Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon facts for kids
The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon is a special award given out every year at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Kids get to vote for their favorite animated TV show! This award celebrates the cartoons that kids love the most.
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Cartoons of the 1990s
The 1990s were an exciting time for cartoons, and the Kids' Choice Awards started celebrating them!
In 1995, Doug won the first-ever Favorite Cartoon award. It was also the first time a Nicktoon (a cartoon made by Nickelodeon) won this award. Other shows nominated that year included Aladdin and Animaniacs.
Rugrats became a huge winner, starting in 1996. It won the Favorite Cartoon award for six years in a row!
- 1996: Rugrats won. Other nominees included Animaniacs, Doug, and The Simpsons.
- 1997: Rugrats won again.
- 1998: Rugrats won for the third time. Hey Arnold! was nominated for the first time.
- 1999: Rugrats won for the fourth time. Its movie, The Rugrats Movie, also won "Favorite Movie" that year!
Cartoons of the 2000s
The new millennium brought more amazing cartoons and new winners!
Rugrats continued its winning streak into the 2000s:
- 2000: Rugrats won for the fifth time in a row. Pokémon was nominated, marking the first time an anime show was up for this award.
- 2001: Rugrats won for the sixth time in a row.
In 2002, The Simpsons finally won the award after many nominations. This was a big moment because it was the first time a non-Nicktoon won! Rugrats was nominated but didn't win this year.
Then came SpongeBob SquarePants, which started its incredible winning journey:
- 2003: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the first time. Its video game, SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, also won "Favorite Video Game."
- 2004: SpongeBob SquarePants won again.
- 2005: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the third time.
- 2006: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the fourth time.
- 2007: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the fifth time in a row.
In 2008, Avatar: The Last Airbender won the award. This was its only win and nomination, making it a special moment. SpongeBob SquarePants was nominated but didn't win this year.
SpongeBob SquarePants returned to win in 2009, starting another long winning streak.
Cartoons of the 2010s
The 2010s were mostly dominated by one very popular cartoon!
SpongeBob SquarePants continued its amazing winning streak:
- 2010: SpongeBob SquarePants won.
- 2011: SpongeBob SquarePants won again.
- 2012: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the ninth time overall.
- 2013: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the tenth time overall.
- 2014: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the eleventh time. Patrick Star also won "Favorite Animated Animal Sidekick."
- 2015: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the twelfth time.
- 2016: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the thirteenth time.
- 2017: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the fourteenth time.
- 2018: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the fifteenth time.
- 2019: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the sixteenth time.
Throughout this decade, many other popular cartoons were nominated, including Phineas and Ferb, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teen Titans Go!, and The Loud House.
Cartoons of the 2020s
The 2020s have seen SpongeBob SquarePants continue its winning streak, along with new and returning nominees.
SpongeBob SquarePants kept winning:
- 2020: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the seventeenth time.
- 2021: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the eighteenth time.
- 2022: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the nineteenth time. It also received its 20th nomination!
- 2023: SpongeBob SquarePants won for the twentieth time.
For the 2024, SpongeBob SquarePants is nominated again for its 22nd time! Interestingly, SpongeBob and Patrick will be hosting the ceremony this year. Other nominees include The Loud House, The Simpsons, Teen Titans Go!, Monster High, and Big City Greens.
Most Wins
Here are the cartoons that have won the Favorite Cartoon award the most times:
20 Wins
- SpongeBob SquarePants
6 Wins
1 Win
- Doug
- The Simpsons
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
Most Nominations
These cartoons have been nominated for the Favorite Cartoon award many times:
22 Times
- SpongeBob SquarePants
18 Times
- The Simpsons
10 Times
8 Times
- Rugrats (original series)
- Phineas and Ferb
- The Loud House
7 Times
6 Times
5 Times
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Overall franchise)
3 Times
2 Times
- CatDog
- Doug
- Ed, Edd n Eddy
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
- The Penguins of Madagascar
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
- Adventure Time
- The Boss Baby: Back in Business
- Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
- The Smurfs
1 Time
- Aladdin
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- King of the Hill
- Men in Black: The Series
- Pokémon
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Scooby-Doo
- Kim Possible
- The Proud Family
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
- Tom and Jerry
- Gravity Falls
- Ninjago
- Steven Universe
- Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar
- Looney Tunes Cartoons
- Rugrats (2021)
- Big City Greens
- Monster High
Bold: This cartoon has won the award at least once before.
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Show Animado Favorito para niños
