Top 10 Cartoons
 

Just saw a top 10 list, citing the best cartoon shows, ranked.
I disagree. So here’s mine

10. Hercules (HB)
9. The Tick
8. Voltron
7. Thundercats
6. The Maxx
5. G.I. Joe
4. Dungeons & Dragons
3. TMNT (1987)
2. He-Man
1. Transformers G1

What’s yours?

1 Batman-Justice League U. Yeah to me its all 1 show.
2 Thundarr
3 Avatar the Last Airbender and Korra
4 Inspector Gadget the 1980's
5 Space Ghost
6 Mighty Mightor
7 80's Ninja Turtles
8 Madeline
9 Bravestarr
10 80's MLP.

This ain't gonna be in anything close to proper order, probably, but that's just how it goes. Close enough's close enough.

1. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)
2. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)
3. The Real Ghostbusters
4. Superman: The Animated Series
5. Batman: The Animated Series
6. Justice League/Justice League Unlimited
7. Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM)
8. TMNT (2003)
9. MLP: FiM
10. TMNT (1987)*

The Top 3 are pretty solid but anything after that can move up or down depending on my mood and what day it is.

The Number 10 spot has a * because on any given day it could rotate between TMNT and a number of others that justmissed making the cut. Specifically Thundercats and Speed Racer, as well as the original Voltron. Garfield and Friends, Ren & Stimpy, and the Green Lantern animated series all kinda hover near that Number 10 spot, too. So whatever's Number 10 on any given day gets a * because it might not be there tomorrow.

I also only used "kids cartoons" and purposely didn't consider things like The Critic, Family Guy, Simpsons, Aqua Teen, etc., because honestly this was difficult enough and I didn't want to muddy the waters any further.

Ranking opinions and limiting them to only ten is hard. So instead I'm just going to throw out candidates in no particular order. I'm also assuming adult animation isn't off the table and that anime is:

• The Simpsons (Pre-2000's)
• Futurama
• Rick and Morty
• Moral Orel
• The Boondocks
• Spectacular Spider-Man
• Mike Tyson Mysteries
• Samurai Jack
• Xavier: Renegade Angel
• King of the Hill
• Batman TAS
• Superman TAS
• Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes
• American Dad
• South Park
• Beavis and Butt-Head
• Archer
• Frankenhole
• Invader Zim
• Cybersix

My list, from best down

1. Gargoyles
2. Batman TAS
3. X-Men TAS
4. TMNT FW
5. TMNT 03/12 (tie)
6. The Real Ghostbusters
7. Dungeons and Dragons
8. Spider-Man TAS
9. Last Airbender/Legend of Korra (tie)
10. Darkwing Duck

Some almost top tens- Voltron(80's), Transformers (gen 1-2), Robotech, Digimon (season 3), and He-Man/She-Ra (I put those together as they are connected)

In no particular order:

TMNT 1987
TMNT 2003
Avatar the last Airbender
The Legend of Korra
Doug
Hey Arnold
Beavis & Butthead
Rugrats
Mega Man 1994
Sonic X

1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
2. Batman: The Animated Series
3. X-Men: The Animated Series
4. Superman: The Animated Series
5. Justice League/Unlimited
6. Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
7. Looney Tunes
8. Tom and Jerry
9. Young Justice
10. Archie's Weird Mysteries

It's way to difficult for me to put them in order from 1-10. So I'll list them according to when the first episode aired.

• Muppet Babies

• The Simpsons

• Tiny Toon Adventures

• Beast Wars/Machines

• Daria

• Justice League/Justice League Unlimited

• Kim Possible

• (2002 Mike Young Productions) He-Man

• (2003 4Kids) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

• Transformers Prime

1.Batman TAS - Justice League/JLU The Bruce Timverse
2. 2012 TMNT
3.X-men 90's
4.Spider-man 90's
5. Beast Wars
6. Avengers EMS
7.Ducktales 2017
8.Animaniacs
9. Tiny Toons Adventures
10. 2003 TMNT

I thought you liked the 2012 series more than 2003.

