Western Animation of the 1980s - TV Tropes
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- The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (1989-1991)
- Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
- Adventures of the Gummi Bears
- The Adventures of Portland Bill
- The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
- ALF: The Animated Series
- Alfred J. Kwak
- Alias the Jester
- An American Tail (also see An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island and An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster)
- Around the World in 80 Days (Burbank Animation)
- Around the World with Willy Fog
- Babar: Adaptation of the novels. (also see Babar and the Adventures of Badou)
- Bananaman
- Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
- The Berenstain Bears
- Beetlejuice (1989)
- Bertha
- Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery
- Beverly Hills Teens
- Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines
- Bionic Six
- The Biskitts
- Blackstar
- The Blinkins
- The Bluffers
- Bobobobs
- The Brave Little Toaster
- BraveStarr
- Camp Candy (1989-1992)
- Captain N: The Game Master
- Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings
- Care Bears (1980s)
- Centurions
- Challenge Of The Go Bots
- The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
- Charlie Chalk
- The Charmkins
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
- The Chipmunks
- Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos
- Chucklewood Critters
- Clémentine
- The Comic Strip
- The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
- Condorito (animated shorts based on the comic book of the same name)
- C.O.P.S.
- The Corsican Brothers
- Count Duckula
- Creature Comforts: The original short was released in 1989.
- Danger Mouse
- Defenders of the Earth
- Dennis the Menace (also see Dennis the Menace and Dennis The Menace Strikes Again)
- Denver the Last Dinosaur
- Dink, the Little Dinosaur
- Dino-Riders
- Dinosaucers
- Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
- Drak Pack
- Droids
- DTV
- DuckTales (1987) (premiered and spent much of its airtime in this decade)
- Dungeons & Dragons (1983) (also see Dungeons & Dragons (2000))
- Ewoks
- Face Like a Frog
- The Family-Ness
- Fantastic Max
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (the long-running series ended in this decade)
- Ferdy The Ant
- Filmation's Ghostbusters
- Fireman Sam (Bumper Films series, 1987-1994)
- The Flintstone Comedy Show
- Fluppy Dogs
- The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
- For Better or for Worse
- Foofur
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
- The Fruitties
- Galaxy High School
- Galtar and the Golden Lance
- Garbage Pail Kids Cartoon
- Garfield and Friends: (began its run in 1988)
- Garfield Specials
- The Gary Coleman Show
- The Get Along Gang
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Gilligan's Planet
- Glo Friends
- Golden Book Video
- Goldie Gold and Action Jack
- The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound
- The Great Mouse Detective
- The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
- Gwen, or the Book of Sand
- Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10
- Yogi's Great Escape
- Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers
- The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
- Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
- Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
- The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound
- Rockin' with Judy Jetson
- Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
- Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf
- Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears
- HBO Storybook Musicals
- Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats
- Heidi's Song
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)
- Henry's Cat
- Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater
- Hero High
- Herself the Elf
- Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Burbank Animation)
- Ico, el caballito valiente
- Il Était Une Fois...
- The Incredible Hulk (1982)
- Inhumanoids
- Inspector Gadget
- Ivanhoe (Burbank Animation)
- The Jack Rabbit Story: Easter Fever
- James The Cat
- Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
- Jem
- The Jetsons (brought back for a new season in this decade)
- The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
- Jimbo and the Jet-Set
- The Karate Kid
- Katy La Oruga
- Kidd Video
- Kideo TV
- King Rollo
- The Kingdom Chums
- Kissyfur
- The Kwicky Koala Show
- Lady Lovely Locks
- Lazer Tag Academy
- The Legend of Zelda (1989)
- Little Clowns of Happytown
- The Little Rascals: Based on the film series.
- The Littles
- The Little Witch
- Little Wizards
- The Lone Ranger (1980)
- Lucky Luke (1983): Based on the Franco-Belgian comics.
- The Magic Crown
- M.A.S.K.
- Maxie's World
- Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
- Mighty Orbots
- Mister T
- Moi Renart
- Molierissimo
- Molly And The Skywalkerz (Happily Ever After and Two Daddies?)
- Monchhichis
- Moondreamers
- The Muppets
- Muzzy in Gondoland
- My Little Pony:
- My Pet Monster
- The New Adventures of Jonny Quest
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Nick's Thanksgiving Fest
- Oliver & Company
- Ovide and the Gang
- Pac-Man: Based on the video game. (also see Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures)
- Paddington (1975)
- Pandamonium
- Paw Paw Bears
- P.C. Pinkerton
- Peanuts
- Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown
- Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
- It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown
- Life Is A Circus Charlie Brown
- It's Magic, Charlie Brown
- She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown
- Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown
- This Is America, Charlie Brown
- What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?
- You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
- Snoopy: The Musical
- Penny Crayon
- Peter and the Magic Egg
- Peter Pan (Burbank Films)
- Peter No-Tail (and its sequel, Peter No-Tail In America)
- Pingu
- Pinocchio's Christmas
- Pole Position
- Police Academy: The Animated Series
- Popeye and Son
- Popples
- Postman Pat
- Potato Head Kids
- Pound Puppies
- Pryde of the X-Men
- Punky Brewster
- Purno de Purno
- The Raccoons
- Rainbow Brite
- The Raggy Dolls
- Rambo: The Force of Freedom
- The Real Ghostbusters
- Richie Rich (Hanna-Barbera)
- Robotech
- Robotech II: The Sentinels
- Robotix
- The Romance of Betty Boop
- Rose Petal Place
- Rubik, the Amazing Cube
- Rude Dog and the Dweebs
- Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs (the Americanized version of Sei Juushi Bismarck)
- Saturday Supercade
- Scooby-Doo
- Santa Bear's High Flying Adventure: Sequel to "Santa Bear's First Christmas."
- The Secret of NIMH
- Sectaurs
- She-Ra: Princess of Power
- Shirt Tales
- The Shoe People
- SilverHawks
- The Simpsons (made its debut on The Tracey Ullman Show in April 1987 before spinning off into its own series at the tail-end of the decade, December 1989)
- Sky Commanders
- The Smoggies
- The Smurfs (1981) (also see The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2)
- The Snorks
- Space Stars
- Sparky's Magic Piano (1987)
- Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea
- Spider-Man (1981)
- Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
- Spiral Zone
- Sport Goofy in Soccermania
- Sports Cartoons
- Spot the Dog
- Stanley and Stella in: Breaking the Ice
- StarCom: The U.S. Space Force
- Star Fairies
- Stripy
- Stoppit and Tidyup
- Strawberry Shortcake (1980s) television specials.
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
- SuperTed
- Superman (Ruby-Spears)
- Super Friends (shorts with El Dorado)
- Superfriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
- The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
- Sweet Sea
- Sylvanian Families
- Teen Wolf (also see Teen Wolf)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) (also see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014))
- The Telebugs
- Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
- Thomas & Friends
- A Thousand and One... Americas: (1989)
- Thundarr the Barbarian
- ThunderCats (1985) (also see Thunder Cats 2011)
- Transformers: Generation 1
- The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show
- The Trap Door
- Trollkins
- Los Trotamúsicos
- The Trouble With Miss Switch
- TUGS
- Turbo Teen
- Valhalla
- Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
- Voltron
- Vytor The Starfire Champion
- Wildfire
- The Wild Puffalumps
- Willo the Wisp (1981)
- Wind In The Willows
- The Wind in the Willows (1985)
- The World of David the Gnome
- The Wuzzles
- Yogi's First Christmas
- Yogi's Treasure Hunt
- The New Adventures of Zorro (1981)