Dexter's Laboratory is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network as the first Cartoon Cartoon. The series follows Dexter,an enthusiastic boy-genius with a hidden science laboratory in his room full of inventions,which he keeps secret from his clueless parents,who are only referred to as "Mom" and "Dad". Dexter is at constant odds with his older and more extroverted sister Dee Dee,who always gains access to the lab and inadvertently foils his experiments. Dexter has a bitter rivalry with his neighbor and classmate Mandark,a nefarious boy-genius who attempts to undermine Dexter at every opportunity. Prominently featured in the first and second seasons are other segments focusing on superhero-based characters Monkey,Dexter's pet lab-monkey/superhero,and the Justice Friends,a trio of superheroes who share an apartment.
ChalkZone is an American animated television series created by Bill Burnett and Larry Huber for Nickelodeon. The series follows Rudy Tabootie,an elementary school student who discovers a box of magic chalk that allows him to draw portals into the ChalkZone,an alternate dimension where everything ever drawn on a blackboard and erased turns to life. Rudy is joined in his adventures by Snap,a wisecracking superhero Rudy once drew with chalk,and Penny Sanchez,Rudy's academically intellectual classmate and personal friend.
Static Shock is an American superhero animated television series based on the Milestone Media/DC Comics superhero Static. It premiered on September 23,2000,on the WB Television Network's Kids' WB programming block. Static Shock ran for four seasons,with 52 half-hour episodes in total. The show revolves around Virgil Hawkins,a 14-year-old boy who uses the secret identity of "Static" after exposure to a mutagen gas during a gang fight which gave him electromagnetic powers. It was the first time that an African-American superhero was the titular character of their own broadcast animation series.
Space Ghost Coast to Coast is an American adult animated comedy late-night talk show created by Mike Lazzo for Cartoon Network and hosted by a re-imagined version of the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. It is the first TV show to be produced by Williams Street,the company to start up Adult Swim in the early 2000s. In contrast to the original 1960s series,Space Ghost,which aired as a standard Hanna-Barbera Saturday-morning superhero cartoon,Space Ghost Coast to Coast is a reboot and sequel of the series intended for teens and adults,reinterpreted as a surreal spoof talk show and animated using the original series' artwork. Early seasons are more of a parody of late-night talk shows,while later seasons rely more on surrealism and non-sequitur humor.
Teen Titans is an American animated superhero television series created by Glen Murakami and developed by Murakami,David Slack and Sam Register. Based on DC Comics's superhero team of the same name it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation,and DC Entertainment. The show premiered on Cartoon Network on July 19,2003;its first two seasons also aired on Kids' WB. Initially,only four seasons were planned,but the popularity of the series led to Cartoon Network's ordering a fifth season. The final half-hour episode of the show,"Things Change",aired on January 16,2006;it was later followed by a TV movie,Teen Titans:Trouble in Tokyo,that premiered on September 15 the same year,serving as the series finale. A 15-minute episode titled "The Lost Episode" was released as part of an online promotional campaign by Post Consumer Brands in January 2005.
The Venture Bros. is an American adult animated action comedy television series created by Christopher McCulloch and Doc Hammer for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. Following a pilot episode on February 16,2003,the series premiered on August 7,2004.
What a Cartoon! is an American animated anthology series created by Fred Seibert for Cartoon Network. The shorts were produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions;by the end of the run,a Cartoon Network Studios production tag was added to some shorts to signal they were original to the network. The project consisted of 48 cartoons,intended to return creative power to animators and artists,by recreating the atmospheres that spawned the iconic cartoon characters of the mid-20th century. Each of the shorts mirrored the structure of a theatrical cartoon,with each film being based on an original storyboard drawn and written by its artist or creator. Three of the cartoons were paired together into a half-hour episode.
Kimberly Ann "Kim" Possible is a fictional character and the title protagonist of the animated Disney television series of the same name. voiced by actress Christy Carlson Romano. She was created by the show's creators Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle and debuted in the pilot "Crush",which premiered on June 7,2002. She starred in each of the show's 87 episodes and last appeared in the hour-long series finale "Graduation",which originally aired on September 7,2007. A high school cheerleader moonlighting as a teenage crime fighter,special agent,and spy most of her missions involve thwarting the plans of her archenemy Dr. Drakken,a mad scientist,and other villains while facing everyday challenges commonly associated with adolescence.
Adventure Time is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and co-produced by Frederator Studios for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake —a dog with the power to change size and shape at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo,where they interact with Princess Bubblegum,the Ice King,Marceline,BMO,and others. The series is based on a 2007 short film that aired on Nicktoons. After the short became a viral hit on the Internet,Nickelodeon's executives passed on its option before Cartoon Network commissioned a full-length series from Fred Seibert and Ward,which was previewed on March 11,2010. The same year,the series premiered on Cartoon Network on April 5,and it ended its eight-year run on September 3,2018.
