Cartoon Network are the KINGS and QUEENS of this trope.
Examples:
- This
trailer for Batman: The Brave and the Bold helped dispel fears that the show's lighthearted tone would turn it into a lesser entry in Batman's career.- Bringing lesser-known characters like Blue Beetle for the first time in animation is also good news for those who doubt that this will be Justice League 2.
- A Musical Episode? With Neil Patrick Harris as the villain!?
- Kevin Conroy as The Phantom Stranger fighting against Mark Hamill as The Spectre. With Adam West and Julie Newmar as Thomas and Martha Wayne?
- Before that: Kevin Conroy as the Batman of Zurr-En-Arrh fighting Clancy Brown as a Lex Luthor-like villain with Dana Delaney as a Lois Lane Expy.
- How about a Birds of Prey episode written by Gail Simone?
- The Super Hero Squad Show? Must be Marvel Comics' attempt to cash in like The Brave And The Bold. Whoa! Look at who's voicing who!
- And the creator of The Angry Beavers at the helm? Sold!
- Robin returning in season 4 of The Batman, as well as Black Mask's first animated appearance.
- Ben 10: Ultimate Alien: Wait, is that every one of Ben's forms from the original series?
- Oh, there's Kevin. Holy crap, did he turn evil again!?
- Time Travel episode again? Yawn. Wait, Paradox and Ben 10,000!? And he has an ULTIMATE HUMAN FORM!?
- Total Drama is getting a season three? With two newcomers that are just Expies of older ones? Aw man, as if season two didn't suck enou- Wait. Noah and Cody are back?! The writers do care!
- For some fans, Ezekiel gave the same reaction.
- A Looney Tunes marathon! There's hope! And to a lesser extent, this article.
- The news that Samurai Jack will finally see a proper ending in the form of a theatrical film after CN left it lying in the dust. The movie will be produced by J. J. Abrams.
- "More bad new shows? Oi, when will Cartoon Network learn...Wait a second, Adventure Time? Eh, lemme give it a try."
- I'll also try Regular Show .
- Don't forget Generator Rex, created by the same guys behind Ben 10!
- And for Generator Rex in particular, there are four words that sum it up: "Great. Breach is back."
- So the Nood era finally came to Latin America...Wait, they're Toonix now? Better music? Individual bumpers? Latin America gets all the fun indeed! Wow!
- Cartoon Planet is all well and good but the 90's still haven't gotten their rightful attention. What's that? A new channel? What's its name? Tooncast? Oh, well, if we didn't already have enough with Boomerang and its sucky soap oper— WHAT?! They host all the 90s cartoons? EVEN THE ADS?! And they have Dexter's Laboratory?! *Squee* (Once again, Latin America-only, unfortunately.)
- Wait, a NEW THUNDERCATS SHOW on Cartoon Network?!
- Cartoon Network's new DC Nation block caught a few eyes with announcements that Lauren Faust is working on a series of shorts (Super Best Friends Forever), brand new Teen Titans shorts, and the Plastic Man TV Show finally being made (though likely in short format). The trailer can be found here.
- Ahem. Let me rephrase that: TEEN TITANS is coming back? With the ORIGINAL VOICE ACTORS? Awesome, but they'll only be a couple minutes...Greg Cipes confirmed that there is a possibility for SEASON SIX? AHHH!!
- Tara Strong is Batgirl again!!
- Aaaannndddd...it's confirmed! Teen Titans Go! is coming in 2013 to a TV near you!
- Cartoon Network airing 2 Stupid Dogs for the first time since 2003 in July 2011.
- Did Andy Merill say they might reboot Cartoon Planet?!?!? (Go to 5:54 for proof!)
- Greater news, Cartoon Network will host a Friday night block of classics hosted by Brak and Zorak! OUR PRAYERS HAVE FINALLY BEEN ANSWERED!!! Starts March 30th at 8pm. And they're bringing back I Am Weasel and EVIL. CON. CARNE.
- Adding to that, even though it was an April Fools joke, Adult Swim had a block of TOONAMI! MORE PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED! EVEN IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT!
- Cartoon Network airing Wallace & Gromit for the first time in years.
- Cartoon Network airing The Flintstones and The Jetsons for the first time since 2004 in January 2012.
- Cartoon Network actually acknowledging its 20th anniversary with bumpers with CLASSIC HANNA-BARBERA CHARACTERS. AND A THROWBACK TO THE POWERHOUSE LOOK!!! Say it with me now: SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
- Cartoon Network's plans for their the channel leading up to their 20th birthday. It's gonna be big.
