i didn't vote for animaniacs, but when i was grabbing images for the results - i realized it def had it's moments. enough so that i regretted not making space for it. tho looks like it did fine without me.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 19 September 2019 04:18 (four years ago) link
#8 - Beavis and Butthead was my #1.
high five
― Vernon Locke, Thursday, 19 September 2019 05:29 (four years ago) link
adventure time my #1'thank you' my fav episode if people want to checkthe most perfect and hilarious ending to anything i've ever seen
also 'i remember you' for more beautiful reasons
― nxd, Thursday, 19 September 2019 10:18 (four years ago) link
thanks poll stars for running this x
My list
DariaBatman: The Animated SeriesAvatar: The Last AirbenderCowboy BebopSpectacular Spider-ManDowntownGravity FallsBojack HorsemanKim PossibleJustice League UnlimitedHey Arnold!The SimpsonsSteven UniverseThe MaxxFillmore!Paranoia AgentSerial Experiments LainAdventure TimeSpawnAzumanga DaiohThe Big OPepper AnnOver the Garden WallVision of EscaflowneFullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Spectacular Spider-Man aired in the early 00s and is probably my favourite superhero show after B:TAS. The two shows aren't very much alike, but I like Spectacular for similar reasons - it's evidently made by people with a lot of knowledge and affection for the source material, but has a very distinct style and direction of its own. Too bad it only got two seasons.
Kim Possible is probably the highest-ranking entry I find most difficult to defend objectively. It made me laugh at a time when I badly needed it, though I doubt it holds up all that well. But if nothing else, it's got a another great John DiMaggio role in Dr Drakken.
I didn't watch enough of it to vote, but I'm mildly surprised Gargoyles got almost nothing.
― Duane Barry, Thursday, 19 September 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
I've never watched a Boondocks episode, but realized yesterday it got no votes. I liked the comic strip, is the series bad or just not memorable?
― nickn, Thursday, 19 September 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
its good, i forgot about it completely somehow
― ciderpress, Thursday, 19 September 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
was it not on the nominations list maybe
whenever i read the word "toons" i still get the homestar voice in my head saying "toons...games...downloads...characters" etc. the exact cadence is etched in my brain
A few months ago HSR's voice saying "downloads!" suddenly started popping up in my head anytime I open my "Downloads" folder.
― billstevejim, Friday, 20 September 2019 00:50 (four years ago) link
also (nearly in-)arguably the best soundtrack in television cartoon historyhttp://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL65E33789AA7052BC
tyvm for this, I am now on the 81st of 81 tracks
kept getting startled when it wld take a sidestep from an hour of jazz to dead-on pastiches of the Dust Brothers producing Money Mark
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Friday, 20 September 2019 19:27 (four years ago) link
It's a sin and a shame that soundtrack isn't readily available on US streaming services.Green Bird FTWhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJjnbhSTuqQ
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 20 September 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
I'm only catching up now, sorry for the blurting:
I was one of the two votes for the Critic, which I love for complicated cultural elite reasons - which the Orson Welles clips cover nicely.
I'd love to say my early and un-revisited love for the The Mysterious Cities of Gold was me as a woke child appreciating the non-European protagonists, but it was 50% ancient robots powered by molten gold and 50% the title tune.
Roughly the same for Ulysses 51: I was a huge Greek Mythology nerd as a kid and seeing them plus in space plus amazing theme tune was a big hit. Just rewatching the theme tune reminds me of the wacky robot though, which give me a lot of pause about rewatching actual episodes.
I was genuinely surprised by Samurai Jack down at #43, I thought Genndy Tartakovsky was generally considered one of the best western animators, and this is surely his signature show.
I should totally go back to Paranoia Agent - iirc I was weirded out by a lot of the first episode being gaslighting a woman about an assault?
Can someone recommend me something for Venture Bros? I had filed it away with Adult Swim, which I didn't get on with much.
I was the other #1 voter for Steven Universe: apart form being funny and sweet, it has a lot of unexpected character growth. I bought the first series for my girlfriend, a lot of which is fun one-offs (though I suspect if I went back now there'd be more shadows), but when the Tivo had recorded one of the ones from a later season, I advised her not to watch it, because she knows the characters, but there were there and now they're here, a 100 miles away.
Ulysses otm about the Animaniacs theme song as a thing of brilliance.
Spongebob Squarepants / Ren & Stimpy were heroes to most, but they never meant a thing to me.
I didn't actually know that Cowboy Bebop in the US is (as well as a lot of other things) an Adult Swim show!