You know what's funny, I'm looking at you guys' lists and it's great to see Tiny Toons on some of them. Whenever I talk about cartoons to someone who may be a little younger than me, they confuse the show with Baby Looney Tunes. They remember Animaniacs but don't seem to remember Tiny Toons.

true I switched them

Tiny Toons would be high on my Runner Up list, too. That was a really great ahow.

I should do another list for cartoons that aren't strictly "kids shows" because King of the Hill for example would be super-high on that.

Like I said, this was very difficult for me already.

Also, while I haven't seen it recently The Maxx was out of control.

I hesitated when including adult fare
Again, ignoring the massive Anime market, of course:

The Maxx was insanely good. 10/10.

Aeon Flux, Home-Movies, Frisky Dingo, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Harvey Birdman all scratch various itches from time to time.

This is how I remember Tiny Toons:

Aqua Teen won't ever be cancelled!
Aqua Teen won't be dismantled!
Aqua Teen gonna be together!
Aqua Teen gonna be forever!



...And then they cancelled it. :lol: Good lord, so many awesome memories though.

Haha, that stupid song from Tiny Toons is always in my head, too.

In no particular order, here are my top 10

• TMNT (2003)
• Avatar the Last Airbender
• Star Wars Clone Wars
• Batman the Animated Series
• Animaniacs
• Samurai Jack
• DuckTales 2017
• Gravity Falls
• Spectacular Spider-Man
• Teen Titans

Some of the lists here basically scream "I grew up in the 80s or 90s" depending. I think the lists with more variety are a little more objective. It's tough but here is my top 10, i'll include some quality with some guilty pleasures and I'll try to not include more of one type of show for example I won't choose more than one DCAU show. List is in no particular order. No animated movies or anime being considered here.

• Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes -I love many marvel cartoons but this one is overall the best
• Batman Beyond -Tough when all of the DCAU is so great but for originality it just wins
• Avatar: The Last Airbender -Glad it's popular again after it being on Neflix, deserved
• TMNT 2k3 (I have many problems with TMNT 2k3 but overall it's the best so far
• HBO Spawn - Less than 20 episodes and yet Spawn is able to be the best superhero cartoon
• Teen Titans - Made me fall in love with animation all over again
• The Simpsons - 90s simpsons at least since I haven't kept up with the show but it was so solid
• Wakfu - not many modern cartoons are a joy to watch as Wakfu was
• Jumanji the series - When I rewatched it as an adult, I was impressed, a Jumanji cartoon felt alive
• Mighty Max - The Mighty Max cartoon was as fun as the playsets and that's saying something

Tough choices were made in the ones I had to cut from the list, some of my honorary mentions might be better than my choices but nostalgia does influence yet such is life and I haven't rewatched them recently enough to know if they could make it. Honorary mentions include:
Cybersix, Shadow Raiders, Captain N, Gargoyles, an adult swim representative (space ghost or ATHF), a Nicktoons representative (most likely Rocko or Doug), freakazoid, Invasion America

Also Dungeons and Dragons is a decent show for its time but I'm surprised to see it in so many people's top 10 list, it really isn't that good. Overdid my shilling but they have my thoughts on those shows.

You also assume that people have exposed themselves to the same shows as other people have, though. Or care to.

I don't even recognize the names of half the shows people are listing, so maybe they're just fine but I personally can't speak to that. To me they don't mean anything and I'm not presently inclined to watch them, so I can't rank 'em.

Not everybody even cares about the technical limitations or enhancements of a show, either. I know some people care a whole heck of a lot about production values, and while that's always nice and I appreciate a well-produced show it actually has nothing whatsoever to do with my own personal criteria.

A lot of us definitely did grow up in the 80s/90s, and I can't speak for everyone but since then I've seen a lot of "good" cartoons but it's extremely rare since then that they'll make a personal connection or a lasting impression on me.

Interesting that Turtles 2012 and didn’t top anyone’s list. Rise wasn’t even mentioned.

I like Todd, and Spawn might yet have his day in the Sun. He’s cool looking in MK11.

