History KeepCirculatingTheTapes / WesternAnimationRescued

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' originally only 14 episodes from Season 1[[labelnote:*]]"Critter Sitters", "Skeletons in the Closet", "A Dandy Handy Man", "Out of My Mind", "Worm Welcome", "Stage Fright", "Spooky Tree", "Pest O' the West", "Laugh of the Party", "Campfire Ghouls", "It's the Pits", "Prince of the Neitherworld", "Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice", and "Quit While You're a Head"[[/labelnote]] were released on VHS, and 3 episodes[[labelnote:*]]"Skeletons in the Closet", "A-Ha!", and "Spooky Boo-tique"[[/labelnote]] were a special feature on the 20th Anniversary Edition of the movie, finally all 109 episodes were released on a 12-disc set by Creator/ShoutFactory in 2013.

* 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]]

* With [=WarnerMedia=]'s Boomerang streaming service, many series that weren't available on DVD at all finally received an easily accessible release.

* 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.

* 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'', ''WesternAnimation/DinkTheLittleDinosaur'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBiskitts'', ''WesternAnimation/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids'', ''WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels'', ''WesternAnimation/TheHalloweenTree'', ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRomanHolidays'', ''WesternAnimation/ShirtTales'', ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' and ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'' and all the Superstars 10 movies that weren't ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' themed (since those were already openly released).

** On the subject of ''Yogi Bear'', the '80s revival ''The New Yogi Bear Show'' got one VHS release as a six-episode compilation...[[NoExportForYou in Australia]]. It was last seen in the US on Creator/{{Boomerang}} years ago, so you better start digging. As of 2019, the entire franchise (1960s series and 1988 revival) were added to the Boomerang streaming service.

** 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. Thankfully, the show is on Paramount Plus. ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' also got a complete series release on DVD that same year (minus the unaired pilot episode "Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing").

** 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/{{Rugrats}}'' also got a complete series release on DVD that same year (minus the unaired pilot episode "Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing").

* The poorly received series ''WesternAnimation/FamilyDog'' only had a couple of VHS releases and a complete series UsefulNotes/LaserDisc. With those out of print and with no plans to give it a DVD release, good luck finding it. It doesn't help that Warner Bros (international) and Universal (domestic) co-own the series. Thankfully, Archive.org user Wheelz420 managed to digitalize the entire series from UsefulNotes/LaserDisc.

* 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 time frame 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.]]

* In 2022, ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' became available for streaming on Creator/HBOMax Latin America (though a few episodes are missing). Both the English and Spanish dubs of the episodes can be found on there, and they are the original NTSC masters that haven't been seen since the show was taken off the air. These HBO Max LA Rips have since been made available for American viewers through Google Drive ports, both the original English versions and the Spanish dubs.

* 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=].

* 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.

* 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).

* ''Series/{{ALF}}: The Animated Series'' and its sibling ''WesternAnimation/ALFTales'' were both unavailable outside of their single-disc out-of-print DVD releases from Creator/{{Lionsgate}} (who also owned the rights to their parent series) as well as an episode each as bonus features of the second season, due to low sales, and both disappeared from Hulu and Amazon in 2012. Alongside Shout! Factory's rescue of the original, unedited versions of their parent series, the former became available through free streaming services in mid-2022, with both set to receive complete series DVD releases in the future.

* ''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.

* ''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 storyline. 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/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).

* 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.

** ''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/{{Doug}} Doug's 1st Movie]]'' was released on video, but not on DVD despite the fact that Disney moved into that market in 1999 (ironically, it was originally intended as a DirectToVideo title). There were [=VideoCD=] copies released in other countries, but those are long out of print. It was finally released on DVD in 2012, albeit as a Disney Movie Club exclusive. Strangely, however, the 2012 DVD release used the TV edit master, meaning that the only way to view the original theatrical presentation was the original VHS release, until it was released digitally and on Disney+ at launch.
* ''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/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+.

*** As of June 2019, the entire series has been added on iTunes and on the Boomerang streaming service.

* ''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.

** 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.

* ''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.

* ''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.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' had a small number of VHS releases in the 90s, and the pilot episode saw a very limited DVD release when ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' was released. For a while, it seemed unlikely the series would ever get a proper DVD set due to ''Son'' effectively killing the franchise. That is, until 2018, when Warner Archive released season 1 on DVD. And as of 2019, the entire series is available on [=iTunes=].

* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' only has its first season on DVD, but the entire series was added on the Boomerang streaming service and later to HBO Max.
* The 1992 telefilm ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresHowISpentMyVacation'' was placed into circulating level 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 that level in August of that year.
* ''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/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.
* 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]] [[WesternAnimation/YogiBearAndTheMagicalFlightOfTheSpruceGoose Yogi]] shows and specials.
** On the subject of ''Yogi Bear'', the '80s revival ''The New Yogi Bear Show'' got one VHS release as a six-episode compilation...[[NoExportForYou in Australia]]. It was last seen in the US on Creator/{{Boomerang}} years ago, so you better start digging. As of 2019, the entire franchise (1960s series and 1988 revival) were added on the Boomerang streaming service.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}}'', one of the last things on CBS' Saturday morning lineup in 1998. At first, [[Creator/{{ITV}} STV]] (which co-produced the series) uploaded the whole series on Website/YouTube, available only in the UK. As of 2019, all episodes are now legally available on Amazon Instant Video (individual purchase only) and Popcornflix and Tubi (legal ad-supported streaming), as well as Retro Rerun.

* ''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.

* ''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/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. The show also occasionally aired on Qubo. There's no doubt that DVD's are hard to find - good thing there's Website/YouTube and Tubi.

* The animated adaptation of Jim Lee's ''WesternAnimation/WildCATs1994'' only video release was an out of print DVD released by Funimation in 2005. The series' rights are owned by [=WarnerMedia=], who owns the characters via DC Comics, but all 13 episodes are on Tubi and Retro Rerun.

* ''Series/{{ALF}}: The Animated Series'' and its sibling ''WesternAnimation/ALFTales'' were both unavailable outside of their single-disc out of print DVD releases from Creator/{{Lionsgate}} (who also owned the rights to their parent series) as well as an episode each as bonus features of the second season, due to low sales, and both disappeared from Hulu and Amazon in 2012. Alongside Shout! Factory's rescue of the original, unedited versions of their parent series, the former became available through free streaming services in mid-2022, with both set to receive complete series DVD releases in the future.

* ''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.
* The 2003–2007 ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' series appeared to be in limbo when the series was dropped off Kewlopolis before the 2007 Season 4 episodes could air, and rights for the series went from Playmates to Hasbro (and animation rights went from [=DiC=] to Moonscoop). DVD releases of the series became slow and erratic, and many fans initially believed in 2009 that the releases would grind to a halt and the last eight episodes would not see the light of day upon hearing the news back then. However, stopping of releases is one thing that did not happen, and the last DVD of the series came out in March 2012.

* 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/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.
* 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 time frame 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.]]

* ''Ketchup: Cats Who Cook'' and ''The Toothbrush Family'' 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.

* 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 accommodate live-action segments. Starting in 2017, the official Noddy Website/YouTube began to upload episodes in a random order, beginning with "Noddy Meets Some Silly Hens".

* ''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.

* ''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.

* ''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 its 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 ''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 would never be released on DVD, due to the creator hating it as he though they were [[ExecutiveMeddling coerced into creating]] to support the games. It finally got a U.S. release in its entirety.

** The third short, "Close Encounters of the Herd Kind", aired exactly once on BBC, is only available on the UK-exclusive "Whole Herd" DVD and nowhere else. Never aired in the United States, impossible to find/watch outside the aforementioned UK DVD release, though given the quality of the short in comparison to its predecessors, probably for good reason.

* ''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).

* 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.

* 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.

** 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 would never 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.

* ''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.

** The original UK version of "Hooves of Fire" aired on Fox Kids in 2000 and 2001 (albeit with a few scenes cut for time). Then in 2002, CBS bought the rights to the short and "Legend of the Lost Tribe", [[Main/SameLanguageDub dubbed them over with American stars]], and besides the 2003 DVD (which included both the UK and US dubs of the film, though with the US dub as the default audio track), this was the only way to view the "Robbie the Reindeer" shorts on TV for a few years. After airing on Nicktoons in 2006 and 2007, the specials disappeared from American TV completely before CBS brought the dubbed versions back in 2016.

* ''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.