This. PPG were badasses. And as far as cleverness... that Beatles reference episode was pure genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qEbqXlxDBM
"Some day monkey won't play piano song... play piano song...."
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This. PPG were badasses. And as far as cleverness... that Beatles reference episode was pure genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qEbqXlxDBM
"Some day monkey won't play piano song... play piano song...."
Fair enough, I humbly conceded.
A Human Becoming
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Secret ballot would kill all the fun. People would be less vocal since it would likely give hint towards their voting habits. It's fun calling people out too.
I don't like voting strategically, but if it helps protect a show I like so be it.
i laughed my ass off when i first saw this, and i didn't even catch every reference.
the simpsons is going to win. i have an ace up my sleeve
Frustrated_Grunt
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There's been so little discussion on the Simpsons, I forgot it was on the list. 
And it's going to win. You just need to wake up the Simpsons off-topic community and they will be here in droves. Batman has fighting chance when you consider how many topics the animated show has had here in GAF.There's been so little discussion on the Simpsons, I forgot it was on the list.
What's the tally for this round, currently?
Anyone else reconsidering and saving Reboot?
As far as super hero shows go, X-Men and TMNT have been mentioned enough, so they probably won't make top ten. The Tick could go before top ten, too, potentially. I'm unsure about Batman Beyond, but TAS is just so damn good.
Anyone else reconsidering and saving Reboot?
As far as super hero shows go, X-Men and TMNT have been mentioned enough, so they probably won't make top ten. The Tick could go before top ten, too, potentially. I'm unsure about Batman Beyond, but TAS is just so damn good.
CharminUltra
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A few of us mentioned The Simpsons a while back, but there really is no point discussing it yet as there are still quite a few not-that-good and average shows (IMO).
I fully expect The Simpsons and Batman TAS to make it to the final round and with good reason.
I fully expect The Simpsons and Batman TAS to make it to the final round and with good reason.
I would like to see Spongebob up there but it's been on the line of fire too many times already. There is hate for it. People can't seperate the golden seasons from the "bad" seasons. Given that I doubt many has even seen the so called "bad" seasons.
For old times sake I'll change my kill/save vote.
i want tmnt out and i never saw beast wars. i'll probably try my hand at saving reboot.
SpacePirate Ridley
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I didn't even know this thread existed, damn.
If ive read this correctly.
Kill: ReBoot
Kill: ReBoot
Save: TMNT
I cant stand bad cgi series now and I coulndnt stand them when I was small, even if they had some good things.
TMNT was part of my childhood, and after watching them again some years ago I think they have enough good things that the other TMNT shows didnt got right that it needs to be saved.
If ive read this correctly.
Kill: ReBoot
Kill: ReBoot
Save: TMNT
I cant stand bad cgi series now and I coulndnt stand them when I was small, even if they had some good things.
TMNT was part of my childhood, and after watching them again some years ago I think they have enough good things that the other TMNT shows didnt got right that it needs to be saved.
i haven't seen ducktales in about 20 years. i don't like animaniacs.
actually the one that surprises me right now is dbz. i haven't seen anyone say anything about it. if we're talking toonami's 90s dbz (through the end of the freeza saga), then it should stay. if we're talking about the entirety of the show (since it started in 89 in japan and ran through the mid-90s), it should really be gone soon goku.
Doctor Decimate
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I will fight for Courage in at least the top 15 while everything else burns.
we're talking about the 90s though. 90s simpsons winning in a 90s cartoon survivor makes sense.
the one missing show is king of the hill. don't know how south park and batman beyond and spongebob make it but koth doesn't. maybe next decade.
It does. South Park's crude humor hasn't aged well. Sure there are some classic episodes that make me still laugh, but early stuff just isn't all that funny. Show started to get better during season three but it was still far from it's best.
You think so? The first nine seasons were so perfect though, and made up almost the entire decade!
I used my save on Reboot. Here's hoping it wasn't in vain! My current wish is TMNT this round, South Park and Johnny Bravo next.
People were saying it would win when this thing started. I just think a foregone conclusion is boring.
Ah, I gotcha. I keep assuming it'll be Batman, but I think both shows are so hard to kill.
Doctor Decimate
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Ren and Stimpy being gone this early is still some bullshit. I completely understand if people don't like the show, but come on that's one of the first things you think of for 90s cartoons. It was hugely influential and it holds up pretty well.
ЯAW;97209263 said:
As the main person who's voted for Spongebob so far, this is the opposite to my reasoning.
I think Spongebob needs to go out because it was a relative non-entity in the 90s, but South Park should survive a bit longer because its most original seasons were back then.
Clearly there are creative differences between us!
Ren & Stimpy is simply too polarizing to make it in this kind of voting. And this is popularity contest. Most popular show will win, not the one with most cultural clout.
