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Highest votes: 41 (Alex!)

This was the surprise of the countdown for me, I really didn’t guess that this relatively dated cartoon for the early 2000s, which I nonetheless watched quite a bit, would have such a fanbase on here, but clearly so. The Cramp Twins follows the escapades of two twin brothers, Wayne and Lucien Cramp, bonded by family (even if all of this family has different skin colours for some reason) but split apart by basically everything else, with two completely distinct personalities and a burning hatred for each other. There are various other colourful (and very annoying in most cases) that make up the supporting cast – The boys’ germaphobic, control freak mother, their docile father obsessed with Westerns, Lucien’s diminutive friend, Tony, who lives with a family of people from the swamp, and the Winkles, with their privileged, rich father and spoiled daughter, Wendy, who has a crush on Wayne that he doesn’t reciprocate. It was entertaining at times, but in retrospect I think I was running out of shows when I voted for this, as it’s not dated the best, the characters are pretty unlikeable and annoying and the animation borders on ugly. I think I had rose tinted glasses on as it was in the age I still watched cartoons regularly, but it’s not one I ever come back to.

 

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Highest voters: 36 (Jade)

 

Ooh now this was a good ‘un, another Cartoon Network original, one that originated as part of the compilation show, Grim & Evil, one that featured the concept of this cartoon – the Grim Reaper, who somehow has a Jamaican accent in this, comes for the death of a hamster from two polar opposite children – the hyper-active, happy-go-lucky Billy and the dark, cynical Mandy – to gain the right to keep him, they bargain with the Reaper that they can beat him in a game of Limbo or he will be their best friend and servant for life, a bet which he loses and the love-hate relationship between the children and the Master of Death is a continual focal point that allows for a lot of macabre mayhem. It was partnered with Evil Con Carne – a show about the brain of a mad dictator who wants to control the world, forced to use the body of an inept circus bear and the futile efforts of him and his minions to control the world. They were eventually split into two shows and alas Evil Con Carne didn’t prove anywhere near as popular as it’s sister show and was cancelled after just one series (that’s the closest to getting to commenting on the brilliance that was Grim & Evil so dammit, I’m going to do so). The Grim Adventures… though was much more successful, running for four years as its own series and inspiring three movies, two special episodes and nineteen shorts, picking up an additional three award wins. I feel like I’m being harsh to it in comparison to Grim & Evil, but I did really like this segment too, the concept allows for a lot of scope as I said and often taking very darkly humourous turns and dealing with some quite, ahem, grim topics and supernatural adventures, the characters are all rather extreme in their ways and it adds to the intensity. A common myth of the show was Mandy never smiling and her intros to each cartoon, it was quite terrifying when you see it happen, I think she may be scarier than the actual Grim Reaper.

 

And Pingu's Dream that was banned in the UK. Was the seal called Robby?.

Yeah it was Robby, I'm not sure why I wrote Roger :lol:

 

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Highest votes: 44 (HarryEzra)

 

The original, and to me at least, still the best, though not all of you agree apparently as this isn’t actually the highest incarnation of Scooby Doo still to come. To many though, it will probably be the most familiar, before Scrappy, before the bells and whistles, before the terrible movies, it was simply the concept of five meddling teenagers (who look an awful lot older than teenagers) who often find themselves in spooky situations and local legends with apparently supernatural, but which all have some kind of explanation and the supernatural figure is almost always someone in disguise using it for some kind of personal gain. With the ringleader Fred, damsel in distress Daphne, intellectual Velma and the loveable stoner Shaggy and his grunting loyal dog, Scooby Doo, it was a unique mix of personalities and every episode had a mystery solving segment that makes you really play along with the characters and though the basic plotline is never different, it still makes it fun to play along, a bit like a kids version of The X Files with some things left out~ Now quite iconic in terms of it’s phrases, characters and stance of the original of the Scooby Doo franchise, it is certainly a classic and rightfully takes a place in the top 20.

