Here I shall list cartoons that I watched prior to the 90s (and some perhaps extended into the 90s, but as long as they started before then, here they are). Some of them I don't remember well, some I may not even remember more than the title. But I'm trying to be rather completist about this, so I want to mention everything I can even vaguely recall ever having watched. Cartoons that I don't remember well, but which began in the 90s or later, will be listed on tier x.

Let's begin...

The All-New Popeye Hour, CBS
IMDb; Retro Junk; Toonarific; TV.com; Wikipedia

Yep, don't remember a whole lot about this, but I'm sure I must've watched it. I mean, I know the basic situation and the characters. Popeye the sailor man, and his girlfriend Olive Oyl, and a bad guy named Bluto, and so forth. So like, Popeye eats spinach and gets strong, so he can get out of whatever revoltin' developments he's gotten into... Dunno what else to say. Except I did later seen another cartoon, Popeye and Son (IMDb; Retro Junk; Voice Chasers). Or at least, I think I saw it. Could be wrong, though. There've been various Popeye shows, or whatever, going back well before my time. I may have seen some older stuff at some point, as well as newer stuff. I just don't know. I don't care that much, either. Whatever.

Alvin and the Chipmunks, NBC
IMDb; official website; Retro Junk; Toonarific; TV.com; Wikipedia

Welp, of course the Chipmunks are famous for a couple of songs. And later they had a black & white cartoon, which I suppose I saw a little bit in reruns, but don't remember well. And in the 80s, they had a new cartoon series. It seems to have lasted more years than I was aware of it, somehow. I don't actually remember when I became aware of it, but I'm sure I couldn't have seen like 8 years of it. Come on! Still, I do remember it some. I dunno, I'm sure it wasn't great, but it was alright. I mainly remember there being three female chipmunk characters as well as the regular characters, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore (and their "father"/manager, Dave Seville). I'm sure I thought the Chipettes were cute. Especially Brittany. I always liked that name, too. Until Britney Spears came along and ruined it, but that's not relevant....

The Berenstain Bears, CBS
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Based on a series of children's books I don't recall having read any of. Um... it was about a family of bears. I don't really remember much aside from the fact that the theme song was to the tune of "The Stars and Stripes Forever."

Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines
IMDb; Retro Junk; Toonarific; Wikipedia

I vaguely recall watching this along with shows like Jem and Robotix. It was, you know, about monster trucks. I don't remember anything specific about it.

The Biskitts, CBS
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Don't remember much about it, except that it was about these tiny doglike critters. I seem to recall it being a spin-off from the Smurfs, but I could be wrong.

Blackstar, CBS
IMDb; Retro Junk; Toonarific; TV.com; Wikipedia

I'm afraid I barely even remember this existed, and I couldn't even think of the name before I did some searching for it on the Net, or whatever. Anyway... I think this is the show I'm thinking of. My one real memory is that I think everyone had to go to school on Saturday once when I was little, I don't remember why. And I was upset about missing this, or something.

The Bugs Bunny Show, CBS
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Well, Wikipedia notes that this has gone by various names over the years (and aired on various networks). I don't even remember what it was called when I watched it. I don't even remember when I first watched it. It doesn't matter much, obviously the cartoons on this show were actually from before my time, anyway. But I'm sure I did watch it when I was a little kid. Everyone should, really. I don't even know what to say about it, except that it's obviously a classic. Bugs, Daffy, Tweety and Sylvester, Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Michigan J. Frog, the Tazmanian Devil, and, I dunno, a bunch of other characters... Honestly, what can I say? I mean, everyone already knows these cartoons. Lots of slapstick violence and whatnot... it's just... I dunno, it's all too much to try to describe...

The Care Bears
IMDb; Retro Junk; Toonarific; TV.com; Voice Chasers; Wikipedia

Don't remember it well. I know I used to watch it, though. And used to have some little plastic figures. And a couple stuffed animals, which must be in my closet still. My favorite character was probably Bright Heart Raccoon, which is one of the plush toys in my closet. He was purple, you know. I like purple. Um, the only thing I really remember about this show was that eventually the Care Bears met some other kinds of animals called the Care Bear Cousins, one of whom was Brave Heart Lion. And I remember Brave Heart once singing a song after the main cartoon... yes, after the cartoon I think they'd sometimes have some little unrelated... segments of some kind... and one time, Brave Heart was teaching kids how to make peanut butter balls. I have this one fragment of a verse in my head where he sang "...the PB balls," and that's all I can really remember, but it pops into my head now and then. So I just thought I'd share.

