Top 5: Forgotten (but awesome) 80's Cartoons

[norkhairi]

Damn you, childhood... Y u left me so early..? :(

[78legion]

anybody else notice how they just didnt care about puting kids in harms way back then look like 80s cartoons

[coasty1980]

Holy crap!! I grew up in New Zealand and I don't ever remember seeing Silver Hawks....seems like I missed out on something big....will try and find them on DVD cause they look bad ass!!

[DINNIER]

good memories

[jpayne4040]

So, do you remember Tranzor Z or Challenge of the GoBots?

[MushroomCapps]

@jpayne4040 I loved Tranzor Z and the Gobots. Those two could have easily been on this list.

[Yroko]

I'm crying from all the nostalgia....I'm 27 now and I've looking all over the net for the complete COPS series if you know where i can find it reply plz. The 80's will never die, long live the old skool cartoons and the real sat mornings of having to wake up at 5am!

[TheFesteringBoil]

They don't make cartoons of this quality anymore.

[instantpestering]

I'm not a scientist or anything, but I'm pretty sure wings don't work in space.

[cykill1000]

WOW!!! I had honestly forgotten about Bionic Six. I really liked that cartoon and the rest of the ones that were posted in this set of clips. Thanks for posting.

PS- good choices in terms of theme songs as well.

[Scottygoose23]

what do you mean forgotten? awesome pics the bionic 6 wasn't released in australia though i don't think

[chichiboypumpi]

to those pro american anime hating morons, many of your favorite 80s cartoons are very much japanese made

[sgreen81]

watching that I was waiting to see Denver The Last Dinosaur :)

[gfimadcat]

Damn... I remember Bionic 6... awesome cartoon

[Animeabe]

Mask was definitely my fav for some time, still like the intro music! ahhh memories. I wonder how I never heard of silverhawks, looks like something I would have dug

[alstonthug]

An do you remember that the new season of ABC Saturday morning cartoons always debuted Friday night?

[alstonthug]

How many of you remember the debut of thundercats? It was on a Thursday in 1984 at about 7pm on fox. Wow memories!

[ImFineYurSick]

The art direction and music were absolutely perfect - these intros blew your mind when you were a kid - like sensory overload lol

[Jshaw71]

Forgotten? most of these were my favorite growing up, i will agree that dinosaucers belongs on the list, but mask? bionic six? silverhawks? and cops was meh' imo, but not awesome, no... maybe i am misunderstanding your use of the world of forgotten, but those are my favorite animated shows when i was younger...

[calideson]

I have no memory of Dinosaucers.

[mehsirfapka]

ok i remember mask was cool but the rest i must have missed, when were they screened in the uk?

[jayceeo673]

When cartoons kicked ass!

[hawaiiankane81]

some of them also forgot about if i'm not mistaken on the name of the cartoon was Tigersharks and u can't really forget Voltron

[NeoShinGundam]

I first heard of Dinosaucers a week ago from a NSFW image on the web. I had no idea it was based on something that already existed.

[superstreetdogg]

that black cop from the cartoon was sure one big buck nigger~

[andwann30]

Wth was Cops? Never heard of it

[ladynikkie]

@andwann30 it was a futuristic show sorta simular to gi joe but it involed sci-fi and gangsters. and i never noticed till now whoever drew those characters gave all the males butt-chins LOL

[rhinobarrows]

Thank you for making me cry and thank you for the memories.

[Drebln893]

WTH is Bionic Six....I've never heared about it...

[webshoter]

Can someone tell me what Bionic Six was about. I was born in 89 so I only caught some of the 80's cartoons.

[Valkross9]

I saw this and looked around our basement, and I found my almost complete set of MASK vehicles.

[lilanusha]

THANK YOU!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!! FOR THE 'SILVER HAWKS !!!!!!!! IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES THIS WAS MY FAVOURITE CARTOON NEXT TO THUNDER CATS AND HE-MAN YOU MADE THIS GIRL GO BACK IN TIME THANK YOU !!!! THANK YOU!!!!!! SO AWESOME!!!!!!

[Guadie7]

i still say he-man is best

[LittleLadyhawke2]

I think I would have taken COPS off and added The Galaxy Rangers, but still a great list. Brings back memories.

[accidentalzombi]

80s cartoons were the best. Glad I grew up during that era.

