The Greatest Cartoon Shows on Kids' WB
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Kids' WB may go down as the single most consistent block of children's programming of all time. The amount of hit shows they consistently had on the air is staggering. It was the channel to watch and had so many great shows you rarely had to turn the channel for hours at a time, ranked by your votes.
The majority of the shows were produced in-house, shows like Batman: The Animated Series, Animaniacs, Detention, Static Shock, and Pinky and the Brain. But they also hosted a slew of other studios best TV such as Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls, Hanna-Barbera's Scooby Doo, 4Kids Entertainment's Pokemon and even Marvel's X-Men: Evolution, just to name a few.
With a network this consistent, it's hard to pick a favorite, although that's a great problem to have. Enjoy this journey back through time and vote up the Kids' WB cartoons that remain the best.
Most divisive: ¡Mucha Lucha!
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1Kevin Conroy, Efrem Zimbalist, Bob HastingsProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 1997-2000.
- #32 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #27 of 193 on190+ Saturday Morning Cartoons From The '80s And '90s
- #12 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
2Maurice LaMarche, Rob PaulsenProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 1995-1998.The odd buddies have many strange adventures.More Pinky and the Brain
- #40 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #9 of 193 on190+ Saturday Morning Cartoons From The '80s And '90s
- #44 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
3Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille, Jess HarnellProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 1995-1999.Animaniacs boasts a clever mix of nostalgia and contemporary humor. The show follows the antics of the Warner siblings - Yakko (Rob Paulsen), Wakko (Jess Harnell), and Dot (Tress MacNeille) as they embark on a series of zany adventures, while frequently breaking the fourth wall. With its witty satire, the series manages to entertain both new viewers and long-time fans. Receiving praise for its engaging storytelling, Animaniacs has garnered multiple award nominations, including a Primetime Emmy nod. The show's unique combination of slapstick comedy, musical numbers, and pop culture references ensures that laughter is never far away.
4Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Cree SummerProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 1999-2001.In a futuristic Gotham City teeming with technological advancements, Batman Beyond introduces a new Dark Knight, Terry McGinnis (voiced by Will Friedle), as he takes up the mantle under the guidance of an aging Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy). This animated series, which garnered a Daytime Emmy Award, masterfully weaves elements of action, drama, and science fiction to create a fresh take on the iconic superhero. The show delves into the complexities of heroism and mentorship, while exploring the ever-evolving landscape of crime and justice. With its cutting-edge animation and gripping storylines, Batman Beyond remains a standout entry in the DC animated universe.
5Hynden Walch, Scott Menville, Greg CipesProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 2003-2008.Teen Titans, an animated series that expertly weaves together action, humor, and drama, follows the adventures of five young superheroes as they learn to balance their crime-fighting responsibilities with their personal lives. Featuring Robin (Scott Menville), Starfire (Hynden Walch), Cyborg (Khary Payton), Raven (Tara Strong), and Beast Boy (Greg Cipes), this ensemble cast brings a dynamic energy to the screen. The show has been praised for its engaging storylines, vivid animation, and well-developed characters, earning it multiple award nominations, including an Emmy nod. Teen Titans cleverly explores themes of teamwork, friendship, and self-discovery without revealing too much, leaving viewers eager for more.
6James Sie, Stacie Chan, Sab ShimonoProduced by Columbia Pictures Animation and TriStar Animation.
Aired from 2000-2005.Jackie Chan opposes evil with help from his wise uncle and his plucky niece.- #107 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #85 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
- #47 of 74 onThe Best Shows You Watched After School in the 2000s
7Charlie Adler, Tress MacNeilleProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 1997-2000. (Currently Airing on Discovery Family.)Delving into the vibrant world of Acme Acres, Tiny Toon Adventures is a delightful animated series that masterfully balances humor, adventure, and nostalgia. With a cast of characters inspired by the iconic Looney Tunes, the show follows the antics of young toons such as Buster Bunny (Charlie Adler) and Babs Bunny (Tress MacNeille) as they navigate their way through life at Acme Looniversity. Earning multiple Emmy Awards and a devoted fan base, Tiny Toon Adventures showcases a remarkable blend of wit and charm, proving its timeless appeal to both new and returning viewers.More Tiny Toon Adventures- #64 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #6 of 193 on190+ Saturday Morning Cartoons From The '80s And '90s
- #48 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
8Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric StuartProduced by 4Kids Entertainment.
Aired from 1998-2006. (Now on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.)Ash, Brock and Misty battle to become great Pokémon trainers.More Pokémon- #18 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #68 of 248 onThe Best Fantasy Anime of All Time
- #80 of 320 onThe 300+ Best Anime Series Of All Time
9Don Messick, Frank Welker, Casey KasemReruns from the 1969-70 Scooby Doo series aired in the early 2000s on Kids' WB. The show then resumed airing episodes on Boomerang.
- #5 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #140 of 282 onThe 260+ Best SciFi Shows Of All Time
- #15 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
10Scott McNeil, Meghan Black, David KayeProduced by Marvel
Aired from 2000-2003.
More X-Men: Evolution- #178 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #135 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
- #44 of 144 onThe Best Comic Book And Superhero Shows Of All Time
11Phil LaMarr, Jason Marsden, Danica McKellarProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 2000-2004.Static Shock animates the electric adventures of Virgil Hawkins, a high school teen who gains electromagnetic powers after exposure to a strange gas. Taking on the superhero identity of Static, Virgil safeguards his city of Dakota while grappling with typical adolescent issues. The series breaks ground by centering on an African-American superhero and handling mature themes, including racism, gang violence, social justice, and friendship. Virgil and his best friend Richie, a tech-savvy superhero named Gear, confront villains and face the challenges of growing up. The show is celebrated for its cultural impact and handling of real-world issues within the superhero genre.More Static Shock- #277 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #271 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
- #273 of 420 onThe 385 Popular Children Cartoons
12Josh Henderson, Tara Strong, Neal McDonoughProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 1997-2000.The half-hour may feature either the caped crusader or the man of steel.
13Paul Rugg, Tress MacNeilleProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 1995-1997Dexter Douglas is a superhero overloaded with useless information.More Freakazoid!- #257 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #124 of 193 on190+ Saturday Morning Cartoons From The '80s And '90s
- #262 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
14Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy BrownProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 1996-2000.Superman battles evil while trying to conceal his alter ego, Clark Kent.- #140 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #116 of 193 on190+ Saturday Morning Cartoons From The '80s And '90s
- #116 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
15Catherine Cavadini, E. G. Daily, Tara StrongProduced by Cartoon Network Studios.
Aired in briefly in 2002.
Three kindergarten girls fight crime.
16Dee Bradley Baker, Ben Diskin, Lauren TomProduced by Cartoon Network Studios.
Aired from 2004-2005.Codename: Kids Next Door is an animated series that dives into the imaginative world of a group of children who operate a high-tech treehouse and form a covert team known as the Kids Next Door (KND). The show follows these young operatives, each identified by a number, as they battle adult tyranny and various villains who seek to oppress kids' freedoms - and spoil their fun. The primary themes include independence, teamwork, and the tension between youth and adulthood. The series is notable for its creative gadgets, unique child-centric perspective, and episodic missions that often parody spy and action tropes while championing the resilience and ingenuity of children.- #41 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #62 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
- #175 of 420 onThe 385 Popular Children Cartoons
17Rino Romano, Evan Sabara, Alastair DuncanProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 2004-2008.Bruce Wayne, as a young adult, finds his way in Gotham as defender, protector and Caped Crusader.More The Batman- #123 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #90 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
- #214 of 218 onThe 220 Best Cult TV Shows
18Keith Ferguson, Candi Milo, Sean MarquetteProduced by Cartoon Network Studios.
Aired in 2005, now on Boomerang.A boy is forced to give up his imaginary friend.- #54 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #58 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
- #161 of 420 onThe 385 Popular Children Cartoons
19Don Messick, Frank Welker, Heather NorthReruns from the 1972-1974 Scooby Doo series aired in the early 2000s on Kids' WB.
