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- 101 Dalmatians
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series is 101 Dalmatians meets Tiny Toon Adventures meets Rugrats.
- 101 Dalmatian Street is 101 Dalmatians meets The Loud House.
- 12 oz. Mouse is Dumbland meets The Prisoner on drugs.
- Or Squidbillies meets Ruby Quest.
- Or Aqua Teen Hunger Force meets Twin Peaks, The Matrix, and Rejected.
- 2DTV is Spitting Image meets Dead Ringers.
- 3 Amigonauts is Lloyd in Space meets Sardine in Outer Space.
- 50/50 Heroes is SheZow meets Sanjay and Craig and with the art-style of The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti.
- Alternatively, Atomic Puppet meets The Fairly OddParents!.
- 6teen is Are You Being Served? meets Friends meets Girlstuff/Boystuff.
- The 7D is an updated Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs mixed with Fish Hooks.
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- Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! is Robot Chicken meets The Screwtape Letters.
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters is Monsters, Inc. (monster school) meets Touhou Project (monsters needs fear to survive).
- Or Garbage Pail Kids meets Gravedale High with the art-style of Rugrats.
- Abby Hatcher is PAW Patrol meets True and the Rainbow Kingdom meets Monster Allergy.
- Ada Twist, Scientist is the original books of the same name meets Doc McStuffins meets Dexter's Laboratory and/or The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues is The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible meets Wishbone.
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius is Dexter's Laboratory meets Mighty Max and Hey Arnold!.
- Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers: G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero meets Bravestarr.
- Adventures of the Gummi Bears is The Smurfs (1981) meets Redwall, Robin Hood (1973), and Asterix.
- Adventure Time:
- The original show is Calvin and Hobbes meets Dungeons & Dragons meets Here Comes the Grump meets One Piece, with a bit of Fallout.
- Alternatively, it's Super Mario Bros. meets Candy Land meets The Legend of Zelda meets Frank.
- Or Dave the Barbarian meets Chalkzone meets Bone meets Wakfu.
- Or Samurai Jack meets The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack meets Avatar: The Last Airbender.
- Or World of Quest meets SpongeBob SquarePants meets Chowder meets a kid-friendly Beavis and Butt-Head.
- Or The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack meets Phineas and Ferb, The Legend of Zelda, Wakfu, and One Piece.
- Or Tom Terrific meets Pepperland.
- The "Stakes!" miniseries is essentially a kid-friendly blend of Kill Bill and The Twilight Saga.
- However, the "Islands" miniseries takes a darker turn, and becomes a kid-friendly cross between Black Mirror and Lost.
- Adventure Time: Distant Lands:
- "BMO" is Adventure Time meets The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
- "Together Again" is Adventure Time meets The Good Place
- Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake is Adventure Time meets Bee and Puppycat, Twelve Forever, Hook, and Steven Universe: Future.
- The original show is Calvin and Hobbes meets Dungeons & Dragons meets Here Comes the Grump meets One Piece, with a bit of Fallout.
- Æon Flux: Dirty Pair meets The Prisoner with Reign: The Conqueror's animation and art style.
- Albert the Fifth Musketeer: The Three Musketeers meets MacGyver.
- Alfred J. Kwak is DuckTales meets The Moomins.
- Alice's Wonderland Bakery is Alice in Wonderland (1951) meets Butterbean's Cafe meets Just Add Magic.
- All Grown Up! is Rugrats meets Quack Pack.
- Or The Weekenders meets As Told by Ginger and a kid-friendly Home Movies.
- Allen Gregory is Family Guy (with Stewie himself as the main character) meets Daria.
- Alma's Way is The Proud Family meets Maya & Miguel.
- Or In the Heights meets Maya and Miguel.
- Almost Naked Animals is Camp Lazlo meets SpongeBob SquarePants
- Alpha Teens on Machines is Teen Titans (2003) meets Rocket Power.
- Alternately, it's Action Man meets M.A.S.K..
- The Amazing World of Gumball:
- The pilot played out like a "kids in school" sitcom meets Don Hertzfeldt's Rejected.
- The original idea of the show being about rejected cartoon characters forced to go to a remedial school to be more cartoony is a less gross Drawn Together meets a more fourth-wall breaking Tiny Toon Adventures.
- The actual show is either:
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit meets Family Guy.
- Looney Tunes meets the golden age episodesnote of The Simpsons meets any given short seen on Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation film festival,
- Drawn Together meets Regular Show.
- Phineas and Ferb meets The Simpsons meets Adventure Time.
- Chowder meets a Lighter and Softer Malcolm in the Middle and, on occasion, a kid-friendly version of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
- American Dad!:
- All in the Family meets ALF (FOX episodes)
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (only weirder and not as heavy on the political/social commentary) meets Family Guy (TBS episodes)
- American Dragon: Jake Long is Kim Possible meets Jackie Chan Adventures.
- Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld: Sailor Moon meets Kim Possible and Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders.
- Amphibia: Magic Knight Rayearth meets Toad Patrol meets Pandalian, by way of Steven Universe and with a tablespoon of Gravity Falls added.
