Greatest Animated Series Ever - Part II

[D Dubbs]

Welcome to the "Greatest Animated Series Ever - Part II" thread! Here we will continue our just-for-fun tournament to decide what cartoon series is the best of all time.

FINAL 4

Match 1:
Gargoyles vs. Futurama

Match 2:
Cowboy Bebop vs. The Simpsons
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1st round losers: BECK, Bagpuss, Teen Titans, Black Lagoon, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Ed, Edd n' Eddy, Kino's Journey, Zeta Gundam, Sheep in the Big City, Death Note, Pokémon, Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics, Megas XLR, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni/Kai ni, Gundam Wing, Rurouni Kenshin, Rex the Runt, Samurai Champloo, Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Samurai Jack, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Paranoia Agent, Fruits Basket, Excel Saga, Astro Boy, Gundam SEED, Haibane Renmei, House of Mouse, The Weekenders, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Superman: The Animated Series.

2nd round losers: Mobile Suit Gundam, Home Movies, Daria, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Brak Show, Dragonball Z, Animaniacs, Creature Comforts, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Sailor Moon, Chowder, King of the Hill, American Dragon: Jake Long, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, Serial Experiments Lain, The Boondocks.

3rd round losers: Fullmetal Alchemist, Johnny Bravo, Justice League/JLU, Pinky & The Brain, Batman: The Animated Series, The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, Freakazoid!, The Flinstones.

4th round losers: Yu Yu Hakusho, South Park, Rocko's Modern Life, Invader ZIM.

[Kuroba]

Not a huge fan of either, but Yu Yu Hakusho is a bit more to my liking.

[HEATXZ]

I'm going with Yu Yu Hakusho

[Mr. Anime]

Yu Yu Hakusho

[Daxdiv]

Yu Yu Hakusho! One of my favorite dubs from FUNi and a good Shonen Jump Title.

[Desensitized]

Yu Yu Hakusho.

Best Shonen ever.

[MonkeyFunk]

Never seen YYH, so Gundam.

[Lazerboy5000]

I good first match up. I think I'll go with Yu Yu Hakusho.

[D Dubbs]

Yu Yu Hakusho wins it, 6-1.

First it was a battle of action, now it's a battle of humor.

Match 2:
Invader ZIM vs. Home Movies

[Racattack!Force]

Home Movies.

[The Cartoon]

Home Movies, I was never a fan of Invader Zim

[HEATXZ]

Invader Zim

[Daxdiv]

I vote for INVADER ZIM!

[Infusions]

Invader ZIM.

[Kuroba]

Home Movies.

[Lazerboy5000]

I will vote for ZIM.

[D Dubbs]

Invader ZIM wins 4-3.

Kind of shocking to see one of the best-liked comedy shows on [as] to lose so easily, but oh well.

Match 3:
Gargoyles vs. Daria

[HEATXZ]

Gargoyles:anime:

[The Cartoon]

Gargoyles!

[Prof. Mecavio]

Gargoyles, I haven't seen "Daria".

[Desensitized]

Gargoyles.

Damn, too late to save Home Movies. :(

[Lazerboy5000]

Gargoyles, I haven't seen "Daria".
Same here. Gargoyles

[D Dubbs]

Very good, Gargoyles wins 5-0.

Match 4:
Futurama vs. SpongeBob SquarePants

I'm looking forward to the outcome of this match. Should be interesting...

[Daxdiv]

Futurama! Just because of Bender and ZOIDBERG :zoidberg:

[Kuroba]

Futurama. Sorry Spongebob.

[Desensitized]

Futurama.

[HEATXZ]

Futurama:zoidberg:

[The Cartoon]

Are you guys crazy? Spongebob!

[Prof. Mecavio]

Futurama

All glory to the Hypno-Toad.

[Racattack!Force]

Spongebob, if only for the first three seasons.

[Kuroba]

Are you guys crazy? Spongebob!
No. What's wrong with Futurama?

