Awesome Cartoons

See every 80s cartoon ever made in 22 seconds – lasers, transforming cars, guitar shredding, the works. If you watched 80s cartoons as a kid, Will Goodan’s homage will take you the f*ck back.

Got a passion for hot air ballooning and Aqua Teen Hunger Force? The guys at Adult Swim are offering up this awesome Meatwad balloon for you to get tore-up and pass out in the hot sun in.

This side-scrolling beat-em-up finally hit XBLA and PSN, and it’s well worth the wait. Tons of weapons, local co-op mode, great looks and a story from the writer of God of War add up to a great game.

What with all that body hair, we always wondered if Wookiees and Ewoks were somehow related. Now we know the real truth. Be sure to click through the whole gallery for the punch line.

The Brothers Grim and Grimy explain the dark world of H.P. Lovecraft in under 2 minutes, with cartoony animations and an inappropriate narrator. At least we now know how to pronounce Cthulhu.

Prepare for more super-powered comedy in the new season, filled with mind-blowing treats like Sgt. Hatred’s songs, the real Spider-Man and the world premiere of formal underwear.

These unassuming sculptures of popular cartoon characters were made by artist John Hopkins. They’re actually made of several disproportionate parts. See more of Hopkins’ work here.

You may or may not know this, but the big, furry Wookiee actually had lines. Thankfully, illustrator Doug Savage has taken it upon himself to document all of his dialog from the original Star Wars for us.

…also known as Hank Azaria and The Others. Though, if we go by character, we’d have to say the most important actor is Dan “Homer” Castellaneta. Any idea why 3 people play Itchy?

Adrian Riemann gave He-Man and his friends and enemies a 21st century look using clothes that actually exist. Blasphemy? Maybe, but it’s just so well-done it’s hard to look away.

Very NSFW: after running out of puns and pizzas, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles finally use their weapons; too bad there’ll be shell to pay from the legal system and network censors.

While it’s been a hard life for some smurfs, Gargamel’s just a minor neighborhood bully for Papa Smurf; he’s endured invasions, sea monsters, and years as a blue bruiser.

Michelangelo goes cowabunga-kick-ass with this fantastic 12″ polystone comiquette; he’s based on the comics (hence the red bandana), but you can get the orange variant here.

Kristy Anne Ligones’ semi-realistic portraits of Family Guy actually paint fairly normal versions of Peter, Lois, Chris, and Brian; that said, Stewie and Meg are as creepy as ever.

The Foot Clan leader is apparently a fashion trendsetter, too: this TMNT Shredder Hoodie features arm and shoulder spikes and a zip-up half mask to scare your half-shell enemies.

Celebrating the upcoming Simpsons: The Complete Twentieth Season DVD set, this epic Simpsons poster is a who’s who of Springfield; check out the scrollable version here.

Don’t have a cow, man, the Simpsons are still around–albeit with an artistic makeover; this Springfield Still Life t-shirt turns our favorite animated family into inanimate objects.

It’s not the original Filmation version, but 2002’s He-Man won a Daytime Emmy during its 39 episode run; The Complete Series is a 4-disc set that includes a PDF version of episode 40.

If you ever wondered what happened post-Carl in Up, Pixar explains all; the short film George and AJ shows things going downhill, underground, and interplanetary. Thanks, Thorir!

Shaggy, Daphne, and Freddie are absent in this Zombie Scooby-Doo t-shirt, but it’s a no-brainer why: Velma shows smarts (with shotguns, stakes, and Scooby snacks) = survival.

So much for hush-hush, as Seth MacFarlane’s Secret is out: Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show are less about equal rights and more about equal nights (on Fox).

This Vitruvian Voltron tee may seem anachronistic, but we are talking Da Vinci here: we think a flying fortress made out of robotic lions would be right up the renaissance man’s alley.

In theaters 3/26/10, Dreamworks’ How to Train Your Dragon is every child (and child at heart’s) dream come true: it features Vikings, misunderstood lizards, and all-you-can-eat sheep.