eg. I was obsessed with Teenage mutant ninja turtles as a kid
Moomins
I have nostalgia for my late-teens early 20s cartoon consumption. I was still watching Batman:TAS and the 90s Spider-Man series. There were flashes of high-intensity (if not well told) brilliance from the 90s Real Adventures of Jonny Quest series. I have to admit, the CGI they used was not as well executed as Reboot. Darkwing Duck, Peter Pan and the Pirates, and Gargoyles were shows what I looked back on fondly.
Daria, Clone High, and Ren and Stimpy all made an impact on me as a young adult. Daria, for its sardonic, anti-establishment stance. Clone High for its mockery of sitcoms and rom-coms and teen angst. Ren and Stimpy for pushing everything past its limit.
In the end, though, it was Samurai Jack and 90s X-Men that stood head and shoulders above them all. X-Men because it was what I collected and knew the best. Samurai Jack because it was cinematic, well- paced, and offered me something that no other TV show, movie, cartoon series, or comic book did or could: “… [a] fool [who] seeks to return to the past to undo the future that is Aku!”
If you aren’t watching the new X-Men 97 show you should give it a shot. It picks up at the end of the original run and has been pretty entertaining so far.
Being a part of the internet in 2011, I vividly remember everyone talking about My Little Pony, even though I wasn’t that hardcore of a fan at the time. I’m pretty sure my feed of Cartoon Network aired a couple episodes, but that’s all I can remember watching.
And then some spinoff happened where all the ponies are… not ponies. This is when I completely lost interest in the franchise. Thanks, 2013.
The old Tom & Jerry Cartoons. Even my kids are disappointed when they start watching Tom & Jerry and then notice that it’s the new stuff. Same with Looney Tunes.
Franklin
I don’t know how obsessed I was as a kid, but I had a Franklin domino set and one of the PC edutainment games that I absolutely loved a lot. Don’t recall much else about how much I watched it, though. It’s a series I got re-obsessed with a couple years ago.
I recently got the “Hey, It’s Franklin!” CD I didn’t know existed back then and I absolutely LOVE it despite the majority of the songs being pretty childish. Absolutely love track 2 “What I Do In The Morning”, alongside track 5 and 6 “Hello” and “Friends”. Only song on the CD I don’t like is track 15 “Rainforest Song”.
Some day I am going to look up the domino set and buy it for nostalgia and for my love of the show.
I’m not sure how I’ve managed to have never heard of this before but now I feel like I have to watch every episode lol
All 52 episodes are definitely worth it, you might say it’s an anime hybrid between Spongebob, TMNT, and MMPR that predates them all.
Found it streaming on Peacock! I’m enjoying it on my retro entertainment center now lol
That’s amazing. Makes me want to be there.
I’m constantly amazed that that old TV continues to work lol
I miss Gargoyles. I loved having Diana Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes back together again.
Marina. And, I feel you on the Gargoyles.
My favourite trope is the Xanatos Gambit.
Hahahah. You’re correct! Perhaps she will always be Diana to me!
Samurai Jack
Who dares to summon the Master of Masters, the Deliverer of Darkness, the Shogun of Sorrow, Aku?
