Worst Cartoons of All Time (1930's to the present)

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Speaking of updated incarntions of vintage cartoon characters...


"The Woody Woodpecker Show" (1999 to 2002, according to IMDB)

Not confused with the tv package featuring vintage Lantz cartunes.

Granted that the classic mid/later '40's design of Woody was used,  his personality was toned down (ie nolonger pecke on people), which the show was bland. Atleast most of the original  cartoon shorts  are on DVD.

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I've got this old 78 rpm mini record of Woody Woodpecker that I know I still have somewhere.

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Clip of 1998 Heckle & Jeckle pilot for Nickelodeon titled "Curbside"

The clip looked unappealing from the cheesy generic rock intro and "edgy" animation.
Considering that most revamped cartoons aren't as good...

(Also, they're magpies not crows)

found this on Google:

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MTV'S HECKLE AND JECKLE - MTV Animation is revamping the classic cartoon duo of Heckle & Jeckle for a new generation. These two talking magpies with their wise-guy attitude and anything-goes approach to life originally appeared in a series of classic Terrytoons shorts. "MTV's Heckle and Jeckle" will bring the manic, outrageous comedy and anarchic spirit of classic cartoons to MTV. Jerry Beck is the producer for MTV Animation. "MTV's Heckle and Jeckle" is a co-production with Viacom Productions.

MTV reviving '40's cartoon characters... they don't even acknowledge music made before 2000  

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Some annoying things about CGI films...

1. Unlike hand drawn animation,  artistic styles are very limited and it's hard to distinguish most CGI films since many tend to look a like.

2. too much pop cultural references...especially that would become dated within the next 15 minutes

Don't mind celebrity voice-overs, but it has to be done right or fit with the character the person is providing the voice for.

Most I've seen ranged from good to OK, though only a few were clunkers like "Open Season" & "Shark Tale". Then again, I've only seen less than a  dozen CGI films from the past decade...

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The one big thing that I hate about CGI is that it's flat.  It has no dimension or depth to it.

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Most of the Color Classics from Fleischer studios since they tried too hard to be like Disney...

Plus, the thankfully long forgotten character "Gabby"

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What would you consider to be the 50 worst cartoons of all time?  To go along with the list of the 50 best.

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Many  of the 1939 (also from around that era) Fleischer cartoons I've seen on YouTube/Archive.org recently  were bad.

Especially most  from the "Color Classics" series, which the Fleischer studios tried too hard  to compete against Disney.

Also from watching the later Betty Boop shorts, I've noticed why many animation buffs prefer the pre-Code cartoons (with  sex appeal, jazz music from known artists like Cab Calloway) since the later cartoons were toned down and pretty much forgettable. Plus, the flapper style was already outdated by then or going out of style.



Many of the cartoons appear(ed) on public domain tapes/DVDs that I've seen since I was a child. Though from the tapes, I was exposed to some early Warner Bros. cartoons and other favorites like "The Talking Magpies". Along wth cartoons from long forgotten studios like Iwerks and Van Beruen.

There's several Looney Tunes titles that I know of from "Mad As A Mars Hare", "The Jet Cage", "A Waggily Tale", "Porky The Giant Killer", "A Witch's Hare Tangled", and "Conrad the Sailor". Most  of the musical cartoons from the 1930's are an acquired taste.

As for Disney, I find the WWII propaganda cartoon "Education For Death" disturbing and cringe worthy. Most of the later Mickey Mouse cartoons with Pluto are bland

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I think most of the stuff made in the last 10 years has been extraodinarily bad.

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Worst Cartoons Ever (MSN, from 2007)

Here are some of our favorite shockers, cartoons that seemed so much better when we were young. We may have spent hours, even entire weekends, following these colorful stories (we were mere tots! Who could blame us?), but on second viewing, we wonder what we were thinking. Hindsight may be 20/20, but regret is forever.

so true

Also commented on most... which some I've actually (unfortunately) seen as a kid or looked up on YouTube/or recently on television

Cartoons listed:

1. "Transformers"
The journalist admitted to have enjoyed it as a kid, but stated that it didn't aged well due to annoying voice-overs , bad writing &  bad animation.

2. "Silverhawks"

A spin-off of "Thundercats" that didn't last long that featured space cowboys with steel bodysuits.

3. "Pokemon"

A cartoon with no story with characters that just wander off for no reason looking for adventure.

I've seen a few episodes over a decade ago and noticed there's no real reason for the Pokemon creatures to battle each other and a typical episode mostly featured the characters walking in the woods...

