Top 50 Cartoons of The 90's - The Edgy And Dark Era Of Saturday Morning Cartoons!

[@kyleisreal_tv]

The 90s was the best era for Animation. Everything was hand drawn and had the artists heart and soul in each frame.

[@kaisarr7632]

Last great era

[@AntonioPoythress1985]

Hands down

[@Zackaria_sMax]

"...hand drawn and had the Koreans sweat and tears on each frame."* *fixed that for you.

[@bigstone75]

Very true

[@sericsmith5770]

@@Zackaria_sMax You aren't wrong, but that was more so true in the 80s. At least, in the 90s, some studios started making their cartoons in North America again, if not directly in-house. Also, not all Eastern outsourcing animators suffered during the productions of shows, but, again, you aren't wrong.

[@MOTU1978cl]

A few that wasn't mentioned are Mighty Ducks, Mighty Max, Reboot, Mummies Alive, Ultraforce, WildC.A.T.s, Savage Dragon, Silver Surfer and Incredible Hulk.

[@supakitkat]

The 90s was the best decade in terms of pop culture ( including the early 2000s ) Cartoons, tv shows, movies, sports, games, music, etc.

[@tapinewoods3937]

But still cool with suoerhero movies like the crow 1994

[@Kas58223]

@@tapinewoods3937 absolutely one of my favourites I had no idea the anti hero could be seen like that at the time I knew of anti heros they were pushed to the side but I’m glad the crow and blade got their moment in both respective movies

[@tapinewoods3937]

@@Kas58223 Blade 1 and 2 are amazing marvel movies

[@Kas58223]

@@tapinewoods3937 without a question Wesley Snipes captured the essence of Blade and had no idea Marvel could go down this route

[@fzcbh4698]

70s&80s = Best Musics. 90s = Best Animated Series. 2000s = Best Video Games. 2010s = Best Series.

[@soulreaver1983]

Gargoyles was such a outstanding show I'm going to watch them right now 😎👍

[@Kas58223]

Phenomenal show I’ve just rewatched some of them and the subject matters never talked down to kids

[@soulreaver1983]

@@Kas58223 It was one of my favourite shows of the 90s it was so cool that a few of the crew of star trek the next generation were the voice actors 🙂

[@Kas58223]

@@soulreaver1983 yea I had no idea zantos is such a cunning guy knowing of what do in any situation and he never saw anything a failure as his partner from the pact saying the robot failed and he said no I can make millions like this but true love can’t be made

[@soulreaver1983]

@@Kas58223 Yeah it was such an awesome line his character was very well written they need to bring this show back it would be awesome if Keith David came back to voice Goliath 😎

[@Kas58223]

@@soulreaver1983 without a doubt couldn’t image anyone else voicing him

[@ExistentHope]

The 1990's was when mankind's creativity was firing on all cylinders.

[@adamshafeeq8685]

True asf. Creativity fell off HARD after 2013

[@Henry-i5h]

90s was the greatest decade ever

[@brainstorm9560]

The 90s definetley was the Golden age for animated tv-shows. There's so many quality shows from that decade that I understand why some wheren't featured here (as much I would have liked too) such as Godzilla: The Series, Exo-Squad, The Critic and Duckman.

[@superdave3093]

I loved the 90s that was my era of cartoons! The only ones I was surprised you didn’t have was The Pirates of Dark Water. That cartoon was a visual masterpiece and I hope someday as an adult I can watch it in full. Oh and also A Puppy Named Scooby Doo was absolute 🔥 Great list with some stellar choices! 😊😎

[@masonsheppard1236]

Samurai Jack, Mummies Alive, Jackie Chan Adventures, and Biker Mice from Mars would have been included on my list. Great video though!

[@teresadixon2899]

I watched the majority of those when I got home from high school, and my mom enjoyed the DC and Marvel comics ones, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, and Gargoyles.

[@darkstarmoonshadow]

Mighty Max was a show I watched when. I was little and I loved it.

[@keinlieb3818]

I miss the 90s so much. Life was so incredibly simple and very much enjoyable.

[@Trekapedia]

I love the ‘90s cartoons and lineups. Nickelodeon, Fox Kids and Kids’ WB! we all had awesome shows and channels and I miss them. Great video guys and you included Pokemon! I am a happy 80s and 90s kid and Ty again. Keep the awesome stuff coming please and my suggestions are best episodes of Smallville and the best Kids’ WB! shows of all time. Ty folks and keep being Marvelous!

