What a Cartoon!

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What a Cartoon!
Genre Comedy
Variety
Format Animated series
Created by Fred Seibert
William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Developed by Fred Seibert
Larry Huber
Voices of Various
Theme music composer Gary Lionelli
Opening theme "What a Cartoon!"
Ending theme "What a Cartoon!"
Composer(s) Richard Stone
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 48 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Fred Seibert
Running time 21–23 minutes
Production company(s) Hanna–Barbera
(1995–2001)
Cartoon Network Studios
(2000–2002)
Fred/Alan (1995–1997)
Frederator Studios
(1998–2002)
Disney Channel Original
(2001–2002)
Distributor Cartoon Network
Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Broadcast
Original channel Cartoon Network
Picture format SD: 480i/576i
Audio format Stereo (early-mid 1995)
Dolby Surround (Late 1995-2002)
Original run February 20, 1995 (1995-02-20) – August 23, 2002 (2002-08-23)
Chronology
Related shows Oh Yeah! Cartoons

What a Cartoon! is an American animation showcase series created by Fred Seibert for Hanna-Barbera Cartoons which aired on Cartoon Network. The project consisted of 79 short cartoons, intended to return creative power to animators and artists, by recreating the atmospheres that spawned the great cartoon characters of the mid-20th century. Each of 79 short cartoons mirrored the structure of a theatrical cartoon, with each film being based on an original storyboard drawn and written by its artist or creator.

The series first aired on February 20, 1995, and were promoted as World Premiere Toons. During the original run of the shorts the series was retitled as The What a Cartoon! Show until the final short aired August 23, 2002. The project served as the launching point for multiple successful Cartoon Network series, including Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, The Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Mike, Lu & Og, Sheep in the Big City, Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, Codename: Kids Next Door and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy as well as a precursor to Fox's Family Guy. The series is influential for birthing a slew of original Cartoon Network hits and helping to revive television animation in the 1990s. Once it had several original series, those became the first Cartoon Cartoons.

History

Origins and production

Fred Seibert became president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons in 1992 and helped guide the struggling animation studio into its greatest output in years with shows like 2 Stupid Dogs and SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. Seibert wanted the studio to produce short cartoons, in the vein of the Golden Age of American animation. Although a project consisting of 79 shorts would cost twice as much as a normal series,[1] Seibert's pitch to Cartoon Network involved promising 79 chances to "succeed or fail", opened up possibilities for new original programming, and offered several new shorts to the thousands already present in the Turner Entertainment library. According to Seibert, quality did not matter much to the cable operators distributing the struggling network, they were more interested in promising new programs.[2]

With Turner Broadcasting CEO Ted Turner and Seibert's boss Scott Sassa on board, the studio fanned out across the world to spread the word that the studio was in an "unprecedented phase", in which animators had a better idea what cartoons should be than executives and Hanna-Barbera supported them.[3][4] The company starting taking pitches in earnest in 1993 and received over 5,000 pitches for the 79 slots. The diversity in the filmmakers included those from various nationalities, race, and gender. Seibert later described his hope for an idealistic diversity as "The wider the palette of creative influences, the wider and bigger the audiences."[4]

Seibert's idea for the project was influenced heavily by Looney Tunes.[4] Hanna-Barbera founders William Hanna and Joe Barbera, as well as veteran animator Friz Freleng, taught Seibert how the shorts of the Golden Age of American animation were produced. John Kricfalusi, creator of The Ren and Stimpy Show, became a teacher of sorts for Seibert and was the first person Seibert called while looking for new talent for the project.[5] As was the custom in live action film and television, the company did not pay each creator for the storyboard submitted and pitched. For the first time in the studio's history, individual creators could retain their rights, and earn royalties on their creations.[5] While most in the industry scoffed at the idea, encouragement, according to Seibert, came from the cartoonists who flocked to Hanna-Barbera with original ideas.[6]

Format

"On top of [a research and development program], I reinvigorated the 'who comes in the studio' equation. Now talented people wanted to show up. Some 5,000 people pitched us cartoons from all over the world. We got into business with Ralph Bakshi, with Bruno Bozzetto; we got into business with a broad range of people who never would've given Hanna-Barbera a passing chance. We worked with people who were 70 years old, who were 20 years old. We turned on its head the perception the people in the community had of us."
 — Creator Fred Seibert on the variety of directors for What a Cartoon![5]