- Alternatively, it's Star vs. the Forces of Evil meets Kulipari: An Army of Frogs meets Howard the Duck meets Gargoyles meets Dragalia Lost.
- Or Pepper Ann meets Gravity Falls meets Flushed Away meets The Legend of Zelda meets The Dark Crystal.
- Season 3 adds Sonic X, Mega Man Zero, Digimon Adventure, and Digimon Tamers into the mix.
- Alternatively, Pepper Ann meets Dragon Ball Z, at least according to Matt Braly.
- Angela Anaconda is Pepper Ann meets Junie B. Jones.
- Angelina Ballerina is Arthur meets Stuart Little.
- Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps on the other hand is the original show meets Arthur meets Dance Class.
- Angry Birds animated series:
- Angry Birds Toons is Angry Birds meets Looney Tunes.
- Angry Birds Stella is Angry Birds meets My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
- Angry Birds: Summer Madness is Angry Birds meets Camp Lazlo.
- Animal Mechanicals is Beast Wars meets The Save-Ums!.
- Animals (2016) is The Secret Life of Pets meets Sausage Party and The Life & Times of Tim.
- The Animals of Farthing Wood is Watership Down meets Kimba the White Lion.
- Animaniacs is Looney Tunes meets Tiny Toon Adventures, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Saturday Night Live, and the Marx Brothers; mixed together with almost all of 20th century (especially 1990s) pop culture.
- Pinky and the Brain is the original segments from Animaniacs meets The Ren & Stimpy Show.
- Animaniacs (2020) is the original Animaniacs meets Looney Tunes Cartoons.
- Apple & Onion is The Amazing World of Gumball meets VeggieTales by way of Phineas and Ferb.
- Or Regular Show meets a G-rated version of Sausage Party.
- Could also be seen as Regular Show meets Anpanman.
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force is South Park meets The Justice Friends, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
- Arcane is the lore of League of Legends turned into something like Les Misérables meets AKIRA meets Dishonored, with the audio-visual aesthetic of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
- Archer: James Bond meets Arrested Development according to series creator Adam Reed.
- Get Smart meets Arrested Development and Frisky Dingo.
- Or The Man from U.N.C.L.E. meets Seinfeld.
- Archie's Weird Mysteries is Archie Comics meets Eerie, Indiana.
- Ark: The Animated Series is ARK: Survival Evolved meets Tomb Raider (2013) meets Skull Island (2023) meets Lost.
- Arthur is The Get Along Gang meets Hey Arnold! as animated by CINAR
- Alternatively, the Arthur Adventure books meets a kid-friendly version of golden age The Simpsons.
- Assy McGee is The Day My Butt Went Psycho! meets the Buddy Cop Show genre.
- As Told by Ginger: My So-Called Life meets Pepper Ann as animated by Klasky-Csupo.
- Astroblast! is Miles from Tomorrowland meets Arthur.
- A Tale Dark And Grimm is The Adventures of Puss in Boots meets A Series of Unfortunate Events.
- Atomic Betty: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command meets Kim Possible.
- Alternatively, it's Flash Gordon meets Sailor Moon.
- Atomic Puppet is Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja meets El Tigre meets The Silver Age of Comic Books.
- In terms of it's art-style, it could be described as Gravity Falls meets The Loud House meets the first season of Jimmy Two-Shoes.
- Avatar:
- Avatar: The Last Airbender is Star Wars meets Fullmetal Alchemist, Naruto, and Hayao Miyazaki movies in Westernized anime style.
- Or Dragon Ball meets Rurouni Kenshin meets Samurai Champloo meets Teen Titans and The Mysterious Cities of Gold.
- The Legend of Korra is Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Game of Thrones and The Scarlet Pimpernel, mixed with Steampunk and Diesel Punk.
- Or Batman Beyond meets Hunter × Hunter and Young Justice (2010).
- Avatar: The Last Airbender is Star Wars meets Fullmetal Alchemist, Naruto, and Hayao Miyazaki movies in Westernized anime style.
- Axe Cop: Adventure Time meets Black Dynamite (if the latter show had a white male lead).
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- Ba Da Bean is Cupcake & Dino: General Services meets Art Attack.
- Baby Shark's Big Show! is Pinkfong meets SpongeBob SquarePants meets Fish Hooks with a dash of Bubble Guppies.
- Back at the Barnyard is the original film meets Shaun the Sheep, In the Style of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.
- The Backyardigans: Franklin meets Rugrats.
- Or Muppet Babies (1984) meets Dora the Explorer meets Animaniacs.
- The Bagel and Becky Show is Cow and Chicken meets Pig Goat Banana Cricket.
- Ballmastrz: 9009 is Rollerball meets OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes meets Superjail! meets a Sports Anime.
- Or Perfect Hair Forever meets Apocalypse Zero and Rick and Morty.
- Ballmastrz Rubicon is Ballmastrz: 9009 meets Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
- Bananaman is Shazam! meets Danger Mouse.
- Barbarian Chronicles, an upcoming cartoon by Home Movies creator Brendon Small, is described by him this way: "The Lord of the Rings meets Curb Your Enthusiasm".
