The Saturday Morning Memorial Animated Series Poll: nominations

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Yes folks it's time for the long-awaited animated series ballot poll. This is the nomination thread.

Nomination Eligibility Requirements

All nominated works must be animated, using any technique, traditional or computer-aided, including but not limited to hand-drawn, cel, stop-motion, rotoscoping, motion capture, and 3-D. For works which combine animation and live action, the work is only eligible if episodes consist mostly of animated material; works where an animated character accompanies a live action cast do not qualify.

Nominated works must be episodic, that is, an episodic program originally produced for television, home video, Flash, streaming video, or something like it. Animated shorts from Disney, Warner Bros., Fleischer, etc were eligible in the previous poll and therefore "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" are not relevant nominations here.

Some properties have generated multiple related series. I'll decide whether to aggregate nominations if it comes up. If you want to argue that Justice League and Justice League Unlimited should be considered together you can do that.

Nominate by posting in this thread! If there's any ambiguity as to what a show title might mean give a link or something. Nominations will close…eventually.

I'd greatly appreciate the participation of a rollout collaborator; if you want to help make images and post things in a timely fashion in a month or two, let me know.

Yeah!

Over the Garden Wall

hell yeah

Garfield and Friends

no nomination limit?

Go to town, nominate anything you think you might want to give points to.

Here's a few:

Home Movies
Bob's Burgers
Sealab 2021
Archer
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
FLCL
Neon Genesis Evangelion
SpongeBob SquarePants
Steven Universe
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Hilda

ok here's a bunch more

Adventure Time
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Space Dandy
Bojack Horseman
Moral Orel
Rick and Morty
Venture Bros
Metalocalypse
Gravity Falls
King of the Hill
Cowboy Bebop
X-Men https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_(TV_series)
Daria
Batman: The Animated Series
Animaniacs

Hot diggity damn!

GROENINGS
The Simpsons
Futurama

DCAUs
Superman: The Animated Series
Batman: Beyond
Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (because I want to avoid votesplitting, plus technically there was BTAS and The Adventures of Batman & Robin)
Teen Titans

FAUXNIME
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Legend of Korra

MISC
Kill La Kill
Powerpuff Girls

Does FLCL encompass Progressive and Alternative?

Also willing to help with the rollout again (whether it be posting or doing images)!

Wooooo!

The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Robotech / Super Dimension Force Macross
Urusei Yatsura
Vision of Escaflowne
Sailor Moon
Homestar Runner / Strong Bad Emails
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Schoolhouse Rock! [if a series of interstitial PSAs counts]
DuckTales

Fillmore

What up, can of worms silby just opened

Imma let people get everything out of their system now and fill in any noticeable gaps later.

Well okay maybe just one while it's on my mind:

Usavich

Beavis and Butt-Head
Ren and Stimpy
Shaun the Sheep
Astro Boy (1980)
Pingu
South Park
Danger Mouse (1981)
Bluey
Roger Ramjet
Morph

...The Amazing Adventures of Morph, I mean.

The Critic

Nomination Eligibility Requirements

I note that, unlike what the thread title implies, it is not necessary that the episodic series have ever been shown on Saturday morning.

The Simpsons

Arthur

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Reboot
Jem
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986)

Frisky Dingo
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Squidbillies

Did we do sealab 2021

Muppet Babies
Aeon Flux
G.I. Joe
12 Oz. Mouse
Xavier: Renegade Angel
David the Gnome
The Real Ghostbusters!
Superman ('40s Fleischer version, assuming that counts)
Gumby

Technical question: would the Peanuts specials count as a series? Because I'd like very much to nominate and vote for them, if so.

(Looking through my library for ideas and, holy cow, I both forgot that I owned Toxic Crusaders and that anyone was ever insane enough to adapt a Lloyd Kaufman production into a Saturday morning cartoon.)

The Animals of Farthing Wood

noah's island

Samurai Jack

Inspector Gadget
Big Mouth
Doug
The Flintstones

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds

Centurions
Ulysses 31
Battle of the Planets
Jamie and the Magic Torch
X Bomber/Star Fleet
Terrahawks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w

Battle of the Planets

Battle of the Planets/G-Force: Guardians of Space/Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, I guess.

thansk for doing this silby!

Duckman
Clannad

This'll be fun.

Hey Duggee

Thundercats

Paddington (1976)
Star Trek
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Chapi Chapo
Bod

hey duggee is so fuckin good

Muppet Babies
Aeon Flux
G.I. Joe
12 Oz. Mouse
Xavier: Renegade Angel
David the Gnome
The Real Ghostbusters!
Superman ('40s Fleischer version, assuming that counts)
Gumby

― my but is not working it kept telling me device not found. (Old Lunch), Friday, July 26, 2019 3:43 AM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Came here specifically to nominate this. They're all up on youtube. I was working my way through them a few years back but didn't finish.

no mention of freakazoid so far? for shame, ilx

Pat a Mat (English: Pat and Mat)
Krtek (Mole)
Wacky Races (1968)

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

Rocko's Modern Life
Deadman Wonderland
Rugrats
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Tuca & Bertie
Bobby's World
Talespin
Darkwing Duck
Tiny Toon Adventures
The Magic School Bus
Gargoyles
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Happy Tree Friends

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Exosquad

and, what the hey:

Dragon Ball Z

Tempted to nominate The Itchy and Scratchy Show

Downtown

Dumbland

ok y'all ready for the real shit

Ivor The Engine
Bagpuss
The Clangers

The Magic Roundabout

A Town Called Panic

Please may I nominate

Invader Zim

for now and come back later to nominate some whimsical British children's progs and trashy international leftovers cheap enough for the Beeb to slop over our prepubescent British eyeballs during weekends and school holidays, tyvm

Many of the series of shorts LJ mentioned were compiled for Pinwheel in the US. A treasure trove of worthy nominations fall under that umbrella.

Mary Shelly's Frankenhole

I've never heard of Pinwheel but wow, wave of nostalgia on reading that list

I will also be combing the works of Shuki Levy later on for the "trashy international leftovers" section of my nominations

Holy cow, most of those theme songs are as perma-lodged in my brain as any pop single released during the same era.

Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea
Courage the Cowardly Dog

Clone High
The Fairly Oddparents
Transformers
The Wild Thornberrys

Growing Up Creepie
Three Delivery

I realize that no one has nominated anything Scooby-Doo related yet. There are like 20 related series for Scooby-Doo. Whether they are compiled into one thing later or not, I would like to nom:

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
The Scooby Doo Show
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

Young Justice

Paranoia Agent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVagWJhvVbM

patlabor on television / patlabor the new files (continuation past initial contract limit)

hey duggee is so fuckin good

― another no-holds-barred Tokey Wedge adventure for men (bizarro gazzara)

Yeah I get roped into watching all kinds of bullshit with my niece and Duggee is my saviour.

yeah my daughter learned to hug from duggee!

Liquid Television
Brak Show
DINO RIDERS no not really but maybe really
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lor_uUkJkkw

Underdog
Mighty Mouse
The Mighty Heroes

This thread is getting the kind of response I usually associate with threads asking people about their preferences among candy bars and snack foods.

Cartoons are good

I have enjoyed me many a cartoon in my day.

