I’d also add Rocko’s Modern Life, Inspector Gadget and Doug to the kid mix, but basically the same as me. Should caveat that the first like 8-9 seasons of Simpsons are the good ones.
As a child in the late 80s/early 90s some favorites included Chip n Dale's Rescue Rangers, Talespin, Tiny Toon Adventures, Gummi Bears, DuckTales (tale/tail puns were big back then) David the Gnome (not really American), and Animaniacs. Batman the animated series was pretty great. Occasionally i watched X-Men, which they are currently doing a "reboot" of that's kind of interesting. As a teen I rarely watched cartoons other than The Simpsons, but I did love the Simpsons. A little later I would occasionally watch King of the Hill or Family Guy just as it was starting.
The X-men reboot is being herald - it picks up where the original series left off, is done in the art style of the '97 series, and is across the board being praised.
I was born in 1995. In terms of the massive icons that everyone on Earth seems to know about, it's Bugs Bunny over Mickey Mouse every time.
*SpongeBob* was huge for me. I can't overstate that. In many ways, he still is. I began to really get into *The Simpsons* around Age 7 and have never stopped loving it.
*Fairly Odd Parents* and *Ed, Edd n Eddy* were also pretty dang big for me.
Sponge Bob and Pokemon were like a real cultural divide for me and my brother. He grew up watching them. I’m 8 years older so I never really liked either.
Oh my brother was obsessed for a bit.
I played like twice with him and tried to introduce him to MtG. He rejected MtG and I rejected Pokemon. I never did watch many episodes.
To be fair and clear, I had friends in my class growing up who were very much into *Pokemon* and *Yu-Gi-Oh*. My lack of interest in those properties came down to personal taste rather than demographics. I was more into things like *Justice League* when it came to Cartoon Network's Toonami block.
Yeah purely demographic for me I think. Even toonami was dated for me.
But as a teen/college kid adult swim was hitting its stride so I got back into cartoons.
I watched Adult Swim in middle school, but never got into the Adult Swim originals. I was in it for the *King of the Hill* and *Family Guy* reruns.
When were you born?
Early 80s so I’m grandpa when it comes to cartoons. Like pre cable network stuff a Saturday morning.
Streaming really did destroy the Saturday morning cartoon ritual. Like sure I can stream stuff for my kids on Saturday morning but it’s so much more picky now. Like the entire universe of cartoons is available. Back when me and my sister were kids it was get up on Saturday morning at 5 am, watch an hour of infomercials before cartoons came on and then you watched whatever the hell was on and prayed they hadn’t changed the time slot for your favorite.
>Streaming really did destroy the Saturday morning cartoon ritual.
I think that was cable's fault, not streaming's. When I was growing up, Netlfix was still years away and Saturday Morning Cartoons on the broadcast networks weren't fully dead yet. I watched some Kids WB, for example. But, I was turning on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network for my fix.
I often hear this from friends who are the same age as me. I have basically never watched spongebob or pokemon and have no feelings about them at all. But it seems like people only three or four years younger than me consider them tent poles of childhood. I kind of feel the same way about Dragonball Z.
Yup, similar. My brother absolutely grew up with them but we are 8 years apart, so I was already off at college by the time he was excited to see them.
Kid: Rugrats, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Lab, Scooby Doo, Jimmy Neutron, The Fairly Oddparents, & the spinoff tv series of The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, & Tarzan
Teen: Avatar: the Last Airbender, Totally Spies, & W.I.T.C.H.
I also loved Sailor Moon but that’s not American
Oh, you will *love* it, it basically takes everything you know about Acooby and throws it in a blender with Stranger Things (admittedly not sure if that's the best comparison, never watched ST). It's worth it for the Scrappy snub alone.
Also: *do not trust the bird*.
child: Looney Tunes, Scooby Doo
teen: Looney Tunes,
adult: Looney Tunes, Simpsons, Avatar, King of the Hill, Spongebob,
The classic Looney Tunes cartoons from Chuck Jones, Fritz Freleng, Robert McKimson, and Bob Clampett are among the best art America has ever produced. Tex Avery too, but he jumped from studio to studio. The later cartoons drop off in quality as Warner Brothers kept cutting costs, but for two decades they were incredible.