[DoanGrandSlam]

You have good taste;=). number 5 and 4 are so good, great memories:=)

[unseelieturtle]

I'm glad to see orbots as well as the wheeled warriors mentioned in the comments. I grew up on all these shows. I've even told my 11 year old son about them. His fav cartoon from my day is Brave Star!! Kid's got taste.

[ChimairaGod]

I wouldn't say C.O.P.S is "Forgotten"

[2199]

cant forget Tiger Sharks....same company that had Thundercats and Silver Hawks

[joeweslaco]

@ firefox, I kept trying to remember dinosausers but only could remember bits of it. That was a great cartoon. Need to watch it with my kids now :)

[TheRealThreeP]

Miles Mayhem... He kinda looks like Chief Brian Irons from Resident Evil 2.

[Mudvelum]

the copper kid was the shit, too bad he had to put up with that cowboy jackass pilot

[firefox1402]

I seriously thought I was the only person who remembered Dinosaucers, THANK YOU!!!

[Kwanfu74]

Monstar is a THUNDERCAT!!!!!!!!

[UltimateDragon709]

Notice how the squad car didnt blow up after they threw it? 4:07. I never even heard of Bionic Six.

[UltimateDragon709]

I remember watching this. Even when I was a kid I knew it was just Thundercats in Space. lol

[petergriffin289]

bionic six was obviosley taken of the fantastic four

[zatoichiyojimbo24]

Seriously the eighties were the shit. Even the toys.....bionic six had metal parts the silver hawks had attachable wings....just crazy how dope that decade was

[MrSlik25]

@zatoichiyojimbo24 YEah remember how heavy the transformers were...they were big pieces..i remember my soundwave was heavy as hell...you could put him in a sock and defend yourself shit!!

[zatoichiyojimbo24]

Bionic bionic six oooo..ooo...ooooooo...lol

[AnimeGirl111119]

Aww! Thanks for making this, I had forgotten these but remember them now. The familiar theme music. I want watch them again!

[adibimz]

yeeaaah SILVERHAWK .........

[aoitori101]

SILVERHAWKS!!!!!!!!

I really thought no one cared about that show anymore...thanks :D

[gitcommand]

Some of these intros feel really familiar (Silverhawks = Thundercats, Dinosaucers = Captain Planet)

[0mizuki0smith0]

This is so cool! I'm a child of the LATE 90's and I really missed out!

[TulsaWolf77]

Silverhawks was awesome but paled in comparison to a cartoon made by the same people...a little cartoon you may remember called Thundercats.

[hurtmanful]

i forgot about silverhawks



[jlynam95]

oh yeah the 80s and 90s were about robots and stuff like that

[madabbafan]

I remember M.A.S.K but I don't think the others made it to the UK

[edwardpierson55]

@madabbafan what you on about visionaries was in the uk and was amazing .....you havent got a clue shutup

[madabbafan]

@edwardpierson55 visionaries isn't in this list or video.

[gxknightt]

hell cops was the bomb... far better than that real crap,, it got real made even, to cyber cops

Dinosaucer has okay, but lame but the artwork was great, can you say captian planet ripped them?

Bionic 6 had the best intro imo as far as art and it had a good them, at least use all type of people...

[TulsaWolf77]

@gxknightt By your powers combined we are the dinosaucers. They even had their own token black guy.

[kdizzle79]

COPS?! Hell yeah!

[zakudestroy]

I miss those old show they were better for the kids during the i was growing up wish kids of today could watch them but they are more wanting ro watch that dum show called adavnter time i think that if the kids could see how us older kid grow up around they would be more well be have and not saying cuse word at their parnets.

P.S. i think you are forgeting the best shows like gijoe and the first verson of the tranformers.

[beatchef]

@zakudestroy The title of the video is 'Forgotten 80s cartoons' GI Joe and Transformers are hardly forgotten....

[Koreskreamer]

FUCKING DINOSAUCERS! YES!  Also, shout-out for Swat-Kats. /o/

[GuerillaDun]

Great Selections. But has anyone peep how hard my man is singing on the Dinosaurcers Theme? I'd pay to be there when he was going in!

[ladynikkie]

remember there was a time when there was no cgi and cartoons had great theme songs? what the hell happend to that?!

[ZlatkoTheGod]

@ladynikkie Whats CGI?

