Favorite Cartoons 2025 | Inspiration

Cartoons have always been a wonderful source of inspiration. My childhood was filled with sitting down to the TV on a Saturday morning or the afternoon after school with my younger brother Niko, absolutely immersed in television shows.

I know a lot of people say television rots your mind. And it may. For some people, especially for those without any creative influence. But I think for creative individuals, it’s a brilliant source of inspiration! The stories, the characters, the worlds, and the emotional impact that a good show can have on the creative mind are unmatched!

These are some cartoons that have fueled my creativity as an indie YA fantasy writer!

CURRENTLY LISTENING TO Kingdom Hearts III Soundtrack “KH3: Anti Aqua Boss Theme”. I love Aqua, and I know KH3 got a lot of hate, but I really enjoyed it!

♠Transformers
♠Transformers the Movie
♠Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
♠He Man
♠Dark Wing Duck
♠Rescue Rangers
♠Duck Tales
♠The Super Mario Super Show
♠The Legend of Zelda
♠Xmen
♠Spider Man
♠Batman the Animated Series
♠Captain N the Game Master
♠Captain Planet
♠The Gobots

♠Teen Titans
♠Jackie Chan Adventures
♠Avatar the last Airbender
♠Invader Zim
♠My Life as a Teenage Robot
♠My Little Pony
♠Adventure Time
♠Steven Universe
♠Fionna and Cake
♠Star vs The Forces of Evil
♠Power Puff Girls
♠Dexters Lab

These are shows that not only hold a fond place of nostalgia in my memory, but also shaped and dictate how and what I create. There are shows that I watched and enjoyed, but aren’t something that attribute to me as a creator, inspirationally.

Like Doug, Rugrats, Ren and Stimpy, Beetlejuice, Ed, Edd, N Eddy, She Ra, Captain Planet, Garfield, Racko, Johnny Bravo, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Inspector Gadget, Snorks, Smurfs, Top Cat, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Thunder Cats, Tail Spin, The Littles, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Bump in the Night, The Wind in the Willows, Gummi Bears, Voltron, South Park, Simpsons, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Daria, Arthur, Family Guy, Bobby’s World, Tiny Toons, and King if the Hill, to name a few (not to mention all the classic Disney shows and others from the 80s-90s that escape my mind at the moment).