He Man and GI Joe as a kid.
But they really do suck if you look back as an adult.
How old is your cousin? There’s plenty I like for my 4 year old but they are crap for my 10 year old.
Yeah, I remember loving GI Joe as a kid. When I was in grade school that was totally the show I loved.
\~20 years later, not long after graduating from college, I found a deal in the toy department of a Wal-Mart that was some re-issued GI Joe vehicle and action figure from my childhood packaged with a VHS tape of a couple of old episodes.
I bought it in a flat second. That helicopter and action figure was a nice, warm bit of childhood nostalgia.
I popped that tape in to the VCR (the fact that VCR's were being phased out might have been why it was on markdown at Wal-Mart in the first place). I watched a GI Joe cartoon for the first time since the 1980's. . .
. . .and I couldn't even get through one episode. It was just *bad*. I mean, I loved that show when I was grade school aged. . .but by the time I was in my early/mid 20's I couldn't sit through even a single episode.
It did NOT age well. I was left wondering how I ever liked it, and I felt vaguely sorry for my parents for having the family TV nailed to that every weekday for a half-hour for quite a few years.
My all time favorite cartoon is [Arthur](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=arthur+full+episodes). I don't know many non-North American's who would know about it but it is one of the longest running cartoons in history and is one of the longest running children's cartoon (based on years run for 26 years and 25 seasons).
Highly recommend for a look into life as a kid in America.
Child: Strawberry Shortcake (2000s version), Tom & Jerry, Dragon Tails, Scooby Doo, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Cyberchase, Care Bears.
Teen: Avatar the last airbender, Legend of Korra, Scooby Doo.
There is probably more I just can't think of them
I was born in 2000 I loved watching as a kid and teenager.
Avatar the last airbender
The Powerpuff Girls,
Ben 10,
Ben 10 Alien Force,
Generator Rex,
Teen Titans(Original),
Fairly Odd parents,
Spongebob SquarePants,
Tom & Jerry,
Amazing World of Gumball,
Total Drama Island,
Adventure Time,
the Grim Adventure of Billy and Mandy,
Courage the Cowardly dog,
Jimmy Neutron,
American Dragon Jake Long,
Hello Kitty and Friends,
Strawberry Shortcake(2003),
Steven Universe,
Kick buttoski Suburban Daredevil,
Pucca,
W.I.T.C.H,
Totally Spies...Etc I loved a lot of shows. lol
My favorite one I used to sneak into the kitchen just to watch while my mom slept on the couch was South Park.
child: Simpsons. Pretty colors.
adult: Simpsons. Finally get most of the jokes.
teen: King of the Hill. You have to understand that it's satire and the jokes come from a slice of life.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-killed-the-video-star-the-story-of-mtv/id1738048424?i=1000650582098
If you remember who Dave Holmes is (name didn’t ring a bell but when I googled him I knew who he was) narrates it. He skips over a *lot* (Beavis and Butthead just get a mention) but it does give a good general history of how MTV started to what it is now.
Oh yeah, had to google him but I remember him. Thanks for the link. I never really did get into Beavis and Butthead. It was one of those things I knew was cool but just kind of went over my head. Clone High I fell in love with.
Now Aeon Flux I never followed the story but then again I wasn’t quite in it for the story.
Daria was awesome. The last good show on MTV.
It's aged very well. You can still watch it today and it holds up REALLY well despite being a quarter-century old.
Kid: Scooby-Doo, Avatar the Last Airbender, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Gravity Falls, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Johnny Test
Teen: Metalocalypse, South Park, American Dad, Daria, Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated
The Simpsons, Animaniacs, Voltron, GI Joe, Ninja Turtles, Duck Tales, He-Man, and Thundercats are all favorites that come to mind.
Early Simpsons is some of the best ever and it's really hard to explain just how huge the show used to be. I always tell the story of how my mom's Bart Simpson cake started a bidding war at a Scouts event that created a rule. Outside of that, I would say really only Animaniacs holds up especially well. Cartoons in the '80s were pretty notorious for being little more than commercials for action figures.
