Specifically for foreigners to learn about Western culture (i.e. ruling out anime)? For me I liked Spongebob.
Edit: you can include anime if you want
I’d say iCarly and Adventure Time are good for learning about meme culture, Teen Titans for superhero stuff, and The Garfield Show to understand the depths of American depravity.
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Always watched Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Medabots, Beyblade, Digimon, Kids Next Door, Tofu’s, Ed, Edd n Eddy religiously as a kid. Also, SpongeBob.
Think I consider SpongeBob as the GOAT though.
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I feel like I’m the same age as you :P
I grew up in the late 90s / early 00s so stuff like Ed Edd and Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Invader Zim.
SpongeBob obviously, then Simpsons, Pokemon, Naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh, Danganronpa, Love Live, K-On, Shinryaku and a bunch of other animes.
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Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Ed Edd n Eddy, Codename: Kids Next Door, Spongebob, original Teen Titans, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, occasionally some live action sitcoms like Drake & Josh or iCarly. I know you said no anime but Naruto has probably had the most profound impact on my inner child. As an adult I also have learned an appreciation for Daria and Adventure Time.
As far as for a peek into Western culture? [To be continued]
I would also definitely want to hear from non-USian/non-Western comrades about their media which we in all likelihood would have never heard about, although I also know from some personal experience that many non-Western countries were washed in USian media and even were taught to covet it for good or for ill.
Bamse og Kylling
Me, being a 90’s boy, I loved Ninja Turtles, Arale, Street Sharks, Gojira, Luciéne and the Light Knights (or however it was called), Sylvan (a furry knockoff of the Zelda cartoon lmao), that cartoon about a dolphin from d’Ocon, Ranma, Slayers, Simpsons, Urusei Yatsura/Lamu and most important of all, Dragon Quest Dai no Daibouken.
A little further in time, I also loved Shin Chan , Cardcaptor Sakura, Digimon, Sailor Moon and Pokémon. Oh, and Medabots, Yu-Gi-Oh, Evangelion, Utena, Fushigi Yuugi, YuuYuu Hakusho, Slam Dunk, City Hunter, Neo Ranga, One Piece… All of this without knowing what internet was,and before my town gave cable tv for free to everyone of the citizens… Damn, I was already such a weeb lmao
Edit:I forgot to mention 90’s Spider-Man, 90’s Batman and motherfucking Gargoyles. Also Malcolm in the Middle was hilarious.
And I would have loved Mighty Max if it weren’t for my parents. Almost all of what I mentioned had to be seen hidden, because the brain damage of being in a cult considering almost everything as satanic, made it harder. Luckily, in this context, my father came late from work and I could see all those shows without concern.
Light Knights
The one with king Arthur and his knights with shields that could project holograms or something?
No it was about some space knights using drilling and cutting vehicles against monster plants that also fight with cutting and drilling vehicles. Like the ones for mining, building, etc.
Edit:which, thinking a little, it may be actually the same cartoon show
Ooh yeah I know what you mean, saw that too. It’s a different show, called something like Wheel Warriors or something
Oh, yeah! It was called Wheel Warriors in English, Luciene et le Chevalieres de la Lumiere in French… And in my town, either “Monstreplantes” or the French translation in Catalan.
Exosquad was a fantastic series.
