Cartoons that didn't do well

[80's guy]

Talk about cartoons that was shortlive, underrated,haven't gain popularity and got cancel.

The New Adventure of He-Man:In 1989, Mattel came up with plan for a new He-man toyline, Title "He-Man" The animation series air in 1990, done by Jetlag Productions. There was some changes, characters from the original was left out. It was set the a future theme minus the barbaric theme. Classic He-man didn't like it and it was the time with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has air.

BraveStarr:Filmation last cartoon, it was creative, but wasn't popular. Mattel was blame for release the toyline to early.

[TrogdorNyimbhat]

Larry & Steve, Seth McFairlane got a better job in Family Guy.

Spaced Out, it was a The Jetsons rip off that didn't have interesting and realistic plots, boring dialogue, and on top of all, animation almost as bad as HHPAY.

[Matt-a-Tastic]

Zelda - Because it was crap...




....Ok, you want more explaination dont you :sweat:

1) It was too short
2) The charcters were EXTREMLLY bland
3) It wasn't really like the game at all (Dosnet bother me, but a kid would be annoyed)
4) Link was really anoying (kiss me zelda, exssssssue me)
5) The fairy was just plain annoying

[Peter Paltridge]

UPN's entire kid lineup they tried to produce on their own. "OOPIN' ACTION!" my foot.

[80's guy]

Zelda - Because it was crap...




....Ok, you want more explaination dont you :sweat:

1) It was too short
2) The charcters were EXTREMLLY bland
3) It wasn't really like the game at all (Dosnet bother me, but a kid would be annoyed)
4) Link was really anoying (kiss me zelda, exssssssue me)
5) The fairy was just plain annoying
Hearing link say "Exsssssue me" was kinda funny.

[Behonkiss]

Larry & Steve, Seth McFairlane got a better job in Family Guy.Larry & Steve was a pilot, and Fox liked it enough for it to serve as a basis for Family Guy (The title characters became Brian and Peter).

[STARTOUNZ]

KidsWB aired a mere 4 episodes of Da Boom Crew before taking it off its Saturday schedule. Certainly not a success. And from what I saw, it wasn't that good either! :yawn:

[Scirel]

KidsWB aired a mere 4 episodes of Da Boom Crew before taking it off its Saturday schedule. Certainly not a success. And from what I saw, it wasn't that good either! :yawn:

I never saw Calamity jane, but it was in the exact same situation.

DICE was deservedly taken off toonami after 8 weeks, not soon enough.

[I.R Joey]

Larry & Steve, Seth McFairlane got a better job in Family Guy.
Personaly I felt that was one of the most underated What a Cartoon shorts ever. That thing had me in stitches. But it kind of survived in a way (IE. Family Guy)

[Natey]

butt ugly martians- it was just to plain. The only good thing about it was the theme song. which most people liked.

~Nate~

[raykremer]

Zelda - Because it was crap... You mean the one that was on Fridays on the Super Mario Super Show? Considering those were packaged as a single show, there were actually quite a few epsiodes.

[Golgo13]

Spumco's The Ripping Friends. Getting Ren and Stimpy approved for Nickelodeon was tough, but getting The Ripping Friends approved for major network television must have been an all-out brawl.

The episodes were edited and most of them never aired. Including the one dating episode where two of the guys kiss.

[Matt-a-Tastic]

You mean the one that was on Fridays on the Super Mario Super Show? Considering those were packaged as a single show, there were actually quite a few epsiodes.Yeah I do. I should of really explained that but I'm too lazy and stuff. Ok, breif explaination of the show:

Super Mario was on Monday - Thursaday and Zelda was on Friday.

The first season went on for 13 weeks, so Zelda had 13 episodes.

The 2nd season of Super Mario Bros Super Show didn't have Zelda in it, I guess becuase it was unpopular... and "crap"

butt ugly martians- it was just to plain. The only good thing about it was the theme song. which most people liked.Well actually that was pretty damned popular in the UK (where it premiered) but after they couldn't back a secound season due to buisness problems (I think the company went bust and there was no-one to pick the lincece up or something) the populatity droped tremedoislly.

Its still a bit popular though. The magazine now re-prints the old comics and the videos and DVDs can be found in bargin bins.

It never really took of in the US though.

[Don_East]

1. Was on an obscure channel.
2. The characters lacked the chemistry of Peter, Ray, Egon, & Winston and were too polictally correct.
3. Was made to sell toys.
4. The designs for the new Proton Packs & Traps were terrible.
5. Only Egon, Janine, & Slimer returned.




[Don_East]

[Zorak Masaki]

IIRC there was only one season of the super mario bros. super show,,they then went to NBC for "the adventures of super mario bros. 3/super mario world" while the zelda characters were moved to captain N 's universe (where i might add, link and zelda's characterizations were much better, and we didnt have that tinkerbell ripoff sprite running around either).

[rmarti3926]

G.I. Joe Extreme and Street Fighter: The Animated Series

The first seasons were ok at best, but the second seasons were crap! :shrug:

[Wanted]

Da Boom Crew
Alien Racers

What else? Whatever it is, it's not important.

[Golgo13]

1. Was on an obscure channel.
2. The characters lacked the chemistry of Peter, Ray, Egon, & Winston and were too polictally correct.
3. Was made to sell toys.
4. The designs for the new Proton Packs & Traps were terrible.
5. Only Egon, Janine, & Slimer returned.






