Top 35 Most Nostalgic TV Cartoons Of My Childhood - RYM/Sonemic (2023)

I really don't know where to start, Pokemon was my favorite and most watched show of my childhood. I saw every episode of the first season and collected the cards, as well as saw a few of the movies. Pokemon was an anime created in 1997 by Takeshi Shudo, which was based off the video game series of the same name, which I never played. Pokemon is essentially a show about a boy named Ash, who wanted to be a the worlds greatest Pokemon trainer, and he embarks on a journey to capture all the Pokemon and win Pokemon tournaments. On his journey, he meets two friends, Ash and Misty, who follow him on his journey. On his quest, Ash defeats different Pokemon trainers and captures lots of Pokemon. Call me crazy but I can name all 150 original Pokemon, I used to have a book on all the Pokemon. As a kid the Pokemon were the most awesome things. They were essentially monsters that could be contained in balls, called Pokeballs. These monsters battled each other on the trainers command sort of as a sport. Ash's first Pokemon, Pikachu, is essentially an electric mouse, who refuses to go into a Pokeball. I always thought it was funny how all the Pokemon could say is their own name. Each episode also brought conflict. Team Rocket, consisting of Jesse, a red haired woman who was sort of the brains and James who was sort of her dim witted partner, and their talking Pokemon cat, Meowth, are on a mission to steal Ash's Pikachu for their boss. They always entered with their famous motif, prepare for trouble and make that double, which became a classic after the first few episodes. Team Rocket would always try to disguise themselves and create different devices to steal him. The show had so many episodes as well, the first season alone had 82 episodes (two which were banned in the US). It was such an interesting show and pulled you into the adventure, all the towns were interesting, and the shows exaggerated and awesome animations. Not to mention the awesome Pokemon. I even remember the different songs that would come on at the end of the episodes. I remember almost every episode in the first season, thats how much I watched the show. Who can forget Brock's obsession with the officer Jenny's and nurse Joy's, Charizard's laziness and unwillingness to fight for Ash, or Jiggly Puff singing everyone to sleep then drawing on their faces with marker. Its moments like this that make Pokemon unforgettable as a kid. If I could chose to go into the world of any of my favorite kids shows, it would definitely be Pokemon.

If you were like me and grew up in the late 90s/early 2000s, you will remember Pokemon with fond memories. I started watching when I was maybe 7 or 8 in 1st grade. Pokemon was just an awesome show, I collected the cards and was obsessed with everything Pokemon, I even saw the first movie when it premiered in theaters. I stopped watching Pokemon around the time Brock left, mainly because cartoon network didn't air the newer episodes and kept repeating the first season. Although I'm kind of glad, the show just got to be too much, many new Pokemon were added and characters. The original plotline was the best and the show still airs today on its 16th season. Although the original writer died in 2010, which is a loss for all Pokemon fans. I will never forget this show, it was one of my favorites, and one of the few shows I could watch over and over and never grow bored of. plus the theme song was awesome, and unforgettable.

If you were like me and grew up in the late 90s/early 2000s, you will remember Pokemon with fond memories. I started watching when I was maybe 7 or 8 in 1st grade. Pokemon was just an awesome show, I collected the cards and was obsessed with everything Pokemon, I even saw the first movie when it premiered in theaters. I stopped watching Pokemon around the time Brock left, mainly because cartoon network didn't air the newer episodes and kept repeating the first season. Although I'm kind of glad, the show just got to be too much, many new Pokemon were added and characters. The original plotline was the best and the show still airs today on its 16th season. Although the original writer died in 2010, which is a loss for all Pokemon fans. I will never forget this show, it was one of my favorites, and one of the few shows I could watch over and over and never grow bored of. plus the theme song was awesome, and unforgettable.

During the early 2000s, most cartoons were generally very happy and heart warming. Shows like Fairly Odd Parents, Totally Spies, and My Life as a Teenage Robot, rarely left you uneasy and you never doubted how the episodes would end, however Courage the Cowardly Dog was a show about scary monsters that look like could be straight out of some Steven King book or an old horror movie, wasn't really the most kid friendly show, yet it had to be one of, if not my all time favorite cartoon of the 2000s. Courage was created in 1999 by John Dilworth, who makes tons of references to his name on various products in Courage. The show revolves around a walking pink dog, that lives in a small wooden shack in the middle of nowhere surrounded by practically dirt, who lives with his two owners, a kind, heavy set old lady named Muriel, and her grumpy old husband, who always wears his hat and glasses and hates Courage's guts, and always picks on Courage. Every episode, some bizarre monster, whether it be a chicken from outer space, a giant bug in a suit, a red talking cat, or just a crazy barber, would come and either try to capture, or disturb Courage's owners, sometimes without them knowing, and Courage would always save his owners from the monster.

Of course not all monsters were evil. The show had a great plotline. It had some really creepy monsters and was very different than other shows going on at the time. Of course one thing that also made Courage was the humor thrown in. Lots of comedy and jokes are thrown into episodes, and the way Courage tries to communicate. A lot of the monsters actually trick Courage's owners and then try to get what they want. One thing that stood out was the artwork and animation style. The way courage was drawn and animated was very cool and surreal and almost reminded me of an old Dali painting, it was very creepy and well done. And the music was equally as haunting. Courage was probably the only show that can be both funny and creepy at the same time. I watched this show all the time as a kid, and even taped a few of my favorite episodes. I'll still watch clips on youtube ocasionally, its just a hard show to break away from, I've seen every episode in all 4 seasons and memorized most of them by heart. It is probably the show that brings back the most nostalgia for me in the early 2000s.

Of course not all monsters were evil. The show had a great plotline. It had some really creepy monsters and was very different than other shows going on at the time. Of course one thing that also made Courage was the humor thrown in. Lots of comedy and jokes are thrown into episodes, and the way Courage tries to communicate. A lot of the monsters actually trick Courage's owners and then try to get what they want. One thing that stood out was the artwork and animation style. The way courage was drawn and animated was very cool and surreal and almost reminded me of an old Dali painting, it was very creepy and well done. And the music was equally as haunting. Courage was probably the only show that can be both funny and creepy at the same time. I watched this show all the time as a kid, and even taped a few of my favorite episodes. I'll still watch clips on youtube ocasionally, its just a hard show to break away from, I've seen every episode in all 4 seasons and memorized most of them by heart. It is probably the show that brings back the most nostalgia for me in the early 2000s.

Arthur is a show created by children's book author, Marc Brown, who created the illustrated book series in the mid 70s . In 1995, Brown decided to transfer his popular book series to a children's cartoon. Arthur is one of the first cartoon I remember watching, going as far back to kindergarten and 1st grade. Arthur was really the most simple and predictable show, about an Aardvark family living in a town with other animals that resembled humans. Arthur and his friends from school would hang out and do things most 10 year olds would, riding his bike, working on homework, or simply coming up with imaginary scenarios in his head. As an adult, you can see the simplicity of this show and straight forwardness, but as a kid, you never knew what Arthur was going to do next. Whether he would go camping or on a field trip, or simply just hang out with his friends, not to mention Arthur was an easy relateable character, living in a middle class family suburb, getting good grades, having a pretty normal life, having an average amount of friends. Not to mention the show did have pretty mature and serious conflicts, like Arthur getting cut and infected by a can in a junkyard, Francine learning to accept her dad's job as a garbage man, Arthur's rich friend Muffy, learning to live with her poor friend Francine while her house is under construction, and Arthur learning to deal with bullies. The show always had morals at the heart of the episodes and as a kid it really stood out. Arthur taught kids to accept themselves for who they are, that prejudice is never a good things, that manners are important, that its okay to make mistakes, and most importantly sometimes, kids just need to get out and have fun and enjoy life for what its worth. Part of the reason I liked Arthur was because it was such a happy show, at the end of each episode, everyone was happy and resolved their conflicts. Plus Arthur had a pretty good imagination and it was fun seeing what he would think about. The show also threw in humor to make it even more enjoyable. If you grew up in the 90s, you will remember Arthur, although after the first 3 seasons I sort of stopped watching Arthur because I felt I had outgrown it and it wasn't on the main cartoon channels I watched after I moved. It was still a classic show and one of the cartoons that defined the 90s, and definitely is a positive show for kids to watch.

Arthur is still running today on its 16th season in production, which makes it the 2nd longest running animated series behind the Simpsons. Voice actors have changed a lot though and I haven't seen much after the 3rd season. Apparently the show has expanded the issues it covers recently dealing with health related issues like cancer, alzheimers, asperger's, and dyslexia. I will never forget Arthur and its legendary opening reggae song with Arthur walking down the sidewalk.

