Top 10 Worst Cartoons of the 1980's Part II

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Part I: • Top 10 Worst Cartoons ...
I think it's time to go back to the future...

[@Percival917]

Moondreamers: "Making your sweetest dreams come true!" My brain: "making your sweet-ass dreams come true!"

[@petehill7280]

Same here. I heard 'sweet-ass' the first time around myself.

[@RoseNoire]

I'm happy to know I'm not the only crazy one around here. x)

[@silveryote1]

Yep

[@Jigglysaint]

You're not alone.

[@rags-t-richards]

Damn, now that's all I can hear.

[@Rhaynebow]

They messed up big time by not calling the Potato Head Kids “The Tator Tots”

[@myno1754]

@Nightmare nobody actually cares

[@robbycooper6787]

the 1970s aw you had a bad dream mommy will help the 1980s you stupid fuck watch more moon dreamers to not have bad dreams

[@robbycooper6787]

I would rather watch nothing in sted of this video

[@robbycooper6787]

ok I am going to play totally accurate battle simulator and hope that I forget that I watched this thing online

[@bidoof367]

@@robbycooper6787 ok child

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

Moondreamers definitely deserves the MLP g4 treatment. Give it some good animation, writers with a good resume and there you have it.

[@SgtTwilight]

I think it probably be to expensive nowadays. Drawning new backgrounds for every dream might not sit well with some companies. The reason why MLP G4 has lasted so long IMO is its relatively cheap animation. New characters are introduced very rarely, and when they are, they're recurring and new locations are rarely visited. They don't have to create a lot of new assets per episode, which keeps it pretty cheap. It's also why the comics tend to be much more lenient with exploration of new places and new characters, because they're not bound by the same constraints.

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

@@SgtTwilight There are shows like Avatar and Voltron that had new backgrounds almost every episode, and I'm not saying THATS the artistic level this show would need. Plus, it can center around a more common location, a "hub", lets say this way, and expand in a more solid world to build things around. Similar to, well, MLP, centered around same locations but the episodes still manage to stay fresh and new with the plot and locations.

[@russellgxy2905]

I actually wouldn't mind a reboot of that. With...less songs, or at the very least better songs. Seriously, if MLP and Transformers can get better after their initial runs, then I see hope for it! Lord knows, it would actually give a few toylines an actual challenge

[@lpfan4491]

i can imagine it having a really interessting story

[@joserobertosolismerlin5527]

Take this idea.. KID FRIENDLY MADOKA MAGICA

[@isobelmiller7464]

This one Calvin & Hobbes strip, which came out in the 80's, summed up this decade's animation pretty well: Calvin's dad: "How can you stand these cartoons? They're just half-hour commercials for toys, and when they're not boring, they're preachy. And those characters don't even MOVE! They just stand around and blink! What kind of a cartoon is THAT?" Calvin: "Meet my dad, the Gene Siskel of Saturday morning TV"

[@merrittanimation7721]

Probably something praising it, considering what he's like.

[@pictonomii3295]

@@merrittanimation7721 i.imgur.com/dWp71dr.png Now that's I joke that definitely went over my head as a kid.

[@isobelmiller7464]

@@pictonomii3295 Right. God, I love Calvin & Hobbes. One of the greatest comic strips ever written.

[@Tornado1994]

Watterson was being cynical, but in a way that he knew that it wasn't meant to insult reader's intelligence.

[@IdeaBox-dk5vj]

Uh, fellas? How many points does Bill Watterson have on the "Fitting Satire" scoreboard? About a million. Well, add another million!

[@VerdantRange]

Man, that Moon Dreamers Concept makes me wonder what would happen if they met Freddy Krueger.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Catharsis for all involved

[@rachaelbeth3119]

Well that depends are they making Freddy’s dreams come true, the people fighting Freddy dreams come true, are they fighting Freddy dream creature to dream creature, or are they helping Freddy for whatever reason? In order my conclusions are 1. Well we are ever deader than before 2. Dream magic vs dream magic? Hmmm imma say Freddy wins 3. Hahahahaha Freddy wins no doubt 4. Well those cute kids are now bathing in blood... adorably awful

[@colleen4ever]

Now THAT would be a concept!!

[@Eonchu]

Depends on whether or not he can stand being in their presence long enough to kill them without taking his own life.

[@weathermangohanssj4]

Well that would depend on one thing, are they in a Nightmare on Elmstreet production, or is Freddy in a Moon Dreamers thing. because in one Freddy Kills them. in the other, Shananagings happen.

[@Cure_Hana]

Mr. Potato Head (Toy Story): “‘Ages 3 and Up!’ It’s on my box: ‘Ages 3 and Up!’ I’m not supposed to be babysitting Princess Drool!”

[@colinmiller8824]

2000s = The Nutshack (The decade I was born in) 1990s = The Wacky World of Tex Avery 1980s = Kidd Video I can't wait for the 1970s

[@rubyaura9776]

I personally can't wait for the 2010's list

[@Tornado1994]

No. Kidd Video is wrong.

[@jooree7696]

2010s: FAMILY GUY

[@aturchomicz821]

@@jooree7696 hmmmm

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

Still waiting since he’s gotten through the 2010’s.

[@corncake4677]

“They gave each character a different hat” Dude potato head kids predicted TF2

[@rjd-kh8et]

TF2 is actually very good at differentiating its characters.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@Simple Weirdo Now you're making me want those hats XD.

[@jooree7696]

Ducktales Woohoo

[@killercheemstar3088]

GIVE ME YOUR HAT

[@ToxicWyvern1]

Hear that dreamin' its the MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOndreamers

[@alannamceachin8777]

moon dreamers

[@totallynotjeff7748]

I'm a cow mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@train4292]

Meow meow I’m a cow

[@404TVfr]

I gotta meme that. WAIT, TELL SIIVAGUNNER!

[@meattenderizingexpert797]

I been ballin', like my nigga MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@timothymclean]

The saccharine schlock isn't just terrible for being a way to teach morals to kids without parental intervention; it's terrible for being _bad_ at it. Putting aside the often-questionable morals (the most common being "The Complainer is Always Wrong"), the uncomplicated, black-and-white conflicts of these cartoons meant that the lessons they taught were flimsy, liable to come apart at the first touch of reality. Something less saccharine and more dramatic can have the depth required to teach _useful_ lessons to kids, without being as heavy-handed as saccharine schlock has to be.

[@carlbloke8797]

Timothy McLean MLP is honestly one primary example of actually having positive lessons without talking down to kids about it

[@carlbloke8797]

TheArceusftw agreed. I also hope he rips on a Smurfs episode

[@LikaLaruku]

Maybe there's a reason the only thing I really remember about 80s cartoons is the theme songs. Maybe there's a reason I started watching horror movies & drinking coffee when I was 7.

[@purpleemerald5299]

Timothy McLean I think I may have the answer for what you seek...but I must warn you, recent events may taint the way you- *_WE’RE GONNA SING A SONG FOR YOU!_*

[@purpleemerald5299]

Timothy McLean *_AND WE’RE GONNA SHOW YOU A THING OR TWO!_*

[@mechajay3358]

80's Cartoons had ALOT of _Earworm music._ Your gonna be humming their songs no matter how bad it is and how much you don't want to.

[@hanezutchins2786]

*looks at Ducktales*

[@DJFalcoOfficial]

I don't think any of those are as catchy as like Puffy AmiYumi or Teen Titans themes

[@Satoshi9801]

I still have the two Moondreamers songs stuck in my head.

