Top 100 Animated Series Nominees – 1980s!

Hi, this is Tom Ruger and you are listening to

the Geekcast Radio Network. Hello and welcome

back to the Geekcast Radio Network's Top 100

Animated Series Nominees episodes. This is part

two. I am, of course, TFG and Mike. Joining me

is Steve Megatron. Hello, sir. Yo. Yo. And Optimus

Solo. Hello, sir. Ho. Not the Thundercats. No

rum. No rum. Steve always sets me up, though.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ho, ho, ho, and a bottle of

rum. How's everybody doing tonight? Wonderful.

Super. Thank you for asking. That's right. Alright,

continuing on from the last episode, we enter

the decade of the 1980s. Take it away, Optimus

Solo, and remind us what's in store for the listeners

as we go through this new format. Yes, we will

be revealing the nominees that are eligible to

be voted on for the Top 100 Animated Series of

All Time. This time we're looking at just the

decade of the 80s, so like you heard last episode

where we did 50 eligible nominees from the pre

-1980s, today will be 50, 50, 5 -0 eligible shows

from the 1980s. Then we'll have a few more in

store for the 90s, the 2000s, and the 2010 to

present. So these are unlike the last time we

did the top 100 countdown where any show was

eligible in the history of animation, which means

people were picking from thousands. This time

you only get to pick from the 250 nominees. So

this is like the special unveiling of those 250

this time. The 50 from the 1980s. Scooby's like

chicken and out. He won't budge. I bet I could

change his mind with a Scooby snack. Scooby snack?

Catch. Give him two Scooby snacks and he like

orbits the Earth. Doctor, it's an honor to meet

you. I've listened to all your radio programs,

read all your books. I bet you'll want to write

a whole chapter on me. Mr. Seville, I am not

Dr. Weisenheimer. You're not? No, I'm the doctor's

secretary, Milton Schwartz. If you'll just sit

and wait, the doctor will be with you in a moment.

Alexander, why aren't you practicing with your

team? What's the use? We're in last place. Besides,

I'm captain of the team. I can take an afternoon

off once in a while. We can work on my model

airplane, father. I would love to play too, Alexander.

But I have a speech to give to the people of

Celestville. But you're the king, father. You

can take an afternoon off. Yeah. I'm going to

get all this uniform before I choke. Because

I'm king, I must do many things that I would

sometimes rather not do, children. Yeah, and

for dessert, punk in pie. Oh, yeah. Save that

guy for later. Beetlejuice, I thought you were

coming as Betty. And I thought Betty was coming

as a beetle. On a whim, I decided to come as

a caterer. Right, Beetlejuice. You talked my

parents into hiring you as the caterer, huh?

Hey! You wanted a freaky Halloween party, didn't

you? What's this? A lovely lady dining alone?

May I join you for lunch, Ms. Bear? Be my guest.

The cubs aren't interested. Oh? Where are they?

Eating in front of that television. It used to

be a treat. Now they do it every day. Give it

to me! No way! It's my turn to choose! We're

not... Watching bear wrestling. There's no way

I'm watching Little Treehouse on the Prairie.

Okay, that's it. No more TV for a week. So let's

start it off with our first group of five. These

are revealed in alphabetical order. So the order

that we reveal these has nothing to do with what

may or may not appear eventually on the top 100.

It is just alphabetical order. So the first group

of five, we will name five, and then we'll get

Steve, Mike, and my own reactions to them, and

then we'll just keep going until all 50 have

been revealed. You react first this time compared

to the last podcast, compared to part one. You

react first this time, even though you're revealing

them to us. You react first because you got to

react last, last time. Something let a Tasmanian

devil out of its cage. All right, so the first

group of five is... A Pup Named Scooby -Doo from

1988, Alvin and the Chipmunks from 1983 that

had over 100 episodes, Babar the Elephant, I

believe is what Babar is, if I'm remembering

correctly. I didn't watch Babar as a child, but

that came out in 1989. Then we have, joining

Babar, we have the Beetlejuice animated series,

which also came out in 1989, and then the Berenstain

Bears cartoon, which also... came out in, or

not in 89, that one came out in 1985. So a little

bit of a weird flavor here, I guess. We got Babar

and Berenstain Bears from the more young demographic

that those were aimed at. And then we have the

classic Alvin and the Chipmunks, a variation

of Scooby -Doo with a pup named Scooby -Doo.

And there's obviously a hundred variations on

Scooby -Doo. And then Beetlejuice, which is obviously

aimed a little bit older than like the likes

of Babar and Berenstain Bears. I... believe in

my opinion that the only one i think that i would

consider out of this group of five would be alvin

and the chipmunks not saying anything bad about

those other shows at all it's just in my opinion

those would be probably the or that would be

the only one that me personally i think warrants

In the discussion for Top 100, Steve, what do

you think? I personally like the pup named Scooby

-Doo and Elvin and the Chipmunks. I remember

Beetlejuice. I remember Berenstain Bears mostly

from the book. And then Vavar, I was familiar

with it, but it's not something I would have

cared about watching. Beetlejuice is definitely

a piece of that time. Pup named Scooby -Doo and

Elvin and the Chipmunks, I think, are the only

strong contenders in this block. I could see

that. Mike, do you agree or disagree? And then

also, do you think the resurgence of the recent

Beetlejuice movie will play into a factor of

getting more people to consider the cartoon?

Or do you think it's lost to the 80s? I think

with Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. Yeah,

I did it. I think with the sequel being out now,

people might be searching out the animated series.

And seeing what it was all about, I think they

might be going back and watching the original

movie as well. That animated series was so good.

It really was for what it was at the time. Like

you both have said with Berenstain Bears, we

all remember the books. I remember both because

I remember trying to match up the episodes of

the show with the books I had. I had so many

Berenstain Bear books as a kid in the 80s. Had

so many of those. Alvin and the Chipmunks is

classic. Can't go wrong with that. And like Steve

said, out of all the versions that they've done,

and we all know in the late 80s, because it was

1988 when this happened, but in the late 80s,

the let's do the kid version of the adult version

of the thing was the thing to do because we had

flintstones kids and we had this kid and that

kid and every other kid cartoon tom and jerry

kid oh man if we were doing don't even don't

even start don't even you're gonna don't even

you're it's it's gonna be an earworm all night

don't even start because that's a theme song

oh man That just the theme song alone that Tom

and Jerry kids show. Oh, my God. But a pup named

Scooby Doo. Literally, I kid you not. I have

both seasons on my Fandango account. And literally,

I was just watching a bicycle built for boo the

other day. I love a pup named Scooby Doo. We

got to interview Tom Ruger, who was one of the

executive producers, I believe, head writer.

I could be wrong in the head writer credit, but

he was one of the executive producers on that

show. Absolutely love a pup named Scooby -Doo.

Yeah, like Steve said, Babar is the only outlier

in this five because I know he's an elephant.

That's about it, I think. Like, I know the name.

And I know he's an elephant. That's about it

on this set of five. But everything else, I think

the other four have some sort of contention rights.

The four besides Berenstain Bears, the other

four were all nominated for awards. The only

ones that appeared on the nine list that we looked

at when we were compiling these groups of 50

was a pup named Scooby -Doo. Babar actually showed

up there, and Alvin and the Chipmunk showed up

on five of those. Beetlejuice did not show up

anywhere, which really shocked me, but we'll

see how the voters think now that maybe the movie

brings it back into the consciousness of the

voters. We'll see. He was my commander at the

Marshal's Academy, the best in the galaxy. He

was my idol, my hero. We called him Jingles because

of those spurs he wore. I remember he was a tough

trainer, but a good one. Get to the point, Mayor

Davis. Unless the doctors give you a new electronic

body covered by a computerized metal shell. The

operation's not without risks. But if it's successful,

you'll be the country's most unique crime fighter.

I can't give up now. It would be like sending

a signal to the big boss. Saying it's okay for

him to commit crimes and ruin the city with his

evil schemes. I'm going to need help. A select

group of the best police officers gathered from

around the country. And together, we will overcome

the threat posed by the Big Boss. Gentlemen,

you have my permission to begin the cybernetic

replacement. Hurry, Kevin! The interdimensional

warp only opens every 1 ,000 video years. And

it's almost time. This is hurrying, Princess.

Video games are my specialty, remember? If I

didn't know better, I'd say you've lost your

cheer. I'm afraid you're right. What? I'm very

intrigued on this next set of five, guys. Uh

-oh. the next set of five. And one thing I'm

going to preface this one before we list the

shows is our original Top 100 obviously had a

healthy amount of both 80s and 90s cartoons based

on the age of all of us and things that we grew

up on and et cetera, et cetera. There may have

been some biases involved. One thing that's going

to be curious to me is when you add the 15 years,

we kind of talked about this last episode, but

when you add 15 more years of cartoons, and it's

really not just adding 15 years of cartoons.

