History WesternAnimation / TheMoxyShow

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: How about monkey aliens? In ''The Moxy & Flea Show'', Moxy and Flea are abducted by alien monkeys who then proceed to experiment on them.

If you're sitting here wondering why you've never heard of this cartoon before [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife an hours-long dive into TV Tropes]] or that one cameo from [[Recap/OKKOLetsBeHeroesS2E18CrossoverNexus an episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', it's because ''The Moxy Show'' is one of the biggest examples of [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes lost media]] that Cartoon Network has to offer. The series never saw reruns after Creator/{{Boomerang}} was spun off into its own network in 2000, and no form of home media containing any part of the show was ever released. Only segments of an assumed 24 episodes have been found, leaving Moxy and Flea as the most forgotten characters in the channel's stable.

Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s equivalent might be ''WesternAnimation/PhredOnYourHeadShow'', a similarly forgotten wraparound series that aired on Creator/{{Noggin}} from 1999 to 2002.

Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s equivalent might be ''Phred on Your Head Show'', a similarly forgotten wraparound series that aired on Creator/{{Noggin}} from 1999 to 2002.

Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s equivalent might be ''Phred on Your Head Show'', a similar wraparound series that aired on Creator/{{Noggin}} from 1999 to 2002.

Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s equivalent might be ''WesternAnimation/{{Phred}}''.

Premiering in 1993, ''The Moxy Show'' was Creator/CartoonNetwork's first-ever original series. Initially known as ''The Moxy Pirate Show'', it was a collection of classic Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons with CGI-animated interstitials placed in-between, starring Moxy the dog and his friend Flea. The show originally only featured Moxy; Flea wasn't added until 1994, with the show gaining its new name of ''The Moxy Show'' upon his debut appearance. The final episode was produced in 1995.

In 1995, a pilot episode for another iteration of the series, ''The Moxy & Flea Show'', was aired, but never greenlit for its own series due to poor reception.

If you're sitting here wondering why you've never heard of this series before [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife an hours-long dive into TV Tropes]] or that one cameo from [[Recap/OKKOLetsBeHeroesS2E18CrossoverNexus an episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', it's because ''The Moxy Show'' is one of the biggest examples of [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes lost media]] that Cartoon Network has to offer. The series never saw reruns after Creator/{{Boomerang}} was spun off into its own network in 2000, and no form of home media containing any part of the show was ever released. Only segments of an assumed 24 episodes have been found, leaving Moxy and Flea as the most forgotten characters in the channel's stable.

In 1995, a pilot episode for another iteration of the series, ''The Moxy and Flea Show'', was aired, but never greenlit for its own series due to poor reception.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: How about monkey aliens? In ''The Moxy and Flea Show'', Moxy and Flea are abducted by alien monkeys who then proceed to experiment on them.

* NameAndName: ''The Moxy and Flea Show''.

* ShortRunner: ''The Moxy and Flea Show'' is one of the few TV shows to only air one episode.
* WorldShapes: The monkey aliens from ''The Moxy and Flea Show'''s only episode live on a banana-shaped planet.

* ADogNamedDog: A flea named Flea.

* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Moxy.

Premiering in 1993, ''The Moxy Show'' was Creator/CartoonNetwork's first-ever original series. Initially known as ''The Moxy Pirate Show'', it was a collection of classic Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons with CGI-animated interstitials placed in-between, starring Moxy the dog and his friend Flea. The show originally only featured Moxy; Flea wasn't added until 1994, with the show gaining its new name upon his debut appearance the show's name was changed to ''The Moxy Show''. The final episode was produced in 1995.

If you're sitting here wondering why you've never heard of this series before [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife an hours-long dive into TV Tropes]] or that one cameo from [[Recap/OKKOLetsBeHeroesS2E18CrossoverNexus an episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', it's because ''The Moxy Show'' is one of the biggest examples of [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes lost media]] that Cartoon Network has to offer. The series never saw reruns after Creator/{{Boomerang}} was spun off into its own network in 2000, and no form of home media was never released. Only segments of an assumed 24 episodes have been found, leaving Moxy and Flea as the most forgotten characters in the channel's stable.

* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Moxy's boss from ''The Moxy Pirate Show'' episodes, who is usually only shown from the neck-up.
* MediumBlending: Moxy and Flea are two CGI-animated characters composited over a scale-model set. The set itself was shot in forced perspective, giving it the illusion of depth. There's also Moxy's boss, who appears in live-action through the "Boss Alert" monitor.
* MotionCapture: Was one of the first shows done in this technique. He first appeared in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmrDVqu85gg a TBS special]] that was broadcast live, an early experiment in real-time animation.

* WrongfullyAttributed: For a long time, the Wikipedia page for the show listed Scott Fellows (best known for ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide and ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'') as the creator. At the time, no further information of the show's actual development, or footage from the show had been resurfaced yet. It was only later that one of the show's actual developers was identified, with said developer stating in [[http://foofnscoops.wixsite.com/cnvideogame/interview-brad-degraf this interview]] that Fellows had no involvement.

Question: What was the first Creator/CartoonNetwork original series? A lot of animation fans would probably say ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. Others may be more clever and point at ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'', the anthology series from which ''Dexter's Lab'' and many of the network's early Creator/CartoonCartoons originated. And still others will have done a bit more homework and point to ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' as the network's first original series. All those people would be wrong. [[note]]Well, the people who said ''Coast to Coast'' technically aren't work. That was the first ''fully-produced'' original series, while here we're talking interstitials in the vein of future programming blocks such as Creator/{{Toonami}} or Creator/CartoonCartoonFridays.[[/note]]

Question: What was the first Creator/CartoonNetwork original series? A lot of animation fans would probably say ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. Others may be more clever and point at ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'', the anthology series from which ''Dexter's Lab'' and many of the network's early Creator/CartoonCartoons originated. And still others will have done a bit more homework and point to ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' as the network's first fully-produced series. All those people would be wrong.