[Don_East]
Wasn't it on a weekly block of morning animation where it aired along side Beast Wars, Reboot and G.I. Joe Extreme? The whole block were remakes and spin-offs and the fact that two of them had the word Extreme in them didn't help. Not to mention they had to compete with the popular Beast Wars which I believed occupied two time slots.

[Golgo13]

G.I. Joe Extreme and Street Fighter: The Animated Series

The first seasons were ok at best, but the second seasons were crap! :shrug:
Ah, yes, the kid-friendly video game craze. The days of Darkstalkers and Megaman.

[One Radical Dude]

A toon on Nick called "Brother's Flub." I really don't remember a whole lot, except that it wasn't very good. It didn't last long.

[Tak Mazé]

Disney's Fillmore is one of my favourite examples of underrated shows. I absolutely love everything about it, but no-one seemed to agree (because they never gave it a chance). Refresh the Toonzone forum page enough times and you'll see him there :)
Another one is Patrol 03, which most of you probably haven't even heard of. In the UK, it airs on POP (kiddy channel for reject cartoons)

[Artimus Gigan]

He-Man and The Masters of the Universe(the recent series) Honesty it had so much going for it and then....Mattel cut it off at the heels due to bad marketing and having shortpacked and over packed figures

Later even the comic folded...

[Rover_Wow]

"Road Rovers" (http://members.tripod.com/~Rover_Wow) did okay in the ratings on WB, as good as good ol' Supes even, still got kicked after just 13 eps.
"Detention" (http://members.tripod.com/~Rover_Wow/detent), got kicked after 13 also, but mostly because it was a 2nd-rate Recess re-do (speaking of which, a local terrestrial is just starting to show Recess, and it's okay, but what's with the military march theme song?). Their one selling point: Mowrys as the LaBelles.

[Jeff Harris]

I'll only talk about good shows that didn't do well.

Xyber 9 (Fox Kids) - A good sci-fi drama only hampered by mediocre 3D vehicles. Well-written and well-acted.

The Legend of Calamity Jane (Kids' WB) - After three episodes, this French/American co-production was killed well before its time. Heck, if it was made today, it'd probably be a hit on television since kids dig the French cartoons nowadays.

Dragon Warrior (Saban-produced adaptation of Dragon Quest) - The first taste of Akira Toriyama's storytelling in America never really got the audience it deserved, and Saban only dubbed 13 episodes of this 30-something episode series.

Little Wizards (ABC) - A fun fantasy series in the tradition of Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears that should have lasted at least three seasons.

Disney's The Wuzzles (CBS) - One of the first modern-era Disney original television productions, it only had a season's worth of episode, and it was the funniest non-action series they ever made. Seriously, The Wuzzles is funny.

Sonic The Hedgehog bka Sonic SatAM (ABC) - DiC's best version of the Sonic franchise only lasted two seasons, and yet, it's the only one that never got respect nor a weekday airing. It took the spirit of the comics and made the designs darker while the weekday Sonic had the look of the comics and a cornball slapstick feel. Sonic Underground had the look of SatAM, but lacked the feel of the classic. Sonic X comes mighty close to Sonic SatAM, but it's nowhere near as fun.

Saturday Supercade (CBS) - Two seasons. Just two seasons of this arcade anthology series were made. Despite the fact that it was an hour long series, CBS often aired it too early and head-to-head with another hour of gaming shows, Pac-Man and Rubik The Amazing Cube on ABC. Oh, and The Smurfs on NBC.

Disney's Fillmore (ABC) - You know, Orlando Brown played Damey on the atrocious Waynehead years before he was Cornelius Fillmore, X Middle School's #1 safety patrol officer. Plus, you can't knock a show that has Horatio Sanz as the commander and a kid that looks like a caricature of Conan O'Brien.

Disney's Nightmare Ned (ABC) - Donovan Cook's OTHER big time solo series is this series about a slightly paranoid kid named Ned. It was cool. It was also Courtland Mead's first vocal performance for Disney long before he voiced Recess's Gus and Lloyd in Space's title character.

Kidd Video (NBC) - Cheesy 80s pop videos aside, Kidd Video was a psychadelic series that came from the same cloth as Rock and Rule and Yellow Submarine. Even a rerun cycle on CBS didn't even make new episodes.

Foofur (NBC) - This was a brilliant show about a group of close-knit dogs and cat living in a huge house left to a blue bloodhound named Foofur and his niece Rocky working together to stop the house from getting sold.

[nakak]

Animated "Clerks" series. While five episodes were made, it was cancelled after only 2 episodes.

"The Critic". While it was a good series, it ended after only 2 seasons.

"Home Movies" was cancelled by UPN after 6 episodes in 1999, but became more successful when Cartoon Network ran it on Adult Swim 2 years later, thus, resulting new episodes.

"Kid Notorious" only lasted one season, due to low ratings.

"Futurama", while it had a okay 5 year run, was cancelled due to low ratings. Of course, we can blame it on Fox.

[Happy]

"Kid Notorious" only lasted one season, due to low ratings.Isn't that why most shows are cancelled.

