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* DescendedCreator: Many of the shorts (specifically ''Solomon Fix'', ''Moobeard'', ''Two Witch Sisters'', ''Bronk & Bongo'', ''Ivan the Unbearable'', ''Girls on the Go'', ''Yaki & Yumi'', ''Garlic Boy'', ''Boneheads'', ''The Finster Finster Show'' and ''Teapot'') have their creators provide additional or main character voices. The short ''Flavio'' ended up being WhatCouldHaveBeen as creator Mike Milo was supposed to be the voice for the titular character.

* UncreditedRole: Hadley Hudson, head of development for US animation representation firm Radar Cartoons, which represented Polygon Pictures in the US and helped the studio collaborate with Frederator for the development of ''Boneheads'', uncreditly did voice-over for the scene where the snail becomes a bowling ball saying "Strike 1, Strike 2, Strike 3 and your out!".

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: On "Dr. Froyd's Funny Farm" due to the titular characters' [[Spoonerism peculiar way of speaking]], many of his sentences are hidden innuendos such as "Never hive up dope!" and "I'm so piss-a-dointed". Another particular scene where he asks Bossy [=LeCow=] to "sink a teat" instead of "take a seat" causing the surrounding characters to shout "What?" in shock.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: On "Dr. Froyd's Funny Farm" due to the titular characters' [[Main/Spoonerism peculiar way of speaking]], many of his sentences are hidden innuendos such as "Never hive up dope!" and "I'm so piss-a-dointed". Another particular scene where he asks Bossy [=LeCow=] to "sink a teat" instead of "take a seat" causing the surrounding characters to shout "What?" in shock.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: On "Dr. Froyd's Funny Farm" due to the titular characters' [[Main/GettingCrapPastTheRadar peculiar way of speaking]], many of his sentences are hidden innuendos such as "Never hive up dope!" and "I'm so piss-a-dointed". Another particular scene where he asks Bossy [=LeCow=] to "sink a teat" instead of "take a seat" causing the surrounding characters to shout "What?" in shock.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: On "Dr. Froyd's Funny Farm" due to the titular characters' [[Main/GettingCrapPastTheRadar peculiar way of speaking]], many of his sentences are hidden innuendos such as "Never hive up dope!" and "I'm so piss-a-dointed". Another particular scene where he asks Bossy Lecow to "sink a teat" instead of "take a seat" causing the surrounding characters to shout "What?" in shock.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: On "Dr. Froyd's Funny Farm" due to the titular characters' [[Main/Spoonerism peculiar way of speaking]], many of his sentences are hidden innuendos such as "Never hive up dope!" and "I'm so piss-a-dointed". Another particular scene where he asks Bossy Lecow to "sink a teat" instead of "take a seat" causing the surrounding characters to shout "What?" in shock.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: On "Dr. Froyd's Funny Farm" due to the titular characters' [[Main/Spoonerism peculiar way of speaking]], many of his sentences are hidden innuendos such as "Never hive up dope!" and "I'm so piss-a-dointed". Another particular scene where he asks Bossy LeCow to "sink a teat" instead of "take a seat" causing the surrounding characters to shout "What?" in shock.

* Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: A lot of the cartoons feature anthropomorphic animals wearing clothes.

* Funny Animal: A lot of the cartoons have these
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These days, the program is far better known as the birthplace of Creator/PendletonWard's ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', which was greenlit by competitor Creator/CartoonNetwork and would go on to be a CashCowFranchise for that company, running from 2010-2018 and credited for spawning a renaissance of cartoons with overarching plotlines and deconstructions of well-known cartoon tropes and conventions. The success of ''Adventure Time'' would also lead to Frederator self-financing Ward's other ''[=RC=]'' short, ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'', which became a flagship series for its Cartoon Hangover channel in 2012, with Creator/{{Nelvana}} eventually joining as a co-production company for that cartoon's fourth season.

''Random! Cartoons'' was Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and [[Creator/FrederatorStudios]] second animation anthology series after ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' (and in fact was initially produced as a fourth season of ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' before it was decided at the last minute to rebrand the anthology as being its own thing). Initially meant to air on the main Nickelodeon channel by the end of 2007, it would end up being shelved before premiering on Creator/{{Nicktoons}} in December 2008, though some of the individual shorts would appear separately both on television and online as early as January 2007.

''Random! Cartoons'' was Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and [[Creator/FrederatorStudios]]' second animation anthology series after ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' (and in fact was initially produced as a fourth season of ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' before it was decided at the last minute to rebrand the anthology as being its own thing). Initially meant to air on the main Nickelodeon channel by the end of 2007, it would end up being shelved before premiering on Creator/{{Nicktoons}} in December 2008, though some of the individual shorts would appear separately both on television and online as early as January 2007.

