So we have
a pony thread here and that one's obviously staying. But there's so much more than the ponies to be had in today's cartoon world. There have been some attempts at individual show threads but they never really got going, so let's instead have a thread about
all of the cartoons.
Cartoons, such as...
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Whaaaaat time is it? In the Land of Ooo, there's a lot of adventures to be had. Actually named "Adventure Time with Finn and Jake", but even if Finn and Jake are still what should be considered the main characters a lot of episodes don't even feature them outside of the intro. Has a large cast of many other interesting characters, such as scientist-ruler Princess Bubblegum, adorable robot/video game system BMO, vampire queen Marceline and not entirely effectual bad guy Ice King. Was fairly good from the start, but really got going with season 3.
In a world where humans and anthropomorphic animals live side by side, BoJack Horseman, the washed-up star of the 1990s sitcom Horsin' Around, plans his big return to celebrity relevance with a tell-all autobiography that he dictates to his ghostwriter Diane Nguyen. BoJack also has to contend with the demands of his agent and on-again-off-again girlfriend Princess Carolyn, the misguided antics of his freeloading roommate Todd Chavez, and his frenemy Mr. Peanutbutter, who is also Nguyen's boyfriend.
An animated adaptation of the popular video game series, airing as a Netflix exclusive. When his wife is burned at the stake after being falsely accused of witchcraft, the vampire Count Dracula declares all the people of Wallachia will pay with their lives. He summons an army of demons which overruns the country, causing the people to live lives of fear and distrust. To combat this, the outcast monster hunter Trevor Belmont takes up arms against Dracula's forces, aided by the magician Sypha Belnades and Dracula's dhampir son Alucard.
A reboot of the classic show, the new DuckTales - commonly referred to as DuckTales (2017) - brings it into the modern era. While it of course still features all your favourite ducks, including Scrooge McDuck and his three grandnephews, this iteration of DuckTales also involves the mostly missing from the original series Donald, a couple of entirely new faces, and redesigns for a lot of the familiar ones. It also tries to stick a bit closer to the comics than the old show did, namely those by Carl Barks and Don Rosa.
For their summer vacation, 12-year-old twins Dipper and Mabel Pines are dropped off from their home in California to the fictitious town of Gravity Falls to live with their Great Uncle. Things are not what they seem in this small town, and with the help of a mysterious journal that Dipper finds in the forest, they realize that their everyday lifestyle has changed.
The animated incarnation of the fourth generation of the popular toyline. Socially awkward unicorn pony Twilight Sparkle is sent off from the grand capital of Canterlot to the small town of Ponyville to learn about friendship. At least that's how it started once upon a time and is quite different now. Once the internet's darling with a fandom mostly consisting of the teritary audience, now considered by many to be past its prime. The first two seasons are fairly agreed on to be the best ones, with the decline starting in season 3.
Two half-brothers, Wirt and Greg, become lost in a strange forest called the Unknown. In order to find their way home, the two must travel across the, apparently magic, forest with the help of the wise, elderly Woodsman and Beatrice, an irritable bluebird who travels with the boys in order to find the woman of Unknown called Adelaide, that can undo the curse and make the half-brothers go back to their home.
Rick is an eccentric, elderly, alcoholic scientist who has moved in with his horse surgeon daughter Beth's family. He spends most of his time taking his young grandson Morty on dangerous, outlandish adventures throughout the cosmos and alternate universes. Compounded with Morty's already unstable family life, these events cause Morty much distress at home and school.
A real longrunner that debuted in 1997. With a deliberately crude animation style (it started as cutout animation, and is now computer animation that looks like it's cutout animation), it was one of the early "adult" animated shows. While it's often thought of as infamous for its toilet humour and the like, it's actually often fairly poignant and can amidst the insanity have some pretty good points. Has a very short production time for episodes, which has lead to some episodes over the years where plots have been literally taken from the headlines.
Star Butterfly is a magical princess from the dimension of Mewni who, on her 14th birthday, receives the family heirloom wand. However, after she accidentally sets fire to her castle, her parents decide that a safer option is to send her to Earth as a foreign exchange student.
Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl are
lesbian space rocks the Crystal Gems, who protect the earth and especially their hometown Beach City from a variety of threats that mostly consist of gem monsters. Also a part of the team is young Steven Quartz Universe, a half-human half-gem who has inherited his mother Rose Quartz's powers but don't have perfect control over them yet. Rose used to be their leader, but she had to give up her physical form to give birth to Steven (it's complicated, okay). Steven does what he can to get the hang of his powers and be a useful part of the team, as well as dealing with the kind of stuff a kid his age normally would. Notable for being Cartoon Network's first show created by a woman (Rebecca Sugar, who previously was on the Adventure Time staff). Starts out decent, gets really good towards the end of season 1.
The series follows Wander, a nomadic and overly-optimistic intergalactic traveler and his Zbornak best friend and steed Sylvia as they travel from planet to planet helping people to have fun and live free, despite the continuing encroachment of Lord Hater, most powerful villain in the universe, and his army of Watchdogs.
A show that follows three bear brothers: Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear. During their attempts at integrating with human society, when purchasing food, making human companions or trying to become internet famous, the bears struggle to assimilate the civilized nature of humans. However, in the end, they soon figure out that they have each other for support.
Obviously these aren't the only ones we can talk about. If there's some that you believe should be listed here, let me know. And it is never the wrong time to talk about old, classic cartoons!
Finally, when it comes to spoilers, the policy is basically "don't be a dick". We have spoiler tags, use them. I've found a good rule of thumb to be to consider an episode to be in spoilerville until the next episode has aired. If the latest episode was the season finale, give it at least a week.
The beginning has just started to the last season, and it was damn entertaining and defiantly darker than the original.
[adult swim] is repeating the first episode on their site as a stream.
Online it's 24 minutes an episode (well just a bit under).
At the time of the post the repeat starts at X:47. Give yourself leeway.
[adult swim] also hosted an AMA with Genndy Tartakovsky (17:55 for the start):
Link to video
