Funny / Cartoon Network

• One of the interstitials the channel used to run featured the Superfriends version of Aquaman and Wonder Woman being slowly lowered into a death trap inside the headquarters of the Legion of Doom:
  Aquaman: My ability to talk with fish is of no help, Wonder Woman!
  Wonder Woman: [long-suffering eye roll]
  • And the blast from Bubbles at the end:
  Wonder Woman: You girls are developing into quite the superheroes!
  Bubbles: Someday we'll be as developed as you!
  [cue embarrassed look from Wonder Woman and the Legion of Doom snickering]

  • As Lex Luthor and the Legion of Doom start laughing at Bubbles' Innocent Innuendo, a brick falls off of the ceiling and hits Luthor square on the head. He gives a loud "OW!", and the heroes join in on the laughing.
  • Luthor mistakenly calls the girls "The Powderpuff Girls". When they correct him, we get this:
  Lex: (after being informed that there is no "D" in Powerpuff) Well, there is a "D" in "destroy". As in destroy them!
  (nothing happens)
  Lex: (with more feeling) DESTROY THEM!
  (the Legion of Doom attacks)
• Similarly, the instantly memorable "Solomon Grundy want pants, too!"
• Fred encourages kids to speak their mind.
  Fred: You know, throughout the years, a lot of people have asked me, "Fred, why the scarf?" And I always tell them the same thing: "Why don't you mind your own [bleep] business, pal?! I'm a [bleep] cartoon star! I have more [bleep] in [bleep] people telling me [long bleep] what I want to wear!!" [Beat as the gang gawk at Fred's sudden outburst] ...So don't be afraid to express your true self. And remember, fashion first!
• The old promo "Yogi's I.D." where because Yogi forgot his I.D. card, nobody recognizes him. This leads to a lot of Comically Missing the Point.
  Security Guard: Inch-High Private Eye?
  Yogi: I'm taller than you.
  Security Guard Speed Buggy?
  Yogi: HE'S A CAR!! Sheesh!
  Security Guard: Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
  Yogi: But Hal, we bowled together.
  Security Guard: (mumbles)
  Yogi: You named your kid after me!
  Security Guard: You named your kid Space Ghost?
  • In addition, the promo ends with the security guards letting Dick Dastardly carry a bomb through.
• And from "Edd and Ugh".
  Fred Flintstone: Put a shirt on, Ugh.
  Ugh: Nice tunic. They sell man clothes where you buy that?
  • Dino Boy is briefly seen trying to hide behind a corner as Ugh walks by.
• An old commercial pretty much deconstructs the Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal trope by placing Fred Flintstone, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, and I.M. Weasel in the midst of a live-action convenience store, where hilarity ensues as they attempt to deal with the irritable shopkeeper. Just one highlight is when Fred points out to the shopkeeper how paradoxical the Dress Code is:
  Fred: Where's your bathroom?
  Store Owner: Ergh, can't you read? (motions over to sign) "No shirt, no shoes, no service!" State law.
  Fred: Alright. I'll get some flip-flops!
  Store Owner: I can't sell you flip-flops! "No service!"
  Fred: So, you're saying I can't buy shoes, because I don't have shoes?!
• "Sheep In The Big Cafeteria". All of it.
  Employee: This is why I don't eat here.
• Fred Flintstone, Thundarr the Barbarian, and Chicken looking for a parking spot.
  • Even funnier, the Yogi's ID commercial and the Edd & Ugh commercial even act as direct sequels if you spot them in the background finally getting into the building with their lunch in hand.
• This ad has Hilarious in Hindsight written all over it.
• The Birthday Party.
  • Mr. Spacely going shirtless.
  • Madame Foster chewing out Porky Pig on not wearing pants after letting Chicken and Sheep through without any trouble.
  • Lion-O is about to use the Sword of Omens to find Velma's glasses, only for her to find them before he finishes his phrase. This makes him depressed... until about 2 seconds later when he sees a photo booth.
  • All three Bens meeting each other.
    Lumpy Space Princess: Awkward.
  • Jake pushing Scrappy-Doo out of the picture.
  • Eustace showing Muscle Man a picture of his family.
    Eustace: That's me dog, Courage. But don't let that name fool ya! He's scared of his own shadow!
    Muscle Man: (points to Muriel in the photo) That's a scary monster.
    Eustace: That's my wife!
    (Beat)
    Lumpy Space Princess: Awkward.
    Muscle Man: You know who else is a scary monster? MY MOM!
  • Gumball waiting at the bathroom and Grim appears behind him in a puff of green flame.
