Each week I create a 2-2.5 hour block of programming for the family to watch together over a nice breakfast. We call it Sunday Brunch Cartoons, and we’re nearly two years into it without missing a day. I’m releasing a full list of our watch queue, with the hopes that you can think of something really good (or memorably bad) that we should include.
No 70s Hanna-Barbera.
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Plaintext: Title Batman: Caped Crusader Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years Cybersix Gargoyles Infinity Train Mythbusters Hey Arnold! Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Amphibia Animaniacs Scooby Doo; Mystery Inc. Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends Gumby Gurren Lagann Mighty Max (Remastered) My Adventures With Superman Sailor Moon Original ReBoot Recess Crash Course Video Games She-Ra Space Patrol Luluco The Owl House Tron: Uprising Star vs the Forces of Evil Rocky & Bullwinkle Sym-Bionic Titan Freakazoid! Teen Titans Bump In The night Looney Tunes Golden Collection Nate Is Late / Oskar et Malika The Big O Unicorn Warriors Eternal Mega Man Megas XLR Motorcity Fraggle Rock Men in Black: The Animated Series Histeria! The Tick Swat Kats Adventure Time: Fiona & Cake Kim Possible Dexter’s Laboratory Star Trek Mobile Fighter G Gundam The Adventures of Salmon Max Captain N: The Game Master Darkwing Duck Danny Phantom Wakfu Kirby: Right Back At Ya Regular Show Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Inspector Gadget The Legend of Zelda Underdog (1964) Kid Cosmic Looney Tunes Cartoons Samurai Jack Adventure Time The Loud House King Arthur and the Knights of Justice The California Raisin Show Visionaries Knights of the Magical Lights He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Transformers: Prime Yuu Yuu Hakusho Invader Zim Ducktales Avatar: The Legend of Korra Codename: Kids Next Door Pingu Bill Nye TSG Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Reading Rainbow Wishbone Red Wall Ramen Akaneko Space Ghost Powerpuff Girls Transformers War For Cybertron Dungeons and Dragons Ren & Stimpy Rugrats Super Mario World Fairly OddParents Hilda Moomin Batman: The Animated Series Earthworm Jim Amazing World of Gumball Beakman’s World Rocko’s Modern Life The Real Ghostbusters The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Bravest Warriors Beetlejuice Ruri Rocks Transformers: Beast Wars Courage the Cowardly Dog Rentaghost The Busy World of Richard Scarry Over the Garden Wall Button Moon Cow & Chicken Bocchi the Rock Adventure Time: Distant Lands The Angry Beavers The Trap Door Pinky and The Brain Clone Wars (2003) Avatar: The Last Airbender Gravity Falls A Series of Unfortunate Events Steven Universe Trigun Batman Beyond Bluey Ed, Edd, & Eddy
EDIT: Thanks, Lemmy!!! You’ve all delivered so many really exciting suggestions. There’s enough on my ‘shopping list’ now to keep us going, well, basically forever - but what’s another 10Tb of cartoons among friends?
Here’s the full list of suggestions I’ve collected. In alphabetic order, this time. Thanks again!

I strongly recommend finishing “She-Ra and the Princess of Power” and/or “Amphibia”.
I’m a sucker for a Strong, Feamle Protagonist, and really anything by Lee Osertag (partner of ND Stevenson) or Brennan Lee Mulligan.
(EDIT: Updated name; didn’t know about the name change when I first posted. Added parenthetical connecting second paragraph to the first.)
Looking over the Saturday morning cartoons I grew up with:
The Batman
Xiaolin Showdown (this I remember the most fondly)
Johnny Test (It’s the epitome of Saturday morning cartoons, most engraved in my brain, probably bad actually)
Spider Riders (just for the opening song)
Damn, you’ve got a huge list, still I need to recommend Gatchaman, Deadly and if you are into Powerpuff Girls, you need to watch Powerpuff Girls Z.
Most should be easy to find but Deadly I could only find on youtube with terrible quality. Still worth it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PScRdFhd6m4&list=PL4jOVhCe6AUy1N4cY7Fv9pnzMv3SGrHc1&index=2
Also, Dragon Hunters
Bravestar, admittedly the series is kinda meh but the movie is a work of art.
The Mysterious Golden Cities ! At least the first season, I’m not too sure about the directions it took after that, when it became 3D animated… Then, Ewilan’s Quest ! I don’t think there’s an official translation or a legal way to watch it outside of France for now, but if you put it at the end of your list there might be one by the time you get to it.
