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Luigi
The Super Mario Brothers Super Show!
Video game spin-offs rarely translate well to television. They failed miserably with Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, and they missed the mark again with The Super Mario Brothers in 1989. Part of the blame rests solely upon the shoulders of the irritating ?80s cartoon character Luigi, a broadly drawn Italian stereotype who spent more time talking to mushrooms than a member of the Grateful Dead. Although it?s not uncommon for animated characters to be nitwits, Luigi was so dense it would have taken him an hour to cook minute rice.
Number 9
C-3P0
Droids: The Adventures of R2D2 and C3P0
There are some things -- like aspirin and baked beans -- that should only be taken in small doses. The same may be said of C-3P0, our No. 9 irritating ?80s cartoon character. When George Lucas first conceived of this stuffy bucket of bolts, he intended him to be little more than a background player. Thrusting him front and center, as this cartoon did, blatantly exposed C-3P0 for what he was: a two-dimensional sidekick. Nearly two decades after Droids first aired, this show remains proof that it?s possible to have too much of a good thing.
Number 8
Brainy Smurf
The Smurfs
Nobody likes a know-it-all, which is precisely why we?ve labeled Brainy Smurf an irritating ?80s cartoon character. Whether you remember him as the Smurf with Glasses or the Lecturing Smurf, there?s no doubt that this arrogant blue squirt is more annoying than hemorrhoids on a 12-hour flight. It?s little wonder that his fellow Smurfs would often end his long-winded monologues by cracking him on the head with a wooden mallet.
Gilligan
Gilligan?s Planet
The only thing worse than watching Bob Denver in the flesh is watching him in animated form, which is precisely what viewers had to endure when he signed on to star in this poorly conceived intergalactic cartoon. Luckily, the pain was short-lived as Gilligan and his fellow castoffs were kicked off the island -- and network television -- after just one season.
Number 6
Slimer
The Real Ghostbusters
Like most audience members, we loved Slimer in his big-screen incarnation as a mean, green ghost. Sadly, this big ball of ectoplasm was stripped of his menacing qualities in The Real Ghostbusters as animators reduced him to little more than a flying family pet with a voracious appetite for pizza and ice cream. As if that weren?t bad enough, producers further exposed his weaknesses by giving him his own regular segment in order to appeal to a younger demographic. We recognize that cartoons are for kids, but Slimer was one character who didn?t require further dumbing down.
Number 5
Rubik
Rubik, The Amazing Cube
Maybe we?re just bitter that we never managed to solve our Rubik?s Cube, but we?re astonished that this ?80s novelty had its very own program from September 10, 1983, until September 1, 1984. Although the toy itself may have had many dimensions, the show did not, and it relied on the same mundane plot week after week as Rubik and his three Latino friends tried to evade a woefully inept magician. We suppose it could be worse, we could have had to sit through a show about an enchanted Speak & Spell machine.
Number 4
Orko
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
It takes a lot to ruin a classic program like He-Man, but Orko was always up to the challenge. Whether he was busy meddling with Men-At-Arms or dealing with the results of a wayward spell, this infuriating blue-skinned sorcerer always brought the action to a grinding halt. We don?t mind when characters are injected into a series to provide comedic relief, but shouldn?t they at least be funny?
Snarf
ThunderCats
The only thing we hate more than cats are alien cats, which is why we never took a shining to Snarf, a plump nursemaid who helped raise Lion-O when he was a cub. Denser than frozen molasses and equally as slow, this fluffy irritating ?80s cartoon character was so wildly uncreative that he used his own name as his catchphrase. Sadly, it took two years and nearly 130 episodes before producers snuffed Snarf out.
Number 2
Teddy Ruxpin
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
We have nothing against talking toys. Chucky, for instance, was used to brilliant effect in all five installments of the Child?s Play franchise. However, we take exception when these toys are overly earnest pedagogues who try to extol virtues like loyalty and friendship. If Teddy had come equipped with a chainsaw rather than a storybook we never would have missed an episode.
Number 1
Scrappy-Doo
The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Puppy Hour
Imagine a pint-sized version of Scooby-Doo with better powers of annunciation and you?ve got Scrappy-Doo, his charmless and utterly annoying nephew, and our No. 1 most irritating ?80s cartoon character. Scrappy extolled the gag-inspiring virtues of ?Puppy Power? and was positively teeming over with ill-founded self-confidence. To make matters worse, his emergence on the scene in 1979 pushed Fred, Daphne and Velma to the fringes while making the show a plot-less merry-go-round of cheap gags. A master at ?playing dead,? it took years before Scrappy finally took the hint and buried himself in the backyard for real.
