Shows that you liked as a kid but don't hold up now.

[agent817]

We've all been there. There is a show that you liked as a child but watching it as an adult doesn't give you same feeling as it did as a child. I mean it can still be enjoyable for nostalgic purposes, but other than that, it isn't AS good as you remember it. One example is "Bobby's World." When I watched the "90s Nick" video from Ukinojoe a while back, it cracked me up when he said "It was a good show!" Maybe I am just over-analyzing, but when I watched an episode in recent memory, I think when that was said in the video meant that the show doesn't hold up at all. I mean I liked it when I was a kid, but the show has not aged well one bit.

Another show, which I am really sorry to say, is "Kenan & Kel." I can still enjoy from time to time, but there are some things that when watching it now that don't sit well with me. I didn't like how later on they made Kel into a full-blown moron and the fact that Kenan gets in so much trouble at his job that I am surprised that he has never been fired. Of course, shows like that are never realistic and are made for kids, but still.

Any examples on your end?

[Hurbster]

Doctor Who. Now it's all about the assistant and not the main character.

[wisdomwizard]

80s Thundercats when it aired on Toonami I realized how shoddy the writing was in a good amount of episodes. And the voice work absolutely doesn't hold up. I'll watch an episode occasionally because it's really just very cheesy at worst, but it's definitely a different feeling than when I watched it when I was little.


What's sad though is that it is legitimately much better than the remake, which relied too heavily on contrived coincidences and plot devices.

[wallabylikeyou]

All the Marvel cartoons of the 90's. I even liked the Iron Man one back in the day. Today I recognise how they all look awful, sound awful and are much more dumbed down than the DC cartoons of the same decade.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

I loved 'Captain Power' when I was little, but I saw a few eps on YT and it looked like complete crap.

And the X-Men cartoon looked horrendous

[Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill]

First two seasons of Power Rangers are...yeah.

[bob]

Thunder in Paradise

[Burst]

The 80s Transformers and GI Joe. Yes, there were occasionally the rather well-written episode, at least on the Transformers end, but I really can't argue when people call the original toons formulaic and purely toy-driven.

Also, an awful lot of Nick live-action shows haven't held up either. I mean along the lines of your Hey Dudes and Salute Your Shorts.

[Knailsic From Now On]

DBZ, I still like it but now I've realized how bad the writing was.us

[mcmahonfan85]

Gundam Wing. loved it when they first ran it on Toonami, picked up the dvds a couple of years ago, tried to watch it several times and there are just waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many long, boring monologues about war and battle

[g1megatronfan]

Challenge of the Go-Bots.

I used to watch both Transformers and Go-Bots as a kid. I had both of the toys. I recently watched an episode of Go-Bots on youtube and it was AWFUL. Horrible drawing of the characters (Screwhead for example) looks like his face was drawn my a mentally challenged chimp using Mario Paint. Cy-Kill looks incredibly lame and the rest aren't any better.

No wonder why Transformers was more popular. Megatron looked like a total badass. Galvatron looked pretty cool. Cy-Kill looked laughable compared to those two. I'm not even going to get on the subject of Scooter...Good Lord.

[Phosphor Glow]

Jun 26, 2013 11:14:28 GMT -5 mcmahonfan85 said:

Gundam Wing. loved it when they first ran it on Toonami, picked up the dvds a couple of years ago, tried to watch it several times and there are just waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many long, boring monologues about war and battle

I disagree that they're boring, but yeah, that's kinda what you get when you're watching a Gundam series. Even in the non-UC stuff like Wing, it tends to be a commentary on war.

[Spider2024]

I almost don't want to admit that I liked Family Matters as a kid, but I did.

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Jun 26, 2013 9:52:16 GMT -5 wallabylikeyou said:

All the Marvel cartoons of the 90's. I even liked the Iron Man one back in the day. Today I recognise how they all look awful, sound awful and are much more dumbed down than the DC cartoons of the same decade.

This, sadly.

[Deleted]

ReBoot's animation has not held up well at all. Still think the writing, especially for seasons 2 and 3 were great though

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

I''ll be honest, while it isn't terrible, the X-men mid-90s cartoon doesn't hold up very well, especially when you put it next to Batman: The Animater Series.

[agent817]

It's funny how "Batman: The Animated Series" can still hold up now, whereas other superhero cartoons can't.

[Eunös ✈]

Zelda: Honestly I'm not really sure why I liked it to begin with 0.o

[BorneAgain]

I've found a lot of the 90s Marvel shows to be much cheesier now, but still entertaining.

Saved by the Bell on the other hand, yeesh too corny even for me.

[Jiren]

Jun 26, 2013 9:04:21 GMT -5 Hurbster said:

Doctor Who. Now it's all about the assistant and not the main character.

While I do sometimes enjoy it still, I agree.