- Batman cartoons:
- The Adventures of Batman is Batman (1966) meets Jonny Quest.
- The New Adventures of Batman is Batman (1966) meets I Dream of Jeannie.
- Batman: The Animated Series is Batman (1989) meets Columbo, In the Style of the Superman Theatrical Cartoons.
- Batman Beyond is Batman: The Animated Series meets Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Spider-Man 2099, AKIRA, Blade Runner, and Neuromancer.
- Meanwhile, the "Heroes" episode is Fantastic Four meets Aberrant.
- The Batman is Batman: The Animated Series meets Teen Titans (2003).
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold is Batman (1966) meets Justice League Unlimited and Silver Age DC Comics.
- Beware the Batman is Batman: The Brave and the Bold meets Sin City.
- Batwheels is Batman: The Animated Series meets Blaze and the Monster Machines.
- Battle Kitty is OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes meets The Amazing World of Gumball.
- BattleTech (1994) adapts The original TTRPG (specifically the Clan Invasion expansion) by way of Exo Squad.
- Beat Bugs is A Bug's Life meets Yo Gabba Gabba! meets The Doozers.
- Beavis and Butt-Head is everything about MTV in its prime meets The Dukes of Hazzard.
- Or alternately, it's Dumb and Dumber meets South Park meets Mystery Science Theater 3000.
- Being Ian is El Chavo Animado meets Birdz meets Yvon of the Yukon.
- Or Angela Anaconda meets a G-rated version of The Critic.
- Ben 10:
- Ben 10 (original series and 2016 reboot): Spider-Man meets Men in Black meets National Lampoon's Vacation.
- Or Dial H for Hero meets Escape to Witch Mountain meets Altered Beast (1988).
- Or Naruto meets Mighty Max and Jonny Quest.
- Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien: Ben 10 meets Teen Titans (2003) and The X-Files.
- Ben 10: Omniverse: Ben 10 meets Batman: The Brave and the Bold and a Buddy Cop Show.
- Ben 10 (original series and 2016 reboot): Spider-Man meets Men in Black meets National Lampoon's Vacation.
- Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom is Peppa Pig meets The Lord of the Rings meets Shrek.
- Best and Bester is The Cramp Twins meets Cupcake & Dino: General Services and Battle for Dream Island.
- Best Bugs Forever is A Bug's Life and/or The Buzz on Maggie meets Hotel Transylvania and Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese (in terms of the show's art-style).
- Best Ed is SpongeBob SquarePants meets Scaredy Squirrel, In the Style of Peep and the Big Wide World.
- Beverly Hills Teens was Archie Comics meets Richie Rich.
- Big Blue is The Deep (2015) by the way of SpongeBob SquarePants.
- Big City Greens: Hey Arnold! meets The Beverly Hillbillies.
- Hey Arnold! meets a G-rated Squidbillies.
- Or The Loud House meets Clarence meets a kid-friendly The Simpsons meets The Beverly Hillbillies, mixed with the animation-style of Gravity Falls.
- Or We Bare Bears meets The Beverly Hillbillies meets The Proud Family.
- Or The Loud House meets G-rated versions of King of the Hill and Squidbillies.
- Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot is the original comic meets The Iron Giant, Batman: The Animated Series, and Astro Boy.
- Big Hero 6: The Series is the original movie meets Teen Titans (2003), My Life as a Teenage Robot, and Guardians of the Galaxy (2015).
- Netflix's Big Mouth is Skins meets South Park.
- Or Family Guy meets Unsupervised, In the Style of Inside Out.
- Big Nate is the Big Nate novels meets Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and The Amazing World of Gumball.
- Biker Mice from Mars is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meets Easy Rider WITH MICE!
- Billy Dilley's Super Duper Subterranean Summer is Journey to the Center of the Earth meets The Far Side meets SpongeBob SquarePants, by way of Phineas and Ferb and with a side order of Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Uncle Grandpa, Clarence, and pretty much every 90s' Nicktoon thrown in for good measure.
- Bionic Six is The Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman meet Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
- Birdz is Doug meets Shoe.
- Blaze and the Monster Machines is Dora the Explorer meets Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks.
- Blazing Dragons is Arthur! and the Square Knights of the Round Table meets the Plankton vs. Mr. Krabs episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants as performed by the dragons of Dragon Land.
- Alternatively, Dragon Tales meets Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
- Bless the Harts is King of the Hill meets Crash Canyon.
- Blood of Zeus is Castlevania (2017) meets Clash of the Titans (2010).
- Blue Eye Samurai is described by Indiewire as Mulan meets Game of Thrones.
- Or Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit meets Kill Bill and Vagabond.
- Blue's Clues is Sesame Street meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
- Blue's Clues & You! is the original Blue's Clues meets Dora the Explorer.
- Bluey is Peppa Pig meets The Simpsons.
- Bob the Builder is Fireman Sam meets Thomas & Friends meets Construction.
- Bob the Builder (2015) is the original Bob the Builder meets PAW Patrol (and in terms of the show's art-style).
