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May 22, 10:30 AM
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This is probably unusual for my experience, but I had a friend when I was 4 or 5 who was the same age as me and he was a big fan of Futurama. It was one of his favorite shows, even though it was an adult show and he was preschool aged. He had all the DVDs. He also liked The Simpsons as well
May 22, 12:36 PM
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My parents often had Family Guy on when I was around 5-7, and I remember being enthralled by the scene where Peter sings "Surfin' Bird", but they stopped watching it around my sister and me as much after my sister and I burst into laughter at a scene where Jesus is at the Griffins' dinner table and, at Peter's request, makes Lois' breasts begin to inflate in size.
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May 22, 3:23 PM
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I don't think there was all that many adult cartoons to be found really. I would sometimes watch Spitting Image and Crapston Villas when I was pretty young, later South Park and that's about all I can remember?
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Yes I remember watching The Simpsons and King of the Hill a couple of times, I didn't like them as much as any of the other kids cartoons I was watching at the time though.
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I watched Happy Tree Friends as a child... Without my parents knowing of course. I was banned from watching shows like The Simpsons so my parents would have lost their minds if they found out i had been watching gory cartoons lmao
May 23, 7:04 AM
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Well only Simpsons not big fan of adult cartoon.
May 23, 7:26 AM
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I've been watching The Simpsons since I was 5 and Family Guy and South Park since I was 7.
May 23, 5:08 PM
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I started watching South Park when I was around 11 or so. Didn't grasp all the sociopolitical nuances but the broader stuff like the inventive cussing and toilet humour were like crack to me.
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I watched Drawn Together way too young. Also I think Happy Tree Friends gave me nightmares for a year. I think because of those I don't seek out dark anime.
May 24, 6:29 PM
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Can't remember how old I was but I did used to try and sneak in an episode of Beavis and Butthead and Aeon Flux via MTV back in the '90s.
May 25, 12:39 PM

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I remember watching snippets of The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy and Futurama as a child, but i don't think i ever watched a full episode before i was like 12 years old.
Jun 16, 11:37 PM

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I feel like everyone has, not that I encourage it. I grew up watching South Park with my dad and younger brother, along with The Simpsons although that's tamer.


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My parents used to show me family guy when I was a toddler and I used to watch south park compilations on YouTube when I was like 7 or 8
Jun 27, 10:27 PM

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Everyone snuck Adult Swim behind their parents' backs at my first elementary school.

Family Guy was probably the one discussed most.
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Aug 16, 7:41 AM

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I haven't, mostly because I didn't have the access to them. I've seen some scenes from The Simpsons as a kid and that's pretty much it.

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Aug 22, 4:49 PM

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Yes. I watched Adult Swim as far back when it launched. And even before that I did watch Space Ghost in the 90s with my older brother and mom as a kid. But as a kid in the 90s there weren't a lot of options on tv for adult cartoons until Adult Swim came around.
Aug 28, 9:56 AM

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Just the Simpsons when I was maybe 8. It didn't feel that adult really.

Anime wise I saw part of Ghost in the Shell when I was like 9 I think. I had missed most of it.
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Aug 28, 10:32 AM

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Might as well cross-post this here, since it's relevant.
Daviljoe193 said:
My parents did a really good job of stopping me from seeing things I shouldn't have seen... then one night, I woke up.

I turned on the TV.

Channel 60.

I really loved this, despite how wildly out of the intended demographic I was (Being around 10 years old, I think).
Aug 28, 10:15 PM
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Might as well cross-post this here, since it's relevant.
Daviljoe193 said:
My parents did a really good job of stopping me from seeing things I shouldn't have seen... then one night, I woke up.

I turned on the TV.

Channel 60.

I really loved this, despite how wildly out of the intended demographic I was (Being around 10 years old, I think).
@Daviljoe193 Lol I loved boondocks, although season 4 was terrible 😞.

Promo was better than the season.

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Of course. Ren & Stimpy, Beavis & Butthead, Heavy Metal (original and 2000), ...
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Growing up my dad, my brother and I would all watch South Park, old episodes and new. This started when I was in elementary school, so definitely not when I should have been watching it. My whole family also watched the Treehouse of Horror Simpsons episodes every Halloween.


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