Incorporating the singing Chipmunk hit-makers from the 1960s, Alvin and the Chipmunks brought the scamps into the '80s and gave them a bunch of cover songs to maul with their little tiny voices. They, are the world's most fearsome fighting team. Meanwhile beyond the core cast of characters (based around the lineup seen in the early '90s comics), an amazing selection of X-Men from throughout the comics' history made appearances on the series, including of-the-moment characters such as Cable and the then modern version of X-Factor. This show was just grand. Though short-lived, Avatar: The Last Airbender garnered a lot of attention with its crisp animation and carefully crafted fantasy world based on Eastern culture. He quickly stole the hearts and minds of America. The whole lion thing was just icing on the cake. Episodes alternate between sharp satirical looks at society to pop culture parodies to scatological humor, sometimes all within the same half-hour. Set in the late 21st century, Cowboy Bebop follows a group of bounty hunters as they travel in their spaceship, the Bebop. As amazingly preposterous as the idea is, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's comic book was adapted into this fun series that hypnotized a generation into buying toys and taking kung fu lessons. In the case of this DIC Entertainment produced cartoon (huh, huh, huh, we said DIC! We're too busy having fun watching C and D take care of Fat Cat. thrown in there for good measure. Jackpot! Known as Gatchaman amongst anime aficionados, Battle of the Planets holds a special nostalgic place in the hearts and minds of the 30-and-older club. And we wouldn't have it any other way. But the show really wouldn't have worked without Jonathan Katz as Dr. Katz and H. Jon Benjamin as his lethargic son, Ben. The final episode of this show was written, but never produced. You gotta catch ALL of them! Fans everywhere are praying that it will do justice to the original, and introduce the beloved franchise to a new generation. It's got billionaire tycoons playing with plastic dinosaurs, Scion partnerships with big-ass cross promotions, rabbit fights, ant farm keyboards, and the line "shut up hooker!" Samhain, Grundel, Tiamat, Marduk, Russian Domovois and even the freakin' Lovecraft beast Cthulhu! The three of those little rodents never missed an opportunity to make Dave's life a living hell. There were several revivals of the character through the years, including a 1980s series by Ralph Bakshi that has quite the cult following and a place in TV controversy history, due to an accusation that a scene in which Mighty Mouse sniffed a flower actually alluded to cocaine use (yep, you read that right). There's no law and order. The creator of the series, Greg Weisman (now the man behind The Spectacular Spider-Man), told a layered and intriguing story, refusing to write down to his audience. The original show aired in black and white, and when American network execs brought it stateside, it became the first anime to be broadcast outside Japan. Each episode pulls equally from such disparate genres as spaghetti Westerns, film noir and 1970s cop shows, complete with cowboy slang, femmes fatales, and chase scenes that are perfectly mixed together in a way to make a completely fresh and unique series. He reunited with Carney and Meadows for a series of Honeymooners specials in the late 1970s and teamed again with Carney for the television movie Izzy and Moe in 1985. The show, basically, rocked, and for its first two years it was known simply as Justice League. Share The Honeyzoomers Episodes! Three different, and unrelated, anime series were combined to create the world of Robotech. Very few shows -- animated or not -- have been on for 12 seasons and still retain the relevance and entertainment value of South Park. For the first time, Marvel Comics fans truly felt like they were seeing the stories they loved played out on television, and those who grew up with this series have fond memories to this day... and eternal hopes for proper season set DVD releases! The Simpsons is also an incredibly funny show that's produced more amusing characters and situations than the vast majority of all other American sitcoms. Hanna-Barbera produced Josieand it's an amusing show for how it so specifically combined elements from the success of The Archie Show and Hanna-Barbera's own Scooby-Doo, as Josie and her friends not only played music together, but inadvertently stumbled into mysteries they would ultimately help solve. Talk about a vast and expansive sci-fi franchise. And how could they not: awesome sidekick who was more Han Solo than Dick Grayson? But "back in the day" this malformed, one-eyed, corncob pipe-smokin' sailor was the complete franchise. The two seasons produced so far have been released on DVD, uncensored and complete with two previously unaired episodes from season two, which were highly critical of BET (which makes for some amusing episode commentaries by McGruder and the cast). Listening to the two of them together was like having two Bob Newharts collide in an endearing stammer-fest of love. The story of two human teenagers brought to an intergalactic high school, Galaxy High was developed by Chris Columbus, the Goonies and Gremlins writer who would go on to direct films like Home Alone and the first two Harry Potters. The success of the animated Archie Show was big, as it extended into music with The Archies hit song "Sugar, Sugar." Check. Don't change that dial; we've got more classics in store this week, starting on Saturday with The Jackie Gleason Show, tonight featuring The Honeymooners! All this sprang from the original Mr. Bean, a kid-friendly, sight-gag-driven British series that produced just 15 episodes from 1990-1995. Sheer inane magic. The peaceful Smurfs, led by Papa Smurf and predominantly male (with the sole exception of Smurfette), were often chased by the evil wizard Gargamel and his cat Azrael. It dealt with the notion of being stranded in a different space-time continuum; 20-plus years before Lost, mind you. Actually two separate series (it premiered in 1959 on ABC as Rocky and His Friendsand changed titles to The Bullwinkle Show when it moved to NBC in 1961), The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show consisted of rather limited, choppy animation, but more than made up for that with memorable characters and clever humor. It's so popular with the kids that the King's Island theme parks cashed in on the fun with an Avatar-themed thrill ride. Then they'd set a trap for the fake monster. -- but also for its character-based stories that often delved into the troubles of being a teenager. Their van would break down, and then they'd all learn that wherever it was that they managed to get stranded had a ghost problem. We saw people get whipped.