In the course of babysitting him I have been introduced to the shows he watches.
Spongebob is good
Fairly Odd Parents has to be one of the best new cartoons I have seen in a while.
Not only is it whitty and adult smart, but it also teaches a lesson with every episode.
Now lets get to the real meat of this topic.
Shows on the caretoon network that I will sit down and watch regularly.
Dexter's Laboritory Power Puff Girls....i had no inclination to watch them and it wasn't untill I accidently caught an episode where the professor wants to spend more time with them so he turns himself into a superhero also. Great stuff
Ruoni Kenshin i know I misspelled that one Tri-Gun Copwboy Be-Bop
Things I miss I wish they would bring to the cartoon network or bring back to the cartoon network
Two stupid Dogs first and foremost Battle of the Planets Animaniacs
Posted by Arya (Member # 6160) on :
I find Spongebob to be quite annoying... A dim-witted guy friend of mine absolutely loves it- no comment necessary.
I'm a Scooby Doo fan... always up for the drugs, munchies, and ghost mysteries! (Well... maybe not the drugs and munchies =P)
Posted by Arya (Member # 6160) on :
Ooo! Almost forgot! Animaniacs is cool too!
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
The greatest cartoons of all time were the Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes cartoons from their heyday of the 1940's to 1950's. So many of them exhibit pure genius that has never been matched. At some point, I believe it was in the 1960's, their quality abruptly went downhill. Unfortunately, when you watch an hour or half-hour of Looney Tunes, you never know which ones you're going to get.
WB cartoons experienced an amazing, though limited, renaissance with Animaniacs. The quality was spotty, but often brilliant.
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
a few off the top of my head from work:
freakazoid. hooray for red pajamas. earthworm jim. this wasn't out as long, but i liked it. the tick. a fun assortment of disfunctional superheroes and sub par villians. honk if you love justice! i really liked trigun and powerpuff girls, as well. i miss two angry beavers from nickelodeon. i also like spongebob, it's a random show, but the random just seems to make sense.
i absolutely love home movies from adult swim. the best show on the whole lineup, incredibly underrated, the best writing ever. most of it sounds ad-lib, and i hope that it is - that would only add to the genius. brendon small is almost an exact duplicate of my friend ezra back in virginia. same voice, same fascination with film.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Spongebob and Animaniacs are easily the two best cartoons from the last decade.
As for Dexter's Lab, my email is named after my favorite episode.
I just don't get Japanese animation.
The Adult Swim comedy lineup is probably the best couple of hours on TV nowadays.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Three words: Rocky and Bullwinkle.
I still watch them in the mornings sometimes (one of our local channels shows them at 8:30 a.m. weekdays, bless them).
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
i forgot to mention that jason is my hero. we only have eachother; and food.
Posted by Anti-Chris (Member # 4452) on :
The Tick will always, always hold a place in my heart.
Right next to Animaniacs.
And I agree with you on the Fairly Odd Parents. Great material.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Of course there's all the brilliant ones: The original Looney Toons, Tiny Toons, the really old and really good Tom and Jerry, Animaniacs....
Then there's the not so brilliant but almost: The Tick, Histeria, Freakazoid, Dexter's Laboratory...
I love all of those. I also love the REALLY stupid, including Spongebob, Jonny Bravo, PowerPuff girls (who is funnier than Mojo Jojo???), Doug, etc.
But my favorite at the moment is Angry Beavers. I just LOVE that cartoon!!!
Posted by Maccabeus (Member # 3051) on :
I haven't really cared much about cartoons in years, though I will watch them from time to time. Since I was seven or eight, I always preferred the superhero cartoons like Spiderman, which were at least quasi-realistic (compared to something like the Smurfs or Powerpuff Girls). Currently, I will watch X-Men:Evolution or Justice League if I happen to notice they're on. I haven't seen an episode of Teen Titans yet, but it has a cheesy look.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Teen Titans is stupid.
Does anybody else like Samurai Jack? I didn't think I'd like it, since it tries so hard to mimic Japanimation, but I saw the first episode because it was made by the same guy who made Dexter's Lab and the Powerpuff Girls. I think it's pretty good. I still like Dexter's Lab and the Powerpuff Girls more, but I like my cartoons to have more humor than action.
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Posted by Koga (Member # 5646) on :
Samurai Jack is pretty good, and that all I will say for now, nameing my favorite cartoons can take a very long time, I really like cartoons.