The format for What a Cartoon! was ambitious, as no one had ever attempted anything similar in the television animation era.[4] The shorts produced would be a product of the original cartoonists' vision, with no executive intervention: for example, even the music would be an individually crafted score. Each "Looney Tunes length" (7 minutes) short would debut, by itself, as a stand-alone cartoon on Cartoon Network.[3][4]

Seibert explained the project's goal in a 2007 blog post: "We didn’t care what the sitcom trends were, what Nickelodeon was doing, what the sales departments wanted. [...] We wanted cartoons."[4]

Broadcast

The first cartoon from the What a Cartoon! project broadcast in its entirety was The Powerpuff Girls in Meat Fuzzy Lumkins, which made its world premiere on Monday, February 20, 1995, during a television special called the World Premiere Toon-In (termed "President's Day Nightmare" by its producers, Williams Street). The special was hosted by Space Ghost and the cast of Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and featured comic interviews and a mock contest with the creators of the various cartoons. The Toon-In was simulcast on Cartoon Network, TBS Superstation, and TNT. To promote the shorts, Cartoon Network's marketing department came up with the concept of "Dive-In Theater" in 1995 to showcase the 79 cartoon shorts. The cartoons were shown at water parks and large municipal swimming pools, treating kids and their parents to exclusive poolside screenings on 9' x 12' movie screens.[7]

Beginning February 26, 1995, each What a Cartoon! short began to premiere on Sunday nights, promoted as a World Premiere Toons.[8] Every week after the premiere, Cartoon Network showcased a different World Premiere Toons made by a different artist. After an acclimation of cartoons, the network packaged the shorts as a half-hour show titled World Premiere Toons: The Next Generation, featuring reruns of the original shorts but also new premieres. Eventually, all of the cartoons were compiled into one program bearing the name of the original project: The What a Cartoon! Show.[5] The show's initial premieres for each short preceded Cartoon Network's Sunday night movie block, Mr. Spim's Cartoon Theatre. The shorts continued to air on Sundays until 1997, when the network moved the shorts to Wednesdays at 9pm.[9] Following the premiere of Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel as full series in July 1997, the series shifted to Thursday nights, where it remained.[10]

The What a Cartoon! Show continued airing new episodes on Thursdays until November 28, 1997, when the 48th short of the 79 contracted during Seibert's era aired. After that, more shorts were produced and aired between 1997 and 2002. In 2000 and 2001, the pilot shorts appearing on the network's viewer's poll that lost to The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Codename: Kids Next Door were eventually added when The What a Cartoon! Show was re-titled The Cartoon Cartoon Show in the early 2000s (decade). In 1998, Cartoon Network debuted two new short pilots and advertised them as "World Premiere Toons": Mike, Lu & Og and Kenny and the Chimp in "Diseasy Does It!".[11] Both were produced by outside studios and are technically part of the original 79 shorts specifically produced by Hanna-Barbera for What a Cartoon!. The two pilots were compiled into The Cartoon Cartoon Show, while both shorts eventually garnered their own series, Mike, Lu & Og in 1999 and Codename: Kids Next Door in 2002. A pilot King Crab: Space Crustacean (1999) was also retconned into The Cartoon Cartoon Show anthology.

The show continued to air for many years afterward until eventually being dropped from the schedule. Reruns have played on Cartoon Network's retro animation sister channel, Boomerang. The Big Cartoon DataBase cites What a Cartoon! as a "venture combining classic 1940s production methods with the originality, enthusiasm and comedy of the 1990s."

Crew

The What a Cartoon! staff had creators from Europe and Canada (Bruno Bozzetto), Asia (Achiu So), and the United States (Jerry Reynolds and colleague Seth MacFarlane). The crew also contained young series first timers (like Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti, Butch Hartman, and John Dilworth), but veterans as well (like Don Jurwich, Jerry Eisenberg, and Ralph Bakshi). In addition to the veterans, Hanna-Barbera founders William Hanna and Joseph Barbera each produced two shorts each for What a Cartoon!. Many of the key crew members from previous Hanna-Barbera series 2 Stupid Dogs joined the team of What a Cartoon! as well.[5]

Many of the crew members of What a Cartoon! later went on to write and direct for Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, and The Powerpuff Girls, including those named above. The Kitchen Casanova director John McIntyre is particularly known for directing several Dexter episodes. Ralph Bakshi's two shorts (Malcom and Melvin and Babe! He... Calls Me) were considered too risqué to be shown.[12] It has been rumored that John Kricfalusi was slated to direct several new What a Cartoon! shorts of his own (produced by his production company, Spümcø).[11] However, both Yogi Bear-influenced cartoons were commissioned separately by Seibert, and instead premiered as their own: Boo Boo Runs Wild and A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith both premiered in 1999.[13]