[Dudley]

BraveStarr:Filmation last cartoon, it was creative, but wasn't popular. Mattel was blame for release the toyline to early.
I always found that wierd that the only lasted one season, yet it for some reason they decided to give it a movie.

Mike, Lu, and Og: that show was so unpopular, none of them appeared in the Fridays OP.

Pelswick: the show's angle was weak, thus getting the show booted off the air.

[Rover_Wow]

Disney's Nightmare Ned (ABC) - Donovan Cook's OTHER big time solo series is this series about a slightly paranoid kid named Ned. It was cool. It was also Courtland Mead's first vocal performance for Disney long before he voiced Recess's Gus and Lloyd in Space's title character.

The funny thing is, a local terrestrial here just showed it a few months ago! (Have the theme lying somewhere on my hard drive... recorded it myself!) But I'm thinking that it was canned b/c NN came out the summer before ABC decided to Disney-ify Saturday morns.

[Golgo13]

Animated "Clerks" series. While five episodes were made, it was cancelled after only 2 episodes.

"The Critic". While it was a good series, it ended after only 2 seasons.

"Home Movies" was cancelled by UPN after 6 episodes in 1999, but became more successful when Cartoon Network ran it on Adult Swim 2 years later, thus, resulting new episodes.

"Kid Notorious" only lasted one season, due to low ratings.

"Futurama", while it had a okay 5 year run, was cancelled due to low ratings. Of course, we can blame it on Fox.
I think Kid Notorious just didn't find the proper audiance on Comedy Central. I mean, come on, its Robert Evens, one of the coolest producers in Hollywood. I think that because a good deal of the audiance were not familiar with Evens' work or his co-workers (Francis Ford Coppola mean anything to you), many didn't find any humor in the show.

[Matt-a-Tastic]

"Futurama", while it had a okay 5 year run, was cancelled due to low ratings. Of course, we can blame it on Fox.What the hell are you talking about? Futurama had was extremlly sucussful, a 5 year run is a longer than what a lot of TV shows get.

And come on, they wouldn't release a £70 ($140) box set for a series that didn't do well now would they?

Not to mention the video game and action figures...

[nakak]

But didn't Fox originally planned to cancel "Futurama" somewhere during the 3rd season because of low ratings? This was the same reason why "Family Guy" was originally cancelled.

Of course, in terms of fanbase, both shows was successful. The reason for low ratings was because of Fox's crappy lineup.

[AdamYJ]

Zelda - Because it was crap...




....Ok, you want more explaination dont you :sweat:

1) It was too short
2) The charcters were EXTREMLLY bland
3) It wasn't really like the game at all (Dosnet bother me, but a kid would be annoyed)
4) Link was really anoying (kiss me zelda, exssssssue me)
5) The fairy was just plain annoyingI like that show. It was fun. Plus, it was cool seeing Zelda actually doing stuff rather than hanging around waiting to be rescued. True, they may have overplayed Link's obnoxious catchphrases. They were going for a whole "princess and the scoundrel" vibe with Link and Zelda's relationship. I'm betting that if most Zelda video game fans had their way, Link would either be the world's most perfect hero or completely mute and only communicating through hand gesture and the occasional noise . . . or both.

Anyway, there are lots of cartoons that don't last very long. The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons is filled with "One-Season Wonders". Many were either not very good or just didn't resonate with people, though. For example, reaching way back in my memory, I remember the Karate Kid cartoon that was on NBC for one season. I don't remember it being bad, but I was just a little kid back then, so my memory isn't all that reliable on this issue. The Avengers lasted only one season on Fox Kids. Most fans on these boards would say it ended because it was awful. Actually, it had the best ratings in its timeslot. The real reason it was cancelled: Marvel went bankrupt. It's really no surprise when a series just can't make it past a year.

[SimpsonGuy100]

The Snookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show (1993-1995):

I first saw things about this on a printed advertisment at the beginning of the 1994 "Itchy & Scratchy™: Holiday Hi-Jink Special" comic book at March 2005 and I already know that it didn't do very well at all. You can already tell that a TV show entitled: "Funny Cartoon Show" is desparete advertising. :anime:

[Elven Moon]

I know there was a Teen Wolf cartoon, but I only vaguely remember it, so I don't know how long it lasted. Same goes for that Back to the Future cartoon.

How well did The Weekenders do? I'm not sure, but it airs on Toon Disney a lot. I don't think it got a lot of attention, so it didn't last too long.

[Zero-V]

How well did The Weekenders do? I'm not sure, but it airs on Toon Disney a lot. I don't think it got a lot of attention, so it didn't last too long.
The Weekenders went the 65 episode distance.

[Zero-V]

I'm betting that if most Zelda video game fans had their way, Link would either be the world's most perfect hero or completely mute and only communicating through hand gesture and the occasional noise . . . or both.
"Most Zelda Fans?" Are you a world authority on them or something?

I'd expect some solid persistence in acheiving a premise that paid homage to the games' roots and intergrity, Zelda being a strong female character on her own merits was wasted on that comedy of errors, so was Ganon, when the Captain N crossover arrived, it showed EXACTLY what to do with the character. No-nonsense, take no prisoners, straight hero. Generic to you prehaps, infallible to others, and hey, the dynamic has sold more than its' share of games.

[Elven Moon]

The Weekenders went the 65 episode distance.
Wow. I stand corrected.

