Best Animated Kid/Teen Shows
by vrockmccarty | created - 20 Jun 2021 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicOur favorite animated shows that trend towards kids and aren't Disney.
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1. The Amazing World of Gumball (2011–2019)
TV-Y7-FV | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The life of a twelve-year-old boy who happens to be a blue cat as he lives with his family and other strange creatures.
Stars: Dan Russell, Teresa Gallagher, Kerry Shale, Kyla Rae Kowalewski
Votes: 41,152
2. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004–2009)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A boy and his beloved imaginary friend are able to stay together at an orphanage of sorts for imaginary friends that children have outgrown to be adopted by new children.
Stars: Keith Ferguson, Grey Griffin, Sean Marquette, Candi Milo
Votes: 24,759
3. Codename: Kids Next Door (2002–2008)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The adventures of a group of ten-year-old friends who fight for the right to do everything that adults restrict from them.
Stars: Ben Diskin, Dee Bradley Baker, Lauren Tom, Cree Summer
Votes: 22,752
4. The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–1982)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
It is about a cat who's chasing a mouse ...
Stars: Lou Scheimer, Frank Welker, Linda Gary, Jay Scheimer
Votes: 2,894
5. The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2015)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An updated iteration of the classic Looney Tunes characters focusing on their satirical misadventures living in suburbia.
Stars: Jeff Bergman, Bob Bergen, Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig
Votes: 15,504
6. Regular Show (2010–2017)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The surreal misadventures of two best friends - a blue jay and a raccoon - as they seek to liven up their mundane jobs as groundskeepers at the local park.
Stars: J.G. Quintel, William Salyers, Sam Marin, Mark Hamill
Votes: 57,767
7. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999– )
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The misadventures of a talking sea sponge who works at a fast food restaurant, attends a boating school, and lives in an underwater pineapple.
Stars: Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown
Votes: 111,436
8. The Fairly OddParents (2001–2017)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After being tortured and humiliated by his babysitter, a ten year old boy is put under the care of two fairy godparents, who can grant him almost any wish, which leads to dire consequences.
Stars: Tara Strong, Susanne Blakeslee, Daran Norris, Carlos Alazraqui
Votes: 46,433
9. Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999–2008)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The off-the-wall, day-to-day life of three friends who have exactly the same name.
Stars: Matt Hill, Sam Vincent, Tony Sampson, Erin Fitzgerald
Votes: 40,972
10. Dexter's Laboratory (1996–2003)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The misadventures of a boy genius and his annoying sister.
Stars: Kath Soucie, Jeff Bennett, Christine Cavanaugh, Tom Kenny
Votes: 53,798
11. We Bare Bears (2014–2019)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Three bear brothers do whatever they can to be a part of human society by doing what everyone around them does.
Stars: Eric Edelstein, Demetri Martin, Bobby Moynihan, Keith Ferguson
Votes: 18,901
12. Rocket Power (1998–2004)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Four friends and their daily lives of playing extreme sports, surfing, and getting into some crazy situations.
Stars: Joseph Ashton, Shayna Fox, John Kassir, Ray Bumatai
Votes: 10,495
13. The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (2002–2006)
TV-G | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young boy, who happens to be a genius, lives in a small town with his family and friends and often gets into crazy adventures with them involving the things he invents.
Stars: Debi Derryberry, Jeffrey Garcia, Rob Paulsen, Frank Welker
Votes: 24,516
14. Animaniacs (1993–1998)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The zany adventures of a trio of 1930s animated characters in the modern world.
Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker
Votes: 25,853
15. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (I) (2001–2007)
TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The ill-tempered Grim Reaper gets into a wager that forces him to become the life-long companions of two scheming youngsters after he loses.
Stars: Greg Eagles, Grey Griffin, Richard Steven Horvitz, Vanessa Marshall
Votes: 26,475
16. Ozzy & Drix (2002–2004)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Short, Action
The further adventures of Osmosis Jones and Drix as they defend the body of a young boy.
Stars: Jeff Bennett, Phil LaMarr, Alanna Ubach, Justin Cowden
Votes: 1,498
17. Hey Arnold! (1996–2004)
TV-Y7 | 15 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The everyday life of Arnold, a fourth-grader in a nameless city that resembles Brooklyn, New York, who lives in a multi-racial boarding house with his grandparents and a motley assortment of friends and neighbors.
Stars: Francesca Marie Smith, Jamil Walker Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Justin Shenkarow
Votes: 36,603
18. Rugrats (1991–2003)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, Phil and Lil and Susie find themselves in a slew of adventures - both real and imaginary. Baldly go where no baby's every gone before as the Rugrats turn the ordinary into the extraordinary every day.
Stars: Elizabeth Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, Nancy Cartwright, Kath Soucie
Votes: 38,504
19. ChalkZone (1998–2009)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of a boy with a magic chalk stick that enables him to enter a world of chalk drawings and alter its reality at will.
Stars: Elizabeth Daily, Candi Milo, Hynden Walch, Jess Harnell
Votes: 3,688
20. The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2004)
TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Three super-powered little girls constantly save the world (or at least the city of Townsville) from monsters, would-be conquerers and a few other gross things.
