As the decade in which cel animation reached its arguable peak of large-scale sophistication before the CGI takeover of the 2000s, the '90s are nothing short of a platinum era for television cartoons.

The '90s was a golden age for animation, and several characters, like Courage and Arnold, are still iconic.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some cartoons don’t just live in our memories — they live in our vocabulary. For anyone who grew up in the ’80s or ’90s, certain ...

By the '90s, the launch of new channels and networks helped push along the animated heyday. Fox Kids launched in 1990.