While I am not a huge fan of cartoons - adult or otherwise, I have seen most of the ones on this list and do have many fond memories of watching cartoons as a child. I hope this list will be a nice trip down memory lane for many of our readers!
Production Period: 1991-2004
Channel: Nickelodeon
Following the life of a group of toddlers, Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and later Dill this is the longest running series on Nickelodeon with 14 years, and has earned a star on the Hollywood walk of fame. It has spawned 2 different series, All Grown Up, and Angelica and Susie’s Pre-School Daze; and 3 movies, The Rugrats Movies, Rugrats in Paris, and Rugrats Go Wild.
Production Period: 1990-1992
Channel: Cartoon Network
Based in Acme Acres, the show takes place at Acme Looniversity a school where young cartoon characters (most of which resemble a classic Warner toon) are taught how to become funny by a faculty of the popular Loony Toones characters. The show lasted 98 episodes and created 2 spin-offs, The Plucky Duck Show and Pink, Elmyra, and the Brain.
Production Period: 1993-1997
Channel: MTV
First airing as a short film featured on Liquid Television, Beavis and Butt-head are a pair of teenagers who spend their days with sarcastic conversations, bad ideas, and (brutally) critiquing music videos. Beavis and Butt-head lasted 7 seasons and put out 1 movie. It is considered a classic piece of 90’s youth culture and the MTV Generation.
Production Period: 1993-1995
Channel: Kids WB
Starring the Warner siblings, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, the Animaniacs was a variety show style cartoon usually consisting of anywhere from 1 to 3 segments. Though the most notable are the Warner siblings, there was a wide variety of characters with each pair or set acting in its own plot.
Due to a large audience of adults, making up over 20% of the viewers, The Animaniacs led to one of the first Internet-based fandom cultures. The show lasted 99 episodes, put out the movie Wakko’s Big Wish, and spawned another successful cartoon Pinky and the Brain.
Production Period: 1991-1996, later 2003
Channel: Nickelodeon, later Spike TV
This series follows the duo of the neurotic asthma hound Chihuahua Ren, and simple minded Manx cat Stimpy as they get caught in nonsensical adventures. The show’s violence and scatological humor, along with slow production times, led original creator John Kricfalusi to be fired in 1992. Games Animation took over in 1993 with a “lighter, gut funny type of show” instead of “truly frightening” episodes. In 2003 Kricfalusi re-launched the series as Rend and Stimpy “Adult Party Cartoon” on Spike-TV. This new version explored more adult themes, including a more explicitly homosexual relationship between the two main characters, and produced only 3 of 9 promised episodes before being removed.
5 SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Production Period: 1993-1995
Channel: Cartoon Network
Set in Megakat City, Chance “T-Bone” Furlong and Jake “Razor” Clawson are members of a paramilitary law enforcement agency called the Enforcers, that due to objecting orders have been forced to guard a city salvage yard. Hiding their identity and using homemade vehicles so they don’t get in trouble with the Enforcers, they become vigilantes and protect the city. There were 2 seasons, airing 25 episodes. It was eventually cancelled with 3 unfinished episodes, due to its violence.
Production Period: 1991-1994, later 1996-1999
Channel: Nickelodeon, later ABC
“Doug” follows the journal entries of Doug Funnie, who writes about his daily misadventures with his dog Porkchop, best friend Skeeter, and the other characters from the town of Bluffington. After 4 seasons and 52 episodes on Nickelodeon, he show was bought in 1996 by Disney, and aired on ABC. Releasing it as “The Brand Spanking New! Doug”, and later “Disney’s Doug”, the show many noticeable changes, and was far less popular with old audiences. Disney produced 3 seasons, and 64 episodes. A movie was also spawned by Disney, entitled “Dougs First Movie”.
Production Period: 1996-2004
Channel: Nickelodeon
Arnold is a fourth-grader who lives with his Grandma and Granddad in a boarding house in the fiction city of Hillwood (which highly resembles New York). Arnold is often caught up in a predicament, or helping a school mate with a personal problem. Originally a comic started in 1986, a claymation episode got it picked up by Nickelodeon, where it was formed into cel-animation and had 5 seasons and 100 episodes. In 2003 they released a movie named “Hey Arnold!: The Movie”
Production Period: 1992-1997
Channel: Fox Kids
Staring the original early 90’s comic cast drawn my Jim Lee, the cartoons follows the same story line as the comics. Along with loosely reproducing famous story lines and plots of the original series, it also created episodes that dealt openly with mature social issues, though mostly in subtext. This is one of the longest lasting shows on Fox Kids running 5 seasons and 76 episodes, second only to Batman, and is also one of Americas most viewed and highest rated morning programs in history.
Production Period: 1993-1996
Channel: Nickelodeon
Following the wallaby Rocko, and his surreal life in the city of O-Town, the cartoon was laced with double entendres, sexual innuendo, and written by a guy who had little to no experience with cartoons or kids. The shows success mostly came from the fact that it was aimed at kids and their parents, and every story was “funny” and “strong”. The animation was very unique, with no parallel lines, hand painted backgrounds, odd colors, and oddly shaped anthropomorphic animal characters. The original writer and creator Joe Murray could no longer continue the constant work and handed the show off to someone else after the 3rd season, but still reviewed every episode. Even though Murray encouraged the show to continue, they stopped after the 4th season, with 52 episodes behind it.
