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1990's Cartoon Survivor (Do-Over)
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because it was a rad cartoon
Professor Renegade
Banned
Because Keith David.
Yeah, he cool. I just recently realised he was Vhailor in Planescape.
I promise it's not me! My vacation is over and don't have time and patience for PMing fifty people, keeping updated vote tallies, etc. It was tiring.
Now I'm just voting to save what I like, kill what I like less, and revising a bit later tonight to keep my votes relevant to the round.
How are they stealth if they are out in the wide open? That shit should have died long ago....
Frustrated_Grunt
Member
My personal list has it tied for 10th (flip flopping between that and Superman).
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
its top 10 based on the fact I can't think of another cartoon in the 90's based on kids growing up in a city that felt realistically like the life of a kid growing up in a city.
I'm hoping both make top ten. I think the rest of the top ten I want is kind of in line with what everyone else is hoping for (Batman, The Simpsons, Animaniacs, etc).
I heard rumor of this- I'm glad to hear it's confirmed as true.
Might as well kill Tiny Toons/Darkwing.
I'm intrigued, let's try it.
Professor Renegade
Banned
evil solrac v3.0
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SAVE: Superman
KILL : DBZ.
KILL : DBZ
Superman was written coherently and had variety and such. DBZ was a one note show. enjoyable but one note.
KILL : DBZ.
KILL : DBZ
Superman was written coherently and had variety and such. DBZ was a one note show. enjoyable but one note.
A valiant vote, but you can only do one save and two kills!
Yeah it's probably from the theme song.
Here's another show that isn't that great
Great video game, but you know what was better than Tiny Toons?
Regular ass Looney Tunes.
Sectorseven
Member
I like Tiny Toons though. I like kids shows that make adult references. They bridge the age gap and treat kids with a little more intelligence.
Remember the episode that parodied "Citizen Kane?" I think that might even predate the Simpsons Mr. Burns episode.
Remember the episode that parodied "Citizen Kane?" I think that might even predate the Simpsons Mr. Burns episode.
I think it did, but would you put Tiny Toons above Animaniacs, in that regard?
Doctor Decimate
Member
This is completely untrue in Dexter's case. The episodes people are actually voting for all aired in the 90s. Hell, the show ended in 98. The movie was 99.
Cartoon Network revived it for a few more seasons in the 00s, but no one is voting for those because they sucked. Not to mention that people have been voting on shows based on what episodes aired in the 90s.
Sectorseven
Member
I think Animaniacs is probably a little better because it had slightly better production values and writing, but it was also more formulaic. Every episode going in you knew you'd have your Animaniacs segment, then your "good idea, bad idea" segment, then your Pinky & the Brain, etc."
Tiny Toons had different things going on each episode and mixed and matched the characters.
Also I don't think Animaniacs would exist without the success of Tiny Toons - not that i'm discrediting it because of that.
Yeah, I can't disagree with a lick of that.
I did go back and watch some clips from Tiny Toons a night ago and I was bummed to see how loose the animation felt, especially when compared to Animaniacs. I think I also like Animaniacs a lot more due to how much more original it felt, in the end. Tiny Toons is a little Muppet Babies, but obviously it's not too trashy.
tkscz
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You know who isn't that great of a hero? Darkwing Duck. He had a cool video game and theme song, but....come onnnnn
Here's a quote from IMDB:
Groannnnnnnn
He's better than the powerpuff girls who were nothing more than mary-sues with so-so villains. Darkwing was not just a super hero, but also a secrete agent and, best of all, single father. Plus amazing fucking villains. I love how negaduck is so evil, he could ignore censores.
CharminUltra
Member
Wait, there is a 2000s thread already? Or are people referencing a future thread?
tkscz
Member
Future thread that has been discussed in this thread previously.
Ok, Him is above to so-so, but not on Negaduck's level.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Sure, they're not main villains, but the show had a lot of pretty unique and interesting villains.
RumblingRosco
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Fuzzylumpkins will fuck you up bro!
TheSadRanger
Banned
Kill: Tiny Toons
Kill: Tiny Toons
Save Superman
Powerpuff Girls villains were one of it's stronger suits. Now if you wanted to talk about the shows sexual innuendos.
Kill: Tiny Toons
Save Superman
Powerpuff Girls villains were one of it's stronger suits. Now if you wanted to talk about the shows sexual innuendos.