I was born in 95, and the majority of the shows on my list are shows I watched when I was much older. I have a vague recollection of stuff like Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, and X-Men from my childhood, but I didn't necessarily grow up with them. I omitted Spider-Man from my list despite being of the era, but I just don't think it holds up quite like some of the other shows and there really hasn't been a better and/or more complete Spider-Man cartoon since. I did on the other hand grow up with stuff like X-Men Evolution and The Batman, and while I like 'em fine, I wouldn't say they're better than their 90s counterparts. There might not be a whole ton of variety in my list, but it was definitely put together with complete objectivity. Well, as objective as ranking your favorites can be.

I think a thread like this is one of the few places where objectivity shouldn't really have anything to do with the conversation. I figured subjective opinions is what's implied from the jump.

I agree 100%. Unless you've seen like all cartoons ever and have some kind of criteria for what makes a show top 10 worthy, then it's all bias anyway. But in my case, I was more referring to the fact that my picks weren't influenced by the decade I grew up in.

1. Gargoyles
2. TMNT (2012)
3. Thunderbirds Are Go
4. Ducktales (2017)
5. TMNT (03)
6. The Animals of Farthing Wood
7. Kim Possible
8. X-Men (90s)
9. TMNT (80s)
10. Dungeons and Dragons


Honorable mentions -

Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers,
Mighty Ducks,
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest,
She Ra (2018 ),
Darkwing Duck,
Ducktales (80s),
X-Men Evolution,
Wolverine and the X-Men.
My Little Pony (80s)

I mostly went by, "On any random day, how likely would I be to watch, say, four or five episodes in a row of this?"

I flipped hard between TMNT '87 and Speed Racer several times, but nostalgia won out on that one. Like I said, Number 10 is definitely a rotational spot.

If objective quality was any factor in my reasoning whatsoever then MLP:FiM would be a lot higher than it is, frankly.

To me threads like this are interesting because I find out a lot about other people. I'm less interested in the number placement or anything like that. You can learn a lot about a person by this kind of thing. Generally speaking.

It's difficult to be objective, cartoons make the biggest impression when you're a kid and of course it's not meant to be a scientific study of cartoons either but a fun thread, I do mention my list had some guilty pleasures and nostalgia played a role. Still some lists are indeed a Cartoons of the 80s/90s 101, which are a little less interesting to read.

I haven't watched many cartoons in the 2010s either to say I have a real objective list but I tried, I let Mighty Max slip in because it deserves more credit. And the DCAU is mostly all great cartoons but there's more to the medium besides cape cartoons. Wasn't trying to be elitist :lol: Pap is the only one I know who actually watches animation of most eras enough to be objective for the most part but everyone has a bias.

I've posted my top 10s before, but f*ck it if I remember what it was, I flip flop constantly on them depending on my mood watching them or what episodes I stumble on.

I'll list a few of my favourites, but in no numerical order of preference

-Batman: The Animated Series (NBA is poopy and non-canon in my eyes)
-TMNT (80s)
-TMNT (00s)
-Avatar The Last Airbender
-Transformers G1
-Beast Wars
-New Adventures of He-Man
-Futurama
-Samurai Pizza Cats
-He-Man (80s)

forgot to mention exosquad, likely would take a place of one of my top 10s, easily one of the best shows from the 90s.

I get what you mean by BTAS being separate from TNBA, I love both, but BTAS is more "realistic" and year it takes place clashes with TNBA that clearly takes place in the modern era with more tech, and superpowers exist.

The sad fact is, looking at the sheer number of "good" cartoons from the 80's/90's, vs what has come out in the past decade or so (arguably since around 2008--ish) there's not much of a contest. More to choose from on various networks=more choices listed from that era. Now you're pretty much limited to whatever Nick, CN, or Boomarang happen to be airing. Or some of the Disney stuff, but most of that has been around a while, anyway. Spongebob is far and away the most often aired cartoon (my gods, it seems to ALWAYS be on on Nick somewhere) and there's not a whole lot of original or newer stuff out in the last 15 years. Its gotten stale.

