April 20th is a day for celebrating cannabis in all its forms. If you choose to partake in this unique annual activity, we want you to have the best possible experience. And what better way to enhance any trip than by watching something that is sure to hit all the right spots for a blitzed brain?
Here at Decider, we’ve got you covered with the top titles to stream for nearly any situation, and that of course includes getting high (we wear many hats around here). While there are all sorts of movies and shows that might appeal to a spaced-out viewer, we’ve found that cartoons ultimately take the cake. Full of bright colors, absurd situations, and situations that are trippy, amusing, and bizarre even if you’re watching sober, animation truly has everything that a stoned streamer could hope for.
Keep reading to catch our list of the 7 cartoons that are perfect for 4/20 viewing.
With limited dialogued and a plethora of slapstick humor and insanity, this long-running animated comedy franchise is ideal for any 4/20 streamer. Tom and Jerry explores the endless battles between rivals Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse. Tom’s main purpose is to catch Jerry, who lives in the walls of his owner’s home, though he usually fails in spectacular and destructive fashions as Jerry tricks and outsmarts his feline foe at nearly every turn.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Gary once caught SpongeBob watching porn. In “Your Shoe’s Untied,” Gary comes in while SpongeBob is watching a sea anemone dance. SpongeBob panics, claiming he was looking for the sports channel. Sure.
This hit comedy series has been running on Nickelodeon since 1999, meaning that there’s enough content to keep you happily vegging out on your couch for hours on end. Full of bright colors, memorable characters, and quotable moments, SpongeBob SquarePants is a 4/20 treat. The show follows the misadventures of the ever-optimistic and playful SpongeBob SquarePants (Tom Kenny) and his best buds as they live and work in the underwater city Bikini Bottom.
This animated sitcom is more overtly adult-oriented that the previous two shows, and as a result may end up appealing even more to high viewers who are looking for a cartoon that is funny and sharp without being completely childish. The Boondocks is an award-winning series that follows brothers young brothers Huey and Riley Freeman (Regina King) as they adjust to moving from Chicago to living with their Granddad (John Witherspoon) in a predominantly white suburb. Smart commentary and hilarity ensue due to clashing cultures, viewpoints, and lifestyles.
Any stoned viewer is sure to love the wacky world of Regular Show. The Cartoon Network animated sitcom revolves around the daily happenings of 23-year-old best friends Mordecai the bluejay (J. G. Quintel) and Rigby the raccoon (William Salyers) as they attempt to amuse themselves and avoid doing actual work at their park groundskeeper job. With a cast of characters that includes a yeti, a lollipop-shaped man, and a grouchy gumball machine, there’s so shortage of surreal awesomeness to enjoy.
Since this adult animated sitcom revolves around a fun sci-fi backdrop and futuristic imaginings, it’s already trippy enough as is. So with the addition of weed, this viewing experience will take you to infinity and beyond. Futurama follows the entertaining adventures of slacker pizza delivery boy Philip J. Fry (Billy West) when he reawakens on New Year’s Eve of 2999 after getting accidentally cryogenically frozen in 1999. Upon getting a job at intergalactic delivery company Planet Express, he gets into all sorts of otherworldly hijinks alongside his coworkers, a one-eyed mutant named Leela (Katey Sagal) and a crass robot named Bender (John DiMaggio).
Popping with vibrant colors, silly escapades, magical moments, this animated coming-of-age fantasy series is a go-to for baked viewers. Adventure Time revolves around 12-year-old Finn (Jeremy Shada) and his best friend, a 28-year-old magical talking dog named Jake (John DiMaggio), as they embark on a number of quests in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo. The two interact with a vast array of unique characters like Princess Bubblegum (Hynden Walch), Ice King (Tom Kenny), and Marceline the Vampire Queen (Olivia Olson), culminating in a fleshed-out, vivid, and whimsical world you can’t help but fall in love with.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is spectacular 4/20 streaming not only because it’s charming and compelling, but also due to its many profound and thought-provoking moments that are likely to blow your medicated mind away. The critically-acclaimed animated fantasy action series takes place in a war-torn world where some people have the ability to telekinetically wield one of the four elements: earth, water, fire, and air. Only the Avatar has the power to bend all four, and they must use their powers to maintain the world’s peace and balance. After siblings Katara (Mae Whitman) and Sokka (Jack DeSena) accidentally reawaken the young Avatar Aang (Zach Tyler Eisen) who had disappeared 100 years ago, they must work to aid the carefree and energetic last airbender in learning the four elements in time to stop the Fire Nation’s ruthless tyranny.
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