Okay it didn't take as long as I thought to think of a worst list, mainly because some entries escaped the 2007 start date, (Damn you Johnny Test!) and some other entries I didn't actually see. (And I'm happy I didn't)
So here we go, the top 10 worst modern cartoons.
10. Fleabag Monkeyface
Over in the UK we have to put up with a juvenile kids show about farts. Feel sorry for us and be glad that it's not shown in America.
9. Almost Naked Animals
Although Canada is not much better at making cartoons. A concept that makes Spongebob look like intelligent tv is an achievement that's as rare as a serious Family Guy episode.
8. The Garfield Show
The 90s show was clever and maintained much of the humor that made Garfield such a big name in comics, today however by not changing with the times and using cheap CGI, the fat cat is no longer funny.
7. Star Wars Clone Wars (CGI Series)
I hate this show, I really do; a sad attempt at flogging a dead horse that's already been stripped of it's meat. All I ask from Disney now is to end this series.
6. Transformers Prime
Speaking of flogging a dead horse, another show that's been robbed of it's dignity by lousy CGI. Thanks a lot Michael Bay for making sure that Transformers will forever remain an extended toy commercial.
5. Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. & The Looney Tunes Show
This is a tie as both have the same problem. Combined these two have over hundred years worth of history and in that time we've worked out certain quirks that these popular iconic characters have that make them fun to watch, what the reboots did wrong was TELL US WHAT THEY ARE! You've stolen imagination away from these shows and I hope you're proud of yourselves Warner Bros, now if you don't mind returning the licensing for live action Bleach & Death Note movies we'll forget about the fact that you're sellouts.
4. Winx Club
A great example of why girls shows fail. Looking pretty, wearing fashionable clothing and doing the BFF thing doesn't cut it when My Little Pony has changed the playing field for girls cartoons forever. Stop throwing up glitter in our faces.
3. Redakai: Conquer the Kairu
I made this just for this entry
2. Matt Hatter Chronicles
Again Canada cannot make cartoons anymore and whats worst we British are helping them. More lousy CGI, horrific design choices, one dimensional characters, a stupid title and a god awful story.
1. Thomas the Tank Engine (CGI Era)
Under normal circumstances a pre-school show has no right to be on this list or any worst list as all of them stick to a target audience and unless I have kids myself I shouldn't have any right watching them or criticizing them no matter how stupid they sound. Thomas the Tank Engine is a special case as it's been around long enough that I grew up with it myself, what started as a clever little stop motion show using real model steam engines, which over the years has been dumbed down in such a way that CGI has replaced it's clever design and it's stories have been reduced from learning about the railways to watching a train with a face sitting on the naughty step every single episode. That's what betrayal is like people.
Well there you have it. At this point we'll never reclaim the golden age of cartoons nor the era of home grown Cartoon Network & Nickelodeon cartoons, but rest assured that there are still some talents ready for a chance to make something awesome.