[@Akira625]

Ruby-Spears made Mr. T, though the studio was formed by former Hanna-Barbera employees. It's easy to confuse the two with the similar crude animation style both studios used in the 80's.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

And they went on to do cartoons for Super-Man (which lasted only thirteen episodes) and Mega Man (which actually did better).

[@Akira625]

JCBro2014 I saw those, they used Japanese studios to do the animation for both shows, and was of much higher quality than their earlier stuff.

[@WindowshadeCure]

Also, the DVD set of the Mr. T cartoon was released under the "Hanna Barbara Classics Collection" banner, since WB owns both libraries and probably thought the Hanna Barbara branding would sell better. One clear difference between HB and RS during this era is that they used different sound effect libraries - HB had their own library of sound effects that were originally created for stuff like The Flinstones and Yogi Bear, while RS used sound effects that originated from Looney Tunes

[@Akira625]

@@WindowshadeCure The sound F/X sounded the same to me, to be honest.

[@richardranke7878]

I pity the poor fool who saw the Mr T cartoon show!(Chuckle!)

[@WilfredCthulu]

You called an ambulance on me after my hand was cut off!? You snitch!

[@NatetheNerdy]

Now I understand why snitches get stitches, because they're the only ones to call 911.

[@cobraglatiator]

wonder if that was some kind of "regulations bad" propaganda. makin' the fireman an asshole, makes the camp director go through all the trouble of getting a kitchen put in.

[@insulttothehumanrace3807]

@@cobraglatiator Probably was. But if it was one of those plots, this one was one of the bad ones, of the "things you should probably have regardless of us making you have it" variety.

[@cobraglatiator]

@@insulttothehumanrace3807 the going through the trouble of part was meant to be sardonic/from the perspective of a gilded age boss. so yea,i agree.

[@lworthy2518]

@@NatetheNerdy WOW! That was too good of a response!😂

[@rowdycmoore]

Oh, they sold Potato Head Kids, alright. In fact, they were even given out in McDonald's Happy Meals at one point. Believe it or not, Potato Head Kids AND Moon Dreamers were actually paired up (along with another cartoon called The Glo Friends) with the 1980s My Little Pony for a variety cartoon show titled "My Little Pony 'N Friends." Let me just say... there MIGHT be a video explaining more about it popping up somewhere in about three days.

[@LikaLaruku]

That explains why they look so goddamn much like the McNugget Kids.

[@carlbloke8797]

rowdycmoore good luck man. Lookin forward to it

[@Jigglysaint]

Wait, are you the one that keeps getting a shout out on Radio Dead Air?

[@rowdycmoore]

Yeah, that would be me.

[@SgtTwilight]

Yeah! I run a MLP wiki and I recently decided to make articles for those shows since they're connected to MLP. GloFriends is alright, but I am not looking forward to watching a bunch of 80s shlock. My Little Pony Tales is enough 80s for me...

[@Beelze_Bubbles]

4:06 he said it! He said the line!

[@resentfulshrimp8044]

Can I go home now

[@davidhong1934]

Shadow Mew Master Are you?

[@eatinganemone89]

*blows airhorns*

[@witcherstudios9351]

NiGHTS into Dreams seems to be the Moon Dreamers concept but way better. The former gets the human protagonists to have good dreams by fighting off nightmares in the forms of monsters, while the latter does that by being saccharine schlock that doesn't directly fight their villainess (from what I've seen). Plus NiGHTS was better by showing how weird and mystical dreams are.

[@Notgivenit]

William Hertel from what I’ve seen of the show it’s not so much moon dreamers stop nightmares as much as they just produce dreams.

[@witcherstudios9351]

Bryce Volk Just producing dreams isn’t interesting on its own. Humans do that every night.

[@dcb99filmz]

LSD Dream Emulator is even weirder

[@masterseal0418]

Kingdom Hearts did that later with Dream Drop Distance in 2012, with dime store Pokémon that are just adorable! i.e. five of the characters from The World Ends With You(Neku, Shiki, Beat, Rhyme, and Joshua)are in that game.

[@batty.b]

@Witcher Studios except we're not dreaming, it's the Mooooon Dreamers

[@DementedDuskull]

0:45 "Make your sweet-ass dreams come true!"

[@dkDolphino]

Demented Duskull OH YEA...

[@kyragthecat177]

I rather listen to sweet dreams by eurythmics

[@isobelmiller7464]

@@kyragthecat177 Oh, me too.

[@kyragthecat177]

Plus it can give us the energy to run

[@jaschabull2365]

+Kyra G. the cat Heck, I'd take Hilary Duff's "Hey Now" over this.

[@lPsychoMax]

It's weird how very few celebrity cartoons actually were good. Now you say "of course they are, they're celebrity cartoons", but let me point you into the direction of the "Jackie Chan Adventures" cartoon that was about world famous jackie chan in a cartoon. With magic, demons, sorcerer's, magical amulets, superpowers, time travel, archeology, thieves, sumo wrestlers, gangsters, the list goes on. That cartoon was actually good (season 2 onwards of course), why can't any other cartoon do this? Probably because the jackie chan cartoon was a cartoon first, then added him in as a character and built on it. All these other's seem to build a cartoon around the celebrity rather than making the cartoon first with them in.

[@jorionedwards]

It's also one of the few celebrity cartoons that aimed to be timeless (Mission success) rather than pander to current trends.

[@carlbloke8797]

If you want other good celebrity cartoons there were some neat celebrity cameos in Static Shock. Also Check out Mike Tyson Mysteries. It’s pretty funny.

[@bolbyballinger]

To be fair Jackie Chan IS an actor so he'd probably be better in shows than most. This doesn't work for Chuck Norris or Mr T because, let's face it, they're not really actors. When Chuck Norris is on screen the character's name doesn't matter he's just going to be Chuck Norris. Mr T had BA in the A-Team but even that barely changed and it was especially obvious whenever a kid popped on screen. Jackie Chan is an actor in every sense of the word so he knows exactly what to do to make things enjoyable.

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

I think he was pretty involved in making it too, right? Like, more than just showing up to voice act for a pay check, iirc he cared about the show and making it good.

[@jorionedwards]

@@SamanthaPortUkulele If I recall correctly, Chan directed and produced the show, but hired a voice actor to play him. Guess he didn't want to spend two months getting one line right.

[@dylankaiser5546]

0:45 “Making your sweet ass dreams come true,” you know for kids!!! Yes I know it said “sweetest” but seriously!!! Annunciation isn’t a polite suggestion!!!!!!!

[@kylemorello4787]

Reminds me of McDonald's "Food, Folks, and Fun.

[@KenWheelerWhistler]

What's fascinating with Moon Dreamers was that when it was shown alongside with MLP G1, and yet despite Moon Dreamers having a interesting concept, MLP G1 still had better characters, and the songs while it isn't nowhere near as good as MLP G4, some of the songs in MLP G1 was still better than Moon Dreamers. Funny enough, in an episode of MLP G4 called Do Princess Dream of Magic Sheep, it had a promise similar to that of Moon Dreamers.

[@carlbloke8797]

It honestly just makes me glad animation started to turn for the better by the end of 80s. we had Ducktales, Garfield and Friends and early Simpsons

[@pikapower_kirby]

Dude, Garfield and Friends was the best. I remember getting DVDs from the library and watching certain episodes over and over.