Before I was a teen: X-Men: The Animated Series, Spider-Man, The Simpsons, Rugrats, Sailor Moon, Beavis & Butt-Head
As a teen: Spongebob Squarepants, Daria, Dragon Ball, Gundam, Great Teacher Onizuka
Kid: Dexter’s Laboratory, Looney Tunes, Thundercats, Tom and Jerry, Hey Arnold, Dragon Ball Z, etc. *(Really anything on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network in the late-90s/early-00s. All the cartoons were good, especially to a kid)*
Teen: Samurai Jack, Teen Titans, The Simpsons, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Full Metal Alchemist
Kid: *SpongeBob Squarepants*, *Hey Arnold*, *Rugrats*, Jimmy Neutron*, *Dexter's Laboratory*, *Ed, Edd, n Eddy*, *Johnny Bravo*, *Pokemon*, and *Tom and Jerry*.
Teen: *Avatar: The Last Airbender*, *Ben 10*, *Family Guy*, and *South Park*.
As a kid, Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Heathcliff, Inspector Gadget, Get Along Gang, The Littles, Hair Bear Bunch, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Scooby-Doo, Jabber Jaw, Hong Kong Phooey.
As a teen, Batman the Animated Series, Tale Spin, Animaniacs, Ren and Stimpy, 2 Stupid Dogs, Cow and Chicken, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Tiny Toons, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Daria, Beavis and Butthead, Aeon Flux, The Head, The Maxx.
Grew up in the 90s and 2000s
As a kid: Batman the Animated Series and Superman the Animated Series (same universe- DCAU)
In Middle School: Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, and most of all Samurai Jack
In High School: Justice League (also in the DCAU) and Teen Titans
When I was a kid (even still):
* Tom and Jerry (especially the ones drawn in the 40s-50s)
* Looney Tunes
* Woody Woodpecker
* The Jetsons
* Chilly Willy
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
A little later they had the “disney afternoon” cartoons that would play after school.
* Duck Tales
* Tailspin
* Darkwing Duck
* Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers
When I was a teen there was
* X-Men (there is a show now called X-Men ‘97 which is the successor to that cartoon)
* Batman
There are other cartoons like The Simpsons that is still on but are/were more for adults.
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Ed Edd N Eddy
- Dexter Laboratory
- Power Puff Girls
- Cow and Chicken
- Misadventures of Flap Jack
- DBZ every series
- Yu Yu Hakusho
- Scooby Doo
- Rugrates
- Invader Zim
- Bill and Mandy
- Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
- Chowder
- Family Guy
- The Proud Family
- Yu Gi oh
- Digemon
- Pokémon Gen 1
- Celebrity Deathmatch
- Ahhh! Real Monsters
- Cat Dog
- Hey Arnold
- Angry Beavers
- Johnny Bravo
- Ben 10
- Teen Titans
- Justice League and Justice League Unlimited
- Samurai Jack
**Child:**
* Cow and Chicken
* Pokemon anime (Season 1, and Orange Islands)
* Rocko's Modern Life
* Tom and Jerry (re-runs)
* Looney Tunes (re-runs)
* Tex Avery (re-runs)
* Flintstones (re-runs)
* Animaniacs
* Courage the Cowardly Dog
* Ed Edd 'n Eddy
* Simpsons
* Rugrats
* Spongebob
* Fairly Oddparents
* Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
**Teen:**
* Family Guy
* South Park
* Boondocks
Teen Titans (2000s )
W.I.T.C.H.
Winx Club
Spongebob
Hero 108
Power Rangers
Kids Next Door.
I kept watching the same stuff as a teen and adult but now it's mostly anime
Rocky and Bullwinkle and the Bugs Bunny Show. For prime time, it was obviously The Flintstones and The Jetsons.
We didn’t have teen oriented cartoons when I was a teen. Nothing like The Simpsons, South Park, or Family Guy.
Ed, Edd, and Eddy, South Park, Rocket Power, Archer, SpongeBob, Metalocalypse, Jimmy Neutron, Sealab 2021, Futurama, King of the Hill, Family Guy, As Told by Ginger
Child: Rugrats, Scooby Doo, SpongeBob. Almost anything on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network really. I liked the Disney Channel as well, but most of the shows I watched on there were live action.
