History Main / VanillaEdition

*** Played straight with most of their other unique releases, though. Madman's releases of stuff Warner released in the US generally retain their special features, but released that Madman did on their own tend to be barebones. They've released all eight seasons of ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', but forgot a season 4 episode and don't include any new extras for later seasons. All 4 seasons of ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' were released by them in vanilla DVD form, with no extras. Partial releases exist for other shows - ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'', ''WesternAnimation/ClassOf3000'', and ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' all only received a single season release, with ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' receiving one split over two volumes. ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' got two seasons, with its spinoff show ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' getting an additional release of all shorts produced for its standalone show. ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' and ''WesternAnimation/SummerCampIsland'' each got a box set for their first three seasons. Every single one of these releases is vanilla and contains no special features - though many of these shows never got a release anywhere else, so this is the only option available.

* This is so far true with many of the releases of the Creator/CartoonCartoons. While the first two seasons of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', all six seasons of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' (as mentioned above), and the first season of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' were released with special features, Creator/WarnerBrothers released a line as the "Cartoon Network Hall of Fame," which was the first seasons of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', and ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''. Surprisingly, despite the popularity of these series (especially considering ''Dexter'' was Cartoon Network's first big hit), only the ''Johnny Bravo'' set got a special feature, and ''only'' because of Creator/SethMacFarlane (he was a writer on ''Johnny Bravo'' before moving on to ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', and other shows of his). Adding insult to injury, the ''Dexter'' set lacks one of the ''Dial M For Monkey'' segments.
** Averted with Madman's Region 4 releases in Australia; the 1st Season and 2nd Season Part 1 of ''Dexter'' come with bonus features and retain the "Barbequor" episode, the 2nd Season of ''Courage'' comes with the original pilot and the 2nd Season of ''Johnny'' comes with an exclusive episode, and the 1st Season might also retain the episode composed of the three original pilots.

** Creator/ButchHartman's first three shows--''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', and ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy''--got this treatment as well. The Fairly OddParents and T.U.F.F. Puppy were only partially released, and some of the season sets are now out of print. ''Danny Phantom'' does have a complete series box set from Shout! Factory, albeit without bonus features and the episodes from the second season OutOfOrder, to the point that a villain's follow-up episode may be placed immediately before their ''introduction'' episode.[[note]]''WesternAnimation/BunsenIsABeast'' hasn't received any DVD release.[[/note]]

** Creator/ButchHartman's first three shows--''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', and ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy''--got this treatment as well. ''Danny Phantom'' does have a complete series box set from Shout! Factory, albeit without bonus features and the episodes from the second season OutOfOrder, to the point that a villain's follow-up episode may be placed immediately before their ''introduction'' episode.[[note]]''WesternAnimation/BunsenIsABeast'' hasn't received any DVD release.[[/note]]
** Amazon makes them on DVD-Rs, making the discs even worse than the standard Vanilla Edition due to player compatibility issues.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' got this treatment also (both in Amazon DVD-R from and traditional Paramount printings), which is pretty insulting considering its status as the only Nicktoon to get a star on the ''Hollywood Walk of Fame''. Much like the ''Happy Days '' example in the Live-Action TV section above, the show’s complete series DVD set from Paramount even tries to pass the show’s made-for-TV movies (such as “Runaway Reptar” and “Babies in Toyland”) and the ''Tales from the Crib'' direct-to-video specials as extras, even though the former pieces of ''Rugrats'' content are included in the show’s regular episode rotation on Creator/TeenNick as part of Creator/NickRewind.
** And now it's being done to ''WesternAnimation/{{Catdog}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys''. ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' was supposed to get one for the 2009 holiday season, but it was scrapped (it was very disappointing for fans of it, since it's never been released on VHS tapes or [=DVDs=], but since 2021 it's available on Paramount+).
** ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has had two distinct DVD releases. The first one, by Creator/MediaBlasters – which they picked up on the cheap because Nick had washed their hands of the series – was a lavish thing chock full of extras (including Irken subtitles); they also put out a LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition that had a box shaped like Zim's house. It was a massive hit... so massive, that Nick yanked the rights back the first chance they could, put Media Blasters' sets out of print (and as a result making used copies [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes insanely expensive]])... and immediately set out to give fans a ''much worse'' release. "Operation: Doom" is the least appealing of the bunch. No special features at all, no subtitles, and the footage wasn't the entire series. The only redeeming quality was the [[UnCancelled prospect of the show being revived]] by the Nickelodeon execs (this ultimately manifested as the Creator/{{Netflix}} film ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZimEnterTheFlorpus'').

** ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'' got considerably the WORST treatment yet, only featuring the 18 7-minute segments, adding up to around 2 hours of entertainment.

* Suprisingly zig-zagged with DVD releases of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' in the UK. After a season's aired, [=DVDs=] containing four to eight episodes of the season and special features are released. Then a single-disc release of the entire season is released, devoid of the special features.

* Creator/CentralParkMedia was a frontrunner for providing entertaining extras for their DVD sets. Unfortunately, the titles that they lost to other companies usually dropped them; one example is ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}''. When they initially released the first three seasons of ''Slayers'' on DVD, there actually were many bloopers and commentary with the cast, with humorous ad-libbing involved. None of these amusing and entertaining extras made it to Funimation's digitally remastered re-releases.

** A lot of the old WesternAnimation/DisneyAfternoon shows (''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'') got released on DVD with zero bonus features whatsoever. The Polish/Czech/Slovakian/Russian/Ukrainian/Romanian/Slovenian/MiddleEastern release of the first DVD volume of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' is even worse. It doesn't contain the original English language track, only the dub.

