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Plot Summary:
VH1 ILL-ustrated is an animated series that aired on VH1 and was conceived by animation producer Bob Cesca that parodied pop culture and politics. Recurring characters include satirical caricatures of Axl Rose, Michael Jackson, among others. The animated series were later aired on MTV2 and SBS.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: captivating, humorous, witty, not serious
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Hetalia (2009)
Plot Summary:
An anime in which personified countries show history in a humorous fashion.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, not serious, witty, feel good, parody, clever, offbeat, realistic, allegory
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M.K. 22 (2004)
Plot Summary:
M.K. 22 is an Israeli animated sitcom, revolving around the adventures of soldiers in a fictional IDF military base hosting the so-called "Israeli doomsday weapon". The show was created for the cable channel Bip and debuted in March 2004, becoming the first prime time animated series in Israeli television, and was later rebroadcast partly censored on Channel 2. The show won the Israeli Television Academy Award for Best Comedy Series and is considered by many a milestone in the history of Israeli animation. Despite gaining popularity and critical acclaim, the negotiations for a second season seem to have failed, making the first 10-episode season the only one thus far.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, not serious, clever, offbeat, biting, suspense
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Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan (2021)
Plot Summary:
Being an adult is hard, and for Uramichi Omota, that truth weighs on him. While on TV, he’s the upbeat exercise instructor for a children’s show, but he and his coworkers keep revealing the plight of adulthood on air. At least they’re working through it.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, josei
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Lil' Bush (2007)
Plot Summary:
Lil' Bush is a satirical, politically themed animated television series which premiered on June 13, 2007 on Comedy Central. The series features childlike, caricatures of members of the George W. Bush administration, and other American and international political leaders. Donick Cary created the series initially as content for Amp'd Mobile. The first season's episodes each consist of two story segments, with each segment featuring a musical performance by a band composed of main characters. The second season, which premiered on March 13, 2008, consists of 10 episodes, and features thirty-minute storylines including the musical segment. The second season finale aired on Thursday May 15, 2008. The show was not renewed for a third season.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: parody, witty, not serious, humorous, adult cartoon, suspense, biting, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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2DTV (2001)
Plot Summary:
2DTV is a British satirical animated television show that was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom from March 2001 to December 2004. Lasting a total of five series and thirty-three episodes, 2DTV became the successor of popular 80's TV series Spitting Image, and the predecessor of 2008 ITV satirical animation Headcases.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy
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Masameer County (2021)
Plot Summary:
A humorous view of a changing Saudi Arabia, as the Masameer gang venture into a global media war, a long-standing tribal feud, and a health craze gone too far.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration:
Plot tags: witty, adult animation, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Sheep in the Big City (2000)
Plot Summary:
Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series which ran on Cartoon Network for two seasons, from November 17, 2000, to April 7, 2002. The series' pilot first premiered as part of Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" on August 18, 2000. Created by Mo Willems, the bulk of the show follows a runaway sheep, Sheep, in its new life in "the Big City". It also features several unrelated sketches and shorts, similar to The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. With an emphasis on more "sophisticated" humor, using multiple forms of rhetoric from the characters to the plots, it was more popular with older audiences. It was also unusual in featuring many comic references to film-making and television broadcasting. At the time, the premiere of Sheep in the Big City was the highest-rated premiere for a Cartoon Network original series.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, nostalgic
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Cute Executive Officer (2021)
Plot Summary:
She’s not a genius. She’s not a prodigy. Heck, she’s not even old enough to vote! But somehow Najimu Mujina scored a totally above-average job as the president and “CEO” of the Mujina Company, where she navigates the world of adults with infectious, bright-eyed charm and enthusiasm. Whether it’s golfing with colleagues, negotiating contracts or pestering her executive assistant, Yuki, her hilarious antics are sure to captivate audiences of all ages.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Stroker and Hoop (2004)
Plot Summary:
Stroker and Hoop is an American Flash animated television series on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The series is a parody of buddy cop films and television series such as Starsky & Hutch, and features the voices of Jon Glaser as Stroker and Timothy "Speed" Levitch as Hoop. This might also be a parody of the two Burt Reynolds characters: "Stroker Ace" and "Hooper". Stroker and Hoop premiered on August 1, 2004, and ended on December 25, 2005, with 13 episodes. Adult Swim continues to air reruns of Stroker and Hoop on an infrequent basis.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, parody, captivating, adult cartoon, light, entertaining, adult comedy, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Weird Al Show (1997)
Plot Summary:
The Weird Al Show is a television show hosted by "Weird Al" Yankovic. Produced in association with Dick Clark Productions, it aired Saturday mornings on the CBS TV network from September to December 1997. The show was released on DVD on August 15, 2006. The show was similar to Pee-Wee's Playhouse which also premiered on CBS. Al's television set was called "Al TV", the name of a number of Yankovic's television specials.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: parody, offbeat, humorous, surreal, witty, not serious, spoof
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Dick Figures (2010)
Plot Summary:
The series focuses on two stick figures named Red and Blue, who are best friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: adult animation, sitcom, humorous, captivating, ironic, satirical, semi serious, adult cartoon
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The Wrong Coast (2004)
Plot Summary:
A show that displays parodies of different movies. But the fun is also in the studio.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: adult animation, parody, humorous, not serious, sitcom, captivating, adult comedy, adult cartoon, claymation
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The Most Popular Girls in School (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Most Popular Girls in School (abbreviated MPGIS) is an American stop-motion animated comedy web series that debuted on YouTube on May 1, 2012. Created by Mark Cope and Carlo Moss, the series animates Barbie, Ken and other fashion dolls, usually with customized costumes and hairstyles, as various characters. MPGIS follows the exploits of a fictional high school cheerleading team in Overland Park, Kansas and their friends, family and enemies. Variety described the series as "Mean Girls meets South Park".