Contributor: Trigun472
译文:
十大90后流行动漫排行
不管是不是成年人了，我并非超级动漫迷，但我看过这个榜单上所有的作品，儿时看这些漫画时的快乐记忆犹新。我希望读者们可以从这里开始一段美妙的回忆之旅。
第十名
《小淘气》
出品时间：1991-2004
频道： Nickelodeon
本片围绕着几个刚学会走路的小孩子展开，有汤米、查理、菲尔、莉莉、安吉丽克，还有后来的迪尔。这部动漫是在 Nickelodeon频道放映时间最长的剧集，前后长达14年。在好莱坞赢得了耀人的美誉。之后，又发展出两部戏，孩子们都长大后，安吉丽克和苏西学前的迷茫。还有3部被搬上了大银幕，分别是，淘气小兵兵、小淘气巴黎历险记和原野小兵兵。
第九名
《兔宝宝历险记》
出品时间：1990-1992
频道： Cartoon Network
故事由在Acme Acres城中的一座大学-Acme Looniversity中展开，动画片的小主角们，他们大多代表华纳的卡通形象，在这里，他们从乐一通的原班人马学到如何娱乐观众。该片共有98集，并创造出2部派生剧，The Plucky Duck Show 和 Pink, Elmyra, and the Brain。
第8名
《瘪四与大头蛋》
出品时间：1993-1997
频道： MTV
作为一部短片，首次在MTV所属的一个独立卡通节目液态电视频道播出，片中充斥瘪四Beavis与大头蛋Butt-head两个青年之间低俗而无厘头的对话，鬼点子，并酷评那些音乐录像，互相进行暴力行为来制造笑料。本片共推出7季，还有一次被搬上了大银幕。它体现了90后年轻人的文化，也见证了MTV一代。
第7名
《狂欢三宝》
出品时间：1993-1995
频道： Kids WB
该片由华纳三兄妹雅克、娃克和点点为主角，《狂欢三宝》是一部具有综艺节目风格的卡通片。一般分为3段。最引人注目的是华纳兄妹，这里有众多各样的角色和布景出现在每个情节里。
观众群里有20%的大量成年人，该片掀起了第一次网络影迷文化浪潮。它共放映了99集，带动了娃克的Big Wish，还衍生出了另一部成功的卡通片 Pinky and the Brain。
第6名
《莱恩和史丁比》
出品时间：1991-1996，后来的2003年
频道： Nickelodeon, 后期 Spike TV
这部剧集以两个主角的组合为主线，一位是神经性哮喘病人莱恩，另一个是头脑简单的马恩岛猫史丁比，他们在荒诞的历险中被抓到。片中出现暴力和下流的幽默，加之拍摄进度过慢，使得原创John Kricfalusi 在1992年被解聘，1993年由游戏动漫接拍，以轻松幽默的风格取代挑逗场景。2003年Kricfalusi在Spike-TV频道再放莱恩和史丁比之成人聚会卡通版。这个新版本挖掘了更多的成人主题。其中包括两个主角明显的同性恋关系。预拍的9集后来删减为3集。
第5名
《霹雳特警猫》
出品时间: 1993-1995
频道: Cartoon Network
故事发生在一个全以猫狗为市民的虚构的城市Megakat 城，“T-Bone” Furlong 和“Razor”Clawson是被叫做执行者的准军事执法机构成员，接到了拯救城市的任务，他们隐藏了身份，自驾家用车，避免与执行者发生冲突。他们化身特警保卫城市。本片共分2季，25集。最后因为暴力镜头，还有3集未完成就被取消。
第4名
《阿德日记》
出品时间: 1991-1994, 后来的1996-1999
频道: Nickelodeon, 后期ABC
阿德日记源自Doug Funnie的日记，其中写到他每天与他的狗狗Porkchop、最好的朋友Skeeter和来自另一个小镇 Bluffington的人物发生的意外经历。在Nickelodeon放映了4季52集后。1996年他的这部戏由迪斯尼引进，在ABC放映。从播放之初的阿德日记到后来的迪斯尼阿德，该片发生了显著的变化，在老观众群中不太受欢迎。迪斯尼发行了3季，64集。该片还衍生出了另一部阿德日记电影版。
第3名
嘿!阿诺德
出品时间: 1996-2004
频道: Nickelodeon
阿诺德是个四年级的小男孩，和祖父母住在一个片中城市Hillwood的（极其有象征纽约的意味）寄宿旅馆里。阿诺德经常陷入困境，或者帮助校友解决个人问题。该片始于1986年，由Nickelodeon接拍了这部模型动画，并采用了方块卡通画面的手法。该片共5季100集。2003年出品了电影版的《嘿！阿诺德》。
第2名
《X战警》
出品时间: 1992-1997
频道: Fox Kids
由90年代初的喜剧阵容担纲，像我喜欢的 Jim Lee，该片延续了喜剧片惯常的主线。除了松散复制名片中的内容和原始的情节，它还创造出了公开处理成熟的社会事件的剧集，大多数有潜台词的。仅次于蝙蝠侠，是美国历史上最受欢迎的拥有最高收视率的早间节目之一。
第1名
《洛可的摩登生活》
出品时间: 1993-1996
频道: Nickelodeon
围绕着wallaby Rocko在0镇的梦幻生活，附带有双关及性绯闻的色彩。该片由一位毫无动画和儿童节目经验的作者编写。该片成功归溯于针对目标观众群是儿童和他们的父母，故事个个好笑，风格硬朗。这部动画风格独特，没有重复剧情，拥有手绘的背景颜色，颜色出挑，塑造出人形的动物造型。原创作者Joe Murray 不再继续创作，在第3季之后转给他人，但每季都作预览。尽管Murray 鼓励该片继续发行，还是在第4季停了下来，遗憾地留下了后面没拍的52集。
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