[@jamalvargas6146]

The Simpsons and Power Rangers Were My favorites alongside Dexter's Lab and Ed Edd n' Eddy

[@williamsummerson1204]

Some of my favorites. Beavis and Butthead Daria Recess Animaniacs Superman Darkwing Duck Tiny Toons Rugrats Hey Arnold 90s cartoons were outstanding, entertaining and memorable.

[@k.k.2749]

Where is KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF JUSTICE??? And what about ADVENTURES OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG??? Both series where amazing!!! How did you not put it on the list!!!

[@mikeburkhart8336]

I'll always say the 80s was the greatest decade for animation,but the 90s gave us Batman Animated Series, Spider-Man Animated Series,X-Men,Swat Kats,and Darkwing Duck all my favorites.

[@curtisjordan5303]

The 90s had too many to chose from. You got most of my favorites. Didn't think anyone remembered Road Rovers. I'd have to put Reboot, Street Sharks and Mighty Max, New Ghostbusters on my list. Then there's Iron Man and Hulk.

[@mixofreak]

Yeah, definitely would have ranked ReBoot, Extreme Ghostbusters, Men in Black, and Jackie Chan Adventures as being way higher than a lot that did make the list, though at least a lot did deserve to be in the top 50.

[@AndySomething]

Jackie Chan Adventures was released in the year 2000 so probably why it didn't make this 90's list. But yeah, I loved Jackie Chan too. I think of all the 90's shows the Rugrats was definitely my most watched.

[@Ketacah]

This IS the list. Buuuut…mighty max? TMNT? Street sharks? Magic school-bus? Good list man! Really good. I appreciated this. 89. Respect for Swat-Cats!

[@Drifter2025]

Cap bearer shall never be forgotten! That show was too good to be from a boy version of Polly pocket 😂

[@Chaos_Dragoon]

it's a crime that many of these are still not out in a complete DVD/blu-ray set. while we do have streaming platforms. as movie and show collector. I would love to own all of these on DVD or Blu-ray

[@EnergonCubed]

Gargoyles was incredible but where is Mighty Max? It certainly deserves to be on this list.

[@rickj.392]

everyone forgot mighty max and its great intro song

[@joester4life]

@@rickj.392 But hated the finale.

[@andybcrypto]

Yea, can't believe Mighty Max. There are 5 on this list I'd swap for

[@andybcrypto]

​@@joester4lifefinale made u just wanna loop back to see all the adventures again

[@johnnymcneal5914]

My most memorable episode of Spongebob Squarepants is the one where his brother Squidward asks to fill in to work at the bubble bowl he just wanted to try to humiliate him which backfired miserably

[@djmexicanodetx2195]

The Tick underrated cartoon!

[@bigstone75]

Insanely underrated. So funny

[@PirateLoki]

I miss these cartoons since I was raised during this period. Thanks for uploading

[@tapinewoods3937]

The 90's cartoons are the best in our childhood also Adult animation like Spawn who deserves a fourth season

[@selmaraj]

I knew swat Kats would be up on here. 💯 Thanks for great details on these 90's cartoons. Gonna check out a few to complete...

[@jorgiewtf]

We were too poor when I was a kid in the 90’s so unfortunately we didn’t have cable. Anything on Cartoon Network or Nikelodeon we totally missed out on. It’s been a pleasure discovering some of these as an adult!

[@frost8077]

I was also poor in the late 90s and never had cable ever again. I associate Cartoon Network with the doctor's office lobby now. Fox and WB were pretty good for me and included some anime. If I tweaked the TV antennas just right, I could sometimes pick up some obscure channel playing shows like Rough Necks and Double Dragon.

[@Skywalker52Blocks]

Dbz at 6am then the mask after right before school. But all these are forever dope af