Arthur is still running today on its 16th season in production, which makes it the 2nd longest running animated series behind the Simpsons. Voice actors have changed a lot though and I haven't seen much after the 3rd season. Apparently the show has expanded the issues it covers recently dealing with health related issues like cancer, alzheimers, asperger's, and dyslexia. I will never forget Arthur and its legendary opening reggae song with Arthur walking down the sidewalk.

Like I put it, you'd literally have to be living under a rock not to know what SpongeBob is, ironic since SpongeBob's best friend Patrick lives under a rock. Spongebob is one of those shows youve inevitably seen if you have a TV regardless of your age, location, or interests. Spongebob premiered in 1999 and was created by Stephen Hillenburg. The show focuses on the life of a sponge who lives in a pineapple in the middle of the ocean, along with his 2 neighbors, I dimwitted starfish who lives under a rock named Patrick, and an irritable, artistic squid named Squidward, whos house resembles a tiki head statue. SpongeBob goes to work at the Krusty Krab, where he serves burgers called Krabby Patties to his customers, along with Squidward who works as a cashier. Their boss, Mr. Krabs is a greedy, cheap, laid back crab who does whatever it takes to make and save money. Finally, there's Sandy, a squirrel from Texas who lives in a glass dome whos basically a tom boy and is constantly looking to do something. Together these characters made a classic show, watching SpongeBob and Patrick annoy Squidward, SpongeBob going on his little adventures, Mr. Krabs finding extra ways to pinch his pennies, Plankton trying to steal the Krabby Patty formula.

SpongeBob was a very memorable show for its time, with lots of humor thrown in, that even for adults is enjoyable. Not to mention the simplicity and uniqueness of the show. Theres never been a cartoon like this before, and there may never again be. SpongeBob was practically my childhood, it came on Nickoledeon almost everyday, and reruns were constantly on. I probably watched more SpongeBob than any other show. I practically memorized every single episode in the first 3 seasons. You never knew what SpongeBob was going to do next, whether that was go jelly fishing, challenge king neptune to a fry cook contest, or save his friends from a giant gorilla. Lets not deny, we all remember watching the lost episode and BC specials live when they first came on. SpongeBob is a cartoon that helped define my generation. After the first 3 seasons, I didn't watch as much, aside from a little of seasons 4, I was already in 7th grade and watching other cartoons, plus SpongeBob sort of lost the charm it had in its first few seasons. SpongeBob is still on today currently on its 9th seasons with a planned 10th season. I haven't watched an episode in a while, but I should probably rewatch for nostalgia purposes. I think I also have the theme song permanently stuck in my head.

SpongeBob was a very memorable show for its time, with lots of humor thrown in, that even for adults is enjoyable. Not to mention the simplicity and uniqueness of the show. Theres never been a cartoon like this before, and there may never again be. SpongeBob was practically my childhood, it came on Nickoledeon almost everyday, and reruns were constantly on. I probably watched more SpongeBob than any other show. I practically memorized every single episode in the first 3 seasons. You never knew what SpongeBob was going to do next, whether that was go jelly fishing, challenge king neptune to a fry cook contest, or save his friends from a giant gorilla. Lets not deny, we all remember watching the lost episode and BC specials live when they first came on. SpongeBob is a cartoon that helped define my generation. After the first 3 seasons, I didn't watch as much, aside from a little of seasons 4, I was already in 7th grade and watching other cartoons, plus SpongeBob sort of lost the charm it had in its first few seasons. SpongeBob is still on today currently on its 9th seasons with a planned 10th season. I haven't watched an episode in a while, but I should probably rewatch for nostalgia purposes. I think I also have the theme song permanently stuck in my head.

Teen Titans is one of the newer cartoons to make the list, and is by far my favorite super hero cartoon. I remember when the show first premiered back in 2003, although I didn't start watching it until I was in about 6th grade. Teen Titans was created by Glen Murakami and was inspired by the comic book series The New Teen Titans of the early 80s. It focused on 5 teenagers with different superpowers, who hung out in a tower in the middle of a lake shaped like a giant letter T, one of them being a young Robin. I remember watching this show all the time when it came on, I watched all the episode up to season 4. I remembered episodes from beginning to end, and grew attached to all the characters. Of course, the villains are what made the show for me, you have awesome 60s style British Mad Mod, who has an entire episode that pays tributes to 60s culture like the Beatles, Monty Python, and transforms the city into a 60s looking England, you have Mumbo Jumbo, a crazy magician who can pretty much use his magic to manipulate reality, as well as has a great sense of humor, then you have your serious villains like Slade, who uses manipulation and mind games to get what he wants and is a master of hand to hand combat, as well as Red X, who is sort of a renegade and in it for himself. The show was very original, despite only focusing on generally one villain per episode, and each character and villain was unique and had a unique personality, which made the show very interesting. There was a lot of character development in this show.

Of course who can forget the Titans, green skinned, vegetarian Beast Boy, who can turn into any animal, extinct and all, Starfire, a pretty red-headed alien girl who can fly and shoot bolts from her hands who is very naive and has limited knowledge on human culture, Cyborg who is half robot and can transform his arm into a cannon, as well as having brute strength, Raven, who is very reserved and mysterious, who uses dark energy and telekinesis to move levitate and throw objects, and of course Robin, the leader who uses gadgets and is fast. They are all pretty sarcastic and add lots of humor to the lighthearted show, which is probably why I fell in love with it. I was even sort of embarrassed of watching the show since I was in 7th grade watching new episodes, and I felt I was getting to old for those types of cartoons, but now I am not afraid to admit I watched this show. Teen Titans had some of the best voice actors as well, and the music was highly memorable and always stuck in my head. I sort of stopped watching midway through season 4, and I have no idea why, but it might be because I stopped watching cartoons in general around that time, and started playing more videogames instead. Teen Titans dominated my entire 6th and 7th grade, and that was the cartoon I watched the most, as well as obsessed over the most. I still occasionally watch my favorite episodes on youtube, and the show is just as good as a remember. One day I need to remember to get around to finishing the 4th season and watching the final season.

Of course who can forget the Titans, green skinned, vegetarian Beast Boy, who can turn into any animal, extinct and all, Starfire, a pretty red-headed alien girl who can fly and shoot bolts from her hands who is very naive and has limited knowledge on human culture, Cyborg who is half robot and can transform his arm into a cannon, as well as having brute strength, Raven, who is very reserved and mysterious, who uses dark energy and telekinesis to move levitate and throw objects, and of course Robin, the leader who uses gadgets and is fast. They are all pretty sarcastic and add lots of humor to the lighthearted show, which is probably why I fell in love with it. I was even sort of embarrassed of watching the show since I was in 7th grade watching new episodes, and I felt I was getting to old for those types of cartoons, but now I am not afraid to admit I watched this show. Teen Titans had some of the best voice actors as well, and the music was highly memorable and always stuck in my head. I sort of stopped watching midway through season 4, and I have no idea why, but it might be because I stopped watching cartoons in general around that time, and started playing more videogames instead. Teen Titans dominated my entire 6th and 7th grade, and that was the cartoon I watched the most, as well as obsessed over the most. I still occasionally watch my favorite episodes on youtube, and the show is just as good as a remember. One day I need to remember to get around to finishing the 4th season and watching the final season.

Johnny Bravo was part of the classic cartoon network lineup in the late 90s, although I didn't start watching it until around 2001. Despite being marketed to kids and being on a children's network, Johnny Bravo was pretty mature and even had a few adult themes. I rewatched a Johnny Bravo a few years back and caught a few suggestive jokes that I would never have understood as an innocent child in 4th grade. Not to mention, Johnny Bravo probably caused a stir amongst feminists who thought the show was corrupting the youth and degrading women. Well this may be partially true, this is what made Johnny Bravo enjoyable. The show was created in 1997 and was the brain child of Van Partible, as well as having a young Seth MacFarlene as one of the writers, who later went on to success with Family Guy.

The show centers around a self-centered, muscular, blonde-haired womanizer, who resembles and sounds like Elvis, and never takes his sunglasses off. His number one goal in life is to pick up hot women he meets in public and if he gets lucky, get a number or find a date, although he really only succeeds only a handful of times, and when he does succeed, things don't turn on the way he planned. Most of the show consisted of Johnny going about normal activities like going to karate lessons, going shopping, or just relaxing around his house, yet when he saw an attractive young lady while he was going about his daily activities, he would work the Bravo charm on her, flexing his muscles in front of her, and using hilarious, yet very womanizing pick up lines such as "Hey baby, how about me and you stare at each other and admire each others prettiness". Usually he then ends up getting punched in the face or insulted, or most likely both. Yet this doesn't stop him from hitting on more women. He even goes on a few crazy adventures like to a remote island inhabited by sexy tribal women that want to sacrifice him to their God and Johnny teaming up with Adam West to find his mom, who didn't arrive home from the grocery store 2 minutes after she said she's be back. Johnny had so much great humor, which makes it almost more enjoyable as an adult, but as a kid its a pretty fun show as well.

