August 10, 20186 yr Assassination Classroom CONSUMED me when I watched it a couple of years ago. So many characters getting developed, so many fun situations to build off of its completely ridiculous premise (I mean, the series starts with the announcement that the Moon's been destroyed and now the destroyer is teaching in a school), and a really fun, feel-good show throughout, I was desperate to know what would happen next and remained highly entertained doing so. One of the most perfect combinations of drama and comedy I've ever seen, partially made by the Japanese voice actor for Koro-Sensei (the teacher) being uniquely brilliant in his role, one of the best performances I can think of when I think of good voice acting, and also partially because the series is also a love letter to the wonders of education, something I'm very much in favour of. Bob's Burgers is probably something I should check out too.
August 11, 20186 yr Bobs Burgers is really good, I also think it could become really popular if it was added to Netflix similar to how Brooklyn Nine-Nines popularity has skyrocketed in the past year or so because of Netflix. It did take a couple of episodes to really get into it but now it’s one of my favourite adult animated shows and each season just gets better and better.
August 18, 20186 yr Chez is on holiday atm, results will be back underway once he has returned :P Meanwhile, vote in Group A and Group B of the World Cup of Sitcoms :cheer:
August 23, 20186 yr Batman: The Animated Series is pure Art, one of the greatest shows of all-time, along with I presume a no-show Justice League. I've successfully brainwashed errr, I mean shared love for them and DC characters with 2 generations of nephews (the nieces are less co-operative) :lol: I'm assuming these are low because they havent been seen by anyone who wasn't about in the 90's....! Oh, and Bugs Bunny, very low too!
August 26, 20186 yr Author I don't know why Batman was so low, I guess it was down to the demographic that voted, I alas couldn't help as I've heard good things but have never seen it yet! -x- Aaaand we're back :D gonna switch to a format of five until the top 30 given there's still a few shows I haven't got as much to say about haha http://i63.tinypic.com/huncao.jpg So I think I thought this and Little Witch Academia are the same show as I'd seen the name about a few times, but apparently they are entirely different, well supposedly. This one chronicling the life of a boy, Izuku, without superpowers in a world where they are the norm who still dreams of becoming a superhero, and is scouted by the world's greatest hero who takes him under his wing and enrolls him in a high school for heroes in training. The anime, adapted from the manga, was aired in 2016 and is currently on it's third series and has just been starting to air on the Toonami section of Cartoon Network. It was even used to promote Avengers: Infinity War thanks to it's superhero links. I'm surprised at least one show hasn't sued yet for how similar this sounds to Little Witch Academia :kink: http://i68.tinypic.com/2efm72b.jpg A Nickelodeon classic now. Constructed round a simple premise of a young boy with a head shaped like a baguette living in an inner city town facing the everyday problems and urban legends that you would come across, including the terrifying Helga who bullies him to hide that she loves him, it was nonetheless a very popular series running for eight years along with two movie specials one of which aired just last year and that a revival is in the works. This wasn't TOTALLY standout in retrospect and I don't remember an awful lot about it, but I did always enjoy watching and the characters were very appealing, it was simple but it worked. http://i63.tinypic.com/24pz01s.jpg 48. Daria (1997) 119 Here we have a rare occurance of a spin off being more popular than the show that inspired as Daria makes the top 50 whereas Beavis and Butthead haven't made the top 100 (rather surprisingly), the original producer had no role on this due to being busy with King of the Hill (another surprise omission). The series follows Daria, a cynical jaded teenager as she navigates through her adolescent years in the suburban town of Lawndale. Filled with pop culture and exaggerated satires of teenage life, it proved very popular, being one of MTV's highest rated shows and lasting five seasons, the character of Daria herself became extremely popular, even having 'interviews' and hosting countdowns outside of the show and a new reboot, Daria and Jodie, is now in the works for MTV studios. This is one I've definitely see about but have never seen an episode of, shame. http://i64.tinypic.com/w1qlp0.jpg So there were three different Scooby Doo versions that were voted for in the countdown, with two still to come. This version was conceived seven years after the original series when the format was getting tired and the show had moved to ABC. This incarnation of the show generally featured the same format as the original, although Scooby's cousin, Scooby Dum was now a member of the gang and there were other cartoons devoted to DynoMutt, Dog Wonder, a dog superhero show that had little ties at all to the main show, though the Mystery crew did appear in some of them. There were many changes over the two years it aired as ratings were gradually falling and that soon result in the adding of the nadir of the show and one that would go on to exemplify bad choices of character to this day, Scrappy Doo, and the rollercoaster that followed. I probably enjoyed this in the reruns I saw since on CBBC, it didn't have Scrappy in it which is a plus, though rlly there's only one Scooby Doo incarnation and isn't this one xx http://i64.tinypic.com/2hdnqbr.jpg Starting off the top 50 is a show originally based on the concept of a girl band. It features three teenage girls who work as undercover super agents, with many episodes focusing on their double lives as high school students and spies seeking out villains who have been wronged in their lifetime. It has proved something of a cash cow with 156 episodes produced over twelve years, being broadcast in 150 different countries and producing many additional marketing material such as comic books, video games and toys. It was noted as a success at the time for attracting a male demographic as well as the target female. I've definitely heard of this, probably too old for it these days.
