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Plot Summary:
Napoleon Dynamite is an American animated sitcom based on the 2004 cult film of the same name. The series was created by Jared and Jerusha Hess and developed by the Hesses and Mike Scully. The series follows the adventures of Napoleon Dynamite in the small town of Preston, Idaho. The Hesses came up with the idea for the series after filming Napoleon Dynamite. It originally ran on Fox from January 15, 2012, to March 4, 2012, before being cancelled.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, adult animation, light, sitcom, adult cartoon, offbeat, absurd, slapstick comedy
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Jimmy Two-Shoes (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jimmy Two-Shoes is a Canadian animated television series that aired on Disney XD in the United Kingdom and in the USA, and Teletoon in Canada. The series were centered around the exploits of the happy-go-lucky titular character Jimmy, who lives in Miseryville, a miserable town filled with monsters and demon-like creatures. The series were created by Edward Kay and Sean Scott. The series is rated G in Canada and TV-Y7 in the United States. The show premiered on February 21, 2009, ending its run in the U.S. on July 15, 2011, spanning 2 seasons.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, exciting, offbeat, stylized, not serious, slapstick
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Golan, The Insatiable (2013)
Plot Summary:
"Golan the Insatiable" is the story of a mighty godlord from an alternate universe who arrives in the small town of Oak Grove, where his only friend is a 10-year-old goth girl named DYLAN. Together they fight the boredom of suburban life. GOLAN is Dylan’s ideal playmate and constantly urges him to destroy and wreak havoc on the town that makes her so miserable.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, captivating, feel good, disturbing, adult cartoon, not serious
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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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The Awesomes (2013)
Plot Summary:
After Mr. Awesome announces his retirement as leader of The Awesomes, a superhero task force, his not-so-super son Prock (Seth Meyers) fills the roster with previously rejected applicants, but despite their incompetence and general lack of ability, the team must band together to battle diabolical villains, the ever-present paparazzi, and a less-than-ideal reputation as second-class superheroes.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, not serious, light, captivating, adult cartoon
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Lucas Bros Moving Co (2013)
Plot Summary:
The stand-up comedy of New York-based identical twins Kenny and Keith Lucas (The Lucas Brothers) gets animated. With the help of the people of Greenpoint, the twins run a moving company called Lucas Bros. Moving Co. Their customers are often apprehensive to hire such a scrawny duo, but the brothers like to remind them that that's why God made two of them.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, not serious, feel good, light, adult cartoon, realistic
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The Life & Times of Tim (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Life & Times of Tim is an HBO comedy animated television series, which premiered on September 28, 2008. The series was created by Steve Dildarian, and is about a hapless man in his mid-20's named Tim who lives in New York City with his girlfriend Amy. Throughout the series, Tim constantly finds himself in increasingly awkward situations in both his work and personal life. The first season aired in 2008 and has since been aired in numerous countries, and has developed a cult following. The second season debuted on February 19, 2010 on HBO. On June 4, 2010, HBO announced it was canceling the show. There were rumors that it was going to be picked up by another network. On the 16th of August, 2010, it was announced HBO had reversed their original decision to cancel the show, and as a result, a third season was ordered. Season 3 of The Life and Times of Tim premiered on December 16, 2011. The first season was released on DVD on February 9, 2010, the second season was released on DVD on December 13, 2011, and the third season was released on DVD on December 18, 2012. On April 20, 2012, HBO cancelled the series after three seasons. The theme song is "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" performed by country music star Hank Williams.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 900 min
Plot tags: funny, sitcom, adult cartoon, humorous, not serious, realistic, light, captivating, entertaining, epic
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Clone High (2002)
Plot Summary:
Clone High is a Canadian-American adult animated television series that aired for one season on MTV and Teletoon. The series had run in its entirety in Canada on Teletoon before premiering in the United States on MTV. The last five episodes were never broadcast in the United States. The Clone High theme song was written by Liam Lynch and performed by alternative rock band Abandoned Pools, who also provided much of the series' background music.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: adult cartoon, adult animation, humorous, semi serious, parody, captivating, entertaining, sitcom, anime, controversial
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Slacker Cats (2007)
Plot Summary:
The strange misadventures of Eddie and Buckley, two domesticated housecats dealing with life in the urban jungle.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, adult animation, sitcom
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Code Monkeys (2007)
Plot Summary:
Code Monkeys is an American animated television program by Adam de la Peña. Set in the early 1980s, it follows the adventures of fictional video game company GameaVision. The show first aired on July 11, 2007. Two seasons have aired on G4 and G4 Canada. In September 2008, the show began airing on the Teletoon Detour block on Teletoon in Canada. While G4 was vague on the future of the show after the end of the second season, it was announced in May 2009 that the show would not be renewed for a third season.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, not serious, clever, realistic, witty, adult cartoon, sitcom, independent film, mad
