Too Old for Cartoons?

A lot of people say that about me. "You're twenty-one, for goodness' sake" or "Isn't anything better on?" These are the usual things that I hear whenever someone sees me watching cartoons. But what the heck, I like watching cartoons.

Take for example, The Fairly Oddparents and Jimmy Neutron. Just today I watched the Jimmy - Timmy Power Hour, where Jimmy and Timmy crosses borders and switches worlds. Here, Timmy becomes a three-dimensional version of himself, and accidentally sends Jimmy to his room, where Jimmy becomes a two-dimensional version of himself. The resulting chaos is hilarious, and they both struggle to restore order in their own worlds. But enough about JTPH.

Now, who doesn't know this face? Yup, it's Spongebob Squarepants. I actually like this cartoon because of the silliness of the main characters. I mean, who would have thought of substituting peanut, garlic, and ketchup for ice cream, nuts, and chocolate syrup in order to make an ice cream sundae? (By the way, in this particular episode Spongebob and Patrick end up destroying a moviehouse because of a severe halitosis cloud).

Now, a cartoon not for the weak of heart (and stomach). Happy Tree Friends may look like your average, cute, "girly" cartoon, because when you get your first looks at the characters, you know that they just seem to ooze cuteness. But hold your horses - they get in more trouble than they're worth. Think "Spongebob" meets "Celebrity Deathmatch". Here's one cartoon that's definitely not for kids.

Stripper by night, super-heroine later at night - that's Stripperella for you. Voiced by Pam Anderson, Stripperella promises to make the most lubricious men to rediscover the joy of cartoons. Stripperella airs next month on USA (ch. 17 for Home Cable, not sure which channel on the other cable providers).

So, who says cartoons are only for kids?