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Muppet Babies (1984 TV series)
Muppet Babies (1984 TV series): CBS animated series, September 15, 1984 to 1991, 107 episodes, baby versions of Jim Henson's Muppets in imaginative nursery adventures; distinct from the 2018 CGI Disney Junior reboot.
My Dad the Rock Star
My Dad the Rock Star is a Canadian-French animated series created by KISS bassist Gene Simmons, following 12-year-old Willy Zilla, son of rock star Rock Zilla.
My Gym Partner's a Monkey
My Gym Partner's a Monkey is a Cartoon Network animated comedy (2005–2008) by Julie McNally Cahill and Tim Cahill about human boy Adam Lyon, mistakenly sent to an all-animal middle school after a Lyon-to-Lion clerical error, paired with Jake Spidermonkey.
My Life as a Teenage Robot
My Life as a Teenage Robot: American animated Nickelodeon series (2003–2009) by Rob Renzetti and Frederator Studios about robot girl Jenny Wakeman (XJ-9) balancing Earth-protection duties with teenage life in Tremorton; spun off from Oh Yeah! Cartoons.
My Little Pony: Forever Friendship
My Little Pony: Forever Friendship is Hasbro's upcoming animated YouTube series, announced July 24, 2026 at SDCC, premiering early 2027 with bi-weekly 9-minute episodes following Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, building on Friendship Is Magic (2010–2019).
Nanalan'
Nanalan' is a Canadian preschool puppet series by The Grogs' Jamie Shannon and Jason Hopley about Mona, Nana, and dog Russell, first airing 1998–1999 on YTV, later CBC and PBS, and revived virally on TikTok in 2023–2024.
Nature Cat
Nature Cat is a PBS KIDS animated series (premiered November 25, 2015) by Spiffy Pictures' Rudman brothers, following house cat Fred's outdoor adventures with Squeeks, Hal, Daisy, and Ronald for ages 3-8.
Nerds and Monsters
Nerds and Monsters, also known as Nerds & Monsters, is a Canadian animated children's series about nerdy students stranded on a monster island, aired on YTV from 2014 to 2016.
New Looney Tunes
New Looney Tunes, originally Wabbit – A Looney Tunes Production, is a 2015–2020 Warner Bros. Animation short-comedy series starring Bugs Bunny, renamed from season 2 in January 2017.
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan (你好，凯兰)
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan (你好，凯兰) is an American Nick Jr. animated preschool series (2007-2011, 2 seasons, 40 episodes) created by Karen Chau, teaching Mandarin and Chinese culture through five-year-old Kai-Lan and her animal friends.
Niko and the Sword of Light
Niko and the Sword of Light: Amazon Prime Video animated fantasy series (2017–2019), based on a 2013 Imaginism/StudioNX motion comic app; two seasons, 23 episodes, Emmy-winning pilot, showrunner Rob Hoegee.
Nina's World
Nina's World (2015-2018) is an animated Sprout preschool series, a prequel to The Good Night Show, following 6-year-old Nina, her toy Star, grandmother Abuelita (Rita Moreno), and trilingual English, Spanish, and ASL dialogue.
Ninjago: Dragons Rising
Ninjago: Dragons Rising, also LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising, is a 2023 LEGO Group animated series on Netflix continuing the Ninjago franchise after the Merge, with new heroes Arin, Sora, and Riyu, WildBrain Unreal Engine animation, and matching LEGO sets.
Numberblocks
Numberblocks: British CBeebies preschool animated series (2017–) by Joe Elliot and Blue Zoo teaching numeracy through block characters; BAFTA-winning, 150 episodes, part of the Blocks Universe franchise with Alphablocks and Colourblocks.
Octonauts
Octonauts is a preschool animated franchise created by Meomi (Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy), beginning with 2006 books and premiering on CBeebies October 4, 2010; produced by Brown Bag Films for Chorion and Silvergate Media, it follows Captain Barnacles' eight-animal crew rescuing sea creatures from the Octopod, with the Above & Beyond land spin-off.
