Underrated Cartoons...

8 cartoons  that are  definitely  underrated as far  as their content, and ingenuity,and impact  on other cartoons...

8. BIKER MICE FROM MARS 
created by Rick Ungar that began airing in 1993 in the United States and lasted for three seasons before it was cancelled. It is about three anthropomorphic mice motorcyclists named Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie who escaped a war on their home planet Mars. And the plot tones of the episodes individually all range from dark and serious to light hearted and comedic, but they all follow the three main characters on their task to defend the Earth from the evil that destroyed their home's land, The Plutarkians and to one day return to Mars. No blood is shown, no Guns or other illegal weapon use are used and many villains are monsters, aliens, and robots. . The Series successfully exhibits the action of the fighting scenes to avoid violent content censorship. 

Also  it gave Ian Ziering a gig to  be known for other than  Beverly  Hills 90210! ( the voice of Vinnie)





7. EXO-SQUAD

created by Universal Cartoon Studios as a response to Japanese anime.The show is set in the beginning of the 22nd century and covers the interplanetary war between humanity and Neosapiens, a fictional race artificially created as workers/slaves for the Terrans. The narration generally follows Able Squad, an elite Terran unit of soldiers who  pilot Exo-Suits called E-Frames. The series ran for two complete seasons on USA Network and Fox, from September 1993 to November 1994.

The series is set in the years 2119–2121 AD,several decades after humanity ("Terrans") has expanded its presence beyond Earth, terraforming and colonizing Venus and Mars.  Not all Terrans are affiliated with the Homeworlds, however: the Pirate Clans, descendants of Terran criminals exiled to the Outer Planets who live off looted Homeworlds' space freighters, are a major independent faction in the show.

The two seasons that the series was on the air follow the progress of the Neosapien War, as seen through the eyes of Able Squad, an elite E-frame unit, composed of J.T. Marsh, Nara Burns, Maggie Weston, Kaz Takagi, Alec DeLeon, Rita Torres, Wolf Bronsky, and Marsala.(a Neosapian) Their exploits unfold against the backdrop of the on-going war, as the squad participates in events often crucial to turning its tide. The show features a realistic outlook on war: many characters die in combat, military operations are carefully planned and reconnoitered in advance, and psychological effects of warfare are explored.  several episodes deal with the remaining Venusian resistance and Neosapien forces who hid across Venus, refusing to surrender and awaiting reinforcements.

The second season draws to a close with the defeat of the Neosapiens and the liberation of Earth, but it ends with a cliffhanger suggesting that a third season would describe a war against a new alien race, and that the Terrans and the Neosapiens would be forced to ally with each other. However, the series was cancelled soon after the end of the second season so a third season was never made.

A cartoon that deals with war, race relations, labor relations, and a white guy  with lines in his fade...how can you  not dig this show!

6. C.O.P.S.

Central Organization of Police Specialists "Fighting crime("whoosh") in a future time" is an American animated television series released by DIC Entertainment (distributed by Claster Television) and Celebrity Home Entertainment This cartoon ran from 1988–1989,

The year: 2020. The place: Empire City. The situation: Brandon “Big Boss” Babel (along with his gang of crooks) is holding the entire city under the palm of his iron hand and the Empire City Police Department can do nothing to stop him. As a last resort, Mayor Davis sends in Special Agent Baldwin P. Vess (Codename: Bulletproof) to take him down. However, Bulletproof suffered very serious injuries in a car wreck during a fight with Big Boss' criminal henchmen and had to be taken to the hospital, where he is given a cybernetic bullet-resistant torso to save his life as it would take years for his torso to recover.

While staying at the hospital, Bulletproof, knowing he cannot do all of this alone, sends out Police Officer P.J. O'Malley (Codename: LongArm) and rookie Officer Donny Brooks (Codename: HardTop) to round up the best law enforcers from all over the country. With these men and women — including David E. "Highway" Harlson, Colt "Mace" Howards, Stan "Barricade" Hyde, Tina "Mainframe" Cassidy, Walker "Sundown" Calhoun, Suzie "Mirage" Young, Hugh S. "Bullseye" Forward, and Rex "Bowser" Pointer and his robot dog, Blitz — he forms a team that is “the finest law enforcement agency there is in the country.” Bulletproof becomes the proud founder and commander of C.O.P.S.

Each episode has a title that begins with “The Case of…” with a different phrase being added to it (i.e. “The Case of the Iron C.O.P.S. and Wooden CROOKS”; “The Case of the Half-Pint Hero”; and “The Case of the Crime Nobody Heard”) along with the C.O.P.S. file number. Bulletproof would narrate at the beginning of the episode as well as the end, concluding by repeating the C.O.P.S. file number and title, ending it with “Case Closed” with an “Closed” mark being stamped onto the file folder.

This one is for  you  Br@ndX......"It's crime fighting time!"

5. Johhny Quest

A1964-65 television series about a boy named Jonny Quest who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures. Probably  one of the only  cartoons whose intro featured people actually getting shot at  and killed!  The Adventures of Jonny Quest – is the original American science fiction/adventure animated television series that started the franchise. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Screen Gems.

Inspired by radio serials and comics in the action-adventure genre, it featured more realistic art, characters, and stories than Hanna-Barbera's previous cartoon programs. It was the first of several Hanna-Barbera action-based adventure shows – which would later include Space Ghost, The Herculoids, and Birdman and the Galaxy Trio – and ran on ABC in prime time on early Friday nights for one season in 1964–1965.

