Name a cartoon from the past that younger generations haven't heard of

[Buttoneer]

The Herculoids.

[Onthefly]

1. Mighty Mouse

[wcmagumba]

2. I have two: Space Ghost and Johnny Quest...

Space Ghost and his monkey friend "Blip"

[displacedvermoter]

27. Two of my favorites, Race Bannon and Jade

probably had sex!

[Sequoia]

3. Super Chicken

[wcmagumba]

5. I can still hear the musical theme for Super Chicken in my head, "Squawk for Super Chicken"...

I remember play acting Super Chicken with a neighbor kid out in the yard...No phones or computers just us kids...Fun Times.

[Sequoia]

16. To Fred, You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.

[Walleye]

4. Dondi

[2naSalit]

6. Tom Terrific...

And Manfred the Wonder Dog

Tom Slick

George of the Jungle

Super Chicken

Underdog

Fractured Fairy Tales

Simon and Mr. Peabody

Klyde Krashkup

Felix the Cat

[SonOfNebanaube]

31. between underdog and mighty mouse

A generation of meth heads was created... Now where's my power pill.

[RazorbackExpat]

38. Sherman and Mr. Peabody?

[2naSalit]

47. Oops...

Mr. Peabody and Sherman (I'm bad with names)

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[Mister Ed]

7. Tennessee Tuxedo. And Underdog. n/t

[MustLoveBeagles]

8. Hong Kong Phooey

[Ponietz]

61. Well done!

[MustLoveBeagles]

68. It was the only old cartoon I could remember

That hadn't been named. There was another one called Elastic Man and his baby had the same ability.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. Clutch Cargo.

[RazorbackExpat]

36. That one was kind of weird

it used real human mouths for the speaking parts

[perfessor]

64. There is a good reason for that.

It was developed for a school for the hearing impaired, to help the kids learn lip-reading.

[RazorbackExpat]

65. Wow, after all these years

I finally understand why. Thanks for the information

[vanlassie]

80. Remember his dog?

Named……?

[WmChris]

10. Betty Boop!

[lpbk2713]

11. Heckle and Jeckle

Two magpies.

[Biophilic]

12. Crusader Rabbit and Rags the Tiger

[Norrrm]

13. Alley Oop

[DBoon]

14. Top Cat

Also Roger Ramjet and Magilla Gorilla

[BluesRunTheGame]

15. Krazy Kat

[SWBTATTReg]

17. Benny and Cecil (the dragon)

[Vogon_Glory]

39. Beg your pardon, but Cecil was not a dragon

Cecil was a seasick sea serpent.

[SWBTATTReg]

62. You're absolutely right. I couldn't remember his species' type, so I shot a guess at it.

[bobalew]

75. looks like your memory has run ragged

it was Beany and Cecil, a Bob Clampett Cartoon. Now my memory is ragged about ship Captain's name. Maybe someone else can remind me of that....I kinda remember that Magilla Gorilla came from same production studio, however.

[Nittersing]

86. Magilla Gorilla!!!

Used that name for my second black chow.

[oasis]

93. Beanie & Cecil character was Capt. Huff N Puff. IIRC.

[JoseBalow]

18. Kimba, the White Lion

[Bayard]

19. Huckleberry Hound

My all time favorite is not that old (80's?) and it was definitely written for adults. Funny as hell!

[drmeow]

35. Spoon! nt

[Bayard]

45. With the little bunny guy!

[madamesilverspurs]

20. Quickdraw McGraw

[Brother Buzz]

21. Colonel Bleep

[LogDog75]

22. Cecil Turtle

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[MyOwnPeace]

33. Wait a minute!!!

Isn’t that Mitch McConnell?

[GReedDiamond]

23. R. Crumb's "Fritz The Cat" - as filtered thru Ralph Bakshi...

[Lochloosa]

30. Oh hell yeah!

[Submariner]

24. Godzilla Meets Bambi

[OldBaldy1701E]

25. Hell, any of those Hanna-Barbera cartoons!

Mighty Mightor

Frankenstein Jr.

