History WesternAnimation / RawToonage

However, [[ShortRunner the show only lasted twelve episodes]] on NBC before being cancelled. It ultimately spawned two spinoffs for their most successful and frequent running shorts, though: Disney's ''Marsupilami'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}''.

* TalkingAnimal: All animals of in Marsupilami can talk (Except Maurice). Also, Marsupilami can speak (And does not only say "HOUBA!")

Born from Disney's aquisition of the rights to the Belgian comic ''Franchise/{{Marsupilami}}'', as well as the DevelopmentHell that ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'' was going through at the time, ''Raw Toonage'' was an AnimatedAnthology experiment that ran during the CBS Saturday Morning block in the fall of 1992. The show's format essentially predated ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' by one year (in fact, future ''PinkyAndTheBrain'' writer Tom Minton worked on the "Totally Tasteless Videos" segments), though ''Raw Toonage'' usually added a different FramingDevice to the mix each week.

However, [[ShortRunner the show only lasted twelve episodes]] on CBS before being cancelled. It ultimately spawned two spinoffs for their most successful and frequent running shorts, though: Disney's ''Marsupilami'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}''.

Born from Disney's aquisition of the rights to the Belgian comic ''Franchise/{{Marsupilami}}'', as well as the DevelopmentHell that ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'' was going through at the time, ''Raw Toonage'' was an AnimatedAnthology experiment that ran during the NBC Saturday Morning block in the fall of 1992. The show's format essentially predated ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' by one year (in fact, future ''PinkyAndTheBrain'' writer Tom Minton worked on the "Totally Tasteless Videos" segments), though ''Raw Toonage'' usually added a different FramingDevice to the mix each week.

However, [[ShortRunner the show only lasted twelve episodes]] on NBC before being cancelled. It ultimately spawned two spinoffs for their most successful and frequent running shorts, though: Disney's ''Marsupilami'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}''.

* '''The host segment:''' The aforementioned framing device, appearing in most (but not all) episodes. Each time it would feature a different Disney character.
* '''He's Bonkers:''' Basically, these are the cartoons that Bonkers D. Bobcat starred in before joining the police force. (Most of these shorts would later be repackaged as compilation episodes of ''Bonkers''.)

* '''Totally Tasteless Videos:''' This segment was kind of a toss-up. One week, it could be about a [[{{Cavemen}} caveman]] who is also a PrivateDetective; the next week, it could be about haunted poultry.

Born from Disney's aquisition of the rights to the Belgian comic ''Franchise/{{Marsupilami}}'', as well as the DevelopmentHell that ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'' was going through at the time, ''Raw Toonage'' was an AnimatedAnthology experiment that ran during the CBS Saturday Morning block in the fall of 1992. The show's format essentially predated ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' by one year (in fact, future ''PinkyAndTheBrain'' writer Tom Minton worked on the "Totally Tasteless Videos" segments), though ''Raw Toonage'' usually added a different FramingDevice to the mix each week.

However, [[ShortRunner the show only lasted twelve episodes]] on CBS before being cancelled. It ultimately spawned two spinoffs for their most successful and frequent running shorts, though: Disney's ''Marsupilami'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A few episodes and segments can be found on Website/YouTube.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It's long been rumored that one unproduced episode of the show would have featured [[WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers Gadget]] hosting the show from Rescue Ranger Headquarters.

However, [[ShortRunner the show only lasted twelve episodes]] on CBS before being cancelled. It ultimately spawned two spinoffs, though: Disney's ''Marsupilami'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Gary Owens as Badly Animated Man! JimCummings as...a lot of characters!
** [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Charles Fleischer]] as Norman the {{Marsupilami}}!

** [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Charles Fleischer]] as Norman the {{Marsupilami}}

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbihjd3obp0 The opening theme song]] sounds a ''lot'' like the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_6CopW9GQ "Oh Yeah"]] by Yello.

Born from Disney's aquisition of the rights to the Belgian comic ''{{Marsupilami}}'', as well as the DevelopmentHell that ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'' was going through at the time, ''Raw Toonage'' was an AnimatedAnthology experiment that ran during the CBS Saturday Morning block in the fall of 1992. The show's format essentially predated ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' by one year (in fact, future ''PinkyAndTheBrain'' writer Tom Minton worked on the "Totally Tasteless Videos" segments), though ''Raw Toonage'' usually added a different FramingDevice to the mix each week.

* '''Marsupilami:''' Disney's laid-back version of the titular creature, who hung out with a gorilla sidekick named Maurice.

The year was 1992. TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation was still relatively young, and despite {{Disney}} making headway into the television market with TheDisneyAfternoon and a few {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s, they still had serious competition from the likes of WarnerBros, Turner Broadcasting (who were in the process of launching a scrappy little cable channel called Creator/CartoonNetwork), and {{Nickelodeon}}.

The year was 1992. TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation was still relatively young, and despite {{Disney}} making headway into the television market with TheDisneyAfternoon and a few {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s, they still had serious competition from the likes of WarnerBros, Turner Broadcasting (who had just launched a scrappy little cable channel called Creator/CartoonNetwork, which wasn't widely available on all cable packages -- and if it was, viewers had to pay extra for it), and {{Nickelodeon}}.

* BaitAndSwitchCredits: In the opening, you always see Webby from 'Ducktales', but she never appears in any of the cartoons or scenes at all...

* Bait-And-Switch Credits: In the opening, you always see Webby from 'Ducktales', but she never appears in any of the cartoons or scenes at all...

* Bait-And-SwitchCredits: In the opening, you always see Webby from 'Ducktales', but she never appears in any of the cartoons or scenes at all...

The year was 1992. TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation was still relatively young, and despite {{Disney}} making headway into the television market with TheDisneyAfternoon and a few {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s, they still had serious competition from the likes of WarnerBros, Turner Broadcasting (who had just launched a scrappy little cable channel called Creator/CartoonNetwork), and {{Nickelodeon}}.

The year was 1992. TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation was still relatively young, and despite {{Disney}} making headway into the television market with TheDisneyAfternoon and a few {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s, they still had serious competition from the likes of WarnerBros, Turner Broadcasting (who had just launched a scrappy little cable channel called CartoonNetwork), and {{Nickelodeon}}.

Enter ''RawToonage''.

* TheJimmyHartVersion: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbihjd3obp0 The opening theme song]] sounds a ''lot'' like the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_6CopW9GQ "Oh Yeah"]] by Yello.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A few episodes and segments can be found on {{YouTube}}.