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2[[caption-width-right:350:The best place for cartoons with pants and [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal with no pants]].]]
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4->''"So hang with us, and then you'll see\
5Dubba-dubba's all in the family\
6Jammin' this place for kids to be\
7Dubba-dubba Kids Dubba-dubba WB!"''
8-->--From a music video promoting the block, circa 1998.
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10->'''[[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Yakko Warner]]:''' What is a dubba anyway?\
11'''Creator/JeffBennett:''' We don't know, but it's awfully fun to say!
12-->--The Saturday morning block's intro sequence from Fall 1996.
13
14The [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday-morning]] and weekday afternoon children's programming block on Creator/TheWB (and Creator/TheCW for its first one-and-a-half years), which deserves special mention as being not only the longest-running Saturday-morning block in television history but also the only block of its kind to outlive the channel it was created for. Programmed in-house by Creator/WarnerBros[='=] television division, it served primarily as an outlet for both new and rerun Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation works, but it also aired programming from third-party studios.
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16Kids' WB! launched on September 9, 1995, nearly eight months after The WB's launch, and was meant primarily to compete against Creator/FoxKids, who had utterly dominated the children's television space throughout much of the decade. Once the new block launched, WB's first response to this was to take back many of the shows they produced for that block and move them over to the new block. Unlike Fox Kids, Kids' WB! only programmed a full hour of programming during the weekday afternoons and three hours during Saturday mornings. It wasn't until the premiere of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' in 1996 that the Saturday block was extended to four hours. In Chicago, WB affiliate WGN-TV chose not to carry the block due to commitments to its newscasts, meaning it aired on then-independent station WCIU instead[[labelnote:*]]However, WGN's superstation feed aired Kids' WB programming alongside the entire WB network schedule for markets that didn't have a standalone WB affiliate until October 1999, following the launch of The WB 100+ Stations Group[[/labelnote]]; it wasn't until 2004 that WGN-TV started carrying the block.
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18The block had a laxer standards and practices department than Fox Kids, which allowed for darker and raunchy material to air. ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' took advantage of this upon its move from Fox, with the show amping up its BitingTheHandHumor at an even stronger level than even the Fox days. Creator/BruceTimm noted that when ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' was revived by the network, they got only "two paragraphs of stuff we can't do" as opposed to the "five single-spaced pages of notes" that Fox gave them during the original shows' run.
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201999 ended up being a turning point for the block, one factor being that many of its competitors were either dying off or becoming shells of their former selves. Creator/{{UPN}}'s block, UPN Kids, never managed to gain as much traction due to a weaker catalog of programs and airing exclusively on ''Sunday'' mornings, which would leave it discontinued by that September. The remains of what was once WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon had finally disintegrated due to the block becoming an afterthought and the syndication market for children's programming fading away, allowing for Kids' WB! to expand its weekday afternoon block by another hour. It would still face some competition on the Saturday morning side, as Creator/{{Disney}} had bought out [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] and launched [[Creator/OneSaturdayMorningAndABCKids One Saturday Morning]], though it wouldn't matter after a major game-changer on WB's end. Meanwhile, Fox Kids was starting to struggle due to problems with the ill-fated [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]] network, the aftermath of the Fox/New World debacle, the conclusion of network darlings ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'', ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', the growing presence of cable networks such as Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, Creator/CartoonNetwork and a newly-relaunched Creator/DisneyChannel and the beginning of ''Franchise/PowerRangers''' SeasonalRot. During all of that, Kids' WB! picked up a little syndicated show called ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'', the move of which caused the franchise's popularity in the West to reach ''monolithic'' levels. Ratings started overtaking the competition that year, and its popularity, combined with the strength of its DC cartoons (in particular ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' and ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock''), additional anime series like ''Anime/YuGiOh'', and the expansion of its Saturday morning block by another hour, boosting it up to a total of five hours (which they kept for the remainder of its run), firmly established it as the premier children's destination for broadcast TV. Two years later (on the same day, in fact), One Saturday Morning would be rebranded as [[Creator/OneSaturdayMorning ABC Kids]] and Fox Kids would fold around the same time and be replaced by the [=FoxBox=], which was programmed by Creator/FourKidsEntertainment (the company behind the dubs of ''Pokémon'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh'').