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Out There (2013)
Plot Summary:
Chronicling the coming-of-age misadventures of socially awkward Chad, his little brother Jay and his best friend, Chris. Living in the small town of Holford, the boys wander its surreal, bleak landscape waiting out their last few years of adolescence. Along the way, viewers meet Chad's conservative parents, Wayne and Rose, as well as Chris's single mother, Joanie and her disastrous boyfriend, Terry. They also meet the object of Chad's affection, Sharla. The series confronts the perils of youth including puberty, first loves and social ostracism, while exploring that terrifying limbo between childhood and adulthood when fragile young personalities form and re-form. Relive the agony and ecstasy of those special times as Chad and Chris try to navigate life... out there.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, psychological, light, adult cartoon, offbeat, not serious, independent film
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Allen Gregory (2011)
Plot Summary:
Allen Gregory is a short-lived American animated television series that aired on Fox from October 30 to December 18, 2011. The series was created by Jonah Hill, Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul. The series was officially cancelled by Fox on January 8, 2012.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, adult animation, captivating, light, entertaining, sitcom, adult cartoon, offbeat, realistic, not serious
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Good Vibes (2011)
Plot Summary:
Transplanted Jersey boy Mondo and his best buddy Woodie live out their California dreams in the colorful beach community of Playa Del Toro, where the likeable, down-to-earth duo search out the wildest parties, prettiest girls and biggest waves. While Mondo tries to look the part among the tanned, sculpted rich kids, his portly frame is sometimes a source of embarrassment, especially when he tries to impress super-cool Jenna. Through thick and thin, however, Woodie and his heart of gold is always by Mondo's side. "I've never had a bro before,'' Woodie says. "I've always been kind of a loner, but it's fun being loners together.''.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, adult animation, realistic, not serious, captivating
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The Goode Family (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Goode Family is an American animated comedy series, which originally aired on ABC from May 27, 2009 to August 7, 2009. The series was created by Mike Judge, and follows the life of an environmentally responsible, albeit obsessive, family. The series takes a comic look at contemporary society. Judge created the show along with former King of the Hill writers John Altschuler and David Krinsky. The show was cancelled after its first season due to low ratings. The series was released on DVD format on January 8, 2013 by Shout! Factory.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, semi serious, realistic, adult cartoon, light, feel good, adult animation
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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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Fatherhood (2004)
Plot Summary:
Fatherhood is an American animated television series revolving around the Bindlebeep family and various happenings, inspired by the book of the same name by Bill Cosby. This was Nick at Nite's first original animated series. It has aired on Nick at Nite and Nickelodeon. It was canceled in 2005.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, light, captivating, entertaining, adult animation, anime, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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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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Bordertown (2016)
Plot Summary:
The comedy, which takes place in a fictitious desert town near the U.S.-Mexico border, centers on the intertwining daily lives of neighbors Bud Buckwald and Ernesto Gonzales. Bud, a married father of three, is a Border Patrol agent who feels threatened by the cultural changes that have transformed his neighborhood. Living next door is Ernesto, an industrious Mexican immigrant and father of four, who is proud to be making it in America. As Bud and Ernesto’s paths begin to cross, their families become bound by friendship, romance and conflict.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: adult animation, sitcom, humorous, not serious, adult cartoon, feel good, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical
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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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The Brak Show (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Brak Show is an animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The Brak Show is a spin-off of the animated television series, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and featured recurring characters from Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Cartoon Planet. Both programs used stock footage from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Space Ghost. The protagonist is Brak, voiced by Andy Merrill, who developed a quirky persona for the character. An earlier version of the pilot episode, "Mr. Bawk Ba Gawk", originally aired prior to the official launch of Adult Swim on Cartoon Network on December 21, 2000, as part of a preview of upcoming Adult Swim shows. The series made its official debut during the night Adult Swim officially launched on September 2, 2001, and ended on December 31, 2003, with a total of 28 episodes. On May 24, 2007 a webisode for the series was released on Adult Swim Video, ending the series.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: adult animation, sitcom, parody, humorous, not serious, feel good, adult cartoon, offbeat, futuristic, campy