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, campy
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3-South (2002)
Plot Summary:
3 South is an American animated series that aired on MTV. The show focused on two lifelong friends, Sanford and Del, and their adventures at the fictional Barder College. With the exception of their roommate Joe, nearly everyone at Barder is stupid and inept. Nonetheless, the idiotic, irresponsible, and thoughtless Sanford and Del are portrayed as the series' heroes, whereas the responsible, intelligent Joe is the de facto villain in most episodes. The series was created by Family Guy veteran writers Mark Hentemann and Steve Callaghan, based on a short film they had created years earlier. It is to-date the only animated series produced for MTV by Warner Bros. Animation. The show's theme song is The Flaming Lips' song "Fight Test" from the album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sitcom, adult animation, adult cartoon, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Chozen (2014)
Plot Summary:
An animated comedy about its title character, "Chozen," a gay white rapper fresh out of prison. Armed with a new message, Chozen is on a quest for redemption and to claim his rightful position as the world's top rap artist. His music and lyrics take aim at the stereotypes of machismo and misogyny that is synonymous with rap music. And his new world view has been shaped by his time in prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: humorous, adult animation, not serious, adult cartoon, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, corny
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Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004)
Plot Summary:
Tom Goes to the Mayor is an American animated television series created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim for Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered on November 14, 2004 and ended on September 25, 2006, with a total of thirty episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, witty, cynical, semi serious, sitcom, political, adult cartoon, clever, realistic
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Ollie & Scoops (2019)
Plot Summary:
Follow the life of Ollie, a nine-year-old girl, and her talking cat, Scoops, as they tackle daily problems in humorous ways.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Clerks (2000)
Plot Summary:
Clerks is an American animated sitcom based on Kevin Smith's 1994 comedy of the same name. It was developed for television by Smith, Smith's producing partner Scott Mosier and former Seinfeld writer David Mandel with character designs by Stephen Silver.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, adult animation, not serious, adult cartoon, realistic, witty, talky, sitcom, offbeat, cynical
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Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is an American animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from May 28, 1995 to December 24, 1999—with a final set of three shelved episodes airing in 2002—starring Jonathan Katz, Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman. The show was created by a Burbank, California production company Popular Arts Entertainment, with Jonathan Katz and Tom Snyder, developed and first made by Popular Arts for HBO Downtown Productions. Boston-based Tom Snyder Productions became the hands-on production company, and the episodes were usually produced by Katz and Loren Bouchard. The show was computer animated in a crude, easily recognizable style produced with the software Squigglevision in which all persons and animate objects are colored and have constantly squiggling outlines, while most other inanimate objects are static and usually gray in color. The original challenge Popular Arts faced was how to repurpose recorded stand-up comedy material. To do so they based Dr. Katz's patients on stand-up comics for the first several episodes, simply having them recite their stand-up acts. The secondary challenge was how to affordably animate on cable TV at the time. Snyder had Squigglevision, an inexpensive means of getting animation on cable, which could not afford traditional animation processes. A partnership between Popular Arts, Tom Snyder Productions and Jonathan Katz was formed and Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist was born.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: cynical, adult animation, sitcom, offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious, witty, weird
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Crash Canyon (2011)
Plot Summary:
Crash Canyon is a Canadian animated series. It tells the story of the community living at the bottom of a canyon. The Wendell family is looking for an original holiday by caravan but their trip ends sooner than expected at the bottom of a canyon in Alberta, Canada. Canyon walls are too high to climb and there is no way out. Soon they find out there is a whole community of 25 survivors from previous crashes down there. Dollars are not accepted and they use golf tees as a currency.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 810
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, captivating, adult animation, adult cartoon, offbeat, realistic, cynical
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Devil May Care (2021)
Plot Summary:
Beans, a Gen Z kid, is sent to a newly gentrified and urban hell, where he works as Devil's social media manager as the two navigate their personal lives while forming an unlikely friendship and making hell the best place to live in the universe.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 408
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, entertaining, anime, captivating, satirical, dark comedy
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Beavis and Butt-Head (1993)
Plot Summary:
Beavis and Butt-head are high school students whose lifestyles revolve around TV, junk food (usually nachos), shopping malls, heavy metal music, and trying to "score with chicks". Each show contains short cartoons centering on the duo who live in the fictitious town of Highland, Texas. The episodes are broken up by short breaks in which Beavis and Butt-head watch and make fun of music videos.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: adult cartoon, adult animation, humorous, sitcom, not serious, funny, psychedelic, epic, anime, slapstick
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Stone Quackers (2014)
Plot Summary:
Stone Quackers revolves around the misadventures of two ducks, Whit and Clay, along with their friends Barf and Dottie, plus the authority Officer Barry.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, not serious, adult animation, entertaining, adult cartoon, light, captivating, offbeat, absurd
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sometimes controversial but always hilarious, Robert Smigel's "TV Funhouse" cartoons have contained some of Saturday Night Live's most memorable material in recent years. Ace and Gary, "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" (voiced by Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert), host this critically acclaimed collection, which features hits like "X-Presidents," "Saddam and Osama," "The Narrator That Ruined Christmas," "Smurfette," "The New Adventures of Mr. T," "Fun With Real Audio" and more, with appearances by the full cast of SNL. No subject is off limits. Learn what's really inside the Disney vault, what Jewish folks do on Christmas Eve, and what makes Michael Jackson float. As Mr. T would say, "If you believe in yourself, drink your school, stay in drugs, and don't do milk, you can get work!".
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, adult animation, captivating, humorous, sketch comedy, absurd, spoof, exciting, contemplative, cult film
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Mad (2010)
Plot Summary:
Mad is an American animated sketch comedy series created by Kevin Shinick and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Based upon the magazine of the same name, each episode is a collection of short animated parodies of television shows, movies, games, celebrities, and other media using various types of animation instead of the usual animation style that Warner Bros. Animation is known for. The series premiered on the evening of September 6, 2010 on Cartoon Network. It has been described as a "kid-friendly version of Robot Chicken".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, captivating, satirical, light, adult animation, sitcom, sketch comedy, anime, not serious
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Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy (2008)
Plot Summary:
Short skits based on the cut away gags from the show Family Guy.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Short, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 2 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, adult animation, adult cartoon, suspense, anthology, sketch comedy, offbeat, biting, fast
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Squidbillies (2005)
Plot Summary:
Squidbillies is an animated television series about the Cuylers, an impoverished family of anthropomorphic hillbilly mud squids living in the Appalachian region of Georgia's mountains. The show is produced by Williams Street Studios for the Adult Swim programming block of Cartoon Network and premiered on October 16, 2005. It is written by Dave Willis, co-creator of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Jim Fortier, previously of The Brak Show, both of whom worked on the Adult Swim series Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The animation is done by Awesome Incorporated, with background design by Ben Prisk.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: humorous, adult animation, cynical, not serious, adult cartoon, sitcom, offbeat, black comedy
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TripTank (2014)
Plot Summary:
TripTank is Comedy Central’s newest animated experience, executive produced by ShadowMachine’s Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico. The weekly, eight-episode half-hour series, showcases a wide range of fast-paced, hard-hitting animated comedy shorts presented in an anthology style, weaving together stand-alone and recurring narrative pieces.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, adult animation, not serious, adult cartoon, unusual plot structure, entertaining, satirical, psychedelic, sketch comedy, offbeat
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Drawn Together (2004)
Plot Summary:
Drawn Together is an American adult animated sitcom, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November 14, 2007. The series was created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, and uses a sitcom format with a TV reality show setting. Like that of MTV's The Challenge and VH1's The Surreal Life, the show's eight characters are a combination of personalities that were recognizable and familiar prior to the series. Differently, however, Drawn Together used caricatures of established cartoon characters and stock characters. In addition, their character traits parody personality types that are typically seen in reality TV shows. Comedy Central advertised it as the first animated reality show, and in some episodes, characters participate in challenges that are similar to reality TV challenges. After only three seasons the show was cancelled but still maintains a strong fan base. Subsequently, The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! was released on April 20, 2010.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: adult animation, parody, adult cartoon, surreal, not serious, humorous, witty, sitcom, funny, offbeat
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Momma Named Me Sheriff (2019)
Plot Summary:
He still lives at home with his Momma, his best friend is a doll, and he's the Sheriff of Old Town.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, adult animation