50 best 90s cartoon characters many still love to this day
The 90s cartoon characters are some of the most beloved of all time and certainly some of the most iconic. Many cartoons became part of pop culture, with shows like The Simpson and South Park giving us some of the best 90s cartoon characters of all time. This article contains the best female and male 90s cartoon characters that are still loved and remembered today.
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Cartoons became more popular among many children and adults in the 1990s. Some iconic animated characters that arose in the 90s were unique, relatable, and hilarious. The characters have managed to delight viewers across the globe.
Best 90s male cartoon characters
90S cartoon iconic characters existed solely in the decade yet found their way to last by being referenced and cherished even today. Here is a list of the best male cartoon characters of the 90s.
1. Homer Simpson
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Homer Jay Simpson is one of the most influential characters in television history and is widely considered an American cultural icon. He is the main character of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
2. Tommy Pickles
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Thomas Malcolm Pickles is a fictional lead character of the animated children's TV series Rugrats and All Grown Up. Elizabeth Ann Guttman voiced the character.
3. Spider-Man
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Spider-Man is one of the most popular Marvel Comics characters; he is popular among kids and adults. He was voiced by Chris Pine and Jake Johnson in the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 2018 and first appeared in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy.
4. SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants is one of the greatest cartoon characters of all time. He is the protagonist of the American animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. He has become popular among children and adults because of his optimism and childlike attitude.
5. Johnny Bravo
Johnny Bravo captured the hearts of ’90s kids everywhere for his absurdity and reliable pop culture references. He is the lead character in the TV series Johnny Bravo. The character is played by Jeff Bennett.
6. Arnold Shortman
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Arnold Phillip Shortman is the protagonist in the Nickelodeon animated television series Hey Arnold! He was created in 1985 by Craig Bartlett and voiced by Lane Toran, Phillip Van D*ke, and Spencer Klein.
7. Rocko
Rocko Rama is the protagonist of the animated TV series Rocko's Modern Life, the Netflix special Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling, and the comic book series Rocko. Joe Murrayvoiced created the character, and Carlos Alazraqui provided the voice of the anthropomorphic wallaby.
8. Dexter
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Dexter is a fictional character and protagonist of the American animated television series Dexter’s Laboratory. He is a short, enthusiastic boy genius with a secret science laboratory in his room full of inventions. Christine Cavanaugh and Candi Milo voiced the character.
9. Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character who has become famous because of his funniest, flippant and breezy personality. He is widely known for his significant roles in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies short cartoon films.
10. Joker
Joker is one of the most famous cartoon personalities in popular culture. He has been featured in the greatest comic book villains and fictional characters ever created. The character was created by Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson and voiced by Mark Hamill. His first appearance was in the comic book Batman.
11. Tom Cat
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Tom Cat is a 90s fictional character and one of the two titular protagonists in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of Tom and Jerry theatrical animated short films. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera created the character.
12. Stewie Griffin
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Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a cartoon character from Family Guy's animated television series. He is voiced by the series creator and designer Seth MacFarlane. He first appeared in Death Has a Shadow in 1999.
13. Bart Simpson
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Bartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is best known for appearing in The Simpsons and as part of the Simpson family. He was voiced by Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on TV in Good Night (1987).
14. Chuckie Finster
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Charles Crandall Norbert, famously known as Chuckie Finster, is a fictional character in the American animated TV series Rugrats. Nancy Cartwright has voiced him from 2002 to the present.
15. Batman
Batman is among the most superhero and commercially successful characters in popular culture. He was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger and first appeared in the American book series Detective Comics in 1939. Batman has been listed among the greatest comic book superheroes and fictional characters ever created.
16. Bender
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Bender, his full name Bender Bending Rodríguez is one of the lead characters in the animated TV series Futurama. He was created by the series creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen and is voiced by John DiMaggio.
17. Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is one of the world’s most recognizable 90s animated cartoon characters created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves.