[Umino]

Larry & Steve was a pilot, and Fox liked it enough for it to serve as a basis for Family Guy (The title characters became Brian and Peter).
I thought that What a Cartoon! short reminded me of Family Guy..

[Classic Speedy]

NBC hasn't had a successful animated show for years. Evidenced with God, The Devil & Bob (cancelled after, I believe, 4 episodes), Stressed Eric (cancelled after 3 episodes, and I saw all three) and Sammy (cancelled after 2 episodes, and I regrettably saw both of those, too).

[AdamYJ]

"Most Zelda Fans?" Are you a world authority on them or something?

I'd expect some solid persistence in acheiving a premise that paid homage to the games' roots and intergrity, Zelda being a strong female character on her own merits was wasted on that comedy of errors, so was Ganon, when the Captain N crossover arrived, it showed EXACTLY what to do with the character. No-nonsense, take no prisoners, straight hero. Generic to you prehaps, infallible to others, and hey, the dynamic has sold more than its' share of games.
Hey, I'm just guessing.

I didn't mean any harm. The thing is, from all the Zelda fanatics I've encountered (including my younger brother), that's the kind of vibe I picked up.

[Anarky]

I'd like to have Calamity Jane on DVD
the intro was good and I liked the pilot.
it failed because as we all know kids don't like quality programming.

[Wanted]

That must be why they're not watching The Batman.

shakes fist at kids

Why, in my day, which wasn't too long ago, I'd be quick to watch any cartoon, unless it sucked.

[Agent S7]

Like The Batman? ;)

(Sorry, just had to say that.)
Now, where was I?
...
Thinking...
(Brain hurts)
"Cubix: Robots for Everyone" That show was one of the worst I've ever seen. Lord, that was horrible. I'm so happy they cancelled it. It might've lasted longer than I remember, because I stopped getting up early when they began showing it in the morning. :sweat:

[Stoopid]

What cartoons didn't do so well?

Mine!!

It didn't even get past the pilot phase!!!

HAHA!!

[RAINMAN]

Hey, I'm just guessing.

I didn't mean any harm. The thing is, from all the Zelda fanatics I've encountered (including my younger brother), that's the kind of vibe I picked up.

I find it funny how most people say the captain N version was better when kevin was outshineing link and zelda was drooing all over him too.

[Aztec]

Anyone remember Fish Police?

I think 3 episodes aired or something.

[Fan of Sponge]

Sam & Max Freelance Police- based on a computer game. The animation and show was average, but FOX thought it was poor. Canceled after one season.

CJ Bear & Jamal- praised by critcs and I also thought it was a good show. However, FOX got the stupid once again and canceled the show after a season and a half.

Then there was a super monkey in space thing. Pure crap when it comes from UPN.

USA tried to get into the animation business to compete with Nick in 1994. USA first two and last were Problem Child and Isty Bisty Spider. Both were canceled within in a season.

[straw_hat]

Sam & Max Freelance Police- based on a computer game. The animation and show was average, but FOX thought it was poor. Canceled after one season.
Actually Sam and Max started off as a comic then Lucasarts made the computer game.

[Ickis]

What cartoons didn't do so well?

Mine!!

It didn't even get past the pilot phase!!!

HAHA!!If I were the person who was in charge of CN,I'd order alot of episodes of your pilot.You know me,your big ol' fan here in the US,Bill.:D

[StarScream64]

Cyber 6. This show had a lot of great action. I guess I catogorized it as a mystery-action. I'm guessing that, if it had went to CN instead of Fox Kids, it would have lasted longer. Besides, how many other shows were there of cross-dressing heroines? :D

[shoujoaifan]

I know there was a Teen Wolf cartoon, but I only vaguely remember it, so I don't know how long it lasted. Same goes for that Back to the Future cartoon.

How well did The Weekenders do? I'm not sure, but it airs on Toon Disney a lot. I don't think it got a lot of attention, so it didn't last too long.The Back To The Future show ROCKED! (It got 2 seasons, not spectacular, but decent. AND it was written by one of the two writers from the movie triology! They showed repeats a couple years ago on the FOXBOX, but not anymore last I checked.)

Granted, like most cartoons both now and then, if it wasn't action, it did have to teach something (which most action shows do too, but to a less extent.). And technically it was educational. But it was in NO way PBS or Nick Jr. drivel. For the most part it was historical info, like "This guy we have to save from a conspiracy is this famous dude", with little historical bites given in the commercial bumbers. And best all of it had FREAKIN' Christopher Loyd play the Doc in the live action skits in the end where he performs a scientific experiment, assisted occasionally by Pre-His-Own-TV-Show FREAKIN' Bill Nye. Basically it was an educational show done RIGHT.

(Can you tell I'm was a big fan of it as a kid :p)

As for Teen Wolf, I never saw it as a kid. But when you're looking for something obscure from the 80's, we all know where to go :D : http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0824/ (Scott Howard, Captain's N long-lost werewolf twin brother.)

Hmmm, is it ironic that Michael J. Fox starred in the movies each were based off, or is it just coincidental? TV's warped my mind with cancelled shows starring education and robots from the future that I just don't know anymore :p

[Master Moron]

I think Kid Notorious just didn't find the proper audiance on Comedy Central. I mean, come on, its Robert Evens, one of the coolest producers in Hollywood. I think that because a good deal of the audiance were not familiar with Evens' work or his co-workers (Francis Ford Coppola mean anything to you), many didn't find any humor in the show.