August 27, 20186 yr Ah, My Hero Academia is ruling the anime world right now and for good reason, it’s a very fun show in an interesting world that’s very accessible yet manages to balance a host of entertaining characters. And it’s every (family friendly) anime stereotype done well, with a writer who knows what he wants to say and make it fun at the same time. Need to catch up on the couple of episodes I’ve missed since moving, I’ve barely been able to wait. Good result for it.
August 27, 20186 yr I fondly remember watching The Scooby Doo Show when it was on CBBC back in 2011. Oh, and speaking of Scrappy Doo, I heard on Wikipedia that Tim Curry was originally going to be Mr. Mondevarius (or whatever he was called) in the live-action Scooby-Doo movie. But then he heard that Scrappy Doo was going to be in the movie, so he stepped down and Rowan Atkinson took over his role.
August 27, 20186 yr Author And I think that says more than I ever could about that :D -x- http://i67.tinypic.com/2it4njk.jpg Based on the children's books by Francesca Simon about a mischievous kid navigating his rapscallion ways through life, CITV picked this up for a series in 2006 and it still runs to this day, having aired four seasons with a fifth still to come with Nickelodeon now acquiring it. It largely follows the same kind of stories as the book with a lot of additional new ones obviously due to the limits of the material. I read a few of the books, though was a bit too old for the series, my brother loved it though, and they certainly got the right stuck up kid voice for Henry, IIIIITTS NAWWWT FAAIIIR :kink: http://i63.tinypic.com/wc0guh.jpg So this did really well, but I'm honestly none the wiser as to what it is, though seeing some of these pictures is ringing a faint bell, still not sure I ever watched an episode. Originally a French animated series about a super intelligent dog, Corneil, whom aims to keep his powers undercover. The only person who knows is imaginative but slightly dim dog-sitter, Bernie and the many adventures they get into where Corneil tries hard to get out of situations with no one else knowing his power. It ran for two seasons, but was rebooted recently in 2014 where the two got into more fantastic adventures where more people know Corneil's powers. Anyone that has seen it feel free to comment as there's not much else I can find for this one! http://i67.tinypic.com/23sgrbc.jpg 43. Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids (2000) 130 (More voters) Ooh, I thought I'd be the only one voting for this, but pleased to see that is not the case. This basically formed my after school days on CITV (and that theme song *.). Based on the books by Tim Fix (I also had them all, even Ghostly Tales for Ghastly Kids and Fearsome Tales for Fiendish Kids), this was an anthology television series that adapted the stories to the screen, shortening them to fit the time slot but keeping the essence and they weren't particularly pleasant...immoral kids were given their just desserts in the worst ways and there was very little room for redemption but they certainly worked as moral lessons! Almost like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but a bit more gruesome, just watch The Barber of Civil. They were introduced by the iconic Uncle Grizzly and his pet spider, whose laugh remains iconic. The series won several awards including a BAFTA and ran for seven years with a revival in 2011 running for a series and reruns continuing to air on Nickelodeon to this day. http://i63.tinypic.com/2i7wd2r.jpg 44. Death Note (2006) 130 One of the most popular franchises in both Japan and across the world, it's no surprise Death Note reached a bit wider than just the anime crowd for this countdown. I'm actually familiar with this and watched it back when I was trying to win a competition and had to write a blurb for the series for the website it was streaming on, fun anecdote. I never finished it though I do intend to as I did enjoy it a lot. It follows Light Yagami, a high school student who comes across the titular notebook which allows him to kill anyone who's name and face he knows, seeing this as an attempt to play God, he grows more consumed by power and soon starts to go on a killing spree of criminals and wrong doers to create his vision of a perfect society, and catches the attention of the authorities led by L, the mysterious, deep thinking detective who attempts to unmask him and end his reign of terror. I mean perhaps the one thing that drew me to stop watching was that we were following a literal psychopath and it's quite hard to rlly feel comfortable for him getting away from this (from what I saw) however I did really like the premise and the other characters (L in particular) so I should give it another go. The anime and the manga that inspired have been critical and commercial successes and have spawned many film adaptations the world over, it even inspired copycat crimes and school students actually using a pretend Death Note for people they don't like, resulting in it's banning or attempted bannings in some areas of China and even the US. http://i67.tinypic.com/8yrxn6.jpg One of those classic 'ended too soon' shows, Invader ZIM's short run told the story of an alien from the planet Irk who attempts to enslave the human race along with his malfunctioning robot. Despite critical acclaim, ratings were low and production issues plagued the cast, resulting in the show's cancellation before the second season was even completed, leaving several episodes unaired until they finally made it to the DVD release in 2004. It has formed a large array of merchandise over the years including it's own comic convention as well as a significant cult following, and an upcoming TV film is set to air this year. This was a very intriguing show from what I saw of it, strange and very oddly dark in it's tone, I can see why it didn't last but it's a shame as it's very different, the voice acting of Zim is a particular highlight. Pleasingly, it seems to have now found a place where it's much more regarded than it's run time suggests!
