What are definining traits of mid-late 00's cartoons?

Thick outlines and more angular shapes and art styles.

Being mean-spirited.

>DUDE EVERY CHARACTER'S AN ASSHOLE LMAO

>>89837984
That they aged like shit.

>>89838202
So pretty much like real people

>>89838202
so loony toons

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>Flat colors
>Geometric artstyle

Tweening

>>89838265
*Tunes

and, no.

>>89837984
Being painfully mediocre and forgettable.

>>89838202
I shit you not

this

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>>89837984
That they sometimes have hidden gems amongst in a pile of shit.

>>89837984
Being shit.

Cynical characters, with maybe one nice guy mixed in. Creative ideas but almost always wasted potential or don't explore the more interesting ideas that they pretty much gave themselves.

Decent voice acting with obnoxious directing mixed in, certainly setting the path for what 2010s have.

>>89838442
>hidden gem
I know we're talking common points here, but let's not delude ourselves.

>>89837984
The character/s that they want you to like and sympathize with are assholes

>>89837984

>focused visual design
>creator-led approach, rather than design by committee
>emphasis on visual rather than verbal storytelling

Its something we're seeing a clear return to, and the approach has it's upsides and downsides. On the positive, you end up with a show that resonates with personality, an honest reflection of a creative vision. You also end up with egotistical creators who either butt heads with the network and poison the well in the process or work themselves to death trying to micromanage every aspect of the process. The former happened to John K., the latter to Hirsch. There's also the case of inexperienced showrunners being handed too much responsibility and making gross errors of management in the process (e.g. hiring a mentally unstable tumblr fanartist on as a storyboarder and then having to axe her when she has a meltdown because you won't let her inject her shitty crack ship into the show.)

Sometimes you get wonder success stories, sometimes you get fiascos. But it's still a hell of a lot better than the alternative.

>>89837984
Only a few were memorable with the rest being either meh or downright shit.

>>89837984
Flash animation
Anime influence
Increase in imported cartoons (mainly Canada and France)
Cartoon Network being experimental and it blowing up in their face
Nickelodeon focusing most of their energy on Spongebob
Disney Channel focusing mainly on sitcoms

Moms having huge hips.