Homage to Cartoon Network

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Cartoon Network was precise overmuch portion of the puerility for younger millennials & older Gen Zs increasing up. Recently, they unopen down their website which made maine reminisce. Back successful the day, thing felt amended than getting an unexpected schoolhouse vacation wherever you beryllium astatine location and ticker cartoon web each day.

However, ever since we outgrew these cartoons, Cartoon Network has been successful an eternal decline, this is owed to assorted factors:

1) Shift to streaming which has been detrimental to cablegram & outer TV successful general.

2) Changing tastes of children who similar antithetic kinds of contented successful Instagram, Youtube etc.

3) Lack of creativity - the shows that replaced the iconic shows we watched during our children were conscionable not arsenic bully - prime oregon contented wise.

Some of my favourites include:

1) Codename: Kids Next Door

A clump of kids are portion a unsocial spy organisation that fights against teenagers and adults - what's not to like? The villians are conscionable hilarious including a dentist whose main volition is to cleanable the Kid's teeth (horror of horrors!) and a pirate who steals candy!

2) Samurai Jack

This cartoon was successful a people of its own, I'm not adjacent definite however this ended up arsenic a kid's amusement arsenic the lore truly had imaginable for thing overmuch bigger. I inactive don't cognize whether Jack made it backmost to his time.

3) Ben 10 (the classic)

A teen gets successful possession of a ticker portion connected a vacation with his gramps & relative that allows him to alteration into 10 antithetic aliens. This on with Samurai Jack were among my favourite of each time. There are aboriginal versions wherever Ben grows up but I'd outgrown cartoons by that point.

4) Courage the Cowardly Dog

How this amusement was approved for children, I'll ne'er know! I watched a occurrence precocious and had occupation sleeping (I hatred fearfulness genre ). Basically the adopted canine named courageousness who contempt being easy frightened had to support his household from supernatural improvement with lone a talking machine assisting him (somewhat). It did thatch what 'courage' truly means though, sticking by your household adjacent erstwhile you are freaking retired yourself.

5) Dexter's laboratory

The premise is simple, a young genius called Dexter has a monolithic laboratory nether his location which lone his older sister Dede knew of, the dynamic is unmistaken for those with siblings.

6) Powerpuff girls

Three kindergarten girls warring transgression and monsters that onslaught the metropolis for nary evident reason. Thinking back, the Mayor and his caput inactive gets me!

7) Johnny Bravo

Very precise inappropriate, surely didn't thatch america the champion lessons, would've been downright cancelled now! But comic arsenic hell!

8) The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

The grim reaper himself is held hostage by 2 kids !? As brainsick arsenic it sounds.

Most of these besides came with iconic taxable songs

And past we decided to turn up!

Last edited by dragracer567 : 14th August 2024 astatine 17:28.