The Aquabats! Super Show! is an American action-comedy musical television series which aired from March 3,2012 to January 8,2014 on The Hub Network,later resuming as an independent YouTube series from September 2019 to July 2021. The series was created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz,both the creators of the Nick Jr. Channel series Yo Gabba Gabba!,and Jason deVilliers.
Kim Possible is an American animated action comedy television series created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle for Disney Channel. The title character is a teenage girl tasked with fighting crime on a regular basis while coping with everyday issues commonly associated with adolescence. Kim is aided by her clumsy best friend,Ron Stoppable,his pet naked mole rat Rufus,and teenage computer genius Wade. Known collectively as Team Possible,Kim and Ron's missions primarily require them to thwart the evil plans of the mad scientist–supervillain duo Dr. Drakken and his sidekick Shego,as well as other foes.
Historically,the portrayal of lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in media has been largely negative if not altogether absent,reflecting a general cultural intolerance of LGBT individuals;however,from the 1990s to present day,there has been an increase in the positive depictions of LGBT people,issues,and concerns within mainstream media in North America. The LGBT communities have taken an increasingly proactive stand in defining their own culture,with a primary goal of achieving an affirmative visibility in mainstream media. The positive portrayal or increased presence of the LGBT communities in media has served to increase acceptance and support for LGBT communities,establish LGBT communities as a norm,and provide information on the topic.
Bob's Burgers is an American animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is centered on the Belcher family—parents Bob and Linda and their three children,Tina,Gene,and Louise—who run a burger restaurant and often go on adventures of many kinds. The show premiered on January 9,2011. The series was conceived by Bouchard after he developed Home Movies. Bob's Burgers is a joint production by Wilo Productions and 20th Television Animation.
Jake the Dog is a character and one of the two protagonists in the American animated television series Adventure Time and resulting franchise created by Pendleton Ward. He also appeared in the spin-off series Adventure Time:Distant Lands. He is voiced by John DiMaggio. The character made his debut in the original pilot. During the events of the show,Jake says that he is 28 "magical dog years" old.
Marceline the Vampire Queen is a fictional character in the American animated Cartoon Network television series Adventure Time and resulting franchise,created by Pendleton Ward. She is voiced by Olivia Olson in most appearances,by Ava Acres as a child,and by Cloris Leachman as an older woman. Marceline is a fun-loving 1,000-year-old vampire queen,as well as a musician who plays an electric bass that she made from her family's heirloom battle-ax. Ward created the artistic design for Marceline,with small changes and additions added by Phil Rynda,the former lead character and prop designer for Adventure Time.
"Fionna and Cake" is the ninth episode of the third season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. The episode was written and storyboarded by Adam Muto and Rebecca Sugar,from a story by Mark Banker,Kent Osborne,Patrick McHale,and series creator Pendleton Ward. It originally aired on Cartoon Network on September 5,2011.
Steven Universe is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It tells the coming-of-age story of a young boy,Steven Universe,who lives with the Crystal Gems—magical,mineral-based aliens named Garnet (Estelle),Amethyst,and Pearl —in the fictional town of Beach City. Steven,who is half-Gem,has adventures with his friends and helps the Gems protect the world from their own kind. The pilot was first shown in May 2013,and the series ran for five seasons,from November 2013 to January 2019. The TV film Steven Universe:The Movie was released in September 2019,and an epilogue limited series,Steven Universe Future,ran from December 2019 to March 2020.
Natasha Allegri is an American animator,writer,storyboard artist,storyboard revisionist and comic book artist. She is the creator of Cartoon Hangover's and Frederator Studios' Bee and PuppyCat,and is also noted for her work as a storyboard revisionist and character designer for Cartoon Network's Adventure Time,for which she created the characters Fionna and Cake,genderswapped versions of Finn and Jake.
Obie Scott Wade is an American producer,director and screenwriter. He has written for several television shows,and in 2013 created the animated television series,SheZow.
The depiction of LGBTQ characters in animated series in the 2010s changed significantly from the previous decade;especially in Western animation. This included Rebecca Sugar's Steven Universe which aired on Cartoon Network and praised for going "above and beyond when it comes to inclusive storytelling" The 2010s also brought with it shows such as Adventure Time,The Legend of Korra,BoJack Horseman,OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes,Amphibia,She-Ra and the Princesses of Power,and The Bravest Knight,among others,all of which had strong LGBTQ characters. Representation of LGBTQ characters would only continue to grow in the 2020s.
