At the time, in order to qualify for syndication, you have to have at least 65 episodes for most TV shows, so shows that weren't commissioned by a singular network, but rather made and shopped around to multiple smaller TV stations usually had at least 65 episodes. It's why Robotech was made by Frankensteinin' together 3 different shows to meet the 65 episode minimum.
@@brokenphantom3g That's pretty cool; I didn't know that. The 80's were so much better, seeing as how 10 episodes seems to be the "norm" for a lot of shows nowadays. Guess it becomes a quality vs quantity type of argument.
The shows that had 65 episodes in one season, such as Brave Star ran 5 days a week as after school programming on local TV Stations. So 65 episodes would only be 13 weeks worth of shows.
Seeing this now makes me think it was released in chapters. I do remember some kind of separation in stories. Maybe that's why it's considered one season.
One season of 66 episodes so that kinda like 5 season in today’s money. One of my all time favourites. Iirc Tex Hex was created originally as a ghost for the real Ghostbusters but they thought the character was too good for just one episode so they built the series of bravestarr around him.
DinoEire84: To be honest, I have mixed feelings for a live action BraveStarr movie. On one hand, I think BraveStarr deserves much, MUCH more attention seeing it's one the most underrated cartoons of the 80's if not all time. But on the other hand, I don't want another beloved 80's cartoon to be turned into a CGI-fest by Michael Bay.
@@nils920 I agree , I have the same feelings about The Adventures of The Galaxy Rangers. Would love to see a film series/Netflix series based on it. Maybe they could finish the whole Eliza Foxx story arc this time round.
@Kazuto Arase 荒瀬 和人 *_*I KNOW...*_* right...?! It's an absolute figurative crime that these cartoon shows didn't even get a second season, *_*especially*_* when it came to the _Dino-Riders_ cartoon show: although it *_did_* have a second season, that "season" *_*only*_* lasted *_*ONE*_*_ _*_EPISODE_* in its entirety!!! 😠😠😠👎👎👎
SilverHawks (1986), The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (1986), Defenders of the Earth (1986) and C.O.P.S. (1988) were also single season cartoon shows with a 65 episode library.
@@MrNegron Back then during the 80s, cartoons use to come on seven days a week. On the local tv stations, cartoons would air Monday-Friday morning and afternoon and on Sunday morning, while the big three networks (ABC, NBC, and CBS) had their Saturday morning line-ups. The cartoons that aired during the weekdays would usually get a 65 episode season, for the first full year (with each episode airing every three months during in that time period). If the show was a success, more episodes would be ordered the following season. If it's ratings were only okay, then they'd just rerun the same episodes again the following year until the cartoon eventually got pulled which would probably at the end of that twelve month period, or the year after that. And if the ratings were poor and the show didn't really find a strong enough fanbase then it would get cancelled at the end of it's first year, if not sooner.
warr malaski I think ‘spin’ was the name of the drug that, that boy OD’d on and died - they had a lot of hard lessons which I think was a rare stand out from the typical show morals like... ‘Be nice kids! Don’t talk to strangers! Greed and jealousy will get you nowhere!’
The ABC Network carried them on Sat. mornings during their run. I watched them on WKRN, CH 2, in Nashville, TN. Great series, by far, gotta get the DVD soon.
You don't remember that? I do lol....I don't remember " grave Dale high". I would've watched that 😊....another one of my favs was "Galaxy High". I still watch that 😂💯
BraveStarr... at 65 episodes... thats really more like 4 or 5 seasons. Most seasons of any kind of tv show was 12-15 episodes. I get they are doing it by the year, but still... pumping out that many episodes means it was liked. Just sucks that Filmation shut down.
One of my favourite lines from the show is a part when Bravestarr and thirty thirty are dodging gunfire (i think) B. Speed of the Puma! 30. Luck of the Irish....
It did indeed! They got to Hades, met Orpheus and Eurydice, the Gods gave Ulysses one last test, and then the companions were revived. Then they went back into known space. And then they did The Mysterious Cities of Gold.
Hey, that my line. I want to marry her. Of course I was much older. An grandma said no. That's why I decide to marry a mermaid. That really ticked her off.
@@darkrose4704 Unless it was done by those outside of the Communist/Socialist/Social Jerks us Worriers, system and defiantly Independently made in the Spirit of Liberty & Creativity, then It Would RocK!
That Beverly Hills Teens show - it should have been used at Guantanamo as a means of torture. It would have been extremely effective. I could barely prevent myself from jumping out of a window just from watching this brief clip here.
Oh the feels. BraveStar was my favorite of this bunch. I remember having lots of toys of it. As a kid I never really noticed nor cared that it was only one season.. I never really minded watching the same episodes multiple times. It's crazy when you find out that the show it feels like you watched for years had only 16 episodes or so.
