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10 Best-Written Female Characters In Animated Movies

From Disney classics like Mulan to new features like The Sea Beast, these women are some of the most well-written characters in animation.

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10 Best Animated Movies Of The 2000s (That Aren't Disney)

Disney might be the most famous, but animation studios like DreamWorks, Blue Sky, and Sony produced some of the best animated movies of the 2000s.

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10 Best Venom Appearances In Spider-Man Cartoons

With various appearances in Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man, and The Spectacular Spider-Man, some of Venom's best appearances are in cartoons.

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10 Best Animated Shows With Only Two Seasons

Animated series like Gravity Falls and Fanboy & Chum Chum only lasted for two seasons apiece, but they remain highly revered by fans.

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The Most Popular Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked

Icons in pop culture such as Scooby-Doo, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and SpongeBob SquarePants are some of the most popular cartoons of all time.

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Soccer Star Lionel Messi Explores Video Games in His Own Animated Series

Soccer star Lionel Messi partners with Sony Music Entertainment and Atlantis Animation to produce a CG animated series exploring video games.

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10 Worst 2000s Cartoons

The 2000s had great cartoons, but some were so bad cartoons fans are happy they are off the air.

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10 Worst Cartoon Network Shows Of All Time

From the reboot Teen Titans Go! to the oddity of Almost Naked Animals, the worst Cartoon Network shows of all time failed to impress most viewers.

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10 Spider-Man Variants Who Need To Show Up In Beyond The Spider-Verse

Across the Spider-Verse introduces lots of new Spider-Man variants to the franchise, but there's room for Beyond the Spider-Verse to include more.

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10 '90s Cartoons With The Best Art Styles, Ranked

From the darkly styled Gargoyles to the cute Rugrats, many '90s cartoons displayed iconic art styles fans still love today.

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10 90s Shows With Better Animation Than Anything Currently Airing

'90s cartoons like The Powerpuff Girls and Catdog had impressive visuals that would give animated shows today a run for their money.

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10 Best Animated Shows With Only One Season

Shows like The Midnight Gospel and Over the Garden Wall impressed audiences and left their mark with just one season.

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10 Best Animated Spinoffs Of Popular Movies

TV shows such as Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Fast & Furious: Spy Racers are some of the amazing animated spinoffs of live-action movies

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10 Strangest Scooby-Doo Characters

In the Scooby-Doo franchise, characters like The Phantom Virus and Hot Dog Water have fascinated fans with their weirdness.

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10 Worst-Written Characters On the Simpsons

The majority of characters in The Simpsons have proper motivations and sensible goals but a few others could use some better arcs.

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10 Best CGI Cartoons From The 90s, Ranked

Between Beast Wars: Transformers and Donkey Kong Country, CGI TV shows from the 90s offered something different in animation lineups.

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10 Anime That Pushed The Boundaries Of Animation

Anime such as Space Dandy, Mononoke, and Land of the Lustrous have genuinely pushed the boundaries of what is possible with animation.

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10 Best Animated Short Films

From Disney's Paperman to Hair Love to Pixar's Burrow, the best animated short films have lovable characters and heartwarming stories.

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10 Darkest Bob's Burgers Episodes

From Louise Belcher thinking she's going to die to Felix Fischoeder kidnapping Bob, Bob's Burgers has plenty of dark and somber episodes.

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10 Best Rick And Morty Characters, Ranked

Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith are the two most popular characters in Rick & Morty, but there are many other great characters, like Birdperson and Beth.

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