** All of the television series [=DVDs=] exclusive to the Disney Movie Club are these, such as ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders''. Still, considering Disney is notorious for never releasing [=DVDs=] of much of their animated series, something is better than nothing in this case.

* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' did the Japan-rest of the world-Japan thing, too. Oh, and now ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' is getting a remastered Japanese release, too… at least the ''Dissidia'' version was just the original with the changes from the PAL version incorporated.

* The EMI Manhattan and EMI USA [=CDs=] of Music/KateBush's first five albums in the US and Canada are fairly barebones compared to other editions on the format, removing most of the liner notes in favor of just the tracklists and a standard blurb about the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc.

* Some UK DVD companies like VCI and StudioCanal are notorious for not including any bonus features on their [=DVDs=]. Most discs by the aforementioned companies do not even include English HOH subtitling. By contrast, Network DVD discs often include bonus content - but ''they'' don't have subtitling either.

** The [=SpongeBob=] DVDs after season 9 have been very light on bonus features. Season 10 has no bonus features and half the episodes of a regular season. The Season 11 DVD only has one special feature, being a less than two-minute animated short that you can also watch online for free. The season 12 DVD also has only one special feature: a clip show called ''Patchy's Beach Bash!'' There are also English, Spanish, and French audio options, in addition to incredibly bland-looking menus.

* The DVD releases of ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood'' don't have bonus features, not even a commentary or a behind the scenes featurette. This is likely due to the fact that the [[ReclusiveArtist show's cast (save for the late-great Ron Moody) and crew are very private and have not given any interviews at all]].

* This is prominent in Warner Brothers' season set releases of cartoons as of TheNewTens, including ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', ''[[WesternAnimation/GreenEggsAndHam2019 Green Eggs and Ham]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020 Animaniacs]]''.

** ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has had two distinct DVD releases. The first one, by Creator/MediaBlasters – which they picked up on the cheap because Nick had washed their hands of the series – was a lavish thing chock full of extras (including Irken subtitles); they also put out a LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition that had a box shaped like Zim's house. It was a massive hit... so massive, that Nick yanked the rights back the first chance they could, put Media Blasters' sets out of print (and as a result making used copies [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes insanely expensive]])... and immediately set out to give fans a ''much worse'' release. "Operation: Doom" is the least appealing of the bunch. No special features at all, no subtitles, and the footage wasn't the entire series. The only redeeming quality was the [[UnCancelled prospect of the show being revived]] by the Nickelodeon execs.

* Most mobile ports are pretty much vanilla versions of the original games. Some of the include the GTA games, VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4, and VideoGame/PapersPlease, among other ones.

** The user who uploaded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AIsJsk_zos this video]] lampshades it, commenting: "Great DVD menu, huh?"

* The releases of the ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' movies in America have been this. [[UpToEleven The only option on the DVD menus]] are to play the movies!

** The [=SpongeBob=] season 12 DVD has only one special feature: a clip show called ''Patchy's Beach Bash!'' There are also English, Spanish, and French audio options, in addition to incredibly bland-looking menus.

** For some reason, the US releases seem to get more, special-features wise, than the UK. The US's release of ''The Great Discovery'' contained behind-the-scenes featurettes, the UK only recieved kid's DVD games and music videos of the songs from the film.

* The EMI Manhattan and EMI USA CDs of Music/KateBush's first five albums in the US and Canada are fairly barebones compared to other editions on the format, removing most of the liner notes in favor of just the tracklists and a standard blurb about the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc.

** Music/SimpleMinds intended ''Sons And Fascination / Sister Feelings Call'' to be released as a double LP, but Virgin felt it wasn't cost-effective, so the compromise was reached - the two discs were released as a twinned limited edition in some countries, with ''Sons And Fascination'' also being available on its own. ''Sons'' was released on its own elsewhere. CD and Cassette reissues reunited the two albums.

** Additionally, some budget labels will release only "public domain" episodes (episodes that have fallen into the public domain) of a popular series, where other companies have released full box season sets with complete features. Examples include ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' and ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'', who have complete season box sets issued by Creator/{{CBS}}[=/=]Creator/{{Paramount}}), but because they have several episodes each that have fallen into the public domain, also have episodes issued on budget-priced compilations and, as such, have generic music replacing the original score (due to copyright laws), variable video quality (often on 16-mm prints) and no "bonus" features. Like TimeLifeMusic's budget-priced box sets, these [=DVDs=] are often sold at discount/convenience stores or other impulse-purchase shelves, at prices far lower than a full box set.

* TimeLifeMusic and other subscription-based music labels and distributors offered special "budget" versions of their popular music series -- e.g., "The Rock 'n' Roll Era," "AM Gold," "Classic Country," etc. -- during the late 1990s and through the 2000s decade. These were usually three-disc CD or cassette sets that contained 12 tracks each, and had usually only the most popular or essential tracks of the era (as opposed to albums in the regular subscription series, which often contained rare tracks or tracks that, while popular, weren't (and still aren't) commonly issued on various artists compilations). Priced substantially lower than an entire series -- which could cost hundreds of dollars, a costly investment for someone wanting only the very most popular or essential songs -- these "budget" sets were often found in discount or convenience stores and intended for impulse purchase.

* This is prominent in Warner Brothers' season set releases of cartoons as of TheNewTens, including ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', ''WesternAnimation/GreenEggsAndHam'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020 Animaniacs]]''.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' got this treatment also (both in Amazon DVD-R from and traditional Paramount printings), which is pretty insulting considering its status as the only Nicktoon to get a star on the ''Hollywood Walk of Fame''.