That's the problem. Evan's obviously thinks he's really cool, but no one gives a damn who he is. He's like Beck Bristow on Sealab. Everyone hates him because he thinks he's the coolest guy in the world, but he's really just an ass.

And I'm sure people know what the Godfather is, but producers aren't really involved too much in the creative process of filming, they're more in charge of the finances. And no matter what part he had in making the Godfather, it doesn't excuse making a piece of crap like Kid Notorious.

[Kurtman]

I miss Road Rovers a lot. I also miss the 10 minute World Premiere Toon,"Ferret And Parrot"!

[Cartman]

Let's see here.....

There was a "Beethoven" cartoon series based on the movies. I think that only lasted for about a year. Same thing applies to "Fievel's American Tails." Wasn't there also a "Dumb and Dumber" and "Ace Ventura" cartoon series?

[Golgo13]

That's the problem. Evan's obviously thinks he's really cool, but no one gives a damn who he is. He's like Beck Bristow on Sealab. Everyone hates him because he thinks he's the coolest guy in the world, but he's really just an ass.

And I'm sure people know what the Godfather is, but producers aren't really involved too much in the creative process of filming, they're more in charge of the finances. And no matter what part he had in making the Godfather, it doesn't excuse making a piece of crap like Kid Notorious.
He is more than just a producer. Have you even seen The Kid Stays In The Picture? Evans has also starred in a couple of pictures from the 50's.

He is far from your average money grubbing producer.

[New Noise]

You guys are forgetting one cartoon that did so bad - Phantom Investigators.


Another show that did terrible was - Da Boom Crew.





Phantom Investigators



http://epguides.com/PhantomInvestigators/cast.jpg





Da Boom Crew



http://kidswb.warnerbros.com/files/kidswb/us/zp-433/919/BMC_GAL01_EP001_PIC11.jpg

[Dudley]

[QUOTE=Fan of Sponge]
Then there was a super monkey in space thing. Pure crap when it comes from UPN.
QUOTE]

Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys? That show was alright.

Stripperella didn't do so well.

[Kurtman]

I'm not sure how many episodes Angela Anaconda ran but I don't think it caught many people's attention. I really loved that show........

[Fan of Sponge]

Did Phanton Investigations even air in the US? I mean thing only know about this show is that I only watched once on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico. The animation looks the same as Life with Loopy.

[Cactusjack1999]

Yeah I do. I should of really explained that but I'm too lazy and stuff. Ok, breif explaination of the show:

Super Mario was on Monday - Thursaday and Zelda was on Friday.

The first season went on for 13 weeks, so Zelda had 13 episodes.

The 2nd season of Super Mario Bros Super Show didn't have Zelda in it, I guess becuase it was unpopular... and "crap"
Well actually that was pretty damned popular in the UK (where it premiered) but after they couldn't back a secound season due to buisness problems (I think the company went bust and there was no-one to pick the lincece up or something) the populatity droped tremedoislly.

Its still a bit popular though. The magazine now re-prints the old comics and the videos and DVDs can be found in bargin bins.

It never really took of in the US though.Didn't the show change from "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show" (with Lou Albano as Mario and some other guy as Luigi) to a show with 2 guys on a roof top called "Club Mario"?

And yes they still had zelda.

Anyoen remember this?

Let's see what I can pull out of the caverness emptiness thet is my brain.

--- Disney's The Mighty Ducks (Intersteller Anthro Ducks playing in the NHL. That will sure boost ticket sales)
--- Bucky O'hare (Atleast it got an NES game)
--- Starship Troopers (Good movie. Bad cartoon)
--- Voltron 3d (Great cartoon ruined by 3d. The Bastard child of the series)
--- Street Fighter (It started slow but once Akuma showed up the series was dead....Which SUCKED! Akuma rules!)
--- Mortal Kombat (A dying video game franchise at the time and a horrid cartoon)
--- Mortal Kombat: The Tournament Begins (A VHS only production. Promissed 3d [the scenes were poorly produced and thrown togetther] The VHS also advertised there would be secret Kodes for the new [at the time] mortal kombat 3 game. the ONLY code given was for Unlimited Run if I remember correctly. a 20 minute video)
--- Rubik's the Amazing Cube (I want to hear the pitch for this. I seriously do so I can find out what the Exec's were smoking)
--- Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines (I'm a fan of Monster Trucks. I'll admit it. I had all the toys from the series. It holds a special place in my heart, but it was poor in it's animation and execution)
--- Dungeon's and Dragons (A NATURAL 20 MY ASS!!!!)
--- "Extreme Trolls" (Lemmie get this straight....you take a troll doll... add some sunglasses, stick thehead on a TMNT figure, and market it as a boys toy. OH and you give it a cartoon.... I Need another shot of LSD here! This doesn't make sence yet!)
--- Bedrock Cops/The New Bedrock Kids/The New Shmoo (3 spin offs of the flintstones, 3 dismal failures)
--- Ed Grimley (A good SNL skit....WAY past it's prime. If you'll excuse the reference...IT'S MAKING ME MENTAL!)
--- Little Rosey (ROSEANNE GET'S A KIDS CARTOON SHOW AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
---Mork and Mindy/Laverne and Shirley/Fonz Hour (Let's take 3 classic TV show's... and put them together as a cartoon. IT'LL BE A SMASH!)