[@rizon72]

Its gone from good to bad to good to bad. Sadly, we're now in a bad phase for cartoons.

[@spongebobplushiestuff8612]

@@rizon72 no it's still in the good, alot of good shows are still on, and some weak shows get better

[@gerawallstar3487]

@@rizon72 Were in a decade where cartoons are getting better than the ones in 2006-09.

[@cartoonfanatic]

@@gerawallstar3487 2006-2009 had a lot of good cartoons The Emperor's New School Legion of Superheroes The Replacements Class of 3000 Oban Star Racers Phineas and Ferb Chowder El Tigre The Mighty B Spectacular Spiderman Batman Brave and The Bold Flapjack The Secret Saturdays Ben 10: Alien Force Wolverine and The X-Men

[@adriannaranjo4397]

*The real reason Chuck Norris Karate Commandos wasn't on the list was because Chuck Norris chooses it not to be*

[@yamiblade]

No Bruce kicked it off

[@davidhong1934]

One can never say "Chuck Norris" enough times

[@mochiman6307]

Mr T is nicer, and defends those unable to defend themselves

[@jf2849]

Every night before bed the boogie man checks the closet for chuck Norris.

[@tranz2deep]

Actually it was baiting us to make Chuck Norris jokes. And it worked.

[@flyingfist4203]

Wow, I never thought your 'because potatoes' phrase would fit in so well with a cartoon XD Also, I'm glad we got a Mr and Mrs Potato head in the Toy Story series.

[@masterseal0418]

My version of it is ‘because lemons’.

[@GreenPhoenix91]

Moon Dreamers the real lunarian sailors seriously the pink haired one looks like Chibiusa.

[@alecfoisy58]

0:45 "Makin' your sweet-ass dreams come true."

[@D_YellowMadness]

This is why you don't over enunciate.

[@lhaviland8602]

What do you want to bet that the singer was so fed up with having to sing that garbage that she slipped it in on purpose and the producers were too lazy/ dumb to catch it.

[@josecastroramos8241]

That was funny. That was funny. 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@renroxhrd]

I heard that too

[@Alberto9Herrera]

The "Because Potatoes" thing was used appropriately this time!

[@BugsyFoga]

The 80's : the decade where toy commercials were promoted as cartoons 😁👌

[@jacobellison1763]

It's not like today, where cartoons are promoted as toy commercials.

[@kirakardashian8996]

That was pretty much it.

[@bacht4799]

THANKS REAGAN ..! 😫😫

[@Tornado1994]

And they kicked ass!

[@fluffywolfo3663]

Fun fact: This is actually where the Gundam anime came from! :P The director was tired of "making advertising films for toy stores" so he created Gundam.

[@BigEWR]

The fact that Little Clowns of Happytown was only a dishonorable mention, and not an official entry on the list did help make it less predictable. I've seen some good and bad 80s cartoons in my life, but now I think it's time to head back to our time.

[@Tornado1994]

Little Clowns of Happytown was just....awful. I'll describe it like this: In November 1987, while trying to watch the next episode of Garbage Pail Kids after the pilot, I noticed it wasn't been shown, so I changed the channel to ABC, listened to the themesong and watched about 2 minutes of the show before turning the channel to NBC. 2 Minutes was all my 4 and half year old mind could take.

[@EditDeath]

You know, I could point out that even the good 80's shows had some of these flaws (Ducktales triplets had no defining character besides colored clothes, TMNT always swapped Turtle voices around), but what's the point? Every other point made is absolutely valid, and even giving these shows a pass on those issues doesn't make them any better.

[@kylemorello4787]

To be fair, Huey, Dewey, and Louie always had that problem since they were born. That's a big reason giving them their own personas in the 2017 reboot was considered such an improvement.

[@bdpickett]

Orbots isn't a Go-bots ripoff. It's more like Voltron, if anything, and it was honestly pretty good. Great action, quality animation, a super creepy villain. The characters could be grating, but for an eighties Mecha cartoon, it wasn't so bad. Plus, it had a definitive ending.

[@DrShaym]

8:13, is that the edge of the animation cell?

[@d4n737]

Holy Shit! It Is!

[@emeraldanimation6101]

Hot damn man, good eye

[@elizabethmerin7489]

@@d4n737 What is?

[@elizabethmerin7489]

@@emeraldanimation6101 What is it?

[@emeraldanimation6101]

@@elizabethmerin7489 the edge of an animation cell that should never been seen in a finished show unless it’s part of an animation deconstruction like the one near the end of enter the florpus imo

[@rainer5212]

0:45 "Making your sweet-ass dreams come true!" I can't be the only one who hears that.

[@cobraking1419]

Rainer I also hear sweet-ass

[@Showtunediva]

I heard that too!

[@mightymcloven3321]

Got a grinch ad, is that ironic?

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

you think he's gonna review it?

[@PipeGuy64Bit]

Was it the short 5 second ad with that cover of the Grinch song that's trying way too hard to sound cool?

[@sorcereo]

An omen, really.

[@WhaleManMan]

That movie doesn't actually look that bad. Call me crazy.

[@PipeGuy64Bit]

@@WhaleManMan I don't know, man. They did a screaming goat joke in it.

[@ghostofabulletproducciones5748]

The idea behind Moon Dreamers looks like the basis of a really gritty anime

[@Percival917]

*GRITTY REBOOT INTENSIFIES*

[@kurtisharen]

Yeah, I heard the concept and my first thought was a sort of pseudo-Persona series. Go in that sort of direction and it could have been pretty damn awesome.

[@NitroIndigo]

Puella Magi Moondreamers Magica.

[@evapalma9899]

@@kurtisharen with MLP and Steven Universe vibes for the songs and visuals

[@WillieManga]

Or NiGHTS. God damn, I wanna play NiGHTS again.

[@arrogantgodjealous]

Here's a thought, Moondreamers was released in 1986, while the original Nightmare on Elm Street came out 2 years earlier in 1984. Being that Freddy Krueger was becoming popular at that time, they should have had the main villain be one either based off, or a parody of him. In fact if anyone every does decided to try this concept again, but not terrible, I would expect Freddy Krueger to be in some way referenced in it.

[@Tornado1994]

Moon Dreamers was for young young toddlers. Nightmare on Elm Street was a popular Horror film aimed at Yuppies.

[@nicholastosoni707]

"Moon Dreamers" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks" crossover time: The Moon Dreamers' main villain is none other than....HIDEOUS HAROLD! Serious geek cred right there!

[@NicklasZandeVGCP2001]

Oh, hi Mitch! What's the next anime dub on your list? Here are some acceptable options, Sonic X, Ultimate Muscle, Transformers Takara Trilogy, Saint Seiya (both dubs), Mega Man NT Warrior, Beyblade, etc.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

That would be pretty cool. *Fun Fact:* The Care Bears Movie have beaten Black Cauldron in the box office. Very coincidental.

[@evapalma9899]

@@poweroffriendship2.0 hey you

[@brianpguil]

I say the moondreamers theme song sounds less like an intro to a show and more like a jingle you hear in a commercial. Not surprising since it was a cartoon from the 80's

[@sadlobster1]

(sees Mr.T in Thumbnail) Let me guess...he's gonna tell kids to drink their school, stay in drugs and don't do milk?

[@Tornado1994]

SNL reference.

