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[[caption-width-right:320:It's a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal crazy catastrophic cavalcade]] of cartoon character {{crossover}} calamity!\\
[[labelnote:list]]Top row, left to right: [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Elroy Jetson]], WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}, [[WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters Slimer]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]], WesternAnimation/MightyMouse, and [[Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls Bubbles]].\\
Second row, left to right: [[Franchise/TheIncredibles Mr. Incredible]], WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack, [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]], WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman]], WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo, [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Bullwinkle J. Moose]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Raphael]], WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant, WesternAnimation/TheTick, and [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Optimus Prime]].\\
Third row, left to right: [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars Anakin Skywalker]], Patrick Star and WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants, [[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]], [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]], [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Nemo]], WesternAnimation/{{Batman|TheAnimatedSeries}}, [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]], and [[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends Zan]].\\
Final row, left to right: [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1 James P. Sullivan]], WesternAnimation/DangerMouse, [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren Höek]], ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}, {{WesternAnimation/Dexter|sLaboratory}}, [[Franchise/DuckTales Scrooge McDuck]], [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead Butt-Head]], [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Meatwad]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Robin]], and WesternAnimation/{{Josie|AndThePussycats}} [=McCoy=].[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:credit]]''Greatest Cartoon Characters'' by [[https://web.archive.org/web/20131211160514/http://www.ryandartist.com/art.html Ryan Dunlavey]].[[/labelnote]]]]

[[AnimatedShows Animated TV shows]] originating in UsefulNotes/TheWest -- the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericas Americas]] (USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, etc.), Protestant and Catholic UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, Australia or New Zealand. Some of these entries are actually compilations of theatrical shorts assembled for broadcast; the vast majority, though, are original creations made for television.

These are frequently {{Dom Com}}s (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'') or AdventureSeries (''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''), and generally follow the conventions and {{tropes}} of their genre (and may {{exaggerate|dTrope}} them).

Note that during the 1970s, many prime-time series both current and cancelled acquired [[AnimatedAdaptation animated versions]] broadcast as part of the network's {{Saturday morning|Cartoon}} kidvid block; ''Radio/TheRickyGervaisShow'', based on the {{podcast}} of the same name, would be a recent example. Many of these are noted in the entries for the live-action show.

Most of the modern animated television series on this page are created, written, and acted in the West, but the actual animation is usually outsourced to Korean studios to save money (In other words, unless the idea or sources, etc. were outside of the West, a Western animation made outside of the Western world doesn't make the series/cartoon non-Western. This is only done to save money, as mentioned previously). This is after most series in the '90s were outsourced to Japan, but Korea is cheaper. In the 2010s, outsourcing grew to a broader range, expanded to Canadian, French, Australian, Filipino, and even Indian studios to name a few. Depending on the Western country, some series of them are {{Domestic Only Cartoon}}s, including United States cases handed off to Texas, Georgia, or New York. Primarily, theatrical films by major studios are still animated domestically within North America.

JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith an animated [[TheWestern western]], although they can and do overlap.

For ''non-Western'' animation, see {{Anime}}, AsianAnimation and EasternEuropeanAnimation.

Animated shows have developed their own dialect of cliches and devices; see AnimationTropes for a listing.

Feature films belong in the AnimatedFilms index.
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[[index]]

[[folder:'''Categories''']]
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[[folder: Also see ]]

+ AnimatedFilms
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[[/folder]]

[[folder: By decade ]]

+ WesternAnimationOfThe1960s
+ WesternAnimationOfThe1970s
+ WesternAnimationOfThe1980s
+ WesternAnimationOfThe1990s
+ WesternAnimationOfThe2000s
+ WesternAnimationOfThe2010s
+ WesternAnimationOfThe2020s
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[[/folder]]

[[folder: By era ]]

+ HistoryOfAnimation
+ MediaNotes/EarlyAnimation
+ MediaNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation
+ MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation
+ MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation
+ MediaNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation
+ MediaNotes/TheMillenniumAgeOfAnimation
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[[/folder]]

[[folder: By genre ]]

+ FantasyWesternAnimation
+ HorrorWesternAnimation
+ MilitaryAndWarfareWesternAnimation
+ ScienceFictionWesternAnimation
+ [[SuperheroStories/WesternAnimation Superhero Western Animation]]
[[/folder]]

[[WMG:Due to length, the list of every Western Animation had to be broken up into subpages.]]
* [[WesternAnimation/ZeroToD 0 to D]]
* WesternAnimation/EToL
* WesternAnimation/MToR
* WesternAnimation/SToZ
[[/index]]
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