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22[[BrokenBase Not everyone was pleased about it]], though. With ''Pokémon'''s popularity came the push for the block to focus more on action series and anime of equal footing. This certainly wasn't helped by Time Warner's recent merger with [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Broadcasting]] leading to the decision to have airings of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' now be restricted to Cartoon Network once the block's ''Big Cartoonie Show'' and [=ABC=]'s final run of the long-running ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show]]'' both came to an end. Fans of ''Animaniacs'', as well other Creator/StevenSpielberg[=-=]produced WB cartoons such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', felt ''Pokémon'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh!''[='=]s popularity had cannibalized WB's in-house productions due to the fact that it was cheaper to just license the shows and give them multiple time slots than produce their own shows if it didn't bring in similar ratings, [[WordOfGod a notion later confirmed by Tom Ruegger decades later]]. In addition, Kids' WB! eventually also began losing interest in DC cartoons after ''WesternAnimation/TheZetaProject'' failed to impress, and as the block's main shows started to feature younger protagonists in contrast to the "adults in suits" the main DC shows focused on. ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Legion of Super Heroes|2006}}'' ended up being the last original DC cartoons for the network, premiering two and four years respectively after ''Zeta Project''[='=]s end and staying until the block itself closed.
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24Speaking of Cartoon Network (which was owned by WB sister outlet Turner Broadcasting, who had actually taken over The WB's operations in 2001, continuing to do so until two years later), a majority of the shows featured on the block, particularly ones that were nearing or already out of their first-run, would slowly find their way to that channel as early as 1997, either airing in their entirety or through spotlight blocks and experimentations. In fact, some of WB's previous cartoons that were originally on Fox Kids, such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' (which was wrapping up reruns on Nickelodeon) and ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' had skipped Kids' WB! entirely in favor of Cartoon Network. There was also an even bigger attempt at synergy by attempting to brand the late-afternoon weekday block under the Creator/{{Toonami}} name, temporarily airing two of the original block's most iconic shows, ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'' (both of which, alongside ''Pokémon'', [[MediaNotes/TheJapaneseInvasion were responsible for helping make anime a mainstream medium in the US]]) while some of Kids' WB's own shows, like ''Superman: The Animated Series'', ''[[Manga/CardcaptorSakura Cardcaptors]]'', and ''Batman Beyond'' would begin airing on the actual Toonami block. Viewers and critics panned it, and the rebranding was dropped after just one year. It produced one original program, ''Literature/TheNightmareRoom'', which got solid reviews but lasted for only 13 episodes, and was the only live-action show ever aired on the block.
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26Sadly, like with its competitors, reality started to catch up to Kids' WB! as children increasingly flocked to cable, which often aired children's programming on a 24/7 basis, or at least a decent time period when children are awake. In addition, Warner Bros. Animation started prioritizing Cartoon Network for its premier output, including ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''[[labelnote:*]]Which had its premise and tone saved because it aired on Cartoon Network, as the higher-ups at Kids' WB! wanted to tailor the show to younger audiences in contrast to the previous Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse shows, leading to one pitch for the block starring younger superheroes and the main Justice League members serving as mentors[[/labelnote]], ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' (which actually aired reruns on Kids' WB! for a while), ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'', and ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'' (also aired on the block, but for E/I requirements), while more and more of the block's remaining hits would jump ship to that channel, with Kids' WB! being shoved in the wayside during a time when the overall WB network was facing rating problems. The content that was airing on the block during this period was divisive, to say the least. ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'', ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', ''Anime/MegaManNTWarrior'', and ''The Batman'' all had their fans but were seen as [[ToughActToFollow failing to live up to their '90s-early '00s peers]]. On the other side of the coin, ''WesternAnimation/DaBoomCrew'', ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'', and ''WesternAnimation/CoconutFredsFruitSaladIsland'' were all considered the nadir of the block's content and showed just how far-gone the block was. The weekday block was discontinued in December 2005, and shortly thereafter, the WB announced it would merge with [=UPN=] (which had long given up on children's programming for several years) to form the CW, with Kids' WB! joining the new network. None of the block's anime programming made the jump; future ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series (along with reruns of the original show) moved over to the then newly-renamed [=FoxBox=] block, now called [=4KidsTV=], while ''Pokémon'' became a full-time Cartoon Network program after years of reruns.
