The Best TV Shows on Nicktoons

Every Nicktoons Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Premiering in 1998 and 2000, Oh Yeah! Cartoons and As Told by Ginger are among Nicktoons’s most celebrated shows. As of April 2026, our compilation of Nicktoons’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows. Nicktoons has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1998 and as recent as 2021.

  • Oh Yeah! Cartoons
    Oh Yeah! Cartoons (1998)8.6

    Oh Yeah! Cartoons was an American animation showcase that appeared on the Nickelodeon cable channel. Oh Yeah! was an animation project guided by Fred Seibert, former Creative Director of MTV Networks and President of Hanna-Barbera. Produced by Frederator Studios, it ran as part of Nickelodeon's Nicktoons lineup, and in its second season, was hosted by Kenan Thompson of All That and Kenan & Kel fame; Then later by Josh Server, from All That, for its third season. Bill Burnett composed the show's theme music. Oh Yeah! Cartoons was distributed by Nelvana outside of the United States.

  • Invader ZIM
    Invader ZIM (2001)8.5

    Zim dreams of greatness. Unfortunately, though, he's hopelessly inept as a space invader. Desperate to be rid of the annoying Zim, his planet's leaders send him on a mission to infiltrate Earth, providing him with leftover, cobbled-together equipment. To their consternation, Zim succeeds in setting up a base on Earth and infiltrating human culture, posing as a human child as he plots the planet's downfall. Only Zim's archnemesis, Dib, recognizes that Zim is an alien, and of course, nobody believes Dib's claims.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)8.3

    The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in an all-new animated series on Nickelodeon! Surfacing topside for the first time on their fifteenth birthday, the titular turtles, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, find that life out of the sewers isn't exactly what they thought it would be. Now the turtles must work together as a team to take on new enemies that arise to take over New York City.

  • Huntik: Secrets & Seekers
    Huntik: Secrets & Seekers (2009)8.1

    Huntik: Secrets & Seekers is an Italian/American animated television series, begun in 2009, created and directed by Iginio Straffi. It was a co-production between Big Bocca Productions, a company owned by Richard McWilliam, CEO and owner of Upper Deck and Rainbow S.p.A. It acts like one of the spin-offs to the Winx Club series. All of the show's designs, animation and visual style were created in Italy, while the scriptwriting and original voice recording were done in the United States. It aired on The CW4Kids at 11:30am Eastern Standard Time on Saturdays. In Europe, the series used to air on Disney XD, and on CITV. In India, the series' first season aired on Disney XD in 2010. The series premiered on January 3, 2009, with one episode in the US and the first four episodes in Europe, making Jetix the home for premieres beyond the first episode. It was revealed in a magazine with the new season of the Winx Club, that the second season of Huntik would air in fall 2012 in the US. However, the second season began airing in the spring of 2012 in UK on CITV & Australia on channel eleven. The first season was released on DVD by Anime Works in 2010.

  • Monsuno
    Monsuno (2012)8.0

    Monsuno hurtled through space before man existed. Upon burning through the planet's atmosphere and crashing to Earth, they brought chaos and the extinction of the dinosaurs. Over millions of years, the Monsuno essence slowly disappeared as it dropped deeper and deeper below the planet’s surface, until a scientist named Jeredy Suno at the secret government agency found a way to bring them back and control. He took his research and vanished, but not before he left his only son a special gift.

  • El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
    El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2007)7.8

    The daily adventures of a 12 year old Mexican superhero dealing with bizarre enemies, as well as his own superhero father and villain grandfather.

  • Rabbids Invasion
    Rabbids Invasion (2013)7.7

    The Rabbids are back in their new tv show. The rabbids discovers new things and learn what they do. But that they don't know is that they are curious.

  • The Fairly OddParents
    The Fairly OddParents (2001)7.6

    The zany, fast-paced adventures of a 10-year-old boy and his fairy godparents, who inadvertently create havoc as they grant wishes for their pint-sized charge.

