Remembering the 80s, toon style

[Warpony]

Remember when cartoons back then had better storylines, characters were more developed, and it had heart, along with kicking intros and equally kicking tunes along with them?    Here are some of my faves: 

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14C9hySGfWw&feature=youtube_gdata_player


A cartoon that Seanbaby calls "the cartoon that cannot count how many **** it does not give."  The song I loved so.much, Im sharing the entire version of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqL_SO2thsE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Dungeons and Dragons:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA5I9Cd_Wq4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Of Course, Transformers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0oq_pt9XvI&feature=youtube_gdata_player



My very personal favorite, Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3EoBl5uBfU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[RedheadedBeauty]

I remember the cartoons back then being darker, not so fluffy and politically correct. How I miss them. Somethings were like that until the late 90s but I have no idea what happened. When did everything become hug it out and everything will be okay? I really miss evil just being evil not evil because daddy didn't hug them enough. Come on bring back the animation with true emotion!

I showed my cousin the cartoon My Little Pony Fireflies' Adventure he couldn't believe how dark it was for a bunch of girly ponies, he was 15 at the time. He's never seen cartoons like that.

PS he was scared of Pinkie Pie so I set them up all round him before he woke up the next morning for fun. He won't spend the night with us anymore. Haha!

[Calico_Star]

Whoo, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors! I definitely remember that one Jayce, She-Ra, and He-Man were a few of my favorites back in the day. I spent a couple years trying to remember Jayce though (remembered part of the storyline, but no title or character names) and only discovered it again fairly recently

Man, the good old days, huh? Cartoons nowadays just aren't the same...Thundercats and FiM are the only cartoons I watch on TV now, and both of them are continuations of cartoons from back then anyway, ironically...

[Eviecorn]

I remember Jayce!

Some of my favorite 80's cartoons that are a little more obscure include Bravestarr (mostly for 30/30, of course), Denver the Last Dinosaur, Ghostbusters (the Ruby-Spears venture, not the one based on the film called The Real Ghostbusters), Dino Riders, Count Duckula and Danger Mouse.

[mlpfan]

oh yes, i remember way back when:) love the old style!

[saply]

I LOVE the Galaxy Rangers!

[melodys_angel]

I dont remember any of these--were they early 80's?

It looks like galaxy rangers spun off many familiar eary and mid 90's catoons though, like captain planet^^

[Opalescence]

So many cartoons back then...


Thundercats, Ghostbusters, Galaxy Rangers, Jayce, He-Man, Ninja Turtles, Dinoriders, Bionic Six...


I think I spent way too many Saturdays getting up early and watching cartoons on cable until noon.


lol

[kaoskat]

I think the only one of those I watched was Transformers.

[Warpony]

I dont remember any of these--were they early 80's?
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It looks like galaxy rangers spun off many familiar eary and mid 90's catoons though, like captain planet^^

You gotta uoutube them then, you missed the good stuff!

[EStRanger]

I know I'm getting into "GEROFF MAH LAWN" territory, but none of the shows I watch now come close to the stuff I grew up with in the 80s. And it makes me so sad that I have trouble finding anyone who even remembers my two favourite shows from that time, let alone *watched* them: Wildfire and Kidd Video.

I'm betting to find some people who remember Wildfire here, though! It WAS a magical talking equine-themed show, after all. And I feel so ashamed that I did not know that Peter Beagle (The Last Unicorn) worked on Wildfire till I watched the extras on The Last Unicorn Blu-Ray a few months ago! How did I not already know this?!

Wildfire opening (which is gorgeous):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKk1RQL-dx8

Kidd Video opening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBQS1cgsEdU

I also loved Galaxy High, Smurfs, He-Man, She-Ra, D&D, Capt. N, Super Mario Bros. Super Show/The Legend of Zelda, and of course MLP & Friends!

[bewilderness]

I remember Wildfire and Kidd Video!!
 
Some of my favorites:  of course, My Little Pony   And Voltron, Thundercats, and Teen Wolf

[tornadoe]

lets not forget animaniacs.. I still remember the theme tune by heart and most of the songs they sung

[Calico_Star]

While we're on the topic of old cartoons, did anyone else ever watch Pirates of Dark Water? I used to LOVE that one, but no one I've talked to has ever seen it I watched it along with things like Godzilla, Johnny Quest, Birdman, Space Ghost, Thundarr the Barbarian, and Herculoids...And then of course there were things like Captain Planet, Gummi Bears, Rescue Rangers, Tailspin, and Duck Tales...
And then there was the girly stuff like My Little Pony and Lady Lovelylocks....Man I loved Lady Lovelylocks!

Childhood, come back! ;A; I sound like such a geezer! 

[EStRanger]

Lady Lovelylocks! I used to have some of those dolls, and I still have a bunch of Pixietails in with my ponies. And I do remember the TV show, though barely! I mostly recall the Prince who was turned into a dog for some reason.