No Right Answer: Best Current Cartoon Network Cartoon

[NuclearKangaroo]

i love both shows, but Adventure Time is clearly the winner for me, it has some real depth and makes you feel and think and stuff

regular show is more straight up comedy and thats great, theres never too much of that, and it gives it its own spin, but like i said, AT does more for me

both shows will be fondly remembered once their runs are over in my opinion

 

[leviadragon99]

Mm, I really should start watching AT, from everything I've seen of it, it does seem quite good, it's just a little daunting to try and enter it now with so many episodes...

 

[Rad Party God]

Don't make me choose!, I absolutely love both, one isn't better than the other, both are completely different and I enjoy them for what they are.

Mm, I really should start watching AT, from everything I've seen of it, it does seem quite good, it's just a little daunting to try and enter it now with so many episodes...

Well, they seem like a shitton of episodes, but each and every one of them run in 11 minutes, so by the time it regularly takes you to watch a Game of Thrones episode, you've already blazed through 5 episodes of Adventure Time!.

Also, a pretty common complaint, the first few episodes might seem a little too random, but belive me, stick with it and you'll discover it actually has it's very own continuity and most stuff from past episodes return in some way, especially on latter seasons.

 

[Signa]

Mm, I really should start watching AT, from everything I've seen of it, it does seem quite good, it's just a little daunting to try and enter it now with so many episodes...

Adding onto what SupahGamuh said, the first and second seasons are pretty random, but they still have a little continuity. Once the 3rd season starts though, hooooly shit. You will start to see amazing characters like the lich and Lemon Grab, and you will wonder to yourself why you waited so long.

 

[Branindain]

This is coming from someone who only watches these shows over his small child's shoulder, but I always love it when I discover an unseen episode of Regular Show or Gumball. Adventure Time is okay but some episodes are way better than others, and I think I lose something by getting it in a screwed up continuity. Plus I don't like Jake.

Btw what is with the gumball fixation? Gumball the cat, Benson the gumball machine, & the Gumball Guardian.

 

[Darth_Payn]

I can't lie, I love Adventure Time! Never before have I watched a "kid's" cartoon that so liberally throws around the word "sucks". Until Regular Show, where I've watched them say something "blows" and Mordecai going "Holy crap!" AT started off goofy and silly, and still has jokes now and again, but it has depth and characters with heart (and I don't mean Ricardio, the Ice King's heart).

 

[octochan]

Not having watched any of Regular Show before, I get the impression that it's like "Clerks", but with more weird?

 

[Grape_Bullion]

Adventure Time is for scrubs and Cosmic Chef completely agrees with me.

 

[Nathaniel Grey]

Both shows are good. Adventure time wins in my opinion, but they both don't hold a candle to:

THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL!!!!!!!!!

 

[Vigormortis]

Both are equally brilliant, in my eyes. Each in it's own way.

And, while I'll probably get flak for this, my vote would also goes to Gumball. Despite it's madcap nature, there are some brilliant samples of writing and pacing, not to mention some, at times, unexpected profound depth and complexity.

From what I've (begrudgingly) seen of Steven Universe, it "could" be of near equal quality, but I don't know... Not quite there yet.

 

[Vigormortis]

Not having watched any of Regular Show before, I get the impression that it's like "Clerks", but with more weird?

If anything, it's like someone took a few hundred montage sequences from a slew of classic 80's films and compiled them into one, often brilliant, story arc - all through the eyes of the love child of Dr. Seuss and H.P. Lovecraft.

That either does it for you or it doesn't. If it does, I highly recommend the show. If not, then...well...don't watch.

:/

 

[LobsterFeng]

Regular Show can be okay at times but most of the time I just find it boring. I also think The Amazing World of Gumball (which nobody seems to watch sadly) does the whole crazy characters living in a slice of life type atmosphere and then everything gets crazy idea much better.

 

[Riot3000]

I love both of these shows I was not even going to give a shot just from looks but luckily watching Adventure Time with my younger cousins and catching the Regular Show episodes with duck duck goose game is just great.

I think Adventure Time won because its kind of a fantasy lore vs everyday life with wacky situation cranked up to 11. I hear some say regular show is repetitive I say it has good formula and works it well and while Adventure time may have some more hard hitting episodes it is way more hit and miss at times than Regular Show to me.