That said, I graduated high school in the mid 90's, so even a lot of my list is stuff I watched AS AN ADULT! And I'll add to it, with the original run/series of Ben 10, Batman Beyond, X-Men Evolution, and Boondocks, to name a few I enjoyed, but just didn't make the cut. And my gods, how did I ever forget Animaniacs and Tiny Toons??!! Pinky and the Brain, Static Shock, and maybe DuckTales should be up there, too.

Not necessarily in this order.

1. TMNT 2003
2. Gargoyles
3. Spectacular Spider-Man
4. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
5. Ducktales 2017
6. Sonic Boom
7. Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
8. Batman: TAS
9. The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
10. TMNT 1987

Can’t think of any others tbh and there are even a few on this list that I have mixed feelings about (the last 3). I guess I’m not a big fan of cartoons (old and new) nowadays.

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Ya'll over here talkin' 'bout cartoons? You're gonna bring my EGO out.

You guys better be aware of somethin' REAL FAST. I am the cartoon king! I assume this thread is not just talking TV shows but ALSO actual cartoons, SO.

I love cartoons. So THE ABSOLUTE BEST TOP ANIMATED SHORT FILMS (cartoons) in the history of filmmaking ARE:

1) The Fleischer Superman Cartoons - 1941-1943
2) Batman: The Animated Series - 1992-1995
3) Spider-man: The Animated Series - 1994-1998
4) 4Kids TMNT - 2003 (it only lasted 4 seasons don't ya know)
5) Popeye The Sailor Man - various years but the 1940's were the best
6) The Simpsons - 1989 and it only ran about 8 seasons before it went bad.
7) X-men: The Animated Series - started in 1992 (Season 5 was Not the same but still decent)
8 ) Superman: The Animated Series - started in 1996. Not as good as Batman.
9) Spawn (HBO animation) - This must be watched in full to really get the full experience.
10) RoboCop - 1988 show, THE FIRST ACTUAL CARTOON PRODUCED BY MARVEL COMICS


** HONORABLE MENTIONS **

Thundercats - 80's
THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS (the first 2 seasons)
TMNT 87 (The first season and Red Sky)
TOXIC CRUSADERS
MEGAMAN
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES
CREEPY CRAWLERS
South Park
Celebrity Death Match
Beavis and Butthead
Daria
Tailspin
GARGOYLES
TINY TOON ADVENTURES
Animaniacs
Mighty Max

Going old school with Popeye, but I think Betty Boop was the better cartoon. Kinda of shock 80's MLP goes not get the respect it should get. For 80's animated, escape from Midnight castle was as smooth as butter. And should make any 80's cartoon list. Swat Cats was also other favorite of mime. Scooby Doo were are you was a hit in the 60's, and the Flintstones was the number 1 cartoon in the 50's or so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaQ7F58pK2g

The original Popeye stuff is golden. Really just awesome.

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I like your enthusiasm for writing it in all caps, but where did you even find this to watch it? I've only located a few episodes online. I remember liking it as a kid somehow doubt that it's gtrsy but it's pretty obscure since I can't find it anywhere to rewatch.

Here's a few countdowns that I came across from IGN: https://www.ign.com/lists/top-100-animated-series/100, TV Guide: https://www.tvguide.com/news/definit...-old-cartoons/, and IndieWire: https://www.indiewire.com/feature/be...tv-1202021835/.

I had to tap out after the first entry.

First picture was Josie and the Pussycats, and now I need some napkins and a cold shower. :lol:

I don't agree with the list 100 percent, but there were some good cartoons in the mix. Again G1 MLP does not get the respect it should get. I am shock 80's Inspector Gadget made the top 60. Not sure about the Simpsons being number 1 though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLxM-8drM2c

LoL. That god awful live action movie had me needing a cold shower for weeks. Those chicks, man. Whew!

I think we got ourselves a Brony up in here.

There's several that I'm aware of.

Also: Labels divide people. :trazz:

Go to conventions. I got BOOTLEGGED blu-rays of that show. The pilot ep. is amazing!