The ’ 80s were the heyday of tike ’s animation , when weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings were backpack full of cartoons . Some were great ; some were just o.k. , and some were unbearably worthless . Here are a 12 ’ 80s cartoons that do n’t deserve to be recollect at all , let alone fondly .
1 ) Kissyfur
When a carnival geartrain derails , two do bears escape into the swamp of Paddlecab County . Somehow , the father take over Gus has the idea to start a paddlecab company and , with his boy Kissyfur , create a line of work transporting other animals around the river — that is , with the elision of alligators , because alligators are malign piranha while bears are gentle and stately protectors of the … swamp . Two thoughts : 1 ) How many other creature and circus folk died in the train crash at the start of the opening ? 2 ) Kissyfur sounds a lot like Lucifer . Just sayin ’ . ( 1986 - 90 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBaurKSyIrk
2 ) Potato Head child
I conceive of many minor would find it surd to believe , but prior to the Toy Story movies , Mr. Potato Head was not the fifteenth or so best - loved eccentric from a major Pixar franchise . Actually , he had no lineament or cultural cache at all , other than being one of those toys every kid has but no one ever plays with . Which is why Hasbro ’s conclusion to make a cartoon about Mr. Potato Head is so baffling , albeit not as baffling as why they decided to have the show focus on his non - real child instead of himself . As you could recite from the opening title , the Potato Head Kyd like experience sport , which includes going to Potato Church and driving in railway car with an unsecured potato baby . ( 1986 - 87 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-t3NuNl1EU
3 ) Beverly Hills Teens
Proving that there ’s always a market for amusement based on watching young , insanely rich masses be awful , Beverly Hills Teens was about — wait for it — teens in Beverly Hills without any problems except the ones they generate for themselves . According toWikipedia , “ Beverly Hills Teens was bluster by producers as a reply to the more trigger-happy serial aimed at tike ” and “ would provide ‘ wholesome role models for kids ' ” , those role models of line exemplifying the noble values of being stupid rich and mostly white . Also , I ’m pretty sure that one computer nerd kid with the shabu built himself a sexual practice ‘ bot , correct ? ( 1987 )
4 ) Rude Dog and the Dweebs
You know when you make a cartoon base on the mascot of a semi - popular surfboarding and skateboard - centric clothing stock , you ’re going to get something special , and of course when I say “ limited ” I mean “ an animated atrocity . ” I defy you to watch the above cartoon intro and not become filled with furor . Rude Dog is a dog who glorifies discourtesy , as if being rude is cool and not something an asshole does ; he also hangs out with the Dweebs , a ingroup of dogs who help him run his presumptively “ rude ” manner of speaking clientele . If you want to be really sad , track down one of the installment and listen to the Dweebs , whose voice include Peter Cullen and Frank Welker , best screw as the articulation of Optimus Prime and Megatron from Transformers . admonition : Once you hear them as Dweebs , you could never unhear them . ( 1989 )
5 ) MoonDreamers
Another cartoon match with theoriginal My Little Pony cartoon series , based on a none - too - pop Hasbro doll line of business , the MoonDreamers spent all their time lift into kids ’ bedchamber and helping them have prissy dream , while the malevolent Queen Scowlene seek to make the kids have nightmare . So yeah , pretty high post clobber . Literally the only noteworthy affair about this show is in the theme song , where it sounds like the pink - haired girl at 10 seconds in is blab “ Making your angelic - rear end dream come genuine ! ” ( 1986 - 87 )
https://gizmodo.com/12-strange-and-disturbing-facts-about-the-original-my-1655543068
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLlibrF5DRM
6 ) Denver the Last Dinosaur
Jesus . It ’s a dinosaur wearing sunglasses who skateboards and plays an galvanic guitar . It ’s The Simpsons ’ Poochie before Poochie ever existed . It ’s a cartoon about nervelessness and friendship created by a selling commission of old white men who had never experienced either of them before . patently Denver — and man , what a nerveless name for a dinosaur , the capitol of Colorado is the bomb , yo — can use parts of his shell to travel in time because no one work on any level of this show gave the bantam dickhead about it . And that ’s coolheaded ! ( 1988 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv4_TUx2Ho0