- The official poster◊ for CN's 20th birthday celebration (accompanied with an list◊ of all of the characters that the artists crammed in it). The official music video was even better.
- Cartoon Network's plans for their the channel leading up to their 20th birthday. It's gonna be big.
- Oh, Nick's never gonna bring KaBlam! back-wait a minute? IS THAT JULIA MCILVAINE DOING VOICES ON MAD?!??! SQUEEEEEEEE!
- MADs been doing a good job with offering a Lighter and Softer alternative to Robot Chicken... ooh, what's this sketch about? "Once Upon A Toon"? Surely it parodies Once Upon a Time, but where does that "Toon" come from—HOLY COW, A BRIEF COMEBACK FOR JOHNNY BRAVO, DEXTER, SAMURAI JACK, Cow and Chicken, COURAGE, ED, EDD, EDDY AND OTHERS?! WITH ABITING-THE-HAND HUMOR JOKE ABOUT SAID SHOWS BEING CANCELLED ( Dee Dee is running Cartoon Network) ON TOP OF IT?! AWESOME!'
- MADs been doing a good job with offering a Lighter and Softer alternative to Robot Chicken... ooh, what's this sketch about? "Once Upon A Toon"?
- Cartoon Network airing Screwy Squirrel for the first time in 10 years on April Fools Day 2012
- You know what, it's June and it would be nice if Cartoon Network would do June Bugs aga-wait. June Bugs is coming back? JUNE BUGS IS COMING BACK? This time with old Bugs Bunny shorts and episodes of The Looney Tunes Show. Now this is going to be a good weekend.
- Ben 10: Omniverse, aside from some rather tacky character redesigns, is decent than one would think.
- Derrick Wyatt doing the character designs and the somewhat more varied vocal cast, as well as the return of the young Ben Tennyson. Yeah, the original Ben Tennyson has a new design, like mentioned above. But still...
- Articguana is finally unlocked and used.
- Vilgax's design hasn't improved all that much. What's with that crown? ...Wait a second, is that Steve Blum reprising the role!?!
- It appears Cartoon Network has new movie bumps for their movies. It appears they are awesome, reminiscent of CN's old Toon City bumps from 2003.
- The fact they're The Amazing World of Gumball, Regular Show and Adventure Time crossovers just explains it all.
- The Boondocks: When John Witherspoon, Granddad's VA, confirmed that Aaron McGruder had begun production on season 4 despite earlier statements that season 3 would be the last one. Cue millions of people doing this.
- And earlier from season 2: Is that Cindy McPhearson??!!
- Man, I really miss Sym-Bionic Titan—whoa, whoa, whoa, IT'S COMING TO [adult swim]'S TOONAMI?!?! AND SO IS THUNDERCATS?!?!?! YES!!!!
- Let's paraphrase that again—it's actually airing on Adult Swim, and not Cartoon Network. Yes, you heard me, Adult Swim, the not-for-kids version of Cartoon Network, is airing it.
- They're rebooting THE POWERPUFF GIRLS!!
- Alas, that was just a special, and it seems that they will never, eve- They're doing it for real this time!
- Alas, that was just a special, and it seems that they will never, eve- They're doing it for real this time!
- And now, to please the ballooning Fionna and Cake fandom that's bigger than the real series itself, another gender swap episode has been confirmed. What makes this a ATFR moment? It's being focused on Marshall Lee, who barely got a freaking line in the original F&C episode!
- And then one of Marshall Lee's songs was revealed. Feel the ground shaking? Yeah, that's the sound of the fandom exploding.
- And then one of Marshall Lee's songs was revealed
- WHY is Cartoon Network still releasing Adventure Time compilations even though they just released a full season?! Wait, is this one featuring episodes from all four seasons each? IS IT ALSO COMING WITH A FREE FINN HAT?! OK, Warner Home Video, just SHUT UP and take my money!
- Season 1 and 2 of Adventure Time are coming to Blu-Ray!
- And so are seasons 1 and 2 of Regular Show!
- HOW MANY more episodes for season 5!?
- Cartoon Network won't allow it to be shown, BUT BUBBLINE WAS CANON IN THE PAST!
- Season 1 and 2 of Adventure Time are coming to Blu-Ray!
- Regular Show got an Emmy award!