I remember (as a young adult in my 20s) coming home from work, turning on the TV, and seeing the 'new' Felix The Cat. It was like an acid trip - no plot, just psychedelically nightmarish randomness.
I think they had quite an interesting imagination. Especially since I imagine the entire list is rather cartoons based on live action movies or based off of toys.
Nice!!!! I love this stuff Laura. Thanks. It's amazing how many of these shows I actually used to watch and enjoy back in the days. I ♥️ the 80's. Thanks again.
Although shows like Bravestarr were technically a single season, they ran 65 episodes or the equivalent of 5 seasons for other shows. 65 episodes was the standard limit for most cartoons which is why many didn't run longer. And most of these cartoons were rerun for many years. Most of these shows were made to sell toys, which only needed a single season of shows. The success of the toy line often affected the length of the cartoon.
I absolutely loved Dino-Riders and BraveStarr. I was the perfect demographic and watched all the episodes, had all the toys, etc. I think I still have some of them somewhere.
Terrific stuff- thank you!. Loved The Mighty Orbits (darn you, Tonka!). Not surprised to learn many 80s cartoons were created by ad agencies. Mentioned by others ... Silverhawks, Galaxy Rangers, Turbo Teen and Bionic Six.
what?! Marshal Bravestarr was only one season, damn it felt like it was on forever as a kid. the Bravestarr/Sherlock crossover still has amazing visuals that hold up for those art and animation lovers.
I grewnup with BraveStarr, Robocop: The Animated Series, Dinosaucers, and many others. Just wish BraveStarr, Dino Riders and several others weren't just to make toys.
What a throwback! My dad, who was 40 years old when I was born in the 80s, would go out of his way to watch BraveStarr and other cartoons with me as a kid. He passed away a decade ago and watching those over the top cartoons is one of my fondest memories of him.
Hey, you forgot Dungeons & Dragons, well I actually liked a lot that cartoon, in fact is one of my favorites that I loved so much, but I think there's only one season of it cause there's only like 20 chapters, anyway good vid.
Bravestarr was one of the best cartoons to come out of the 80s. I would love to see a live action movie of it, but Hollywood would probably just screw it up! Netflix or Amazon would maybe do a good job though.
Hi Laura , great video. This is the first time I've chanced upon your channel. As an 80's kid who feverishly collects all these cartoons as they see release I really enjoyed this and found a couple I had forgotten and better still a couple I did not know. I will be checking out your back catalogue.
For me Mighty Orbots, Droids, and Bravestar should of lasted longer. Of those Mighty Orbots was my cartoon back then since it started getting me into some of the robotic cartoons at that time. Best thing too is even if it was only 13 episodes Mighty Orbots did give us a finale not leaving anything open like so many other cartoons have with their abrupt cancellations. Sucks hearing they got sued over a likeness of a toy that they never used for Gobots. Oh well am just ecstatic Orbots got the dvd release a few months ago.
Ulysses 31 was a great anime. But it was very dark, to watch it as a kid. The sound effects and the evil threats they had to face, were haunting. I remember watching it as a kid, and almost shiting my pants :P Bravestar was an absolutely amazing! No idea why they canceled it. At least you can all a 65 episodes season more than enough...
@Ian Lock @nightdare Full story here: tfwiki.net/wiki/GoBots GoBots was about one year before Transformers, but they simply weren't as good, and in the end, for related reasons or not, Hasbro went on to acquire Tonka in the early 90s.
@@jaredelizardo1068 Honestly I like both shows, and their not really the same, especially design wise. Its still fucked up that Such a Great show got canned!
Ulysses 31 is an incredible show, didn't rely on merchandising and wasn't selling a toy line and still stands up today. It also came to a natural end, unlike some cartoons. Always knew about the Empire Strikes back music sample and you're the first to say about it! I did enjoy Galaxy High and StarCom as well, but they weren't mentioned.
It was a favorite of mine. I had them on VHS and watched it to death. I still have some of my Dino-Riders toys. The giant brontosaurus or apatasaurus I forget which it was the biggest one. I still have the Walking T-Rex, which is the same body as the T-Rex from Toy Story. The diplodocus and a few of the small ones. The rest I had I have no idea where they went. Deinonychus was always my favorite.
@@Vegeta8300 Actually Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus are the same animal... ;-) Sadly I only have the smaller dinos - guess I need to get them back from the attic and showcase them somewhere, they were made so great! ^_^
@@dineria176 Back then I think the debate of the brontosaurus and apatasaurus was still going on. Where it was originally the bronto, but they had the wrong skull so it was changed to the apatasaurus. I think new evidence is showing they are 2 different animals or both the same or something :P dinosaur info seems to always be changing. The smaller ones were cool too. All the dinos were very unique and nicely designed.
