What Are All Cartoon Name Titles From The 1990s?

Wow — trying to catalog every cartoon title from the 1990s feels like trying to gather every seashell from a coast that stretched for miles, but I love the idea of laying out the big, beautiful clusters. There were thousands of shows worldwide across kids' programming, prime-time adult cartoons, Saturday morning staples, syndicated action series, and imported anime that hit Western TV in waves. I can't possibly list every single one, but here are wide-scope highlights and reliable categories to give a real sense of that decade: American classics like 'Rugrats', 'Doug', 'Rocko's Modern Life', 'Animaniacs', 'Tiny Toon Adventures', 'Pinky and the Brain', 'Freakazoid!', 'Batman: The Animated Series', 'X-Men: The Animated Series', 'Spider-Man: The Animated Series', 'Gargoyles', 'Beavis and Butt-Head', 'The Simpsons' (which dominated the era), 'The Tick', 'Darkwing Duck', 'DuckTales' (spanning into the early 90s), 'ReBoot', and later hits like 'Dexter's Laboratory', 'Johnny Bravo', 'Cow and Chicken', 'The Powerpuff Girls', 'Ed, Edd n Eddy', 'Courage the Cowardly Dog', and 'SpongeBob SquarePants' which just squeaks in at the end of the decade.

On the anime and imported side, the 90s were seismic — titles that reshaped Western fandom include 'Sailor Moon', 'Dragon Ball Z', 'Yu Yu Hakusho', 'Rurouni Kenshin', 'Cowboy Bebop', 'Neon Genesis Evangelion', 'Pokémon', 'Digimon', 'Trigun', 'Outlaw Star', 'Berserk', 'Cardcaptor Sakura', 'Serial Experiments Lain', and 'Slam Dunk'. Those shows arrived at different times and in different formats — some on broadcast TV, some on cable, and a lot through VHS and early fan-sub communities — and they brought distinct styles, tones, and audiences into the mix. Europe and other regions had their own gems too, plus syndicated cartoons and tie-in series like 'Aladdin', 'Gargoyles' spin-offs, and various TV adaptations of video games and comics.

If you want to plunge deeper into the full ocean, there are decades-spanning indexes on sites like IMDb and Wikipedia that list regional schedules, but for quick nostalgia hits I always go back to a few dozen shows listed above and follow the rabbit hole from there. The 1990s weren't just a decade of cartoons; they were a tectonic shift in variety and tone, and even now flipping through those titles brings a rush of color and theme-song earworms. It's a nostalgia Avalanche that still makes me smile.

Here's a compact, energetic map of 1990s cartoon names if you want a faster hit—I'm keeping it punchy and mixy to show how wild that decade was: foundational kids' and family cartoons like 'Rugrats', 'Doug', 'The Magic School Bus', 'Arthur', 'The Wild Thornberrys', and 'Recess'; big Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network staples such as 'Rocko's Modern Life', 'The Ren & Stimpy Show', 'Hey Arnold!', 'Dexter's Laboratory', 'Johnny Bravo', 'Cow and Chicken', 'The Powerpuff Girls', and 'Ed, Edd n Eddy'; prime-time or adult-oriented pieces like 'Beavis and Butt-Head', 'South Park' (late 90s), 'The Simpsons', and 'Freakazoid!'; superhero and action series including 'Batman: The Animated Series', 'X-Men: The Animated Series', 'Spider-Man: The Animated Series', and 'Gargoyles'; plus major anime imports that defined the era: 'Sailor Moon', 'Dragon Ball Z', 'Pokémon', 'Yu Yu Hakusho', 'Cowboy Bebop', 'Neon Genesis Evangelion', 'Trigun', and 'Rurouni Kenshin'. That’s still not every title — countless local and short-lived shows existed — but this list covers the core cultural touchstones that shaped childhoods and late-night conversations in the 1990s. Thinking about these shows still gives me a goofy grin.