Featuring a large cast of characters of varied ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds, The Proud Family prided itself on representing people not traditionally seen in cartoons. It was a landmark show, and we think it's the perfect time to revisit Penny Proud and the gang.ĭebuting in 2001, The Proud Family followed the trails and tribulations of the titular Proud family, composed of immature father Oscar, levelheaded mother Trudy, sassy grandma Suga Mama, troublemaking twins BeB and CeCe, and bright, cheerful middle schooler Penny. But then along came The Proud Family, showing that cartoons shouldn't be limited by race.
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Despite the world of cartoons being free of limitations, free to use characters of any ethnicities and backgrounds, cartoons tended to skew towards primarily white casts.
There was a time when cartoons were sorely lacking in representation. Filled to bursting with imagination, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends is the kind of positive, upbeat cartoon that works for any generation, making it perfect for a comeback.
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Imaginative youngster Mac takes to visiting the home, where he strikes up friendships with everything from an overly polite basketball monster to a half-bird/half-airplane. After all, this is a show that managed to spawn some of the most heartwarming stories to ever air on Cartoon Network, while also introducing the world to some of the most obnoxious characters ever invented (looking at you, Bloo.) Despite the mixed public opinion of the show, we think there's enough to love about Foster's that warrants bringing this creative cartoon back for another go.ĭebuting in 2004, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends introduced an entire generation of kids to the titular home, an orphanage populated by wild and wacky imaginary friends. You'd be hard pressed to find an '00s cartoon more polarizing than Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends. As creative as it was weird, the television landscape would be much more receptive to a show like The Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack these days, making it the perfect time to bring this forgotten favorite back. While Flapjack wasn't fully appreciated in its time, this weirdo cartoon has since become a cult favorite, and we think it's about time this innovative cartoon made a marvelous return.įollowing perennially plucky Flapjack and the dour, duplicitous Captain K'nuckles as they embark upon wacky adventures and search for the legendary Candied Island, The Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack prided itself on its bizarre world filled to bursting with strange, out-there, and sometimes downright disturbing characters. Before Adventure Time came along and popularized cartoons with bizarre humor and an emphasis on world building, there was Flapjack, blazing a cartoon trail with strange gags and a weird world that helped the show to stand out from the other series on Cartoon Network. Case in point: The Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack. Most of us still used flip phones, got our information through traditional cable TV, bought CDs in a time before Spotify, shopped at malls instead of online, and ordered movies from Blockbuster.Innovators aren't always appreciated in their time. Instagram didn't exist, electric vehicles didn't exist, Snapchat didn't exist, cancel culture didn't exist (good times), Tik Tok was an annoyingly catchy radio tune instead of an app, and online influencers were not a thing. The last episode of Friends (2004, big day in 2000s US television) is closer to the first episode of Seinfeld (1989) and Fresh Prince of Bel Air (1990) than the current day.
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The span between SARS and COVID is that of a full grown adult (I remember living through both so yea this makes me feel ancient). The founding of Facebook (2004) and YouTube (2005) are closer in time to before the internet (pre-1991) was released to public than current day.Īt this year's Tokyo Olympics, we had a couple athletes who weren't alive during the 2008 Beijing games, a handful who weren't alive during the 2004 Athens games, and chunks who weren't born during the 2000 Sydney games. The financial recession and the first iPhone are history lessons for incoming high school freshmen. Here are some events and aspects of life in the 2000s that I remember well then realize how long ago they were: I spent most of my late childhood/early formative years in the 2000s so this really makes me feel old writing this but if you took yourself right now and magically transformed back to any year in the noughties, the world would seem jarringly different.
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