August 27, 20186 yr i've seen so few of these omg i'm more of a chip & dale / ducktales (the original tyvm!) on sunday morning TV kinda gal
August 27, 20186 yr Watch My Chops has one of my absolute favourite themes *.* The Scooby Doo Show brings back the most memories out of all the Scooby incarnations for me :wub: for the most part, it was just classic mystery solving with some brilliant Shaggy and Scooby humour (and Scooby Dum was a fun addition too when he featured).
August 28, 20186 yr Also a good result for Death Note. If you haven’t seen it and you want a new thriller, just watch it already! (Though the first half is by far the best part of the series, the ending episodes are still good, but just not as groundbreaking) Also just stay as far away as possible from the Netflix Americanized film that came out last year, the original TV series is already on there so there’s no need! I sort of recognise that Watch My Chops thing funnily enough, I remember it just being really weird, maybe because of that art style which looks really really bad.
August 28, 20186 yr Death Note and Invader ZIM are great. I fondly remember Horrid Henry and Watch My Chops from my childhood.
August 28, 20186 yr Author http://i64.tinypic.com/2u7vjp0.jpg From the creators of The Simpsons and Rocko's Modern Life, Phineas and Ferb was made for the Disney Channel and ran for an impressive eight years until 2015. Focusing on the relationship of two step brothers who go an adventures often well beyond their reach, their antics constantly annoy their controlling sister, Candace, who unsuccessfully attempts to reveal their actions to their parents. There's plenty weird going on behind the scenes though, it gets a bit more complex, the boys' pet platypus, Perry, works undercover as a spy for OWCA (Organisation Without a Cool Acronym) trying to stop the evil schemes of Dr Heinz Doofenschmirtz, who seems to want to be evil for the sake of it. The two plots often crossover. The show has proved very popular with all ages and has had crossovers with Marvel and even Star Wars, and is noted for it's extensive and diverse music catalogue. Alas, it premiered well after I stopped watching the Disney Channel so I'm unfamiliar, but it certainly looks a fun watch! http://i65.tinypic.com/24vu2wj.jpg Ooh hooray, a Cartoon Network show I have seen, you'd be hard stretched to find any from around this time period I wasn't slaving my days away watching. A late addition to the channel's classic Cartoon Cartoon days and only came about due to winning a viewer's poll. It proved popular and ran for six seasons and two television films. It featured a core group of five children literally Numbuh's 1 through to 5 who lived a secret high tech treehouse and work to fight against various adults and teens who threaten the world with the perils of homework and flossing, they were part of a worldwide spy organisation titled the Kids Next Door and used a vast array of high tech gadgets. Probably not one to watch for morals about listening to your parents, but a very fun show from the first half of it I saw, I particularly liked how all the kids were from a different part of the world (even though there was a fair bit of stereotyping involved) and the world that was built from the organisation, even if it did always bug me how they spelt 'Numbuh'. http://i64.tinypic.com/2s67whw.jpg Another one of the modern revival Cartoon Network experienced around this time, Regular Show revolves around the varying misadventures of a blue jay, Mordecai and a Raccoon, Rigby who are groundskeepers at a local park, who often get into surreal and bizarre situations and interact with a large, colourful cast of characters. Taking inspiration for many British TV sitcoms and video games, it proved a popular and long running show just ending last year and spawning a feature movie as well as being nominated for a fair few awards. It was praised for it's unique approach to a lot of things like voice acting, theme music (the one linked is honestly all I could find!) and pure detail. I probably would've been all over this had I still watched Cartoon Network at the time, but likewise with Adventure Time, I remain none the wiser. Must put this on my list! http://i63.tinypic.com/zsonxv.jpg It's strange how badly Animaniacs did here in comparison, yet the spin-off that comes from it does a world better, then again I'm much more familiar with it. Originally appearing as shorts during Animaniacs, the segment proved so popular, it's own show was made. Featuring the most catchy theme song ever, the show itself revolved around two genetically enhanced laboratory mice who both attempt to take over the world, through the ill fated combination of the super-intelligent and arrogant Brain and the good natured but dim-witted Pinky, their plans as you might expect always never go to plan. Like Animaniacs, the humour and style was very post-modern, often parodying or paying homage to many films and novels, even things kids wouldn't go near like A Clockwork Orange and often was popular with adults too. The show ran for four years before being rebranded in a different show, Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain, which