There's this frenzy among my friends in Facebook now that involves changing our profile pictures into our favorite cartoon characters when we were wee little kids. Seeing photos of Simba, Scooby Doo, Powerpuff Girls, The Power Rangers, Johnny Bravo, and even Sailor Moon, among many other TV cartoon characters makes me look back on my after-school afternoons glued to the boob tube and just oggling on my favorite cartoon shows. Back then, my two favorite channels in the whole world were Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, and I had sole domination on the remote control until about dinner time, when the rest of the family overrules me and I was forced to change into the evening news.
Ahh, the rush of nostalgia just fills me now. I cant believe that it's been more than 10 years now. Looking back, I very much preferred the old shows back then. None of the Hannah Montana crap nowadays. For me, the old shows were more child-friendly compared to now.
In lieu of this reminiscence, I will be counting down my top 5 FAVORITE cartoons. Although I have countless favorites, for the purposes of this post, I'll only be presenting my top 5.
#5: The Addams Family
"They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky.
They're altogether ooky, The Addams family!"
taran-tan-tan *snap snap*
I've always been fascinated within gothic horror themes, and this show is probably the reason for it. I love everyone in this family! From the grumbling Lerch, to Wednesday and Pugsley's "playful" tortures, it never fails to amuse me. What I like about this show is that despite their eccentricities and being different from the rest of the society, they know the value of being a family and are not afraid to show it (although in a unique way). Plus, Uncle Fester always crack me up!
#4: Akazukin Cha Cha
This is probably the first anime show I've watched as a kid. Or at least, it's the one I remembered as the first. In fact, I remember that Cha Cha was one of my cartoon heroes. I even tried to look like her using a red towel as my cloak (haha!). I would then shout "Love! Courage! Hope!" in the living room, swirling around in my makeshift cloak and pretend to transform into a magical princess and use clothes hanger as my magic arrow. Hmm, those were good times. I was Team Shiine all the way, i liked him better than Riiya.
#3: Rugrats
From Cartoon Network shows, we then jump to Nickelodeon. These cute little babies always out for trouble is such a delight to watch, especially Chuckie, whom I think is too young to wear glasses, considering he's only about 2-3 years old. And the pesky little twins, Phil and Lil are my favorite, particularly when they start to argue. Never liked Tommy, though. Don't know why. *_*
#2: Hey Arnold!
Aah, that very familiar football head of his. I liked Arnold. He's cool. No wonder Helga fell for him deeply. I love how she always bully Arnold when it was so obvious she liked him. There was even this episode where she had a shrine just dedicated for Arnold with all the hearts and stuff. I love how this show involves mysteries and urban legends and stuff. Oh, and I also liked that black kid, Gerald. He's like the walking Google, he knows everything about everyone, that's why his hair is so big, its full of secrets! (LOL at my Mean Girls joke)
#1: The Little Lulu Show
And of course, for the finale. My #1 cartoon favorite: The Little Lulu Show!
I totally love Lulu Moppet! and her chubby little friend, Tubby! Lulu is such a sharp, witty girl who, along with her friends, often find adventures in their neighborhood and often get involve with mishaps and a whole lot of mischief. She's such a feisty character too watch, and a like her little love line with Tubby Thompkins. hihi. =)
So, I think that's about it. After this blog, Imma watch some of these shows on Youtube, just to feed my nostalgia for these dearly loved shows which were a very important aspect of my childhood days.
Ciao!
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