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Children's animated adventure and fantasy series

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Bunsen Is a Beast

Bunsen Is a Beast: 2017 Butch Hartman Nicktoon on Nickelodeon about a blue beast, the first at Muckledunk Middle School, befriending human Mikey Munroe; premiered February 21, 2017, ran one season, IMDb 4.0.

Caillou

Caillou: Canadian animated preschool series (Teletoon, 1997; PBS Kids, 2000) based on Chouette books by L'Heureux and Desputeaux, about a bald four-year-old; retired by PBS in 2021, rebooted on Peacock in 2024.

Camp Lazlo

Camp Lazlo is an American Cartoon Network animated series created by Joe Murray that ran from 2005 to 2008, following Bean Scout Lazlo and bunkmates Raj and Clam at Camp Kidney under Scoutmaster Lumpus.

Carl the Collector

Carl the Collector is a PBS KIDS animated series premiering November 14, 2024, created by Zachariah OHora. It follows Carl, an autistic raccoon collector in Fuzzytown, the network's first autistic lead, with autistic friends Lotta and Paolo.

Cars on the Road

Cars on the Road is Pixar's 2022 Disney+ animated series in which Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) road-trip east from Radiator Springs to Mater's sister's wedding; nine 10-minute episodes premiered September 8, 2022.

CatDog

CatDog is a Nickelodeon Nicktoon animated series created by Peter Hannan about conjoined cat-and-dog brothers in Nearburg, voiced by Jim Cummings and Tom Kenny, premiering in 1998.

ChalkZone

ChalkZone is a 2002 Nickelodeon animated series by Larry Huber and Bill Burnett about Rudy Tabootie, whose magic chalk lets him enter a world of living erased chalk drawings, with Snap and Penny; grew from an Oh Yeah! Cartoons short.

Charlotte's Web (2025 TV series)

Charlotte's Web (2025) is a three-part animated HBO Max miniseries adapting E.B. White's 1952 novel, produced by Sesame Workshop with Guru Studio, showrunner Luke Matheny, director Yurie Rocha, starring Amy Adams as Charlotte and Elijah Wood as adult Wilbur, premiered October 2, 2025.

Chhota Bheem (छोटा भीम)

Chhota Bheem (छोटा भीम) is an Indian animated series created by Rajiv Chilaka at Green Gold Animation, premiering on Pogo in April 2008. Set in Dholakpur, it became India's top-selling animation property, with films, Netflix's Mighty Little Bheem spin-off, and Rs 200 crore in merchandise.

Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life

Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life (also Tic et Tac in France) is a Disney+ non-verbal 2D slapstick animated series by Xilam Animation, directed by Jean Cayrol, produced by Marc du Pontavice, premiering July 28, 2021, with two seasons through May 2024.

Chorlton and the Wheelies

Chorlton and the Wheelies: British stop-motion children's series by Cosgrove Hall for Thames Television, ITV, 1976-1979. Happiness dragon Chorlton foils the witch Fenella in Wheelie World; about 40 episodes.

Chowder (TV series)

Chowder is a Cartoon Network animated comedy by C.H. Greenblatt (2007-2011, 3 seasons) about a young apprentice chef in Marzipan City; it won one Emmy and ended with the finale Chowder Grows Up.

City Island (TV series)

City Island is a 2022 PBS Kids series of 3-minute animated shorts by Aaron Augenblick's Future Brain Media, following Watt the light bulb and Windy the kite through civics lessons in a living city of sentient objects.

Clangers

Clangers is a British stop-motion children's series by Smallfilms (Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin), first aired on BBC1 in 1969, about pink knitted moon-dwelling creatures who speak in whistles; revived on CBeebies in 2015 narrated by Michael Palin.

Clarence (American TV series)

Clarence is a Cartoon Network animated comedy created by former Adventure Time storyboard artist Skyler Page, premiering April 14, 2014. It follows optimistic nine-year-old Clarence Wendle and friends Jeff and Sumo in suburban Aberdale, Arizona, running three seasons to 2016.

