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Published: 2011-08-18 23:17:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 32339; Favourites: 703; Downloads: 3554
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If you happen to be a child of the 80's, I'm sure you could name dozens of characters from your youth that captured your imagination on Saturday morning cartoons. To me, they're a part of why I consider the 80's to be the greatest decade of my life. They were all about flashy effects, rock 'n roll themes and promoting toys. I wanted to honour that era with a massive group shot of characters from over seventy of your favourite shows. This took two weeks to do - the longest I've worked on any single picture.This image was inspired by the cover of Capcom Design Works . The title in the top-right is the theme song of The Raccoons . I feel it best represents the spirit and energy of 80's animation, and it's something I used to listen to a lot while working on this pic. Someday I hope to draw an adjoining picture with characters from 90's cartoons. Two points to bear in mind: there are no anime shows featured (otherwise the pic would be twice as big as it already is) and there are no British shows. Even though I'm a Brit myself, I will happily admit that my country's own animation is utter pump. I mean, c'mon. Jimbo? Bananaman? Superted? Gimme the frickin' SPACE BATTLES!!
IF YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO'S WHO, YOU CAN CHECK A REFERENCE IMAGE HERE , BUT TRY AND GUESS AS MANY AS YOU CAN FIRST.
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"We are living, live in the 80s! We still fight! Fight in the 80s" Awesome work here
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Wow you got Galaxy Rangers, Spiral Zone, Dinosaucers, Visonaries, Muppet Babies, Teddy Ruxpin, Bravestarr, All of my favorite lesser known 80's shows and some of my all time favorites. This is truly a labor of love and I tip my hat to you for making it happen
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this is truly awesome...I grew up in the 60's with the wonderful Hanna Barbera cartoons, but my love for animation has remained constant over the years
I agree most of the stuff from the last decade or so has been so so. I really loved the 70's and 80's cartoons and I will be using this for my computer wallpaper.
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Awww 
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You don't see good childhood cartoons like these anymore nowadays huh?
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I think the closest we've seen so far is the Thundercats remake, which went far and beyond the original series. I wish other shows would follow in its footsteps like Silverhawks, M.A.S.K., Centurions and Dinosaucers, because it's true that the tone of 80's cartoons is missing from today's shows. The defining aspect will always be the intros with music by Shuki Levy. Cartoons just aren't the same without his bitchin' guitar riffs.
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True. With the way Pumyra was actually died and a double agent was really unexpected. Plus there were also some others like Transformers: Animated and Transformers Prime that were also decent. God if only they could re-air those shows again, maybe even digitally re-made. I think I've heard some of his works in some intros... but then again it has been a long while..
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The '80s had some amazing cartoons.
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The 90's did too, but I still love the 80's for the nostalgia value - and the music! It kinda went downhill after that with annoying shows like Spongebob Squarepants, Teen Titans, Totally Spies and Ben 10, buuuuut there was the occasional gem like Avatar and Transformers Animated.
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Though I'm not familiar with a lot of these shows, I can say that I was happy to see the ones I DO know. Again, the memories of my 'teens keep flooding back, and I love it!
Some of my personal faves are shown here:
Voltron, Jem, Smurfs, Optimus Prime, Super Mario, Captain N, Link, Pac-Man, TMNT, Slimer (RGB), Pinky and Panky (Pink Panther & Sons), Alvin & the Chipmunks, Beetlejuice
Though truth be told, there were a lot more 'toons at the time (not necessarily anime), you did a super job capturing the original spirit of 80's TV. I can't thank you enough for the time you put into this, seriously.
So many memories...
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It warms my heart to see such a devotee to 80's cartoons. You're the first person to name Pinky and Panky - two sorely underrated characters. I tried to include as many popular shows as I could, and even some unpopular ones. (That Rubik's Cube gave me nightmares. 
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WAAAAAAAAH! Bring me back to the eighties!
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The 80's was the age of cool dinosaurs. Dinosaucers rocked my world.
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you know whats scary is the fact that I recognize each and almost every one of these characters
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That's not scary, that's amazing! I salute your geeky nostalgia, sir!
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I'm a child of the 80's what can i say
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this is one of the greatest compilation picture EVER! XD is there any bigger image of the checklist? im having trouble reading it.
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You know what's really funny? The title is called "Run With Us", right? But you're missing a dude who HAS his own TV show on Saturday mornings, and he RUNS faster than everyone in this pic. It's Sonic the Hedgehog! 
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What's even more amazing is that you forgot Sonic the Hedgehog wasn't around in the 1980's.
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Who is the elephant with a crown and a green suit?
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T'is his royal highness, Babar. There's a reference guide for every character in the description.
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Wow, this is SO cool! I'm looking at it trying to see how many characters I recognize - and I recognize a lot of them!
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omg! The Littles! Omg! Bravestarr!! OMG!! CAPTIAN N!!... but what is sad is how many of these great cartoons didn't survive....now we have to deal with crap like Magi Nation, Horseland and many (MANY) others that just are not worth being broadcasted...
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Even My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?
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I don't know who half these guys are...I need to look for a 90s version of this!
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Ha ha! Like I said, I really hope to make a similar collage of 90's cartoon characters some day, but I'm currently preoccupied rebuilding my life after moving house.
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Well then I will add you to my watch list in hopes of future awesomeness
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My god.....so much win in this picture. Many of my favorite characters in here :3
Love it!
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Woah! I've seen group images before but this is seriously almost every cartoon I ever watched as a kid! Thanks for sharing this. Too awesome.
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I had to click the "download" option to view the pic properly, (you can change the image size on DA in the "edit" options if you want BTW) but it still looks amazing.
I love how you not only went for the "popular" '80s cartoon characters, but also included the more obscure ones to. Such as "Rude Dog," and his car wich I loved renting on video from my local video rental store as a kid. I almost forgot that show existed 'till I saw this, then it all came back to me!
I was only alive briefly in the '80s, but I still recognise ALOT of these characters. (Gatta love Bert Raccoon, Slimer, Mario, Link, Muppet Babies, TMNT, Rescue Rangers, Duck Tales, Gummi Bears, Inspector Gadget, ect.)
One of the most amazing '80s cartoon homages I've ever seen.
...Though, I would've liked to of seen ALF, Heathcliff, Riff-Raff, (or one of the "Catillac Cats") Garfield, or one of the "U.S. Acres/Orson's Farm" characters to though.
Oh well, can't fit every '80s cartoon in. 
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Given the dimensions of the image, I'm wary of displaying a full-size version here for fear of stretching the submission page. I think the best solution would be to make it clear in the description that downloading the image is required. Thanks for pointing it out.
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I don't know, stretching the page has never really been a problem for me, and the page still looks fine to me, and I'm on a lower resolution. But do what you think works best.
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Thanks, and stick around because I still plan to draw that collage of 90's cartoon characters for the younger generation. I've got plenty of commissions and other pieces to finish first, but I'll get around to it before the summer comes, or my name isn't Glitcher.
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That's cool, just don't overwork yourself.
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I am a child of the most awesome 80's cartoons! xD
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I didn't know you posted this on Deviantart. Now I can finally fav this.
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Thank you for creating this, it's pure nostalgia for me
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awsome, that would make one f**king awsome movie poster, hell, that would be one awsome movie
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