ever wonder what happened to your
favorite cartoons welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
cartoons that were cancelled for
ridiculous reasons
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to be notified
about our latest videos for this list
we’ll be looking at animated series that
were suddenly or tragically cancelled
despite high ratings and glowing reviews
that means we’re overlooking shows that
were justifiably cancelled after low
viewership and/or poor reception with
that let’s get started number 10 the
these days cartoons can have a lot more
fun with meta humor and breaking the
fourth wall than they used to during the
time that angry beavers was airing this
was not the case and a pitch for a
particularly meta episode ended up
killing the show after hearing word of
imminent cancellation the crew decided
to go all-out pitching writing and even
recording rough audio for an episode in
which Norbert and Daggett discovered
that their cartoons which leads their
entire reality to fall apart as they get
cancelled I can’t live like this anymore
it’s too hard I can’t take it did you
hear me I can’t take nickelodeon didn’t
appreciate the not so subtle jabs at the
episode made towards the studio and
promptly cancelled the series before
production was complete we’re bigger
number nine green lantern
the animated series Carol is not going
to be happy
Bruce Timm is a legend in the world of
superhero animation developing writing
and doing designs for what is arguably
the best shared universe of all time
the DC Animated universe all starting
with Batman the Animated Series he also
helped to create Green Lantern the
animated series a critically praised
cartoon that was cancelled far too early
the series premiered not long after the
live-action Green Lantern movie and
quickly got the axe due to the film’s
failure low merch sales and an unfair
call that resulted in the show’s
criminally short run those who worship
evils might beware my power Green
Lantern’s light number eight Animaniacs
[Applause]
[Music]
very early on it was made clear that
Animaniacs wasn’t quite made for kids
there was a lot of adult humor there
were tons of sexual innuendos and the
overall content had mature references in
context the show’s moved from Fox kids
to Kids WB only helped the series adults
appeal grow increasing ratings
now-now-now fingerprints however the
high number of adult viewers didn’t sit
well with Kids WB since it was outside
of the show’s targeted demographic as a
result WB started ordering less and less
episodes eventually ending Animaniacs in
1998 can we please move on number 7
Clone High
that’s hilarious Gandhi easily one of
the strangest cartoon premises of all
time Clone High followed teenaged clones
of famous historical figures as they
navigated the hurdles of everyday high
school as well as some stranger more off
the rail hurdles among the many students
attending Clone High was a clone of
Mahatma Gandhi whose depiction sparked a
massive controversy in India leading to
protests and hunger strikes to get the
show canceled
doodle-oo up top don’t touch me Gandhi
too slow
the protesters were justified in their
complaints but what was ridiculous was
that Viacom didn’t care to move forward
with a gondolas version of the series
despite a growing following will you be
my prom date
[Music]
Clio number-6 Courage the Cowardly Dog
we interrupt this program to bring you
Courage we’re not exactly sure when the
term nightmare fuel actually came about
but it retroactively Lee became the best
way to describe one of Cartoon Network’s
most horrifying series of all time
Courage the Cowardly Dog hi the best
feeling about this
the show featured all kinds of crazy
monsters spirits curses and other
supernatural forces that played courage
in the town of nowhere Kansas apparently
the network thought these creepy
happenings were a bit too scary as the
disturbing content most likely led to
the show’s cancellation despite it being
the core of the cartoons premise I ain’t
going nowhere baby was number five
Oh see invader zim was an incredibly
dark and disturbing cartoon but the
show’s mature content ended up
attracting a lot of ratings from older
audiences leading it to become one of
Nickelodeon’s most popular and
well-received series however Nick opted
to focus on their usual core demographic
of younger viewers a choice that
resulted in the series cancellation I’m
afraid I don’t know what you’re talking
about
fortunately it was announced that
invader zim would receive a TV movie in
2018 thanks in no small part to the cult
status the series gained through reruns
and DVDs number four the spectacular
spider-man
dude you are the bossiest damsel in
distress I have ever rescued there’s no
shortage of spider-man cartoons but many
agree that one stands above the rest the
spectacular spider-man developed by Greg
Weissman and Victor Cook the series was
a perfect amalgamation of all the best
parts of spider-man taking specific
inspiration from the Ditko andromeda
senior eras of the character how much
stain shall we dance however despite the
