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My Favorite Animated TV Shows

Apr 25, 2010

by Count_Orlok_22
posted in Pass The Remote!

Well, here's my list of favorite animated television series. Most of these are kid-friendly, but not all of them, so hopefully you'll be smart enough to know which of these are only appropriate for adults. Oh, and if you're waiting for Spongebob, you'll want to look elsewhere.

Rocko's Modern Life

Any show that features a talking wallaby named Rocko and his pet dog Spunky and featured an opening theme song performed by The B-52's is automatically the bomb! One of my favorite of the irreverent and slightly controversial early Nickelodeon shows.

King of the Hill

One part social satire, one part family comedy, and all funny. People still argue about whether Mike Judge's sitcoms were making fun of redneck and white trash culture or giving them a loving jab, but either way he managed to tell some hilariously poignant stories with a cast of great characters.

The Flintstones

Basically, what we have here is a classic animated series that took the premise and the characters of The Honeymooners and set them up in prehistoric days. Historically anachronistic and often simplistic, but at the same time lovable and timeless. I wish I could have a pet dinosaur named Dino.

Doug

This was a great Nickelodeon show and I always used to watch it after coming home from school, along with Rugrats, but then in the late '90s it ended up being bought out by Disney and it went downhill after that. The early episodes are still classic though!

The Pirates of Dark Water

A cult classic animated series for sure. I remember thinking this was the greatest when I was between the ages of 6-10... until Gargoyles blew it out of the water (no pun intended). But all in all, still one of the best and most underrated animated kid shows I've ever seen.

The Real Ghostbusters

I actually dug the show more than the movies, but that's beside the point. I loved the mix of supernatural adventure with goofy comedy. Was I the only one who was thoroughly confused that Lorenzo Music, the guy who voiced Garfield, provided a voice in this too?

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

The animation wasn't bad and the series had a great voice cast and I appreciate the message about saving the environment, but damn, this show was obnoxiously preachy. Plus, what kind of a lame hero is Captain Planet anyway?! He looks like a toothpaste company mascot with his blue skin and green hair.

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littlesam1 November 09, 2011

Fascinating list. Anyone who lists South Park makes me happy.

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Madpenguin October 29, 2011

Darkwing Duck was cool, and yeah, I really like the comic too. And Batman is my fave here. Didn't like 20, 11, or 6 at all. Most of these I just couldn't get into.

Count_Orlok_22 October 31, 2011

Really? I figured you would have been a big Spidey fan since it was that series that was the first to use Hobgoblin and Venom and other characters.

Madpenguin October 31, 2011

I am and always was a big Spidey fan. But I didn't like the writing for a majority of the episodes making him out to be so weak. And in comparison to Batman: The Animated Series and many other action oriented cartoons to even pre-date it, it was so below average in regards to action.

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Scotman February 19, 2011

Great list! I'm surprised not to see American Dad on here. King of the Hill animation was done by one of Neal Adams' sons, which I learned last year at a comics convention. That panel was called the Adams' Family, with Neal and his kids. I heard there's a new animated Spider-man and some new sci-fi cartoons on The Cartoon Network. My animation fixes nowadays are in the theater with Pixar and Dreamworks stuff. Still, love the occasional Simpsons. I met Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart. Great actress.

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djevoke November 17, 2010

Daria! I haven't thought about that show in ages! Great list and walk down memory lane, thanks Orlok :)

Count_Orlok_22 November 17, 2010

Yeah, I love "Daria". I may need to pick up the recent DVD box set of the whole series at some point.

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djevoke November 17, 2010

It's on DVD? Oh my GOODness...I might have to look that up :)

Count_Orlok_22 November 17, 2010

Right here. It's kind of pricey, but definitely worth it based on what the reviews say.

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QUEENBFLIX April 29, 2010

I think Family Guy is responsible for Benji making a remark once about "Hot Asian chicks" when he was 7--and he didn't even like girls. These things have power.

Count_Orlok_22 April 29, 2010

I hate that show. Only the dog is cool. And I enjoy irreverent and satirical humor, but a lot of the time people don't recognize it for what it is, especially children and conservatives.

