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Plot Summary:
Dennis and Gnasher is an animated British TV series based on characters from The Beano comic, It features the daily adventures of the rebellious schoolboy Dennis the Menace and his dog Gnasher.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: retro, 2d animation
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The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964)
Plot Summary:
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo is an animated television series, produced by United Productions of America, which aired for one season. The television series was based on the original cartoon of the same name, with Jim Backus reprising the voice over of the role he did on TV: while doing this show, he continued with the prime time show Gilligan's Island. Unlike the theatrical cartoons, which focused on the extremely nearsighted Quincy Magoo's bumbling, the show featured the Magoo character as an actor in adaptations of such literary classics as Don Quixote and Gunga Din. Each of these roles was played seriously, with few if any references to Magoo's nearsightedness; however, introductory segments in each program featured Magoo backstage stumbling into scenery and talking to props, thus connecting the older cartoons to this series. Some stories were contained in a single half-hour episode, but others ran to two and even four episodes. As UPA did not have its own studio facility the production was farmed out to the Grantray-Lawrence and Format Films studios. Among the most ambitious adaptations mounted in this format were the four-part Robin Hood, in which he took the role of Friar Tuck; Treasure Island, in which he played the villainous Long John Silver; and a version of Snow White in which he portrayed all seven dwarves.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro
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Victor and Hugo (1991)
Plot Summary:
Victor and Hugo, Bunglers in Crime is an animated series made by Cosgrove Hall for Thames Television and screened on CITV from 6 September 1991 to 29 December 1992 and is a spin off from Count Duckula. The series centres on the exploits of two bumbling French criminals - the eponymous brothers of the title. Despite referencing the French author Victor Hugo in their names, neither brother was particularly intelligent. The plot of each episode dealt with Victor and Hugo and their English-based business "Naughtiness International" being hired by crime figures to steal something. Victor would come up with a "meticulous plan" to achieve this goal, which was routinely botched by Hugo. The episodes would traditionally end with the brothers imprisoned.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: 2d animation
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Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese (2019)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of an average family; a boy, a girl, a dog, a cat, a mouse and ..err, a piece of cheese. What could possibly go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Ireland, USA, France
Duration:
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Rupert (1991)
Plot Summary:
Rupert is an animated television series based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, produced by Nelvana, Ellipse Programmé and TVS for the first season, with Scottish Television taken over control when TVS closed. Aired from 1991 to 1997 with 65 half-hour episodes produced. It was broadcast in syndication on YTV in Canada. In the United States, the show first aired on Nickelodeon before moving to CBS; repeats of the series came to Qubo's digital service in January 2007, and still airs there. The show was broadcast in the UK on CITV and has recently been re-airing on the satellite and cable channels Tiny Pop and KidsCo. In Australia, the show was broadcast on the ABC public broadcasting network and on TV2 in New Zealand as part of the Jason Gunn Show.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France, UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation
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Hey Duggee (2014)
Plot Summary:
Animated preschool series about a clubhouse that is run by a big dog called Duggee.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 7 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, 3d animation, educational, 2d animation
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The New Archies (1987)
Plot Summary:
The New Archies is a children's television cartoon, based upon the long-running Archie comic books and characters. The series, produced by DIC Entertainment and originally airing on NBC, re-imagined Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, and the other teenage students of Riverdale High School as pre-teens in junior high. Fourteen episodes of the show were produced, which all aired during the show's first and only season in 1987 and were repeated in 1989. A short-lived Archie Comics series was produced bearing the same title and set in the same universe as the animated series. Reruns of the series ran on The Family Channel's Saturday morning lineup, 1991 to 1993 and on Toon Disney from 1998 to 2002. In this series Veronica speaks like a valley girl. However, in previous animated cartoons and the radio show, she had a southern accent. Dilton Doiley was replaced as the "intellectual" character by an African American named Eugene. Eugene's girlfriend Amani was another addition to the cast. Archie also gained a dog, Red.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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The Archie Show (1968)
Plot Summary:
The Archie Show is a Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation. Based on the Archie comic books, created by Bob Montana in 1941, The Archie Show debuted on CBS in September 1968 and lasted for one season. A total of 17 half-hour shows, each containing two 11 minute segments, were aired. Archie cartoons continued to be aired in various forms until 1978.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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101 Dalmatian Street (2018)
Plot Summary:
Follow the adventures of eldest siblings Dolly and Dylan, their Mum Delilah and Dad Doug, and their 97 younger brothers and sisters as they embark on urban adventures and extreme sibling rivalry. Together, the pups explore growing up and finding their own spot inside the biggest, messiest, furriest blended family ever.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 472