CBS Storybreak
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Originally hosted by Bob Keeshan (aka Captain Kangaroo - see kid stuff), books were made into little half hour cartoons. Sometimes it was decent. My favorite was probably "Dragon's Blood," but later I read the book (the first in a trilogy by Jane Yolen) and it's much better than the cartoon, of course. Well, I remember various other cartoons from this show. There was "How to Eat Fried Worms," and "Chocolate Fever," and "Yeh-Sheh," and "Zucchini," and "Arnold of the Ducks," and "The Pig Plantagenet," and... I dunno, I'd probably remember all the eps if I saw them again.... Anyway, later the series was hosted by Malcolm-Jamal Warner, but it was just the same old cartoons, so I don't know what the point was. They may have even got someone else to host it later, too. I'm not sure.

The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, CBS
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What can I say? This was based on the Peanuts comic strip. I don't remember it that well, but... it was alright, I guess. Maybe.

The Drak Pack, CBS
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Only really remember the title. Glad I'm not crazy to think it existed.

Dungeons & Dragons, CBS
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Reruns on Toon Disney, Sat & Sun at 6am.
You know how sometimes you're on an amusement park ride with your friends, when suddenly you're transported into a fantasy realm, given new clothes and magic weapons, and forced to fight demons and dragons and put up with crazy little old sorcerers who talk in riddles all the time, while constantly searching for a way home? Yeah... man, someone ought to look into that, put up a warning sign on the rides, or something. I dunno.

Anyway, this was what happened to a group of friends in this cartoon from 1983. It was kinda based on the D&D RPG that was popular at the time, but... I dunno. I never played the game, but I always liked the cartoon. I think it kind of suffered in a couple ways... alot of D&D players I think didn't like it because it was too... I dunno, cartoony, I guess. Not really like the game so much. But it also caught flak from folks who were all up in arms against the RPG for being "occult" or whatever. You know the type. Don't even have to watch a show to know they hate it and it's evil and stuff. Feh.

Anyway... The characters were on this ride got sucked into a magical world where they met a sorcerer called Dungeon Master, who gave them each a magic weapon. Hank became a ranger, getting a magic bow; Diana, the acrobat (who we kinda liked) got a magic javelin; Sheila, the thief (who we liked) got a cloak of invisibility; her little brother Bobby, the barbarian, got a club; Presto, the magician, got a magic hat, though the spells he cast generally came out wrong; and Eric, the cavalier with a cavalier attitude, got a shield. He was normally rather sarcastic and self-centered and cowardly, constantly complaining, rarely helping. He was also the funniest character, and the one most determined to find a way home. Kind of hard to understand why the others kept putting up with him, but perhaps that says something about their own character. The group also were befriended by a young unicorn called Uni (who didn't talk, btw). Bobby was especially close to Uni.

So, while they all traveled around searching for a way home, they'd sometimes help people or whatever. Dungeon Master would occasionally pop up unexpectedly, to give them advice they never really understood; Eric found him especially annoying. Anyway, they often had to fight Venger, who was like this evil, powerful wizard or whatever, who more or less seemed to rule the world, or most of it. He was an enemy of Dungeon Master, and he always wanted to get his hands on the kids' magic weapons. He had a servant called Shadow Demon, and hordes of orcs or whatever. And there was also a five-headed dragon named Tiamat, who was an enemy of both the heroes and Venger. And I suppose there were other random threats sometimes.

Not really sure what else to say. It's nice to have a chance to see reruns now, though the show doesn't quite hold up. I mean, I guess I like it. Hard to say how much I'd care about it if not for its nostalgic value, but whatever. It might seem kinda lame now, but it can still be kind of amusing or whatever. And I do hope new generations could appreciate it.... Oh, and I should mention it's kind of annoying that Toon Disney doesn't play the original opening, which had Dungeon Master and the others talking and stuff. But you can see the original opening and closing themes at Retro Junk....

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
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Based on stories by Bill Cosby about kids he knew growing up, or something. Bill hosted the show. Don't remember it too much, but I wouldn't mind seeing it again. Oh, yeah, the kids like sometimes watched this cartoon called the Brown Hornet, or whatever.