 

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16. Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999) 293

Highest voters: 49 (Doug)

 

OK, this was one of a number of cartoons which I properly stanned as a child so these may be quite lengthy commentaries. Ed, Edd n Eddy was one of Cartoon Network’s original Cartoon Cartoons and remained one of it’s most popular flagship shows and with its run at over ten years, it was the longest running original show on the network. It followed the adventures of three outcast teenagers who constantly, hopelessly, worked at scamming the other kids who hang out in the neighbourhood cul-de-sac in order to get enough money to buy gobstoppers (or jawbreakers as they were called there, I was quite let down when I finally tried one of these). Ed is the dim-witted yet super strong dogsbody, Edd (or Double D) is the fussy and often doubtful inventor and Eddy is the boisterous and self-appointed leader. The other neighbourhood kids are a range of personalities too – from the jock Kevin, to the rather weird Johnny 2x4 and his companion plank of wood to the foreign farmer, Rolf (more than a little bit of a xenophobic depiction looking back now, but what you gonna do). Ed, Edd n Eddy was primarily suburban and realist in it’s setting yet still incorporated absurdity, slapstick and a uniquely garish art style to bring in a compromise, yet self-containing its action to one setting felt very intimate and allowed us to become very familiar with them, as well as there being no adult characters ever present seemingly which kept the childhood whimsy up. It had a great sense of humour from gross out and slapstick but also balanced it out with witty humour and strong character building, it is no surprise to see it have such a wide audience from children to adults. Special mention to it’s end of season movie which really showed how you end a cartoon with something that will please both fans of the show and casual viewers and tying up all loose ends, if you haven’t seen it and were a fan of the show I’d definitely recommend it and if you haven’t seen the show itself, then I certainly would recommend that too x One of my original childhood faves, I could praise it all day, should be top 10, you bitches x

Bojack wayyy too low :cry: I agree with what everyone else has already said about it (like a month ago wow), definitely my favourite animated television show ever and is high up on my overall list too.

 

A lot of other great shows here too

The Cramp Twins, pleasantly surprised to see this in the Top20, I believe in a couple of episodes you had Wendy's obsession.with Wayne lead to her building a house next door to him.and her staring.at.him when he was getting changed and another where Lucien was accused of being sexist.

 

Didn't really watch Ed, Edd or The Grim Adventures of.

 

Scooby-Doo, the original and the best, no sign of the now Fred and Daphne romance.

Oh, I remember seeing that Pingu lavatory episode when I was in Year 3.

I vaguely remember watching a bit of The Cramp Twins back when they showed it on CBBC. I quite liked the intro.

I like Grim & Evil too. Speaking of Evil Con Carne, there was an episode of Billy And Mandy where General Skarr became a recurring character and in his debut episode 'Skarred For Life', he tells Billy about the time when ECC was bought out by an entertainment corporation that didn't intend to compete in world domination (possible reference to CN cancelling Evil early), Cod Commando has popped up on a few occasions in the later seasons as an easter egg holding up a sign saying "REMEMBER ME". There was also a crossover with the two separate shows from G&E that aired in 2007 called 'Company Halt', which I thought was pretty solid. And on the subject of Mandy smiling, there was a double-length episode devoted to trying to make her do so.

I liked what I saw from Ed, Edd n Eddy so far (and kudos to the Deadpool Highway Scene with EEnE sound effects video, that became one of my favourite meme videos of 2018). My fave episodes of the show so far are Dawn Of The Eds and Ed N Seek.

I've watched quite a lot of Scooby Doo in my childhood, but I haven't seen the original 'Where Are You'. Great theme song though.