[The Cartoon]

No. What's wrong with Futurama?
Nothing, but Spongebob is one of the best current cartoons on TV. Besides, I prefer classic humor to, lets say, Adult Swim humor any day.

[Kuroba]

Nothing, but Spongebob is one of the best current cartoons on TV. Besides, I prefer classic humor to, lets say, Adult Swim humor any day.
I didn't know "classic" and "adult swim" were genres of humor now. But whatever. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion...

[Lazerboy5000]

Again, both great shows, but I'm going to go with Spongebob. (and not just because of the FUN song :anime: ).

[D Dubbs]

Futurama wins 5-3.

Up next, yet another battle of comedy...

Match 5:
The Brak Show vs. Pinky & The Brain

[Daxdiv]

Pinky and the Brain.

[Kuroba]

Pinky and The Brain, easily.

[HEATXZ]

Pinky and the Brain:narf:

[lemonhead75]

Pinky and the Brain, just for that adorable accent;)

[The Cartoon]

Pinky & The Brain!

[Racattack!Force]

Pinky and the Brain. Yes, Pinky and the Brain. One is a genius, the other insane.

[Prof. Mecavio]

Pinky and The Brain, I haven't seen "The Brak Show".

"They're laboratory mice, their genes have been spliced. To prove their mousey worth, they'll overthrow The Earth. They're Pinky, Pinky and The Brain, Brain, Brain..."

Or something like that.

[Lazerboy5000]

What's the Bark Show?

I'm voting for Pinky & the Brain.

[D Dubbs]

What's the Bark Show?

:sweat::sweat::sweat::sweat::sweat::sweat::sweat:

Anyway, Pinky & The Brain wins a gazillion to zero.

Match 6:
Dragon Ball Z vs. The Flinstones

[HEATXZ]

Dragonball Z:anime:

[Daxdiv]

Dragon Ball Z. KAMEHAMEHA!!!

[Desensitized]

Dragon Ball Z.

Only because I like it more than The Flinstones.

[The Cartoon]

The Flinstones, I guess I'm alone here...again

[MonkeyFunk]

Flintstones.

[Infusions]

Flinstones.

[Mr. Anime]

Dragonball Z

[Kuroba]

The Flinstones.

[The Cartoon]

I guess I'm not alone anymore :p

[DarthGonzo]

Flintstones by a long shot.

[Nexonius]

The Flintstones.

[lemonhead75]

The Flintstones

[D Dubbs]

Well, The Flinstones turns it around with a 7-4 win.

Match 7:
South Park vs. Animaniacs

[HEATXZ]

South Park

[Infusions]

South Park.

Although, I can bet Animaniacs is gonna win.

[The Cartoon]

Animaniacs

[Daxdiv]

South Park.

[Lazerboy5000]

I know a lot of people from my school who would vote for Animaniacs, but I will vote for South Park.

[D Dubbs]

South Park wins 4-1. Guess you guys love crude humor.


Match 8:
The Simpsons vs. Creature Comforts

[Daxdiv]

The Simpsons! D'oh!

[Desensitized]

The Simpsons.

Now and forever. :p

[Infusions]

Simpsons. I don't know what that other show is.

[MonkeyFunk]

Ehhh... I'll root for the underdog and vote Creature Comforts, since I know no-one else will. And after all, so far it's managed to stay awesome throughout its existence, which is more than the Simpsons ever managed...


Simpsons. I don't know what that other show is.

http://wiki.toonzone.net/index.php/Creature_Comforts

[Prof. Mecavio]

The Simpsons, I've seen a few episodes of "Creature Comfort" and thought the show was okay. Not as good as "Wallace & Gromit" though.

[HEATXZ]

Wohoo! The Simpsons

[Kuroba]

Simpsons. Never saw Creature Comforts.

[Lazerboy5000]

This should be a no brainer (:p), Simpsons.

[The Cartoon]

The Simpsons, I've never seen Creature Comforts

[Dudley]

The Simpsons.