Shazan

Moby Dick

They made a bunch of them.

But, Jonny Quest will always be my favorite. He was me and I was him. (Except I did not have an Indian friend. I had a First Nations friend, though!)

[MustLoveBeagles]

69. I loved Johnny Quest

Was the dogs name Bandit?

[OldBaldy1701E]

84. Yes, he was.

So, a quick story.

I was working at a private school and I had expanded the viewing library of the afterschool program so that they didn't have to be stuck watching only RugRats and Dora the Explorer. (A tough sell to the kids over the age of 5.) So, I brought in my tape of Jonny Quest. We were watching the episode where the Quest team was riding down the Amazon on a boat and the boat was set upon by Amazon alligators. (I may be in error as to these specifics.) The team sees the approaching creatures and they all grab rifles and start to shoot the alligators, Jonny and Hadji included. Well, sir... those kids were absolutely appalled. They could not handle the fact that these boys were right in there with the adults trying to defend their boat. I asked some of them what would they do if they had found themselves in that scenario... would they rise to the occasion, or would they not? (I did not word it that way.)

You don't want to know the answer I got (almost uniformly).

[MustLoveBeagles]

92. I loved their adventures

Have you seen the newer ones? I haven't.

[OldBaldy1701E]

95. I did not see the '86 version.

I did watch some of 'The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest', but it was just so bad... thanks to the prevalent practices at the time, the episodes were bland and repetitive. (After 'Batman:The Animated Series', animation seemed like it wanted to pick up, then they just quit trying. It was all computer generated and completely boring.)

To this day, I cannot understand why they keep on refusing to make a live action film. Hell, they need to talk to me! (Yeah, they have had 45 years to 'talk to me' and they never do... so... )

[MustLoveBeagles]

96. I probably watched the 80's version and don't remember

The Real Johnny Quest, I think they did it in the 90's,is was I was wondering about. My husband wasn't impressed and said I didn't miss anything. He got to watch them when they were new.

[OldBaldy1701E]

97. He is correct.

Which is too bad, but they cannot do the actual show from the 60s. It would be 'problematic'.

Which is quite the commentary on our society, actually, but there it is.

[sop]

26. Felix the Cat (created 1919)

"Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in 1919 by Otto Messmer and Pat Sullivan during the silent film era. An anthropomorphic young black cat with white eyes, a black body, and a giant grin, he is often considered one of the most recognized cartoon characters in history. Felix was the first fully realized recurring animal character in the history of American film animation."

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

[dhol82]

28. Chip and Dale

Loved those guys.

[Lochloosa]

29. Speed Racer.

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[mymomwasright]

32. Marvin The Martian

Oh, and Foghorn Leghorn.

[chicoescuela]

34. Did anyone mention Snagglepuss? Exit stage left

[gladium et scutum]

37. Tumble Weeds, another is Lil Abner

[Vogon_Glory]

40. Quick-Draw McGraw

A cartoon-horse sheriff and his Mexican-burro sidekick

[Chasstev365]

52. El Kabong!!

[ShazzieB]

41. King Leonardo and His Short Subjects

Starring Leonardo Lion and his loyal assistant Odie Cologne

[RazorbackExpat]

42. The Alvin Show

Crusader Rabbit
Magilla Gorilla
Touche Turtle
Wally Gator
Lippy the Lion and Har De Har Har
Milton the Monster
The Wacky Races
The Perils of Penelope PItstop
Stop the Pigeon
The Beatles
Hector Heathcoat
Linus the Lionhearted
Loveable Truly
The Mighty Heroes
Here Comes the Grump
The King and Odie (Bongo Congo)
The Hunter
Tooter the Turtle
Huckleberry Hound
Herman and Catnip
Baby Huey
Klondike Kat and Savoir Faire
Ralph Wolf (morphed into Wile E. Coyote)
The Inspector
The Ant and the Aardvark
Fat Albert

[Niagara]

43. Some Saturday morning & weekday cartoons

Saturday morning:

Scooby Doo

Shirt Tales

Weekday afternoon

The Pink Panther

Heathcliff

The Catillac Cats ( a secondary segment for Healthcliff)

[The Madcap]

44. Tobor the 8th Man

1960's anime that was dubbed for U.S.