[@sadlobster1]

@@Tornado1994 Exactly

[@kyleguajardo]

So, after seeing the number 1 choice, I need to go rewatch Interstella 5555 to recover.

[@Jigglysaint]

I'm sad that there's no readily available footage of that show. That sounds so horrible I kind of want to watch it and cringe.

[@mattwolf7698]

@@Jigglysaint I'm actually a huge fan of 80s music and while that show does look awful, I kind of want to watch it to see how many refrences I get.

[@jasonblalock4429]

Yeah, I actually have fond memories of Kidd Video (yes, I'm old) specifically because it was SO weird. I'm pretty sure the writers were huffing coke nonstop and no one was editing anything they came up with. It actually was kind of creative, just in a totally stream-of-consciousness way.

[@chrishanson995]

@somewhat sane I thought the same! The music must not be as good as Daft Punk.

[@yaraperez8501]

They look like they stepped out of Rainbow Brite

[@LikaLaruku]

Moon Dreamers looks like Rainbow Brite & 1985's Star Faries mashed together. I can't believe I can remember back this far.

[@Tornado1994]

That's because IT Is. the October '85 Star Fairies Pilot(Which aired October 18,1985 in syndication alongside Pound Puppies) never got picked up, but it did well enough that it survives on off air VHS. The Mr. Potato Head pilot was such a DISASTER, it never re aired, and because nobody saw it and bothered to record it, its sadly lost through time. I'm an 80s kid like you, and I remember Moon Dreamers. It was just forgettable and inoffensive. As a Xennial, I can name 5 BETTER picks and actual awful 80s Cartoons than this rushed, half assed closer: Filmation's Ghostbusters,Ewoks,Paws Paws,Fluppy Dogs and Denver The Last Dinosaur.

[@dcb99filmz]

They dragged poor Tress MacNeille and Peter Cullen into this

[@Enter_the_Toshiverse_1996]

You know, the plot of the Moon Dreamers would actually work if you made some fundamental changes: take out the overly saccharine fluff, give a bit of a serious tone but with some decent comedy, make the villain a more frightening and malevolent force that maybe wants to destroy the Moon Dreamers so it can give children nightmares in order to become powerful enough to take over the universe, remove the musical element and give it a better theme song with people who can actually sing and a song writer that can actually right. The Moon Dreamers has an interesting plot but that potential was wasted by making it an overly saccharine and cutesy kids show that mocked children's intelligence just like the original My Little Pony. If you remade it today and gave it a tone that was more serious yet can still be funny, you know like maybe The Loud House, it would probably be a better show

[@kieravermeal9127]

For the MoonDreamers, I actually drew the main characters (as well as a few of the villains) as if they were remade now. All of the MoonDreamers help kids overcome their insecurities, as well as change their personalities or update them: Crystal Starr (the leader) would help kids with body image. Dream Gazer would help kids deal with growing old. Whimzee (who now walks with a cane and a completely mangled leg) helps kids with physical disabilities (and I made her a tomboy). Sparky Dreamer would (possibly) kids with unseen disabilities (I might make her have Asperger's syndrome). Bucky Buckaroo (who was the boy of the group and whose personality was "boy") now is a bit more feminine and enjoys cute things. He would help kids with their identity, whether it be gender or sexual orientation. The little blob henchmen now represent the most common insecurities- Body images wealth/worthiness/expectations, and emotion control/relationships. I still got a way to go with redesigning, but it's a good start (and no, I won't be making it a story. I got my own story to worry about.)

[@Tornado1994]

You did a fantastic job. I’m an 80s kid, while I’m not and wasn’t fond of Moondreamers back in ‘86, I admire the handiwork you helped contribute.

[@kieravermeal9127]

@@Tornado1994 Thank you!

[@Tornado1994]

@@kieravermeal9127 You're Very Welcome! We 80s babies admire and respect those who were involved in creating what was on TV for us to watch back then, regardless of its likability. Quality Standards were extremely important back then, and Moondreamers certainly met them and had them. And for that, I appreciate your contributions for.

[@digiblader1]

Mr. T's cartoon is actually Ruby-Spears--but it can be considered under the Hanna-Barbera library anyway, as WB owns both libraries now anyway, as they got them when Turner bought Taft Broadcasting (who owned HB and RS), then Turner was bought by Time Warner..

[@Tornado1994]

Mr Enter couldn't be bothered to research it. There's a GOTDAMN Alvin And The Chipmunks episode from the VERY first season that crosses over Chipmunks with Mr. T. Also. Turner brought Worldvision/TAFT or Great American Broadcasting the Parent Company of Hanna Barbera and Ruby Spears in December of 1990. Time Warner brought out Turner in October 1996.

[@gerawallstar3487]

@@Tornado1994 and that show is ACTUALLY really good, compared to the crappy Mr.T.

[@Tornado1994]

@@gerawallstar3487 No. Mr. T is COOL. Its a bit preachy because its educational. You Millenials obviously don't get it.

[@alechorowitz5279]

Firefighter: This whole camp is a fire hazard Camp Candy: Over my dead body Firefighter: By the way, this camp seems to be kinda weirdly away from everything, and no parent would send their kid to such a dangerous summer camp. Is this really a camp? Camp Candy: What a jerk Fightfighter: These kids are kidnapped, aren't they? Camp Candy: ....

[@daelen.cclark]

If anyone wants to reboot an 80’s cartoon, why not they go with moondreamers? (It could be like Steven universe meets nights: into dreams)

[@kameronbiggs5495]

"Moon-Dreamers" sounds like a great idea for a TV Show; it may go into the likes of Steven Universe as it explores fear and insecurities interpreted in dreams as the crew could just help those people confront them. But because it was the 80s, the execution had to be garbage!

[@LaDracul]

5. They were based on a Hasbro toy line, so of course they'd look like "Strawberry Shortcake" type characters. 4. And this was ALSO an '80s toy line. 3. If we didn't have this, we wouldn't have "The Mike Tyson Mysteries". Also, it was Phill Lamarr's debut. 1. Robbie Rist has done much better work since then ("Valerian", "Final Fantasy X and X-2") but this is Saban's work, so..

[@insulttothehumanrace3807]

5. Them having a toy line fully explains why the intro song sounds and feels like a commercial jingle...

[@LaDracul]

@@insulttothehumanrace3807 It actually was the commercial jingle.

[@insulttothehumanrace3807]

@@LaDracul So the commercial jingle was re-purposed into the show's intro? That... also makes sense.

[@davegreenlaw5654]

Just be thankful that Saban didn't get their hands on a classic 90's show, Sailor Moon (or Sailormoon in the original Japanese). They actually made a short half live action/half North American animation demo to try and sell it. Thankfully sanity won out - well, more or less, as we still got Mini-Moon in later seasons - and we got the original with those silly "Sailor Moon says" educational bits at the end...which were usually just the "Next time on Sailormoon" trailer for the episode with some inspirational thing spoken over it.

[@LaDracul]

@@davegreenlaw5654 Blame The FCC for that.

[@Trainlover1995]

GoBots wasn’t a rip-off of Transformers. Both were adapted from Japanese toylines (Transformers from Diaclone and Microchange, and GoBots from a Bandai line I don’t remember the name of), with GoBots coming out first. But it got soundly thrashed by Transformers and was gone by 1987, eventually becoming part of the larger Transformers multiverse when Hasbro bought out Tonka in 1991.