Count Duckula

Tuca & Bertie

which fuckin' Netflix just cancelled, the assholes

Herculoids

Bee and Puppycat
Bravest Warriors

Speed Racer
Kimba the White Lion
The Amazing 3

I have enjoyed me many a cartoon in my day.

To help prove this contention, here, for the delectation of the ilx audience, I shall transcribe from memory all the lyrics to the theme for 'Felix the Cat' cartoons:

Felix the Cat, the wonderful, wonderful cat!
Whenever he gets in a fix
He reaches into his bag of tricks.

Felix the Cat, the wonderful, wonderful cat!
You'll laugh so hard your sides will ache,
Your heart will go pit-a-pat,
Watching Felix the Cat, the wonderful cat!
---------------

ftr, Felix the Cat was horribly unfunny, but I watched it anyway, because any cartoon was a treat.

Turbo Teen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18e_ID-DpA

Eek!stravaganza aka Eek! The Cat
The Tick (1994-1997)
The Pink Panther Show (1969)
Thundarr the Barbarian

Super Friends
Hey Arnold!
Recess

Steven Universe
Downtown (the MTV series from 1999)
Hilda
The Dragon Prince
She-Ra: Princess of Power (the '80s cartoon, not the new Netflix one, which was already nommed)
Starzinger
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

I'm wondering if we should crosspost this to Aeon Flux Top Level, maybe even get Peter Chung to vote.

Whoops, sorry, I see Hilda and Steven Universe were already nommed.

Steven Universe will probably be my #1, even though it hasn't even ended yet. It's just been so amazing to watch something so imaginative, life-affirming and beautifully queer on mainstream television. It's my favourite TV series of this decade, cartoon or non-cartoon.

And Avatar the Last Airbender was probably my favourite series, cartoon or non-cartoon, of the previous decade. The last 15 years or so have been great for US cartoons with progressive themes.

Pepper Ann
Kim Possible
Azumanga Daioh
The Maxx
X-Men Evolution
Spectacular Spider-Man
Black Lagoon
Serial Experiments: Lain
Earthworm Jim

I'm mildly (and pleasantly) shocked that Downtown has been nominated twice already!

Celebrity Deathmatch

jim woodring did work on turbo teen, you can really see the influence

A couple more:

Doctor Snuggles
Home (the Netflix spinoff of the animated movie)

I worked on one of the masterpieces of shit — it was called Turbo Teen, about a guy who turned into a car. Not just any car, it was a big muscle car. And the people who wrote that show were such jackasses that ... I remember there was one character who was dancing at a dance in one scene, and this guy called out, “Get it down, Jack!” — the writer evidently couldn't quite remember if it was “Get it on” or “Get down,” and then to just give this ‘80s show an authentic '50s touch, “Jack!” It was just so sad! [Laughter.] Somebody brought in an anti-drug pamphlet that showed on the cover a horribly deformed baby whose head looked like a wad of silly putty that had been mangled, and John hung it up on the door and had it saying, "Oh no, I'm turning into Turbo Teen!" That summed it up nicely.

lol

Mr Ben
Roobarb

Astro Fighter Sunred
Paddy the Pelican

Gummi Bears

Star Wars: Clone Wars (not the 3D one, the 2D series by Genndy Tartakovsky)

Teen Titans Go!

(distinct from Teen Titans, already nominated)

Mike Tyson Mysteries
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
SNL's TV Funhouse
Mickey Mouse (2013-)

Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids

Dunno if anyone will vote for it, but it should at least get a nom

Some more that sprung to mind:

Dexter's Laboratory
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Johnny Bravo
F is for Family
My Life as a Teenage Robot
Sheep in the Big City
Flapjack
Regular Show
The Big O
Phineas and Ferb

I could be completely wrong about this, but it feels like 00s shows (kid's ones, at least) are being largely overlooked here. I guess they came out at a time when most posters were too old for them, and/or their kids too young/not born yet?

The thread going this long without a Peppa Pig nom is a surprise, I guess.

I watched the first episode of Over the Garden Wall and didn't really like it -- how far should I get into it to get a proper sense of the series?

Future Boy Conan

Any other people reading who want to nominate Czech/Hungarian/Russian cartoons/animated series? I did my small part but there's so much good stuff from the 60s-90s, and I forgot a lot of titles I watched when I was young.

Thank you for reminding me of

Masha and the Bear

My man.

Family guy
American dad
The Cleveland show

Dilbert

The Ricky Gervais show

we don't have to nominate every series

Okay true and I know this will go nowhere, but for a brief moment in the mid '80s, I was definitely going to grow up to be Jana of the Jungle. So...Jana of the Jungle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_of_the_Jungle

Also apparently I was so into the cartoon The New Shmoo that for the next decade this one bread recipe my mom made, which involved rolling out a blobby shape, was known in my family as "Shmoo bread."

we don't have to nominate every series, but I'm going to nominate a bunch of stuff I have some kind of childhood nostalgia for without checking if it's actually terrible

British things:

The Trap Door
Mr Benn
King Rollo
Henry's Cat
Captain Pugwash

Not British things:

The Pink Panther Show
The Raccoons

I loved The Trap Door and Ulysses 31, both already nommed.

Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
Beetlejuice

Oops, Pink Panther Show and Mr Benn already nominated, sorry

fwiw I wasn't trying to say the trap door was already nommed before you did it. i just meant i would have nommed it!

No worries, shouldn't be too hard to dedupe. I will collate nominations to date sometime by the end of this coming weekend, present the list so far, and then set a nomination deadline for stragglers at that time. Glad there's so much interest! This is gonna be a tough poll to really find time to seek out things new-to-me before casting votes. If it seems interesting to do so I will try to prepare sub-rankings of British and anime series.

anyway,

Revolutionary Girl Utena

is not something I have seen all of but I should make sure it gets nominated

Technical question: would the Peanuts specials count as a series? Because I'd like very much to nominate and vote for them, if so.

― my but is not working it kept telling me device not found. (Old Lunch), Thursday, July 25, 2019 8:44 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Great Pumpkin and Christmas both placed in the shorts+features poll so I'm going to say no.

here's some more anime:

macross plus
gunbuster
nadia: the secret of blue water
ghost in the shell: stand alone complex
haibane renmei
now and then, here and there

i remember absolutely nothing about now and then, here and there except that it blew my mind in high school

The Big O

duane!!! thank you for nominating this show, the second season is a work of art

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgQVL5RG0DU

with the most Kinks/progge like theme song :)

i... have never heard that theme song before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA7Xl5CtHRM

this is the one i'm familiar with, which is way more elo than kinks

This makes me think I should ask for an additional top 5 OPs ballot from anyone who wants to do that

there's really not enough anime nominated itt

i'm not the person to do it bc i'm really a casual fan of the genre but it does seem like a glaring hole to have like every disney afternoon cartoon from the 90s nominated but comparatively v few anime (obv it would be insane to have an exhaustive anime list too but still)

on that note i'll nominate the totally trashy but still enjoyable:

Attack on Titan
Future Diary
Death Note

also lol wins

Family guy
American dad
The Cleveland show

i wondered how far we could get without any of those being nominated (nb american dad might end up on my ballot)

[q]The Big O was scored by Geidai alumnus Toshihiko Sahashi. His composition is richly symphonic and classical, with a number of pieces delving into electronica and jazz.[17] Chosen because of his "frightening amount of musical knowledge about TV dramas overseas,"[18] Sahashi integrates musical homages into the soundtrack. The background music draws from film noir, spy films and sci-fi television series like The Twilight Zone. The battle themes are reminiscent of Akira Ifukube's compositions for the Godzilla series.[19]

The first opening theme is the Queen-influenced "Big-O!".[20] Composed, arranged and performed by Rui Nagai, the song resembles the theme to the Flash Gordon film. The second opening theme is "Respect," composed by Sahashi. The track is an homage to the music of Gerry Anderson's UFO, composed by Barry Gray.[21] In 2007, Rui Nagai composed "Big-O! Show Must Go On," a 1960s hard rock piece, for Animax's reruns of the show. The closing theme is the slow love ballad "And Forever..." written by Chie and composed by Ken Shima. The duet is performed by Robbie Danzie and Naoki Takao.