Inspired by Seibert's interest in the modern rock posters of Frank Kozik, each of the shows' creators worked with the internal Hanna-Barbera Creative Corps Creative Director Bill Burnett, and Senior Art Director Jesse Stagg and designer Kelly Wheeler to craft a series of high quality, limited edition, fluorescent art posters. The Corps launched a prolonged Guerrilla mailing campaign, targeting animation heavyweights and critics leading up to the launch of World Premiere Toons. The first poster campaign of its kind introduced the world to the groundbreaking new stable of characters.[14]

Legacy

Dexter's Laboratory was the most popular short series according to a vote held in 1995 and eventually became the first spin-off of What a Cartoon! in 1996. Two more series based on shorts, Johnny Bravo and Cow and Chicken, premiered in 1997, and The Powerpuff Girls became a weekly half-hour show in 1998. Courage the Cowardly Dog (spun-off from the Oscar-nominated short The Chicken from Outer Space) followed as the final spin-off in 1999. In addition, the Cow and Chicken short I Am Weasel eventually was also spun-off into a separate series: in all, six cartoon series were ultimately launched by the What a Cartoon! project, any one of which earned enough money for the company to pay for the whole program.[5] In addition to the eventual spin-offs, the What a Cartoon! short Larry and Steve by Seth MacFarlane featured prototypes of characters that would later go on to become MacFarlane's massively successful Family Guy.

The What a Cartoon! project and its assorted spin-offs brought Cartoon Network more commercial and critical success, and the network became an animation industry leader as the 1990s drew to a close. In 2001, coinciding with the death of William Hanna, Hanna-Barbera merged with Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network opened its own production arm, Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, as the rightful H-B successor to produce original programming for the network and future projects. Two What a Cartoon! shorts, Windup Wolf and Hard Luck Duck, were the last cartoon shorts directed and produced by William Hanna, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera. In addition, The What a Cartoon! Show and spin-offs were the final original productions released by Hanna-Barbera.

Creator of The What a Cartoon! Show, Fred Seibert, left Hanna-Barbera in late 1996 to open up his own studio, Frederator Studios, and to produce Nickelodeon's own version of What a Cartoon!, titled Oh Yeah! Cartoons.[15] The showcase contained familiar What a Cartoon! alumni (Butch Hartman, Rob Renzetti) and launched several successful Nickelodeon series, including The Fairly OddParents, ChalkZone and My Life as a Teenage Robot. Frederator Studios launched another animation showcase in 2006, titled Random! Cartoons, which in turn produced Nickelodeon's Fanboy and Chum Chum in 2009, Cartoon Network's Adventure Time in 2010 and Frederator's Cartoon Hangover's Bravest Warriors in 2012.

A sequel-of-sorts to the What a Cartoon! project, a Cartoon Network project titled The Cartoonstitute was announced in April 2008. Created by Cartoon Network executive Rob Sorcher and headed by The Powerpuff Girls creator Craig McCracken, the project was to "establish a think tank and create an environment in which animators can create characters and stories", and also create new possible Cartoon Network series.[16][17] However, the project was eventually scrapped as a result of the late 2000s recession and only 14 of the 39 planned were completed.[18] Nevertheless, J.G. Quintel's Regular Show short and Pete Browngardt's Secret Mountain Fort Awesome were greenlit to become full series.[19]

List of shorts

Original shorts

The following is a list of the original shorts produced under Fred Seibert's management for What a Cartoon! by Hanna-Barbera. The shorts are listed in by director and/or creator, and do not contain extra cartoons added on by Cartoon Network when the show was re-titled The Cartoon Cartoon Show.