Oh and Teen Titans is pretty stupid, it has a couple decent parts per episode, but they only last a few frames and then get kind of burried in the weird plots, and ridiculus and annoying "I wish I were anime" moments.
Posted by Mintieman (Member # 4620) on :
Invader Zim is brilliant!
As for anime, Trigun & Cowboy Bebop are hard to beat Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
oh my gosh, i don't believe i forgot Batman, the animated series. that was one of the best shows on television, period. animated or live action. awesome writing, nice design, really well done. i need all of it on dvd.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Mmmmm.. Transformers, Mighty Orbots, Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea, Cities of Gold, War of the Humanoids....
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Samuri Jack can be incredible. Where else do they tell so much story with so few words. I swear you can count the words in most episodes using your fingers.
My wife doesn't understand why I like Fairly Odd Parents. Lets hear it for the Crimson Chin.
Teen Titans falls into that show that doesn't know if it wants to be for kids or for adults, so succeeds at neither.
Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :
Teen Titans is a good idea, but has the wrong execution. Ironically, the show is about as awkward as teens tend to be. I think at some point it has the potential to become good, like Reboot did after it's first season - but more likely it will just get worse.
X-men Evolution is another good idea, bad execution - but I think it's getting much better.
The following cartoons are my all-time favorites: Simpsons (of course!), Southpark, Family Guy, Futurama, Batman, X-men (original Fox series), Dragonball Z (the early seasons), Neon Genesis Evangelion (not really shown on American TV though), the old Ninja Turtles, and of course The Mysterious Cities of Gold.
Well... also the Care Bears.
As for current cartoons:
Power Puff Girls is good. Recess is very creative. Samurai is one of the coolest cartoons out there, but I must confess that it kinda gets old. It needs more complexity now as it goes on.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Samurai Jack is great! The best is the one where he first meets the Scot. I get a huge kick out of the blabbering hog. I dunno why, but he totally reminds me of "Boss Hog" on The Dukes of Hazard.
Fairly Odd Parents is da best! I don't care for the Crimson Chin much, those jokes get old. But that is one of the funniest cartoon series I've ever seen.
I don't appreciate Spongebob as much as I used to, maybe I am sick of it being so dang popular.
Dexter's Lab and Powerpuff Girls are both awesome, and for some reaason I get a big kick out of Courage, the Cowardly Dog.
As for anime, anyone familiar with Juuni Kokki? I absolutely LOVE it!! I got a DVD set of the first 37 (I think) episodes, but I think it must have been an illegal version of the Chinese edition. The translation is Clrrap! The version you can get on bit torrent file has a wonderful translation. If I hadn't seen those first, I wouldn't understand a dang thing going on in the version I bought.
I honestly don't understand the current Scooby Doo trend. Can anyone explain it to me? I remember sitting down in front of the show when I was 6 yrs old, and even then it was totally stupid. It is unbearable now. It isn't funny at all, and it has no intelligence or creativity whatsoever. If you love it for the purpose of mocking it's horrendousness, I can understand that. But if you actually LIKE it, ugh. I just don't understand that.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Ones I dig:
Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Noche Guu Simpsons Samurai Jack Powerpuff Girls Jackie Chan Adventures Animaniacs, of course Aa, Megamisama! King of the Hill
Maybe I can add a few more later.
Posted by T. Analog Kid (Member # 381) on :
I like most of these and may be the only one on this forum that digs Teen Titans... mostly because I like the way they argue.
There have been some great moments in the new Justice League and it's almost worth watching the whole show for just them.
Batman (to Wonder Woman, speaking of Superman): "next time I let him take charge, hit me... really hard"
Flash (to Hawk Girl): "so, is there a Hawk Guy?" (something falls and Flash runs and catches it) Hawk Girl (genuine): "that was impressive!" Flash: "Fastest man on the planet..." Hawk Girl: "maybe that's why you can't get a date." (long pause) Flash: "HEY!!"
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Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
PSI has great taste in cartoons.
As usual. Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :
Some of my favorite classic cartoons are also:
Looney Tunes (especially Bugs Bunny) Harvey Tunes Top Cat Herculoids Space Ghost (rocks) Johnny Quest (also rocks severely)
Modern Cartoons:
Just about any anime Digimon Pokemon Beyblade Star Wars Clone Wars (Genndy Tartarovsky of Samurai Jack and Dexter fame)
Jeez there are just too many to list...
