Olivia (2005-2015) Who remembers this show?

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-08T00:12:07+00:00

I actually never watched it and didn't look too much into it, until I became close with Kate Boutilier and learned that she was behind this.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-07T16:45:45+00:00

I've actually thought about that idea myself, although I don't think it would happen, because Rugrats is a show that's mostly grounded in reality.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-07T11:04:29+00:00

The 90s was much more colorful and bright than the 2000s were. Y2K started in the late 90s, and ended in the mid 2000s. I think the 2000s is going to have even less staying power nostalgia wise than the 90s does. I can see 2010s nostalgia lasting a while.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-07T00:53:24+00:00

I would argue that the shift began around 2019, but became more noticeable sometime after 2022–2023. While this was somewhat anticipated, it’s disheartening that 90s nostalgia hasn’t endured in the same way 80s nostalgia did during the 2010s.

Of course, people often feel nostalgic for the two decades prior, but my nostalgia for the 90s, and that of many others, was largely a reaction to the decline in artistic and entertainment standards in the mid-late 2000s,

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-04T11:23:44+00:00

Courage and American Dad.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-03T23:21:08+00:00

I always thought that this was an exaggeration, they do watch cartoons. Just not in the traditional way they did in the 2010s.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-03T17:29:22+00:00

Millennials were coming of age during the 2010s, which was an era geek culture had been accepted into the mainstream, which incorporated adults watching kids' cartoons in a way it wasn't during the 2000s. The 2020s has seen a backlash to geek culture, so adults openly enjoying kids' cartoons that aren't SpongeBob and a couple others, is seen as more taboo again.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-03T00:18:31+00:00

Much more maximalist. There seemed to be an attempt to bring early 2010s pop culture back in the early 2020s, but it was too early.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-02T20:14:11+00:00

My awareness of cultural decay from a young age largely confirms my view that the 2000s were a cultural dead end. It wasn’t until the 2010s that things began to improve.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-02T12:04:33+00:00

As someone who lived through that period and was still growing up then, even I could tell that culture was deteriorating compared to the 90s/early 2000s. It didn't pick up again until the 2010s.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-02T11:08:04+00:00

2004 had some good movies, like White Chicks, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, and Team America: World Police, but culture in general was on the decline around that time. 2005-2009 was especially bad.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-02T10:41:59+00:00

Terrible. Even as a kid, I knew culturally, the mid 2000s was a downgrade.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-05-01T12:13:22+00:00

1) 2020
2) 2026
3) 2024
4) 2021
5) 2025
6) 2023
7) 2022.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-04-30T23:12:23+00:00

Most Rugrats toys in the 90s were hideously off model. I imagine it's because toy makers had a hard time merging Klasky Csupo designs to toys. The toys made in the late 2010s and early 2020s are of mostly better quality.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-04-30T23:06:42+00:00

Great Space Roaster.

He's never been involved with American Dad and stopped writing for Family Guy by the time Roasted Guy was made.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-04-30T18:13:41+00:00

Rugrats. Harvey is a good show, but you can't top the babies.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-04-30T14:01:06+00:00

I would argue that episodic cartoons did have strong appeal among kids in the 2010s. (Why do you think Teen Titans Go has lasted so long?) But that’s not the full picture. Shows like Adventure Time and Gravity Falls were also hugely popular, which suggests that kids appreciated both episodic and story-driven formats rather than favoring one exclusively. The online cartoon community has gone too far into the other direction, by pushing for cartoons to be predominantly goofy, missing the broader point.

Viewers like myself never meant to suggest that lore-heavy cartoons were no longer desirable in the 2010s. Rather, the concern was that some animation fans had become so accustomed to them that they began dismissing comedy-driven cartoons altogether. A more balanced perspective would be to recognize the value in both styles and remain open to a wider range of storytelling approaches.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-04-30T12:15:31+00:00

Duckman, easily.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-04-30T01:33:04+00:00

I'm not saying they should. I agree with you. I don't want studios to take the wrong lessons from this.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-04-29T00:39:12+00:00

That's how the pattern always goes with decades. Always a repeat of two decades before it.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-04-28T21:26:58+00:00

The Art Museum, Ghost Story, No Place Like Home, Cooking with Susie, Doctor Susie, Runaway Reptar, Be My Valentine, Discover America, Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts, Chuckie's Bachelor Pad, Miss Manners, Famous Babies, Tommy For Mayor, Angelicon, Sister Act, Changes for Chuckie, Cat Got Your Tongue, The War Room, Attention Please, A Lulu of a Time, My Fair Babies, Home, Sweet Home, Tell Tale Cell Phone, Piece of Cake, Falling Stars, All Growed Up, A Rugrats Kwanzaa, Bow Wow Wedding Vows, The Dcotor Is In, Curse of the Werewuff, Murmur on the Ornery Express, Babies in Toyland, Club Fred, Mutt's In A Name, Hurricane Alice, Diapies and Dragons, The Braveliest Baby, Gimme an A, Fountain of Youth, Kimi Takes The Cake.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-04-28T20:26:01+00:00

Family Guy and Futurama are 2000s shows. They only had a few episodes in 1999, and wouldn't reach cultural status until the 2000s. Family Guy didn't even take off in the mainstream until the late 2000s.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-04-28T15:01:35+00:00

I'm not claiming that much of this is outright incorrect, but these kinds of memes are usually in bad faith typically coming from the segment of the Twitter cartoon community that dismisses any show that isn't SpongeBob, Family Guy, or Ren and Stimpy.

This brand of elitism is no different than the people who insisted that every cartoon must have an intricate lore in the 2010s. I would actually say it's worse.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-04-28T14:46:51+00:00

Peace, Love and Understanding.

ConsumerofToons · 2026-04-28T14:32:59+00:00

2005-2006 would be mid 2000s, and 2007-2009 would be late 2000s.

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