[IrrelevantNotch]

Spiderman

Barely made it through the first episode. Like meeting an old friend and realizing they're dying of cancer

Sonic the Hedgehog

Geez, where to start. This show was basically a furry version of captain planet. Robotnik and Snively get off on polluting the planet for no discernable reason and its up to Sonic and his furry friends to stop them. Throw in some oddly placed magical elements here and there, and slap a chilly dog on it. Sonic on ABC was just horrid

[Gravijah]

pokemon

[Duki]

BLUE STREAK

SPEEDS BY

what a song

[Seraphis Cain]

Sonic the Hedgehog [IMGhttp://nerdsontherocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/SatAmbox_set1.jpg[/IMG] Geez, where to start. This show was basically a furry version of captain planet. Robotnik and Snively get off on polluting the planet for no discernable reason and its up to Sonic and his furry friends to stop them. Throw in some oddly placed magical elements here and there, and slap a chilly dog on it. Sonic on ABC was just horrid

Oh god now you've done it. The Sonic SatAM fanboys will be in this thread any minute now...

[IrrelevantNotch]

pokemon

Also Digimon in all its incarnations. Jesus fuck are those shows hard to watch. Like looking back on your childhood and realizing you were frequently molested.



So awful

[Snaku]

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

But I still enjoy watching it from time to time.

[MikeMyers]

X-Men TAS hasn't aged that well either, the story arcs were all over the place when I rewatched on Netflix.

Xmen Evolution still holds up though

[Dr.Palutena]

pokemon

Meh there is still some magic there in re-watching it, but so help me god i want to kill ash and misty for every last thing that comes out of their mouths and/or do.

[EmCeeGramr]

Spid-

Yeah. Yeah.

[Divvy]

I used to love the shit out of this show when I was a kid:



Watching the intro again though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLKYOSiW7U4

It's probably the shittiest intro ever.

[FillerB]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987).

While not actually completely shit on the level of Spider-man, the nostalgia goggles are still very strong in this one.

[McNei1y]

I remember I got up at 6am one time when I was 8-10 and I watched Donkey Kong Country. Not sure if I remember it being good or not.

[GK86]

Lets be honest here, just about all of them.

[shadyspace]

Evangelion.

[Canuck76]

Spid- Yeah. Yeah.

uhhhh

yeah.....

[Evlar]

Mister T

The cartoon stars Mr. T as a coach to a gymnastics team (with a specific emphasis on members Jeff, Woody, Robin, and Kim), travelling the world while becoming involved in and solving various mysteries.

I guess it was the only thing on.

[HoodWinked]

xmen imo is the opposite, alot of depth of the show went over my head as a kid, watching episodes here and there on disney XD i'm enjoying it more than ever.

[TheMan]

face it, they're almost all shit. we only liked 99% of these shows cause we were kids and we didn't know any better.

[IrrelevantNotch]

Lets be honest here, just about all of them.

I haven't rewatched this one yet, but its gotta be good. Its just gotta be

[kisaya]

Yu-Gi-Oh! I don't like to admit that it's shit though, but... :/

[Ceebs]

face it, they're almost all shit. we only liked 99% of these shows cause we were kids and we didn't know any better.

Pretty much. With the exception of stuff like Freakazoid, they are all terrible unless you are wearing some heavy nostalgia goggles.

[Loofy]

Caught some episodes awhile ago. I remember it being more epic when I was a kid. But it was just corny now. (jungle book anime)


<---rocko gets better and more relevant as you get older though.

[Apeopleman]

Mummies alive

[Divvy]

The Battletech cartoon intro is still awesome though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-_-8D8R4CU

[Evlar]

There actually aren't many 80s cartoons I could straight-up despise. It requires the right mix of high "suck" and low "camp" ratios.

[Dr.Palutena]

Yu-Gi-Oh! I don't like to admit that it's shit though, but... :/

Ahhhh there we go. was having trouble thinking of something i could admit was shit , that didn't have at least some nostalgia factor that prevented me from seeing it.

[Eusis]

Lets be honest here, just about all of them.

This is hard to deny, though obviously Simpsons held up best. Still, the one that sticks out most in my mind is probably Thundercats, I remember loving this when I was a toddler, watching it when I was a teenager and I was blown away by just how dumb it was. At least I can get some enjoyment out of Transformers still, and some of those Nicktoons seemed to be designed on two levels.

Evangelion.

Well, now THAT'S a different choice. I don't think I'd view it as fondly as I once did, but I might get more out of trying to rewatch it now at least unlike something like Transformers. Appreciating the animation quality more at the very least, though it's tough to top Cowboy Bebop for cel animated TV anime.

[Tuck]

Yu-Gi-Oh! - Ok lets be honest this was the stupidest thing ever.

Lets be honest here, just about all of them.

Naw, not all. Spongebob Squarepants Seasons 1-3 are still great. Fairly Odd Parents too.

[yencid]

Street sharks.

[Trancetronic]

Any action cartoon that had square man chin characters. I mean seriously, why did all 90s cartoon action protagonists have those ugly square chins?