[@lpfan4491]

wait,transformers has a multiverse? xD

[@Trainlover1995]

@@lpfan4491 It's extremely complex.

[@rogersstinson4019]

Machine robo

[@TheOshawottWoman]

moon dreamers theme but every time moon dreamers the nutshack theme plays

[@isobelmiller7464]

Actually, there's a Nutshack theme parody that uses Mr. Enter; it replaces the lyrics of the song with his dialogue from him talking about The Nutshack in both his Worst of the 2000s and Worst Cartoon Theme Songs. Replace Moon Dreamers with that.

[@MagmaPaint]

The Moon Dreamers theme but every Moon Dreamers swaps to The Nutshack theme and every Nutshack swaps back to the Moon Dreamers theme

[@KaiserDeclan]

0:44 did it say make your kick ass dreams come true

[@jammy0596]

I thought she said "sweet ass dream come true".

[@-kenik9629]

It's an innocence test.

[@kyragthecat177]

I rather listen to *sweet dreams by eurythmics*

[@KaiserDeclan]

Kenik Kress I need to test that idea

[@thegamingdoggo9519]

@@jammy0596 same

[@ScatterbrainPete]

8:12 O_O *HOW?!? HOW?!? HOW DID THEY LET SOMETHING LIKE THIS SLIP ONTO TELEVISION?!?* I thought DiC was bad but THIS??? I'm speechless.

[@ScatterbrainPete]

Also allow me to be the first to make the obligatory Simpsons reference. "I have to go now. My planet needs me." Note: The crocodile died on the way back to his home planet.

[@PxPtheBook]

I would like to call it, a “Beyond-The-Animation” error.

[@LikaLaruku]

Camp Candy art style = 50% Cabbage Patch Kids, 50% Clutch Cargo.

[@Tornado1994]

"I still see the X." Max Headroom TV Hijack 1987.

[@nascarfanatic2425]

Speaking of misinterpreting songs, we should mention Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." It's more-or-less a song bashing the United States for Vietnam, but people of today only pay attention to the chorus, so they think it's a patriotic song. It's not.

[@Alberto9Herrera]

The Care Bears are kinda nostalgic to me.

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

+TheArceusftw "Time for a game of disappearing bears!"

[@fubukifangirl]

@@TheArceusftw The Nelvana ones. The DiC ones, not so much.

[@andykishore]

Same. I think i still have a VHS tape of that show in my basement.

[@grouchypuff570]

I used to LOVE Camp Candy when I was a kid. I'll =never forget 3D movie gag where they hold things closer to the camera to make it apparent that the movie was in 3D... admittedly that's the only specific thing I remember about the show.

[@rickmarr4478]

Glad they got closed, I mean the thing with the fire fighter made no sense. Like the villain doesn't really act like one, but I guess he is supposed a logical one. I dunno.

[@jackiexkh]

Even though the Pac-Man cartoon was pretty mediocre, I’m actually really glad that it existed. The Pac-Man cartoon had a HUGE influence on the series. It was arguably the first time the character was portrayed in an actual world, living as a father in a house with his wife and kid. It introduced Chomp Chomp, as well as made Sue her own character and not just a female version of Clyde. But most of all, it was what inspired Pac-Land, the first platformer in the series and the first side-scrolling platformer. Without that game, we wouldn’t have other Pac-Man games like it, such as Pac-Man 2 or the Pac-Man World series. Pac-Land was the main inspiration for Super Mario Bros, so we wouldn’t have that game without the cartoon. And seeing as how the idea for Sonic’s gameplay came from the creator trying to get through Super Mario Bros. as quickly as possible, so Sonic wouldn’t exist without this cartoon, as well as a bunch of other games that were influenced by these games. Basically, the Pac-Man cartoon is one of those things that is important to gaming history, even if it’s not particularly good on its own. I’d also like to say that the ghosts technically did have personalities in the original game, which the cartoon mimicked (even if they got them mixed up)

[@marbles8641]

I always thought Orbots was more related to Voltron, since it's 5 brightly colored characters combining into a giant robot piloted by humans, even though technically Orbots came out a few days earlier. Though while Orbots might be a knock off, I do like it's animation quality, some episodes had very high production value.

[@Crimson_Mayhem]

I'm watching this on my Nintendo Switch! :P

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Wait, KZbin has Nintendo Switch? Da heck!

[@train4292]

Same dude

[@mokonarose01]

I'm watching on my 3ds(I'm kidding I'm watching on my phone :p)

[@paradoxzee6834]

@@poweroffriendship2.0 Yea Switch got a youtube app yesterday, if you wonder you dont need to have a Switch online subscription to use it

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@paradoxzee6834 Well, mine was my little brother's 3DS. Sadly, there's no comment section.

[@ProfArmitage218]

I don't know if it was an issue with Camp Candy, but some shows in the 80s used different studios, of radically different quality, depending on the budget available for a particular episode. I remember it being really noticeable in The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers. Some episodes were high-end anime quality, many were middle-of-the road, and some made your eyes bleed.

[@ArtificialOrangeStudios]

Sigh... you're still wrong... Mister T wasn't made by Hanna Barbera, it was made by Ruby Spears. Similar style, but still a different company. Three seconds of Google searching would've told you that. -_- Sorry if that sounds negative, just after the snarky comment before revealing that show, you'd think you'd actually done the research to backup your comment. So I apologize if it sounds mean spirited or anything, because I don't want to be that person, but I still feel like you should know when you make a mistake.

[@Evilriku13]

If yould remove the "you're still wrong" & "3 secs of google research would have told you that", then I think your comment sounds more like a friendly advice then this negativtiy you think you getting from it :)

[@ExtremeWreck]

Technically, Ruby Spears was formed by several Hanna Barbera employees who wanted out.

[@TindraSan]

I legit cried "NOOOO" out loud when you brought up Moondreamers. I mean you're right it probably sucks but my childhood and sense of aesthetic tells me otherwise and it's ripping me apart.

[@TindraSan]

(actually now that you mention it.. I did go to sleep to this show as a kid.) Moondreamers is a show that deserves a reboot simply for it's concept. Like just take the concept and the most basic aspects of the character & world design, make something interesting based on that and then scrap everything else.

[@Tornado1994]

Moon Dreamers Doesn't suck. Its just Inoffensive and Forgettable. Gary Coleman Show should have been #5. THAT was just.....Terrible.

[@pandapendragon3335]

I just stumbled upon your videos with this...and I gotta say, I like it. You're not overly dramatic in pointing out the negatives. you've earned a new subscriber.

[@chatomaltes2492]

Just as a note, the Pac-man ghosts did have some kind of personality in the games. Obviously not a true fleshed-out personality, but every ghost did have a different behaviour that was explained through basic character traits, so you had some kind of idea of where the ghosts would go. It sounds silly and inconsecuential nowadays but back in the day this was kind of a big deal, especially with Pac-man fans. It doesn't negate what you said, because it was a personality created around the game instructions and hints and not within the game, but I think it's a interesting detail.

[@arnowrld]

Transformers: 1984 Go-Bots: 1983

[@davidparrish1205]

Glad someone else knows who ripped off whom. Lol

[@gman4736]

Ripoffs don't always have to be better. Just ask Deadpool and Aquaman

[@lulu_9000]

I saw only one episode of the Mr. T show, but I'll never forget it. They all went to Africa to help a village that was basically starving. He kept his gold chains on the ENTIRE time.