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28By the 2007-2008 season, signs were starting to point towards the writing on the wall: ''The Batman'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Legion of Super Heroes|2006}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue'' and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales'' were all announced canceled, and only two shows, ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' and ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfQuest'', were slated to premiere mid-season. In October 2007, The CW announced a four-year deal with [=4Kids=] Entertainment to take over the five-hour slot beginning in the summer of 2008, which would also kill off [=4KidsTV=] come that December. Kids' WB! aired its last broadcast on May 17, 2008, with its successor, [=The CW4Kids=] (later re-branded as Creator/{{Toonzai}}) launching the following week; shows that weren't canceled, including ''Spider-Man'' (which premiered two months before the block closed) and ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' finished their seasons in the new block's inaugural season before moving to other networks that fall; ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' would eventually find a new home at the newly-formed Creator/DisneyXD, while ''Johnny Test'' was left to, of course, Cartoon Network, where it would be infamously AdoredByTheNetwork until its conclusion six years later.
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30The closures of Kids' WB! and 4KidsTV, along with the degradation of ABC Kids (which would shut down three years later) were among the last signs that the decades-long tradition of Saturday morning cartoons was not long for this world. Toonzai was later folded in 2012 as a result of the gradual collapse of 4Kids Entertainment and would be replaced by Creator/SabanBrands' Creator/{{Vortexx}} block, which would ultimately be the final Saturday morning block, [[Creator/KidsClick outside of a short return in 2017]]. The Kids' WB! name was repurposed as a website featuring the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts, the Creator/HannaBarbera library, and the Creator/DCComics-based cartoons. In 2013, the website's shows were scaled back heavily, and after The WB website shut down in 2013 as well, it was euthanized in May 2015 and has since been replaced by the similarly titled ''WB Kids GO!''
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32!Shows featured on Kids' WB!, in the order they appeared:
33[[index]]
34!!1995
35* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (Served as the block's original flagship series when it moved from Creator/FoxKids. Was one of the first shows on the block to air on weekdays.)
36* ''WesternAnimation/TheSylvesterAndTweetyMysteries''
37* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''
38* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''
39* ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim''
40* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts[[/index]] (The other initial weekday show, often packaged in compilation shows as ''That's Warner Bros.!'' [[labelnote:*]]From the 1995-96 season, which recycled the second opening from Fox Kids' ''Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends''.[[/labelnote]], ''Bugs 'N' Daffy'' [[labelnote:*]]From the 1996-97 season, not to be confused with the similarly titled anthology series on Creator/CartoonNetwork. Incidentally, this incarnation of the show was made around the same time as Time Warner's 1996 merger with [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Broadcasting]], which allowed the show to feature both the Warner-owned post-1948 cartoons and the Turner-owned pre-1948 cartoons starting in the 1997-98 season.[[/labelnote]], or ''The Daffy Duck Show'' [[labelnote:*]]A temporary Saturday-morning series made for the 1996-97 season as a way to promote the newly-released ''Film/SpaceJam''. It [[Main/ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin featured at least two]] [[WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck Daffy Duck shorts]] out of the usual three Looney Tunes shown, none of which featured WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. Despite being made for the block, it would air in Bulgaria all the way until the mid-2010s.[[/labelnote]])
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42!!1996[[index]]
43* ''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers''
44* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''
45* ''WesternAnimation/{{Waynehead}}''
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47!!1997[[labelnote:*]]The block began to undergo a reconstruction period during the summer, creating a slight rebrand that would redesign the logo and would feature CGI backdrops at the start of the 1997-98 season.[[/labelnote]]
48* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' reruns
49* ''WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet|and the Planeteers}}''[[/index]] (Mostly the episodes from seasons two and three, the last two seasons of the original Creator/{{DiC}} series, and season four, the first of Creator/HannaBarbera's ''New Adventures of Captain Planet'' series. Season one was never shown and seasons five and six were only shown on international channels.)