[RiccochetJ]

ThunderCats.

As a kid, they were amazing. As an adult however...

Note: I only watched 10 minutes as an adult. I stopped it. I want to remember the ThunderCats as they are in my nostalgic memories.

[FeedMeAStrayCat]

Pro stars. With Bo Jackson, Michael Jordan, and Wayne Gretzky. ....loved it as a child. Watched an episode or two a few years back and it's pretty much the worst thing ever animated

[IrrelevantNotch]

Mighty max

[starchild excalibur]

Spiderman Barely made it through the first episode. Like meeting an old friend and realizing they're dying of cancer

OP nailed it. I've realized that action cartoons tend to age horribly (Batman: TAS being the lone exception as far as American offerings go), but the comedies I loved as a kid I still love now (Looney Tunes, Rocko's Modern Life, Doug, Dexter's Lab, etc)

[markot]

Really though... they were all pretty terrible >.<

99% of the time they were just there to sell you on action figures and crap.

Things like Rocko, Pinky and the Brain and what not are brilliant though. (Yeah, the comedies were often 1st class)

[Eusis]

ThunderCats. As a kid, they were amazing. As an adult however... Note: I only watched 10 minutes as an adult. I stopped it. I want to remember the ThunderCats as they are in my nostalgic memories.

I posted above, but man, this is REALLY close to my experience. Except I'm more than willing to accept they're no good now, stuff like Transformers was what I was really fond of, along with some of the darker cartoons (or seemingly darker to me as a toddler) like Lord of the Rings and Starchaser: Legend of Orin. I know the first won't hold up well though, and the latter might not although I'm willing to watch it again anyway.

[ChuyMasta]

TMNT

Good cartoons that I thought were shit:

Animaniacs.

[RawkHawk2010]

[Kangi]

Yu-Gi--

Yu-Gi-Oh!

There you go.

Can't say many that have aged badly. Other than Spongebob, but its first seasons are still funny. I was never into much in the way of action cartoons though, so that might be why I can't think of many examples.

[IMG]RocketPower.jpg[IMG]

I thought that show was terrible even when it came out.

[GK86]

This is hard to deny, though obviously Simpsons held up best. Still, the one that sticks out most in my mind is probably Thundercats, I remember loving this when I was a toddler, watching it when I was a teenager and I was blown away by just how dumb it was. At least I can get some enjoyment out of Transformers still, and some of those Nicktoons seemed to be designed on two levels.

Yeah, no doubt, there are a few exceptions.

Street Shark hit Netflix a few weeks back, and I remember loving it. Even had the toys, and whatnot. So I decide to watch it for old times sake, and it's pretty bad. Crappy one liners all over the place.

Naw, not all. Spongebob Squarepants Seasons 1-3 are still great. Fairly Odd Parents too.

You must be pretty young if you grew up on SB. :p

[ATF487]

Came to post this. Lots of my friends still remember this fondly, but it was so fucking terrible and I should have known better even at 10 years old

[MrCunningham]

I haven't rewatched this one yet, but its gotta be good. Its just gotta be

Maybe superhero characters with large chins are immune to this? But really, the first season of Batman: TAS was fantastic. Sure it had its share of filler episodes as well, but that is what happens when they have to produce 65 episodes for syndication purposes. Not all of them can be winners. But when it was good... it was good.

I never liked the redesigns in the later "Batman and Robin" series though. But even that season had some really good episodes.

Also, the first 2 1/2 seasons of Ren & Stimpy were wonderful. So were the early seasons of Johnny Bravo and Dexters Lab.

There actually aren't many 80s cartoons I could straight-up despise. It requires the right mix of high "suck" and low "camp" ratios.

Haha, sort of. I have a soft spot for cartoons from the 80's, most are so cheesy/ camp that I cannot outright hate them.

[yencid]

TMNT Good cartoons that I thought were shit: Animaniacs.

Animaniacs you have to understand the innuendo to appreciate. But i still loved that show regardless.

[G-Fex]

Yu-Gi-Oh! I don't like to admit that it's shit though, but... :/

this

[Claude]

Spiderman Barely made it through the first episode. Like meeting an old friend and realizing they're dying of cancer

OP pretty much nailed it. I used to believe that the Spider-Man TV show was completely amazing, but it's just plain awful.

[nincompoop]

I... liked Garfield & Friends when I was around 7 years old. *ashamed*

[GK86]

I... liked Garfield & Friends when I was around 7 years old. *ashamed*

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[Afrocentric-Asian]

Man, I used to think the Spider-Man cartoon was the greatest thing ever. I remember rewatching it awhile back and it was painfully obvious how many cut-and-paste scenes that they did (I noticed it as a kid, but it was even more apparent going back to it).

[superpickleman]

WHAM BAM IT'S A DINO JAM!

What the hell was wrong with me?

[Speevy]

They were shows for kids. I doubt their creators considered how they'd hold up to twenty-something message board users' scrutiny.