Galaxy High, CBS
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This was a pretty fun and funny show from the 80's, though I don't remember it so well. There was this high school in space with students from a bunch of different planets. A couple of kids got like abducted from Earth or something to attend school there. There was this sort of dumb jock or whatever named Doyle, and this girl named Aimee who was supposed to be like a nerdy, unpopular brain or something on Earth, I think, but we rather liked her, especially after the makeover she got in space, which included turning blue. Um, anyway, there were a bunch of weird alien creatures at the school and um... I dunno, it was just funny, and stuff. I miss it. It's on DVD now, so I'm definitely going to get it eventually, and I'll say more here, after I've watched it. Oh yes, also, most links call it "Galaxy High School," and I expect that's what it's called on the DVDs... but I remember it just being "Galaxy High," so that's what I'm calling it here. I might be wrong, of course; maybe I just remember it that way because of the theme song... But hey, at least Wikipedia seems to agree with me....

The Get-Along Gang, CBS
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This bunch of animal kids had a caboose as a clubhouse, and uh... I don't really remember much else, but this was one of the shows I watched every Saturday, so... here's an entry for it. Wish I could think what to say.

Gilligan's Planet, CBS
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Seriously. This was funny. The very notion of such a show is funny. That it actually got made is even funnier. Gosh, what a funny, funny show! I hardly remember it at all. Oh yeah, I should mention, in case you hadn't guessed, it was inspired by the live-action series Gilligan's Island (classic shows), except instead of being stranded on an island, the castaways were... uh, lost in space....

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
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Don't remember it that well, but it was good. Maybe someday I'll get the DVDs. Anyway, my favorite character was Orko. I also kinda liked Cringer, I guess. Anyway, so the backstory, as I recall, was that there was this female astronaut from Earth, named Marlena, who crash-landed on this weird planet called Eternia, that was sort of part medieval, maybe even earlier, and had plenty of magic but also a bit of high technology. And she married King Randor and became a queen. Their son, Prince Adam, had this sword that would turn him into this super-strong guy called He-Man who was like a superhero or whatever. It also turned his scaredy-cat Cringer into Battle Lion. And there was this evil guy called Skeletor who had a bunch of minions and they always made trouble and stuff. And there was a castle called Grayskull, which was rather important. I think like this Sorceress (who we liked) lived there or something, and I guess she's the one who gave Prince Adam his magic sword. And Skeletor was always trying to take the place over or whatever. I dunno.

Well, there were plenty of other characters, good and bad. On He-Man's side was Man-At-Arms (aka Duncan), and his daughter Teela (who we liked), the weird little wizard Orko, Ram-Man, Roboto, etc. Skeletor's minions included the witch Evil-Lyn (who we probably kinda liked), Tri-Klops, Beastman, Trap-Jaw, Mer-Man, etc. Oh, and Skeletor also had a cool purple panther named Panthor, sort of an evil counterpart to Battle Cat. Anyway, there were of course lots of toys based on the series (or maybe the series was based on the toys). I had some of them. Wish I still did, but I reckon some I sold at flea markets or yard sales, and some may have been lost or stolen. Shame. I remember the Kobra Khan toy would actually spit water when you pressed his head down. Um, I had battle-damage skeletor, whose chest plate could switch from damaged to undamaged. And Prince Adam/He-Man. And Panthor. And Roboto (he was cool). And maybe some others, I forget.

There was a related series called She-Ra: Princess of Power (IMDb; Retro Junk; Toonarific; TV.com; Voice Chasers; Wikipedia), which I think was set in another dimension or something, but I never got a chance to see any of it. I'd like to, someday (we like She-Ra). There was also a new He-Man series on Cartoon Network in 2002 (Cartoon Network; IMDb; Toonarific; TV.com; Voice Chasers; Wikipedia), but I didn't watch much of it. It was okay I guess, but I didn't think it seemed as good as the original, and I didn't really see the point. I'd really rather they had just aired reruns of the old series instead of wasting their time and money making the new show.

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling, CBS
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There were wrestlers. Some were good guys and some were bad guys. I vaguely remember Hulk Hogan and Rowdy Roddy Piper, and Junk Yard Dog, and... that's about it. I don't really remember anything specific about the show, just that I watched it. I didn't even remember the title....

Kidd Video, NBC/CBS
IMDb; Kidd Video Flipside (fansite); Retro Junk; Toonarific; TV.com; Voice Chasers; Wikipedia

Another fun old 80's cartoon that I don't remember that well. In looking at some of the links, apparently it was originally on NBC, but reran on CBS. I didn't remember that, but of course, I wouldn't have been able to see it except on CBS. Anyway, there was this band that got transported into a cartoon world called the Flipside, by this evil guy called Master Blaster. And they all turned into cartoons, themselves. And so did like their van or whatever, I think. And um. There was this fairy named Glitter they met who joined them. And um, stuff happened. I don't really remember it, I just remember it was cool and I miss it. I think Glitter got really strong when she sneezed. Or something. And I have some image of a Salvador Dalí painting in my head for some reason.

