>tfw there are probably 18 year olds who look back on

>>89540037
And for good reason

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>>89540037
I look at everything with 2 years and older in a nostalgic way. Anything to get me out of this shitty present.

>>89540037

I only found the "Costa Rica and Cameroon" bits and the Invaded episode funny.

>>89540037
21, actually

>>89540037
I sure as hell don't.

>>89540071
This.

>>89540037
I've seen posts on Tumblr and Youtube, usually from folks in their late teens/early 20s, stating that mid 2000s shows like Catscratch and Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi were the 'good old cartoons', much like 30-35 year olds wax nostalgic over Sonic SATAM and Duckwing Duck.

Also, I'm old enough to remember constant "RIP Cartoon Network 1992 - 2004" posts, then I began to see that morph into "RIP Cartoon 1992-2007" for a while. And now I'm seeing "RIP Cartoon Network 1992 - 2010" ones recently. I guess it depends what you got nostalgia for growing up.

Time keeps on slipping, into the future.

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>>89540037
All it takes is for a show to constantly be on the air for someone to come here a few years later and defend it. How soon before wistful Johnny Test kids?

>>89540037

I had a weird boner as a kid from the episode where Jake pulls pranks on Adam the whole episode and finally gets him at the end by making him naked in front of the whole school

I swear I'm not gay tho

>>89540659
I've seen people being nostalgic for the first season of Johnny Test.

To be fair though, that season was simply mediocre, as opposed to the later ones which were outright terrible.

>>89540692
Then it's still too soon. Someday people will come here and swear that it was all good.

>>89540037
22 here, I liked it

>>89540037
> My Life Partner's A Monkey
no

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>>89540737

Go fuck yourself you stupid little insignificant piece of shit. This show is the reason why Cartoon Network went down the most depressing time period in it's existence, including the early 2010's live action debauchery. You make me SICK!!!!

>>89540793
Probably sarcasm, but it really was very shitty. Well below shows before and after it.

Hey /co/, if you were forced to choose between mid 00s CN or late 00s CN, which would you choose?

Mid 00s (2004-2006):
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Juniper Lee
Camp Lazlo
My Gym Partner's a Monkey
Ben 10
Squirrel Boy
Class of 3000

Late 00s (2007-2009):
Out of Jimmy's Head
Chowder
Transformers Animated
Ben 10 Alien Force
Flapjack
The Secret Saturdays
BrainRush
Bobb'e Says
Destroy Build Destroy
The Othersiders
Dude, What Would Happen

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Well it's true.

>>89540852

Mid 00s. No question.

>>89540852
Wow, 00's really sucked. At least we had Fosters, Chowder and Flapjack I guess.

Off-topic(ish), but I've never understood why CN stopped calling their 2004+ shows "Cartoon Cartoons". Like, what the hell was wrong with that name? It was distinctive and amusing-sounding.

For instance I don't see anything wrong with calling more recent CN shows like Adventure Time and Regular Show "Cartoon Cartoons", but apparently CN does. Did they retire the name because it triggered someone?

>>89540037
i mean it got better when they realized the premise was stupid and just started writing episodes based on what would be funny for the characters, and not what would fit with the show's theme

>>89540852
Late, if only because of Chowder

>>89540964
My guess is "Cartoon Cartoons" sounds silly and this is the era of young adult-college age focused cartoons that try to take themselves too seriously.

The show was awful, until it became self-aware, then it actually became enjoyable. Not too good, but I didn't have to change the channel anymore.

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>/co/mrades old and new don't know about Gym Partner's last two patrician-tier seasons

>>89541180
Did they hire a writer?

>>89540037
22 actually, and it was okay. They started running out of jokes and started getting meta then it ended

>>89540037
There are people who are being nostalgic over Phineas and Ferb, The Mighty B! and even that one about the purple unicorn, so anything's possible I guess.

>>89540037
Hell I'm 20 and I look back on it nostalgically

>>89540037
people who hate Gym Partner probably never made it past the 1st season

it's a pleb filter of sorts

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Is Gym Partner /co/re?

>>89540037
Nope. I watched it all the time as a kid 'cause it came on after school (20). Very meh. The only memorable parts were the ones that made me cringe like the musical episode and how CN would use "pretty pretty, shiny shiny" clip for bumpers. It was a dark time.

>>89540071
I feel nostalgia for the first two seasons of Gravity Falls, because there was yet so much to discover and so many chances to speculate...

>>89541911
>first two years
ftfy

>>89540037
That doesn't make it not objectively shit.

>>89540627
Sonic SATAM was shit too.

>>89541911
>first two seasons of Gravity Falls
So the entirety of Gravity Falls?