[D Dubbs]

The Simpsons win, 9-1.

Match 9:
Courage the Cowardly Dog vs. Justice League/JLU

Both Cartoon Network originals, but very different shows.

[Rolling Cloud]

Justice League/JLU

[Taekmkm]

Justice League.
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[Prof. Mecavio]

Justice League, I haven't seen "Courage".

[The Cartoon]

Tough one, I think I'l go with Justice League as well.

[HEATXZ]

Justice League Unlimited

[Lazerboy5000]

Guess I'm going with the underdog here... haha, get it, Courage. :sad:

[D Dubbs]

Justice League wins, 5-1.

Match 10:
Sailor Moon vs. Freakazoid!

Have heard good things about both, but I haven't seen either, aside from a few bits of Sailor Moon when I was younger.

[Daxdiv]

Freakazoid! "Freakazoid! You can't fly."

[Desensitized]

Sailor Moon.

Never got to see Freakazoid! Sorry.

[MonkeyFunk]

Sailor Moon. Never saw Freakazoid.

[Taekmkm]

Freakazoid.
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[DarthGonzo]

The Freak

[Prof. Mecavio]

Freakazoid, one of my favorite cartoons from my childhood.

[Infusions]

Freakazoid.

[HEATXZ]

I like both shows but I'm going with Freakazoid

[Rolling Cloud]

Sailor Moon

[D Dubbs]

Freakazoid! wins 6-3.

Match 11:
Chowder vs. Fullmetal Alchemist

Talk about opposites...

[Daxdiv]

HMMM.... Tough choice I'll do a coin Flip for this one head Chowder, Tails FMA, best two out of three. (Coin toss one Chowder, Coin Toss two FMA, Coin Toss three, FMA)

Well my vote is going to Full Metal Alchemist. WHO YOU CALLING SHORT?

[Prof. Mecavio]

I've never heard of "Chowder", so Fullmetal Alchemist gets my vote.

[DarthGonzo]

Chowder.

[HEATXZ]

I like Chowder:anime:

[Infusions]

Eeehhuum. I don't really like either shows.

But I guess if I had to choose one over the other, it would be Chowder.

So.

Chowder.

[Harlan_Phoenix]

Fullmetal Alchemist.

[Kuroba]

Fullmetal Alchemist has my vote.

[D Dubbs]

Fullmetal Alchemist wins 4-3 by a coin toss.

Match 12:
King of the Hill vs. Rocko's Modern Life

[Desensitized]

Match 12:
King of the Hill vs. Rocko's Modern LifeYou. You're satan. :(

I'll choose KOTH only because I know it won't win.

[Daxdiv]

King of The Hill. "I'm gonna kick your ass."

[MonkeyFunk]

Rocko, I s'pose.

[HEATXZ]

Rocko's Modern Life

[The Cartoon]

Rocko, and I would have voted for Chowder by the way. All of the best shows are losing.

[Lazerboy5000]

lol, I'm going to tie up the vote by voting for King of the Hill.

[DarthGonzo]

King of the Hill

[Kuroba]

Rocko.

[D Dubbs]

Well, it's tied at 4-4. I'd be the tiebreaker, but I'm not familiar enough with either of these shows (I know, I use that excuse a lot :sweat:), so we'll do sudden death and have the winner decided by the next vote.

[Rolling Cloud]

Rocko's Modern Life

[Desensitized]

I'm glad it was close. Both shows are such high quality.

[D Dubbs]

Alright, moving on.

Match 13:
The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show vs. American Dragon: Jake Long

[MonkeyFunk]

Rocky.

[HEATXZ]

Jake Long

[Infusions]

Rocky & Bullwinkle.

[Daxdiv]

Rocky and Bullwinkle. "Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a Rabbit outta my hat!"

[Desensitized]

Rocky & Bullwinkle.

[Kuroba]

Rocky and Bullwinkle.

