My Favorite Adult Cartoons
So many great entries to choose from, but these are my favorite. Gaudy, irreverent, hilarious... I can never get enough of these shows.
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- CreatorDavid X. CohenMatt GroeningStarsBilly WestJohn DiMaggioKatey SagalPhilip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on New Year's Eve 2999.All the class and craft inherent to The Simpsons, with a more modern, gut-bustingly rebellious brand of comedy and a welcome respite from the typical family setting so many of these shows receive.
- CreatorDan HarmonJustin RoilandStarsChris ParnellSpencer GrammerSarah ChalkeThe fractured domestic lives of a nihilistic mad scientist and his anxious grandson are further complicated by their inter-dimensional misadventures.An instant cult-classic, this mercilessly clever, interdimensional romp is both hilarious and poignant.
- CreatorSeth MacFarlaneDavid ZuckermanStarsAlex BorsteinSeth MacFarlaneSeth GreenIn a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strives to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.I don't want to love it but I just can't stop laughing. Possibly the funniest show ever.
- CreatorTrey ParkerMatt StoneBrian GradenStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneIsaac HayesFollows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.Sacrilegious and psychotically hilarious. Not to mentions still unique 15 years after it debuted.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerThe satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.Sure it's got too many episodes, but god it's still so funny.
- CreatorRaphael Bob-WaksbergStarsWill ArnettAmy SedarisAlison BrieBoJack Horseman was the star of the hit television show "Horsin' Around" in the '80s and '90s, but now he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters.In addition to being irreverent and uproarious, it's also one of the deepest, most touching portrayals of depression and adulthood. Netflix hit a unique and unforgettable nerve with this original.
- CreatorAaron McGruderStarsRegina KingJohn WitherspoonGary Anthony WilliamsBrothers Huey and Riley Freeman experience a culture clash when they leave Chicago to move in with their grandfather in the suburbs.All the social commentary of Daria, with a much wittier streak of Juvenalian satire. Not to mention the most beautiful animation you'll find in any show of this ilk.
- CreatorGlenn EichlerSusie LewisStarsTracy GrandstaffWendy HoopesJulian RebolledoA smart and cynical girl goes through teenage life as a proud outsider in a world of mainly idiotic adolescents and condescending adults.Wry sarcastic humor at its finest.
- CreatorMike LazzoKhaki JonesStarsGeorge LoweC. Martin CrokerAndy MerrillSpace Ghost, a superhero from a 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon, hosts his own talk show.Ren & Stimpy preempted it with this brand of derisive, anti-social stoner comedy. But Space Ghost remains the definitive example, even after Cartoon Network has tried to clone it 50 times on Adult Swim.
- CreatorMatt MaiellaroStarsMatt MaiellaroAdam ReedNick WeidenfeldIn this crudely animated series, a mouse performs odd jobs so he can buy more beer.The height of Adult Swim's random, destructive, misanthropic nonsense trippy humor.
- CreatorGrant DeKernionStarsBobby MoynihanMichael PeñaHannibal BuressChozen is an animated comedy about its title character, "Chozen," a gay white rapper fresh out of prison.Starring a white gangster rapper with an insatiable taste of man on man action, this show was so relentlessly against the grain that it barely lasted 10 episodes before getting canned. But its refusal to align with any social norms or common decency is both admirable and ball-crushingly funny.
- CreatorMike BarkerSeth MacFarlaneMatt WeitzmanStarsSeth MacFarlaneWendy SchaalScott GrimesThe escapades of Stan Smith, a conservative C.I.A. Agent dealing with family life, and keeping America safe.While it's an unambiguous copy of Seth's own original Family Guy, American Dad evolves past where Family Guy stagnated, with more vitriolic humor, more insane circumstances, and more juvenalian satire. Over time I've come to like it even more than Family Guy.
- CreatorLoren BouchardJim DauteriveStarsH. Jon BenjaminDan MintzEugene MirmanBob Belcher runs a struggling burger shop with his wife and three children.The nuclear family dynamic is getting a bit old for this genre, but Bob's Burgers keeps it fresh with annoyingly loveable screwball characters. Louise, the youngest daughter, is pure comic genius with her constant pursuit of mayhem and complete disregard for consequences or nicety.
- CreatorAdam ReedStarsH. Jon BenjaminJudy GreerAmber NashCovert black ops and espionage take a back seat to zany personalities and relationships between secret agents and drones.While they did it first on Adult Swim to great success, Archer takes the formula and streamlines it into a stronger, smarter package and it has quickly become a fan-favorite.