[hawaiiankane81]

@ladynikkie those r the days that i really miss not none of this BS they got now days i mean some r good but seriously it all went to crap in early 2000's

[ladynikkie]

@hawaiiankane81 they got lazy mostly especially Disney all they do is use thier old cartoon movies and added more color and graphics that's it. pratically cartoon network has some potenital left.

[chichiboypumpi]

@ladynikkie amen

[cholosiento100]

Come on!! This is your top 5? Are you serious? What happen to Centurions,Thundercats,Transfo­rmers,G.I. Joe,Visionaries?even He-Man? I thinks it's supposed to be top 6..#1 Transformers #2 G.I. Joe #3 Thundercats #4 He-Man #5 Silverhawks #6 Visionaries..

[trav808]

@cholosiento100 you need to read the description...

[MrSlik25]

@trav808 Yeah he pretty much sounded like a fool but these are some memories...You just made me remember Dinosaucers dam...i loved that show..wow cant believe i havnt thought about that since i was a kid..thanks man..glad i clicked here...and i remember cops too wow...the dog with the siren!!...for whatever reason have no recollection of Bionic 6 at all...maybe just was a couple years before i started watching t.v. or maybe i just dont remember...but good vid.

[djlilreed]

@trav808 AND YOU BOTH NEED TO RECOGNIZE VOLTRON! Lions personally. Mask was awesome, and cholo makes good points with 1-4.. At least you didnt put SHE RA on here..LOL!

[leshy69]

@cholosiento100 IT'S THE FORGOTTEN CARTOONS....AND GI JOE SHOULD BE #1

[NCCountyLines]

@cholosiento100 1- 4 not forgotten at all they all had remakes and movies. but you get kudos for Visionaries definitely forgot that one

[UltimateDragon709]

@cholosiento100 It says Top 5 *Forgotten* 80s shows.

[necn5]

Cool stuff.

[prestodye]

I didn't forget any if these!!! These were the best cartoons ever!!

[dljc1979]

*weep*

[TheRaindog79]

Thank you for this! I had really forgotten two of these, even though I had toys to both of them. God, my parents bought me more crap than I can remember.

[1975Timelord]

Wow i did forget about them cheers for the fash back :D

[mxferro]

Bionic 6... "given superpowers by the miracle of modern science" umm yeah.. I'd like to have my bionic implants put in now .. I mean it is MODERN right? today? now? ok so put one here here here and here..

[mxferro]

Yeah the COPS bad guy with the belly machine gun and sinister face... I wanted that action figure as a kid..he was wicked

[ixil256]

its crime fighting time

[Akshole]

The titles wrong, It should read: Awesome and not forgotten. ;)

[Fafnerluver922]

Reminds me of Gatchaman...Who came first?

[solanoguz]

Oh man my childhood was awesome :)

[spinneroonie]

I know they are not in your top 5, but Visionaries was awesome, you have M.A.S.K. , C.O.P.S. and Silverhawks (awesome), TMNT?????, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors??????,

[MetalPitCrew]

SilverHawks- A rainbow in the Night. Ronnie James Dio- A Rainbow in the Dark. (Also Melodia is totally Lady GaGa)

[hydrolito]

The Mighty Orbots 13 episodes from Sept. 8-Dec,15 1984. Had robots each with different powers. Tor-Strong, Bort- could turn into different shapes including different machines, Bo- controled elements of wind, air, fire, etc., Boo- could turn invisible, creat force field, levitate objects and teleport, Crunch could eat almost anything. Also a small child like robot that flew space ship, and they were created by guy named Rob Simmons also called the Orbot Commander.

[MrHalloweenjoker]

MON-STARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[tonyflow787]

but thanks cuz i forgot all about bionic 6 and mask!

[tonyflow787]

wow u kidding man centurions , g-force, thundercats and he-man!!!!!!

[hydrolito]

@tonyflow787 Thundercats are remembered by many as they ran 4 years and also had comic book series. Masters of the Universe and He-man also ran a while and had comic book series he even fought Superman, and spinoff She-Ra and cartoon and live action movies based on it so again wasn't forgotten. There was sort of a cross between Night Rider and Mask called Team Night Rider but it wasn't a cartoon, so maybe someone didn't forget. Similar to dinosaursaucers was a show called the Extreme Dinosaurs.