- Bobby's World was described by The Nostalgia Critic as "if Calvin and Hobbes were made by Ned Flanders".
- Bob's Burgers:
- Home Movies meets the golden age of The Simpsons at a burger joint.
- Alice (1976) meets King of the Hill.
- Could also be seen as Family Guy meets Good Burger.
- Bojack Horseman is Arrested Development meets Birdman, The Critic, Duckman, Moral Orel, and Goodnight Punpun, in a world where humans live with anthropomorphic animals.
- The in-universe TV show Horsin' Around is Full House meets Mister Ed, with a little bit of ALF (which also had a downer finale).
- The other in-universe TV show Mr. Peanutbutter's House is Sister, Sister meets Horsin' Around, except it stars an anthropomorphic dog instead of an anthropomorphic horse.
- Bolts & Blip is Robots meets Get Ed.
- Bonkers is the Here's Bonkers shorts meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
- The Boondocks is the original comic strip meets South Park, Samurai Champloo, and Chappelle's Show.
- Bordertown: 3 South meets All in the Family meets Family Guy.
- Alternately: Wait Till Your Father Gets Home meets American Dad! meets the Roadrunner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons (or, if you prefer, the Speedy Gonzales cartoons)note .
- Bossy Bear is Ugly Dolls meets The Amazing World of Gumball meets Tish Tash.
- Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese is Life with Derek meets Pig Goat Banana Cricket.
- Or The Brady Bunch meets the early seasons of The Loud House.
- The Boys: Diabolical is The Boys (2019) meets the aesthetics of Invincible (2021) (during more dramatic episodes), or a lot of different adult animated sitcoms (during more comedic episodes), all in the format of an Animated Anthology.
- Boyster is Robotboy meets Ponyo.
- Braceface is Lizzie McGuire meets Sabrina: The Animated Series.
- Or Carrie meets Static Shock.
- Brandy & Mr. Whiskers: A less brash The Ren & Stimpy Show meets Gilligan's Island.
- The Bratz cartoon is Bratz meets As Told by Ginger.
- Breadwinners is The Brothers Flub meets Chowder.
- Brickleberry is Yogi Bear meets Ren & Stimpy (classic and "Adult Party Cartoon") and a little bit of post-cancellation Family Guy.
- Bromwell High is Clone High meets Mean Girls and Undergrads.
- Bubble Guppies is Saturday Night Live meets Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures but underwater and with mermaids.
- Or The Backyardigans meets The Little Mermaid (1989).
- Buddy Thunderstruck is Glenn Martin, DDS meets Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
- Bump in the Night is Toy Story meets The Ren & Stimpy Show if the latter was toned down for network television.
- Or The Nightmare Before Christmas meets the Beetlejuice cartoon and Rocko's Modern Life.
- Bunsen Is a Beast is The Fairly OddParents! meets Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends meets Henry Hugglemonster.
- Butterbean's Cafe is KiraKira★Pretty Cure à la Mode meets Food Wars!.
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is Toy Story meets Star Wars meets Starship Troopers.
- The Buzz on Maggie is A Bug's Life meets Lizzie McGuire and Unfabulous.
- Or A Bug's Life meets The Proud Family and Pepper Ann.
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- Cadillacs and Dinosaurs adapts Xenozoic Tales to be like Thundarr the Barbarian meets Ka-Zar, by way of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
- Camp Lakebottom is Gravity Falls meets Camp Lazlo with the art-style of Jimmy Two-Shoes.
- Camp Lazlo is Rocko's Modern Life meets a more kid-friendly animated version of Salute Your Shorts.
- Capitol Critters is The Simpsons meets Stuart Little meets The West Wing.
- Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels is Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! meets Charlie's Angels.
- Captain Fall is Inside Job (2021) meets The Love Boat.
- Or Black Lagoon meets Better Off Ted and The Life & Times of Tim.
- Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix is Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (with tons of Ubisoft video game characters slammed into it) meets Samurai Jack, Code Lyoko, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Sonic Prime, mixed with the animation-style of Castlevania (2017).
- Or Captain N: The Game Master meets Cyberpunk: Edgerunners meets Scott Pilgrim meets Drawn Together meets Suicide Squad meets Black Mirror.
- Captain N: The Game Master is a kid-friendly, Lighter and Softer Discworld meets 80s Nintendo games.
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers is Avatar: The Last Airbender with the Green Aesops of Bamboo Bears.
- Or Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers meets The Lorax and Wee Pals.
- Carl² is Being Ian meets Braceface and The 6th Day.
- Carmen Sandiego is the Carmen Sandiego video games meet Lupin III and Sly Cooper.
- Carol and the End of the World is Last Night meets The Office (US) and Forrest Gump.
- Casper and the Angels is Casper the Friendly Ghost meets Charlie's Angels meets CHiPs.
- Castlevania animated series:
- Castlevania (2017) is Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse meets Berserk, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Samurai Jack, Game of Thrones, and the works of Warren Ellis (who was in fact the screenwriter for this show).
- Castlevania: Nocturne is the 2017 animated series meets Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.