It never gets old seeing Johnny act stupid and get rejected. Not to mention, it is interesting and Johnny hitting on women is only a small part of the show. Other plots involve Johnny trying to get rid of his pesky neighbor girl Suzy, hanging out with his friend Pops at a local diner, and trying to learn karate. It really was the only cartoon of its time that could get away with the content and mature humor it had. Johnny Bravo was cool and was so immature and dumb that you wanted to see what he would do and say next. Unfortunately Johnny had a short run and only made it to 4 seasons before having its plug pulled. It still occasionally reruns on cartoon network. Bravo was definitely one of my favorite cartoon characters and one of the few that are still highly enjoyable to watch today.

The show centers around a self-centered, muscular, blonde-haired womanizer, who resembles and sounds like Elvis, and never takes his sunglasses off. His number one goal in life is to pick up hot women he meets in public and if he gets lucky, get a number or find a date, although he really only succeeds only a handful of times, and when he does succeed, things don't turn on the way he planned. Most of the show consisted of Johnny going about normal activities like going to karate lessons, going shopping, or just relaxing around his house, yet when he saw an attractive young lady while he was going about his daily activities, he would work the Bravo charm on her, flexing his muscles in front of her, and using hilarious, yet very womanizing pick up lines such as "Hey baby, how about me and you stare at each other and admire each others prettiness". Usually he then ends up getting punched in the face or insulted, or most likely both. Yet this doesn't stop him from hitting on more women. He even goes on a few crazy adventures like to a remote island inhabited by sexy tribal women that want to sacrifice him to their God and Johnny teaming up with Adam West to find his mom, who didn't arrive home from the grocery store 2 minutes after she said she's be back. Johnny had so much great humor, which makes it almost more enjoyable as an adult, but as a kid its a pretty fun show as well.

It never gets old seeing Johnny act stupid and get rejected. Not to mention, it is interesting and Johnny hitting on women is only a small part of the show. Other plots involve Johnny trying to get rid of his pesky neighbor girl Suzy, hanging out with his friend Pops at a local diner, and trying to learn karate. It really was the only cartoon of its time that could get away with the content and mature humor it had. Johnny Bravo was cool and was so immature and dumb that you wanted to see what he would do and say next. Unfortunately Johnny had a short run and only made it to 4 seasons before having its plug pulled. It still occasionally reruns on cartoon network. Bravo was definitely one of my favorite cartoon characters and one of the few that are still highly enjoyable to watch today.

Animaniacs is a show so strongly associated with Warner Brothers and the 90s, as well as having Stephen Spielberg as executive producer. Created in 1993 by Tom Ruegger, who also created Pinky and the Brain and Freakazoid!, which both were created under the same studio and much of the same producers. The show Animaniacs followed 3 animals that looked like what you'd get if you crossed a dog with a cat, who were locked away during the 1930s, and then were released in the 90s. They caused lots of trouble and would always annoy the people around town. The show relied heavily on sarcasm and used lots of humor. The show was one of the most cleverly crafted shows of its day, and I remember rewatching a few older episodes and finding it very intelligent, yet simple at the same time. As a kid though, I didn't understand much of the references, but still found the show funny. The show had many cultural references like Pinky and the Brain, and this made the show very enjoyable. It was practically a more clever and interesting Looney Toons, or at least for me it was. I used to watch it almost every afternoon when I was 5 or 6 years old. After I moved, I didn't really watch it anymore because it didn't come on the channels I got, although I did see the movie where they all raced so Dot could get her surgery. I rewatched a few episodes on youtube a few years back and still found it enjoyable. Its definitely one reason I am proud to have been a child of the late 90s. After 99 episodes and 5 seasons, the show ended in 1998. And who can't forget the goofy theme song It's Time for Animaniacs.

Ed, Edd n Eddy was another classic cartoon network show of the early 2000s. The show started in 1999 by creator Danny Antonucci. The show revolved around 3 neighborhood boys who were around the same age and had the same name, only different spellings of their nicknames, along with their neighborhood friends. The 3 Edward's personalities contrasted each other perfectly. Ed was the dumb, clueless one, Edd aka double dd, was the smart, rational one, who was mostly serious, and Eddy was the outgoing con man, who always tried to scam the other kids for their money. The show completely revolved around the kids, no parents were every shown, it was sort of like a modern Charlie Brown. That sort of gave the show its charm, as well as seeing Eddy get into awkward situations and the exaggerated nature of the show. It had a lot of sarcasm and humor behind it. I've seen comparisons between the three Eds and the three stooges. Its just an awesome show that I used to watch a lot on cartoon network and probably seen every single episode of. It never got old seeing Eddy try to con the other kids and get his jaw breakers, or seeing the other kids get into strange situations. After 6 seasons, the show ended in 2009. The show took almost 2 years to finish a single season, meaning a lot of attention and development went into all the episodes. I didn't really see much of the last 2 seasons, but the first 4 were basically my childhood. The show was the perfect example of suburban life, and I also live in a cul-de-sac. Ed, Edd, 'n', Eddy also had an awesome whistling rock n roll theme song, that I still can remember.

Like Looney Tunes and Disney, everyone who grew up after the 60s has seen Scooby-Doo some time in their lives. Scooby is one of the biggest and most successful cartoon of all time created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna and Barbera. Scooby premiered in 1969, the same year as woodstock. Scooby has a lot of 60s influences including the mystery machine (which looks like a hippie van), the character Shaggy resembling a hippie and using words like man and groovy frequently, and the Beatles influenced music played during the chase scenes. Lets face it, Scooby was the best detective cartoon of all time, take that inspector gadget. I also love the 60s sounding theme song.

Essentially four teenagers (who look more like they are in their mid 20s) along with Shaggy's talking pet dog Scooby, investigate various crimes that occur around town, and the twist is always that the crimes were committed by some sort of monster, ghost, spirit, beast, pretty much any super natural creature. To be honest, Scooby was one of the most repetitive shows thats formula basically follows this pattern. The gang are driving the mystery fan in what appears to be a normal day, suddenly they hear word word that a crime has just occurred, they investigate the crime only to be chased and scared off by some sort of monster, they investigate further and find out more about the crime, the monster gives one final fight and ends up getting captured by the gang, they unmask the monster and then explain the motives behind why he committed the crime, and then he says And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you Meddling kids. This is pretty much every episode, yet it was still interesting because each episode had a new monster, and each episode was set in a different location from museums, to the streets of London, to an island, to a creepy mansion.

Not to mention you sort of grew attached to the characters, Fred and his suave and sophisticated nature, Velma and her nerdy ways, Shaggy and his laid back and easily frightened nature, Scooby and his love for scooby snacks, and Daphne was sort of the damsel in distress. Lets also not forget the Beatles inspired chase music that was pretty good for TV show music. Scooby later changed when it aired in the 70s, they removed the chase music and sort of strayed away from the repetitive formula, focusing on more character development.

Over the years Scoobys had a ton of spin off titles, shows, and movies like a Pup Named Scooby Do, the theatrical films, and Scrappy Doo. Apparently, Scooby has been reincarnated nine different times. The ones that hold the most nostalgia for me are by far the original first two seasons and the late 70s episodes. I used to love the show so much that my parents had to tape the first two seasons on VHS, this was the mid 90s before DVD. Scooby is just unforgettable, even though you know the gang will always catch the monster and the monster will always end up being a regular person behind the mask. Plus Scooby had some of the most memorable music.

Essentially four teenagers (who look more like they are in their mid 20s) along with Shaggy's talking pet dog Scooby, investigate various crimes that occur around town, and the twist is always that the crimes were committed by some sort of monster, ghost, spirit, beast, pretty much any super natural creature. To be honest, Scooby was one of the most repetitive shows thats formula basically follows this pattern. The gang are driving the mystery fan in what appears to be a normal day, suddenly they hear word word that a crime has just occurred, they investigate the crime only to be chased and scared off by some sort of monster, they investigate further and find out more about the crime, the monster gives one final fight and ends up getting captured by the gang, they unmask the monster and then explain the motives behind why he committed the crime, and then he says And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you Meddling kids. This is pretty much every episode, yet it was still interesting because each episode had a new monster, and each episode was set in a different location from museums, to the streets of London, to an island, to a creepy mansion.