I vaguely remember this one from when I was 5-6 years old. I don't remember much other than the main character having an '8' on his chest.

[NNadir]

46. Rocky and Bullwinkle.

[u4ic]

48. Mr Magoo

[2naSalit]

49. Dudley Doright!

[Mad_Dem_X]

50. Dick Dastardly and Mumbly

And Penelope Pitstop!

[RazorbackExpat]

56. Muttley

who had had a previous life as Precious Pup

[Mad_Dem_X]

85. Thanks, I wasn't sure about the name!

[Chasstev365]

51. Breezly Bruin

[CanonRay]

53. Snuffy Smith

[IcyPeas]

54. Gigantor

[randr]

55. Dondi

[Rastapopoulos]

57. Cool McCool

Parody of the secret agent genre

[RazorbackExpat]

58. The Hillbilly Bears

with Ma Bear voiced by Wilma Flintstone

[bobalew]

59. Space Angels, Roger Ramjet....

RR was produced by the John Burch Society, By the way....

[CurtEastPoint]

60. Not one person has mentioned NANCY? Shame!

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[Ponietz]

63. Or Heckle and Jeckel or Katzenjammer Kidz!

[Vogon_Glory]

66. I didn't mention any of the comic strips because I thought

the question was only directed to cartoon films and TV shows: otherwise I might have mentioned Dondi and also the Katzenjamer Kids.

[FrndStrng]

67. Ruff and Reddy

The Ruff and Reddy Show is an American animated television series created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Premiering in December 1957 on NBC, it is historically significant as the very first network cartoon made specifically for Saturday morning television and the first production from the newly formed Hanna-Barbera studio.

Was once my reason for getting up on Saturday AM except perhaps for Sky King.

Saturday AM just isn't what it used to be.

[Doc_Technical]

70. Pow wow the Indian Boy

[Morbius]

71. Grape Ape

Captain Caveman
Davey & Goliath

Did anyone mention Wacky Races? Unlike the above it was actually pretty good.

[oasis]

72. Gerald McBoing Boing

[electric_blue68]

90. Just about to mention that!

[oasis]

73. TomTerrific.......Bosco

[oasis]

74. Beany and Cecil

[LudwigPastorius]

76. _

[RandySF]

77. Battle of the planets

[oasis]

78. Mr.Peabody & Sherman

[bobalew]

79. Gumby & Pokey, the Warner Bros chipmunks, indoubtably so polite...

Fireball X500 (Puppets), along with Supercar....

[electric_blue68]

91. Gumby, and Super Car!

[sazemisery]

81. The Point (Februuary 2,1971)

The Point, an animated adaptation of the story, first aired on February 2, 1971. It was the first animated feature ever to air in prime time on US television, appearing on the ABC television network as an ABC Movie of the Week.

Oblio and his dog Arrow. I saw this at its initial airing, and I was 15 years old.

[Morbius]

83. I remember this one.

I liked the music a lot, and I bought the CD. The story is recounted on the album by Harry Nilsson, in the movie by Ringo Starr. Not exactly good, but really good tunes.

[littlemissmartypants]

82. Pogo...

Drawn by Walt Kelly from October 4, 1948 to July 20, 1975.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_(comic_strip)


Pogo daily strip from Earth Day 1971

I have several books of the cartoons. Full of universal truth. He even ran for president.


❤️

[Prairie_Seagull]

87. "Speed of lightning, roar of thunder"

"Fighting all who rob or plunder"

Underdog.

[miyazaki]

88. Scooter Computer and Mr. Chips

They've got the answer at their fingertips.

[Alpeduez21]

89. Felix the cat. That wonderful wonderful cat

[Nac Mac Feegle]

94. From the movie theaters

The Blue Racer and Ricochet Rabbit.