# Title Created by Original air date
1 "The Powerpuff Girls: Meat Fuzzy Lumkins" Craig McCrackenFebruary 20, 1995 (1995-02-20)[20]
The Powerpuff Girls fight to stop Fuzzy Lumkins' plot to turn everything into meat. Poster Design by Jesse Stagg and Craig McCracken. Pilot to The Powerpuff Girls. 
2 "Dexter's Laboratory" Genndy TartakovskyFebruary 26, 1995 (1995-02-26)[20][21]
Dee Dee and Dexter battle turning each other into animals, using Dexter's latest invention. Poster Design by Jesse Stagg and Genndy Tartakovsky. Pilot to the show of the same name. 
3 "Yuckie Duck: Short Orders" Patrick A. VenturaMarch 5, 1995 (1995-03-05)[22]
Yuckie Duck works as a cook and waiter in a dirty restaurant, and delivers unappealing orders to the demanding customers. 
4 "Dino: Stay Out" Joseph BarberaMarch 19, 1995 (1995-03-19)[20][23]
The Flintstones' pet, Dino, tries to keep the house cat outside for the night. Spin-off to The Flintstones. 
5 "Johnny Bravo" Van PartibleMarch 26, 1995 (1995-03-26)[24]
Johnny Bravo tries to score with a zookeeper girl by capturing a runaway gorilla. Pilot to the show of the same name. 
6 "Sledgehammer O'Possum: Out and About" Patrick A. VenturaApril 2, 1995 (1995-04-02)[20][25]
A trouble-making possum named Sledgehammer frustrates a dog's plans to enjoy a quiet summer day out. 
7 "George and Junior: Look Out Below" Patrick A. VenturaApril 9, 1995 (1995-04-09)[20][26]
A bird crashes a light bulb so it does not disturb his sleep, and sits in the empty socket. George and Junior, the building's janitors/engineers, are sent to fix it. This short was a re-imagining of the original George and Junior cartoons. 
8 "Hard Luck Duck" William HannaApril 16, 1995 (1995-04-16)[20][27]
Hard Luck Duck, after venturing away from Crocodile Harley's watch, is a hungry fox's target to be cooked. 
9 "Shake & Flick: Raw Deal in Rome" Eugene MattosJune 18, 1995 (1995-06-18)[28]
A flea named Flick has a personal agenda with a local performer, a poodle named Shake, in an anachronistic Rome setting where the two constantly try to one up each other's music. Art direction by Butch Hartman. Was nominated to be adapted into a series, but lost to Johnny Bravo. 
10 "The Adventures of Captain Buzz Cheeply: A Clean Getaway" Meinert HanasenJune 25, 1995 (1995-06-25)[29]
Captain Buzz Cheeply and his robot sidekick, Slide, must escape a planet whose inhabitants have abnormally-sized foreheads but small-sized brains, while finding a place to do their laundry. 
11 "O. Ratz with Dave D. Fly: Rat in a Hot Tin Can" Jerry Reynolds and Russ HarrisJuly 2, 1995 (1995-07-02)[30]
A rat named O. Ratz and his fly companion, Dave D. Fly, try to find a place to stay for the night during winter in the city. Produced by Perennial Pictures and distributed by Hanna-Barbera. 
12 "Pfish & Chip: Short Pfuse" Butch Hartman, Eugene Mattos, Michael RannJuly 9, 1995 (1995-07-09)[31]
Pfish, a carefree shark, and Chip, a short-tempered lynx, attempt to stop their foe, the squeaky-laughing Mad Bomber. The only problem is their chief needs to take his nap and demands quiet. 
13 "Fat Cats: Drip Dry Drips" Jon McClenahanJuly 16, 1995 (1995-07-16)[32]
Brothers Louie and Elmo set a laundry business, expecting to earn some cash. They get a request from the President, but accidentally destroy his suit. 
14 "George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular" Patrick A. VenturaJuly 23, 1995 (1995-07-23)[33]
George and Junior are forced to deliver Santa's presents to the kids, as they fail to deliver one of Santa's letters. 
15 "Yoink! of the Yukon" Don Jurwich, Jerry Eisenberg and Jim RyanJuly 30, 1995 (1995-07-30)[34]
The mounted police of the Yukon has its uniforms stolen. Yoink and Sergant Thumbsworth Tharplung is sent to retrieve them. 
16 "Yuckie Duck: I'm on My Way" Patrick A. VenturaAugust 6, 1995 (1995-08-06)[35]
Yuckie Duck works as a paramedic, but does more harm than good to his patients. 
17 "Mina and the Count: Interlude with a Vampire" Rob RenzettiNovember 5, 1995 (1995-11-05)[36]