You also probably have to say considering almost

20 years because there were some that had come

out right before we did that list that really

hadn't been around long enough for anybody to

know if they were going to last or how good they

were going to be. So it's really considering

15 plus years because it's some right around

that mark that have had more time to grow on

people for sure. But when you consider all of

those extra cartoons, to me, that's where you

run into... Do some of these 80s and 90s shows

that were maybe ranked anywhere from, let's say,

70 to 100 on the original list, do they become

in jeopardy of not making the list is something

that I'm going to be intrigued to see as this

whole thing unfolds. And I feel like the set

that I'm about to reveal could be in that grouping

of stuff that is it still going to be able to

make our top 100 or is it going to fall off because

all five of these shows were on our original

top 100. So the next set of five is Brave Star

from 1987, Cops from 1988, Captain N and the

Game Master from 1989. So we did 87, 88, and

89. We got that going for us. And then we have

Care Bears from 1985. and Chippendale Rescue

Rangers from 1989. Chippendale Rescue Rangers

was on the most lists that we looked at. It was

on four of the nine. Care Bears was on two. The

rest were all on our list for sure. The only

one that got an award nomination was Rescue Rangers,

but all five of these were on our original list.

I would consider all five of them again. I don't

know which ones will ultimately make the cut

on my list because it's going to be like a bloodbath

when it comes to the final 10 shows on my list,

I'm sure. Trying to decide which ones make it

and which ones are left on the chopping room

floor. This is going to be one of the more intriguing.

Every time we do the Top 100, we talk about the

ones that just missed it. Whether it's 10 or

we reveal 15 or 20 or however many we reveal

that just didn't quite make it. This is going

to be a very intriguing set of those cartoons

when all is said and done. I think the one that

I would make the most case for is... probably

rescue Rangers and maybe a little bit for care

bears only because of what it represented for

a different demographic. And it's been redone

like 700 times. Whereas I feel like for some

reason, cops and brave star have never gotten

the reboot. They've never gotten this, you know,

anything else besides that original incarnation,

which is weird because so many of the other ones

have been rebooted in some way, shape or form,

but cops and brave star have not. I would probably

put brave star a tick ahead of cops. captain

n it really depends on how you rate all of the

video game cartoon video game based cartoons

and which ones you like do you have room for

all of them do you have room for just one mike

what do you think of this group of five chippendales

rescue rangers easily top 25 if not top 30 care

bears When I was, okay, look, when I was six,

seven, eight, yeah, for me personally, it's that

age range. So for me, it would probably be in

the top 50 somewhere, maybe. Maybe just under

the top 50, maybe 52, 53, 54, something like

that. I don't think I've ever seen Brave Star.

I might have seen the intro. We need to do some

work on that, sir. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I own the

complete series. We can do this. Yeah, yeah,

yeah. That's for a whole other podcast series.

We'll work on that. Cops. I love Cops. Cops is

basically the Rodney Dangerfield of 80s cartoons.

It gets no respect. It really doesn't. At least

not in any of the circles. You and I respect

it. I don't think Steve even... I'm sure he knows

of it. I don't know how many episodes of it he's

seen. He probably might have only... Do you even

know cops? I've seen a little bit of it. Nothing

I would care about. Yeah, it's fine. It's fine.

I figured as much. captain n though i mean we

had a debate during the first top 100 between

captain n and the super mario brothers super

show i think it was that we kind of yeah back

and forth and i think we were somewhat split

two people were for one and two people were for

the other right but here's the thing with captain

n in the game captain in the game master you

would think that after you said 89 right correct

yeah yeah so almost Well, we're not quite to

40 years for Captain N yet, but almost 40 years

for that show? 35, 40 years? You would think

that would be the show? That would be the character?

That they could do so many reincarnations of

series for? Okay, regardless of Captain N, Captain

Nintendo, and it being a Nintendo character,

but the type of character that could champion

a video game team of multiple characters from

multiple systems going in multiple... He's basically

the Wreck -It Ralph of the 80s. He's not Wreck

-It Ralph. I'm not saying he's Wreck -It Ralph,

but you get my point. Captain N was the guy that

could go into multiple video game levels and

worlds and things and whatever. And he fought

Mother Brain and Eggplant Wizard and everything

else. And you would think with how far video

games has come in the last 40 years since his,

almost 40 years since his cartoon, that you would

have so many reboots of that series in different

versions of it. especially since Matt Hill is

still, you know, going like we, uh, was it, who

did it? It was at me and TV's Mr. Neil, I think,

or I forget who did the interview with me. We

interviewed Matt Hill voice of captain N and

man, just, you would think that that would, that

cartoon series or something similar to it would

have multiple and it doesn't. And I, you know,

Out of all of these, Care Bears was the only

one that has been redone until just recently

with Rescue Rangers. It had the movie a year

or two ago. Otherwise, Care Bears has been the

only one that's been redone and that one's been

done every other year, it feels like. Steve,

what do you think of this set of five and which

ones do you think have the best shot of making

the top 100? Honestly, out of these, I think

Care Bears and Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers.

Rescue Rangers had the live action hybrid movie

that came out a few years ago on Netflix or not

Netflix, Disney Plus. And then Care Bears has

been rebooted multiple times. And Chip and Dale

has also been used in a lot of Disney Channel

content. So I feel like those two are the strongest

contenders. For instance, My kids wouldn't have

any clue what Bravestar cops or Captain N are.

I do. Bravestar, I really don't know anything

about, really. Cops, I know enough about. And

then Captain N, I've actually watched. But I

think the two strongest contenders here are Care

Bears and Chippendale Rescue Rangers. I agree.

And I have a feeling, too, I voted for all of

these except for Captain N on the original. But

this is where I'm thinking something like Bravestar

or cops. could get edged out if there's not enough

room for me because I will have... Another thing

that we sometimes consider when we're doing these

top 100 lists is whether it's a decade, whether

it's a genre, whether it's a franchise, at least

myself, I try to limit how many of a certain

thing are coming in. So for this example, I would

say what we're talking about today with the 80s,

there's a ton of 80s action, boy -centered...

or boy like we're the main demographic but like

those 80 action 80s action uh cartoons and i

don't know if how much room i have for 20 of

them you know what i mean like i gotta you can

choose the best of the best that's going to represent

that and we know that there's some big heavy

hitters in that group so then it comes to me

like is there really room in the hundred for

a brave star for a cops or for some of the other

ones that we may talk about and i just don't

know if there's going to be yeah i mean and before

you go on like i I actually had Captain N, Care

Bears, and Chip and Dale on my original list

out of these five. And looking at my original

list, there's a bunch of other shows from the

80s and 90s, too, that are looking back at them.

I mean, they were more fresh then than they are

now, but they're so far removed from pop culture

now at this point. Nobody would know what they

are, kind of like Bravestar and Cops. Yeah, and

that's something interesting, too, because I've

been re -listening to the original Top 100 list.

it's interesting the effect that time has on

some of these that nothing else is really playing

a factor, right? Like it's not like something

came out that made it worse. It's not like, and

it's not, I'm not just talking about the fact

that there's been more cartoons, so there's less

space, but some of these have just literally

over time faded more like they, they just don't

have the same staying power, I guess, as some

other ones that have remained in the kind of

the consciousness of society or of pop culture.

Definitely interesting to track. Come on, Igor.

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Now, pay attention while I show you how to do

this. Now, Dennis, a climber's rope is his best

friend. But remember, you must always tie it

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It's a good thing I tied that rope to something,

just like you said. Good for you, Dennis. What

did you tie it to? To you. Well, Dennis, that

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berry juice. No, Tommy, stop! I'll be the greatest,

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Calla will notice me. Look, please, don't be

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So, now the shoe's on the other paw. I'm going

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Gruppy Gummy. He's proved that he's trustworthy.

Thank you, ma 'am. My name's Kevin, by the way.

Well, what a polite young man. What's that noise?

Yikes, is he dead? What the? Well, you're alive.

So you thought you finished me off? Well, you're

not going to get my fish that easy, you big monster.

Stop it! What are you doing? This is for hitting

me! So, let's go ahead and reveal the next set

of five. Only two of these were actually on our

original list, which is somewhat shocking that

one of the other ones wasn't. I'll let you guys

decide which one that is, but we're going to

go with Count Duckula from 1988. That did appear

on one of the lists we looked at, but it was

not on our original top 100. We have Danger Mouse.

That one was from 1981. That was definitely on

our top 100. Very huge presence when it comes

to the UK and viewers from that across the pond,

you could say. Then we have Dennis the Menace

from 1986. We have Disney's Adventures of the

Gummy Bears from 1985. Got a couple nominations

for awards and was on our original list. And

then the... First incarnation that we received

here in America, I believe, the original Dragon

Ball from 1986, not to be confused with one that

will come up shortly, but Count Ducula, Danger

Mouse, Dennis the Menace, Disney's Adventures

of the Gummy Bears, and Dragon Ball. The interesting

thing for me here is the combination of Count

Ducula and Danger Mouse because those were the

two very much heavy hitters. Those are like,

I don't want to say the Simpsons, but for the

UK, those are huge. They're like... Two of the

biggest shows that they would know and that was

just kind of like woven into the society there,

I guess, for people that grew up in the same

era that we did. We did get these in America.