featured the character of Elmyra, a young girl, who was bought in after the network wanted to add a new character in an attempt to boost ratings. Needless to say, fans and the creators weren't happy with this, and this was even apparent in the theme song with the lyrics 'it's what the network wants/why bother to complain' and an episode which featured Pinky and the Brain destroyed by producers. The show didn't catch on and was cancelled after thirteen episodes and that was the last we saw of the mice, though they are confirmed to be part of the Animaniacs reboot. I loved the show for pretty much all of the reasons I already stated and I must check out that reboot to see them again x http://i65.tinypic.com/10hkah3.jpg 40. Top Cat (1961) 144 A much older one now but one that does very respectfully despite being over fifty years old and only lasting for thirty episodes. Top Cat featured the antics of a group of alley cats cled by the titular suave leader, constantly trying to run money schemes and pursued by PC Dibble keeping them in order, presenting something of a social commentary with the cats representing the lower class at the time being constantly antagonised by the state who always keeps them in their place. Despite it's short run, Top Cat appeared in a number of media and other Hanna Barbara cartoons and his presence still persists to this day what with the Halifax adverts (an honour tbh x). There have also been two movies but as you might expect from movies documenting old carton characters, they miss the mark and are cash cows x
August 28, 20186 yr Grizzly Tales for Grusome Kids :heart: Love stuff like that, although it got very very dark at times for a child! Also the Watch My Chops theme is iconic. How absurd.
August 30, 20186 yr Author http://i68.tinypic.com/2l9tc9k.jpg Whew, that was quite the tiebreak. One of the most iconic avian characters in animation history with Woody Woodpecker. Created all the way back in 1940, though his design has changed somewhat, his stance as an annoying/fun (your mileage may vary) giggly bird hasn't changed and for the next thirty years he featured in many cartoon shorts as well as having his own show in the 1950s. And though his creator's studio closed in the early 70s, he still has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame returned to Saturday morning cartoons at turn of the millennium for the New Woody Woodpecker Show with a new supporting cast, including a love interest, Winnie Woodpecker and a silent penguin, Chilly Willy, who had his own segment. I watched this one quite regularly (If there was one thing I loved more than cartoons when I was younger, it was birds, I guess some things don't change :P) and loved it - very much in the same vibe of Looney Tunes and Garfield and Friends, and though it wasn't quite as good as either of those, it was a great bit of zany fun. No one voted for the original, at least I assumed not, guess not quite the right age for it. http://i66.tinypic.com/dzw1p2.jpg Not this legend still in the game *.* Tbh I'm rather surprised this did so well, I loved this as a kid, but only when I was very young! Still, it's difficult to fault good old Bob. The show originally aired from 1998 to 2004, with some spin off series Ready, Steady Build! & Project: Build It! which as I understand were essentially the same shows with different locations and characters and focused on the titular builder with his gang of machinery vehicles tackling any problems and conflict resolution and always teaching a good lesson about teamwork and optimism. It was a great show for what it was with very likable characters, a simple but nice style and something that kids would instantly be drawn to as well as a distinctive British feel to it. It has recently been rebooted with more CGI and a more Americanised feel to it, which as you can imagine, hasn't been received all to well, I feel bad for kids that will only know that version xx And ofc. it's one of the few shows that can boast that it's theme song is a million selling song in the UK - 'Can We Fix It?' beating the likes of Westlife and Eminem to be Christmas number 1 of 2000, when will faves? Though I was more here for his cover of . A little bit of timber and a saw, a little bit of fixing that's for sure :music: http://i65.tinypic.com/2zh1d1k.jpg Inspired by Seth McFarlane's Family Guy, The Cleveland Show was as you can expect, a show based on the family life of Cleveland and the varying escapades they get into. It had a very similar style of humour to the show that inspired it despite not featuring any of the main family of Family Guy, yet this one didn't catch on as well, lasting for four seasons before being cancelled and Cleveland has since returned to the main show, where there was even an episode devoted to what made the show look so bad. And I'm not sure there's much else I can add for that. I'm quite surprised this is so high, maybe there's a lot of Family Guy fans on here idk, I never liked this, I did enjoy Family Guy a lot but this was around the show's decline and shock horror, this one didn't do much better as it was essentially the same thing but with way too many racial