Oddbods
Oddbods is a non-dialogue CGI slapstick comedy series created by Richard Thomas at Singapore's One Animation, following seven colorful characters (Fuse, Newt, Pogo, Bubbles, Jeff, Zee, Slick) in Oddsville; launched internationally in 2013, Emmy-nominated, broadcast in over 180 countries.
Oggy Oggy
Oggy Oggy is a French CGI preschool animated series by Xilam Animation, a spin-off of Oggy and the Cockroaches and Netflix's first French animated original, streaming on Netflix from August 24, 2021 to October 2023 in non-dialogue seven-minute episodes.
Oh Yeah! Cartoons
Oh Yeah! Cartoons is a 1998-2001 Nickelodeon animated anthology series created by Fred Seibert and produced by Frederator, an incubator of 99 shorts by 33 filmmakers that launched The Fairly OddParents, ChalkZone, and My Life as a Teenage Robot.
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, also OK K.O. or OK KO, is a Cartoon Network animated series by Ian Jones-Quartey (2017–2019, from the 2013 pilot Lakewood Plaza Turbo), set in year 201X at Gar's Bodega, with games by Double Stallion and Capybara Games.
Oobi (TV series)
Oobi is an American preschool TV series of bare-hand puppets created by Josh Selig for Noggin, airing 2000-2005 in three seasons, with an Iranian adaptation, Oobi: Dasdasi, in 2012.
Oswald (TV series)
Oswald (TV series), also called Oswald the Octopus, is a 2001-2003 Nick Jr. animated preschool show created by Dan Yaccarino about a blue octopus, his pet Weenie, and friends Henry and Daisy in Big City, with 26 episodes voiced by Fred Savage.
Over the Garden Wall
Over the Garden Wall is Patrick McHale's 2014 Cartoon Network animated miniseries, ten 11-minute episodes in which brothers Wirt and Greg are lost in the Unknown, winning Emmys and becoming a Halloween-season classic.
Ozzy & Drix
Ozzy & Drix (2002-2004) is an American animated Kids' WB series, spin-off of the film Osmosis Jones, following white blood cell Ozzy and cold pill Drix inside teen Hector Cruz, 26 episodes.
Pakdam Pakdai
Pakdam Pakdai (पकड़म पकड़ाई), internationally Rat-a-Tat, is an Indian Flash-animated slapstick chase comedy by Toonz Animation for Nickelodeon India, premiered 27 May 2013, starring Doggy Don versus the mice Chhotu, Motu, and Lambu.
Pat & Mat
Pat & Mat (Pat a Mat) is a Czechoslovak silent stop-motion slapstick series created by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek, first shown in 1976 as Kuťáci, about two clumsy handymen whose repairs backfire, ending in their handshake.
PB&J Otter
PB&J Otter (also PB and J Otter) is a Disney Channel animated preschool series created by Jim Jinkins, airing 1998–2000 with 65 episodes about otter siblings Peanut, Jelly, and Baby Butter of Lake Hoohaw and their Noodle Dance.
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero is a Disney XD animated action-comedy (2014–2017, two seasons) created by Jared Bush and Sam Levine, starring Thomas Middleditch as a boy who zaps to other dimensions as a part-time hero with friends Boone and Sashi against the villain Rippen.
Penny Crayon
Penny Crayon is a 1989 British animated BBC One children's series created by Peter Maddocks: schoolgirl Penny's magic crayons bring her drawings to life, voiced by Su Pollard and Peter Hawkins in 12 ten-minute episodes (1989-1990), distinct from Harold and the Purple Crayon and Penny's Pencil.
Pepper Ann
Pepper Ann (1997–2000) is a Disney animated series created by Sue Rose about 12-year-old Pepper Ann Pearson, voiced by Kathleen Wilhoite, on ABC's One Saturday Morning; five seasons, 65 episodes, now on Disney+.
Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb: Disney Channel animated comedy by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (2007-2015, revived 2025) about stepbrothers' summer inventions, Perry the Platypus, and Dr. Doofenshmirtz; five Emmys, 650 million Disney+ hours.