Vlad the Count is forced to play with Mina, a 7-year-old girl, in her room, after a mix-up in the schedule with his victims. Pilot to the Mina and the Count shorts which are featured on season 2 of Oh Yeah! Cartoons, making it the only short to appear in both cartoon variety shows. 
18 "Cow & Chicken: No Smoking!" David FeissNovember 12, 1995 (1995-11-12)[37]
The Devil (later known as the Red Guy) kidnaps Chicken, who must be saved from damnation of smoking by Super Cow, who is his sister, Cow. This episode has been nominated for an Emmy. Pilot to Cow & Chicken. 
19 "Boid n' Woim" C. Miles ThompsonJanuary 1, 1996 (1996-01-01)[38][39]
A worm named Mr. Woim hitchhikes in the middle of the California desert alongside a bird named Mr. Boid that secretly wants to eat him. 
20 "Help?" Bruno BozzettoJanuary 14, 1996 (1996-01-14)[40]
A cat that pinches his finger while sewing asks for help at the hospital, but its ruthless personnel offer only pain. 
21 "Podunk Possum: One Step Beyond" Joe Orrantia & Elizabeth StonecypherJanuary 21, 1996 (1996-01-21)[41]
A possum named Podunk acquires an abandoned farm with three chickens to lay eggs for him, and has to defend them from a fried chicken titan, Major Portions. However, he is unaware of a major alien conspiracy. 
22 "The Powerpuff Girls: Crime 101" Craig McCrackenJanuary 28, 1996 (1996-01-28)[42]
The Powerpuff Girls aid the bumbling Amoeba Boys in becoming able criminals. Pilot to The Powerpuff Girls. 
23 "Wind-up Wolf" William HannaFebruary 4, 1996 (1996-02-04)[43]
The Big Bad Wolf uses his robot minion to finally get the Three Little Pigs. 
24 "Hillbilly Blue" Butch HartmanFebruary 11, 1996 (1996-02-11)[44]
Crawdad Eustace is fed-up with being treated as food and goes with possum pal Mordechai on a cross-country trip to New Orleans and being "served" in royal fashion. 
25 "Courage the Cowardly Dog: The Chicken from Outer Space" John R. DilworthFebruary 18, 1996 (1996-02-18)[45]
Courage the Cowardly Dog tries to stop an alien chicken's plans to invade Earth while in his owners' farm. Nominated for Oscar. Pilot to Courage the Cowardly Dog. 
26 "Pizza Boy: No Tip" Robert AlvarezFebruary 25, 1996 (1996-02-25)[46]
A pizza delivery boy must deliver a pizza to Antarctica safe and sound and before times runs up, or else, he will receive no tip. After going through no end of danger to deliver it, he gets no tip and goes psychotic. 
27 "Gramps" Butch HartmanMarch 3, 1996 (1996-03-03)[47]
Gramps tells his grandchildren about his battle against invading aliens, and gets corrected by the children repeatedly. 
28 "Dexter's Laboratory: The Big Sister" Genndy TartakovskyMarch 10, 1996 (1996-03-10)[48]
Dexter prevents giant Dee Dee from attacking the city. Pilot to Dexter's Laboratory. 
29 "Bloo's Gang: Bow Wow Bucaneers" Mike MiloMarch 17, 1996 (1996-03-17)[49]
Bloo and his dog friends sneak out of their owner's houses at midnight to set on a pirate adventure in the city. 
30 "Jungle Boy: Mr. Monkeyman" Van PartibleOctober 9, 1996 (1996-10-09)[50]
Jealous King Raymond stains the hero Jungle Boy's reputation by impersonating him and causing mayhem. 
31 "Godfrey & Zeek: Lost Control" Zac MoncriefOctober 16, 1996 (1996-10-16)[51]
A giraffe and a pig leave their zoo home and visit a residual water treatment plant to retrieve the remote control they accidentally flushed down the toilet. 
32 "Tumbleweed Tex: School Daze" Robert AlvarezOctober 23, 1996 (1996-10-23)[52]
A Wild West outlaw needs to finish the fourth grade and deal with his obnoxious class rival, Little Timmy, and the teacher who gives him all of the privileges. 
33 "Buy One, Get One Free" Charlie Bean, Carey Yost & Don ShankOctober 30, 1996 (1996-10-30)
A man named Reilly gets a cat named Flinch in order to impress a female cat lover named Sofie and threatens the cat that if there is a scratch on anything while he's away, he will send him to the violin factory. It won't be easy when Sophie leaves Flinch a feline playmate named Fix that ends up wrecking everything. 
34 "The Kitchen Casanova" John McIntyreNovember 6, 1996 (1996-11-06)[53]
A first-time cook is preparing a dinner for his date, but trouble arises when the wind flips the pages from his cookbook. 
35 "The Ignoramooses" Mike MiloNovember 13, 1996 (1996-11-13)[54]
Two moose (called Ignoramooses by a watching specialist) believe they are going to be adopted by a rich hunter, and wreak havoc in his mansion. 
36 "Johnny Bravo and the Amazon Women" Van PartibleJanuary 1, 1997 (1997-01-01)[55]
Johnny Bravo is left stranded in an island filled with beautiful tall women, and their bodyguard elephant. Pilot to Johnny Bravo. 
37 "Pfish & Chip: Blammo, the Clown" Eugene Mattos, Butch Hartman, Michael RannJanuary 8, 1997 (1997-01-08)[56]
The bomb squad, Pfish and Chip, face a clown bomber, with several gag bombs. They also find themselves taking care of the chief's teddy bear while he's at the circus with his mother. 
38 "Awfully Lucky" Davis DoiJanuary 15, 1997 (1997-01-15)[57]
A greedy guy discovers the Paradox Pearl, which brings him good luck, but not without consequences. When he tries to turn it in to the city museum for ten million dollars, he finds out just how harsh the consequences are. 
39 "Strange Things" Mike WellinsJanuary 22, 1997 (1997-01-22)[58]
A robot finds a job as a janitor, but winds up working for an obnoxious police officer. He also must remember that if it says "Don't Touch", don't touch. The series' only computer-animated short. 
40 "Snoot's New Squat" Jeret Ochi and Victor OrtadoJanuary 29, 1997 (1997-01-29)[59]
Snoot, the flea-like extraterrestrial whos can imitate pop culture, finds a new home at a pain-suffering dog Al (Who drives his doctor crazy). Art direction by Butch Hartman, hence Snoot's commander bears similarities to Jorgen Von Strangle, the boss fairy from Hartman's Fairly OddParents. A reference to the popular movie Forrest Gump is made by Snoot when Al runs away and he morphs into a girl and shouts the same way as Jenny does to Forrest. 
41 "Larry and Steve" Seth MacFarlaneFebruary 5, 1997 (1997-02-05)[60]
Steve, a homeless dog, is adopted by dimwit Larry (the only man to understand what he's saying) and lives disaster after disaster when Larry takes him shopping. Style developed into MacFarlane's Family Guy. 
42 "Sledgehammer O'Possum: What's Goin' on Back There?!" Patrick A. VenturaFebruary 12, 1997 (1997-02-12)[61]
Sledgehammer O'Possum takes shelter from the cold in a mailbox, much to the dismay of a mailman named Ethel who will stop at nothing to make him leave. 
43 "The Zoonatiks: Home Sweet Home" Paul Parducci, James Giordano & R.J. ReileyFebruary 19, 1997 (1997-02-19)[62]
A bear named Bill, a monkey named Knuckles and a turtle named Shelby try to enter the all-star Hackensack Zoo and fit their accommodations. This short is animated in style of the 1990s Nick at Nite bumpers. 
44 "Swamp and Tad: Mission Imfrogable" John Rice & Achiu SoFebruary 26, 1997 (1997-02-26)
Swamp and Tad are frogs from outer space. They are sent to Earth to get a package from Agent Newt. Unfortunately, the package is stolen by a dog. 
45 "Dino: The Great Egg-Scape" Joseph BarberaMarch 5, 1997 (1997-03-05)[63]
Dino takes care of a baby dinosaur, and tries to prevent him for growing more. Spin-off to The Flintstones. 
46 "Malcom and Melvin" Ralph BakshiNovember 28, 1997 (1997-11-28)[64]
Melvin is an alienated loser, until he meets Malcom, a trumpeter cockroach. 
47 "Tales of Worm Paranoia" Eddie FitzgeraldNovember 28, 1997 (1997-11-28)[65]
Johnny is a peaceful and forgiving worm until a human steps on him repeatedly. As a result, the worm becomes paranoid and angered at the human race, seeking revenge. 
48 "Babe, He Calls Me" Ralph BakshiNovember 28, 1997 (1997-11-28)[66]
Melvin's saga continues as his partnership with Malcom is compromised by an urban superhero's intrusion. Meanwhile, Melvin's mother aids a criminal after being unable to meet with her son. Bakshi disowned both shorts upon release. 

Cartoon Cartoon shorts

Cartoon shorts produced between 2000 and 2001 were entered in "The Big Pick", a contest to choose the newest Cartoon Cartoon. The winners were The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, in 2000, and Codename: Kids Next Door, in 2001.

Title Created by Original air date
"Kenny and the Chimp: Diseasy Does It" Tom WarburtonNovember 6, 1998 (1998-11-06)[11]
A boy named Kenny, and his pet chimpanzee, Chimpy, must watch Professor XXXL's disease laboratory while he's away. However, Chimpy causes trouble for Kenny. The style of the short and the character Professor XXXL would be used on Codename: Kids Next Door. 
"Mike, Lu & Og: Crash Lancelot" Charles Swenson, Mikhail Shindel and Mikhail AldashinNovember 6, 1998 (1998-11-06)[11]
A cast away girl named Mike asks for native inventor Og to build a car to get across the island. He also builds a specially improved model for princess Lu, which runs too fast for her. Pilot to Mike, Lu & Og. 
"The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Meet the Reaper" Maxwell AtomsJune 9, 2000 (2000-06-09)[67]
Billy and Mandy are paid a visit by the Grim Reaper when he comes to collect the soul of Billy's hamster, Mr. Snuggles. Mandy then makes a bet with him in the form of a game: if Grim loses, he lets them keep Mr. Snuggles AND become their "best friend". Pilot to The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Grim & Evil. Winner of Cartoon Network's Big Pick marathon (2000). 
"Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?" Greg MillerJune 16, 2000 (2000-06-16)[67]
Robot Jones learns that he has been put into a human public school that he must now attend. Pilot to the show of the same name. 
"Trevor" Adam ShaheenJune 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)[67]
This cartoon follows the wild world of Trevor Braithwaite whose doodles dance right off the page. 
"Nikki" Debby SolomonJune 30, 2000 (2000-06-30)[67]
Two friends find unusual responses to their on-line postings after they try to cheer up a broken-hearted woman in the park. 
"Foe Paws" Chris SavinoJuly 7, 2000 (2000-07-07)[67]
This cartoon follows the misadventures of an eccentric old woman who tries to replace her long lost children by dressing up her cat and dog in human clothes. 
"Prickles" Denis MorellaJuly 14, 2000 (2000-07-14)[67]
This cartoon follows the mishaps of a clumsy water-phobic cactus who helps save her family from a deadly drought at Cyclone Ranch. 
"Lucky Lydia" Arthur FilloyJuly 21, 2000 (2000-07-21)[67]
This cartoon follows the unwittingly lucky Lydia Lucas, who is raised by half-crazy parents and narrowly misses her demise at the hands of the Baxter Boys again and again. 
"Longhair and Doubledome" Gavrilo GnatovichJuly 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)[67]
This cartoon follows two philosophical cavemen who just dont fit into their prehistoric surroundings. 
"Lost Cat" David FeissAugust 4, 2000 (2000-08-04)[67]
A crazy talking purple cat is wreaking havoc in town. 
"Uncle Gus" Lincoln PierceAugust 11, 2000 (2000-08-11)[67]
This cartoon follows the journey of a wily unemployed geezer and his rag-tailed bunch of friends as they travel to the zoo to reunite Uncle Gus with his AWOL fiancée. 
"Sheep in the Big City: In the Ba-ginning" Mo WillemsAugust 18, 2000 (2000-08-18)[67]
Sheep leaves Farmer John's farm in pursuit of a happy life in the city. Pilot to Sheep in the Big City. 
"Captain Sturdy" Ashley PostlewaiteJune 8, 2001 (2001-06-08)
The long-retired Captain Sturdy must return to action when the Union of Super Heroes cancels his pension. Upon returning to duty, he discovers that the organization has lost sight of what it means to be a superhero and has become more concerned with political correctness and marketing deals than saving the world from the evil Moid's clutches. 
"Yee Hah & Doo Dah" Kenny Duggan.June 15, 2001 (2001-06-15)
A cowboy and his horse, Yee Hah and Doo Dah, reside in Manhattan's Central Park. Yee Hah enjoys the city life until he discovers that the city pavement is giving him a dreadful blister. Much to Doo Dah's dismay, he decides to stop walking and ride his horse everywhere, thereby cramping Doo Dah's power-lunching lifestyle. Eventually, Doo Dah finds the real culprit behind Yee Hah's sore feet: the branding iron, tractor, etc. that Yee Hah has been hiding in his boots. 
"Imp, Inc." Charlie BeanJune 22, 2001 (2001-06-22)
Travelling in an orbiting meteor, three Imps are up for review and are offered the opportunity to help a poor farm couple by granting them their wish for desperately needed rain to help their crops. They manage to deliver rain, but their hopes for promotion come crashing down when their meteor smashes the couple's crops. 
"My Freaky Family" John McIntyreJune 29, 2001 (2001-06-29)