    Gumball: Come on! I gotta go!
    Grim: We all have to go sometime...to the bathroom, that is.
    Gumball: I think I just did.
• In the 20th Anniversary music video, there's:
  • BEEMO, Rosie, and Robot Jones trying to do the Robot together.
  • Johnny Bravo's reaction to Finn's hair.
  • Muscle Man trying to flip Fred Flintstone's car.
  • Johnny Bravo doing the Monkey with I.R. Baboon, Jake Spidermonkey, Monkey, Mojo Jojo, Lazlo, and Magilla Gorilla.
• In a different 20th Anniversary promo, Ben, Rex, Batman, and The Powerpuff Girls are hanging out and eating cake under a banner that says "Heroes are Awesome"...until Zombozo walks over, at which point everyone stops to glare at him. He sees the banner, realizes where he is, and then yells "Look, someone needs help!" before running off with the cake. The best part? Batman actually looks where he's pointing!
• Zan and Jana's public-service announcement goes off the rails when Zan starts griping about his superpower: "I could be beaten by a sponge! It wouldn't even have to be an evil sponge!"
• The five Staylongers bumpers where were a series of animated parodies of Survivor with two tribes, one consisting of classic Hanna-Barbara cartoon characters and the other consisting of characters under the Cartoon Cartoon brand (and also Brak due to a technicality). And they're all filled to the brim with these moments.
  • Zandor recounting his relationship with the rest of his tribe.
    Zandor: But that Wonder Woman... I don't trust her. And Top Cat. Hmm.
    (scene cuts to a prior exchange)
    Zandor: I chopped enough firewood to last us two more weeks.
    Top Cat: Congratulations, Mr. Lincoln. Let me know when you've written your address.
    • Later on from the same scene...
      Zandor: I don't think [Wonder Woman] likes me.
      Betty Rubble: (in a confessional) I don't think she likes him.
      Wonder Woman: (in a confessional) I don't like him.
  • As the Cartoon Cartoon Tribe stares reluctantly at a rat they caught as a source of food...
    Blossom: Mandark, have you ever eaten a rat?
    Mandark: No. I ate at the school cafeteria once.
    Johnny Bravo: I ain't eating no rat.
    Eustace: You'll eat it and like it, mister!
    Johnny Bravo: Alright! Look here, Pa Kettle — I've been cutting you a lot of slack cause your old.
    Eustace: I'll take that yield sign you call a hairdo and beat you with it!
    • Later, when Eustace finally decides to eat the rat, everyone else stares in mild disgust.
      Johnny Bravo: Y'know, maybe there's a reason Tom never caught Jerry.
  • On the final day, when it's down to just 3 contestants:
    Betty: (thinking) I'm really gonna miss these people.
    Eustace: (thinking) I hope I never see any of these freaks again!
    Brak: (thinking) Boy, that Betty's really hot. HA HA HA-... (Brak notices everyone staring at him) Wait. I'm thinking out loud! OHHHHH!! Never mind...
  • As the host questions how Eustace manged to make it to the finals despite being a constant annoyance and hindrance to his team:
    Eustace: I wish I could read their minds, but they're all written in nitwit!
    • An earlier scene reveals that one of the main reasons he wasn't voted off was because Chicken didn't know how to spell "Eustace" and Brak would vote for 19th century US Presidents such as James K(ool) Polk.
  • The reveal that the entire series was just a daydream Brak was having.
    Brak: I was on a deserted island with 15 other contestants and we had to survive by our wits.
    Space Ghost: Hmm. must have gone quickly.
• This video where Ed goes on a date with Daphne.
• In a 2001 commercial, various cartoon stars are calling in sick so they can have time to themselves. As the receptionist gets hoards of calls, we cut to the parking lot, which is completely empty. Because of it, the network runs a 24-hour marathon of The Kwicky Koala Show.
  • Space Ghost and Brak's call deserves a mention.
  Brak: (falsetto) This is Space Ghost's mother, and Space Ghost can't come in today because he's sick. (normal voice) I think she bought it.
• In "Cartoon Auto Repair", Eustace's pickup truck gets "redrawn" by an auto shop after a car accident, but when he gets into the truck, it flies off! The mechanic and his assistant watch it soar away confused, and then...
  Lady: Joel, Mr. Jetson's on the phone. He wants to know when he can come get his space car.
  Mechanic: (Beat) Tell him we're waiting on a part to come back.
• During the commercial for the 2014 Hall of Games Awards, Gumball suggests to Benson that they should switch names.