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Top 50 Cartoons of the '90s-The Edgy and Dark Era of Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1. Batman the Animated Series 2. Swat Kats:The Radical Squadron 3. Dexter's Laboratory 4. Spider-Man the Animated Series 5. Courage the Cowardly Dog 6. Animaniacs 7. Batman Beyond 8. The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest 9. Rugrats 10. South Park 11. SpongeBob Squarepants 12. The Mask 13. X-Men 14. Johnny Bravo 15. Recess 16. The Ren & Stimpy Show 17. Pokemon 18. The PowerPuff Girls 19. Superman the Animated Series 20. Pinky and the Brain 21. Captain Planet and the Planeteers 22. Tom & Jerry 23. Timon & Pumbaa 24. Aladdin 25. Doug 26. AHHH! Real Monsters 27. Freekazoid 28. Arthur 29. Daria 30. Ed,Edd & Eddy 31. Dragon Tales 32. Gargoyles 33. The Fantastic Four 34. Sonic the Hedgehog 35. Beast Wars:Transformers 36. Spawn 37. Darkwing Duck 38. The Tick 39. Roco's Modern Life 40. Space Ghost Coast to Coast 41. Tazmania 42. Beavis & Butthead 43. Aeon Flux 44. The Angry Beavers 45. Bobby's World 46. Tiny Toon Adventures 47. Hey! Arnold 48. Futurama 49. Road Rovers

[@elizabthharris6741]

I was in my early 20s and watched every one of these. Spaceghost was a must! June bugs was a house favorite because my rabbit loved it every year! I forgot about AAAH, real monsters...freakazoid! Spawn! Batman the animated series, ren and Stimpy, courage, ed, ed, and eddy... in fact any cartoon network, MTV, 😊 or nickelodeon cartoon i watched. Animaniacs, pinky and the brain, the tick...the live action series is great too! ..wb was an ok channel! Shiiit rocks with his pal Heffernan or STEAK, as his family called him

[@jaymonkey]

I remember all of these shows on Sunday morning cartoons, there was a lot of cool cartoons playing at the same time on different channels, man the kids now have it easy you can watch what you want now, still have great memories.

[@Lucian1692]

So: a dark/gloomy/fantasy cartoon from the 90s - 80s (probably beginning of 90s). The cartoon was available on Cartoon Network, at the time. !!!! She wasn't the main character, but there was a mermaid trapped in a tank of water (I think somewhere in a cave, or underground), held hostage by some weird creature. The mermaid had stars covering her breasts. On the surface, above, there was a guy (a hero/prince of some kind or something), with some fantasy creatures as friends. I think he had blond hair. I also remember a magical tree and something in the sky - a sky-ship or something, on which there was another fantasy creature, I think an antagonist. The air of the show somehow resembles the Pirates of the Dark Water! And it was really unpopular, gloomy and dark, with a lot of fantasy.

[@BboyEklypse]

I always loved all these. But i really loved xmen series.

[@changkammmarak4354]

Born in 1995.. grew up watching Mask, Centurions, Powerpuff Girls, GI Joe...

[@allyssahanner8202]

The 90s are the best ever!

[@danielleeveritt9323]

You didn't mention Talespin. I also want to know why no one ever mentions Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa or Samurai Pizza Cats. All 3 of these good 90's cartoons.

[@mr219gip5210]

My childhood revisit, thank you!

[@KAZ3EM]

Powerpuff girls is in Germany a milenium cartoon because it wasn't released in the 90's here!

[@elizabthharris6741]

I loved this episode marvelous videos! Bobbies world! Freakazoid! Tiny toons...! I had forgotten so many of these., as I spent much of the 90s in drugs, alcohol , live music,, and cartoons, as I was in my 20s in seattle. I loved the reminder. I still watch so many of these! Futurama, South Park, the Simpsons, animaniacs, Metalocalypse, the venture brothers...(adult swim changed my life lije cartoon network and nickelodeon changed my life then. Lol)

[@SamieKleynhans-j8n]

My generation used to love these shows growing up. They were great, and they stood out to me and my generation of the 1990s way more than any of todays shows do. I used to watch them on KTV and other channels. I was very much into them. Sadly, all good things must come to an end, and as the older generations move on to more mature stuff, the channels make more shows that are more geared towards the younger generations of today.

[@DaFactsNoNonsense1713]

Ahhh, MOST of these cartoons DID NOT come on, on Saturday morning or on the weekend at all

[@Jtx_SA]

Yes they would they would either run on Saturday mornings weekends or if not for sure they would come on after school like they were after school programs it would run from 3:00 p.m. all the way to about 6/7 p.m.