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, sincere, feel good, captivating, 2d animation
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The Raccoons (1985)
Plot Summary:
The Raccoons is a Canadian animated television series which was originally broadcast from 1985 to 1991 with three preceding television specials from its inception in 1980 and one direct to video special in 1984. The franchise was created by Kevin Gillis with the co-operation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: retro, children's program, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Top Cat (1961)
Plot Summary:
Top Cat is a Hanna-Barbera prime time animated television series which ran from November 26, 1961 to April 18, 1962 for a run of 30 episodes on the ABC network. Reruns are played on Cartoon Network's classic animation network Boomerang.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, not serious, retro, slapstick, cult classic, humorous, slapstick comedy, 2d animation
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Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2002)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Bean is an animated television series by Varga Studio based on the British live-action series of the same name. Characters from the original live action series included Mr. Bean, Irma Gobb, Teddy, and the mysterious driver of the Reliant Supervan, with the new addition of Mrs. Wicket, Bean's landlady, and her evil cat Scrapper. The series again featured little actual dialogue, with most being either little sound bites or mumbling, mild slapstick, with occasional sexually suggestive moments. Rowan Atkinson provided the voice for Bean; additionally, all of the animated Bean actions are taken from Atkinson himself. Other characters' voices are provided by Jon Glover, Rupert Degas, Gary Martin, Sally Grace and Lorelei King. Despite the series' actual title being simply Mr. Bean, some broadcasters referred to this series as Mr. Bean: plus a subtitle for disambiguating with the original live-action series. Disney Channel Asia refers this series as "Mr. Bean - The Animated Series" and the original live-action series as "Mr. Bean - Live Action Series" in their schedule. The German version, aired on Super RTL, is titled "Mr. Bean - Die Cartoon-Serie".
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, absurd, retro, anime, realistic, slapstick, sitcom, slapstick comedy, 2d animation
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Dennis & Gnasher (2009)
Plot Summary:
Based on the iconic D.C. Thomson comic strip Dennis the Menace, this 2D-animated series follows the mischievous adventures of Dennis and his best friend Gnasher the dog.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, 2d animation
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The Pink Panther Show (1969)
Plot Summary:
The Pink Panther Show is a showcase of cartoon shorts produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng between 1969 and 1979, starring the animated Pink Panther character from the opening credits of the live-action films. The series was produced by Mirisch Films and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, and was broadcast on two American television networks: from September 6, 1969 — September 2, 1978 on NBC; and from September 9, 1978 — September 1, 1980 on ABC.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, funny, light, retro, absurd, sentimental, psychedelic, political, anthology
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Wallace & Gromit: The Aardman Collection 2 (1996)
Plot Summary:
This is the continued complete collection of Wallace & Gromit clips.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Heathcliff (1980)
Plot Summary:
Heathcliff is an animated TV series that debuted on October 4, 1980. It was the first series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. It ran until September 18, 1982 with a total of 25 episodes, under two different names.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Family, Comedy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, costume drama, feel good, humorous, not serious, slapstick
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Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1990)
Plot Summary:
The Tom & Jerry Kids Show is an animated television series, co-produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Turner Entertainment, starring cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry as children. The show premiered in 1990 and continued airing until 1994. The series is about Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse in their childhood and their friends Droopy and Dripple and Spike and Tyke. It began airing as the first program of the Fox Broadcasting Company's children's block, Fox Kids on September 8, 1990. The series is somewhat similar to the "older" version of the original 1940-58 theatricals, partly akin to being produced by creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. In terms of violence level, they are far closer to the classic cartoons than previous television adaptions such as Filmation's The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show although somewhat milder than Hanna and Barbera's original series. Part of it is similar to Pink Panther and Pals and Garfield and Friends. Droopy and Dripple went on to star in their own short-lived spin-off Droopy, Master Detective.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, funny, feel good, captivating, anime, absurd, slapstick comedy, 2d animation
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Taz-Mania (1991)
Plot Summary:
Taz-Mania is an American cartoon sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Animation from 1991 to 1995, broadcast in the United States on Fox and in Canada on Baton Broadcast System. The show follows the adventures of the classic Looney Tunes character, Taz in the fictional land of Tazmania. Similar to other Warner Brothers cartoons of its time, such as Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures, Taz-Mania frequently broke the fourth wall, and often made jokes showing that Taz could actually speak perfectly normal when he wanted to. The intro indicates that, in this rendering of Tasmania, "the sky's always yellow, rain or shine". The title song is performed by Jess Harnell and Jim Cummings.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, anime, feel good, humorous, satirical, colorful, sentimental, cult classic, light, colourful
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Chip and Potato (2018)
