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Justice League (2001)
Plot Summary:
Justice League is an American animated television series which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. It is part of the DC animated universe. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It is based on the Justice League of America and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics. After the second season, the series was renamed Justice League Unlimited, and aired for an additional three seasons
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, superman, justice league, green lantern, superpower, team, super powers, destruction, vigilantism, escapades, disguise, master villain, wonder woman, superheroine, outer space, batman, christmas, new year, winter, multiverse, girl power, black superhero, comic book, badass, space
Samurai Jack (2001)
Plot Summary:
Made by Genndy Tartakovsky, this animated series tells the story of a great warrior displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!"
Duration: 23 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, samurai, villain, sword fight, martial arts, master warrior, sword, good versus evil, warrior, one man army, ancient, danger, heroic mission, quest, revenge, sword and sorcery, battles, save the world, mission, master villain, bounty hunter, violence, robot, flying car, superhero
Invader ZIM (2001)
Plot Summary:
Invader Zim is an American animated television series created by Jhonen Vasquez. The show premiered on Nickelodeon on March 30, 2001. The series involves an extraterrestrial named Zim who originates from a planet called Irk, and his ongoing mission to conquer and destroy Earth. His various attempts to subjugate and destroy the human race are invariably undermined by some combination of his own ineptitude, his malfunctioning robot servant GIR, and a young paranormal investigator named Dib, one of the very few people attentive enough to be aware of Zim's identity. Invader Zim was targeted at children in their early teens, and met with critical acclaim, but after the first season, the show's ratings began to decline. Before the second season was completed, Nickelodeon cancelled the series, leaving at least twenty-three episodes and a planned television movie series finale unfinished. The show has maintained a cult following since the series' cancellation with a pilot, forty-six aired episodes, and about seventeen episodes that were in production around the time the series was cancelled. On August 19, 2006, all forty-six episodes have aired on television. Nineteen of the episodes are split into two individual stories, each lasting about twelve minutes. There are eight double-length episodes. All of the episodes were directed by Steve Ressel except for the pilot which was directed by Jordan Reichek
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: dark humor, social misfits, absurd humor, insanity, rivalry, space travel, supernatural, fish out of water, paranoia, space and aliens, technology, anti hero, stupidity, fandom, androids and robots, disguise, disorder, surrealism, robot, alien, evil alien, love, school, invasion, moving
Robot Chicken (2001)
Plot Summary:
Robot Chicken is an American stop-motion claymation comedy television series created and executive produced by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The writers, especially Green, also provide many of the voices. Senreich, Goldstein and Root were formerly writers for the popular action figure hobbyist magazine ToyFare, which has won an Annie Award and three Emmy Awards
Duration: 11 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: stupidity, stop motion, mad scientist, sketch, absurd humor, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, mature, sketch show, robot, bad taste humour, joke, adult humor, comedy team, dark humor, batman, moving, vulgar, satire, scientist, friends, escapades, weirdo, disorder, silly humor
Alias (2001)
Plot Summary:
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA
Duration: 42 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: female protagonist, cia, spy, double agent, female spy, female agent, double life, espionage, young woman, working undercover, female warrior, betrayal, secret identity, parents and children, escapades, state affairs, strong female lead, martial arts, chases and races, danger, leader, couples, father daughter relationship, kickass women, occult
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)
Plot Summary:
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction TV series and a prequel to the original Star Trek set 100 years before. The series premiered September 26, 2001 on the UPN television network with the final episode airing on May 13, 2005. The series takes place in the 22nd century aboard Earth's first warp 5 capable starship Enterprise NX-01 designed for long-range exploration of the galaxy and captained by Jonathan Archer. The NX designation indicates that this Enterprise is an experimental prototype
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: space travel, outer space, space and aliens, time travel, space opera, spacecraft, space exploration, star trek, alien life-form, alien invasion, intergalactic, space, female alien, heroes, astronaut, good versus evil, teleportation, adventurer, danger, alien planet, battles, intelligence, alien contact, warp speed, spaceship
Smallville (2001)
Plot Summary:
Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. It is based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series follows the adventures of Clark Kent, who resides in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, during the years before he becomes Superman. The first four seasons focus on Clark and his friends' high school years. After season five, the show ventured into more adult settings, eventually focusing on his career at the Daily Planet, as well as introducing other DC comic book superheroes and villains
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 136000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: superhero, super powers, friendship, double life, secret identity, good versus evil, superhuman powers, heroes, superman, danger, teenage love, high school, secret, prophecy, friends, meteor shower, earth, escapades, teenage superhero, superhuman speed, teenager, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, alien, farm
The Oblongs (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Oblongs is an American animated television series aimed at teenagers and adults. It is loosely based on a series of characters introduced in creator Angus Oblong's picture book entitled Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children. The TV series was produced by Jobsite Productions and Mohawk Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, and the theme song for the show was composed and performed by They Might Be Giants. The Oblongs aired on The WB from April 1, 2001 until May 20, 2001 and then aired on Adult Swim from August 25, 2002 to October 20, 2002, with a total of thirteen episodes. There has been mention of a potential series revival with new episodes on Adult Swim, however, no other information has been announced. All thirteen episodes of The Oblongs were released on DVD on October 4, 2005
Duration: 284 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: family relations, eccentric family, surrealism, misfit, parents and children, family life, society, social misfits, toxic, husband wife relationship, deformity, mature, love, stoner, family affairs, twins, tribe, siblings relations, alcoholic, father daughter relationship, outcast, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, siamese twins
Totally Spies! (2001)
Plot Summary:
Totally Spies! depicts three girlfriends 'with an attitude' who have to cope with their daily lives at high school as well as the unpredictable pressures of international espionage. They confront the most intimidating - and demented - of villains, each with their own special agenda for demonic, global rude behavior
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, South Korea, USA, Canada, UK
Plot tags: espionage, high school, female protagonist, female spy, teenage girl, spy, teenager, female friendship, best friend, youth, teenage life, heroes, friendship, secret service, mad scientist, girl heroine, danger, uninhibited rivalry, secret agent, boss, dangerous mission, teenager fighting adult, werewolf, kickass women, around the world