I tried that with Superman, didn't play out too well :b
BlackNMild2k1
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Kill: Beavis & Butthead
Kill: Johnny Bravo
Save: (TMNT, Beast Wars, Reboot)
[edit: I want my save to be for the one that needs it most or the one that it would make the difference on, since I can't leave that up to the OP to decide, I will just have to make a choice and hope it's not the wrong one (since I'm too lazy to do a proper tally)]
I never found humor in my 2 kills, not that I ever watched either of them often, but when I did, I found them at best background noise.
As far as saves go, I'm torn.
I enjoyed TMNT as a kid, had lots of the toys, watched the cartoon, watched the movies even though they were pretty bad, and now I'm curiously interested in the potential train wreck of the new movie too.
I also really liked Beast Wars back in the day, same as Reboot.
I hope some one does a pre closure count for us undecided.
Kill: Johnny Bravo
Save: (
[edit: I want my save to be for the one that needs it most or the one that it would make the difference on, since I can't leave that up to the OP to decide, I will just have to make a choice and hope it's not the wrong one (since I'm too lazy to do a proper tally)]
I never found humor in my 2 kills, not that I ever watched either of them often, but when I did, I found them at best background noise.
As far as saves go, I'm torn.
I enjoyed TMNT as a kid, had lots of the toys, watched the cartoon, watched the movies even though they were pretty bad, and now I'm curiously interested in the potential train wreck of the new movie too.
I also really liked Beast Wars back in the day, same as Reboot.
I hope some one does a pre closure count for us undecided.
Superman was a great animated series in the 90's but I think both Batman and Batman beyond out performed it. Not by much mind you. Again, the list is getting really hard to vote on now. Most kills from here on out are going to be things that get double kills right after the tally and aren't people's top ten. Then eventually rinse repeat for #1.
If this begets a 00's thread though, Samurai Jack will take the cake for me.
80's thread would be fun but I don't think it would have enough participants.
If this begets a 00's thread though, Samurai Jack will take the cake for me.
80's thread would be fun but I don't think it would have enough participants.
Spongebob and South Park should die a quick death in this thread so that they can live anew in 00's survivor.
That's what I've been saying about South Park all along. It was so much worse in the 90s.
Samurai Jack was some epic stuff. It would probably be my number 2 and first place would go to Venture Brothers. Venture Brothers has great mythology, great characters with actual development and so many mysteries to solve....oh and I would have to place Futurama, Robot Chicken, Sealab 2021 and Archer some where :/
Even the plain kiddy shows like Danny Phantom and Kim Possible were pretty good. 00s voting thread is going to be pretty interesting.
As opposed to this thread, which is split between whether they were kids or
not born yet
MikeHattsu
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Ugh... Please, no. Let's kill of at least some of the superhero shows, like X-Men.
I'd rather have Batman TAS win.
I'd like both DuckTales and Courage in the top 16 at least.
I'm willing to kill of South Park.
hahaha this had me laughing waaay too much
So many great cartoons in that decade though, especially for older viewers as well. Archer, JLA, Samurai Jack, Sealab, Invader Zim, Clone High, Undergrads, South Park, Futurama, Teen Titans, Jackie Chan Adventures, Ben 10, Turtles, Venture Brothers, and my show of the decade, Avatar among many others.
Oh yeah, totally, without question. I just don't think I'm tapped in enough to judge well enough.
SpacePirate Ridley
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So if this thread has 1 anime, Dragon Ball Z, will the 00 thread have also animes, or is DBZ a special case.
Also its really interesting watching this thread as people from america and europe would have totally different lists (even cartoons that would appear on one decade here while in another different one in the other, like DBZ, that is more of an 80's cartoon or South Park that got here on 99 iirc), up until the 00's, that when cartoons largely globalised so all countries got all cartoons on the same years.
There some amazing cartoons televised in europe during the 80's and 90's that sadly never crossed the ocean. And even if most of them were produce in europe the animation always camed from japan (which made this european cartoons look superb, like Miyazaki's Sherlock Hound).
A 00's thread could be interesting to see because it has a predominance of good adult cartoons while children cartoons start to go down in quality (not all of them thank god).
Also its really interesting watching this thread as people from america and europe would have totally different lists (even cartoons that would appear on one decade here while in another different one in the other, like DBZ, that is more of an 80's cartoon or South Park that got here on 99 iirc), up until the 00's, that when cartoons largely globalised so all countries got all cartoons on the same years.
There some amazing cartoons televised in europe during the 80's and 90's that sadly never crossed the ocean. And even if most of them were produce in europe the animation always camed from japan (which made this european cartoons look superb, like Miyazaki's Sherlock Hound).
A 00's thread could be interesting to see because it has a predominance of good adult cartoons while children cartoons start to go down in quality (not all of them thank god).
MikeHattsu
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It had 3 when the thread started.
Eh... Or 4 of one counts Samurai Pizza Cats
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