During some random conversation my wife and I were having with the kids, we got on the topic of cartoons. My kids primarily tune into Netflix, and they have so many cartoons… but ones that I have never heard of. So we were chatting with them about some of the cartoons we grew up with and wanted to show them what real cartoons were like. You know, hand drawn figures – not the CGI stuff they show today.
Growing up, my favorite cartoon was Thundercats. I knew all the episodes, had all the figurines, and even had some of the battle gear. It was a fantastic show for a young kid, and I was compelled to make my kids watch a few episodes. We started watching (its on Hulu!) and once the theme music hit, I was a kid again and was so excited to see Lion-O thwart Mumm-Ra and his evil goons.
Then we started flipping through more old cartoons like Animaniacs, Inspector Gadget, TMNT, Tom and Jerry and so on.
Despite not remembering many of the episode particulars, the one thing I knew intimately was each show’s theme song. Even 30+ years later, those songs all come back in an instant, and in the spirit of my Mix MSU’s (and inspired by Fearagent’s daring “outside the box” MSU creations like the NFL and WWE MSUs), I was inspired to try and make one of my own.
I definitely had some trouble with this one. Most kid’s shows aren’t just tunes, they have lyrics throughout. And we’re talking about shows that are decades old, so finding the material wasn’t quite so easy. Plus a lot of the themes were super short! I had Gammachuu test it a few times for me, sometimes with lyrics and sometimes without… and I was able to finally hit the right mix.
Big thanks to Gamma and his legion of followers for the feedback, it helped a ton!
Download Pack – Mostly Cartoons.rar (455.5 MB)
Track Listing
- Opening Theme: Looney Tunes Intro
- Light World Overworld: Thundercats
- Rain State (Standard): Snorks
- Bunny State: Fraggle Rock
- Lost Woods: Doug
- Prologue: Batman The Animated Series
- Kakariko: Arthur
- Mirror Transition: Hanna Barbera Jingle
- Dark World Overworld: Rocco’s Modern Life
- Pedestal Pull: Spongebob Squarepants
- File Select Screen: The Critic
- Guards Summoned: South Park (w lyrics)
- Dark Death Mountain: Pink Panther
- Minigame: Tiny Toons
- Skull Woods Overworld: Dexter’s Laboratory
- Castle: Inspector Gadget
- Light World Dungeon: He-Man
- Cave 1: Ducktales
- Boss Victory: The Simpsons Jingle
- Sanctuary: Babar
- Boss Fight: XMen
- Dark World Dungeon: Voltron
- Shop and Fortune Teller: Speed Racer
- Cave 2: Animaniacs
- Zelda Rescue: Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Crystal Cutscene: Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Fairy Fountain: Hey Arnold (w lyrics)
- Top of Castle Tower: Batman and Robin
- Ganon Reveals Himself: Tom and Jerry Intro
- Drop Into Ganon: Transformers
- Ganon Fight: Beetlejuice (w lyrics)
- Triforce Room: Pokemon (w lyrics)
- Ending Sequence: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (w lyrics) + Simpsons Intro
- Ending Credits: Heathcliff, Garfield & Friends, Captain Planet (all w lyrics), Ren n Stimpy
- Eastern Palace: He-Man
- Desert Palace: TMNT
- Aga Tower: Pinky and the Brain
- Swamp Palace: Beavis and Butthead
- Palace of Darkness: Powerpuff Girls
- Misery Mire: Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers (w lyrics)
- Skull Woods: Goof Troop (w lyrics)
- Ice Palace: Dragonball Z
- Tower of Hera: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Thieves Town: Futurama
- Turtle Rock: Darkwing Duck (w lyrics)
- Ganon’s Tower Downstairs: Voltron
- Eastern Palace Boss: Danger Mouse
- Desert Palace Boss: The Jetsons (w lyrics)
- Aga Tower Boss: Magic School Bus
- Swamp Palace Boss: King of the Hill
- Palace of Darkness Boss: Powerpuff Girls Credits
- Misery Mire Boss: Go-Bots (w lyrics)
- Skull Woods Boss: Johnny Bravo
- Ice Palace Boss: Jem and the Holograms
- Tower of Hera Boss: Rugrats
- Thieves Town Boss: Bobby’s World
- Turtle Rock Boss: XMen
- Ganon’s Tower Downstairs Boss: Gargoyles
- Ganon’s Tower Upstairs: Double Dare
- Light World 2 (Post Ped): Super Friends
- Dark World 2 (Post 7 Crystals): Scooby Doo (w lyrics)