• This promo for the 20th anniversary.
• The CN City ads have some good ones:
  • In one very quick bumper, we have a billboard with Grim's face overlooking a freeway. On it reads:
    Not wearing a seatbelt? See you soon!
  • The one with the Eds sneaking into a movie theater.
  • Samurai Jack and Johnny Bravo at the cleaners.
  • The Mystery Machine meets the Megas XLR and Fred tries to improve his street cred with Coop and Jamie.
  • Another quick bumper has a sign that reads "Please Drive Carefully. Not all pedestrians are Wile E. Coyote."
• This promo for Yoursday, featuring several characters from the block dressing up as each other.
• This promo as well, which has Bubbles using her Hard Light powers to turn into a seal to balance a bubbled Steven on her nose. It's also pretty adorable.
• Another Yoursday promo. Fionna hats for everyone!
• During the 2000 United States Presidential Election, Cartoon Network ran it's Cartoon Campaign 2000 in which 50 of its characters ran for president of Cartoon Network. Most of them ran ads, but two in particular stand out; both of which are direct shout outs to iconic real life campaign ads.
  • First off is Brak's which is Dwight Eisenhower's famous animated campaign ad with Brak's face superimposed over it.
  • And second is Yogi Bear's which is an attack ad which smears Marvin the Martian by reenacting Lyndon B. Johnson's very infamous Daisy Girl ad.
• The promo department was really getting into the parodies- their successive Big Game specials took aim at sports broadcasting and the Super Bowl with old cartoons as the base, with each one getting more and more overloaded with satirical stuff. See the Awesome page for all the stops they pulled out.
  • One particularly funny moment came during the Road Runner vs. Coyote game. Toward the end, when the Roadrunner had a large margin of victory (and the Coyote had negative points), commentators John Madden and Pat Summerall said that the game might as well end right now. After they say this, the game (briefly) cuts to the opening of a film called Heidi.
• The time Cartoon Network managed to sneak an ad for Cartoon Cartoon Fridays onto Nickelodeon, of all channels.
• Unfortunately, it can only be seen online on the Internet Archive, but The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvils Awards Show Special Live in Stereo, was chock full of hilarious moments.
  • The red carpet coverage refers to Og as "Mike, Lu or Og. I think."
  • The opening musical number is a big Take That! at Awards shows in general, such as friends stabbing each other in the backs, and how the awards are fixed and rehearsed.
  • Thundarr thinking to himself how he regrets wearing a loincloth tuxedo.
  Thundarr: Even that Rolf kid from Ed, Edd N Eddy was laughing at me. That kid wears a sweater to the beach, for crying out loud!
  • After Top Cat makes a comment on his age, Eustace then does one-armed push-ups, which is a Shout-Out to when Jack Palance infamously did the same at the Oscars.
  • After the cross-dressing montage:
  Johnny Bravo: Yeah, you and me both, buddy! Oh, (checks his watch), live TV, you gotta love it!
  • After the Mayor wins "Best Gratuitous Hiney Shot", he says something that causes the whole show to stop.
  The Mayor: I think I'll go butt-naked more often from now on. You know what, I think I'll even go butt-naked right now— (cue Technical Difficulties card)
  • The running gag of Goober and the Ghost Chasers getting nominated for nearly every category.
• An early commercial to promote the Cartoon Cartoon branding had I. M. Weasel explaining to the viewer the difference between the high quality entertainment under the Cartoon Cartoons branding and "a cartoon such as this" which has Weasel pointing to a really blatant parody of Nickelodeon's Angry Beavers titled "Two Really Upset Otters". And then goes on to throw jabs at several older cartoons which they are allowed to show and mock directly.
  Weasel: (showing the intro to Johnny Bravo) This is a Cartoon Cartoon.
  (changes to the opening of Turbo-Teen)
  Weasel: This is something wholly other.
  (changes to the opening of Cow and Chicken)
  Weasel: This is a Cartoon Cartoon.
  (changes to the opening of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids)
  Weasel: This is... in color.
  (changes to the opening of Dexter's Lab)
  Weasel: This is a Cartoon Cartoon.
  (changes to the opening of The Gary Coleman Show)
  Weasel: This is... well... you get the idea.
• The intro to The Bugs & Daffy Show^note one of Cartoon Network's many Looney Tunes anthology shows has Bugs Bunny receiving applause for doing practically nothing, contrasting Daffy Duck's increasingly dangerous attempts to receive applause to no avail. It's revealed at the end that Bugs Bunny had an applause switch the whole time.

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