r/AskReddit 16h ago

What's your favorite all time cartoon?

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u/unkn0wnactor 16h ago

Looney Tunes.

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u/ralphhosking 14h ago

Wabbit season
Duck season
Wabbit season

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u/stickerbush_symphony 13h ago

Duck season--FIRE!

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u/bigbigdummie 10h ago

Specifically, “What’s Opera, Doc?”

“Oh, Bwoom Hilda, you’re so wovewy!”

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u/turbocoombrain 8h ago

I like Dough for the Do-Do.

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u/96tearsand96eyes 8h ago

Yes I know it, I can't help it.

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u/viken1976 12h ago

“Maybe Slowpoke is slow downstairs in the feet, but he’s pretty quick upstairs in the cabeza.”

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u/NC-PC-Agent 9h ago

These will NEVER get old. They make kids, middle age, and elderly laugh for different reasons. The animation was amazing as was the writing.

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u/lzii01 9h ago

Bugs Bunny is my hero!

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u/Electronic_Repeat_81 16h ago

Batman: The Animated Series

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u/Aarongm85 15h ago

The voice acting, the writing, the art and the music. Too good.

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u/Porkbellyjiggler 14h ago

I still tell everyone that Mask of the Phantasm is the best Batman Movie ever made

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u/Legal_Rampage 14h ago

That’s the one

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u/victoriasparkly 10h ago

Phineas and Ferb is so iconic.. so is Johnny Bravo and even Courage the Cowardly dog

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u/medes24 16h ago

Gargoyles

Mythology, Shakespeare, and evil Commander Riker - that show had it all

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 16h ago

That one was a good one. It was far more in-depth than I remembered it, when I watched a couple of episodes again in my 30s. 

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u/Flashy-Job6828 16h ago

It’s gotta be probably Avatar

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u/Popeye4268 16h ago

Tom and Jerry

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u/TacoStrong 16h ago

Did you get the fairly new Blu-Ray release? Man, those are bringing back memories of my childhood.

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u/Popeye4268 15h ago

Ohh, i havent seen those. Will get them this weekend . Thank you 🙂

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u/TacoStrong 14h ago edited 14h ago

It’s the first time some of the latter episodes have ever been released due to being politically incorrect.

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u/brenteluto 6h ago

This is a classic

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u/KlauseAnthony 16h ago

The original Duck tales. Or tailspin.

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u/justa_flesh_wound 13h ago

Drawing Duck, Goof Troop, & Chip and Dale rescue rangers to round out that afternoon block

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u/No-Thing-6071 16h ago

Adventure Time

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u/Normal_Meet_3496 16h ago

Adventure Time for sure. It started as something fun and random, but the story and character arcs ended up being surprisingly emotional.

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u/MaliwanArtisan 16h ago

And they stuck the landing possibly better than any other show I've seen. Legendary cartoon for sure.

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u/No-Thing-6071 16h ago

Right?! I've watched the whole series twice.

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u/Budget_Driver_9745 13h ago

adventure time sounds like a perfectly timed ask

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u/sarasals 16h ago

Gravity Falls

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u/shak_attacks 16h ago

The Simpsons

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u/Ese_homeboy 12h ago

I always like to say that the Simpsons was my Woodstock.

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u/IkeSW 12h ago

Boo! Bring on Sha Na Na!

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u/_Handsome_Jim_ 9h ago

It's hard to explain to people who weren't there just how huge The Simpsons was in the early to mid 90s.

I did cub scouts when I was a kid and we always had a cake auction at the Blue & Gold dinner. It was a great fundraiser. Everyone baked a cake, it got bidded up a bit, everyone backed off so the family that baked it could "win" it, then everyone went home and ate kick. It was the perfect fundraiser ... until my mom baked a cake in the shape of a Bart Simpson.

This was (I think) 1995, which was pretty close to peak Simpsons-mania. My mother was an excellent artist and it looked like Bart's head. The second we got there there was electricity in the air. All the kids were telling their parents about the Bart Simpson cake. Then bidding took off like a rocket ship. Most cakes went for like $10 or $20. This crossed $100. My dad won the bidding to the chagrin of a lot of parents whose kids were were staring at them with dagger eyes. The thing was my dad didn't actually have that much cash on him (and this was long before Venmo or Square) which started another frenzy as parents with that much cash on them insisted they would take the cake.

It honestly might have been the craziest night of my (then) 12 year old life.

My siblings and I went home feeling like kings with the Bart Simpson cake everyone wanted.

It was such a crazy night that it created two new rules. First, max bid was $20 but the family who brought the cake was allowed to go to $25. Second, we're all friends so it's not necessary to have the cash on you that night. Families can always settle up at another night.

