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This is a list of the best adult cartoons that ever aired, ranked by your votes. In the 1990s, cartoons with R-rated humor became popular all over TV (what with Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin and all) and fortunately, that trend continues to this day. This list contains funny adult cartoons and action-packed animations. You can even vote on this list of the best adult cartoons to make sure your favorite adult cartoon ends up in the No. 1 spot.&nbsp;

Which cartoons appear on this list of the top adult animated shows? Of course, Family Guy made our list. Family Guy is one of the funniest adult cartoons of all time. It was created by Seth MacFarlane in 1999. The series led to another cartoon for adults, The Cleveland Show, which is also on this list of cartoons with r rated humor.

Other good adult cartoon shows like Tom Goes to Mayor and Aqua Teen Hunger Force also appear on this list of cartoon shows with adult humor. Netflix adult cartoons Tuca &amp; Bertie and Big Mouth are some of the newest adult cartoons to gain a cult following (and for good reason). They features the voices of several hilarious comedians including Tiffany Haddish, Ali Wong, Nick Kroll, and John Mulaney.

Where do your favorite adult cartoon shows fall on this list? Be sure to vote up whatever you think are the best adult &#39;toons below!

Animated Movies

The Jungle Book

The best animated movies&nbsp;of all time are an assortment of animated movies that rank among the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movies-of-all-time" target="_blank">best movies Hollywood ever made</a>. While the characters might be brightly colored and possess abilities most real people could only wish to ever have, the stories and imagery speak to everyone and have set these movies up to become the best animated films ever. You&#39;ll quickly find&nbsp; that this is far more than just a top 10 best cartoon movie list. It takes into account the best cartoon movies that have been ranked by your votes.

Far from simply being movie versions of cartoons, these are movies with some of the best characters, most compelling stories, and some of the overall most memorable movies in the history of cinema. With great animated movies, the sky&#39;s the limit (literally, for characters in movies like The Incredibles and WALL-E) for the story being told. Many of these top animated and cartoon movies&nbsp;are a funny comedy&nbsp;with a message (like Toy Story). Others are not the funniest animated movies but can be considered heartbreaking dramas (like The Lion King). There&#39;s no story that can&#39;t be told through&nbsp;these amazing and&nbsp;popular animated films.

What are the best animated movies ever? What makes one animated film better than another? What is the greatest animated film? There are many varied answers to what makes good&nbsp;animated movies&nbsp;(story, characters, adventure, animation style), but there&#39;s no question that these are&nbsp;the best animated movies ever made. If you see your favorite animated movie on the list, make sure to vote it up this&nbsp;list of the greatest animated films so that it might become someone else&#39;s favorite animated film someday.

Not all animated films are for kids, but if you are looking for some more animated and live-action kid friendly fare, check out the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/children_s-movies-and-films/reference">best movies for children</a>.

The Powerpuff Girls

The best animated shows of all time include some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword" target="_blank">best TV series ever</a> to flicker in your living room (or on your computer screen as time has gone on). The <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-animated-series/ranker-tv" target="_blank">greatest cartoon series</a> ever include animated TV shows from every decade of television&#39;s existence and this list is here so you can vote for the best animated series ever on this list of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-favorite-cartoons-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best cartoons</a> in any genre.&nbsp;

More than just cartoons, animated TV shows like Family Guy and Simpsons are also&nbsp;considered to be some of the funniest animated comedies of all time as well. If you&#39;ve missed out on these top-rated animated shows, you can watch them on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming sites.&nbsp;

What are the best animated TV shows of all time? The greatest serial cartoons ever painted on acetate include classics like Looney Tunes, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-anime-series-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime series</a>&nbsp;like One-Punch Man, and modern-day classics like South Park&nbsp;and King of the Hill. This list is a consensus of popular opinion on the ultimate ranking of awesomeness. With great writing and memorable visual styles, popular animated shows stand out in a pack of cheap, uninspired cartoon cash grabs. Whether you&#39;re voting for real storytelling or actual humor, rank the best animated shows of all time.

90s TV

Disney's Recess

The best cartoons of the &#39;90s are those <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-animated-series-ever-made">top animated series</a> that ran between the years of 1990 and 1999 and feature Nicktoons, Saturday morning cartoons, <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-disney-cartoon-shows-all-time/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Disney animated TV shows</a>, and network cartoon series for both kid and adult audiences. With so many great series airing in the early and late &#39;90s, it&#39;s no surprise that these are also some of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-favorite-cartoons-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best cartoons of all time</a>.

For the most part, these best &#39;90s cartoons are geared towards children. Those growing up in the 1990s undoubtedly spent numerous hours as kids watching the likes of Rugrats,&nbsp;Doug,&nbsp;Rocko&#39;s Modern Life,&nbsp;and Animaniacs. Few can deny that classic series like Dexter&#39;s Laboratory, DuckTales,&nbsp;Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,&nbsp;and TaleSpin&nbsp;are some of the best ever for Saturday morning viewing.