[The Cartoon]

Rocky & Bullwinkle

[Lazerboy5000]

Rocky & Bullwinkle. Jake Long is good, but I don't think it can match up to R&B.

[D Dubbs]

The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show wins 7-1.

Next up, two original Cartoon Network comedies face off...

Match 14:
Johnny Bravo vs. Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

[Infusions]

Why ya gotta break balls.

I can't vote, this is too unamerican.

[HEATXZ]

They are both good shows but I'm voting for Johnny Bravo since it's a classic

[The Cartoon]

Fhfif

[DarthGonzo]

Johnny Bravo.

[Lazerboy5000]

Mr. Bravo... he reminds me of my dad. :shrug: *facepalm*

[Desensitized]

Johnny Bravo.

[Daxdiv]

Well I' go Johnny Bravo. He won by a coin flip for me again, he got the first two.

[D Dubbs]

Johnny Bravo wins 4-1.

Match 15:
Serial Experiments Lain vs. Batman: The Animated Series

[Infusions]

Batman.

[Daxdiv]

I will go for Batman, mostly because I only saw like 2 episode of Lain, and they were the final episodes so it kind of ruin what could have been an enjoyable sit through of 13 episodes.

So yeah Batman: The Animated Series.

[Prof. Mecavio]

Batman: TAS, mostly because I haven't seen "Lain" but also because "TAS" was a ground-breaking show with better characterisation and more sophisticated plots than many of the action-oriented cartoons that preceeded it.

[DarthGonzo]

Batman.

[The Cartoon]

Batman

[Lazerboy5000]

The Dark Knight: Batman

[HEATXZ]

Batman:robin:

[Kuroba]

I'll give Lain a vote. It has it's flaws but it's an interesting show. And the OP song is fantastic.

[Desensitized]

Batman.

[MonkeyFunk]

LAIN ALL THE WAY. Come on, JL's still in the running, why do we need Batman was well?

[D Dubbs]

Batman: TAS wins 8-2.

Lastly, two well-known [as] series face off...

Match 16:
The Boondocks vs. Cowboy Bebop

[Kuroba]

Cowboy Bebop ftw.

[HEATXZ]

Cowboy Bebop:anime:

[DarthGonzo]

I've never seen Cowboy Bebop (nor do I care to) and Boondocks rubs me the wrong way.

So neither.

[Daxdiv]

Cowboy Bebop. "See ya, Space Cowboy"

[Rolling Cloud]

Cowboy Bebop

How can you go wrong with a Jazz Opening song?

[Desensitized]

Cowboy Bebop.

[Kuroba]

I've never seen Cowboy Bebop (nor do I care to) and Boondocks rubs me the wrong way.

So neither.
If you're not going to vote, why announce it? It seems pretty pointless IMO.

[Daxdiv]

If you're not going to vote, why announce it? It seems pretty pointless IMO.

I second this post statement. What the point in saying you're not voting? You can just skip this roundt and wait for the next.

[Prof. Mecavio]

Cowboy Bebop, a great series that really made me feel for the protagonists.

[Lazerboy5000]

Cowboy Bebop should go all the way. I really wanted to play Tank in Jazz Band last year, but my teacher wouldn't let us.

[D Dubbs]

Cowboy Bebop should go all the way. I really wanted to play Tank in Jazz Band last year, but my teacher wouldn't let us.

Heh, that's too bad. I analyzed "Tank!" for my Music Theory project, and my teacher loved it. He played it for the class and said he was going to write a pep band arrangement for it.

Anyway, Cowboy Bebop PWNS Huey and his crew, 8-0.

Onto Round III.

Match 1:
Fullmetal Alchemist vs. Futurama

[Desensitized]

It's been a fun ride, but Futurama needs to move on. :)

[Kuroba]

Futurama.

[Daxdiv]

I'll Give my vote to Full Metal Alchemist, just to prevent it from being a shut out victory like the last match.

