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Looney Tunes Looney Tunes originally ran from 1930-1969, but the cartoon reruns and reboots never fail to make anyone smile. From “Tiny Toons” to “Space Jam,” Tweety Bird and the gang are going to be around for a while.

Picture this: It’s 9:30 p.m. on a Friday night in 2007. You just fell asleep on your couch while watching Nickelodeon. Your older siblings nudge you awake and you catch a glimpse of Carlton dancing on your TV. You all beg your parents to let you stay up and finish the episode and, miraculously, they oblige. Life is good.

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Powerpuff Girls Sugar, spice and everything nice! Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles were kindergartners who had to deal with normal kid experiences like losing teeth, sibling rivalry, security blankets and saving their hometown from supervillains and monsters.

Total Drama Island Before we all grew up and discovered “Bachelor in Paradise,” “Total Drama Island” was the closest thing kids had to a reality TV show competition. The cartoon teenagers duked it out on an island and told “confessionnels” from a port-a-potty. Each episode, a member of the losing team would get voted off the island and had to take the “Dock of Shame” to the

“Boat of Losers,” which would take them home. Fresh Prince of Bel Air Chillin’ out, maxin’, relaxin’ all cool...” One sophomore reader says she’s never actually seen a Fresh Prince of Bel Air episode, but still knows every word to the iconic theme song. This show launched Will Smith’s acting career with its comedic banter—but part of what is so special about “Fresh Prince” is how the show handled topics like racism and classism while taking major strides in representation. Flintstones If you grew up thinking humans and dinosaurs roamed the Earth together, you have “The Flintstones” to thank. The 1960s show was the first ever animated series to air on Network TV. The cartoon romanticized the stone age and featured classic 1960s tropes about marriage and family values.

Winx Club

For many people, “Winx Club” was their first dose of girl power. At five, you learned that you could still be a badass in a mini skirt and fight off villains without a single hair flying out of place. “Winx Club” fairies were created to feature more women in cartoons and were based on artists like Britney Spears, JLo, Lucy Liu and Beyoncé. We’ll leave it up to you to decide if the new Netflix adaptation hits the same, but we like to stick to the OG.