Line #27 Creator/CartoonCartoons


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2	[[caption-width-right:1000:''Bom'' bom-bom ''bom'' bom-bom ''bom!'']]
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4	->'''[[WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken Red Guy]]:''' Cartoon Cartoon, I think you'll see, is the most unequivocally doubly-named thing on TV! Don't you agree? ''DON'T YOU AGREE?!''\
5	'''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo:''' Like wearing a muumuu!\
6	'''Red Guy:''' Yes...\
7	'''[[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dee Dee]]:''' With a tutu!\
8	'''Red Guy:''' Yes...\
9	'''[[WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel I.M. Weasel]]:''' That's a no-no!\
10	'''Red Guy:''' Hmm...\
11	'''Dexter:''' Or a lulu!\
12	'''I.R. Baboon:''' Baboon baboon!\
13	'''Red Guy:''' ''ENOUGH!!''
14	-->-- Early Cartoon Cartoons promo
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16	Fondly remembered by the children of TheNineties and (to a lesser extent) [[TheTwoThousands the early-to-mid 2000s]], "Cartoon Cartoons" was the name used by Creator/CartoonNetwork to distinguish its original comedy programming from older AnimatedSeries imported from other sources, usually Creator/WarnerBros or Creator/HannaBarbera. It's generally agreed upon that the first Cartoon Cartoon was ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', despite it premiering in 1996, a full year before the brand was introduced: that said, like most of the series below, it originated with a short produced for the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow''. Plus, CN itself counted it as one, so who are we to argue?
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18	As time passed, the Cartoon Cartoons increased in number and acquired a unique identity, along with a distinctive musical jingle and a logo[[note]][[https://youtu.be/_GlPmzL1p3Q here's a montage]] of the [[LogoJoke many variants]][[/note]]. Premieres would eventually come to air on a programming block called ''Creator/CartoonCartoonFridays'', which was traditionally "hosted" by one of their characters, such as [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 Bubbles]] or [[WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog Eustace]].
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20	Starting in 2003, Cartoon Network began phasing out the brand, with the last cartoon to be filed under it being ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne''. Re-runs of the Cartoon Cartoons aired on ''The Cartoon Cartoon Show'', from September 2005 to June 2008. ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' would be the last Cartoon Cartoon to end, completing its ten-year run with a MadeForTVMovie in November 8, 2009, though a ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' movie would be commissioned by Cartoon Network India and aired two years later in November 4, 2011. Cartoon Network now refers to its in-house productions simply as "Cartoon Network Originals". The name would later be revived as the new name for Cartoon Network Studios' [[https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/cartoon-network-debuts-cartoon-cartoons-shorts-program/ internal shorts program]] in 2021.
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22	Compare Franchise/{{Nicktoons}}, the branding used for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s original animated programming.
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24	!!Cartoon Cartoons:
25	[[index]]
26	#''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'' (1995-1997): Technically not part of the ''Cartoon Cartoon'' lineup, but the animated anthology series serves as the origin for five of the shows listed below[[note]]six, if you count ''I Am Weasel''[[/note]], with its successor series (''The Cartoon Cartoon Show'') serving as the origin for an additional six. It also occasionally aired during Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, typically as part of the Host's Choice segment.
27	# ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' (1996-1999; 2001-2003): A child genius with an inexplicable [[HerrDoktor Central European accent]] uses his secret bedroom laboratory to create various problem-solving (and problem-creating) inventions. Sometimes we cut to see what [[ThreeShorts some superheroes are doing]], but either way -- [[CharacterCatchphrase Dee Dee, get out of my la-BOR-a-tory!]] Created by Creator/GenndyTartakovsky.
28	# ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' (1997-2004): A CasanovaWannabe constantly finds himself in bizarre scenarios wherein his incessant need to flirt with every attractive woman over the age of 18 and his own careless stupidity inevitably makes things worse. Many of these adventures also have him meeting a lot of celebrities both real and fictional, such as actor/comedian Creator/DonKnotts and the cast of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''. Created by Van Partible and known as one of the early cartoon writing jobs of Creator/SethMacFarlane.
29	# ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' (1997-1999): [[ExpositoryThemeTune Mama had a chicken. Mama had a cow. Dad was proud. He didn't care how!]] And you shouldn't either. This show was more of a toned-down ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren and Stimpy]]'', but still had its share of surreal humor that felt equal parts ridiculous, gross, risque, and [[BlackComedy dark]] (the Devil, er, [[BigRedDevil Red Guy]] is a main character, after all) and showcased the [[ManOfAThousandVoices impressive vocal range]] [[Creator/CharlieAdler of its lead voice actor]]. Creator Creator/DavidFeiss directed every episode himself.
30	** ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' (1997-2000): A {{spinoff}} of the above show, starring a successful, hyper-competent weasel (voiced by Creator/MichaelDorn) and an unsuccessful, dimwitted baboon (voiced by Charlie Adler) whose jealously of the former results in many mishaps. The Red Guy also appears on this show and some episodes do feature the ''Cow and Chicken'' cast.
