Animation Enthusiasts Share Which Nostalgic Cartoons Got Them into Superheroes

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Eleonora Bader
May 27, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

I'm what you might call an animation enthusiast.

My love affair with cartoons started young, fueled by Saturday mornings glued to the TV in the 90s. This was back when I had energy, unlike today, where I'm forever stuck in my cubicle. Back then, the animation scene was bursting with color and action. Spider-Man swinging through New York, the X-Men battling villains, the Powerpuff Girls saving Townsville – it was a superhero smorgasbord! That's where my fascination with it all began.

Shows like Dexter's Laboratory and Johnny Bravo had me snickering loudly with their wacky antics. Rugrats took me into the imaginative world of babies, and shows like Doug explored the awkwardness of growing up. Blockbuster nights were a special treat. Browsing the shelves filled with colorful VHS cases felt like a treasure hunt — and my mom always allowed me to pick out 2 to take home. Picking out a cartoon to rent was like choosing a portal to a different world, one I much preferred to the one I was living in.

Today, I can't resist revisiting those classics and rediscovering the joy of a good animated adventure. Check out what got animation enthusiasts (such as myself) into Superhero cartoons below, and then check out this Dungeons and Dragons player who shut a game down after a player stole items from their home.

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    Which show got you into Superheroes?
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    MEN EVOLUTION Vo MARVEL
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    JUSTICE LEAGUE
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    LEGION of SUPER HEROES
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    BATMAN THE COMPLETE ANIMATED SERIES
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    CN CARTOON NETWORK. GENERATOR REX TM & ©2011 Cartoon Network. A TimeWamer Company.
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    MARVEL SPIDERMAN
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    EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES! AVENGERS A MARVEL
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    TODD MCFARLANE'S Spawn
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    PLANE AND THE PLANETEERS THE POWER IS YOURS TURNER HOME ENTERTAINMENT C
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    THE POWERPUFF GORES WA
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    The SPECTACULAR SPIDER MAN ANIMATED SERIES MARVEL CULVER
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    MARVEL WOLVERING AND THE XMEN HEROES RETURN TRILOGY
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    PLANET SUPERMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES
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    YOUNG JUSTICE Young Juice Womer Bros. Entertainment inc Young Juice and off red character and cements and trademarks of and DC Comics
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    BATMAN BEYOND™
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    Cheezburger Image 9927799552
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    TEEN TITANS TM 1111
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    KIRKMAN WALKER CRABTREE INVINCIBLE
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    TM
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    BEN 10 ALIEN FORCE 10
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    Corporate_Juice · 10 hr. ago 151 Reply Share Gabe Itche42069. 9 hr. ago The true answer 36 Reply Share
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    woman_noises · 11 hr. ago I had watched some Batman and Beyond when I was young in the late 90s and thought it was cool. But what really got me into superheros was seeing the first Tobey Mcguire Spider- Man movie in theaters. After that, I started seeking out cartoons and comics and games with super heroes in them seriously. And still to this day I regularly read comics, it's all because of that movie.
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    ControlInternal3748 10 hr. ago . by Marvel Studios via GIPHY I would say this crazy lot DISNEY+
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    Brianna-Imagination 10 hr. ago · edited 9 hr. ago My proper gateway into superhero stuff in general was the Sam Rami Spiderman Trilogy and The Dark Knight. But my earliest superhero cartoon I remember watching and loving as a kid were Teen Titans and Ben 10. 24 Reply Share
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    treereaper4 . 9 hr. ago MIGHTY MORPHIN DOWER RANGERS
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    Tasty-Document2808 · 10 hr. ago 4. GET BACK HERE SHOCKER SHOOOOOCKEERRRRRRRRR 15 Reply Share Majestic-Bother2600 • 8 hr. ago YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME 4 Reply Share ...
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    darkuen 7 hr. ago . SPIDERMAN SAMAZING FRIENDS
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    TvManiac5 10 hr. ago Justice League. 35 Reply Share ExoticShock 10 hr. ago Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 Netflix used to have both it & Avengers EMH on back in the day, I was lucky to get some good quality content from both sides then. They hold up really well to this day & I'd do anything to see these two verisons have a crossover.
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    Mark-2005 10 hr. ago Don't know the order but it was Teen Titans, one of the Batman animated series, Ben 10 Classic and if it counts then Lego Ninjago too 10 Reply Share ...
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    . CrazyaboutSpongebob 10 hr. ago I don't think a particular show got me into superheroes but I always had a fondness for them. I liked Spiderman and used to have a spiderman action figure when I was 4. I liked the Increibles and OG Teen Titans growing up. I also watched Power Rangers SPD. 5 Reply Share
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    Snow Bound078 · 6 hr. ago Teen Titans. 6 Reply Share mastr1121 10 hr. ago 90s spiderman 4 Reply Share
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    child_interrupted · 10 hr. ago Catwoman comics got me into superheroes, and I'm still unhappy I never got a cartoon like the 90's Catwoman I could Invision so well as a kid. Lol But I loved the X-Men show they based off the Uncanny X-Men comics and I'm so glad they released a sequel 3♡ Reply Share
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    Filled Balloon · 10 hr. ago Honestly probably Invincible. I did like Superman as a kid but that was mostly because he was my dad's favorite. I wasn't really all that into them as a kid to be honest, which led to me missing out on a lot of stuff. It wasn't until I watched Invincible and started reading the comics that I'm probably gonna check out some more superhero related content.
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    Born-Effect-1088 · 10 hr. ago Not knocking anyone, we're all different, but if someone watched Todd McFarlane's Spawn as a kid, that might explain a few of the people I've met ②
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    CanOfPantsAndAnts . 9 hr. ago Batman the Animated Series and Batman Beyond. 3 Reply Share Nevaeh_Angel · 8 hr. ago Teen titans, B:TAS, and TMNT 3 Reply Share ...
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    Silent Resident1037 6 hr. ago Dragon Ball Z And it that don't count, 90s X-Men, Spider-Man, and Batman TAS
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