up and just give Woodring complete creative control on an animated series. I can barely fathom a world that wonderful.

that explains why i liked centurions
here's that great woodring interview btw: http://www.tcj.com/the-jim-woodring-interview/

OL, I trust you've seen visions of frank?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brHZ69DsfQI

I forgot about Pole Position, the other Ghostbusters (but I totally remember safari shirt dude), and Silverhawks! Tbh there were so many low-budget cartoons always going on and off the air. You really had to have a move or toy tie-in to secure your spot in the market and children's attention spans.

*movie

Oh yeah, I've for sure seen Visions of Frank. I want more! More!

Since we're in garbage time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProStars

Does anyone remember this probably early '90s afterschool action series with an X-Men-like team except they had bug eyes?

you, my friend, are referring to SECTAURS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj-MlMZgneA

sectaurs cartoon sucked but the action figures and the design were pretty great iirc

otm

See also: Visionaries, Inhumanoids

nb that Woodring had zero creative control over Visions Of Frank btw

Hmm, may have been Sectaurs but that looks more He-Man than I remember. Like they had gray tactical suits?

xpost Yeah I know but those shorts are still pretty sweet.

yah

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

re TV Funhouse: it was entirely animated, it was aired on a semi-regular basis (not every week, but usually at least once a month), and it had a single creator and vision. A reason you might not include it is that it was a portion of SNL which was considered the main show. I have never seen the Comedy Central show of the same name and I am not nomming it.

here's another garbage cartoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOljPoMWy2o

Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo
The New Shmoo
The Super Globetrotters
Spider-Woman
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
Yogi's Space Race

Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo

I'm pretty sure I've been consistent on this but show packages with non-intersecting show-length segments should nominate the segments individually not the packages.

I really have to end noms tonight otherwise Shakey's just going to punish me for my insolence with even more unlovable dreck from the gummed-up corners of his brainpan

curses foiled again

would've gotten away with it too etc

but let's not forget

The Wuzzles
Galaxy High School
Kissyfur
Wildfire
Foofur
Lazer Tag Academy
Pound Puppies
Teen Wolf

galaxy high school has been mentioned at least 4 times so far stop wasting my energy

just wanted to make sure this classic of the genre was not overlooked

if you don't close it by tomorrow i will nominate 20 more trashy moe anime shows

the other night I realized i'd forgotten to mention DNA^2, Slayers and Record of Lodoss War when waxing nostalgic abt middling anime for 90s teen boys. can't say any deserve nomination, tho all were leaps and bounds above the likes of Captain Caveman, The Hair Bear Bunch, Wheelie and rhe Chopper Bunch, Thundarr the Barbarian, Teddy Ruxpin, Dennis the Menace, The Glow-Worms, the Paw Paws, and nearly everything else upon which I similarly wasted my attention as an 80s preteen boy.

Has anyone nominated Barbar the elephant?!

Lest we forget: Strawberry Shortcake, and Care Bears

Not that I watched those

Many thanks to those who nominated The Snorks, Shirt Tales, The Littles, Bananaman, Monchichis, M.A.S.K, Captain Caveman, and The Maxx. Huge lost chunks of my childhood are coming back to me...

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(Not nominations btw, just shitting up the thread with reminders of terrible shows as we near the end.)

The Boondocks
Tom & Jerry
The Yogi Bear Show

Tom & Jerry is the good shit

Bluey: 1976 or 2018

2018 is the cartoon I'm nominating. 1976 was live action - Aussies would more likely identify that one as "Bargearse".

The cartoon will premiere on Disney Junior/Disney+ later this year, but I'm hoping that everyone with access to ABC iView or BBC iPlayer will give it a chance.

OK time's up all nominations above this line

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will be collated

Shakey, I can't figure out what "Goin Bananas" is supposed to refer to.

Pound Puppies: 1986 or 2010?

Curious George: 1980 or 2006?