Along with Sahashi's original compositions, the soundtrack features Chopin's Prelude No. 15 and a jazz saxophone rendition of "Jingle Bells." The complete score was released in two volumes by Victor Entertainment/[q]

Huh.. Never knew there were three theme songs! 'Yours' is def more ELO, but great all the same.

when i compared it to elo i was trying to not make the obvious flash gordon queen comparison, which i guess even the wikipedia page has lol

I was trying to one up myself but then I couldn’t think of anything worse than the Ricky gervais show

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Fullmetal Alchemist
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya

devilman crybaby
kaiba

Undergrads
Mission Hill
One Punch Man
Dr. Katz

Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series (YouTube, 2006 ff.)

Clerks: The Animated Series

K-On!
Nichijou
Non Non Biyori
A Place Further than the Universe

feels like the "saturday morning" part of the title is perhaps a red herring. but whattayagonnado. man... there are a bunch of dubious teen-pleasing 90s anime shows I almost nominated but then edited back down since I figured we were only nominating stuff we thought deserved to be in the top countdown. in the late 90s i watched the first 2-4 episodes of virtually every show to which the high school anime club membership had access, and most of em i can't defend or even remember particularly sharply. was such-and-such plot element in tenchi-muyo, yu yu hakusho, blue seed, or 8 eyes? was that romantic misunderstanding in ah! my goddess, here is greenwood, marmalade boy, or kodomo no omocha? all gone now sadly.

but i will add to my earlier anime noms:

Kimagure Orange Road
Ranma 1/2
Fushigi Yuugi

Batman Beyond

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
The Scooby Doo Show
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, July 26, 2019 9:19 AM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Where are you, what's new, and mystery incorporated can be distinct. Based on skimming wikipedia during work, "The Scooby Doo Show" seems like it should be lumped into What's New, as far as the format goes?

And yeah it's the "Saturday Morning Memorial" poll b/c as far as I know the format no longer exists, today's cartoons are streaming and have been airing in prime time on cable since I was a kid. I think the shows on the WB were more or less the last gasp of the network cartoon program format, in terms of its vitality/continuity.

i haven't watched them since high school, but iirc: tenchi muyo, in ova, series, and tenchi in tokyo form, is real inconsistent, in tokyo particularly terrible

yu yu hakusho was so fun and so... so long

feels like the "saturday morning" part of the title is perhaps a red herring. but whattayagonnado. man... there are a bunch of dubious teen-pleasing 90s anime shows I almost nominated but then edited back down since I figured we were only nominating stuff we thought deserved to be in the top countdown. in the late 90s i watched the first 2-4 episodes of virtually every show to which the high school anime club membership had access, and most of em i can't defend or even remember particularly sharply. was such-and-such plot element in tenchi-muyo, yu yu hakusho, blue seed, or 8 eyes? was that romantic misunderstanding in ah! my goddess, here is greenwood, marmalade boy, or kodomo no omocha? all gone now sadly.

― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Monday, July 29, 2019 11:39 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Beautiful post. And so otm. Especially the "all gone now sadly" part.

I've the melody of a theme song of a late 90s/early 00s anime etched onto my brain. It plays nearly every single day, I'm reminded of it constantly, it's been with me for 15, 20 years now. Yet I can't for the life of me figure out which anime it was. I've checked my hdd's, my mp3's on old computers and laptops, my blogs of yore for a mere chance mention, weeding through wiki anime series lists.. Nothing.

Until the day Shazam will be able to identify a very poorly whistled or hummed tune for what it is, it's lost. Tears in rain. Ah well.

Perhaps it wasn’t anime? I’ve had this phenomenon before and I had misremembered some aspect of it that prevented me from tracking it down.

Dungeons and Dragons, y'all

Akagi, mahjong anime

i'm glad somebody else mentioned THE REALM OF DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS because i didnt want to be accused of just nominating things out of nostalgia.
anyway
Dragon's Lair

I wasn't too into it myself, but I think Batman: The Brave and the Bold deserves a nom. HBO's Spawn as well.
And another anime I just though of - Trigun!

Last Exile
(I barely remember that tbh)

there was an anime I quite liked but can't remember the name of about a white-haired dude who traveled the countryside checking out ghosts. It was extremely gentle to the point of soporific

Mushishi?

that's it!

Puffin Rock

a bunch of anime that hasnt been nominated yet and i can remember enjoying a fair bit, mostly recent-ish:

land of the lustrous
mob psycho 100
jojo's bizarre adventure: diamond is unbreakable
ping pong: the animation
steins;gate
the tatami galaxy
monthly girls' nozaki-kun
planet with

Lucky Star
Barakamon

Puffin Rock

― ☮ (peace, man)

Very charming show.

Hyouka
Laid-Back Camp
Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless

The Head

I watched the first episode of Over the Garden Wall and didn't really like it -- how far should I get into it to get a proper sense of the series?

― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Monday, July 29, 2019 2:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

If you've seen the first two stories and don't like them, you don't need to continue, it's not for you.

Cosign that and it wasn’t for me either

Depending when the rollouts happen, I might be willing to help with the images. I liked doing it for the Spoon poll.

I am looking forward to the anime stuff because it's an area I don't know that much about, the obvious Ghibli films aside, and would probably be into.

(same goes for LBI's Czech/Hungarian/Russian stuff, if that encourages anyone to nominate any more of those, or anything else outside my comfort zone of Anglophone 70s-80s kids' shows)

a few I'm not sure I'll vote for but then again I might:

Pinky and the Brain
DuckTales reboot (2017-)

btw rescind my nomination for terrahawks - was puppets, not animation.

the cartoon i remember from my youth is a show called galaxy high. this was my favorite cartoon when i was young. i remember this because my parents were a little exasperated that i was watching garbage (as parents get sometimes). one morning one of my parents actually came down and watched an episode of the show in question, and when it was done asked me "see? wasn't that terrible?". which confused the heck out of me, because i had loved watching it! that was my parents, though, they wanted to treat me as if i was a miniature adult.

The theme tune from that is by Don Felder from the Eagles! I like it more than anything by the Eagles except the HGTTG theme tbh.