cartoons popularity and critical praise
it was canceled after only two seasons
this was mostly due to Disney’s buyout
of Marvel which caused the TV rights of
spider-man to revert from Sony back to
Marvel effectively killing this series
this must be my floor number three Danny
with cartoons cancellation usually comes
down to budget animation is extremely
expensive and Danny Phantom was no
different
the show was reportedly frequently
over-budget so much so that Nick refused
to continue funding it though they did
allow creator Butch Hartman the chance
to shop it around to other networks you
have got to be kidding me
however due to the show’s poor ratings
at the time no network wanted to take
the risk and thus Hartman use the
remaining budget to give Danny Phantom a
proper ending rather than leave fans
with a cliffhanger Danny number 2
Futurama
sounds like fun how long do I have to
live Futurama is one of the most beloved
animated series of all time known for
its hilarious and ridiculous depiction
of the future as well as its deeply
dramatic and heartbreaking episodes yet
despite being so loved the series had
quite a rough road with Fox not
broadcasting new episodes for a time and
even refusing to purchase them before
finding its final home on Comedy Central
in your face Grim Reaper the reason for
its initial unofficial cancellation was
because Fox failed to keep a consistent
airing schedule making it hard for fans
to predict when new episodes would air
causing low ratings and ultimately
leading to its going out of production
this operas as lousy as it is brilliant
number 1 Young Justice Batman as we’ve
mentioned animation is incredibly
expensive and the way that most networks
get funding is through toy sales the
downside to this arrangement is that an
animated series lifespan can be entirely
determined by said toy sales like Teen
Titans and sym-bionic Titan before it
young justice fell victim to issues with
toy sales the alleged problem was that
toys were only marketed towards boys and
because a large number of girls watch
Young Justice their sales were much
lower than intended Mattel then canceled
the toy line cutting the show’s funding
and eventually leading to its ultimate
demise
despite massive popularity and rave
reviews in a rare but fortunate turn of
events fans were able to convince Warner
Brothers to revive the series with a
third season of Young Justice Outsiders
set to air in 2019 do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe
and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
favorite cartoons welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
cartoons that were cancelled for
ridiculous reasons
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to be notified
about our latest videos for this list
we’ll be looking at animated series that
were suddenly or tragically cancelled
despite high ratings and glowing reviews
that means we’re overlooking shows that
were justifiably cancelled after low
viewership and/or poor reception with
that let’s get started number 10 the
these days cartoons can have a lot more
fun with meta humor and breaking the
fourth wall than they used to during the
time that angry beavers was airing this
was not the case and a pitch for a
particularly meta episode ended up
killing the show after hearing word of
imminent cancellation the crew decided
to go all-out pitching writing and even
recording rough audio for an episode in
which Norbert and Daggett discovered
that their cartoons which leads their
entire reality to fall apart as they get
cancelled I can’t live like this anymore
it’s too hard I can’t take it did you
hear me I can’t take nickelodeon didn’t
appreciate the not so subtle jabs at the
episode made towards the studio and
promptly cancelled the series before
production was complete we’re bigger
number nine green lantern
the animated series Carol is not going
to be happy
Bruce Timm is a legend in the world of
superhero animation developing writing
and doing designs for what is arguably
the best shared universe of all time
the DC Animated universe all starting
with Batman the Animated Series he also
helped to create Green Lantern the
animated series a critically praised
cartoon that was cancelled far too early
the series premiered not long after the
live-action Green Lantern movie and
quickly got the axe due to the film’s
failure low merch sales and an unfair
call that resulted in the show’s
criminally short run those who worship
evils might beware my power Green
Lantern’s light number eight Animaniacs
[Applause]
[Music]
very early on it was made clear that
Animaniacs wasn’t quite made for kids
there was a lot of adult humor there
were tons of sexual innuendos and the
overall content had mature references in
context the show’s moved from Fox kids
to Kids WB only helped the series adults
appeal grow increasing ratings
now-now-now fingerprints however the
high number of adult viewers didn’t sit
well with Kids WB since it was outside
of the show’s targeted demographic as a
result WB started ordering less and less
episodes eventually ending Animaniacs in