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80’s Masters of the Universe since there is a movie coming soon.
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The Powerpuff Girls is fantastic for both kids & adults.
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BraveStarr was one of my favorites as a kid, but haven’t seen it in decades, don’t know how well it holds up
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Dino-Riders
Invader Zim has a lot of laughs for kids and adults!
“Over the Garden Wall” is missing from your image list.
Everyone here has triggered great memories of series for me.
I didn’t see any mentions of GRAVITY Falls I may have missed it. Also one of my old favorites was BRAVE STAR
Gravity Falls is one of the greatest of all time! We finished it last year, but he still likes to watch reruns now and again. It should be on the list, but it’s organised by late date watched, so hard to read.
I remember Bravestarr, was it actually good? I just vaguely remember cowboys in space.
I enjoyed braveatar, I guess that is different than being good!
It’s all good, sometimes I mix in something deliberately shitty just so he knows how good he’s got it! Kids these days with their Adventure Time and their anime. Sometimes I put on the D&D cartoon so he can really appreciate Gravity Falls.
The Looney Tunes stuff is the absolute top tier in animation. I was also a big fan of Rocky & Bullwinkle (great satire), and Recess.
He’s eating good, yeah. I know CGI and GenAI slop are having a big moment in the culture, so I want to make sure and instill an appreciation for the classics.
Hey, not an old cartoon but I think Amphibia worth watching. It’s a Disney channel cartooon… I’ve watched recently with my kid.
Edit: never mind. Just found it on the list.
Amphibia is really high on my list of faves, it’s got a lot of creativity and heart. We’re probably going to finish it soon, We’ve been nibbling at it for a little over a year, making it last!
My specialty! Cartoons! No guarantees my opinions may not be basic or good!
• Code Lyoko ( can get a little dark at times and also characters with not just foreheads, but fiveheads ) ( also has maybe 2 or so scenes of an underage girl in just her undies/bra, but in a European kid friendly manner ) ( every episode is available on a dedicated official Code Lyoko ENG dub channel, and original dub on its own official channel as well )
• If you can somehow find it, Dofus: The Treasures of Kerubim ( Kerubs’s Bazaar is apparently the, IMO, horrible English name ) ( same universe as Wakfu, but in a distant past I guess )
• Summer Camp Island ( 6 seasons that start off more episodic and start to get more serialized before the very serialized and probably rushed close to death final season ) ( summer camp run by 3 witches, shenanigans with magic and magical creatures happen )
• Some episodes are technically lost media, either in the original ENG dub or in general, but Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown ( a rare example of Australian cartoon work, follows an anthro kangaroo who basically does everything he can to fight against a corrupt mayor ) ( huh, sounds topical with the state of the world, kinda ) ( episodes available can be found on the The Skippy Archive yt channel, if that makes any difference )
• Ahhhh! Real Monsters ( unless I completely missed this on the list, kinda shocked it’s not there while the classsic Klasky Csupo show Rugrats is )
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog ( the campy in a pretty dumb kinda way cartoon and not SatAM, though I personally recommend that one if you want something a little more serious and darker in tone )
• Rocket Power ( another Klasky Csupo I personally think is good enough to pass )
I wanted to list some others, but I scroll down to the list only to find them. I mean, Angry Beavers was already there. Same with like Batman Beyond and D.W. and Infinity Train. This post just makes me realize I don’t know as many cartoons as I should.
I don’t know as many cartoons as I should
I know! I fancied myself as something of a media maven after years of collecting and curating shows for my kid, but in this thread I’ve got now 145 new shows, some of which I know for certain I should have already had - and scores that I had never heard of. I’m going to need another server at this rate.
Code Lyoko looks cool, definitely an aesthetic there with the noggins. Kerubim looks cool, but it does seem hard to find. Dang! Writing everything down to try again later, high hopes. Thanks!!
Not certain what age level you’re looking for, but here are some I don’t see on your list. A few of these have been mentioned by others, and I second their opinion.
*Chowder
*Kick Buttowski
*Over the Garden Wall (some spookiness)
*Thundercats
*Home Movies (occasional light swearing)
*The Amazing World of Gumball
*Regular Show (some light adult themes)
*Inspector Gadget
*G.I. Joe
*Super Friends (1970s-80s)
French studio Wakfu is amazing
It’s super impressive what they do. Their early work almost feels like old-school flash animation, but really effective - and their technical skills really expand while keeping the aesthetic. Their concept artist used to post saucy pinups, too. 😊





