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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' originally only had 14 episodes from Season 1[[labelnote:*]]"Critter Sitters", "Skeletons in the Closet", "A Dandy Handy Man", "Out of My Mind", "Worm Welcome", "Stage Fright", "Spooky Tree", "Pest O' the West", "Laugh of the Party", "Campfire Ghouls", "It's the Pits", "Prince of the Neitherworld", "Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice", and "Quit While You're a Head"[[/labelnote]] released on VHS, and 3 episodes[[labelnote:*]]"Skeletons in the Closet", "A-Ha!", and "Spooky Boo-tique"[[/labelnote]] were a special feature on the 20th Anniversary Edition of the movie, until finally all 109 episodes were released on a 12-disc set by Creator/ShoutFactory in 2013.

* Once upon a time, ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' had only a very small amount of episodes, plus the Christmas special and movie, on VHS. That changed in 2012 when Britt Allcroft herself released Mumfie's Quest on DVD. In 2013, she then released the Christmas special Mumfie's White Christmas on DVD. On New Year's Day 2014, the series became available on Hulu Plus and Amazon Instant Video, (minus four episodes and the unedited Mumfie's Quest episodes). The latter, however, of Mumfie's Quest will be released in the future as well as new merchandise. There's no news for the four missing episodes, though.

** [=iTunes=] France and [=iTunes=] Germany both have the first season on their services, but they each come with their own caveats. [=iTunes=] France has the show in UsefulNotes/HighDefinition, but it only has the French dub. [=iTunes=] Germany has both the German dub and the English original, but only in 4:3 standard definition.

* ''Razzberry Jazzberry Jam'' is an obscure Canadian PreschoolShow that aired on CBC from 2008 to 2012 and starred a bunch of talking musical instruments. It was lost for a long time; there were only four DVD releases and the only footage of it online was short clips, a trailer and CBC's [=YouTube=] upload of the episode "Phantom of the Jam", the latter of which is only viewable in Canada. However, the whole series was made [[https://sensical.tv/main/home/showdetails/SE0000032079 available]] on Website/CommonSenseMedia's Sensical platform sometime in 2022.

* For years, the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode [[WesternAnimation/JonahAVeggieTalesMovie "Jonah Sing-Along Songs and More!"]] only existed on VHS, despite [=DVDs=] existing at the time of release. It later showed up on the 2022 DVD and Blu-Ray releases of ''Jonah: A [=VeggieTales=] Movie''

* While it has yet to be rereleased in any official capacity, the entirety of ''WesternAnimation/NightmareNed'' was recovered by fans and posted online in 2019 after being lost for over 20 years.
* ''Pigs Next Door'' was a short-lived sitcom featuring the voices of Creator/JohnGoodman and Creator/JamieLeeCurtis. The series supposed to air on Fox Family, but its North American broadcast was cancelled. However, the series aired in a few foreign countries.

* ''WesternAnimation/YakkityYak'' had no home media release and, for a long time, was super hard to find aside from the occasional Nicktoons reruns, VHS recordings, and uploads on Website/YouTube. However, every episode can be found in good quality on various sites.

* The poorly received series ''WesternAnimation/FamilyDog'' only had a couple of VHS releases and a complete series UsefulNotes/LaserDisc. With those out of print and with no plans to give it a DVD release, good luck finding it. It doesn't help that Warner Bros (international) and Universal (domestic) co-own the series. Thankfully, Internet Archive user [=Wheelz420=] managed to digitalize the entire series from UsefulNotes/LaserDisc.

* ''[=RoboCop=]: Alpha Commando'' resurfaced through The Roku Channel in 2022. Before that, the show was re-aired through Creator/KidsClick from its launch until September 2017 (though the series remained on the site until it shut down), and prior to that, the show Creator/{{Hulu}} for a spell.

