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1* ActingForTwo:
2** Dawn and June are both voiced by Julia [=McIlvaine=], if Wikipedia is to be believed.
3** Both Anemia and Iodine were played by Becca Lish.
4* AdoredByTheNetwork: [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Not]] with the show itself, but if you watched Nicktoons in the mid-2000s back when they still played shorts during commercial breaks, ''Life With Loopy'' tended to be played the most on its own. Usually being the episodes "Hi-Fi Frankenstein" or "20,000 Leagues Under the Sofa". The ''Prometheus And Bob'' short "Bridge" was also very common (''Sniz and Fondue'' and ''Action League Now!'' were also played but not as often, especially the former and the latter had its [[WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNow own show]] that aired reruns on Nicktoons at the time). They continued to play even after the show itself was removed from Nicktoons' schedule in 2005.
5** Between 1997-2001, it seemed like almost every block that was on Nickelodeon was hosted by Henry and June.
6* BannedEpisode: The episode "I Just Don't Get It" was banned from airing on Nicktoons TV due to the ''Action League Now'' short "Caged Thunder," which contained content that would be considered insensitive, following the September 11th attacks. The "Caged Thunder" segment has since been reaired in an ''Action League Now!'' series episode on [=NickSplat=] and the episode is now available on Paramount+.
7* ChannelHop: In the Netherlands, the show was syndicated for the dubbed version, and was moved to Nicktoons for the subbed version.
8* ChildrenVoicingChildren: Henry, June, Loopy, Larry, the Off-Beats, and the Populars all had child or teenage voice actors.
9* ColbertBump: ''Life With Loopy'' started to receive more attention after WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter reviewed the short series as part of his ''Admirable Animation'' series. Expect comments on several ''Life With Loopy'' shorts on [=YouTube=] thanking him for either reminding them of the show's existence or introducing them to the show.
10* CreatorCouple: Stephen Holman, the creator of ''Life With Loopy'', and Josephine T. Huang, the animation director, are married in real life.
11* CreatorsFavorite: Mark Marek confirmed in an interview on a (now defunct) fansite that June was his favorite character.
12* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode:
13** Noah Segan (Henry) stated in an interview in Magazine/{{Nickelodeon Magazine}} that "Comics For Tomorrow Today!" was his favorite episode.
14** Danielle Judovits (Loopy) confirmed on Instagram that her favorite ''Life With Loopy'' episodes were "Goldfish Heaven" and "Egghead".
15** Stephen Holman's favorite episodes of ''Life With Loopy'' were "Good Food Gone Bad" and "Rock 'N' Roll Loopy".
16* DawsonCasting: Averted. The main kids in ''The Off-Beats'' segments were voiced by young children, most notably [[Series/TheOC Mischa Barton]] as Betty-Anne Bongo. The later episodes had several of the kids' voices sounding a bit lower, including the females (who were voiced by girls). The only adult voice actors were series creator Creator/MoWillems, who voiced September the dog and Grubby Groo, Kevin Seal (better known as the voices of [[WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity Sheep and General Specific]]) providing Tommy's yelling voice, Bradley Glenn as Grubby Groo's nephew Bradley, and series producer Kris Greengrove as September's girlfriend February. Not to mention that Henry and June were done by kids, along with Loopy (Creator/DanielleJudovits) and Larry.
17* DescendedCreator:
18** Stephen Holman, the creator of ''Life With Loopy'', also played numerous characters in the short such as Charlie Chicken, the two miners from "20,000 Leagues Under The Sofa", the Fang Fairy from "Fang Fairy", and Hank Hankerman from "Late Night Loopy", among others.
19** His wife and the animation director for the short series, Josephine T. Huang, did the voices of Stacey from "Larry's Girl", Snow Lady from "Loopy And The Snow Lady", and Raquel from "Bull In A China Shop".
20** Mo Willems voiced September and Grubby Groo in ''The Off-Beats''.
21** Cote Zellers voices Prometheus and Bob; their voices are sometimes misattributed to Creator/TomKenny, the fact their voices sound similar to some of Kenny's better-known characters like [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Ice King]] and [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Bullwinkle]] not helping.
22* ExecutiveMeddling:
23** InUniverse, Mr. Stockdale's major schtick is a parody of this - he often adds [[StylisticSuck hilariously terrible]] (for Henry and June, anyway) new elements to the show for no good reason at all.