Then there&#39;s another breed of top &#39;90s cartoons that were note kids cartoons, they are&nbsp;better suited for more adult audiences. South Park&nbsp;broke the mold with it&#39;s raunchiness, as did the likes of Beavis and Butt-head&nbsp;and Family Guy.&nbsp;Two of those three are still popular even today with new episodes airing weekly. All feature more mature jokes, topics children wouldn&#39;t really understand and a whole lot of inappropriateness all bundled tightly in animated form.

Which cartoons from the &#39;90s had you glued to the television and make you miss your &#39;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 <a href="/list/the-most-nostalgia-inducing-_90s-toys/brian-gilmore" target="_blank">most nostalgia-inducing toys of the &#39;90s</a> too!

Animated TV Series

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

These are the best Saturday morning cartoons from the &#39;80s and &#39;90s. Thankfully, with the advent of the DVD, the DVR, and even VHS tapes, Soul Train can&#39;t ruin our fun anymore. Rank your favorite &#39;80s cartoons and <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-10-cartoons-of-the-90s?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">90s cartoon shows</a>, from the original TMNT to Bucky O&#39;Hare. What were your favorite &#39;80s and &#39;90s cartoons? These awesome Saturday morning cartoons, voiced by <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-childhood-cartoon-voice-actors/math-erao" target="_blank">some fantastic and recognizable actors</a>, made weekends just the best. Seeing them now instantly brings back glorious memories of those carefree, childhood days.

This &#39;90s cartoons list also includes some great mid 1980s cartoons that you surely enjoyed. But which on this &#39;90s cartoons list were the best?&nbsp;For which did you save your bowl of sugary, soggy cereal so you could enjoy them both at the same time? Which ones had the toys that you received as gifts only from misguided aunts and uncles and then later threw in your closet never to play with again? Did you prefer the more <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/extreme-childrens-cartoons-you-forgot-about/matthew-ludwinski" target="_blank">oddball,&nbsp;extreme&nbsp;cartoons</a>?

This list of the best Saturday morning cartoons of the &#39;80s and &#39;90s includes classics with awesome theme songs and persistent franchises as well as single-season cartoon series that will make you be like, &quot;Oh yeah, I remember that!&quot; Click rerank below to make your own version of this list and vote up the best &#39;90s <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-favorite-cartoons-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">cartoon TV shows</a> below!

The Flintstones

There have been many fantastic animated TV shows throughout the history, but which ones are the best? Some people think that cartoons are just for children (just check out our list of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kids-cartoons/ranker-tv" target="_blank">best kids&#39; cartoons</a>), but there are many that have frequent themes that even adults will enjoy. From classic <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-animated-series-ever-made?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">animated series</a> like &quot;Looney Tunes,&quot; &quot;The Flintstones,&quot; and &quot;The Jetsons&quot; to the modern day hits of &quot;The Simpsons&quot; and &quot;South Park,&quot; there are many great cartoons available. Both classic cartoons and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-animated-series/ranker-tv" target="_blank">current animated series </a>make this list of the best cartoons of all time.&nbsp;For anime, check out these lists of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-anime-series-all-time">best anime series</a> and&nbsp;the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-anime-series-all-time">best superhero anime</a> of all time..

The cartoon was created during the silent movie era as a short that was shown before movies. They gained even more popularity when the talkies came around, most notable of these were made by the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/walt-disney-facts/coy-jandreau?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Walt Disney</a> company and Warner Bros with &quot;Merry Melodies&quot; (which later became &quot;Looney Tunes&quot;). With the invention of the television, cartoons and animated programs finally found a realm in which to flourish.

This is a list of the best cartoons of all time, including series <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-popular-cartoon-year-you-were-born/mallory-weiler" target="_blank">from years past</a> and ones that are still going today. Vote up your favorite or make your own version.

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80s TV

Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats

Get ready to feel some serious nostalgia after reading through this list of the top 80s cartoons. Let&#39;s face it. <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-animated-series-ever-made?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">The best cartoons</a> of the 1980s helped to shape an entire generation. Whether we were dreaming of hanging out with chipmunk brothers or becoming a stealthy turtle who loves eating pizza in gutters, the 80s made for some pretty amazing television. This list contains funny 80s cartoons and action-packed 80s animations.&nbsp;

Was there ever a better cartoon than&nbsp;The Simpsons? This show chronicles the lives of The Simpsons, a family from Springfield, IL., who always seem to make life a little more interesting (thanks, Homer). Created by Matt Groening in 1989, this classic timepiece is still on the air today, and it&#39;s the one 80s animation that holds the record for the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/longest-running-us-sitcoms/tvs-frank?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">longest running</a> American animation of all time.

Other good 80s shows like DuckTales and The Gummi Bears also appear on this list of 1980s <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-favorite-cartoons-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">cartoon shows</a>. The Transformers was a favorite 1980s TV show and it eventually became a series of blockbuster films. The Transformers aired from 1984-1987.

