Childhood without cartoons is like chocolate without sweetness.😣
Cartoons give a spark to our imagination, they are a plethora of life lessons shown through goofy tales. Their unique animated world gives us a chance to escape our dull reality of school and homework.
If you grew up in the 90s, believe me you're more fortunate than today's kids as you had the luxury to grow up in simpler times i.e before the era of smartphones, tablets and social media, you're after school schedule was packed with cartoon network, Nickelodeon and Disney shows.
90's was the decade of masterpieces, a time that bought a creative explosion in the field of animation. We had the privilege to watch some unforgettable shows that were not only fun and entertaining but educative too. These otherworldly characters like aliens, fairies, mystic dragons, superheroes took us out of the confines of our classrooms on a journey to teach us valuable lessons of friendship, determination, purity of heart, perseverance and willingness to try new things.🥰
Let's take a trip down the animated memory lane to all the classic characters who made our childhood awesome,
So put on the lens of childhood nostalgia and let's go-
# Popeye - The Sailor Man💪
Popeye - a squinty eye seaman with bulging forearms and an undying love for spinach is still spoken about decades later. Each one of us wanted to be as strong as the sailor man to swoop in hero style and save the day.
He made a strong argument for young ones to eat greens!
# Powerpuff Girls🧪
A scientist through an experiment creating three perfect little sassy girls (Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup) with superpowers to defeat evil. A show that allowed us to see a super girl within ourselves. What's not to love!
The best part - it's not just for young girls, it's ready wit, fast paced action, delightful humour made it a winner for everyone.
# Oswald🎶
Oswald is a cute blue coloured octopus who loves singing and is always immaculately dressed in a hat (yupp - a hat), his trippy world includes his friends (a penguin🐧 - Henry), (a sunflower🌻 - Daisy) and an orange oval dog.
# Noddy✈️
Now who doesn't wanna be like Noddy - he is cute, charming, owns a house, a car, an airplane and a dog too, also he's everybody's favourite. This kid has taught us about friendship and the importance of helping others, so make way for Noddy.......
# Recess🛹
The best part of a school day is RECESS so no wonder that a cartoon show about a group of kids enjoying their playtime was such a big hit.
Six little children defending their freedom from adults and social norms through mischievous pranks.
These kids gave us major friendship goals at such a young age!
# Bob - The Builder⚒️
Bob and his pals kept taking us on a ride of our lives, their imaginative world taught us that through teamwork and cooperation there is nothing that can't be fixed, all we have to do is dig, haul and build together.....
# The Jungle Book🐾
A roaring favourite among the children is the story of a little boy (Mowgli) who grew up in a jungle with a bear as his best friend.
It's song is still embedded in our mind & hearts : "Chaddi pehen ke phool khila h, phool khila h....."
# Tom and Jerry🧀
An evergreen show that has both children and adults go gaga over its happiness inducing episodes. A hapless cat in a never ending persuit of a clever mouse and the mayhem that follows when he's unable to catch the mouse (which is ALL THE TIME).
Their endless journey of making life difficult for one another was what we looked forward to each day.
# Mr. Bean🧸
A loopy funny character who taught us to enjoy our own company in everyday eccentricities. He had an ingenious way to solve any problem, we can call it as one of the most addictive cartoon of the era as each episode left us in a fit of giggles.
# Dragon Tales💎
A dream come true for every child is a chance to go to another world. We got to see Emmy and Max doing just that by using a crystal & saying -
" Main chahu main chahu, Dil se mein ye chahu, dragons ke saath udd karr, door Desh Chali/chala jaau...."
Now who doesn't want DRAGONS as best friends??
# Richie Rich💰
A magnificently rich kid and his dog $Dollar$ managed to keep us glued to the couch as they navigate the wild habitat of weird experiments, cleaning robot, polite butler and a kid rolling in MONEY.....
# Dexter's Laboratory🔬
Dexter - A genius with a secret laboratory inside the house (this interesting plot is enough to have everyone hooked onto the show) and
not to forget his annoying sister Dee Dee whose inventive attempts to bully her brother were funny as hell.
But replacing these old cartoons and their charm, we now have some poorly scripted and torturously idiotic cartoons with slapstick comedy and double meaning references that are turning our generation's kids dumber by the minute.
All the 90s kids - be glad that you grew up in a memorable era of ass kicking batman, goofy detective scooby, tales of Pokemon, bayblade, Dragon Ball Z and the undisputed king of all cartoons - Micky Mouse.
We don't have to digest the crap in the name of cartoon that is being shown today as the original ones will always reside in our fond memories.....
Long live OLD CARTOONS!!!