24** An actual example that didn't go through when ''Life With Loopy'' was being pitched- Stephen Holman wanted the short to use actual kids as the voices of Loopy and Larry, while Nick was initially unsure about using kid voice actors and wanted adult voices. The same thing happened when ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' was being pitched around the same time. The creators won out and since then, many Nicktoons have been using child voice actors to play their lead characters.
25** ''Fuzzball'' (part of "Takes a Knockin' and Keeps Tick-Tockin'") had to be edited to fit Nickelodeon's standards and practices at the time. A two-second sequence of buses blowing up was cut because it was deemed too violent, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the yellow school buses had to be changed to more generic-looking buses]]. Also, Fuzzball's line "I'm getting lectured by a figment of my imagination, that's so 'TV-Y'" was originally going to be "That's so ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''". However, one of Nick's standards and practices at the time prohibited mentioning other shows, especially since by this point, Jumbo Pictures was bought out by Creator/{{Disney}}.
26** ''Sniz and Fondue'' creator Mike Brandon left Nickelodeon over creative differences in 1998. As such, ''Sniz and Fondue'' aired its remaining segments in Season 3 before being replaced by ''[=JetCat=]''.
27* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: None of the episodes ever got any authorized releases on VHS or VCD due to intellectual property disputes over some of the one-shot segments. For the same reasons, this Nicktoon is very unlikely to be made available as downloads, DVD videos, Blu-ray Discs, or even streamables at least legally. For now, the closest that the show has to being officially released as a complete set are the full episodes posted by one of the involved staff members on to his own website. Full episodes can also be found very easily on [=YouTube=], likely because even Creator/ParamountGlobal has no interest in sorting through the myriad of copyright issues associated with the series.
28** Only one episode (Won’t Crack or Peel) was ever released on VHS as part of a promotion with Tombstone Pizza. This is also the only known way to see the episode in its original 3D “Nogglevision” airing as it originally aired. Needless to say, the VHS is extremely rare and very valuable; with many copies believed to have either been lost or destroyed by Nickelodeon.
29** The show eventually resurfaced on Creator/ParamountPlus on March 2021. However, a few episodes are missing due to legal reasons, and the ''Lava'' segments were excised in all season 1 episodes that remain.
30* MissingEpisode:
31** Half of the series was skipped when the show aired on Nicktoons (with a few that did air on Nicktoons for its' first year or two and then got pulled), and a few episodes such as "[=KaFun=]!" and "Just Chillin'" only aired sparingly in the original run (though in "Just Chillin'!"'s case, the show was the SeriesFinale, and Nickelodeon ended up pulling the show from the schedule in early 2001). [[http://www.markmarek.org/ANIMATIONS/KABLAM.html They can be found on the creator's website]], and are now on [=YouTube=].
32** The stand-alone specials (''Life With Loopy Birthday Gala-Bration'', ''The Off-Beats' Valentine's Special'', and ''[[PoorlyDisguisedPilot The Henry and June Show]]'') only aired once and never again, and because they were not in the show's official episode count, they wouldn't be included with most episode packages airing overseas. As the ''Life With Loopy'' special was basically a ClipShow of old shorts from the series compiled with different wraparounds (the only new short that aired during the special, "Send In The Clones", was re-aired in "More Happiness Than Allowed By Law!" in season three), there was most likely no intent to air the special afterward. ''The Henry and June Show'' was also produced in order to get a spin-off of the titular duo off the ground- when the show wasn't picked up, Nick most likely didn't see any reason to air it again. ''The Off-Beats' Valentines'' did manage a few more airings, however it hasn't been aired since 2000.
33** "A Nut in Every Bite" is missing from Mark Marek's website due to him being unable to find the master tape for the episode, leaving no high-quality version of the episode available until its addition to Creator/ParamountPlus.
34** Creator/ParamountPlus is missing eleven episodes, primarily from seasons 1 and 4. These missing episodes include:
35*** "Comics For Tomorrow Today!" and "Not Just for People Anymore", but surprisingly not due to the ''Lava'' segments or the innuendo in the latter's ''Sniz and Fondue'' short, but rather due to Spotzilla in the ''Action League Now!'' segment bearing similar appearance to New Zealand's former telecom mascot, Spot the Telecom Dog. All other season 1 episodes that remain that had a ''Lava'' segment has it removed in the streaming service, although it is still mentioned in the credits for the episodes.
