Going back a ways, Reboot and Beast Wars. (Reboot, upon relatively recent revisit earlier this year, has a few jokes that I certainly wouldn't have gotten as a kid nor even as a teen.)

You?

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

Not including my top show ever despite being too old for it, Franklin ( that preschool show ablutnthe turtle ), I'm going with Summer Camp Island as maybe 2nd place right now since I started rewatching it again. 6 seasons of a show starting off fairly episodic before coming together to tell what I consider a beautiful ending, even if it kinda feels like they had a network rush placed on them. Absolutely LOVE the final episode.

Though I have also been rewatching Code Lyoko since they have a full dedicated channel to the English dub of the show on yt. One of my all time favorite kids sci-fi TV shows period. Giant foreheaded minors attending a boarding school and fighting a virus capable of doing impossible tasks like making teddy bears turn into giant monsters or take control of rats to cause a plague or something along those lines? What's not to love?

[–] Nightsoul@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Avatar both Aang and Korra, easily some of the best characters and world building for a kids show

Zoids

Teen titans

Lot of the nickelodeon shows around early 2000s SpongeBob, fairy odd parents, jimmy neutron, Danny phantom. They kinda were releasing bangers for awhile

Adventure time I watched as an adult and really enjoyed it

[–] ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 21 hours ago

Invader Zim (obviously...)

Phineas and Ferb

Powerpuff girls

[–] LOLseas@lemmy.zip 4 points 20 hours ago

Ren & Stimpy. Real talk.

[–] siv9939@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Gravity Falls and Steven Universe are the first two to pop into my head. Both start out having pretty self contained episodes before opening up to a big story arc. I think Star Wars Rebels gets overlooked even though it has seems to have less filler than Clone Wars did.

My kids are no where near the target demo anymore, but we've watch all of Bluey as a family too. The number of times I've teared up at that show is ridiculous.

I'm also a fan of the Adventures of Pete and Pete, Rocko's Modern Life, Invader Zim, and Magus XLR but they all have a heavy dose of nostalgia for me too.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

Oh yes, Gravity Falls and (at least the first couple seasons of) Bluey!

[–] Dalacos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I rather liked Prinze as Kanan in Rebels. (Also just enjoyed it in general.)

Clone Wars has an (IIRC official) episode guide I used the last time that was pretty good to get past most of the filler. Last few seasons were amazing for the most part.

[–] antifa_ceo@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago

Steven Universe has a really special place in my heart it's really a show for all ages with the themes it grapples with in many episodes.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago

Dexter's Laboratory.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

I'm going to shout-out Kids Next Door and Arthur. Loved both of them both as an adult and as a kid. Also, Recess.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

most DC and Marvel superhero cartoons.

ducktales original and 2017.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago

My personal favourites are ATLA and The Owl House, I know they were already mentioned though.

[–] Matt 18 points 1 day ago

Avatar: The Last Airbender

[–] JakenVeina@midwest.social 16 points 1 day ago

The Owl House, for sure.

Also, Infinity Train comes to mind.

[–] buttmasterflex@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Dragon Prince is fantastic!

[–] Dalacos@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Watched it seasonally since S1 and enjoyed it but hit a wall at S6. Been meaning to finish it. Has some good high/epic-fantasy in there though. (Which I am a sucker for.)

Reminded me of Netflix's Voltron series which I also quite enjoyed. Nothing too complex but it had something going for it.

[–] Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is goated with the sauce. Love the themes, the artstyle, the soundtrack, the characters... No joke, it made me cry on three occasions on my last watch (my 3rd). It's all even better when you're stoned.

She-ra and the Princesses of Power is really good. I like toxic yuri, and characters who just keep digging every time you think they've hit rock bottom.

Like others have pointed out, ATLA, Steven Universe, Infinity Train, Gravity Falls and The Owl House are all good, too.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Adventure Time and Spongebob had a lot of stuff that only adults could catch. Also, a lot of shonen anime deal with mature subject matter.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Definitely SpongeBob! I don't even think this was intended to be a kids show in the first place. Anyhow, SpongeBob is clearly a teenager or even young adult.

I really liked Adventure Time, too. Probably very much intended to be high quality children's content, suitable for adults as a side effect.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

i’ve tried watching spongebob a few times but couldn’t get into it. could you recommend a specific episode?

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 23 hours ago

No specific episode. I can totally understand that somebody wouldn't like it. First time I saw it was when my 5yo son was watching it, I found it horrible. Many years later I tried for myself and found it increasingly funny. As ever so often, I'd say the first few seasons are best.

[–] bw42@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Azumanga Dioh

The Sisters Grimm

Darkwing Duck

Gargoyles

Fraggle Rock

Phineas and Furb

Animaniacs

Just some off the top of my head that I have enjoyed rewatching recently

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Animaniacs? Well now that I think about it, yes.

