50 Fun Facts About 2010s Cartoons

In Adventure Time, Finn's best friend and adoptive brother Jake is what kind of animal?

Jake can stretch and change shape at will; the pair live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo.

Adventure Time's Land of Ooo was ravaged a thousand years before the show by which cataclysm?

The nuclear war is glimpsed in flashbacks and gives the candy-coloured world its dark undertone.

Which network passed on Adventure Time after its 2007 short went viral?

The pilot had aired on Nicktoons as part of Frederator's Random! Cartoons.

Regular Show's Mordecai and Rigby are what two animals?

The 23-year-old slackers work as park groundskeepers alongside Skips the immortal yeti; the show ran from 2010 to 2017.

Gravity Falls twins Dipper and Mabel spend the summer helping their Grunkle Stan run what?

The town is in Oregon and creator Alex Hirsch voices Stan himself.

Gravity Falls ended after two seasons in 2016. Whose decision was that?

The show won two Emmys, three Annies and a BAFTA Children's Award; its villain Bill Cipher is a one-eyed yellow triangle in a top hat.

Rebecca Sugar resigned as storyboard artist on which show to make Steven Universe?

She had been a storyboard artist there; the pitch was picked for development in 2011.

Steven Universe lives with the Crystal Gems in which fictional town?

Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl are voiced by Estelle, Michaela Dietz and Deedee Magno Hall.

In The Amazing World of Gumball, Gumball Watterson is a blue cat. What is his adoptive brother Darwin?

The show is famous for mixing 2D, CGI, puppetry, stop motion and live-action backgrounds in the same scene.

Bluey, which premiered in Australia in October 2018, is what breed of dog?

Her parents are Bandit and Chilli and her little sister is Bingo; the show won a Peabody in 2024.

Bluey is produced by Ludo Studio in which Australian state?

It was commissioned jointly by the ABC and the BBC, and reached the US on Disney Junior.

In The Loud House, how many children are in Lincoln Loud's family?

Lincoln is the middle child and only boy; the town of Royal Woods is based on creator Chris Savino's home town of Royal Oak, Michigan.

Rick and Morty airs on which Cartoon Network programming block?

Adult Swim cut ties with co-creator Justin Roiland in 2023 and recast his two lead roles.

A Rick and Morty joke brought which discontinued McDonald's item back to menus in 2018?

The season 3 premiere referenced the 1998 Mulan promotional sauce, and the first limited return caused near-riots.

BoJack Horseman is a washed-up star of what?

Will Arnett voices him; the Netflix show ran 77 episodes from 2014 to 2020.

Bob's Burgers premiered on Fox in January 2011. What are the names of the three Belcher children?

Creator Loren Bouchard developed it after his earlier show Home Movies.

Phineas and Ferb try to make the most of how many days of summer vacation?

The stepbrothers live in Danville in an unspecified tri-state area; the show returned in 2025 after a decade away.

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic attracted a famous adult male fanbase known as what?

Hasbro chose animator Lauren Faust to lead the show, which aired on The Hub from 2010 to 2019.

Which studious pony is the lead character of Friendship Is Magic, with a dragon assistant named Spike?

The six main ponies are collectively the Mane Six.

PAW Patrol's rescue pups are led by a boy named what?

The Canadian series protects Adventure Bay; the concept began as a Spin Master transforming-truck toy prototype in 2010.

PAW Patrol was created by Keith Chapman, who had earlier created which building-site hero?

The show premiered on Nick Jr. in the US in August 2013.

Teen Titans Go! (2013) is a comedic spin-off based on which publisher's superhero team?

The animation was outsourced to Copernicus Studios and Bardel Entertainment in Canada.

The Legend of Korra is set how many years after Avatar: The Last Airbender?

It ran 52 chapters across four books from 2012 to 2014, with the last episodes of Book Three streamed online rather than broadcast.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil was the first series on Disney XD to be created by a woman. Who created it?

Her heroine, Star Butterfly, is voiced by Eden Sher; Doc McStuffins and Pepper Ann were the only earlier Disney TV cartoons created by women.

