The ILX Animated Series Poll Results Thread is part of this complete breakfast

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

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?

Korra (Avatar first?)

Yes, watch Avatar first.

Any updates on the theme song poll?

No, sorry, I’ve been a combination of busy and apathetic, I will pull it together someday. But not today.

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

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.

Lol, just saw the same thing

On the same note, Chuck Lorre composed the very known theme song for TMNT

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

explosion of turtle fans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myjcUldWHNQ
This is a Hungarian show that is suing x-men for stealing their theme song

Haim Saban: Master Songwriter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av8a-ByAH3M

sorry i should give a warning somewhat disturbing i thought v funny but maybe posted it in haste :/

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?

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/

this was my theme song ballot

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Raccoons, the -- "Run With Us", Lisa Lougheed version
Mysterious 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" one
Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The (1986-1987) -- english song
Cowboy Bebop
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Ulysses 31

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Cro
M.A.S.K.
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Lucky Luke
Bruno the Kid
Gummi Bears, Disney's Adventures of the
Mega Man (1994)

Inspector Gadget
Bucky O'Hare
Bump in the Night
Freakazoid
Kipper
25

Fans of Over the Garden Wall may be excited to hear:
https://www.vulture.com/2021/02/redwall-tv-series-netflix.html