Line #14 WesternAnimation/ShortyMcShortsShorts


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Ride the Short Line]]
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4	In 1995, Creator/CartoonNetwork gave us the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow''. This gave us many animated shorts. Three years later, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} would grant viewers ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons''. This gave us even more animated shorts. However, it would take take until the mid-2000s for the third major player in United States children's television to deliver their own version of the cartoon showcase. But while this would also gift us with animated shorts, Disney's stint at it was a little short as well.
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6	''Shorty [=McShorts=]' Shorts'' was a short-lived AnimatedAnthology series that aired on Creator/DisneyChannel from 2006-2007. The show was "hosted" (i.e., he appeared in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIe81v2WBx0 opening sequence]] and nothing more) by the titular Shorty [=McShorts=], a short, blue man who serves as a train conductor on a subway known as the "Short Line." In contrast to the previously mentioned ''What A Cartoon!'' and ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'', which were half-hour ThreeShorts programs, each episode of ''Shorty [=McShorts=]' Shorts'' was a three-to-five minute long animated short that would air between other Disney Channel programming. Only thirteen shorts were produced over show's two short seasons. These include:
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9	!!!Season 1
10	* ''Dudley and Nestor Do Nothing'' by [[WesternAnimation/PhantomInvestigators Stephen Holman and Josephine T. Huang]]: Two lazy students accidentally save the world from an asteroid during a field trip to a space center.
11	* ''My Mom Married A Yeti'' by Dennis Messner: A yeti who married a human woman ends up embarrassing his kids at a school dance.
12	* ''Bozzlebag's Zip'' by David Smith: A teenage boy unhappily moves to the titular town after his father gets a job working for Admiral Bozzlebags, a somewhat creepy children's show host.
13	* ''The Fabulizers'' by [[WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo Van Partible]]: A group of lifestyle coaches forcibly try to make a dorky kid fabulous.
14	* ''Boyz On Da Run'' by [[Franchise/EmilyTheStrange Rob Reger]] and Brian Brooks: A three-part episode where the world's most popular BoyBand must go into hiding after being caught lip-syncing.
15	!!!Season 2
16	* ''Too Many Robots'' by Daniel "Attaboy" Seifert: A country girl living with her MadScientist uncle finds herself annoyed by his inventions, especially when robot shoes he made threaten her school dance.
17	* ''Troy Ride'' by Brumby Boylston, Chris Dooley, Bucky Fukumoto, and Brian Won: Aliens that have crash landed on Earth create a robotic boy to blend into society, and try to get moon shoes to get back home.
18	* ''WesternAnimation/SheZow'' by Obie Scott Wade: A boy finds a magic ring that can enable him to transform into a female superhero. The only short to be picked up for a full series... albeit years later for a [[Creator/TheHub completely different channel]].
19	* ''Mascot Prep'' by Chip Wass: A boy at a school for advertising {{mascot}}s must come up with an appealing jingle for his brand, despite not having one.
20	* ''The Imperfect Duplicates of Dodger Dare'' by Andy Suriano: A teenager uses a magic photocopier to create a better version of himself to impress his crush, but runs into trouble when his handsome and defective clones wish to steal his date for themselves.
21	* ''Flip-Flopped'' by Jill Mazursky: In a world where adults are children and children are adults, a child couple leaves their adult offspring home alone for a night, only for chaos to ensue when the father returns home early.
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23	[[OverusedRunningGag Did we say "short" enough yet?]]
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26	!! Provides examples of:
27	* AccidentalAstronaut: The segment "Dudley and Nestor Do Nothing" sees the titular characters on a field trip to a space center. Accidentally boarding a spacecraft in search of a restroom, the two are sent into space and inadvertently save the planet from an asteroid.
28	* AlphaBitch: The two skunk girls in Mascot Prep.
29	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: The children of "My Mom Married A Yeti" are scared that their Yeti dad will embarrass them in the school dance.
30	* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The titular character of "My Mom Married a Yeti" is one who moved to the suburbs to marry a human woman.
31	* TheCameo: A few background and one-shot characters from ''WesternAnimation/PhantomInvestigators'' cameo as background students in "Dudley & Nestor Do Nothing". Daemona makes a LawyerFriendlyCameo as a scientist at the space station, albeit as an adult with a different hairstyle (colored a different shade of red).
32	* CloneDegeneration: The clones in "The Imperfect Duplicates of Dodger Dare" all look much different from Dodger, save for one.
33	* CountryMouse: Digit from "Too Many Robots", a simple country girl sent to a MadScientist's house.
34	* DisproportionateRetribution: When it's revealed Da Boyz lip synch instead of sing their songs, everyone in the U.S. starts screaming for their blood.
35	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The short "[=SheZow=]" has quite different animation/character designs from the actual series, with some plot elements (like Guy's friend having a crush on his superhero form) also being changed in the final show.
36	* FishOutOfWater: The premise of "Boyz On Da Run", where a spoiled boy band has to live like fugitives. Also, "Too Many Robots", where the country girl has trouble adjusting to a life with a MadScientist's family.
37	* GenderEqualsBreed: The daughter in "My Mom Married a Yeti" looks human, while the son in the same short is furry like a yeti.
38	* HartmanHips: For some reason, Dodger Dare, a male character, has wide hips and a thin waist.
39	* InterspeciesRomance: "My Mom Married a Yeti" has one between a human woman and yeti.
40	* LovesMyAlterEgo: Guy's friend Jose develops a crush on his female form [=SheZow=].
41	* MadScientist: Uncle Toupe from "Too Many Robots", while well meaning, enjoys creating bizarre robots and [[EvilLaugh laughing evilly]].
42	* MerlinSickness: The entire world in "Flip-Flopped".
43	* MobileSuitHuman: The concept of "Troy Ride".
44	* NeverTrustATitle: The titular yeti in "My Mom Married A Yeti" is technically a sasquatch, since yetis live in the snowy mountains, and this one's specifically stated to have left the woodlands for his wife.
45	* SteamNeverDies: The leading 2000s boy band in Boyz On Da Run escape from an angry crowd by stowing away on a train pulled by a steam locomotive.
46	* SuperGenderBender: The premise of "[=SheZow=]", where the male protagonist can transform into an female superhero.
47	* ThatSyncingFeeling: The catalyst of ''Boyz On Da Run''.
48	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Apparently, nobody even questions how and why one of the Fabulizers is a talking beaver.
49	* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: The premise of "Dudley and Nestor Do Nothing", where two slackers save the world from an asteroid by mistake.

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