Either way, premiering in 1993 and produced by Colossal Pictures, ''The Moxy Show'' was Creator/CartoonNetwork's first-ever original series. Initially known as ''The Moxy Pirate Show'', it was a collection of classic Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons with CGI-animated interstitials placed in-between, starring Moxy the dog and his friend Flea. The show originally only featured Moxy; Flea wasn't added until 1994, with the show gaining its new name upon his debut appearance the show's name was changed to ''The Moxy Show''. The final episode was produced in 1995.

Question: What was the first Creator/CartoonNetwork original series? A lot of animation fans would probably say ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. Others may be more clever and point at ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'', the anthology series from which ''Dexter's Lab'' and many of the network's early Creator/CartoonCartoons originated. And still others will point to ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' as the network's first fully-produced series. All those people would be wrong.

* WrongfullyAttributed: For a long time, the Wikipedia page for the show had previously listed Creator/ScottFellows (best known for ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide and ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'') as the creator. At the time, no further information of the show's actual development, or footage from the show had been resurfaced yet. It was only later that one of the show's actual developers were identified, with said developer stating in [[http://foofnscoops.wixsite.com/cnvideogame/interview-brad-degraf this interview]] that Fellows had no involvement.

Question: What was the first Creator/CartoonNetwork original series? A lot of animation fans would probably say ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. Others may be more clever and point at ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'', the anthology series from which ''Dexter's Lab'' and many of the network's early Creator/CartoonCartoons originated. And still others will point to ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' as the network's first fully-produced series. All those people would be wrong... except maybe ''Coast to Coast'', depending on how to really want to label things.

If you're sitting here wondering why you've never heard of this series before [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife an hours-long dive into TV Tropes]] or that one cameo from [[Recap/OKKOLetsBeHeroesS2E18CrossoverNexus an episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', it's because ''The Moxy Show'' is one of the biggest examples of KeepCirculatingTheTapes that Cartoon Network has to offer. The series never saw reruns after Creator/{{Boomerang}} was spun off into its own network in 2000, and no form of home media was never released. Only 3 of an assumed 24 episodes have been found, leaving Moxy and Flea as the most forgotten characters in the channel's stable.

Either way, premiering in 1993 and produced by Colossal Pictures, ''The Moxy Show'' was Creator/CartoonNetwork's first-ever original series. Initially known as ''The Moxy Pirate Show'', it was a collection of classic Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons with CGI-animated interstitials placed in-between, starring Moxy the dog and his friend Flea. The show originally only featured Moxy; Flea wasn't added until 1994, with the show gaining its new name upon his debut appearance the show's name was changed to ''The Moxy Show''.

In 1995, a pilot episode for another iteration of the series, ''The Moxy and Flea Show'', was aired, but never greenlit for its own series.

Question: What was the first Creator/CartoonNetwork original series? A lot of animation fans would probably say ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. Others may be more clever and point at ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'', the anthology series from which ''Dexter's Lab'' and many of the network's early Creator/CartoonCartoons originated. And still others will point to ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' as the network's first fully-produced series. All those people would be wrong.

Premiering in 1993, ''The Moxy Show'' was Creator/CartoonNetwork's first-ever original series. Initially known as ''The Moxy Pirate Show'', it was a collection of classic Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons with CGI-animated interstitials placed in-between, starring Moxy the dog and his friend Flea. The show originally only featured Moxy; Flea wasn't added until 1994, with the show gaining its new name upon his debut appearance the show's name was changed to ''The Moxy Show''.

Question: What was the first Creator/CartoonNetwork original series? A lot of animation fans would probably say ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. Others may be more clever and point at ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'', the anthology series from which ''Dexter's Lab'' and many of the network's early UsefulNotes/CartoonCartoons originated. And still others will point to ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' as the network's first fully-produced series. All those people would be wrong.

''The Moxy Show'' was Creator/CartoonNetwork's first ever original animated series. It initially premiered in 1993 as ''The Moxy Pirate Show'' and was a collection of classic Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons with CGI-animated interstitials placed in-between starring Moxy the dog and his friend Flea. The show originally only featured Moxy; Flea wasn't added until 1994, and upon his debut appearance the show's name was changed to ''The Moxy Show''.

In 1995, a pilot episode for another iteration of the series, ''The Moxy and Flea Show'', was aired. No other episodes for this part of the series were produced.

* WrongfullyAttributed: For a long time, the Wikipedia page for the show had previously listed Creator/ScottFellows (you know, the guy who made ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest''?) as the creator, which during that time, no further information of the show's actual development, or footage from the show had been resurfaced yet. It was confirmed by one of the show's developers that Scott had no involvement with Moxy at all, according to [[http://foofnscoops.wixsite.com/cnvideogame/interview-brad-degraf this interview]].

* WrongfullyAttributed: For a long time, the Wikipedia page for the show had previously listed Creator/ScottFellows (you know, the guy who made WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest?) as the creator, which during that time, no further information of the show's actual development, or footage from the show had been resurfaced yet. It was confirmed by one of the show's developers that Scott had no involvement with Moxy at all, according to [[http://foofnscoops.wixsite.com/cnvideogame/interview-brad-degraf this interview]].

In 1995, a pilot episode for another iteration of the series, ''The Moxy and Flea Show'' was aired. No other episodes for this part of the series were produced.