History KeepCirculatingTheTapes / WesternAnimationRescued

** Upon Creator/{{Amazon}} shutting down the [=CreateSpace=] service in 2021, the rights for ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' were quickly picked up by Shout! Factory. As for other shows available through the service such as ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', their status is currently unknown.

* Several of Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises theatrical and television shorts (''The Texas/Tijuana Toads'', ''Hoot Kloot'', ''Misterjaw'', etc.) were only released on DVD and [=BluRay=] sets by Kino Lorber in the late 2010s. Initially, the original 1960s-1970s ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' shorts were given a dedicated release via the multi-disc ''The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection''. Certain companion shorts (''Roland and Rattfink'', ''WesternAnimation/TheInspector'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheAntAndTheAardvark'') were included alongside the ''Pink Panther'' collection.

* ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool'' was first seen on PBS Kids' Bookworm Bunch block in 2000 then disappeared after the block ended. It later returned to television in 2006 on [[Creator/DiscoveryChannel Discovery Kids]] and {{Creator/TLC}}'s weekday morning block Ready Set Learn, but only for a year. There's no doubt that DVD's are hard to find - good thing there's Website/YouTube, Tubi, and the occasional Qubo airing.

* WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}} (1987) ''finally'' got a Volume 4 release in 2018, '''eleven''' years after Volume 3 came out in 2007. For now, it is only a Disney Movie Club exclusive, and is of the same caliber as the more recent Disney Afternoon sets.

** ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'' was added to Disney+ on October 19, 2022. Previously, the series had been made available for a time through the Disney Junior mobile service and on watchdisneyjunior.com, though later on most episodes were locked down to only to those who signed in through their pay TV provider.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsMagicalMovieNight'' is very hard to find nowadays, since Discovery Family hasn't aired the specials since the summer of 2022, and Netflix has also removed them on October 1, 2022, and finally, they can no longer be purchased on digital, either.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersFlub'' (not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersGrunt'') got 2 4-episode VHS releases and that was it. Thanks to TV critics generally hating it and the theme "song" being considered annoying, the show got low ratings and became so obscure that a Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} article wasn't written for it until ''2008''; for the longest time, the only trace of it online was a low-quality rip of the intro from [=RetroJunk=]. The entire show was also on a video website called ''Kidobi'' (''yes, really''), which subsequently removed the episodes. The first eight episodes came to iTunes in 2014, and the whole series was uploaded to Website/YouTube two years later.

* ''Pigs Next Door'' is another Fox Kids show that reappeared after years off the air. Despite a very short run of 13 episodes (and starring Creator/JohnGoodman and Creator/JamieLeeCurtis as the parent pigs), the series was totally forgotten between 2000 and 2015… when the series appeared on Creator/{{Studio 100}}'s Website/YouTube channel, as well as on Amazon and Creator/{{Tubi}} in the USA, even though they only own the distribution rights in Europe, China, Australia, New Zealand and Quebec. It's still up to Disney for a legal home video release, though, as they still own part of the show's copyrights.
* "The Poochie Special" is a half-hour one-off cartoon based on Mattel's then popular mutt Poochie (not to be confused with ''The Simpsons'' version) It went direct-to-video in 1984, and was thought to have never seen the light of day again after all copies disappeared, but someone took the time to upload the whole cartoon in 2015 (though it was previously posted in 3 parts as well).

* After years of being only available via limited [=VHS=] release and off-air recordings, ''WesternAnimation/ToxicCrusaders'' got a complete series [=DVD=] set in 2008 from Creator/TromaEntertainment, who created the characters featured within the show and now owns the rights to the show.

* "Toxic Crusaders" is still pretty easy to find considering every episode and movie exists online through its 2008 complete series set.

* The Warner Archive Collection has resulted in a number of older Creator/HannaBarbera[=/=]Creator/RubySpears cartoons finally being distributed. These include ''WesternAnimation/SwatKats'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ThundarrTheBarbarian'', ''WesternAnimation/InchHighPrivateEye'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Centurions}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos'', the animated series of ''WesternAnimation/PacMan'' and ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'' and all the Superstars 10 movies that weren't ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' themed (since those were already openly released).
** Even more have followed, including ''WesternAnimation/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids'', ''WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels'', ''WesternAnimation/TheHalloweenTree'', ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRomanHolidays'', ''WesternAnimation/ShirtTales'' and still more.
** Feel Free to mention more that followed in ''WesternAnimation/GaltarAndTheGoldenLance'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperGlobetrotters'', ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow'', ''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLastOfTheCurlews'' and still more.
** And still more with ''WesternAnimation/DinkTheLittleDinosaur'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBiskitts'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Monchhichis}}''.
** Season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' finally came out in August 2018.
** The complete series of ''WesternAnimation/PawPawBears'' finally came out in April 2019.

** ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'' was added to Disney+ in October 2022. Previously, the series had been made available for a time through the Disney Junior mobile service and on watchdisneyjunior.com, though later on most episodes were locked down to only to those who signed in through their pay TV provider.

** ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'' was added to Disney+ in October 2022.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' had a couple of episode [=DVD=]s, but for years, Disney didn't seem to see the value in season box sets. DVD sets of the first two seasons finally became available in October 2010, but only through the Disney Movie Club. Now, fortunately, they have put up the entire series for streaming.

* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' has had three episodes released on DVD; two ("Mr. Stenchy" and "Clip") were released on ''Lilo & Stitch's Island of Adventures'', a [=DVD=] game, and one ("Link") as an extra on the ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'' DVD [[BonusEpisode a month before it debuted as]] [[SeriesFinale the show's last broadcast episode]]. Two other episodes ("Slushy" and "Poxy") were released on Game Boy Advance Video cartridges bundled with episodes of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' and (in the case of the latter episode) ''WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers''. The rest of ''The Series'' has not seen any home video or digital release in North America, though a DVD box set was released [[NoExportForYou only in Japan]]. It ''was'' re-released for streaming on [=DisneyNow=] in the U.S. during summer 2018, only to be delisted months later. All four ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' films can be legally downloaded, and Disney also released twelve of the thirteen episodes of Chinese animated spin-off ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' on [=DisneyNow=] for completely free[[note]]as in, no separate premium TV provider log-in required[[/note]] digital streaming from December 1, 2018 until it was delisted around June 2019. Today, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' is now available on Disney+.
** [=iTunes=] France and [=iTunes=] Germany both have the first season on their services, but they each come with their own caveats. [=iTunes=] France has the show in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition, but it only has the French dub. [=iTunes=] Germany has both the German dub and the English original, but only in 4:3 standard definition.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' is now available on Disney+ and on iTunes (in Germany).
* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' finally got a Volume 3 release in 2013, when Volume 2 came out in 2007. It was exclusive to the Disney Movie Club until 2014, and the [=DVDs=] themselves are bare in that the discs contain no artwork, save for the show's logo, and lack an episode list.
* In 2013, ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', previously only with three episodes available on DVD, had 54 episodes available. Still not the full (79-episode) series, but much closer than it was. In 2017, the series was released in its entirety on iTunes, remastered to HD. It also became a launch title for Disney+, but disappointingly suffers from a 16:9 crop there (while iTunes has the remastered episodes in their original 4:3 aspect ratio).
* WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}} (1987) ''finally'' got a Volume 4 release in 2018, '''eleven''' years after Volume 3 came out in 2007. For now, it is only a Disney Movie Club exclusive, and is of the same caliber as the more recent Disney Afternoon sets.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' had quite a few VHS releases in the 1990s (beginning in 1994, many were released under the Pooh "Playtime," "Learning" and "Friendship" video series.) Only a handful of episodes were released on DVD in a similar manner, under the "Growing Up With Winnie-the-Pooh" label, but they are all out of print. Since then, some episodes made their way onto 2009-2010 re-releases of some other ''Pooh'' [=DVDs=], although at least one of those has also disappeared.[[note]]''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie'' included two ''New Adventures'' on its 10th Anniversary Edition DVD, but not on its 2012 "Bounce-a-rrrific Special Edition" Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack.[[/note]] The entire series would eventually be made available in its entirety, albeit cropped to 16:9, in HD on iTunes in 2017, and in 2019, the show was released on Creator/DisneyPlus, still remastered in HD, but now in its original 4:3 aspect ratio (an inverse of the ''Goof Troop'' example above).
** For the ''Christmas Too'' special, the only way to watch it on DVD is through the DirectToVideo movie, ''A Very Merry Pooh Year'', which features the special edited into the movie as a flashback sequence. While the special is remastered for the film, [[DigitalDestruction a couple changes were made]] including changing Rabbit's fur to its normal yellow instead of the green-ish fur in the ''New Adventures'' series, while Christopher Robin's original voice track was dubbed over by the actor who portrayed him in the film's new sequences. So far, the 1994 VHS and 1995 Laserdisc releases are the only method of watching the special in its unaltered form, as Creator/{{Freeform}}'s current broadcasts of it trims it down for commercial time (and, as of 2018, uses the re-dubbed voice track for Christopher Robin).
* Disney has started streaming some of ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' to iTunes, Amazon Video and Disney+. This makes it the first time [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 certain]] [[WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers shows]] have had all their episodes available, albeit with some [[EditedForSyndication censorship]] and {{Missing Episode}}s. Additionally, '' WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' suffers from the same aspect ratio problem as ''Goof Troop'': while iTunes has every episode in 4:3, the series is unfortunately cropped to widescreen on Disney+.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'' was one of many series confirmed as day-one-launch series. Prior to this, the series hadn't been seen on American television since 2011, and all online copies were either from Canadian broadcasts on Family, or in the case of Website/YouTube, full episodes being taken down. Sadly, however, only season 1 is available on Disney+, meaning that fans of the show will have to rely on iTunes in order to access the show’s remaining 31 episodes.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' was also confirmed as a launch series. Beforehand, the series had a few DVD releases: ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'', the direct-to-DVD movies (which also include episodes of the series as bonus features), and a Christmas DVD that's an episode compilation, with the series available on [=iTunes=] in Germany.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' has the first 15 episodes available on iTunes, and its [[WesternAnimation/TheProudFamilyMovie made-for-TV movie]] on DVD. Averted as of 2022, because the whole series (except for "Don't Leave Home Without It", which played a licensed Music/DestinysChild song over the ShoppingMontage) was put up on demand for Xfinity and on the [=DisneyNow=] Service. Then in 2020, it was added to Disney+. Additionally, the series got a DVD set featuring the entire run (as well as the movie), quite appropiately on March 15, 2022, in honor of the show's {{revival}}.

** ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'' had a few Season 1 episodes released on [=DVD=]s that came with the short-lived toy line, but these are now impossible to find. Besides those [=DVD=]s, two episodes were released for Game Boy Advance Video (which has long since been out of print). The show was added onto Disney+ on July 17, 2020. Unfortunately, though, the series (which was produced in high definition widescreen) is presented on the service in pan-and-scan 4:3, matching the ratio of the show’s original broadcasts on ABC Family and Toon Disney (many other shows produced by Disney Television Animation in the 2000’s were also victims of this aspect ratio situation during their original runs, but are in their proper 16:9 ratio on the service).
** ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' was added to Disney+ in 2021, after nearly two decades of outright non-availability.

* Both seasons of ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'' are available on iTunes and most episodes of the series are pretty easy to find online (barring the fact they're international prints with pitched-up audio and cropping). Outside of that, the show's never gained any other sort of release.
* Disney released the vast majority of episodes for ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', and ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' -- as well as a couple of sets for ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' and a single DVD for ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' -- but have (or had) yet to offer the complete run of the shows on DVD by releasing further sets for these shows, which are all ''one box set away'' from being completely on DVD. Additionally, ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'' didn't even have any sort of proper DVD release at all -- it got a '''three-episode "best-of" DVD'''[[note]]This was also ''Goof Troop''[='=]s only release until 2013[[/note]]. And that's not even getting into WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon shows that haven't yet made it to DVD in any way, shape or form. For all that the Disney Afternoon did for the company in the 1990s, they sure don't seem eager to return the love. As of November 2019, ''Darkwing'', ''Gummi Bears'', and ''Rescue Rangers'' are available on Disney+, but there are still no plans for more DVD releases.
** ...that is, until December 2021, when Disney confirmed that a '''Blu-ray''' set featuring the '''entire''' run of ''Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers'' was coming out. It was initially released as a timed exclusive for the Disney Movie Club on January 25, 2022, but will also get a wide retail release on February 15, 2022.
* Season 1 and the first half of Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' were initially released on DVD. The other half of Season 2? Disney initially decided not to release it, allegedly due to "low sales"; it would take ''eight years'' before they finally reneged and brought it to DVD. Season 3 (aka "The Goliath Chronicles") has still yet to see a release, though few are complaining, given its [[SeasonalRot dismal reception]] and even being considered [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]] by Greg Weisman. (Weisman has also been pretty vocal that he has also no plans to [[https://twitter.com/greg_weisman/status/498606185566588928 push for]] [[https://twitter.com/greg_weisman/status/552687210676248576 a DVD release]]). That season is on iTunes, however. And none at all was released outside North America. The complete run is also available on Disney+.

* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'' was given a full DVD release as a Disney Movie Club Exclusive in February 2013, making it the very first show from Creator/OneSaturdayMorning to get a full DVD release.
* While it has yet to be rereleased in any official capacity, the entirety of ''WesternAnimation/NightmareNed'' was recovered by fans and posted online in 2019 after being lost for over 20 years.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' was added to Hulu in 2021. Prior to this, the series had been released on DVD, but only the first two seasons were released (both of which lacked an episode each)..
* Seasons 1-3 of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' have had DVD releases, but the fourth hasn't. iTunes has somewhat rectified this, as well as both the [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] Website/YouTube channel and Creator/DisneyPlus having EVERY episode available to watch.
* The 1990s ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' cartoon subverted this: after years of having to wait for a DVD release, and feeling all hope was lost, the first 32 episodes were released on DVD (in two 16-episode sets) for the first time in 2009 (presumably to cash in on ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''), with three more sets later released completing the series. Every episode is streaming on Disney+ as well.
** Interestingly, Disney seems a little more willing to sell comprehensive [=DVD=]s of Marvel cartoons than for cartoons they made themselves. The [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 1967 Animated Adaptation]] of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' had a complete series DVD in 2004 (which went out of print a few years later) to cash in on ''Film/SpiderMan2'', and ''The Marvel Action Hour'' also has DVD boxsets. (the segments for ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'' became available shortly after the release of [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 2005 movie]], while ''WesternAnimation/IronManTheAnimatedSeries'' came around the same time as ''Film/IronMan2''.)
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' only had about 24 of its 65 episodes available on DVD, and completely out-of-order (they were mostly collections of mini-arcs, such as the Venom Saga and the ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} cross-over). The complete series eventually made its way to [=iTunes=], while at least the first season reached Xbox Live; this, while the United Kingdom got all five seasons on DVD. The entire series is currently on Disney+.

* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' was on-and-off with this. Thanks to complicated legal juggling (the series is owned by Disney, while the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' franchise is owned by Creator/{{Hasbro}} through Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast), VHS releases became obscure and a DVD release did not commence until 2005 in the UK, and 2006 in the US with the complete series released in the latter region. Even then, the US DVD release had a lot of the original music cut from episodes for licensing reasons, which made fans flip their lids, though the radio play for the unproduced final episode was included in the set. It was out of print in just two years thanks to BCI Eclipse (distributor of the DVD on behalf of Disney) shutting down. A deal was eventually struck between Disney and Mill Creek Entertainment to have the entire series released, and to much rejoicing, all of the original music was left intact (though the "Requiem" radio play was removed along with special features of the previous set, but not a huge loss).
* ''Carlton Your Doorman'', a 1980 animated special intended as a PoorlyDisguisedPilot for an animated ''Series/{{Rhoda}}'' spin-off, only had its first few minutes existing on Website/YouTube for a long time. It was later released as a bonus feature on Shout! Factory's season 5 DVD set of ''Rhoda''.

* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' had one VHS release (''101 Dalmatians Christmas'', which also contained the episode "Coup [=DeVil=]") and one [=VideoCD=] release that has ''severe'' sound issues (''Dalmatian Vacation'') (and on video outside the US) back in the 1990s. That was it. The entire series has been uploaded to Website/YouTube, but don't be surprised if Disney starts taking down episodes for copyright. The series is now available to purchase on [=iTunes=], however it's missing "Alive 'N Chicken/Prima Doggy" ([[DistancedFromCurrentEvents which was banned after the 9/11 attacks]]). The show has now been made available on Disney+ with the aforementioned episode included.

* Several of the later 1960s ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts have yet to see the light of day; "WesternAnimation/InjunTrouble1969" (the 1969 Cool Cat cartoon, not the 1938 Porky Pig cartoon, also the final Warner Bros. cartoon during the golden era) is an infamous example. However, “[[WesternAnimation/NormanNormal1968 Norman Normal]]” and “The Door” were released on DVD and Blu-Ray as of 2008, the Bunny & Clause duology was released in 2010, and every Cool Cat and Merlin short (with the exception of the ones with Native American stereotypes) as well as "Chimp & Zee" and "Rabbit Stew and Rabbits, Too!" are available on Creator/HBOMax as of 2020.
* With the release of its 4th and final season on DVD in September 2016, ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' can now join the ranks of the few Creator/CartoonNetwork shows to have their entire series available on DVD. Considering ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' and ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' have yet to have anything past their 1st seasons released on DVD through Warner Home Video's "Creator/CartoonNetwork Hall of Fame" DVD collection, only time will tell if they will follow in ''Courage's'' footsteps. It should also be noted that these shows have had their complete series, sans Courage's debut on the ''What A Cartoon Show'', Dexter's movie ''Ego Trip'', and a banned ''Dial M For Monkey'' short, added to the iTunes store.
* In addition, the Warner Archive Collection has resulted in a number of older Creator/HannaBarbera[=/=]Creator/RubySpears cartoons finally being distributed. These include ''WesternAnimation/SwatKats'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ThundarrTheBarbarian'', ''WesternAnimation/InchHighPrivateEye'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Centurions}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos'', the animated series of ''WesternAnimation/PacMan'' and ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'' and all the Superstars 10 movies that weren't ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' themed (since those were already openly released).
** Even more have followed, including ''WesternAnimation/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids'', ''WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels'', ''WesternAnimation/TheHalloweenTree'', ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRomanHolidays'', ''WesternAnimation/ShirtTales'' and still more.
** Feel Free to mention more that followed in ''WesternAnimation/GaltarAndTheGoldenLance'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperGlobetrotters'', ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow'', ''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLastOfTheCurlews'' and still more.
** And still more with ''WesternAnimation/DinkTheLittleDinosaur'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBiskitts'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Monchhichis}}''.
** Season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' finally came out in August 2018.
** The complete series of ''WesternAnimation/PawPawBears'' finally came out in April 2019.
* ''WesternAnimation/TwiceUponATime'' was a Creator/GeorgeLucas-backed animated production in TheEighties made by the risk-taking Ladd Company (''Body Heat'', ''Film/BladeRunner'', etc.). It popularized improvisation and adult themes in comedy voice-acting, launched the career of Henry Selick (who would go on to make ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''), and fostered or influenced a number of Pixar people. It has all the traits of a classic of monumental cultural impact (and in an indirect way, it has), yet got a minor VHS and laserdisc release in the early 1990s and then aired twice on Cartoon Network in 1999. Due to disputes between its writers, it seemed unlikely it would ever get a public showing again (and the naughtier Bill Couterie cut only had a one-time showing on HBO before the aforementioned disputes occurred)...until February 2015, when Creator/TurnerClassicMovies aired it as part of its TCM Underground block. The Warner Archive, after some delays, finally gave it a DVD release in September of that year.

* After many years off the air and episodes becoming hard to find, the complete series of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain'' got a DVD release in January 2014. Whether or not this is a good thing is [[BrokenBase up for debate]].

* In late January 2012, Warner Archive released the first season of ''WesternAnimation/PacMan'' as a manufacture-on-demand ([=MOD=] for short) DVD title. The second season was released in September in a package that includes the ''Pac-Man'' ChristmasSpecial.
* ''WesternAnimation/RoverDangerfield'' was released December 2010.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePhantomTollbooth'' was set for a 2008 DVD release, but got delayed. It is now available to order off the Creator/WarnerBros website.
* Warner Home Video finally released a complete DVD set of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan'' in June 2012. Notable the series won a poll held by the Warner Archive, easily beating nine other shows in terms of demand.
* The 1992 telefilm ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresHowISpentMyVacation'' was placed into this for almost a decade after Creator/WarnerBros' 75th anniversary reprint of the 1996 re-release in 1998 went out of print several years later. By that time, the only way to watch that film was through either airings on Nicktoons Network (until 2005 to be exact), finding a used copy, or possibly bootlegs. These practices continued until a DVD release was announced in May 2012 and was officially taken off this in August of that year.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'', after years without any home media release of any kind, finally received a complete series DVD set in July 2016 through Warner Archive Collection.