36*** "Untitled" and "Comics of Champions" for the ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'' segments which Nickelodeon lost the rights after the show was picked up by Fox Family.
37*** "Resistance is Futile" either due to the plot being too similar to the ''Grammy Awards'' or due to the appearance of the "egghead" Loopy that was reused from the "Comics for Tomorrow Today!" Loopy short.
38*** "Art + Science = Fun!" due to the innuendos featured in the ''Randall Flan's Incredible Big Top'' segment, alongside having a slightly damaged master print.
39*** "[=KaBlam! James KaBlam!=]" due to the KISS band being a prominent part of the ''Action League Now!'' segment.
40*** "You May Already Be a...[=KaBlammer=]!", "[=KaFun=]!", and "Under New Management" due to legal issues with the music videos featuring music from James Kochalka and Music/TheyMightBeGiants. Doesn't help that the latter episode has ''WesternAnimation/UntalkativeBunny'' which Nick lost the rights to when the series was picked up, and the lattermost having a slightly damaged master print.
41*** "Timeless!" presumably due to the episode having dated references.
42* NoExportForYou: The three standalone specials (''Life With Loopy Birthday Gala-Bration'', ''The Off-Beats Valentine's'', and ''The Henry and June Show'') were never aired outside the US.
43* OneBookAuthor: Most of the voice actors on the show haven't done any acting/voice acting since the show ended, save for a few cameos in other shows or minor voice acting roles (June's voice actress, Julia [=McIlvaine=] was in a few episodes of MAD). Some of the few voice actors still doing work after the show are Danielle Judovits, who voiced Loopy, and Ashley Tisdale (Credited as "Ashley Michelle"), who voiced Jetcat.
44* TheOtherDarrin:
45** For Henry and June's last appearance on Nickelodeon as the hosts of ''Nicktoon World News'' (shorts that played during commercial breaks that gave out behind-the-scenes information on Nicktoons, as well as doing "Coming up next" bumpers for the channel) in 2001, June was not played by Julia [=McIlvaine=] (while Noah Segan continued voicing Henry). Her voice actress for the shorts is unknown.
46** Larry had a different voice actor in the ''Life With Loopy'' pilot "Goldfish Heaven". However both his voice actor in the pilot and his regular voice actor are unknown.
47** The trope though was oddly averted after [[VocalEvolution his voice broke in season two]], as many animated shows that have male child voice actors are known to recast when said male child voice actor hits puberty and his voice cracks[[note]]''Adventure Time'' and ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' are possible exceptions, as they incorporated the vocal change into the series by aging up the character and using WrittenInInfirmity to cover up the transition to a new actor, respectively, rather than get rid of the talent[[/note]].
48* OutOfOrder:
49** The ''Life With Loopy'' pilot "Goldfish Heaven" aired as the seventh episode of the series. While the shorts weren't too continuity-heavy (usually a past short would be referenced in another one and that would be it), it was clear from both Larry introducing the audience to the characters and setting for the first time, as well as the rougher animation and different looks of the characters, that it was the first episode. It's possible that Nick didn't want to air it as the first episode due to all the EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of the short.
50** Almost all the episodes eventually aired in the wrong order when it went into reruns (while "Your Real Best Friend!" was the first episode in production and airing order, "All Purpose [=KaBlam=]!" was the first one in the rerun order), to the point where even Wikipedia was listing the wrong episode order for years until the original airing orders for the first two seasons from Nick's website resurfaced in late 2010.
51** While "Now With More Flava!" may seem like a DownerEnding (it was the final episode in Nicktoons' rerun order and ended with Henry and June as security guards), the final episode ''made'' was "Just Chillin'!".
52** The majority of season four premiered out of order, with the exception of the last few episodes. "Timeless!", which in production order is in the middle of the season, aired first as part of a New Years' Eve marathon.
53* PopCultureUrbanLegends:
54** Since the show was canceled all the way back in 2000, rumors persisted of a supposed scrapped episode, the famous "Episode 29", where it was claimed to be a GrandFinale for the show if it wasn't renewed for season 4. Henry and June would have interacted with the reoccurring skit characters and give them all a sendoff, at the end of which Henry and June would have admitted their crushes and ended on TheBigDamnKiss. With the discovery of nearly every episode, all be it in some very rough recordings, it's all but confirmed to be a fan hoax. The final nail in the coffin was the fact that archive history reveals the supposed episode's plot both was posted on Wikipedia and IMDB by an anon in 2003.