[J'onn J'onzz]

Great as Futurama is, I'll go with Fullmetal Alchemist.

[Prof. Mecavio]

I watched "Fullmetal Alchemist" recently and enjoyed it very much. With that said, I must confess that I find the manga to be a little bit better than the animé (even though the early episodes of the animé are, in my opinion, superior to the early chapters of it's original source). Thus, I cast my vote for Futurama. However, I won't be sad if "Fullmetal Alchemist" emerges from this battle, as the victor.

This message was brought to you by....The Hypnotoad!

All glory to the Hypnotoad....

[MonkeyFunk]

FMA. Dahling.

[Infusions]

Futuuuurrammaaa.

[DarthGonzo]

Futurama

[HEATXZ]

Both good shows but I'm going with Futurama

[The Cartoon]

Futurama

[D Dubbs]

Looks like Futurama wins, 8-3.

Match 2:
Rocko's Modern Life vs. Johnny Bravo

[The Cartoon]

I'll have to go with Rocko

[DarthGonzo]

Rocko. Sorry Johnny.

[Desensitized]

Rocko's Modern Life.

[MonkeyFunk]

Rocko.

[HEATXZ]

Rocko's Modern Life

[Prof. Mecavio]

The power of nostalgia compels me to vote for.........Rocko.

[Kuroba]

Rocko.

[D Dubbs]

Well, that made it easy to tally up. Rocko's Modern Life wins with a unanimous vote.

Match 3:
Justice League/JLU vs. The Simpsons

[HEATXZ]

Both great shows but I'm going with JLU

[Desensitized]

The Simpsons

[The Cartoon]

This is a hard one. I'm going to go with The Simpsons.

[Ykwia]

The Simpsons

[MonkeyFunk]

The Simpsons. After my last nominee got beaten by B:TAS I've decided to vote against all action cartoons.

[DarthGonzo]

Simpsons, no contest.

[Nexonius]

JLU sucked, The Simpsons it is.

[D Dubbs]

The Simpsons win 6-1.

Match 4:
Pinky & The Brain vs. Cowboy Bebop

I hope Cowboy Bebop wins this so comedy shows don't dominate the finals... :sad:

[HEATXZ]

Cowboy Bebop

[Desensitized]

Tough one, but Cowboy Bebop.

[The Cartoon]

Pinky & The Brain, I haven't seen Cowboy Bebop

[Infusions]

Pinky and the Brain.

[MonkeyFunk]

PatB. Only one I've seen.

[Lazerboy5000]

No, must keep Cowboy Bebop alive!

[Kuroba]

I love Pinky and the Brain, but Cowboy Bebop.

[D Dubbs]

Phew. Cowboy Bebop wins 4-3.

Match 5:
South Park vs. Batman: The Animated Series

[DarthGonzo]

Phew. Cowboy Bebop wins 4-3.

Match 5:
South Park vs. Batman: The Animated Series

Darn I forgot to vote. At the very least that would have tied it. Oh well.

As for this round...South Park!

[Desensitized]

South Park.

[MonkeyFunk]

South Park.

[The Cartoon]

B:TAS, I guess I'm the only one who doesn't like crude humor.

[Charles Chimag]

B:TAS way over South Park.

[Lazerboy5000]

South Park.

[D Dubbs]

Hmm, not many votes this round... South Park wins 4-2.

Match 6:
The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show vs. Yu Yu Hakusho

[HEATXZ]

Yu Yu Hakasho because it's awesome

[MonkeyFunk]

Rocky and Bullwinkle.

[The Cartoon]

Rocky & Bullwinkle

[DarthGonzo]

Rocky and Bullwinkle.

[Lazerboy5000]

Yu Yu Hakasho

[Desensitized]

Yu Yu Hakusho.

[Rolling Cloud]

YU YU Haaaaakusho!

[D Dubbs]

Wow, I didn't expect that. Yu Yu wins 4-3.

