# 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:** 2
**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, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/21 "2012-07-26T09:03:14Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I agree with almost all of these. In addition, I recommend Teen Titans. Yet another show with Tara Strong in a big role! \>\_\> (Guess who one of Neko’s favourite voice actors is. \>\_\>) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/22 "2012-07-26T10:57:55Z")
I recently caught an episode of [**The Super Hero Squad Show**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Super_Hero_Squad_Show) and couldn’t stop laughing. Marvel does self-parody remarkably well. And I’ve only seen **Adventure Time** on flights, but it is sheer genius. ---
**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, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/23 "2012-07-26T11:54:08Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Yet another show with Tara Strong in a big role! \>\_\> > > (Guess who one of Neko’s favourite voice actors is. \>\_\>) No argument from me, I’m constantly singing her praises. Hyndyn Walch, Jim Cummings, and Johnny Young Bosch are also favorites. I still can’t get over every time I hear Hyndyn’s Starfire voice in another body, though. Curse you Adventure Time! ETA: Speaking of Hyndyn Walch and Ben 10, another great Man of Action cartoon is Generator Rex. ETAETA: Though my favorite voice ever is Michelle Ruff, her Rita voicework in Tales of Vesperia makes me happier than it should. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/24 "2012-07-26T14:54:12Z")
I’d like to second Samurai Jack as a truly excellent cartoon. Some of the episodes are true pieces of art. Genndy Tartakovsky also did Dexter’s Laboratry and Star Wars: Clone Wars (a cartoon, not the CGI thing that’s running today), which are both extremely excellent. Lots of other great examples in here. I’m also a big fan of Fairly Oddparents and Kim Possible. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/25 "2012-07-26T14:59:02Z")
I feel so old because no one has mentioned **Gargoyles** or **Batman: The Animated Series** yet. 90’s cartoons at their audience-age-spanning finest. Also 2nd or 3rding the Powerpuff Girls and Phineas and Ferb. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/26 "2012-07-26T15:02:52Z")
Wow, good call on Gargoyles. That show actually got way better as it went on, with some really cool plot arcs. Batman: The Animated Series also puts me in mind of the Justice League cartoon that ran 2001-2004 on cartoon network, and was done with a similar animated style. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/27 "2012-07-26T15:08:56Z")
Another plug for Phineas & Ferb. I love the show as much as our kids do. They have many catchy tunes, and there are humorous bits that are over the heads of kids. I’ve seen references to Star Wars, James Bond and Halloween along with jokes about algebra, chemistry, and physics. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/28 "2012-07-26T15:18:01Z")
I’m not too up on current toons but I agree with the _Powerpuff Girls_, _Freakazoid_ and _Animaniacs_, and I’ll add \*Dexter’s Laboratory \*and _Pinky and the Brain_. There’s got to be some place online you can find these. ---
**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, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/29 "2012-07-26T15:20:03Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > I feel so old because no one has mentioned **Gargoyles** or **Batman: The Animated Series** yet. 90’s cartoons at their audience-age-spanning finest. > > Also 2nd or 3rding the Powerpuff Girls and Phineas and Ferb. Wait, really? Holy hell how did we get that far without Batman:TAS? I think I didn’t mention it because I thought it already had been! Gargoyles was good, I never got into it, but objectively it’s good. Also, I’ve officially fallen in love with the modern _Batman: The Brave and the Bold_ solely because of this scene: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fAFP0IoMfsA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgWigwMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAnbBYA2gCHa8Zl7qrbptMLWIKZvQ ""Birds of Prey" from Batman: The Brave and The Bold") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAFP0IoMfsA) ETA: Hey, is that Tara Strong as The Huntress? I think it is! ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/30 "2012-07-26T15:29:13Z")
Oh, I missed Batman:TAS too! I loved that show, with it’s gothic style and everything. The X-Men cartoon that was on around the same time was good too. ---