Rob Paulsen is a fucking genius of words though, even after his throat cancer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYfTKVfwdjU

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

~~Starblazers.~~ ~~Battle of the Planets.~~

~~Interestingly, these were Japanese imports that were re-edited and dubbed well. One of these days I’m going to watch the Japanese versions because supposedly they are a little more adult.~~

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[–] Dalacos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Gargoyles

Been meaning to rewatch that for a long while now.

I do love me some Keith David. Despite seeing (hearing...) him in many roles before he'll always be Commander Anderson from Mass Effect to me first though. Dunno why, but it's the most memorable role for some reason. (For me.)

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

PRODIGY is a good nutrek, unlike the 3 "live action ones", lower decks can be considered for teens? and good for adults. SGU wierdly try to target teens, but it failed poorly. young justice, some of the newer animated x-men spinoffs.

[–] Dalacos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I liked the first couple seasons of SNW. Spock Amok had me in stitches and Pike is the captain we've needed for a while now.

Lower Decks is... frighteningly good as the seasons progress. Their ability to target and poke fun at Trek-tropes was better than any YT channel I've seen, yet they respected the source material and mimicked it with commensurately great ability. I was torn between laughing and crying while they did laps around DS9. (DS9 being my fav trek.) And I was genuinely surprised they got Jolene Blalock back given I thought she hated the franchise after her time in it. Even if the humour was more miss-than-hit for me early on in the series.

SGU was weird and originally felt like a BSG knockoff, but I loved their big sci-fi hook and wish we got to know what it was. (BIG spoiler for it below. It's an old show but still. If you haven't seen it don't click.)

spoiler

Pattern in the cmbr, really cool sci-fi idea

That said, most of SGU, aside from the early eps when critical offline systems were important, didn't really land with me. High concept; poor execution.

Prodigy was the Voyager continuation we apparently all needed but didn't know. (At least I didn't.) Was glad to hear a lot of familiar voices in S2, reprised.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Going back aways, too, Blues Clues. Not that I still watch it, but when my kids were of that age, I enjoyed watching it, and I'd even watch it without them sometimes.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

A couple not posted yet... Bluey, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sid the Science Kid

Ulysses 31

Magic Schoolbus

Mighty Mouse: The new adventures

GI Joe PSAs

[–] haywire7@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Can't believe no one's mentioned SpongeBob!

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Spectacular Spider-Man, I think I watched it at 17 TBF rather than 18 but it's amazing and I will be rewatching it again in the future.

[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

I did a rewatch of Avatar: the Last Airbender with my kids this summer leading up to the Magic the Gathering set, and I forgot how good it was.

[–] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

iCarly.

Both Avatar shows.

Oggy and the Cockroaches

Teen Titans Go

[–] Nightsoul@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Lol iCarly not a cartoon, but was pretty goated. Spencer easily the best character

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Star vs The Forces of Evil. Not sure how broadly we're defining "kids" here, these I guess might be more like pre-teen/teen/YA, idk.

[–] astro_ray@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I also love Star Trek: Prodigy
Other than that:
Avatar: The Last Air Bender
Star vs. The Forces of Evil

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Star vs wrecked me in a way I didn't think was possible.

[–] astro_ray@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How?

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

The finale. I'd watched so many shows where the ending was perfect for the show but wasn't ultimately "happily ever after." Whether that was the direction of the writing or idiots in the executive suite Steven Universe Future, Owl House, Gravity Falls, etc.

Star vs really is a "happily ever after" and made it work within the bounds of the show. Very little lampshading or deus ex machina hand waving.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Been watching Sonic: Boom. It's great.

I haven't seen Bluey but I'm probably going to.

Also Adventure Time, Regular Show, Chowder, Gumball, and Gravity Falls also csme out when I was already an adult and I love those.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Since ATLA was already posted (what a show, truly a pearl of Western animation), I'll say YuYu Hakusho. Yeah, it's a bit slow and repetitive but the emotional highs and lows still hit, and the animation and writing is still much better than much of what we have today. Also, seeing Yusuke's very real struggle (broken home, missing dad, alcoholic mom, feeling utterly pointless) still makes me feel strong feelings...

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Adventures of Pete & Pete

[–] LOLseas@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 hours ago

OH MY GUCCINESS, YESH! Also Hey Dude

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Amphibia

Hilda

Steven Universe and Future although Future is definitely aimed at an older audience.

Jurassic Park Camp Cretaceous and Chaos Theory.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Hilda

I (middle aged) enjoyed that, and it does have a vibe of being made specifically for both kids & adults.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tron: Uprising

[–] Dalacos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Couldn't get a straight answer from the reddit sub last time I tried. They just has to whinge and moan and bitch.

Do I watch it BEFORE or AFTER I rewatch Tron: Legacy? (A movie I personally enjoy.) Or is there an even better placement?

Never seen the show, got it on my hard drive for years now. Been on a backburner.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 2 points 23 hours ago

It's kind of a stands alone. but fits before Legacy technically. The animation is very unique, but also quite cool. Have watched it a few times.

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