The worst animated cartoon ever.


Stated to be the worst animated cartoon ever by Seth MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy) during a call-in question on The Adam Carolla Project (TLC) in the Fall of 2005.

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Yeah, although I find there are too many flashbacks and references in certain episodes (as i am not american and a bit too young i only recognise about half of the references) Seth McFarlane has authority when it comes to television shows (some believe he was raised completely by television).
Has he ever spoofed this show in Family Guy?

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where if i may ask?

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Actually there's a worse animated cartoon than the Fonz & Co...animated version of Laverne & Shirley in the Army. They had a talking pig as a DRILL SERGEANT.

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south park did a two part spoof of family guy which was really great.

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if you think this is the worst cartoon ever then i guess you've never seen anything from 2000 on. cause 2000 is when cartoons started going down hill. Also what does Seth MacFarlane mean the worst "ANIMATED" cartoon ever??? can Seth "the douche bag" MacFarlane show me a live action cartoon?? i don't think so, cause then it's NOT a cartoon.


Hi! I'm Seth "The Douche-Bag" MacFarlane and this show "The Fonz and The Happy Days Gang" is the WORST ANIMATED cartoon ever!!!! But it's ok there's some pretty good LIVE ACTION cartoon out there, i should know i've seen them.

-Seth "The Douche-Bag" MacFarlane

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Seth McFarlane knows more about animation than a nostalgia addicted fanboy/girl like you. Try watching some animated shows on the air before you open your mouth (and I mean WATCH!)

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so you want me to waste my time watching a bunch of cartoons by some douche-bag? sorry I'm all set there....go back to your spongebob queerpants

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First off, I'm not a fan of Spongebob Squarepants, second, Seth McFarlane is not a douchebag, and third, I said watch a lot of OTHER cartoons and then judge-not just Spongebob Squarepants! Want a list of some good ones of the last fourteen years? Here they are:

Batman: The Animated Series

Batman Beyond

The Zeta Project

Superman: The Animated Series

The X-Men

Gargoyles

Eek! And The Terrible Thunderlizards

Kim Possible

Family Guy

Duck Dodgers

Delilah & Julius

X-Men: Evolution

Justice League

Justice League Unlimited

Ben 10

The Mummy: Secrets Of The Medjai

Jackie Chan Adventures

Godzilla

Big Guy & Rusty

Men In Black

The Batman

Fillmore!

Teen Titans

Legion Of Superheroes

Code Lyoko

ReBoot

Transformers: Beast Wars (Beasties)

Max Steel

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles

Nighthood (Aresene Lupin)

Blake & Mortimer

Spider-Man (CGI version)

Daria

Megas XLR


All were great shows, and if you can't see that, that you are truly blind, or just trapped in nostalgia like a lot of North Americans.



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Batman: The Animated Series

Batman Beyond

Superman: The Animated Series

The X-Men

Justice League

Justice League Unlimited


the only thing you mention that was a "Great Show" was the above and they were all connected to one and other except for X-Men plus the earliest one was Justice League Unlimited and that aired as Justice League back in 2001 which was almost TEN YEARS AGO!! so all the above shows you mentioned ARE nostalic! i'll give you the above though.



Godzilla

Men In Black

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles

The Mummy: Secrets Of The Medjai

these were only made to promote a movies and the movies were the only GOOD thing.

The Batman I've seen this animation. refresh my memory, WHEN EXACTLY did the Joker have a mohawk????

Fillmore!

Teen Titans this had lousy animation and storylines

Legion Of Superheroes this show just has so many jokes to be made about..i mean c'mon be honest..a character named Bouncing Boy? Timber Wolf?? Lightning Lad??? ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eek! And The Terrible Thunderlizards

Kim Possible the spongebob of it's era

Gargoyles

Family Guy a sick cartoon with a crude and pornographic sense of humor thats not even funny

Duck Dodgers what the hell is this?? it sounds like a cartoon about birds playing baseball.