The Kwicky Koala Show, CBS
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Yet another show I don't remember much more about other than the title. There was a really fast koala, though, who may have even teleported. And... that's all I can tell you. I'm sure I liked it when I was little, though.

Meatballs and Spaghetti, CBS
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This is one of those shows that I don't really recall much of anything other than the title. In fact, when trying to remember it, at first I thought it was "Spaghetti & Meatballs." Anyway, at the time I didn't know this, but just now while looking for links, I learned that the character "Meatballs" was supposed to be based on the singer Meatloaf. Of course I didn't know this when I was a little kid, cuz I'd never heard of him, back then. Anyway, Meatballs was a singer in the cartoon, and he had a wife named Spaghetti, I guess they were like a travelling band or something, and they had adventures and stuff. I don't really remember anything about it, but... I thought I should make note that I do remember at least the fact that I used to watch this.

The Merry Marvel Marching Society
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Okay, apparently the actual title of this show was "The Marvel Superheroes," but I remember it as "The Merry Marvel Marching Society." At least, that was the title of the closing theme for the show. I suppose that could be why I remember it as the show's title. Oh well. I don't care, I'm sticking with the title as I remember it, for now. Even if I am wrong. I'm just stubborn, that way. (Oh, and apparently it's also the name of a fan club for Marvel comics, but I know nothing about that.) Anyway, it seems the show was made in 1966, but I watched it... must have been in the very early 80s, I suppose. I don't remember it too well, and I dunno how good it was, but I'd certainly love to see it again. It holds great nostalgic value for me, and I like the theme song for this as well as some of the other shows.... The series actually was comprised of various smaller cartoon shows, each about a different Marvel superhero. You had Iron Man, Namor, Captain America, the Hulk, and Thor. Um... I dunno what else to say.

Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, CBS
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I remember this somewhat for Mighty Mouse, but more for another superhero, Bat-Bat, and a villain called The Cow. I always liked the idea of Bat-Bat... you know, like Bat-Man, except... he was actually a bat. So... y'know... a bat using being a bat as a secret superhero kind of... whatever... I dunno, I just always liked the idea, okay? I dunno what else to say about the show. I'd probably like to see it again sometime.

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The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle, CBS
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I can't say for certain that I ever watched this. But I know when I was very little I must've seen some old Mighty Mouse cartoons, well before the newer Mighty Mouse of the late 80s. And I'm also sure that when I was very little, I saw some Heckle & Jeckle cartoons, even though I don't remember anything specific about them. So... here's an entry. Sorry I can't say anything interesting or useful. And I'm sorry if this isn't even what I watched, but whatever...

The New Adventures of Pinocchio
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Well, I guess this was made in 1960, though I must've watched it in the early 80s or something. But heck, it could even have been the mid or late 80s, or the early 90s, I dunno. Anyway, I don't remember this well at all. But um, it's apparently Rankin/Bass's first animation ever. Wow. And um, I just remember Pinocchio always being led astray by the fox and the cat. I think. And I think I must've seen this along with Tales of the Wizard of Oz. Oh, and each episode was about 5 minutes long.

Pandamonium, CBS
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Yet another old 80's cartoon I don't remember well, but really miss. Um, there was this pyramid thing that this evil wizard was trying to steal from like some huge pedestal up in space or whatever. And it fell and pieces scattered all over the Earth. And there were some people who travelled around trying to find and collect the pieces before this evil wizard could get them. And there were these three talking pandas who could jump together to form this thing called "Papa Panda" which would like radiate this like wave of whatever that like pushed away badness or something. I dunno. Sounds kind of anime-ish or something, don't it? Anyway, funny and fun show. Like I say, I miss it.

Pole Position, CBS
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I don't remember it well. But it was cool. I swear, it was. I remember the talking cars, Wheels and Roadie. Sort of. And they were driven by a brother and sister, who were like racecar drivers or whatever, though I don't remember them that well. I also remember liking the name of their uncle, Zachary. I dunno if this is the first place I ever heard that name, or what. But anyway, he'd like send them on secret missions to fight crime or whatever. It was based on a video game, though I doubt I ever played that.

Robotix
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I vaguely recall watching this when I was a kid, along with Jem and Bigfoot and it seems like I also saw Transformers (anime 5) at the same time. This was about... um... robots. I dunno, I don't remember it well enough to tell you anything about it. I almost feel like I could have had some toys though. I dunno.