[@DaFactsNoNonsense1713]

@@Jtx_SA in America, not anywhere else + the majority of these shows came on after school, before 6 pm

[@smallnooby2288]

Детство, детство, мои воспоминания никто и ни чем не испортит)

[@mojo3318]

I've seen "Tom and Jerry", "Dragon Tales", "Ed, Edd, and Eddy", "Arthur", "Dexter's Laboratory", "Courage the Cowardly Dog", "Rugrats", SpongeBob SquarePants", "Johnny Bravo", "Recess", "Sonic the Hedgehog", "Space Ghost Coast to Coast", "Dragon Ball Z", "Pokémon", "Hey Arnold", "Futurama", and some of "Bevis and Butthead". The others on this list seem like great shows! I didn't know Dexter's accent was Russian or that "Hey Arnold" took place in New York. And one of the ducks is from "Duck Tales"! 56:10 By they way, "Dragon Ball Z" and Pokémon" are not cartoons, they're anime. I'd like to check out the other cartoons on this list. It sucks that all these shows stopped airing.

[@decimatorentertainmentstud8523]

The 90s is one of the most famous eras of cartoons along with the 80s, 70s and 60s. And the 2000s too

[@alexndg5260]

DECIMATED!!!!!

[@pedjanedeljkovic7021]

Just amazing. It must have taken a lot of effort to make this video. Thank you very much for this.

[@tylerwilliams105]

Disney's Gargoyles and Disney's Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series are 2 of Disney animated cartoons!

[@justus_invictus991]

We have to go back. The 90s were just different you had to be there to understand it

[@conradconrad24]

Street Sharks, Biker Mice From Mars, Extreme Dinosaurs...??!!

[@Pegas105]

If Captain Planet is dark and edgy then Akira was a comedy! There was nothing dark or edgy about that show... yes I know about the drug episode but to be frank it was almost obligatory with DIC as there was a drug themed episode in COPS and GI Joe which was two parter, compared to Exo-Squad or Gatchaman which was a much better show with environmental themes and characters. Now X-Men was dark as it pulled much of its source material from the comics.

[@WardGray-yo2mx]

My son watched every episode of each of these- along with jeepers creepers 1 2& 3 and all of the Twilight Zone- before he turned 11

[@dineshraja9742]

Where is Dragon Booster, American Dragon, Legend of Tarzan, Inuyasha, Cyborg 009?

[@mobirockon2380]

What about "pirates of the dark water"????

[@raulbarros8077]

When we lived in the 90s we thought it was just how life is. Now we see that the 90s were the best era in the world history to be a kid

[@StevenDavison-q6h]

I always thought Mighty Max was an epic cartoon

[@cyberhermit1222]

1. Hey Arnold

[@CShabazz84]

Biker mice from mars should have been in there

[@TRUXG]

I miss all these shows I'll be 37 this year what good times those were

[@tapinewoods3937]

now we're talking!

[@robonaught]

No Biker Mice? BOOOOO! HISS!

[@bigsmoke76]

Enjoyable narration

[@cesarvictorino8624]

I hope some day modern day reactors react Swat Kats and Gargoyles.

[@Kas58223]

I’m rewatching Gargoyles what a show I still wish cartoons were still like that

[@anthonymonaghan4964]

BATMAN - you missed the point that this series had the best Catwoman costume as well

[@Kas58223]

What a trip down memory lane and I’ve rewatched some of them as well still holds up and never talked down to kids regarding certain subjects

[@anthonymonaghan4964]

ANIMANIACS - and really pushed the boundaries of appropriate jokes... look up the "Finger Prince" joke

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

it wasnt edgy. Digimon, X-Men, spider-man, Medabots, Monster rancher, Pokemon, Animaniacs, Pinky and The Brain, Tiny Toons, Tazmania, Darkwing Duck, Aladdin. So many more great shows.

[@Anonym-yr4qn]

Futurama alone gives me so much Nostalgia.... And it has one of the most beautiful endings of all shows. Despite being might somewhat kitschy.

[@zzco]

13:09 "Johnny Quest The Real Adventures screen" is a "sci-fi action and adventure cartoon television series"? Pick a lane, sheesh :p

[@frayhua9716]

Scooby Doo took the 90s off.

[@B_Lake_23]

How’s this guy gonna show DBZ clips but never talk about it….

[@heathergibbs2904]

Arthur and Dragon Tales

[@sammi3004]

Where's CAPTAIN BUCKY O'HARE in all these top videos?! Green rabbit from outer space, that Def ended too soon. I remember playing it in the school yard aged 7 or so, I'm 38 now, so 31 years ago, so sad it's not on any list!!!

[@Jtx_SA]

Nahh fo'real!! Saturday morning cartoons,after school cartoons,night time cartoons all the cartoon in the 90s were the shit can watch a 90s cartoon and just go back in time in a certain way and just feel the joy and happiness of those times these shows are all timeless jewels

[@zezzy3]

Dragon tales should have won but they put it up against between the lions so I can see why since they used older episodes. Also zoom and zaboomafoo

[@anthonymonaghan4964]

i am disappointed that The Bots Master never got a listing .. it was one of my all time fave shows from the 90s

[@cigileyAtTR]

Its intro is stellar too.