[Dudeamis]

I didn't like Silverhawks, MASK was totally forgotten, I LOVE DINOSAUCERS!!!, Cops was good, and I don't even remember Bionicsix

[VandVinc08]

i was born in 87 but ive neva even herd of cops. i would have loved that show!

[TheBigpoppablack]

@VandVinc08 ...I was 10 in '87... these cartoons were awesome... yall had the BEST technology (yall were born into it)

[lukeyami]

one of those cops looks a lot like the engineer from team fortress 2

[exilenolonger]

What! No "Centurions"?!! No "Go-Bots"?!!! I think you need to search your memory a bit more

[jburner00]

Damn I forgot all about Cops..They use to have the action figures too. Thanks for the vid.. Check out jburner00

[SWNZReviews]

13 people had no childhood.

[SWNZReviews]

13 people had no childhood.

[demonezra]

dont forget Spiral Zone.. awesome

[JayCKat]

Didn't quite like Silver Hawks. I found it too similar to another favorite.

I loved COPS "Crime Fighting TIme!"

[MrDonkDonkerson]

Dude Burger King used to have these toys. You could squeeze their legs together and the wings would open!

[richintalent]

always thought a mouth-held flashlight like Nightshade was using would be practical

[soulreaverdoug]

Opening songs from 80's, man, is there anything more epic than this!.... pure win

[diddymuck]

Spartakis, Tranzor Z, RoboTech, Star Blazers, Captain Harlock

[BadEnoughTV]

Dinosaucers theme LITERALLY gave me chills. God I loved that show.

[gregtestagent]

Ok, some of these I've never seen, but I did have some "OMG, I remember this shit!" moments with a couple of them.

[misstinwhistle1]

Of these we only got Silverhawks in Australia, although the Bionic 6 theme song is familiar..

[TrooperDan262]

@misstinwhistle1 We also got COPS in Australia, i remember watching it.

[Tigerman1138]

M.A.S.K ruled! I had so many of their toys....later my nephews would play with them. :)

[MrShonmerida]

Well i didn't forget them wish i could go back to those days I even let me kids watch all the cartoons i use to watch then They Love em Just like Daddy lol. Thanks man need more of em on tv again the cartoons today are worthless.

[thechosen1228]

Yeah, I guess American cartoons in the 80s is like how Anime is now, good concepts and illustrations, unlike the crap we have today.

[MrBrossett22]

@thechosen1228 yeah what happened to saterday morning cartoons. its like they all ran out of ideas and said lets pull shit out of our ass and slap it on tv

[curiouslycrusty]

im so glad i grew up in the 80's, id hate to have to watch the shit they make now.

[Headphonemike]

two words: galaxy rangers

[iamyou0]

What ever happened to cartoons like these? They were intelligent, cool, original and had awesome theme songs. Now look what we have, seriously. I blame the lack of education on kids today on the shitty cartoons they put on tv.

[RazorDaveInc]

80's cartoons were so Metal! I love it! I do a few nostalgic renditions on my channel! Thanks for this upload!

[mvz384]

We saw the Silverhawks villian in the new Thundercats, maybe we'll see the get to see them too.

[TeflonPimp]

dinosaucers are da bomb

[shutterpillow]

today cartoons are more focused on graphics than story and characters. the 80's and the 90's definitely produced the best cartoons.

[bernyqueen]

yes this was the era of spiderman, fantastic 4 etc.. that they have this format of animation

[ParappaModawg]

Bionic six!!!

I liked Jem and turbo teen also

[ParappaModawg]

Bionic six!!!



[Nadu27]

Yeeeeeah Silverhawks and Dinosaucers were my absolutly favorite

[FractalBolt]

God damn it! GOOD MEMORIES!! good memories all across the board!

[onlawn]

You got me, I had forgotten Cops and Bionic 6

[JURYJOHMZOMBIE]

Dude smoke some weed and watch some 80s cartoons . SERIOUSLY THE 80s HAD EVERYTHING!! Awesome times for humans

[scifiguy9000]

Man....The eighties were AWESOME!!!!!!

[supressorgrid]

I spent mos ot the early 80's stoned out of my mind but I was told I had a good time.

[glubglub69]

COPS, holy cow...I had completely forgoten them. Thanks dude!

[imsokewl27]

I had forgotten COPS. That was cool.