Stars: Cathy Cavadini, Elizabeth Daily, Tara Strong, Tom Kenny
Votes: 47,924
21. Total Drama (2007–2014)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Animated satire of survivor reality shows featuring random teenage archetypes vying for the final prize by any means necessary.
Stars: Christian Potenza, Clé Bennett, Rachel Wilson, Scott McCord
Votes: 14,228
22. Chowder (2007–2010)
TV-Y7-FV | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
In Marzipan City, excitable young food-loving Chowder is the apprentice of Mung Daal, a very old chef who runs a catering company with his wife Truffles and assistant Shnitzel.
Stars: Nicky Jones, Dwight Schultz, John DiMaggio, Tara Strong
Votes: 15,554
23. My Life as a Teenage Robot (2002–2023)
TV-Y | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The escapades of a super-powered robot who happens to resemble a teenage girl that tries to balance high school and teen problems while trying to save the world from danger.
Stars: Janice Kawaye, Chad Doreck, Candi Milo, Audrey Wasilewski
Votes: 11,157
24. The Wild Thornberrys (1998–2004)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Eliza Thornberry is not your ordinary kid. It's not just because she travels the world in an RV with her parents: famous nature show hosts. Eliza also happened to be granted the magical ability to talk with and understand animals.
Stars: Lacey Chabert, Jodi Carlisle, Tim Curry, Danielle Harris
Votes: 15,996
25. Popeye the Sailor (1960–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The continuing animated adventures of Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Swee'pea and Popeye.
Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Jackson Beck
Votes: 13,920
26. Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
Directors: Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith | Stars: Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, Conrad Vernon
Votes: 102,237 | Gross: $83.35M
27. CatDog (1998–2005)
TV-Y | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The life and times of a cat and a dog with a unique twist: they're connected, literally. Adding to their dilemma is Cat's annoyance with Dog, mainly caused by Dog's stupidity and Cat's up-tight personality.
Stars: Jim Cummings, Tom Kenny, Carlos Alazraqui, Billy West
Votes: 25,069
28. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
TV-Y7 | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The offbeat adventures of Courage, a cowardly dog who must overcome his own fears to heroically defend his unknowing farmer owners from all kinds of dangers, paranormal events and menaces that appear around their land.
Stars: Marty Grabstein, Thea White, Peter Fernandez, Simon Prebble
Votes: 50,991
29. Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995)
TV-G | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The wacky adventures of the new young hip generation of Warner Brothers Looney Tunes characters, most of them descendants of the original classic toon cast.
Stars: Charlie Adler, John Kassir, Tress MacNeille, Joe Alaskey
Votes: 14,246
30. Doug (1991–1994)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The life of a young boy as he meets friends, falls in love, maneuvers his way through grade 6 and writes all about it in his journal.
Stars: Billy West, Fred Newman, Constance Shulman, Doug Preis
Votes: 20,059
31. Johnny Test (2005–2014)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The adventures of average suburban boy Johnny Test, who wittingly plays test subject for his genius twin sisters' various experiments, reluctantly fighting evil villains in the process.
Stars: James Arnold Taylor, Maryke Hendrikse, Ian James Corlett, Lee Tockar
Votes: 9,504
32. Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A defrosted Holmes teams with a robotic Watson and a female Inspector Lestrade to stop the criminal rampage of Moriarty's clone.
Stars: Jason Gray-Stanford, John Payne, Akiko Morison, Viv Leacock
Votes: 540
33. The Smurfs (1981–1989)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Smurfs are tiny blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a peaceful forest. They repeatedly try to outwit Gargamel, an evil sorcerer, his apprentice, Scruple, and his mangy cat, Azrael.
Stars: Don Messick, Danny Goldman, Lucille Bliss, Michael Bell
Votes: 21,051
34. Inspector Gadget (1983–2023)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A bumbling cyborg inspector outfitted with an array of bizarre gadgets pursues the criminal organization M.A.D., all while his precocious niece and dog do the real investigative work.
Stars: Don Adams, Holly Berger, Frank Welker, Luc Durand
Votes: 23,325
35. The Yogi Bear Show (1961–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Yogi, a smooth, talkative forest bear looks to raid park goers' picnic baskets, while Park Ranger Smith tries to stop him.
Stars: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Jimmy Weldon, Renzo Palmer
Votes: 11,150
36. Johnny Bravo (1997–2004)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The misadventures of a dumb blond egomaniac who severely overestimates his own manliness and his supposed "success" with women.
Stars: Jeff Bennett, Brenda Vaccaro, Mae Whitman, Tom Kenny
Votes: 39,317
37. Cow and Chicken (1997–1999)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The program focuses on the misadventures of two unlikely yet somehow biological siblings: Cow and Chicken.
Stars: Charlie Adler, Candi Milo, Dee Bradley Baker, Michael Dorn
Votes: 21,701
38. My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005–2008)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A clerical error sends 12-year-old Adam Lyon to a middle school for zoo animals, but his best friend, Jake the Monkey, is standing by him every step of the way to help him adjust.
Stars: Tom Kenny, Nika Futterman, Grey Griffin, Rick Gomez
Votes: 7,122
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