Now were getting into the good stuff, moving on with the mini guide we come to Generation one, there will be five entries in this one.
1. Dexter's Laboratory - 1996
A vertically challenged boy builds a huge laboratory in his bedroom and strives to achieve scientific perfection while his sister ruins everything through her so called playtimes.
Verdict: The first of many series by Cartoon Network and it starts off well, Dexter's Laboratory plays the imagination card well and executes a perfect balance between science lingo and comedy, sadly the post 2000 new episodes aren't as funny as the older episodes.
Fact: As already mentioned previously there is a lost episode from Season one called Rude Removal which had too much colorful language to air.
Bonus. Dial M for Monkey & Justice Friends - 1996
One show deals with the exploits of Dexter's Monkey as a superhero, the other spoofs the Avengers and many sitcom shows.
Verdict: Mixed, it's a nice change of pace during a run of Dexter's Lab but neither are that special.
Fact: The Justice Friends have also appeared in Powerpuff Girls.
2. Johnny Bravo - 1997
A muscle bound blonde man with an Elvis accent goes through day to day life flirting with women and generally showing off.
Verdict: Early episodes were decent but the lead character got stupider during newer episodes and as a blonde male myself I'm actually offended by it.
Fact: One of only a handful of animated shows to have star guests, the Scooby Doo crossover being a personal favorite, along with Donny Osmond & Farrah Fawcett episodes and who could forget the Mr T episode.
3. Cow & Chicken - 1997
It's about a Cow & a Chicken, that's it. Oh and a Pant-less Red Guy appears in a lot of episodes.
Verdict: Watching this now it's pretty terrible, as a child I could see why I enjoyed it but now it's quite bad.
Fact: An episode got banned for stereotyping Lesbians, even the pilot episode was refused airtime later on for it's excessive use of smoking scenes.
4. I Am Weasel - 1997
Originally a side cartoon for Cow & Chicken became a full fledged series about a perfect at everything Weasel and a hopeless at everything Baboon.
Verdict: I think I missed the joke of this show, because I find the cartoon a good example of social status bullying by having a poor baboon be the butt of the gags created by a rich weasel.
Fact: Cow & Chicken frequently appear in the episodes as plot points along with the Red Guy.
Bonus: I do a mean impression of Weasel.
5. Powerpuff Girls - 1998
Scientist creates three super-powered kindergarten girls while trying to create a perfect little girl. Said super powered girls are now the crime fighters of the city.
Verdict: This show is fantastic, and surprisingly deep and sometimes dark, I don't even care if it's girly, pink and cute, what I see is pure genius.
Fact: Creator Craig McCracken's talent for making girly shows watchable seems to spread to his spouse as he's married to Lauren Faust of My Little Pony fame, another show that is girly and watchable.
Bonus: The Powerpuff Girls are being rebooted, look forward to it.
