>fucking duh are you autisticYes but people praise a lot of the older stuff. I grew up watching a lot of the CN and Nick classics. Whenever I go back to one of these “hidden gems”, they’re not that entertaining as an adult. 2003 Teen Titans is just okay,

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Kids cartoons are bad Chud 09/27/26 (Sun) 05:05:48 №144739 [Quote]

>fucking duh are you autistic
Yes but people praise a lot of the older stuff. I grew up watching a lot of the CN and Nick classics. Whenever I go back to one of these “hidden gems”, they’re not that entertaining as an adult. 2003 Teen Titans is just okay, same with Samurai Jack, but people heap a lot of praise onto them. I felt a similar disappointment revisiting Powerpuff Girls and Rocko’s Modern Life. Even one of my favorites as a kid, Invader Zim, is completely insufferable to me now. I just can’t stand that type of internet 2000s humor. Avatar The Last Airbender was particularly bad: I watched the whole thing and it’s dogshit. The humor is terrible and most of the characters are uninteresting. Despite this, people speak of it in the same breath as The Sopranos or Breaking Bad which is totally undeserved.

The only children’s cartoon I can enjoy as an adult is classic SpongeBob. I was never a fan but I watched the first three seasons this year and get the love now. It’s a Simpsons-tier show that just happens to be kid friendly. Billy & Mandy and Ren & Stimpy are also alright but I’m not compelled to watch more of them.

It’s disappointing because Cartoon Network inspired me a lot growing up. Those old shows felt like magic. They motivated me to draw and learn how to animate, so that I could create something similar to the shows I loved. That love has since disappeared, which is probably why I barely draw anymore. I think I just grew out of cartoons (that aren’t for adults like South Park) and I’m kind of sad about that. Maybe it’s a sign of maturity but they meant so much to me, and now I just see them as shallow. Kind of disillusioned.

Chud 09/27/26 (Sun) 06:02:42 №144743 [Quote]

>>144739 (OP)
Most cartoon-related media you see online are made by emotionally stunted manchildren because actual children don't know how to make that kind of stuff

Chud 09/27/26 (Sun) 06:17:22 №144745 [Quote]

>>144743
I feel like the type of people who praise Avatar or Samurai Jack are manchildren who have never watched anything else aside from cartoons.

Chud 09/27/26 (Sun) 08:49:47 №144750 [Quote]

I know this feel. Foster's Home and Camp Lazlo were two of my favourites as a child but when i rewatched them i felt intellectually disabled (feraljak levels of retardation). Same thing with Chowder, i liked some of the jokes but the humour overall is too smug for me. I didn't watch much of Nickelodeon outside of your typical redditbob, Ren and Stimpy or Fairly OddParents (i do find Jimmy Neutron gemmy doe), i'd have to rewatch the shows i vaguely watched from there
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Do you feel this way with older cartoons? Merrie Melodies, MGM cartoons, Fleischer Cartoons, pre-Scooby Doo Hanna-Barbera… which are oftenly seen as "kiddy" cartoons

Chud 09/27/26 (Sun) 17:46:58 №144758 [Quote]

>>144750
I did rewatch all of Foster’s in high school (this was five years ago) and loved it, strangely enough. Revisited it again this year and it just wasn’t the same. I think that show was just very nostalgic for me at the time. It has a place in my heart but I’m not going back for rewatches. Also yeah Chowder’s boring as fuck. Even as a kid I’d only watch it because it was on after school.
>Do you feel this way with older cartoons? Merrie Melodies, MGM cartoons, Fleischer Cartoons, pre-Scooby Doo Hanna-Barbera… which are oftenly seen as "kiddy" cartoons
Surprisingly no. I got some roadrunner cartoons in my YouTube recommendations and I actually enjoyed those a lot. I haven’t revisited Looney Tunes that much but it’s actually more enjoyable as an adult. Ended up going to see Coyote vs Acme and it was pretty good too. I’m not going out of my way to watch those older cartoons since I enjoy sitcom-esque humor over slapstick, but Looney Tunes at least has aged extremely well. Not really interested in revisiting Tom & Jerry or old Hanna Barbera, that stuff looks too tame and I never liked those as a kid.

Chud 09/27/26 (Sun) 23:33:09 №144771 [Quote]

amazing world of gumball was good though