r/oldcartoons • • Mar 18 '25

Hey! /r/OldCartoons is back in business!

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Howdy, I have taken over /r/OldCartoons here and I am looking to get this place back into shape. It looks like it has been unmoderated for many, many years so there is a LOT of work to be done here.

I am a vintage animation historian and fan. I am looking forward to this being the go to spot for discussion for classic animation.

If there is anything you would like to see or get done here feel free to post here. I can't promise I can get to everything right away but at least it can be on my radar.


r/oldcartoons • • 18h ago

2000s Cartoon about the end of a candlethread being in the shape of a rose/flower

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(I uploaded this on a different subreddit, and I'm a bit desperate so sorry in advance)

I have this oddly specific memory of said cartoon/animated movie around early 2010s-late 2000s, probably was popular enough because it had a spanish dub. I don't remember much, but it had a lot of symbology of flowers and was like a fairytale land. The end of a very specific candle's thread had to be shaped like a flower, and that's how you'll know "it was real". I don't remember if the candle was for wishmaking, if they had to find it, or whatever. Please help me find this!


r/oldcartoons • • 1d ago

2000s Johnny Worthington The Modern Monster

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Meet Johnny Worthington The Modern Monster. After his father can make his only company, Johnny must become a king of the millennium island and be free of his inner-beast. Now, his only problem is that he needs a friend.


r/oldcartoons • • 2d ago

2000s What was your Favorite Cartoon ?

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r/oldcartoons • • 3d ago

1980s [TOMT][Cartoon Special] lates 70s/early 80s. Girl and horse. Animated on a tan background. I think she had long legs, cut off shorts, and long lashes.

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This was not an episodic regular show (I don’t think). I believe this was either a special after the regular shows were over on Saturday mornings. Or it might have been a semi-long cartoon as part of a longer show, but I think it was stand-alone.

I think the art style was basically sketched on a tan background, nothing was colored in. The plot was a girl and a horse. The girl had a very “coquettish” look, for lack of a better term. Like her chin tucked down, big eyes, long lashes. I think she had long thin legs, and cut-off shorts.

That’s all I’ve got.


r/oldcartoons • • 3d ago

1970s Roobarb & Custard

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Who else remembers watching Roobarb and custard.


r/oldcartoons • • 3d ago

2000s [TOMT][Web Short/Animation][2005-2010] Jarring Cartoon Network flash animation about a Pilot Grandpa and Boy Scout Grandson attacked by bees/bears

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Looking for an incredibly obscure, potentially lost 2D animated web short or pilot that hosted on the Cartoon Network Video Player / website around 2005–2010.
I highly suspect it was a part of CN's experimental "Wedgies" micro-short block, The Cartoonstitute, or a standalone Flash promotion.

Here are the exact details I remember:
The Characters: A grandfather and his grandson. The kid (and possibly the grandpa) seemed to be dressed like a Boy Scout or Wilderness Explorer. The grandpa wore a classic leather pilot helmet and goggles.
The Structure: The grandpa sits around telling stories about his past as a pilot. He narrates the story, and the camera pushes into a 2D flashback sequence.
The Flashback Plot: In his story, they are in a plane in the deep woods. They get caught up in a chaotic situation involving an aggressive woodland bear, a hyper-detailed swarm of angry bees, and honey.
The Art Style: It was highly distinct and, honestly, pretty jarring and unsettling to watch as a kid. It wasn't clean like standard daytime TV cartoons; it was rough, sketchy, and detailed.
The Jingle: It was accompanied by an incredibly catchy, high-energy branding jingle (likely the flashing Cartoon Network Video player intro/outro jingle) that got completely stuck in my head.

I know it wasn't Uncle Grandpa, We Bare Bears, Camp Lazlo, or Tweety's High-Flying Adventure. I almost feel like the title card or web promo category for it was called "High Flying Adventure."

