toons
Drawn moving figures
Toons is informal for cartoons—animated characters or the shows featuring them: Saturday morning toons, classic Looney Toons.
The word carries affection and nostalgia, evoking childhood entertainment.
In gaming, a toon is a player's character or avatar: I'm leveling up my toon.
Absorbent animated sea creature
- Mickey MouseCartoon rodent mascot
- Tom and JerryClassic animated adversaries
- SimpsonsAnimated TV family
- FlintstonesAnimated prehistoric suburban comedy
Bugs Bunny · Scooby-Doo · Jetsons · Futurama · Pokemon · Adventure Time · Teen Titans · Powerpuff Girls
Sixth day's early hours
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- retroEvoking recent past
- classicOf lasting excellence
- vintageQuality from past eras
throwback · Hanna-Barbera · Warner Bros · Nickelodeon · Disney · VHS · reruns · syndication
Exaggerated comic depiction
- parodySatirical imitation
- spoofComic exaggerated imitation
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
mockery · send-up · editorial · social commentary · South Park · Family Guy · Beavis and Butthead · satirical
Full of life, or drawn moving
- celTransparent sheet for cartoons
- storyboardPlanned visual sequence drawings
- keyframeFixed animation reference point
- animatorSequential image creator
frame-by-frame · 2D · 3D · rendering · tweening · rigging · stop-motion · claymation
SpongeBob
Absorbent animated sea creature
- Mickey MouseCartoon rodent mascot
- Tom and JerryClassic animated adversaries
- SimpsonsAnimated TV family
Bugs Bunny · Scooby-Doo · Flintstones · Jetsons · Futurama · Pokemon · Adventure Time · Teen Titans · Powerpuff Girls · DuckTales
Saturday morning
Sixth day's early hours
vintage · throwback · Hanna-Barbera · Warner Bros · Nickelodeon · Disney · VHS · reruns · syndication · after-school
caricature
Exaggerated comic depiction
exaggeration · mockery · send-up · editorial · social commentary · South Park · Family Guy · Beavis and Butthead · satirical · irreverent
animated
Full of life, or drawn moving
- celTransparent sheet for cartoons
- storyboardPlanned visual sequence drawings
- keyframeFixed animation reference point
animator · frame-by-frame · 2D · 3D · rendering · tweening · rigging · stop-motion · claymation · motion-capture
- animationanimation, animator, animators, animated films, animated series
- animated figurespuppet, puppets, marionette, marionettes, muppet
- loony toonSlang for crazy person
- looney toonsAbsurdly crazy behavior
- Tiny ToonsJuvenile animated spinoff series
cartoon, cartoons, cartoonist, toon, cartooning, cartoonists