Editing Approved Cartoons (section)

== Comedy ==
*'''[[Adventure Time]]'''. tl;dr: A kids cartoon made by a DnD nerd. Starts off [[Chaotic Stupid|random is funny]], and never really gives up on that, but slowly reveals itself to be set in a Grimdark post-apocalyptic fantasy world inhabited by mutants and whatever remains of Earth's original animal population. The main character is one of the few humans left alive. Has [[skub]]tastic reputation due to art style and later seasons writing, so thread carefully. Written to be accessible to both adults and kids, so oldfags can watch the earlier episodes with their hellspawn, should they wish. Also, [[PROMOTIONS|you want to fuck the vampire.]]

*'''Archer:''' Think "Arrested Development" meets James Bond. It's an adventure comedy about an alcoholic man-child, who just so happens to be the world's most dangerous secret agent, and his equally deranged co-workers which include, but are not limited to; a sex addict accountant, a sadistic pyromaniac ditz, a bare-knuckle boxing Human Resource manager, a sassy black woman with abnormally large hands, the main-character's narcissistic mother, and a mad nazi scientist. Hilarious, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHAHEhhJisk ultra quotable], and great source material for secret agent role-playing.
** Later seasons ('''Dreamland''', '''Danger Island''' and '''1999''') are all self-contained genre spoofs, respectively being a hard-boiled detective story, an Indy-style pulp adventure and a military sci-fi IN SPACE! - and as such can be watched even without the broader context of the series.

*'''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law:''' More of Adult Swim dragging Hanna-Barbera into an alleyway, brutally mugging them, and rifling through their pockets for old cartoon clips. If you were to script a show based on a Pheonix Wright rip-off with the same manic energy of Sealab 2021 and the failing-into-success of Archer, you'd likely hit close to HB:AAL. Can be mined for plotlines for "whodunnit" adventures in addition to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeRTo8MuTrw just plain weirdness] that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11lxG8WM9M can inspire greatness] at the table-top.
	
*'''Inside Job:''' Looks to many like a Rick and Morty rip-off, manages to be an utter hilarious and trippy venture into the world of conspiracy theories, worthy to watch for its originality alone. The main character is a chronically overworked, mildly insane genius scientist working for a front company that secretly pulls the strings behind every crazy conspiracy theory in existence, which, by the way are all true here. President getting replaced by a robot? That's the pilot. Illuminati, Lizard People and Atlanteans having blood orgies in the bohemian forest of QAnon-Fame? Yup, it's here. Secret shadowy cabals managing the worlds affairs in a way no one notices? You bet. Everyone is insane, paranoid and on the cusp of a mental breakdown. Noteable is how the show, despite the crazy premise, stays coherent within the confines of its worldbuilding. 

*'''The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack''': One of the two decent cartoons that got kids through the dreaded 'CN Real' era. The show follows the eponymous (mis)adventures of Flapjack, a young boy dreaming of one day becoming an adventurer, joined by his "candyholic" friend and dubious mentor "captain" Knuckles and his adoptive mother Bubby the talking whale. While the concept seems innocuous enough the show is set in a pastiche world of 17th, 18th and 19th century nautical tropes and features as much creepy shit as the show creator could get past the network and still be kid-friendly.

*'''Megas XLR:''' [[Tau|I DIG GIANT ROBOTS. YOU DIG GIANT ROBOTS. CHICKS DIG GIANT ROBOTS.]] That's all you really need to know. Big robots and funny shit. It's also the [[Ork|Orkiest]] show ever made, the Gork to [[Approved anime|Gurren Lagann's]] Mork.

*'''Rick and Morty:''' /tg/: the series. A comedy about an alcoholic mad scientist's adventures with his wimpy grandson. Has a instantly recognizable blend of fart humor and soul-crushing Nietzschean/Lovecraftian philosophy. Manages to pack a good amount of emotional punches with enough fun adventures and sci-fi/pop culture references to keep even the most stoic entertained. The third season is forever [[skub]] after the showrunner decided to replace the original writers with an all female team; speculated reasons range from [[SJW|"muh diversity"]] to [[Troll|"because I felt like it"]] but everyone agrees that it's just not the same. Rebounded somewhat in followup seasons that finally started to flesh-out the canon of the series (while also establishing it actually had canon) and still churned out some of the best episodes of the series period (while also making some of the worst...........so two steps forward one step back as usual). [[Reddit]] loves this series for the lolrandom bullshit and ebin pop culture references, so mention it on 4chan at your own peril, but it's still got some neato ideas for [[Genius: The Transgression]] campaigns.

*'''SeaLab 2021''': Conceptually in the same vein as Venture Bros but as a direct sequel to the straight-faced environmentalist SeaLab 2020, kind of. Episodes mostly consist of reused SeaLab 2020 stock animation or just entire scenes repurposed to parody SeaLab 2020 and 90 cartoons in general. At least one episode is a literal comedy redub of a vintage episode.  Roughly a third of the episodes end with everyone dying in an explosion.

*'''The Venture Bros.''' An absurd parody of Jonny Quest, 60's animated shows, comic books, and pretty much every action franchise ever. Episodes primarily theme around failure (so great for 4chan) and absurd comedy. Can be [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D8aBP-JOZsU hilarious] but like Austin Powers, it's hard to appreciate the comedy of it unless you've seen the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Quest source material].