Jackie Chan Adventures

Big Guy & Rusty

Megas XLR

Code Lyoko

Max Steel

Delilah & Julius

X-Men: Evolution

Ben 10

Daria

ReBoot

Nighthood (Aresene Lupin)

Blake & Mortimer

Spider-Man (CGI version) CGI version was crap
the only good version was the 1994 version. The CGI version from 2003 was just plain crap and only lasted half a season

Transformers: Beast Wars (Beasties)

yes and without the original Transformers you're "Beasties" wouldn't exist. The original had 98 episodes and your "Beasties" has 52, that's almost DOUBLE the amount of episodes.

some "lots" the only Spiderman cartoon i remember is from 1994 well that is that P.O.S. CGI one which laster a whole season.

the only good things you listed were the Bruce Timm series, that little pornographic trash like Family Guy, The Simpsons, and American Dad should be banned from TV, it's cause of trash like that that kids act out.

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Duck Dodgers is Daffy Duck as a space hero, based on the famous 'Duck Dodgers' short! Don't tell me that as a so-called connoisseur of animation, you've never seen the original short? Or is all you watch just the same '80's stuff and *beep* like Fonzie & The Happy Days Gang?

CGI Spider-Man lasted a short while because MTV was getting rid of its animation block, and only because of that. It's still better than that badly animated and badly written POS from 1994.

Kim Possible kicks more ass than Cupcake ever did on Fonzie & The Happy Days Gang, and is a better role model for girls. Also, it's better animated and better written than Fonzie & The Happy Days Gang, or any Hanna-Barbera show of that time.

Ditto for Godzilla, Men In Black, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles & The Mummy: Secrets Of The Medjai were better written and better animated than Fonzie and The Happy Days Gang

Teen Titans is also lightyears better than Fonzie and The Happy Days Gang, and was written by Bruce Timm as well.

Family Guy and American Dad don't make kids act out, mostly because most kids don't watch both shows as much as you think that they do! And where did you get the idea that they act out because of those shows? I think that you're just projecting your moralistic family values *beep* onto the kids via Family Guy and American Dad, and you're also pissed off because a prominent American animator said that your favorite show sucks, so now you're determined to sound like a hero by defending it and trashing him. But all you sound like is the stereotype of the nerdy, geeky loser who lives in their parent's basement and who also hasn't experienced any life. Or you're a Xtian fundie retard-either way, since this show has mostly been forgotten, history has proven most of us right and you wrong.

So, what now?

P.S. As for Legion Of Superheroes, all of those characters that you put down are a part of the Legion in the comic book-even if some of them aren't, they are great concepts and characters. Maybe instead of constantly masturbating to Cupcake on Fonzie and The Happy Days Gang, you should watch Legion Of Superheroes again and find out what real storytelling and animation are all about.

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Duck Dodgers is Daffy Duck as a space hero, based on the famous 'Duck Dodgers' short! Don't tell me that as a so-called connoisseur of animation, you've never seen the original short? Or is all you watch just the same '80's stuff and *beep* like Fonzie & The Happy Days Gang?

CGI Spider-Man lasted a short while because MTV was getting rid of its animation block, and only because of that. It's still better than that badly animated and badly written POS from 1994.

Kim Possible kicks more ass than Cupcake ever did on Fonzie & The Happy Days Gang, and is a better role model for girls. Also, it's better animated and better written than Fonzie & The Happy Days Gang, or any Hanna-Barbera show of that time.

Godzilla, Men In Black, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles & The Mummy: Secrets Of The Medjai were better written and better animated than Fonzie and The Happy Days Gang, yet again.

Teen Titans is also lightyears better than Fonzie and The Happy Days Gang, and was written by Bruce Timm as well.

Family Guy and American Dad don't make kids act out, mostly because most kids don't watch them as much as you think that they do! And where did you get the idea that they act out because of those shows? I think that you're just projecting your moralistic family values *beep* onto the kids via Family Guy and American Dad, and you're also pissed off because a prominent American animator said that you favorite show sucks, so now you're determined to sound like a hero by defending it! But all you sound like is the stereotype of the nerdy, geeky loser who lives in their parent's basement and who also hasn't experienced any life. Or you're a Xtian fundie retard-either way, since this show has mostly been forgotten, history has proven most of us right and you wrong!

So, what now?

P.S. As for Legion Of Superheroes, all of those characters that you put down are a part of the Legion in the comic book-even if some of them aren't, they are great concepts and characters. Maybe instead of constantly masturbating to Cupcake on Fonzie and The Happy Days Gang, you should watch Legion Of Superheroes again and find out what real storytelling and animation are all about.


go cry to someone who's interested little girlie......