Here are 361 nominated series, including the 100 or so that Shakey nominated today to annoy me. Start contemplating. Voting thread tomorrowish.

actually I'll paste it in here for posterity b/c I'll probably delete that file from my website someday

12 oz. Mouse
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
ALF: The Animated Series
Adventure Time
Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police, The
Aeon Flux
Akagi
Amazing 3, The
Amazing Adventures of Morph, The (1980-1981)
American Dad
Animals of Farthing Wood, The
Animaniacs
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Archer
Archie Show, The / The Archie Comedy Hour / The Archies
Arthur
Astro Boy (1980-1981)
Astro Fighter Sunred
Attack on Titan
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Azumanga Daioh
Babar (1989-1995)
Bagpuss
Bananaman
Barakamon
Batfink
Batman: Beyond
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Beatles, The
Beavis and Butt-Head
Bee and Puppycat
Beetlejuice
Belle and Sebastian (1981-1982)
Big Mouth
Big O, The
Biskitts, The
Black Butler
Black Lagoon
Bluey
Bluey (2018)
Bob's Burgers
Bobby's World
Bod
Bojack Horseman
Boondocks, The
Brak Show, The
Bravest Warriors, The
Camp Candy
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Care Bears, The (1985-1988)
Celebrity Deathmatch
Centurions: Power Xtreme
Chapi Chapo
Chihayafuru
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Chorlton and the Wheelies
Clangers (1969-1972)
Clannad
Clerks (The Animated Series)
Cleveland Show, The
Clone High
Cool McCool
Count Duckula
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Cowboy Bebop
Critic, The
Crusader Rabbit
Danger Mouse (1981-1992)
Daria
Darkwing Duck
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
Davey and Goliath (1961-1973)
Deadman Wonderland
Death Note
Denver, the Last Dinosaur
Devilman Crybaby
Dexter's Laboratory
Dilbert
Dino-Riders
Dinosaucers
Doctor Snuggles
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
Doug (Nickelodeon and ABC)
Downtown
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Prince, The
Dragon's Lair
DuckTales (1987-1990)
DuckTales (2017-)
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man
DumbLand
Dungeons & Dragons
Earthworm Jim
Ed, Edd, n Eddy
Eek! The Cat (aka Eek! Stravaganza)
Exosquad
F is for Family
FLCL (original run)
Fairly OddParents, The
Family Guy
Family-Ness, The
Fangface
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Fillmore!
Flintstones, The
Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, The
Foofur
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Freakazoid
Frisky Dingo
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Funnybones
Fushigi Yuugi
Futurama
Future Boy Conan
Future Diary
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983-1986; 1989-1993)
Galaxy High
Garfield and Friends
Gargoyles
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghostbusters (aka Filmation's Ghostbusters, 1986)
Gilligan's Planet
Gravity Falls
Growing Up Creepie
Gumby
Gummi Bears, Disney's Adventures of the
Gunbuster
Haibane Renmei
Happy Tree Friends
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Head, The
Heathcliff (1984, DiC)
Henry's Cat
Herculoids, The
Hey Arnold!
Hey Dugee
Hilda
Home Movies
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh
Homestar Runner (inclusive of Strong Bad Emails)
Hunter × Hunter (2011-2014, Madhouse)
Hyouka
Inspector Gadget
Invader Zim
It's Punky Brewster
Ivor the Engine
James Bond Jr.
Jamie and the Magic Torch
Jana of the Jungle
Jem (aka Jem and the Holograms)
Jetsons, The
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012-)
Johnny Bravo
Jonny Quest (1964-1965)
Justice League
Justice League Unlimited
K-On!
Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Kaiba
Kid Power
Kidd Video
Kill La Kill
Kim Possible
Kimagure Orange Road
Kimba the White Lion
King Rollo
King of the Hill
Kissyfur
Laid-Back Camp
Land of the Lustrous
Last Exile
Lazer Tag Academy
Legend of Korra, The
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Liquid Television
Littles, The
Lucky Star
M.A.S.K.
Macross Plus
Magic Roundabout, The (1965-1977)
Magic School Bus, The
Marine Boy (Undersea Boy Marine)
Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, The
Mary Shelley's Frankenhole
Mary, Mungo and Midge
Masha and the Bear
Maxx, The
Meatballs & Spaghetti
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya, The
Metalocalypse
Mickey Mouse (2013-)
Mighty Heroes, The
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
Mighty Orbots
Mike Tyson Mysteries
Mission Hill
Mob Psycho 100
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (aka Gundam Wing)
Monchhichis
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
Moral Orel
Mr Benn
Muppet Babies