[@ApothecaryGrant]

I was a fan of ; Batman The Animated Series Dexter’s Laboratory Spider-Man The Animaniacs The Rugrats South Park Spongebob Squarepants X-Men The Powerpuff Girls Superman The Animated Ser. Pinky and The Brain Arthur What I am never a Fan of ; A damned ad every five minutes . Seriously . This is the last of your vids I will watch .

[@marcusyates3044]

Can you talk about Bond, James Bond?

[@charlesschofield4018]

I disagree with Courage the Cowardly Dog, Sponge-Bob Square-Pants, The Powerpuff Girls and Ed, Edd & Eddy because they're 2000's cartoons. Anyway, my Top 20 Cartoons of the 90's are; 1. The Simpsons 2. South Park 3. Batman: The Animated Series 4. X-Men 5. Spider-Man: The Animated Series 6. Pinky and the Brain 7. Animaniacs 8. Beavis and Butt-Head 9. Rugrats 10. King of the Hill 11. The Adventures of Tintin 12. Gargoyles 13. Dexter's Laboratory 14. Recess 15. The Dreamstone 16. Rocko's Modern Life 17. Reboot 18. The Magic School Bus 19. The Tick 20. Hey Arnold!

[@DominicAustin-b5p]

The eternal question how much is just nostalgia and how much is raw objective quality?

[@Liam123-r8o]

I hope for you that you included beavis and butthead. 😮

[@MOTU1978cl]

My top three favorite decades of cartoons are (3) 1970's (2) 1990's (1) 1980's

[@alexith]

this is my favorite list

[@frost8077]

50 sounded like a big list, but I've seen all of these shows and considered them the typical big shows. It makes me wonder just how many 1990s cartoons I've really seen.

[@tashanregiste5280]

is this list in order cos its abit backwards to me . none listed are better than batman TAS

[@EricWoody-s9d]

Pokemon was a no go for me....along with power puff girls. Batman TAS is the greatest ever.

[@DeseClips]

You have Batman at #50. This list is flawed already

[@asssassyn]

American culture peaked to its max in the 90s in fact its so lame now people these days call cool stuff back then "edgy".

[@Madpegasusmax]

80's and 90's were the best , missing the Silver Brumby ...

[@Sohil876]

Some missing are samurai jack, jackie chan adventures, adentures of tin tin (?), he man maybe? im sure im missing some more

[@NefariousNik1]

I thought maybe mighty Max might have been in this one.. 🤷🏼‍♂

[@kevinwestrom4775]

The Iron Man animated series of the mid-90's, the Starship troopers animated spinoff: Roughnecks: The Starship Trooper Chronicles, and others..

[@andybcrypto]

Most all these cartoons mentioned were classic cartoons in my eyes!!

[@MichaelReinprecht-wu1xx]

Good to see “Furries the animated series” there at the end.

[@cwfilbert]

I’ve never heard of road rovers

[@johnnymcneal5914]

I love the recess series even like the the movie called recess schools out

[@fzcbh4698]

Nice video, but I think you should not include anime series and you should do video about best 50 anime in the 90s, because including anime with cartoons so I believe the Japanese works would took the whole rank because many of their works are more edgy than most of any western animated series.

[@llucixxl]

Hello everyone, I remember a cartoon series when I was a child (around 1999 - 2000) but I can't remember the name, what I remember is that there were some guys coming from another planet to earth in order to destroy it and one of these guys had a son with a woman from earth. His son was against him and tried to protect the earth, he possessed some superpowers being able to manipulate objects or smt like that. Later in the series the bad guys established a base on the dark side of the moon from where they were launching meteors towards earth with a hi-tech cannon. If someone remembers, can you please tell me what was the name of the cartoon? Ty! Edit: I found it and it's called "Invasion America".

[@TONY-bt8xy]

❤90S

[@Stnkynuggz1252]

How can you mention Gargoyles without mentioning Jonathan Frakes

[@shotmasta]

Yeah out of nostalgia and g2tting old.... But the 90s were the best overall... Simple times with quality tv and outside activities..

[@biguy617]

Tom and Jerry has been longer than the 90s. I remember watching them in the 80s.