Where do your favorite 1980s shows fall on this list?&nbsp;You can even vote on this list of the best cartoons of the 1980s to make sure your favorite 80s cartoons end up in the No. 1 spot! Woohoo! GO 80s.&nbsp;

With so many great TV series currently airing, we&rsquo;re ranking the best <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-animated-series-ever-made?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">animated TV shows</a> since 2017. Our list of the highest rated animated shows of the past three years is ranked by viewers from everywhere, so make sure you vote up the best new animated series on television.&nbsp;What is the best new animated TV show?&nbsp;

Featuring new kids shows, <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-animated-superhero-tv-shows/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">animated superhero shows</a>, adult <a href="/list/best-current-animated-series/ranker-tv" target="_blank">cartoons</a>, and more, the best recent animated TV shows include&nbsp;Disenchantment, Castlevania, Love, Death, and Robots, and&nbsp;She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. While Cartoon Network&#39;s Infinity Train&nbsp;is a great animated show for the whole family, while DC Universe&#39;s original series Harley Quinn&nbsp;should probably be watched without the kids.

Vote up the best new animated TV shows and feel free to add any new animated series missing from the list.&nbsp;

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Wacky Races

Check out this totally far out list of 70s cartoons! In the 70s, cartoons became more popular than ever. With shows like Looney Tunes and Scooby-Doo, who could resist spending their Saturday morning in front of that colorful 2D picture show? If you feel as strongly about classic television as we do, you should vote for your favorite cartoon so it ends up in the NO. 1 spot on this list.&nbsp;

Ready for a blast from the past? Remember&nbsp;Schoolhouse Rock!? Well, those catchy and witty jingles obviously&nbsp;landed themselves a spot on this homage list. This educational 1970s cartoon was created by David McCall and premiered in 1973. Some classic songs from this good 1970s cartoon include &ldquo;Conjunction Junction,&rdquo; &ldquo;Electricity, Electricity&rdquo; and &ldquo;I&#39;m Just a Bill&quot; (ohh, sweet, sweet nostalgia).

Other good 70s cartoon shows like The Pink Panther Show and The Jackson 5ive also appear on this list of great 1970s cartoons. Looney Tunes was also a popular cartoon of the 1970s, even though most of the episodes were created decades earlier.

Where do your favorite 1970s cartoons fall on this list? Be sure to vote them to the top spot!

Animated

The Scooby-Doo Show

We've traveled through cartoon history to bring you a list of all the best Hanna-Barbera cartoons. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera created some of the most famous cartoons of all time with their production company, Hanna-Barbera Production, Inc.. Because we all miss their iconic characters from time to time, this list contains their funniest, most memorable and adventurous cartoons.&nbsp;Let's all be honest with ourselves, here. Any time you see a rerun of The Flintstones or Scooby-Doo you're absolutely stoked. The Flintstones&nbsp;is one of the best clean Hanna-Barbera cartoons for families of all time - almost every American household grew up with The Flintstones bubbly antics.&nbsp;The stone age story ran on ABC from 1960 – 1966. Other good Hanna-Barbera cartoon shows like Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and The Yogi Bear Show also appear on this list of cartoon shows created by Hanna-Barbera. The Jetsons is also one of the most popular Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Fun fact - this great Hanna-Barbera cartoon is the space age alternative to The Flintstones. So what do you think? Which shows make you the most nostalgic? Which titles make you ready to curl up with a blanket and binge watch old television? Where do your favorite Hanna-Barbera cartoon shows fall on this list? Be sure to vote them to the top and share your thoughts in the comments section!

The slate of current <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-animated-series-ever-made?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">animated series</a> on TV and streaming services is nothing short of spectacular. And here are those shows, ranked from best to worst by user votes. The best current animated series, as a group, is made up of long running animated classics, and new sensations with cult followings. The top current animated series aren&#39;t only comedies, these toons are surprisingly action driven as well. Some of these great current animated series even have their own movies!

Which great cartoons will you find on this top current animated series list? Disenchantment is one of the funniest animated series airing today. This Netflix Original stars Abbi Jacobson as Princess Bean, the rebellious and alcoholic princess of Dreamland. Rick and Morty&nbsp;is another great animated series that is currently airing new episodes.

Several of the best current animated series have been on TV for decades. For instance, The Simpsons first premiered all the way back in 1989. Other <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-favorite-cartoons-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top cartoons</a> that appear on this good current animated series list include Family Guy, cult favorite&nbsp;Adventure Time,&nbsp;and Rick &amp; Morty.

Do you have a favorite animated series that is currently airing new episodes? Vote the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/tv-guide_s-top-30-cult-shows?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best shows</a> up to No. 1 on this list and share your opinion in the comments section. And if you like these shows, check out our list of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-adult-cartoons/ranker-tv" target="_blank">best adult cartoons</a> and vote up <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-2010s-animated-series/ranker-tv" target="_blank">the best 2010s animated series</a>.

