List of Top 10 Retro Cartoons of the 80′s and two more :
12. Danger Mouse
Loosely based on James Bond, Danger Mouse is a British super hero / spy who
with his best friend Penfold aims to save the world from arch enemy Baron Silas
Greenback. Did you also know that many of the characters, including Danger
Mouse were voiced by actor David Jason?
Featuring future classic household hero’s such as Flash Gordon, the Phantom and
Mandrake the Magician, who of course battle it out against that man Ming the
Merciless. originally appearing in 1986 and lasting a massive 65 episodes, this
is a cult classic.
10. Transformers
Yes I know you are wondering why is this only at number 10, well… With it still
in our faces all the time and one of the longest series of products ever I
really don’t think they need to the props from us! Yes Optimus Prime pitted
against Megatron is probably the best battle ever, but still. Originally
released in 1984 this is the biggest and most successful cartoon ever!
9. BraveStarr
Originally debuting in 1987 did you know BraveStarr originally spawned from
GhostBusters? His arch enemy Tex
hex appeared in Ghost Busters in 1984 and subsequently got the spin off where
BraveStarr was born. You should remember Marshall BraveStarr with Eyes of the
Hawk, Ears of the Wolf, Strength of the Bear and with Speed of the Puma!
8. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
He-Man, alias Prince Adam and his twin sister She-Ra protect Eternia and the Castle of Grey Skull from their arch enemy
Skeletor. Helped out by his cowardly cat Cringer who famously turns into battle
cat once Adam becomes He-Man. Now name me anyone who hasn’t see, and even owned
He-Man and Battle Cat!!
7. Dungeons & Dragons
Controversial for it’s years, Americans actually tried to ban Dungeons &
Dragons for kids as they deemed it to violent for a cartoon. 6 childhood
friends; Eric, Bobby, Hank, Diana, Presto and Sheila enter the mystical relm of
Dungeons & Dragons through their local fairground ride, and of course
always accompanied by Bobby’s pet Uni, the Unicorn.
6. The Real Ghost Busters
Based on the original film in 1984, the actual cartoon series ran from 1986 to
1991 and span a total of 147 episodes. The four man crew of Peter Venkman, Egon
Spengler, Ray Stantz, and Winston Zeddemore were backed up by secretary Janine
Melnitz and of course, the friendly ghost that is Slimer.
5. Banana Man
Eric Wimp, an ordinary schoolboy, living at 29 Acacia Road, Nuttytown… You know the
rest. Everytime Eric eat’s a banana he turns into Banana Man, with the strength
of 20 men. Along with his trusty sidekick and pet Crow would fight crime and
his arch enemy General Blight.
4. Visionaries
Originally appearing on our screens in 1987, you probably won’t remember the
name, but I bet you would remember the intro and cartoons. Appearing for only
13 episodes, did you also know they all got killed in a special 3 episodes with
the Transformers…
3. Go-Bots
Originally appearing in 1984, there were 65 22-minute episodes of these
transforming robots, obviously not to be confused with transformers… They also
had a spin-off movie ‘Battle
of the RockLords’ Good enough to get in this list in it’s own right but I am
afraid no decent video!!
2. Thundercats
Needing no introduction, this was childhood cult debuting in 1985 and our
standout favourite. A total of 5 series followed the lives of Lion-O, Cheetara,
Snarf and the teamfinally finishing in 1990. However rumours have it that both
an animated film, and new cartoon series will be on screens within the next 2
years…
1. Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Only called ‘hero’ turtles in Europe, they
were actually the ‘Ninja’ turtles worldwide but the name was changed due to
controversy on release in the UK of Ninjas and nunchuks. Infact early episodes
in which Michelangelo would use his nunchuks were actually cut from UK episodes. If
you listen to the UK
theme carefully, you can even hear the poor dubbing. Originally making it’s
debut as a pilot in 1987, the full first series started in 1988. Michelangelo,
Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and of course, Splinter and April were the good
guys against the like of arch enemy Shredder in literally hundreds of episodes.
Making this one of the most popular cartoons of all time.
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