The Best Cartoon Network Movies, Ranked

If you’re looking to get nostalgic or want to catch up on some flicks you may have missed, these are six of the best Cartoon Network movies.

Cartoon Network is most known for its slew of unique and innovative cartoons and has likely been responsible for some of your favorite cartoons over the past several decades. Cartoon Network has created some of the most iconic cartoon characters, and while it’s great to watch them episode by episode, it can be even more fun to watch your favorite characters make it to the big screen. While every cartoon doesn’t get a movie, those that do are pretty good. Most of the best ones are older, but some can be found on streaming services today, so you can watch and feel all sorts of nostalgia. If you’re looking to get nostalgic or want to catch up on some flicks you may have missed, these are six of the best Cartoon Network movies.

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Ed, Edd and Eddy’s Big Picture Show (2009)

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Ed, Edd and Eddy’s Big Picture Show premiered in 2008 and served as the end to the Ed, Edd and Eddy series. After their most recent money-making scam ends in disaster, the Eds flee the cul-de-sac and go on a massive road trip to find Eddy’s older brother, who they think can protect them from the wrath of the kids in the cul-de-sac.

Ed, Edd and Eddy’s Big Picture Show takes everything that viewers loved about the series, like its signature humor, and puts it into a neatly wrapped 90-minute block. For fans of the series, it’s a great ending to a great show that manages to stay true to the primary material and the characters, while also allowing them all to come full circle and complete their character arcs to make for a solid ending.

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Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination (2008)

Cartoon Network

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination focuses on Frankie, the caretaker at Foster’s, who gets transported to a mysterious world where she’s treated like royalty and forced to stay. Frankie decides she likes it there, because she never feels appreciated for the work she does at Foster’s. But Bloo, Mac, Coco, Eduardo and Wilt venture into the strange world to find her and bring her back home. The TV movie premiered on Thanksgiving Day in 2008 and even received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program over an hour.

Destination Imagination is a lot like the Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends series in that it features a catalog of zany, memorable characters, all portrayed with great voice acting performances. It has everything necessary for a good TV movie and does a great job at fleshing out the characters and their relationships to a greater point than the series previously did. Also, for fans of the series, there is currently a Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends reboot in development, alongside other shows like The Powerpuff Girls.

Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O (2006)

Universal Pictures

Codename: Kids Next Door was a really cool series and often feels like it’s forgotten when recounting iconic cartoons from our childhoods. It’s about five 10-year-old kids who are a part of the global Kids Next Door organization that fights teenage and adult villains from their high-tech treehouse operation. The series ran from 2002 to 2008, and had two TV movies during its run, one of which was Operation Z.E.R.O in 2006. In the movie, the Kids Next Door have to stop the evil villain Grandfather from taking over the world and turning everyone into zombies. It comes unexpected, but Operation Z.E.R.O is extremely good for an animated TV movie. It has a strong, action-packed storyline that has surprising twists and turns and a lot of depth that you likely wouldn’t expect from an animated kid’s movie.

The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Powerpuff Girls series originally ran from 1998 to 2005, with a reboot following years later in 2016. In 2002, the three little girls made of sugar, spice and everything nice made their feature film debut in The Powerpuff Girls Movie. The movie serves as a prequel to the series and gives the origin story for both the Powerpuff Girls and their main villain, Mojo Jojo. Though The Powerpuff Girls Movie is a little short, it’s a fun, action-packed story that fills in a lot of holes the series may not have totally fleshed out, like why Mojo Jojo is a supervillain, or why the girls are the official protectors of Townsville. The Powerpuff Girls Movie was also Cartoon Network Studios’ first and only theatrical release.

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Billy & Mandy’s Big Boogey Adventure (2007)

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The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy aired from 2001 to 2007 and there truly isn’t another show out there like it. In 2007, the show’s first made-for-TV movie, Billy & Mandy’s Big Boogey Adventure premiered. In the movie, the Boogey Man causes Grim to lose his supernatural powers and then sets out on a quest to take over the world with the powerful Horror’s Hand artifact. That is, until Billy, Mandy, their friend Irwin, and Grim join forces to stop him.

Each time Billy and Mandy jump on screen it’s a great time and Big Boogey Adventure is no different. The movie makes great use of the slapstick, gross-out humor The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy is so well-known for, but spreads it out for a whole 80 minutes. Grim Adventures is also one of those series that are fun to watch as a kid and as an adult, and the show’s TV movies are no exception.

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2007)

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Teen Titans, the animated superhero series based on the DC Comics of the same name, originally aired from 2003 to 2006 and was later rebooted in the new series Teen Titans Go! in 2013. Teen Titans is one of Cartoon Network’s most acclaimed series. It’s funny and entertaining, action-packed, and even has moments of darker, more “mature” themes that make it an appealing show for a range of ages. Following the show’s final episode in 2006, the TV move Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo premiered and served as the official series finale.

In the movie, the ancient Japanese villain Brushogun sends a high-tech ninja to attack Jump City and Titan Tower. After a battle, the Teen Titans travel to Tokyo to find Brushogun before he causes any more destruction. However, Tokyo residents believe Brushogun is just a myth, making it hard for the Titans to get to the bottom of the mystery. Trouble in Tokyo is a really good movie and a great way to end the Teen Titans series. It manages to pack several themes into one 75-minute block including action, comedy and even romance. It could be argued that the movie, specifically its ending, is a bit predictable, but that doesn’t take away from the quality of the movie overall. With its bright animation, well-loved characters, and memorable voice acting performances, Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo really takes the cake in terms of animated TV movies.