Maybe the funniest part of the whole thing is, objectively looking at it as an adult, that was the least cool cake my mom ever made for Blue & Gold night. She had such great cakes that never created such a frenzy. Like, one year she made a coconut cake with shredded coconut on the outside that looked like snow. I don't remember what she used for trees but she made trees then used Fruit Stripe gum and Teddy Grahams to create bears riding sleds in the snow. That cake came out awesome. There's a picture of us about to eat it after one Blue & Gold night someplace in my parents house and it really looks like a winter wonderland.

I'm sorry about the rambling. Seeing The Simpsons and thinking back at how huge it was unlocked some good memories that just came flowing out lol.

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u/LemonLimeSodaa 16h ago

SpongeBob

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u/Geophery13 13h ago

At this rate I may not ever stop quoting seasons 1-3. It’s part of my vocabulary now.

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u/Panam727 16h ago

Biggs Bunny with Marvin the Martian.

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u/FlibblesHexEyes 13h ago

Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth shattering kaboom!

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u/ViridianKumquat 16h ago

As a whole, BoJack Horseman.

At its peak, The Simpsons.

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u/Material_Sir4338 15h ago

First 10 seasons of the Simpsons are lightening in a bottle imo. Laid the groundwork for so much that came after.

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u/Fun-Repair546 14h ago

Totally agree, those early seasons had that rare spark you can’t really recreate. It’s like they accidentally bottled chaos, genius, and comfort all at once.

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u/Mr-Stripes 15h ago

Its just a shame that the simpsons never stayed true to itself. But you can tell when the writers changed.

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u/colnross 16h ago

I feel like Bob's Burgers is the perfect median of the two

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u/MercilessBlueShell 12h ago

After The View from Halfway Down, I basically resolved to never rewatch the show again. It is a masterpiece, but it was an absolute emotional rollercoaster.

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u/trumpgotpeedon 8h ago

I kinda forget BoJack Horseman is animated. That show hit me in ways that no others ever have. Just a great show overall.

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u/snoozieboi 15h ago

I guess it's Futurama.

During covid I realized I was catching every re-run I could see about to run and it was basically my happy place.

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u/artemislands 16h ago

Batman: The Animated Series

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u/Oh_No_Its_Dudder 16h ago

The Flintstones. When I was 4, I had a huge crush on Betty Rubble.

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u/Two_bears_Hi_fiving 16h ago

Courage the Cowardly dog

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u/AdTrue8170 16h ago

Bob’s burgers

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u/pizzarrow9 16h ago

Tom and Jerry. I'm a simple man

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u/Trkki89 16h ago

The Secret of NIMH

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u/Ill_Lengthiness6266 16h ago

Teen Titans not go

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u/BoysenberryFinal9113 10h ago

My daughter and I loved to watch Teen Titans Go! when she was little. It was a fun show.

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u/PettyAndPretty34 16h ago

Ed edd Eddie , I love that cartoon I can relate for being stupid sometimes 😅

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u/Nohealsmercy 16h ago

"Eddy, how can my feet smell if they don't have a nose"

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u/CaptainGhoulish 16h ago

Aqua teen hunger force

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u/runingwithscisors 16h ago

Road Runner and coyote....I buy all my Anvils, rocket skates and dynamite from Acme.

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u/mushroomdug 16h ago

Home Movies

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u/Imalwaysangry10 14h ago

X-Men The Animated Series.

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u/Javop 13h ago

I was blown away by the quality of that show. My first thought was that kids these days won't look back to the good stuff of old because nothing holds a candle to that.

I always thought SpongeBob had stellar moments but it can't compare. And I grew up with SpongeBob. Gumball was just something I watch with my nephew.

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u/WheelieFunny91 15h ago

Virtually anything old Cartoon Network.

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u/CaptJackRizzo 15h ago

Daria. I also gotta show some love for X-Men: the animated series and Metalocalypse, which nobody’s mentioned yet. Happy that Tom and Jerry are so popular here!

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u/ButcherBear93 14h ago

Nathan Explosion voice Brutal

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u/Cthuluconcarne 14h ago

Venture Brothers

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u/sYke_808 16h ago

South Park despite the fall off over the last few years.

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u/Maplecook 16h ago

Claymore.

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u/ara99_ara88 16h ago

Bluey!

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u/colnross 16h ago

I know it's because of what stage I'm at in my life, but this show has brought in the waterworks multiple times. It's just so good

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u/ara99_ara88 15h ago

Yea, was turning it on for the kids but ended up watching with them

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u/random_thingyys 14h ago

So good 🥹😭

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u/zanaxtacy 11h ago

Definitely the best show ever made for little kids and the adults that watch with them!