I don't think as many people saw them. They sometimes

fly under the radar and go a little unnoticed.

But what I will say from a quality standpoint

when it comes to the writing and a lot of the

things that go into making a cartoon, I do believe

they're pretty top notch. I don't know if it'll

have enough widespread appeal to make the top

100, but I do think from a quality standpoint

and from an impact in the UK that they are deserving.

But I guess my biggest vote here outside of those

two would be for the gummy bears. I just think

that was critical to the Disney afternoon and

the success that led to a lot of the other shows.

Like we just talked about rescue Rangers, like

rescue Rangers may not have happened if gummy

bears was not as successful as it was. And we'll

talk about some more Disney shows probably as

we reveal more shows. And then I think the Dragon

Ball one becomes interesting because then you

kind of have to determine, are people going to

split the vote between the different incarnations

or the different series within the Dragon Ball

franchise? That's always something we consider.

We talked about that a lot when we did our last

Top 100 with the different superhero franchises.

And like we said just a second ago, do you only

have room for so many Spider -Man cartoons, for

example? Do you only have room for so many Dragon

Ball cartoons? Do you only have room for so many

whatever? So that sometimes plays into the voters'

rationale. So Steve, what do you think about

this set of five with Count Duckula, Danger Mouse,

Dennis the Menace, Gummy Bears, and Dragon Ball?

So obviously there was quite a few that voted

on Danger Mouse last time. I'm not really surprised

at Dennis the Menace just because, yeah, it probably

faded out as well. Count Dacula. I've seen a

little bit of that. I've seen a little bit of,

I've really seen a little bit of every one of

these, but the only one I find that I can actually

rewatch is the one with the most episodes and

that's Dragon Ball. And the, the thing about,

and this is something I'm learning as I'm, I've

been watching a lot of anime over the last like

two years just because I've kind of exhausted

American, you know, Western animation that I

feel like actually watching, uh, outside of,

rerun material. And there's a very strong base

for Dragon Ball over all of the other ones. And

then pretty much if they liked Dragon Ball, they

may not care for Dragon Ball Z, may care for

a different version. It's very splintered where

they'll, they don't really lump them in together

because they're almost different. Dragon Ball

Z does pick up several years after Dragon Ball

ends. But it's a totally different dynamic going

into it all the way on through till it ends.

And some people may also, again, like it would

depend on what version they like to better. There's

so many different dubs of these two. You can

either get the subs of them, which are, you know,

direct port, or you get the dubs in America,

which were mostly done in the 90s here. There

have been three or four versions to the point

where they've redubbed Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball

Z and GT multiple times in the US to the point

that now they have a dub out. It was either Funimation

or Crunchyroll, which kind of they bought Funimation.

They now have a unified front where all of the

voice actors are the same from Dragon Ball, Dragon

Ball Z, GT, Super, Daima, all the way on through.

It could again get splintered just because of

that. I know on the original Top 100, we did

have one contributor that voted for the original

Dragon Ball that did not vote for Dragon Ball

Z, which may have cost Dragon Ball Z a few placements

and stuff like that because it seemed like they

only had room for one of them and they voted

for the original. The intriguing thing when it

comes to franchises as to how that splits in

the more years we consider, the more incarnations

there are for certain franchises. We'll talk

about a bunch of them today, but some franchises

just keep coming back and coming back. So it's

interesting to see how that would play a part.

Mike, any reactions from that set of five? Hey,

Mr. Wilson. The other thing that's interesting

with that one is kind of similar to what we talked

about with Berenstain Bears. yeah sometimes people

are more familiar with the property based on

a different medium so like barons and bears it

might be the books dennis the menace it might

be the movies or it could be the comic strip

do people remember the animated series but i'll

let you continue there was only one dennis the

menace movie right i can't remember i've lost

track i'm not doing any research right now folks

because i'm trying to keep my hands still But

the only Dennis the Menace movie I remember is

the one where Christopher Lloyd played the villain

in the 90s. Because the only animated series

for Dennis I remember is the one from the 80s

where he was like, hey, Mr. Wilson. Like, that's

all I remember. Gummy bears. I did the research

for you. So there was a direct video standalone

sequel called Dennis the Menace Strikes Again,

released in 1998. That's right. A second sequel,

A Dennis the Menace Christmas, was released in

2007. Oh, wow. Okay. Gummy Bears. Gummy Bears

is always classic. Love the Gummy Bears. Some

days I wish I had me some Gummy Berry juice.

Well, my kids, when they saw that name, they

thought it was that modern song that's really

annoying. no and i was like no it's it's totally

different they're like what the heck is this

because i'll go through tv show theme songs with

them sometimes i've been doing that actually

my daughter has watched like a half a dozen episodes

of the gummy bears and i don't she wasn't like

magnetized to it but she did enjoy it enough

to watch you know more than one episode very

cool very cool and then danger mouse danger mouse

is just classic it's it's amazing so yeah uh

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of a way to get us out of this freaky place and

back home. If there is a way home. Don't worry.

There is, and we'll find it. I hope. Come on,

Uni. You try. We're with you, Lady Jane! Let's

cut cable! They must not free the shuttle! Cobra!

Attack, Bastro! Destroy the G .I. Joe marauders

before they breach the canopy! The delegates

are terrified, Duke. I'm calling off the conference

before more people get hurt. Please, give us

two hours. Just two hours before you make your

announcement. Okay, two hours. But that's it.

Cutting it kind of tight, aren't you? Can't be

helped. Come on, we're paying Mercer a visit.

He's the only one who might know how to stop

this thing. Well, let's look at the next five.

We had three out of the next five also made our

original top 100. So that would be, I'm sure

this doesn't come as a surprise since we're doing

this alphabetical order. Dragon Ball Z from 1989

is the first one in this group. It was on six

of the nine lists that we looked at. We have

the classic DuckTales, which came a few years

after Gummy Bears. It had 100 episodes, at least

four different nominations or awards. It's on

seven of the nine lists that we looked at. We

have Dungeons & Dragons from 1983. It appeared

on four of the nine lists that we looked at.

And then we have both of the G .I. Joe Deke series

and the G .I. Joe A Real American Hero series,

one from 85, one from 89. We did split them up

because there's enough distinguishing between

the two that I don't ever consider them the same

series. So we have Dragon Ball Z, DuckTales,

Dungeons & Dragons, and both G .I. Joe series.

For me, I believe I voted on four out of, I had

four of these five on my original top 100. So

again, it just comes down to, I believe something

like Dungeons & Dragons may be in that same realm

that we talked about with Cops and Bravestar,

where is there really enough room to include

that? DuckTales, for me, is 100 % going to be

something that should appear somewhere. Dragon

Ball Z should 100 % appear. At least G .I. Joe,

a real American hero, should appear. Then with

the Deke series, I can see some people, depending

on which versions are their favorites, some will

like that, some might like Renegade, some might

like Resolute. But it's hard to not vote for

the original one when it comes to G .I. Joe.

So that would be my thought process. Maybe Dungeons

and Dragons gets left off. Maybe G .I. Joe, the

Deke series. But I think Dragon Ball Z, DuckTales,

and A Real American Hero are locks. What do you

think, Steve? I concur with your opinion there.

I did have four of these five on my list the

first time. Just looking at them, I had the Deke

series as well. Purely because I enjoyed that

90s version of it. Uh, it was badass. Cobra commander

was awesome in that. Like he wasn't hindered

by Serpentor or Destro. He was just, he did his

own thing and they were, and it was more like,

it was very much more nefarious and dangerous

in, in a lot of the stuff. Cause they were doing

a lot of mutation stuff and you got them wearing

his mask. You know, the, he had the metal suit

for awhile and then he, he went to the, the blue,

uh, The blue face mask thing that, you know,

plastic bag that he wore over his head. But no,

I mean, Dragon Ball Z, for one, was one that

I. I knew a crap ton about in high school and

in middle school, so I was kind of the go to

for that. Plus, I was watching I'd seen a couple

different dubs of it. There was there was the

dub with Ian James Corlett as as Goku. Yep. Which

only made it through the first saga. And then

they recast. Uh, and it started doing a different

dub and they did Peter Columbus for Goku up through

the cell saga. And then they rebooted again.

And, uh, they actually picked up from there with

Sean Schemmel to take over from Peter Columbus.

