yaffle: Round, all around the world.

Ulysses 31 : A co-production between France and Japan, it's the Greek myths... but set in outer space! Some fantastic music in this, the whole thing is obviously heavily influenced by Star Wars and even 2001: A Space Odyssey, but the Greek twist makes it completely unique, with Ulysses and co constantly trying to outwit the cruel Gods as they travel across the universe looking for home. Plus the main character has a massive beard = win.

The Mysterious Cities of Gold: When I first used the internet, this was one of the first things I looked for... that theme tune... listen to it. It's incredible. This was about a bunch of kids getting into trouble in the New Word, each episode was accompanied by short documentaries which fleshed out various aspects of South American history, but thankfully the cartoon itself doesn't worry too much about facts... I won't spoil the details but if you watch all 39 episodes of this epic show you won't be disappointed. Shit gets crazy!

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors: This isn't in the same league as the previous two cartoons, in fact it's pretty shit, but the intro is hilarious. As with everything around these times, Star Wars looms large as an influence, the hero Jayce (the space version of Jason?) spends most of his time bleating about the dastardly "MONster MINDS!" and "Saw-boss" who are menacing the solar system for some reason. There's also a comedy pet side-kick, a floating space fish no less.

Inhumanoids: Cartoons were a lot weirder in the '80s than they are now, the theme tune for a start is just... odd. The show itself is pretty great though, with some pretty impressive and at times gruesome creatures. Even though a lot of these shows were designed to sell toys, there is the odd gem (but not Jem).

Dogtanian: Again, not a great cartoon by any means: The Three Muskateers - but with dogs! But worth mentioning for the theme tune, is it merely insipid or just plain monotonous? I spent most of my childhood trying to answer that question. Da-da-da, da-da-da!

Around the World with Willy Fog: Imagine listening to that for 80 days. This cartoon was always on, it polluted the schedules for what seemed like MY LIFE. In his quest to travel around the world within a strict time limit, Willy managed to make eighty days feel like eight hundred.