- CatDog is a less warped The Ren & Stimpy Show meets Rocko's Modern Life meets The Odd Couple meets Bottom.
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! is The Cat in the Hat meets The Magic School Bus with a little bit of Barney & Friends mixed in.
- Catscratch is Gear meets Ed, Edd n Eddy.
- Centaurworld is My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic meets Charlie the Unicorn meets Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Adventure Time.
- Celebrity Deathmatch is Mortal Kombat meets Spitting Image as done by Aardman and written by Mike Judge.
- Central Park is Bob's Burgers meets Hamilton by the mind of Disney.
- Centurions is Iron Man meets G.I. Joe meets Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan.
- ChalkZone is Harold and the Purple Crayon meets The Fairly OddParents!.
- Alternatively: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends meets Scribblenauts meets Harry Potternote
- Chaotic:
- Charlie and Lola is Max and Ruby meets Ramona Quimby (or Beezus and Ramona).
- Chibiverse is Chibi Tiny Tales meets House of Mouse.
- The Chicken Squad is PAW Patrol meets Chicken Little.
- China, IL is Community meets Xavier: Renegade Angel.
- Chip 'n Dale:
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers is The A-Team meets Chip 'n Dale meets The Rescuers with a dash of DuckTales (1987).
- Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life is Chip 'n Dale meets Oggy and the Cockroaches and Mr. Magoo (2019) (in terms of the show's art-style).
- Chip Chilla is Bluey meets Wishbone and by way of The Brady Bunch.
- Chirp is The Backyardigans meets The Three Caballeros.
- Chloe's Closet is The Backyardigans meets Hero: 108, by way of Mighty Max.
- Chop Chop Ninja is Ninjago meets Xiaolin Showdown meets El Tigre.
- In terms of art-style, it's Atomic Puppet meets The Powerpuff Girls (1998).
- Chop Socky Chooks is Samurai Pizza Cats meets Ape Escape.
- Chowder is Dr. Seuss' children's books meets SpongeBob SquarePants and the Food Network.
- Alternatively it's SpongeBob SquarePants meets Tasty Time With ZeFronk on drugs.
- Chuck's Choice is Justin Time meets The Fairly OddParents! and/or Wishfart.
- Chuggington is Thomas & Friends meets Bob the Builder.
- Clang Invasion is Pet Alien meets Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?.
- Clarence is Life with Louie meets The Three Friends... and Jerry to make a less brash, but still outré version of Ed, Edd n Eddy.
- Alternatively, it's Adventure Time meets Hey Arnold!.
- Or Regular Show meets Pepper Ann, by way of Ed, Edd n Eddy and Recess.
- Class of the Titans is Percy Jackson and the Olympians meets Teen Titans (2003).
- Class of 3000 is The Steve Harvey Show meets The Magic School Bus with a magical music teacher instead of a magical science teacher.
- The Cleveland Show is Family Guy meets any black family sitcom.
- Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000) is the original books of the same name meets Arthur.
- Clone High is every teen drama ever meets Time Squad if that show focused on the warped historical figures meets Afterschool Charisma.
- Alternatively, it's Undergrads meets Peabody's Improbable History.
- Or Dawson's Creek and Skins meets Not Another Teen Movie, by way of Histeria! and Wayside School.
- Close Enough is Regular Show meets Friends, Baby Blues, and Tuca & Bertie.
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017) is the original film meets Dexter's Laboratory.
- Clue Club is Scooby-Doo meets Sherlock Holmes. Maybe a touch of Mr. Spock thrown in.
- Coach Me If You Can is Atomic Puppet meets Louca.
- Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island is SpongeBob SquarePants meets Oggy and the Cockroaches.
- Or SpongeBob meets Haruhi Suzumiya on drugs.
- Code Lyoko is .hack meets Reboot meets Digimon Tamers meets Den-noh Coil meets Serial Experiments Lain.
- Code Monkeys is River City Ransom meets Penny Arcade and The Office (US).
- Codename: Kids Next Door is essentially G.I. Joe meets The Little Rascals meets Spy Kids with 1 quart of Case Closed added in.
- Alternately, it's Recess meets Justice League.
- Or Ed, Edd n Eddy meets EarthBound (1994) and The Adventures of Pete & Pete.
- Cool McCool is James Bond meets Quick Draw McGraw but without the western motif.
- C.O.P.S. (Animated Series) is G.I. Joe meets Dick Tracy.
- Corn & Peg is My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic meets Go Away, Unicorn! and Team Umizoomi.
- Costume Quest (2019) is Digimon Frontier meets The Halloween Tree.
- Counterfeit Cat is The Amazing World of Gumball meets Star vs. the Forces of Evil meets a lighter Invader Zim.
- Courage the Cowardly Dog:
- "Droopy meets The X-Files", according to former Cartoon Network president Betty Cohen.
- Scooby-Doo meets Tales from the Cryptkeeper.
- Hank the Cowdog meets Goosebumps.
- Family Dog meets Eerie, Indiana
- Cow and Chicken is The Ren & Stimpy Show meets Monty Python's Flying Circus.