55** There were also rumors of a scrapped fifth (and possibly sixth) season, posted on both Wikipedia and TV.com around the early-to-mid 2000s. After a fan asked if the unproduced seasons were real, Mark Marek confirmed that the show didn't have any further seasons planned after the fourth one.
56** The reason why half of the show was skipped on Nicktoons. Many thought it was because the episodes contained content that Nickelodeon did not like (which was true for certain episodes of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''). In reality, only one episode ("I Just Don't Get It") was banned due to containing an ''Action League Now!'' segment that was considered insensitive after the 9/11 attacks. Some of the other episodes that were skipped were due to rights issues over certain shorts. Other episodes that were missing despite not having any segments with legal issues are just assumed to have been skipped due to either Nick not being able to locate the tape masters or just by accident.
57* ProductionPosse: Rick Gomez plays Sniz, and also was in another show from the creators, ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'', as bully "Endless" Mike Helstrom. However, Will [=McRobb=] and Chris Viscardi (the creators) didn't know that he was going to be on the show (all the shorts had their own casting), and Gomez didn't know that [=McRobb=] and Viscardi were working on the show.
58* PropRecycling: A few props from ''Life With Loopy'' were recycled for (W)Holesome Products' next series, ''WesternAnimation/PhantomInvestigators'':
59** One of Larry's Bugsteak posters can be seen in Kira's locker in "Stall Of Doom", while a few more of his posters can be seen in Brad's room in "Birthday Presence".
60** The Coopers' living room couch shows up in the janitor's closet in "Stall Of Doom".
61** The dog from "Loopy And The Flu-Bug" can be seen in a cage in "Were-Dog".
62** The Flu-Bug from "Loopy And The Flu-Bug" and the alien (and his spaceship) from "Secret Agent Mom" can be seen among the other movie props in "Ghosts On Film".
63* RealSongThemeTune: The theme song are instrumental snippets from "2 Tone Army" by the {{ska}} band The Toasters. Instrumental snippits of other songs by the band also appeared in the show: "Skaternity" was the ending theme to season one, "Everything You Said Has Been A Lie" was the ending theme for the rest of the series, "Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down" was used for the "still to come" lead-ins to the first commercial break beginning in season two, and "Bye Bye Baby", "Daddy Cry", and "Fire In My Soul" were used as background music in the Henry and June segments (when the shorts weren't using cues from APM) beginning in season two.
64* RecycledScript: "Won't Stick to Most Dental Work" borrows a similar premise to the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, "Thirteensomething". In both episodes, one of the two co-hosts (Henry, Babs) leaves their show after a feud to pursue their own career and has great success in that venture (Henry opens his own restaurant, Babs stars on the titular teen soap opera). Meanwhile, the other co-host (June, Buster) tries unsuccessfully to get a new co-host for their show, inevitably leading to its downfall. By the end of both episodes, both parties realize how much they miss each other and reunite.
65* ScheduleSlip: ''Life With Loopy'' was absent for most of the second season; this was due to the short series moving to a new building for production (season one was done at Skellington Productions, which was owned by Disney. After Disney closed the studio, the series moved to Custer Avenue Stages, where it was produced until the end of the series).
66* ScrewedByTheLawyers:
67** Due to music licensing issues and presumably copyright issues with some of the segments, Nickelodeon has confirmed that the show will most likely ''never'' air again or get a legal DVD release. While the show eventually aired on Creator/NickRewind in 2016 (making it the first time it's been rerun in the United States since 2005, not counting times where one episode would be brought out for Nicktoons-related marathons), only the first few episodes aired, without any segments (save for ''Lava'', which was cut anyway). Therefore, [=NickRewind=] was left with a very limited amount of episodes (even moreso than when the show aired on Nicktoons) that would prevent the series from any regular reruns.
68** Nickelodeon was able to straighten out the legal issues for most of the episodes for Creator/ParamountPlus, but 11 episodes are omitted for various legal problems (the missing episodes featured ''Lava'', ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'', ''WesternAnimation/UntalkativeBunny'', and music videos from James Kochalka and Music/TheyMightBeGiants, among other things). Interestingly, "Better than a Poke in the Eye" is available on the streaming service despite including a ''Lava'' segment, which suggests that Paramount still held the rights for the segment in that particular episode only, but not for any of the season 1 episodes.
