That sounds a bit like Ulysses.

( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 14:11, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I hated that cartoon.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 14:16, Reply)

Impressed
Somehow (knowing nothing about you) I thought you were too young to have seen the (obviously brilliant) Ulysees 31
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 14:17, Reply)

Ah', I'm 26, when it was around, I might have been to young to really enjoy it.
But the tune pissed me off, I liked the idea of gods and robots and shit like that, but the whole "Are we home yet?" thing grated on me, and it seemed that if you didn't watch the previous ones in order, nothing would make sense.

I hated that freaky plasticine thing too, with Mark Twain and the elevator.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 14:28, Reply)

Not only do you remember it
but in better detail than I do

I just recall it being probably the most unrelentingly depressing cartoon I'd ever seen. When I was 8
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 14:31, Reply)

Coolio, those are the only details I remember.
I think he was trying to save his daughter or wife or something, or they got killed, but I might be mixing that up with God Of War (the video game)
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 14:46, Reply)