@@dineria176 Yeah, I'm not 100% up to date either. But, first it was called brontosaurus, then they realized it had the wrong skull or something. They got the correct skull and that is the apatasaurus. But, then recently, like the last decade or so, they found it actually wasn't the wrong skull or something so we have both dinos now. I don't know the details, but I'm sure there is an article online somewhere. :)
What's with the ridiculous "Park Avenue" accents from those teens? They're Californians! I'm wondering if the show's creators were New Yorkers who watched VALLEY GIRL one time and then decided that was enough.
@@curbydinobot8633 Sectaurs. They were based on a toy line from Remco. They also had a limited run with Marvel Comics. Enjoyed the comic, never saw the cartoon. Toys were pretty fun too.
I believe that there are some '90s cartoons that deserve a reboot. Two that come to mind are C.O.P.S. and the Toxic Crusaders. Berserko and Buttons McBoomBoom were my favorite Crooks along with Big Boss; and I loved the symmetry on the T.C.'s between Bonehead and Psycho, and the show's willingness to occasionally break down the fourth wall every here and there. But one cartoon from the '80s that doesn't need to come back is Inhumanoids: I could never get my head around the goings-on around the Earth's core. It could have been the implausible storylines of the show. Those are my thoughts on those great '80s and '90s cartoons. Can't stop at just one decade.
*"Spiderwoman"* was my pre-pubescent crush! Maybe it was that skintight spandex suit! But I didn't know it only lasted 16 episodes. Plus, *"Bravestar"* was fantastic.
Ulysses 31 was only Broadcast in French here - so OMG thank you Now I have clue whar was going on. ! Two more I really enjoyed were Blackstar and Jayce and the wheeled warriors.
Some great calls here! Loved ulysses 31 although i think it wrapped up quite nicely,bravestarr had a good run with 65 episodes too. I seem to recall popeye & son being quite fun but it only lasted 13 eps. My biggest gripe from that era? We never got a proper ending for dungeons & dragons!
I never found it weird as a kid that his sidekick and best mate was also his horse that he rode. They both seemed straight so amusing now to imagine how awkward that would be for 2 straight best pals
One of my favorite shows you didn't mention was Visionaries. It was a set in the distant future where all technology suddenly fails and brings about a new age of swords and sorcery. As usual for the 80's there was a toy line to follow, but I also appreciated the creative storyline and excellent voice acting from the same production company as The Transformers.
You can't call "Spider-Woman" an '80s cartoon because it started in '79 & ended in '80! "Gravedale High" was on from '90 to '91! So, in part 2 of your series, only 8 cartoons were from the '80s!
Wow, either I did not know about it or I must have read about it and then I forgot. She does the same thing on the weird cartoons from the 80's list with the Killer Tomatoes cartoon, also from the 90's. She says that she knows it's from the 90's but it is too good not to put it on the list. I just found this channel and I'm already nit picking. Lol! What's a geeky nerd to do, eh? I'm liking this channel so far.
Ahh, the 80's ... when 65 episodes were still considered as one season.
At the time, in order to qualify for syndication, you have to have at least 65 episodes for most TV shows, so shows that weren't commissioned by a singular network, but rather made and shopped around to multiple smaller TV stations usually had at least 65 episodes. It's why Robotech was made by Frankensteinin' together 3 different shows to meet the 65 episode minimum.
@@brokenphantom3g That's pretty cool; I didn't know that. The 80's were so much better, seeing as how 10 episodes seems to be the "norm" for a lot of shows nowadays. Guess it becomes a quality vs quantity type of argument.
yea shit that would be like 5 seasons of a regular show
I think the 65-episode ones aired every weekday instead of just once a week.
The shows that had 65 episodes in one season, such as Brave Star ran 5 days a week as after school programming on local TV Stations. So 65 episodes would only be 13 weeks worth of shows.
Bravestar was such a dope show. They need to bring that back
Matter of fact, do y'all remember the Bionic 6 or C.O.P.S.? Those were cool as hell, too.
Agreed, Bravestar was awesome!
The sjw would make brave starr a blind, liberal Muslim, that chooses not to identify and call it Brave binary.
I was thinking BlackStar
And Galaxy Rangers, Dungeons & Dragons
Whenever I mention how much I loved BraveStarr as a kid no one knows what Im talking about lol.
I do.
I am still hoping for a movie reboot.
I'm from Indonesia and I know only of Mighty Orbots (awesome) and BraveStarr (I like Galaxy Ranger more tho)
I do dude 👊🏼
Birds of a feather.
Bravestarr was extremly good, didn't know it only ran for one season.
Same it was a suprise for me
Seeing this now makes me think it was released in chapters. I do remember some kind of separation in stories. Maybe that's why it's considered one season.
I was just considering downloading it. I don't remember it but this video mad it look like something I might enjoy.
Bravestarr was amazing i had a listing casette aswell. Just awsome
One season of 66 episodes so that kinda like 5 season in today’s money.
One of my all time favourites.