I loved the show as a kid and watched it every Saturday for many years as a kid. There are only 13 episodes. I didn't notice it repeating.

Invader Zim
Camp Candy (with John Candy)
Gummy Bears
Smurfs
Tailspin
Captain Planet

Kidd Video
Heathcliff

Garfield and Friends
The Oblongs

oh great now i have this in my head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1JBQdlTCnQ

at this point half of the list is dreck that really should only be nominated for the theme songs, and iirc already was, in the theme song poll

(but it'll all come out in the voting i feel, so carry on!)

We're quickly getting into "why not just nominate James Bond Jr" territory here.

James Bond Jr

KID VIDEO!!!

I wasn't allowed to watch that because of the music videos being the devil's doorway (there's another one), but I worshipped it.

Well I walked into that one. Seems criminal, though, that it got nommed before "Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego".

starting to collate noms instead of working, I'm up to last Friday and have 102

OK I'm caught up with nominations. I have a few questions and a few disqualifications, which I will post about sometime soon so people can argue if they want, so if your nomination is missing below that is why. Nominations will close Sunday, August 4 at 8pm Seattle Time or thereabouts.

I'm thinking with 271 nominations, I will ask for ranked ballots of 25 shows (minimum 10).

Here are the 271 qualified nominations so far:

12 oz. Mouse
Adventure Time
Aeon Flux
Akagi
Amazing 3, The
Amazing Adventures of Morph, The (1980-1981)
American Dad
Animals of Farthing Wood, The
Animaniacs
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Archer
Arthur
Astro Boy (1980-1981)
Astro Fighter Sunred
Attack on Titan
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Azumanga Daioh
Bagpuss
Barakamon
Batman: Beyond
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Beavis and Butt-Head
Bee and Puppycat
Beetlejuice
Big Mouth
Big O, The
Black Lagoon
Bluey
Bob's Burgers
Bobby's World
Bod
Bojack Horseman
Brak Show, The
Bravest Warriors, The
Camp Candy
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Celebrity Deathmatch
Centurions: Power Xtreme
Chapi Chapo
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Clangers (1969-1972)
Clannad
Clerks (The Animated Series)
Cleveland Show, The
Clone High
Count Duckula
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Cowboy Bebop
Danger Mouse (1981-1992)
Daria
Darkwing Duck
Deadman Wonderland
Death Note
Devilman Crybaby
Dexter's Laboratory
Dilbert
Dino-Riders
Doctor Snuggles
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
Doug (Nickelodeon and ABC)
Downtown
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Prince, The
Dragon's Lair
DuckTales (1987-1990)
DuckTales (2017-)
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man
Dungeons & Dragons
Earthworm Jim
Eek! The Cat (aka Eek! Stravaganza)
Exosquad
F is for Family
FLCL (original run)
Fairly OddParents, The
Family Guy
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Fillmore!
Flintstones, The
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Freakazoid
Frisky Dingo
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Fushigi Yuugi
Futurama
Future Boy Conan
Future Diary
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983-1986; 1989-1993)
Garfield and Friends
Gargoyles
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Gravity Falls
Growing Up Creepie
Gumby
Gummi Bears, Disney's Adventures of the
Gunbuster
Haibane Renmei
Happy Tree Friends
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Head, The
Henry's Cat
Herculoids, The
Hey Arnold!
Hey Dugee
Hilda
Home Movies
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh
Homestar Runner (inclusive of Strong Bad Emails)
Hyouka
Inspector Gadget
Invader Zim
Ivor the Engine
James Bond Jr.
Jamie and the Magic Torch
Jana of the Jungle
Jem (aka Jem and the Holograms)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012-)
Johnny Bravo
Justice League and Justice League Unlimited
K-On!
Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Kaiba
Kidd Video
Kill La Kill
Kim Possible
Kimagure Orange Road
Kimba the White Lion
King Rollo
King of the Hill
Laid-Back Camp
Land of the Lustrous
Last Exile
Legend of Korra, The
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Liquid Television
Lucky Star
Macross Plus
Magic Roundabout, The (1965-1977)
Magic School Bus, The
Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, The
Mary Shelley's Frankenhole
Masha and the Bear
Maxx, The
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya, The
Metalocalypse
Mickey Mouse (2013-)
Mighty Heroes, The
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
Mike Tyson Mysteries
Mission Hill
Mob Psycho 100
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (aka Gundam Wing)
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
Moral Orel
Mr Benn
Muppet Babies
Mushishi
My Life as a Teenage Robot
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Mysterious Cities of Gold, The
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Nichijou
Noah's Island
Non Non Biyori
Now and Then, Here and There
Oblongs, The
One Punch Man
Over the Garden Wall
Paddington (1976-1980)
Paddy the Pelican
Paranoia Agent
Pat & Mat
Patlabor: The TV Series / Patlabor: The New Files
Peppa Pig
Pepper Ann
Phineas and Ferb
Ping Pong
Pingu
Pink Panther Show, The (1969 ff)
Pinky and the Brain
Place Further than the Universe, A
Planet With
Powerpuff Girls, The
Puffin Rock
Raccoons, The
Ranma 1/2
Real Ghostbusters, The
Reboot
Recess
Regular Show
Ren & Stimpy Show, The
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Rick and Morty
Ricky Gervais Show, The
Robotech
Rocko's Modern Life
Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, The Adventures of
Roger Ramjet
Roobarb
Rugrats
Sailor Moon
Samurai Jack
Schoolhouse Rock!
Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger (aka Force Five: Spaceketeers, Sci-Bots)
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (including Battle of the Planets and G-Force: Guardians of Space)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! / The New Scooby-Doo Movies / The Scooby-Doo Show
Sealab 2021
Serial Experiments Lain
Shaun the Sheep
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985-1986)
Sheep in the Big City
Simpsons, The
Smurfs, The (1981-1989)
South Park
Space Dandy
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea
Spawn
Spectacular Spider-Man, The
Speed Racer
SpongeBob SquarePants
Squidbillies
Star Trek (The Animated Series)
Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003-2005)
Steins;Gate
Steven Universe
Super Dimension Force Macross, The
Super Friends
Superman: The Animated Series
TaleSpin
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless
Tatami Galaxy, The
Teen Titans
Teen Titans Go!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
Three Delivery
Thundarr the Barbarian
ThunderCats (1985-1989)
Tick: The Animated Series, The (1994-1997)
Tinin, The Adventures of (1991-1992)
Tiny Toon Adventures
Town Called Panic, A
Transformers, The (1984-1987)
Trap Door, The
Trigun
Tuca & Bertie
Turbo-Teen
Ulysses 31
Underdog
Undergrads
Urusei Yatsura
Usavich
Venture Bros., The
Vision of Escaflowne
Wacky Races (1968-1969)
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
Wild Thornberrys, The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The (1986-1987)
World of David the Gnome, The
X-Men (Fox Kids, 1992-1997)
X-Men: Evolution
Xavier: Renegade Angel
Young Justice
Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series (YouTube, 2006 ff.)

one last round of anime that i dunno if i'd vote for but feels like it ought to be available

Chihayafuru
Yu Yu Hakusho
Hunter x Hunter (2011-2014)
Samurai Champloo
The Rose of Versailles

The only quibble I have off the top is: maybe Justice League and Justice League Unlimited could be separate entries? Not a big deal either way but they feel different enough to each qualify on their own.