- Dexter's Rude Removal is coming to AdultSwim.com?! JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY!!!!!!!!
- And after a month long delay, IT'S FINALLY HERE!
- And after a month long delay, IT'S FINALLY HERE!
- Rebecca Sugar (Adventure Time storyboard artist and songwriter) is getting her own show... and it'll be the first Cartoon Network show with a solo female creator?! WAHOOOOO!!!!!!
- They're going to make new comic books starring classic characters!
- Okay, so Ben 10: Omniverse is doing...not so great. What's next? Wait...what's this? T.G.I.S (Thank goodness it's Saturday) What do we have here...Wait, Ben 10 crossing over with The Secret Saturdays?! You've gotta be kidding me!!! ESPECIALLY since The Secret Saturdays is not on TV anymore!
- There is a chance that the amazing show Megas XLR might be coming back. Also, there might be a game deal with Valve in the works◊.
- To quote a fellow Twitter member, "This is up there with my wife telling me she's pregnant. Well, almost."
- THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW SONIC ANIMATED SHOW COMING!!
- In February 2014, Toonami announced they will be doing a sequel to the famed Intruder special for 2015! Adding to this, their reasoning for announcing the special a year ahead of time is because they want fans to decide the longevity of said special.
- Sonny Strait, TOM's original voice actor, returns as the voice of the Intruder! Suddenly it's less a welcome return of an old concept and more of a love letter to what made Toonami great to begin with.
- IDW IS MAKING A CROSSOVER COMIC OF ALL THE CLASSIC SHOWS! HYPE!
- Hey, Cartoon Network is airing a LEGO Batman special! Well, LEGO specials are always fun to watch, so maybe it could be worth checking out... Troy Baker is Batman again?! Nolan North is Superman again?! Paul Reubens and Khary Payton are back as Bat-Mite and Cyborg! Nevermind, this is must-see!!
- Adventure Time is getting a miniseries and a theatrical film?! Mathematical!
- It gets better. The miniseries revolves around Marceline and will further delve into her past!
- Mixels is getting actual half-hour specials and is actually being recognized by the channel's schedule? Awesome!
- Gee, it's such a drag that Cartoon Network only targets boys. Don't they know that girls like cartoons too? Wait, CN is becoming more gender-neutral? And they're developing a slew of pilots made mostly by women? Oh, happy day!
- Ladies and gentlemen, [adult swim] 2016. Jack. Is. BACK!
- PHIL LAMARR IS REPRISING HIS ROLE!!!
- A new Justice League Yes! Wait, Justice League Action, based on the current format of modern CN shows. I don't kn—Hold on, Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill are back as Batman and the Joker?! YES!
- In the episode "Barehanded" Space Cabbie has to help Hal Jordan get his Green Lantern ring back (Long story). They are assisted by a Galactic Positioning System that Cabbie uploaded into his cab, who's voiced by Grey Delisle. She certainly sounds familiar, and at the end of the episode she takes an interest in Hal for...some...reason...wait a minute, AYA?! IS THAT YOU?!
- Summer of Steven sounds great, but June is a long ways away...wait, there's going to lead up to it in May? With a four week special event called In Too Deep?! HECK YEAH!!!
- Followed up with the announcement that Summer of Steven isn't just a bomb...it's a nuke. While it may be a month late, it's airing a new episode every weeknight for the rest of the summer. Let's emphasize; more than a dozen episodes in two months. Needless to say, people were stoked.
- Over the Garden Wall had an amazing score. The option to silence the vocal track on the DVD was nice so we could hear it, but such an amazing score deserves a...wait, It's getting a proper soundtrack?! And on vinyl, for that vintage feel! Wirt would approve.
- So, Cartoon Network is now airing a cartoon based on the Bunnicula book series? Well, it sounds interesting, but I don't know... Cartoon Network shows are pretty hit-or-miss these days (the latter unfortunately being more common)... Wait, what? Maxwell Atoms is one of the Writers and Producers?! You have my attention.
- Speaking of TV movies for Teen Titans Go!, people reacted this way when "The Night Begins To Shine" was being given a mini-series based on the Imagine Spot in the episode "40%, 40%, 20%".
- It seems strange that Cartoon Network always hypes up Teen Titans Go! episode premieres by showing all weekend long marathons, and it looks like that's how Memorial Day 2018 wi-wait, the marathon is only playing on the day said episode will premiere because the new special of the show that they were competing against got postponed? Cartoon Network made a great decision!