Sci-Fi

Animated television shows have a unique ability to create truly fantastical and out of this world fantasy and science fiction worlds. No fancy sets, special effects or costumes - if it can be drawn it can be done! The best animated sci-fi and fantasy shows are more than just “cartoons.” If you’ve been looking for the sci-fi and fantasy stories that'll ignite your imagination while also enjoying the visuals of a cartoon, this list of the best animated fantasy and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/current-sci-fi-tv-shows/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">science fiction series</a> of all time will help you figure out what needs to go into your queue.Having a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/disney-animated-movie-sidekicks/ranker-characters">talking animal friend</a> or a robot in a cartoon doesn't necessarily make for a great animated science fiction and fantasy show. The fantasy and sci-fi elements need to be a consistent and large part of the story. Some of the best sci-fi cartoons tell the same stories a live-action show would, they just happen to be animated, such as Futurama or the animated Star Wars series. The best fantasy cartoons get to have a lot of fun with the animation and shows such as Gravity Falls and OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes embrace the flexibility of their medium.Which <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-favorite-cartoons-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">animated TV shows</a> tell the best fantasy and sci-fi stories? Vote up the best animated science fiction and fantasy shows, then vote down the cartoons that aren't great examples of the genre, and add any sci-fi or fantasy animated series that are missing.

Nickelodeon cartoons are some of the best on cable and have made Nickelodeon the go-to source of basic cable children&#39;s entertainment. While Nickelodeon was known for its live action shows in the 80s and early 90s, it started to shift its programming focus over to cartoons. They even created their own cartoon company called, &quot;Nicktoons.&quot; So, whether you like the old Nickelodeon shows are you&#39;re into their newer hits, you&#39;ll find all <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-favorite-cartoons-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best cartoons</a> right here.

&quot;Nicktoons&quot; introduced the world to such famous Nickelodeon cartoons as Rugrats, Ahhhhh Real Monsters, Doug, and much more. It wasn&#39;t until <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-2000s-nickelodeon-cartoons/ranker-tv" target="_blank">2000</a> that Nickelodeon really started to pick up steam with their massive hit, Spongebob Squarepants. Spongebob was so popular it became synonymous with cartoons in general. In addition to Spongebob there are many of other memorable Nickelodeon cartoon characters from these Nick cartoons.

Since then Nickelodeon has made cartoon hits as well as some off-kilter toons like The Fairly Odd Parents, Invader Zim,&nbsp;and Ren and Stimpy. Nick is also the creator of some cutting edge programming like Avatar: The Last Airbender and its current follow up, Avatar: Legend of Korra.

Nickelodeon might not make the live action shows that some of us grew up loving anymore, but they certainly have made up for it by producing some of the best cartoons around. Vote for your favorite old and <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-nickelodeon-cartoons/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">new Nickelodeon cartoons</a> here on this Nickelodeon shows list! And if you loved these toons, check out our list of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/nickelodeon-movies-films-and-movies/reference" target="_blank">best Nickelodeon movies</a>.

Adventure Time

The 2010s were truly a great period for animated shows, offering everything from great kids cartoons to genre-bending adult animated series. As long-running cartoons were beginning to dominate the airwaves, new shows that premired in the 2010 decade brought a wider range of genres and styles to the mix. With the expansion of streaming services, 2010s cartoons were able to become even more irreverent than ever, and irreverence is a common theme among the best 2010s animated series. Some of the top animated series are comedies while other good cartoons are action-driven. There are even a few great 2010s animated series that garnered enough acclaim to be made into animated films.

So, which great cartoons are on this top 2010s animated series list? Bob&#39;s Burgers definitely appears near the top of this list. The show&#39;s hilarious cast of voice actors, including H. Jon Benjamin, Eugene Mirman, and Kristen Schaal, have even been known to take the show on the road with live performances. The big gaps between seasons of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-adult-swim-shows/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Adult Swim series</a> Rick and Morty didn&#39;t reduce how much they defined the 2010s, thanks to their strong fanbase.

Other great shows featured on this top 2010s animated series list include Adventure Time and the Avatar sequel Legend Of Korra. Even Disney cartoons like Gravity Falls and more positive and kid-centric series like Steven Universe can hold their own against the cynical irreverence of another great animated series from the 2010s.

Which great 2010s cartoons and animated series are the best? Vote for your favorites now!

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Controversial

Not every banned cartoon episode on this list is even too&nbsp;controversial. Sure, some are. At their best, cartoons - like Professor Frink on The Simpsons - make us laugh and make us think. At their worst, they can inspire angry people to a frenzy. That&#39;s rare, though. Some of these censored episodes offended the very religious, some are hideously stereotypical,&nbsp;while others have transgressions that are minor by today&#39;s standards. Many of these are from controversial shows, the kind you&#39;d expect to be on here for their deliberately provocative nature, but certainly not all.

We&#39;ll keep the list to one episode per show, or else this could have been entirely filled with <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/most-controversial-south-park-episodes/daniel-kohn">incendiary South Park episodes</a> and installments of&nbsp;Beavis and Butt-Head and Family Guy that kicked up dust and were pulled from the air. Those titans of toon trash-talk get their due, but they&#39;re far from the only shows to get episodes yanked, rejiggered, and in some cases never restored.

