Doing some planning, I have eliminated a few themes, namely bugs, mirror universes (too similar to previous theme – doppelgangers), water (lots of episodes, but not as good quality as I would like) and tentacles.
As for the rest:
PIRATES
A List:
Spider-Man: Night of the Villains
Superfriends: Sinbad and the Space Pirates
Powerpuff Girls: Mizzen in Action
Venture Brothers: Ghosts of the Sargasso
Jonny Quest: Pirates Below
Bugs Bunny
Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo
Home Movies (I think)
B List:
Real Ghostbusters: Sea Fright (Love RGB, but this is a so-so episode)
Mighty Orbots: Raid on the Stellar Queen
Herculoids: The Pirates (at least it’s short)
Rocket Robin Hood: The Ghost Pirates
Star Trek: Pirates of Orion (kind of a dull ep)
Thundarr the Barbarian
Looking into:
Samurai Jack
sadness:
No The Tick episode with pirates.
No Freakazoid! episode with pirates.
MUSIC
A List:
Spider-Man: Fiddler on the Loose (and it’s short)
Battle of the Planets: Space Rock Concert (if I can get it)
Powerpuff Girls: See Me Feel Me Gnomey
Clone High: Raisin the Stakes
Futurama
Ripping Friends: The Muscle Magician
Superfriends: Rock and Roll Space Bandits
Bugs Bunny
Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy’s Invention
Home Movies: Guitarmageddon
Freakazoid! Dance of Doom
B List:
Samurai Jack: Jack and the Rave
The Impossibles
Galaxy Rangers: Rainmaker
Mighty Orbots: Magnetic Menace
Gummi Bears
Transformers: Auto-Bop
Jem!
Looking into:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Sealab
Duckman
Sadness: No The Tick episodes about music that I can think of.
TIME
A-List:
Powerpuff Girls
The Tick: The Tick vs Prehistory
Star Trek: The Counter-Clock Incident
Futurama: Time Keeps on Slippin
Thundarr: Portal Into Time
Freakazoid is History!
Ripping Friends: The Man from Next Thursday
Samurai Jack: Jack and the Ultra-Robots/Jack and the Travelling Creatures
Duckman: The Once and Future Duck
Simpsons Treehouse of Horror
Venture Brothers: Escape to the House of Mummy Part II
Sealab 2021: Lost in Time
B-List:
Big Guy & Rusty the Boy Robot: Patriot Games
Real Ghostbusters: It’s About Time
Transformers: A Decepticon in King Arthur’s Court
Batman: Clock King
Herculoids: Time Creatures
Justice League: The Once and Future Thing (good, but a 2-parter)
Superfriends: Elevator to Nowhere; Time Trap; Krypton Syndrome
Superman: New Kids in Town
Rocket Robin Hood: The Time Machine
Dungeons and Dragons
Looking into:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Captain Star
MIND GAMES
A-List:
Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy’s Invention
The Tick vs Science
Real Ghostbusters: Slimer? Is that You?
Powerpuff Girls: Los Dos Mojos; Criss Cross Crisis
Big Guy & Rusty the Boy Robot: Bicameral Mind
Birdman: Mentor the Mind Taker
Freakazoid: The Lobe (+ Toby Danger)
The Ripping Friends: Rip’s Shorts
Bugs Bunny
Batman: Over the Edge
Venture Brothers: Eeny Meeny Miney – Magic!
B-List:
Galaxy Rangers: Psychocrypt
Transformers: Traitor
Thundarr the Barbarian: Harvest of Doom
Herculoids: Ruler of the Reptons
Superman: Two’s a Crowd
Gummi Bears: If I Were You
Sealab 2021: Brainswitch
Looking into:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Duckman
Futurama
Samurai Jack
Dungeons & Dragons