- I Am Weasel is Cow and Chicken meets any of the "Bugs and Daffy" Looney Tunes shorts (such as "Ali Baba Bunny" or "Rabbit Fire").
- Craig of the Creek is Clarence meets Codename: Kids Next Door.
- The show itself swaps out Clarence for Ed, Edd n Eddy, when an older character compares the main cast to Cartoon Network shows he grew up with.
- Or Recess meets Fraggle Rock.
- Alternately, Codename: Kids Next Door meets La Forteresse Suspendue.
- Jessica's Big Little World is Craig of the Creek meets Dora the Explorer mixed with the art-style of We Baby Bears.
- The Cramp Twins is Ed, Edd n Eddy meets Twins.
- Crash Canyon is Family Guy meets Gilligan's Island meets Glenn Martin, DDS.
- The Critic is The Simpsons meets Mystery Science Theater 3000.
- Crossing Swords is Spongebob Squarepants meets Neo Yokio meets Buddy Thunderstruck.
- The Crumpets is Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends meets The Loud House meets Kaeloo.
- Cupcake & Dino: General Services:
- The Brothers Flub meets The Amazing World of Gumball meets Oswaldo.
- Alternatively, Breadwinners and Pickle and Peanut meets the early seasons of Adventure Time and Regular Show as filtered through the tone of Spongebob Square Pants.
- The Cuphead Show! is the original video game meets Looney Tunes meets The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat meets SpongeBob SquarePants with a dash of Animaniacs.
- Curious George is the original books of the same name meets Arthur and Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000).
- Cybersix is a streamlined, kid-friendly Æon Flux meets Batman Beyond.
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- Dallas & Robo is Final Space meets Bojack Horseman, Wander over Yonder, and Big Mutha Truckers.
- Dan Vs. is Rocko's Modern Life meets Beavis and Butt-Head, The Critic, Stressed Eric, and The Nostalgia Critic.
- Danger & Eggs is Pickle and Peanut meets Adventure Time.
- Or The Mighty B! meets Regular Show and Hey Arnold!
- Danger Mouse is James Bond meets Mighty Mouse meets Monty Python.
- The 2015 reboot is the original show meets Crash Bandicoot.
- Danger Rangers is Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! meets The Get Along Gang.
- Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is Mister Rogers' Neighborhood meets Arthur meets Blue's Clues.
- Danny Phantom:
- According to Butch Hartman, this series is "Jonny Quest meets Buffy meets Ghostbusters."
- Or Ghostbusters meets Spider-Man, mixed with the art-style and humor of The Fairly OddParents!.
- Or Ghost (Dark Horse Comics) meets the Crash Nebula pilot meets Extreme Ghostbusters and Toei's Devilman.
- Daria is Clueless meets Ghost World.
- Alternately: A less crude, but still sharply satirical teenage girl version of Beavis and Butt-Head meets Degrassi High (especially in the later episodes with Daria dating Jane's ex-boyfriend and coming to terms with her cynical outlook on life).
- Darkstalkers is basically the result of trying to turn the Darkstalkers video games into a Saturday-Morning Cartoon in the same vein of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987).
- Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines is Wacky Races meets The Road Runner meets Snoopy vs. The Red Baron.
- The Dating Guy is Least I Could Do meets Friends, Girlstuff/Boystuff, and How I Met Your Mother.
- Dave the Barbarian is Conan the Adventurer meets The Tick.
- DC Super Hero Girls (2019) is the original web series meets Super Best Friends Forever and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, with a dash of The Powerpuff Girls (1998) and Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time.
- Dead End: Paranormal Park is DeadEndia meets Gravity Falls meets Wonder Park as filtered through the animation-style of Hilda.
- Or The Owl House meets Infinity Train set in Six Flags.
- The Deep (2015) is Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea by the way of Storm Hawks or Slugterra.
- Delilah & Julius is Totally Spies! meets The Matrix.
- Delta State is the film version of A Scanner Darkly meets Code Lyoko
- Detention is Recess meets The Kids from Room 402.
- Detentionaire is Degrassi High meets The Fugitive.
- Alternatively, The Breakfast Club meets V (1983) meets Clone High.
- Devil May Care is Bojack Horseman meets Helluva Boss.
- Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist is Crocodile Hunter meets The Future is Wild animated series.
- Dexter's Laboratory is Pinky and the Brain meets Mr. Peabody & Sherman with the dynamic of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, as well as an eventual Animaniacs-style Variety Show.
- Di-Gata Defenders is Class of the Titans meets Avatar: The Last Airbender.
- Digman! is National Treasure meets Cliffhanger, by way of Get Smart and a bit of Serious Sam.
- Dilbert is Adventure Time meets The Office (US).
- Dinofroz is Beyblade meets Bakugan meets Digimon Frontier with dinosaurs.
- Dinosaucers is Transformers meets Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with dinosaurs.
- Dino Squad is Extreme Dinosaurs meets Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
- Dinotrux: Jungle Junction meets The Land Before Time.
- Disenchantment:
- "If The Simpsons fornicated with Game of Thrones", according to cast member John DiMaggio.
- Futurama meets The Lord of the Rings.