  • Bravest Warriors
    Bravest Warriors (2012)7.6

    In the year 3085, Chris, Beth, Wallow and Danny, four teenage heroes-for-hire, warp through the universe to save adorable aliens and their worlds using the power of their emotions.

  • My Life as a Teenage Robot
    My Life as a Teenage Robot (2002)7.4

    Jenny, aka XJ-9, is a super-powered robot with a super-sensitive teenage heart. Her primary function is protecting the planet from disaster, but – like all teenagers – she has her own ideas about how she would like to live her life. Bored with being a superhero, Jenny wants to do something really exciting – like go to high school!

  • Random! Cartoons
    Random! Cartoons (2008)7.3

    Random! Cartoons is a spin-off of the Nickelodeon animation showcase Oh Yeah! Cartoons. Produced by Frederator Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studios for the Nicktoons Network, it premiered on December 6, 2008.

  • Iron Man: Armored Adventures
    Iron Man: Armored Adventures (2009)7.3

    As Iron Man, teenage child prodigy Tony Stark uses his technological inventions to fight various similarly technologically advanced threats. His friends, James "Rhodey" Rhodes and Pepper Potts, help him on his courageous and dangerous adventures.

  • T.U.F.F. Puppy
    T.U.F.F. Puppy (2010)7.3

    In the fictional city of Petropolis dog Dudley Puppy works as a spy for the organization T.U.F.F. (Turbo Undercover Fighting Force). Together with his partner, a cat named Kitty Katswell, Dudley works to protect Petropolis.

  • Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018)7.3

    Rise up! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles get an all-new look, new weapons, and awesome new powers! Join the legendary heroes, Raph, Leo, Donnie and Mikey as these brothers discover a Hidden City beneath New York, learn amazing mystic ninja skills, battle absurd mutants… and always find time for a slice of their favorite pizza! Cowabunga!

  • Rugrats
    Rugrats (2021)6.9

    A reinvention of the beloved 90s cartoon, Rugrats follows a group of adventurous babies as they discover the big world around them. Lead by Tommy Pickles, this toddler crew explores the world from their pint-sized and wildly imaginative perspective.

  • As Told by Ginger
    As Told by Ginger (2000)6.8

    As Told by Ginger focuses on middle schooler Ginger Foutley who, with her friends, tries to become more than a social geek.

  • Kappa Mikey
    Kappa Mikey (2006)6.3

    Kappa Mikey is an American animated sitcom created by Larry Schwarz, who chose 4Kids Entertainment as the worldwide licensing, marketing and official promotional agent of the series. The show is Nicktoons's first original half-hour series, bought during the same period as other Animation Collective series such as Three Delivery and Speed Racer: The Next Generation, as well as Flash shows from other studios, such as Edgar & Ellen and The Secret Show, though the latter was made from BBC. The series premiered on January 6, 2006, as Nickelodeon aired several reruns and premieres as a promotional movement from August 20, 2006 to January 2007. The series is MTV's first global acquisition, and is currently available on iTunes.

  • Robot and Monster
    Robot and Monster (2012)6.0

    It's Robot and Monster, an unlikely duo in society where their different species usually don't get along, but everyone does share one common trait - they all love bacon! This buddy comedy shows that opposites really do attract, hilariously!

  • Peter Rabbit
    Peter Rabbit (2013)5.9

    Nickelodeon brings treasured literary icon Peter Rabbit to life with the new CG-animated preschool series, Peter Rabbit. The series is a fresh re-imagining of the popular Beatrix Potter children’s books based on Peter Rabbit. Peter Rabbit features educational goals that encourage preschoolers to learn problem-solving and interpersonal skills, self-efficacy, resilience, positive re-framing and fostering an interest in and respect for nature.

  • Breadwinners
    Breadwinners (2014)4.4

    Two ducks fly around in a rocket-powered van, delivering bread to other ducks in Pondgea.