Quality dwindled until more daring animation surfaced in the late 1980s and in the early 1990s with hit series, the first cartoon of The Simpsons (1987), the animated television series such as The Simpsons (since 1989) and SpongeBob SquarePants (since 1999) as part of a "renaissance" of American animation.
kwˈɔlᵻɾi dwˈɪndəld ʌntˈɪl mˈoːɹ dˈɛɹɪŋ ˌænɪmˈeɪʃən sˈɜːfɪst ɪnðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z ænd ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z wɪð hˈɪt sˈɪɹiz, ðə fˈɜːst kɑːɹtˈuːn ʌvðə sˈɪmpsənz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi sˈɛvən, ðɪ ˈænɪmˌeɪɾᵻd tˈɛlᵻvˌɪʒən sˈɪɹiz sˈʌtʃ ɐz ðə sˈɪmpsənz sˈɪns nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi nˈaɪn ænd spˈʌndʒ bˈɑːb skwˈɛɹ pˈænts sˈɪns nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn æz pˈɑːɹt əvə "ɹˈɛnəsˌɑːns" ʌv ɐmˈɛɹɪkən ˌænɪmˈeɪʃən.