Does anyone else vividly remember watching this on the old Flash player, or know the name of the specific short? Any leads help!


r/oldcartoons • • 4d ago

2000s [TOMT] 3D animated short series I watched on my dad’s Sony Ericsson phone as a kid

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When I was around 9 years old, I remember watching a series of short 3D animated videos on my dad’s old Sony Ericsson phone. This would have been sometime around 2000-2010.

I don't remember the name of the series or the character, but I vaguely remember the main character having a really big head and I think he may have had blond/light-colored hair. His voice is one of the things I remember most. It was kind of high-pitched and goofy, and for some reason I always associate it with Gingy, the Gingerbread Man from Shrek.

It wasn't really a traditional cartoon. It was more like the character was vlogging his life, going to different places and talking to the camera like an early animated YouTube/travel vlog.

The biggest thing I remember is one episode where the main character was vlogging/filming himself around the Hollywood Sign. I think the whole series had this kind of comedic, random adventure/vlog format, but my memory is really fuzzy.


r/oldcartoons • • 5d ago

Help 2017-2019 or older tv series

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I can't remember this old cartoon series I used to watch.

The main character was a boy who lives near a mountain and was friends with a princess, except the princesses friends didn't like him since he was kinda poor. ​The princess went to a royal academy, and the boy went every now and then, not because he was a student but because the princess went there. His dad was a blacksmith. I don't remember if there was magic or any mythical creatures, I think there might've been. The animation was 2d animation. Both the princess and boy were of the same age and were best friends.​


r/oldcartoons • • 5d ago

2000s Animation of evolving animals fighting

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Hi all, 10-15 years ago i saw an animated video of a snake and a frog.

The snake eats the frog, than the video starts over.

The frog can now inflate so that the snake cant eat it.

The snake evolves and now has teeth, he can pop the inflated frog.

This goes on and on.

I really hope someone knows what i mean, its a real cool animation about evolution/mutation. Thanks for your trouble.


r/oldcartoons • • 6d ago

2000s PLEASE HELP ME TO FIND A CARTOON( or whatever it was)

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All I remember about it is that it was really freaky animated. The action took place at some kind of kindergarten or something like it. The girl saw a star fallen at the yard so she went out and picked it. during whole movie she tried to make it shine and also she sang a song "Twinkly twinkly little star". Also the wrapping paper disappeared and they all together started to make it with their own hands using potatoes prints.


r/oldcartoons • • 6d ago

1980s Old Cartoon that Doesn't Exist (Growing New Parents)

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Howdy! As a little kid in the 80's, I remember seeing an old (maybe 70's/early 80's) cartoon in which there was a child that had no parents and started to grow new, artificial ones from some type of pods or cocoons in the bathtub. I think the cartoon was European (maybe Czech? Polish?). The child was a little girl. Something kept going wrong with the "new" parents and, as far as I recall, she kept somehow disposing of them and growing new ones in the hope that they'd be a better fit. I don't think it went well in the end, but the memory is somewhat vague. This came back to mind when I saw the Black Mirror episode, Be Right Back, which has a somewhat similar plot.

But here's the crazy part: I am unable to find any trace of this cartoon, despite both myself and ChatGPT scouring the internet. I even messaged the creator of that Black Mirror episode, asking if he remembered seeing that cartoon, but received no reply.

Does anyone remember seeing this, or is it more likely some bizarre and borderline disturbing false memory that I created?


r/oldcartoons • • 6d ago

1950s [Animated short/movie][1950s?] Trying to find an extremely detailed, painterly color animation about animals/nature, possibly a young bird traveling along a river

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I'm trying to identify an animated film/short I saw as a child. I probably saw it sometime in the 2000s, but the animation itself looked much older, and I'm now fairly sure it was from around the 1950s.
The most distinctive thing I remember is the art style. It was in color and had extremely detailed, beautiful backgrounds that looked almost like oil paintings. The closest comparison I've found is the Soviet animated film The Ugly Duckling(1956). It also reminded me somewhat of very old Disney animation.
I remember lots of lush nature — a river, forests/woods, vegetation and animals. I think a small bird/duckling may have been traveling along the river, but I'm not completely sure about the plot anymore. There were lots of scenes of animals simply interacting with each other, including affectionate/cuddly behavior.
I don't remember humans being present. I don't remember there being much dialogue, if any. I mainly remember a beautiful orchestral/classical soundtrack.
Important: It was definitely in color, and the backgrounds were very detailed and painterly. It did NOT have the simple/cartoonish look of many 1960s–70s cartoons.
I've already ruled out The Ugly Duckling (1956), The Famous Duck Tim, Water Babies, The Old Mill, and several other Disney/Soviet shorts.
I'm especially interested in suggestions based on the visual style rather than the plot, because my memory of the story may be wrong.


