Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Crazy cartoon where the Grim Reaper has a Jamaican accent and is subservient to two psycho kids. This cartoon scratches a particular itch no other cartoon does haha, its good stuff
Edit: by kidult, I mean it has appeal to both audiences with stuff that goes over kids heads often and is probably super inappropriate situations/lessons, and such
Edit: I might be also referring generally to content from outlets/studios like
- Nickolodeon
- Teletoon
- Adult Swim
- CartoonNetwork
- some YTV
- Hannah Barbara
The last one that I can think of is probably Gundum Wing, although I watched a lot of Flinstones reruns growing up as well. Almost everything in both of them went way over my head as a kid.
Gravity Falls. A masterpiece of storytelling, wrapped up in family-friendly horror.
I’ll have you know that Ducktective has a big mystery element, and a lot of humour that goes over kids heads!
Star Wars: Clone Wars, it has super inappropriate war crimes.
Clone High’s great too
I feel like clone high leans more to adult than kid.
Haha you’re definitley right, we watched them staying up way past our bedtime lol
Honestly insane show. It jumps between some of the best and most critical Star Wars media ever made to a fucking Jar Jar and droids episode without batting an eye. Asajj Ventress especially might be the greatest girlboss in the galaxy.
Futurama - though I expect that’s showing my age.
Hey pal, I don’t know what you’re trying to say, but I take exception to the way you said it. Has anyone seen my keys?
If you find the guy who offended you let me know - I’ll give him the clamps.
Probably Animanics, though I was grown up before I watched that. Before that, I suppose Beavis and Butthead and even Simpsons were considered edgy.
“Finger Prince? I didn’t think so.”
I still can’t believe they got that one past the censors.
Invader Zim might fit the bill here. Created by a guy who also made a comic called Johnny the homicidal maniac
Duck Dodgers
Daffy Duck but in the 21st & uh 1/2 Century!
That shit was pretty good.
Only 25 more years!
Animaniacs
Wheel of Morality, turn turn turn. Tell us the lesson that we should learn.
Early to rise, and early to bed, makes a man healthy, but socially dead.
I know so little about Animaniacs yet have found myself quoting that all the time.
Avatar: The Last Airbender. I could rave about it all day.
Also Gravity Falls like @swordgeek@lemmy.ca said.
I never watched Justice League much as a kid, but my wife re-introduced it to me as an adult and it’s a pretty great mix of kid-friendly superhero stories with fairly mature themes and plotlines.
What camp are you in on the upcoming third Avatar saga?
This is the first I’ve heard of it, but it sounds pretty interesting. The new Avatar being born as one of a set of twins is a very neat idea that I wouldn’t have considered. That can create some really compelling stories on its own.
Long after I grew up, but Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb is fantastic! I was also well past being a kid, but I loved watching it with my own kids!
I love that show too even as an adult. Very clever and out there, reminds me of a mellower Dexter’s Lab
They are the reverse Pinky and the Brain.
Ren & Stimpy
Was pretty certain Ren & Stimpy had to be mentioned here. Scrolling… scrollling… that was too much scrolling to find this
Azumanga Daioh. Recently rewatched it and it’s still as funny today as it was in 2002.
Hair??? Chicken leg??? yes
Avatar and My little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Steven Universe is one of my favorites.
Also, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes is excellent, and created by Ian Jones-Quartey, the spouse of Steven Universe’s creator, Rebecca Sugar.
He used to write a webcomic that I followed a couple decades ago, which he officially ended in an episode of OK K.O. His webcomic was called RPG World.
Adventure Time.
Mathematical!