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<<<CGI Spider-Man lasted a short while because MTV was getting rid of its animation block, and only because of that. It's still better than that badly animated and badly written POS from 1994.

the best animated Spider-man was the 1967 tv seriies and unlike the modern ones, it lasted a whole THREE seasons.

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Well, i've watched plenty of animated TV show's, probably more than McFarlane and I would hardly call this the worst. I think the likes of the PJ's and yes, McFarlane's own The Cleaveland Show are much worse. And why don't you try engaging your brain before opening your mouth!

McFarlane has a nerve to talk, Family Guy(admittedly a show that was once great)has become absolutely awful with weak worn out gags. They're really beginning to struggle to create any laughs!

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Also what does Seth MacFarlane mean the worst "ANIMATED" cartoon ever??? can Seth "the douche bag" MacFarlane show me a live action cartoon?? i don't think so, cause then it's NOT a cartoon.


Some people call the Princess Bride a live action cartoon. But The Princess Bride(live action cartoon or not) is better than anything that Seth MacFarlane has ever done.

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He must not have ever seen THE BRADY KIDS cartoon that was a spin-off cartoon from THE BRADY BUNCH. That was even worse than this!

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I have seen The Brady Kids, sir, and it's caca just like The Fonz & The Happy Days Gang is caca. Neither show is better than ANYTHING on the air today, night time or daytime, and McFarland is still a respected animator who will be listened to more than the three of you (not the above poster I'm responding to) who think yourselves 'experts'.

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Solex is one of the modern era idiot posters. A lot of those shows he defends were mediocre at best. Some were good but anyone who posts a list like that is quite bias and limited.

It's hard to take any of them seriously. Anyone who lists some as those shows as true greats, just is too far gone to ever have a rational conversation with on the matter. Gargoyles is usually a good sign for those. A completly subpar show that a bunch of people act like "OMG ONE OF THE BEST EVER!"

As far as this show, it's a trainwreck and that's it's selling point. This isn't something to be taken seriously. It's a crackpot idea just to have some laughs and gags. In that goal it does it wonderfully.

I have never, currently don't and more than likely never call this show a classic or a favorite, but as far as what it supposed to be, it's a perfect trainwreck for laughs.

As far as Seth McFarlane, i haven't watched FG in a long time but based on memory i would consider FG an American Dad better than this for sure. However i think the Cleaveland Show is worse than this.

I refuse to argue on IMDB until the general populous actually uses their brains

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Sir, YOU'RE the epitome of the 'modern era idiot posters', not I. At least I don't defend caca and think that it's gold, like you and Wolf do despite more learned people in animation saying so.

I think that this article says it all about H-B's output in the '70's and 80's: The 10 Worst Things Hanna-Barbera Ever Made (http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/12/the_10_worst_things_hanna-barbera_ ever_made.php)

Face it-posterity has made its judgement, and this cartoon does suck.

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Hilarious to find a seething argument about taste in the Fonz & Co. board.

I like most of the ones mentioned above as examples of quality. There are always exceptions when it comes to claiming some era as bereft of good cartoons.

My offering for the worst is something of an era, though. The final seasons of Tom and Jerry and Popeye. The animation was worse, there were no longer any funny parts, and it didn't even have that "train wreck" appeal that was so aptly pointed out above. They were seemingly made to only hold the eye of kids too young to be discerning in any way. Soulless dreck with no art nor any form that could hold annoyance. They were empty voids. Worse than bad. As if they somehow didn't have a writer at all but just animators winging it. There were a few other guilty parties from the same time but my mental self defense mechanism may have erased them.

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The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang is very enjoyable if you are a fan of Hanna Barbera and can appreciate their silliness.

It has a very straightforward formula. Fonz, Mr. Cool and the damsel quest for the macguffin in the A-story while Richie, Ralph and Cupcake get in trouble in the B-Story.

And there are monsters, dinosaurs, and all sorts of crazy adventure crap. And the story never lets up.

The worst cartoons are the boring ones. Like the Marvin and Wendy Super Friends series that are hour long episodes where the heroes are up against the most mundane villains possible, and nothing really happens.

Or like the Little Prince, or other old crap designed for hallucinogens.

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the worst is Hammerman....trust me on this.

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