Parenting

Tiny Toons

The absolute <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kids-cartoons/ranker-tv" target="_blank">best children&rsquo;s cartoons</a> with adult humor, ranked from the most popular to the least based by the Ranker community. This list has the best children&#39;s cartoons that can be funny for adults too.

Oftentimes when kids are watching their favorite cartoons on TV, parents are watching too, or at least, forced to listen in. Fortunately for them, these cartoons have jokes for adults written into them, making them a little more tolerable for everyone involved. But which one is the most kid-and-adult-friendly? That&#39;s up for you to decide. Vote up your favorite cartoons that include the best adult humor, and vote down the ones that are more exclusive to kids. Don&#39;t see your favorite? Feel free to add it. And if you&#39;re looking for <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-adult-cartoons/ranker-tv" target="_blank">adult cartoon shows</a>, we have a list on that too.

While it&#39;s nice to believe that scenes cut from animated movies are usually too silly or irreverent to be included, the truth is that&nbsp;some scenes are&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/disturbing-deleted-scenes-cut-from-kids-movies/alex-welch" target="_blank">removed because they&#39;re deeply disturbing</a>. While many&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-terrifying-scary-disney-movies/robert-f-mason" target="_blank">Disney movies are already pretty creepy</a>, these deleted scenes from cartoons take the horror to a whole new level. Sometimes, the cut scene is so bizarre that it&#39;s logical to conclude that the creators either&nbsp;lost&nbsp;sight of their audience, or just wanted to scare the crap out of them.&nbsp;

It&#39;s bad enough that Lilo&#39;s parents are dead, killing her favorite fish would be too painful to even imagine. The <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/all-dogs-go-to-heaven-scary-dark/maggie-clancy" target="_blank">super-dark All Dogs Go to Heaven</a> would&#39;ve included a scene in literal Hell.&nbsp;How some of these dark deleted scenes from animated movies&nbsp;were ever conceived is head-scratching, but yet here they all are.&nbsp;

Hundreds of cartoons have blared over childhood TV sets and filled the hours of entertainment-seeking adults. And while there's plenty of&nbsp;praise for long-running, award-winning shows like The Simpsons, Batman: The Animated Series, and&nbsp;Futurama, there are a handful of underrated cartoons that entertained, inspired, and get overlooked. You&nbsp;smile when you hear cartoon titles like Invader Zim, Gargoyles, or Mission Hill, but they probably wouldn't be the first shows that pop into your head.Why is that? Sometimes they're cartoons canceled too soon. Other times these cult favorites were aired in a weird time slot, or were simply too niche to appeal to a large audience. Or maybe they were just the victims of bad luck - in a TV landscape stuffed with must-watch shows, these cartoons could have been overshadowed.Refresh your memory and enjoy the nostalgia offered by this <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-favorite-cartoons-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">list of cartoons</a> that didn't get the recognition they deserved.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Live-action movies based on cartoons don't have to be bad. A lot of the time, however, they suck. Animation and live-action are very different mediums, and a complex understanding of what makes something work is more essential than a literal replication of drawings. Unfortunately, if you say that to a studio executive, he or she will likely go, &quot;Huh?&quot;Most of the movies on this list of awful movies based on animated shows share at least one major trait: they were made not because anyone involved gave a damn, but because the studio wanted to milk an already popular brand, even, in some cases, when said brand's popularity had peaked decades prior.And while you may correctly point out that some of the films on this list originate with source material other than cartoons, they're included if the live-action version incorporated anything that originated in the animated version. Fair enough?

The Batman

A lot of children's first introduction to <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-superheroes-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">comic book characters</a> come in the form of animated television shows. Sure, nowadays we have big blockbuster films, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-live-action-comic-book-shows/ranker-comics">live-actions shows</a>, and an enormous amount of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-comic-book-video-games/ranker-comics">video games</a>, but many comic book fans today can trace back the origin of the start of their obsession to comic book cartoons.Some comic book shows liked to do their own thing and create original stories, but some of the most notable shows are the &quot;X-Men&quot; and &quot;Batman&quot; animated shows from the '90s that were as faithful as they could be to the original comic book storylines.&nbsp;Not all of them are well received. Shows like &quot;Ultimate Spider-Man&quot; and &quot;Beware the Batman&quot; have fans all riled up.Here we have a list of all the greatest comic book cartoons ever made. We all have our favorites, but which one is the best? That's for all of you to decide. Make sure to vote up all your favorite comic book animated shows.&nbsp;What are the best comic cartoons?

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For entire generations of kids, some of their most fond memories are of watching Saturday morning cartoons. The animated shows that became instant classics entertained children across the country and most had a special theme song that was so catchy, kids just couldn't forget it. What are the greatest cartoon theme songs of all time? &nbsp; The cartoons on this list, especially those with the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-favorite-cartoons-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top 10 cartoon</a> theme songs have some of the most memorable musical intros in television history. They kept kids hooked on the show and still resonate even today. &nbsp; This list features the greatest theme songs from cartoons including, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Flintstones, Duck Tales, Rainbow Brite, The Legend of Zelda, My Little Pony, The Transformers, The Care Bears, The Simpsons, and The Smurfs. Vote up the best cartoon theme songs of all time below and be sure to sing along.