--- The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse (I LOVED THIS SHOW!!!!!! I want episodes of it SOOOO badly. John K helped make this thing and it was friggin hilarious. PLEASE SOMEONE HOOK ME UP!!!!!!!!)

[Delthayre]

Did Phanton Investigations even air in the US? I mean thing only know about this show is that I only watched once on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico. The animation looks the same as Life with Loopy.
It did air briefly on Kids WB. I don't know if the people who made Life with Loopy were involved or not, but the animation certainly seemed very similar.

[80's guy]

[QUOTE=--- Starship Troopers (Good movie. Bad cartoon)
[/QUOTE]
You mean the CGI series RoughNeck:StarsShip Troopers Chronicles
It was a interesting series though it wasn't bloody, but it attract older viewers.
and the episode wasn't in order until the summer.

Here some more. Filmation's Ghost Busters:after getting the right of the name "GhostBusters" Filmation created a cartoon series. Main character were Jake and Eddie who are the sons of Original GhostBusters from the 1974 live action series. Tracey the gorllia was also with them. What went wrong ? Some think it a ripoff, The Real GhostBuster was getting more popularity since was based on the movies. It kinda lack busting ghost, since they battling against a villain who look more like a robot rather than a ghost. It use He-man like elements, having comedcial villains. The Real Ghost Busters focus more on the supernatural than FGB. Maybe if they made it true it live action counter part it would had done better.

Dragon Lair:Was part of Saturday Supercade, based on the populary arcade game. Only lasted 13 episode. It air at the time when arcade was starting to fad.

[sun]

How long was that one on? I thought it was really funny when I saw a couple of eps,,Since I did see more than one, or follow it, was it considered a success? It sure was right on the edge of great satire, and like Animaniacs, nothing was sacred in the one ep I saw....Stu

[Sanius]

"Detention" (http://members.tripod.com/~Rover_Wow/detent), got kicked after 13 also, but mostly because it was a 2nd-rate Recess re-do (speaking of which, a local terrestrial is just starting to show Recess, and it's okay, but what's with the military march theme song?). Their one selling point: Mowrys as the LaBelles.

Ahh, detention. I remember watching that show back when I was 10 or 11 year sold. I loved it. I miss the days when weekends were good, you know? Pokemon, detention, and generation O. I miss those days. :sad:

[Sanius]

You guys are forgetting one cartoon that did so bad - Phantom Investigators.


Another show that did terrible was - Da Boom Crew.





Phantom Investigators



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Da Boom Crew



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I'm guessing that phantom was maded by the creator of Angela Anaconda, (Was that the name of the show? I know the characters were cardboard cutouts and were in black and white, and it showed on fox family). I do not remember phantom, but I did hear about it years ago.

And I don't really remember da boom crew. probably one of those shows I didn't want to watch back then.

[Ickis]

"Phantom investigators" is obviosly done by the same people that "Life with Loopy".I know,its easy to confuse "Angela Annaconda" with "Life with Loopy".:D

[tucsoncoyote]

Okay here are my choices for the three least rememberd shows that I remember but vaguely..

Bionic Six: This one was a Family of 2 adults and 4 kids (2 which were adopted) who had cybernetic Transplants and were in a sense a Rip off of "The Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman Series." and beleive me it really wasn't a bad show but in the end, it just lacked the good ideas and died off in obscurity..

Voltron, Transformers and Robotech were the big Craze during the 1980's but in the Early 1980's you had Mighty Orbots.. and believe me.. this was when Transformers stole the thunder and Voltron was getting warmed up.. Too many Robot Shows and this one got blown out of the water..

Then there was Dinosaucers (by DIC) and believe me this one should have ended with a second KT event.. Talking Dinosaurs that could Devolve into to their prehistoric Counterparts and Super Powered Kids.. Big Whoop..

and then there was.. Goldie Gold and Action Jack.. Before Kim Possible and Totally Spies.. this show had about as Much interest as Iron Pyrite.. and lacked a lot of Action Scenes.. but in the end.. it too died off Forgoteen Even though the Female lead was really cute! of course why use a Naked mole rat when a Trained Laborador by the name of "Nugget" would do? Sadly this one got blown out of the water by other shows Like Thundarr the Barbarian, and Dungeons and Dragons.. and in the end this one got the Mine shaft.. without the gold.

:coyote:

[Merilee]

and then there was.. Goldie Gold and Action Jack.. Before Kim Possible and Totally Spies.. this show had about as Much interest as Iron Pyrite.. and lacked a lot of Action Scenes.. but in the end.. it too died off Forgoteen Even though the Female lead was really cute! of course why use a Naked mole rat when a Trained Laborador by the name of "Nugget" would do? Sadly this one got blown out of the water by other shows Like Thundarr the Barbarian, and Dungeons and Dragons.. and in the end this one got the Mine shaft.. without the gold.

