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I want to see if anyone agrees with me on Steven Universe being the greatest cartoon. I will be comparing SU to two other really good shows: Gravity Falls and The Last Airbender. I would compare it to Teen Titans, but I can't find a way to watch it.

Humor:

GF- Gravity Falls is by far the funniest show on the list, but it's jokes can sometimes fall flat... and then role off a cliff breaking it's spine on multiple rocks until landing on a single spike that goes underground, opening the floor up into a pit of lava filled with invincible giant buff armed shark with bazookas. Any time they pull a puberty joke, I can't help but cringe and have horrible flashbacks. On the other hand, jokes like the Dipper's imagination joke in Double Dipper made me burst out laughing. 7/10

AtLA- I don't remember ever laughing at Avatar. Mabye it's because of my limited sense of humor, but any laughing was a mind giggle, and mabye a mind laugh in the episode Saka's Master. I find pretty much all of the jokes in the show unmemorable (even if Saka is fantastic). 3/10

SU- Steven's humor is complicated. If you understand fanbases and anime, you are probablly going to laugh. For me, fanbase jokes are hilareous, but I have not watched a single anime except for Pokemon (and Beyblade if it's not American), mostly due to trying to avoid perversion. Therfore, I need to learn what the heck the source material is, and then laugh. There are also some other jokes like some really good puns, and jokes you weren't expecting in the slightest like "Pearl's Dream" and "Just ask Garnet." Not to mention I have never cringed at a joke (unless you count Steven's Frybo showdown) due to it staying away from more... haunting memories... 8/10

Action:

GF- Gravity Falls doesn't really have any action. Any action it has, though well animated, is reduced to running, jumping, and punching. Although, there are SOME good action scenes, like the final showdown in Fight Fighters, or the fight between Dipper and Gideon. 4/10

AtLA- Avatar's action is amazing! It's fluent, well animated, quick, and over all amazing! My only, very small problem, is WHAT THE HECK WAS GOING ON IN THE FINAL BATTLE AGAINST THE FIRELORD!? 9/10

SU- Steven's action is also amazing. Anything I said about Avatar can also be put here (except for the Firelord thing). However, I do have one major problem: the fight scenes are really quick. Steven is an 11 minute show, so it barely has enough time to fit the action scenes in, even if they do usually manage. 8/10

Music:

GF- Gravity Falls has... ok music... I can't remember a single track except for "DUN dun dun dun dun dun dun DUN dun dun dun dun dun dun DUN dun dun dun dun dun dun DUN dun dun dun dun dun dun dun..." but it doesn't do anything wrong. 5/10

AtLA- Anything in Gravity Falls is mostly the same here, but I do have to give it a good nod to it's style. I like the silly fun ancient China background music. I can't say the music is great, but it is fun. 7/10

SU- Steven has an amazing soundtrack. It has vibrant background music that really sets the mood, and amazing character songs with great voicing. The music fits almost perfectly, even if some of the lyrics are a bit forced sometimes. 9/10

Feels:

GF- Gravity Falls is pretty ok at feels. Not What He Seems had a great emotional moment (even if it was killed by the end joke), and the relationship problems are better handled than an average Disney sitcom. I do have to say though, some moments, like the end of Blendin's Game, seem really forced, and could be handled better. 7/10

AtLA- Avatar is really good at feels. I can really feel the non-romantic relationships between characters, making character moments really good. Notice how I said non-romantic. This show loses three feels points due to how awful it's shipping is. Ang x Katara comes out of nowhere and makes no sense, Saka x Toph is rarely ever touched upon and never progresses, and Zuko x Whatshername is bland and out of nowhere. 2/10

SU- Must I explain? 9/10

Scheduling:

GF- Gravity Fall's scheduling is awful. Episodes are rarely ever on, and there are mabye two or three new episodes aired in a week's row until incredibly long hiatuses. These are 30 minute episodes though, so I have to give them credit for that. 3/10

AtLA- Canceled, but are 30 minutes, and are free on a company website I will not mention the name of due to not knowing if I can share a website that allows watching outside of original channels (even if this is a different show). 5/10

SU- Steven's scheduling is getting better. They have a good hour or two slot unlike the original half hour slot. However, the episodes are 15 minutes, making them really cramped. 7/10

In my opinion, SU is the best cartoon in history. Do you have a different opinion? Let me know down below. 