We Bare Bears follows three bear brothers trying to fit into human life where?

Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear started in Daniel Chong's webcomic The Three Bare Bears.

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir is set in which city?

Marinette and Adrien fight villains created by Hawk Moth; the French show was co-produced with Toei Animation.

Sofia the First becomes a princess how?

Ariel Winter voices Sofia, who talks to animals through a magic amulet.

Doc McStuffins, which ran on Disney Junior from 2012 to 2020, is about a girl who does what?

The Brown Bag Films series was praised for its concept and its portrayal of an African American girl doctor.

The 2017 DuckTales reboot follows Scrooge McDuck and family in which city?

The Carl Barks comics were the original source for both the 1987 series and the reboot.

Who voices Wirt, the elder half-brother, in the 2014 miniseries Over the Garden Wall?

It won the 2015 Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program and grew out of Patrick McHale's short Tome of the Unknown.

On Infinity Train, passengers move from car to car by doing what?

Each season is a 'Book' with a new passenger; the train stretches endlessly across a barren wasteland.

Amphibia's Anne Boonchuy is transported to a world of frogs after stealing what on her birthday?

The Thai-American girl is voiced by Brenda Song; the show ran on Disney Channel from 2019 to 2022.

Which Gravity Falls creator voices a character in The Owl House?

Dana Terrace created the show, which ran on Disney Channel from January 2020 to April 2023.

Hilda, the blue-haired heroine of the Netflix series, has what kind of pet?

She and her mother Johanna move to the city of Trolberg after a giant destroys their house.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018-2020) was a reboot of a series from which decade?

ND Stevenson developed the Netflix reboot of the 1985 Filmation original; Adora leads a rebellion against Hordak.

Voltron: Legendary Defender rebooted a franchise itself adapted from which Japanese anime?

The Netflix series mixed anime-style 2D animation with CGI for the robot fights.

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia was created by which Oscar-winning film director?

Anton Yelchin recorded enough dialogue for two seasons before his death in 2016.

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts follows a girl exploring a post-apocalyptic surface after fleeing where?

The DreamWorks and Studio Mir series was adapted from Radford Sechrist's 2015 webcomic.

Which 2015 Disney Junior series about the cub Kion was the second TV spin-off from The Lion King?

It began with the TV film Return of the Roar in November 2015.

Elena of Avalor, which premiered in 2016, was notable as Disney's first what?

Aimee Carrero voices Elena; the show ran 77 episodes and was praised for its Latin music and traditions.

Wander Over Yonder, about a nomad helping planets resist Lord Hater, was created by the maker of which cartoons?

It premiered on Disney Channel in August 2013 before moving to Disney XD.

Uncle Grandpa, the surreal Cartoon Network comedy of 2013 to 2017, was a spin-off of what?

Both trace back to Peter Browngardt's short in The Cartoonstitute.

Sonic Boom, the 2014 Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon, was notable as the first Sonic series to be what?

It was the fifth animated Sonic series overall.

Regular Show won a Primetime Emmy for which season 3 episode?

The episode centres on Rigby's attempt to eat a giant omelette to win a hat.

How many Primetime Emmy Awards did Adventure Time win over its run?

Some episodes drew more than three million viewers, and it also won a Peabody.

How many Emmys for Outstanding Animated Program had Rick and Morty won by the end of 2025?

The wins came in 2018 and 2020 from three nominations.

Bob's Burgers' premiere 'Human Flesh' was Fox's highest-rated series debut that season. How many viewers did it draw?

Early reviews were mixed but the show became a long-running staple of Fox's Sunday line-up.

Craig of the Creek was co-created by two writers from which earlier Cartoon Network show?

Matt Burnett and Ben Levin were writers on Steven Universe; the pilot debuted online in December 2017.

Which cartoon's characters are animated in deliberately clashing styles, mixing puppetry, stop motion and Flash?

Ben Bocquelet's show is set in the city of Elmore.

The Legend of Korra's final episodes of Book Three were released how?

The move followed early leaks; the series ended in December 2014 and continued as comics.