And then they kind of recast everybody. Um, And

then they went back and did all of it all over

again. I do think Dragon Ball Z was an entry

point into anime for an entire generation. And

it was. That was how I got introduced to it was

watching it. I think it was on Cartoon Network

and then it was on Toonami. And then Dragon Ball

just kind of lived on Toonami after that. And

so that was a ritual for me going home and watching

it every day and taping it around work and everything

else. That was my... my go -to show when beast

wars wasn't available and um real american hero

gi joe mostly what i knew of it was i had the

animated film and i had it on vhs watched the

crap out of it and then i watched whatever was

available at like the blockbuster or hollywood

video and things like that um and then the deke

series i i don't know where i caught it i think

I think some of that also was on the, the sci

-fi channel, you know, tune express thing that

they had going on and it kind of was paired with

transformers generation one. So that was how

I was introduced to both of those and duck tails.

I was a regular watcher. Um, the theme song,

I, I still love the theme song and I love the,

the dragon balls. You rock the dragon theme song.

And then the, the GI Joe Deke series, uh, you

know, got to get Joe. Yeah. Uh, So I love those

intro songs alone, even without the series, but

they're all great. I think they're all going

to end up on there. I think one thing that's

going to help the likes of Dragon Ball Z, DuckTales,

and G .I. Joe is that, like we've talked about

with a couple of the other ones, they have not

necessarily faded away. They've been redone.

There's been G .I. Joe movies, other cartoon

series. There was just a recent reboot of DuckTales.

Obviously, there's been new series for Dragon

Ball, so I don't think those have necessarily...

faded away from people's you know top of mind

so i think that's going to help it help those

and probably hurt dungeons and dragons because

most people don't know that that was even a cartoon

show they probably just are familiar with the

dnd you know campaigns and that side of dungeons

dragons which really has nothing to do with the

1980s cartoon mike what are your thoughts on

these five when people show me the 83 dungeons

and dragons cartoon i'm like what the hell acid

trip were these people on where's jeremy irons

like no no because seriously look my first and

only x my first and only exposure to dungeons

and dragons was the 2000s movie because I saw

it in 2000 when it debuted in theaters with Jeremy

Irons as the voice, or he was in that movie somewhere

as one of the characters. But yeah, no, that

would be left off my personal list, because as

you guys have all already said, DuckTales, simply

amazing. Absolutely love that. I have, I don't

know if I have the Deke series, but I do know

I have the... complete series of G .I. Joe for

Real American Hero on DVD. It's in my DVD case.

There have been plans for at least the last...

Well, there have been plans for decades, but

at least the last four or five years since I've

had the DVDs, there have been plans over on ToonCast

for us to review the series. I remember watching...

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, Mariah Carey. So, The

funny thing is, is that what I remember of G

.I. Joe is Real American Hero going up against

Transformers a couple of times in the 80s, and

I made a choice, and I chose the robots. No disrespect

to G .I. Joe at all, because, you know, Old Snake

came in a few times and did a few things in Transformers,

a couple episodes, and Only Human and all that,

whatever. And I liked G .I. Joe for what I saw

of it. I just have never watched a lot of it.

But I've watched enough of Real American Hero.

And I gotta say, I gotta disagree. I don't know

how you find just a blue hood over somebody's

face more menacing than a giant metal face. Come

on now, Steve. I didn't say anything bad about

that. I know you did. No, I liked it, but you

got to also remember too, like in the Christmas

time of the nineties, I got the 12 inch Cobra

commander and he had, he didn't have that metal

face plate. He had the blue mask. And to me,

that character just looked awesome. And I was,

that was my bad guy of choice, you know, at that

time. And then I, I saw the, the metal, you know,

the armored suit that he got in the beginning

of the Deke series and kind of fluctuated between

the two. And then I saw a real American hero

and had the basic face plate. And I think what

took me out of it was there was no eyes, there

was no mouth, there was no, there was nothing,

nothing for like that facial reaction for Cobra

commander. And so that's why I gravitated towards

the Deke series. Plus the theme song I felt like

was better. And so not that, you know, I dislike

a real American hero because I like them both.

I'm just giving you crap, dude. Yeah, I know.

But I mean, the rest of the characters kind of

got a crap shoot overhaul. I mean, Duke got shafted

and Destro looks stupid. And, you know, well,

I mean, Duke should have just stayed dead instead

of having a heart attack coma. He went into a

coma. And it's funny because the way it's dubbed,

it looks stupid. Yeah, I know, right? I actually

do own all of both the G .I. Joe series on DVD,

as well as all of the Dungeons & Dragons and

a season of DuckTales. Only one on this group

that I don't own in physical media is Dragon

Ball Z. And I will say, I forgot that they did

have a reboot of the Dungeons & Dragons toys

recently. You could buy all of the main characters

about a year, two years ago at Target, Walmart.

So it was a weird... Reboot of the toys. Alright,

let's move on to the next. Wait, wait, wait.

Really quick. One last question. One last GI

Joe question. Are you guys reading the Skybound

Joe comics? You know I can't read, Mike. Okay,

good. Moving on. I should be. I probably would

enjoy them. I don't have time for that. I'll

figure it out later for you. I'll make time at

some point. All right, the next set of five,

we're going to call this like the cat group,

and I'm going to make that work for all of them.

Don't try any of this at home, kids. We're professionals.

Guess there's just no accounting for taste. I

think we need a little help. By the power of

Greyskull. Is this the lake where the monster

is supposed to live? Maybe that's why Chief Krimby

sent you up here. Don't be ridiculous. There

are no such thing as monsters. You can take my

word for that. There is absolutely nothing in

that lake. Thank you. I'm Jem. And these are

the holograms. You can't play here. This is my

invitation only. She invited us. Showtime synergy.

So in our next set of... Oh, God. All five of

these shows were on my original list. Four out

of the five made our original top 100. We're

going to start off with Garfield and Friends

from 1988, 121 episodes, a bunch of awards, made

three of the nine lists that we looked at. Then

we go to the usually forgotten other cat from

the 80s, the orange cat, which... I, at the time,

actually liked better. We're talking about Heathcliff

and the Cadillac Cats from 1984, which was awesome

with Don Messick and the like involved. 86 episodes

of that. It did appear on our, not our list,

but it appeared on one of the lists we looked

at. And then we have, of course, He -Man and

the Masters of the Universe, which we'll call

Battle Cat the cat in that one. So that was from

1983, 130 episodes. It was on seven of the nine

lists that we looked at. It only took us a decade,

folks. It only took us a decade. We can say Mad

Cat from Inspector Gadget also fits the cat theme.

So we got Inspector Gadget also from 1983, just

like He -Man. 86 episodes, some award nomination,

and it was on six of the nine lists that we looked

at. So a lot of acclaim from this set of five,

and the last one that rounds it up, and I have

no cat connection unless Mike can provide it

for me, we're talking about Gem from 1985. That

appeared on three of the nine lists. Was there

a cat in Gem? Was one of them a cat name? I believe

Pizazz had a cat, but I don't remember what the

cat's name was. All right. Well, the cat came

back. All right. So we got Garfield and Friends,

Heathcliff, He -Man, Inspector Gadget, and Gem.

I would say this is a pretty heavy hitting set

of five. I would make the case that... Our list

would be garbage if it didn't include He -Man.

Like, it 100 % needs to be on there. The others,

I can see a case being made for, and I can see

them not making it. So it's really going to depend

on who's doing the voting. But Garfield and Friends

definitely had some staying power. Like I said,

at the time, I liked Heathcliff better. I think

Garfield probably was more widely received. And

then Inspector Gadget. i believe should make

it but again i don't know there's only so many

spots gem it's pretty good cartoon for the female

audience of that generation that she were probably

the big two so i could see that making it but

i can also see it not making it so i don't know

mike what do you think of this set of five oh

boy i think they all should make it honestly

because the reasons why are the fact that garfield

and friends offered so much because you have

so many different personalities in that. You've

got Garfield and Odie, plus John's neuroses,

having to be the owner of those two pets. And

then you have the friends side of it. You have

the barnyard friends with all of those characters.

And that's so many different things. You have

so many different adventures you can go on. Heathcliff

and the Cadillac Cats, right? Yes, that was the

most successful version. Before you keep going,

I've got to correct myself. I misspoke. I said

Don Messick. I meant Mel Blanc. Okay. So with

Heathcliff and all of his shenanigans and all

his pals like Benny and all them, again, it's

a whole thing of, oh, my God, this is so cool.

This is so fun. And it's a great cartoon. It's

a cartoon that. Offered you so many different

personalities. This is why half the people that

we grew up with, us included, was why we all

have multiple personalities watching Garfield

and Heathcliff. Because of all the varying personalities

that are in these two cartoons alone. And then

you have He -Man and the Masters of the Universe.

And just listen to the Powers of Greyskull series,

folks. We spent nine and a half, ten years covering

He -Man and She -Ra. I mean, you know, it's just...

It came out a year before Transformers. It is

still, to this day, one of, if not the only,

sword and sorcery fantasy. Things I absolutely

love. Outside of Sword in the Stone. From 1964.