It's Nadine's first day of school, a significant historical event considered by her mother to be one of many "milestone days" which must be documented with a photo. She manages to make it onto the school bus without being photographed, but her "freaky" family grabs the camera and jumps on the family multi-seater bicycle for a mortifying chase to catch up with her. 
"Major Flake" Chris KellyJuly 6, 2001 (2001-07-06)
Major Flake, a frenetic French cereal mascot, and his grim sidekick, Sparkles must find a way to sell their rather unappealing Major Flake cereal before their boss, Sylvia Soggy, pulls the breakfast treat from store shelves. 
"Utica Cartoon: Hotdog Champeen" Mike MiloJuly 13, 2001 (2001-07-13)
When Dan Bear and Micah Monkey learn that they can get free hot dogs by beating the current hot dog eating record at their local diner, they are up for the challenge. Dan Bear reigns as hot dog champ by consuming loads of free hot dogs, continually beating his own record. For awhile he enjoys the free franks until beating the record becomes too much even for him. 
"Kids Next Door: No P in the Ool" Tom WarburtonJuly 20, 2001 (2001-07-20)
When the villainous Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb extend the adult swimtime to extreme lengths at the neighborhood pool, the Kids Next Door plan to strike back with vengeance. Pilot to Codename: Kids Next Door. Winner of Cartoon Network's Big Pick marathon (2001). 
"Swaroop" Mike MiloJuly 27, 2001 (2001-07-27)
Swaroop and his family are trying to assimilate their Indian heritage with modern American culture. The differences become glaringly apparent when their neighbor brings home a cow to throw on the barbeque. Swaroop decides to hide the sacred cow before the neighbors can cook it for dinner. 
"Ferret and Parrot" Scott MorseAugust 3, 2001 (2001-08-03)
A ferret and parrot fight for the affection of a comic strip character. Meanwhile, their owner tries to get rid of ants that have infested the house. 
"A Kitty Bobo Show" Kevin KaliherAugust 17, 2001 (2001-08-17)
Kitty Bobo wants to prove that he's cool by getting a cell phone. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to be receiving many important calls, thereby reducing his cool factor, so he begins to fake incoming calls. It's only a matter of time before everyone catches on to the farce. 
"Commander Cork: Space Ranger" Mike BellAugust 23, 2002 (2002-08-23)
Commander Cork is an enthusiastic and overzealous, though not very bright, do-gooder. When he meets Peggy and Petey Paddle, a brother and sister duo who share a fascination with outer space, he decides to bring them with him on his wacky space adventures. 
"Jeffrey Cat: All Dogs Don't Go To Heaven" Mark O'HareAugust 23, 2002 (2002-08-23)
Jeffrey Cat has never met a crime he couldn't lick. A surge in the pet population raises the need for a pet investigator. Jeffrey Cat, the sergeant on all pet-related cases, makes it his mission to safeguard the rights of all of the pets in the community. When a friendly dog is accused of attacking a neighbor, Jeffrey Cat smells a rat. 
"Longhair and Doubledome: Where There's Smoke...There's Bob" Gavrilo GnatovichAugust 23, 2002 (2002-08-23)
In their second animated cartoon outing, Longhair and Doubledome discover fire. Having never before seen fire, Doubledome concludes that the blaze must be his son, Bob. 
"Maktar" Gavrilo GnatovichAugust 23, 2002 (2002-08-23)
Slashing through our gassy universe, hurtling through our own Milky Way, an invader from the far reaches of Space comes knocking upon our atmospheric door. Sent by Zen and his Space Council, Maktar's mission is to conquer Earth. But, Maktar, a sniveling middle manager and galactic pushover, couldn't invade someone's privacy let alone conquer our Great Blue Planet. 
"Fungus Among Us" Wes ArcherAugust 23, 2002 (2002-08-23)
Keeping clean is a dirty business, as the animated mascots from cleaning product commercials well know. Fungus Among Us follows the trials and tribulations of the fungus who must coexist with the cleaning agents that have been created to destroy them. 
"Low Brow" George KrsticAugust 23, 2002 (2002-08-23)
During a routine trip to the garbage dump, suburban misfit Coop discovers an advanced robot from the future. Coop brings the treasure home and retools it to suit his modern-day slacker needs. Pilot of Megas XLR. 
"Bagboy" John MathotAugust 23, 2002 (2002-08-23)
Parker is a typical 14 year-old with the usual adolescent trials, except when he is a Bagboy. Carefully selected by the elite intergalactic council, known as the Bagi, Parker moonlights as a powerful superhero. 
"Colin Versus the World" Stu GambleAugust 23, 2002 (2002-08-23)
Colin is a color-blind chameleon whose life is full of mishaps and blunders. While working as a shelf stocker at Cheapway's Supermarket, Colin passes the days with dreams of becoming a Lounge Lizard in Las Vegas. 

See also

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