I'm sure when we were all kids that cartoons were a big part of our lives. We watched them on TV every afternoon when we got home from school, we played with toys and ate gummy snacks based on our favorite characters, and we used to talk about them with our friends on the school bus and at lunch. Some cartoons were so great that even after growing up we still find them entertaining and nostalgic whenever we see them on TV or find a DVD containing all our favorite episodes.

So the topic is about discussing your favorite cartoons from your childhood.

My absolute favorite cartoon would have to be Courage the Cowardly Dog. I like it for so many reasons, like the fact that it uses dark and macabre humor and pokes fun of classic horror movies. I loved the setting of a run-down farmhouse in the middle of "Nowhere, Kansas" where an old scottish couple lives with their cowardly dog and all sorts of creepy and weird things happen in the area, and the dog would have to overcome is cowardice to save his family, usually by coming up with clever and off-the-wall ideas. Also the artwork in the show was really cool, I loved how the wallpaper for buildings was drawn to look realistic and detailed, and the use of live action videos for the TV set in the farmhouse was a creative touch.

I hope to get the DVD containing the first season of this show soon, maybe years from now if I'm lucky enough to have children they can watch this cartoon with me and enjoy it as much as I did. ^_^

There are quite a few for me:

- Classic Disney and Bugs Bunny cartoons back before they were censored like crazy (ie. Huey, Dewey, and Louie being forced to smoke all the cigars when Donald catches them smoking).
- Thundercats
- GI Joe
- Transformers
- ReBoot
- While not a cartoon, I used to LOVE watching The Muppet Show after supper during the weekdays.

Good times.

Batman: The Animated Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
Transformers G1
Spider-Man (1994)
Dexter's Laboratory
Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers
TaleSpin
Tiny Toon Adventures
Doug
SWAT Kats
Rocko's Modern Life

So many others. They just don't make 'em like they used to.

I remember some of those shows, back when Cartoon Network was known for only showing classic cartoons. Then during the late 90's they started making their own original cartoons, and most were really good like Courage the Cowardly Dog, Dexter's Labratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Ed, Edd, and Eddy, and The Powerpuff Girls. However once those cartoons became old themselves they started making crappy cartoons, and it seems like the more time goes by the more boring the cartoons get. Maybe it's just because I'm older now and haven't grown up with these new shows, but I know that I don't like them. :shrug:

Does anime counts? :unsure:

Dragonball Z
Gundam wing
Swats katz
Thundercats
Darkwing Duck
Dexter laboratory
Hey Arnold
cheep n' dale
Johnny [censored] Bravo ( yea i really like that show )

Cartoons... dear god..

Bonkers
Doug
Rugrats
Street Shark
Escaflowne
Magic school bus
Arthur
Kirby
NinjaTurtles
Recess
Medabots
Pokemon (first season, mind you)
ReBoot
Beast Wars

Basically, everything back in the day lol.

Billy and Mandy
Dexters Lab
Ed Edd and Eddy
Invader Zim
Looney Toons (I watched Boomerang )

Of course! Most people don't know this, but in Japan the word "anime" is used to describe all cartoons, not just the ones they make. :yes:

He-man
Transformers
David the gnome
Looney Tunes
Denver
Mask

Batman The Animated Series
Spider Man The Animated Series
Looney Tunes
Tom And Jerry
Duck Tales
Darkwing Duck
Batman The Animated Series
Various Old Disney Cartoons
Batman The Animated Series
Batman The Animated Series
Batman The Animated Series
Batman The Animated Series
Batman The Animated Series
Batman The Animated Series

:P

Duck Tales fan are we?

I agree with this.

But add:
What Blackhand14 said
Pokemon
Digimon

In order of awesomeness:

Gargoyles
X-Men
Spiderman
Dragonball Z

Rocky and Bullwinkle.
The Flintstones
Johnny Quest.
Clutch Cargo.
Huckleberry Hound.

My kids watched Mutant Teenage Ninja Turtles.

[edit] I hated Kimba the White Lion..... and yes, that was the beginning.......and still can't stand modern anime....and Kimba is probably the reason.
*ducks and runs*

Pirates of the Dark Waters, Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, The Adventure of the Galaxy Rangers and Freakazoid. Looking up the intros on youtube it's like magic.

X-Men before the newer crap
Ghostbusters before the other crappy newer one
Doug
Rocko's Modern Life
Batman The Animated Series
Pirates of Dark Water.... With no ending..
Duck Tales... I liked the Bombasta Time traveling thing...
Tenchi Muyo Series..
Swat kats
Robotech

Looney Tunes
Tom and Jerry <3
Woody Woodpecker
Chilly Willy
Donald Duck
Chip and Dale
Captain Caveman
Smurfs
Snorks
Pac Man

Let's see mine where/are:
1: Legend of Zelda
2: Super Mario Bros. Super Show (when Captain Lou Albino was hosting it).
3: Captain N.
4: Courage the Cowardly Dog.
5: The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.
6: Chowder.
7: The Real Ghostbusters.
8: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
9: Cowboy Bebop.
10: Total Drama Island (Series).
11: Voltron.
12: Cow and Chicken.

I couldn't get enough of Scrooge jumping into his dough :biggrin:

Although I actually do like Batman and Looney Tunes more :ninja:

Looney Tunes
Tom and Jerry
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Ed, Edd, n Eddy
Pokemon
Dexter's Laboratory
Batman The Animated Series
Chip and Dale

EDIT: Hey Arnold

Glad to see some Courage the Cowardly Dog fans.

Besides Courage I also like Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Hey Arnold, Sailor Moon (the original, not the crap DiC turned it into), Scooby Doo, and The Adventures of Birdman.

Kablam
Rocko's modern life
are you afraid of the dark
Dexter's Lab
Cow and Chicken
Johnny Bravo
Courage the cowardly dog
Tom and Jerry
Ren and Stimpy
Spongebob
Fairly Odd Parents
Invader Zim
Hey Arnold
Doug
Arthur
Darkwing Duck
Duck Tales
Pokemon
Yugioh
Tale Spin
Digimon

There's a ton more. I used to watch a lot of tv when I was younger.

I didn't know Are You Afraid of the Dark was considered a cartoon.

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes (the originals, I hate all the new stuff they did later)
Tom & Jerry
Flintstones
Fat Albert

And of course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XRil07h5uE

Three cartoons comes into mind: Animaniacs, the Simpsons, and Arthur.

Anyways, time to ignite the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntvxV1xwCCY.

X-men