50* [[index]]''The New Batman/Superman Adventures'' (A package series that combined ''Superman: The Animated Series'' with a revamped version of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' known as ''The New Batman Adventures'' that [[TimeSkip took place a few years after the original series]]. Reruns of the original were also shown.)
51* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries''
52* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfCalamityJane'' (''Very'' short lived show that was show only three episodes before being punted off for being a bit too mature for kids.)
53* ''WesternAnimation/ChannelUmptee3'' (Educational series, largely made to comply with the FCC standards.)
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55!!1998
56* ''WesternAnimation/InvasionAmerica'' (Carrying over from its prime-time showing. However heavily edited to tone down swears and violence)
57* ''Series/BRATSOfTheLostNebula'' (Puppet based series, However didn't last beyond three episodes.)
58* ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'' (Second educational show, but more well remembered.)
59* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain'' (One of the most ''hated'' spin-offs in modern cartoon history.)
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61!!1999
62* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''
63* ''WesternAnimation/{{Detention}}''
64* ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'' (Originally premiered in 1998 through syndication in select regions. Needless to say, it became the block's biggest money maker and eventually its longest-running program after it was fully picked up by the network, contributing to the rise of both the Pokémon craze and the anime boom. Starting from the original ''[[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries Indigo League]]'' season, It would stay with the network until the end of the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Advanced Battle]]'' season in 2006 when Creator/FourKidsEntertainment lost the license and ultimately hop over to Cartoon Network.)
65* ''The Big Cartoonie Show''[[labelnote:*]]Formerly, ''The Cat&Birdy Warneroonie [=PinkyBrainy=] Big Cartoonie Show'' and later ''The Cat&Bunny Warneroonie [=SuperLooney=] Big Cartoonie Show''.[[/labelnote]] (Basically a compilation of toons from ''Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries'', ''Animaniacs'', ''Pinky and the Brain'', ''Looney Tunes'', and later, ''Tiny Toon Adventures''. Oddly enough, this series was revived by a free-to-air Croatian channel, Nova TV, in 2023)
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67!!2000
68* ''WesternAnimation/MaxSteel''
69* ''[[Manga/CardcaptorSakura Cardcaptors]]'' (Along with attempting to turn the anime into a full-on action series, [[DubInducedPlotlineChange many episodes were omitted in order to make the show more appealing to boys.]])
70* ''WesternAnimation/GenerationO''
71* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''
72* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock''
73* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''
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75!!2001[[labelnote:*]]The later half of the summer saw the introduction of Kids' WB's version of Toonami.[[/labelnote]]
76* ''Anime/YuGiOh''
77* ''WesternAnimation/TheZetaProject''
78* ''Animation/CubixRobotsForEveryone''
79* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''[[/index]] (Aired as a one-off, possibly in response to premiering on Creator/CartoonNetwork earlier that month, which had premiered the weekly ''Kids' WB Spotlight Show'' a day prior.)
80* [[index]]''WesternAnimation/TheMummyTheAnimatedSeries''
81* ''Series/TheNightmareRoom''[[/index]] (The first live-action show ever to air on the Kids' WB line-up and SpiritualSuccessor to ''[[Series/Goosebumps1995 Goosebumps]]'', though it didn't last long.)
82* [[index]]''WesternAnimation/RescueHeroes: Global Response Team''[[/index]] (Previously aired on Creator/{{CBS}}.)
83* [[index]]''Anime/DragonBallZ''[[/index]] (Aired for about a week as a part of the ''Kids' WB Toonami''. Ironically when the block became Toonzai down the line, the [[Anime/DragonBallZKai Kai]] series lasted longer.)
