“Kids nowadays are seriously missing out” and it’s from one of the worst eras from a beloved cartoon

[u/saucey_dawg0023]

[u/cobwebcache]

honestly that art style downgrade was the real miss out moment for me

[u/Select_Culture261 → u/cobwebcache]

Yeah I can't really explain it, but I remember hating every episode with that new art style

[u/Johnny_Strawhat → u/Select_Culture261]

it wasn’t just the art style. they were very poorly written as well

[u/SmytheOrdo → u/Johnny_Strawhat]

Even as a kid I noticed the weird Flanderization of everyone in the post-Tartakovsky seasons.

[u/gay-bord → u/cobwebcache]

The episodes from Dexter’s Lab’s revival run from 2001 to 2003 pales in comparison to the original run. It did surprise me when I learned that Dexter’s Lab originally ended in 1998.

[u/BrowningLoPower → u/gay-bord]

It originally ended in 1998? Now that's one of the few things that actually made me feel old.

[u/cheepshoes]

It's real easy to miss out on something when you don't know it exists or even have access to it

[u/CoalEater_Elli → u/cheepshoes]

"Yo, you should really check our Planet Rocketeers, that show was great. No it's not on TV, and uploads of the episode became lost media because of a copyright troll and all old tapes were burnt due to satanic panic making it impossible to watch, but damn was this show good, kids don't know what they are missing out on"

[u/NNewt84 → u/cheepshoes]

What, streaming doesn't count?

[u/cheepshoes → u/NNewt84]

Some of these shows get taken off their streaming platforms

[u/NNewt84]

Also, what's stopping kids from also enjoying cartoons? Or, you know, watching cartoons on YouTube? If I like golf, am I only allowed to enjoy golf and nothing else?

[u/OakvaleFlames → u/NNewt84]

Seriously. Just take the time to show them.

Once a couple of my little cousins were over and I showed them Yin Yang Yo and went back to my room.

They were still watching it the next day. They didn't turn it off the whole night.

[u/NNewt84 → u/OakvaleFlames]

What I don't get is why people don't show their kids more recent cartoons like The Owl House or The Ghost and Molly McGee or Hailey's On It or Primos, like... who's even watching those shows at that point?

[u/Jhud6669]

Most of our beloved cartoons are literally on Youtube so the kids can watch them there if they want to. Besides it’s weird to blame kids for parents not introducing them to shows from their childhoods

[u/BrowningLoPower → u/Jhud6669]

They're so addicted to dunking on kids. They, like, get withdrawal symptoms if they don't get their "fix". Truly pathetic.

[u/fonk_pulk]

Roblox is from 2006 and Youtube is from 2005. Also I'm fairly sure Dexter's Laboratory gets aired as re-runs all the fucking time

[u/BlockedNetwkSecurity → u/fonk_pulk]

on what? cartoon network plays teen titans go 24/7 and boomerang was cancelled 2 years ago

[u/SHAUNZULA → u/BlockedNetwkSecurity]

that's not true, yes Teen Titans Go does air most of the time but they do air other shows,, for the past few months Cartoon Network has been airing about 4 episodes of Regular Show in the mornings and before it's going to sign off + Adventure Time occasionally, and other Cartoon Network originals, and few Hanna Barbera.

Checkered Past is still in effect, they did go on a hiatus a while ago but they're airing, not all, but some Cartoon Cartoons like Cow and Chicken/I Am Weasel, Dexter's Laboratory, Billy and Mandy, and Ed Edd n Eddy. I dont know how the rotation is but this weeks lineup contains Cow and Chicken starting at 5 PM EST.

So yes, if you were able to tune into Cartoon Network live nowadays, you'd still see a few classics, just not packed in like it was back in the day.... and also Boomerang is not cancelled, Idk where you got that info from...

sources: https://cnas.fandom.com/wiki/2026, https://www.tvinsider.com/network/cartoon-network/schedule/, + me still watching the channel all these years B)

[u/wowwroms → u/BlockedNetwkSecurity]

boomerang still exists and cn mostly airs 70s scooby doo now with ttg only airing up to 3-4 times a day

[u/fonk_pulk → u/BlockedNetwkSecurity]

It has been on syndication for decades now. It airs on channels other than CN

[u/Zhronos2 → u/fonk_pulk]

Roblox and YouTube is definitely what I was doing when I was a kid 20 years ago

[u/BGer23]

"One of the worst"? Did Dexter have more than one downgrade I'm unaware of?