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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Scooby Doo, Where Are You! is the first incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon series Scooby-Doo. Created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, it premiered on CBS September 13, 1969, and ran for two seasons for a total of 25 episodes. Its final first-run episode aired on October 31, 1970.
Nine episodes from Scooby-Doo's 1978-79 season, first run on ABC, were originally broadcast with the 1969 Scooby Doo, Where Are You! opening and closing sequences. The entire 1978-79 season is sometimes marketed as the third season of the original Where Are You! series.

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The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther is a 1993 animated television series. It was credited as a co-production of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation, Mirisch-Geoffrey DePatie-Freleng and United Artists and distributed by Claster Television. This is the only Pink Panther TV series not to be distributed by MGM Television, though MGM still owns The Pink Panther and the only series to have the panther talking.

DuckTales

DuckTales is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. It premiered on September 18, 1987 and ended on November 28, 1990 with a total of four seasons and 100 episodes. An animated theatrical spin-off film based on the series, DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, was released widely in the United States on August 3, 1990. The voice cast from the series reprised their roles for the film.
DuckTales is based on Uncle Scrooge and other Duck universe comic books, created by Carl Barks. The show follows the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his three grandnephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Important secondary characters, that often take part in the adventures, include Donald Duck, Scrooge's pilot Launchpad McQuack and butler Duckworth, the inventor Gyro Gearloose, and the nanny Mrs. Beakley and her granddaughter Webby. The most notable antagonists in the series are the Beagle Boys, the witch Magica De Spell, and the industrialist Flintheart Glomgold. In a typical story, the villains are after McDuck's fortune or his Number One Dime; another common theme is a race after some sort of treasure.

The Flintstones is an animated, prime-time American television sitcom that was broadcast from September 30, 1960, to April 1, 1966, on ABC. The show was produced by Hanna-Barbera. The Flintstones was about a working-class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend.
The show's continuing popularity rested heavily on its juxtaposition of modern everyday concerns in the Stone Age setting. The Flintstones was the most financially successful network animated franchise for three decades, until The Simpsons debuted. In 2013, TV Guide ranked The Flintstones the second Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time.

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget is a French-Canadian–American animated television series that revolves around the adventures of a clumsy, dim-witted cyborg detective named lnspector Gadget—a human being with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget's nemesis is Dr. Claw, the leader of an evil organization known as "M.A.D."
This is the first syndicated cartoon show from DIC Entertainment. lt originally ran from 1983 to 1986 and remained in syndication into the late 1990s. It continues to air successfully in reruns around the world.
The series was produced by companies in France, Canada, the United States, Taiwan, and Japan. It was a co-production between DIC Entertainment in France and Nelvana in Canada; the animation work was outsourced to foreign studios such as Tokyo Movie Shinsha in Japan and Cuckoo's Nest Studio in Taiwan. It was the first animated television series to be presented in stereo.

SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The series' popularity has made it a media franchise, as well as the highest rated series to ever air on Nickelodeon, and the most distributed property of MTV Networks. The media franchise has generated $8 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon.
Many of the ideas for the series originated in an unpublished, educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg created in the mid-1980s. He began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series in 1996 upon the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life, and turned to Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on that series, to voice the titular character. SpongeBob was originally going to be named SpongeBoy, and the series was to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but these were both changed, as the name was already trademarked.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson and the French company IDDH. The pilot was shown during the week of December 14, 1987 in syndication as a five-part miniseries and the show began its official run on October 1, 1988. Since then the show and franchise has become a world-wide phenomenon. The series featured the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created in comic book form by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The property was changed considerably from the darker-toned comic, to make it more suitable for children and the family. The initial motivation behind the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series was that, upon being approached to create a toy line, Playmates Toys was uneasy with the comic book characters' small cult following. They requested that a television deal be acquired first, and after the initial five-episode series debuted, the California toy company released their first series of Ninja Turtles action figures in the summer of 1988. The two media would correspond in marketing style and popularity for many years to come.

Teen Titans

Teen Titans is an American TV show based on the DC Comics characters of the same name, that premiered on Cartoon Network and The WB in 2003. It is based primarily on the run of stories by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez in the early 1980s New Teen Titans comic book series. The show was created by Glen Murakami, developed by David Slack, and produced by Warner Bros. Animation.
The series premiered on Cartoon Network on July 19, 2003 with the episode "Divide and Conquer," and the final half-hour episode "Things Change" aired on January 16, 2006, with the film Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo serving as the series finale. A comic book series, Teen Titans Go!, was based on the TV series.
On June 8, 2012, it was announced that the series would be revived as a comedy series entitled Teen Titans Go!, which later premiered on April 23, 2013. It had aired reruns on Cartoon Network's sister channel Boomerang, but as of June 2014, the show has not appeared on the channel.