Iirc Tex Hex was created originally as a ghost for the real Ghostbusters but they thought the character was too good for just one episode so they built the series of bravestarr around him.
OMG! Some of those were the cartoons of my childhood.
Bravestar deserves a live action gritty reboot, come on Hollywood.
Yes! This!
DinoEire84: To be honest, I have mixed feelings for a live action BraveStarr movie. On one hand, I think BraveStarr deserves much, MUCH more attention seeing it's one the most underrated cartoons of the 80's if not all time. But on the other hand, I don't want another beloved 80's cartoon to be turned into a CGI-fest by Michael Bay.
this comment has the strength of a bear
@@nils920 I agree , I have the same feelings about The Adventures of The Galaxy Rangers. Would love to see a film series/Netflix series based on it. Maybe they could finish the whole Eliza Foxx story arc this time round.
Galaxy Rangers & Bravestar were The original Space Cowboys way before Cowboy Bebop.
Odd that Bravestarr and Dinoriders only lasted one season. They were one of my favourite cartoons and I bought many of their toys as a kid.
I wish that the dinoriders starships was a toy too
A friend of mine had all the Dinoriders. They were awesome toys.
65 episodes per season though... that is like 5-6 seasons worth of episodes in modern TV shows.
I had the triceratops dinorider
@Kazuto Arase 荒瀬 和人
*_*I KNOW...*_* right...?! It's an absolute figurative crime that these cartoon shows didn't even get a second season, *_*especially*_* when it came to the _Dino-Riders_ cartoon show: although it *_did_* have a second season, that "season" *_*only*_* lasted *_*ONE*_*_ _*_EPISODE_* in its entirety!!! 😠😠😠👎👎👎
ulysess 31 was great and had a great ending they found earth it did not need a new season
Correct!
@Jkd Buck76 yes i
Awesome cartoon ... incredibly visionary.
Oh !!! Visionaries was a cool cartoon also 🎅
Hey hold on how come on Ulysses 31 they mentioned everybody that was part of his crew except him Nuno the robot
Man I never saw that episode im glad he founded earth
SilverHawks (1986), The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (1986), Defenders of the Earth (1986) and C.O.P.S. (1988) were also single season cartoon shows with a 65 episode library.
I own the Silverhawks, and come in two different sets of DVD's to lead me to believe that, they were two seasons, but you right it was a one long run
@@MrNegron Back then during the 80s, cartoons use to come on seven days a week. On the local tv stations, cartoons would air Monday-Friday morning and afternoon and on Sunday morning, while the big three networks (ABC, NBC, and CBS) had their Saturday morning line-ups. The cartoons that aired during the weekdays would usually get a 65 episode season, for the first full year (with each episode airing every three months during in that time period). If the show was a success, more episodes would be ordered the following season. If it's ratings were only okay, then they'd just rerun the same episodes again the following year until the cartoon eventually got pulled which would probably at the end of that twelve month period, or the year after that. And if the ratings were poor and the show didn't really find a strong enough fanbase then it would get cancelled at the end of it's first year, if not sooner.
Cops was my shit dat boy bulletproof
9:48 Bravestar is also one of the first and one of the last cartoons to star a Native America lead character.
Bravestar never shied away from heavy topics drugs, a heroes fall from grace, shots injured or even killed are just what I remember.
warr malaski I think ‘spin’ was the name of the drug that, that boy OD’d on and died - they had a lot of hard lessons which I think was a rare stand out from the typical show morals like... ‘Be nice kids! Don’t talk to strangers! Greed and jealousy will get you nowhere!’
Captain Planet touched on drug matters, but not much else outside of planet conservation.
@@GSnugg Well, there was also a lot of planet conversation ( they spoke to Gaia a lot :P )
@@LauraLegends _He-Man and the Masters of the Universe_ had a (illicit) drug-themed episode as well there, if I recall accurately here.
unfortunately those are only about 15 episodes, the rest are heavily recycled and almost borderline unwatchable
Growing up in the 1980s, I thought I saw every cartoon, but you got me with Mighty Orbots. Awesome, great find.
It had amazing action good story and great characters.
The ABC Network carried them on Sat. mornings during their run. I watched them on WKRN, CH 2, in Nashville, TN. Great series, by far, gotta get the DVD soon.
You don't remember that? I do lol....I don't remember " grave Dale high". I would've watched that 😊....another one of my favs was "Galaxy High". I still watch that 😂💯
No kidding. As a fellow 80s kid. I thought the same.
MIGHTY ORBOTS was awesome! It was one of the main reasons I got up on saturday in the 80's
BraveStarr... at 65 episodes... thats really more like 4 or 5 seasons. Most seasons of any kind of tv show was 12-15 episodes. I get they are doing it by the year, but still... pumping out that many episodes means it was liked. Just sucks that Filmation shut down.