1998 can we please move on number 7
Clone High
that’s hilarious Gandhi easily one of
the strangest cartoon premises of all
time Clone High followed teenaged clones
of famous historical figures as they
navigated the hurdles of everyday high
school as well as some stranger more off
the rail hurdles among the many students
attending Clone High was a clone of
Mahatma Gandhi whose depiction sparked a
massive controversy in India leading to
protests and hunger strikes to get the
show canceled
doodle-oo up top don’t touch me Gandhi
too slow
the protesters were justified in their
complaints but what was ridiculous was
that Viacom didn’t care to move forward
with a gondolas version of the series
despite a growing following will you be
my prom date
[Music]
Clio number-6 Courage the Cowardly Dog
we interrupt this program to bring you
Courage we’re not exactly sure when the
term nightmare fuel actually came about
but it retroactively Lee became the best
way to describe one of Cartoon Network’s
most horrifying series of all time
Courage the Cowardly Dog hi the best
feeling about this
the show featured all kinds of crazy
monsters spirits curses and other
supernatural forces that played courage
in the town of nowhere Kansas apparently
the network thought these creepy
happenings were a bit too scary as the
disturbing content most likely led to
the show’s cancellation despite it being
the core of the cartoons premise I ain’t
going nowhere baby was number five
Oh see invader zim was an incredibly
dark and disturbing cartoon but the
show’s mature content ended up
attracting a lot of ratings from older
audiences leading it to become one of
Nickelodeon’s most popular and
well-received series however Nick opted
to focus on their usual core demographic
of younger viewers a choice that
resulted in the series cancellation I’m
afraid I don’t know what you’re talking
about
fortunately it was announced that
invader zim would receive a TV movie in
2018 thanks in no small part to the cult
status the series gained through reruns
and DVDs number four the spectacular
spider-man
dude you are the bossiest damsel in
distress I have ever rescued there’s no
shortage of spider-man cartoons but many
agree that one stands above the rest the
spectacular spider-man developed by Greg
Weissman and Victor Cook the series was
a perfect amalgamation of all the best
parts of spider-man taking specific
inspiration from the Ditko andromeda
senior eras of the character how much
stain shall we dance however despite the
cartoons popularity and critical praise
it was canceled after only two seasons
this was mostly due to Disney’s buyout
of Marvel which caused the TV rights of
spider-man to revert from Sony back to
Marvel effectively killing this series
this must be my floor number three Danny
with cartoons cancellation usually comes
down to budget animation is extremely
expensive and Danny Phantom was no
different
the show was reportedly frequently
over-budget so much so that Nick refused
to continue funding it though they did
allow creator Butch Hartman the chance
to shop it around to other networks you
have got to be kidding me
however due to the show’s poor ratings
at the time no network wanted to take
the risk and thus Hartman use the
remaining budget to give Danny Phantom a
proper ending rather than leave fans
with a cliffhanger Danny number 2
Futurama
sounds like fun how long do I have to
live Futurama is one of the most beloved
animated series of all time known for
its hilarious and ridiculous depiction
of the future as well as its deeply
dramatic and heartbreaking episodes yet
despite being so loved the series had
quite a rough road with Fox not
broadcasting new episodes for a time and
even refusing to purchase them before
finding its final home on Comedy Central
in your face Grim Reaper the reason for
its initial unofficial cancellation was
because Fox failed to keep a consistent
airing schedule making it hard for fans
to predict when new episodes would air
causing low ratings and ultimately
leading to its going out of production
this operas as lousy as it is brilliant
number 1 Young Justice Batman as we’ve
mentioned animation is incredibly
expensive and the way that most networks
get funding is through toy sales the
downside to this arrangement is that an
animated series lifespan can be entirely
determined by said toy sales like Teen
Titans and sym-bionic Titan before it
young justice fell victim to issues with
toy sales the alleged problem was that
toys were only marketed towards boys and
because a large number of girls watch
Young Justice their sales were much
lower than intended Mattel then canceled
the toy line cutting the show’s funding
and eventually leading to its ultimate
demise
despite massive popularity and rave
reviews in a rare but fortunate turn of
events fans were able to convince Warner
Brothers to revive the series with a
third season of Young Justice Outsiders
set to air in 2019 do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe
and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
Please follow and like us: