What was your favorite childhood TV show?
Or shows, you can have a list of them. For me, I have a helluva list: Aang the Last Airbender, Danny Phantom, My life as a teenage robot, Phineas and Ferb, Johnny test, Adventure Time, and Star vs the forces of evil. But no kids show has ever made me laugh more or cry as much as Gravity Falls did, I can't think about my childhood without thinking of it, so its really sad that it had to go. What are some of yours
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Hrm. Honestly I'd have to say this one (although there are a lot of of other contenders):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhYuidbd1qo&list=PLfFi0Ay-vNV0xOYxfEVdhq5MTChgudQXjYou didn't give an age grouping.
Um say like 10 years old 13 years old, 9 year old does that help?
Chowder
Oh god I remember that show my parents wouldn't let me watch given that it would drop my IQ to the floor, actually... that would've been spongebob
Hmm... I don't remember what age I was for the different shows I watched, but I'll go with Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers, Batman the Animated Series, Disney's Gargoyles, and Rocko's Modern Life.
Malcolm.
I heard of that from somewhere
Pretty much the only cartoon I can remember watching is Spongebob.
Goosebumps or larva
Phineas and Ferb. I was only allowed to watch PG rated content after I turned 11, and even then it wasn't specifically because of my age.
Regular show was the best overall but I also loved spongebob and adventure time
Knightmare.
An australian show called 'Round the Twist'
Was hard to find but absolutely fantastic as a kid.
The only childhoods shows that I watched was little was the Old Teen Titans Series, Total Drama, and sometimes Spongebob. That was all the childhood shows that I watched over the years when I was little. I was a wild one🤣
In no particular order: Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Avatar the Last Airbender, Scooby-Doo (the old Hanna Barbera ones), Ed, Edd n Eddy, Dexter's Laboratory, and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
I feel obligated to mention that I didn't have cable TV as a child; if I saw a show we either owned it, rented it, or had gotten it from the library.
The only time I saw Danny Phantom (edit: or the original Teen Titans cartoon - that show was great) was when I was at my grandparents' because they had cable TV. And most of the time I was too busy playing with toys or spending time with my extended family to watch TV.
Count Duckula
Dinosaurs
The Demon Headmaster
Power Rangers (original series)
Zzzap!
Are You Afraid Of The Dark
Knightmare
Honestly there are a lot more that could be added here i just can't remember right now.
Samurai Jack by far, it was such a good show even though i didn't understand it that much when i was little.
Not sure how many people know about this one but i watched Slugterra a lot
Basically, imagine Pokemon, except the Pokémon are essentially bullets with personalities that mega evolved whenever they went a certain speed (before Mega-Evolution was even a thing btw)
was pretty awesome ngl
I oh I've watched sluggterra just couldn't understand it is all
Oh I loved Regular show, I barely watched it because my parents feared it would have a bad influence
Damn too bad. It was really good
Oh I watched it recently, yeah its pretty good, but it still not my personal favorite.
It's a list 😂
Ren and Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, Angry Beavers, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Kablam!, Bump in the Night, All That, Clarissa Explains it All, Xmen, Batman animated series, Dark wing Duck, Gargoyles, Hey Dude, Salute Your Shorts, Pete & Pete, Power Puff Girls, Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Johnny Bravo, Punky Brewster, Small Wonder, Blossom, Dinosaurs, Land of the Lost (1991 remake), Doug (Nickelodeon not Disney), Rugrats, Chip & Dale, Tailspin, Duck tales, Aladdin, Guts, Wild and Crazy kids, Legend of the Hidden Temple, Double Dare, and first couple seasons of Power Rangers.
Oh ######### that is one helluva a list, I couldn't name that many shows in a single sitting
Regular Show. It's honestly a shame that CN ended all of their quality shows to keep trash as Teen Titans GO up since it generated the most viewership amongst young audiences.
We were actually hit 4 times back-to-back. We lost Regular Show in 2017, Adventure Time in 2018, and then We Bare Bears and Gumball in 2019. It was truly a sad three years for cartoons and viewers.
Yeah CN messed up a lot of there shows so did many others, you know I think this will very well sum up CN nowadays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wta72pKnlsw
I could go on for an hour about how much I despise Teen Titans GO. It was a horrible trade-off for shows that focused on teens, the original demographic that CN targeted.
There was at least an attempt to keep Steven Universe going with Future, but it was...bad.
😂 90s were a good time for TV as a kid. I watched alot of TV as a kid... I still watch alot as an adult. 😂
Teen Titans go marked the beginning of what would lead to the death of good CN shows. I cannot describe to you how balzy it is, I hate it with every fiber of my body, that demon in the shape of a show is what killed my childhood. Hell its a trend I tend to see in not just CN but Disney XD, and Nickelodeon does try to at least. Cartoon shows of today don't have near the same quality as the ones of old. I could go on forever why I hate how newer shows are tarnishing the names of the old ones, but... I would have to say some rather, not so nice things.
I watched some of the shows of the ninetys and I'm jealous, you guys had the amazing #########. However I have said that one cartoon was my absolute all time favorite which was Gravity Falls, so I'll never forgive the creator for gutting it so early after two seasons. You guys had it better then we did sadly...
80/90s were great time for cartoons and kids TV. Like I can't believe I forgot to include Fraggle Rock, Gummi Bears, Aaaaah Real Monsters, Animaniacs, Beetlejuice, Eerie Indiana and Tiny Toons on my ridiculously long list - I even just watched bunch of those the other night. 😂
It does suck that the kids after the 90s had less to watch, or atleast less quality stuff to watch. I can go back and still enjoy watching much of the cartoons as an adult, it's sad to think kids after the 90s won't have that fun nostalgia.
My husband watched Gravity Falls last year and really enjoyed it. Said it had alot of references to things we liked growing up that kids now would miss. He said he was surprised it was for kids because some stuff seemed more towards adults and I was like that sounds in line with the cartoons from our childhood. 😂
Phineas & Ferb, Regular Show, and The Amazing World of Gumball are all very near and dear to my heart.
I personally think there needs to be stuff for adults as well Gravity Falls had hidden adult humor, and some very ######### up moments but that is what made it so likeable. I wish they continued it, I for some reason can't let go the joyous memories of those shows.
I think kids shows having the subtle adult humor is what made them so good, and why now watching them still enjoy them quite a bit. I'm 35 and still can't let go the memories of my childhood favorites. I did my best to get as many on DVD 😂 Although now the different streaming services carry a ton from my childhood so that's pretty amazing.
I will say the biggest bummer is watching shows you love get a reboot or a movie later that misses out on what made the show so amazing in the 90s.
A few of mine:
The Real Ghostbusters
Knightmare
Ulysses 31
The Raccoons
Cities of Gold
Round the Twist
Trapdoor
Dangermouse
I was born in the 2000s so my favorite were Sesame Street and Sponge bob
I now have the desire to ruin Sesame Street
Sorry I'm uhm...3 days late. I don't check the forums often. If J. G. Quintel (Gumball, Regular Show, Flapjack) proposes a new show to CN, then we'll be back in the golden land for a while.
I don't remember most shows I watched as a child because my parents banned like 10 shows from myself and my siblings from watching because they were "bad influences." Which is funny because one not banned was Avatar the Last Airbender (my favorite show from my childhood) and that show was DARK.
It's honestly a better work of art than The Simpsons.
lmao you know half the time adults when it comes to kids shows are not the best experts
Dexter's laboratory
Pinky and the brain
Recess
Gargoyles
Pepper-Ann
Carmen San Diego
Dogtanian and the three muskhounds (I still sing the start of that one randomly).