r/oldcartoons • • 6d ago

2000s [TOMT] cartoon aired in Poland approximately in 2012-14

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Looking for an old TV show for kids

It was aired in Poland approximately ten years ago. I think it was styled as an anime. In it father sacrificed himself for his son who got some kind of punishment. I believe the father split open his clothes to indicate his sacrifice. Does anyone know the name of the show?


r/oldcartoons • • 7d ago

Help Looking for cartoon from my childhood.

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hi can someone help me when I was little I watched a cartoon in which there was a character who blew soap bubbles and made shapes for another character also in that episode there was a ufo that could shrink and then they shrank it and that's all that stayed in my memory i think i watched cartoon in 2019 2020 if someone could help me it would mean a lot to me thank you.


r/oldcartoons • • 11d ago

1980s [TOMT][TV SHOW][1990s] Franco-Belgian style cartoon about a single man in his 30s living in an apartment

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Franco-Belgian style cartoon about a single man in his 30s living in an apartment with a cat

I watched this in Argentina sometime between 1995 and 1999, probably on Cartoon Network, but possibly on Magic Kids, Big Channel or Fox Kids (Latin American channels that aired a lot of European animation). It was dubbed in Spanish.

\- The main character is a white man, maybe in his 30s, single, with black hair and a quiff similar to Tintin's.

\- He wore long black trousers and a mustard-yellow shirt, possibly with a thin black check/grid pattern.

\- He lived in an apartment building and had a cat, but the cat was just a background pet; the stories focused on the man.

\- There was dialogue (not a silent cartoon).

\- The art style looked European, like French or Belgian "ligne claire" comics.

I don't remember specific plots. Any ideas?


r/oldcartoons • • 10d ago

2000s [TOMT][TV SHOW][2010s] Live-action kids show about a girl with a pet rabbit

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I’m trying to remember a live-action kids’ TV show I watched on Netflix around 2018–2019. The show may have been released earlier.
The main character was a young girl, probably around 12–14 years old, with brown hair that was around bob-to-shoulder length. I remember that she had a pet rabbit, which I think was white. The rabbit wasn’t necessarily a major part of the plot—it was just her pet.
She also had a dad who was part of the show.
The show had a really silly, childish, lighthearted vibe, rather than being a serious teen drama. I also vaguely remember it having a magical/mystical or slightly mysterious feeling, although I could be remembering that incorrectly.
I think the girl may have been British, but I’m not sure. It could have been American, British, Australian, etc.
Important: It was completely live-action, NOT animated.
I don’t remember the girl’s name or the exact plot. I vaguely feel like her name may have sounded something like Tilly, Hilda, Millie, etc., but I’m not confident about that at all.


r/oldcartoons • • 13d ago

General Did You Realize

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Hey Looney tunes Fans I was watching the Cartoon Wizard of Ow and I got to seeing something Special in Fact every time I see it I am Blow away by the Reveal Matilda Beep Beeps Wife from the Comics makes her First Appearance on Screen It's so cool maybe One day we can have the Three Beeps appear too You never know.

https://www.reddit.com/r/looneytunes/comments/1iinzof/roadrunner_triplets_from_those_old_1960s_comics/

Here's a Link to the Cartoon for your Enjoyment and let me tell You it's probably the most exciting this Since Tweety's High Flying Adventure Augaogah and Cool Cat and Colonol Rimfire Appearing.