[@Pyroniusburn]

Damn, not you too John Candy. Sad he wasn't exempt from this kinda crap.

[@Tornado1994]

Camp Candy sucked pretty bad, but its not terrible.

[@droth1031]

No one was exempt. John Candy, Rick Moranis, Macaulay Culkin, Bo Derek, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Soleil Moon Frye, Gary FUCKING Coleman.... All had Saturday morning cartoons on NBC at one point.

[@Tornado1994]

@@droth1031 Wish Kid. Yeah, it was pretty terrible. NBC stopped producing Cartoons the Following Season. Pro Stars was fucking awful too.

[@GOFLuvr]

@@droth1031 There was a Wayne Gretzky cartoon?! I'm gonna watch regardless of how bad it was!

[@droth1031]

@@GOFLuvr Pro Stars. He was kind of the goofy sidekick more than anything.

[@JESmith]

Actually Enter, Kidd Video's animation did get better in the second season because they switched studios and you tell the Japanese studio influence a lot more clearly. The show was still trippy though. To quote Robbie Rist, who played Wiz: "I don’t know what they put in the water cooler in the animation department, but it became this crazy thing that... it was like Lidsville. It was this acid-influenced, crazy animation. It became something like Alice in Wonderland, and I was in my twenties and watching these second-season episodes, going, “Is this for kids?” It was just a little bit too weird." Funny enough the show was cancelled because it was too expensive for NBC to produce, probably due to all the licensed music.

[@rustydelata9398]

Cartoons like this is why I spent so much time outdoors back in the 80s

[@GrowingForever]

Thank you Mr Enter, great list.

[@kaylynthefish6739]

Thank you Mr enter, very cool!

[@Tornado1994]

He dropped the Ball on this one. Mr T. isn't a terrible cartoon. I was around when it was out. It was pretty popular because it was VERY educational. Moondreamers was just forgettable. Inoffensive and forgettable. Not horrible. Potato Head Kids was Inane. NOBODY watched the Cartoon. Because the 1985 Mr. Potato Head Cartoon pilot FAILED so bad, that it NEVER reaired and has been lost through time. Camp Candy did suck, but it was on during the "Dance Craze" Timeslot on Saturday Mornings when nothing interesting was on. This hour meant "Go Outside and go Eat Lunch". Kidd Video #1? NO. Not even Close. This Cartoon was a Huge Hit and cost a ton of money to produce. It was LAME. But Not unwatchable. Any Millenial that wants to learn more? Watch Cartoon Clipshow's Review of it. Sorry MrEnter, you struck out on this one. Denver The Last Dinosaur is the WORST Cartoon of the 1980s. NOT Kidd Video. DENVER.

[@dylankaiser5546]

Tornado1994 well not everything stands the test of time

[@Tornado1994]

@@dylankaiser5546 The First Season of KV definitely hasn't aged well. The Budget actually went up the following season.

[@dylankaiser5546]

Tornado1994 well he’s technically referring to season 1 which began in 89

[@Jaceblue04]

Someone need to reboot the MoonDreamers; it has so much potential. You could make the Moondreamers themselves sorta like the Phantom Thieves, only, instead of stealing distorted desires, they steal your distorted fears. The possibilities are ENDLESS!

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

2:18 Is this that Steven’s Universe everyone’s talking about?

[@fanficlover1989]

Mr Neddlemouse Yes it is.

[@viviannemj4232]

Just make sure he doesn't know about...the THING

[@evapalma9899]

If it's remade, we rope in Rebecca Sugar

[@NitroIndigo]

Now I want to see a cartoon that's like Moondreamers meets Klonoa. EDIT: Reminds me, in the finale of the Unversed Cast's Klonoa Wii let's play, they come up with an idea for a movie about a secret society of Dream Travellers.

[@Notgivenit]

As a child I had a moondreamers vhs and watched it constantly. I loved how the characters looked and all the washed out pastels and stars. It only had four episodes on it, so I can’t speak to the whole series, but there was a really cool episode that really stuck with me where one of them thought she lost her imagination and like went to the sandman and had an imagination battle.

[@mr.meloetta1939]

I see Mr. T over in that thumbnail, boi. Also, you gotta admit the girls from Moondreamers are pretty cute

[@doublechindoge7]

*H E A V Y L O L I B R E A T H I N G I N T E N S I F I E S*

[@larrychilders6599]

You better not tell the Shadman

[@tammraevans6634]

They look like rainbow bright rip-offs. (too lazy to look up which one came first)

[@mochiman6307]

“You know you got a lot of mouth, and I got a lot of fist for your mouth”

[@Reapermaskhybrid]

@@larrychilders6599 I'm the Shadman, skid a bib beep da doo da doop!

[@davelygrave21]

Mr. T actually had some strong talent going for it. Paul Dini, Chuck Dixon, and Flint Dille were all on the writing staff and Jack Kirby even did some of the character designs. It takes talent at every level in animation, I suppose, and everyone has to work within the narrow framework of what's presented to the network.

[@Tornado1994]

Mr. T was GOOD. I liked Mr. T.

[@gracemasters6836]

2:18 Hmmm...I definitely see Rose, but to be honest, when I first saw this shot, I IMMEDIATELY thought of Jem from JEM and the Holograms. Especially with that purple outfit she wore as well. Still, this is a great list. Thank you Mr. Enter!

[@gregrowe1168]

Grace Masters me too

[@reasyrandom]

Rose resembles Jem anyway. Especially when fused with Pearl.

[@ExtremeWreck]

I thought more of Chibiusa than Rose.

[@marbles8641]

Fun Fact, Transformers are a rip-off of Go-bots. Go-bots came out a full year before the Transformers (Go-bots were 1983, Transformers 1984), and the animated series started 9 days prior to Transformers (Go-Bots was Sept 8th, 1984 Transformers was Sept 17th, 1984). But, like Hydrox and Oreo, the rip-off/knock off became/is the more popular brand. Is it sad I remember all these series? I was born in 1980 and lived through all of them... and remember actually having Potato Head Kids toys.

[@Tornado1994]

I remember Potato Head Kids. It was incredibly Inane. I remember Fintstone Kids way more.

[@marbles8641]

Everything was kids! Pup Named Scooby Doo, Muppet Babies, etc etc.. it was getting out of hand.

[@Tornado1994]

@@marbles8641 But Muppet Babies was actually GOOD.

[@adepticusnerdica]

Thank you for the go-bot thing. It saved me telling it.

[@leperwolf7287]

don't forget Transformer Babies, GI Joe Kids, And the Adventures of He-Boy .... No nevermind.... I've been drinking again.... but honestly aren't you surprised that never happened?