[imsokewl27]

No Captain N: The Game Master

[75birddawg]

yea I'm an 80s kid too lol dnt 4get the tiger sharks

[belldn3]

I still remember and love BIONIC SIX, the show was awesome. Being a kid in the 80's was the best.

[TheGmarker]

Awesome list. Bravestar was always a favorite that think people forget too.

[Varishnu]

Oh my god! I completely f1ching forgot about Mask and The Dinosaucers!

[ClassicTVful]

Galaxy High and Count Duckula should be on this list.

[BVD169]

no1 fogets mask

[philipbourne]

BIONIC SIX !

[MrPistolGripPump]

Dude no Visionaries, no Tiger Sharks, and no Captain N......u slipped bro

[trav808]

@MrPistolGripPump actually, i didn't slip.. those are not in my top 5.

[jfliguy]

@trav808 Good point. Those are your top 5. If I had to use your five I would have done it like M.A.S.K, Silverhawks, COPS, Bionic Six (Only because when it came on it was at 5:30 in the AM majority of the time), and Dinosausers

[sjconker64]

@MrPistolGripPump uh captain n is forgettable but not awesome...bro

[chrisszb]

man.......this really brings up memories....i am 26 and i remember all these cartoons when i was a kid...insane...

[EmperorKinetic]

@MrPistolGripPump Captain N is widely remembered though....

BTW... Awesome list!!!! I remember all of these cartoons.

[Paul07791]

@MrPistolGripPump They're supposed to be "forgotten" you can remember those, hence...

[MrPistolGripPump]

@Paul07791 hence forth...dont hence me bro

[simenclainor]

And yet we still don't have these released on DVD yet....why????

[greacelightning72]

i am 22 an i still remember watching these thank god i was born in the 80's most programs / cartoons are rubbish now cant beat the mask cruesader

[tanukitejon]

Asian cartoons are waaaaay better. By far. 

[ChrisAshtear]

Silverhawks is just so enthusiastically ridiculous... 80s rainbow, metal covered people who fly in space, cowboy hat and guitar solo.

[zakubabyboy]

growing up in Asia and America..you know, Silver hawk looks alot like G Force... hmmm...

[KayKayEnd]

~ I still have some of the episodes of MASK, Dinosaucers, and the figures of Mask....too bad it broke. I remember COPS and SIlverhawks...heck I have the openings of COPS too, it was freaking awesome!

Sadly I didn't catch Bionic Six, was interested in robots back then so I watched Voltron instead lol (had a silly crush on Princess Aurora)

[Paigeshusband]

I think it's just hilarious, that while I never watched the Dinosaucers, I recognize one of the voices as that of Mr. Beastly from the Care Bears. The one that says, "The Dinosaucers are leaving Brontosaur" Which corresponds nicely to "The Carebears are getting away No Heart."

[shaych12]

That was very cool - I had totally forgotten those shows but I had watched all of them!!! Thanks for the walk down memory lane. :)

[Scottjay01]

Thank you!!!! I was trying to remember what Silver Hawks was called for years! I loved that show =D

[18Loveland]

I remember COPS!!! I saw it yesterday with a drunk guy LOL

[gtzwill]

I must say that although I agree that cartoons from my childhood are better than the ones on today, that may be an opinion formed mainly because I'm an adult now and most cartoons just aren't interesting to me anymore as it is. Perhaps if I was a kid today, I would think the cartoons out now were good... Just a thought.

[cross1876]

i agree with mrsoundwave. 80's cartoons is way better than now. just look at what they're showing mostly at cartoon network now a days.....

[Nesninja85]

Cowboy flying an X-wing playing an electric guitar? Yep 80s cartoon..

[Grentain]

Oh man. I HAD completely forgotten about Silver Hawks. That show was so boss.

[mrsament]

Tranzor Z

[mikethewatcher]

bionic 6?

lol i forgot!

[mikethewatcher]

wow silverhawks i havent seen that since geez the 80s?

cant believe i even recognize it!

[xal3xxx]

C.OP.S RULES PPL :D

[junikosantos]

sky commanders and MASK is also cool during the 80's

[ZhaneAugustine]

I forgot about the Dinosaurcers and nearly forgot about the bionic six!

All those shows should so have remakes. Well all of them save dinosaucers

[sevendiamantes]

I seen all the series episodes that aired on Spanish language. Bionic six was something. The super happy faces freak me out a little. Other than that the show was great.