From Disney. Inspector Gadget? Yeah, okay, it

works. It's... basically get smart animated with

a niece sure cool great and then there's jim

and the hologram yeah okay thank you next time

gadget thank you uh -huh jim and the holograms

continue Yeah, yeah. Go drink some battery acid

so you can continue that. And then there's Jim

and the Holograms. And I am one of the biggest

proponents for Jim and the Holograms being a

show for... Yes, it is a show for girls and for

female empowerment of the 80s. But I also look

at that cartoon as a show for everyone because

they... Wrote it as, and I know this because

I've interviewed Christy Marks several times.

We did a whole Gem Showtime Synergy. We did a

whole Gem podcast. And this is the 40th anniversary

of Gem this year. I looked at that show as a

kid and now as an adult as a show for everybody.

Empowerment for everybody. Because it showed

you that you could literally do anything and

everything that you could do once you put your

mind to it. You know, kind of thing. The weird

thing that I just thought of to completely interrupt

you. If you take Keith Cliff and the Cadillac

Cats out of the mix, Garfield, He -Man, Inspector

Gadget, and Jem have all had a live action movie

based off of them. Yes, yes, they have. And they're

actually making another He -Man movie. It will

release just in time for this list, probably.

Supposedly. No, they're doing it. This is actually

happening this time. I've seen footage and stuff.

You've seen footage? It's literally going to

be released next year. Leaked shots. I will believe

it. Mike, they've already wrapped filming. I

will believe it when I see a trailer. Their main

two actors of Tila and He -Man even posted on

their social media that they had wrapped filming

like it's in the can. I will believe it when

they release a damn trailer. All right. Anyway,

continue. So see if you can give us. No, no,

no bet. But yeah, no, I think each one of these,

I don't know where they belong on our list, but

I do think they all do belong. At least I agree.

Or disagree, Steve. I could make a good case

for all of these being on the list. I did have

all but Jem on my original list. But Mike made

up for that because it was in Mike's top ten

last time. It'll be in the top ten this time,

too. Spoilers. Which one? Jem? Yeah. Good thing

I'm not putting it on. He's trying to carry the

sword for that one. Yeah. I had Heathcliff. At

55, I had Garfield. At 54, on my last list, I

had 61 for He -Man. And then Inspector Gadget,

I had at 23. And what's funny is, out of these

shows, two of which have had... Well, actually,

three of which have had modern iterations on

animation, and that would be He -Man, Inspector

Gadget, and Garfield. and in various degrees

but the version that like my kids have even seen

is the inspector gadget the old one yeah and

the garfield and friends and they both love both

those shows timeless somewhat timeless and again

like you know if if i were going to list these

it it's kind of a hard toss up here because they're

all pretty solid contenders right i probably

won't have room for jim but i could see where

the other ones would be solid contenders for

me just still like i i can still pick them up

and enjoy them today right i think that one's

this grouping is outside of maybe he -man for

me i think the other four really are going to

represent a numbers game at like is there enough

spots and and how does it all work out when you

try to crunch it all together so it'd be interesting

to see how how that plays out with everybody

for sure so that's the first set of 25 we'll

try to speed along here for the final 25 as much

as we can i know we're it's the 80s guys we're

going to talk a little bit about these yeah we're

going to talk a little bit we knew we knew going

going into this one that this one was going to

be a long session but that's okay about time

to get back through the mirror while I get the

Triforce. Illusion is the ultimate weapon. No

way, Fozzie. We don't accept imaginary money

on this flight. Huh? Excuse me, stewardess, but

is there a movie on this flight? Why, certainly.

Um, that's not quite what I had in mind. Look

at that rainbow go. Uh -huh. Just a couple more

clouds and we can start picking the cherries

for Cherries Jubilee. Woo -hoo! Nice job! It

sure was. Okay, rainbow of light, back where

you belong. Aw, come on, Megan. Cut loose. Have

some fun with this thing. The city of gold they

were talking about, do you think it really exists?

Oh, yes, it exists. Well, then you must know

where it is. If only I could be sure. The trouble

is that no one has ever succeeded in. Hmm. Alright,

the next set of five is as follows. We talked

about the cartoons based on video games. We'll

start with one of those, The Legend of Zelda

from 1989. Another action cartoon. Does it have

the staying power to outlast the other ones?

We'll find out. That is MASK, Mobile Armored

Strike Command. Is that what it stands for? Yes.

Okay. The Muppet Babies from 1984, all 107 episodes,

20 -plus award nominations and wins. It was on

five of the nine lists. I forgot to say Mask

was on three of the nine lists. The original

My Little Pony or My Little Pony and Friends,

whichever version you want to talk about, it's

all kind of the same thing. They ran together,

but this one is from 1986, and then I know this

one will fly under the radar for most folks.

Mike doesn't like it. I have a special spot for

this one in my heart. I don't even have to hear

you say what the name of it is. I'm just writing

it now. We could talk about Danger Mouse and

Count Duckula being a huge series for the UK.

This one was a huge series for our neighbors

to the south and also an entry point for a lot

of Americans into the world of anime, but I know

it's for the most part a hidden gem, I would

say, that's Mysterious Cities of Gold from 19.

82 so we have legend of zelda mask muppet babies

my little pony mysterious cities of gold for

me muppet babies is the one that would be a lock

i don't know if i have room for the rest of them

i would love to put mysterious cities of gold

on there but i know it'll be a futile vote and

then i think my little pony or my little pony

and friends probably gets squeezed out by a later

incarnation of my little pony that went bananas

as far as popularity goes so we'll talk about

that in a few episodes so i don't know if people

will have room for any of the original my little

ponies to to join the list so uh muppet babies

is probably the strongest contender for me mike

what do you think muppet babies and zelda zelda

was oh god again it's video games coming to life

in animation and the craziest thing about zelda

is It was only once a week on Fridays, you bastards.

So is Mask going from your top 10 to not on your

list this time? If it makes my list, it's going

to make it much lower. It's probably not going

to get number eight. Because again, like I said

in the last episode, in the pre -80s episode,

my list this time around, it's going to be much

different. I may still have some of the same

things that I had. on my list from 2011 but they're

not going to be in the same order right the legend

of zelda the coolest thing super mario brothers

show was 89 right or 90 super mario brothers

was 89 they both were yeah that's what i thought

that's what i thought so when the super mario

brothers super show debuted in 1989 it was four

days a week monday through thursday well technically

it was monday through friday but the mario cartoon

was monday through thursday and on fridays we

got zelda And it was like, wait, what? This is

the coolest thing ever. We get Zelda on Fridays,

but crap, we got to wait a week for Friday for

Zelda? Steve, any thoughts on this set of five?

I only listed one out of these five on my original

list. Was that Papa Baby's? Yep, that was the

only one. And it's the original one. I know they've

rebooted this particular one. as well as like

my little pony. And, uh, I know that they're

doing a legend of Zelda, uh, either film or animated

thing, kind of like the super Mario brothers,

but I'm, I don't know. I'm, I'm cautiously optimistic

on that front. But as far as these shows, I,

I feel like any of these five could easily be

either forgotten or left off, just people not

knowing about them or. right associating with

the latest rendition of it especially being that

we're doing this list 15 years after the original

and people might be more familiar with you know

the new my little pony or the the new muppet

babies as opposed to the originals from the 80s

yeah very well could play a factor sometimes

that can hurt and sometimes it can help it's

it's always hard to say but it'll be interesting

to see how this set of five plays out i think

the next set of five is Potentially going to

have an uphill battle to try to make a dent in

our list. We'll see if you guys agree or not.

If you hadn't forced me to compete, Ben, and

I would never have crashed. I was found and rebuilt.

They turned me into something half man, half

machine. A cyborg. So I now work for the foreign

government that saved me. Now my nightmares make

sense. Well, this is no dream, fly guy. I got

your computer and I got you. Come on. This way.

Come along, piglet. Oh, dear. If only such very

small animals didn't have such very short legs.

Hurry, Piglet. No time to be brave. Oh, no. Where

can we go? What can we do? How can we hide? Terrifying,

isn't it? Quick. Under here. At first glance,

the evergreen forest appears peaceful and calm.

But beneath the placid exterior, the inhabitants

have been quietly preparing to give Cyril Sneer

a shocking surprise he won't soon forget. I'd

be very surprised if we catch anything today.

Maybe we should give up on the fishing and go

back to working on the plan. Do you think it

will really teach Cyril a lesson? Once and for

all. That's for sure. Did you hear? You never...