The only quibble I have off the top is: maybe Justice League and Justice League Unlimited could be separate entries? Not a big deal either way but they feel different enough to each qualify on their own.

― COOL DUDE'S ONLY, NO NERD'S ALOUD (Old Lunch), Friday, August 2, 2019 4:39 PM (twenty seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

I'm ok with uncoupling them. The Timm DC stuff is probably going to suffer somewhat in this poll format for being split over so many shows so I just want everyone to be OK with that.

I came here specifically to nominate Freakazoid!, which remains my favorite cartoon ever on *Actual* Saturday Morning Cartoons tv, at least where I grew up.

that the eponymous protagonist is a nerd who is turned into a superhero by being sucked into the internet and absorbing all of its information makes it even more amazing.

Freakazoid! will get my vote after the Simpsons.

man we really don't rep for The Critic, do we?

i think i would have gone the rest of my life without remembering that show existed

actually the list is really damning all the post-Simpsons attempts at a prime time adult animated show.... Capitol Critters... Family Dog... the Internet claims there was one called Fish Police....

They all earned their damnation iirc.

i love the critic but it doesn't completely hold up. will be voting for it though

Funnybones
Black Butler
Batfink

Also, for the lols:

Samurai Pizza Cats
Rude Dog and the Dweebs

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jds-toonworld/images/3/32/CAH75M1XIAAHNdt.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150613023359

samurai pizza cats in the "good theme song, remember nothing of the show" category for me

I think I know the answer but would Gerry Anderson’s work be eligible?

I think I know the answer, too, and the can of worms it would open if allowed. Maybe we need a follow-up 'puppets and people in costumes' poll (as I've been repeatedly reminded and disappointed while considering nominations that the Kroffts never made an animated series).

I don’t know what those things are but no puppetry filmed live is not animation

the Internet claims there was one called Fish Police....

an adaptation of the 1980s b&w explosion comic by the self-publisher who gave Steve Purcell his start

I've been watching some of the more recent nominees in anticipation of this poll. So far Steven Universe is going in my ballot, Adventure Time isn't, and Gravity Falls is a maybe.

M.A.S.K.

oh fuck the theme just crept back into my head

Denver, The Last Dinosaur

Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales
^will likely actually vote for this as a regional favorite... it's not objectively good but it's my nostalgia pick. anybody else see this as a kid?

Voiced by Don Adams! I used to think it was just somebody trying to sound like him. Apparently the voice actor who played Chumley just passed away earlier this year.

Belle & Sebastion
Trollhunters/3Below (different shows w/ a shared chronology/cast/setting/etc)
Curious George
Star Wars Rebels
Odd Todd (webseries, not the shortlived Comendy Central version)

Which B&S?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pnl0aqZpi4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6tH-cUAkcI

og

The Jetsons
Crusader Rabbit (the first tv cartoon ever!)
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Dinosaucers
Ghostbusters (1986)

xp - btw, abanana, appreciate the fact that you chimed in first in this thread with Over the Garden Wall. My son (now six) and I (re)watch the series every October, before Halloween, and it has aged like a fine molasses.

Thanks! I discovered that show earlier this year.

Galaxy High

No UK ilxors nominated Willo the Wisp yet?! Well...

Willo the Wisp

ohh v v otm, good job

I think I’m going to have to check out Gravity Falls and Steven Universe.

Either of them safe to throw on around my 5 year old?

both, i'd say; though they'll miss the nuances.

Bananaman
Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines
Family Ness, The
Pigeon Street

Stressed Eric
Rex the Runt

Some Brit animation and an anime which only those of a certain age will remember:

Marine Boy
Mary, Mungo and Midge
Noggin the Nog

a lot of this stuff doesn't qualify to me; is Ren and Stimpy really a Saturday morning cartoon? any of those adult swim shows? no. those are basically adult cartoons that run/ran at various times. I assumed this thread about really about honest to god Saturday morning kid fare, like my personal favorite: dungeons and dragons!

there was a godawful Ghostbusters cartoon in the 80's that had nothing at all to do with the Ghostbusters but was a cartoon sequel to a live action 70's show that absolutely no one remembered and I assume was made only to capitalize on the name, which then lead to a terrible 'Real Ghostbusters' cartoon that was based on the movies.

Inspector Gadget

I assumed this thread about really about honest to god Saturday morning kid fare

I think it's just a confusing thread title - the poll is any episodic animated series.

i think some of the confusion may be between those of us who were on the neon genesis evangelion thread when silby brought up the idea of a sequel to the animated films poll, and those just seeing the thread fresh. in that context, it seemed obvious that it was about the best of serialized animation and not our most fondly-remembered childhood garbage shows. tho i think both are viable poll concepts!

I just wanted a clever thread title :( it’s definitely all serialized animation that’s eligible. I’ll call it something else for the voting and rollout to re-prime people’s voting criteria.

Pretty much the opposite of Saturday Morning cartoons - Murun Buchstansangur. It was about a sort of depressed walking potato.

I was today old when I learned that there were two animated series called The Real Ghost Busters, as akm is surely not talking shit about the Lorenzo Music / Maurice La Marche / Frank Walker / Arsenal Hall one.

Which was the one where Slimer was their pet?

Not going to lie, that series scared the hell out of me when I watched it.

The fake Ghostbusters cartoon (the one with a goddamn gorilla) was just called Ghostbusters, and the one with the real Ghostbusters (the ones that anyone cared about, from that big blockbuster movie) was called The Real Ghostbusters.

I know I watched this thing but I don't know why.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6xwWZXABg50/hqdefault.jpg

It was the Peter Pan Records of '80s cartoons.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71RML43VnAL._SY355_.jpg

Arsenal Hall

😎

today i learned that there were two unrelated shows about the cartoon cat heathcliff (the second one is probably the one you remember)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathcliff_(1980_TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathcliff_(1984_TV_series)

I've just had my first cheesesteak in the food court of Philadelphia Airport, I have a lot going on (also sorry to Frank Welker)

watched a fair bit of the shitty gorilla ghostbusters - iirc it would be on at like 7 AM on weekdays, right before or after the Double Dare ripoff (but with wild production value), Fun House. remember nothing at all abt it except the gorilla, the car, and the logo.

wau at the 1980 heathcliff! i had no idea.

Some oldschool ones:
- The Beatles
- Cool McCool

The whole history of the ghostbusters cartoon is somewhat interesting actually in that they rushed it to capitalize on the name; the movie had paid a negligible sum for
The rights to even use “ghostbusters” since there’s been tv show in the 70s; then filmation maybe almost for the rights to make the actual animated series based on the movie but for some reason did that dumb shit instead and confused a generation of children. Anyway, it sucks. Thanks for the Peter Pan records reference though, what a disappointment that shit was

keep nominating tonight, I was gonna catch up and close the books tonight but I'm out of gumption. 24 hours reprieve.

Whoa @ 1980 Heathcliff, that is some real news there.

But yes, I guess my nomination was specifically for the 1984 iteration.

I remember my mum mistakenly buying me a book about the wrong kind of Ghostbuster, and being very confused and annoyed about it.

