Most Annoying Cartoon Cliches

The Top Ten
1 Too much satire and cultural references

Baby Blues mentioned Steve Wynn's Mirage hotel in one episode, and in the Disney's Hercules episode "The Return of Typhon", Hermes said "Cloud 33" which is a reference to Disneyland's Club 33

I wish people would realise that pop culture references aren't as funny as they are seen to be

Adult cartoons were a perfect example of adding reference to medias.

2 Over done plots
3 The winners keep winning and the losers keep losing

I wish that Squidward won more often. He usually does so once per season (out of 20 to 26), if at all.

4 Dumb characters

Cosmo, Timmy's Dad, Patrick, Lindsay, Stimpy, Timmy's Mom.

The Dumbest people I know are Fanboy Buhdeuce Patrick and SpongeBob

How did they survive childhood?

It's teaching kids to be dumb.

5 Cute & funny sidekicks

Those sidekicks who are only created to be the comic relive or who are comply useless in every situation.

6 Characters who impersonate other actors and characters

One character who comes to mind when I think of this is Babs Bunny from Tiny Toon Adventures who always does impressions of other actors and comedians like Groucho Marx they start off funny but becomes really annoying and tiring over time.

7 The main character being better than everyone else and always succeed just because their the star of the show
8 It was all a dream sequence
9 Characters never aging

Funny thing is that certain cartoons REVERSE a character's age in the T.V. series than the movie. For example, in Disney's Hercules, in the movie he goes from a baby to a 16 year old to and 18 year old at the end of the movie, and then in the animated series, they make him 2 years younger and turn him back into a 16 year old!

The problem is, they suffer from horrifying immortality... How come the Simpsons never age when you need them?

Here are some that don't age that will be Scaredy and Sway Sway

The Simpsons, The Fairly OddParents, SpongeBob SquarePants.

10 Body switching

Especially when the switched souls speak with their original voice, i.e. that Fairly Oddparents episode where Timmy and his mom switch, but a 10 year old's voice is coming out of a grown woman and vice versa!

Freaky Friday this is not. Quit this madness.

This concept has been done to death.

The Contenders
11 The dumb dad and the mom who's too good for him

Like in The Fairly OddParents.

12 Too much crying

Example:Caillou

13 Taking place in America
14 Always a dumb blonde
15 Kid protagonists
16 Mean teachers
17 Spoiled rich kids
18 The damsel in distress
19 Characters with glasses have dots for eyes
20 Villains boasting about how evil they are
21 The chosen one
22 Celebrities popping out of nowhere

I do like modern Simpsons, but they rely too much on guest stars now.

Parry Gripp and Kelly Clarkson in Phineas and Ferb, and Gordon Ramsay in TDA

23 Character speaking a different language but there are no subtitles

Examples are Schnitzel from Chowder and Coco from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.

Thank god I'm not the only one who finds this crappy.

24 Gross-out humor

Too many times 0-0

25 Stupid 3D animation

More Examples: Blaze and the Monster Machines
PAW Patrol
Little Charmers
Mike the Knight
Sofia the First
Doc McStuffins
Rainbow Rangers
Hermit and Friends
Cubeez

Whoever put this on the list is a stupid 90’s boomer. I think 2D and 3D animation should co-exist. But the stupid boomers hate anything 3D animated even though there is a lot of amazing animations that are 3D like Toy Story and Shrek.

2D animation is way more efficient, and it's fluent and satisfying to the eyes!

Huh. To me, I don't mind 3D animation, but I can see why some think it's repetitive.

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