I hit him. I knew those meddling raccoons were

up to no good. You still want to save this world,

little wiz? Yes. It's even worse close up. Find

the light and the color of this land and set

it free. And the darkness will disappear. Where

do I start? Look for the sphere of light. Are

you still there? Yo, Shampoo. Okay, there's this

really funny story I've been wanting to tell

you. It goes like this. The next set of five

includes The New Adventures of Johnny Quest from

1986, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh from

1988. Did have some award love and did make one

of the lists that we looked at. I think just

like we talked about with Danger Mouse for the

UK, maybe Mysterious Cities of Gold for Mexico,

you could definitely make a case for The Raccoons

for Canada. being one of the huge shows up there.

This one debuted in 1985. Rainbow Bright, 1984,

another one of the female -centric cartoons we

got during the 80s. And then this one I am still

somewhat ignorant on. I haven't caught up with

it in the 15 years that we've had to catch up

on some of the anime, but this is, I'm going

to probably even say it wrong, Ranma 1 .5? Yes.

okay so that is the five that we're looking at

here i would say just based on my exposure i

know there's a lot of love for winning the poo

i don't think rainbow bright has stayed in the

self you know in the consciousness of pop culture

enough i think raccoons probably gets forgotten

because it was more canadian centric even though

i think it is a worthy cartoon but i don't know

if i could make a strong case for any of these

being in my top 100 steve what do you think so

New Adventures of Johnny Quest, I intermittently

watch more so if there was nothing better for

me to watch, that's what would get turned on.

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is probably

the one I'm the most familiar with, just having

grown up with it and had like all the VHS tapes

because that's what my mom bought. My kids grew

up with it, too. So that's that's something else

that that we had in common. Voice acting was

great in it. Animation was better than the old

stuff. So it was just it was just a lot of fun

to watch. The Raccoons and Rainbow Bright. I

am not familiar with either of these. So they

wouldn't be on my personal list just for that

alone. Like I. yeah i i think you know rainbow

bright i think of like the light bright like

that's that's where my mind goes and then and

then of course like the ranma one and one half

i recently just because i've been watching like

when i ran out of dragon ball super i just started

watching random animes on some anime sites and

uh this was one of them i'd watched i'd heard

about it before and it's it's basically about

a martial artist like dad and son that are uh

there's like a cursed pool like water pool type

thing and somewhere in china and the the dad

accidentally knocks the sun in and it's like

the most absurd like different pools so like

there's a curse of you know drowned pig or you

know drowned girl or you know something panda

or you know and so like the dad you know knocks

the sun in and he falls in the one that is the

drowned girl and so like when he gets you know

cold water or hot water i can't remember which

one one of the two it turns him into a girl and

the other one turns him into a boy and then and

then his dad turns into a panda like a giant

like giant fat panda and then like he's supposed

to be betrothed to like some girl and some family

and shows up and he's a girl and so it creates

this weird dynamic throughout the entire series

of all these other people that are trying to

get the the girl that he's supposed to be betrothed

to. And so it's, it's, it's an interesting and

funny, like cop comedic series just because the

dynamic that he's just kind of forced to deal

with the situation. And I know by the end, Jack

Blackwood star in, you know, you never know,

but they, I know that there was a dub of it and

it's on to be for free, but the, they redubbed

it. And the first season is on Netflix. oh gotcha

gotcha i like that the fact that you're gonna

have i feel like you already have way more knowledge

on anime than we did 15 years ago so i've been

trying about that i feel good about that mike

what did you think about this set of five i was

never like johnny was just i don't know it was

okay it was good it deserves a place i don't

know if i'm gonna vote for it new adventures

of winning the poo was awesome It's probably

the only one in this set. I've never seen the

raccoons. Hell, the only person besides you that

even mentioned the raccoons to us was David Dennis

back in the day. The crazy thing about raccoons

is the main villain was always smoking. It would

never be made like that today. Well, that's what

anime is for. Exactly. Uh, rainbow bright. I

had seen like maybe two episodes when I was a

kid. It is what it is. And I've never seen this

anime. So there we go. It's a nice little section,

but yeah, Winnie the Pooh is probably the only

one that I would vote for. All right. I think

you guys will have a little bit more to say about

potential list makers in this next set of five.

So let's take a look at that. I'm sure we brought

you a little surprise. Uh, guys, how sweet. You're

right. I am surprised. What is it? Guess she's

allergic to chocolate. No, they're empty. Empty?

Except one. Slime! I've been slimed. Yuck. The

countdown has begun. On board the giant spaceship,

the crew of raw recruits freshly graduated from

the Robotech Academy is busy with the pre -launch

checklist. All manual systems are green light.

The ceremony starts in 15 minutes. I hope the

captain gets here in time. I hear he didn't get

much sleep last night. Yeah, the other officers

threw a farewell party for him. They probably

sat up all night telling each other war stories.

You know how they are. And where were you, Claudia?

What are you talking about, Lisa? You didn't

come in until four this morning. You must have

been partying, too. You jealous? I had a late

dinner with Commander Foker. Claudia! What? You

stayed out all night knowing you both had flight

duty today. So? What's the big fuss about, Lisa?

We won't let it affect the performance of our

duty. After all, we're not children and you're

not our mother. Your responsibilities to the

ship come first, Claudia. But my private life

is my business. Nobody else's. Now then, let's

get to work, all right? I think it's time for

She -Ra. Wind approaching. Wing it. You listen

to me, son. You've just started school, and the

path you choose now may be the one you follow

for the rest of your life. Now, what do you say?

Eat my shorts. All right, I'll eat your shorts.

Yeah, eat my shorts. Butt man. Butt man. Butt

man. We have, starting off with the 1986 show,

The Real Ghostbusters, 147 episodes, a couple

awards. It was on four of the nine lists that

we looked at. We have Robotech from 1985, 85

episodes. It was on three of the nine lists that

we looked at. We have She -Ra, Princess of Power

from 1985 as well on a couple of the lists we

looked at. And we have Silverhawks from 1986.

It appeared on two of the nine lists we looked

at. And then I don't really know if there's any

point of conversing on the fifth one, but that

would be the 1989 debut of the Simpsons, which

may or may not have 170 or some awards. And it

was on all nine lists that we looked at. And

obviously it's going to make our top 100. So

we have the real Ghostbusters, Robotech, She

-Ra, Silverhawks, and the Simpsons. Steve, what

do you think about this set? I think for sure.

At least half of these are going to show up in

the list. I imagine real Ghostbusters will show

up. I imagine that for some of the anime people,

Robotech will show up depending on their flavor

of mechs and anime. She -Ra will probably show

up in some of the lists just because it was kind

of a different alternative to He -Man back in

the day. Silverhawks is the one that I think

is the wild card here of will it, won't it? Yeah.

Simpsons, everybody's going to have that. Except

for those that have not seen it. Makes sense.

All five of these were on our original list.

I think it comes down to a numbers game with

a couple of them, especially Silverhawks. Like

you said, I think that might be the one at risk

the most, unless there's just not enough anime

fans to vote Robotech in. But I feel like Real

Ghostbusters and Simpsons probably locked. Simpsons

for sure. Real Ghostbusters probably. And I think

She -Ra, because of the females, skew to it may

be able to elevate over a couple of the other

boys action cartoons that we've looked at it

might be able to edge out the likes of cops brave

star silver hawks things of that nature so we'll

have to wait and see mike what do you think of

this set of five yeah i agree it's did you just

agree with me yes i do that sometimes you know

again it we we we've been saying this for a week

and a half since we recorded the last episode

we knew going into the planning of this whole

five episode podcast series that we knew episode

two, the 1980s was going to be a bloodbath. And

this is, is part of it. Here's my question about

the Simpsons. The Simpsons has had in almost

40 years. What are they, over 700, 800 episodes

now? I know they're over 700. Last I counted,

it was like 764 or something like that. Okay,

fine. They're close. But they're over 700. They're

almost 800, let's say. In all of those episodes,

in all of these years, I don't think I can consciously

rate it in the top 10 anymore. On my personal

list, I can rate it within the top 25. But I

don't think I can consciously rate it in the

top ten anymore because I've checked in with

the show here and there, but I haven't consciously

watched the show since probably season seven

or maybe season eight. Like, I've caught episodes

here or there, but it hasn't been something that

I've watched religiously like it was in the mid

-90s. 94, 95 was the last time, 96, last time

I actively was sitting in front of my TV every

Sunday at 8 p .m. Eastern. There you go. I haven't

even, like, I just haven't even really, like,

so that's my question with The Simpsons. Are

we rating, are we going to see Versa, because...

If I remember correctly, Batman the Animated

Series was number two and Simpsons was number

one on the original list, right? Batman the Animated

Series was number one. Really? Simpsons was our

number two. What you just said was what IGN had.

IGN had Simpsons 1 and Batman 2. Okay, okay,

okay. Okay, but either way, point is, is Simpsons

still that good of a show? to have it be after

all these years the number one best animated

series ever i think some would make the argument

that it doesn't have to be anymore because even

if you just took the first 20 seasons it's gonna

be warranting enough just based off of that i

don't know like i i can't speak for simpsons

because i've never seen an episode right well

okay well fine steve i me personally i I don't

know if I would list it in the top 10 anymore.