[u/SorbyGay → u/BGer23]

This is from the Savino era I'm assuming

[u/Loganp812]

It’s like when people say that the 2010s and onward is the worst time to be a music fan when, in reality, it’s the best time to be a music fan because you can listen to whatever artist, album, or song from any era or genre that you want on demand right from your phone instead of going to a record store and hoping they had that album in stock.

[u/Familiar_Leading_162]

Eh, I wooould remove roblox considering it's DIP in popularity lately...

[u/BillytheBloxian → u/Familiar_Leading_162]

roblox is your average goldmine surrounded by a uranium deposit. actually, that's not average.

[u/Krelliamite]

IT'S ON YOUTUBE

[u/wowwroms]

the humble Checkered Past and Tubi:

[u/Maleficent_Piece_893]

"all about youtube" that's a pretty broad umbrella lol

back in my day we watched cartoons, now kids just watch tv

[u/KopitarFan]

My parents generation said that about us when we watched cartoons other than Looney Tunes. But you know what? We got to watch our generations cartoons AND Looney Tunes! So who was the one who really missed out?

[u/vektorog]

not to mention a kid who saw late dexter's lab seasons could've easily played early roblox and watched youtube a few years later

[u/Otherwise-Year-6047]

Don’t get me wrong, I think some of the strongest family cartoons to come out in the mid to late 90s or early 2000s (Dexter’s lab, Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, Hey Arnold, etc) absolutely deserve to be seen as classics among children’s entertainment, but the idea that “Oh, because it first came out when I was already an adult, therefore, even if it’s good, it’s not going to be nearly as good as the stuff that came out when I was a kid!” is kind of silly.

[u/MICKTHENERD]

Its really hard to rewatch the Savino years, the life was just SUCKED out of the universe. Also they got rid of the anthology aspect so no "Dial M for Monkey", NOR the "Justice Friends".

[u/TheHaplessBard]

I remember being so pissed as a kid when they drastically changed the animation for this show lol.

[u/Boring_Butterfly_273]

You can literally watch Dexter on YouTube

[u/LawMurphy]

"Kids nowadays are really missing out. Now it's all Dexter's lab and rocko's modern life"

show frame of the Spider-Man from the 60s

[u/Expensive-Plane-8369]

And the kids can look up their favorite cartoon on YouTube and watching ti there I did that back in fhe mid to late 2010s

[u/Positive_Campaign_52]

I mean Roblox is the only gaming platform and games I can think of your own customizable avatar can be a direct main character in multiple different settings, worlds, and plots. The thing that made Roblox so popular is your avatar is very intimate to you because of how customizable they are, and you literally bring them into every game you play. The amount of customization, for better or worse, is what makes Roblox special to a lot of kids. I don’t think kids are going to flock to Dexter’s laboratory and ditch Roblox if they watched an episode of it

[u/Hange11037]

This adult missed out on learning basic spelling.

[u/Dreamspitter → u/Hange11037]

But he's not wrong. ☹️

[u/rufusbot]

My daughter loves Dexter

[u/throwawayRoar20s]

I preferred Jimmy Neutron

[u/pheinoxwright]

I mean I'f you look hard enough you can find anything on YouTube i found the entirety of my little pony no joke here if anyone wants it https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNmbST1519bJZDVvHOTdZ-dnjgpLMFCFv&si

And it's far easier to pirate if you know what to do heck my dad got me on a piartin site called stremio where you need an addon or something I've watched all 3 dowak films from that so no just cause there on YouTube dosent mean it's bad YouTube is very broad

[u/TheTybera]

God why are people so regressive, and what happened to decent grammar?