Kids Cartoons That Adults Enjoy

HughFreakingDillon
HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
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i'm not talking just about the ones that are obviously geared to an older audience, like bojack horseman or family guy or the simpsons or south park. actual kids cartoons that you have discovered have some type of quality that engages adults as well as kids. 

i pose this as my kids are big into Teen Titans Go. of course i walk by and hear dialogue and whatnot and at some points i found myself laughing. so then i started to sit down and watch entire episodes with my kids. i actually found it to be quite hilarious. they have somehow managed to be entertaining for kids but also have that "clever" factor that also can make adults laugh. 

i am not usually into any type of show geared towards kids. or even teens or young adults. 

anyone else seen this show? i thought i was alone (and my wife thought it was weird). but i posted about it on facebook, and several adult friends of mine responded with "literally my favourite show". any other cartoons that are marketed towards kids that you find yourself watching and being entertained by?
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    I love Teen Titans Go!

    Most current kid cartoons look like garbage—that’s my only issue. There’s hardly any artistry to them. Teen Titans Go! has fun writing, though. And great voice work. I’ll watch some of the LEGO-based stuff on Netflix with the kids. Those are fun. Ninjago is better than the current iterations of TMNT.

    I planned my college courses around airings of Animaniacs, Gargoyles and Batman: The Animated Series (arguably Mark Hamill’s best work!). Great scripts, awesome voice work and unparalleled animation. 

    I fucking love cartoons. I tend to stick with kid stuff more, though. The adult cartoons you mentioned got stale pretty fast for me, which is a shame, because they do have better animation. 
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    All Hail King Julien on Netflix. The first two seasons are brilliant and funny as hell.
    After that, it got pretty stupid. 
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  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,619
    The only good cartoon is scooby doo. 

    Everything else, for kids or for adults, extremely stupid.
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  • dankind
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    drakeheuer14 said:
    The only good cartoon is scooby doo. 

    Everything else, for kids or for adults, extremely stupid.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Well I watch a bunch with the four year old.  He doesn't dig Spidey and Scoob yet (he loves their books but not the shows) so I see lots of Paw Patrol....yawn.
    I actually like Lego ones....
    His favorite show now is actually Heavy Rescue, this Canadian Reality Show they play o. The Weather Channel that has big tow trucks doing wild tows.  
    I look forward to Scooby and Spider Man ...quite a bit!
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Animaniacs was awesome.  I remember bonging in college with that on.
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Animaniacs was awesome.  I remember bonging in college with that on.
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  • hedonist
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    All the stuff I grew up watching, I still love (Bugs, Magoo, Felix, Mr. Peabody, etc).  Some of the humor takes on another brilliant level in adulthood.

    I'll leave the newfangled kids' cartoons to the rest of you :)
  • jerparker20
    jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529
    edited March 2019
    I have a toddler.  So it’s a lot of Peppa Pig.  But, the best show we’ve found is Shaun the Sheep. It’s totally funny and just fun to watch.
  • igotid88
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    F Me In The Brain said:
    Animaniacs was awesome.  I remember bonging in college with that on.
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  • dankind
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    igotid88 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Animaniacs was awesome.  I remember bonging in college with that on.
    It's coming back
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    F Me In The Brain said:
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    eeriepadave said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,217
    I loved Animaniacs!

    I'll still watch episodes of Tom and Jerry.
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited March 2019
    hedonist said:
    All the stuff I grew up watching, I still love (Bugs, Magoo, Felix, Mr. Peabody, etc).  Some of the humor takes on another brilliant level in adulthood.

    I'll leave the newfangled kids' cartoons to the rest of you :)
    Gumby and Pokey were definitely made for adults on hallucinogenics, we was clueless. 

    My son grew up with SpongeBob which was actually enjoyable. But those days are over

    Pokemon was big too - he still likes Pokemon. 
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Other kid cartoons I watched as an (shudders) adult: Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory. 
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    njnancy said:
    hedonist said:
    All the stuff I grew up watching, I still love (Bugs, Magoo, Felix, Mr. Peabody, etc).  Some of the humor takes on another brilliant level in adulthood.

    I'll leave the newfangled kids' cartoons to the rest of you :)
    Gumby and Pokey were definitely made for adults on hallucinogenics, we was clueless. 

    My son grew up with SpongeBob which was actually enjoyable. But those days are over

    Pokemon was big too - he still likes Pokemon. 
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  • Hi!
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    It’s been a few years and the kids are getting older, so they don’t really watch anymore, but I remember SpongeBob SquarePants being pretty funny. It seemed to be funny for kids with some adult type humor mixed in.

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  • F Me In The Brain
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    Watching Stinky & Dirty right now w/the 4 yr old.  I like it.
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