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Pokémon

Pokémon (OLM, 1997), also known as Pokémon the Series, is a Japanese children's anime series based on the video game franchise and part of The Pokémon Company's Pokémon media franchise. With dreams of becoming a Pokémon master, Ash Ketchum embarks on a journey with his many human and Pokémon friends as he works his way through the ranks of the world's Pokémon Leagues.

Popeye the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor is an American animated series of comedy short films based on the titular comic strip character created by E. C. Segar. In 1933, Max and Dave Fleischer's Fleischer Studios adapted Segar's characters into a series of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. The plotlines in the animated cartoons tended to be simpler than those presented in the comic strips, and the characters slightly different. A villain, usually Bluto, makes a move on Popeye's "sweetie," Olive Oyl. The villain clobbers Popeye until he eats spinach, giving him superhuman strength. Thus empowered, the sailor makes short work of the villain.
The Fleischer cartoons, based out of New York City, proved to be among the most popular of the 1930s, and would remain a staple of Paramount's release schedule for nearly 25 years. Paramount would take control of the studio in 1941 and rename it Famous Studios, ousting the Fleischer brothers and continuing production. The theatrical Popeye cartoons began airing on television in an altered form in 1956, at which point the theatrical series was discontinued.

The Jetsons

The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing in primetime from September 23, 1962 to March 17, 1963, then later in syndication, with new episodes in 1985 to 1987. It was Hanna-Barbera's Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones. Reruns can be seen frequently on Boomerang.
While the Flintstones live in a world with machines powered by birds and dinosaurs, the Jetsons live in a futuristic utopia of elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions; No year was ever specified for when the show was set, though it was presumed the show was set in either the year 2000 or the year 2062. The original series comprised 24 episodes and aired on Sunday nights on ABC beginning September 23, 1962, with primetime reruns continuing through September 22, 1963. It debuted as the first program broadcast in color on ABC-TV. In contrast, The Flintstones, while always produced in color, was broadcast in black-and-white for its first two seasons.
Following its primetime run, the show aired on Saturday mornings for decades, starting on ABC for the 1963–64 season and then on CBS and NBC.

The Looney Tunes Show

The Looney Tunes Show is an American animated sitcom that ran from May 3, 2011 through August 31, 2014 on Cartoon Network. The show features characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons updated for the 21st century. It is produced by Warner Bros. Animation. On July 29, 2014, producer Tony Cervone confirmed that the series would not be renewed for a third season in light of Wabbit.

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Kim Possible

Kim Possible is an American animated television series created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle for Disney Channel. It centers on Kim Possible, a teenage fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day. The show is action-oriented, but also has a light-hearted atmosphere and often lampoons the conventions and clichés of the secret-agent and action genres. Kim Possible was the second animated Disney Channel Original Series, and the first series to be produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, in association with Disney Channel. 

The Fairly OddParents

The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series revolves around the everyday adventures of Timmy Turner, a boy who is granted two fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda.
The series originated from shorts on the animation showcase, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, airing from 1998 to 2001. It was later picked up as a series due to its popularity. Originally, it ended in 2006 totaling five seasons, but resumed production in 2007. It is produced by Frederator Studios, Nickelodeon Animation Studios and, as of season 6, Billionfold Inc.
The Fairly OddParents is the second-longest-running Nicktoon, behind SpongeBob SquarePants.

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

What's New, Scooby-Doo? is the ninth incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo. A revival of the original Scooby-Doo, Where are You! series after a decade-long gap in new Scooby TV series, it debuted in 2002. What's New, Scooby-Doo? was developed and produced by Warner Bros. Animation and originally aired as part of the Kids' WB Saturday morning block on The WB Television Network. Reruns currently air on Cartoon Network & Boomerang in the United States, Teletoon in Canada and CBBC, and Cartoon Network & Boomerang in the United Kingdom.
What's New was the first Scooby-Doo series to feature Mindy Cohn and Grey DeLisle as the voices of Velma and Daphne, respectively, the first where Frank Welker voiced Scooby, and the last to feature Casey Kasem as the voice of Shaggy.

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culture, society, television, and many aspects of the human condition.
The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with the producer James L. Brooks. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and was an early hit for Fox, becoming the network's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season.
Since its debut on December 17, 1989, the show has broadcast 569 episodes, and the 26th season began on September 28, 2014.

Animaniacs

Animaniacs is an American animated television series, distributed by Warner Bros. Television and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. Animaniacs is the second animated series produced by the collaboration of Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros. Animation during the animation renaissance of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The studio's first series, Tiny Toon Adventures, was a success among younger viewers, and attracted a sizable number of adult viewers. 

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Danny Phantom

Danny Phantom is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios. It was distributed by Nelvana, a Canadian animation company. The show is about a 14-year-old named Danny Fenton who, after an incident with an unpredictable portal between the human world and the supernatural "Ghost Zone", becomes half-ghost and frequently saves his town and the world from ghost attacks, while attempting to keep his ghost half a secret from everyone, except his best friends Tucker Foley and Samantha Manson. 

