T.V just loves to get rid of childhood memories, doesn't it?

[FlyAwayNow]

Um, I used to enjoy Codename: Kids Next Door, when it was on..

It is on, they brought it back.

Sorta, it's hard to find.

Wha? No way, it had such a great ending though! You sre you aren't just seeing reruns, or some kind of spin-off?

KND Reruns is what yer watching, after all these years I just realized that funky sequence with the equipment, they are actually saying an acronym for that.

Avatar TLAB was a great step for Nickelodeon, introduced a lot of kids to anime, despite not being a full fledged one.

[Ian the Gecko]

I think Regular Show and MAD are the only new cartoons worth watching anymore; RS nicely fills the absurdist/retro gap that Homestar Runner left since the Brothers Chaps slowed down. Adventure Time looks good; I need to see more of it.

I miss the 90s: Animaniacs, Pinky & the Brain, Tiny Toons, Freakazoid, Histeria!, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life, The Angry Beavers, CatDog, Ren & Stimpy, and all the crazy stuff on Cartoon Network.

CaptainPea, totally agree with you about SpongeBob. Everything about it since the movie has been utter fail.

[copper]

Imiss the old Hanna- Barbera cartoons. I don't know what happened to them. They were great.

[Penwrite]

I miss the original Clone Wars miniseries. The CG show just doesn't compare.

[exranio]

Did anyone else like My gym partners a monkey everyone seems to hate it.

[Penwrite]

Did anyone else like My gym partners a monkey everyone seems to hate it.

That came on around the time I was beginning to get out of watching tv, so I didn't really see much of it. The couple of episodes I did see though weren't too bad.

[CaptainPea]

Did anyone else like My gym partners a monkey everyone seems to hate it.

I saw a couple episodes, and I was really turned away by the leads' voices. They were pretty grating. I liked the art, but I don't remember it being particularly entertaining and the voices were really hard to listen to for me.

I think all those years of cartoon acting is killing Tom Kenney's* voice, as it has gotten progressively higher and squeakier over the years. At least on TV. But yeah, compare '99 Spongebob to a more recent one and there's a very clear difference in his voice. Maybe directors like that, I dunno. I find it obnoxious.

*Kenney did have a voice on that show, right?

[RandomGeekNamedBrent]

compare '99 Spongebob to a more recent one and there's a very clear difference in his voice.

even before that, apparently he was Heffer on Rocko's Modern Life, a much less annoying voice.

[Dubiousity]

Did anyone else like My gym partners a monkey everyone seems to hate it.

I know I didn't like it at all, just didn't find it entertaining.

[Penwrite]

You know what show I used to love? Johnny Bravo. That was a pretty funny show. Catchy theme too.

[copper]

I used to love Rocko's Modern Life when it was on.

The 90s had a lot of great shows, actually. I wonder what happened to that momentum...

[Liam]

I miss TailSpin with its awesome visuals (just compare their sceneries with them of today's shows) as well as Dog City and its humor.

[Penwrite]

I miss TailSpin with its awesome visuals (just compare their sceneries with them of today's shows) as well as Dog City and its humor.

Ooh, Tailspin! That show was great! And now I'm reminded of Goof Troop, which is another underrated classic in my opinion.

[Anthroguy101]

We are currently in the second dark age of animation, but don't despair. I bring glad tidings! They're bringing back Beavis & Butt-Head!

[Sleet]

We are currently in the second dark age of animation, but don't despair. I bring glad tidings! They're bringing back Beavis & Butt-Head!

...I disagree with like every sentiment in this post.

[ctcmjh]

We are currently in the second dark age of animation, but don't despair. I bring glad tidings! They're bringing back Beavis & Butt-Head!

...I disagree with like every sentiment in this post.

I agree with Sleet.

One word: Ponies

[Sleet]

OK, one show can't keep this from being a dark age of animation, but it's definitely part of the reason!

[Bino]

We are currently in the second dark age of animation, but don't despair. I bring glad tidings! They're bringing back Beavis & Butt-Head!

I'm not into any of the current animation stuff, but beavis and butt-head was a really stupid show. I don't want it back!

[Dylan]

All the good toons are all but vanished, luckily they do show courage from time to time on CN.

On another note, I heard there is a new series of Thunder cats! It looks very nice to boot! Hopefully it doesn't suck.

[Sleet]

All the good toons are all but vanished, luckily they do show courage from time to time on CN.

On another note, I heard there is a new series of Thunder cats! It looks very nice to boot! Hopefully it doesn't suck.

I think it's a similar principle to how the generations are with music. People forget about the bad cartoons from a generation (because they were bad) and only remember the good ones. On the other hand, the bad ones from today are still around, so right now we're experiencing the good and the bad, which makes today's cartoons appear worse by comparison. I'm willing to concede that the '90s was a better time for cartoons; at least by a little bit. But not by such a large margin that it's fair to say that the good toons are all but vanished.

I've never watched the original Thunder Cats, so if I hear enough good things about the new series, I might have to look into it.

[copper]

I like crude humor every now and then. Beavis and Butthead and Celebrity Deathmatch were about the only toons from MTV and VH1 that were any good. Except that Daria show. It was okay...

And the 90s had great shows. I'll concede that nostalgia and the fact that some bad ones were forgotten, but really, all I have really seen are shows that follow the same basic outline. There is very little creativity nowadays. I have only seen a couple of new shows that show any kind of creativity.

[Anthroguy101]

I like crude humor every now and then. Beavis and Butthead and Celebrity Deathmatch were about the only toons from MTV and VH1 that were any good. Except that Daria show. It was okay...

And the 90s had great shows. I'll concede that nostalgia and the fact that some bad ones were forgotten, but really, all I have really seen are shows that follow the same basic outline. There is very little creativity nowadays. I have only seen a couple of new shows that show any kind of creativity.

Maybe this is why MLP: FiM is so popular nowadays?

[Bino]

Celebrity Deathmatch was Hilarious!!!!

[copper]

MLP:FiM, Adventur Time, and Regular show are some of the few creative ones. I haven't really seen much else in the last five or so years. Just "safe" shows that follow the same formula over and over again. We need more experimentation in animation right now.

And yes, Bino. Celebrity Deathmatch was one of my favorites when it was on.

[Penwrite]

*puts on his glasses, bow tie, and fez*

MLP: FiM is magnificent, Beavis and Buthead was not what the industry needed, Celebrity Deathmatch was entertaining, Johnny Test is the shining example of lazy writing and animation, anything created by Lauren Faust or Genndy Tartakovsky deserves the highest recommendations, and Spectacular Spider-Man deserved way more than two seasons.

*takes off glasses, fez, and bow tie and eeps*

That is, um, if everyone else thinks that..

[Dissension]

I concur with the entirety of that self-confident and intelligent young man's statement.

Except I didn't care for Celebrity Deathmatch.

[RandomGeekNamedBrent]

how can you not enjoy likenesses of celebrities beating the cuss out of each other?

[Sleet]

I think I was too young for Celebrity Deathmatch.

I blame Beavis and Butthead for the state of "adult" animation today. Though South Park has some responsibility. Which is ironic, because South Park actually matured into a really good show.

[Dissension]

Your mileage may vary, obviously. Never liked South Park.

[Sleet]

I thought you hadn't seen South Park since it was fairly new?

[Bino]

South Park? MATURE??? *laughs* It's anything but that!

[Sleet]

It's actually gotten fairly clever. It's not just fart jokes and swear words anymore.

[Bino]

Oh, well i guess in THAT aspect, yes.