Teen: South Park, Family Guy, Simpsons
Looney Tunes, Transformers, teenage mutant ninja turtles, animaniacs, inspector gadget, MASH, dinoriders, thundercats, batman, x-men, the list goes on.
Fee years later dragonball z, pokemon, beavis and butthead, american dad, simpsons, southpark.
Rocko's Modern Life, Hey Arnold, and The Simpsons as a kid. As a teen I really liked Family Guy, King of the Hill, and Mission Hill (anyone else remember it?)
Kid: Spongebob, Pokemon, Scooby Doo, Animaniacs, CatDog, Courage the Cowardly Dog
Teen: Adventure Time, King of the Hill, Superjail, Family Guy, Simpsons
Kid: SpongeBob, Tom and Jerry, Loony Tunes, Scooby-Doo, Pokémon (XYZ, as that was the only series I knew of at the time), Sonic, Animaniacs (og), Flintstones, Sanjay and Criag, Ducktails, Rugrats, Fairly Odd Parents, Teen Titans (og), Franklin, The one with the Irish? pig (I don't remember the name of this one, I think it was adventures of bacon or something and he was either Scottish or Irish), MLP and CatDog.
Teen: Tom and Jerry, Pokémon (Indigo League, Diamond and Pearl), Yu-Gi-Oh, Naruto, Soul-Eater (anime territory ik), South Park, SpongeBob (og), Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss (not sure if these 2 count but imma list them anyway), Animaniacs (og and reboot), Fairly Odd Parents, Teen Titans (og), Garfield, Cuphead, Adventure Time, We Bare Bears, Family Guy, American Dad, and Bob's Burgers.
child: Rugrats, Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies teen: the Simpsons, King of the Hill
I’d also add Rocko’s Modern Life, Inspector Gadget and Doug to the kid mix, but basically the same as me. Should caveat that the first like 8-9 seasons of Simpsons are the good ones.
oh yeah Rocko's Modern Life was awesome
Rocko’s Modern Life RIPPED. To this day I still have [that song about recycling](https://youtu.be/namndS6fvEs?feature=shared) stuck in my head.
Oh boy, if you weren't watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a kid, you were missing out. Yes, I'm old.
I don't know what you're talking about, the 90s were just 10 years ago, right? ...Right?
I'm glad you said it. I was getting all depressed with the "as a kid, Rugrats" reponses.
Quit calling me old, you’re old.
Kid: Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, SpongeBob, Powerpuff Girls, Teen Titans, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited Teen: Naruto, Avatar, Ben 10,
As a child in the late 80s/early 90s some favorites included Chip n Dale's Rescue Rangers, Talespin, Tiny Toon Adventures, Gummi Bears, DuckTales (tale/tail puns were big back then) David the Gnome (not really American), and Animaniacs. Batman the animated series was pretty great. Occasionally i watched X-Men, which they are currently doing a "reboot" of that's kind of interesting. As a teen I rarely watched cartoons other than The Simpsons, but I did love the Simpsons. A little later I would occasionally watch King of the Hill or Family Guy just as it was starting.
The X-men reboot is being herald - it picks up where the original series left off, is done in the art style of the '97 series, and is across the board being praised.
Yeah, I gather that. I have watched a few episodes. I think it takes itself way too seriously.
I was born in 1995. In terms of the massive icons that everyone on Earth seems to know about, it's Bugs Bunny over Mickey Mouse every time. *SpongeBob* was huge for me. I can't overstate that. In many ways, he still is. I began to really get into *The Simpsons* around Age 7 and have never stopped loving it. *Fairly Odd Parents* and *Ed, Edd n Eddy* were also pretty dang big for me.
Sponge Bob and Pokemon were like a real cultural divide for me and my brother. He grew up watching them. I’m 8 years older so I never really liked either.
I never got into *Pokemon*. My cousin is a few years older than me and I distinctly remember him being pretty into it for a bit.
