Each week I create a 2-2.5 hour block of programming for the family to watch together over a nice breakfast. We call it Sunday Brunch Cartoons, and we’re nearly two years into it without missing a day. I’m releasing a full list of our watch queue, with the hopes that you can think of something really good (or memorably bad) that we should include.
No 70s Hanna-Barbera.
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Plaintext: Title Batman: Caped Crusader Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years Cybersix Gargoyles Infinity Train Mythbusters Hey Arnold! Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Amphibia Animaniacs Scooby Doo; Mystery Inc. Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends Gumby Gurren Lagann Mighty Max (Remastered) My Adventures With Superman Sailor Moon Original ReBoot Recess Crash Course Video Games She-Ra Space Patrol Luluco The Owl House Tron: Uprising Star vs the Forces of Evil Rocky & Bullwinkle Sym-Bionic Titan Freakazoid! Teen Titans Bump In The night Looney Tunes Golden Collection Nate Is Late / Oskar et Malika The Big O Unicorn Warriors Eternal Mega Man Megas XLR Motorcity Fraggle Rock Men in Black: The Animated Series Histeria! The Tick Swat Kats Adventure Time: Fiona & Cake Kim Possible Dexter’s Laboratory Star Trek Mobile Fighter G Gundam The Adventures of Salmon Max Captain N: The Game Master Darkwing Duck Danny Phantom Wakfu Kirby: Right Back At Ya Regular Show Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Inspector Gadget The Legend of Zelda Underdog (1964) Kid Cosmic Looney Tunes Cartoons Samurai Jack Adventure Time The Loud House King Arthur and the Knights of Justice The California Raisin Show Visionaries Knights of the Magical Lights He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Transformers: Prime Yuu Yuu Hakusho Invader Zim Ducktales Avatar: The Legend of Korra Codename: Kids Next Door Pingu Bill Nye TSG Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Reading Rainbow Wishbone Red Wall Ramen Akaneko Space Ghost Powerpuff Girls Transformers War For Cybertron Dungeons and Dragons Ren & Stimpy Rugrats Super Mario World Fairly OddParents Hilda Moomin Batman: The Animated Series Earthworm Jim Amazing World of Gumball Beakman’s World Rocko’s Modern Life The Real Ghostbusters The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Bravest Warriors Beetlejuice Ruri Rocks Transformers: Beast Wars Courage the Cowardly Dog Rentaghost The Busy World of Richard Scarry Over the Garden Wall Button Moon Cow & Chicken Bocchi the Rock Adventure Time: Distant Lands The Angry Beavers The Trap Door Pinky and The Brain Clone Wars (2003) Avatar: The Last Airbender Gravity Falls A Series of Unfortunate Events Steven Universe Trigun Batman Beyond Bluey Ed, Edd, & Eddy
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That sounds lovely. I’m stealing that idea! Hilda and invader zim is so good.
I recently finished litre witch academy, that I could recommend. And the most bizarre thing I’ve seen is John Dillermand. Maybe first screen it before you show it for your kids :)
Most of my favorites are Hannah Barbara cartoons. And I see that others have already convinced you to check out a few, though I’m a little confused why you’ve singled out Hannah Barbara animation and not say Filmation animation from the same time.
Regardless I’d like to offer the following that I don’t think I see in your list:
- Here Comes the Grump
- Fooly Cooly
- Biker Mice from Mars
- Bobs Burgers
- The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
- Strong Bad Emails
- Iron Man
- X-Men
- KaBlam!
- Muppet Babies
- Thunderbirds
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Batfink
- Garbage Pail Kids
- Godzilla
- King of the Hill
- Mister T
- The New Adventures of Gilligan
Hannah Barbara ones I can’t not mention: (Most not from 70s)
- The Addams Family
- Atom Ant
- Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines
- Droopy: Master Detective
- Fish Police
- The Herculoids
- Huckleberry Hound
- Inch High Private Eye
- The Jetsons
- Johnny Quest
- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
- Snooper and Blabber
- The Thing
- Valley of the Dinosaurs
- Wacky Races
- Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space
- The New Shmoo
I was mostly just signaling that I’m a bit of a hand-drawn animation snob, I didn’t mean to give much offense by it. Thanks for the big list, I might end up getting most of these. I had totally forgotten about KaBlam! and the Addams cartoon, those are definite keepers!
Breakfast takes 2 hours in your house?
Hahahaha, jealous?
Brunch does, anyway.
While the voice acting can be hit or miss, you may enjoy The Adventures of The Galaxy Rangers. It has a particularly awesome 80’s soundtrack and great visuals, and the plots are a bit more mature than the usual fare of that time.
Silverhawks is in a similar vain style wise, but it has more in common with Thundercats writing wise from what I recall of it (more juvenile), so adults may not get as much from it.
Megas XLR was a pretty good humorous take on the Mech genre from Toonami, and the whole series is on YouTube..
We watch Megas XLR, it’s a lot of fun! Adding Galaxy Rangers and Silverhawks to my list, thanks!!
No prob! Also, I found that Archive.org has the whole Galaxy Ranger series in much higher DVD quality compared to what’s on youtube.
Top tip!
Add just a little bit of 60s and 70s Hannah Barbara (Johnny quest, Scooby-Doo, old superhero shows) so that when they are older, you can show them Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law and GOATed of all time animated series The Venture Bros
Venture Bros might be the only reason I’d need to sit through a season of Johnny Quest. This is an extremely solid argument, I think you’ve changed my mind completely!
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Inspector Gadget
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Care Bears
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Babar
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Rupert
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Mona the Vampire
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Monster By Mistake
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Mummies Alive!
