A List of the Best Television Cartoons from the 1980s with links to their Wikipedia Page to learn more about the cartoon, characters, storyline, voices, etc.
Saturday Morning cartoons were extremely popular in the 1980s. Children would sit and watch cartoons all Saturday morning until lunch time. They became so popular, some cartoons staring airing during Prime Time with holiday specials. Of course these cartoons starting selling merchandise, such as clothing, lunch boxes, back packs, posters and toys. And cereal boxes would include giveaways inside their boxes with your favorite cartoon characters.
0–9
A
- The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy
- The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
- The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
- Adventures of the Gummi Bears
- ALF Tales
- ALF: The Animated Series
- The All New Popeye Hour
- Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)
B
- Battle of the Planets
- Beetlejuice (TV series)
- The Berenstain Bears (1985 TV series)
- Beverly Hills Teens
- Bionic Six
- The Biskitts
- Blackstar (TV series)
- BraveStarr
- The Bugs Bunny Show
C
- The California Raisin Show
- Calliope (TV series)
- Camp Candy
- Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
- Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years
- Captain N: The Game Master
- Care Bears (TV series)
- The Catillac Cats
- CBS Storybreak
- The Centurions (TV series)
- Challenge of the GoBots
- The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
- Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (TV series)
- The Comic Strip (TV series)
- The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
- COPS (animated TV series)
D
- Defenders of the Earth
- Dennis the Menace (1986 TV series)
- Denver, the Last Dinosaur
- Dink, the Little Dinosaur
- Dinky Dog
- Dino-Riders
- Dinosaucers
- Diplodos
- Donald Duck Presents
- Dragon’s Lair (TV series)
- Drak Pack
- DuckTales
- The Dukes (TV series)
- Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)
E
F
- Famous Classic Tales
- Fangface
- Fantastic Max
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- The Flintstone Funnies
- The Flintstone Kids
- The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
- Foofur
- Force Five
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
- Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo
- The Further Adventures of SuperTed
G
- G-Force: Guardians of Space
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983 TV series)
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1989 TV series)
- Galaxy High
- Galtar and the Golden Lance
- Garfield and Friends
- The Gary Coleman Show
- The Get Along Gang
- Ghostbusters (1986 TV series)
- Gilligan’s Planet
- The Glo Friends
- Godzilla (1978 TV series)
- Goldie Gold and Action Jack
- Good Morning, Mickey!
- Gumby
H
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- Heathcliff (1980 TV series)
- Heathcliff (1984 TV series)
- Hello Kitty’s Furry Tale Theater
- The Herculoids
- Hero High
- Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling
I
J
K
- The Karate Kid (TV series)
- Karate Kommandos
- The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!
- Kidd Video
- Kideo TV
- Kissyfur
- The Kwicky Koala Show
L
- Lady Lovely Locks
- Laverne & Shirley (1981 TV series)
- Lazer Tag Academy
- The Legend of Zelda (TV series)
- Little Clowns of Happytown
- The Little Rascals (animated TV series)
- Little Wizards
- The Littles (TV series)
- The Lone Ranger (1980 TV series)
- Lucky Luke (1984 TV series)
M
- Madballs
- Marvel Action Universe
- Maxie’s World
- McGee and Me!
- Meatballs & Spaghetti
- Mighty Man and Yukk
- Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
- Mighty Orbots
- Mister T (TV series)
- Monchhichis (TV series)
- The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
- MoonDreamers
- Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour
- Muppet Babies (1984 TV series)
- My Little Pony (TV series)
- My Pet Monster
N
- The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil
- The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
- The New Adventures of Jonny Quest
- The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- The New Adventures of Zorro (1981 TV series)
- The New Archies
- The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
- The New Shmoo
P
- Pac-Man (TV series)
- The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
- Paddington Bear (TV series)
- Pandamonium (TV series)
- Paw Paws
- Pink Panther and Sons
- The Pink Panther Show
- The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
- Pole Position (TV series)
- Popeye and Son
- Popples (1986 TV series)
- Potato Head Kids
- Pound Puppies (1986 TV series)
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
- The Puppy’s Further Adventures
R
- Rainbow Brite (1980s TV series)
- Rambo: The Force of Freedom
- The Real Ghostbusters
- Richie Rich (1980 TV series)
- The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show
- Rickety Rocket
- Ring Raiders
- RoboCop (American TV series)
- Robotech (TV series)
- Robotix
- Rubik, the Amazing Cube
- Rude Dog
S
- Saturday Supercade
- Scary Scooby Funnies
- Schoolhouse Rock!
- The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series)
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980 TV series)
- Scooby’s Mystery Funhouse
- Sectaurs
- She-Ra: Princess of Power
- Shirt Tales
- SilverHawks
- Sky Commanders
- The Smurfs (TV series)
- Snorks
- Space Stars
- Spider-Man (1981 TV series)
- Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981 TV series)
- Spider-Woman (TV series)
- Spiral Zone
- Sport Billy
- Star Wars: Droids
- Starcom: The U.S. Space Force
- Super Friends
- Super Friends (1980 TV series)
- Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
- The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
- Super Sunday (TV series)
- Superman (TV series)
- Sylvanian Families (1987 TV series)
T
- Tarzan and the Super 7
- The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour
- Teen Wolf (1986 TV series)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
- The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
- This Is America, Charlie Brown
- Thundarr the Barbarian
- ThunderCats (1985 TV series)
- TigerSharks
- The Transformers (TV series)
- Trollkins
- Turbo Teen
V
W
- List of Walter Lantz cartoon characters
- Wildfire (1986 TV series)
- Wolf Rock TV
- The Woody Woodpecker Show
- The World’s Greatest SuperFriends
- The Wuzzles