I think a more balance face off would of been Adventure Time vs Steven Universe if steven universe had more in its library.

Though its a shame people are overlooking Gumball and I Clarence is going to be that way because despite how it looks that is a pretty well written and reality grounded show with heart.

 

[The_Echo]

I kind of fell off the Adventure Time train somewhere in season... two? And I was never the guy that watched every episode anyway.

But Regular Show really captured me. The demeanor of the characters resonate really well with the 20-something demographic, I think. And the degree of absurdism really hits me in the right places. Regular Show makes me laugh every single time; the show's fucking hysterical.

Obviously I can't judge Adventure Time fairly, since it's been a long time since I've seen it, but it never felt... genuine? It kind of felt like the writers sat down in a room and said "what can we do here that would be quirky?" (e.g. Jake farting in Finn's pocket) Like, very few characters express personalities that I think feel natural. Also there's a lot of screaming. Like a lot.

Regular Show wins it for me because it feels genuine, and it has a lot of heart and for all the surrealism, it's a very real-feeling show.

 

[red255]

um, regular show might have merits, but I haven't really seen any episode that stood out or what, and I find it sad that it was included.

Not counting adult swim, which had rick and morty.

I'd probably have gone with stephen universe. when you lead with regular show vs adventure time I don't even want to hear your points, Regular show merely being suggested means your opinion is not to be respected. you don't get any points for your opinions. so the score is apparently -1 to 4. I'm just being polite here. only made it thru one complete episode of regular show, tried watching 3.

after not being able to make it thru 2 of 3 episodes, god do you like family guy too?

thats apparently funny because he's fat AND stupid. I mean he's so fat he's a cannibal. hilarious.

Reading thru your video and this topic, Regular show felt like spongebob from the clip of mississipi queen

which isn't to say spongebob doesn't have great or memorable episodes, its just not for adults

 

[Ishal]

I like Adventure Time in theory. My wife will tell me all the strange and funny things that will happen in it and I'll get intrigued. But then I'll sit down to watch it and it just feels so scatter-brained. I hate that an episode can end with almost no closure for what just happened. I get that they only have about fifteen minutes to work with, but still. You can't just have the adorable old lady elephant explode and then cut to black (Yeah I know she comes back eventually but that doesn't do anything for me in that moment). Likewise it's hard for me to watch the "Ice King has Alzheimers" episode and then see he just goes back to his old shenanigans in all the next eps.

Maybe that stuff wont bother me so much in a binge-watching format like Netflix.

Adventure Time has the problem of being too meta, it disappears up it's own ass. It attempts to juggle being serious/semi-serious/semi-humorous/humorous. Few shows can pull that off. I view adventure time the same way I view Dark Souls in regards to it's audience. It's niche, but it's a big niche, surprisingly so. It's format really seemed to click with people. They're able to appreciate the direction it goes and the things it tries to do with it's own brand of humour. I tend to prefer it to Regular Show, as that cartoon has too much bro humour for me to appreciate on the whole.

 

[Groverfield]

Yeah, didn't much care for seinfeld. Seinfeld with cartoons just didn't do much more for me, in fact it seemed to take away from something that I already didn't like.

 

[Xman490]

It's interesting how these two shows each push a key need of the human condition to its dangerous limits.

Adventure Time, from what I've seen, has an undercurrent of love/lust. Finn seeks a relationship with an appealing princess, regardless of elemental incompatibility. The Ice King has strong feelings for the female and gender-bended female characters. And then there's Marceline, who seems to have a thing for Finn while knowing full well of her vampiric instincts. These characters want to be loved by their crushes, however difficult that can be to achieve.

Spoiler: And then there's the new Fiona and Cake episode...

Cake turns into an exaggerated form of Fiona and shakes her booty in our faces, while male Marceline and Fiona have a song that explodes with sexual tension.

Regular Show is about the characters wanting to prove themselves. Whether it's in a bowling competition, Benson's workaholic achievement, or a prank war, the characters always want to prove that they are superior and/or deserve respect. They push themselves into doing awesome, yet deadly, activities to prove their worth. They all want to be alpha males in their preferred ways.