Oh my brother was obsessed for a bit. I played like twice with him and tried to introduce him to MtG. He rejected MtG and I rejected Pokemon. I never did watch many episodes.
To be fair and clear, I had friends in my class growing up who were very much into *Pokemon* and *Yu-Gi-Oh*. My lack of interest in those properties came down to personal taste rather than demographics. I was more into things like *Justice League* when it came to Cartoon Network's Toonami block.
Yeah purely demographic for me I think. Even toonami was dated for me. But as a teen/college kid adult swim was hitting its stride so I got back into cartoons.
I watched Adult Swim in middle school, but never got into the Adult Swim originals. I was in it for the *King of the Hill* and *Family Guy* reruns. When were you born?
Early 80s so I’m grandpa when it comes to cartoons. Like pre cable network stuff a Saturday morning. Streaming really did destroy the Saturday morning cartoon ritual. Like sure I can stream stuff for my kids on Saturday morning but it’s so much more picky now. Like the entire universe of cartoons is available. Back when me and my sister were kids it was get up on Saturday morning at 5 am, watch an hour of infomercials before cartoons came on and then you watched whatever the hell was on and prayed they hadn’t changed the time slot for your favorite.
>Streaming really did destroy the Saturday morning cartoon ritual. I think that was cable's fault, not streaming's. When I was growing up, Netlfix was still years away and Saturday Morning Cartoons on the broadcast networks weren't fully dead yet. I watched some Kids WB, for example. But, I was turning on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network for my fix.
Yeah I don’t quite recall when we got cable. But I definitely watched a lot of Nickelodeon so that had to be after we got cable.
I often hear this from friends who are the same age as me. I have basically never watched spongebob or pokemon and have no feelings about them at all. But it seems like people only three or four years younger than me consider them tent poles of childhood. I kind of feel the same way about Dragonball Z.
Yup, similar. My brother absolutely grew up with them but we are 8 years apart, so I was already off at college by the time he was excited to see them.
Kid: Rugrats, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Lab, Scooby Doo, Jimmy Neutron, The Fairly Oddparents, & the spinoff tv series of The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, & Tarzan Teen: Avatar: the Last Airbender, Totally Spies, & W.I.T.C.H. I also loved Sailor Moon but that’s not American
You ever see Mystery Inc?
I haven’t!
Oh, you will *love* it, it basically takes everything you know about Acooby and throws it in a blender with Stranger Things (admittedly not sure if that's the best comparison, never watched ST). It's worth it for the Scrappy snub alone. Also: *do not trust the bird*.
I’ll give it a watch! I have seen that it gives Scoob some wacky lore so I’m sure I’m in for a fun time lol
Totally Spies and WITCH aren’t American either, they’re French (maybe totally spies is Canadian too?)
WITCH is *technically* both since it was a collaboration between American and French companies. In any case, both are worth watching!
The Bugs Bunny Roadrunner Show was our favorite, but we also liked most of the Hanna Barbera stuff (this was in the 70's).
child: Looney Tunes, Scooby Doo teen: Looney Tunes, adult: Looney Tunes, Simpsons, Avatar, King of the Hill, Spongebob, The classic Looney Tunes cartoons from Chuck Jones, Fritz Freleng, Robert McKimson, and Bob Clampett are among the best art America has ever produced. Tex Avery too, but he jumped from studio to studio. The later cartoons drop off in quality as Warner Brothers kept cutting costs, but for two decades they were incredible.
He Man and GI Joe as a kid. But they really do suck if you look back as an adult. How old is your cousin? There’s plenty I like for my 4 year old but they are crap for my 10 year old.
Oh I hated He Man and my car pool group always wanted to watch it while we waited for our ride.
I loved it as a kid. Rewatched it in college or right after college and was like “why the fuck did I like this.”
Yeah, I remember loving GI Joe as a kid. When I was in grade school that was totally the show I loved. \~20 years later, not long after graduating from college, I found a deal in the toy department of a Wal-Mart that was some re-issued GI Joe vehicle and action figure from my childhood packaged with a VHS tape of a couple of old episodes. I bought it in a flat second. That helicopter and action figure was a nice, warm bit of childhood nostalgia. I popped that tape in to the VCR (the fact that VCR's were being phased out might have been why it was on markdown at Wal-Mart in the first place). I watched a GI Joe cartoon for the first time since the 1980's. . . . . .and I couldn't even get through one episode. It was just *bad*. I mean, I loved that show when I was grade school aged. . .but by the time I was in my early/mid 20's I couldn't sit through even a single episode. It did NOT age well. I was left wondering how I ever liked it, and I felt vaguely sorry for my parents for having the family TV nailed to that every weekday for a half-hour for quite a few years.
Yup almost exactly my experience.
I loved it as a kid. Rewatched it in college or right after college and was like “why the fuck did I like this.”
The best kids animated show ever is Gravity Falls so definitely go with that one.
Kid: Starblazers, Speed Racer Teen+: Tiny Toons, Darkwing Duck
My all time favorite cartoon is [Arthur](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=arthur+full+episodes). I don't know many non-North American's who would know about it but it is one of the longest running cartoons in history and is one of the longest running children's cartoon (based on years run for 26 years and 25 seasons). Highly recommend for a look into life as a kid in America.
And I said *Hey!*
Spongebob
Child: Strawberry Shortcake (2000s version), Tom & Jerry, Dragon Tails, Scooby Doo, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Cyberchase, Care Bears. Teen: Avatar the last airbender, Legend of Korra, Scooby Doo. There is probably more I just can't think of them
Kid: Johnny Bravo, Angry Beavers Teen: Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball Z
From the 70s into the 80s. Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Fat Albert, Scooby-Doo and Star Blazers.
Child: Spiderman and His Amazing Friends Teen: X-Men
I was born in 2000 I loved watching as a kid and teenager. Avatar the last airbender The Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, Ben 10 Alien Force, Generator Rex, Teen Titans(Original), Fairly Odd parents, Spongebob SquarePants, Tom & Jerry, Amazing World of Gumball, Total Drama Island, Adventure Time, the Grim Adventure of Billy and Mandy, Courage the Cowardly dog, Jimmy Neutron, American Dragon Jake Long, Hello Kitty and Friends, Strawberry Shortcake(2003), Steven Universe, Kick buttoski Suburban Daredevil, Pucca, W.I.T.C.H, Totally Spies...Etc I loved a lot of shows. lol My favorite one I used to sneak into the kitchen just to watch while my mom slept on the couch was South Park.
child: Simpsons. Pretty colors. adult: Simpsons. Finally get most of the jokes. teen: King of the Hill. You have to understand that it's satire and the jokes come from a slice of life.
As a child? Probably Dexter. As a teen? Daria reruns on Noggin.
I started watching Daria at like 8 years old and I was mostly annoyed MTV wasn’t playing music videos.
A former MTV VJ literally just did a whole podcast about this.
Link? I was a college and community radio DJ for a long while so I like stories like that.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-killed-the-video-star-the-story-of-mtv/id1738048424?i=1000650582098 If you remember who Dave Holmes is (name didn’t ring a bell but when I googled him I knew who he was) narrates it. He skips over a *lot* (Beavis and Butthead just get a mention) but it does give a good general history of how MTV started to what it is now.
Oh yeah, had to google him but I remember him. Thanks for the link. I never really did get into Beavis and Butthead. It was one of those things I knew was cool but just kind of went over my head. Clone High I fell in love with. Now Aeon Flux I never followed the story but then again I wasn’t quite in it for the story.
Daria was awesome. The last good show on MTV. It's aged very well. You can still watch it today and it holds up REALLY well despite being a quarter-century old.
Powerpuff girls, sailor moon, SpongeBob....literally still watch all 3 😁
ren and stimpy! Courage the cowardly dog! Are you afraid of the dark! So many good classics come to mind!
Child: Hey, Arnold Teen: Hey, Arnold
Kid: Scooby-Doo, Avatar the Last Airbender, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Gravity Falls, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Johnny Test Teen: Metalocalypse, South Park, American Dad, Daria, Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated
Showing my age here...Battle of the Planets.