I, I, and I do think the first like 20 or so

seasons was, you know, worth it as far as that.

However, anymore, like I, I just don't, I don't,

I don't think, I think it's definitely top 20

worthy. I don't think it's top 10 worthy. Here's

what I'm going to do. We have a roadmap of when

we are doing the top 100 animated series next

year, of when the production for that's going

to happen. I'm not going to say anything more

than that, but we have a roadmap, folks. I am

going to take the rest of 2025. I'm going to

go on Disney +, and I'm going to start from the

beginning, and I'm going to watch as much Simpsons

as I possibly can to make my own determination.

Of whether I think it personally belongs within

even a top 20. There we go. I like it. And I

hope to get as far as I can get between now and

the time we start. Because, like I said, when

I was a kid, 1989, I've told this story before.

I was at my... With my dad and my then stepmother.

Thank God she's not my stepmother now. But we

were at her brother's house or we were at her

friend's house. We were somewhere. And it was

like, I think it was the debut. I think it was

Santa's Little Helper, the debut episode. Why

don't you watch it? I don't know. It's the Simpsons.

And Homer said something or Homer grunted or

Homer did something. Oh, my God. You're watching

junk on television. This happened twice. Quite

literally, number one and number two. I got banned

from watching from my stepmother, The Simpsons

and Batman the Animated Series, because she didn't

like it. She thought it was too violent. And

I'm sitting here thinking, are you kidding me,

lady? I sat through Transformers. I sat through

He -Man. I sat through G .I. Joe when I was three,

four, five, and six. Simpsons at nine years old?

Batman at 12 years old? Get off my fucking lawn,

people. Like, come on. I think if you watch four

episodes a day, you may be able to get through

the whole thing. All right, so let's go ahead

and reveal the next set of five. Yes, next set

of five. Jokey smurf. One of these days, you're

gonna get it. All -Star, Sam Waters is here and

wants to meet you. Sam, I'll let you two get

acquainted. Hi, All -Star, honey. You're Sam?

But I thought you... Oh, the name's Sam. But

you're... really a girl my name confuses lots

of folks it's short for samantha oh oh This is

my pet octopus, Aki. Aki? We've been getting

your room into shape. Just let me know if there's

anything else I can do. Well, there is one teeny

tiny favor you could do for a visiting country

girl. Just say the word. Well, I was hoping to

see the premiere of the Snorkbusters movie Saturday

night. Would you mind taking me? Mind? Of course

not. I'd be glad to. If you can make it to the

tunnel, it's a clean getaway. Yeah, but I can

hardly see. Can I do your windshield? The wall

crawler. The webhead. Just your friendly neighborhood

Spider -Man. Turn there. Just your friendly neighborhood

dummy. Mario. Mario, come here. We have a guest.

This is my brother Mario. Mario, this is Patty,

the sad -eyed orphan. Nice to meet you, Patty,

the sad -eyed orphan. Where are you from? Well,

I've been drifting for about six months, you

know, living off the land. Life is tough when

you don't have any parents to love and take care

of you. Nobody even cares that today is my birthday.

Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. Wipe away those

tears, little one. For you're the best birthday

party you've ever seen. You mean it? With a birthday

cake and party hats and noisemakers and a VCR

and a high -definition color TV monitor? Hey,

that's asking a lot, kid. I mean, we're just

plumbers. Whoever pulls out that plunger will

be crowned our real king and become powerful

enough to drive Koopa away. Murphy, old pal,

your problems are solved. I've been unclogging

sinks since I was knee -high to a Togolini. Stand

back, gang. The sink hasn't been built that Mario

can't unclog. Hey! Nice plumbing here, old guy.

Dust off the crown and call out the town. Camelot

has a new king. You're not human. Bingo. We're

dealing with a real mind here. Tonight I dine

on turtle soup. Uh, April? What? We're here.

Oh. Ninja dry cleaners? Ninja shoe repairs? Ninja

video rentals? Ninja dentist? Ow! I can't put

my finger on it, but there's something suspicious

about this neighborhood. Hi -yah! Hey, come on.

I'm starving, guys. Don't you guys think about

anything but pizza? Not unless we have to. Welcome

to Ninja Pizza, home of the nice slice. This

will be an interesting group to get your guys'

reaction. We have the 1981 series Smurfs, aired

256 episodes, seven different awards. It was

on six of the nine lists. We have the often imitated

but never duplicated, I guess. We have the Snorks

from 1984, right next to that. We have Spider

-Man and His Amazing Friends from 1981, which

made our original list, as did the Smurfs. We

have the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, which

made our original list. That's from the 1989,

just like we talked about with Zelda. And then

we have the 1987 series that was on eight of

the nine lists that we looked at, the Teenage

Mutant Ninja Turtles. So Smurfs, Snorks, Spider

-Man, Mario Brothers, and Teenage Mutant Ninja

Turtles. Mike, we'll start with you. What do

you think about those five? Oh, boy. Snorks over

Smurfs, Spider -Man in last place, SMB somewhere

in the middle, and TMNT at least the top 20,

if not the top 15. Did you say you're voting

for Snorks ahead of Smurfs? Oh, hell yes. Any

day. You know this. We've talked about this for

the 17, 18 years we've known each other. I've

always liked Snorks over Smurfs. I like Snorks

too. I'm not putting it over Smurfs. Oh, yeah.

I will put it over Smurfs any day. You will be

the only one that does that. That's fine. So

you think, how many of these five do you think

have a chance? I think they all have a chance,

except maybe Super Show. I don't know if Super

Show can make it. I think if we get older fans,

Spider -Man 81 is going to make it. Again, I

don't know because we get Spider -Man 67, we

get Spider -Man 81. I know next time we're going

to have Spider -Man. If we don't have Spider

-Man 94, we're going to be... Spider -Man was

the most frequent franchise that appeared on

our original Top of the Mountain. We had four

different Spider -Mans. Steve, with the 15 more

extra years of comic book... especially superhero

cartoons that we've got from both marvel and

dc does it start to become harder for a show

like the 81 spider -man to make the list ultimately

yes i in particular with this show like i'm not

even considering anything before the 1980s for

uh superhero shows because there's so much of

a gold mine in the 90s And some of it in the

early 2000s and 2010s, there's other stuff that's

been produced in that time span. And I feel like

90s was peak superhero animation. And there have

been other things that have peaked after that

point. But I feel like that was the peak of the

superhero animation in the middle of this. uh

this list here the this show in particular i

don't see many knowing what it is or uh having

heard of it especially the younger that they

are uh those of us that are older will remember

these type of shows but i i think that the earliest

far back that they're going to go is the 90s

in terms of that as far as the other shows i

had in the original top 100 because i have i

don't i don't love smurfs Or Snorks. But I listed

in the original, I think I listed Snorks above

Smurfs because I did not like either as much.

But I knew that I had to represent one of them.

And I honestly preferred the Snorks. And then

looking back at it and comparing the two and

the theme song, the Snorks is annoying. no it

wasn't it is no and smurfs is too like with the

modern live action films but i feel like that

is going to carry that show onto a lot of people's

lists because they'll have gone back and watched

it because of the live action films right i think

someone could make the argument that they enjoyed

snorts better i think someone could even make

the argument maybe i don't know i'd have to really

dissect them that snorts could have been even

more quality at times of a show Maybe, maybe

not. I don't know. I think the thing that Smurfs

has going for it is the staying power. It was

on for a decade. It's had multiple movies come

out since then. I think it's had the bigger impact

as far as that goes, where I think Snorks has

somewhat been forgotten, kind of like Brave Star

has or like Cops has. So I think that's one thing

that it may have going against it. Steve, what

are your thoughts on Mario Brothers and Turtles?

Super Mario Brothers, I feel like if it's going

to get noticed, it'll be because again, the recent

CG movie that came out, people might search this

out. This one was honestly, in my opinion, better

than the one where they had Yoshi and Super Mario

Brothers World. Super Mario World. I don't know.

I enjoyed it. I showed the intro to my kids with

the... uh the live action portion and they're

like what the heck is this and and i was like

this is just this is what they did back then

i was like you know it gets into it and they

they enjoyed it for what it is and then like

ninja turtles like who doesn't love that between

the theme song alone and then like the animation

the fun of it like the goofiness i've shown like

turtles forever where you know they get to mixed

with the 2003 turtles. And then of course the

2012 turtles where these turtles are in, in a

couple episodes with, you know, crying and shredder

and you know, the 87 verse in, in that. And they

just, they eat it up. They love the 87 stuff.

And, and I do too. Like I had every of the. the

figure and it has the staying power. It's what

gave the longevity of the franchise and all the

various reboots that it's gone through. And yeah,

I just, I, this one over any of the others, I

feel like is going to make the list. Oh yeah,

absolutely. Yeah. Turtles 87. It was everything.