Still the first and  only  cartoon outside of anything on  Adult Swim that  featured guys getting shot at  an killed  IN the title sequence! And rumor has it that Johnny Quest  will  be made into  a live-action film  soon featuring  Dwayne "The ROCK" Johnson as Race Bannon!

4. Bionic Six

Bionic Six is an American/Japanese animated television series from 1987, produced by TMS Entertainment and distributed by MCA TV (now NBCUniversal Television Distribution). Renowned Japanese animation director Osamu Dezaki was involved as chief supervising director, whose distinctive style (Golgo 13, Cobra) is evident throughout. 

The title characters of the series are a family of machine-enhanced human beings possessing unique powers after being augmented with bionic technology, much like The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. After a skiing vacation accident involving an alien radiation source renders Bennett family members comatose, Professor Amadeus Sharp deduces that bionic augmentation would nullify the effects of the radioactivity. Each family member is thereafter given a specific bionic power, and thus they form a superhero team named Bionic Six. Aside from the fact that they  made the the Asian character a martial arts expert (what  I  like to  call the KATO effect...lol) the show was really  cool in the fact that   you  had   all these  kids from different races all  working together. Yes, i  know it may  sound cheesy but  I  like shows showing that  we all CAN get  along...lol

",,,they're so  very  proud to  be....a super future  family..."

3.Reboot

3. ReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure cartoon series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Communications, BLT Productions and created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and John Grace, with the visuals designed by Brendan McCarthy after an initial attempt by Ian Gibson.

It was the first half-hour, completely computer-animated TV series.

Reruns of the series can be seen in Canada on Teletoon Retro.

The setting is in the inner world of a computer system known by its inhabitants as Mainframe.The first season of ReBoot was highly episodic, with each installment being a self-contained episode (except for the two part finale). Most of the episodes established characters, locations, and story elements, such as the gigantic game cubes. When The User loads a game, a game cube drops on a random location in Mainframe, sealing it off from the rest of the system and turning it into a gamescape. Bob frequently enters the games, reboots to become a game character, and fights the User's character to save the sector. If the User wins a game, the sector the cube fell in is destroyed, and the sprites and binomes who were caught within are turned into energy-draining, worm-like parasites called nulls. Within the series it is never clear if there is a "cure" or reversal for degrading to a null. The season also established the characters Hexadecimal and Megabyte who were two viruses and were primary antagonists in most of the episodes in the season.

Leave it to  Canada....Aside from the fact that the animation technology  was awesomely  ground breaking.  it probably  gave some preliminary  ideas to the creators of The MATRIX.

And the villans....Megabyte was definately  diabolical......

But Hexadicimal was downright scary!

2. Dave the Barbarian is an American animated television series created by Doug Langdale that premiered on January 23, 2004 on Disney Channel and ended on January 22, 2005. Continuing to air in other countries after the show ended, the show follows a barbarian named Dave, his sisters, uncle and pet dragon on their daily adventures. The show is a Disney Channel Original Series.

The series takes place in the Middle Ages, and centers on a powerful yet cowardly barbarian named Dave who lives in the fictitious land of Udrogoth along with his older sister Candy and younger sister Fang. His parents, Throktar and Glimia, are the King and Queen, but are away "fighting evil" across the world (though they sometimes communicate via a magic crystal ball or cauldron), and have left Candy in charge of the kingdom while Dave is supposed to defend the kingdom (since he is the biggest). Together the three siblings, along with their "wizard" uncle Oswidge, are left to run and protect the kingdom.

There is a Narrator, referred to either as "the Narrator" or "the Storyteller." He is able to talk to the characters of the show, and vice versa. In fact, he was once captured by The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy, and was forced to tell the story from his kidnapper's commands.

If Conan and Captain Caveman had a kid, it would be Dave!

Pajabbers!

1. Gargoyles

Gargoyles is an American animated series created by Greg Weisman. It was produced by Greg Weisman and Frank Paur and aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997.

Gargoyles is known for its dark tone, complex story arcs and melodrama. Character arcs were heavily employed throughout the series, and as the series progressed, it became deeply influenced by medieval Scottish history (and ye know what they  say...."if it isn't Scottish, it CRAP!"...lol)and Shakespeare's Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream

The voice cast featured several actors who are alumni of the Star Trek franchise including Marina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes (respectively, Deanna Troi and William Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation), who were featured regularly as principal cast members. Other Star Trek actors such as Michael Dorn (Worf on TNG), Brent Spiner (Data on TNG), Colm Meaney (Miles O’Brien on TNG and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge on NG), Nichelle Nichols (Uhura on Star Trek: The Original Series), Avery Brooks (Benjamin Sisko on DS9), Paul Winfield (Clark Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), David Warner (various characters, most notably Gul Madred in "Chain of Command", a two-part episode of TNG) and Kate Mulgrew ((Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager) were guest or recurring stars in the series.

Almost a complete fiasco as Disney  originally  wanted to  create a show with cutesy-wutsey Gargoyles.  So thank  GOD they  did not go that  direction. Instead they  created an awesum show, that  again deals with the dynamic of race and discrimination and eliminating those lines. Some of the episode blocks could have easily  be  made into big screen movies. Plus you had most  of the Star Trek TNG cast doing the voices on the show!