>tfw you're 29 and nostalgic for MGPAM because whenever you got home from work and crashed on the couch it was the only thing on

>>89540037
I'm 23 years old and this show reminds me of being in grade 7, staying up all night on Newgrounds, and falling asleep to this and other shitty shows at 8am.

>>89541546
I've never known someone to be nostalgic over Charlie the Unicorn.

>>89541180

This (it got more surreal and stupid as the show continued)

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No, but I remember this episode bonerfully

>>89540037
I liked it when they were actual friends and it didn't devolve into Ms. Foster's-style "how the fuck are they still together" after the monkey had his brain extracted.

>>89540037
Why does /co/ dislike this show?

>>89542273
I meant to say S1 and S2-A

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>>89540037
Eh, I merely liked 1 episode in the entire show.

>>89540037
It was pretty good at times, but for some I still don't like it.

It was probably the monkey and all the annoying voices.

>>89543179
Maybe it's getting popular

>>89540852
late 00s, only because of Chowder and Flapjack which are more like cartoons from the early 10's.

>>89540998
Not really there's still shows on CN like Uncle Grandpa, The Mighty Magiswords Teen Titans Go and NuPPG that are wacky loud and random though to be honest those shows all suck

>>89540963
The 00s was great you had shows like Courage The Cowardly Dog, Codename Kids Next Door, Samurai Jack, Billy and Mandy, Foster's Home, Time Squad, Ben 10, Camp Lazlo, Class of 3000, Evil Con Carne and more

>>89540852
>Mid had Ben 10, Camp Lazlo, and Class of 3000
>Late had Total Drama, Chowder, Flapjack, and Brainrush
>Both had Foster's, Billy and Mandy, Ed, Edd, n Eddy, and Teen Titans
Mid wins by a hair

>>89540037
Characters look really bad

>>89543179
It started out really bad and didn't begin to pick up until its second half. With two whole bad seasons /co/ had already made up its mind in regards to the show, and a lot of people are only recently discovering that its second half was markedly better.

>>89540852
I fucking hate class of 3000. where is that fucking autistic kid with those stupid ass goggles?

>>89540037
Pretty crappy show, honestly. Makes me thankful for most of CN's current output, despite what /co/ thinks.

Hell, that toy commercial made by the same guys, Littlest Pet Shop (2012) turned out far better, and still wasn't that great, either.

The Cahill couple knew little to nothing about how to make good cartoons people could truly be proud of, at the end of the day.

>>89540037
Yep. That's me.

I am 25 and this is 100% always sure way to get into melancholic mood.

I still remember sitting on a carpet while sun was setting up through curtains and is was playing.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jcrevFlZKjg

>>89543179

The first season (and probably second) were too mean spirited

>>89545807
Beside the point. The fact they're trying to reach older audiences at all is probably the cause of the ditching of the "Cartoon Cartoons" title.

Unless you've got a different theory.

>>89540627
There's at least one guy here on /co/ that thinks Puffy Ami Yumi was a really great show. I saw a few episodes not that long ago on a cruise ship (cause apparently CN in Asia plays 10 year old cartoons) and it was even worse than I remembered (and I remembered it being pretty bad).

>>89540852
Mid 2000s because at least great shit like Billy and Mandy was still airing.

>>89540863
Wish I appreciated that joke earlier.

>>89551678
Samurai Jack is a decent point, but the majority of the shows you just listed are incidentally entertaining to adults. They're still shows made with kids in mind. Which is why we've come to the problem of today, where adults think cartoons SHOULD be made for them. It kind of shits on the legacy of cartoons that are good and enjoyable by anyone.

>>89540037
i.e., me.

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>>89540037
While I don't look back on it with a lot of nostalgia, I do remember it fondly. The show was alright and it was quite entertaining.
Plus it had it's share of good jokes, like >>89540863 for example.

>>89548962
God, I hate that term. I get that the world shat on Adam way too much that it crippled this show (that, and Jake, other characters being annoying, disgusting twats), but come on - "Mean Spirited"? Such a pussy - ass term that shouldn't be used unless you want to be seen as a complete pussy.

>>89540037
i don't. fuck that show

>>89551997
Looney Tunes, the prototypical "good cartoon" was made for adults. Jackass.

>>89551653
>>89551870
That's /co/ for ya. Always living in the past like a bunch of twats.

>>89551997
You're alright. Kind of - Just enough for me to vote yours as BEST. COMMENT. HERE.

>>89554145
A lot of Cartoons from that era are like that - what's your point???

>>89551997
>Which is why we've come to the problem of today, where adults think cartoons SHOULD be made for them.

What the fuck are you even talking about? How is this a problem? Point me to evidence of anyone or anything being negatively affected by this "problem".

>>89554167
... my point was that it's okay for adults to want some cartoons to be made for them, and in fact the best early cartoons were made for adults. What is your point? Fucking weirdo.

