Cartoons from the '90s

The '90s was a great decade for cartoons and animated series, and the best cartoons from the '90s are loved and adored even today. Those were simpler times when cartoons were definitely funnier and classier than the ones we see today. I am not the only one who thinks that the quality of cartoons has drastically dropped since those years.

Everyone has their own personal favorites when it comes to cartoons from the '90s, and there are a number of great series, movies and cartoon characters that left a permanent influence on us. It would be impossible to ignore these cartoons today, and this article pays homage to all those wonderful series that entertained and humored us.

Cartoons from the '90s List

| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |

1990

• Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
• Barnyard Commandos
• Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures
• Bobby's World
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers
• Kid 'n Play
• Moomin
• Peter Pan and the Pirates
• Piggsburg Pigs
• Samurai Pizza Cats
• TaleSpin
• The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
• The Dreamstone
• The New Adventures of He-Man
• The Power Team
• The Wizard of Oz
• The World Watcher Widget
• Tiny Toon Adventures
• What-a-Mess

1991

• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
• Aeon Flux
• Back to the Future: Animated Series
• Darkwing Duck
• Doug
• James Bond Jr.
• Liquid Television
• Little Dracula
• Little Shop
• Rugrats
• Super Mario World
• The Adventures of Tintin
• Taz-Mania
• The Legend of Prince Valiant
• The Pirates of Dark Water
• The Triplets
• Toxic Crusaders
• Where's Waldo?
• Wish Kid

1992

• Batman: The Animated Series
• Capitol Critters
• Conan the Adventurer
• Goof Troop
• King Arthur & the Knights of Justice
• Raw Toonage
• Shin-Chan
• Super Dave
• The Addams Family
• The Adventures of T-Rex
• The Little Mermaid
• X-Men

1993

• 2 Stupid Dogs
• Animaniacs
• Beavis and Butt-head
• Biker Mice from Mars
• Bonkers
• Cro
• Double Dragon
• Exosquad
• Mighty Max
• Rocko's Modern Life
• Skeleton Warriors
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• SWAT Kats
• The Bots Master
• The Legends of Treasure Island
• The New Adventures of Captain Planet
• The Pink Panther

1994

• Bump in the Night
• Conan and the Young Warriors
• Creepy Crawlers
• Donkey Kong Country
• Duckman
• Fantastic Four
• Gargoyles
• Highlander: The Animated Series
• Iron Man
• Mega Man
• Monster Force
• Phantom 2040
• Spaceghost Coast to Coast
• Spider-Man: The Animated Series
• Street Sharks
• The Critic
• The Head
• The Marvel Action Hour
• The Oz Kids
• The Tick

1995

• Cartoon Planet
• Dumb and Dumber
• Earthworm Jim
• Freakazoid!
• Gadget Boy & Heather!
• Pinky and the Brain
• Santo Bugito
• Skysurfer Strike Force
• Street Fighter
• Street Fighter II
• The Cartoon Cartoon Show
• The Marxx
• The Mask: The Animated Series
• The Mozart Band
• The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
• The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
• Timon and Pumbaa
• Walter Melon

1996

• Blue's Clues
• Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
• Dennis the Menace
• Dexter's Laboratory
• Dragon Ball GT
• Hey Arnold!
• Jungle Cubs
• Mighty Ducks
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
• Quack Pack
• Richie Rich
• Road Rovers
• Superman: The Animated Series
• The Incredible Hulk
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
• Wing Commander Academy

1997

• 101 Dalmatians: The Series
• Captain Star
• Cartoon Sushi
• Cow and Chicken
• Daria
• Extreme Dinosaurs
• Extreme Ghostbusters
• I Am Weasel
• Johnny Bravo
• king of the Hill
• Men in Black: The Animated Series
• Mummies Alive!
• Nightmare Ned
• Noah's Island
• Pepper Ann
• Pokemon
• Recess
• South Park
• Space Goofs
• Spawn
• The Angry Beavers
• The Legend of Calamity Jane
• The New Adventures of Zorro
• The New Batman Adventures
• Waynehead

1998

• CatDog
• Celebrity Deathmatch
• Cowboy Bebop
• Gadgetboy's Adventures in History
• Godzilla: The Series
• Hercules: The Animated Series
• Histeria
• RoboCop: Alpha Commando
• Silver Surfer
• Sonic Underground
• The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures
• The Powerpuff Girls
• The Wild Thornberrys

1999

• Archie's Weird Mysteries
• Batman Beyond
• Beast Machines
• Bob the Builder
• Courage the Cowardly Dog
• Detention
• Dilbert
• Ed, Edd and Eddy
• Family Guy
• Futurama
• Mickey Mouse Works
• Mission Hill
• Mona the Vampire
• Rocket Power
• Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
• Sabrina: The Animated Series
• Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
• Spider-Man Unlimited
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• The Avengers: United They Stand
• The Brothers Flub
• The New Woody Woodpecker Show
• Xyber 9: New Dawn

All these great '90's cartoons are mostly American cartoons. There are plenty more famous cartoons and funny cartoons that were made by makers from many other countries as well, and went down in history as some of the greatest cartoon series ever made.

Cartoons from the '90s are still looked at with a strange sense of awe, because this was undoubtedly the golden age of cartoons and animated series. Even though 3D animation and graphics have progressed by leaps and bounds today, these cartoons from the '90s have something unique and special about them which all the present day cartoons unfortunately lack.