* Warner, in April 2015, released the first season of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndScrappyDoo'' on DVD.
* ''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers'' didn't receive a DVD set until February 10, 2015, through the Warner Archive.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Detention}}'' was only available through old Kids WB' recordings, until in August 2018, Warner Archive released the entire series onto iTunes, and the following year as an on-demand DVD set.
* With [=WarnerMedia=]'s Boomerang streaming service, many series that weren't available on DVD at all finally received an easily accessible release.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyAndScrappyDooShow'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries'' have yet to be released complete on DVD, but they are on the Boomerang streaming service.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has no home video releases besides a DVD with the first few episodes made ''very'' early in the show's run (which is now out of print) and some episodes on compilation [=DVD=]s released over the years. Made odd by the fact that it was a borderline CashCowFranchise for Cartoon Network during its run and [[BetterOnDVD is so continuity-driven in later seasons that a DVD release is necessary to enjoy the show]].
** Made especially painful by the fact that this show almost ''never'' gets rerun on CN or Boomerang, and only a handful of episodes air when it does.
*** As of June 2019, the entire series has been added on iTunes and on the Boomerang streaming service.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSylvesterAndTweetyMysteries'' only had the first season released on DVD in 2008. However, reruns used to be on Boomerang. Averted as of 2019, since the whole series was added to the Boomerang streaming service and HBO Max at launch.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow'' only has the first season released on DVD. After that, Warner Bros. opted against releasing further seasons due to poor sales. This puts ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' fans in a conundrum, as all but thirteen of his segments (part of ''Huckleberry Hound''[='=]s second season) are available on DVD, with those thirteen segments only being available on video-sharing sites via old Creator/{{Boomerang}} airings. Averted as of 2019, because the whole series was released on the Boomerang streaming service.
* The launch of Creator/{{HBO Max}} saw the rescues of the following animated shows that never had home media releases in the United States:
** ''WesternAnimation/BabyBlues''
** ''WesternAnimation/CoconutFredsFruitSaladIsland''
** ''Firehouse Tales'': Had a DVD release, but it came bundled with one of the toys.
** ''WesternAnimation/OzzyAndDrix''
** ''[[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures The Plucky Duck Show]]''
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Waynehead}}''[[note]]the short-lived WB show about Damon Wayans' childhood as a snarky kid struggling with poverty and having a foot brace due to a clubbed foot[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'' has rarely been seen on TV, and its last DVD release was in 2002. As of July 2020, Creator/HBOMax is streaming the film in HD, while one can also buy a digital copy off of iTunes or Google Play.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGobots'': The cartoon was made by Hanna-Barbera, so it's now owned by Warner Bros. The toys were made by Bandai, who still owns the designs (and thus the look of the characters). The character names were devised by Tonka, which was bought by Hasbro, who therefore owns the names. Getting rival international toy companies to agree to cooperate was a significant hurdle--until April 2014, when Warner Archive announced a DVD release of the complete series. The FiveEpisodePilot was released in 2011.
* After what has been over a decade later, the GrandFinale to Animaniacs, ''WesternAnimation/WakkosWish'', was finally released on DVD in October 2014.
* ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'' was added to Amazon Prime in 2019. Before that, the series' sole home media release was that of the first six episodes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'' was added to the Creator/{{Boomerang}} app in 2017, its only previous home release being a region locked DVD of the first season in Australia, as well as one episode being on a Halloween compilation DVD and another being on a rare Cartoon Network DVD sampler for the Summer 2005 lineup.
* Warner apparently releases seasons of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' at random, and it seemed unlikely that the "lost" 1980s shorts and [[OldShame the fan UN-favorite Wendy & Marvin season]] would ever come to DVD. That is, until one set of the "lost" shorts made its way to DVD in August 2009, and the Wendy and Marvin episodes the following year.
* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' is finally complete on DVD with the announcement of the final season for April 2018 via the Warner Archive.
* Even though ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' was affected by the same write-off as ''Sym-Bionic Titan'', as mentioned above, it was able to get a release through the Warner Archive on both DVD and Blu-ray in the fall of 2014. Creator/{{Toonami}} was also able to air all of the episodes just before their license went up in flames.
* As of April 2018, all eight episodes of ''WesternAnimation/CaveKids'' are available to purchase digitally. There's no word yet about a DVD, though. In April 2019, the series was released on the Boomerang streaming service.
* While a DVD release is unlikely due to Creator/CartoonNetwork writing the show's production off as a tax loss (thus making it illegal to continue profiting from it), ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' has had official releases for iTunes and Xbox Live Arcade, and it has been released on Creator/HBOMax in Latin America (though North America has yet to see a similar release).
* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', who had only released its first season on DVD, had both seasons two and three released on the format as of April 19, 2017.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'': Only the first five episodes have ever been released on DVD However, the entire series is available on iTunes, Hulu, and HBO Max, the last of which has every episode in HD and widescreen.
* In 2022, the entire series of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' was released on DVD, long after the first two seasons had gone out of print.
** The final regular episodes of the sixth season completed before Danny Antonucci decided to scrap the entirety of it for the series finale movie ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow''. "May I Have This Ed? / Look Before You Ed" weren't available on any digital service until January 1st, 2021, when most of the series was added to Creator/HBOMax, including the episode in question. The aspect ratio of that episode, however, is stretched for unknown reasons.
* In 2022, the entire series of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' was released on DVD, long after the first three seasons had gone out of print. On streaming services, the fifth and sixth seasons are the 4:3 versions (HBO Max has those seasons in their original aspect ratio), as opposed to the widescreen versions they were made in.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' was made available on HBO Max and digital download, having previously had no home video releases beyond the first season. The complete series did get released on DVD in Australia, though.
* ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'' was added to Boomerang's subscription video service a couple years after it stopped playing on the channel. Before that, a '''''very, very rare''''' press kit has a DVD of two Season 1 episodes, but was only released in Region 4 and is region-locked. Two more episodes have also appeared on two Cartoon Cartoon compilation [=DVD=]s, plus another on a rare Cartoon Network Summer 2005 DVD sampler. ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' had similar issues but was also made available to stream on Boomerang.
* ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'' was made available for purchase on [=iTunes=] in 2018, with it previously only seeing a physical release with a few episodes appearing on the Season 1 DVD for its sister show ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy.''

* In North America, the only place you can view ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'''s two full seasons, besides on its practically non-existent presence on TV, is on iTunes. For some reason, Australia is the only country that legally distributes a full season DVD.

** Upon Creator/{{Amazon}} shutting down the [=CreateSpace=] service in 2021, the rights for ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' were quickly picked up by Shout! Factory. As for other shows available through the service such as ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', their status is currently unknown.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'', after years without any form of DVD release since its cancellation finally received just that for all three seasons exclusively through Amazon in 2011. It is currently streaming on Paramount+.
* Any ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode past Show 73 was this once CBS stopped airing the show. It got a full release when the live-action/CGI ''Garfield'' movie and its sequel came out. On said DVD release, the original "U.S. Acres" title cards were replaced by the "Orson's Farm" title cards because they were based on the international masters (This also caused some quickies to be omitted; see [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes/WesternAnimation the main page]] for more details). The 4K restoration made for Boomerang restores these title cards. However, two of the quickies ("The Worm Turns" and "Hogcules") were taken from international prints, and thus use "Orson's Farm Quickie"-style screens with the American name. The same is true of some of the quickies (for instance, episode 27 not using the ''Screaming with Binky'' segment about baseball).
* After years of only having a hard-to-find mail-in VHS tape release, ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' finally got an official series release on Creator/ParamountPlus.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBradyKids'' only got a few episodes as part of the [[http://www.amazon.com/The-Brady-Bunch-Complete-Seasons/dp/B000CCBCI0 Brady Bunch Complete Series]] pack, but did not get a full release until 2016.

* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' nearly qualifies, with a full series collection that was released in incredibly limited numbers…and only in Canada. The series is now available for Digital download on various stores and streaming on Creator/ParamountPlus, courtesy of Creator/{{MTV}}. Nelvana also posted the entire series as a livestream on their Retro Rerun Channel on Website/YouTube (though it's only available outside the US due to Viacom owning the American rights).

* In January 2019, six years after the show ended, the final 12 episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ScaredySquirrel'' premiered in the USA on Creator/{{Starz}} Kids & Family (which had the last 26 episodes) and later Tubi (which has every episode in both English and Spanish). Before then, one could only buy the first 40 episodes on Amazon Instant Video and a few volumes on the iTunes Store, and some of these were on Netflix.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' was screwed over by Creator/CartoonNetwork after they aired the series finale in late June of 2010. While they still aired reruns every so often for awhile afterwards it was not to extent of how it was prior to the series finale and was quietly taken off the schedule for good in early 2011. As of 2019, Nelvana posted the entire series on their Retro Rerun Channel on Website/YouTube. It is also available on Tubi and Prime Video too.

* ''WesternAnimation/StickinAround'' was originally going to get a DVD release, but the company never got around to do so. It received several VHS prints, but those are rare and are no longer in print. In early 2020, Nelvana uploaded the entire series on its Retro Return channel and later Prime Video. Before that, [=AmebaTV=] released the entire series on their website, however, only one episode is free while the rest can be watchable through a premium account. Also, after years of not airing in the US, it aired on Qubo beginning in 2016.
* ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' had a VHS release a movie consisting of four episodes courtesy of Paramount, but only the first season made its way to the U.S. on DVD, while Australia saw both seasons on DVD and Japan had both seasons on VHS. The series can be viewed in its entirety on iTunes, Creator/{{Tubi}}, and Nelvana's Retro Rerun Website/YouTube channel.
* ''WesternAnimation/BlastersUniverse'' was last seen on [=KidsCo=] through its Australian and British until they closed. While the series resurfaced in Canada on Bell Media's streaming service Crave, the U.S. has yet to see a similar release.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wayside}}'' only had its first season and the pilot movie released on DVD. Nelvana would later upload the series to their Keep It Weird channel, and the entire series is available on Tubi.
* The one DVD release of ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}'', which is part of the Nelvana Golden Collection, is extremely rare and only has a few episodes. The series is also no longer available on iTunes, but all 26 episodes are available on Tubi.
* Creator/{{Funimation}} released the first season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Braceface}}'' and then stopped because it didn't sell well. All three seasons have been uploaded to Website/YouTube and are also available on Tubi, and the first season is on iTunes.