The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police

Chorlton and the Wheelies

Speed Racer

Jonny Quest

Wonder Pets

Pingu

OK so here's the questions and DQs from my first collation of nominations (that weren't self-withdrawn by nominators):

Heathcliff: sounds like we want 1984 not 1980?

Bluey: 1976 or 2018?

Fleischer Superman: DQ

X-Bomber: live puppetry, DQ

Krtek: not clear to me that this constitutes a serialized production, looks like a series of short films

DumbLand: likely qualified, can anyone give me more context on the original production and distribution than wikipedia?

Mighty Mouse: the original Mighty Mouse shorts were non-serialized and theatrical. Wikipedia says "what made him a cultural icon was television" but by analogy with Looney Tunes and Mickey Mouse shorts I think I must DQ

TV Funhouse: probably qualifies, please speak up in favor

Captain Pugwash: looks like the 1957 B+W and 1974 color series were both live-action puppetry, hence DQ. The Adventures of Captain Pugwash (1998) is eligible if anyone wants to nominate that.

It is probably arbitrary to disqualify live-puppetry series from this poll considering they're hardly likely to generate a ballot poll of their own but arbitrary disqualifications over definitional matters is what separates us from the animals

Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures is a 1980s Bakshi-produced Saturday-morning series, which I mainly know because it looms large in the John K. narrative leading to Ren & Stimpy. I assume that's the one being nominated?

Oh I was assuming the nom was for the theatrical shorts which were later packaged for television.

No, that was my nom and it was def for the Bakshi/John K. iteration.

DumbLand was initially released online-only, but I was operating under the assumption that online series were up for consideration. If not, feel free to strike from the record.

Thanks for Mighty Mouse clarification.

Online is OK I just can't tell from Wikipedia if they're "more like" a season of episodes or a series of films. Benefit of the doubt in this case and I'll qualify it.

Oh, gotcha. Yeah, it's a series of crudely-animated shorts with a rough continuity (but it's still Lynch so...y'know).

have we nominated every cartoon ever made yet

almost certainly not, we're approaching 300 but there's approximately that many new anime series every year

anyway,

Ed, Edd, n Eddy

Davey and Goliath (1961-73)

from Art Clokey (Gumby's creator) and the Lutheran Church

You have no idea how much restraint I've shown by not just nomming every lulzy garbage show I could think of. I'm sure I could easily double the list with a dash of Rubik the Amazing Cube and a pinch of Hammerman, etc.

That said, I feel duty-bound to share the most unnecessarily convoluted intro to any shitty Saturday morning cartoon ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-lAAwOyv14

I like how Space Ghost Coast to Coast has been nominated but not the actual Space Ghost cartoon

The Archies (assorted titles, 1968-78)

I had no idea that Jughead was voiced by Howard Morris of Sid Caesar / Mel Brooks fame!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Archie_Show

since OL's falling down on the job

Snorks
Silverhawks
Kid Power
ALF: The Animated Series

ALF over ALF Tales? Amateur hour.

Gilligan's Planet
Meatballs and Spaghetti
The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
Shirt Tales
Pandamonium
Mighty Orbots

also how did everybody forget

TURBO TEEN

this poll is going to permanently raise my blood pressure

There was some Turbo Teen discussion upthread. Apparently Jim Woodring worked on that one!

i'm really counting on everyone to only vote for things they actually like when it comes to the voting

ah sorry, skipped messages yknow

xp

I think "like" and "have enduring nostalgic fascination with" might be hard to separate in this case

I am not nominating Laverne and Shirley in the Army, or the Robonic Stooges. If shakes is feeling particularly nihilistic, he's free to do so himself. Also definitely not nomming the Jordan/Jackson/Gretzky vehicle ProStars. Definitely not.

I will only vote for things for which I feel genuine affection. I can't guarantee that some of those things aren't hot trash. Because I'm still me.

Sport Billy

Mighty Orbots

Whoa, I just had to remind myself to breathe. I haven't thought about this since fall of 1984 or so, but I was a glum little tyke when they took it off the air.

Pole Position
The Littles
Goin Bananas
The Biskitts
Star Wars: Ewoks
Star Wars: Droids
The Wuzzles
It's Punky Brewster
The Super-Powers Team: Galactic Guardians

No Groovie Goolies OR Drak Pak itt, what is this world coming to

now i have the pole position theme stuck in my head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbDiitXN6I8
pole positshUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUnnn

oh man there was def a period where i was watching after-school Littles reruns on USA or the Family Channel. another one where i remember no specific characters or plotlines.

Fangface
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
Plastic Man and Baby Plas

HFS:

https://monzo12782.tumblr.com/post/43396779615/gil-kane-jack-kirby-and-doug-wildey-were-all/amp

Captain Pugwash: looks like the 1957 B+W and 1974 color series were both live-action puppetry, hence DQ.

that would be why nobody else nominated it then! that was my nom, happy for it to be expunged, sorry

uh-oh, I didn't think of online series. luckily it turns out on rewatching a bunch of approximately episodic 00s Flash stuff I remember vaguely liking it was all some hot garbage, so, never mind

Monchhichis

oh man there was def a period where i was watching after-school Littles reruns on USA or the Family Channel. another one where i remember no specific characters or plotlines.

― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Monday, August 5, 2019 12:53 PM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I'm not convinced that most Saturday morning cartoons had plotlines per se.

HFS:

Check out Jim Woodring's TCJ interview for details on working with Kirby &al. on terrible Saturday morning cartoons, and also generally some of the most entertaining talking ever transcribed

I wish someone would wise up and just give Woodring complete creative control on an animated series. I can barely fathom a world that wonderful.

that explains why i liked centurions
here's that great woodring interview btw: http://www.tcj.com/the-jim-woodring-interview/

OL, I trust you've seen visions of frank?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brHZ69DsfQI

I forgot about Pole Position, the other Ghostbusters (but I totally remember safari shirt dude), and Silverhawks! Tbh there were so many low-budget cartoons always going on and off the air. You really had to have a move or toy tie-in to secure your spot in the market and children's attention spans.

*movie

Oh yeah, I've for sure seen Visions of Frank. I want more! More!

Since we're in garbage time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProStars

Does anyone remember this probably early '90s afterschool action series with an X-Men-like team except they had bug eyes?

you, my friend, are referring to SECTAURS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj-MlMZgneA

sectaurs cartoon sucked but the action figures and the design were pretty great iirc

otm

See also: Visionaries, Inhumanoids

nb that Woodring had zero creative control over Visions Of Frank btw

Hmm, may have been Sectaurs but that looks more He-Man than I remember. Like they had gray tactical suits?

xpost Yeah I know but those shorts are still pretty sweet.

yah

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

re TV Funhouse: it was entirely animated, it was aired on a semi-regular basis (not every week, but usually at least once a month), and it had a single creator and vision. A reason you might not include it is that it was a portion of SNL which was considered the main show. I have never seen the Comedy Central show of the same name and I am not nomming it.

here's another garbage cartoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOljPoMWy2o

Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo
The New Shmoo
The Super Globetrotters
Spider-Woman
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
Yogi's Space Race

Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo

I'm pretty sure I've been consistent on this but show packages with non-intersecting show-length segments should nominate the segments individually not the packages.