4. "13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo"

One of the many unnecessary Scooby Doo spinoffs and featured the voice of Vincent Price as Vincent  VanGhoul.

Seen it on Boomerang, which is basically Scooby, Shaggy, Daphne (with a different look), Scrappy, and another (thankfully forgotten) tag along named Flim Flam (who's a young kid) trying to capture evil spirits into some trunk. Scrappy and Flim Flam  doesn't really ad anything  and Daphne looked better with her orginal look... Not into the Scooby franchise, but the original "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" is tolerable. Not to mention many lame clones that would follow. Though "Josie & The Pussycats" is tolerable.



5. "Jem", the journalist stated that it aged badly due to the character's mid 1980's looks. Though stated that it's better than the other "girl" shows ("She-Ra", "My Little Pony")

While it's fondly remembered by  nostalgic Gen Xers, I find  the music bland and also doesn't look appealing.



6. "Goof Troop", which stated that Goofy's son Max is boring and the bland show marked the beginning of the end for the syndicated "Disney Afternoon" block.

I used to watch it as a kid and pretty much agree that the show's boring. Especially that I didn't find it any interesting when a marathon aired on Toon Disney (pre-Disney XD) about two years ago.


7. "Captain Planet", for being the most poltically correct cartoon and being overly preachy

Completely agree!

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Interesting thread from Toon Zone

Obviously, the reverse of the old thread.
Name shows that were regulary either bad, average, just basic filler, but then there's at least one or two episodes that, if you just happend to see those first, you would've guessed the show was as great as that one episode. Basically, bad/average shows that suddenly have one great, stand-out epside.
I'll edit this post once I remember an example.

 "Drawn Together", while a wasted potential it had some good episodes like the controversial episode where Foxxy Love turns into a politically incorrect caricature and Captain Hero has to save her from being permanently censored. Also another episode featuring the octopus-like creature.

A few early episodes of "King of the Hill" were enjoyable like when some teenagers challenged Hank & his friends to a game of paintball.

While I don't care for Popeye, I enjoy "Popeye Meets Sinbad", "Never Kick A Woman" (which Olive Oyl is mad at Popeye when a woman flirts with him...reverse roles), and the one where Olive is sleepwalking.

Also the cartoon "Bugged by a Bee" featuring Cool Cat.

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Still consider the '70's the worst decade for animation...


Well, atleast older cartoons were still in syndication where now (despite of countless channels) there's hardly anything before 1990 in general. As for cartoons, only on Boomerang or random airings on Cartoon Network  (ie Looney Tunes for about two months) for filler.


Political correctness also came in full circle (ie environmental messages in "Yogi's Gang" to Looney Tunes being edited towards the end of the decade)

A lot of celebrity/tv show/fad tie-ins, which the trend would last to the mid 1990's

Countless meddling kids type shows (ironically most from Hanna Barbera, which started the trend with Scooby Doo) and unnecessary rehashes.

Not to mention stiff animation... though the same could be said for the 1960's and majority of television animation.


2000's...

Overuse of Flash animation and for some reason most cartoons just rely on potty humor (don't mind it, but not overdone to an extreme like on "The Mighty B" where the main character eats a booger for no apparent reason or constant flatulence)  and annoying characters.

Older cartoons hardly shown anymore. Especially airing along side current programming on Cartoon Network & Nickelodeon. Heck, Nick & Cartoon Network hardly ever air their first batch of original cartoons from the 1990's.

"Adult" animation is no better since they're just used to push ratings with "shock" value. Especially from Seth McFarlane ("Family Guy", "American Dad") and  majority of the shows on Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" that appear to be written by immature 15 year olds like the bland gore-fest "Super Jail".

CGI, though I enjoy a few movies they lack artistic style and most tend to look a like

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Does not look appealing at all Though not suprised...

Mr. T doesn't even do anything but give morals at the end of the show while it's mostly meddling wannabes solving mysteries...

"Thundarr the Barbarian"... I bet many people might confuse the picture on the cover with the more well known He-Man  


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Does not look appealing at all

And I'm sure you can figure out why. 

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Yet,  there's no standalone set that feature Tex Avery MGM cartoons... (besides Droopy, which he created and directed about half the cartoons of the series) though several have been released as bonuses on classic film DVDs. Not to mention that Tex Avery was/is one of the most influential animation directors of the 20th century.

Honestly, the Tom & Jerry sets should've featured other MGM cartoons thrown into the mix like the Universal "Woody Woodpecker & friends" sets.