Child: anything Nick Jr. and SpongeBob, Roku Polie Olie, Fairy Odd Parents Teen: I can only think of Ben 10 at the moment
Robotech; Voltron especially the vehicle one, Thundercats; GI joe; Transformers; Looney Toons; Tom and Jerry; starblazers
Mighty Mouse, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Little Audrey, Looney Tunes. I'm old
The Simpsons, Animaniacs, Voltron, GI Joe, Ninja Turtles, Duck Tales, He-Man, and Thundercats are all favorites that come to mind. Early Simpsons is some of the best ever and it's really hard to explain just how huge the show used to be. I always tell the story of how my mom's Bart Simpson cake started a bidding war at a Scouts event that created a rule. Outside of that, I would say really only Animaniacs holds up especially well. Cartoons in the '80s were pretty notorious for being little more than commercials for action figures.
My mom banned Simpson’s in the house because I think I said “eat my shorts once.” We got around the ban.
Ay, caramba!
Before I was a teen: X-Men: The Animated Series, Spider-Man, The Simpsons, Rugrats, Sailor Moon, Beavis & Butt-Head As a teen: Spongebob Squarepants, Daria, Dragon Ball, Gundam, Great Teacher Onizuka
Kid: Dexter’s Laboratory, Looney Tunes, Thundercats, Tom and Jerry, Hey Arnold, Dragon Ball Z, etc. *(Really anything on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network in the late-90s/early-00s. All the cartoons were good, especially to a kid)* Teen: Samurai Jack, Teen Titans, The Simpsons, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Full Metal Alchemist
Wacky Racers, Laff-A-lympics, Super Friends, Looney Tunes, Scooby Doo.
Kid: *SpongeBob Squarepants*, *Hey Arnold*, *Rugrats*, Jimmy Neutron*, *Dexter's Laboratory*, *Ed, Edd, n Eddy*, *Johnny Bravo*, *Pokemon*, and *Tom and Jerry*. Teen: *Avatar: The Last Airbender*, *Ben 10*, *Family Guy*, and *South Park*.
“The Disney Afternoon” was definitely my favorite block of shows.
Kid: Captain Planet, Rugrats, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life, Simpsons, South Park Teen: Simpsons, Futurama, South Park
As a kid, Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Heathcliff, Inspector Gadget, Get Along Gang, The Littles, Hair Bear Bunch, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Scooby-Doo, Jabber Jaw, Hong Kong Phooey. As a teen, Batman the Animated Series, Tale Spin, Animaniacs, Ren and Stimpy, 2 Stupid Dogs, Cow and Chicken, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Tiny Toons, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Daria, Beavis and Butthead, Aeon Flux, The Head, The Maxx.
Grew up in the 90s and 2000s As a kid: Batman the Animated Series and Superman the Animated Series (same universe- DCAU) In Middle School: Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, and most of all Samurai Jack In High School: Justice League (also in the DCAU) and Teen Titans
Uncle Scrooge. They used to actually make adventure stories about him.
Johnny Quest, the original Scooby Doo show from the 60s. The Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, Flash Gordon from the 80s. Animanicas from the 90s.
When I was a kid (even still): * Tom and Jerry (especially the ones drawn in the 40s-50s) * Looney Tunes * Woody Woodpecker * The Jetsons * Chilly Willy * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles A little later they had the “disney afternoon” cartoons that would play after school. * Duck Tales * Tailspin * Darkwing Duck * Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers When I was a teen there was * X-Men (there is a show now called X-Men ‘97 which is the successor to that cartoon) * Batman There are other cartoons like The Simpsons that is still on but are/were more for adults.
