Popular Cartoons From the '90s

The Simpsons is the longest-running and most successful cartoon!

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The Powerpuff Girls fight crime and kick bad-guy butt before bedtime.

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Some of the coolest cartoons got their start in the '90s. Check out a few of the most popular ones right here!

'90s Cartoons - The Simpsons

The Simpsons is the longest-running and most successful cartoon of all time. This upper-lower-middle class family is made up of Homer, a safety inspector at a nuclear power plant, Marge, a smart and sophisticated housewife, Bart, a troublemaker who spends a lot of time in detention, Lisa, a brainy student, vegetarian and saxophone player, and loveable baby Maggie. Every week, they get into one hilarious predicament after another!

'90s Cartoons - Pokemon

Pokemon, which is based on a video game, follows the adventures of Ash Ketchum and his quest to become the greatest Pokemon Master around. If ya don't know, Pokemon are mystical creatures with really cool powers, and Ash has to find, capture and train all of 'em in order to become the Master. Ash's fave Pokemon, Pikachu, helps him out on his missions by zapping peeps with bolts of electricity.

'90s Cartoons - Powerpuff Girls

When Professor Utonium tried to create three perfect girls by combining sugar, spice and everything nice, he accidentally knocked Chemical X into the mixture and ended up with the superpowered Powerpuff Girls! Blossom is the fearless leader, Bubbles is the soft and kind one - but she's no pushover - and Buttercup is the tough, hotheaded tomboy. Together, they spend their days fighting crime and kicking bad guy butt - all before bedtime.

'90s Cartoons - Sailor Moon

Sailor Moon is another 'toon about a group of chicks who battle evil. One day, Serena discovers that she's the reincarnation of Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom. Now she and her friends, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus, must do all they can to protect the world from doom by the Dark Kingdom.

'90s Cartoons - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

After four little turtles come into contact with some alien ooze, they mutate into giants who snack on pizza, live in the sewers of New York City and learn to be stealth ninjas from the wise rat, Splinter. Their arch-enemy is a totally bad dude named Shredder, who wants to take over the world. Of course, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo - will do everything they can to stop him!