''Random! Cartoons'' was Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and [[Creator/FrederatorStudios Frederator's]] second animation anthology series after ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' (and in fact was initially produced as a fourth season of ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' before it was decided at the last minute to rebrand the anthology as being its own thing). Initially meant to air on the main Nickelodeon channel by the end of 2007, it would end up being shelved before premiering on Creator/{{Nicktoons}} in December 2008, though some of the individual shorts would appear separately both on television and online as early as January 2007.

These days, the program is far better known as the birthplace of Creator/PendletonWard's ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', which was greenlit by competitor Creator/CartoonNetwork and would go on to be a CashCowFranchise for that company, running from 2010-2018 and credited for spawning a renaissance of cartoons with overarching plotlines and deconstructions of well-known cartoon tropes and conventions. The success of ''Adventure Time'' would also lead to Frederator Studios self-financing Ward's other ''[=RC=]'' short, ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'', which became a flagship series for its Cartoon Hangover channel in 2012, with Creator/{{Nelvana}} eventually joining as a co-production company for that cartoon's fourth season.

Like ''OYC'', it was supposed to be a potential launching pad for new Franchise/{{Nicktoons}}. However, only one of the 39 shorts would be picked up by Nickelodeon themselves to become a full-fledged series: Eric Robles' ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'', which would run for two seasons from 2009 to 2012 to a largely negative reception. Instead, the program is far better known as the birthplace of Creator/PendletonWard's ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', which was greenlit by competitor Creator/CartoonNetwork and would go on to be a CashCowFranchise for that company, running from 2010-2018 and credited for spawning a renaissance of cartoons with overarching plotlines and deconstructions of well-known cartoon tropes and conventions. The success of ''Adventure Time'' would also lead to Frederator Studios self-financing Ward's other ''[=RC=]'' short, ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'', which became a flagship series for its Cartoon Hangover channel in 2012, with Creator/{{Nelvana}} eventually joining as a co-production company for that cartoon's fourth season.

Like ''OYC'', it was supposed to be a potential launching pad for new Franchise/{{Nicktoons}}. However, only one of the 39 shorts would be picked up by Nickelodeon themselves to become a full-fledged series: Eric Robles' ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'', which would run for two seasons from 2009 to 2012 to a largely negative reception. Instead, the program is far better known as the birthplace of Creator/PendletonWard's ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', which was greenlit by competitor Creator/CartoonNetwork and would go on to be a CashCowFranchise for that company, running from 2010-2018 and credited for spawning a renaissance of cartoons with overarching plotlines and deconstructions of well-known cartoon tropes and conventions. The success of ''Adventure Time'' would also lead to Frederator Studios self-financing Pen Ward's other ''[=RC=]'' short, ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'', which became a flagship series for its Cartoon Hangover channel in 2012, with Creator/{{Nelvana}} eventually joining as a co-production company for that cartoon's fourth season.

See also ''WesternAnimation/NickelodeonAnimatedShortsProgram'', Nickelodeon's current animation initiative. Compare ''WesternAnimation/{{Cartoonstitute}}'', a failed animation anthology series that was being produced by Cartoon Network during the same time period.

* {{Expy}}: The titular character of ''Hornswiggle'' is a pastiche of WesternAnimation/SidneyTheElephant in that he is a child-like megafauna unaware of how annoying others find him, albeit being a rhinoceros rather than an elephant. The short was originally planned as a ''Silly Sidney'' short, but had to be retooled into something else when it was discovered that Nickelodeon didn't have the rights to Terrytoons at the time (as well as the unsuccessful pilot ''WesternAnimation/{{Curbside}}'' that was Nickelodeon's last attempt at reviving the Terrytoons characters still being fresh in the executives' memories).

!!Tropes applying to ''Random! Cartoons'' include:

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' by Creator/PendletonWard

* DarkseidDuplicate: The titular character of "The Infinite Goliath" is a very obvious stand-in for Darkseid. He's a tall, gray-skinned alien with red eyes who wears dark blue armor and has a reputation as a vastly powerful supervillain with a penchant for conquering worlds.

* NiceShoes: The titular character of the short, ''Thom Cat'' wares a pair of spiffy Italian Loafers.

* AccidentalMisnaming: This was a running gag in "Moobeard" where the bovine titular character was mistaken for a pig due to his enlarged, porcine-shaped snout which angers him. At first Darkblade was surprised that he was a cow but later threw that to his face when he had the upperhand in combat towards the end, which led to Moobeard head-butting him in rage, causing his defeat.
** In the short, "Ratz-A-Fratz", the security guard character, Crank's, real name is "C. Rank" as identified by his nametag and according to the creators on the Frederator blogs. The blogs also indicate that Crank is aware of the [[Main/MaliciousMisnaming characters referring to him as such]] and enforces to ban anyone from the mall who does so.