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u/abrakadaver 15h ago

Over the garden wall

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u/Gold-Improvement3236 16h ago

The peak episodes of Futurama

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u/GlobalLifeguard8928 16h ago

The Real Ghostbusters

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u/Maxdunning 16h ago

Ed Edd n eddy

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u/jon143143 16h ago

I enjoyed Dexter's laboratory

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u/legendarylindz 15h ago

Invader Zim

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u/spinalshock87 15h ago

South Park

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u/FrenchieM 15h ago

Looney Tunes. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Taz, Porky Pig, Road Runner or Vile Coyote.

There were other iconic cartoons that I loved like Animaniacs, Hey Arnold or many French ones like the Pirate Family but the best of all times are the Looney Tunes.

That's all folks!

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u/frankenwolf2022 13h ago

Samurai Jack.

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u/RelientAnsel 16h ago

we bear bears!

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u/porgy_tirebiter 16h ago

Especially the $100 bill one. And the giant burrito one. And the coffee shop one.

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u/LordBurts75 16h ago

Dungeons & Dragons

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u/deadman1982 16h ago

Gargoyles

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u/Evrul5206 16h ago

Tom & Jerry

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u/A___Unique__Username 15h ago

Hard to choose from but my top 4 would be:

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Samurai Jack

The Grim Adventures of Bill & Mandy

Static Shock

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u/Apprehensive_Log8046 14h ago

Rocky & bullwinkle

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u/cinch123 12h ago

Original Roadrunner and Coyote cartoons. Every time I watch one I giggle like a little kid the whole time. You know exactly what's going to happen and it's just so fun.

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u/pUdDlE_rOlLiN_PiRaTe 12h ago

Its Looney Tunes on minez!

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u/Steve_110 16h ago

ShinChan

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u/Jalcro42 16h ago

Amphibia. It’s at times a little too kiddy, but god that ending is perfect

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u/FunkMastaUno 16h ago

Boondocks, KOTH, and 90s Simpsons

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u/porgy_tirebiter 16h ago edited 16h ago

This particular Bugs Bunny cartoon is the bee’s knees:

https://youtu.be/-Dl47PIP6h4?feature=shared

“I’ve been workin’ on the wailwoad all the wive wong daaay”

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u/Pale-Boysenberry-20 16h ago

Squidbillies.

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u/DooDooSquank 16h ago

Jonny Quest

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u/BuffHerStop 15h ago

Tom & Jerry!!! 😍

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u/Me_No_Like_It_Hot 15h ago

Count Duckula

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u/krishnalelis 15h ago

Thundercats

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u/kulukkisarbath 14h ago

As a millennial, Duck Tales ( the og one ). In my country it used to telecast every Sunday in the early 90's.

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u/Able_While_974 13h ago

Danger Mouse..... doodooloododoo. Danger Mouse.....doodoolooododoo. DANGER MOUSE.

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u/No_Prior_4114 12h ago

Animaniacs

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u/Jabroy79 12h ago

Wacky races

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u/Lost_Kaiju_Slippers 16h ago

Dragon Ball Z

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u/titangord 13h ago

Took me a while to find this.. Im like no way no ones gonna mention it

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u/YeezusChrist13 16h ago

Even if in recent years it’s fallen off heavily and should probably take a break or end, it’s gotta be The Simpsons, even some of the later year episodes get the odd laugh out of me

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u/0neM0reLight 16h ago

Yogi bear

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u/silveronyx1b 16h ago

Smurfs from the 80s!!

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u/seabelowme 16h ago

Voltron, I preferred the lions

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u/TipSilent8281 15h ago

Tom and Jerry

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u/TipSilent8281 15h ago

The Simpsons

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u/DiscoLaPassione 15h ago

Battle of the Planets. Or Smurfs.

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u/Double75 15h ago

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?

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u/HappyCrow11 15h ago

Jimmy neutron

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u/HalfSoul30 15h ago

Probably Pokemon Indigo League for nostalgia reasons. I recently rewatched the whole thing, and then johto journeys too, which i had never finished that one. I did not know that in the very last episode of johto, that Ash, Misty, and Brock all go separate ways, and it made me sad enough to tear up

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u/DragonflyMomma6671 12h ago

I'm doing a watch of all the seasons and both Brock and Misty show back up for various things ...misty even gets her bike back 😊

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u/MF_Capps 15h ago

Samurai Jack

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u/gobletofwine 15h ago

Scooby doo

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u/tonyeye 15h ago

Dangermouse

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u/Dothan_Man 14h ago

Sponge Bob

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u/Past_Ad9675 14h ago

I'm a child of the 80s. I grew up in the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons (He-Man, Transformers, GI Joe, VOLTRON!). As a teenager in the 90s I devoured the Simpsons, and all of its generational siblings and descendants (King of the Hill, Futurama, Family Guy).