More importantly there are 2 cartoons I am having the utmost trouble getting into:
South Park - I just can't seem to sit through an episode, I find the show horrendously stupid
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - I am trying to watch this with the same problems I have with South Park.
Aside:
One of the funniest things I have watched recently are these voiceovers of the GIJoe cartoons "Knowing is Half the Battle" segments. These were given to me by an intern and I will have to find a link to the site!
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Kids Next Door!
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I forgot MOTU and POP...they are old and I was thinking of the more recent ones.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
Oh the memories of my younger days, with Rescue Rangers,Talespin, and Tiny Tunes. Good times, those were.
[ March 19, 2004, 07:00 PM: Message edited by: sarcasticmuppet ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Rescue Rangers!
My hubby thought Gadget was way hot. Posted by MoonRabbit (Member # 3652) on :
Ren & Stimpy.
Not the new, totally stupid and disgusting episodes on Spike TV (I'm the pitcher, you're the catcher!), I mean the old totally stupid and disgusting episodes (Quick, man! Cling tightly to my buttocks!). Powdered Toast Man rules.
[ March 19, 2004, 10:57 PM: Message edited by: MoonRabbit ]
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
I think we need to organize some kind of picketing thingamabob to get Ren & Stimpy (the old, better episodes before Spike TV turned them into gay lovers. I still don't get why they did that. ) and Invader Zim back on the air.
[EDIT: I swear MoonRabbit's post wasn't there when I was posting.]
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Posted by Zamphyr (Member # 6213) on :
Battle of the Planets/G-Force was always great as was Star Blazers.
Looney Tunes WERE awesome, you just never know what you'll get if you watch them now, they edit/chop them too much
I like all the X-Men, Spiderman, Batman new cartoons.
Others I miss: Dungeons & Dragons Gargoyles Gummi Bears The Tick
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
I bought the 90's Spiderman series off E-Bay, and damn if it's not the best flashback I've ever had. Just wonderful. The first season's slow, but it always is, and the rest... I still remember lying on the floor in front of the television, legs up, neck craned high... Doing the little-kid dance to the Spiderman theme song... God, those were good days...
The 90's X-Men series is also a must. The Batman animated series was excellent, though I'm also very partial to its successor the Batman/Superman Adventures and its successor, Batman Beyond. Best voice acting ever.
Transformers and its far more fluid successor, Beast Wars, aren't quite as good but damn unforgettable.
As far as comedy goes, nothing but nothing beats the Animaniacs and its sister, Pinky and the Brain.
Looney Tunes was, is, and will always be absolute crap. Never made me laugh. Never made me think of laughing. Made my laughter shrivel and die inside me. Same goes for every cheap-animation crap I've seen on the Cartoon Network, like Dexter's Laboratory or the Powerpuff Girls.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
quote: Quick, man! Cling tightly to my buttocks!
Actually, I'm pretty sure this was "Quick, man! Cling tenaciously to my buttocks!"
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
Paul Terry's Terrytoons...1920's cats and mice, Farmer Al Falfa, and follow the bouncing ball sing-alongs. Heckle and Jekyll, Krazy Kat and Ignatz. Old Looney Toons. Mr. Wizard, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Fractured Fairytales...
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Hope I don't forget any that I like... It's been some time though since I was looking at them.
Dexter's Lab Animaniacs Pinky and The Brain Johnny Bravo Powerpuff Girls Cow & Chicken Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy The Tick 2 Stupid Dogs Samurai Jack Tom & Jerry Looney Tunes Jonny Quest Swat Cats Spider-Man The Mask
I WANNA SEE A CARTOON !
Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :
I felt compelled to revisit this site because of all the awesome cartoons that were mentioned that I had forgotten about.
Growing up in the 80s, I used to get up every morning at 6AM and watch Robotech and Starblazers. I had to hunt on Saturdays to find GForce or a good Godzilla movie, and it was damned frustrating.
However, I was always on the couch to catch Dungeons and Dragons, Thundarr the Barbarian, Superfriends, etc...
Ren & Stimpy do rock, and I have coffee mugs of each and a Stimpy stuffed animal that I picked up in the Orlando Airport on an impulse buy.
Must leave now before shedding tears of sentimentality...
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