* ''WesternAnimation/CadillacsAndDinosaurs'' had only a small selection of its thirteen episodes released on VHS. It was available on Shomi until it shut down. The whole series was later uploaded to Nelvana's Retro Rerun channel and all 13 episodes are on Tubi.
* ''WesternAnimation/ElliotMoose'' last aired in 2010 on Qubo and has only received a few home video releases in Canada. Treehouse Direct later uploaded the whole series.
* ''Literature/PippiLongstocking''[='s=] only home media release was a three episode compilation movie released by HBO in 2000, but all 26 episodes are on Tubi and Nelvana started uploading episodes to their Treehouse Direct Website/YouTube channel around the start of 2022.
* ''WesternAnimation/DogCity'' - The series was made only a couple of years after Jim Henson's death, so the Jim Henson Company never really took much notice of it, despite earning a following. Only seven episodes were released on three extremely rare tapes, and the JHC refused to let the rest be uploaded to Website/YouTube (save for one episode in German). A petition started on the website Rostam Entertainment for a full DVD release and a crossover film with ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', but before they could get halfway (about 10 signatures out of 29), Rostam Entertainment was taken down and later rebooted as Cartoon Reviewer, and the petition became stuck in DevelopmentHell. One can find the show on Creator/{{Nelvana}}'s Retro Rerun channel, Tubi, Hoopla and Prime Video.
* ''WesternAnimation/MovilleMysteries'' only had a single DVD release with three episodes exclusive to Canada. It did get a stint on the Canadian streaming service Shomi until it shut down. The series is available to stream on Tubi in the U.S., with all 26 episodes on the service, and the entire French dub is also available on Oznoz.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pelswick}}'' had its home video rights held by Creator/{{Funimation}}, but it was never released on DVD by them and hasn't aired on American television since Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s syndication rights to it expired. While Nelvana's Retro Rerun channel has yet to upload any episodes of the series (though in the show's native Canada, reruns air on Creator/AdultSwim, likely to help the network fulfill Canadian content requirements), all 26 episodes are available in the U.S. on Tubi.

* ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' was caught in this state for over a decade until, finally, a worthy DVD set was released. Same goes for ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' and ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''--the former most likely due to its usage in WebAnimation/YouTubePoop. In the case of ''Adventures'', the show had individual DVD compilations prior to the DVD sets, and even those compilations didn't include "Mass Transit Trouble," which had been banned after the September 11th attacks for its terrorism-related story line. Thus, prior to the release of the second box set, one had to go online just to catch it. Even worse, most copies that showed up online were the pre-9/11 Creator/ToonDisney broadcasts, which were {{Bowdlerize}}d for questionable content.
* ''WesternAnimation/WhereOnEarthIsCarmenSandiego'' had some {{Compilation Movie}}s released by Lions Gate and Sterling Entertainment, and the first season released by Shout! Factory, then five years passed without any other releases. Thanks to Mill Creek Entertainment, a DVD of the complete series came in February 2012.

* For a few years, a majority of the episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin'' were missing for what seemed like forever because Hi-Tops and YES! Entertainment only decided to release a certain number of episodes, the most notable missing ones being story-building episodes like the finale. Enter Mill Creek Entertainment, who released the complete series circa 2005. Once those went out of print, the series was released in a box set with all [[SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon 65 episodes]] by Image Entertainment in June 2012. And after that set went out of print, the entire series showed up on Amazon Prime in the fall of 2019.
* ''Poppetstown'': Luckily, [[https://www.amazon.com/PoppetsTown-Season-1/dp/B01M7S0AG8 Amazon now has the entire series]] after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hXqbHBVzH4 one episode]] survived in the hands of Neptuno Films.
* For awhile, ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks'' had a couple of VHS releases of the first few episodes, meaning that the later episodes were all but lost after the re-runs ended. Netflix aired the episodes out of order for some time, but the show also finally got [[http://www.amazon.com/Street-Sharks-Complete-Episode-Series/dp/B00AQ590IC a DVD release of all 40 episodes]].
* After the first season DVD set from Creator/ShoutFactory fell flat due to low sales, and the compilation [=DVDs=] became rarities, ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' finally got a complete series release in both volumes and a complete series boxset courtesy of New Video Group.
* ''WesternAnimation/MummiesAlive'' had a little number of VHS and DVD releases, for both Regions 1 and 2, contain only some episodes. In 2016, German distributor Pidax Film released two volume sets containing 14 episodes each in German and English, completing the series with the third set in 2017, although that volume is out-of-print.
*''WesternAnimation/TheGetAlongGang''. S'More Entertainment did announce a complete DVD series in 2007, but American Greetings (owner of the franchise), pulled the plug on it, though it could be due to the (later shelved) revival of the characters going on at the time. The original pilot and a few episodes were released on VHS and can be found online. However, a small "best-of" DVD release was announced by Creator/MillCreekEntertainment and released in April 2011; it includes 20 out of the 26 individual episodes (or 10 of 13 half-hour episodes). The following year, the remaining six episodes were released as bonus material of other Mill Creek DVD releases, taking the series officially outside this trope. However, the original pilot is unlikely to be released on DVD due to royalty issues with Nelvana and John Sebastian's singing on the episode.
** The series did receive a DVD release in Brazil ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff where the show was huge during the 1980s]]).
* ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats'' had limited VHS and DVD releases of its episodes, all of which are now out of print. Creator/ShoutFactory released 24 episodes from the first season but lost the rights to the series due to poor sales. The entire first season was released by Mill Creek Entertainment, one half in 2012 and the other in 2013. In August 2016, Mill Creek released the entire series on DVD.
* ''WesternAnimation/ABunchOfMunsch'' was once upon a time very hard to find on home video, having only been released on extremely rare VHS tapes by Golden Book Video and Sony Wonder. All [[ShortRunner 13 episodes]] were eventually released on DVD by Mill Creek in August 2015.
* ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'' had very few episodes, often broken down into individual segments, released on VHS and DVD with every release now out of print. In 2014, the entire first season from 1986 had a DVD release courtesy of Mill Creek Entertainment. With the second season having been released in September 2016, the entire series is now available.

* Concerning Creator/{{Universal}} Animation series:
** The ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' two-season cartoon series had originally seen only a partial VHS release of eight (out of 13) season 1 episodes, presented in random order. WordOfGod was that it will never would be released on DVD, due to the creator considering it an OldShame they were [[ExecutiveMeddling coerced into creating]] to support the games. It finally got a U.S. release in its entirety.
** And their first production, ''WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture'', was released on DVD on October 20, 2015- one day behind the date Marty traveled to in the second film.

* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse: The New Adventures'' was caught in this trap, but then the entire series came out on DVD in 2010, with the picture digitally remastered from the original film negatives ''and'' bonus features. Quite a big treatment for a show that hadn't aired in years.
* It took near 22 years, three distribution companies, and a ''very'' dogged fanbase to get ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' on DVD in the United States. Cue ''massive'' {{Squee}} when Koch finally released a two-part set. Sadly, said DVD set would later go out of print after Koch was sold.

* ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'' was released in mid-2010.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' — Rhino Video released seasons 1-2 and part of 3 on DVD. The rest? Left in limbo. To make matters worse, the first two sets of [=DVD=]s went out of print and cost a pretty penny to buy a secondhand copy. Creator/ShoutFactory has decided to release a complete series DVD boxset, including the long-unavailable season 3 episodes--mostly due to the release of the live-action movie.
* One of the most JustForFun/{{egregious}} examples of this trope was TheEighties incarnation of ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', considering that musical numbers were their entire shtick. But, with the success of the [[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks movies]], several compilations of the show and associated specials have been released.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot''. Creator/ADVFilms never released Seasons 1 and 2 on DVD, only four episodes from Season 1 ever came out on VHS. Seasons 3 and 4 came out on DVD, but went out of print. Fortunately, Creator/ShoutFactory eventually released [=DVDs=] of the complete series. Season 3 also formerly aired on Creator/TeletoonRetro in Canada.
* The third season of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' was only released on DVD in Japan (with it being the Japanese dub, obviously), Hasbro has stated they have no plans to release it, and Creator/CartoonNetwork dropped reruns of the show from their lineup fairly soon after it ended. However, in 2012, Creator/TheHub picked up the rights to show reruns, saving it at least temporarily. This also had the side effect of ''increasing the quality'' of the circulated tapes, as the show was made in HD but only shown in cropped standard definition before then. Unfortunately, the show vanished from TV yet again after the Hub became Creator/DiscoveryFamily, but Shout! Factory has announced that it will be releasing a DVD set of the unreleased third season and a complete series set.
* The ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' animated specials from the 1980s and 1990s became available since Lynn Johnston acquired the rights in 2008; they're sold exclusively through the [=FBorFW=] website.
* The Creator/ADVFilms release of the ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' cartoon has gone out of print. However, Creator/DiscotekMedia licensed the show for a DVD release.
* Airing irregularly in Canada and France for years, ''WesternAnimation/{{Cybersix}}'' never got released on DVD after its only season was finished. Fortunately, Creator/DiscotekMedia [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=671291782899919&set=a.196378827057886.55668.147168055312297&type=1&relevant_count=1 picked the show up]] and released it on DVD in 2014. It's also available on Amazon Prime as of 2020. TMS also now have all 13 episodes on their official Website/YouTube channel, though the sound quality is somewhat questionable.
* Once upon a time, ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' had only a very small amount of episodes, plus the Christmas special and movie, on VHS. That changed in 2012 when Britt Allcroft herself released Mumfie's Quest on DVD. In 2013, she then released the Christmas special Mumfie's White Christmas on DVD. On New Year's Day 2014, the series became available on Hulu Plus and Amazon Instant Video, (minus four episodes and the unedited Mumfie's Quest episodes). The latter, however of Mumfie's Quest will be released in the future as well as new merchandise. There's no news for the four missing episodes, though.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWorldOfDavidTheGnome'' was this but got DVD releases in the United Kingdom in 2006, in Spain and Italy by 2011, and in the United States by Oasis DVD in 2012. Most episodes are also available on DVD in Germany and the Netherlands.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales'' was only able to be found on [=DVDs=] released in Europe and Australia. The entire series later came to Kidoodle TV, which seemed like one step closer to a DVD release. Creator/ShoutFactory finally released a North American DVD set of the complete series in April 2015.
* Several episodes from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' were released on Website/YouTube on a special branded channel, courtesy of IMPS, [=ODMedia=], and Expoza. Also, the entire series has been released on DVD in Australia.
** However, it doesn't help that the new Website/YouTube channel uses the international 90s remaster editions from said Australian [=DVDs=] (and thus, presented in PAL format) and crops the episodes into a widescreen format. Additionally, some of the international remastered versions of certain episodes use the chopped-up edited versions from the syndicated "Smurfs Adventures" series. Said international remaster also uses a re-modified version of the 1st season intro and credits for seasons 1-8, along with two different [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong alternate foreign theme songs]], instead of using the updated intro sequences for later seasons.
** In the United States, the only episodes released on DVD as of now are the complete season 1, selected episodes from season 2, and the Christmas specials. Most of the series is also available on iTunes. (Luckily, these editions include the original respective intro sequences for each season as well) and Creator/{{Boomerang}} currently airs the show during overnight hours (albeit the "Smurfs Adventures" version).
** Thankfully, the original USA masters of the first four seasons have been restored and released for HBO Max. (Especially the original intro sequence for season 4, which had not seen its light of day since it was last seen on VHS releases.)
* Nine years after ''WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown'' and ''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'' were released on DVD, Paramount finally released ''WesternAnimation/RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown'' on February 10, 2015, and ''WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown'' was released on DVD on October 6 of that year, both in anticipation of ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie''.
* The infamous ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter'' cartoon, initially released by ADV Films on DVD, was sort of rescued when it was included on a single Blu-Ray disc as part of the ''Street Fighter 25th Anniversary'' set. It was then definitely rescued when Creator/DiscotekMedia announced that they licensed the show for a DVD rerelease.
* Disney sold the rights to ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'' to series creator and star Howie Mandel in 2004, several years after Disney acquired the rights as part of the Saban Entertainment package. As a result, there were a couple of individual DVD compilations before Mandel licensed the series to Moonscoop, who promptly got to work on making an Amazon Exclusive DVD release of the whole series that finally commenced in 2012. Surprising treatment for a Creator/FoxKids program that isn't ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.
* ''Pigs Next Door'' is another Fox Kids show that re-appeared after years off the air. Despite a very short run of 13 episodes (and starring Creator/JohnGoodman and Creator/JamieLeeCurtis as the parent pigs), the series was totally forgotten between 2000 and 2015… when the series appeared on Creator/{{Studio 100}}'s Website/YouTube channel, as well as on Amazon and Creator/{{Tubi}} in the USA, even though they only own the distribution rights in Europe, China, Australia, New Zealand and Quebec. It's still up to Disney for a legal home video release, though, as they still own part of the show's copyrights.
* "Toxic Crusaders" is still pretty easy to find considering every episode and movie exists online through its 2008 complete series set.
* While it may have only gotten VHS releases, the series "The Adventures Of T-Rex", a Japanese-American co-pro, has all 52 episodes available online thanks to torrents.
* "The Poochie Special" is a half-hour one-off cartoon based on Mattel's then popular mutt Poochie (not to be confused with ''The Simpsons'' version) It went direct-to-video in 1984, and was thought to have never seen the light of day again after all copies disappeared, but someone took the time to upload the whole cartoon in 2015 (though it was previously posted in 3 parts as well).
* Both the French and English dubs of "T'choupi et Doudou" ("Charley and Mimmo") are available online for free streaming as of now.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersFlub'' (not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersGrunt'') got 2 4-episode VHS releases and that was it. Thanks to TV critics generally hating it and the theme "song" being considered annoying, the show got low ratings and became so obscure that a Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} article wasn't written for it until ''2008''; for the longest time, the only trace of it online was a low-quality rip of the intro from [=RetroJunk=]. The entire show was also on a video website called ''Kidobi'' (''yes, really''), which subsequently removed the episodes. The first eight episodes came to iTunes in 2014, and the whole series was uploaded to Website/YouTube two years later.
* Only one copy of the special ''Up on the Housetop'' was known to circulate, courtesy of [[Blog/TheIslandOfMisfitChristmasSpecials Peter Paltridge]]. It was eventually released by [=GoodTimes=].
* ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' originally had Creator/JuneForay voicing Karen (and all the other children) when it aired in 1969. However, for some unknown reason, in 1970 [[TheOtherMarty all of Foray's lines (except for her singing parts, bizarrely) were dubbed over by an unknown child actress]], and after that the Foray version was quietly pushed under the rug. A reconstruction of the entire Foray version of the special has been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY9bwL3YOAA uploaded to YouTube]] in December 2016, using Rhino's audio CD as a source.
* At one time, full episodes of ''Wapos Bay: The Series'' and its movie, ''Long Goodbyes'' were hard to find, despite the movie winning a Kidscreen award and beating the ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure'' movie and ''Zhu Zhu Pets: Quest for Zhu''. The entire series can be found on Ameba TV.
* On the Wiki/LostMediaWiki, there was a long search for a short cartoon titled "Clock Man", as a member of the bungie.net forum recalled part of the plot details, most notably a bearded man emerging from a clock, and he believed that it aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}''. The short turned out to be a Czech short named ''O Parádivé Sally'', which was uploaded onto Website/YouTube in September 2017, and its identity was confirmed in December.
* ''WesternAnimation/FatDogMendoza'', a German/American cartoon about a superhero boy named Little Costume Buddy and his fat dog, [[ADogNamedDog Fat Dog]], having random wacky adventures in their hometown of Neighborhood X ([[WidgetSeries roll with it]]), never even aired in the United States, and only one VHS was released. The entire series is officially available on Website/YouTube.
* The British cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'' only saw the first six of its 52 episode series released onto DVD, and even on VHS, only the first season (bar "Megattack") and a handful of Season Two episodes saw release. The United States fared even worse only getting ''one'' VHS as proof of existence there. Come 2014, Monster Entertainment announced plans to release the entire series online and remastered, though only six random episodes were released on Website/YouTube. They did grant usage of their masters to German distributor PIDAX however, who released all four seasons on DVD sets within a short timeframe in 2018. Since the [=DVDs=] also have an English track, there is at least an option for those who can import. Shortly after this, Monster returned to their Website/YouTube service and uploaded ''the entire series'' [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD14E2D4Ad6vTPqqSu-YWhQ on its own official channel.]]

