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Plot Summary:
Mavis navigates life without her dad, Dracula, around and discovers one of the few common human and monster truths: being a teenager bites.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 815
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: gothic, funny, light, feel good, spooky, dark fantasy
Best tv shows and movies like Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017):
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Groovie Goolies (1970)
Plot Summary:
Groovie Goolies is an American animated television show that had its original run on network television between 1970 and 1972. Produced by Filmation, Groovie Goolies was a spinoff of Sabrina the Teenage Witch Show. Like most Saturday morning cartoons of the era, Groovie Goolies contained an adult laugh track.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: gothic, anime, spooky
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Monster Force (1994)
Plot Summary:
Monster Force was a 13-episode animated television series created in 1994 by Universal Cartoon Studios and Canadian studio Lacewood Productions. The story is set in approx. 2020 and centers on a group of teenagers who, with help of high tech weaponry, fight off against classic Universal Monsters and spiritual beings threatening humanity. Some of the crew have personal vendettas, while others fight for Mankind out of a sense of altruism. Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release the first seven episodes to DVD on September 15, 2009.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: gothic
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Drak Pack (1980)
Plot Summary:
Drak Pack is an animated television series. It aired in the United States on CBS Saturday Morning between September 6, 1980 and September 12, 1982. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera's Australian subsidiary, listed in the credits as "Hanna-Barbera Pty. Ltd". A total of 16 episodes were made.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: gothic, spooky
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Mona the Vampire (1999)
Plot Summary:
Mona the Vampire is a Canadian/French animated television series based on the series Robyn le Vampire, directed by Louis Piché and Jean Caillon, originally based on the short stories created and written Sonia Holleyman and later written by Hiawyn Oram. It is mainly shown on YTV, Radio-Canada, VRAK.TV, CBBC and Cartoon Network Poland. The series follows the extraordinary adventures of 10-year-old Mona Parker and her friends as they battle a new foe of the supernatural in every episode. The show was produced in Montreal by Cinar, in association with Alphanim, Fancy Cape Productions, Agogo Media and Tiji.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, France, Hong Kong
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: retro, gothic, spooky, humorous, stylized, semi serious, nostalgic
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Booba (2014)
Plot Summary:
The world is a mystery to little Booba. But he approaches the curiosities around him with wonder, finding adventure in his everyday surroundings.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, sweet, semi serious, funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Timothy Goes to School (2000)
Plot Summary:
Timothy Goes to School is a cartoon series based on the Yoko series and other individual books by Rosemary Wells such as "Shy Charles", "Fritz and the Mess Fairy" and "Noisy Nora", but is titled after the book of the same name. It features a young raccoon, Timothy, who attends a fictional primary school. The series aired on PBS Kids as part of the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch from 2000 until 2004. Reruns were later broadcast on Discovery Kids in the US until 2006. This show airs on YTV, Treehouse TV, and TVO Kids in Canada, and also Tiny Pop, a digital TV channel in the UK. In Brazil was aired on TV Cultura. In Mexico and Latin America, was broadcast on ZAZ. The series premiered on September 30, 2000 and aired its last episode on December 28, 2001.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, 2d animation
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Vampirina (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young vampire girl faces the joys and trials of being the new kid in town when her family moves from Transylvania to Pennsylvania.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 984
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, entertaining, light, gothic
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Casper's Scare School (2009)
Plot Summary:
Casper's Scare School is an animated series based on the computer film of the same name starring Casper the Friendly Ghost. The series aired on Cartoon Network October 5, 2009. The second season commissioned in October 5, 2012 with a new opening sequence, a new voice cast and a slightly different CGI animation style than the first season. It is currently airing on Boomerang.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, USA, India
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, gothic, captivating, 3d animation, computer animated
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The Addams Family (1992)
Plot Summary:
The Addams Family is an American animated series based on the eponymous comic strip characters and the second Addams Family Cartoon. It ran from September 12, 1992 to November 6, 1993 on ABC and was produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series' development began in the wake of the successful 1991 Addams Family feature film. Two seasons were produced. It was the second-to-last Hanna-Barbera-produced show to premiere on ABC.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: gothic, spooky, adult cartoon, humorous, 2d animation, nostalgic
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School of Roars (2017)
Plot Summary:
Class is in session for mini-monsters Wufflebump, Meepa, Icklewoo, Wingston and Yummble, who learn quirky lessons from their teacher Miss Grizzlesniff.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Word Party (2016)
Plot Summary:
Meet Bailey, Franny, Kip and Lulu. They're adorable baby animals, and they want you to join the party and help them learn!.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, educational, semi serious
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The Ollie & Moon Show (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two cats travel the globe and teach children about unlikely friendships and global citizenships.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: funny, thought provoking, feel good, captivating, entertaining, educational, semi serious
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Casper's Scare School (2006)
Plot Summary:
When Casper's been being friendly lately even when playing with a boy named Jimmy, Kibosh: The King of the Underworld has Casper enrolled into a Scare School headed by the two-headed headmaster Alder and Dash. He befriends Ra, a mummy with unraveling issues and Mantha, a zombie girl who keeps falling apart. When Casper discovers the two-headed headmaster's plot to use a petrification potion to turn Kibosh into stone and take over the Underworld and Deedstown, he and his new friends must stop him.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, scary, gothic, spooky, computer animated
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Twirlywoos (2015)
Plot Summary:
The four Twirlywoos - Great Big Hoo, Toodle-oo, Chickadee and Chick - have adventures both in the real world, and in their boat. They learn about a new concept each episode. Shy Peekaboo also lives on the boat, and joins in without the Twirlywoos knowing. The boat sometimes gets visitors, including the Stop Go Car and the Very Important Lady.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: educational, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, learning
