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Generic adult animated series

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Generic adult animated series is a common theme for adult animated series these days. With the rising popularity of Family Guy, more creators and networks wanted to cash in on its success, only to make a corny show that would either be milked for eternity or be canceled in less than one or few seasons.

A terrible adult animated series (or, at least season 8-onwards)...
..vs. a good adult animated series.

Bad Examples of Adult Animation

  1. Family Guy (season 8 onwards) (most infamous example)
  2. The Simpsons (seasons 11-31)
  3. South Park (most notably season 20)
  4. Brickleberry
  5. Paradise PD
  6. Farzar
  7. The Red Ape Family
  8. Our Cartoon President
  9. Hoops
  10. Fairfax
  11. SuperMansion
  12. Chozen
  13. Good Vibes
  14. Full English
  15. The Prince
  16. Chicago Party Aunt
  17. JJ Villard's Fairy Tales
  18. The Nutshack
  19. Bless the Harts
  20. Bordertown
  21. The Cleveland Show (season 1)
  22. Santa Inc. (another infamous example)
  23. Biatches
  24. Fugget About It
  25. Mr. Pickles
  26. Fairview
  27. Crash Canyon
  28. Legends of Chamberlain Heights
  29. Allen Gregory
  30. HouseBroken
  31. Glenn Martin, DDS
  32. High Guardian Spice
  33. Full English
  34. Super Drags
  35. La Familia del Barrio
  36. High School USA!
  37. King Star King
  38. Lil' Bush
  39. Ren & Stimpy (2024)
  40. Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"
  41. Cans Without Labels
  42. Mother Up!
  43. Pacific Heat
  44. Confessions from the Hart
  45. Teenage Euthanasia
  46. Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
  47. Father of the Pride
  48. Tripping the Rift
  49. Kevin Spencer
  50. Pupa
  51. Berserk (2016)
  52. Magical Girl Site
  53. Magical Girl Friendship Squad
  54. SMOSH Babies
  55. The Slim Shady Show
  56. Zombie College
  57. Producing Parker
  58. Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
  59. The Jellies!
  60. The Brothers Grunt
  61. Life's a Zoo
  62. Popzilla
  63. Bounty Hunters
  64. Stressed Eric
  65. Napoleon Dynamite (TV show)
  66. Masters of the Universe: Revelation
  67. The Goode Family
  68. The Harper House
  69. Mr. Birchum
  70. Krapopolis
  71. Birdgirl
  72. Idhun
  73. Ctrl+Alt+Del: The Animated Series
  74. The Pole
  75. Stone Quackers
  76. Gary the Rat
  77. Sit Down Shut Up
  78. Good Times (2024)
  79. Velma (yet another infamous example)
  80. Clone High (season 2)
  81. Big Mouth
  82. Captain Fall
  83. Da Möb
  84. The New Norm Show
  85. Sausage Party: Foodtopia
  86. Rick and Morty: The Anime
  87. Universal Basic Guys

Good Examples of Adult Animation

  1. Final Space
  2. Undergrads
  3. Inside Job
  4. Rick and Morty
  5. Tear Along the Dotted Line
  6. Tuca & Bertie
  7. Clone High (except season 2)
  8. Mission Hill
  9. Robot Chicken
  10. Moral Orel
  11. The Boondocks
  12. BoJack Horseman
  13. Undone
  14. Agent Elvis
  15. Sealab 2021
  16. Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
  17. Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
  18. The Brak Show
  19. Archer
  20. ':3-South
  21. The Venture Bros
  22. Family Guy (seasons 1-7)
  23. The Simpsons (seasons 1-10, 32-present)
  24. Solar Opposites
  25. Love Death + Robots
  26. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
  27. Invincible
  28. Trese
  29. What If...?
  30. Star Wars Visions
  31. Bob's Burgers
  32. South Park
  33. The Midnight Gospel
  34. Disenchantment
  35. Futurama
  36. Star Trek: Lower Decks
  37. Close Enough
  38. Ugly Americans
  39. Metalocalypse
  40. Smiling Friends
  41. The Boys Presents: Diabolical
  42. The Legend of Vox Machina
  43. DOTA: Dragon's Blood
  44. Blood of Zeus
  45. F Is for Family
  46. Arcane
  47. Ten-Year-Old Tom
  48. Central Park
  49. The Great North
  50. Duncanville
  51. Tuca and Bertie
  52. Harley Quinn
  53. Primal
  54. Twilight of the Gods
  55. Beavis and Butt-Head
  56. Daria
  57. American Dad!
  58. Castlevania
  59. Moonbeam City
  60. Lobo
  61. Spy Groove
  62. King of the Hill
  63. Happy Tree Friends
  64. Hazbin Hotel
  65. Helluva Boss
  66. Todd McFarlane's Spawn
  67. The Critic
  68. Gen:LOCK (season 1)
  69. Camp Camp
  70. Squidbillies
  71. Samurai Jack
  72. Elfen Lied
  73. M.K. 22
  74. Roger and his Humans (Roger et ses Humains)
  75. Epic Time Leap (L'Epopée Temporelle)
  76. City
  77. 3-South
  78. Silex and the City
  79. Flipped
  80. Bob and Margaret
  81. Human City
  82. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  83. The PJs
  84. Celebrity Deathmatch
  85. Downtown
  86. Kid Notorious
  87. Murder Drones
  88. Grimsburg
  89. Drawn Together
  90. Duckman
  91. The Head
  92. Everybody Still Hates Chris