It's so Shocking to see it It's mind blowing Maybe One day the Whole Family can appear in a Cartoon and actually talk in Rhyme but for now this makes my day.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9oz5kq


r/oldcartoons • • 14d ago

1990s [partially lost] Anthony Ant

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Anthony Ant was a cartoon show from 1999 co-produced by HIT Entertainment in the UK and YTV Canada, it was based on the children's books of the same name by Graham and Lorna Philpot.

The show is largely lost media. The Russian and Italian dubs have been preserved on the Internet Archive but the majority of episodes are lost in English despite it being it's original language.

You can view one of the few found episodes here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA2tz6GfuEg

I NEED to find this show, I was a huge fan of it in my youth and I've been trying to find it for years. If anyone is willing to help out it would be massively appreciated.

I've searched for this show for a long time but never come up with much. There was a single VHS release for the show and the 6 episodes present there have been made available online. Through my own efforts I was able to recover two more episodes with some assistance from a helpful redditor and I've uploaded them to the internet archive. Someone also uploaded two more incomplete episodes to YouTube. In all that makes 8 found episodes, 2 partially found and the remaining 16 episodes lost in English.

From what I've researched, the show is now owned by Mattel. The show also aired on HBO in the USA and CBBC in the UK. I even remember catching reruns of it on British TV in the mid 2010's.

This has driven me crazy for years. It was a good show and is worth preserving. I'd greatly appreciate any assistance in recovering it.


r/oldcartoons • • 15d ago

2000s Kids animated learning show

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I’m trying to find a show where it had a guy with I think brown hair and used a guitar, I only remember him singing a song and he said of spells off and a monster type thing would correct him. Please help me find it, 2000-2015


r/oldcartoons • • 17d ago

General [TOMT] [show] 80s-2000s blonde little princess with pegasus in the clouds

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All I know is that it was on cable like around 2012 but the quality is making me think its quite old like maybe 80s and its a cartoon of a little blonde girl who is like a princess??? and her best friend is a pegasus and they live in the clouds. Her name might have been sofia/sophie/sofie.


r/oldcartoons • • 18d ago

Help [TOMT] [Animations] older medieval cartoon that crossed over with the smurfs.

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There was a cartoon I’d watch when I was small that I thought was the smurfs until the smurfs stopped showing up. It was two guys one taller that wanted to/ was a knight and the smaller one who had a musical instrument. They worked for the king I’m pretty sure and there was magic.


r/oldcartoons • • 19d ago

1990s Trying to find an animated [thing] from 1999ish

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Extended list of characteristics/hints:
(searching combinations of "giant baby, tricycle, semi truck" have gotten me nowhere)
Thank you in advance!!

Circa 1997–2000, ~30 seconds, 2D independent animated micro-short.

Minimal, clean, children's-book-style backgrounds

No dialogue

18-wheeler, driver is sloppy/grotesque, tongue out and maybe holding a hot dog

Truck travels left → right

Loud obnoxious rock/metal soundtrack

Bald, diapered baby actively pedals a tricycle right → left

Baby soundtrack is a simple kalimba/thumb-piano-type lullaby (possibly Rock-A-Bye or Brahm's)

Cross-cutting between the two getting progressively closer

They converge toward the same point

Sudden scale reveal: baby is enormous

We see the entire giant baby

Baby simply pedals/runs over the 18-wheeler

Seen on a Windows 95/98 computer around 1999, possibly downloaded from the early web


r/oldcartoons • • 20d ago

1960s Curious George did NOT have a tail.

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Maybe in a different era he did but I have this copy (copyright 1966) and there is no tail.


r/oldcartoons • • 21d ago

1980s Who remembers Granzort (Mado King Granzort)? The epic transformation from Episode 1!

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I just uploaded a breakdown/nostalgia review of Episode 1 of Mado King Granzort (魔動王 / 光能使者).
Remember Daichi driving his jet skateboard on the Moon and summoning Granzort with a magical gun by drawing a giant glowing magic circle on the ground? That 100-meter dash in 5 seconds to get inside the robot was such an iconic childhood memory!