Best 1980s Saturday Morning Cartoons, From Transformers to ThunderCats

For those of us of a certain age, nothing from childhood was better than Saturday mornings. The weekend was here, which meant no school for the next two days. To celebrate, we’d wake up early on Saturdays, clad in our Care Bears or He-Man pajamas, pour ourselves an overflowing bowl of sugary cereal, and flop down in front of the TV for hours to watch our favorite cartoons. It’s a hugely sentimental memory for many adults now in their 40s, with a lot of us searching out our past loves on streaming platforms, so we can relive the stories one more time. While everyone has their favorite, here’s a sample of some of the best Saturday morning cartoons from the 1980s.