The Best Cartoons from the 90’s
The Best Cartoons From The 90s [Updated for 2025]
Growing up, I was obsessed with watching cartoons.
My mum and gran always used to limit me on the amount of time I spent in font of the TV, but for me, getting lost in cartoons or movies was one of my favourite things to do.
That’s probably why as an adult, I have chosen to study Film and TV as its always been a huge part of who I am.
I’ll always remember the mornings getting ready for school with cartoons on in the background.
That feeling of having no cares in the world was bliss, if I could bottle that childhood feeling, I would!
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Looking Back at The Best Cartoons of The 90s
The other day I found myself reminiscing over the cartoons from my childhood.
I was watching Little Bear eat his porridge, laughing away ar cartoons and it hit me right in the chest.
That’s what I used to do.
However, I couldn’t help but feel sad that my favourite childhood cartoons weren’t the “in thing” anymore.
It’s amazing how everything changes with the years isnt it?
When I was a little girl I thought the same cartoons would be on forever, that they would never stop.
But here I am today, wondering what ever happened to Dexters Laboratory and Cat Dog.
This got me to thinking, what were my favourite cartoons from my childhood?
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The Best Cartoons
I’ve talked a lot about movies here on the blog, but after I started to rediscover cartoons from when I was a child, I thought it was about time they made an appearance.
Although a good majority are from the 90s, I’m sure a couple from the early 2000s may be in the bunch too.
The Best Cartoons From My Childhood
1 – 24 of The Best Cartoons
1. Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
2. Angela Anaconda
3. Animaniacs
4. BeetlejuiceCat Dog
5. Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers
6. Codename: kids next door
7. Cow and Chicken
8. Courage the cowardly dog
9. Dexter’s Labour
10. Digimon
11. Doug
12. Dragon Ball Z
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13. Ed, Edd n Eddie
14. Foster’s home for imaginary friends
15. Futurama
16. Garfield and Friends
17. Gargoyles
18. Grim & Evil
19. Hey Arnold
20. I Am Weasel
21. Inspector Gadget
22. Johnny Bravo
23. Little Bear
24. Looney Toons
24. Pinky and The Brain
26 – 48 of The Best Childhood Cartoons
26. Pokemon
27. Recess
28. Rocko’s Modern Life
29. Rugrats
30. Sabrina: The Animated Series
31. Scooby-Doo
32. Spongebob Square Pants
33. Tales from the Cryptkeeper
34. Taz-Mania
35. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
36. The Addams FamilyThe Angry Beavers
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37. The Care BearsThe cramp twins
38. The Fairly Odd Parents
39. The Flintstones
40. The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
41. The Jetsons
42. The Power Puff Girls
43. The Ren & Stimpy show
44. The Road Runner Show
45. The Simpsons
46. The Wild Thornberries
47. The Yogi Bear Show
48. Tom and Jerry
Final Thoughts
And there you have it, the cartoons from my childhood that I remember and loved so dearly.
There’s a few that I have memories of but I can’t for the life of me remember what they are and I’ve searched the Internet trying to find out to no avail.
So, they will have to stay locked in my brain, a happy memory from childhood.
To me, these are the Best Cartoons from the 90’s!
They helped to shape my love for television and wanting to go and work in this sector.
My love for Film and Tv blossomed from an early age.
What are some of your favourite cartoons? Did you watch a lot when you were a child?
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I loved Rugrats, Fairly Odd Parents, Hey! Arnold, Doug, and The Wild Thornberry's. I have still never seen an episode of The Simpsons…my parents wouldn't allow it for some reason, aside from them being a family I have no idea what that show is about.
Oh my goodness, these are a blast from the past! I think I watched almost all of these as a kid! My brother and I used to love putting cartoon network on early on a Saturday morning to watch together. In fact we made it through the entire Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT together – which was a lot of watching!Thanks for reminding me of some much loved childhood watching.Em x
I've seen about 19 on this list, I absolutely loved Dexter's Laboratory and Ed, Edd and Eddie! Cartoon Network was the best! xLucy
Thanks for sharing :)I watched most of these as a child to 🙂 I don't have a favourite as they were all equally as good, I miss these now! Nic
I do remember some of them but as I'm slightly older than you (*uhem*) my childhood cartoon memories are more from the 70s and 80s. 😘
100% agree with this list! Aww man, this post made me so nostalgic. I wish I could still watch all of them in one place. But they have different apps / subscription services you have to sign up for.Thank you for sharing! This made my day <3Mari | dazedmari
I wasn't big on cartoons but I do remember Ed, Edd N Eddie. My favorite was plank!! My favorite shows as a kid were All That, Alex Mac, and all those other silly Nickelodean shows. 🙂
So many gems on this list! Definitely took me back just seeing these names…. one other I loved was Thundercats. It’s amazing how certain cartoon theme songs stick in your head forever…
Some belters here, I loved the grim adventures of billy & Mandy, pinky & the brain, Ren & stimpy, inspector gadget and of course spongebob.Adam
I need an app with all the cartoons from 1990-2005
Such a great list! Rugrats is such a classic- I even remember going to the movie theater to see the Paris movie when it came out!
I remember a lot of these too & I think my favorite was Scooby-Doo! My parents bought me a TON of Scooby-Doo on VHS.
I also watched PBS Kids a lot & some of my favorite showers were Dragon Tales, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, Wishbone & Zoboomafoo. I would also read the Wishbone books to my dogs haha
I pretty much watched most of them and it was so great to read some the names I forgot about! I might go on a walk down memory lane and re-watch them! Cow and Chicken, Dragon Ball and Inspector Gadget are on my list! Just need to find where to watch them. Thanks for sharing x
One of my favorites was courage the cowardly dog. Thinking back, it is a really strange cartoon for children.
I’ve not watched a lot of these I’ll be honest, but I love these recommendations and the 90s and 00s were the best time for everything, in my opinion. Thank you for sharing x