Not to mention you sort of grew attached to the characters, Fred and his suave and sophisticated nature, Velma and her nerdy ways, Shaggy and his laid back and easily frightened nature, Scooby and his love for scooby snacks, and Daphne was sort of the damsel in distress. Lets also not forget the Beatles inspired chase music that was pretty good for TV show music. Scooby later changed when it aired in the 70s, they removed the chase music and sort of strayed away from the repetitive formula, focusing on more character development.

Over the years Scoobys had a ton of spin off titles, shows, and movies like a Pup Named Scooby Do, the theatrical films, and Scrappy Doo. Apparently, Scooby has been reincarnated nine different times. The ones that hold the most nostalgia for me are by far the original first two seasons and the late 70s episodes. I used to love the show so much that my parents had to tape the first two seasons on VHS, this was the mid 90s before DVD. Scooby is just unforgettable, even though you know the gang will always catch the monster and the monster will always end up being a regular person behind the mask. Plus Scooby had some of the most memorable music.

Pinky and the Brain was really a show meant for older kids, a lot of the humor and references went way over my head as a 6/7 year old boy, but that didn't stop me from enjoying this quirky show. Pinky and The Brain is often associated with Animaniacs, since it was created by the same studio and often ran after an episode of Animaniacs. Created by Tom Ruegger in 1995, Pinky and the Brain only lasted 4 seasons and barely made it past 3 years, yet was a cartoon the defined my childhood. I don't remember the show to well, but I do remember the overall goal of Brain wanting to take over the world along with his dumb companion, Pinky. Every night, two lab mice, a talk, skinny, laid back mouse named Pinky, and a fat headed, sarcastic, smart, evil genius type mouse named The Brain, who had a voice that shockingly resembled Orson Welles. Together, they would go out around the world finding different ways to take over the world, whether that be raise an army of sea lions, become a sumo wrestler, or create subliminal messages through hippies. And there were a lot of references to pop culture. There is an entire episode that makes fun of the Beatles and parodies how they broke up, things that I would never really understand as a kid, yet seeing Pinky and the Brain always fail never got old. You wanted to see what would happen if Brain succeeded and you almost wanted Pinky to be competent so Brain could achieve this. Its one of the oldest shows I remember watching as well. Its a shame the show didn't last long, it was certainly a classic and it had an excellent sense of humor. I also love Pinky and the Brains theme song, one of my favorite of all time.

Dexter's Lab was a part of the classic cartoon network lineup, and every afternoon, cartoon network would air reruns of this show. Technically, the show was already through its original run when I started watching it in the early 2000s, so I was basically watching reruns. Dexter's Lab was created in 1995 by Genndy Tartakovsky. If you were a child of the 90s or early 2000s, you will definitely remember growing up with this show. It was on all time on Cartoon Network in the early 2000s. The show revolved around a boy genius who sort of had an accent and his hidden lab behind the bookcase of his room that only his older sister, Dee Dee knew about. Dexter would always do experiments in his lab only to have his sister annoy him and ruin his experiments. Of course, his parent's were oblivious to all this and went about there normal routines. This show used lots of humor and almost relied solely on it. Dexter got into a lot of weird situations, such as permanently trapping himself inside a bubble, growing a beard so he could star in a black action show, or a fake mom robot to do his chores. Usually it ends up in chaos such a destroying the house, causing him to get hurt, or even permanently locking him out of his lab. The show was short and the point, usually running two episodes in a 30 minute run. Some episodes would break off into separate segments known as Dial M for Monkey and Justice Friends which were technically part of the show, but were separate from Dexter's Lab and didn't feature any of the Dexter characters.

Dial M for Monkey was basically a Monkey with super powers who traveled the universe fighting crime. Justice Friends was about 3 friends, Major Glory (A Captain American Spin off), Valhallen (A Thor spin off), and Krunk (A Hulk spin off), who would fight crime. Although they were usually pretty short and relied heavily on sarcasm and humor. Dexters Lab was such a popular show that it revived the series in 2001 but ended in 2003. I've probably seen every episode of Dexter's Lab including the revived episodes. It brings me back to when I was in 3rd or 4th grade, although after 5th grade, I didn't really watch the show anymore, mainly because I was getting older and watching more mature cartoons. It was still one of my favorites of my childhood and brings back tons of memories.

Dial M for Monkey was basically a Monkey with super powers who traveled the universe fighting crime. Justice Friends was about 3 friends, Major Glory (A Captain American Spin off), Valhallen (A Thor spin off), and Krunk (A Hulk spin off), who would fight crime. Although they were usually pretty short and relied heavily on sarcasm and humor. Dexters Lab was such a popular show that it revived the series in 2001 but ended in 2003. I've probably seen every episode of Dexter's Lab including the revived episodes. It brings me back to when I was in 3rd or 4th grade, although after 5th grade, I didn't really watch the show anymore, mainly because I was getting older and watching more mature cartoons. It was still one of my favorites of my childhood and brings back tons of memories.

Everyone's heard of Tom and Jerry, the only popular show where a mouse constantly outsmarts and beats the living hell out of a cat 10 times its size. Tom and Jerry was created in the 1940s by the legendary Hanna and Barbera duo, who were also responsible for classics like the Jetsons, the Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, and Yogi Bear. Although it wasn't until over 20 years later that Tom and Jerry became an actual television show. Before the mid 60s, Tom and Jerry was released as a series of Theatrical Shorts, which ran no longer than 10 minutes a piece, that people paid to see in theaters. Sort of like the old Super Man and Mickey Mouse theatrical shorts. However, the Tom and Jerry most of us are familiar with were the original TV run episodes which were first aired in 1965 and directed by creative genius Chuck Jones. Lets face it, the Chuck Jones era Tom and Jerry episodes were the best. You never got tired of seeing Tom come up with his devious plans and have them backfire on him in the most hilarious ways, and watch as he retreats and comes up with another ridiculous plan. Its sort of like a more sophisticated a modern version of Sylvester and Tweety from Looney Tunes.

Everyone who grew up between the 60s and today know the song Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby because of Tom and Jerry. I remember the show coming on cartoon network pretty frequently on weekday afternoons. And lets face it, you almost felt bad for Tom always failing and having his plans backfire, in a way you wanted him to get his way whether that be successfully find a date with a girl cat, eat his food uninterrupted, or simply keep the house clean for its owners without having some dick ruin it for him. Jerry was a bit of a douche, although he was simply getting a few laughs and was one of the first known trolls. Tom and Jerry had the simplest plots, yet always kept you interested because they were so lighthearted and sarcastic in nature, and you wanted to see what new plan Tom had in store, and how Jerry was going to foil it. Tom and Jerry continued to air into the 70s, 80s, 90s, and even 2000s, although each decade the show ran under another name, and under different studios. Although the original 60s episodes are really the most nostalgic for me, I remember a few 70s and 80s episodes, although really never saw too many of the 90s or 2000s episodes.

Tom Jerry is still making animated movies today, although Barbera, Hanna, and Jones have been long dead, they've been written by younger guys. Tom and Jerry still runs reruns on cartoon network and more kids are still getting exposed to this awesome show.

Everyone who grew up between the 60s and today know the song Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby because of Tom and Jerry. I remember the show coming on cartoon network pretty frequently on weekday afternoons. And lets face it, you almost felt bad for Tom always failing and having his plans backfire, in a way you wanted him to get his way whether that be successfully find a date with a girl cat, eat his food uninterrupted, or simply keep the house clean for its owners without having some dick ruin it for him. Jerry was a bit of a douche, although he was simply getting a few laughs and was one of the first known trolls. Tom and Jerry had the simplest plots, yet always kept you interested because they were so lighthearted and sarcastic in nature, and you wanted to see what new plan Tom had in store, and how Jerry was going to foil it. Tom and Jerry continued to air into the 70s, 80s, 90s, and even 2000s, although each decade the show ran under another name, and under different studios. Although the original 60s episodes are really the most nostalgic for me, I remember a few 70s and 80s episodes, although really never saw too many of the 90s or 2000s episodes.

Tom Jerry is still making animated movies today, although Barbera, Hanna, and Jones have been long dead, they've been written by younger guys. Tom and Jerry still runs reruns on cartoon network and more kids are still getting exposed to this awesome show.