I was going to mention Bionic Six but Wikipedia says it's two seasons with 65 episodes combined. lol
In an odd twist, Lucas Film would go on to copy Ulysses' gun/sword design for the character Ezra in Star Wars Rebels.
Wait, how much did the Star Wars cartoon costed?
only that was disney but think of it like this if i build a car am i stealing
I KNEW that looked familiar!
Well lucas stole the idea of star wars from the superior Akira Kurosawa
actually jons burng is the father of modern science fiction as for the light sabers that was because Gorge L. liked sameri shows also he did it better
I used to watch brave star. Even today I still say speed of the puma...
Strength of the bear!
Eyes of the hawk! O_O
@@EvingaAngel and to finish the list, ears of the wolf.
One of my favourite lines from the show is a part when Bravestarr and thirty thirty are dodging gunfire (i think)
B. Speed of the Puma!
30. Luck of the Irish....
Ghehehe :))
People forget pirates of dark water , so good !
came out in 1991 though
Duig0 you are correct , I thought 89
WILL S Even though it came out in the 90s, it wasn’t forgotten.
I was a big fan of that one.
I always considered Pirates to be a neutered version of the original mini-series. Dark Water was vastly superior to the series that followed it.
Loved Ulysses 31. Got the DVD box set :-)
@Dom Wright There's a DVD box set?!
Its a really great cartoon series for its time. ^^
One of the high points of Children's BBC during 1985. Ulysses 31, or Useless Knees as Phillip Schofield insisted on calling it during the intros...
I remember it was good. I'm pretty sure it got an ending too.
It did indeed! They got to Hades, met Orpheus and Eurydice, the Gods gave Ulysses one last test, and then the companions were revived. Then they went back into known space.
And then they did The Mysterious Cities of Gold.
🌈 We cant forget about Rainbow brite, i was going to marry her when i was 5 🌈
Silversurfer Rainbow Brite was Awesome
I wanted her belt... Hell, I wanted to BE her when I was a kid!! And them crystals!!
Hey, that my line. I want to marry her. Of course I was much older. An grandma said no. That's why I decide to marry a mermaid. That really ticked her off.
Correction... Rainbow Brite IS awesome!!!
Ulysses 31 was awesome and bore a strong resemblance to Obiwan Kenobi in episode 2, plus he had a lightsaber of sorts
He looks like Space Jesus.
DEW IT THEN
What about 'Visionaries - knights of the magical light !!!!?'
1987-88 philippines
The swords fight, the spears rebel but nothing can pierce the mortal shell!!!!!
Those were some very large toys
WTF! Watcha know about Visionaires?
Visionaries was amazing
BraveStarr should've lived on. I'm gonna need Netflix to get on this.
It was on Netflix like 6 years ago.
Bravestarr rocks!
@@lobolj53 It's *_much_* better to get the entire series on DVD from Amazon (or even e-Bay)!
Loved Ulysses 31& Bravestar. Pity that they didn't have more episodes. Cheers Laura for the content.🍻👍
Bravestarr need a reboot.
Like I'd you agree.
Yeah if they do it right. It's always a 50 50 chance and even if it is rebooted it might not last long like a good reboot in the 2011 thundercats.
In a sense it sorta did with Firefly/Serenity...lol. Seriously, it was an awesome show.
If they reboot it now it’d be so stupid and politically correct you couldn’t stand to watch it!
Tex Hex
@@darkrose4704 Unless it was done by those outside of the Communist/Socialist/Social Jerks us Worriers, system and defiantly Independently made in the Spirit of Liberty & Creativity, then It Would RocK!
I absolutely adored Gravedale high! I had completely forgotten about it until now!! Thx 4 the video 😇
I have vague memory of it, would like to see it again.
That Beverly Hills Teens show - it should have been used at Guantanamo as a means of torture. It would have been extremely effective.
I could barely prevent myself from jumping out of a window just from watching this brief clip here.
I thought I dreamed that cartoon... vaguely recall promos saying "where the parking meters take credit cards!!!" ugh. GO Reaganomics!
I couldn't get up for school all week but I was up at 6AM sharp Saturday morning for Bravestar
Same with me. I couldn't wait for Saturday so I could get up and watch my favorite shows, eating my favorite cereals.
6AM!!!!! UHHHHH NOOOOOOOO brave star came on in my area at 4 in the afternoon.
@@spanishfly7709 How? It's a Saturday morning cartoon show.
Bravestarr only ran for one season? Felt longer. Wasn't there even a movie that was a lead up to some Sherlock Holmes in the future series?
Yes
A two-parter episode to be exact :)
And there was a futuristic Sherlock Holmes series, but it had nothing to do with the one teased in Bravestarr!
Oh the feels. BraveStar was my favorite of this bunch. I remember having lots of toys of it.
As a kid I never really noticed nor cared that it was only one season.. I never really minded watching the same episodes multiple times. It's crazy when you find out that the show it feels like you watched for years had only 16 episodes or so.