* The Filmation cartoon ''WesternAnimation/FraidyCat'' was first shown on VHS in 1985, an entire decade after the show’s launch. Numerous other tapes contained nine episodes but not the full 12-episode collection. In fact, the only way you could get the episodes was only in PAL regions, so no luck for American collectors. These episodes were in limbo but thankfully, in 2006, BCI released the full show on a compilation DVD with ''[[WesternAnimation/SabrinaAndTheGroovieGoolies The Groovie Goolies]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters''.

* ''[[Literature/TheDragonSeries Dragon]]'', a stop-motion show based on books by Dav Pilkey, did get 3 compilation [=DVDs=] as it aired like other Creator/TreehouseTV shows, but [[NoExportForYou they were never released outside Canada]], leaving the United States, where it aired on Creator/{{qubo}}, without any official release. And those [=DVDs=] did not cover the entire run of the series, meaning that TV airings were the only way to catch the rest of the episodes. That was until Kids Central, a bilingual children's channel[[note]]not to be confused with the Singaporean channel of the same name[[/note]], started airing reruns of the show and offering it through an on-demand service in 2017 that was exclusive to North American hotel rooms, of all places. That all changed when in late 2018, [=WikoKiko=] began to upload episodes of the series periodically.
* ''WesternAnimation/PunkyBrewster'' did see the entire series released to DVD as extras on the ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' season sets, but one episode, "The Shoe Must Go On", was skipped because it used [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop "Axel F"]]. The entire show was added to Peacock in 2020.
* ''WesternAnimation/DinkTheLittleDinosaur'' first aired in 1989-1990 and it ''finally'' got DVD compilation release of all the episodes in 2017.

** ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks'', which used to be on Hulu.

** ''[[WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat Baby Felix & Friends]]''

* The animated TV movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Animalympics}}''. Though it has had a few VHS releases, most of those were a ''while'' ago, and its only DVD releases were in Europe. This all changed in April 2018 when Hen's Tooth Video finally gave the film an official U.S. [=DVD=] release, and Tubi offers it for streaming free-with-ads as of 2021.
* ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'''s theatrical shorts (albeit without their original titles) and ''The New Casper Cartoon Show'' were released on the ''Casper The Friendly Ghost: The Complete Collection 1945-1963'' DVD set in 2011. ''WesternAnimation/CaspersScareSchool'' is available on Amazon Prime.
* After years with only three [=DVD=] releases existing for the series, the entire series of ''WesternAnimation/{{Tutenstein}}'' was made available on Yippee TV. There's also a DVD release slated for January 2021.
* ''Izzy's Quest for Olympic Gold'' was a TNT animated special that aired in 1995 as part of the hype surrounding the 1996 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames in Atlanta, Georgia. It only aired a few times until the Games ended and had no signs of a home release. Then in December 2020, someone found a VHS recording and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzGr9ibFkrw uploaded it to YouTube]].
* Several of Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises theatrical and television shorts (''The Texas/Tijuana Toads'', ''Hoot Kloot'', ''Misterjaw'', etc.) were only released on DVD and [=BluRay=] sets by Kino Lorber in the late 2010s. Initally, the original 1960s-1970s ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' shorts were given a dedicated release via the multi-disc ''The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection''. Certain companion shorts (''Roland and Rattfink'', ''WesternAnimation/TheInspector'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheAntAndTheAardvark'') were included alongside the ''Pink Panther'' collection.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' - Despite being the show that debatably saved Teletoon's American equivalent, Cartoon Network (with the season 1 finale being the most viewed broadcast in CN's history according to some sources), only the first season has been released on DVD in the United States by Cartoon Network. As was done for the broadcast versions, the episodes on the DVD set were cropped from it's 16:9 picture to fit 4:3 screens, the dialogue is censored, and no Spanish or French language versions are included. It also doesn't come with that season's special, Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island, despite being advertised to have it. The entire series was released on DVD in Australia, though, and can be streamed on Netflix (including it's spin off, ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'', listed as season 7 and, oddly enough, featuring the PAL versions).
* ''The Toothbrush Family'' and ''Ketchup: Cats Who Cook'' only had one VHS release each by Just For Kids in the late 90's. Being that these two tapes were some of the last released by the company, they were very hard to find. The Website/YouTube channel Puddle Jumper rescued both series in 2017.

* ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' was available on Netflix until 2017, but with all of the ''Dragon Tunes'' segments edited out from the episodes due to licensing issues (Sony had sold to the 1993-2012 publishing rights to their films and shows to Ole Media Management, now known as Anthem Entertainment). Come August 2022, the first two seasons were unexpectedly made available on Creator/PrimeVideo, and the third was added shortly thereafter. Some of the episodes do contain the ''Dragon Tunes'' segments, while others have the aforementioned edited cuts. However, the show still hasn't had a season-wise DVD release instead of individual DVD compilations, likely because the show is jointly owned by the non-profit organization Sesame Workshop (which also produces ''Series/SesameStreet'') and the media giant Creator/{{Sony}}, and the two are more than likely to argue about where the money for such releases will go.
* ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' suffered through this fate for a long time. In the States, only 11 and a half episodes (24 stories) out of forty (79 stories), which is about 1/4 of the entire series, were ever released on DVD. After close to a decade with no further releases on home media or streaming in the US aside from a few DVD and VHS releases of selected episodes, in 2021-22 Website/CommonSenseMedia's Sensical streaming service added the first 16 episodes in their original Creator/PBSKids formats, making 26 and a half (53 stories) out of the forty (79 stories) finally available for legal streaming.

* The infamous ''WesternAnimation/YoYogi'' series only had a few long out of print VHS releases until it arrived on the Boomerang streaming service in May 2019 with [[WesternAnimation/YogisSpaceRace most]] [[WesternAnimation/YogisGang of]] [[WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt the]] [[WesternAnimation/YogisArkLark other]] [[Film/YogiBearAndTheMagicalFlightOfTheSpruceGoose Yogi]] shows and specials.

* It took near 22 years, three distribution companies, and a ''very'' dogged fanbase to get ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' on DVD in the United States. Cue ''massive'' {{Squee}} when Koch finally released a two-part set. Ironically, it would later go out of print after Koch was sold.

* ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'' was made available for purchase on [=iTunes=] in 2018, with it previously only being released with a few episodes appearing on the Season 1 DVD for its sister show ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy.''

* ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' was available on Netflix until 2017, but with all of the ''Dragon Tunes'' segments edited out from the episodes due to licensing issues (Sony had sold to the 1993-2012 publishing rights to their films and shows to Ole Media Management, now known as Anthem Entertainment). Come August 2022, the first two seasons were unexpectedly made available on Creator/PrimeVideo, and the third was added shortly thereafter. Some of the episodes do contain the ''Dragon Tunes'' segments, while others have the aforementioned edited cuts. However, the show still hasn't had a season-wise DVD release instead of individual DVD compilations, likely because the show is jointly owned by the non-profit organization Sesame Workshop (which also produces ''Series/SesameStreet'') and the media giant Creator/{{Sony}}, and the two are more than likely to argue about where the money for such releases will go.

** ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks'', which used to be on Hulu. However, as of July 2022, the show has been taken off of Peacock.

* While clips of ''WesternAnimation/ToonMakersSailorMoon'' have been floating around for at least 20 years, most information known about it was through interviews and a music video featuring clips from the pilot, as well as a screen recording of some footage shown at a con. In 2022, courtesy of the Library of Congress, a fully restored music video and pilot were released as part of Raven Simone's documentary ''[[https://youtu.be/SdYD5StqHxk The Western World of Sailor Moon]]''.

* Creator/DisneyPlus ended up rescuing these and many other animated Disney TV shows. Among them being almost all of the Disney Afternoon programming (including notoriously elusive shows like ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries''), ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Doug}} Disney's Doug]]'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''. However, there are still some Disney shows that have yet to turn up on [=Disney+=], including ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'' and ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter''.

* The 30-minute animated ''Little Engine that Could'' feature from TheNineties only existed in the VHS tapes that remain and an upload on Website/YouTube every now and then. As of 2019, it can be streamed from Ameba.

* The 1990s ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon subverted this: after years of having to wait for a DVD release, and feeling all hope was lost, the first 32 episodes were released on DVD (in two 16-episode sets) for the first time in 2009 (presumably to cash in on ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''), with three more sets later released completing the series. Every episode is streaming on Disney+ as well.

* ''The Toothbrush Family'' and ''Ketchup: Cats Who Cook'' only had one VHS release each by Just For Kids in the late 90's. Being that these two tapes were some of the last released by the company, they were very hard to find. The Website/YouTube channel Puddle Jumper rescued both series in 2017.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'' was one of many series confirmed as day-one-launch series. Prior to this, the series hadn't been seen on American television since 2011, and all online copies were either from Canadian broadcasts on Family, or in the case of [=YouTube=], full episodes being taken down. Sadly, however, only season 1 is available on Disney+, meaning that fans of the show will have to rely on iTunes in order to access the show’s remaining 31 episodes.

* ''WesternAnimation/HigglytownHeroes'': At one point, only two [=DVDs=] existed, a majority of the episodes were available on Disney Junior On Demand, and episodes could be found on [=YouTube=]. The series has since been [[https://whatsondisneyplus.com/higglytown-heroes-coming-soon-to-disney/ added]] to Creator/DisneyPlus (at least in the United States and Canada.)

* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' had one VHS release (''101 Dalmatians Christmas'', which also contained the episode "Coup [=DeVil=]") and one [=VideoCD=] release that has ''severe'' sound issues (''Dalmatian Vacation'') (and on video outside the US) back in the 1990s. That was it. The entire series has been uploaded to [=YouTube=], but don't be surprised if Disney starts taking down episodes for copyright. The series is now available to purchase on [=iTunes=], however it's missing "Alive 'N Chicken/Prima Doggy" ([[DistancedFromCurrentEvents which was banned after the 9/11 attacks]]). The show has now been made available on Disney+ with the aforementioned episode included.

* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' nearly qualifies, with a full series collection that was released in incredibly limited numbers…and only in Canada. The series is now available for Digital download on various stores and streaming on Creator/ParamountPlus, courtesy of Creator/{{MTV}}. Nelvana also posted the entire series as a livestream on their Retro Rerun Channel on [=YouTube=] (though it's only available outside the US due to Viacom owning the American rights).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' was screwed over by Creator/CartoonNetwork after they aired the series finale in late June of 2010. While they still aired reruns every so often for awhile afterwards it was not to extent of how it was prior to the series finale and was quietly taken off the schedule for good in early 2011. As of 2019, Nelvana posted the entire series on their Retro Rerun Channel on [=YouTube=]. It is also available on Tubi and Prime Video too.

* ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' had a VHS release a movie consisting of four episodes courtesy of Paramount, but only the first season made its way to the U.S. on DVD, while Australia saw both seasons on DVD and Japan had both seasons on VHS. The series can be viewed in its entirety on iTunes, Creator/{{Tubi}}, and Nelvana's Retro Rerun [=YouTube=] channel.

* ''WesternAnimation/FlyingRhinoJuniorHigh'', aside from having its first season available on [=YouTube=] in Scotland (via co-producer STV), hasn't been seen since it ended in 2000. Not helping matters are the series' rights being fractured between STV and Corus. The entire series is on Creator/{{Tubi}} and Nelvana has uploaded the show to their Keep It Weird channel.

* ''Literature/PippiLongstocking''[='s=] only home media release was a three episode compilation movie released by HBO in 2000, but all 26 episodes are on Tubi and Nelvana started uploading episodes to their Treehouse Direct [=YouTube=] channel around the start of 2022.

* Airing irregularly in Canada and France for years, ''WesternAnimation/{{Cybersix}}'' never got released on DVD after its only season was finished. Fortunately, Creator/DiscotekMedia [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=671291782899919&set=a.196378827057886.55668.147168055312297&type=1&relevant_count=1 picked the show up]] and released it on DVD in 2014. It's also available on Amazon Prime as of 2020. TMS also now have all 13 episodes on their official YouTube channel, though the sound quality is somewhat questionable.

* ''Pigs Next Door'' is another Fox Kids show that re-appeared after years off the air. Despite a very short run of 13 episodes (and starring Creator/JohnGoodman and Creator/JamieLeeCurtis as the parent pigs), the series was totally forgotten between 2000 and 2015… when the series appeared on Creator/{{Studio 100}}'s [=YouTube=] channel, as well as on Amazon and Creator/{{Tubi}} in the USA, even though they only own the distribution rights in Europe, China, Australia, New Zealand and Quebec. It's still up to Disney for a legal home video release, though, as they still own part of the show's copyrights.

* On the Wiki/LostMediaWiki, there was a long search for a short cartoon titled "Clock Man", as a member of the bungie.net forum recalled part of the plot details, most notably a bearded man emerging from a clock, and he believed that it aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}''. The short turned out to be a Czech short named ''O Parádivé Sally'', which was uploaded onto [=YouTube=] in September 2017, and its identity was confirmed in December.
* ''WesternAnimation/FatDogMendoza'', a German/American cartoon about a superhero boy named Little Costume Buddy and his fat dog, [[ADogNamedDog Fat Dog]], having random wacky adventures in their hometown of Neighborhood X ([[WidgetSeries roll with it]]), never even aired in the United States, and only one VHS was released. The entire series is officially available on [=YouTube=].

* The 30-minute animated ''Little Engine that Could'' feature from TheNineties only existed in the VHS tapes that remain and an upload on [=YouTube=] every now and then. As of 2019, it can be streamed from Ameba.

* Most of ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'' was released on VHS, but only "Noddy Lends A Hand", "Noddy Meets Some Silly Hens" and "Noddy and His Unhappy Car" were released to DVD, but the catch was that said DVD was actually one for ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', which split the episodes in half to accomodate live-action segments. Starting in 2017, the official Noddy [=YouTube=] began to upload episodes in a random order, beginning with "Noddy Meets Some Silly Hens".

* ''[[Literature/TheDragonSeries Dragon]]'', a stop-motion show based on books by Dav Pilkey, did get 3 compliation [=DVDs=] as it aired like other Creator/TreehouseTV shows, but [[NoExportForYou they were never released outside Canada]], leaving the United States, where it aired on Creator/{{qubo}}, without any official release. And those [=DVDs=] did not cover the entire run of the series, meaning that TV airings were the only way to catch the rest of the episodes. That was until Kids Central, a bilingual children's channel, [[note]]not to be confused with the Singaporean channel of the same name[[/note]] started airing reruns of the show and offering it through an on-demand service in 2017 that was exclusive to North American hotel rooms, of all places. That all changed when in late 2018, [=WikoKiko=] began to upload episodes of the series periodically.

* ''The Toothbrush Family'' and ''Ketchup: Cats Who Cook'' only had one VHS release each by Just For Kids in the late 90's. Being that these two tapes were some of the last released by the company, they were very hard to find. The [=YouTube=] channel Puddle Jumper rescued both series in 2017.