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Turbo Teen
Cartoons

Turbo Teen: The 80s Cartoon That Shifted Into Pure Insanity

Mickey Yarber

Not only was Brett Matthews a great sports car driver, but he was also a great sports car! Following an accident in which he crashed into a science lab where a top-secret transfer ray was

Dragons Lair
Cartoons

Dragon’s Lair: The Animated Quest That Brought the Arcade to TV

Mickey Yarber

Dirk the Daring was the star of this medieval-themed cartoon, and his nemesis was the fire-breathing dragon Cinge. In each episode, Cinge would find a new way to terrorize the kingdom of King Ethelred, usually

Cartoons

The California Raisins Show: The Grooviest Cartoon of the 80s

Mickey Yarber

Pop quiz: How many lovable characters originated from a mandate by a farmers’ collective to boost sales of a floundering agricultural product? Under these highly uncommon circumstances, the California Raisins were born. In 1986, the

Blackstar
Cartoons

Blackstar: The Intergalactic Quest of a Warrior Out of Time

Mickey Yarber

Astronaut John Blackstar was sucked through a black hole and awakened to find himself stranded on the planet Sagar. Since he had never heard of this planet, John figured he would never see earth again

Street Sharks
Cartoons

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
Cartoons

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 and the Planeteers
Cartoons

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,

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