Bravestarr 100% should have lasted longer than 1 season
I wonder if it's a coincidence that the 80's were also a time of a lot of cocaine use.
Hence the weirdness....
I remember (as a young adult in my 20s) coming home from work, turning on the TV, and seeing the 'new' Felix The Cat. It was like an acid trip - no plot, just psychedelically nightmarish randomness.
"third eye open"
I think they had quite an interesting imagination. Especially since I imagine the entire list is rather cartoons based on live action movies or based off of toys.
Maybe they should be doing the same thing today then we'd get some good cartoon series?
@@MrAlumni72 That was in the mid-1990's... right...?
Brave Star should've got a second season.
How dare BraveStarr only get 1 series!
Nice!!!! I love this stuff Laura. Thanks.
It's amazing how many of these shows I actually used to watch and enjoy back in the days. I ♥️ the 80's. Thanks again.
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors was the show I like aswell that run for one season
Although shows like Bravestarr were technically a single season, they ran 65 episodes or the equivalent of 5 seasons for other shows. 65 episodes was the standard limit for most cartoons which is why many didn't run longer. And most of these cartoons were rerun for many years. Most of these shows were made to sell toys, which only needed a single season of shows. The success of the toy line often affected the length of the cartoon.
I absolutely loved Dino-Riders and BraveStarr.
I was the perfect demographic and watched all the episodes, had all the toys, etc.
I think I still have some of them somewhere.
Coach Josh Gerry I found a dino riders lunch box at the Goodwill. Actually has the thermos and it's lid.
Terrific stuff- thank you!. Loved The Mighty Orbits (darn you, Tonka!). Not surprised to learn many 80s cartoons were created by ad agencies. Mentioned by others ... Silverhawks, Galaxy Rangers, Turbo Teen and Bionic Six.
what?! Marshal Bravestarr was only one season, damn it felt like it was on forever as a kid. the Bravestarr/Sherlock crossover still has amazing visuals that hold up for those art and animation lovers.
I grewnup with BraveStarr, Robocop: The Animated Series, Dinosaucers, and many others.
Just wish BraveStarr, Dino Riders and several others weren't just to make toys.
Ullesys and Brave Star should have stayed on and Lazer Tag was a stupid cartoon ad promotion 🤓
Loved playing Lazer Tag, though.
You just unlock a ton of forgotten memories. Thank you.
Dino riders! I've spent so long wondering what the name of this vague cartoon was! Thanks :D
Bravestarr was way ahead of its time, and was surprising for kids like me to see someone that looked like them.
Visionaries? Needed at least 10 seasons. And a live action.
What a throwback!
My dad, who was 40 years old when I was born in the 80s, would go out of his way to watch BraveStarr and other cartoons with me as a kid. He passed away a decade ago and watching those over the top cartoons is one of my fondest memories of him.
I was waiting for Visionaries - Knights Of The Magical Light. Guess that will have to wait until part three
One of my favorite cartoons...Thundercats coming in my top ten.
@@sf49questfor6 Cannot forget Galaxy Rangers
poor visionaries, everything lined up for another series and toyline then everything got scapped
Visionaries was a class cartoon
It WAS a damn good show.
Love love love videos like this , so many good memories. New to your channel but loving it so far keep up the good work .
Hey, you forgot Dungeons & Dragons, well I actually liked a lot that cartoon, in fact is one of my favorites that I loved so much, but I think there's only one season of it cause there's only like 20 chapters, anyway good vid.
I allways believed that D&D only had one season cause of the low number of episodes, so thanks for the info dude!
Bravestarr was one of the best cartoons to come out of the 80s. I would love to see a live action movie of it, but Hollywood would probably just screw it up! Netflix or Amazon would maybe do a good job though.
I would not trust Netflix with this anymore, after what became of She-Ra.
I KNOW! She-Ra got TOTALLY messed up! The animation SUCKS! They ruined one of my all-time fave shows!
Strength of the bear! I loved Bravestarr growing up. Also loved Gravedale High
Some of these were so awesome!
“ Beverly Hills Teens,” was completely wiped from my mind. Until now. You just stole a better memory from me and replaced it with poison.
Hi Laura , great video. This is the first time I've chanced upon your channel. As an 80's kid who feverishly collects all these cartoons as they see release I really enjoyed this and found a couple I had forgotten and better still a couple I did not know. I will be checking out your back catalogue.
80s rule especially the music.
very iconic haha really awesome how you can listen to something and be like..... THAT'S 80s!!
I remember all of these! Thanks for uploading 🤖
For me Mighty Orbots, Droids, and Bravestar should of lasted longer. Of those Mighty Orbots was my cartoon back then since it started getting me into some of the robotic cartoons at that time. Best thing too is even if it was only 13 episodes Mighty Orbots did give us a finale not leaving anything open like so many other cartoons have with their abrupt cancellations. Sucks hearing they got sued over a likeness of a toy that they never used for Gobots. Oh well am just ecstatic Orbots got the dvd release a few months ago.