The Super Mario Brothers Super Show!
Video game spin-offs rarely translate well to television. They failed miserably with Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, and they missed the mark again with The Super Mario Brothers in 1989. Part of the blame rests solely upon the shoulders of the irritating ?80s cartoon character Luigi, a broadly drawn Italian stereotype who spent more time talking to mushrooms than a member of the Grateful Dead. Although it?s not uncommon for animated characters to be nitwits, Luigi was so dense it would have taken him an hour to cook minute rice.
Number 9
Droids: The Adventures of R2D2 and C3P0
There are some things -- like aspirin and baked beans -- that should only be taken in small doses. The same may be said of C-3P0, our No. 9 irritating ?80s cartoon character. When George Lucas first conceived of this stuffy bucket of bolts, he intended him to be little more than a background player. Thrusting him front and center, as this cartoon did, blatantly exposed C-3P0 for what he was: a two-dimensional sidekick. Nearly two decades after Droids first aired, this show remains proof that it?s possible to have too much of a good thing.
Number 8
The Smurfs
Nobody likes a know-it-all, which is precisely why we?ve labeled Brainy Smurf an irritating ?80s cartoon character. Whether you remember him as the Smurf with Glasses or the Lecturing Smurf, there?s no doubt that this arrogant blue squirt is more annoying than hemorrhoids on a 12-hour flight. It?s little wonder that his fellow Smurfs would often end his long-winded monologues by cracking him on the head with a wooden mallet.
Gilligan
Gilligan?s Planet
The only thing worse than watching Bob Denver in the flesh is watching him in animated form, which is precisely what viewers had to endure when he signed on to star in this poorly conceived intergalactic cartoon. Luckily, the pain was short-lived as Gilligan and his fellow castoffs were kicked off the island -- and network television -- after just one season.
Number 6
The Real Ghostbusters
Like most audience members, we loved Slimer in his big-screen incarnation as a mean, green ghost. Sadly, this big ball of ectoplasm was stripped of his menacing qualities in The Real Ghostbusters as animators reduced him to little more than a flying family pet with a voracious appetite for pizza and ice cream. As if that weren?t bad enough, producers further exposed his weaknesses by giving him his own regular segment in order to appeal to a younger demographic. We recognize that cartoons are for kids, but Slimer was one character who didn?t require further dumbing down.
Number 5
Rubik, The Amazing Cube
Maybe we?re just bitter that we never managed to solve our Rubik?s Cube, but we?re astonished that this ?80s novelty had its very own program from September 10, 1983, until September 1, 1984. Although the toy itself may have had many dimensions, the show did not, and it relied on the same mundane plot week after week as Rubik and his three Latino friends tried to evade a woefully inept magician. We suppose it could be worse, we could have had to sit through a show about an enchanted Speak & Spell machine.
Number 4
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
It takes a lot to ruin a classic program like He-Man, but Orko was always up to the challenge. Whether he was busy meddling with Men-At-Arms or dealing with the results of a wayward spell, this infuriating blue-skinned sorcerer always brought the action to a grinding halt. We don?t mind when characters are injected into a series to provide comedic relief, but shouldn?t they at least be funny?
Snarf
ThunderCats
The only thing we hate more than cats are alien cats, which is why we never took a shining to Snarf, a plump nursemaid who helped raise Lion-O when he was a cub. Denser than frozen molasses and equally as slow, this fluffy irritating ?80s cartoon character was so wildly uncreative that he used his own name as his catchphrase. Sadly, it took two years and nearly 130 episodes before producers snuffed Snarf out.
Number 2
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
We have nothing against talking toys. Chucky, for instance, was used to brilliant effect in all five installments of the Child?s Play franchise. However, we take exception when these toys are overly earnest pedagogues who try to extol virtues like loyalty and friendship. If Teddy had come equipped with a chainsaw rather than a storybook we never would have missed an episode.
Number 1
The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Puppy Hour
Imagine a pint-sized version of Scooby-Doo with better powers of annunciation and you?ve got Scrappy-Doo, his charmless and utterly annoying nephew, and our No. 1 most irritating ?80s cartoon character. Scrappy extolled the gag-inspiring virtues of ?Puppy Power? and was positively teeming over with ill-founded self-confidence. To make matters worse, his emergence on the scene in 1979 pushed Fred, Daphne and Velma to the fringes while making the show a plot-less merry-go-round of cheap gags. A master at ?playing dead,? it took years before Scrappy finally took the hint and buried himself in the backyard for real.