 

 

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Highest voters: 50 (Bré)

 

One of the most popular and surely most controversial animated series of all time, if you thought animations were primarily for kids, this would make you somewhat mistaken. Set in the titular Colorado town, the show follows the varying adventures of four boys, Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny and the wide and diverse cast range of the town, much like The Simpsons. It was developed from the animated shorts both titled The Spirit of Christmas aired in 1992 and 1995, and were said to be one of the first online viral videos, which led to the creation of the show. From the moment it first aired, it was extremely controversial for its dark humour, satirising of many current affairs and frequent use of profanity, the controversies the show has caused are so numerous they even have their own Wikipedia page that you can browse through, but they include mocking Scientology leading to Tom Cruise almost quitting the movie he was working on and one of their creators quitting, the depiction of the muslim, Muhammad (you can imagine where that’s going), which is still censored to this day, an episode that uses the word ‘shit’ 200 times and their somewhat quick to mock approaches of sensitive and/or horrific events. Divisive as it was, it did the show no harm at all and it was an instant success and remains one of the highest rated shows on Comedy Central and still going strong to this day on their twenty second season, a movie was made and they even had a Christmas number 1 with the classic Chocolate Salty Balls.

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Highest votes: 50 (Chez Wombat)

 

OK, looning time :magic: This was one of the first cartoons I really got into and out of boredom, I recently rewatched these and they still hold up really well. One of Cartoon Network’s first proper success stories and the breakthrough for Genndy Tartakovsky, Dexter’s Laboratory focuses on the adventures of a super intelligent young boy and his secret extensive scientific laboratory concealed in his room, showing his scientific take on various pre-teen boy problems and often trying to keep his lab safe from his meddling sister, Dee Dee, the only member of his family who knows about the Lab and has a tendency to inadvertently interfere and ruin Dexter’s many creations, as well as his rival, it aired many sister segments featuring the secondary characters of Dexter’s lab monkey, who is secretly super powered and the Justice Friends, Dexter’s superhero idols. Originally only intended to be two series long with a TV movie special concluding it, due to popularity, Cartoon Network ordered more episodes with a different director and different digital ink and paint animation to the original’s cel animation, it officially ended in 2003 and the iconic voice actress of Dexter, Christine Cavanagh, passed away in 2014. It received widespread critical acclaim and launched the careers of the likes of Butch Hartman, Seth MacFarlane and Craig McCracken and is still remembered to this date as one of the Cartoon Network’s best shows. I grew up with this so I’m viewing it all through rose tinted glasses of course, but I still love this show. I related quite a lot to Dexter myself as a youngster (and did so love his voice </3) even if I was nowhere near as brainy and the sheer sci-fi absurdist scope and sometimes experimental aspects of the episodes really appealed to me and started my interest in the genre, the show had a mix of slapstick and witty humour that worked very well and many mysteries and running gags (Dexter’s parents not knowing about his lab, Dexter not knowing about the monkey) as well as some very experimental episodes including an entire episode with no dialogue and noises except those of lightbulbs and an operatic retelling of Dexter and Dee Dee’s childhood, it really had it all. In my mind, it set the blueprint for what a great all round children’s cartoon should be and I am very pleased to see that many agree regarding this.

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13. The Powerpuff Girls (1998) 311

Highest votes: 50 (Jade)

 

From one flagship Cartoon Network show to another, The Powerpuff Girls was worked on by many of the same creators of Dexter’s Lab and you can see why as there was quite a similar vibe to the shows. This one focused on the escapades of three pre-school girls, born through the concoction of sugar (Bubbles), spice (Buttercup) and everything nice (Blossom) with additional Chemical X, who have super strength and crime fighting abilities that they use to fight crime in the City of Townsville and its varying villains, from the scientific monkey, Mojo Jojo to the redneck big creature Fuzzy Lumpkins to the literal Devil supposedly in HIM, there was certainly quite a colourful cast, and that was the strength of the show cos as likeable as the girls themselves are, this could’ve easily been a show purely for young girls (well at least not at the time, but we’ll get to that), but the supporting cast of colourful characters, wide scope of their adventures and pop culture and sophisticated humour led to it reaching a wide demographic and it wasn’t afraid to get very dark at times (I mean it did have the literal devil in it after all) and was unashamedly violent at heart which you’d imagine would be frowned upon a lot more these days. One episode that stands out in particular and shows the best of it is Meet the Beat-Alls, I watched this when I was younger and didn’t really get it but watching it now, it contains almost a hundred nods to the Beatles through song titles, media coverage, album names etc., it’s a real risk doing that for a kids cartoon when you’d imagine not a lot will know them, but it stills works really well. Overall, I love this show and I’m glad I got past my ‘ewww they’re girls, this show isn’t for me’ stance when I was younger to give it a chance. It originally concluded in 2005 after five seasons and a cinematic movie, but a few subsequent specials and eventually a 2016 reboot was made with the original creator and most of the voice cast absent. And…yeah it looks pretty much like the worst thing ever for fans of the show, given it focuses more on their personal lives than crime fighting and incorporates dated internet memes like twirking and no me gusta, stick with the original if you’re new to this~