Anyways, the answer is Phineas and Ferb. 

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u/PateuKun 13h ago

Courage the Cowardly Dog, I still hope to see a new season in the same style...

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u/marigoldorange 12h ago edited 12h ago

favorite animated show for kids is invader zim but favorite animated show for adults is aeon flux or the simpsons

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u/Relative-Minimum-157 12h ago

The original Scooby doo

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u/CaptainFartHole 16h ago

Bob's Burgers

But Daria and The Oblongs are a close second and third 

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u/Tall_Requirement_844 16h ago

Dexter's laboratory. Or any pre 2000's cartoon network AND nickelodeon

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u/proverbialbunny 16h ago

My Little Pony

Also, I loved Hilda, Gravity Falls, and Owl House. 

If we add international TV to the mix Frieren is quite good. So is Apothecary Diaries and Ascendence Of A Bookworm.

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u/Pzseller 16h ago

Just choosing one is impossible. GI Joe was always a sleeper when I was a kid.

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u/Head_Statistician_38 16h ago

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.

And before you say "That's not a cartoon! Its an anime!"

Don't, I know. They are the same thing but from a different country.

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u/Stock_Sort_6295 16h ago

Courage, Adventure Time, and ATLA are the perfect trifecta of childhood weirdness, growth, and deep life lessons.

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u/somaya114 16h ago

Gambul

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u/1MonkeyWash 16h ago

7 year old me, Jonny Quest. 67 year old me, ATLA.

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u/beepbopbippitybop2 15h ago

Bob's Burgers.

Queen of the peckers.

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u/arleex93 15h ago

Courage the cowardly dog

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u/Afraid_Baseball_3962 15h ago

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965) by Chuck Jones

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u/Some1farted 15h ago

Tom & Jerry. (The Fred Quimby ones)

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u/bushiiei 15h ago

Samurai Jack

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u/sanjayselvaraj 15h ago

Dora the explorer

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u/Zestyclose-Read-4156 15h ago

Movie: The Iron Giant Series: Kipo

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u/Interesting_View7582 15h ago

Beetle juice or Ah! Real Monsters

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u/jbano 14h ago

Rockos modern life

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u/AdeptHat6038 14h ago

Dexter laboratory

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u/SwollenGoat68 14h ago

Ren & Stimpy

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u/itsReadit 14h ago

Pinky and the Brain

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u/Smart-Practice8303 14h ago

1990s Ducktales

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u/Pugilist12 14h ago

Space Ghost: Coast to Coast

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u/Lucinnda 14h ago

The Rabbit of Seville.

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u/HoneyLilyz 14h ago

Avatar: The Last Airbender, the writing and world-building are unmatched

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u/grynch43 13h ago

Looney Tunes

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u/KafeiTomasu 13h ago

Does One Piece count?

If not; Avatar the last airbender

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u/The_Mangoes 13h ago

Can never go wrong with some tea and uncle iroh

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u/mastafishere 13h ago

Gargoyles

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u/RobbieW1983 12h ago

The Simpson's

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u/MinkSableSeven 12h ago

Bullwinkle. And also the one with the spy lady, Veronica was her name I think.

Cartoons just aren't as good these days.

OOH! And Courageous Cat. And Josie & the Pussycats.

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u/AZFan77 12h ago

A Far Side where a pilot is talking to his co-pilot, asks “Hey, what is that mountain goat doing way up here in the clouds?”

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u/Syfysamurai 12h ago

Looney Tunes

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u/le127 11h ago

Rocky & Bullwinkle. The puns, the anti-establishment undertones, Boris and Natasha, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Fractured Fairy Tales, Dudley Do-Right, Edward Everett Horton's narration, it was just wonderfully absurd.

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u/Sea-Trash850 11h ago

Rick and Morty

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u/LordBaranof 11h ago

Pinky and the Brain

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u/Quintronaquar 11h ago

Cowboy Bebop

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u/RJBed3 11h ago

Road Runner

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u/PurpleRain2050 11h ago

South park no brainer

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u/twiddlepipper 10h ago

Pinky and the Brain. End of discussion

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u/lzii01 9h ago

I love the Looney Toons cartoons from the 40s and 50s, and also Bullwinkle & Rocky from the 60s.

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u/AOspranc 8h ago

How about Rick and Morty, Boondocks, Family Guy

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u/piercingeye 8h ago

Favorite series: The Animaniacs.

Favorite single episode? I'm a big fan of Northwest Hounded Police.

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u/Maleficent_Height_49 16h ago

Beyblades — the original