*should have or should've.
Ulysses 31 was a great anime. But it was very dark, to watch it as a kid. The sound effects and the evil threats they had to face, were haunting. I remember watching it as a kid, and almost shiting my pants :P
Bravestar was an absolutely amazing! No idea why they canceled it. At least you can all a 65 episodes season more than enough...
Brave star should have ran for at least 4 to 5 seasons!
P.S. Please Do more 90s cartoon videos 😣🙏
Yeah but when a "Season" is 65 episodes long do ya really have reason to complain?
@@Fenris30 Yes I do because that's like 3 regular seasons hints why I said 4 or 5 🙄
Know what this list is really missing? Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys as well as T-Rex. Those cartoons kicked ass in a major way.
I recognized Rex in Toy Story immediately as the TRex toy from DinoRiders
So between that at Mr. Potato Head being in that Potato Head Kids show, eighties cartoons as a whole were setting up for Toy Story!
So, Mighty Orbots was sued by GoBots but not Voltron?
@Ian Lock
Gobots is older than Transformers
@Ian Lock @nightdare Full story here: tfwiki.net/wiki/GoBots
GoBots was about one year before Transformers, but they simply weren't as good, and in the end, for related reasons or not, Hasbro went on to acquire Tonka in the early 90s.
You so Right but think about it orbbots r human bots not Lion ones
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Honestly I like both shows, and their not really the same, especially design wise. Its still fucked up that Such a Great show got canned!
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I really liked Mighty Orbots growing up. Got disappointed that it didn't continue.
Man, Ulysses 31 it's one of the most underrated shows ever...!!! It was so awesome and cruel...!!!
Ulysses 31 is an incredible show, didn't rely on merchandising and wasn't selling a toy line and still stands up today. It also came to a natural end, unlike some cartoons. Always knew about the Empire Strikes back music sample and you're the first to say about it!
I did enjoy Galaxy High and StarCom as well, but they weren't mentioned.
I still watch DinoRiders to this day. The toys were quite simply, amazing.
It was a favorite of mine. I had them on VHS and watched it to death. I still have some of my Dino-Riders toys. The giant brontosaurus or apatasaurus I forget which it was the biggest one. I still have the Walking T-Rex, which is the same body as the T-Rex from Toy Story. The diplodocus and a few of the small ones. The rest I had I have no idea where they went. Deinonychus was always my favorite.
@@Vegeta8300 Actually Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus are the same animal... ;-) Sadly I only have the smaller dinos - guess I need to get them back from the attic and showcase them somewhere, they were made so great! ^_^
@@dineria176 Back then I think the debate of the brontosaurus and apatasaurus was still going on. Where it was originally the bronto, but they had the wrong skull so it was changed to the apatasaurus. I think new evidence is showing they are 2 different animals or both the same or something :P dinosaur info seems to always be changing. The smaller ones were cool too. All the dinos were very unique and nicely designed.
@@Vegeta8300 Wow, Brontosaurus DID exist! I'm really not uptodate anymore... :-D
@@dineria176 Yeah, I'm not 100% up to date either. But, first it was called brontosaurus, then they realized it had the wrong skull or something. They got the correct skull and that is the apatasaurus. But, then recently, like the last decade or so, they found it actually wasn't the wrong skull or something so we have both dinos now. I don't know the details, but I'm sure there is an article online somewhere. :)
Amazing video and bravestar looks awesome.
It's almost insulting that "Beverly hills teens" lasted 65 episodes while the Star Wars one lasted only 13. xP
What's with the ridiculous "Park Avenue" accents from those teens? They're Californians! I'm wondering if the show's creators were New Yorkers who watched VALLEY GIRL one time and then decided that was enough.
Remove the "almost" and you're 100% correct.
Damn, you do such a great voiceover!
ORBOTS/BRAVE-STAR~PRETTY AWESOME!!!!🤖👽
my sister LOVED Bravestar!!
Girl i am simply amazed. I grow up in the 80s as a child. You are amazing.
Beverly Hills teens was hilariously Epic it should have gotten many more seasons!
I really enjoyed BraveStarr as a child.
His design looks pretty cool.
Jayce and The Wheeled Warriors, Silverhawks, Tigersharks, Kids Superpower Hour with Shazam
Yes
What's the one where they look like bugs and ride big hairy spiders?
@@curbydinobot8633 Sectaurs. They were based on a toy line from Remco. They also had a limited run with Marvel Comics. Enjoyed the comic, never saw the cartoon. Toys were pretty fun too.
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors was in her part 1 video.
@@alanguages My bad.
