Top 10 Good Cartoons That Went Downhill

This show started out more like The Simpsons and the late Critic show, but as the years went by, it became more like The Simpsons meets South Park. It just wanted to outdo everything else and be the new most controversial show out there. That's why suddenly there was cursing and other such things in every episode.

The characters all became totally unlikable, and you just hated them, Brian above all. Stewie turned from a baby version of the Brain to the show's new anti-hero. Every episode seems more pointless than the last. This one should've said goodbye to us when it did to Cleveland.

I can't think of another good cartoon that got bad more than The Fairly OddParents. Growing up in the 2000s, The Fairly OddParents was one of the most important shows of my childhood and certainly one of the best shows on Nickelodeon.

I know I have an unpopular opinion, but I actually didn't mind when the show added Poof in season 6 (though Cosmo being pregnant in Fairly OddBaby was downright disturbing). Poof was a one-dimensional character and didn't annoy me as much as Sparky and Chloe, which I will get to eventually.

The live-action movies were cheesy and forgettable, but it wasn't until season 9 that I truly felt The Fairly OddParents had gotten bad. Sparky was very annoying, unlike Poof, and made the show rather unwatchable than entertaining.

Then came season 10, and the show got really bad. Just when you thought The Fairly OddParents couldn't get worse, they did it. They finally did it. Nickelodeon has officially killed The Fairly OddParents. Not only did they add yet another obnoxious new character named Chloe, but they also changed the plot of Timmy having fairies to Timmy having to share fairies, switched the animation to flash animation, made Vicky, Tootie, Chester, AJ, and many other main characters side characters, and even added a new theme song (and it sounds terrible, unlike the old one!).

Unlike SpongeBob, which has surprisingly improved since the return of Stephen Hillenburg, Fairly OddParents has definitely gotten worse over time. At this point, I'm glad the show has been moved to Nicktoons and finally been put out of its misery. It's so sad to see such a wonderful cartoon that started off as a masterpiece but got so terrible in its later seasons. Fairly OddParents has no reason to stay on the air anymore! No one cares about Fairly OddParents anymore, Nickelodeon! If only Butch Hartman focused more on his other shows like Danny Phantom and T.U.F.F. Puppy and let this one rest like it should have after season 8.

Yes, this show did used to be good when it first premiered back in 1999, but it went downhill starting with season 4. True, post-movie SpongeBob did deliver some great episodes, but also had a variety of really bad episodes. Episodes after the second theatrical film are even worse! Why? Too many goofy facial expressions! Why do people find this funny? Because "the original crew returned to SpongeBob." That is not going to make SpongeBob any better. SpongeBob was supposed to rely on mostly dialogue humor. I too was expecting seasons 10 and onwards to be exactly like the first three seasons. I was wrong. It just went from bad to worse.

Every time I think of The Simpsons I yawn and say, "When is this show going to end?" Don't get me wrong, I love the first 10 seasons, and I understand Matt Groening and the writers are trying really hard to keep the show fresh and original.

I give the show credit because the characters are still likable and the animation has gotten better, but the humor is so dull and the morals have become too politically accurate, to the point where it's now boring to sit through. I still think The Simpsons is without a doubt one of the most iconic cartoons of all time. I just feel that the best way for the show to remain strong is for it to finally be put to rest before it suffers more.

The Adult Party Cartoon revival is specifically what people mean by the show going downhill. Just Google "Ren Seeks Help." I haven't seen that episode, but judging by how Ren looks so satanic in the images and that there's one image of him seeming to undergo surgery, I don't think I have the guts to watch the episode myself.

Even without APC, Ren and Stimpy still went downhill. Season 3 was a huge mixed bag with classics like "An Abe Divided," "Stimpy's Cartoon Show," and "A Yard Too Far." It quickly got bad with "Bass Masters" and then the awful "Ren's Retirement." The season was meh, but it really wasn't all that bad.

But then there's season 4, which is the only season of the show I consider bad. So many episodes had Ren or Stimpy getting tortured for no reason, or had one of them being out of character, or having really dumb endings. Season 5 wasn't too bad but very underwhelming with some great episodes but many more meh or bad episodes.

Plus, the animation started to get more choppy and low quality as the show went on to season 4 (excluding "A Scooter for Yaksmas"). Ren and Stimpy just didn't have the same charm it did in seasons 1-2 and half of season 3. Don't get me wrong, I don't like seasons 4 and 5 of this show, but I would take them over APC any day.

I don't like Adventure Time that much to begin with, but I will admit that I did like its older episodes in the first few seasons. They were actually quite fun to watch, to be honest.

However, based on what everyone is saying about the show having now lost its charm and humor, it seems to me Adventure Time has become as boring as a Naruto filler episode.

UPDATE: Okay, it seems the show has gotten a lot better, so I respect Adventure Time much more now. Here's to the continued success of Adventure Time as it nears its series conclusion and the upcoming movie it will be getting.

It's not that the quality of the show became bad, we just got tired of the same formula every time. Each episode is just the same thing except Professor Doof might build a different "inator." And when the 7 planets align, they might make some small changes to the formula. I don't mind if Disney keeps airing this show, but I won't be catching up with it anytime soon.

They keep using the same thing over and over again. They have lost their creativity. The rocket idea has been done 90 times, and they've traveled through time way too much.

To cut a long story short, it's not really about the boys anymore. It's dramatized the very controversies they've mocked. In doing so, they've alienated the boys for a greater glory. I feel Cartman's usual ticks have long expired. I couldn't bring myself to see him stripped of his demeanor of doom. The Jew-bagging, Kyle-hating, Butter-blaming, Tourette-faking Eric Cartman is now a relic of our own past.

Kyle seems as lost in it all as I am, Stan no longer has a real true presence, and Kenny doesn't even die anymore. Toast to the classics and being old enough to say so!

I honestly like the first three seasons (Island, Action, and World Tour), but after that, it's all downhill. I say it should've just been canceled after World Tour.

After Tom McGillis left in season 4, the show lost its charm. That, and the new contestants aren't as realistic or as funny.

Why does this still air?! Seriously, it's just gotten sadistic lately!

I heard that the show goes downhill in its last season because the writers decided to give Black Panther the spotlight. I think people forgot he's an Avenger too, but at the same time, it's about the whole team, not just one member.

I am in season 3 now, and I can say that so far, season 2 is the worst because the plotline seemed all over the place. The Avengers defeat Thanos twice, then Ultron once! It took them a span of several episodes to defeat those villains! So it felt like an unstable Jenga tower.

Despite the mess, the Avengers finally got Ant-Man to join the team! He's funny, and so far, season 3 is already back in place and darker. I am excited!

Arthur's new voice in 2000 was so bad they had enough sense to get the original actor back by the next season. But a few seasons ago, it became girlish and high-pitched. But that's not what made it go bad.

One problem is how Muffy turned from a supporting character into a spotlight one. She was always spoiled, but now she's a brat who seems to think the world revolves around her. She's replaced D.W. as the show's lead brat. And all the new characters they've added add nothing and are totally boring.

Not to mention the PC. They were so proud of it they constantly aired the one when Mr. Ratburn married another man until some places banned it. Funny point: In last November's Thanksgiving episode when the cast is gathered at the table Mr. Ratburn and his hubby aren't seated holding hands the way the producers would have preferred.

You know, when this show's seasonal rot was run by Chris Savino, at least this one's seasonal rot was run by the same guy who not only worked on this show before he took over but also had his name on countless of our favorite cartoons growing up and created The Loud House.

Only the animation was affected. Keep your eyes closed, and you'll be fine.

I'm more inclined to agree that the first two seasons were such awesome seasons. Unfortunately, Genndy Tartakovsky left Dexter's Laboratory to work on Samurai Jack, and later handed his prior to that one man I hate as a person now (because of his sexual harassment). Due to that, the show became very boring, and most of the new episodes suffered as a result.

However, I don't hate all of the new episodes. Just like The Powerpuff Girls, there are quite a number of episodes that I genuinely enjoy. Dexter the Barbarian, Dexter's Wacky Races (because it's nice for once to see the Justice League and Dial M for Monkey again), Used Ink, Momdark, and Glove at First Sight are all fantastic episodes if you ask me.

But generally speaking, I do think the new seasons were very boring and uncreative. I think this was due to the success of the TV movie Ego Trip, which was supposed to be the series finale.

Personally, I'm glad it ended when it did because, despite some great episodes, seasons 3 and 4 were very lackluster, with such boring episodes like Garage Sale, Jeepers Creepers Where is Peepers?, and... don't even get me started on Sore Eyes. But what interests me about these new seasons is, like The Powerpuff Girls, some of the people who actually worked on these new seasons.

First of all, the character designers. You got Chris Battle, who's also designed characters for Aaahh! Real Monsters, and Walter Dohrn, who's also directed the second season of SpongeBob SquarePants. And even some of the writers. You got Chris Reccardi, who's also the co-creator of The Modifyers, and Aaron Springer, who would also later direct episodes of Gravity Falls. So, not everything about these new seasons of Dexter's Laboratory was bad.

The late 60s shorts, need we say more?

Dipper became a giant jerk in season 2, and I preferred the old episodes that were just separate stories that could stand on their own.

Sometimes I wonder what Invader Zim would have been like had it not been canceled so early, given that Jhonen hated working for Nickelodeon at the time.

It was good. Just skip the movie.

The first season is pretty good, and the second one is okay. The rest is barely watchable unless you're mentally ill. Also, I should avoid the fandom like a plague if I were you.

It was popular, but after season 5, it's going downhill.

The reason is because of criticism regarding its rehashing of classic movies like The Wizard of Oz and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Bill and Joe's cartoons were better than the Gene Deitch ones. The Chuck Jones cartoons were better too, but they still can't top the Bill and Joe cartoons.

I like the old classic Tom and Jerry, but the new one is not that good at all.

Only the first three seasons were good. Season 4 wasn't.