# Tell me about some kids cartoons an adult would love. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377 "2012-07-25T20:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/1 "2012-07-25T20:51:12Z")
I just finished the entire run of Sym-Bionic Titan which is an AMAZING animated show ostensibly aimed at children, but it is easy to forget that watching it. I’m also a big fan of Adventure Time and Clone Wars(CGI and 2D animated shorts), I didn’t care for My Little Pony reboot. I loved both Avatar series Aang and Korra. I’ve thought about checking out Samurai Jack but am unsure. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/2 "2012-07-25T21:42:36Z")
I enjoy: Phineas and Ferb Fairly Oddparents Spongebob Squarepants The Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/3 "2012-07-25T21:45:06Z")
I’m a young adult myself, and I also really like Fairly Oddparents and Spongebob Squarepants. My young adult friends are really into Adventure Time, and they think that it only dresses itself up as a kid’s show but is really intended for adults. Of course, you can’t go wrong with Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, Freakazoid, or most of the mid-90’s cartoons of that sort. Rocko’s Modern life is bizarre but also good. Who can forget Ren And Stimpy? Were these cartoons REALLY for kids? ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/4 "2012-07-25T22:14:19Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I’ve thought about checking out Samurai Jack but am unsure. Big **YES** to Samurai Jack. The Powerpuff Girls kinda rocked as well. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/5 "2012-07-25T22:46:10Z")
Kim Possible Phineas and Ferb Fairly Oddparents The Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy Xiaolin Showdown Recess My all time favorite is Fillmore. It plays like the old series _The Streets of San Francisco_ only set in a middle school. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/6 "2012-07-25T23:32:14Z")
Gulliver (“We’ll never make it!”) Wait Till your Father Gets Home ("…according to our rules we’ll share it!") The Simpsons (“DOH!”) Sponge Bob - I like the Jew-like stereotyping for Mr. Crab. The only stereotyping that doesn’t get my goat. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/7 "2012-07-25T23:43:03Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > Sponge Bob - I like the Jew-like stereotyping for Mr. Crab. The only stereotyping that doesn’t get my goat. Pray tell, please do expand on this thought. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/8 "2012-07-25T23:43:49Z")
The latest Young Justice cartoon is pretty top-notch. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/9 "2012-07-25T23:45:23Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Pray tell, please do expand on this thought. Or better yet, please don’t. And don’t let the door hit you on the way out. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/10 "2012-07-25T23:49:09Z")
I still watch the old Nicktoons. Rocko’s Modern Life, The Angry Beavers, Doug, Hey Arnold, Real Monsters, etc. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/11 "2012-07-25T23:50:38Z")
Already mentioned, seconding: Spongebob Squarepants Powerpuff Girls Adding: Ben 10. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/12 "2012-07-25T23:54:11Z")
Dan Vs. which airs on the Hub (same channel as the aforementioned My Little Pony reboot). To be honest, I’m not even sure kids are the target audience, though it’s hard to tell… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/13 "2012-07-26T00:08:36Z")
Kim Possible Robotech Cowboy Bebop ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/14 "2012-07-26T00:35:05Z")
_Regular Show_ - depending on your tolerance for slacker humor. Cartoon Network really likes to misrepresent this show. The previews make it look like nothing but 2 slacker dudes repeating annoying catchphrases, so much so that I would turn off the TV as soon as Adventure Time was over the first month or so RS was on. Once I watched a full episode I was hooked. Another vote for _Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy_. Too bad the \*Underfist \*spin-off pilot never got turned into a series. First 3 seasons + the movie for _Spongebob Squarepants_. Post-movie has been very hit-or-miss. Pre-initial-cancellation _Fairly Oddparents_ was pretty good. Unfortunately, post-revival (when Poof was added) has been pretty dismal. _Invader Zim_ always has a moment of two where I think “This was supposed to be a kids’ show?” _The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack_ was a good one once I got past the intentionally ugly designs. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/15 "2012-07-26T00:35:08Z")
Rocky & Bullwinkle George of the Jungle and his friends Super Chicken and Tom Slick ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/16 "2012-07-26T00:37:38Z")
A year or two ago I recently re-watched the first season of Rocky & Bullwinkle and thought to myself, “This holds up REALLY well!” It was a fantastic show. Feckin’ love the fractured fairy tales 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/17 "2012-07-26T00:56:24Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Cowboy Bebop :dubious: Bebop’s a kid’s show in your opinion? Anything by Butch Hartman, Craig McCracken, or Lauren Faust (who happens to be McCracken’s wife, and has worked on several of his series) is good. Specific examples: Fairly Odd Parents TUFF Puppy Powerpuff Girls Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Super BFF (Part of the DC Nations shorts on Cartoon Network.) (All but the two in the middle are still running, I believe - FOP may have ended its first run, and I’ve only been catching old episodes for all I know, but it ran a long time.) Interestingly, Tara Strong had/has roles in all of those except TUFF Puppy (Timmy Turner, Bubbles, Terrence, Twilight Sparkle, and Batgirl). ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/18 "2012-07-26T07:06:22Z")
One thing I like about message boards is one’s (dumb) post can get buried fast after just a couple of (bad) responses. OK, hopefully it’s my last dumb remark. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/19 "2012-07-26T08:24:28Z")
Kamino Neko: > [@](#): > > Interestingly, Tara Strong had/has roles in all of those except TUFF Puppy (Timmy Turner, Bubbles, Terrence, Twilight Sparkle, and Batgirl). She’s also on Ben 10, which I had mentioned earlier (she’s Ben). ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/20 "2012-07-26T08:29:51Z")
I agree with almost all of these. In addition, I recommend Teen Titans. (I’m going to avoid Anime for now, because most of the one’s I’d recommend are considered “for adults” in America that are “for kids” in Japan). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377.md?page=2)