I really have to end noms tonight otherwise Shakey's just going to punish me for my insolence with even more unlovable dreck from the gummed-up corners of his brainpan

curses foiled again

would've gotten away with it too etc

but let's not forget

The Wuzzles
Galaxy High School
Kissyfur
Wildfire
Foofur
Lazer Tag Academy
Pound Puppies
Teen Wolf

galaxy high school has been mentioned at least 4 times so far stop wasting my energy

just wanted to make sure this classic of the genre was not overlooked

if you don't close it by tomorrow i will nominate 20 more trashy moe anime shows

the other night I realized i'd forgotten to mention DNA^2, Slayers and Record of Lodoss War when waxing nostalgic abt middling anime for 90s teen boys. can't say any deserve nomination, tho all were leaps and bounds above the likes of Captain Caveman, The Hair Bear Bunch, Wheelie and rhe Chopper Bunch, Thundarr the Barbarian, Teddy Ruxpin, Dennis the Menace, The Glow-Worms, the Paw Paws, and nearly everything else upon which I similarly wasted my attention as an 80s preteen boy.

Has anyone nominated Barbar the elephant?!

Lest we forget: Strawberry Shortcake, and Care Bears

Not that I watched those

Many thanks to those who nominated The Snorks, Shirt Tales, The Littles, Bananaman, Monchichis, M.A.S.K, Captain Caveman, and The Maxx. Huge lost chunks of my childhood are coming back to me...

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/123704685660_/Rare-GARY-COLEMAN-SHOW-Cartoon-Color-TV-Photo.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t9VWvAw-PVE/maxresdefault.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Popeye_and_Son_titlecard.png/250px-Popeye_and_Son_titlecard.png
https://adamradkins.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/hulk-hogans-rock-n-wrestling.jpg?w=692&h=389
https://media3.giphy.com/media/igF0vFXe7VkY/giphy.gif

(Not nominations btw, just shitting up the thread with reminders of terrible shows as we near the end.)

The Boondocks
Tom & Jerry
The Yogi Bear Show

Tom & Jerry is the good shit

Bluey: 1976 or 2018

2018 is the cartoon I'm nominating. 1976 was live action - Aussies would more likely identify that one as "Bargearse".

The cartoon will premiere on Disney Junior/Disney+ later this year, but I'm hoping that everyone with access to ABC iView or BBC iPlayer will give it a chance.

OK time's up all nominations above this line

==================================

will be collated

Shakey, I can't figure out what "Goin Bananas" is supposed to refer to.

Pound Puppies: 1986 or 2010?

Curious George: 1980 or 2006?

Here are 361 nominated series, including the 100 or so that Shakey nominated today to annoy me. Start contemplating. Voting thread tomorrowish.

actually I'll paste it in here for posterity b/c I'll probably delete that file from my website someday

12 oz. Mouse
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
ALF: The Animated Series
Adventure Time
Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police, The
Aeon Flux
Akagi
Amazing 3, The
Amazing Adventures of Morph, The (1980-1981)
American Dad
Animals of Farthing Wood, The
Animaniacs
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Archer
Archie Show, The / The Archie Comedy Hour / The Archies
Arthur
Astro Boy (1980-1981)
Astro Fighter Sunred
Attack on Titan
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Azumanga Daioh
Babar (1989-1995)
Bagpuss
Bananaman
Barakamon
Batfink
Batman: Beyond
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Beatles, The
Beavis and Butt-Head
Bee and Puppycat
Beetlejuice
Belle and Sebastian (1981-1982)
Big Mouth
Big O, The
Biskitts, The
Black Butler
Black Lagoon
Bluey
Bluey (2018)
Bob's Burgers
Bobby's World
Bod
Bojack Horseman
Boondocks, The
Brak Show, The
Bravest Warriors, The
Camp Candy
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Care Bears, The (1985-1988)
Celebrity Deathmatch
Centurions: Power Xtreme
Chapi Chapo
Chihayafuru
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Chorlton and the Wheelies
Clangers (1969-1972)
Clannad
Clerks (The Animated Series)
Cleveland Show, The
Clone High
Cool McCool
Count Duckula
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Cowboy Bebop
Critic, The
Crusader Rabbit
Danger Mouse (1981-1992)
Daria
Darkwing Duck
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
Davey and Goliath (1961-1973)
Deadman Wonderland
Death Note
Denver, the Last Dinosaur
Devilman Crybaby
Dexter's Laboratory
Dilbert
Dino-Riders
Dinosaucers
Doctor Snuggles
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
Doug (Nickelodeon and ABC)
Downtown
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Prince, The
Dragon's Lair
DuckTales (1987-1990)
DuckTales (2017-)
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man
DumbLand
Dungeons & Dragons
Earthworm Jim
Ed, Edd, n Eddy
Eek! The Cat (aka Eek! Stravaganza)
Exosquad
F is for Family
FLCL (original run)
Fairly OddParents, The
Family Guy
Family-Ness, The
Fangface
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Fillmore!
Flintstones, The
Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, The
Foofur
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Freakazoid
Frisky Dingo
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Funnybones
Fushigi Yuugi
Futurama
Future Boy Conan
Future Diary
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983-1986; 1989-1993)
Galaxy High
Garfield and Friends
Gargoyles
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghostbusters (aka Filmation's Ghostbusters, 1986)
Gilligan's Planet
Gravity Falls
Growing Up Creepie
Gumby
Gummi Bears, Disney's Adventures of the
Gunbuster
Haibane Renmei
Happy Tree Friends
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Head, The
Heathcliff (1984, DiC)
Henry's Cat
Herculoids, The
Hey Arnold!
Hey Dugee
Hilda
Home Movies
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh
Homestar Runner (inclusive of Strong Bad Emails)
Hunter × Hunter (2011-2014, Madhouse)
Hyouka
Inspector Gadget
Invader Zim
It's Punky Brewster
Ivor the Engine
James Bond Jr.
Jamie and the Magic Torch
Jana of the Jungle
Jem (aka Jem and the Holograms)
Jetsons, The
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012-)
Johnny Bravo
Jonny Quest (1964-1965)
Justice League
Justice League Unlimited
K-On!
Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Kaiba
Kid Power
Kidd Video
Kill La Kill
Kim Possible
Kimagure Orange Road
Kimba the White Lion
King Rollo
King of the Hill
Kissyfur
Laid-Back Camp
Land of the Lustrous
Last Exile
Lazer Tag Academy
Legend of Korra, The
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Liquid Television
Littles, The
Lucky Star
M.A.S.K.
Macross Plus
Magic Roundabout, The (1965-1977)
Magic School Bus, The
Marine Boy (Undersea Boy Marine)
Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, The
Mary Shelley's Frankenhole
Mary, Mungo and Midge
Masha and the Bear
Maxx, The
Meatballs & Spaghetti
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya, The
Metalocalypse
Mickey Mouse (2013-)
Mighty Heroes, The
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
Mighty Orbots
Mike Tyson Mysteries
Mission Hill
Mob Psycho 100
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (aka Gundam Wing)
Monchhichis
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
Moral Orel
Mr Benn
Muppet Babies
Murun Buchstansangur
Mushishi
My Life as a Teenage Robot
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Mysterious Cities of Gold, The
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
Neon Genesis Evangelion
New Shmoo, The
Nichijou
Noah's Island
Noggin the Nog
Non Non Biyori
Now and Then, Here and There
Oblongs, The
Odd Todd (original Flash web series)
One Punch Man
Over the Garden Wall
Paddington (1976-1980)
Paddy the Pelican
Pandamonium
Paranoia Agent
Pat & Mat
Patlabor: The TV Series / Patlabor: The New Files
Peppa Pig
Pepper Ann
Phineas and Ferb
Pigeon Street
Ping Pong
Pingu
Pink Panther Show, The (1969 ff)
Pinky and the Brain
Place Further than the Universe, A
Planet With
Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show, The
Pole Position
Powerpuff Girls, The
ProStars
Puffin Rock
Raccoons, The
Ranma 1/2
Real Ghostbusters, The
Reboot
Recess
Regular Show
Ren & Stimpy Show, The
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Rex the Runt
Rick and Morty
Ricky Gervais Show, The
Robotech
Rocko's Modern Life
Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, The Adventures of
Roger Ramjet
Roobarb
Rose of Versailles, The
Rude Dog and the Dweebs
Rugrats
Sailor Moon
Samurai Champloo
Samurai Jack
Samurai Pizza Cats
Saturday TV Funhouse
Schoolhouse Rock!
Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger (aka Force Five: Spaceketeers, Sci-Bots)
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (including Battle of the Planets and G-Force: Guardians of Space)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! / The New Scooby-Doo Movies / The Scooby-Doo Show
Sealab 2021
Serial Experiments Lain
Shaun the Sheep
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985-1986)
Sheep in the Big City
Shirt Tales
SilverHawks
Simpsons, The
Smurfs, The (1981-1989)
Snorks
South Park
Space Dandy
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea
Spawn
Spectacular Spider-Man, The
Speed Racer
Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
Spider-Woman
SpongeBob SquarePants
Sport Billy
Squidbillies
Star Trek (The Animated Series)
Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003-2005)
Star Wars: Droids — The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO
Star Wars: Ewoks
Steins;Gate
Steven Universe
Strawberry Shortcake (2003-2008)
Stressed Eric
Super Dimension Force Macross, The
Super Friends
Super Globetrotters, The
Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, The
Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, The
Superman: The Animated Series
TaleSpin
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless
Tatami Galaxy, The
Teen Titans
Teen Titans Go!
Teen Wolf (1986-1987)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
Three Delivery
Thundarr the Barbarian
ThunderCats (1985-1989)
Tick: The Animated Series, The (1994-1997)
Tinin, The Adventures of (1991-1992)
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tom and Jerry Show, The (1975)
Town Called Panic, A
Transformers, The (1984-1987)
Trap Door, The
Trigun
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Tuca & Bertie
Turbo-Teen
Ulysses 31
Underdog
Undergrads
Urusei Yatsura
Usavich
Venture Bros., The
Vision of Escaflowne
Wacky Races (1968-1969)
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
Wild Thornberrys, The
Wildfire
Willo the Wisp
Wonder Pets!
Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The (1986-1987)
World of David the Gnome, The
Wuzzles, The
X-Men (Fox Kids, 1992-1997)
X-Men: Evolution
Xavier: Renegade Angel
Yogi's Space Race
Young Justice
Yu Yu Hakusho
Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series (YouTube, 2006 ff.)

