The series was first announced on April 3, 2008 at Cartoon Network's annual upfront in New York City. The project was to be similar to The Cartoon Cartoon Show (also known as the "What a Cartoon! Show") which aired on the network more than a decade earlier and gave birth to some of the channel's first animated series, such as Dexter's Laboratory and Cow and Chicken. The Cartoonstitute was to establish a think tank and create an environment in which animators can create characters and stories. A section of Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California was set aside exclusively for the project. The "Cartoonstitute" name was imagined by Lauren Faust, the wife of Craig McCracken.[6]
| Title |
Creator |
Synopsis |
Success/Flop |
| YES |
Dave Smith[disambiguation needed  ] |
A merman enlists a family from the country to assist him in an effort to help people realize and fulfill their dreams. |
Flop |
| Meddlen Meddows |
Chris Reccardi |
A bug-like alien ends up being stranded on a primitive alien planet, after the power cell of his ship dies during a clash with a local monster. |
Flop |
| Danger Planet |
Derek Drymon |
When an arcade machine and a forklift get stranded on an alien planet, they take it upon themselves to protect a human baby. |
Flop |
| Stockboys of The Apocalypse |
Derek Drymon |
A teenage boy falls into a time machine, where he must work at a department store with his (now) elderly best friend and a mutated pig. |
Flop |
| Baloobaloob's Fun Park |
Aaron Springer |
Two human teenagers must help an extraterrestrial come up with an extraordinary stage act, in an attempt to prevent his amusement park from closing. |
Flop |
| Spleenstab |
Mike Bell |
A barbarian attempts to become a kind and gentle person with the help of a forest elf. |
Flop |
| The Borneos |
Chris Staples |
The sole normal child in a family of circus performers must undergo training to prevent the family title of the "Walla Walla Wildman" from being taken. |
Flop |
| Le Door |
Matt Danner |
An inter-dimensional explorer (a parody of Doraemon) takes his young apprentice on a tour through his old academy, only to enter a competition against his old sidekick/rival. |
Flop |
| Maruined |
Genndy Tartakovsky |
Two siblings become trapped on a deserted island full of danger, with a strange hippopotamus/dog hybrid as their pet and protector. |
Flop |
| 3 Dog Band |
Paul Rudish |
A trio of dogs (all interested in different genres of music) prepare for a gig at an exclusive nightclub, with some minor difficulty along the way. |
Flop |
| Joey to the World |
Craig Kellman |
Written for an older teen/adult audience, a 35-year-old kangaroo decides to move out of his mother's pouch and into the Alaskan wilderness. This is the only Cartoonstitute short to use a laugh track. |
Flop |
| Regular Show |
J. G. Quintel |
When two best friends (a blue jay and raccoon named Mordecai and Rigby) play a game of rock, paper, scissors over a couch, it leads to dangerous results. |
Success, the pilot of Regular Show |
| Uncle Grandpa |
Pete Browngardt |
A strange man who is the uncle and grandfather of everyone in the world must do battle with a gang of mutants, after an attempt to gain the appreciation and love of a nerdy teenager goes awry. |
Success, later became the basis for Secret Mountain Fort Awesome |
| The Awesome Chronicles of Manny and Khan |
Joey Giardina
Josh Lieberman
|
A leprechaun with a German accent (named Khan) and a giant platypus (named Manny) attempt to retrieve a ball, pretending that the patch of grass surrounding it is lava. |
Flop |
United States
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