The best cartoons of the '90s are those top animated series that ran between the years of 1990 and 1999 and feature Nicktoons, Saturday morning cartoons, Disney animated TV shows, and network cartoon series for both kid and adult audiences. With so many great series airing in the early and late '90s, it's no surprise that these are also some of the best cartoons of all time.
For the most part, these best '90s cartoons are geared towards children. Those growing up in the 1990s undoubtedly spent numerous hours as kids watching the likes of Rugrats, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life, and Animaniacs. Few can deny that classic series like Dexter's Laboratory, DuckTales, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and TaleSpin are some of the best ever for Saturday morning viewing.
Then there's another breed of top '90s cartoons that were note kids cartoons, they are better suited for more adult audiences. South Park broke the mold with it's raunchiness, as did the likes of Beavis and Butt-head and Family Guy. Two of those three are still popular even today with new episodes airing weekly. All feature more mature jokes, topics children wouldn't really understand and a whole lot of inappropriateness all bundled tightly in animated form.
Which cartoons from the '90s had you glued to the television and make you miss your '90s childhood? Vote for your favorites, or re-rank the list to put it in your order and add any we missed. To reminisce more about the glorious decade of the 1990s, check out the most nostalgia-inducing toys of the '90s too!
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12,2774,1782
14,2955,051Rugrats
19913
10,6773,931DuckTales
19874
10,5833,629Hey Arnold!
19965
9,2193,7556
10,2824,552Animaniacs
19937
9,8273,2708
9,1982,8409
9,6103,84110
12,1355,782The Simpsons
198911
9,4183,017Disney's Recess
199712
8,0592,79313
7,6111,81914
7,9083,07315
9,6364,94616
7,4433,23917
7,3193,53018
8,2393,838Doug
199119
7,5813,84820
7,4822,96621
7,4623,455Pokémon
199722
7,3753,049CatDog
199823
7,3803,135Johnny Bravo
199724
7,9794,178Family Guy
199925
8,7034,796Futurama
1999