80s Cartoon Meme
1. One '80s Cartoon that changed your life:
Probably Transformers. I watched the cartoons way back when and collected the toys, then when I hit about 7th or 8th grade, I gave them up. A few years later, I noticed occasionally that there were what I thought were rip-off versions of the toys being sold, or what I considered a sad attempt at re-imaging the Transformers as animals and bugs (Optimus Primal, monkey. Primal? Really? Come on!). Then somehow (probably the internet), I heard about Beast Wars, a new TF cartoon that those toys were based on. This cartoon was really a sequel to the old TF cartoon and comics. I looked it up, loved it, and then the 80's revival really kicked in over the past few years and now I'm collecting the new Transformers comics based on the original G1 characters (and Beast Wars).
2. One '80s Cartoon that you have watched more than once:
Again, Transformers. I watch those cartoons every now and then, especially Transformers: The Movie.
3. One '80s Cartoon you'd want on a desert island:
What?! What kind of question is that? I'd want a boat and a fully charged satellite phone. Maybe a boat that transforms into an airplane.
4. One '80s Cartoon that made you laugh:
G.I. Joe, when Snake-Eyes break-danced.
5. One '80s Cartoon that made you cry:
I don't think any of them made me cry. Cringe, definitely, at the cheesiness of them (too many "Oh come on!" moments that went way beyond suspension of disbelief even for the particular series). Not even in the theater the first time I saw Transformers: The Movie, when all my favorite G1 characters turned gray, black, and white as their sparks were extingushed, and then Prime passed on the Matrix.
6. One '80s Cartoon you wish would have been made:
I'm going to have to agree with MCF on this one, a TF/Joe cross-over might have been really good. Then again it could have been really really bad.
7. One '80s Cartoon you wish had never been made:
Too many to name.
8. One '80s Cartoon you are currently watching:
I actually haven't watched cartoons in awhile. The most recent I watched was Gargoyles, and I'm pretty sure that was the 90's.
9. One '80s Cartoon you have been meaning to watch:
Thundercats. I remember enjoying that cartoon until the extra refugees showed up.
And I'll end with this question for the masses:
Why are they called "cartoons"?
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2 comments:
they said a cartoon not transportation.
Gargoyles alone would make a 90s cartoon meme worth it. I stumbled across quite a few great shows from that decade. I don't often think of the 90s with as much definition as the 80s, and this current nameless decade has even less, but a lot came out of the 90s. Friends, Seinfeld, Grunge Music, Batman the Animated series--I'll stop before this turns into a VH1 episode.
I will say ANY Sunbow cartoon in which Snake-Eyes or any character dances, usually to that Blaster Bop generic rock song, rules for its camp value and nostalgia. Remember Auto Bop with the breakdancers, complete with cardboard? CLASSIC.
I have to say T-Cats is fresh in my mind having finished the 3rd boxed set a few weeks ago. There's a lot about the refugee episodes I'd forgotton, like the shift in focus from the Mutants to the Lunataks as main villains, or the birth of New Thundera. There's actually a lot of good stuff in those eps. Bengali is kind of superfluous as a duplicate Tigra, but Lynx-O and Pumyra added to the mix. That reminds me of another great thing about Beast Wars. They took Tigatron, based on a repaint of the Cheetor figure, and really made him a noble and distinct character on the show. I kind of wish we had more of his character, especially in the third season.
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