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The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Cartoon Network Studios for Cartoon Network. The show centers on Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three girls with superpowers, as well as their father, the brainy scientist Professor Utonium, who all live in the fictional city of Townsville, USA. The girls are frequently called upon by the town's childlike and naive mayor to help fight using their powers. McCracken originally developed the show in 1992 as a cartoon short entitled Whoopass Stew! while in his second year at CalArts. 

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Pinky and the Brain

Pinky and the Brain is an American animated television series. It was the first animated television series to be presented in Dolby Surround and the fourth collaboration of Steven Spielberg with his production company, Amblin Entertainment, and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The characters first appeared in 1993 as a recurring segment on Animaniacs and then from 1995 to 1998, they were spun off into their own show on Kids WB, Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brain, with 65 episodes produced. Later, they appeared in the award-winning series, Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain.
Pinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in a cage in the Acme Labs research facility. Brain is self-centered and scheming; Pinky is good-natured but feebleminded. In each episode, Brain devises a new plan to take over the world which ultimately ends in failure: usually due to Pinky's idiocy, the impossibility of Brain's plan, Brain's own arrogance, or just circumstances beyond their control. In common with many other Animaniacs shorts, many episodes are in some way a parody of something else, usually a film or novel.

The Magic School Bus

The Magic School Bus is a Canadian–American Saturday morning animated children's television series, based on the book series of the same name by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. It is notable for its use of celebrity talent and combining entertainment with an educational series. Broadcasting & Cable said the show was "among the highest-rated PBS shows for school-age children." On June 10, 2014 Scholastic Media announced that it will be releasing an all-new CG animated series inspired by the original show, entitled "The Magic School Bus 360°." The 26 new half-hour episodes are set to stream on Netflix in 2016.

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated television series featuring The Chipmunks, produced by Bagdasarian Productions in association with Ruby-Spears Enterprises from 1983–87, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson from 1987–88 and DIC Entertainment from 1988–90.
It aired from 1983 to 1990 on NBC and is the follow-up to the original 1961–62 series, The Alvin Show. The show introduced The Chipettes, three female Chipmunks with their own human caretaker, Miss Beatrice Miller. In 1988, the show switched production companies to DiC Enterprises and was renamed just The Chipmunks.
In 1987, during the show's fifth season, the Chipmunks' first animated feature film, The Chipmunk Adventure, was released to theaters by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. The film was directed by Janice Karman and featured the Chipmunks and Chipettes in a contest traveling around the world. In its eighth and final season, the show again switched titles to The Chipmunks Go to the Movies, but it was same as The Chipmunks. Each episode was a spoof of a Hollywood film like Back to the Future or King Kong. Several television specials featuring the characters were also released.

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Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers

Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers is an animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Created by Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove, it featured the established Disney characters Chip 'n' Dale in a new setting. The series premiered on The Disney Channel on March 4, 1989, after a preview episode was aired on August 27, 1988. The series premiered with a two-hour movie special, Rescue Rangers: To the Rescue, which was later broken up into five parts to air as part of the weekday run. The final episode aired on November 19, 1990.
On September 18, 1989, the series entered national syndication. From 1990 to 1993 reruns of the show were aired as a part of the Disney Afternoon line up.

Dexter's Laboratory

Dexter's Laboratory is an American comic science fiction animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network, and the first of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. The series follows Dexter, a boy-genius with a secret laboratory, which he fills with his marvelous inventions. Dexter constantly battles against his sister Dee Dee, who always manages to gain access to his lab, despite his best efforts to keep her out. He also engages in a bitter rivalry with his neighbor and fellow-genius Mandark. The series' first two seasons contain additional segments: Dial M for Monkey, which focuses on Dexter's pet lab-monkey-turned-superhero, and The Justice Friends, about a trio of superheroes who share an apartment.
Tartakovsky based the series on student films he produced while attending the California Institute of the Arts and pitched the series to Hanna-Barbera's animated shorts showcase World Premiere Toons. A pilot aired on Cartoon Network in 1995; in August of that year, viewer approval ratings convinced the network to order a half-hour series, which premiered on April 28, 1996.

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Tiny Toon Adventures

Tiny Toon Adventures is an American animated comedy television series that was broadcasting from September 14, 1990 through May 28, 1995 as the first collaborative effort of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation after being conceived in the late 1970s by Tom Ruegger. The show follows the adventures of a group of young cartoon characters who attend Acme Looniversity to become the next generation of characters from the Looney Tunes series.
The pilot episode, "The Looney Beginning," aired as a prime-time special on CBS on September 14, 1990; while the series itself was featured in first-run syndication for the first two seasons. The last season was aired on Fox Kids. The series ended production in 1992 in favor of Animaniacs, however, two specials were produced in 1994.

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For entire generations of kids, some of their most fond memories are of watching Saturday morning cartoons. The animated shows that became instant classics ...