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Legend Quest: Masters of Myth (2019)
Plot Summary:
When mythical creatures come to life, it's up to Leo Teodora, Don Andrés and Alebrije -- super-secret monster hunters -- to save the day.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Mexico, Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, anime, action adventure
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Rainbow Ruby (2016)
Plot Summary:
Rainbow Ruby is the story of a spunky, resourceful little girl who magically transports to Rainbow Village, a whimsical land inhabited by her toys, and transforms into different jobs to help save the day! This CGI-animated preschool series takes the childhood fantasy of dolls come to life, and mixes in an aspirational heroine who proves that you can be anything you want to be!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: South Korea, Canada, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Gerald McBoing Boing (2005)
Plot Summary:
Gerald McBoing-Boing is an original Canadian-American 2D animated children's television series based on the original cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on August 22, 2005, as part of their Tickle-U programming block, and on Teletoon in English and French on August 29, 2005. It uses the same basic art style as the original, but with more detail. Each 11-minute episode features a series of vignettes with Gerald, of which the "fantasy tales" are done in Seussian rhyme. There are also sound checks, gags, and "real-life" portions of the show. Gerald still only makes sounds, but he now has two speaking friends, Janine and Jacob, as well as a dog named Burp, who only burps. Gerald's parents also fill out the regular cast. The television series was produced in Canada by Cookie Jar Entertainment, and directed by Robin Budd and story edited/written by John Derevlany. The animation was done by Mercury Filmworks in Ottawa & Vancouver. The music and score for the series was composed by Ray Parker and Tom Szczesniak. It is shown on ABC TV in Australia, Channel 5's Milkshake! in the UK and RTE Two's The Den in Ireland.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, nostalgic
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Bunnicula (2016)
Plot Summary:
A dark comedic adventure about the titular Bunnicula, a vampire rabbit, Mina, his owner, and her two pets, Chester the cat and Harold the dog. Instead of blood, Bunnicula feeds on carrots to sustain himself which gives him super abilities which come in handy on his and his friends escapades. The series is based on the book series of the same title by James Howe and Deborah Howe.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, spooky, dark comedy, dark fantasy
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Pinky Dinky Doo (2005)
Plot Summary:
Pinky Dinky Doo dances her way into her Story Box to tell stories and solve problems using her big imagination and fancy words.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, exciting
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Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)
Plot Summary:
Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy Doo are on their way to a Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, where they have been hired as gym teachers. Once there, however, they find that it is actually a school for girl ghouls.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, entertaining, spooky
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Beetlejuice (1989)
Plot Summary:
Beetlejuice is an American-Canadian animated television series which ran from September 9, 1989 to October 26, 1991 on ABC and, on Fox from September 9, 1991 to December 6, 1991. Loosely based on the 1988 film of the same name, it was developed and executive-produced by the film's director, Tim Burton. The series focus on the life of goth girl Lydia Deetz and her undead friend Beetlejuice as they explore the world, called The Neitherworld, a wacky afterlife realm inhabited by monsters, ghosts, ghouls and zombies. Danny Elfman's theme for the film was arranged for the cartoon by Elfman himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: gothic, not serious, offbeat, feel good, humorous, retro, psychedelic, anime, dark comedy, spooky
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Monster High (2010)
Plot Summary:
The series follows the main "ghoulfriends" (girlfriends) of the franchise such as Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura, Lagoona Blue, Cleo de Nile, Ghoulia Yelps, and Abbey Bominable; and how they manage in the "Monster High" high school. Other characters appear throughout the series, such as the antagonist Toralei Stripe (a were-cat).
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 749
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 2 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, gothic
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Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
Plot Summary:
Fourth installment in the animated franchise.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, 3d animation, humorous, fairy tale, funny, road movie, suspense, spooky, captivating, unusual plot structure
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Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invited all his best friends to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. For Dracula catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem but the party really starts when one ordinary guy stumbles into the hotel and changes everything!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 275000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, humorous, computer animated, fairy tale, absurd, gothic, anime, horror comedy, melancholic, scary
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The Addams Family (2019)
Plot Summary:
Plot unknown.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA, UK, Vietnam
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: gothic, humorous, funny, 3d animation, fairy tale, spooky, captivating, entertaining, satirical, computer animated
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Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of supernatural old-school and modern day cool.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, witty, stylized, 3d animation, computer animated, not serious, psychotronic, feel good, gothic
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Monsters at Work (2021)
Plot Summary:
Six months after the events of Monsters, Inc., the city of Monstropolis is now fueled with the sound of laughter. Tylor Tuskmon, a mechanic on the Facilities Team, dreams of working alongside his idols Mike Wazowski and James P. 'Sulley' Sullivan.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, computer animated, touching, funny, humorous, feel good, adult cartoon, 3d animation
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Wallykazam! (2014)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of a boy named Wally Trollman and his pet dragon, Norville.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, feel good, funny, entertaining
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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship's captain, Ericka, who's secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, entertaining, absurd, 3d animation, computer animated, fairy tale, funny, gothic, spooky
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Abby Hatcher (2018)
Plot Summary:
Abby Hatcher is part girl, part superhero; living in a world full of fuzzlies. When a fuzzly friend needs help, Abby takes action – going on a mission to make things right.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious