The 80s were the golden age of Saturday morning programming. Originality was at its peak, and animation studios were eager to produce the latest and greatest cartoon series to entertain the young masses (and promote the accompanying toy line). Some studios turned to Hollywood’s brawny heavy hitters for that extra touch of awesome! Which action icons loaned their larger than life personalities to the world of animation? Find out in COED’s list of 5 tough guys that had cartoon shows after the jump!

Previously, we brought you a video that featured Nic Cage’s funniest, craziest on-screen freakouts. It’s safe to say that Mr. Cage owns the crown for Movie Freakout King. If any of his movies don’t have a freakout scene, you can rest assured he’ll come up with a way to turn a tense exchange into one for sh*ts and giggles. Freakout scenes are bittersweet – on one hand you admire the actor’s ability for completely immersing himself in the role and the moment. On the other hand, you begin to question their own sanity. So, if Nic Cage basically owns all the best cinematic meltdowns, which others come close? Here’s our list of potentials that Nic Cage would approve of. AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

After the early success of The Expendables, it’s only natural that word of a sequel is already out. Everyone will have their speculations as to what actors should join the greatest action ensemble ever, including me. Although there are numerous unknowns who’ve cut their teeth in dozens of action flicks, The Expendables 2 deserves more household names and faces to share the explosions and fighting that gave every man with a pair a grin from ear to ear. Hopefully Arnold (if politically possible) and Bruce will get more screen time in the sequel, but the following actors should definitely be considered for major roles regardless.

Sequels, Remakes, Reboots and “Reimaginationings” have been Hollywood’s bread and butter over the past decade, however movies like 2008′s Rambo and Alien vs. Predator wouldn’t exist without the original classics from the decades before it. If you’re a guy and haven’t seen these movies, you better speed, shoot, fight or explode yourself to your local Blockbuster, add them to your Netflix Queue or find them on eBay because they’re all must sees.

For some unknown reason, most girls have some kind of aversion to watching manly movies.  Likewise, we manly men are fatally allergic to chick flicks — especially if it involves wedding escapades and teary sex scenes. Forget spending one more night watching Bride Wars or Miss Congeniality 5 and instead try convincing your favorite lady to watch one o… Click to read more

These men are true bad men. We watch them in action and feel as if we are kicking the butt of a hundred bad guys and saving the day all by ourselves! In honor of those Supermen, the crack research team at COED compiled a list of five of the most memorable one man armies

When remembering the regrettable cultural cesspool that defined the 1980′s, two things typically come to mind: horribly bad synth-pop and Sylvester Stallone. Like a marriage made in 80′s Hell, the two combined created a unique genre of inspirational pussy-rock that bled all over American Pop Culture like a Rambo-induced, survival knife slash to the jugular.

If you like Rambo, which you do, then this is basically the best thing you’ve ever seen.
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Just when all hope is lost in the realm of R-rated, over-the-top action films, Sylvester Stallone comes through with John Rambo.
Gearing up to be on-par with the earlier trilogy of films the new John Rambo trailer gives us the good stuff – all action, no chaser. This all-new trailer looks like Rambo himself edited his recent trip to Burma as a highlight r… Click to read more

Just when you thought the maximum carnage of John Rambo upped the ante for violent trailers Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem comes along to give Sly Stallone’s slasher-flick a run for its money.
AVP: Requiem‘s “red band” trailer (read: not suitable for viewers under the age of 17) has been unveiled to the masses, sporting more gore-pe… Click to read more