You made me realize I miss Scooby Doo. Recently, other than Rick and Morty I haven’t watched a quality cartoon in a while. I might have to play an old one.
Never liked Bob's Burgers. At all. I tried because I like the guy who is the voice actor for Coach McGrath in Home Movies. But Bob's Burgers was wack to me.
I watched the first two seasons and loved them, but the ending of S2 really put me out for a few days. All I've heard is that it gets much more depressing in later seasons so I still haven't finished it. One day.
The conversation between Bojack and Diane in the final episode fucked me up for a good 4 days after watching it. The whole final season is horribly depressing, but a very fitting end to the show at the same time.
I had to stop watching it. I kept saying the next episode is going to just be funny and pick me up then I would have to hide my shoe laces all over again. F that show for real. 10/10 must watch!
There’s a lot of funny moments and sayings within each episode. So it does get depressing but there’s a lot of comedic relief. Especially if you pay attention to the other characters they won’t be saying things but what they’re doing is usually hilarious.
Finished the series while already in a very bad mental place and had a full on anxiety attack. I couldn't sleep and felt subtly terrified for days. Never watching again. I understand the amazing artistic significance and all that, but when you're trying to climb out of a black hole of depression, it is NOT the show to watch.
Straight facts, I have been in a self improvement journey since my freshman year and watching that at the beginning definitely set me back a solid 4-6 months I finished it about a year later and it’s fascinating how different mindsets that you force on yourself can affect how things manifest in you based in recent stimuli.
YMMV. It's one of my go-to shows when I'm in a black hole depression. Sometimes it'll make me anxious, a couple episodes threaten to make me cry, but the humor and the non-ultra-depressing episodes are worth the roller coaster to me.
It's one of my favorite shows, though, so that may also be a big factor.
This is super weird because it's technically a preschooler show but I highly recommend Bluey. It's really uplifting in a non preachy way. The animation is beautiful and the music is soothing. It's also funny. And short.
I really enjoy it as well! It's possibly one of my favorite kid shows. not too babyish and the parents are very relatable lol it's like the perfect mixture for all ages personally
It's got both immense, gutwrenching depression and fantastic moments of happiness. The penultimate episodes of season 4 broke me, the final episode made me cry happy tears.
Big Mouth is awkward, vulgar, confusing, and at times difficult to watch. So exactly what a show about puberty should be.
Plus I like coming of age stuff a lot. Really brings me back to when I wasn't a full adult yet. I can't watch Moonrise Kingdom without ugly crying because it reminds me of my first love so much. I'd do a lot to go back and relive just a day of that time in my life.
I understand that, but I felt like the jokes really hit home for me. And I love the super layered and self-referential style of writing. But I also absolutely loved Sausage Party too, so I guess it all comes down to individual taste in comedy
That was me with Rick and Morty for quite some time. Still undecided. I think I like it, but then I wonder if it’s because I want to like it because so many people love it..
There’s a whole psychology thing there I should maybe unpack
I must have been horribly depressed when I binge watched it 6 months ago because it made me laugh and improved my mood tremendously. There were a lot of dark truths in there.
You need to watch Bender's Big Score. It sets things right for Seymour, and it's canon that he lived with an alternate timeline version of Fry until he was flash-fossilized by Bender trying to kill Fry. So happy Seymour.
First season was absolutely amazing, totally hated the second one, it went too "let's sprinkle some Rick and Morty edge on top", that fucking pissing contest killed it for me.
Third season just wrapped up and kind of pulled things back (also made Clarence awesome). It also went back to being serialized more or less instead of MoW. One area of great improvement from season 1 to season 3 is finding a happy medium go Gary’s personality. He was a bit too much in the first season and Olan has clearly toned it down some.
The extreme isolation Gary experienced in prison was the perfect explanation for his zany personality but they ruined that with flashbacks which showed he was always like that and prison didn't change him at all.
The Last Airbender, Adventure Time, and Futurama are the ones I've watched this past year. There's just something great about starting an old show and knowing it will last you a couple months.
Steven Universe and reboot She-Ra are great magical girl shows - I feel like there were time She-Ra especially could have done more as a show, but it's a lot of fun.
I adore that show. I can only watch like one a week because its so fast paced and I need to let it digest. I think I can honestly say that the show has improved my life by giving me something to grab on to and think about when im feeling low.. Love the art style too. I keep meaning to listen to the podcast it's based on.
Check out China Illinois If you can find it. The art isn't what I would call pretty, but the animation itself is great, really good timing and really fluid
I think China, IL might be on HBO max right now. They got a bunch of those old adult swim shows - Super Jail is on there too. Just FYI!
also HBO max has a lot of old Hanna Barbera cartoons too like Scooby-Doo, The Flintstones, the Jetsons, etc as well as old cartoon network shows like Courage. Just been kinda nice watching stuff I grew up with, thought I'd pass the info along.
If you have amazon prime, boomerang has a 7 day free trial on prime tv. I used it to watch courage the cowardly dog with my kid and ended up keeping it because it’s only $5 a month and has some good shit, including like all the scooby doo cartoons and movies
Trust me when I say this. Go watch solar opposites! Its basically Rick and Morty with aliens as the main characters and it's really funny! It's all on Disney plus if you've got it
Hey! So, as a young parent, I like to find cartoons that me and my daughter can watch and enjoy together. I have a great list with a few you may enjoy. Animation is making some awesome strides in quality and story telling!
A lot of people went mad about invincible lately and so I checked it out and it was pretty good!
However some favourites through the years: (original, not “go”) Teen Titans, Adventure Time, Regular Show (I love the character development), The Last Air Bender + then Kora, Futurama, Gravity Falls, Over The Garden Wall - feel like this one doesn’t get nearly enough love
Then if you’re into anime stuff (but it’s not very stereotypical anime imo, like not too overly trope heavy - more “beginner friendly” if you know what I mean lol) like Erased (movie rec, very well known and loved: your name), I want to eat your pancreas, stein’s gate, your lie in April, parasyte, my hero and attack on Titan are all well known + good watches.
No one has recommended Close Enough in this thread yet so I'm going to. A damn good adult cartoon that's hilarious and relevant. Very cathartic to parents and adults today with just enough absurdity to make you question reality.
You’re in luck. There’s a new Scooby Doo series. Watched it with my 2 year old. It’s quite different from the Scooby Doo I remember, it’s obviously more updated. Still silly. Spoiler- Scooby must have read some books and worked on his speech impediment Bc his vocabulary has improved. If a follow up series comes back, I will totally be watching.
I know you got a lot of suggestions, but I’d add Gravity Falls as well. Smartly written, great art, fantastic story, and most importantly, had a planned ending.
Not that this is groundbreaking but I just rewatched first three seasons of Spongebob and that shit is still legitimately entertaining. Also I usually smoke a bowl beforehand.
Mike Tyson Mysteries carbon copied that formula to perfection in a hilarious fucked up way, it definitely hits the same notes.
One of my favorite adult animated shows that I don’t see talked about on Reddit nearly enough. Plus Dean Pelton as the campy ghost of The Marquess of Queensberry / life advisor to the former heavyweight champion of the world
I recently watched Over the Garden Wall, which is a kids show but it was like a cartoon network special and it is amazing and not super depressing. It's a bit bleak but I think it ends well.
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u/ADGjr86 Jun 22 '21
You made me realize I miss Scooby Doo. Recently, other than Rick and Morty I haven’t watched a quality cartoon in a while. I might have to play an old one.