[@ShadowWingTronix]

Child of the 1980s back to complain and confirm...or something. 5. The Moon Dreamers designs can be blamed on the dolls, but otherwise I never had a use for the show. It had potential but so did Robotman And Friends and they got that wrong. And that would continue into more recent stuff. Like Dino Squad. How do you make a show about teens who turn into full-sized dinosaurs to fight mutant dinomonsters BORING! Sorry, had to rant. 4.There were Potato Head Kids toys. They didn't have the different face parts and just swapped body parts. Actually, just arms and feet I think. Or they could have been figurines. I never really cared. 3. How is this HIGHER than Chuck Norris Karate Commandos, which tried to rip this off? I haven't even watched through the Mr. T one yet and I know we're going to disagree. I'm not sure WHY Mr. T is a gymnastics coach but the show works for me even today, and I loved it as a kid. Also, let's see if I'm right that you call this a Scooby-Doo ripoff simply for being a mystery. Yep, you did. Was Scooby-Doo the only mystery show ever allowed for kids or something? It's like saying you couldn't have another science fiction show because Flash Gordon already exists! 2. Never got into Camp Candy but it seems a bit high to me. Can't blame you for putting it on the list though. DMs: I disagree with most of the internet on Legend Of Zelda. I'm use to it. Gary Coleman show was loosely based on a TV movie Coleman did and I admit that didn't age well with me. Again, how is Chuck Norris not higher than Mr. T on this list since it's a bad ripoff of Mr. T. Totally agree on Get Along Gang. I really wanted to like it as a kid but couldn't. Pac-Man we'll just have to agree to disagree on. Mighty Orbots we are polar opposites on and did you just hate every show I grew up with? Not to mention if Orbots was ripping off anything it was Voltron, only the pilots ARE the robots. It's also one of the few kids shows with a definite ending. Karate Kid I also wanted to like but couldn't get into. Maybe because the magic item was out of place. Little Clowns were a better figurine series than a cartoon. (I still have my Super Clown.) 1. Admittedly Kidd Video is better conceptually than in execution but the band's original songs and videos were pretty good. You have to remember that networks didn't give these companies the highest budgets and syndication pretty much needed merchandise in order to have any real budget for first-run shows. There were only a few animation studios who combined had to fill 12 hours worth of cartoons every Saturday (8AM-12 PM plus shorts like Schoolhouse Rock) and maybe seven hours of daily cartoons (before and after school) for five days, each making months of shows since they didn't take midseason breaks. You put the whole season out at once and then syndicated during the spring and summer with a few specials for the kids who didn't go outside. The animation isn't going to be as good as today, with better equipment and techniques and a break to finish up the last half of the season. There are still reasons I loved the shows I grew up with when they could get past BS&P's silly standards or find a way to work around them. But at least your reasoning in this list has been better than some others I've heard about why my childhood was apparently a disgrace to childhood. Some shows I didn't like, some didn't age well, and some I still enjoy today either for nostalgia or because I just have looser standards (I can watch Paw Patrol and be entertained) but I still defend these shows based on the time and my own tastes. Well, the ones I thought worked anyway. No time period is safe from sub-par children's entertainment.

[@insulttothehumanrace3807]

He mentioned why he didn't put Chuck Norris Karate Commandos on the main list: he has a "must have made at least 13 episodes" rule, and Norris didn't have that many episodes.

[@MrJWTH]

ShadowWing Tronix Number 3 was higher since as mentioned in his first video only shows that had a full 13 episode season qualified.

[@bismuth7398]

80's NOSTALGIA IS CANCER! Fight me!

[@arnold20139]

I know this is a old video, but Moon Dreamers would make a decent Magical Girl show if you had the right writers and animators.

[@casualcraftman1599]

If you want to see a good cartoon that takes place in a summer camp then watch camp camp.

[@seanmyster6]

Camp Lazlo is a good one, too.

[@evapalma9899]

And Summer Camp Island

[@329link]

0:44 ok, am I horribly mishearing, or did she say "sweet ass dreams"? I replayed it multiple times, and I KNOW I'm hearing something wrong, but I can't hear anything else!

[@slunk694]

329link I'm pretty sure she says 'sweetest'

[@329link]

@@slunk694 ok, I'm gonna go with that and say that this is why most companies don't hire child singers.

[@CadenIsCaden]

Even though she said sweetest, that actually sounded like "sweet ass" oh god.

[@dingdongbells3314]

"Muwahahaha, Lionel Richie can't dance his way out of this one- HOW THE HECK IS HE DANCING ON THE CEILING!?" -Master Blaster, if the writers of this show knew what they were doing

[@Tornado1994]

The song "Dancing on the Ceiling" did not come out until Early '86. This episode aired at 10:30 AM on September 15,1984 on NBC.

[@NeoDragonCount]

Regarding Chuck Norris' Karate Commandos: The 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in one of their running gags of the show had a proxy to Karate Commandos that the characters watched as a guilty pleasure. It's even funnier since the proxy/parody of Karate Commandos starred the character Chris Bradford, aka Rahzar, who, before he was mutated, was modeled after Chuck Norris. Who happened to be an arrogant elitist martial artist who worked for Shredder and the Foot Clan.

[@bigblue344]

"bear with me" has a picture of a bear. god dang it.

[@matthewgillis2617]

20:30 I recognize that background music anywhere, Mister Enter! It's Lofty Castle from Spyro 1! Also, just an idea for an animated atrocity: Crash Bandicoot the cartoon. I believe it only had one episode though...

[@SwiftyStardust]

There is no Crash Bandicoot cartoon. There are scrapped cartoon cutscenes for the first game, but not a full cartoon. And no, Crash's cameo in Skylanders Academy doesn't count.

[@kfcnyancat]

@@SwiftyStardust I personally like the animated intro

[@BigEWR]

I'm amazed you were able to recognize Lofty Castle. Generally, I'm capable of recognizing Spyro music too.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

It wasn't a cartoon, it was an animated FMV for the game that got cut. Crash's cartoon debut was in the Skylanders Academy franchise.

[@gonzalobastias9428]

Question: Do you know what the potato head kids segment background music is mate?

[@SimonCallahan]

Aww, I actually really liked Camp Candy when I was a kid. It was usually played back to back with Gravedale High, a show that was a vehicle for Rick Moranis. Upon seeing your review of Camp Candy, I actually got the idea that maybe it was something that wasn't originally intended for kids, and certain story elements (like the main villain doing the right thing and the firefighter being shown as evil) were supposed to be satirical. Kids are a lot smarter than we give them credit for, after all, they aren't going to stop trusting firefighters just because one cartoon told them to.

[@pennysanchez7656]

Camp Candy isn’t bad, but it did have its drawbacks from being good. And besides, John Candy is awesome as the title character of the camp.

[@princessbinas]

0:20 Not going to lie, I watched that exact Care Bears cartoon when I was little. I actually remember that exact scene (the episode with that personality trait reversal mirror). My parents found the video tape somewhere somehow, despite the fact it was the early 2000's (I was born in 1997). I can't remember if I watched it because I didn't find bad at the time or if I was just bored enough to watch it. Either way, I haven't seen it in over a decade. So, just a "hey, I remember this but I don't have an opinion on it because it has been a very long time since I last saw it."

[@pennysanchez7656]

Isn’t the one with Coldheart?

[@codyflake3080]

No offense to John Candy, but this one episode sends a bad message by calling someone a snitch for calling the fire department when he should have and making fire fighters look like jerks. Yes I understand you have to have antagonist but you have to give the audience a justified reason to want your antagonist(s) to fail or else your protagonists start to lose sympathy and no making a character more unlike able doesn’t shift sympathy to another it just give us less reason to watch the show.

[@petermcaulay4647]

Actually, there is a cartoon that did the whole "exploring dreams" as it's main theme. And that is a movie, named Mune: Guardian Of The Moon. And it is awesome!

[@sophiebitzinger4445]

There's also a graphic novel called The Sleepwalkers. VERY underrated!

