What cartoons are similar to MLP:FiM?

[GuillermoGage 246]

I'm thinking shows with an ensemble cast; that means no emphasis on one protagonist and more screentime for other characters who are all legitimate friends.

 

I've got Disney/ABC's Recess and Winnie-the-Pooh.

 

When you think about it, Winnie-the-Pooh is surprisingly thematically similar to My Little Pony, maybe even the franchise as a whole.

 

I'm also thinking Little Bear and Franklin the Turtle.

 

Let's face it, even though it defined the 2000's just as our series might come to define the 2010's, the only real connection something like SpongeBob SquarePants has to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is the 

speedy rise to fame, and that for young adults who witnessed SpongeBob degrade from it's glory days, this show is a new show with a different flavor.

[MorningFlash 214]

Littlest Pet Shop is pretty similar, hell it even has the same voice actors for some characters. It started pretty recently and it also airs on the Hub after MLP on Saturdays

[Loriem 639]

Hmm, well, for awhile there was a time I completely gave up on Cartoon Network, Disney, and Nickelodeon. 

 

The ONLY reason I really decided to give most shows on their channels a shot is because I heard about the Hub being formed, and a new family channel seamed neat. 

 

So, shows I have come to like that are RUNNING, include Gravity Falls, Adventure Time, Regular show, Dan VS, occasionally pound puppies when nothing else is on, and a few more that I watch on occasion.

 

Now, shows over the years, well, this one seams obvious, but Fosters home for Imaginary friends was similar. Then I can compare "Avatar", based on the personalities, but not storyline in much of a way.

 

... I will think of more later, give me time.

[GuillermoGage 246]

Littlest Pet Shop is pretty similar, hell it even has the same voice actors for some characters. It started pretty recently and it also airs on the Hub after MLP on Saturdays

Of course, I know all about that! I've been following it since the premiere.

 

 I'm just thinking, I am finding it hard to even come up with more than four examples of shows that star five or six characters, preferably talking animals, that get somewhat shared amounts of screentime and episodes dedicated to them, in a show that has a "lesson of the week" format and decent messages.

 

Because 1990s Nicktoons,  the past ten years of Nickelodeon, and pretty much the entire history of Cartoon Network didn't have those kind of shows. They were zany and crazy and creepy, and/or focused on a starring protagonist.

 

I can't even come up with anything on Kids WB from it's glory days.

 

Adventure Time and SpongeBob are totally different breeds from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. They are meant to inspire different forms of being entertained.

[mycarhasaMoustache 449]

Iv been thinking about this post for about and hour or so now and I cant think of anything that is like mlp its pretty unique.  yeap

[GuillermoGage 246]

Iv been thinking about this post for about and hour or so now and I cant think of anything that is like mlp its pretty unique.  yeap

Dang right. There is nothing quite like it on TV right now, and as a result it is pretty much the only TV thing I've been into all year, with the exception of giving Littlest Pet Shop a chance.

[Zenoctilles 102]

I would say that Rugrats is perhaps most similar to MLP: FiM. There are multiple protagonists, morals featured in certain episodes, etc. 

[khaine21x3 789]

Of course, I know all about that! I've been following it since the premiere.

 

 I'm just thinking, I am finding it hard to even come up with more than four examples of shows that star five or six characters, preferably talking animals, that get somewhat shared amounts of screentime and episodes dedicated to them, in a show that has a "lesson of the week" format and decent messages.

 

Because 1990s Nicktoons,  the past ten years of Nickelodeon, and pretty much the entire history of Cartoon Network didn't have those kind of shows. They were zany and crazy and creepy, and/or focused on a starring protagonist.

 

I can't even come up with anything on Kids WB from it's glory days.

 

Adventure Time and SpongeBob are totally different breeds from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. They are meant to inspire different forms of being entertained.

 

Animaniacs?

 

Spongebob seems to be catered to adults with innuendos and subtle political preaching as well as the stereotypes.Adventure time turned from being some crazy random show to being more mature and less random.

[Bari 7,023]

Does anyone remember Hamtaro? It is a bit like MLP. It's about talking hamsters (but they only talk hamster language of course), and they went on adventures, and were good friends to one another.

[Dusty Soul 2,611]

I was thinking Winnie the Pooh...  It is amazing how similar it is to MLP.  The only other one I can think of is Avatar: the last airbender for the fact that it was a good triumphs evil story with multiple main characters.

[GuillermoGage 246]

Does anyone remember Hamtaro? It is a bit like MLP. It's about talking hamsters (but they only talk hamster language of course), and they went on adventures, and were good friends to one another.

I watched I think one episode of Hamtaro when it was on like way early in the morning or something.

 

All I remember is that there was a young girl human character who was hurriedly getting undressed and redressed and the pet hamsters would watch.

 

And then there was a show that was on at 6:00 a.m. on Saturdays before the Kid's WB block called Tama and Friends. It was about cats. And "Who said cats and dogs can't get along?"

[Winona the Dog 1,984]

Does anyone remember Hamtaro?

 

Oh hell yeah i remember that show It use to come on right after i cam home after school. Come to think of it your right the animation is a little different but it all holds that sweet and innocent felling MLP has

Edited November 29, 2012 by ~Chaotic Harmony~