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Also, which shows were rare: meaning, you looked out for them and felt lucky when you caught them but that you didnt often get to see?

I honestly can't remember what I used to watch Sat mornings but I do know I was always looking out to catch Kirby Right Back at Ya which was on pretty rarely and sporadically. Was always low-key disappointed when it wasnt on then

Nowadays, I like things like Grim and Evil and Superjail! Wish I could find Duck Dodgers tho

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Dungeons & Dragons, before that it was Bugs Bunny. Weekdays it was reruns of 1940s Tom and Jerry cartoons with all the violence intact.

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X-men '97 is a worthy successor of you haven't already seen it!

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Seen it, enjoyed it! Thanks!

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Loved watching Batman & Pinkie and the Brain. Freakazoid was the rare one.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Jackie Chan Adventures

Animaniacs

Histeria

Freakazoid

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Jackie Chan Adventures always made my day, the little messages from Jackie at the end of each episode were the height of my week back then

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Freakazoid has to be drawn heavily from Robin Williams and his Genie from Aladdin

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The Bugs Bunny Roadrunner Show, Thundarr the Barbarian, Dungeons and Dragons, Gummi Bears

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

A man of culture, here. I concur, good sir!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Omg, are you me? Exactly in that order.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Road Runner and Wile E Coyote was my favorite. It was somewhat rare in amongst all the WB morning cartoons. The rare one I always looked out for and almost never saw: Catch the Pidgeon (Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Foghorn leghorn was always my absolute favorite

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I got so pumped when foghorn memes were a thing for a week or two.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Uhh say–Uhh say—thats jus damm proposteros, Boy

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

didn't have a favorite really.

  • super mario bros super show
  • capt N
  • the legend of zelda
  • back to the future: the cartoon
  • attack of the killer tomatoes
  • transformers
  • voltron
  • beast wars
  • tmnt
  • ghost busters
  • gargoyles
  • batman tas
  • superman tas
  • animaniacs
  • freakazoid
  • looney tunes
  • taz-mania
  • tinytoons
  • garfield and friends

I'm sure there's one or two I'm forgetting but if any of those were on the TV, I was watching it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Captain N was so weird when you think about it as an adult: Isekai of the week, done as a commercial for video games.

It worked, though, and I loved it too!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Samurai Jack. I still enjoy it as an adult (an interesting case study in storytelling using a minimum of voice/narration).

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Static Shock

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Eek! The cat

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

TMNT and GI Joe.

Actually, I can't recall if those were Saturday morning cartoons or daily ones.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

changed as new ones came up. I remember being excited with battle of the planets and isis but later thundar the barbarian seemed way cool. The D&D one especially the bow and eventually the transformers but by that time I was getting the you are too old for cartoons thing. Still not sure at what point I will think im too old.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Gummy Bears!

Just looked it up now and am pleasantly surprised it still rates a 7.5 on IMDB so I wasn't necessarily watching complete tat 😁 https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0088528/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Bobby’s World

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That 90s Tex Avery show. Though, admittedly I think it was a weekday morning show, so probably doesn't fit...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Its about whatever you watched on sat morning, not how ubiquitous the shows syndication was. Same with rare, its rare for YOU im asking about :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Bugs Bunny
Jonny Quest
The Thunderbirds
The Flinstones
The Jetsons
Beanie and Cecil
Roger Ramjet
Rocketship 7 with Dave Thomas

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Sonic Underground

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Old School Bugs & Daffy. The Pink Panther. Scooby Doo. Jam out with the Schoolhouse Rock. Then after lunch, This Week in Baseball, American Bandstand, Soul Train & Wide World of Sports.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

BEAST WARS!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Thundercats. Teenage mutant ninja turtles. Randomly heathcliffe, Garfield, James Bond jr, captain planet, GI Joe.

Saturday mornings were mostly looney toons and roadrunner type stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Wiley coyote and road runner, and Tom a Jerry.

More withing my era, rocket power, CatDog, and other golden age nickelodeon shows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Also, which shows were rare: meaning, you looked out for them and felt lucky when you caught them but that you didnt often get to see?

That makes it easy: Sonic the Hedgehog. SonicSatAM. The darker, more anime-like series.

It is forever burned in my mind, and I only ever saw like 6 whole episodes. It came on at like 5am. 😩

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That villain guy with the shades and the handlebar mustache was made for tv

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Samurai Pizza Cats. They got more fur than any turtle ever had

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

They’re stronger than Old Cheese

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

The OG Looney Tunes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There was this Peter Pan and the Pirates show I really liked and I never see recognition in the eyes of others when I mention it, but it was on every afternoon as a kid in addition to Sat mornings.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Don't know if actually Saturday mornings but The Gumby Show, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, and Thunderbirds. Spiderman was Saturday mornings for sure.
All were rare, TV was in parents bedroom until I was in middle school and I needed permission to watch.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Rare for me was Nickelodeon, or any premium cartoon channel really. I only saw their cartoons during free trials growing up. No Spongebob for me. I had Y-TV and PBS mainly. Some cartoons mirrored from Fox Kids. Stuff like that. I also had a nearby library. We did have Comedy Central.

Futurama was my favorite for sure.

Younger me loved Rupert, especially the mirror dimension episode.

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Spiderman, the Paul Soles version.

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Shaman King and Digimon ♥️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Classics like Bugs Bunny and Animaniacs were always good. Doug. Pepper Anne.

Ones that most people have forgotten or didn't know because they weren't exposed to Canadian shows as a kid:

Science Court was on ABC's One Saturday Morning and I loved it. Technically a Sunday morning one, but The Smoggies for the Canadian people here that are of a certain age! The Raccoons (another Canadian one)

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