90s Cartoons Archives : The Retro Network

How TaleSpin Blended Pulp Adventure With 90s Style

TaleSpin turned weekday afternoons into sky‑high adventures, sending kids soaring through Cape Suzette with Baloo, Kit, and the Sea Duck in a world where danger, humor, and pure imagination filled the skies.

Before Cartoon Network There Was the USA Cartoon Express

Mickey Yarber

USA’s Cartoon Express brought classic animation to cable kids everywhere, creating a cozy daily ritual filled with familiar characters, simple charm, and the earliest taste of all‑day cartoon programming.

DuckTales Made Every Afternoon an Adventure

Mickey Yarber

DuckTales turned every afternoon into a globe‑spinning adventure. With Scrooge, the nephews, and Launchpad crashing through danger, the show made childhood feel like a treasure map waiting to be explored, complete with mystery, heart, and pure animated wonder.

Gargoyles: The Cult Classic That Still Casts a Long Shadow

Mickey Yarber

Gargoyles shattered the bright, sugary mold of 90s cartoons, pulling kids into a world of shadows, myth and midnight heroics that made Saturday mornings feel darker, deeper and far more thrilling than ever before.

The Bold Bombastic Brilliance of Darkwing Duck

Mickey Yarber

Darkwing Duck swooped into the nineties with purple smoke, big laughs, and a hero who cared as much as he stumbled, turning every weekday afternoon into a bright, comic book adventure.

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 121.5

Adam Pope

Will and Adam dive into the bonus CrossGen Primer packed in with the issue to uncover the secrets of the Sigil, discuss a Last Woman Standing Battle between Elektra and Batgirl, explore the popularity of

The Pirates of Dark Water Turned Saturday Morning Cartoons Into High Adventure

Mickey Yarber

Saturday morning cartoons got a little more grown-up with the debut of Hanna-Barbera’s Pirates of Dark Water in 1991. Blending sci-fi with swords and sorcery, the show had more in common with Japanese anime than it did with other

Remember That Show? Ep. 40: Batman Beyond (1999)

Adam Pope

Adam and Will discuss the animated adventures of Batman Beyond in the Gotham City of the future. How did this Kids WB show copper to Batman The Animated Series on FOX Kids? How did the

Remembering Tales From the Cryptkeeper

Mickey Yarber

The 1950’s introduced us to Tales From the Crypt, a wry, sardonic E.C. Comics series that turned the saccharine theme of good versus evil on its head. Like its comic predecessor and the HBO horror anthology

The ’90s Closed the Book On Saturday Morning Cartoons

Mickey Yarber

For generations of kids, Saturday mornings meant one thing: cereal in hand, eyes glued to the TV, and a lineup of animated heroes, slapstick antics, and toy-commercial interludes that stretched from dawn until lunch. But

Remember That Show? Ep. 35: The Tick (1994)

Adam Pope

SPOON! Adam and Will are back to discuss the FOX Kids animated series The Tick from 1994. A series that lasted 3 seasons, but doesn’t seem as fondly remembered as X-Men, Batman or Spider-Man shows

Looking Back at Captain N: The Game Master

Adam Pope

2019 marks the 30th anniversary of NBC pushing the start button on the Nintendo series, Captain N: The Game Master as part of their Saturday Morning lineup.

Weekday Morning Cartoons of the 90’s

Adam Pope

When 90s rolled around, there was another special time to watch cartoons that has always stuck out in my mind. Saturday Morning Cartoons always get the glory, but I think it’s time to give Weekday Morning Cartoons of the 90s their due.

The 10 Spookiest Cartoon Bad Guys

Brian Cave

The 10 Spookiest Cartoon Bad Guys is a guest post written by Brian Cave. If you like this (and you probably will), go check out his book, Old School Evil, for a whole lot more

Street Sharks: The 90s Cartoon That Bit Back

Mickey Yarber

The world of half-human, half-animal mutants got a little meaner with the release of 1995’s Street Sharks. These bad boys didn’t need any ninja training or rat sensais—they were buff, scary, and had a mouth full

Camp Candy: The 90s Cartoon That Felt Like Summer Vacation

Mickey Yarber

Camp Candy was a summer sleepover camp owned and operated by John Candy. Like most camps, it offered activities like boating, swimming, and fishing; but unlike most camps, this one had a variety of crazy

Captain Planet: The Animated Battle for a Cleaner, Greener World

Mickey Yarber

Striking a blow for ecology, fighting “polluting perpetrators” wherever they were found, Captain Planet and the Planeteers brought the environmental movement to the cartoon world. The series came from an original idea by media mogul Ted Turner,