* ''Razzberry Jazzberry Jam'' is an obscure Canadian PreschoolShow that aired on CBC from 2008 to 2012 and starred a bunch of talking musical instruments. It was lost for a long time; there were only four DVD releases and the only footage of it online was short clips, a trailer and CBC's [=YouTube=] upload of the episode "Phantom of the Jam", the latter of which is only viewable in Canada. However, the whole series was made [[https://www.sensical.tv/shows/razzberry-jazzberry-jam available]] on Website/CommonSenseMedia's Sensical platform sometime in 2022.

* The poorly received series ''WesternAnimation/FamilyDog'' only had a couple of VHS releases and a complete series UsefulNotes/LaserDisc. With those out of print and with no plans to give it a DVD release, good luck finding it. It doesn't help that Warner Bros (international) and Universal (domestic) co-own the series. Thankfully, Internet Archive user Wheelz420 managed to digitalize the entire series from UsefulNotes/LaserDisc.

* ''Razzberry Jazzberry Jam'' is an obscure Canadian PreschoolShow that aired on CBC from 2008 to 2012 and starred a bunch of talking musical instruments. It was lost for a long time; there were only three DVD releases and the only footage of it online was short clips, a trailer and CBC's [=YouTube=] upload of the episode "Phantom of the Jam", the latter of which is only viewable in Canada. However, the whole series was made [[https://www.sensical.tv/shows/razzberry-jazzberry-jam available]] on Website/CommonSenseMedia's Sensical platform sometime in 2022.

* ''Razzberry Jazzberry Jam'' is an obscure Canadian PreschoolShow that aired on CBC from 2008 to 2012 and starred a bunch of talking musical instruments. It was lost for a long time; there were only three DVD releases and the only footage of it online was short clips. However, the whole series was made [[https://www.sensical.tv/shows/razzberry-jazzberry-jam available]] on Website/CommonSenseMedia's Sensical platform sometime in 2022.

* ''WesternAnimation/DogCity'' - The series was made only a couple of years after Jim Henson's death, so the Jim Henson Company never really took much notice of it, despite earning a following. Only seven episodes were released on three extremely rare tapes, and the JHC refused to let the rest be uploaded to Website/YouTube (save for one episode in German). A petition started on the website Rostam Entertainment for a full DVD release and a crossover film with ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven''), but before they could get halfway (about 10 signatures out of 29), Rostam Entertainment was taken down and later rebooted as Cartoon Reviewer, and the petition became stuck in DevelopmentHell. One can find the show on Creator/{{Nelvana}}'s Retro Rerun channel, Tubi, Hoopla, and Prime Video.

* ''WesternAnimation/DogCity'' - The series was made only a couple of years after Jim Henson's death, so the Jim Henson Company never really took much notice of it, despite earning a following. Only seven episodes were released on three extremely rare tapes, and the JHC refused to let the rest be uploaded to Website/YouTube (save for one episode in German). A petition started on the website Rostam Entertainment for a full DVD release and a crossover film with ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' (''yes, really''), but before they could get halfway (about 10 signatures out of 29), Rostam Entertainment was taken down and later rebooted as Cartoon Reviewer, and the petition became stuck in DevelopmentHell. One can find the show on Creator/{{Nelvana}}'s Retro Rerun channel, Tubi, Hoopla, and Prime Video.

* ''Poppetstown'': Luckily, [[https://www.amazon.com/PoppetsTown-Season-1/dp/B01M7S0AG8 Amazon now has the entire series]] after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hXqbHBVzH4 one episode]] survived in the hands of Neptuno Films. Later, on December 8, 2022, the show got its own YouTube channel, but it got terminated by late 2023.

* ''Poppetstown'': Luckily, [[https://www.amazon.com/PoppetsTown-Season-1/dp/B01M7S0AG8 Amazon now has the entire series]] after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hXqbHBVzH4 one episode]] survived in the hands of Neptuno Films. Later, on December 8, 2022, the show got its own [[https://m.youtube.com/@PoppetsTown YouTube channel]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FatDogMendoza'', a German/American cartoon about a superhero boy named Little Costume Buddy and his fat dog, [[ADogNamedDog Fat Dog]], having random wacky adventures in their hometown of Neighborhood X ([[WidgetSeries roll with it]]), never even aired in the United States, and only one VHS was released. The entire series is officially available on Website/YouTube.

