# Animated series for adults? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-series-for-adults/576019 "2011-03-25T23:38:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-series-for-adults/576019/21 "2011-03-27T11:46:39Z")
_The Flintstones_ was originally intended for adults. Itwas _The Simpsons_ of its day, appearing during prime time. Sponsored by cigarette companies, and I think you can find some of the old ads of Fred and Barney pushing smokes on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-series-for-adults/576019/22 "2011-03-27T12:33:51Z")
Another vote for _The Venture Bros._, which is a brilliant parody of all sorts of Saturday Morning Cartoon and Superhero/Supervillain stuff, Space Age Retro-Futurism, and Science!, and also has a decent and coherent plot with a lot of complexity and layers to it. Otherwise, you’ve got _Futurama_, which (despite being a comedy) also deals with some Big Issues (I dare you to watch the Jurassic Bark episode and not “have something in your eye” at the end!), and I think _King Of The Hill_ deserves an Honourable Mention for being pretty close to an animated drama (albeit one with strong comedic elements) too. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-series-for-adults/576019/23 "2011-03-27T13:24:42Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I always liked Tripping the Rift but I’m not sure if it’s available on DVD, I also enjoy Red Vs. Blue. The Amazing Screw On Head was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen, unfortunately there was only one episode. **Tripping the Rift** is indeed available on DVD. I have the first 2 seasons as well as the movie. IMO, only the first season is worth watching. Gina Gershon voiced Six for those episodes. She was replaced by Carmen Electra in season 2, much to the detriment of the show. Jenny McCarthy was brought on board for season 3, but by then I had lost interest in the series as the writers seemed to have lost any sense of what the show was about and were just rehashing old plots. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-series-for-adults/576019/24 "2011-03-27T13:29:57Z")
[Stripperella](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripperella) by Stan Lee and voiced by Pam Anderson was certainly aimed at an adult audience. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-series-for-adults/576019/25 "2011-03-27T15:07:27Z")
Do they have to be series? There are a few animated dramas in movie form, like [‘When the Wind Blows’](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090315/) (an ordinary elderly couple try to cope with a nuclear disaster; might make you cry) or Persepolis (rebellious girl grows up in a changing Iran). ---
**Author:** ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-series-for-adults/576019/26 "2011-03-27T19:39:31Z")
Disney’s ‘Gargoyles’ bordered, especially the deeper they got into their original run, on being a very grown up oriented series. Not too many series meant strictly for kids manage complex story arcs, or deal deeply in Shakespeare, history and world mythology, the way ‘Gargoyles’ did. Still a kid’s series? To a point. For Disney at the time, though, this was something rather groundbreaking. It was pretty serious stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-series-for-adults/576019/27 "2011-03-27T22:59:11Z")
Another vote for Venture Bros. It is most decidedly _not_ for kids; it’s for people who _used_ to be kids. You can’t get the jokes otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Aestivalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Aestivalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aestivalis)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-series-for-adults/576019/28 "2011-03-27T23:20:54Z")
Another vote for _Gargoyles_, while I didn’t catch the entire run, it had very sophisticated themes and story arcs. I’m surprised that there can be so many votes for \*Metalocalypse \*without any mention of the far superior _Home Movies_. While \*Metalocalypse \*has fantastic metal and ridiculous gore, _Home Movies_ has a lot more range, thematically and musically. It’s honestly funnier and more mature, which is odd to say about a show with an eight year old lead character. Like _Venture Brothers_, it’s a show for people who used to be kids. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-series-for-adults/576019/29 "2011-03-27T23:37:49Z")
> [@](#): > > The Flintstones was originally intended for adults. Itwas The Simpsons of its day, appearing during prime time. Sponsored by cigarette companies, and I think you can find some of the old ads of Fred and Barney pushing smokes on YouTube. So was **Wait 'til Your Father Gets Home** over a decade later. It didn’t have prehistoric gags, and tried to be “relevant”, and folded and disappeared completely from view. I’ve never seen a home video release, although Wikpedia claims the first season came out on DVD. > **[Wait Till Your Father Gets Home](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_Till_Your_Father_Gets_Home)** > > Wait Till Your Father Gets Home is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired in first-run syndication in the United States from 1972 to 1974. The show originated as a one-time segment on Love, American Style called "Love and the Old-Fashioned Father". The same pilot was later produced with a live cast (starring Van Johnson), but with no success. The show was the first primetime animated sitcom to run for more than a single season since fellow Hanna-Barbera As ... There are some excerpts on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/embed/IeUMT31GjVU?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-series-for-adults/576019.md?page=1)