:coyote:
Oh, I remember Goldie Gold, cause one of my favorite voice actresses were on it, Judy Strangis! She's always good.
If I remember, down here this show was part of the Plastic Man Adventure Show. That was a show that consisted of one Plasitc Man ep followed by Goldie, Rickety Rocket, and Marmaduke (I think). I was very young when this came on, but I remember liking it.
Merilee
:cool:

[I.R Joey]

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Then there was Dinosaucers (by DIC) and believe me this one should have ended with a second KT event.. Talking Dinosaurs that could Devolve into to their prehistoric Counterparts and Super Powered Kids.. Big Whoop..


:coyote:
I remember Dinosaucers, I used to love that show. They had a group of five human friends who they gave rings (similar to Captain Planet) that had powers. one had agility, one had speed, one had strength etc. I also remember that the Dinosaucers and Ghenghis Rex's and they Tyranos (yeah that was the bad guys name) would use fosilizer guns instead of actual weapons. So someone would get hit by a ray and freeze in time. The Dinosaucers could also Dinovolve into prehistoric animals (or they could be shot by a ray that did the same thing).

One thing that always bugged me about 80's cartoons though. How is it that all these Alien races decided that Earth would be the best place to fight their interstellar war. I mean...

The Dinosaucers and the Tyranos.

The Thundercats and the mutants.

The Autobots and the Decepticons.

The Gobots and their enemies.

What is it with that?

[hobbyfan]

Larry & Steve, Seth McFairlane got a better job in Family Guy.
The way I see it, Larry & Steve was a forerunner to Family Guy, since Steve (I assume that was the dog) was a precursor to Brian on FG. Seth's come a long way since then.

[hobbyfan]

Oh, I remember Goldie Gold, cause one of my favorite voice actresses were on it, Judy Strangis! She's always good.
If I remember, down here this show was part of the Plastic Man Adventure Show. That was a show that consisted of one Plasitc Man ep followed by Goldie, Rickety Rocket, and Marmaduke (I think). I was very young when this came on, but I remember liking it.
Merilee
:cool:
I'll clarify it for you, Merilee.

Goldie Gold & Action Jack, created by Steve Gerber & Jack Kirby, replaced Plastic Man on ABC's schedule in 1981. Plas had been cancelled after 2 seasons. Thundarr and Heathcliff, the other Ruby-Spears entries, were in their 2nd seasons, with Marmaduke replacing Dingbat on the latter show as the backup feature.

The Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show was Plas, Mighty Man & Yukk, Fangface (final season), and Rickety Rocket. The series was 90 minutes, but the following season (1980-81), Plas had just a half-hour show where he'd married his sidekick Penny off camera and they had the infamous Baby Plas.

The rule of thumb at R-S back then was that their shows usually lasted just the two years at ABC. Thundarr & Heathcliff were cancelled after 2, but Goldie lasted just the one season, as all three R-S shows were swept out in the fall of '82.

[Movie-Brat]

I remember the cartoon Phantom Investigators, I only saw one episode; I wish I could seen the other episodes, are they on download?

[Merilee]

I'll clarify it for you, Merilee.

Goldie Gold & Action Jack, created by Steve Gerber & Jack Kirby, replaced Plastic Man on ABC's schedule in 1981. Plas had been cancelled after 2 seasons. Thundarr and Heathcliff, the other Ruby-Spears entries, were in their 2nd seasons, with Marmaduke replacing Dingbat on the latter show as the backup feature.

The Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show was Plas, Mighty Man & Yukk, Fangface (final season), and Rickety Rocket. The series was 90 minutes, but the following season (1980-81), Plas had just a half-hour show where he'd married his sidekick Penny off camera and they had the infamous Baby Plas.

The rule of thumb at R-S back then was that their shows usually lasted just the two years at ABC. Thundarr & Heathcliff were cancelled after 2, but Goldie lasted just the one season, as all three R-S shows were swept out in the fall of '82.Oh thanks. I could have sworn that it was part of the Plasitc man show, but maybe I was thinking of somthing else. Hey, I haven't seen that since I was in 1st grade! But I DO remember Baby Plas.
Weren't those shows on like one full block hosted by a live action Plastic Man from what I can rememeber? I know I rememebr a live action one in between shows. I really wish they would put old shows like Plastic Man and Goldie Gold on DVD.
Merilee
:cool:

[nakak]

"Phantom Investigators" was made at Wholesome Productions, the same company that made "Life with Loopy" for "Kablam!"

[Ickis]

"Phantom Investigators" was made at Wholesome Productions, the same company that made "Life with Loopy" for "Kablam!"Just as I thought.:D

[Movie-Brat]

"Phantom Investigators" was made at Wholesome Productions, the same company that made "Life with Loopy" for "Kablam!"
So did I. I knew that show Phantom Investigators was made by the same guys who made Life with Loopy.

[Cobblepot1982]

my all-time favorite sitcom, made by the creators of the Simpsons- THE CRITIC! I LOVE this show, and wish people would've given it more of a chance! Jay Sherman is the man, and how can ANYONE dislike Duke Phillips?

[Cactusjack1999]

[QUOTE=--- Starship Troopers (Good movie. Bad cartoon)
You mean the CGI series RoughNeck:StarsShip Troopers Chronicles
It was a interesting series though it wasn't bloody, but it attract older viewers.
and the episode wasn't in order until the summer.