I believe that there are some '90s cartoons that deserve a reboot. Two that come to mind are C.O.P.S. and the Toxic Crusaders. Berserko and Buttons McBoomBoom were my favorite Crooks along with Big Boss; and I loved the symmetry on the T.C.'s between Bonehead and Psycho, and the show's willingness to occasionally break down the fourth wall every here and there.
But one cartoon from the '80s that doesn't need to come back is Inhumanoids: I could never get my head around the goings-on around the Earth's core. It could have been the implausible storylines of the show.
Those are my thoughts on those great '80s and '90s cartoons. Can't stop at just one decade.
*"Spiderwoman"* was my pre-pubescent crush! Maybe it was that skintight spandex suit! But I didn't know it only lasted 16 episodes. Plus, *"Bravestar"* was fantastic.
In the sideboob shot showing the definition of her twin peaks you mean? Yes, mothers covering little Billy's eyes may have canceled this show..
My uncle would have LOVED you for bringing up Bravestar! He even had the VHS tapes of that show.
-a background voice-
"What's VHS?"
Only 14 episodes of Dino Riders?! What a shame. Love the series, toy promo or not. Same w BraveStarr
THIS IS GREAT YOU HAVE A NEW SUBSCRIBER!!!
Ulysses 31 was awesome. Bravestarr wasn't too bad either. Don't remember the Mighty Orbots.
Good work Laura! Some suggestions for part 3:
Pole Position
Rude Dog and the Dweebs
Ox Tales
Samurai Pizza Cats
I remember seeing Beverly Hills Teens on TV as a kid and calling it that "dumb girl show".
THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD!, INTERESTING!!!
Didn't Filmnation do a Sherlock Holmes in the future cartoon, or have my various head injuries caught up with me?
BRAVESTARR was my jam! Still have my figures
U should do this top ten for 90s cartoons also
Robert Gearhart 🙌🏽
Hey Laura :) Dino Riders was my thing for sure! The other favourite one was Denver the Last Dinosaur, but it had 2 seasons though, not one.
Dino saucers.
Ulysses 31 was only Broadcast in French here - so OMG thank you Now I have clue whar was going on. !
Two more I really enjoyed were Blackstar and Jayce and the wheeled warriors.
Wow! All these Cartoons bring back Great Memories of My Saturday Morning Rituals. LOL!! REMEMBER EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM!!😀
I'm really surprised you left out The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers. It lasted one season but made 65 episodes.
Blah same with He-Man lol
Beverly Hills Teens Club was weird but I love it so much!! It's so stupid. Plus! Season 1 had SIXTY EPISODE
The art style was kind of adorable. Probably because it was made by a Japanese studio.
Some great calls here! Loved ulysses 31 although i think it wrapped up quite nicely,bravestarr had a good run with 65 episodes too. I seem to recall popeye & son being quite fun but it only lasted 13 eps. My biggest gripe from that era? We never got a proper ending for dungeons & dragons!
Saw all of these (except Ulysses),
Regret only 1/2 of them. ;)
Wich ones do you regret seeing?
The world was not ready for the manliness that is BraveStarr.
I never found it weird as a kid that his sidekick and best mate was also his horse that he rode. They both seemed straight so amusing now to imagine how awkward that would be for 2 straight best pals
Bravestarr was absolutely awesome, it really should have lasted better.
Who else saw, Jack Skelington in the Orbots video???
One of my favorite shows you didn't mention was Visionaries. It was a set in the distant future where all technology suddenly fails and brings about a new age of swords and sorcery. As usual for the 80's there was a toy line to follow, but I also appreciated the creative storyline and excellent voice acting from the same production company as The Transformers.
pirates of dark water needed more seasons
trycon40 every negative event that could have happened to a studio happened to the producers of Darkwater.
That show definitely should have gotten way more then one season!
They are ALL BETTER than toons today...
I remember Bravestar! It was so cool! With so many remakes out now why not give Bravestar a shot.
Dino riders was my show absolutely loved it and I still have the toys
Bravestar was one of my favorite toon series.
such a unique concept!
@@LauraLegends It was a cheesy 80's cartoon that the makers made to sell toys. He even met Sherlock Holmes.
I loved Bravestarr and had several of the toys. The robotic horse toy was awesome.
You can't call "Spider-Woman" an '80s cartoon because it started in '79 & ended in '80! "Gravedale High" was on from '90 to '91! So, in part 2 of your series, only 8 cartoons were from the '80s!
Wow, either I did not know about it or I must have read about it and then I forgot. She does the same thing on the weird cartoons from the 80's list with the Killer Tomatoes cartoon, also from the 90's. She says that she knows it's from the 90's but it is too good not to put it on the list. I just found this channel and I'm already nit picking. Lol! What's a geeky nerd to do, eh? I'm liking this channel so far.
She's not being true to the list. You can't put a cartoon show from the 90's on an 80's list. Or a cartoon show from the late 70's.