Random Cartoons From '90s You Completely Forgot Existed (21 items)

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  (#9) Skeleton Warriors

  • Kevin Michael Richardson, Jim Cummings, Tony Jay, Jeff Bennett, Jennifer Hale, Jeannie Elias, Gary Owens, Danny Mann, Earl Boen, Linda Gary Howerton, Rodney Saulsberry, Kevin Schon, Michael Corbett, Philip L. Clarke

  CBS aired this interesting animated series back in 1994, but it only remained on the network for its first season of 13 episodes. Skeleton Warriors was developed in the hope that it would spawn a franchise of related merchandise, and it did result in the release of a line of action figures from Playmates Toys, a comic book series from Marvel Comics, and a video game released on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation.

  The show takes place on a planet called Luminaire, which is embroiled in conflict around an artifact called the Lightstar Crystal. When half the crystal is taken, the evil Baron Dark is transformed into a skeleton. He also gains the power to turn anyone with a dark heart into a skeleton to fight against the Legion of Light. Basically, it's a good-versus-evil show, with the bad guys depicted as skeletons in case their allegiances are ever in question.
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  (#15) Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars

  • Long John Baldry, Jay Brazeau, Garry Chalk

  Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars was a French/American animated series based on the Bucky O'Hare comic book. The series debuted in 1991 and only ran for 13 episodes before it was canceled. There was a toy line associated with the comics and series, and many of the figures now sell for a ton of cash on sites like eBay.

  The story took a lot of its material from the comics, but differed in a few areas. For the most part, the show follows Bucky and his crew members, who belong to the SPACE organization. SPACE is an acronym for Sentient Protoplasm Against Colonial Encroachment. Oh yeah, and the theme song included the words "righteous indignation."
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  (#1) Stunt Dawgs

  Though its title suggests this show is all about a group of stunt-performing canines, it is actually about a group of stunt performers, who are sadly human. They do have a bulldog alongside them on their adventures, and his name is "Human," which sort of works to poke fun at the series title. The series is based on a comic book of the same name.

  The show held together for two years, and managed to put out 40 episodes in Canada and the United States. It's somewhat like Scooby-Doo in that it features a group of youngish people going about solving problems heroically. The twist revolves around the fact that they are all stunt performers - but other than that and a catchy theme song, there isn't much that is noteworthy about the show.
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  (#2) Dumb and Dumber

  • Tom Kenny, Kath Soucie, Bronson Pinchot, Matt Frewer, Bill Fagerbakke

  It didn't take long for Hanna-Barbera to produce a television series based on the wildly popular film of the same name. In less than a year, the company dropped 13 episodes of a series called Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series on ABC. While the film managed to capture a wide audience with its gross-out humor and madcap antics, the series did not. It was canceled after one season.

  The show revolves around Lloyd and Harry's misadventures after they reacquire their custom van, which is called the Shag-n-Wagon in the film but goes by the less offensive "Otto" in the series. The show also features a new female character named Kitty, a purple pet beaver who is smarter than the two human protagonists.
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  (#7) The Wacky World of Tex Avery

  • Billy West, Cree Summer, Maurice LaMarche, Kathleen Barr, Scott McNeil, Ian James Corlett, Lee Tockar, Terry Klassen, Phil Hayes

  Created as an homage to celebrated animator Tex Avery and the cartoons of his era, The Wacky World of Tex Avery aired 65 episodes consisting of 195 individual segments between September and December 1997. However, the show had nothing to do with Avery's actual cartoon creations, which include most of the classic Looney Tunes roster.

  Wacky World's segments are based on seven different shorts following the exploits of Freddy the Fly, Power Pooch, Maurice and Mooch, Ghengis and Khannie, Einstone, Pompeii Pete, and a cowboy named "Tex Avery." Unlike Avery's creations, these characters have since faded into obscurity.
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  (#18) Toxic Crusaders

  • Kath Soucie, Rodger Bumpass, Michael J. Pollard, Chuck McCann, Susan Blu, Gregg Berger, Ed Gilbert, Paul Eiding, Susan Silo, Hal Rayle, John Mariano, Patric Zimmerman

  In 1991, a series based on Troma's The Toxic Avenger was made to capitalize on the success of shows like The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The series was called Toxic Crusaders, and it survived long enough to air the 13 episodes created for the first season. There wasn't a second.

  Naturally, the show depicts the Toxic Avenger in a much more child-friendly way than the R-rated movies. However, without the over-the-top innuendo and general mayhem of its namesake franchise, Toxic Crusaders is remembered as nothing more than a generic also-ran in the pantheon of kids' programming.

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