 

(forgive me the last two shows were basically my childhood so I had to essay out :kink:)

never properly watched South Park but you have to commend how daring it has been at times and also how close to broadcast it is written and made!

 

Definitely an important animation, no matter what your thoughts on it!

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Highest votes: 49 (WhoOdyssey, HarryEzra)

 

So for some reason, this 2002 update of the classic Scooby Doo Where Are You? series is higher than the original, I guess more of us are familiar with this/grew up with it? Whatever, the concept of this 2002 series was essentially the same with the original characters all back, except it was updated and used modern technologies not available originally as well as raising the scope and stakes of the adventures too, and no Scrappy Doo in sight, as he had now become the nadir of the show as the movie adaptation of the show released in the same year suggested. I probably did watch this as I did with most Scooby Doo shows because it was on, but I can't say a whole lot I haven't already said. It is officially Buzzjack's Favourite Scooby Doo version though, and that is Simple Plan that are singing on the theme song, I never knew that.

It's a shame there's no Scooby Doo in the top 10, although I guess it was probably split between all the different versions? What's New Scooby Doo is probably the version I have the clearest memories of, I remember CBBC showing it after I got in from school :wub:

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Highest votes: 44 (Dexton)

 

Just missing the top 10 by one point alas is one of Disney's most successful shows of the late 90s, Recess focused on the governmental and class structure that a group of students in elementary school have on the school playground at break time, it has also parodied of classic films like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Cool Hand Luke and evoking the mood of The Great Escape. Kinda like Lord of the Flies if it were done without the falling apart of society and all. It aired six seasons in total and also had a theatrical film release. I don't remember this all that well, but I know I did enjoy watching it and though the characters look like stereotypes on the outside, they are given development and time. It's setting and themes I imagine made it very relatable to a younger audience, while at the same time, exploring what you can do with it's metaphorical premise.

THESE are your top 10, I will aim to finish this before the start of 2019, promise x I imagine everyone knows the below so do feel free to comment!

 

Arthur (1996)

The Fairly OddParents (2001)

Family Guy (1999)

Futurama (1999)

Looney Tunes (1960)

Pokemon (1997)

Rugrats (1991)

The Simpsons (1989)

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Tom & Jerry (1940)

 

 

This will be finishing today!

 

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Highest voters: 47 (Chez Wombat)

 