stereotypes (As you can expect, given it's by white writers) and just not all that funny jokes to add to it. Quite a bafflingly high position, but then maybe it's just not my cup of tea. http://i67.tinypic.com/sl5mrc.jpg 34. Adventure Time (2010) 161 This on the other hand was surprisingly low, I thought with the following this had it would make the top 20 easily but it doesn't. I guess this makes it clear that no Cartoon Network show can EVER compare to the wonder that is the Cartoon Cartoons era mwahaha *. Nah, I kid, Adventure Time is certainly up there with one of Cartoon Network's best beloved shows, only concluding this year (in fact, in four days time I believe) after eight seasons, it follows the adventures of Finn and his best friend/adoptive brother who is also a shape shifting dog in the post-apocalytic Land of Oooo where they interact with the various medieval characters there. Taking inspiration from many fantasy games like Dungeons and Dragons and taking a lot of time to do episodes, the show was a ratings success, at times getting up to three million viewers amongst children and adults and has won a variety of awards and praised highly across the board and even received academic attention for it's portrayal of gender. I'd like to watch at least one episode of this to see what the hype's all about, anyone have any recommendations? ;o http://i67.tinypic.com/5zmzrt.jpg 35. Wacky Races (1968) 158 And finally another classic Boomerang staple. With a large cast of characters, human and animal, in varying forms of cars all competing to become the world's wackiest racer, it showed Hannah Barbara at their most creative and ofc. was the birth of Dick Dastardly and Muttley, who drove the Mean Machine, a car usually faster than most of the vehicles, who also attempted to set traps to destroy the competition, which almost always backfire and they have never seen first place. I guess I was in the minority that preferred Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines, but this was lots of fun as well and it's impact is big for a show that only lasted 17 episodes. The show also spawned another spin-off with Penelope Pitstop as well as bizarrely, a dark DC Comics series Wacky Raceland which depicted the society in a Mad Max style dystopia. A reboot was commissioned in 2017 and has recently aired on Cartoon Network and is currently aired more episodes than the original managed even if it's only a season in! -x- The top 30 will have their own posts! (Thank God, these took ages to put together)
August 31, 20186 yr Phineas And Ferb, The Simpsons and Rocko's Modern Life have different creators. Simpsons was created by Matt Greoning, Rocko was created by Joe Murray and P&F were created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh. Dan was a writer for CatDog and SpongeBob at one point. Regular Show is one of my favourites from CN, and Adventure Time is also great (almost finished the 1st season). I really liked what I saw from Codename: KND. The PATB theme tune is still in my head to this day. Anyone heard of the episode that had this group of musicians that resembled The Beatles? I had great times watching Top Cat on some DVDs back in 2010. I didn't manage to see the last five episodes though.
September 2, 20186 yr Author Phineas And Ferb, The Simpsons and Rocko's Modern Life have different creators. Simpsons was created by Matt Greoning, Rocko was created by Joe Murray and P&F were created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh. Dan was a writer for CatDog and SpongeBob at one point. I'm aware of that, but the two have also worked together on the aforementioned shows (I have Wiki knowledge on my side here) :P 'Creative team' was the term I probably should have used. -x- http://i66.tinypic.com/walq9g.jpg Highest votes: 36 (HarryEzra) One of Disney Channel's most successful series and longest running until it was overtaken by Phineas and Ferb, Kim Possible followed the adventures of Kim, a highly adept teenage spy who must fight crime with the help of her clumsy sidekick, Ron Stoppable, Rufus her pet Naked Mole Rat (awww <3) and 10 year old computer genius, Wade. The show surpassed expectations and was a big hit for the channel, in the same vein as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Powerpuff Girls, it rode the wave of third wave feminism and it was instrumental at the time for Kim being both a great role model for girls in in what was at the time quite a male dominated animation landscape and in successfully getting a female led show that all ages could enjoy, helped by it's sitcom style and self referential and smart humour as well as it's focus on technology, it was a huge hit, so much so that Disney Channel ordered a fourth season after it's initial cancellation in 2005 to appease fan demand and give the show closure. There have been two television movies and live action movie has also been planned. I'm quite sad that a younger me saw this and thought 'oh this is for girls' (I guess I was part of the problem x) and never got properly invested in it, clearly my loss, it seemed pretty good from the few episodes I did see.
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