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Today i will be talk about the cartoons i used to watch between 1992-2000. Those years can be rightly called the golden years of my life. I still remember few moments of cartoons when i was that young. For the people enjoying the 80's i have no idea how the entertainment media was back then. But i do believe that most of the cartoons i watched were repeat telecast of the 80's shows. This list is more focused on the cartoons i used to watch when i was young, not necessarily cartoons made in that decade. I apologize if any readers( i hope there are ) feel that the list is biased. I wrote what i felt about the shows. so here they are. Enjoy :)
10.Dexter's Laboratory:
This cartoon is the one and only cartoon that my sister and myself used to watch together. Co-incidentally she used to be as annoying as deedee :p. i just hope she won't read this post as i don't want this to be my last post. Dexter's laboratory never bored me, each episode was unique. From aliens, conflicts between dexter and deedee, rivalry between mandark, out of the world technology, weird machines and gizmos and what not. The man behind the nine year old genius, Genndy Tartakovsky is truly a remarkable genius. It is sad that there is no more productions of this series and it is currently being rerun on boomerang. I especially live the show because my sister somehow will eventually get hold of my secrets no matter how much precaution i take just like deedee miraculously enters dexter's lab evading all security and whatever he throws at her. This cartoon will always have a special place in my life.
9. Popeye:
"I'm popeye the sailor man, I'm popeye the sailor man" remember the song? remember its tune?. One of the cartoons that boosted the sale of spinach in US. Maybe they could have introduced similar cartoons to make kids finish their vegetables. Popeye is as old as 1920's ( could have tried asking grandpa, which is not possible, even if he was alive, it would be futile effort). I'm sure most of you remember him, or is still favourite among. The story is kind of monotonous, all episode may look similar. Usually first part involves popeye with his girlfriend olive oyl, next part involves Bluto interfering between them, or kidnapping her. Next, popeye gets mercilessly beaten upby Bluto and his goons. Before delivering final blow, popeye pulls our spinach from his shirt( or being fed by some friend), he starts up like a machine( probably a steam engine running in his biceps, or similar) , beats up the goons into leather bags, tin cans, portraits etc, delivers final blow to Bluto and then they happily live ever after. Most episodes are similar except few where other character eats spinach and kick butts. Overall all episodes are very enjoyable. If you ever watched popeye in your childhood, i bet you still remember it.
8.He Man and the masters of the universe:
This show was aired on India's public broadcaster DoorDarshan. I used to watch it during my summer vacations as it was shown at around 3'o clock or 4'o clock in the afternoon. But the intro song used to play in my head, even after couple of years i stopped watching it. I did not have internet access too. So you can imagine how crazy it made me during those days. I assume no one needs introduction to He-man, the most powerful man in the universe, defender of Eternia and the secrets of castle grayskull from skeletor and his minions. Woah, the description is enough to make you curious and excited about the show. I loved cringer, Prince Adam's( alter ego of He-Man) pet er..cat, tiger (because he looks like a tiger but behaves like a cat). But his true potential comes out when, yeah you got it right. He Man sometimes transforms cringer into a mighty battlecat. I used to wait for these scenes and would literally scream when it does. Those days... sniff.. :'(
7.Captain planet:
"GO PLANET!!!" yup, you can say this is one of the cartoons which highlights the dangers of pollution to the nature and promotes importance of environmental protection in form of cartoon. It covers serious topics like poaching, deforestation, dumping wastes in water sources, nuclear waste and other threats.The plot revolves around 5 teenagers, who obtained 5 different rings from Gaia , spirit of earth to protect earth from pollution. Individual Rings have power of 5 elements, earth, fire,wind,water,heart( you cant do anything with sky right? just joking, Love binds people together :) ) respectively. and the 5 teenagers( consisting of mixed racial ethnicities, pointing out earth belongs to all and its our responsibility to protect it) called "planeteers". The Epic moment arrives when the problem of antagonists( maniacs who seems to enjoy polluting environment for profit) goes beyond control of the planeteers and they decide to combine their powers together, creating one of the most "EPIC" moments in cartoon history. Behold, Superhero of mother earth, Captain planet, ready to dispose the trash and eco-villains "safely". At the end of each episode, planeteers and captain planet( sometimes with Gaia) share steps on how we can preserve our environment.Sad that nowadays nobody makes such cartoons.
REST OF THE CARTOONS WILL BE DISCUSSED TOMORROW.I know the image pretty much explains which all cartoons ill be talking about. But i have "ONE BONUS CARTOON" that ruled my childhood. So stay tuned. HAVE FUN FOLKS :)
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