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Tales From the Cryptkeeper
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Freaky Stories
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Magic School Bus
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Stickin’ Around
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Ned’s Newt
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Anatole
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Cardcaptors
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Beast Machines (it’s a sequel to Beast Wars)
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Xiaolin Showdown
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Jackie Chan Adventures
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American Dragon: Jake Long
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? (not a cartoon)
Inspector Gadget is one of his top faves! A lot of these look like excellent ones to have around for spooky season, adding them!
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M.A.S.K., Count Duckula, Bananaman, Noozles, or Adventures of Little Koala. 1988’s C.O.P.S is a good one, too. As is Inspector Gadget. Also the Tintin series is a great one too.
If you’re going just from the list then Darkwing Duck, Looney Tunes Golden Collection (always a classic) + the Looney Tunes movies, She-Ra (Original or Modern), Dexters Lab, or Ducktales (I’d also suggest Bonkers, which was a short Disney Afternoon era show in 92, and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego).
Thanks! The list is all the stuff we’re currently watching, but Bananaman and Adventures of Tintin look perfect for us!
If you liked Underdog 1964, which I loved, then you might also like 1959 Mr. Peabody and Sherman as fun with history, and also 1959 Rocky & Bullwinkle
They were all Jay Ward productions, and are all classics!
We watch the classic Rocky and Bullwinkle! Mr. Peabody is a very easy thing to say yes to, I’m adding that to my list.
You’ve already got all of my recommendations, but please alphabetically sort these so we can check more easily!
Sorry about that, I’m kind of a mess this morning!
Man, Zoids would be a perfect addition to that list. Maybe SD Gundam would be fun too, its like a chibi version of Gundam.
I’d forgotten about that, it wasn’t for me when I saw it on TV but I think my kiddo would love it!
You have a bit of anime on there but I feel like pokemon and Dragonball z are missing. Simpsons could be added too.
Someone else recommended original Dragonball, and I’m taking that onboard. DBZ is great, but I think for the sake of time I’ll look for that edit I heard of that keeps it all concise and action-packed. As you can see we have a lot of stuff in rotation!
Just a heads up that original run Dragonball contains a bit of nudity (Goku is often naked and they don’t hide it). It’s fairly innocuous but I know not something every parent wants their kids to see.
Good note. His mom has always been pretty casual about nudity, so we don’t really fuss about ((non-sexual)) nudity in media. Bodies are just normal to him, I’m kinda jealous tbh.
Here’s my suggestions:
Western Animation:
- Summer Camp Island - It can feel a little childish at times, but definitely a good show.
- Fairly Odd Parents - Like SpongeBob you probably don’t need all the seasons, but the first few are great.
- Static Shock
- Kiff
Anime (since you had some). Tried to pick accessible ones that don’t have 100s of episodes:
- My Hero Academia
- One punch man
- Mob Pyscho 100
Adultish Cartoons. All of these should be fine for most ages and seem to fit in with your other shows:
- Bob’s Burgers
- Close Enough (same people who did Regular Show)
- Strange Planet
- Central Park (same people as Bobs Burgers)
- Final Space
Definitely have some more recommendations though if you like any of these.
We’ve got Fairly OddParents and I know he’ll appreciate Bob’s Burgers more when he’s a little less innocent, but the rest are really great recommendations. Just noticed I’ve lost my copy of Burgers too, what’s up with that? Anyway, hell yeah. I didn’t know about most of your adult toons. I totally forgot about Strange Planet, didn’t Harmon write some of that? I can’t believe I slept on that. Central Park is exciting too!
Ah, I must have missed Fairly Odd Parents on the list.
And yes, Dan Harmon was involved in Strange Planet. I’m sad that as a second season is unlikely, but I think the show does a good job about talking about everyday life. Somewhat similar in vibes to Bob’s burgers, but I think more approachable and able to do more as the show only occasionally focuses on the reocurring characters.
If you’re looking for more Adult cartoons, I’ve got a slew of them. One that bridges the gap a little bit is Young Justice (more of a teen/young adult superhero show).
No Hanna Barbera? You should throw a few in to mix it up. Like a Snagglepuss, one Huckleberry hound, and one Yogi Bear. The first season of Scooby Doo is iconic. Josie and the Pussy Cats was good. 60’s Hanna would include the excellent Johnny Quest. I’d also throw in a singular Space Ghost and Herculoids to break things up.
You make some solid points, if I’m willing to tolerate the California Raisins he should at least see some of these. We’ll do a retro theme one day and hit all of these, likely.
What was the reason for skipping Hanna Barbera (and '70s in particular) to begin with? The limited animation?
Unvarnished snobbery, but yes. The animation.
You’ve got great taste! Already ticked all my favourites.
“We bare bears” isn’t bad and I think the only one I can’t see.
Love to see Owl House, Amphibia and Hilda on there. My favourites shows on that list for sure
We Bare Bears looks so cute, I’m adding that one. Especially since you seem to have the same taste in toons as us, that’s a strong rec!
I found Freakazoid to be hilarious when I was in my teens, even though a lot of the jokes felt like they were written for my parents. It’s a fairly short series too, at least compared to a lot of the other kids shows.
I think The Tick was similar, if I recall correctly. I still loved it as a kid.
It wasn’t a commercial success because all the adverts were targeted at too young an audience. It should have been presented for what it is, which is goofy and random enough for kids and genuinely twisted enough for grownups.
Freakazoid and The Tick have always been two of my favorite classics
I was worried they wouldn’t stand up, but if anything they’re even better now that I’m old enough to really delight in how strange it is.