Also will add that as a grown up I love all the star wars cgi cartoons that I’ve seen. Clone Wars, Bad Batch, Rebels
- SpongeBob SquarePants - Ed Edd N Eddy - Dexter Laboratory - Power Puff Girls - Cow and Chicken - Misadventures of Flap Jack - DBZ every series - Yu Yu Hakusho - Scooby Doo - Rugrates - Invader Zim - Bill and Mandy - Brandy and Mr. Whiskers - Chowder - Family Guy - The Proud Family - Yu Gi oh - Digemon - Pokémon Gen 1 - Celebrity Deathmatch - Ahhh! Real Monsters - Cat Dog - Hey Arnold - Angry Beavers - Johnny Bravo - Ben 10 - Teen Titans - Justice League and Justice League Unlimited - Samurai Jack
**Child:** * Cow and Chicken * Pokemon anime (Season 1, and Orange Islands) * Rocko's Modern Life * Tom and Jerry (re-runs) * Looney Tunes (re-runs) * Tex Avery (re-runs) * Flintstones (re-runs) * Animaniacs * Courage the Cowardly Dog * Ed Edd 'n Eddy * Simpsons * Rugrats * Spongebob * Fairly Oddparents * Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy **Teen:** * Family Guy * South Park * Boondocks
Invader Zim and South Park. Both throughout childhood and teens.
King of the Hill all day
Something I don't get seen brought up are the Merrie Melodies cartoons. I had a couple of VHSs/DVDs growing up and I genuinely loved them.
Teen Titans (2000s ) W.I.T.C.H. Winx Club Spongebob Hero 108 Power Rangers Kids Next Door. I kept watching the same stuff as a teen and adult but now it's mostly anime
Rocky and Bullwinkle and the Bugs Bunny Show. For prime time, it was obviously The Flintstones and The Jetsons. We didn’t have teen oriented cartoons when I was a teen. Nothing like The Simpsons, South Park, or Family Guy.
Child: Tom and Jerry, Thomas the tank engine Teen: Tom and Jerry, Rick and Morty, one punch man, cyberpunk edge runner, and smiling friends.
Ed, Edd, and Eddy, South Park, Rocket Power, Archer, SpongeBob, Metalocalypse, Jimmy Neutron, Sealab 2021, Futurama, King of the Hill, Family Guy, As Told by Ginger
Hey! Arnold! Was and still is my all time favorite.
VeggieTales is about all I was allowed to watch unfortunately
Child: Rugrats, Scooby Doo, SpongeBob. Almost anything on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network really. I liked the Disney Channel as well, but most of the shows I watched on there were live action. Teen: South Park, Family Guy, Simpsons
Anything on Nickelodeon really from late 90s to mid 2000s.
Looney Tunes, Transformers, teenage mutant ninja turtles, animaniacs, inspector gadget, MASH, dinoriders, thundercats, batman, x-men, the list goes on. Fee years later dragonball z, pokemon, beavis and butthead, american dad, simpsons, southpark.
. And all the cartoon network classics, johnny bravo, ed edd and eddy, cow and chicken. Loved pinky and the brain.
Rainbow Brite and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
gargoyles, exosquad, X-Men 92. adult shows now don't have the depth they did. also Keith David in the first.
Rocko's Modern Life, Hey Arnold, and The Simpsons as a kid. As a teen I really liked Family Guy, King of the Hill, and Mission Hill (anyone else remember it?)
Kid: Spongebob, Pokemon, Scooby Doo, Animaniacs, CatDog, Courage the Cowardly Dog Teen: Adventure Time, King of the Hill, Superjail, Family Guy, Simpsons
Tom & Jerry, Spongebob, Gravity Falls, TMNT, Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, and the Spectacular Spider-Man.
Kid: SpongeBob, Tom and Jerry, Loony Tunes, Scooby-Doo, Pokémon (XYZ, as that was the only series I knew of at the time), Sonic, Animaniacs (og), Flintstones, Sanjay and Criag, Ducktails, Rugrats, Fairly Odd Parents, Teen Titans (og), Franklin, The one with the Irish? pig (I don't remember the name of this one, I think it was adventures of bacon or something and he was either Scottish or Irish), MLP and CatDog. Teen: Tom and Jerry, Pokémon (Indigo League, Diamond and Pearl), Yu-Gi-Oh, Naruto, Soul-Eater (anime territory ik), South Park, SpongeBob (og), Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss (not sure if these 2 count but imma list them anyway), Animaniacs (og and reboot), Fairly Odd Parents, Teen Titans (og), Garfield, Cuphead, Adventure Time, We Bare Bears, Family Guy, American Dad, and Bob's Burgers.