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The 20 Best Saturday Morning Cartoons from the 1980s

By bondsy Sep 3, 2025 | 5:54 AM

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Kids today are missing out on the awesomeness of Saturday morning cartoons.  There was something magical about those three hours a week that you just couldn’t miss, because your desired content wasn’t at your beck and call 24-7.

With that in mind, Entertainment Weekly” ranked the 20 best Saturday morning cartoons of the ’80s.  Here they are:

 

1.  “Transformers”

 

2.  “Super Friends”

 

3.  “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe”

 

4.  “DuckTales”

 

5.  “G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero”

 

6.  “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”

 

7.  “Dungeons and Dragons”

 

8.  “Jem”

 

9.  “Muppet Babies”

 

10.  “The Real Ghostbusters”

 

11.  “My Little Pony”

 

12.  “Spider-Man”“Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends”

 

13.  “She-Ra: Princess of Power”

 

14.  “ThunderCats”

 

15.  “Thundarr the Barbarian”

 

16.  “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers”

 

17.  “The Smurfs”

 

18.  “Alvin and the Chipmunks”

 

19.  “The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo”

 

20.  “Garfield and Friends”