18. Pinky
Pinky is an animated cartoon character from the TV series Animaniacs. He was featured alongside The Brain in their own spin-off animated TV series, Pinky and the Brain.
19. Doug Funnie
Douglas "Doug" Yancey Funnie was born on 22 August 198022. He is the titular character and chief protagonist of both the Nickelodeon and Disney animated series Doug. He is voiced by Billy West in the Nickelodeon series and Tom McHugh in the Disney series.
20. Leonardo
Leonardo, also known as Leo, is a superhero animated character featured in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and related media. He is one of the four protagonists of the franchise. He was created by American comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.
21. Jimmy Neutron
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James Isaac Neutron is the titular and lead character in the film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and its spin-off Nickelodeon computer-animated TV series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Voiced by Debi Derryberry, he made his first appearance in Runaway Rocketboy! (1998).
22. Peter Griffin
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Peter Löwenbräu Griffin, born Justin Peter Griffin, is a fictional character and one of the six main characters of the American animated sitcom Family Guy. He is voiced by Seth MacFarlane and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in the 15-minute pilot pitch of Family Guy in 1998.
23. Taz
The Tasmanian Devil, commonly referred to as Taz, is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was created by Robert McKimson and first appeared in 1954's Devil May Hare.
24. Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge McDuck, or Uncle Scrooge, is a fictional Scottish character created by Carl Barks and first appeared in Christmas on Bear Mountain in 1947.
25. Bob The Builder
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Bob the Builder, well-known as Bob, is the main character of the popular TV show Bob the Builder. Depending on the series, he is a general contractor with his own construction yard in Bobsville, Sunflower Valley, Fixham Harbour, or Spring City.
26. Fry
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Philip J. Fry, best known by his surname Fry, is a fictional character and the lead character of the animated series Futurama. Fry was created by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, and he is voiced by Billy West using a version of his own voice as he sounded when he was 25.
27. Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo is the eponymous character and protagonist of the animated TV franchise Scooby-Doo. Joe Ruby. Ken Spears and Iwao Takamoto created the character’s appearance in 1969.
28. Courage
Courage is the protagonist of the animated TV series Courage The Cowardly Dog. He is a pink dog who Muriel Bagge found after he escaped from the Pets of Tomorrow vet clinic in the town of Nowhere, Kansas.
29. The Brain
The Brain is an animated cartoon character from the TV series Animaniacs. He was cast alongside Pinky in their spin-off animated television series, Pinky and the Brain.
30. Maximilian "Max"
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Maximilian Goof is an animated cartoon character who is the son of the Disney character Goofy. Created by Michael Peraza Jr. and Robert Taylor, he first appeared in the 1951 short Fathers Are People as Goofy Jr.
31. Kyle Broflovski
Kyle Broflovski is one of the lead characters in the adult animated television series South Park. He is voiced by and loosely based on co-creator Matt Stone.
32. Krusty The Clown
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Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky, popularly known as Krusty the Clown, is a recurring character on the animated sitcom television series The Simpsons. He was created by Matt Groening and voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
33. Tintin
Tintin is a reporter, adventurer, traveller, and the titular protagonist of the popular comic book series The Adventures of Tintin. Tintin has remained a popular literary figure, with statues and commemorative murals of the character seen throughout Belgium.
34. Eric Cartman
Eric Theodore Cartman, commonly referred to by his surname Cartman is one of the lead characters in the adult animated sitcom South Park, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
35. Wolverine
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Wolverine is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is mostly associated with X-Men. He first appeared in the comic book series The Incredible Hulk.
Best 90s female cartoon characters
Cartoon characters from the 1990s never really left the television screen. However, nostalgia plays a part in their popularity. Below is a list of the best female cartoons of the 90s.
36. Powerpuff Girls (Blossom, Bubbles, and B*ttercup)
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The Powerpuff Girls Blossom, Bubbles, and B*ttercup are the main characters of the TV series Powerpuff Girls with superpowers. They have many adventures while protecting the world from mad scientists, bank robbers, and aliens with the help of their special powers.