Then it's everything. Now I remember every single

BK VHS I got. Like nobody, man, like every, oh

God, the Burger King Kids Club VHSs. And I remember

you could go to every single toy store and buy

those figures back then for $5. You can't buy

action figures for $5 today. But Playmates Toy

still sells the Turtles figures for $9 .97 at

Walmart. Okay, fine. Much better than Super 7.

Yes, it's better than Super 7. Anything is better

than Super 7. Plus, they're coming out with new

versions of... They're re -releasing all the

old stuff, but it's cool to see them come out

with it. It's the same price point, same boxes,

same everything. They're just rehashing it, which

is great if you missed out on it. And then, of

course, there's the higher quality. Not the Super

7, but there's another brand that does... They're

kind of like the mid... But they do a better

job at making them look like the animation models

and stuff like that. But no, I think that Turtles

87 is going to definitely play a part. Absolutely,

it better. All right, that means it's only time.

There's only room for five more nominees that

you could vote on for your list from the 80s,

and those five shows are as follows. The Fat

Controller was waiting anxiously for them. Well,

Thomas, he said, I've heard all about it and

I'm very pleased with you. You're a really useful

engine. Now, trucks are silly and noisy. They

talk a lot and don't attend to what they are

doing. And I'm sorry to say they play tricks

on an engine who is not used to them. Edward

knew all about trucks. He warned Thomas to be

careful, but Thomas was too excited to listen.

The shunter fastened the coupling, and when the

signal dropped, Thomas was ready. The guard blew

his whistle. Peep, peep, answered Thomas, and

started off. What? Thunder! Thunder! Thunder!

Thundercats! Ha! Come on, Optimus, tell me, why

do you want this metal? How will it be used?

Why is it so precious? I've explained it to you.

You told me it was important, but you didn't

tell me why. That's because I know you too well,

Galvatron. They had taken control of all their

sources of energy and enjoyed a life of comfort

and ease for 7 ,000 years. But this was not to

last. For the realignment of the three blazing

suns of Prismos signaled the end of the age of

science and technology. Ready to form Voltron.

Activate interlock. Dynatherms connected. Infracells

up. Megathrusters are go. Let's go, Voltron!

First one might sound weird, but outside of Simpsons,

there's no other show that we talked about today

that aired more episodes than this one. That's

the 1984 series Thomas and Friends. Almost 600

episodes of that has aired. We have the classic

Thundercats from 1985. It was on six of the nine

lists we looked at. We have the classic Transformers

G1 from 1984, which was on six of the nine lists

that we looked at. We have the... Hidden Gem,

I would say, that often gets forgotten. The Visionaries,

Knights of the Magical Light from 1987. Short

-lived show, but it was pretty decent quality.

And then we have another anime entry with the

1984 series Voltron, which appeared on four of

the nine lists that we looked at. So Thomas and

Friends, Thundercats, Transformers, Visionaries,

and Voltron. I will start if we were making a

top 180s show. or a top 50s 80s show countdown

of some sort visionaries would definitely make

my list i would say it has no shot in hell of

making the top 100 i think a lot of people discount

some of the more educational shows so thomas

and friend is probably in an uphill battle unintended

and then we have thundercats transformers and

voltron to me this again i think these three

might be able to elevate themselves over the

likes of cops brave star Some of these other

ones that there may not be enough room for this

many 80s action shows. So I think Transformers

is a lock. I think Thundercats has a pretty decent

chance and Voltron has a pretty decent chance.

So those would probably be the three that I would

consider. Mike, what do you think? Yeah, I agree.

I absolutely agree. Short and sweet. I like it.

Even with... I'm not done yet. Okay. even with

like Transformers specifically 98 episodes, even

with some of the filler episodes that are in

it, some of the one -off episodes that are in

it, some of the episodes that are in it, it still

has really good things in that cartoon. Thundercats.

Same thing, the epic stories that Thundercats

told, the multi -part. I think Thundercats has

a lot more four -part arcs than some of the other

ones. Maybe I'm wrong in that, but I remember

at least three four -part arcs in Thundercats

out of their episodes, and Voltron is just Voltron.

I think the only thing with Voltron that some

people will have to decide is, Maybe they only

have room for one Voltron, and there's been like

four or five different iterations of Voltrons.

I could see that splitting the vote a little

bit, but it is like the main original one, so

it's hard to say. But Transformers has some of

the same going against, you know, there's been

a lot of different versions of Transformers.

I think it still has enough staying power that

we don't have to worry about it not making the

countdown. Thundercats has had more iterations

than stuff like Silverhawk, so I can see that

being more in the presence of people's mind,

maybe. Yeah. Well, and again, well, Silverhawks

has never had a reboot animation wise. Mind boggling.

It's got a comic book currently. And they say

there's a live action movie eventually going

to happen. Yeah. Again, show me a trailer and

I'll believe you. It hasn't wrapped. No. Funny.

Again, show me a trailer and I'll believe you.

But it's one of those things where. I mean, Thundercats

right now has a comic. Thundercats and Silverhawks

both have comics currently based on, I believe,

their classic series. Transformers, yes, it has

multiple animated series throughout its 41 -year,

42 -year history, but specifically these nominations

are for the 80s versions of it. So when we get

to the episode for the nominations of the 2010s

to present, we're going to have a whole bunch

of other things going on. And I still think that

the Generation 1 cartoon, in a lot of people's

minds that we reach out to, might still be there,

even though... people are going to vote Beast

Wars or Beast Machines or Transformers Animated.

I think that those are going to be the main ones

that people are going to choose. I don't think

they're going to choose much past Animated. Maybe

Prime. I would put Prime leagues ahead of Animated.

Steve, go ahead with your thoughts on these five.

Past that, though. Go ahead, Steve. I could see

the case for Thomas and Friends. However, one,

I haven't cared about that show since George

Carlin was gone off of it. That's when I watched

it. Two, I think it's going to hit an uphill

battle with educational shows in general just

not showing up. And then I think Visionaries.

Unless you grew up with it, I don't feel like

you're going to know what it is, plus being one

season. I feel like the least amount of episodes

it is, the harder it's going to be to show up

on the list. And the more episodes it is, the

more likely you're going to see it. And in this

case, I know Thomas and Friends has the highest

hit count here, but Thundercats, Transformers,

and Voltron are the only ones that are... pretty

high on the list with Transformers trailing at

the bottom of those three. And I feel like Transformers,

just because it's had so many iterations, so

many reboots, the live action stuff, everything,

that one's going to be the one that beats out

of these three. And then it's going to be kind

of neck and neck with Thundercats and Voltron,

just because there's been variations of Voltron.

There's been, you know, a variation of Thundercats

in the more recent years. And I think Transformers

is, I mean, there's definitely going to be, a

bias from from us us three at least on the transformers

front and i'm pretty sure most people are going

to list transformers it'll just be a toss of

which one yeah see that for sure so steve a question

for you as we kind of reflect on this set of

50 that people are going to be able to vote on

from this time period as part of their 100 in

the original top 100 if my count is right and

don't quote me on this because it's somewhat

quickly put together i believe in our original

top 100 we had 29 shows from the 1980s do you

think that number stays the same goes up or goes

down in this new iteration i think it'll go down

how much do you think it'll go down i think if

it's at 29 i think we're gonna hit like 20 21

okay um at at most i i think there'll be a pretty

heavy bias to the 90s and the 2000s with possibly

some stuff in the 2010s, I feel like those three

decades are going to dominate this go around

just because of, you know, people's change in

tastes and, you know, better quality of some

shows coming out or new renditions or some of

the older shows just being forgotten. So I think

we're going to end up with a pretty 90s, 2000s,

and 2010s dominated list here on this updated

version. Mike, what do you think? Yeah, I kind

of agree. I think it is going to go down maybe

to about, like Steve said, 2021. If it was even

across all five time periods, which it won't

be, but if it was the exact same thing, then

we would have 20 from each time period, right?

So that would be like the base level, and then

we'll have to see which ones fall below that,

which ones go above that. But continue your thoughts.

I was going to say my comedy prediction, it's

the 13 ghosts of Scooby -Doo, don't you know?

So I guess I could predict 13 again. The 13 ghosts

of Scooby -Doo. I don't think it'll go that low.

Your list single -handedly will do everything

in its power to make sure that it's not all the

way down to 13. We'll have to wait and see how

it all plays out, but that is your 50 nominated

shows from the 1980s. Mike, get us out of here.

Yeah, we got to pay some bills first, so we're

going to do that. You're not doing any AI junk

this time around? No, we'll save that for ones

that we're not going to be able to fill two hours

of conversation with. Okay, well, there you go.

See? There you go, folks. We need two -hour podcasts

every time. We don't need AI when we're experts

on this topic. There you go. Exactly. We're experts

on all the other topics, too. All right, folks.

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