69* ScrewedByTheMerchandise: Or lack thereof- according to Mark Marek, part of why the series was cancelled was because Nickelodeon was unable to land any merchandising deals for it. What little merchandise that did exist (such as a lunchbox) was made in-house for The Nickelodeon Store, which only lasted two years (and only had three locations), and a set of ''Action League Now!'' figures were given out at Burger King in 1998.
70* ScrewedByTheNetwork:
71** Eventually, Nickelodeon just let this show rot after the first season. No one knows why. Maybe it wasn't the CashCowFranchise that ''Rugrats'' was; maybe they didn't see the appeal; or maybe they felt that ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' was a more cost-efficient variety show. Oddly enough, even after the show was effectively cancelled, Nick kept the characters Henry and June around as network mascots of sorts, having them appear in many of the network's bumpers and announcements.
72** The fourth season was moved from the show's usual Friday night timeslot to an awkward early afternoon timeslot on Saturdays, with most of the season being aired out of order. And while the first half of the season was ready to air by late 1999, only "Timeless!" aired as part of Nickelodeon's New Years' Eve marathon, with the rest of the season not airing until March 2000.
73** In Canada, the show only lasted a few weeks on Creator/{{YTV}} before it was yanked from the schedule.
74* [[OneEpisodeWonder Two Episode Wonder]]: ''The Henry and June Show''.
75* VindicatedByReruns: While lasting four seasons on the air, the show was one of Nick's lower-rated programs, was not aired as often as other Nicktoons airing at the time, and didn't have many diehard fans. When the show began airing reruns on Nicktoons in 2002, more viewers began to watch the show and caused it to gain a bit of a cult following.
76* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
77** The show was originally going to take place in a live action comic book, with the shorts being Henry and June, Action League Now!, and some old Nicktoons shorts.
78** The ''Sniz and Fondue'' {{pilot}}, "Psyched for Snuppa", was one of the two contenders for the fourth Nicktoon in 1992. The show it lost to was ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.
79*** According to ''Sniz and Fondue'' creator Mike Brandon, the duo were given ANOTHER chance at their own show after it became a hit on ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam''. However, Brandon left Nickelodeon due to the studio politics and the ''Sniz and Fondue'' slot was given to another Nicktoon. That Nicktoon? ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', the future flagship Nicktoon, which was made by ''Rocko'' alumni.
80** There was going to be a spinoff show called "The Henry and June Show" and focused on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Henry and June]] and premiered in 1999. It had only two segments: the first segment, "A Show of Their Own", featured Henry and June with a studio audience and musical guests. The next segment was "Be True to Your School", where Henry and June attend school, and try their best to tackle hard subjects like "How to Look Your Best". It was never again shown after it premiered. One must wonder what happened to have Nickelodeon cancel it after two segments, and where the clips are now. Eventually, many elements of the pilot were later integrated into the show's fourth season.
81*** When a fan asked Mark Marek (creator of Henry and June) about The Henry and June Show, Marek responded, "The Henry and June show only [aired] once as you noted. Not planning to release the pilot any time soon. Believe me, you don't want to see it. It's rough (By this, I am referring to the WesternAnimation/KaBlam! pilot...not the H&J Show pilot)" Despite this, [[http://www.markmarek.org/QTs/KABLAM/HENRY_JUNE_Special_LR.mov the episode is now available on his website.]]
82** ''Prometheus and Bob'' was going to be given a Live-Action adaptation for a feature film. However due to troubled production and the creator hating what the original script entailed, the idea was ultimately reworked into the film ''Film/GulliversTravels2010''.
83** The show was originally titled ''Kablam! Theater'' in pre-production.
84** When the show aired on The Splat, "Comics For Tomorrow Today!" was scheduled to play on October 9, 2016. At the last minute, it was replaced with "It's Flavoriffic!", which aired the night before.
85** A Nicktoon spinoff for ''Stewy the Dog Boy'' was planned but didn't surface [[DuelingWorks thanks to Disney's]] ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet''.
86** Several characters from the show were to appear in ''Nicktoons: Attack Of The Toybots'' as trophies, but were ultimately left out of the final game (despite this, the show is still mentioned in the game's copyright information).

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