Oh Yu-Gi-Oh! it brings back so many memories of my 5th, 6th, and even 7th grade times. Yu-Gi-Oh! was originally a manga Japanese comic, which was created in 1997, which became a Japanese TV series in 1998, then became a card game in 1999, and then finally had another TV series in 2000. The series we are all familiar with is the 2000 premiere. It was created by Kazuki Takahashi and brought over to the US, much like Pokemon was. I think I started collecting the cards before I watched the show. My brother got a card set for his birthday, and I thought it was the coolest thing since Pokemon, what can I say, I was young and stupid in my preteen years, so I decided to start collecting the cards. We had a local card and comic shop my dad would take us to where we would by packs. I had to have had a few thousand cards by the time I ended collecting them. Not long after the card series, I found out there was a cartoon that aired on cartoon network. I watched it almost every night, and saw the entire first season and a little of the second. The show basically was a teenager named Yugi and he found an ancient artifact that split his personality into two, one was the normal, nice and innocent Yugi and the other was the bold and fearless Yu-Gi-Oh who only came forth for duels. The show revolved around a card game, where two characters would battle monsters against each other on a virtual board. It was a game with rules and there could only be one winner. Yugi has a duel with the cards creator, Pegasus, and Yugi loses, allowing Pegasus to claim Yugi's grandpa's soul. To win it back, Yugi must enter the duelist kingdom on an island, where duelists from around the world go. The duelists start off with a set number of star chips and upon losing a duel, they are forced to give up star chips to the winner. Once 10 star chips are acquired, the duelist can proceed to Pegasus' palace, where the winner has a chance to duel Pegasus to win a large sum of money. Together, Yugi and his friends go to this island as Yugi embarks on the journey to save his grandpa's soul. It was a pretty interesting show, and brings back a ton of memories. It combined humor and suspense, and the battles were pretty interesting, despite them being virtual. For a time, I liked Yu-Gi-Oh more than Pokemon and was obsessed with it. After 2 or 3 years, I quickly grew ashamed of it, i was getting older and felt it was lame, so I stopped watching the show and gave all my cards away. Now I am sort of indifferent towards it, but recognize the nostalgia it brings back. And it did have some pretty cool monsters and action scenes, and was a pretty dark show for kids as well.

Digimon was sort of a Pokemon spinoff, and had many similar elements. The show even reminded me a bit of a more serious Pokemon. I remember watching this show a lot when I was in 1st and 2nd grade, although it feels like it was longer ago. Digimon premiered in 1999 and was created by Akiyoshi Hongo. Its basically about seven Japanese kids getting sucked into a digital world while at Summer camp, and find lots of digital monsters there, known as digimon. Digimon resemble Pokemon a lot, and even evolve like Pokemon, calling it Degivolve. Together, these kids and their digimon friends work to destroy the evil that invests this digiworld. Like Pokemon, it even had its own trading card game, which I actually collected for a while. I watched digimon a lot as a kid, and even probably liked it just as much as Pokemon, it was more mature and serious in nature though, despite its occasional sarcasm and lightheartedness, Digimon actually died in the show and unlike Pokemon, could not be revived. I don't remember much, just a lot of fighting and trying to find and defeat evil digimon and rulers. The theme song was also so cheesy, yet awesome at the same time. I stopped watching the show in the early 2000s, most likely do to the fact that I realized it was sort of lame, and it stopped airing on the channels I watched as well. I eventually gave all my Digimon cards away too. Its probably been at least 10 years since I've last seen an episode of Digimon, the show sort of vanished and has been remained multiple times. The show is currently on its sixth series and goes by the name Digimon Xros Wars.

Street Sharks is another show from my early childhood, I remember watching this before I was even in kindergarten. All I remember were there were 4 guys who transformed into sharks and fought weird monsters in the city and jungles. It was basically Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but with sharks. The show ran from 1994-1995 and only ran for 3 seasons, it was created by DIC entertainment. The show was pretty simplistic 4 young guys are transformed into sharks by an evil scientist who creates a machine that can manipulate genes. Throughout the series, they fight monsters created by this evil scientist and chase him down to extract revenge and return them to normal. But all this really went over my head, all I cared about or really had the intelligence to muster was the fighting. Its one of the first shows I remember watching, I remember also watching this alongside Power rangers. I haven't seen the show in probably around 15 years though, but it reminds me a lot of my old house and early childhood.

As a kid, Sonic was one of my favorite video games. I had the first two Sonic games on Sega Genesis back in the mid 90s, not to mention Sonic Pinball and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. Sonic also had a very short lived TV series that didn't last through its first season, releasing 65 episodes, although we didn't get the channels at my old house that aired Sonic, so I watched these on VHS. The show was actually created by Sega and DIC entertainment and lets face it, when a cartoon based on one of your favorite videogame series comes out when you're a kid, its automatically your new favorite thing. I can imagine thats how children who grew up with Mario in the 80s felt about the Mario Bros cartoon. Now that I look back at the show it was probably the dumbest and goofiest thing to air in the 90s, but as a kid, it was awesome. I only saw a few episodes since we only had one VHS but I watched the hell out of those episodes, I probably watched it at least a few dozen times in a five year span.

The show was basically Dr. Robotnik and his minions try to cause chaos and spread their evil through the forest, but Sonic and his sidekick Tails, end up foiling Robotnik's plans in the end. The show was pretty sarcastic in nature and relied on Sonic's overconfidence and Robotnik's arrogance. In a way I almost felt bad for Robotnik, there was one episode where he wanted to ask an old classmate of his and love interest to marry him, but Sonic decides to ruin it and pretend to be the bride, and then trash the wedding. There wasn't much to this show, it was your basic cheesy and low quality videogame cartoon, much like the Super Mario Bros cartoon was. Its still very nostalgic to me, and brings back lots of memories.

The show was basically Dr. Robotnik and his minions try to cause chaos and spread their evil through the forest, but Sonic and his sidekick Tails, end up foiling Robotnik's plans in the end. The show was pretty sarcastic in nature and relied on Sonic's overconfidence and Robotnik's arrogance. In a way I almost felt bad for Robotnik, there was one episode where he wanted to ask an old classmate of his and love interest to marry him, but Sonic decides to ruin it and pretend to be the bride, and then trash the wedding. There wasn't much to this show, it was your basic cheesy and low quality videogame cartoon, much like the Super Mario Bros cartoon was. Its still very nostalgic to me, and brings back lots of memories.

Fairly Odd Parents is another of those shows you've seen if you grew up in the early 2000s, becoming one of the defining shows of my generation. Fairly Odd Parents first aired in 1998 and created by Butch Hartman. A boy named Timmy Turner (Who's actually voiced by Canadian woman), acquires two fairies named Cosmo and Wanda, who will grant him any wish, with rules of course. Timmy uses this to his advantage and gets himself into weird situations, using his wished for things as simple as helping with his homework or bully problems, or things like becoming the most popular kid and changing the way everyone in the world looks. Along with getting himself in strange situations, the show also revolves around Cosmo's quirky and dumb nature, and other characters like Timmy's dad and his awkwardness, Wanda and her mother-like nature, and Timmy's friends, along with a the girl he has a crush on. Timmy's basically an average kid who wished for things any kid would want, and the added humor make the show highly enjoyable. There is just so much Timmy can wish for, and that makes the show much more interesting. Seeing a lot of the awkward and weird characters just add the icing on the cake. Its definitely one of my favorite shows of my childhood. I sort of stopped watching the show after 5 or 6 years, until maybe the 4th or so season. I was beginning to watch other shows. The show is currently on its 9th season and has a animated, and a live movie featuring real actors. It also has a planned Christmas movie for this December.

If you grew up in the 90s or early 2000s, there is no doubt you most likely watched Rugrats as a kid. This show was almost the very definition of 90s cartoons. Making its initial run in 1991, a few months before I was born, and created by Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, and Paul Germain. I didn't watch it in the 90s though, due to not having the channels it aired on, but when I moved in 2000, it came on Nickolodeon, which was one of the big cartoon stations to come on our newly acquired cable. Who can forget Tommy, the bald baby, Chucky, the nerdy red head with glasses, Phil and Lil the twins, and Spike the dog. Together, these babies would escape their play area and go an adventures around the house and yard, creating scenarios and imaginations that only little kids would come up with. It was a very creative show for its time, and was actually pretty realistic and accurate from a kids point of view, sure the whole talking babies and exaggerated moments were clearly unreal, but the way the kids thought and their imagination was almost dead on what I thought when I was a little kid. The show wasn't just about the babies, a little girl named Angelica, would sometimes visit and always taunt and tease the babies, as well as trick them, which surprisingly added a lot of suspense to the show. You had the parents, who were pretty funny and odd. As well as new babies, Tommys younger brother Dil, and Chucky's stepsister, Kimi later being added to the show. Its a show that really sounds like it would never work, I mean who wants to watch talking babies, but it was an awesome show and managed to make the show one big adventure and very interesting. It was so successful that it ran for 9 entire seasons, when most cartoons were lucky to make it past 4, and in 2004, it stopped airing. However it had two spin off series, Rugrats all grown up, which aired from 2003-2008 that showed the Rugrats in their high school years when they were older, and Rugrats Pre-School Daze which didn't make it past 4 episodes, and showed the Rugrats when they were finally in their first year of school.

