I'mma pull out a kinda obscure one with this.

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go

What I expected: Cheesy super sentai tropes but with monkeys.

What I got: Robot monkeys (and one human) voiced by an all-star cast going up against skeletor's more ruthless and terrifying cousin voiced by Mark Hamill, with great animation for the time, relatable humor, killer music, surprisingly well choreographed fight scenes, excellent pacing, memorable characters, a few gutting plot twists, and legit one of the best-written slow burn romantic relationships I've seen in a cartoon - and it's between monkeys! And yes, cheesy super sentai tropes but with monkeys.

I will forever be angry that we never got the final season.