Scooby teams up with guest stars to investigate mysteries.- #94 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #104 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
- #84 of 420 onThe 385 Popular Children Cartoons
20Josh Keaton, Lacey Chabert, Joshua LeBarProduced by Columbia Pictures Animation and TriStar Animation.
Aired on Kids' WB in 2008 then moved on to Vortexx and aired until 2014.
- #199 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #256 of 420 onThe 385 Popular Children Cartoons
- #29 of 144 onThe Best Comic Book And Superhero Shows Of All Time
21Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Frank WelkerReruns from the 1976-1978 Scooby Doo series aired in the early 2000s on Kids' WB.
Cartoon capers with Scooby-Doo and the gang.
22Dan Green, Eric Stuart, Amy BirnbaumProduced by 4Kids Entertainment.
Aired from 2001-2006. (Then Aired on Vortexx until 2014.)
23Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Mindy CohnProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 2002-2005. (Currently Airing on Boomerang.)The gang travels to the 21st century in their Mystery Machine.- #10 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #20 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
- #41 of 420 onThe 385 Popular Children Cartoons
24Keith Diamond, Charles Napier, Patrick PinneyProduced by Columbia Pictures Animation and TriStar Animation.
Aired from 1997-2001.Men in Black: The Series, also known as MIB: The Series and Men in Black: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series that originally aired on The WB's Kids' WB programming block from October 11, 1997 to June 30, 2001. The show features characters from 1997's science fiction film Men in Black, which was based on the comic book series The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham, originally published by Marvel / Malibu Comics. The series was produced by Adelaide Productions Inc., a division of Columbia TriStar Television, and Amblin Entertainment as a half-hour series originally airing on Saturday mornings, and later moving to weekdays during the final run. It was a more detailed T.V. series of the movie saga.
25Joe Alaskey, Bob Bergen, Tia CarrereProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 2005-2007.Duck Dodgers battles evil in the 24th century.More Duck Dodgers- #210 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #162 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
- #183 of 420 onThe 385 Popular Children Cartoons
26David Coburn, Whoopi Goldberg, LeVar BurtonProduced by TBS Productions.
Aired from 1997-1998.
- #190 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #44 of 193 on190+ Saturday Morning Cartoons From The '80s And '90s
- #205 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
27Xiaolin Showdown
Jeff Bennett, Danny Cooksey, Grey GriffinProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 2003-2006.Young martial arts students quest to find and protect powerful artifacts from evildoers.More Xiaolin Showdown- #290 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #198 of 198 onThe 200+ Best Cartoon Theme Songs
- #3 of 17 onUnderrated 2000s Cartoons We Thought We Made Up
28Tom And Jerry Tales
Don Brown, Sam VincentProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Turner Entertainment.
Aired from 2006-2008.
More Tom and Jerry Tales- #63 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #32 of 198 onThe 200+ Best Cartoon Theme Songs
- #33 of 105 onThe 90+ Best CW Shows, Ranked
29The Daffy Duck Show
Mel BlancProduced by Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Bros. Television.
Aired from 1996-1997.The Daffy Duck Show (WB, 1996) is an American animated anthology program on Kids' WB that mostly featured Daffy Duck.More The Daffy Duck Show- #102 of 540 onThe 500+ Best Cartoons Of All Time, Ranked
- #59 of 193 on190+ Saturday Morning Cartoons From The '80s And '90s
- #99 of 578 onThe 500+ Best Animated TV Shows Ever Made
30Earthworm Jim
Dan Castellaneta, Jeff Bennett, Jim CummingsProduced independently.
Aired from 1995-1996.
More Earthworm Jim- Dig Deeper...'Earthworm Jim' Is The Greatest Fever Dream Of '90s Video Games
- #95 of 102 onThe Best Cartoons From The '90s, Ranked
- #45 of 54 onThe Best '90s Cartoon Theme Songs