Justice League was probably one of the more serious shows I've watched, at least compared to the other shows I've watched. There may have been occasional humor thrown in, but the show for the most part was focused on the action and character development. Justice League premiered in 2001 and was created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini. The show was about a league of 7 super heroes, Superman, Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Batman, Hawkgirl, and Martian Manhunter, who all had their unique powers and personalities, and fought different villains bent on taking over the universe. It was one of my favorite action shows, having some of my favorite action scenes, and super heroes. Not to mention, it had some pretty deep and awesome episodes. There was an entire episode that took place in an alternate universe where Hitler was frozen and Germany had a new leader during World War II, and this causes America to get invaded and occupied by Nazis in present day. The Justice League then go back in time to the early 40s, where the nazis had very advanced weapons and technology, and fought alongside the soldiers to stop the nazis. I also remember watching the 3 part series finale. I probably have seen every episode, considering it only lasted 2 seasons and it came on every night at the same time. After Justice League ended, it was expanded into Justice League Unlimited, which added new characters, although I only saw the first episode of this and wasn't as interested for some reason. After 2 seasons, that also ended. I haven't seen the show in a while though, and I don't think it airs any longer. But it was still my favorite super hero cartooon of my childhood.

Another classic Nickelodeon show, premiered in 1998 created by Peter Hannan. Like most Nickelodeon cartoons, the show relied heavily on slapstick comedy and awkward humor. The show revolves around a cat and dog who are conjoined and have to deal with living together. Cat is serious and sort of anal, while dog is very naive and dumb. Together, they get into odd situations. I can't really describe the show since a lot of it relies on the jokes and awkward situations. But I used to watch it all the time in the early 2000s. I saw pretty much every episode, and it became one of my favorite Nickelodeon cartoons. The show ended in 2005. I haven't seen it in a while.

As a kid, I absolutely had no clue what this show was about, all I remember is Gargoyle statues coming alive at night and fighting monsters. The plot was pretty advanced for a kids show to be honest, and as a 5 year old not even in kindergarten yet, everything just went straight over my head. Gargoyles aired in 1994 by creator Greg Weisman, and much like most of my early childhood shows, only lasted a few seasons before getting booted in 1997. The show is about a group of mideval gargoyles in 994 Scotland who are frozen to stone by some curse. In 1994, a billionaire purchases the castle that the gargoyles were frozen on, and this awakens them. With the help of the police force, they fight crime around New York and the world. I remember the show threw in humor as well, and remember the big gargoyle with dark hair. I remember it being one of the first TV shows I've ever watched, and even remember watching it at my grandparents' old house when I would spend the night. I haven't seen it in around 15 years, but it definitely brings back lots of nostalgia for me.

I remember watching this show every day it came on at 9 PM, and I would always watch this before going to bed. It was really one of the first shows I watched for the plot, rather than just the action or comedy. This cartoon was created by John Rogers, and developed by Jackie Chan himself, in 2000. Basically it revolved around archaeologist and kung fu legend Jackie Chan and Jade, Jackie's 12 year old niece who lives with him. Together they go on adventures to fight evil and find ancient artifacts and solve ancient mysteries. Jackie frequently visits his uncle, whos a superstitious, wise old man that owns an antique shop nearby. Much of the show focuses on an evil dragon statue named Shendu, whos spirit is trapped in the statue and requires 12 ancient talismans to free him. Shendu uses his minions, led by a British criminal mastermind known as Valmont, who is also very sarcastic. Together the show blended adventure, action, and humor perfectly. The show had some pretty interesting themes, especially if you were interested in history and ancient asian myth culture, although the show wasn't Asian to the point where it couldn't be enjoyed by others. The show had a very lighthearted feel and always had themes that revolved around ancient Chinese proverbs like yin and yang and such. Of course, it was always fun seeing Jackie use his kung fu to kick everyone's ass, and even occasionally see Jackie having his ass handed back to him. The humor and sarcasm were all just icing on the cake. Its one of the few shows I watched regularly, and it stopped airing in 2005.

Who doesn't remember watching Looney Tunes as a kid, regardless of age, nationality, religion, or gender. Unless you've never watched TV in your life, you've seen at least one episode of Looney Tunes, its one of the most universal cartoons of all time, as well as arguably the most popular. Names like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Tweety Bird have become just as iconic, if not more iconic, than Disney's own Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy. Looney Tunes isn't really one specific cartoon or show, but rather a collection of different ones consisting of different characters and plots. Looney Tunes was created in 1930, with a short film called Sinkin' in the Tub, whos main character Bosko, portrayed a racial stereotype of blackface. Over the years, Warner Brothers created more Looney Tune short animations. Porky was introduced in 1935, Daffy in 1937, Bugs in 1940, Tweety in 1942, Sylvester and Yosemite Sam in 1945, Marvin the Martian in 1948, Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner in 1949, and Tasmanian Devil in 1954. Due to the popularity of these animated shorts, they were soon moved over to television in the 1950s as TV became increasingly more popular and common in your average household. Since the 50s, Looney Tunes has had too many shows for me to keep track of. There was the Bugs Bunny Show, among many others. To date there are over 1000 theatrical shorts, although the ones I'm most familiar with were the ones from the 40s, 50s, and 60s. They aired on the Boomerang segment of cartoon network. They were directed by many different people, but Chuck Jones, and Tex Avery are the more famous of these. I remember watching these shows all the time as a kid. They were short, to the point, and full of lots of rich humor, even though they were a little dated. We even watched a few of the WWII shorts during my 8th grade history class. Looney Tunes still makes shorts today and has a ton of spin offs. Looney Tunes was so popular that they made a few movies staring the animated characters in the real including Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Space Jam (starring basketball legend Michael Jordan), which every child of the 90s holds with fond memories. Some of the spin off cartoons include Tiny Tunes, Duke Dodgers, and even to an extent, Animaniacs. Looney Tunes was a big part of my childhood and holds some of my fondest memories, the characters were so memorable. I haven't seen it in a while though, but a few years ago a watched Space Jam with a few friends to relive the nostalgia.

The show actually started off as Grim & Evil, and I remember when it first premiered back in 2001. There was also Evil Con Carne, which was created by the same studio and sort of the brother of the show. After 13 episode of Grim & Evil, the show proved popular enough to be its own show rather than being split with Evil Con Carne. Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy first aired in 2003 by creator Maxwell Atoms. This show happened to have one of the coolest and most bad ass theme songs as well. The show sort of continues where Grim & Evil left off, where a dimwitted boy and his antisocial, unforgiving best friend, Mandy. They end up winning a game against the grim reaper to save Billy's dog's life, and as part of the deal, get to be his best friend and in a sense, masters. Grim uses his dark powers to amuse the two, and sometimes strange things happen that require grim's help. The show was pretty odd and awkward, and very bizarre, but thats what gave it its charm. Grim had an awesome Caribbean accent and is pretty laid back, while he is constantly arguing and trying to find a loophole with Billy and Mandy. The show is also pretty dark for a kids show. Theres an episode where an alien sucks everyones brains out, essentially killing them. It was one of the later shows I watched too, and one of the last shows I remember watching before I stopped watching cartoons. I watched this all the time when I was in 6th and 7th grade, which is where I have some of my fondest memories. It is also, in my opinion, one of the last good cartoons to air on cartoon network before it turned to garbage. I saw almost every episode of the first 4 seasons, and even a few in the 5th, although at this point, I wasn't watching that much. The show ended in 2008 with its 6th season.

Who can forget Hey Arnold? This show practically defined 90s Nickelodeon. It was one of the main Nick cartoons I watched in the early 2000s. It was created in 1996 by Craig Bartlett. Hey Arnold! was a show that focused on an average, football shaped head boy named Arnold, who lived with his grandparents in an apartment in the city. It was actually a pretty normal show for the most part, and wasn't really exaggerated and surprisingly realistic, despite a few moments it had. Together, Arnold! and his friends went to school and hung out around the city. It was a pretty interesting show, that had humor thrown in, as well as having interesting and relateable plots, such as dealing with bullies, settling an argument with his best friend, or dealing with feelings you have for your school crush. Its a show that made being a kid seem like the coolest thing in the world. It also portrayed city life pretty accurately. It showed that being wealthy wasn't the equivalent to having fun. The show kept things interesting and always had Arnold! in new situations. The characters were all interesting and had their own unique personalities, and the art style and music was pretty cool and modern looking. The show ran an even 100 episode and ended in 2004. I've probably seen nearly every episode of this show as well.