Why This Theme Sucks

  1. The problem is that ever since The Simpsons and South Park became popular more and more competitors tried to copy the same formula with different premises. Cops, camper managers, the workers of Christmas, and even the royal family of the United Kingdom and Trump's cabinet are examples of this.
    • In fact, everybody thought that animation is for kids, which is not true since there are so many animated series that are way more mature than the adult ones.
    • Many of these animated series lack genres as most of them are sitcoms. While some of these cartoons do resort to using science fiction or fantasy, they usually hold on to the sitcom formula. Because of this, it causes these cartoons to suffer from a lack of variety and originality.
  2. If this was made for adults, then there's no reason to make the jokes, the scenes, and the gags so childish as stated before.
  3. They often have an excessive amount of violence, blood/gore, profanity, gross/offensive humor, filler, and bad morals to the point that it overtakes the plot.
  4. When it comes to jokes/gags, they can be very insulting or disrespectful. For example, Fairview makes a joke about the COVID party, which is a punch in the gut for COVID-19 victims, as this also works for some things like racism, suicide jokes, murder, abuse, rape, or even a reference to the Holocaust.
  5. The characters have no personality and lack heart and soul in them.
    • Many of the characters especially those in long-running series get a lot of their dimension and likable qualities removed forcibly, turning such characters into unlikeable, one-dimensional, flanderized husks. Examples of such characters who fell victim to this include Brian from Family Guy and Roger from American Dad!.
  6. Some of them have incredibly stupid concepts, such as how Fairview tries to copy South Park by making it political, when South Park is more of a social satire, or how The Red Ape Family revolves entirely around NFTs, which already are a bad idea by themselves.
  7. Some series like High Guardian Spice and the 2024 reboot of Ren & Stimpy, despite being for mature audiences and aside from mild/sexual swearing, are not even mature enough and do nothing to justify being mature for their respective audience and end up being seen as meant to be for younger audiences (in the case of the first) or a typical program for kids (in the case of the latter).
  8. Most shows have a pretty bad animation style, which can go from a very stiff animation (like downright tracing poses in the Ren & Stimpy 2024 reboot), to ugly character designs, with the worst offender being Allen Gregory.
  9. These kinds of shows follow a formula that has become completely stagnated and has caused the adult animation genre to undergo a massive amount of stagnation as a result as shown through these shows recycling plots from other shows and rehashing their episodes to the point where it becomes cliched.
  10. Due to how most of these cartoons are rehashes of old concepts that keep repeating their plots, themes, and jokes, it shows that the writers and the studios in charge of these cartoons are refusing to take risks with the apparent mindset that if they make an adult cartoon that does not have crude jokes, rely on current events, and does not act like a sitcom then the said cartoon will suck and fail to make any money for their studio.
  11. Many of these shows become extremely mean-spirited regarding the jokes and plots they produce.

Redeeming Qualities

  1. Some shows can be approved.
  2. Not all adult animated series are Family Guy-like sitcoms, there are some great shows with interesting concepts like Final Space, Arcane, Rick and Morty, Inside Job, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, Clone High, Harley Quinn, and Love Death + Robots.
    • Besides, even those that are sitcoms can also end up being good, such as Bob's Burgers and South Park, which are still great shows after 12 and 25 seasons respectively.

How to make a good Adult Animated show

  1. When coming to the making of art styles, don't try make it much like Family Guy, instead, make it something unique or inspire it from UPA, the Simpsons, or French/Belgian Comics/Comic strips
  2. If you promote this show, don't pander it that animation is for kids and instead, make it enjoyable for kids
  3. At the premise, don't try it make it much like Family Guy, try make it something unique and original or try inspiring it at the Flintstones or the Simpsons

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