>>89540037

I remember it being shit, but the characters were pretty likeable for the most part. Just really shitty jokes and plots.

>>89540037
I have fond memories.

Though that's more the general situation- when I think of My Gym Partner's a Monkey, I remember that playing in the background alongside Flapjack and Chowder while I was playing Burning Crusade.

>>89540852

Mid was really shitty, but late 00s might be even worse.

>>89554176
It attracts manbabies and emotionally stunted tumblrinas to the medium, for starters. Look at how shit /co/ has become, and you can point the finger pretty easily at the attempted audiences of many modern cartoons.

I liked how often it took the piss outta it's Premise

>>89540037
The giraffe was cute.

>>89540080
>Costa Rica and Cameroon
what?

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>>89540037

The people who made that show went on to make this.

>>89540037
Not only was it bad, it had one of the most nauseating opening theme songs I can think of.

>>89540037
Going by the fact that many people here think that KND and Billy and Mandy are among the best and funniest shows to ever air on television, I'd say yes, there are probably a shit ton of 18 year olds who look back on this show nostalgically.

>>89540037
>when you don't even remember this show but then you remember you haven't been 18 for half a decade

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>>89559945

>KND and Billy and Mandy
>funniest shows to ever air on television

>>89540037
Even as an 11 year old I knew this was meidocre shit

>>89541692
cartoon network's shitty episode rerun filter, nonetheless. good barometer.

>>89554207
>Fucking weirdo
kek

what, are you angry?

>>89554207
and that demographic changed the same year they were made because they peaked their popularity with children.

as is, again, the case of a failed demographic attraction stunt.

>>89540037
ONCE

I remember MGPAM being really fucking hilarious to the point of tears, at a time where my sense of humor really changed drastically, where many things couldn't make me laugh. It and Flapjack were really funny shows.
I'm a little scared to go back to MGPAM because of the sudden recent backlash against it, making me realize another thing I thought was amazing was actually not as good as I remembered it was.

>>89561755
It's not great but some episodes are patrician

>>89561755
given how you're literally me by your irregular mindset about old cartoons and the fact that flapjack was the shit too me back then as well, I can safely assure it's not great.

most of the episodes revolve on slapstick and Adam suffering, Jake being a dick with no retaliation on his end, and the rest of the animal gang are no better. there are no memorable jokes save for the occasional 'extreme detail one shots' trend back in the day, and the plotlines for a good portion of the episodes are very much on the cookie cutter side, where nothing that happens to the characters ever really matters in the end.

>>89559460
COSTAAAAAAA RRRRRRRRRIIIICAAAAAAAAA
CAMAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON

>>89556213
/co/ has ALWAYS been shit. and its the influx of emotionally stunted /pol/lacks that's more to blame than anything. I rarely see tumblr people spam threads endlessly bitching about comics they don't read because Bendis introduced another Bendis character that will get replaced given in like. A couple runs tops.

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>>89540037
Pretty Pretty Shiny Shiny Pretty Pretty Shiny Shiny

>>89554109
How else would you describe "x character gets shat on too much it cripples the show"?

>that episode where Jake paints his tail and ass to look like a face and runs around on his hands saying 'Okie' Dokie' for 11 minutes straight
dropped the show then and there

There was an ep in the last season where they talked about internet message boards hating them.

>>89566674
It was a one-off joke about Jake realizing that internet people hated him

>That ep where Adam gets a job promoting a car dealership
>He has to wear a Gorilla Suit
>This triggers Windsor
>He wears a human suit to spite Adam

>>89540852
Mid any day of the week. Hell 07 was when I stopped watching all together because I hated it so much.

>>89559945
The first few seasons of Billy and Mandy are pretty damn good and held up for me on rewatch. KND was great but only from a kid's perspective, appropriately enough.

>>89540852

Mid (as much as I love Chowder and Flapjack)

>That episode were Nurse Gazelle became a student and started having feelings for Adam

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>>89566873
>That episode were Nurse Gazelle became a student and started having feelings for Adam

Wut

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>>89566873
>That episode were Nurse Gazelle became a student and started having feelings for Adam

>>89540037
21, and I still wanna fuck Jake.

>>89559512
This show was leagues better than MGPAM, sadly - even then, it wasn't anything truly spectacular / special (on its own), either - especially if we're going by what everyone on the inter THINKS it's a "rip-off" of...

>>89563034
Let's just agree this show was crap and stop lying to ourselves. THIS SHOW WAS CRAP - especially compared to the likes of Billy & Mandy or KND, for examples of shows that still hold up to people today...

It was a pretty awesome show

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>>89567026
yes, that happened

almost every female character, and at least one male character, wanted to fuck Adam at some point