Samurai Jack is another cartoon I remember when it first aired. I remember watching the first episode when it premiered back in 2001 by creator Genndy Tartakovsky, who also created Dexter's Laboratory. I have to admit, the show was bit mature for younger audiences, featuring mature themes and excess violence, as well as humor not being one of its main focus points. The show instead relied heavily upon plot and character develop. A young prince named Jack, from ancient Japan, who watches his father's empire get destroyed by a demon named Aku. He escapes and grows up to become a samurai, vowing revenge against the evil forces taking over Japan. Jack ends up defeating Aku, only to be tossed into a portal into a dystopian future, where Aku rules and his robot minions do his bidding. Jack tries to search a way back to the past and defeat these evil forces preventing him from doing so. The story is the journey of a single man, going through his own journey and overcoming his own hardships, the themes are very Japanese, despite the American friendliness of the show. The show had some awesome action sequences and was very cinematic. It almost felt like a long movie. As a kid, the show did bore me a little, but I still watched it whenever it came on, and it did stick in my head after all these years. I watched most of the first 2 seasons, but after that didn't watch much. I was watching other cartoons instead. The show did have some clever humor thrown in occasionally, but it was a welcome change from the other goofy and sarcastic cartoons going on around it like Ed, Edd n Eddy and Johnny Bravo. The show only lasted a short 4 seasons in 52 episodes, but it was one hell of a journey. One day I should rewatch the series to the end and see what happens to Jack.

I have to admit, even back when I was a kid, I was a little embarrassed watching this show. I felt it was for little kids younger than me, I was 10 years old at the time I started watching it, and it came on PBS kids, usually around the time cartoon network would air older teenage cartoons that didn't interest me, and nick aired live shows that I also wasn't interested in, so I just watched Dragon Tales since nothing better was on. Dragon Tales premiered in 1999 and was creatd by Ron Rodecker and Jim Coane. The show was about two young Mexican kids who find a dragon scale in their room after moving. The scale transports the two into a bizarre, magical world made up of dragon residents. You'd expect a show revolving around dragons to have lots of violence, and people getting burnt to a crisp, as well as heads getting chomped off and lots of destruction, but this show was exactly the opposite. The dragons were all like catholic choir boys, they had uncanny manners, said please and thank you, apologized when they did something wrong, and always had a smile on their faces. It was a bit of a cheesy show, but it brings back a ton of nostalgia. Together, they dragons show the kids around their world, and go on a few mini adventures. The shows overall goal was to educate its child audiences on cultural awareness (the show mixed in spanish with english), as well as help teach kids manners. It was, after all, a show geared towards younger kids in the 5-10 age group roughly, but hey, I don't have shame in watching it, it did have an interesting concept, and wasn't entirely boring. It was a very friendly and happy show, and sort of put you in a good mood. The show ended in 2005, although I stopped watching it around the time I hit 12 maybe.

Totally Spies was totally a guy show, despite trying to reach out to a female audience, although apparently stats showed the show was split evenly between male and female viewers, and many were surprised that as many guys watched the show. It had everything guys like, hot young ladies, lots of action, and tons of cool spy themes and gadgets. The show first premiered in 2001 by creators Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel. The cartoon was about 3 older high school girls, Clover who is sort of your stereotypical Californian girl who loves fashion and shopping, Alex who is sort of dimwitted and clumsy and a bit of a tomboy, and Sam who is the smart one and sort of serious. Together they are chosen to be spies for the organization WOOHP under supervisor Jerry whos a middle-aged, bald, British guy. They would go on missions and try to stop and find out information about various criminals. Often they would get caught and end up having to fight thugs and use their spy gadgets to defend themselves. They would also often have arguments and their personalities would clash. Although, outside of their spy lives, they were just ordinary girls who had there share of bullies at school as well as likes shopping, boys, and sleepovers. I don't know how this show managed to pull it off, but it managed to make these girls still seem girly, yet so bad ass at the same time. Although I do think girls would also be able to enjoy this show, it had a action for the boys, and girly themes and personalities of the spies for the girls. I always thought the villains were interesting and the way humor was implemented. I watched it a bit during its early years, maybe first 2 seasons, but after that I sort of stopped watching. In a way, I felt the show was a little to feminine for me as I was getting older. The show still runs today on its sixth season.

Recess is one of the early shows I watched as a kid, about 7 or 8 years old. I didn't watch it a lot, but it is a show that sticks out a lot. Recess first aired in 1997 by creators Paul Germain, Joe Ansolabehere, and Mike Berenstain. The show was basically your cliched school environment focusing on six kids who went about their lives at school. A good chunk of the show consisted of the kids on recess, where kids took law and order into their own hands. I don't remember much of the show since I was little and didn't watch it all that much, but it revolved around humor and sort of like hey arnold!, it was kids just being kids and enjoying themselves. I remember when the movie first came out, I received it as a gift from my aunt, and watched it pretty frequently. Anyways, Recess was a pretty classic show in the 90s, and I even liked the principle and thought he was pretty cool. The show ended in 2001. After I moved, it wasn't on the channels I watched.

Rocket Power was sort of a show I hated back in the day, but usually watched it out of boredome, sort of like Kids Next Door, although I have a lot more respect for the show now. I admit, it partially was because I wasn't really into the skate or surf culture, and in fact, sort of hated skating, I had an annoying neighbor kid who would skate all the time. Rocket Power was created in 1999 by Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo. The show was about 4 older kids, who would hang around their local town, whether that be at their skate park, beach, or the local outdoor grill where there dad works, as well as owns. Together these kids, Otto, Twister, Reggie, and Squid, go skating and surfing, and do things you'd expect any typical Californian kid. Most of the show revolved around their skating and surfing, as well as the dad, Ray and his friend Tito. It had some other interesting themes outside of skating and surfing, such as vandalism, living with a single dad, and brother sister bonding. The show also broke gender stereotypes by having a girl in the group of guys and getting into boy activities. It also had a pretty catchy instrumental theme song. Its a show I wouldn't mind going back and watching occasionally now, it was far from generic and bland. I haven't seen the show in around 7 or 8 years, it ultimately stopped airing in 2004.

If you watched Nickelodeon in the early 2000s, you'll easily rember this show. Premiering in 1998 by creators Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, and Steve Pepoon. The Wild Thornberrys was a show focusing on a family consisting of Eliza, the main charter who has the gift to talk to animals, Darwin, an adopted chimpanzee, Debbie, Eliza's annoyed sister who hates the life shes forced to live, and the two parents, Nigel and Marianne, whos jobs consist of filming wildlife. They also adopted a feral boy named Donnie, whos voiced by Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. This family travels the world in their convoy filming animals and nature. Its an educational show that tries to make the viewers more aware on animals and their natural habitats. Having Eliza communicated with animals was a brilliant idea for a kids show. I've always been interested in animals, and its awesome having their thoughts read and analyzed on this show. It was one of the shows that didn't rely mainly on comedy that I actually liked. It ended up running until 2004.

Powerpuff Girls was never a show I made a priorty of watching, nor was it one of my favorites, but it was on all the time and I watched most of the first few seasons. Powerpuff Girls was created in 1998 by Craig McCracken. It was the story of a professor whos goal is to create was to create a perfect girl, only to accidentally spill a bottle of chemical X into the concoction, resulting in 3 girls who had superpowers. Together these 3 girls, Bubbles the cute sensitive one, Blossom the leader and smart one, and Buttercup the tough, determined one, all battle different villains around town. The villains are probably the most memorable part of the show, there was mojo jojo, an evil monkey bent on taking over the world with his technology, Him a red skinned devil looking creature with a creepy voice, and Gangreen Gang a gang of green skinned hoodlums. It was a pretty lighthearted show and very kid friendly. Another memorable character was the dimwitted mayor. It came on cartoon network almost every weekday in the early 2000s. I haven't seen it in a while though. The show stopped airing in 2005. It has become one of cartoon networks most successful cartoons of all time. And lets face it, lots of boys also watched it. It did have a pretty catchy theme song as well.