- The Simpsons or Futurama meets The Wizard of Id.
- Dive Olly Dive! is Roary the Racing Car meets Blue Submarine No. 6 and The Snorks.
- D.N. Ace is the Pokémon anime meets Impossible Creatures.
- Alternatively, Ben 10 meets Bwana Beast.
- Doc McStuffins is Toy Story meets Doctor Dolittle.
- The Dog & Pony Show is It's Pony meets Best Ed.
- Dog City is Dick Tracy meets Duck Amuck and The Muppet Show.
- Or Sherlock Hound meets Danger Mouse and The Princess Bride.
- Doki is Around the World in Eighty Days meets The Backyardigans meets Justin Time, and also featuring the mascots from Discovery Kids themselves.
- Dora the Explorer is Blue's Clues meets Computer games like Reader Rabbit and Carmen Sandiego.
- Dora and Friends: Into the City! is Dora the Explorer meets All Grown Up! and/or Maya & Miguel.
- Dorg Van Dango is The Fairly OddParents! meets Ugly Americans.
- Dot. is the original book of the same name meets Peg + Cat.
- DOTA: Dragon's Blood is Dota 2 meets Berserk as filtered through Castlevania.
- Doug:
- Golden age The Simpsons meets The New Archies as filtered through the art style of Jim Jinkins (Nick episodes)
- Arthur meets It's Punky Brewster, again filtered through the art style of Jim Jinkins (Disney episodes)
- Downtown is Friends meets Clerks and a bit of Ghost World.
- Dragon Booster is The Inheritance Cycle meets F-Zero: GP Legend.
- Dragon Flyz is Visionaries meets Skydancers and Panzer Dragoon.
- The Dragon Prince is Avatar: The Last Airbender meets The Inheritance Cycle and Barney's Great Adventure.
- Dragon Tales is Sylvanian Families as performed by the Dragon Knights of the Square Table meets Sesame Street
- Drawn Together is The Real World meets Big Brother meets South Park.
- Or Who Framed Roger Rabbit meets Meet the Feebles and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
- The Dreamstone: Redwall meets Discworld with a dash of Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines.
- Droners is Ōban Star-Racers meets Medabots and/or Cubix: Robots for Everyone, in the style of Wakfu.
- Duckman is the original Duckman comic meets The Simpsons note meets Count Duckula meets The Critic
- DuckTales:
- DuckTales (1987):
- The Disney Ducks Comic Universe meets Jonny Quest.
- The Nostalgia Critic describes it as "Indiana Jones meets Count Duckula".
- Darkwing Duck: DuckTales meets Batman: The Animated Series.
- DuckTales (2017): DuckTales meets Gravity Falls, The Venture Bros., National Treasure, and Modern Family.
- DuckTales (1987):
- Dude, That's My Ghost! is Eliot Kid meets Topper and/or The Ghost and Molly McGee.
- Duncanville is Doug meets pre-2005-cancellation Family Guy filtered through Thin-Line Animation.
- The Simpsons meets Regular Show.
- Dungeons & Dragons (1983) is A Wrinkle in Time meets The Chronicles of Prydain and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, set in the titular TRPG.
- Dynomutt, Dog Wonder is Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! meets Batman (1966).
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- Earth To Luna! is Dexter's Laboratory meets Fishtronaut with a dash of Animaniacs and Phineas and Ferb.
- Ed, Edd n Eddy is The Three Stooges meets Recess meets Tom and Jerry.
- Season one played out like a less controversial Beavis and Butt-Head meets The Little Rascals without the stereotypically black kids (and no, Rolf and Johnny 2×4 don't count as expies of Stymie and Buckwheat).
- Season two to the final season (barring the finale movie) is pretty much MTV's Jackass meets The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show meets The Three Stooges.
- It could also be described as Peanuts meets The Ren & Stimpy Show as written by John Hughes.
- Edgar & Ellen: The Addams Family meets Dennis The Menace meets Ed, Edd n Eddy.
- Elena of Avalor: Sofia the First and its fantasy elements meets The Book of Life and its Mexican elements.
- Or simply, it's Sofia the First meets The Book of Life.
- Elinor Wonders Why is Curious George meets Little Bear.
- Or Peg + Cat meets Harvey Beaks.
- Eliot Kid is Angela Anaconda meets Being Ian.
- Elliott from Earth is The Amazing World of Gumball meets Super Mario Galaxy.
- The Emperor's New School is The Emperor's New Groove by the way of Recess and Saved by the Bell.
- Endangered Species is Scaredy Squirrel meets League of Super Evil and Rated "A" for Awesome, by way of Over the Hedge and The Nut Job.
- Erky Perky is A Bug's Life meets Gilligan's Island.
- Esme & Roy is Monsters, Inc. meets The Babysitters Club meets Sesame Street.
- Eureka! (2022) is The Flintstones meets Doc McStuffins.
- Exchange Student Zero (both the movie and the TV series) is Yu-Gi-Oh! meets Kappa Mikey by the way of Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
- Exo Squad is Robotech/Super Dimension Fortress Macross meets Mobile Suit Gundam, In the Style of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and X-Men: The Animated Series.
