I would have to say (in no particular order)

  • Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy+ Grimm & Evil
  • Angela Anaconda
  • Fairly Odd Parents
  • Brak Show
  • Ripping Friends
  • Whats with Andy
  • Mega Babies
  • Quads!
  • Clone High

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  • Happy Tree Friends

I love them all but its like, how did this shit get on TV and then anywhere near children lmao. Thank god they found their respective ways to us.

Edit: if its only one, try to post a thumbnail image so people can either try to recognize it or know if the animation style is for them

  • doug@lemmy.todayEnglish
    26·
    1 month ago

    Before I’d go to school, at 6am the WB channel played what became my private Disney Afternoon equivalent, which rotated through four shows: Jumanji, Garfield, Sonic the Hedgehog, and— for whatever reason— Roughnecks, the animated Starship Troopers series.

    It was rated PG, was produced by Paul Verhoeven, and people fucking died. No idea how it snuck in alongside the tamer stuff, but it very much felt unhinged at the time/someone didn’t vet it for kids.

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
      2·
      1 month ago

      That show was SO GOOD.

      I also remember the intro is absolutely awesome, and only recently learned it was a Beethoven composition. There was a neat Microsoft ad that used it too, and I was like “THAT’S THE STARSHIP TROOPERS INTRO!” lol

      I noticed watching the DVDs that it felt oddly toned down in some places and not others, even when the plot would get serious.

      Often their rifles sound really silly-space-lasery and they’re aiming weirdly upwards instead of at their targets, for example.

      I loved those early CG shows like this though. Heavy Gear, Voltron (before the excellent Netflix one), Beast Wars…I wonder if Max Steele was any good because I never watched that one for some reason…

  • Nikls94@lemmy.world
    14·
    1 month ago

    • butt ugly martians

    • lazy town

    • Tex Avery show

    • X-DuckX (one of my favorites - just found out that that’s a French cartoon)

    • honorable adult mentions: drawn together, robot chicken, ren&stimpy

  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 month ago

    I love them all but its like, how did this shit get on TV and then anywhere near children lmao.

    The Brak Show was on Adult Swim along with a lot of other cartoons aimed at adults. I seriously doubt Happy Tree Friends was grouped into children’s programming, but I only know that from the internet.

    Fairly Oddparents & Billy and Mandy both had stuff that might be heavy or scary if you think about it, but the surface level stuff had enough humor involved to make it less intense than it could have been. A lot of shows for kids have more complex stuff that goes over kid’s heads.

  • burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world
    8·
    1 month ago

    Clone High was not for children, it was on MTV! And the Brak Show was on Adult Swim! also, I feel it should be distinct between ‘unhinged but good’ and ‘unhinged but awful’, and also perhaps 'unhinged and awful but wildly entertaining ’

  • DeathByDenim@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 month ago

    This is definitely an older one, but I would like to add Cow & Chicken! Some of that stuff was pretty wild! Cow & Chicken

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
      5·
      1 month ago

      I most vividly remember the villains, of course.

      • The big purple foot fungus mobsters. “eyyeah, see?”
      • The evil barber “Nauuughtyyyyy”
      • And of course, Rameses. “Returrrrn the slaaab”
      • Special mention: Eustice. “Stupid dog!”

      Such a good show though. The things he did for love.

      I loved that show’s premise and core message about confronting fear. He was always terrified and saved the day anyway.

      I just wanted him to finally get a happy little dog existence lol…