Obscure for people outside the UK:
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That one was perfection. Rowntree is a really good artist in any medium.
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I've at least heard of 13 out of the 27 listed. Only seriously watched like 3 of them though.
SlackerCats - obscure, ran for half a season
Clerks The Animated Series - obscure, ran for half a season
Carol and the end of the world (Mainstream but wildly serene, surreal, and overtly human)
Moral Oral - pretty dark adult show
Ren and Stimpy - pretty dark for a kids show
I'm sure I'll think of a few more
I'm surprised Ren and Stimpy made it in the obscure list. They were about as popular as anything when they were on.
Not so obscure, but very dark. This was a kids show on Nickelodeon after all. Have you watched it?
Have I watched it?
HAVE I WATCHED IT???
Have you ever shaved a yak? Have you ever enjoyed powdered toast? Have you ever sung along with Stinky Whizzleteats?!?
I was watching Ren & Stimpy before you were saving up your allowance to buy a Log.
I mean, to be fair, none of those things are things I can tell from here.
The adult party cartoon might be obscure enough to make the list.
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Not really animated but not really not-animated.
The Fuccons. they're Fuccon fantastic!
edit: I did some more digging on The Fuccons and they were a short episodic skit on a longer running Japanese show called "Vermilion Pleasure Night". it's a really good representation of early 2000s adult entertainment humor highly niche but entertaining enough with dark humor.
Oh my god I thought this was Angela Anaconda. I fucking hate this animation style.
Duckman
Actual deepcut: cybersix.
Edit: although edited from the comics to be much more child friendly. Forgot the original prompt.
Trip tank
Superjail
Ralph Bakshi made an animated series for HBO called Spicy City. It is very adult, and not something I see mentioned often.
My journey into queer media started with Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World. If you've never seen it, I'm not sure what to tell you but you should.
Also just looked it up and Alan Cumming and Margaret Cho did voices in it? I gotta rewatch that shit.
Also shout out to Yvon of the Yukon cause ytv was just why (the fuck) tv actually.
Yvon of the yukon
Final Space
Tripping the Rift
Bravest Warriors
Tripping The Rift 💀
Now that I haven't heard in ages.
Sit down, shut up. Jason Bateman, will forte, and will arnette are high school teachers. It lasted one season with fox giving it random timeslots.
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Tigtone!!!
I wasn't into Megas XLR but it was part of cartoon Fridays when I was in school and probably belongs in this list.
You can't list Oblongs, Undergrads, and Clone High without mentioning Mission Hill.
Chilly Beach is probably a deep cut for non-Canadians. I most often saw it described as Canadian South Park.
I'm not sure if it counts as obscure but Invader Zim also aired around this time.
Going back a bit further, there was Duckula, where the latest in a line of vampiric ducks was resurrected using ketchup instead of blood and became a vegetable vampire.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes was made into a cartoon of questionable suitability for children.
+1 for Mission Hill. Bling Blong.
Adding a few more of questionable obscurity, idk if these are well known or not, since many of the ones OP posted I thought were well known. So that'll have to be judged independently but at least these all are good and sorta fit.
Assy McGee
Celebrity Deathmatch (claymation, I count it.)
Harvey Birdman
Home Movies
Sealab 2021
Stripperella
Xavier Renegade Angel
Also if it doesn't have to be "adult" (Billy and Mandy on OG list) then add:
KaBlam!
Freakazoid!
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Drawn Together?
I mean that was advertised like crazy on comedy Central when it was on the air.
Same with the Oblongs when it was on adult swim. They had Will Ferrell on the show.