** Interestingly, Disney seems a little more willing to sell comprehensive [=DVD=]s of Marvel cartoons than for cartoons they made themselves. The [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 1967 Animated Adaptation]] of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' had a complete series DVD in 2004 (which went out of print a few years later) to cash in on ''Film/SpiderMan2'', and ''The Marvel Action Hour'' also has DVD boxsets. (the segments for ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'' became available shortly after the release of [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 2005 movie]], while ''WesternAnimation/IronManTheAnimatedSeries'' came around the same time as ''Film/IronMan2''.)

* ''WesternAnimation/DogCity'' - The series was made only a couple of years after Jim Henson's death, so the Jim Henson Company never really took much notice of it, despite earning a following. Only seven episodes were released on three extremely rare tapes, and the JHC refused to let the rest be uploaded to Website/YouTube (save for one episode in German). A petition started on the website Rostam Entertainment for a full DVD release and a crossover film with ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' (seriously), but before they could get halfway (about 10 signatures out of 29), Rostam Entertainment was taken down and later rebooted as Cartoon Reviewer, and the petition became stuck in DevelopmentHell. One can find the show on Creator/{{Nelvana}}'s Retro Rerun channel, Tubi, Hoopla, and Prime Video.

* ''WesternAnimation/DogCity'' - The series was made only a couple of years after Jim Henson's death, so the Jim Henson Company never really took much notice of it, despite earning a following. Only seven episodes were released on three extremely rare tapes, and the JHC refused to let the rest be uploaded to Website/YouTube (save for one episode in German). A petition started on the website Rostam Entertainment for a full DVD release and a crossover film with ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', but before they could get halfway (about 10 signatures out of 29), Rostam Entertainment was taken down and later rebooted as Cartoon Reviewer, and the petition became stuck in DevelopmentHell. One can find the show on Creator/{{Nelvana}}'s Retro Rerun channel, Tubi, Hoopla, and Prime Video.

* ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' was available on Netflix until 2017, but with all of the ''Dragon Tunes'' segments edited out from the episodes due to licensing issues (Sony had sold the 1993-2012 publishing rights to their films and shows to Ole Media Management, now known as Anthem Entertainment). Come August 2022, the first two seasons were unexpectedly made available on Creator/PrimeVideo, and the third was added shortly thereafter. Some of the episodes do contain the ''Dragon Tunes'' segments, while others have the aforementioned edited cuts. However, the show still hasn't had a season-wise DVD release instead of individual DVD compilations, likely because the show is jointly owned by the non-profit organization Sesame Workshop (which also produces ''Series/SesameStreet'') and the media giant Creator/{{Sony}}, and the two are more than likely to argue about where the money for such releases will go.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' originally only 14 episodes from Season 1[[labelnote:*]]"Critter Sitters", "Skeletons in the Closet", "A Dandy Handy Man", "Out of My Mind", "Worm Welcome", "Stage Fright", "Spooky Tree", "Pest O' the West", "Laugh of the Party", "Campfire Ghouls", "It's the Pits", "Prince of the Neitherworld", "Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice", and "Quit While You're a Head"[[/labelnote]] were released on VHS, and 3 episodes[[labelnote:*]]"Skeletons in the Closet", "A-Ha!", and "Spooky Boo-tique"[[/labelnote]] were a special feature on the 20th Anniversary Edition of the movie, until finally all 109 episodes were released on a 12-disc set by Creator/ShoutFactory in 2013.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' had a small number of VHS releases in the 90s, and the pilot episode saw a very limited DVD release when ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' was released. For a while, it seemed unlikely the series would ever get a proper DVD set due to ''Son'' effectively killing the franchise. That is, until 2018 when Warner Archive released season 1 on DVD. And as of 2019, the entire series is available on [=iTunes=].