Most of my favorite cartoons are pretty much the ones not on air anymore. I'm just not interested in today's cartoons on CN and Nickelodeon.
-----The Favorites:
Rocko's Modern Life - I use South Park as the primary influence for my comic but Rocko's Modern Life is in reality my top favorite cartoon. All of the characters are lovable and the writing is witty and clever to both children and adults. It was like the Seinfeld of cartoons, focusing on single life and dog-eat-dog city humor.
South Park - Are second up. Out of ANY show I watched, South Park did the most evolving, and it's one of those very rare shows where the later seasons triumphs over the early ones. Coming from spastic, toilet humor and now it's making these satirical and no-apologies stances towards mainstream society.
Ed, Edd & Eddy - What's very interesting about this is that I was never into the neighborhood & kid type of shows like Doug or Hey Arnold! Ed, Edd & Eddy was different, and I guess that's because on its heavier emphasis on slapstick and the creative, unique atmosphere. There are no cameos either, every character shown in the show is a developed character.
Courage the Cowardly Dog - This show is so creative and twisted. Out-of-place farmhouse, quirky, out-of-touch-but-it-strangely-works type of characters, spoopy unusual things happen.
Samurai Jack - About a single Samurai's journey. The art style and action is all beautiful but what makes this stand out is its emphasis on solitaire. Sure, there are villagers and aides but in the end it's really about a no-BS single protagonist.
Futurama - I almost forgot this!
-----The Blahs and Nahs:
Aqua Teen Hungerforce - I do not understand the appeal of this show. I can't find this funny. Plus it bothers me a little to how discount it feels. I'm sure that's all in the aesthetic but I don't like it.
Archer - Another show I don't understand the appeal of. To me, it's chatty, slowly paced and boring.
Family Guy - This was okay the first couple of seasons as like a Simpsons knock-off sort of way, but things I don't like in my comedys is when one acts unnecessarily vulgar and Family Guy likes doing that.
Drawn Together - An even worse offender of the whole "unnecessarily vulgar" is this show. All it really is is toilet humor, tired attacks on stereotypes and unpleasant comedy.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - This show is on here because I have yet to understand the brony's existence. I tried this a couple of times expecting like the next Rocko's Modern Life and it just seems like a show meant for young girls.
-----Other Shows I Feel the Need to Comment On:
The Simpsons - There was truly heart into this show in the past but I feel the spirit is long dead. Today's Simpsons feature even the main characters become one-dimensional caricatures of themselves, and at worst defy their own character development. Celebrity appearances and cheap plot teasers like hinting a death in the show, turning out to be a deep, tertiary character like Krusty's father are what pretty much drive what little ratings this show has.
Moonbeam City - When I saw the pilot when it came after South Park, I was like, yeah okay, it has something, so I kept following and I kept getting more interested in it. Firstly, I am a sucker of the 80s image and culture. I also love the over-the-top cops and robbers action the show provides along with the mild absurdity and left-field humor. Then... It changed its slot to a much much later time, like 1:00am. Probably sighting that ratings were bad, until I watched it to really find out why: It got overly sexual and unnecessarily vulgar. I was put off since then and I'm just guessing Moonbeam City was getting desperate at this point. I expect it to end after its first season after obscuring itself like that.
