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When I saw that a Rick and Morty movie is coming together at Warner Bros, I knew exactly what the online consensus would be: “Isn’t it ten years too late?”

Maybe. Or maybe not. If Rick and Morty is going to be the WB equivalent of The Simpsons—meaning, an animated sitcom that can keep going and going, despite no longer being at the center of pop culture—than no, it shouldn’t be too late.

I really do think that’s where WB is with Rick and Morty. The initial craze around the show has subsided, but nothing has supplanted it as WB’s top animated sitcom. Currently, it occupies two-and-half-hours of Adult Swim’s nightly schedule, and that’s with fewer than 100 episodes (still!) to cycle through. It’s become a warhorse that’s endlessly re-watched by its fans. That's why it's the only Adult Swim series with an Uno edition.

Of course, none of that means a Rick and Morty movie will, without a doubt, be a big hit. This movie will be as much of a question mark as—yep—the upcoming Simpsons movie.

If the notion of finding out if Rick and Morty has the same legs as The Simpsons sounds a little lame, well, that’s why this is a half-hearted defense.

Acme Hour

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Adult Swim)

The Bob Clampett Show

Bugs and Daffy/The Looney Tunes Show

The Brak Show (AS)

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

The Cartoon Cartoon Show

Cartoon Theatre (movies)

The Chuck Jones Show

Courage the Cowardly Dog

Cow and Chicken

Cowboy Bebop (AS)

Dennis the Menace

Dexter’s Laboratory

Dragon Ball (Toonami)

Dragon Ball Z (T)

Droopy

Ed, Edd n Eddy

The Flintstones

Freakazoid!

Grim & Evil

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (AS)

Home Movies (AS)

I Am Weasel

The Jetsons

Johnny Bravo

Late Night Black & White

Mike, Lu & Og

Mobile Suit Gundam (T)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (T)

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries

Outlaw Star (T)

Popeye

The Powerpuff Girls

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show

Samurai Jack

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

The Scooby-Doo Show

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Sealab 2021 (AS)

Sheep in the Big City

Small World

Space Ghost Coast to Coast (AS)

The Tex Avery Show

Time Squad

Tom & Jerry

Tom & Jerry Kids

ToonHeads

2 Stupid Dogs

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Note: I used this site to put together this list of 52 titles; Not included are programs only shown on the Boomerang block, which aired on Saturdays from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m.