- I wonder what is going on in the world of animated movi-Oh my god, we're getting a movie of Teen Titans Go!? Kristen Bell, Nicholas Cage and Jimmy Kimmel will play characters in this movie? The film pokes fun at other superhero movies in a humorous way and even makes a jab at Deadpool? SLADE IS PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE? This looks like it will be funny, and pretty cool!
- One interview concerning the film showed us this new clip. It looks like nothing speci-HOLY CRAP, DID STARFIRE JUST MENTION THE WARNER SIBLINGS?
- We should be getting a post-credits sequence at the end of this— hold up, what is this interruption... WHAT!? IS THAT THE ORIGINAL TEEN TITANS TEAM!? Wait, what did you say, Robin? You found a way back!? Looks like we are getting the fabled sixth season after all!
- Oh, the DVD is out, wonder what's on it...wait, what's this teaser? IS THAT THE ORIGINAL TEEN TIANS THEME SONG?! TEEN TITANS GO VS. THE ORIGINAL TITANS?! "THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD" INDEED!
- One interview concerning the film showed us this new clip
- Oh boy, looks like Cartoon Network's having their third all-day Teen Titans Go! marathon in six months for President's Day 2020. I bet this will be what they are doing for all holidays this ye-wait a second, IS THAT THE ORIGINAL TEEN TITANS AIRING EVERY OTHER HOUR AS PART OF THIS MARATHON? That sounds awesome!
- "Huggbees" sounds like a cute episode name for Teen Titans Go, but what's it about? Oh wow, it's a Crossover with Freakazoid!? And if that wasn't good enough, the episode made nods to other lesser-known Kids' WB! series like Histeria! and Detention.
- Summer of Steven was amazing, but it's too bad that the show will probably be going on another months-long hiatus now that it's ov— huh? SU isn't going on hiatus, and is instead airing weekly episodes again? Sweet!
- Young Justice is back for another season after being unfairly canceled and ending on a cliffhanger during its time on DC Nation? A thousand times yes!
- Ladies and gentleman, the sequel to Attack the Light, Save the Light! Instead of just playing as Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl (with Steven as the Support Party Member), you can have a variety of (currently unknown) characters in your party! Including Connie! And Greg! And unlike the last game, it's for consoles!
- After an app game, some shorts, and a few years of waiting, OK K.O. is finally being made into a series!
- It's so sad how Cartoon Network treats Teen Titans like garbage ever since TTG came out....wait....THEY PUT TROUBLE IN TOKYO ON DEMAND AS PART OF SUPERHERO MONTH??? SQUEEEE!!!!!
- It gets better! Reruns of the original Teen Titans are returning! SUPER EPIC.
- You know, they really missed a golden opportunity by not doing an Adventure Time/Regular Show crossover. The characters would've meshed so well together... Wait, crossover comic series? What do you mean crossover comic series?!
- Man, I miss Fo-wait, they put Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends on demand??? Best day ever!
- Not only that, they've also added The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne just in time for Halloween ... plus, they've added in a couple of episodes of the original Grim & Evil format!
- Man, Cartoon Network's never going to air The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy aga-wait a minute, is that BILLY AND MANDY: WRATH OF THE SPIDER QUEEN ON THE SCHEDULE?! EPIC!!!
- Man, Twelve Forever is such a great short. It would make an interesting show, but it doesn't look like Cartoon Network's doing anything with it...it was picked up by Netflix? IT WAS PICKED UP BY NETFLIX!
- Infinity Train looks like it could have been a great series, but Cartoon Network hasn't done anything with the short besides airing it...wait a second. What's this? What do you mean 2019? OUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!
- Villainous is great and all, but just shorts and comics are just not enough to satisfy this fan's hunger for-OH MY LORD!
- After three decades, the Grimwood Girls make a return appearance in a Halloween Episode of OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes. And even better; they got Sibella, Elsa, and Phantasma's original voice actresses to reprise their roles!
- Hmmm...an OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes crossover special? Eh, might be worth checking out. Wait...Raven and Ben acting more like their counterparts from their original series? It's set in the ruins of Cartoon Network City?! Characters from just about every Cartoon Network production make a cameo, including the obscure Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, The Moxy Show, and Firebreather, a live-action show, and the shows that legally can't be shown on the network anymore?! BEN TRANSFORMING INTO MULTIPLE CARTOON NETWORK CHARACTERS DURING THE CLIMAX, SET TO THE ORIGINAL CARTOON CARTOONS THEME?! BEST! EPISODE! EVER!