**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, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/31 "2012-07-26T15:30:14Z")
Also, it invented Harley Quinn. By far the best Batman villain. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/32 "2012-07-26T15:40:50Z")
Samurai Jack a big yes. I have not seen Sym-Bionic Titan but the fact that it is another Genndy Tartakovsky creation (along with SJ and Dexter’s Laboratory) has been calling me to it. ---
**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, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/33 "2012-07-26T15:43:17Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Samurai Jack a big yes. I have not seen Sym-Bionic Titan but the fact that it is another Genndy Tartakovsky creation (along with SJ and Dexter’s Laboratory) has been calling me to it. I heard it got cancelled mid-season and never finished. I saw it on CN until the Season 1 finale and it was excellent, but avoided it after that because I thought I’d get a clearly unfinished story. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/34 "2012-07-26T15:45:26Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > Big **YES** to Samurai Jack. The Powerpuff Girls kinda rocked as well. Samurai Jack is SO GOOD. There are a couple of episodes that outright make me CRY. Teen Titans is/was pretty darn good too. Lots of anime for kids is pretty smart stuff too, but I’ll play it safe and just limit myself to Akazukin Chacha and CardCaptor Sakura. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/35 "2012-07-26T15:49:00Z")
From the late 90’s: Cow and Chicken (with I.M. Weasel) Two Stupid Dogs Johnny Bravo (which, curiously, **Johnny Bravo** did not mention) ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/36 "2012-07-26T15:51:54Z")
I have to ask about Teen TItans. I caught an episode in a hotel room a while back and I thought it was pretty cool. So I decided to get the DVDs via Netflix and start from the beginning. But those first episodes just seemed juvenile and predictable - certainly not as good as I thought I was gonna get. Does the show get better and if so when? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/37 "2012-07-26T15:53:03Z")
I highly seconded Samurai Jack. I liked it so much I bought all the seasons so I could see the whole show. All the incarnations of Ben 10 are excellent too. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/38 "2012-07-26T17:00:02Z")
I would place _Samurai Jack_ among the best animated shows ever made. It’s wonderful in so many ways. > [@Trion](#): > > I have to ask about Teen TItans. I caught an episode in a hotel room a while back and I thought it was pretty cool. So I decided to get the DVDs via Netflix and start from the beginning. But those first episodes just seemed juvenile and predictable - certainly not as good as I thought I was gonna get. Does the show get better and if so when? There are goofy episodes throughout most of the run of the show, but overall it gets deeper, more serious, and generally better right through to the end. (Though early episodes like “Nevermore” lay the groundwork for much darker episodes later on.) It’s hard to mark a point at which it “gets better” because the tone of the series is generally cyclic; it alternates between serious and silly episodes fairly regularly through a season, then finishes with a serious finale. Even perennial comic relief Beast Boy gets serious episodes occasionally–and those are among my favorites. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy the silly episodes; many of them are quite entertaining. I particularly like the Mad Mod episodes. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/39 "2012-07-26T17:25:31Z")
There’s a new cartoon on Disney called “Gravity Falls.” It’s awesome and hilarious. Watch it. Go watch it now! It’s so good I’ve been thinking about starting a thread on it. It’s about a pair of twelve-year-old twins (Dipper and Mabel,) who are sent to live with their Great Uncle (Grunkle Stan) in Gravity Falls, Oregon for the summer. As it turns out, the town is full of gnomes, minotaurs, lake monsters, ghosts, zombies, etc… In addition to just being funny, there is a bit of an over-arching plot. Small little clues are inserted into almost every episode: hidden messages, “freeze-frame” secrets, etc…It’s also beautifully animated, and the voice acting is great (Kristen Schaal voices Mabel, so if that doesn’t get you excited, then I don’t know what will.) [Here’s the intro.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tctX771EQeA&hd=1) [And a cute little gnome!](http://i.minus.com/ixkai8LXPnIMD.gif) I know the pilot episode was free on iTunes a few weeks ago when the show debuted, but I don’t know if it still is. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-kids-cartoons-an-adult-would-love/629377/40 "2012-07-26T17:50:44Z")
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