Class of 3000

Class of 3000: Cartoon Network animated musical comedy (2006-2008) created by André 3000 and Tom Lynch, starring Sunny Bridges, a retired superstar teaching music at Atlanta's Westley School for the Performing Arts, with a new original song each episode.

Cleopatra in Space

Cleopatra in Space: DreamWorks animated sci-fi comedy series (2020-2021, Peacock, 3 seasons, 26 episodes) based on Mike Maihack's graphic novels, about teen Cleopatra training at P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. Academy in a cat-ruled future galaxy.

Cocomelon Lane

Cocomelon Lane is a Netflix animated preschool series that premiered November 17, 2023, the first dialogue-driven CoComelon spin-off from Moonbug Entertainment, following JJ and friends Cody, CeCe, Nina, Bella, and Nico through childhood milestones.

Code Lyoko

Code Lyoko: French animated sci-fi series (2003–2007) by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo, produced by Antefilms/Moonscoop for France 3 and Canal J; students fight the AI X.A.N.A. in the virtual world Lyoko using 2D/3D parallel animation; sequels Evolution (2012) and a 2026-announced season 5.

Codename: Kids Next Door

Codename: Kids Next Door is an American animated series created by Tom Warburton. It ran on Cartoon Network from 2002 to 2008, following children who fight adult oppression.

Colourblocks

Colourblocks is a British CBeebies preschool animated series (2022) by Blue Zoo and Blocks Universe Ltd, the third Blocks show after Alphablocks and Numberblocks, teaching colour recognition, mixing, and colour theory through characters in Colourland.

Courage the Cowardly Dog

Courage the Cowardly Dog (おくびょうなカーレッジくん) is John R. Dilworth's Cartoon Network comedy-horror series (1999–2002, four seasons, 104 episodes) about a pink dog protecting Muriel and Eustace Bagge in Nowhere, Kansas; it grew from the Oscar-nominated short The Chicken from Outer Space and is known for mixed-media horror imagery.

Craig of the Creek

Craig of the Creek is an American animated television series created by Matt Burnett and Ben Levin for Cartoon Network, following 10-year-old Craig Williams and friends exploring a kid-dominated creek.

Creative Galaxy

Creative Galaxy is an Amazon Studios animated preschool series created by Angela Santomero (Blue's Clues), premiering June 27, 2014 on Prime Instant Video; alien artist Arty and Epiphany solve problems with art across three seasons.

Curses! (TV series)

Curses! is a DreamWorks Animation animated spooky adventure comedy for kids on Apple TV+, premiered October 27, 2023. Created by Jim Cooper and Jeff Dixon, it follows the Vanderhouven family returning stolen artifacts to lift a curse that turned Alex to stone; two seasons, 20 episodes, ended 2024.

Cyberchase

Cyberchase is a PBS KIDS animated math education series premiering January 21, 2002, produced by Thirteen/WNET and Nelvana. The CyberSquad (Jackie, Matt, Inez, Digit) uses math to stop Hacker; includes For Real segments and NSF-backed research.

Danger & Eggs

Danger & Eggs is an Amazon Prime Video animated kids comedy (2017) created by Mike Owens and Shadi Petosky, starring Aidy Bryant as daredevil D.D. Danger and Eric Knobel as Phillip, a cautious talking egg; noted for LGBTQ representation and a 2018 Daytime Emmy.

Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)

Danger Mouse (1981 TV series): British Cosgrove Hall animated spy spoof for Thames Television/ITV, 1981-1992, 161 episodes, voiced by David Jason and Terry Scott; 2015 CBBC reboot followed.

Danger Mouse (2015 TV series)

Danger Mouse (2015 TV series), CBBC reboot of the 1981 British cartoon, ran 2015–2019 with Alexander Armstrong as Danger Mouse, Kevin Eldon as Penfold, animated by Boulder Media, Dublin; CBBC's highest rated 2015 animated launch.

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is a 2012 PBS KIDS animated preschool series from Fred Rogers Productions, starring 4-year-old Daniel Tiger, son of Daniel Striped Tiger, in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe; it teaches social-emotional skills through strategy songs and has run eight seasons.