Plot Summary:
Lovable pug Chip starts kindergarten, makes new friends and tries new things -- with a little help from Potato, her secret mouse pal.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, 2d animation
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Cédric (2001)
Plot Summary:
His parents and grandfather may fight a lot, but there's plenty of love in the life of eight-year-old Cedric.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 13 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Pat the Dog (2017)
Plot Summary:
"Space Dog" is the adaptation of the successful video game for tablets and smart phones. The most famous digital pooch appears today in a cartoon series mixing breath-taking action and comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 7 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, 3d animation, slapstick comedy
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Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats (1984)
Plot Summary:
Heathcliff is an animated television series that debuted on September 5, 1984. It was the second series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by DIC Entertainment. It ran in syndication until 1988 with a total of 86 episodes. The first show based on the comic strip was Heathcliff and Dingbat, which debuted in 1980 and was produced by Ruby-Spears. Mel Blanc provided the voice of Heathcliff in both series.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, France, Canada, Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, not serious
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Field Trip Starring Inspector Gadget (1996)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Gadget's Field Trip is a spin-off incarnation of Inspector Gadget, produced by DIC Entertainment, and aired on The History Channel from 1996 to 1998, with over 26 episodes with live-action sequences produced. Don Adams returned as the voice of Inspector Gadget. It currently airs in reruns in syndication. The series was an educational travelogue program for children, in which the animated Gadget would show viewers the many different sites in famous cities around the world via live-action-clips. The theme song is slightly similar to the one in the Gadget Boy series. In fact, Gadget Boy sometimes makes an appearance in the show. The show as of April 2008 currently airs on Univision's Planeta U block on Saturday mornings as Los Viajes de Inspector Gadget. The show also airs in English on television stations in selected markets—in all cases, the program complies with Federal E/I standards. During the opening sequence, an image of the Temple of Saturn in the ancient forum in Rome is presented with the label of "Greece.".
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious
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Marsupilami (1993)
Plot Summary:
Marsupilami is an animated series that first appeared on television in Raw Toonage in 1992, and was then spun off into his own eponymous show on the CBS television network for the 1993–1994 season.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, offbeat, humorous, not serious, slapstick, nostalgic
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Casper and Friends (1990)
Plot Summary:
Follow the adventures of the world's friendliest ghost, Casper, and his friends Wendy the Good Little Witch, Baby Huey, Little Audrey and more, in this spook-tacular cartoon collection!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, anthology
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Hey Arnold! (1996)
Plot Summary:
The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, South Korea, China, Taiwan
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, funny, retro, witty, semi serious, buddy comedy, sweet, adult cartoon, 2d animation
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The Kids from Room 402 (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Kids from Room 402 is a television program that originally aired on Fox Family in the USA starting in 1999, previously aired on Teletoon, and currently airs in the UK. The show is focused primarily on the students from Room 402, as the title implies. Miss Graves, the teacher, is usually shown as an interlocutor in the problems and injustices that are inflicted upon the students, whether the dilemmas be internal or external. Each show usually ends with a substantiated moral or lesson resulting from such aforementioned situations. The show is based on the children's book The Kids from Room 402 by Betty Paraskevas and Michael Paraskevas. It was developed for television by Cindy Begel and Lesa Kite who wrote all 52 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, non-linear, retro, sentimental, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Garfield and Friends (1988)
Plot Summary:
The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into. And also Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with his fellow farm animals.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, Australia, Taiwan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, retro, adult animation, slapstick, slapstick comedy
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Eek! the Cat (1992)
Plot Summary:
Eek! The Cat is a Canadian-American animated series, created by Savage Steve Holland and Bill Kopp and produced by Fox Kids and Savage Studios with animation by Nelvana, that ran from 1992 to 1997.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: not serious, retro, anime, humorous
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Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999)
Plot Summary:
Three adolescent boys, Ed, Edd "Double D", and Eddy, collectively known as "the Eds", constantly invent schemes to make money from their peers to purchase their favorite confectionery, jawbreakers. Their plans usually fail though, leaving them in various predicaments.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, adult animation, humorous, realistic, not serious, absurd, buddy comedy, slapstick comedy, minimal cast
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The Cramp Twins (2001)
Plot Summary:
The story of a pair of non-identical twin brothers, Lucien and Wayne, who live with their hygiene-crazed mother and their western/country-crazed father in a small town called Soap City. Lucien is a delicate, nature-loving boy, while Wayne is a rough antisocial bully, whose only interest in life is junk. Naturally, some conflicts will ensue.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, retro, anime, nostalgic