Adults love their cartoons as much as kids do. The allure lies in the witty repartee, absurd situations and social relevance that many of these shows offer to its audience.
The following are just a few of the many popular for-adult cartoons shown on television.
The Simpsons
Probably the most iconic cartoons depicting the American suburban experience, The Simpsons is shown on the Fox Broadcasting Network since 1989 to date. Its main characters are Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie with supporting characters from the fictional Springfield City including Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders and Chief Wiggam, to name few.
If there is one cartoon show that explores, parodies and satirizes the working-class American lifestyle and the families who live them like no other before it and probably after it, then The Simpsons is that show.
It makes fun of everything that the American people holds dear without ruffling too many feathers from the culture to the clothes as well as aspects of the human condition in general. And, yes, Homer likes to ruin a good thing more than he probably loves his wife.
South Park
Just around the block for a decade now, South Park is wildly popular across many demographics.
Nobody is immune from its satirical, surreal and crude humor from the US President himself to Hollywood celebrities to Jane Does.
At present, the deliverers of such fun are four children, namely, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick. It is Cartman, however, with his nasty plans who rules the roost.
King of the Hill
“That kid ain’t right” This line just about sums up the relationship between Hank Hill and his son, Bob. Where Hank is emotionally repressed save for his affection with his aging bloodhound, Bob is expressive about his passions even if these are seen as traditional feminine roles – cooking, dolls and high fashion.
Aside from parent-child relationships, other themes explored are loyalty, friendship, and justice as set in a typical American town.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
With an unlikely cult following, Aqua Teen Hunger Force is as popular as four anthropomorphic fast food items can probably ever get on television.
The show’s creators have abandoned the structure, scripts and continuity of storylines in favor of improvised dialogues that are neither here nor there, absurd visual gags placing the main characters in bizarre scenarios, and stories involving aliens and monsters not relevant to the situation in the first place.
Despite all these unorthodox approach, the show continues to gain a following.
The Family Guy
If there is one cartoon character that can beat Homer Simpson at the game of being fat, dumb, lazy and crude, then it is Peter MacFarlane.
His family consists of wife Lois, their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie and the requisite anthropomorphic dog Brian, all of whom lives in Quahog, Rhode Island.
It also parodies American society, culture and many aspects of the human condition as a whole with a diabolical, intellectual and diaper-clad baby added to the dysfunctional mix.
Metalocalypse
As a depiction of a commercially successful American-Scandinavian death metal band known as Dethklok, Metalocalypse is both a parody and a celebration of the subculture.
Its contents are truly for-adults only with themes like violence and death as well as the stereotypical drugs, sex and rock n’ roll aspect of being in a band.
Adults love their cartoons as much as kids do. The allure lies in the witty repartee, absurd situations and social relevance that many of these shows offer to its audience. Adults love their cartoons as much as kids do. The allure lies in the witty repartee, absurd situations and social relevance that many of these shows offer to its audience.
Adults love their cartoons as much as kids do. The allure lies in the witty repartee, absurd situations and social relevance that many of these shows offer to its audience.
Conclusion:
Most adults love to watch adult cartoons online, and do it regularly. Whichever television show you prefer, you cannot go wrong!