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QUEENBFLIX April 29, 2010

if it were up to me I certainly wouldn't let the kids watch it--or The Simpsons either. Kris always complains that Benji gets an attitude when he watches too much TV> I don't think it's so much the quanity as it is the type of shows he's watching.

Count_Orlok_22 April 29, 2010

"The Simpsons" isn't too bad, but a lot of these shows are definitely not for kids. I think parents mistakingly assume that if it's animated then it's kid friendly. Obviously, that's never been true. Even Betty Boop was intended for adults. Some of her old cartoons were really risque.

QUEENBFLIX April 29, 2010

If you're talking about a kid picking up attitude, then believe me The Simpsons is bad. Most of those real old time cartoons were risque and not meant at all for kids.

Count_Orlok_22 April 29, 2010

Yeah, a lot of them were pretty racist and politically incorrect, although in some cases that only has made them more popular today.

QUEENBFLIX April 29, 2010

Very sexual too. But I miss the ones that were populated by famous people of the day--caricatures of actors etc.

Count_Orlok_22 April 29, 2010

Have you seen the one of Groucho Marx and Bugs Bunny at the movies? I love that one.

QUEENBFLIX April 29, 2010

Not that I recall but it sounds great.

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Adrianna April 26, 2010

Awesome list, Sean! The only one I was unfamiliar with was "James Bond Jr." I loved all your selections, though!

Count_Orlok_22 April 26, 2010

Thanks. "James Bond Jr." was very short-lived and didn't do that well as far as ratings go, but it's developed something of a cult following since. I still have a bunch of the action figures and a few of the comics somewhere. LOL!

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Adrianna April 27, 2010

(laughs) Maybe I will check it out someday since it was the only one I hadn't seen on your list. :)

Count_Orlok_22 April 27, 2010

I don't know if it will ever get released on DVD though. Your best bet to see it now would be to track down the old VHS copies from the early '90s and that wouldn't be easy either. It's too bad that so much of the crap on TV these days gets an immediate DVD release and then there are these wonderful shows that never do.

Adrianna April 28, 2010

You never know...they have been releasing a lot of retro cartoons on DVDs these days. Maybe this one will have its moment again in the future. :)

Count_Orlok_22 April 28, 2010

It would be nice to see how well it holds up almost twenty years later.

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woopak_the_thrill April 26, 2010

great list but I never got into #'s 19 and 20 and I haven't even heard of #7. Where's Marine Boy, The Centurions and Thundarr the Barbarian? ;-) (oops, I am showing that I am older than you LOL)

Count_Orlok_22 April 26, 2010

"The Centurions" I vaguely remember, but mainly because I had the lunchbox and a ton of toys. "Thundarr" I know by reputation and from hearing about it. "Marine Boy" must be before my time, 'cause that one's not ringing a bell at all.

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Sean_Rhodes April 25, 2010

I loved the Nicktoons of the 1990's. I was especially fond of Rugrats and Doug. Unfortunately I never really got to watch The Pirates of Dark Water, but what I did see I did like. I wasn't much of a fan of Beavis and Butthead or Ren and Stimpy (I don't recall ever actually watching Beavis and Butthead, now that I think about it but I remember seeing something... probably that movie). Strangely enough I could stand Nickelodean, but the only show I could EVER stand that came on MTV was Daria. Like many shows done by Viacom... it didn't really have much of a run.

This list brings back a lot of memories. My brother and I used to get up early right before school to catch Ghostbusters. It used to come on every morning. Batman The Animated Series... probably still my favorite animated show ever. And I love The classic episodes of The Simpsons but I'm not very fond of the new stuff.

What an amusing list.

Count_Orlok_22 April 25, 2010

Did you ever see the series "Aeon Flux"? That was quite good I'm told. I only saw a few episodes and couldn't follow it because I wasn't a regular viewer, but it was good unlike the film.

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Sean_Rhodes April 25, 2010

I only saw a couple of episodes, but I liked it from what I saw. I wasn't a regular viewer either, I kept missing it. I tried to watch the movie. Honest-to-God, I tried. But it wasn't happening.

Count_Orlok_22 April 25, 2010

Most definitely not. Charlize Theron's worst movie ever!

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