History WesternAnimation / TheFightForTheFoxBox

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[[caption-width-right:320:The [=FoxBox=] lost. It was soon canceled. ''NOT!'']]

--> '''Dr. Eggman:''' You're not getting me to ask 'What's the code, Decoe?'
--> '''Decoe:''' The code is: 9HT6A.
--> '''Sonic:''' Ha! Thanks, Decoe.

--> '''Dr. Eggman:''' What if your plan is discovered?
--> '''King Dedede:''' Don't be so hard-boiled, Eggman! It ain't like we gonna go mailin' out a whole heap of DVD's telling folks about the whole dang scheme.

* AdaptatonalIntelligence: Let's be honest; do you think [[WesternAnimation/TheCrampTwins Wayne Cramp]] could be the mastermind behind multiple deadly villains in his home show?

* TheBadGuyWins: [[HarsherInHindsight As of]] the [=FoxBox=]/4Kids TV's eventual dissolution, you could consider this a retroactive example of the bad guy getting what they wanted in the end.

It has an [=IMDb=] [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382031/ page]] and can now be viewed on [[https://youtu.be/TcDKZdJWA8g YouTube]]. There's also an [[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-107026456.html article]] that details a press release by 4Kids that explains other details about the release and broadcast of this special. In addition to its promotional DVD release it was also included as a bonus feature on the ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' DVD Kirby's "Egg-Cellent Adventure".

It has an [=IMDb=] [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382031/ page]] and can now be viewed on [[https://youtu.be/TcDKZdJWA8g YouTube]]. There's also an [[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-107026456.html article]] that details a press release by 4Kids that explains other details about the release and broadcast of this special.

* TheBadGuyWins: As of the [=FoxBox=]/4Kids TV's eventual dissolution, you could consider this a retroactive example of the bad guy getting what they wanted in the end.

[[caption-width-right:320:The [=FoxBox=] lost. It was soon canceled.]]

* DeaderThanDisco: Invoked. Kilobot states that the Funky Cops must be stopped because their victory will mean the return of disco, which he hates with a passion.

* SkewedPriorities: Ace and Jack don't believe Meat's name, but they're more willing to believe that he lives in the future, flies in spaceships, and has been cryogenically frozen for ten years.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Mostly stuff from ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'', regarding Hollywood Bowl's toilet theme.

* FakeCrossOver: It's a "crossover" between [=4Kids=] programming that mainly consists of footage edited and recycled from the shows crossing over.

* DeaderThanDisco: Kilobot states that the Funky Cops must be stopped because their victory will mean the return of disco, which he hates with a passion.

* TakeThat:
** In reference to ''Cubix'' {{Channel Hop}}ping to the [=FoxBox=] from Creator/KidsWB...

** Kilobot states that the Funky Cops must be stopped because their victory will mean the return of disco and he hates disco.

* AsYouKnow: Used by King Dedede talking about "The Kirby Show"

* EnforcedPlug: For the many shows it's promoting. The plot even stopped in it's tracks by having the Turtles watch the pilot for ''Shaman King''.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Eggman lost his code to Sonic after he mentioned that only he can give the order for the code from a robot. Sonic asked him to give the order, however Eggman refused. He accidentally blurted out the order, then the robot gave the code to Sonic.

[[caption-width-right:320:The Fox Box lost. It was soon canceled.]]

''The Fight for the Fox Box'' was a 2003 half-hour-long TV special. At that time, [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids Entertainment]] was running a programming block known as the "Fox Box" (because it was broadcast on the [[{{Creator/FOX}} Fox network]]). It was also an IntercontinuityCrossover.

It's basically one long EnforcedPlug for Fox Box shows on at that time. Basically, the story is that a mysterious [[TheVoice voice]] informs the [[BigBad bad guys]] of five TV shows ([[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Shredder]], [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa King Dedede & Escargoon]], [[Anime/SonicX Dr. Eggman]], [[Anime/UltimateMuscle Dial Bolic]], and [[Animation/CubixRobotsForEveryone Dr. K]]) that he has stolen the "Fox Box broadcast codes," and that the network can't go back on the air without the codes. He gives the codes, in pieces, to each of the five villains, and tells them to guard it well. Ace Anderson and Jack Kowalski, the Funky Cops, overhear this tirade on their car's CB radio. [[TheHero The heroes]] of each TV show also get wind of what's happening, and they set out to take the codes back.

* TheBadGuyWins: As of the Fox Box/4Kids TV's eventual dissolution, you could consider this a retroactive example of the bad guy getting what they wanted in the end.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: All of the properties acknowledging the Fox Box, Dr. K referencing the ChannelHop for his show, and Dedede denying about mailing out DVD's about their scheme.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:It turns out that the one trying to end the Fox Box was [[WesternAnimation/TheCrampTwins Wayne Cramp]].]]

* HostileShowTakeover: The plot revolves around villains trying to take over the Fox Box.

* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: Played straight by Dr. Eggman. When Sonic goads him into asking Decoe what his part of the Fox Box code is, he can't help but keep yammering his mouth.

** In reference to ''Cubix'' {{Channel Hop}}ping to the Fox Box from Creator/KidsWB...
-->'''Dr. K:''' My luck has really changed, Killobot! First I switch from that dull and boring network to the Fox Box...

* '''''[[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa]]'''''

* '''''[[Anime/KirbyOfTheStars Kirby - Right Back At Ya!]]'''''