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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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Glenn Martin DDS (2009)
Plot Summary:
Glenn Martin, DDS is an American-Canadian stop-motion-animated television series that premiered on Nick at Nite on August 17, 2009. The series was produced by Tornante Animation in association with Cuppa Coffee Studio. Glenn Martin, DDS was Nick at Nite's fourth original series. The show premiered on March 18, 2010 on Sky1 in the UK and Ireland. Season two premiered on June 11, 2010. The show ended on November 7th, 2011.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, not serious
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Full English (2012)
Plot Summary:
Full English is a British animated sitcom created by Jack Williams, Harry Williams and Alex Scarfe for Channel 4. The programme is produced by Two Brothers Pictures. It parodies and satirises various popular entertainment personalities in the United Kingdom, created to be the British equivalent to the hit American animated sitcoms. Full English first aired on 12 November 2012, with the first series ending abruptly on 10 December 2012 after the final episode, due to air on 17 December 2012, was pulled from the schedules. The show has been cancelled according to the official Facebook page.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: adult animation, sitcom, humorous, not serious, parody, realistic, adult cartoon
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The Great North (2021)
Plot Summary:
Follow the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family as a single dad does his best to keep his weird bunch of kids close, especially as the artistic dreams of his only daughter lead her away from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of the local mall.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, adult animation, not serious, sitcom, absurd, witty, 2d animation
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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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Daria (1997)
Plot Summary:
Daria Morgendorffer lives with her stressed-out, career-fixated parents, Helen and Jake, and her relentlessly cute and popular little sister, Quinn. Daria and her fellow outcast and best friend, Jane Lane, attend Lawndale High School where they are surrounded by shallow and stupid people. With her sharp intellect —and even sharper tongue—Daria dissected anyone she deemed superficial, which is just about everyone.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: clever, adult cartoon, witty, cynical, adult animation, intellectual, humorous, semi serious, gothic, anime
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Neighbors from Hell (2010)
Plot Summary:
Neighbors from Hell was a satirical American animated sitcom that ran on TBS from June 7, 2010 to July 26, 2010. The executive producer of the series is Pam Brady. The first and only season consisted of 10 episodes. The series is owned by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. It's produced by Fox Television Animation and MoonBoy Animation, a division of DreamWorks Animation. The majority of the animation is produced by Bardel Entertainment in Vancouver, and a team of animators in Los Angeles, Bento Box Entertainment, did some of the animation and retakes.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 779
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, adult animation, adult cartoon
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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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Duncanville (2020)
Plot Summary:
The series centers on the life of Duncan, a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy, his family and friends. Poehler will provide the voice of Duncan and his high-strung mom, Annie, who is constantly trying to prevent her son from ruining his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: adult animation, sitcom, humorous, feel good, exciting, witty, weird
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Sit Down Shut Up (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sit Down, Shut Up is an American animated television series created by Mitchell Hurwitz for the Fox network. The series focuses on a group of high school teachers in a small town in Florida "who don't care about teaching". The series premiered on Sunday April 19, 2009 in the Animation Domination block on Fox, but after four episodes aired, Fox removed the show from the block due to low ratings. The remaining 9 episodes aired on Saturdays at midnight from October to December 2009. According to Futon Critic, this post-Wanda Sykes Show weekly time slot had been home to Sit Down, Shut Up since September 2009 through to April 2010. Based on the Australian live-action sitcom of the same name, creator Mitchell Hurwitz came up with the Sit Down, Shut Up idea in 2000. He wrote a script for a pilot episode, but "kept it in a drawer" until he pitched the show to different networks in 2008 when he needed money. Hurwitz said that "it was just a wacky show, and nobody wanted it", but eventually Fox picked it up as a primetime animation. Sit Down, Shut Up met mixed reviews from critics. Orlando Sentinel called the series a "disaster", and Newsday called it "raw, vulgar and blithely offensive, with so many triple and quadruple entendres for so many sexual acts". Hollywood Reporter criticized the series' use of fourth wall breaks, and said that it was "painful to watch how hard the show tries to be funny". IGN gave it a more positive review, saying "it should continue to be a very entertaining show", and TV Squad said that it "definitely grows on you".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, not serious, adult cartoon, entertaining, light, captivating, sitcom, offbeat, realistic
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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