TheAbsolution
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So someone PM'ed me about the fact that he wanted to take my thread idea and do a version with Toonami shows, so I got to thinking about how awesome it would be to have a thread like this going a couple to three times a year. So these are the survivor thread ideas I've got so far. If you wanna take on the task of creating them and managing them, let me know. We can make this thing.
Upcoming Voting threads (Already claimed)
2000's-Present Cartoons Survivor (me)
Toonami Shows Survivor(Someone's already claimed this one)
Best Animated movies of the 00's (Me)
No one has claimed these yet
Best animated movies of the 90s
Best animated movies of the 80
Best cartoons of the 80s
Anime Survivor 90s/00s
Upcoming Voting threads (Already claimed)
2000's-Present Cartoons Survivor (me)
Toonami Shows Survivor(Someone's already claimed this one)
Best Animated movies of the 00's (Me)
No one has claimed these yet
Best animated movies of the 90s
Best animated movies of the 80
Best cartoons of the 80s
Anime Survivor 90s/00s
i just want to take a look at the shows we have left:
anime:
dbz
superhero:
darkwing duck
superman
batman
batman beyond
gargoyles
ppg
kids being kids:
arnold
rugrats
dexter's lab
anthropomorphic comedy:
rocko's modern life
animaniacs
tiny toons
the simpsons:
the simpsons
here's how i see it: darkwing duck and tiny toons are probably on their way out. this leaves a ridiculous amount of superhero shows left. i think we should do some culling of that category to make a more balanced top ten. in my opinion, batman beyond and superman are the two obviously weaker shows left in that field, and they are extremely redundant with batman: the animated series on there.
of the remaining nicktoons, i think rugrats is the very obvious weak link. it had three good seasons in the 90s, with the 1991 season being shit and everything after coming back from hiatus being worse or mediocre at best. hey arnold and rocko, by comparison, had very strong seasons in the 90s and are all extremely watchable. more than that, they stand out on this list of mostly action shows.
dexter's lab should probably make it to the top ten, but it's not really super great. despite it not being an action show, i would like to see it go before powerpuff girls.
lastly there's animaniacs, and aside from a couple of decent skits, i don't think dressing up old 40s routines and passing it off as new comedy for kids was ever that compelling. there are better and funnier shows in the top ten left, with better slapstick to boot.
anime:
dbz
superhero:
darkwing duck
superman
batman
batman beyond
gargoyles
ppg
kids being kids:
arnold
rugrats
dexter's lab
anthropomorphic comedy:
rocko's modern life
animaniacs
tiny toons
the simpsons:
the simpsons
here's how i see it: darkwing duck and tiny toons are probably on their way out. this leaves a ridiculous amount of superhero shows left. i think we should do some culling of that category to make a more balanced top ten. in my opinion, batman beyond and superman are the two obviously weaker shows left in that field, and they are extremely redundant with batman: the animated series on there.
of the remaining nicktoons, i think rugrats is the very obvious weak link. it had three good seasons in the 90s, with the 1991 season being shit and everything after coming back from hiatus being worse or mediocre at best. hey arnold and rocko, by comparison, had very strong seasons in the 90s and are all extremely watchable. more than that, they stand out on this list of mostly action shows.
dexter's lab should probably make it to the top ten, but it's not really super great. despite it not being an action show, i would like to see it go before powerpuff girls.
lastly there's animaniacs, and aside from a couple of decent skits, i don't think dressing up old 40s routines and passing it off as new comedy for kids was ever that compelling. there are better and funnier shows in the top ten left, with better slapstick to boot.
Doctor Decimate
Member
Gargoyles and DBZ need to be gone next if Tiny Toons and Darkwing Duck go down this one.
Doctor Decimate
Member
see, i don't think that's a good way to look at it. those are all very high quality shows; is diversity really more of a concern than which shows are actually better?
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Superman first. World's Finest Lame-O doesn't deserve top ten.
I think you're getting out of hand. Mods might not like the format being reused so much.
Justice League and Unlimited should be combined, really.
BinaryPork2737
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I don't think it would be a problem if the threads were staggered over time.
TheAbsolution
Member
I can see that.
I definitely wasn't gonna make that many threads. Just the 2000s one.
Also this.
It would maybe at most be a few times a year. certainly not one after the other.
and that's where i think we could have combined some of these. either batman/batman beyond or superman/batman adventures (because that was an actual thing with its own intro).
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