The ILX Animated Series Poll Results Thread is part of this complete breakfast

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14. Ren & Stimpy Show, The
141 points, 8 votes, 0 firsts

Avatar truly is brilliant; it was pretty interesting and absorbing from the beginning, but by the midway point of Season 2 I was genuinely gobsmacked. I honestly couldn't believe a Nickelodeon kid's show could be so damn good.

Ren and Stimpy was never my cup of tea, sadly; I genuinely can't see what's great about it. I'm from the cartoon-geek generation that mostly knows John K as that guy who's always complaining about other people's cartoons on his blog.

R&S = amazing show, terrible man.

I was specifically thinking of films like The Grudge above - I get that with Japanese ghost stories there are often quite specific types of ghost, but I found it really gross that they just decided to go ahead and stick some white protagonists in Japan getting menaced by Japanese ghosts.

along with being a terrible human being, john k was probably the most ridiculous cult leader ever -- just post after post trying to convince his followers of the genius of the guy who did the background designs on "yogi bear."

I thought Avatar would place in the top ten, it was my #1. It has basically everything I want in an animated TV show: beautiful, imaginative world, memorable characters, fantastic story that is incredibly well-paced across the 3 seasons, and it's genuinely funny for a kid's show. It culminates in one of the best endings to any show ever. I saw it in my late twenties, well after my peak nostalgia years, much older than the intended viewer age, but it's such a gem. I rewatched it last year and it's still one of my favorite shows of all time

I've never seen any R&S beyond the clip that was on The Simpsons, so let me wax more about ATLA.

* Its sense of realpolitik is well thought out -- not just for a kids' show, but any TV series.
* It humanizes all of its main characters, including (most) its antagonists, and gives them real psychologies.
* It's hilarious.
* It actively critiques toxic masculinity.
* Uncle Iroh is the best character ever.
* CABBAGES.

xp Vinnie OTM

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13. Batman: The Animated Series
144 points, 10 votes, 0 firsts

- Mark Hamill's portrayal of the Joker = best.
- Created Harley.
- Gave all non-Joker rogues pathos.
- Dr. Freeze was designed by Mike Mignola!
- Ground zero for DCAU. (Also led directly to the best Batman film.)

Am I missing anything?

I very nearly gave R&S my 1st, but held off because Fuck U JOhn K :(

I voted for BTAS and love it, but it has the big downside of having some of the worst animation yet on this list.

What's your best Batman film Leee?

Mask of the Phantasm!

Kevin Conroy! Efraim Zimbalist Jr.! Dana Delany!

The animation does get dodgy (it's better when it becomes The Adventures of Batman & Robin), but I think that's a consequence of being an early '90s cartoon.

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12. King of the Hill
149 points, 12 votes, 0 firsts

Yup

Clayface eps are the peak imo

Yep.

One of the Clayface episodes gave me nightmares as a kid

still my favorite animated sitcom by a mile

i honestly expected this one to go in the top 10.

I tried out the "So is he Chinese or Japanese?" line once on ILX and nobody got the reference, which is kind of indicative.

y'all i started watching avatar and it is so fuckin sick

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11. Space Ghost Coast to Coast
151 points, 10 votes, 0 firsts

king of the hill one of the best shows ever

oh hell yeah space ghost

that is old kentucky shark, and he has been there

Dont think I even voted for Space Ghost! I like it fine, but found it a bit ... I dunno, it'd sag sometimes? Depended who the guest was I spose. Preferred Brak Show.

season 7 is when it goes full tilt, williams street weirdness perfection

cf. "kentucky nightmare," which i am watching now and every part of which is hilarious

old kentucky shark episode was one of the best for sure

a shark on whiskey is mighty risky
a shark on beer is a beer engineer

Is Space Ghost an Adult Swim show? We never really got those over here

cartoon network originally but it migrated to adult swim for its last seasons

i thought king of the hill was too 90s-generic-sitcom, kind of like grace under fire as a cartoon. i hear that fox meddled with mike judge's conception of the show, cutting out more political stuff.

Monsignor Martinez is the greatest show within a show in TV history

VAYA

CON DIOS

I could never really get into KOTH. It was very very... American.

Unlike the Simpsons.

Haha North American I guess

Oh shit nm for some dumb ass reason I thought you were talking about kids in the hall, forgot what thread I was in

y'all i started watching avatar and it is so fuckin sick

One of the only criticisms of the show I can make is that early S1 episodes after the pilot are not as tightly written or integrated into the overall plot, so if you like it that early, you're in for a ride, cause it gets much better

Sorry Trayce, I didn’t mean to be truculent!

Ha its all good! Maybe its because its more a southern/hick thing? I dunno, that seems dumb cos we have people like that here too. I just didnt get into it anyway.

The Simpsons deliberately obscured the state Springfield resided in, whereas KotH was much more specific. Trayce otm.

'flipmode' is my favorite space ghost ep, the one with busta rhymes

really inventive show in those last few seasons after it moved to adult swim

great visual for space ghost, kudos

also even if pamela adlon wins an oscar, a tony, the indy 500 and the presidency, this will _still_ be the thing I remember her for forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4oXXL1a5A

The episode where Chuck Mangione hides from his ridiculous contract with Mega Lo Mart (he had to appear at every store opening, not realizing they'd be opening a gazillion stores) by hiding in a Mega Lo Mart is still one of my faves

There are too many great moments to mention, but it's a show that successfully showed the dynamic between kids and that between adults separately while being able to blend the two realms.

Insanely good voice cast, too! Boomhauer always otm

guessing beavis and butthead is out, but this story crosses both animated worlds

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I hope Beavis & Butthead isn't out. Like Beck's early work, my initial opinion of 'this is really effing stupid' swung all the way to 'oh no wait, this is actually effing genius' once I gave it a fair shake.

beavis & butthead owns but i highly doubt it'd place above king of the hill

I had a look earlier at my ballot earlier, to post something about the ones who won't make it, and realised that I have no idea what's in and out, I can only think of four or five that are to come - Beavis and Butthead wasn't on the list, but now that you mention it, it makes a lot of sense.