31	# ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls\|1998}}'' (1998-2005): When a scientist attempts to create "[[ArtificialHuman the perfect little girl]]," an extra ingredient results him creating a trio of [[LittleMissBadass superpowered kindergarten-aged girls]] instead. Lacking in fingers and toes, but having a surplus in crime-fighting prowess, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup dedicate their lives to defending their city from villains. Cartoon Network's first CashCowFranchise, later spawning an anime adaptation and several reboots. Created by Creator/CraigMcCracken.
32	# ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' (1999-2009): Birthed from a drunken dare, this show stars a FreudianTrio of friends who all share the same first name use their summer break to concoct a wide variety of scams on the fellow children in their small cul-de-sac in their quest to get jawbreakers. Unfortunately for them, FailureIsTheOnlyOption. Cartoon Network's first original show not produced internally, and [[EndOfAnEra the last show under the Cartoon Cartoons branding to end]]. Creator Danny Antonucci directed every episode himself.
33	# ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'' (1999-2001): A young New Yorker jokingly asks to be sent to a tropical island as part of a foreign exchange student program; [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor her school acquiesces]], dumping her on an uncharted island somewhere in the South Pacific. Befriending the island's bratty princess and soft-spoken inventor, she now attempts to recreate elements of modern life, clashing and learning from the local culture along the way. Created by Mikhail Shindel, Mikhail Aldashin, and Charles Swensen.
34	# ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' (1999-2002): A HorrorComedy about a dog who lives in the middle of nowhere with his elderly owners. It's a good life, except [[WeirdnessMagnet creepy things]] tend to happen in [[EldritchLocation Nowhere]], forcing our titular character to fight past his fears to protect his home from a myriad of paranormal and supernatural horrors. [[CharacterCatchphrase The things he does for love.]] Like [=EEnE=] above, the creator, Creator/JohnRDilworth, directed every episode.
35	# ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' (2000-2002): A sheep must leave his farm home to hide in the titular Big City after learning that the sinister Secret Military Organization seeks to use him in their sheep-powered ray gun. [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum No, the narrator doesn't know why they can't use a different sheep, either]]. Expect a lot of wordplay, non-sequiturs, {{lampshade hanging}}s, and fake commercial breaks before and after the actual commercial breaks. Created by Creator/MoWillems, who also did the series ''The Offbeats'' for Nickelodeon's ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' and the ''Literature/PigeonSeries''.
36	# ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'' (2001-2003): Created by Creator/DaveWasson. An orphan boy from the early 2000s with a love for history is visited one night by two bumbling TimeCops (one, a phaser-crazy, overly-masculine Texan; the other, a snarky, effeminate British robot) and escapes his hellish childhood in an inner-city orphanage by coming to the future and helping the duo on their mission to make sure historical events happen correctly; that said, it isn't an EdutainmentShow, so don't expect ''Time Squad'' to actually teach you anything outside of Otto's exposition.
37	# ''WesternAnimation/GrimAndEvil'' (2001-2002): Created by Creator/MaxwellAtoms. A [[BlackComedy jet black-humored]] ThreeShorts show that consisted of the below two series, ''Evil Con Carne'' and ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', the latter of which was the winner of the first "Big Pick", a contest in which viewers decided the next Cartoon Cartoon from a group of pilots (there was no ''Evil'' pilot, just a ''Billy & Mandy'' one). The show later split up into:
38	** ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' (2003-2008): An absurd supernatural horror comedy about a [[TheDitz ditzy]] boy, an [[CreepyChild evil]] girl, and death. Death as in TheGrimReaper, that is, who the duo gained ownership of [[ChessWithDeath in a game of limbo]] over the life of a hamster. Starting out incredibly cynical, the series would place more emphasis on the comedy part of "horror comedy" as time went on.
39	** ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'' (2003-2004): Also created by Maxwell Atoms. In an AlternateHistory where the League of Nations was never disbanded and world peace has been established, [[VillainProtagonist a billionaire arms smuggler]] (reduced to being a BrainInAJar attached to a Russian circus bear) reigns over the titular arch-criminal organization and combats the League of Nations' forces in a grandiose attempt to conquer the Earth.
40	# ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'' (2002-2003): Created by Greg Miller. In an affectionate parody of 1970s/80s Americana and the artistic stylings of ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'', a young robot is given the task to attend a human junior high school to understand humanity. Was the runner-up in the first "Big Pick" and went on to be one of the most [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwed]] of Cartoon Network's originals, prompting many a fan to seriously ask, "Whatever happened to ''Whatever Happened To...Robot Jones''?"
41	# ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' (2002-2008): Created by Tom Warburton (credited as "Mr. Warburton"). As part of a globe-spanning operation, a FiveManBand must protect the sanctity of childhood by fighting adult tyranny with a large arsenal of [[HomemadeInventions 2x4 technology]]. Winner of the second "Big Pick" and known best for its CerebusSyndrome, as the show went from small adventures poking fun at the usual gripes of childhood to more serious overarching storylines that had the kids tackling world-altering crises. '''B'''e '''A'''lert '''T'''o '''T'''he '''L'''ies '''E'''very '''S'''ingle '''T'''ricky '''A'''dult '''T'''ells '''I'''n '''O'''btuse & '''N'''utty '''S'''ituations. [[FunWithAcronyms Got it?]]
42	[[/index]]

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