- Extreme Dinosaurs is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meets Dinosaucers.
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- Fairfax is Duncanville meets Clone High meets iCarly meets Ugly Betty.
- The Fairly OddParents! is Doraemon meets Cinderella with a little dash of Boy Meets World.
- Or Aladdin meets Hey Arnold!.
- Or Dexter's Laboratory meets Aladdin and Artemis Fowl.
- Fairview is Higglytown Heroes meets Our Cartoon President and The Nutshack.
- Family Guy is The Simpsons meets Happy Days meets South Park meets Mad TV.
- "The Simpsons circa Season 4 as written and directed by Mel Brooks" often seems like the show's mission statement.
- Its best episodes are The Simpsons meets The Far Side and Seth MacFarlane's Larry and Steve pilots.
- Its worst episodes are r/atheism meets All in the Family at its most anvilicious.
- The Brian/Stewie-centered episodes now tend to look like an [adult swim] adaptation of Calvin and Hobbes.
- Famous 5: On the Case is The Famous Five meets Scooby-Doo meets Totally Spies! meets Martin Mystery.
- Fanboy and Chum Chum is post-2004 Spongebob Squarepants meets Sanjay and Craig.
- Fancy Nancy is the original books of the same name meets Sofia the First meets Olivia meets Madeline.
- Fangbone! is the original books meets Conan the Barbarian meets Star vs. the Forces of Evil meets Kick Buttowski.
- Or Masters of the Universe meets Recess.
- Or Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by the way of Exchange Student Zero.
- Fast & Furious: Spy Racers is The Fast and the Furious movies meets Turbo F.A.S.T. and Totally Spies!.
- Father of the Pride is Madagascar meets Family Guy.
- Fifi And The Flower Tots is Bob the Builder meets Strawberry Shortcake.
- Fillmore! is Recess meets a Quinn Martin-produced 1970s cop show.
- Filly Funtasia: My Little Pony Tales meets Monster High.
- Or My Little Pony Tales meets the setting of Harry Potter and the overall tone and feel of Adventures of the Gummi Bears.
- Final Space: Bravest Warriors meets Rick and Morty.
- Or Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) meets Adventure Time.
- Or One Piece meets Star Wars.
- Firebuds is Blaze and the Monster Machines meets PAW Patrol.
- Fired on Mars is The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress meets Total Recall (1990) and Brazil.
- Firehouse Tales is Fireman Sam meets Thomas & Friends.
- Fireman Sam is Postman Pat meets Firefighting.
- F is for Family is That '70s Show meets King of the Hill, and inspired by Bill Burr's actual childhood.
- Fish Hooks is SpongeBob SquarePants meets Saved by the Bell.
- Or Finding Nemo meets The Buzz on Maggie.
- Or SpongeBob SquarePants meets Recess.
- Fishtronaut is The Penguins of Madagascar meets Help! I'm a Fish meets Curious George by way of The Lorax.
- Fleabag Monkeyface is Captain Underpants meets Fanboy and Chum Chum.
- The Flintstones: The Honeymooners meets B.C..
- Flying Rhino Junior High is The Magic School Bus meets I. M. Meen.
- The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang: Happy Days meets Doctor Who meets Lost in Space.
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is a toned-down The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy meets ChalkZone meets Hey Arnold!
- Or Ed, Edd n Eddy meets The Muppet Show and a G-rated version of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
- Frankelda's Book of Spooks is Goosebumps meets Elvira, Mistress of the Dark meets Corpse Bride meets Beauty and the Beast.
- Frankenstein Jr. is Gigantor meets Batman (1966).
- Franklin: The Raccoons meets The Get Along Gang.
- Franny's Feet is Henry's World meets Maggie and the Ferocious Beast mixed with the art-style of Angela Anaconda.
- Freakazoid!:
- Spider-Man meets The Mask, In the Style of Animaniacs.
- The Nostalgia Critic described the show as a Saturday-Morning Cartoon made by Deadpool, Andy Kaufman, and Monty Python.
- Freaktown is Jimmy Two-Shoes meets the Garbage Pail Kids.
- Freaky Stories is Tales From The Cryptkeeper meets The Ren & Stimpy Show by way of The Twilight Zone (1959) and Are You Afraid of the Dark?.
- Fresh Beat Band of Spies is The Fresh Beat Band meets Totally Spies!.
- Fright Krewe is Wendell & Wild meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
- Frisky Dingo is Megamind meets Archernote .
- Fugget About It is Family Guy meets The Sopranos.
- The Fungies! is Super Mario Bros. (minus the plumber protagonists and with the show's entire characters as mushrooms) meets Clarence, Billy Dilley's Super Duper Subterranean Summer, and Harvey Beaks.
- The Funky Phantom is Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! meets Topper.
- Futurama is The Simpsons meets Star Trek and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with a little bit of Blue Gender.
- "Saturday Morning Fun Pit", a parody of 1980s Saturday Morning Cartoons, has the "Purpleberry Pond" segment, which is Strawberry Shortcake meets The Smurfs.
- Future-Worm! is Larva meets Out There.