Schoolhouse Rock was a pretty short series, having episodes that only lasted around 3-5 minutes, but it by far was one of the shows that I watched as a young kid, and as a got older, it never escaped me as well. Schoolhouse Rock premiered in 1973 by creator David McCall. The shows creator got his idea when he realized his son was having trouble memorizing math equations and times tables, but could memorize the lyrics to his favorite Rolling Stone's songs. He decided to fuse education with music, and make it into a show. The show revolved around animated cartoons singing about grammar rules, or how electricity works, or multiplication tables. The music was pretty good as well, consisting of very catchy and upbeat rock n roll. Everyone is familiar with the songs Conjunction Junction, Lolly Lolly Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here, and I'm Just a Bill. Schoolhouse Rock has become an iconic part of pop culture and one of the most popular shows of all time. Its one of the few shows that actually educated people and at the same time, wasn't boring. It had some of the most addictive songs to grace TV. Even after I stopped watching the show, our 7th grade English teachers played all the grammar episodes for us when we were learning about them in English. My civics teacher during my Junior year in high school played the I'm Just a Bill video. I think we need more shows like this today, catchy music that educates our youth, with awesome animations and singers. The show was so popular that it continued to make episodes until 2009 and having a total of 64 episodes. It ended up getting spoofed on family guy which made fun of I'm Just a Bill and Conjunction Junction and there is an entire episode of Johnny Bravo that parodies this show, where the guy who played the voice of the Bill, plays a bald middle aged guy who sings about what Johnny needs to do to successfully pick up women.

Cow and Chicken had to be one of the oddest shows I've wached. Cow and Chicken premiered in 1997 under creator David Feiss. Cow and Chicken was sort of the brother cartoon to I am Weasel which had the same creator and similar style of humor and animation. Cow and Chicken focused on the life of a 11 year old chicken who used a lot of sarcasm and had a huge ego, along with his 7 year old sister, a fat cow that was sort of stupid and emotional. They go about normal activities, living with human parents and going to a normal school. I don't remember much of the show outside of this, but it heavily relied on awkward and surreal humor. It was a very odd show and it had a random red guy who would try to trick Cow and Chicken, and he was just hilarious. All I remember is the show was awkward and funny, and one of the shows that would air on cartoon network usually on weekends. It brings back some memories.

I never really liked this show, but watched it mainly out of boredom to be honest. It was sort of cheesy and I never grew attached to any of the characters, but I still watched it a lot, and remember when it first premiered. Kids Next Door first premiered in 2002 by Tom Warburton. The cartoon is about a group of 5 kids who hang out in there tree house base. These kids are a unit in an entire organization of kids who work together to stop evil and prevent adults from corrupting them. The 5 kids of the shows focus are Nigel, the groups leader and sort of annoying bald British boy, Hoagie, the fat and sort of nerdy boy who always wears airplane goggles, Kuki, a naive and friendly asian girl, Wally, an australian blond boy whos into fighting, and Abby, the sort of laid back, cool black girl who always wears a hat that covers her eyes. I do credit the show for its diversity and it did have some interesting episodes. It even had its share of interesting villains, but the show was just a bit exaggerated. I could never get used to the idea of kids trying to act cool and use all these complex gadgets, it was sort of lame and uninteresting. Not to mention the shows style of humor didn't really strike me, it more relied on jokes and cheap laughs. Still, I watched the show so much when nothing else was on, and saw most of the first two seasons. I even saw the movie. As annoying as some of the characters were as well as not really being too attached to the show, it still holds nostalgia and brings me back to the mid 2000s.

The Flintstones- Who didn't watch Flintstones as a kid? I watched this show semi frequently as a kid, yet it wasn't as nostalgic or memorable, maybe due to its dated animations and humor. Its still worth mentioning

The Jetsons- Same as Flintstones, sort of dated but it was a pretty cool show

Tiny Toon Adventures- I watched this a lot in the mornings. Basically Looney Tunes when they were babies. I didn't watch it enough for it to grow nostalgic though.

Doug- I actually only watched this show a handful of times, it was sort of before my time. I still remember seeing a few episodes at my grandpa's house. It never came on the channels I watched at my house.

Rocko's Modern Life- Similar to Doug, it was sort of before my time. And it only aired a handful of episodes on cartoon network.

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters- This show came on a bit on cartoon network in the early 2000s, but not enough to grow on me.

The Magic School Bus- Remember seeing a few episodes as a young kid and a few teachers in school let us watch episodes on occasion. I remember the show pretty well, but didn't watch it that much.

I Am Weasel- Sort of the brother show to Cow and Chicken. Also memorable and almost made list.

Alvin and the Chipmunks- Had a video of a few episodes. Didn't watch regularly on TV though, so it doesn't make the list.

A Pup Named Scooby Doo- A spin off of Scooby-Doo about the gang when they were kids. Watched it a lot in the mornings, but it wasn't quite as nostalgic as Scooby-Doo itself

Inspector Gadget- I didn't watch this on TV either, I had a video of a few episodes and watched that a lot. Had a pretty cool theme song though

Clifford the Big Read Dog- I watched this a bit in the early 2000s, but not too much. Only remember a few characters, and not much about the plot.

Dora the Explorer- I watched this semi frequently in the early 2000s in the morning when nothing better was on. Sort of boring and repetitive but it still holds a bit of nostalgia.

Invader Zim- My dad's cousin was actually an animator for the show. It was a pretty cool show and weird. It didn't air enough for me to grow nostalgic towards it, was a pretty short lived show.

ChalkZone- Similar to Invader Zim, didn't really watch it enough for it to grow nostalgic, and it wasn't the most interesting show for me.

Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?- I almost forgot about this show. It wasn't really too memorable, but for some odd reason, it still holds some nostalgia just remembering this show.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends- I was sort of older by the time this aired but I'd watch a few episode with my brother. It was an okay show, had some interesting moments, and almost made the list.

Camp Lazlo- Same as above, I was older when this premiered, and only watched this when I had absolutely nothing else to do.

Catscratch- This was a pretty interesting show that was sort of funny. Didn't watch it a lot though, it came on once in a while.

My Gym Partner's A Monkey- This is probably the most modern cartoon to make the list, and one of the last ones I watched before I stopped watching cartoons regularly. It was an okay show, but was sort of unfunny and a bit boring. I only watched this for a year before I stopped.

The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh- I had a video of a few episodes of this and remember watching them a lot when I was little, like 5 or 6. Didn't watch the show on TV though.

The Jetsons- Same as Flintstones, sort of dated but it was a pretty cool show

Tiny Toon Adventures- I watched this a lot in the mornings. Basically Looney Tunes when they were babies. I didn't watch it enough for it to grow nostalgic though.

Doug- I actually only watched this show a handful of times, it was sort of before my time. I still remember seeing a few episodes at my grandpa's house. It never came on the channels I watched at my house.

Rocko's Modern Life- Similar to Doug, it was sort of before my time. And it only aired a handful of episodes on cartoon network.

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters- This show came on a bit on cartoon network in the early 2000s, but not enough to grow on me.

The Magic School Bus- Remember seeing a few episodes as a young kid and a few teachers in school let us watch episodes on occasion. I remember the show pretty well, but didn't watch it that much.

I Am Weasel- Sort of the brother show to Cow and Chicken. Also memorable and almost made list.

Alvin and the Chipmunks- Had a video of a few episodes. Didn't watch regularly on TV though, so it doesn't make the list.

A Pup Named Scooby Doo- A spin off of Scooby-Doo about the gang when they were kids. Watched it a lot in the mornings, but it wasn't quite as nostalgic as Scooby-Doo itself

Inspector Gadget- I didn't watch this on TV either, I had a video of a few episodes and watched that a lot. Had a pretty cool theme song though

Clifford the Big Read Dog- I watched this a bit in the early 2000s, but not too much. Only remember a few characters, and not much about the plot.

Dora the Explorer- I watched this semi frequently in the early 2000s in the morning when nothing better was on. Sort of boring and repetitive but it still holds a bit of nostalgia.

Invader Zim- My dad's cousin was actually an animator for the show. It was a pretty cool show and weird. It didn't air enough for me to grow nostalgic towards it, was a pretty short lived show.

ChalkZone- Similar to Invader Zim, didn't really watch it enough for it to grow nostalgic, and it wasn't the most interesting show for me.

Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?- I almost forgot about this show. It wasn't really too memorable, but for some odd reason, it still holds some nostalgia just remembering this show.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends- I was sort of older by the time this aired but I'd watch a few episode with my brother. It was an okay show, had some interesting moments, and almost made the list.

Camp Lazlo- Same as above, I was older when this premiered, and only watched this when I had absolutely nothing else to do.

Catscratch- This was a pretty interesting show that was sort of funny. Didn't watch it a lot though, it came on once in a while.

My Gym Partner's A Monkey- This is probably the most modern cartoon to make the list, and one of the last ones I watched before I stopped watching cartoons regularly. It was an okay show, but was sort of unfunny and a bit boring. I only watched this for a year before I stopped.

The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh- I had a video of a few episodes of this and remember watching them a lot when I was little, like 5 or 6. Didn't watch the show on TV though.