84* [[index]]''Anime/SailorMoon'' (Same situation as ''Dragon Ball Z''. The show was intended for a two-week test run to see how well the show would fare on the block before being pre-empted halfway through for coverage of the September 11th attacks.)[[labelnote:*]]The show also appeared much earlier on the network via its original syndicated run in certain regions.[[/labelnote]]
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86!!2002[[labelnote:*]]Toonami was dropped from the block's branding sometime between the late spring and early summer.[[/labelnote]]
87* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' reruns (Consisting of reruns of [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou most]] [[WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies of]] [[WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooShow the]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndScrappyDoo franchise's]] [[WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooAndScrappyDooShow previous]] [[WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyAndScrappyDooShow shows]].)
88* ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 The Powerpuff Girls]][[/index]]'' (Reruns from Creator/CartoonNetwork though a few episodes from the fourth season did premiere on the network before their Cartoon Network airing. It was only aired to promote ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'' at the time.
89* [[index]]''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha''
90* ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes'' (The very first Warner Bros. Animation series produced in high definition widescreen, despite the format not being that common for another few years.)
91* ''WesternAnimation/OzzyAndDrix''
92* ''WesternAnimation/PhantomInvestigators'' (first stop-motion show to air on the lineup; was removed after six episodes of the thirteen had aired due to not having enough male viewers.)
93* ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo''
94
95!!2003
96* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''[[/index]] (Airing simultaneously on Creator/CartoonNetwork.)
97* [[index]]''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown''
98* ''[[Anime/MegamanNTWarrior2002 MegaMan NT Warrior]]'' (First two seasons)
99
100!!2004
101* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''[[/index]] (Reruns from Creator/CartoonNetwork.)
102* [[index]]''WesternAnimation/DaBoomCrew'' (only 4 out of 13 episodes aired in America; everything else only aired overseas.)
103* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''
104* ''Anime/AstroBoy'' (2003 series, never finished)
105
106!!2005
107* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest''
108* ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed''
109* ''WesternAnimation/CoconutFredsFruitSaladIsland''
110* ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' (First series only; the second series, which covers the second game, was never dubbed.)
111* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''[[/index]] (Reruns from Creator/CartoonNetwork.)
112* [[index]]''Anime/TransformersCybertron''
113
114!!2006[[labelnote:*]]The WB was discontinued at the end of the 2005-06 broadcast season; the block moved over to Creator/TheCW the following season and stayed there for the remainder of its lifespan.[[/labelnote]]
115* ''Anime/SpiderRiders''
116* ''WesternAnimation/{{Legion of Super Heroes|2006}}''
117* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''
118* ''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue'' (The final Scooby-Doo series to air on network broadcast television.)
119* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterAllergy''
120* ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog''[[/index]] (Reruns from Creator/CartoonNetwork.)
121
122!!2007
123* [[index]]''WesternAnimation/WillAndDewitt''
124* ''[[Animation/IronKid Eon Kid]]''
125* ''WesternAnimation/SkunkFu''
126* ''WesternAnimation/MagiNation''
127
128!!2008
129* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''
130* ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfQuest''
131[[/index]]
132----
133!The block itself is associated with the following tropes:
134* AnvilOnHead: In one bumper, a seesaw incident launches an anvil onto the head of the WB logo, causing an imprint on its "head" as well as CirclingBirdies.
135* TheArtifact: As the block began to shift more towards action cartoons and anime, which were fueled by the successes of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and especially ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'', the WB studio and its water tower became this after the ''The Big Cartoonie Show'', which featured the block's final runs of ''Animaniacs'', was discontinued in late 2000.
136* ArtifactTitle: The block's name became this during the CW era, as the WB network was shut down and almost all other traces of the original network had been completely wiped from the new channel.
137* TheComicallySerious: Given the mature atmosphere of their shows, expect any [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] character not named [[Characters/DCAUJoker The Joker]] to come across this way.