7 ) drop shot , the Little Dinosaur
For those who felt Denver ’s gamy - octane lifestyle was just too much for them , Dink was ready to accept you . drop shot was n’t part of today ’s fast - pace world , but or else lived in the arcadian Jurassic era , where all the dinosaur hung out two feet apart from each other in complete serenity and friendly relationship except for when they went on waterslides together and abused elderly turtles . ( 1989 - 90 )
- Rubik the Amazing Cube
Was it hubris , imbecility , or just plain apathy that led life studio apartment Ruby Spears to assay to make a show out of the personality - less plastic pulley-block fuck as the Rubik ’s Cube ? We may never know . We do know , thanks to archival footage , that the toon was terrible even beyond the fact that it was about a miniature mystifier that gain magic force and grow a creepy-crawly blue sister head when clear . I guarantee the Rubik cartoon made more people throw their Cubes in the shabu than it inspired to corrupt one . ( 1983 - 84 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYgO8LWKH4I
9 ) Ghostbusters
Have you ever wonder why the toon based on the Ghostbusters film was called The Real Ghostbusters rather of just Ghostbusters ? you could pick this toon . When the movie became a strike , Filmation grabbed the rights to the 1970s bouncy - military action Ghost Busters TV show and put an exceedingly loose cartoon adjustment of it on the melodic line , which bore the technically legal name of Ghostbusters . ( This was done before the flick people could get their animated twirl - off duck in a row , obviously . ) Filmation was more than unforced to play tricks kids into recollect they were about to learn Venkman , Spengler , Stantz and Zeddemore binge ghosts , only to encounter out the show was in reality two unknown dipshits and an aper wear off a Stetson run around like idiots . It made us sulphurous then , and , to the extent that we think about it at all , it makes us acrid now . ( 1986 )
10 ) Paw Paws
I am go to assume the full world has block about Paw Paws , because otherwise I cerebrate we would still be talking about how weird and it is that someone made a cartoon about a group of bear cubs embodying aboriginal American stereotype . Inspired the immense amounts of cash The Smurfs was father , Hanna - Barbara somehow decided what kids really wanted was a bunch of bears with names like Brave Paw and Laughing Paw , who lived in teepees ( and pueblos , somehow ) and had a magic totem perch that came to spirit whenever the settlement was under attempt by the evil but unskilled wizard Dark Paw . Obviously , Hanna - Barbera was wrong . And kind of racialist . ( 1985 - 86 )
11 ) Popeye and Son
In the heyday of the ’ LXXX , invigoration studios would make a sketch about anything . They made toon based on live - action display like Mork & Mindy and Laverne & Shirley , for good sake . And they also made show about established graphic symbol suddenly with children , or sometimes as children , such as Muppet Babies and Flintstone Kids . Now , all of those surely have at least someone who thinks of them fondly — I mean , there ’s get to be a die - grueling Laverne & Shirley lover who appreciate the animated annexe of the Laverne & Shirley - verse — but no one loves Popeye and Son . Why ? Because it took aside Popeye ’s most ( and arguably only ) defining characteristic — his propensity for unbelievable vehemence . Neither Popeye , nor Bluto , nor their shitty tyke ever punch each other in this show . Seriously , if Popeye ca n’t hit anybody , what ’s the goddamned point of making a Popeye cartoon at all ? ( 1987 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf7tbhTgimk
12 ) Foofur
This is a show about a blue firedog who has inherited a house and the real demesne agent who would like to sell the business firm , but has to get rid of the dog and his canine tooth supporter . It ’s a cartoon about dog legal ouster . And someone had the gall to arrogate this was “ cool . ” FOR FUCK ’S SAKE HE ONLY rally THE SKATEBOARD BECAUSE HE ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON IT . ( 1986 - 88 )
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