Apart from Thundercats (of course), what other shows did everyone love back in the 80s? Or whatever your vintage, I suppose.
I was always something of an action cartoon junkie, and my favourites were:
Visionaries: Knights Of The Magical Light
Defenders Of The Earth
The Legend Of Prince Valiant
I was also lucky enough to be just the right age when the big Gerry Anderson revival hit in the early 90s, and Thunderbirds has really held up.
Although arguably the greatest kids’ show of all time was “Knightmare”. Friday afternoons held a special place in my heart there.
That’s just a list of the ones that I still love even today, mind. If I gave the full list, I’d be here until christmas - 2016!
I was a 90’s kid, but I liked more action cartoons than anything. So shows like Teen Titans, Justice League Unlimited, Avatar:The Last Airbender, somewhat Ben 10, and various others were a staple of my youth and still are today.
Okay, I’m probably going to date myself big time here, but as a child of the '70s, I had my own particular list of favorites growing up. I doubt you may have heard of most of them. But that’s what Wikipedia is for. So without further ado…
Speed Racer
Marine Boy
Ultraman
Johnny Sokko & His Flying Robot
Space Giants
Space Ghost (original)
The Herculoids
Jonny Quest
Godzilla (Hanna-Barbera animated series)
Battle of the Planets (American dub of the anime Science Ninja Team Gatchaman)
Star Blazers
Land of the Lost
Superfriends
Space: 1999
Star Trek: TOS
Lost in Space
Thundarr the Barbarian
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Battlestar Galactica (original)
Doctor Who
Robotech
I’ve noticed that a majority of these shows were Japanese that were translated and brought over here. Don’t know if that’s significant.
82 born here and my fave shows as a kid growing up in the 80s and early 90s from ages 3 till 12:
Transformers.
He-Man and She-Ra.
GI Joe.
Star Trek (Old, TAS, Next Generation and DS9).
Looney Tunes and Merri Melodies.
Sesasme Street.
321 Contact.
The Muppet Show and Muppet Babies.
Tales from The Darkside.
Cheers.
NightCourt.
Heathcliff.
Who’s The Boss.
The Real Ghostbusters.
Amazing Stories.
Perfect Stangers.
Spitting Image. (Remember this British puppet show? they use to air this on PBS here in the states)
Gummi Bears.
Silverhawkes.
Fraggle Rock.
Super Friends and Super Powers Galactic Team.
Wonder-Woman (They use to air reruns of this show in the 80s when i was a kid and had a crush on both Wonder-Woman and Lynda Carter).
Mysterious Cities of Gold.
Gobots.
Robotech.
Voltron.
Flintstones, Jetsons, Smurfs, Tom and Jerry with other Hanna-Barbara stuff.
Bozo.
Double Dare.
Danger Mouse and Duckula.
Monkees. (They use to show this on Nick all the time and it got me into their music)
Munsters.
The Raccoons.
Twilight Zone.
Outer Limits.
Mr. Ed.
Scooby Doo.
The Addams Family.
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and Spider-Man (1994).
Ducktales.
Friday The 13th the series.
Werewolf.
Ninja Turtles.
Married with Children.
Robocop (Animated).
Garfield.
COPS (animated).
Superman (Ruby-Spears).
Freddy’s Nightmares.
Superboy.
Batman (60s).
Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers.
WWF wrestling.
The Beatles animated series. (They use to show this on Nick when i was 7 and it got me hooked into their music)
The A-Team.
Dragnet.
Ghosts of Fatting Hall.
Beetlejuice.
Family Matter.
Tales from The Crypt.
New Adventures of Winnie The Pooh.
Tiny Toons and Animaniacs.
Peter Pan and The Pirates.
The Flash.
Talespin.
Hey Dude.
Fresh Prince.
Ren and Stimpy.
Doug.
Rugrats.
Salute Your Shorts.
The Six Million Dollar Man. (They showed reruns of this)
Darkwing Duck.
The Toxic Crusaders.
Superman Adventures (50s).
The Outer Limits.
Bucky O’Hare.
Are you Afraid of the Dark.
Batman TAS.
Goof Troop.
Magnum PI. (Reruns)
Forever Knight.
Capitol Critters.
X-Men.
Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Eek The cat.
Underdog.
MASH.
Airwolf.
F-Troop.
SNL.
The Edge.
Herman’s Head.
Pirates of Dark Water.
Swat Kats.
Babylon 5.
Bonkers.
Sonic The Hedgehog (SatAM version).
Lois and Clark The New Adventures of Superman.
Beavis and Butt-Head.
Liquid TV.
Seaquest.
Biker Mice from Mars.
Mighty Max.
X-Files.
Speed Racer.
Gargoyles.
Duckman.
Mad TV.
Aladdin The Series.
Sailor Moon. (Guilty pleasure because of the lovely ladies i had a crush on when i was 12)
Reboot.
Hercules.
Brisco County Jr.
Rainbow
The Sooty Show
Button Moon
Superted
Belle and Sebastian
Mysterious Cities of Gold
Dungeons and Dragons
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
She-Ra Princess of Power
Fraggle Rock (sadly most of the UK version are missing from the archives!)
Ducktales
Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers
Talespin
Gummi Bears
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
The Dreamstone
Legends of Treasure Island
plus many more I’ve probably missed off the list above! Most of these I have on VHS and DVD!
I’ve watched some of the stuff on KorbenDallas’ list as well. Also, Mind Your Language, which is a politically incorrect sitcom, but good comedy for me (as a Sri-Lankan). And the Doctor in the House series. Also, Franklin (The one about the little turtle) and Rocky and Bullwinkle and old Hanna-Barbera productions, such as Birdman and the Galaxy Trio.