Any one today would
say that the most popular cartoons today are not really for kids to watch.
These shows there are out today do have some content that are not suitable for
children. Shows like Family guy, Cleveland Show, American Dad, South Park are
not like the old shows that used to come on television. They have incidences
that are more adult oriented and references that kids would not understand. These shows do have a parental supervision
warning before they air on television, which pretty much says, this is for
adults. Yet somehow these shows are most popular with those exact kids that
they are not aimed towards. Then the parents blame the creators for making a
show of this caliber. That problem was mentioned in one family guy episode. It pretty
mush said that they are the one to blame for what their kids watch. That leads
to another issue. The way these cartoons are and the things that do go on in
them seem to be the way shows in general seem to be going. They get away with a
lot of things that would have gotten them in whole lot of trouble just a couple
of years ago. It just shows how things are changing.
In the 90’s
there were a ton of cartoons on every day. Therefore since there were so many
cartoons then to watch I am making a top ten. The list below is the top ten shows
that I would watch in morning before school and right after school when I got
home. Granted this not all the shows I watched. It is the ones I watched the
most. It was a lot harder to pick these then I thought, but these are the ones I
came up with.
Johnny Bravo
This show was about a stereotypical,
self-centered, muscle bound air head that lived with his mom. Johnny
continuously walks around his neighborhood trying to pick up girls with
horrible pick-up lines and gloating about himself. While that is going on he
continues to run into his little neighbor Suzy who is clearly more grown up
then he is.
Powerpuff Girls
“Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice.” Yes.
I admittedly watched the Powerpuff Girls. The show is about three special
little girls were created by Professor Utonium. However they were born with
superpowers. Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup where then deemed the protectors of
the City of Townsville. They were to protect the people from all enemies such
as the infamous Mojo Jojo and the mysterious “Him.”
TMNT
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the story of
four baby turtles that fell into some chemical in the sewers of Manhattan which
turned them into human like creatures. They were found and trained by a mutant
sewer rat who became their master, Master Splinter. The turtles are, Leonardo,
the oldest and leader of the turtles. Raphael, The hot head of the group. He is
always ready to fight. He is all about attack first, ask questions later. Also jealous of Leonardo and thinks he should
be the leader instead. Michelangelo is the easy going one of all the turtles. All
he wants to do is read comics, eat pizza, and skateboard. Donatello is the
smartest one. He rather not deal with the violence and mess around with the
techy stuff. Alongside them is April and Casey who help
them in the constant fight against Shredder and his foot soilders.
Dexter’s Lab
The show as about a little genius
boy who built his own laboratory under is house. He goes on multiple adventures
throughout the show. While doing so he has deal with his loopy sister Dee Dee
constantly messing up his work and plans. Also competing with his arch nemesis Mandark
Pinky and the Brain
It is a show where two lab rats are
on a continuous mission to take over the world. Well at least one of them are. That
would be The Brain. He (The Brain) is supposedly the “brains” behind the
operation. Whereas his partner in crime is not always on the same page as the
brain. Pinky is goofy sidekick and is basically just going for the ride as the
brain does whatever it takes to rule the world.
Scooby Doo
Scooby Doo and the mystery team
solved crimes around the world. The people on the team were Fred, Daphne,
Velma, and Shaggy. Velma being the smart one usually figuring out who the culprit
is by time they catch them.
Samurai Jack
Samurai Jack is about the journey of
a samurai trying to return back to his time, after being thrown into a time portal,
sending him into the future. The enemy
being Aku, Jack is fighting to get home and to defeat the evil Aku and avenging
his father and his family.
Animaniacs
The crazy adventures of Yakko,
Wakko, and their little sister Dot is what the show was based on. Seeing them
do the most random things throughout the show without any real consequence.
Looney Tunes
The classic that is the Loony
Tunes. With all of their famous characters
and memorable moments people will never forget. Characters like Porky Pig,
Tweety Bird, Sylvester, Roadrunner, Daffy Duck and the most famous Bugs Bunny. Watching
characters like Sylvester the cat try to eat Tweety Bird and fail every time.
Dragon Ball Z
This was definitely one of the more
action packed shows back then. Every day after school at 3 it was normal to
rush home and sit in front of the television until it came on. Goku, the main
character, was helping to protect the world from the villans that would come
and go. All the fighting and different creatures and enemies, all of them fighting
to collect seven balls to have one wish.
If you
disagree with the list that I have Please let me know which cartoon(s) you
think should be there.
If you were born in the 90's, or shortly after, you probably know about the cartoons that were popular in that time. There was not a time where kids then would not talk about the cartoon that was on last night or last week, then going home and waiting for the next episode. As a kid I watched a ton of cartoons. Mainly I watched Cartoon Network but there were cartoons on all the time, in the morning before school and after school at 3 pm. It was the thing to do when I was a kid. Now days I notice it has changed. I would say because of technology, kids today do not watch cartoons any more. They are now looking forward to the next jersey shore or real world episode or who gets punched in the face next. Another reason why things have changed is because there are not a lot of popular cartoons out there any more.
I know for a fact that if someone from born around the 90's and watched cartoons was asked to name some cartoons they watched as a kid, they could name about 10-20 different cartoons; where as today i am not sure if you could ask a kid today the same question and they could barely name 10. Maybe it is just the times moving on. Most people would say that cartoons are no longer cool. many people would say that everything for cartoons have already been done. who really knows the reason for the diminishing number of popular cartoons. all that is known is that it has changed dramatically and not going back any time soon.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Welcome to my home page. My name is Chase Barnes. This blog will be about how cartoon have ganged from the pass until now. I am doing this because it is something I noticed and wanted to look it to and get peoples opinion.