37. Harley Quinn
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Harley Quinn is one of DC Comics' most prominent and profitable characters and has appeared in many of DC's comic books and adapted in various other media and merchandise. Paul Dini and Bruce Timm created her, and she made her debut appearance in Batman: The Animated Series.
38. Susie Carmichael
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Susanna Yvonne Carmichael, popularly known as Susie Carmichael, is a recurring character from the Nickelodeon TV series Rugrats and a lead character in the spin-off series All Grown Up!. She is African-American with black afro-textured hair. The character is voiced by Cree Summer and E. G. Daily.
39. Usagi Tsukino
Usagi Tsukino, widely known as Sailor moon, is a Japanese superheroine and the lead character in the Sailor Moon manga series voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi, Kae Araki, Terri Hawkes, Linda Ballantyne, and Stephanie Sheh.
40. Dee Dee
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Dee-Dee is the main character in Dexter's Laboratory TV series. She was voiced by Allison Moore in Seasons 1 & 3 and Kat Cressida in Seasons 2 & 4. She is Dexter's older sister, who is mostly seen destroying or ruining Dexter's lab.
41. Belle
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Belle is a popular female cartoon personality who has gained significant popularity because of her bravery, intelligence, and independence personality. She first appeared in Disney's animated film Beauty and the Beast in 1991. Paige O'Hara, Julie Nathanson, and Jodi Benson voiced the character.
42. Lola Bunny
Lola Bunny is a female Looney Tunes cartoon character from Warner Bros. Studios who first appeared as Bugs Bunny’s girlfriend in Space Jam (1996). She is portrayed as an anthropomorphic female rabbit.
43. Dot Warner
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Dot Warner is an anthropomorphic cartoon of undetermined species. She is the youngest Warner sibling and one of the protagonists of the TV series Animaniacs and its reboot.
44. Jerry Mouse
Jerry Mouse, originally known as Jinx Mouse, was created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. She is a fictional character and one of the two titular characters in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of Tom and Jerry theatrical animated short films.
45. Lisa Simpson
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Lisa Marie Simpson, popularly known as Lisa Simpson, is a prominent fictional character known for her appearances in the animated TV series The Simpsons.
46. Marge Simpson
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Marjorie Jacqueline "Marge" Simpson is one of the lead characters in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family. Marge was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening. Voiced by Julie Kavner, she first appeared on TV in The Tracey Ullman Show short Good Night in 1987.
47. Leela
She is a popular fictional character from the animated TV series Futurama. Matt Groening and David X. Cohen created the character, and Katey Sagal voices her.
48. Daria Morgendorffer
Daria Leona Morgendorffer is a fictional character from the MTV animated series Beavis and B*tt-Head and its spin-off Daria. The character was created and designed by Mike Judge. Tracy Grandstaff voiced her.
49. Eliza Thornberry
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Elizabeth "Eliza" Thornberry is the main character of The Wild Thornberrys. She is the second daughter of Sir Nigel and Marianne Thornberry and sister to Debbie Thornberry. She is voiced by Lacey Chabert.
50. Angelica Pickles
Angelica Pickles is a fictional character in the Nickelodeon series Rugrats and All Grown Up!. She was voiced by Cheryl Chase in both the original and reboot version. She is the main antagonist of the TV series.
Throughout TV history, 90s cartoon characters have shined brightly, bringing joy to children and adults because of their humorous, groundbreaking, and subversive personalities. From cool to weird and everything in between, the best fictional cartoon characters will stay in pop culture and our hearts forever.
READ ALSO: 50 best black cartoon characters from your favourite shows and movies
Legit.ng recently published 50 best black cartoon characters. Black cartoon characters have entertained adults and children over the years and have held a special place in audiences’ hearts.
Although racial disparity during the late 19th and early 20th centuries made black cartoon characters a rare phenomenon, they soon picked up the pace in mainstream animation and started gaining significant popularity. This list of cartoon characters includes a diverse pool of personalities.
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