[@petermcaulay4647]

+Sophie Bitzinger Good one! Yeah, Mune had a good story, beautiful animation, loveable characters and an endearing, dreamlike, passionate feel to it all!

[@NitroIndigo]

Wait, I've only watched the first half-hour or so of Mune. When do they get into the dream stuff?

[@fermintenava5911]

I actually can remember several cartoons about some kind of dream patrol. Just can't remember the titles.

[@rachaelbeth3119]

Upped because damn yeah the movie is great! But when did they talk about dreams? Identity and believing in yourself and knowing your limits yeah but dreams?

[@NicklasZandeVGCP2001]

Kidd Video wasn't the only show that was made by DiC about a popular band. There was a show that aired at the same time with a similar concept called Wolf Rock TV, from what I heard it was given one 1/10 Review on IMDb by someone who worked on it said that he and other animators were mistreated and had to get episodes to air faster than pancakes at IHOP. It only lasted for 7 episodes before it was canceled for low ratings, making it along with Kidd Video DiC's first bombs. The only thing about the show that has resurfaced was its theme song. Which I will show here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4i7aourZ6qUaNk My thoughts on the intro, it's catchy and it has a nice tune to it, I mean, Wolfman Jack is a talented singer, so that shouldn't be surprising. But, aside from that, I can't find anything else about the show anywhere on the internet. I'm sure the show is just as bad as Kidd Video, maybe even worse than it (from what my dad told me), but we won't know that for sure until all 7 episodes are found.

[@ffjreviews9029]

You do realize that if The Simpsons didn’t exist, this is what animation would look like for another 30 years.

[@somejackass]

the Mister T show wasnt made by hanna barbera

[@Strutter1980]

I used to lend vhs tapes from the library in when I was younger, and one of those tapes was the Camp Candy show. When I think back at it, it is amazing that it was dubbed in swedish aswell. Not something I would have expected if I found the show today. Ahh, the nostalgia!

[@BlueDog241]

Wow! Number 1 hurt me man. I wont lie,I loved Kidd Video as a kid. Still kinda do. It was one of my favorite shows growing up just for how weird it was. It was far from perfect,but it still holds as a personal fav. I'll still leave a like for this video because I loved the rest of the countdown. ...Even if you did shat all over my fav cartoon as a kid.

[@Tornado1994]

This list was half assed and poorly researched. No Ewoks,No Filmation Ghostbusters, no Paws Paws, No Fluppy Dogs, OR no Denver.

[@melissablatz6979]

I have some of their songs on my KZbin music playlist. I LOVED Kidd Video.

[@woobgamer5210]

So.. a list is half assed because the things you wanted to see get shit on isnt on the list he did say that some things are impossible to find

[@GOFLuvr]

Bravestarr was far worse than Kidd Video. It least the latter had some redeeming qualities.

[@repussified]

I saw Camp Candy as a kid but remember very little about it. In one episode a kid shoplifted so he could get sent home from camp while leaving a $5 bill lying around in the store to ease his conscience. Years later, coincidentally, my ex-friend did the same with rubbers because he was too embarrassed to buy them.

[@SeleneDethly]

I never liked Camp Candy growing up, except the opening theme. I also feel you're a wee bit hard on Kidd Video's use of Electric Avenue. The series itself is aweful, but using lyrics to relay info, even if its separate from the song's meaning and origins is vastly better imo then Raisins using Shop around for a shopping montage. The song at least has actual purpose to the plot. Also I feel a few of your 'dishonorable mentions' are good cartoons. Like Pacman. It managed to take a game series with no story or characterization and managed to give it both with memorable characters while also staying true to the limited game play. All the important stuff was there inside a still fun cartoon. While I defended Captain N as not being as bad as you make it out; To me Pacman and the Mario cartoons are sorta the gold standard of video game 80s cartoons, though Mario is second only due to the fact that it has character and story established... though thinking about it Mario and Luigi of modern days are still more or less the same personalities. Mario is the brave one, and yeah likes food while Luigi is the cautious and easily startled one. No one else is really the same but it's interesting that they've not changed much. Makes me wonder if modern takes is rooted in the old cartoons outta nostalgia or if Nintendo already had this characterization in mind even back then.

[@dr.altoclef9255]

Captain N was basically non copyright infringing Nintendo and Capcom characters(and of course Samus isn’t part of it because that would make sense-). I swear it looks like they were making a parody of the protagonists and decided to make it official. Presumably ‘Simon’ was meant to be the pilot of the Vic Viper or something. Super Shoe was a good albeit cheesy cartoon, Zelda and the original Megamab were enjoyable mainly for the sheer ham purposes, PAC Man was...consistent in quality, it was pretty average, and Donkey Kong seems to shift between “so bad its good” and “pure stupid fun cheese” so it’s not really high quality so much as it’s fun. Captain N just...annoyed me.

[@scottgaultney]

2:20 Rose Quartz: I did a LOT of cocaine in the 80s and needed to support my habit. Didn't even know a Gem could get high until I snorted cocaine with this one human named Steven Tyler.

[@andrewtaylor940]

Great video. To explain the Moondreamers and that horrible intro song. They were a largely forgotten Hasbro toyline. Glow in the dark dolls. The horrid show intro was just the toy commercial jingle looped. Even weirder the Potato Head kids were a oddly successful line of McDonalds Happy Meal Toys, that somehow got their own show. The McDonalds Toys had interchangeable feet and hats. Sound familiar? Cartoon wise the 80’s was really two distinct periods. The stuff pre-deregulation (Laverne and Shirley, Mark and Mindy etc) and the stuff after deregulation when it became pure toy commercials. The exact moment of the divide was pretty much the G I Joe miniseries. Which got around the regulations by being a commercial for the Marvel Comic books, and not the toys. It never would have held up to scrutiny, but the rules change happened right after.

[@TenPoundHammer]

Why do cartoon bands never have bassists in them?

[@ShadowWolfRising]

5: "Make your sweetest Dreams come true." Then Why Am I not Warchief of Earth? Why Am I not sending colonists to Mars?.......I don't really have anything to add here, just some shitposting. I guess why have characters who can be replaced by Melatonin and a Dream Catcher? 4:..........Wot? AND THERE WAS MORE THAN 20 EPISODES!? WHY!? 'Sees a little more.' TAKE IT AWAY! 3: Ok let's be honest with ourselves.........is anyone actually surprised this exists? Oh it's just a Scooby Doo Rip Off.......seems better than the previous couple of shows at least. 2:......This just makes me sad because I miss John Candy. I'm just gonna leave at that out of respect. Dishonorable mentions: Legend of Zelda has some aspects people like, probably a reason why it's not on the list, It's not a complete shitshow. Gary Coleman show........That shouldn't surprise me that it exists but it does. Chuck Norris show I only know cause Adult Swim likes trolling it's audience. Get Along Gang looks so plain and generic, I can't actually think of anything to say by looking at it. Pac-Man, I saw the christmas special, it was alright when I was a kid, more than the shows on the list can say. Mighty Ore Bots........I did not know was a thing, it looks like a blatant Transformers rip off. Karate Kid.......Oh yeah, that was a thing. I have no idea of it's quality. Little Clown of Happy Town you already said all that is needed. Also I haven't seen it. 1:......So it's a Shitty, video world version of Interstella 5555 before that movie was even made. 'Sees Footage' Annnnnnd Yellow Submarine is more coherent, and that was almost certainly made on drugs. I mean......what else is there to say?