'80s Cartoon Haiku: And the Winners Are...

By Rob Bricken in Cartoons, Miscellaneous
Friday, September 10, 2010 at 12:00 pm
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Let's start with who the winners aren't: Not me. Not me.

Yes, I asked for you Topless Roboteers to see if you could manage to get to 1,000 comments (not entries, necessarily, but comments). And yes, you all were cool enough to do that. But then... then you kept going. And going, and going, and going, and holy shit there were 2100 comments in last weekend's TR contest.

And many entries contained more than one haiku (one entry in particular had 250, but we'll get to that), of course. Sure, not every comment contained a haiku or limerick about '80s cartoons, almost all of them were written in haiku anyways. People were having whole conversations -- about the contest, about Smurf sex, about the power of breasts, about anything -- in haiku. It was truly amazing... and totally awful, since I had to read them all.

After trying to ignore the contest all day Tuesday with booze, I finally finished judging the results at about 1:30 am last night. As promised, there will be extra shirts awarded, but be warned -- with so many entries, I had to be insanely picky, or else it would have taken even longer to judge. There's a lot of awesome shit that couldn't make the cut. Also, there's probably some awesome stuff I missed, again, because 2100 entries, dammit. With that caveat, let's start the Honorable Mentioning. (Also, thanks to Greggory for the improved pic!)


Xvi said:
Come on, time to go.
Swing your arms from side to side.
Do the Mario!
The Man With Two Brains said:
There was a transformer named 'Potimus' Prime
His foe 'Egatro' was a complete ball of slime
Sold him to Jabba the Hutt
Who had him enact smut
And his ass gave Artoo a good time!
Abraxas said:
a love poem from Panthro to the Thunder Tank:
I like to see you lap the miles,
Running over Wollows in piles.
I love the feel of your crankshaft turning,
And the sound of your engine purring
Send my loins reeling, burning.

Bumblebee's front seat
is perfumed by the fragrance
of witwicky ass

WileyKat and Kit were a pair
who carried their incest with flair
they'd do both sixty-nine
and doggy-style fine
and blew snarf like they just didn't care
Abraxas went above and beyond in the contest, and then immediately down into the sewers with the filth and depravity. Most of it was horrible things about the Thundercats and Sam and Bumblebee, but there was plenty of haiku about me fucking and getting fucked by a variety of cartoon characters in socially unacceptable ways.

skrag2112 said:
Do a lot of coke
And vote for Ronald Reagan
Then watch some Ducktales
Hachiko said:
Sleek, lithe Cheetara
Naked in episode 1.
Where are your nipples?
MattK said:
There once was a decade called 'eighties'
With 'toons we would watch straight to Hades.
But now grown up are we
Good times just a mem'ry
And we're no good at all with the ladies
Neural Khan said:
His name is Cobra Commander
With a head like a salamander
He was once a man
Hides his face in a can
So no one will take a gander.
DCD said:
Ma ma ma mask! MASK!
Tracker will lead the mission
Fly away, lasers

The Ever Living
We keep watch over Third Earth
With sight beyond sight

I'm O.G. Readmore!
This week: Motorcycle Mouse!
Just like last week! Aaaaaah!

Noble Samurai
His legs are a tornado
His pants were destroyed

Okay, fun's over
First the local news at noon
Then time for Soul Train
The Monkey Machine said:
Back in the day, the 80's some say,
The T.V.'s had knobs and three channels.
On Saturday morn, the screens did adorn,
with cartoons inside those wood panels.
A week of distress, schools,bullies,duress,
At last a moment of bliss.
With characters,plots, some have,some nots,
All wrapped in animations sweet kiss.
From muscle bound clad,and meglomaniacs mad,
To robots,armies and wars.
With whiney voice foes, or undefeatable bros,
And sometimes just one season bores.
Our minds were bent, with full intent,
On selling our parents their plastic.
We learned about greed,and screamed WE NEED,
And imagined our plights so drastic.
Our memories burned, still we turned,
Into adults that remember those ways.
In fondness we recall, and honor it all,
With a T-shirt we wear on Saturdays.
Nostromo's Second Android said:
Oh Lord in heaven
please forgive sexual thoughts
of striped green stockings.
TrapJaw said:
"Furry nincompoop!"
"Bungling flea-bitten fool!"
Insides, Beastman cries.

Thunder, a thunder
Ho! An eye shines in the sky,
calling all brave cats.

The dread of robeasts,
a union of great lions.
A blazing sword sings.
realjcastro said:
Robotech is awesome
but I hear the school bus
I always miss the end
Paige said:
Meddling kids foiled theives, ghosts, and plotters.
Under masks, janitors or old squatters
All save for Scrappy
Who made the show crappy
Plus Don Knotts and the Harlem Globetrotters

Speed and the Mach 5 racked up big wins.
Why are all these damn races through mountains?
Everyone tries to cheat
But they'll soon be beat
When Racer X takes down the assassins.
Ace of Knaves said:
I watched Ducktales all afternoon long,
and I liked it, don't get me wrong.
But if Scrooge McDuck
was so great why the fuck
can't I remember a thing but the song?

I root for the sorcerer more
in the endless smurf/Gargamel war,
because we mustn't forget
that he made Smurfette:
Everyone's favorite blue whore.
TechBender said:
Grimlock not stupid!
Me am strongest Autobot!
Me should be leader!
pumpkinguts said:
Richest duck of all
Let's swim in my money bin
Reaganomics works!
operations said:
in the mornings of
our lost years behind us all
we were happy then
GroovyGeekyGirl said:
Not just a rock star
Jem, a business owner too
Truly outrageous.
Mordrun said:
Rainbow milk in bowl
Sugar coated nerves run wild
Kungfu action grip
MostlyDifferent said:
Creepy purple man
Wants young girl's strawberry pie.
Call Chris Hansen now!

Strange in retrospect
All these 80s cartoon chicks
Seem like lesbians

You have the power.
Yes, you've told us many times.
Keep it in your pants.

You know what they say
About guys who drive big cats
Hey, I'm just sayin
Shgubgub said:
I once met a smurf from Smurf Village
Where I was headed to pillage
He said "Smurf Smurfette,
She'll get you wet"
Now their town is drowned with my spillage!
Ian said:
Centurions rule
Unless villian far from sea
Stupid water guy
WolverineBurger said:
Voltron at sunrise -
Cereal: soggy in milk.
Mother says "QUIET!"
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