I woke up this morning dreaming that there was an '80s animated series called The Opuloids, which was presumably about a team of wealthy crime-fighting cyborgs who power themselves up via fistfuls of OxyContin. Please consider my show as a write-in candidate during this voting season.

(Sponsored by Purdue Pharma. Villains include Fibromy Alger, who induces chronic pain, and Overton Counter, the dastardly fiend who tries to convince people that non-prescription analgesics are often sufficient. I have a theme song and everything. It was very productive, that shower I just didn't took.)

didn't

(I am still adjusting to this iPhone and Zing, my apologies.)

Three month voting period and a note for my job, please.

oh no i forgot about Tom Goes to the Mayor

yeah i need to set aside some time to watch all twenty-six episodes of Foofur before i can make a decision

xpost I wondered if that technically counted as 'animation'.

yeah i'm not sure either i think it's in the realm of stop motion though

sorry about Going Bananas, silby, turns out that was live action

Way to spoil your run of unimpeachable nominations.

don't pretend you have standards, it's embarassing

No, I forgot to nominate Noozles! A show that is firmly in the "theme song has been stuck in my head on and off for 30 years" category

Is there a theme songs side poll?

Since when is 'wholesale embrace of the barrel's bottom and the scrapings thereof' not a standard

can always find a diamond in a shovel load of coal.

gonna be weird to have a poll with the smurfs and the simpsons, gonna be hard to see the kids' shows having much of a shot in this poll.

I've been thinking that The Simpsons is likely to get more of the shaft than it deserves in the final tally. It's the only entry here that I'd recommend splitting up into its good and shitty eras.

i could see it being a victim of everyone assuming everyone else will vote for it.

much like monty python before it, I sometimes have a hard time deciding if the simpsons end up being a cultural net gain or loss
signed, a guy who has the first five seasons on dvd

i also meant to nominate Noozles, and would vote for it given a long enough ballot - another early exposure for me to the idea that a cartoon could have a beginning and an end. ayers rock and koala-walla-land loomed large in my imagination for a short period of time.

Never heard of Noozles!

Ohhhh yeah. That was the other koala cartoon Nickelodeon confusingly aired around the same time as The Adventures of the Little Koala.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c8/05/11/c805116cd6b81108c8aa123b34b1c2f7.jpghttps://i.ytimg.com/vi/j9G2CJcw8ns/maxresdefault.jpg

Pictured (l,r): Noozles, Little Koala

How was a kid supposed to keep that shit straight, how

Is there a theme songs side poll?

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, August 6, 2019 9:03 AM (thirty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yes I will be inviting theme song side ballots

Thermo, would love to have you do images, ilxmail me again with your email address in the body so I can get back to you

Leee if you want to actually post the rollout posts when the time comes I'd appreciate that as well

i will be down to build a youtube playlist if you want

theme song side poll is a great idea. a hoy hoy's TV themes poll only had i think twelve or thirteen animated show themes make the top 100, so there's plenty of undisturbed ground there, and there are tons of shows in the noms list that i would never vote for, which nonetheless had awesome theme tunes.

Pictured (l,r): Noozles, Little Koala

How was a kid supposed to keep that shit straight, how

80s kids: we were craaaaaazy about koalas!

Voting thread

The New Adventures of ILXor: The Animated Series Poll voting and campaigning thread

Leee if you want to actually post the rollout posts when the time comes I'd appreciate that as well

Deffo!

I can also help with collation (e.g. to catch entries with non-standard formats).

I expect I'll be able to handle all collation and tabulation but thanks for offering!

omg i remember noozles

i know nominations are over but noozles just reminded me of Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics which i also loved (and also has an excellent theme song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QswFm2rvSY8

plz let me add this silby

No one posted Hong Kong Phooey? I didn't nom as I assumed it would have been nominated.

Go post in the voting thread you dorks!

Noozles!!!!!!