Murun Buchstansangur
Mushishi
My Life as a Teenage Robot
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Mysterious Cities of Gold, The
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
Neon Genesis Evangelion
New Shmoo, The
Nichijou
Noah's Island
Noggin the Nog
Non Non Biyori
Now and Then, Here and There
Oblongs, The
Odd Todd (original Flash web series)
One Punch Man
Over the Garden Wall
Paddington (1976-1980)
Paddy the Pelican
Pandamonium
Paranoia Agent
Pat & Mat
Patlabor: The TV Series / Patlabor: The New Files
Peppa Pig
Pepper Ann
Phineas and Ferb
Pigeon Street
Ping Pong
Pingu
Pink Panther Show, The (1969 ff)
Pinky and the Brain
Place Further than the Universe, A
Planet With
Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show, The
Pole Position
Powerpuff Girls, The
ProStars
Puffin Rock
Raccoons, The
Ranma 1/2
Real Ghostbusters, The
Reboot
Recess
Regular Show
Ren & Stimpy Show, The
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Rex the Runt
Rick and Morty
Ricky Gervais Show, The
Robotech
Rocko's Modern Life
Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, The Adventures of
Roger Ramjet
Roobarb
Rose of Versailles, The
Rude Dog and the Dweebs
Rugrats
Sailor Moon
Samurai Champloo
Samurai Jack
Samurai Pizza Cats
Saturday TV Funhouse
Schoolhouse Rock!
Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger (aka Force Five: Spaceketeers, Sci-Bots)
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (including Battle of the Planets and G-Force: Guardians of Space)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! / The New Scooby-Doo Movies / The Scooby-Doo Show
Sealab 2021
Serial Experiments Lain
Shaun the Sheep
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985-1986)
Sheep in the Big City
Shirt Tales
SilverHawks
Simpsons, The
Smurfs, The (1981-1989)
Snorks
South Park
Space Dandy
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea
Spawn
Spectacular Spider-Man, The
Speed Racer
Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
Spider-Woman
SpongeBob SquarePants
Sport Billy
Squidbillies
Star Trek (The Animated Series)
Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003-2005)
Star Wars: Droids — The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO
Star Wars: Ewoks
Steins;Gate
Steven Universe
Strawberry Shortcake (2003-2008)
Stressed Eric
Super Dimension Force Macross, The
Super Friends
Super Globetrotters, The
Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, The
Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, The
Superman: The Animated Series
TaleSpin
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless
Tatami Galaxy, The
Teen Titans
Teen Titans Go!
Teen Wolf (1986-1987)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
Three Delivery
Thundarr the Barbarian
ThunderCats (1985-1989)
Tick: The Animated Series, The (1994-1997)
Tinin, The Adventures of (1991-1992)
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tom and Jerry Show, The (1975)
Town Called Panic, A
Transformers, The (1984-1987)
Trap Door, The
Trigun
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Tuca & Bertie
Turbo-Teen
Ulysses 31
Underdog
Undergrads
Urusei Yatsura
Usavich
Venture Bros., The
Vision of Escaflowne
Wacky Races (1968-1969)
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
Wild Thornberrys, The
Wildfire
Willo the Wisp
Wonder Pets!
Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The (1986-1987)
World of David the Gnome, The
Wuzzles, The
X-Men (Fox Kids, 1992-1997)
X-Men: Evolution
Xavier: Renegade Angel
Yogi's Space Race
Young Justice
Yu Yu Hakusho
Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series (YouTube, 2006 ff.)

I woke up this morning dreaming that there was an '80s animated series called The Opuloids, which was presumably about a team of wealthy crime-fighting cyborgs who power themselves up via fistfuls of OxyContin. Please consider my show as a write-in candidate during this voting season.

(Sponsored by Purdue Pharma. Villains include Fibromy Alger, who induces chronic pain, and Overton Counter, the dastardly fiend who tries to convince people that non-prescription analgesics are often sufficient. I have a theme song and everything. It was very productive, that shower I just didn't took.)

didn't

(I am still adjusting to this iPhone and Zing, my apologies.)

Three month voting period and a note for my job, please.

oh no i forgot about Tom Goes to the Mayor

yeah i need to set aside some time to watch all twenty-six episodes of Foofur before i can make a decision

xpost I wondered if that technically counted as 'animation'.

yeah i'm not sure either i think it's in the realm of stop motion though

sorry about Going Bananas, silby, turns out that was live action