Cartoons you've re-discovered.

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Glenmore

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Some cartoons are so good that you never really stop watching them. Yea, you may take breaks every once in a while but you never really stop. Then, there's shows that even though you like you just stopped watching them for whatever reason. Then, years later re-discover them.

So, what cartoons have you re-discovered?

MY LIST:
1. Recess. This was a show I watched back when it premiered in 1997. I watched it till about `98 or `99. Then in the summer of 2005 I noticed that Toon Disney aired the show a lot during the early afternoon and got hooked.

2. Power Rangers (yea, I know it's not a cartoon). Like every kid in America I was obsessed with Power Rangers back in 1993. I sticked with the show till Turbo in `97. In 2004, Tommy returned in Dino Thunder. I checked out a few episodes but didn't really have time for it. Then, in 2006 I noticed that Toon Disney aired Dino Thunder at 11pm and that ABC Family was airing the originals (MMPR) at 8am and got hooked for some strange reason.

3. X-Men. This is the most recent re-discovery. I started watching this show in `92 and continued watching till it's run on FOX Kids ended. And, now, after all these years I started watching it again since Toon Disney is airing it.
 
Mission Hill: Recently started airing on Adult Swim for the first time in ages. This was just one of several prime time cartoons that WB never committed to, despite their greenlighting the thing, but I didn't discover the series until August 2004, at least two years after debuting (with still unaired episodes) on AS. It's actually quite enjoyable if you can survive the poor color palette.
 
The Moomins are one of several different tv series based on a Finnish children's book series. Most of the series were made in Japan.

I can't think of series that I've rediscovered so much as being frustrated because I cannot get access to old favorites, like the Mighty Mouse theatrical cartoons.

If I must name a rediscovery it would be the Fleisher Popeye series in 1997. A friend asking me about them led me from my exclusive concentration on anime to my scattered interest in everything animated today.
 
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. It was never a fave of mine,but lately I find myself tuning into it more often than I did when it was still in production. And I find myself really appreciating its fatalistic sense of humor. I could still do without the gross-out stuff, though. When I rewatch the Big Boogey Adventure special, I always tune away at the point where Billy...does the thing...with the boat :eek: .
 
It's not so much "rediscovered" as "finally got to see some of the later episodes",but I got way more into Futurama after Adult Swim started playing it (Fox always seemed to change time slots/show it at 7 or 7:30pm,and I missed alot of season 3 and 4 episodes when they first ran)...

I got into Gargoyles when USA Network started playing the series on weekday mornings in '97....Before then,while I had seen an episode or two when it first ran,I wasn't that into it,but seeing it on a daily basis got me to appreciate the characters and how their story developed....
 
Pepper Ann- I didn't like it that much when it was on ABC but I fell in love with the reruns on Toon Disney

Wuzzles- I vaguely remember watching it on Disney way back when but got hooked on it in 2001 when I got Toon Disney
 
Been finding a lot of old and mostly vague Hanna Barbera cartoons, which I've spent a lot of afternoons lately watching at least one series each day. From the mostly common - like Yogi Bear, Pixie and Dixie, Snooper and Blabber - to the sometimes forgotten - like Hokey Wolf, Yippey, Yappey and Yahooey and the Hillbilly Bears. Was really intresting to see how the animation improved for HB in later years with these shorts, even with the verbal dialogue.
 
I only vaugley remembered pieces of Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders from snippets of the show when I was smaller, but for the longest time I'd wanted to find the show with "flying horses, and really long hair."

Just recently someone was finally able to point me in the right direction, and while it might not be the best show around, I'm getting a kick out of revisiting something that's escaped me for so long.
 
Pretty much everything I grew up with, Garfeild and Friends, Sonic The Hedgehog, Dexter's Lab, 2 Stupid Dogs, Ren and Stimpy, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry are just a few I still like to this day, pretty much anything with a cool style and good characters is a good show for me.

BTW: Thanks for reminding me of Moomins, haven't seen the show in ages.
 
I'd probably say The Batman. I didn't really watch it that much while it was airing (that Pro-B:TAS complex...), but when I saw the movie Batman VS. Dracula, I wish I had watched the show more. It still wasn't up there with Bruce Timm's Batman cartoons, but still pretty enjoyable.
 
I used to see The Legend of Prince Valiant on the Family Channel in the early 90's, and was able to rediscover it thanks to the recent DVD releases. The show was even better than I remembered. It is a family show, it teaches lessons without being as over-moralizing as much of the syndicated fare of the time, it has adventure and drama, and it's tied to the idealized aspects of Arthurian myth as well as its original comic strip. It also did a good job of creating conflict between different points of view, as opposed to straightforward good vs. evil plots every episode (though it had those too). The animation shows it's age, but Prince Valiant is one of the best cartoons of its time.
 
Johnny Test-I mentioned this in an earlier thread, but when JT first debuted on Kids' WB, I thought it was one of the dumbest shows out there. I've since re-discovered Johnny on Cartoon Network, and I actually kind of like it now. My favorite characters are Johnny's sisters, Dukey the dog and the mom, Lila.


-Of course, now CN's replaying the epiosdes to death, but there you go. :sweat:
 
OK,this thread is going in two directions.

Some people say they watched a show some years ago and got back into it.Which I think was the original poster's meaning.Hence the 're-discover' part.

On the other hand,some people say that they weren't into a show at first and some time later discovered it to me good.Much like me and Teen Titans.

Maybe it doesn't matter... :sweat:
 
ditto

ive re-discovered Metabots again after years, its still as awesome as it was when i was a kid, unlike another show that seems alot crappier now that im older (Beyblade, and G.I Joe which i saw years ago).
 
Yogi Bear-I loved it in the past, but I'm rewatching episodes on Boomerang and am loving it agian.

Space Ghost to Coast-I used to love this show so much on late night CN, it was off for a while but came back and have been watching it. Super funny.

The Simpsons-I wasn't a fan of the newer episodes, but now season 19 had some good ones, I've become a fan agian.
 
With the 24/7 Qubo channel on my cable TV lineup, I've re-discovered some past shows like Rupert, Pecola and Sitting Ducks.
 
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