Saturday Supercade, CBS
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This had a few shows based on video games like "Donkey Kong" and "Q-Bert." And other stuff, but those are mainly what I remember. Vaguely.

Shirt Tales, CBS
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Barely remember it, but I liked it. These little animals um... turned into super-heroes, or something. One of those deals where they don't really look different, as I recall, but nobody who knows them recognizes them, anyway.

The Smurfs
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Yes, I used to watch this when I was a kid. You couldn't avoid it. Anyway, the Smurfs were these little blue creatures who were three apples high, and there were like 100 of them who all lived in a little village together, in like the middle ages or something. And there was an evil wizard named Gargamel who had a cat named Azrael, and they always wanted to catch Smurfs for some reason. And there were maybe a few humans who were friends of the Smurfs, like Johan and Peewit (pronounced Pee-Wee). I dunno what else to say, it was a weird little show, but it was pretty popular for awhile. Oh, and I guess it was based on European comic books or something.

Spider-Man
DVD site; IMDb; Retro Junk; Toonarific; TV.com; Wikipedia

Apparently made in the late 60's. Which is weird, cuz I watched it when I was a kid, must've been the early 80's. And at the time I thought it was a current show. I found out in 2002, in an article in TV Guide, that it was from the 60's. Which really blew my mind. Anyway, I remember some of the stories, sort of. I would so love to watch this again for the pure nostalgia of it. I definitely plan to get it on DVD, eventually. Anyway, it's about the comic book superhero Spider-Man. I don't know what else to say, but if and when I do see it again, maybe I'll say more. Or not.

Tales of the Wizard of Oz
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I think I must've seen this alongside The New Adventures of Pinocchio, and I don't remember it any better than I do that, really. Like that show, each episode was about 5 minutes long. This was like the second series from Rankin/Bass, but it used more traditional animation... although the animation style was really rather weird and childlike. And um, I dunno, the stories and everything were quite weird, and the characters had slightly different names than normal, and didn't act much like you'd expect. I dunno what else to say. It was just weird.

The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour, CBS
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Um... so like, this combined a few older cartoons, about each of the title characters. I think Zorro was added in the second season. I don't know what to say, I don't really remember it that well at all, but... I watched it, so here's an entry.

Teen Wolf, CBS
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Based on the live-action movie. Um... so, it was about Scott Howard, a teenaged werewolf, and his family. I sorta remember his little sister, Lupe, and their grandmother. I don't remember any specific stories or anything.

Thundercats
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I don't really remember how well I liked the show, but it's not bad, I guess. It's something one should at least check out. Snarf was cool. Anyway there's a bunch of people who are humanoid but each are kind of like a different kind of wildcat, and they come from some planet that was destroyed or something, and settled on some other planet and have to fight some evil creatures ruled by this ancient magical mummy named Mumm-Ra. And stuff. I dunno, maybe someday I'll actually get the DVDs and say more.

Tom & Jerry
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I suppose I must've watched this in like the early 80s, but it consisted of theatrical shorts created over a period of at least a couple decades, starting in 1940. I don't remember anything specific about it. It's just... Tom, the cat, chasing Jerry, the mouse, who constantly outsmarted him, and often seemed like rather a jerk. I mean, I can understand a mouse not wanting to be caught and eaten by a cat. Fine. But in these cartoons, Jerry tended to overdo it. He didn't just elude the cat, he made his life miserable, and very painful. And of course, Tom and Jerry inspired lots of future stuff, like "Itchy and Scratchy" from The Simpsons (cartoons 1). And in a way, probably Kevin vs. Harry and Marv from the "Home Alone" movies. And countless other stuff. But hey, it was alot like... lots of other cartoons of the era, including Looney Tunes (Sylvester & Tweety, most notably). I dunno, whatever... all those old cartoons from the mid-20th century, I think, were much more violent than the cartoons parents complain about their kids watching these days... even if it was slapstick and today's violence is often more realistic... today's cartoons are also often more intelligent. Not always, of course.... But shows like Tom & Jerry get pretty repetetive and pointless and boring, after awhile....

Wildfire, CBS
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Don't remember it well, but it was okay. This girl named Sara rode this magical horse named Wildfire into another world, as I recall, and fought some evil or something. First place I ever heard the line "(She) who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day." (The villain said it once.)

The Wuzzles
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A bunch of weird critters who were all half one animal and half some other animal. I don't really remember much about it, but it was okay. Oh yeah, there was a narrator, too.