Here some more. Filmation's Ghost Busters:after getting the right of the name "GhostBusters" Filmation created a cartoon series. Main character were Jake and Eddie who are the sons of Original GhostBusters from the 1974 live action series. Tracey the gorllia was also with them. What went wrong ? Some think it a ripoff, The Real GhostBuster was getting more popularity since was based on the movies. It kinda lack busting ghost, since they battling against a villain who look more like a robot rather than a ghost. It use He-man like elements, having comedcial villains. The Real Ghost Busters focus more on the supernatural than FGB. Maybe if they made it true it live action counter part it would had done better.

[/QUOTE]
God how could I forget that piece of crap.

Almost as bad as Extreme Ghostbusters with the "Power Rangers"-esque cast.

Speaking of which.

SABAN PRESENTS: SAILOR MOON!!!!

Dear god in heaven if you have watched this and not vomitted I want to meet you.

Me and some friends are trying to track down a tape of the acctual promo of this (Not the camcorder version that is floating arround the net) just so we can burn it and blow it up at an anime convention.

[Jeff Harris]

Dragon's Lair:Was part of Saturday Supercade, based on the popular arcade game. Only lasted 13 episodes. It aired at the time when arcade was starting to fad.Actually, Dragon's Lair aired separately from Saturday Supercade. But I can see why you may have been confused:

- Both Dragon's Lair and Saturday Supercade were produced by Ruby-Spears Productions.

- Dragon's Lair and Space Ace were both created by legendary animator Don Bluth, although Space Ace was seen in short form on Saturday Supercade.

Still was a bloody shame both shows didn't last. Wonder what would have happened if they kept Supercade on the air a couple of more years . . . could the Donkey Kong segment have evolved into the first Super Mario Bros. cartoon?

[Cobblepot1982]

Ah yes "The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang"- a spinoff cartoon where the gang travels thru time....now HOW did that fail? I mean, SERIOUSLY?( to quote Homer Simpson "by the way, I was being sarcastic")- though sadly it DID last three seasons and I'd REALLY like to know how. I mean, I know drugs were all the rage back then, but come on...

Super Globetrotters- what WERE they thinking?

The Gary Coleman Show- he's an angel assigned to help some nerdy kid. Just imagine "WHAT? You're NOT putting my legendary cartoon on DVD OR in syndication after it flopped on Comedy Central? WHAT YOU TALKIN' ABOUT!" :D

BTW, how well did Inch High Private Eye do? And did anyone ELSE realize at the time what an incredible sexual innuendo that was?

I'm just curious- of the shows Cartoon Network DID air in their '70s Primetime Lineup- were ANY of those shows ACTUALLY HITS at one point?

[Startrekman700]

does anyone remember a cartoon called "Monster Mania" it was about this boy named Brian who had these monsters as friends. It came on Syndication in 1995.

[JOKESONU]

Undergrads was killed way before its time. It did kind of have a finale though, but it could have easily continued.

Cyber 6 had great animation and alot of potential. But I think what killed it was Fox trying to pass it off as an animated Dark Angel.

Phanton Investigators only aired like 8 episodes. But with the few I saw, it wasn't as bad as one would think.

and oh god, did someone mention Saban Presents Sailor Moon (or as its sometimes called, Saban Moon)

that camcorder video clip was the most gut wrenching, horrific, and Americanized product ever concieved. (though the japanese guy laughing his ass off in the video was pretty funny). As much of the editing of Sailor Moon was horriable, they killed Saban Moon far too late. For a show that if not for a bootleg tape wouldn't even be considered to exist, they managed to cast 5 live action girls, animated an opening (or maybe even a ep), recorded that chalkboard scratching theme song, and did the whole transformaton sequence. I'd be curious to see how much more they acctualy did do. Just imagine in some basement somewhere is a locked toychest are videos with half a season. Such a find could instigate World War III. And if you could get that to air at a convention, oh god, just imagine the horror.

[90'sCartoonMan]

One thing that always bugged me about 80's cartoons though. How is it that all these Alien races decided that Earth would be the best place to fight their interstellar war.I believe the answer to that lies in Dinosaucers itself. The humans taught the good guys and the bad guys about peace during the Olympic games. Earth is funny like that with our strange customs.

Dinosaucers ruled, I can't believe you thought it was crap, Tucson.

Stu, I think Freakazoid lasted 2 seasons and 24 episodes. Shame, really, what a great show that was.

The Where's Waldo cartoon didn't seem to last. Was it around the same time/network as Back to the Future? It was a long time ago...

[sdp]

Undergrads at least has little hope of continuing, both Comedy Central and Teletoon air it, and Teletoon said they'd order more episodes if another "network" would split costs, sadly thats been about a year since that was said...

[NozeNuggets]

I know Dave The Barbarian had a short run, but it would have done better if they kept working at it.

[the Amanda]

Freakazoid and Earthworm Jim were both cut short too soon.

[jlaking]

I cannot believe no one in thread has mention 'What Happened to Robot Jones'.



Plus there was 'Ultraforce', which lasted 13 episodes.

[Natey]

Time Squad:crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:

i loved this show to freakin death but it only got 26 episodes (and i've seen every one:) ) 26eps+2seasons. I wish it kept going cause i loved the plot. But kids just must not like time travlers that look at historic people.

~Nate~