Match 7:
Freakazoid! vs. Gargoyles

[Desensitized]

I really need to see Freakazoid, don't I? :sweat:

Sorry, but I have to vote for Gargoyles.

[MonkeyFunk]

Freakazoid.

[Lazerboy5000]

I'll vote for Gargoyles.

[Gokou Ruri]

Gargoyles

[DarthGonzo]

Freakazoid

[HEATXZ]

both great shows but I'm voting for Freakazoid

[D Dubbs]

It's still a tie, folks. Next vote decides the round!

[The Cartoon]

Alright, I vote for...

Gargoyles

[D Dubbs]

Okay then, onto the final match of this round.

Match 8:
The Flinstones vs. Invader ZIM

[The Cartoon]

The Flinstones

[HEATXZ]

Invader Zim
:zim::gir:

[DarthGonzo]

Flintstones

[MonkeyFunk]

Hmmm... I'll go for IZ.

[The Tyrant]

Zim

[Desensitized]

Invader Zim

[Lazerboy5000]

I'll go with ZIM.

[D Dubbs]

Invader ZIM wins 5-2.

Onto Round IV!

Match 1:
Cowboy Bebop vs. Yu Yu Hakusho

The final two foreign series face off...

[HEATXZ]

Yu Yu Hakusho

[MonkeyFunk]

Never seen either of 'em. Cowboy Bebop's supposed to be really good, though, so I suppose I'll go for that.

[DarthGonzo]

Never seen either of 'em. Cowboy Bebop's supposed to be really good, though, so I suppose I'll go for that.

I won't vote for anything I've never actually seen, so nothing this round.

[Desensitized]

And I won't vote if I have to choose between two equally good shows.

So, pass.

[The Tyrant]

Bebop is overated and while I don't care for YuYu I am going with it simply because Kurama was ruthless in a cool way.

[Mr. Anime]

Cowboy Bebop

[D Dubbs]

It's still tied. Next vote decides the match.

[Lazerboy5000]

Cowboy Bebop!!!!

[D Dubbs]

Thanks for that Lazerboy...

Match 2:
Futurama vs. South Park

[lemonhead75]

Futurama by a kazillion. South Park isn't even funny.

[MonkeyFunk]

Futurama.

[Desensitized]

2-0? South Park it is.

[DarthGonzo]

Futurama.

[Charles Chimag]

Ugh... get South Park out of this tournament.

[HEATXZ]

Futurama:zoidberg:

[DarthGonzo]

South Park has been on longer than Futurama, but Futurama was consistently fantastic for almost 5 years. South Park has put out a lot of fantastic material but sometimes you need to wade through garbage to get to it.

[Desensitized]

I don't know, I tend to go with there being more good South Park episodes than actual Futurama episodes. But then you've got two great Futurama movies and only one great South Park movie.

To me, it's a very hard call.

[J'onn J'onzz]

Futurama.

[Infusions]

South Park's most likely going to lose, but I'm still voting for it.

[Daxdiv]

Futurama. "Kiss my Front-Butt!"

[The Cartoon]

I don't like either, but I vote for Futurama to get South Park out.

[Lazerboy5000]

Thanks for that Lazerboy...
Your welcome...

Futurama

[Shozuka]

I'll go for South Park. :x

[D Dubbs]

Wow, that was a lot of votes. Futurama wins 9-3.

Match 3:
Gargoyles vs. Rocko's Modern Life

[The Cartoon]

Tough one, I think I'll go with Gargoyles

[HEATXZ]

Both good shows but I'm going with Gargoyles

[DarthGonzo]

Rocko

[Lazerboy5000]

ummm... Gargoyles.

[Daxdiv]

I'll vote for Gargoyles this round.

[Galaxy 9000]

Rocko

[MonkeyFunk]

Rocko!

[D Dubbs]

Gargoyles wins 4-3.

Match 4:
Invader ZIM vs. The Simpsons

[HEATXZ]

Both good shows but I'm going with Invader Zim