Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-4722469-20140302210422/@comment-24882645-20140504034026

Family Guy, American Dad, MAD, old episodes of the Amazing World of Gumball, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Fairly Oddparents, and older Spongebob episodes (such as I Had An Accident and Bubble Buddy) are about the only cartoons I like to watch anymore. I used to be obsessed with Danny Phantom, too, but I've hardly had a chance to see it since it last aired; same goes for Jimmy Neutron and Back at the Barnyard. Nowadays, it seems as though cartoons have lost their creative spark, (I've tried to watch Adventure Time, Sanjay and Craig, and Annoying Orange. I wasn't enthralled by any of them. And when I see previews for cartoons such as Breadwinners and Clarence, I can't help but shudder.)

Actually, the only reason I find myself liking any cartoons anymore is if they have crude humor and/or some kind of violence. (What can I say, I'm a tomboy.) I used to love shows like Tom and Jerry, but they hardly play old episodes anymore due to all the violent situations. (In my opinion, violence is a part of everyday life, and ought to be treated as such. I don't want cartoons to scare children, but I'm tired of some of them being so innocent and/or pointless. It hurts my mind to watch some of the things they show nowadays!

In fact, I used to love Spongebob, (It had really good morals, the characters all had lovable personalities, and the humor was witty) but now, after seeing some of the newer episodes, I have to wonder what happened to one of the greatest cartoons in kid history. (If you've ever seen any of the more recent ones, you'll get where I'm coming from. It's gotten to the point where Patrick and Spongebob are so naive that the most intriguing plots the creators can come up with is them annoying the heck out of everybody for no good reason.) Don't get me wrong, it's not that I hate the new Spongebob episodes, they just aren't what they used to be, in my view.

Adventure Time is very... interesting, I'll give it that. It can be pretty funny at times, and sometimes the jokes even make me laugh. However, the reason I don't find myself watching it often is that it lacks good morals. (Or any morals, for that manner. Most of the episodes make no sense to me.) A lot of my friends love to watch it, though, so I can't hate on it too much.

Shows like Sanjay and Craig and Breadwinners fail for one reason and one reason only: the same recycled jokes. I'll admit, I love toilet humor as much as the next guy, but hearing about it constantly is enough to make anyone scream. (Besides, Breadwinners and Sanjay and Craig just seem disgusting to me. They burp and fart for fun, and most of that kind of humor doesn't seem very good for kids. Also, in Breadwinners, one of the ducks's butts sticks out over its pants, which is pretty disturbing. What kind of child wants to see something like that, anyhow?)

So yeah, sorry for ranting, but I guess I'm just not destined to be a huge cartoon fan anymore. (Heck, I'm surprised I like Regular Show so much. :) )