Adult Cartoons

This is thread for adult cartoons in general.

I'm trying to find shows that don't rely too much on shock humor, which is one of the reasons I like the Venture Bros. I heard Bojack Horseman might be a good place to start. What about Archer?

edited 9th Jan '15 3:52:51 PM by DS9guy

Not too sure about Archer,but Rick and Morty is one of the best adult cartoons I've seen.

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If you want obscure adult animation...

Try The Critic, the Dilbert cartoon, the works of Sally Cruikshank.

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."

Bob's Burgers and Futurama (at least the Fox run of the latter) don't really rely on Shock Value.

The first 10 seasons of The Simpsons didn't either.

I've heard God, The Devil, and Bob is a good show for those that don't like Shock humor shows like South Park and Family Guy

The Critic is also recommended to watch.

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Baby Blues, while obscured, is fairly tamed. No f or s bombs, gore, or crude sex jokes.

I recommend that.

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How about some classic adult animation?

Check out these three UPA cartoons: "Rooty Toot Toot," "The Unicorn in the Garden" and "The Tell-Tale Heart."

If you're in the mood for something depressing, though, check out "Education for Death."

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."

But more sex jokes than the comic strip, I take it? I recall they had to have the show star a whole second family because there was only one baby at the time.

I have seen a few episodes of the Critic. Great stuff.

@Aldo930 I owned the World War II DVD box set Disney released about a decade ago. I've seen Education For Death. Powerful stuff. Gotta check out those UPA titles though.

correct, but if you're comparing the show to SP or FG, it's fairly tamed.

I never read the strip, so I don't really know.

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There are a lot of adult cartoons that are tame. It's just that everyone wants to be South Park and later Family Guy.

You know, I have to wonder why Pit is obsessed with this site. It’s gonna ruin his life!

Dan Versus is another one that springs to mind, which deals with adult lives and elaborate revenge schemes but was tamed just enough for a family channel.

I was wondering about that. Why do they say that the three adult cartoon series (The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy) are turning into each other?

I like to keep my audience riveted.

imo all three shows (specifically FG and SP) try to outdo each other by having the most outrageous special episodes, guest stars, and who can have the gory scenes or preachy characters.

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Three great adult cartoons off the top off my head are Rick And Morty, Home Movies, and Daria, though as to rather the latter two count as "adult" I'm not sure; Home Movies aired in a children's timeslot in the UK and Daria also aired during an afterschool block in Australia, but they were marketed to an older audience in their county of origin (U.S.) so I'm counting them.

edited 10th Jan '15 9:17:17 AM by Assassin-sensei

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The Simpsons is trying to stay relevant. Family Guy, I think, had a shift in writers. Family Guy I can easily tell that they're trying to be like South Park.

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Im pretty sure that Daria's more targeted towards teens with angst than adults.

edited 10th Jan '15 11:09:38 AM by Teddy

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Baby Blues isn't awful, but it's a terrible adaptation of the source material. In the strip at the time, Zoe was school age and Hammie was about three, but in the cartoon, Zoe's a baby and Hammie doesn't exist yet. Also, the Bittermans hijack most of the plots. Baby Blues might've been OK if they'd just made it an original toon with no ties to the strip, since it had very few to begin with.

I kinda like Gary the Rat if you wanna go more obscure. I had never heard of it until TV Trash reviewed it.

There ought to be a distinction between cartoons for teens and cartoons for adults...

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."

Adults generally appreciate Daria more though, both now and back when it actually aired.

edited 10th Jan '15 1:00:24 PM by redhed311

Really? I know adults enjoy it, but I tend to see more teens (18 or 19) respect the cartoon a lot.

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If you want really obscure, check out Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home. It's an animated prime-time sitcom from the '70's. I think only one season (it lasted three, 48 episodes in all) is available on dvd.

edited 11th Jan '15 12:27:10 PM by Robbery

It may have been by Hanna Barbera, but it was apparently more All In The Family than The Flintstones - one major character was a right-wing conspiracy theorist, something like Dale Gribble.

H-B actually tried some experiments with adult animation in the 70s and 80s, but Wait Til Your Father Gets Home was the only successful one. There was Where's Huddles, which was a summer replacement series, and there was Jokebook, which lasted three episodes. (And Tom Ruegger, who worked on it, outright called that last one crap.)

edited 11th Jan '15 12:28:57 PM by Aldo930

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."

Yeah, and it had a feminst daughter character who resembled a cross between Velma from Scooby Doo and Meg Griffith from Family Guy. Superficially anyhow, Family Guy resembles WTYFGH more than a little...

I remember that show. It's decent, but I really prefer the Flintstones and Jetsons. And I happen to enjoy All in the Family. I liked how it kinda summed up how the 70s were social wise.

the art style is a lot better than the other HB cartoons in the 70s and 80s.

edited 11th Jan '15 3:05:05 PM by Teddy

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I would recommend Futurama and The Boondocks. Those shows aren't too focused on gross-out sexual or toilet humor.