138* CirclingBirdies: In some bumpers, the WB logo would get injured or dizzy and stars and birds would circle around its head. In the spot where it gets hit with an anvil, the birds are replaced with winged anvils.
139* CrossThrough: Happened very often in the promos, especially in the ones advertising ''Pokémon''.
140-->'''[[WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries Agent Kay]]:''' Meet [my new partner,] Bulbasaur.\
141'''Bulbasaur:''' Bulbasaur.\
142'''Agent Jay:''' You're trading me in for a lizard?! What's so special about ''him!?''\
143'''Bulbasaur:''' Bulbasaur!! (''performs Vine Whip on Jay'')\
144'''Kay:''' Built-in weaponry.
145* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: From the block's debut until around sometime in 1997, the WB studio backgrounds were flat instead of 3D and were similar to those found in if not completely ripped from ''Animaniacs''. Confetti and balloons were almost everywhere and instead of the stylized shield-like emblem that was similar to the normal Warner Bros. logo, the logo at the time consisted of a yellow ring simply placed in back of the constantly bouncing letters, with the colors of the letters and exclamation mark all being different colors. Also, many actors from the sitcoms of the main network's lineup like ''Series/TheParentHood'' and ''Series/SisterSister'' would appear during the bumpers, sometimes interacting with the animated characters.
146* DuelingWorks:
147** The block's main competitors were Creator/FoxKids (thanks to WB taking their shows back from them), Disney's Creator/OneSaturdayMorning, eventually renamed ABC Kids, and UPN Kids. CBS was mostly keen on airing preschool-aged cartoons, and NBC had completely gutted their Saturday morning cartoons back in 1992. Fox Kids' successor, the [=FoxBox=], later renamed [=4Kids=] TV, served as its main competitor for a while until [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment [=4Kids=]]] got into a shoving match with Fox and took over this block instead.
148** CBS would later give the block a bit of competition with [[Creator/CookieJarTV KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS]] in 2006, which was partially sponsored by then-WB owned AOL (both companies also jointly owned Creator/{{The CW}}), and featured a blatantly girl-centric lineup as opposed to Kids' WB's equally blatant boy-centric agenda. As such, neither block ever bothered promoting the other's series (except possibly during local ad time on CBS/CW duopolies). Downplayed in that AOL's involvement was mostly limited to running the tie-in website (the actual shows were produced by Creator/{{DiC Entertainment}}) and dropped out after just one year.
149* InNameOnly: The version of {{Creator/Toonami}} that took over the block between 2001 and 2002. While Toonami classics like ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'' did air on Kids WB, this "Toonami" was hardly like the original on Creator/CartoonNetwork. For starters, [[TheVoiceless Tom didn't even have any voiced lines]], and a greater part of the lineup consisted of shows that were already airing on the block at the time, some of which such as ''Generation O!'' and ''Scooby-Doo'' didn't fit the block's action-animation branding. This also came at the cost of temporarily reducing the original Toonami's schedule by an hour.
150* KickMePrank: In one bumper, the WB logo and Omi from ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' put a "Tickle Me" sign on the WB water tower's back, making it angry.
151* PottyEmergency: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-zB6tQjf8U In this Christmas promo]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Wakko Warner]] has one (reusing animations from the [[TropeNamer trope-naming]] [[Recap/AnimaniacsEpisode26 episode]]), but [[CatsAreMean Sylvester and Meowth]] inform him that the toilet lid is stuck. The handle still works, however, and the two cats sing that they'll flush it anyway.
152* RogerRabbitEffect: As stated above, The shows' animated stars would sometimes interact with characters from Creator/TheWB's live-action sitcoms in the bumpers.
153-->'''Curtis Williams:''' Dot has something to say.\
154'''Dot:''' Thank you, Curtis. And now, back to our program.
155** The later CG-animated bumpers would frequently employ kids interacting with the Kids' WB logo.
156* SesameStreetCred: The bumpers in the block's first two years consisted of stars from The WB's primetime shows (and comedian Harland Williams) informing viewers when the shows were taking breaks and returning.

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