- Total Drama returning to Cartoon Network's schedule to air the first two seasons and Revenge of the Island in November 2018 after the success of the Spinoff Babies show Total DramaRama.
- DC Super Hero Girls is pretty good, though it would definitely benefit from- HOLY FUCKING SHIT, WARNER BROS. ANIMATION IS MAKING A GODDAMN TV SERIES BASED ON THE TOY LINE!? AAND IT’S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED BY LAUREN MOTHERFUCKING FAUST!?!?!? LOOKS LIKE CARTOON NETWORK MAY HAVE THE CHANCE TO BRING SUPERHEROES SHOWS BACK TO THE NETWORK!
- OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes is having another crossover? Okay, the last one was pretty good, what's is it this time? HOLY CRAP IT'S WITH SONIC!!!!
- So Infinity Train is a 10-episode Mini Series? Bit of a bummer but at least it got picked up, though it does seem odd that the collection of episodes says Volume 1...Okay, finale was awesome... wait, why did One-One suddenly appear in the credits? Infinity Train WILL RETURN?! ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN AGAIN!
- Christina Miller somehow made Cartoon Network worse than Stuart Snyder-wait, she's STEPPING DOWN?!
- Huh, WarnerMedia announced their slate for 2021. Looks like they're focusing on putting out more preschool content, alri- wait a second, what's the rest of this say? A Teen Titans Go! spin-off based on the beloved "The Night Begins to Shine"? The Amazing World of Gumball is getting a movie? Book Four of Infinity Train?! Three new Ben 10 (2016) specials based on elements of the original series, including another crossover with Generator Rex?! THE ORIGINAL TOTAL DRAMA IS GETTING TWO NEW SEASONS?! 2021 has officially been saved!!
- Cartoon Cartoons is BACK! HELL YEAH!!!!!!
- You know, those crossover commercials with Scooby-Doo and Courage the Cowardly Dog were always so great. How come they never made a full length crossover? It would be so epic seeing the two of them work together! Sure, the leaked title that showed up on the Turner Classic Movies website last year sounds cool, but we don’t know for sure if it’s legiti—WAIT, IT’S REAL?! WHOO-HOO!!!
- The schedule for December 10, 2021 looks like any other nor- WAIT IS THAT CLASSIC PPG ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE FEBRUARY 2014?!? HELL YEAH!
- Furthermore, this proves that, if they wanted to, Cartoon Network will still play their older cartoons when the occasion calls for it, much to the rejoice of classic CN fans.
- It gets even better: on December 19th, 2021, Codename: Kids Next Door, Ed, Edd n Eddy and Courage the Cowardly Dog will air their holiday specials on the network, followed by Dexter's Laboratory, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Chowder and Regular Show on the 24th.
- Starting January 28, Cartoon Network has been re-running classic shows again on Saturday/Sunday mornings, after their successful holiday celebration schedule in December 2021. Once again, this has pleased a lot of fans.
- Oh boy, they're rebooting The Powerpuff Girls again?, even after that disaster of a reboot and that weird Live Action show The CW is trying to cook up? This can't be- HOLY JEEBUS, CRAIG MCCRACKEN IS RETURNING AS SHOWRUNNER THIS TIME!? So once again, the PPG franchise is saved, thanks to... THE OG CREATOR!! YEEEEHAWWWW!!!! And that's not all, because Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends will be returning too! Albeit as a preschool show this time around, still pretty cool though!
- What's Cartoon Network doing for Labor Day 2022? It's probably just be another Teen Titans Go! maratho-wait a minute, are those airings of Chowder and Codename: Kids Next Door? Woo-hoo!
- And that's not all: throughout the month of September, Cartoon Network will be airing many of their classic shows during a special block dedicated to them.
- Well, looks like Teletoon rebranded to Cartoon Network Canada, and what was formerly Cartoon Network rebranded into Boomerang. And unlike its' American equivalent, Boomerang doesn't seem to air that many classic-wait a second, what's this? They're going to air a remastered version of The Raccoons to fulfill Canadian content requirements? And it's on 9 times a day? This is great news!
- Well, Cartoon Network's being shortened to end at 6:00PM for Adult Swim. What a bummer! I wonder what they would air so ear-wait a minute, that hour will be a block for the older shows from the network? Cowabunga!
