Random Most Painfully '80s Cartoon Shows (15 items)

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  (#2) Mister T

  • Cathy Cavadini, Mr. T, Phil LaMarr

  With his gold chains, mohawk, and tough-guy image, A-Team star Mr. T was one of the biggest names of the 1980s. So it comes as no surprise that Warner Bros. gave him his very own cartoon show. On Mister T, T leads a multicultural team of gymnasts on mystery-solving adventures around the world. The over-the-top adventures of Mr. T and his gang are partially the inspiration for Adult Swim's Mike Tyson Mysteries.
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  (#13) Galaxy High School

  • Susan Blu, Pat Carroll, Nancy Cartwright

  Is there a more archaic stereotype than the smartest kid in school being totally uncool? If the robotic voice in the opening theme didn't tip you off, Galaxy High School and its absurd premise are pure, undiluted '80s schlock.
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  (#9) Saturday Supercade

  • Frank Welker, Tress MacNeille, Nancy Cartwright, Soupy Sales, Kenneth Mars, Peter Cullen, Robert Ridgely, B. J. Ward, Pat Fraley, David Mendenhall, Dick Beals, Peter Renaday, Arthur Burghardt, Marvin Kaplan, Sparky Marcus, Bart Braverman, Judy Strangis, Nichelle North

  A veritable bukkake of '80s arcade characters (including Donkey Kong, Mario, Frogger, Pitfall Harry, and Q*Bert), Saturday Supercade had no qualms about brainwashing kids into unloading their piggy banks into any arcade machine they could. And on top of it all, Donkey Kong Jr. is simply a ripoff of Scrappy Doo. Can it get any lower?
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  (#15) Beverly Hills Teens

  • Terri Hawkes, Tracey Moore, Hadley Kay, Jonathan Potts, Linda Sorenson, Karen Bernstein, Sean Roberge, Mary Long, Corrine Koslo, Mark Saunders

  Aiming to be "wholesome role models for kids," Beverly Hills Teens was a more character-driven cartoon show, chock full of '80s hairdos, bright colors, early computer technology, and "high fashion" outfits. Needless to say, the rich kids of Beverly Hills Teens would never survive outside 1980s Rodeo Drive.
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  (#5) Jem

  • Samantha Newark, Patricia Alice Albrecht, Cathianne Blore

  Years before Hannah Montana, Jerrica Benton struggled to keep her true identity separate from her rockstar alter ego in the animated series Jem. A collaboration between Hasbro and Marvel, Jem revolves around pop-rock group Jem and the Holograms. With their giant '80s hairdos, Jem and the Holograms would regularly butt heads with their evil tour manager Eric and their rival band The Misfits, all while trying to manage and protect a foster home for girls, Starlight House. Every episode featured three truly outrageous Jem music videos.
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  (#3) Pac-Man

  • Marty Ingels, Barry Gordon, Barbara Minkus

  The biggest arcade hero of all wasn't relegated to Saturday Supercade's parade of nonsense but was instead awarded a show all his own. Pac-Man the animated series follows our spherical, yellow hero and his family in the world of Pac-Land. Together, Pac-Man, his wife Pepper (a.k.a. Ms. Pac-Man), their child Pac-Baby, and their equally round dog and cat traveled the land trying to protect their food source Power Pellets from their enemies, the Ghosts (Inky, Pinky, Blinky, Clyde, and Sue).
  

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