Genre Children

Darkwing Duck (Disney+)

The 1991 classic gets the revival Disney+ took six years to order: Mark Hamill as Drake Mallard, Seth Rogen as Launchpad, Point Grey producing, Sean Tretta and Borja Pena Gorostegui running it. Early word, no score until episodes drop.

The Tick (1994)

The perfect Saturday morning cartoon, built by Ben Edlund from his self published comic and aimed at kids who paid attention. The Tick (Townsend Coleman’s full chest, Cam Clarke’s entire career as Arthur) is superhero absurdity done in seven minutes…

You Can’t Do That on Television

A room full of Canadian kids, a writers’ room that later ran half of American television comedy, and one rule that outlived the show itself: when a kid in a vest says “I don’t know” while the green slime descends,…

The Ren & Stimpy Show

John Kricfalusi took the buddy cartoon, deleted the plot, and filled the space with faces: the gross up close of Stimpy’s tongue on a honeycomb, the sweat, the snot, the veins. The Ren and Stimpy Show is the reason nineties…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Four mutant turtles, a rat sensei, a pizza fixation, and a theme song that infected a generation. The 1987 series took Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s indie comic, ran it through the kid friendly filter of the decade, and became…

The Real Ghostbusters

After Gozer got tossed through the skyline, the franchise’s smarter move was to animate the property instead of chasing it. The Real Ghostbusters keeps the firehouse, keeps the containment units, and turns the team loose on a weekly parade of…