Home Movies was the show that I was most surprised to see, because I have literally never heard of it before.
Bob's Burgers is classic for the kids - there must be an online test to see what percentage Tina, Gene and Louise you are.
Fuck, obviously, Rick & Morty.
I'm very pleasantly surprised that Futurama placed that high: I like the progression Simpsons -> Futurama -> Adventure Time -> Steven Universe.
Also very happy that Adventure Time got that high, considering that a lot of it is pretty impenetrable. It doesn't have quite the same "everything turns into the plot" as Steven Universe, so you can tune into a very late episode and it's about how Finn and Jake fall down separate holes and one ends up imprisoned by a mad king and the other ends up falling on a table supported by parachutes.
My taster playlist would be "Prisoners of Love" / "Evicted" / "I Remember You" / "Simon and Marcy"
One thing that's not maybe been mentioned about Adventure Time and Steven Universe is that they pack an awful lot in - "Sworn to the Sword" from SU can absolutely destroy me, but it's 10 minutes long like all the rest - turning over to Bob's Burgers afterwards can seem incredibly saggy. SU's special 20 minute long extravaganzas are still pretty zippy, unlike most of the 6-8 episode long specials in AT.
Also well done everyone for Family Guy not placing.
I really must see: Korra (Avatar first?), Gravity Falls, Daria
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 4 October 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
later episodes of Venture Bros are pretty polished and you can figure out the lore on the fly. Maybe start with season three and explore?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 4 October 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link
Korra (Avatar first?)
Yes, watch Avatar first.
― Doctor Hu (Leee), Friday, 4 October 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
Any updates on the theme song poll?
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 21 October 2019 02:13 (four years ago) link
No, sorry, I’ve been a combination of busy and apathetic, I will pull it together someday. But not today.
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Monday, 21 October 2019 02:21 (four years ago) link
btw i finished avatar and i loved it. started korra but i’m taking a break bc i have so many horror movies to watch
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 21 October 2019 02:36 (four years ago) link
In the netflix special on Power Rangers, I found out that Haim Saban (the Saban of Saban Entertainment) wrote the theme song to The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Inspector Gadget and a bunch of others.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 25 November 2019 01:56 (four years ago) link
Lol, just saw the same thing
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 25 November 2019 05:44 (four years ago) link
On the same note, Chuck Lorre composed the very known theme song for TMNT
― Vinnie, Monday, 25 November 2019 06:14 (four years ago) link
The UK intro to TMNT isn't the same. Needless censoring of nunchucks and the word "ninja" combined with a different singer... I don't think they had the same
― brain dead operatus (FlopsyDuck), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
explosion of turtle fans
― brain dead operatus (FlopsyDuck), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 13:52 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myjcUldWHNQThis is a Hungarian show that is suing x-men for stealing their theme song
― brain dead operatus (FlopsyDuck), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 13:46 (four years ago) link
Haim Saban: Master Songwriter
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av8a-ByAH3M
― Mordy, Friday, 10 January 2020 04:14 (four years ago) link
sorry i should give a warning somewhat disturbing i thought v funny but maybe posted it in haste :/
― Mordy, Friday, 10 January 2020 04:16 (four years ago) link
I'm watching Bob's Burgers for the first time. This is a great show! Take a Loren Bouchard pitch and give it a real budget -- why did it take so long to try that?
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 26 January 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
if i had seen Avatar when i voted it would've made my ballot easily
anyway this is a cool analysis of the psychoanalytic themes in the show:https://bgsp.edu/avatar-the-last-airbender/
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
this was my theme song ballot
1Raccoons, the -- "Run With Us", Lisa Lougheed versionMysterious Cities of Gold, The -- english/french song The Adventures of Captain Harlock -- "Take to the Sky"DuckTales (1987-1990)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)Jem -- the "Truly, Truly, Truly Outrageous" oneWonderful Wizard of Oz, The (1986-1987) -- english songCowboy BebopNeon Genesis EvangelionUlysses 31
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersThe New Adventures of Winnie the PoohA Pup Named Scooby-DooCroM.A.S.K.Alvin and the ChipmunksLucky LukeBruno the KidGummi Bears, Disney's Adventures of the Mega Man (1994)
Inspector GadgetBucky O'HareBump in the NightFreakazoidKipper25
― wasdnous (abanana), Thursday, 23 July 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
Fans of Over the Garden Wall may be excited to hear:https://www.vulture.com/2021/02/redwall-tv-series-netflix.html
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 11 February 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link