Not technically a single TV show I know, more an umbrella term for any cartoon involving this set of characters so maybe a few of the Bugs Bunny Show votes could’ve gone here, but I decided to accept it as they cross over a lot and they all come back to this point anyway. One of the symbols of the golden age of American Animation from 1930-1969, Looney Tunes (and its sister series Merrie Melodies) short films were initially in the shadow of Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse shorts as musical promotional clips for Warner Bros., but they saw a vast rise in their popularity when now legendary figures Tex Avery, Chuck Jones and man of a thousand voices, Mel Blanc joined and from 1942 up until the end of the 1960s, they were the most popular animated shorts in movie theatres. The arrival of television only worked to their advantage – becoming a worldwide media franchise with various spin off shows, merchandise and feature length movies over the years (although interestingly there hasn’t been a theatrical release since 2003 after the bomb of Looney Tunes: Back in Action whoops) and the characters are some of the most iconic of all times, I would challenge anyone to not recognise any of the above characters. Still spawning new shows and appealing to children and adults to this day, it remains one of the most popular and well-known shows of all time, and it’s amazing how well they hold up (if we just ignore the of their time racial and ethnic stereotypes that appear in the earlier ones~), it’s a perfect mix of slapstick violence, bizarre imagination, colourful and creative settings and intelligent, smart humour that remains very postmodern and streets ahead of most modern day cartoons. The best thing ofc. are the characters, there’s always entertainment to be had here whether it be the hilarious slapstick of the Coyote and Roadrunner races, the indecipherable rage of Taz, the plucky racing of Speedy Gonzales, the hapless romance of Pepe le Pew, the world bending schemes of Marvin the Martian, the loudmouthed mentoring of Foghorn Leghorn, the even louder gunslinging of Yosemite Sam, the Tom & Jerry-esque slapstick of Sylvester and Tweety and their lovable owner, Granny, the vewy funny wabbit hunting episodes of Elmer Fudd, the stuttering closing lines of Porky Pig, the screwball pomposity of Daffy Duck and of course, the ever wise cracking, carrot munching, pop culture icon that is Bugs Bunny. It’s a cartoon I loved growing up and still love to this day, long may they entertain fans of animation (just no more Baby Looney Tunes please x)

 

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Highest votes: 48 (Bré)

 

Still riding high on the huge success of The Simpsons, Matt Groening pulled another diamond from the rust ten years later with his take on sci-fi. Based around the life of slacker, Phillip J Fry, who is accidentally transported to the 31st Century and works for an interplanetary delivery company along with the vulgar, binge drinking robot Bender and the matriarchal cyclops Leela and the colourful management team of the company. Initially only running until 2003, it maintained popularity and released four direct to DVD films in 2007 and was eventually revived by Comedy Central in 2010 for a seventh and final season, concluding in 2013. Where the Simpsons excelled at satirising, Futurama likewise excelled at the same thing from a different perspective tackling future parodical visions of the world which were rooted in literary science fiction as well as it’s combination of high brow nerd-like humour with a more accessible feel. It stood on its own as a smart show that nonetheless never alienated viewers and unlike CERTAIN other shows by this creator, it didn’t outstay it’s welcome, if anything, it wasn’t long enough. I highly enjoy re-watching episodes of this when I get the chance and very glad to see it in the top 10~

 

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Highest votes: 49 (Jade, Bré)

 

This actually didn’t do as well as I thought it would do and isn’t even the highest Nickelodeon based cartoon which surprised me, but nonetheless, it’s still a comfortable top 10 for a name surely every 90s/00s kid is familiar with. Still to this date the longest running, highest rated and most profitable franchise and show for Nickelodeon, SpongeBob was the brainchild of the now sadly passed away (RIP, I really didn’t see that coming :’() marine biologist, Stephen Hillenburg focusing on the various adventures of the naïve, plucky titular sea sponge and the eclectic array of life with him in the city of Bikini Bottom. It followed the same slapstick and kid friendly but also slight edge that Ren & Stimpy and Rocko’s Modern Life had, though this took it to stratospheric levels, it was praised to the high heavens by critics and audiences alike for its completely zany premise combined with smart humour and memorable characters and storylines. It was unbeatable at its peak, and as someone that was growing up at the prime time this debuted, I can quote so many episodes almost word for word and I imagine it’s the same for most. It has had a huge cultural impact, with a sponge species discovered in 2011 named after SpongeBob, a Madame Tussauds statue, an oil advert fiasco and has even riled up US right wing Evangelical groups for promoting homosexuality in a video clip, you know it’s made it then *.* It has been suffering a bit from Simpsons syndrome recently, pretty much all of what I praised about it was the first three seasons and many agree that after Hillenburg left as showrunner (it was originally intended for three seasons and a movie and that’s it, but Nickelodeon wanted more episodes after it’s huge success and it still runs to this day on it’s twelfth season, almost twenty years after debuting), the quality declined, and I’d find that hard to disagree based on the little I’ve seen of it, thank God I was too old for it when they aired I guess. But its appeal has still lasted and it rightfully stands as one of the best animated shows of our generation and long may it continue to enchant new audiences.