Cartoon Cartoons

For the TV series after 2003, see Cartoon Network Original Series and Movies.

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The Cartoon Cartoons logo.

Cartoon Cartoons is a collective name for Cartoon Network original series. These cartoons were originally produced by Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network Studios, but over the years, studios like a.k.a. Cartoon, Kino Films, Stretch Films, Blanky Blook and Curious Pictures produced these series for Cartoon Network. Any and all Cartoon Cartoons have been featured as a part of Cartoon Network's Friday night programming block, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays. In 2003, Cartoon Network stopped using the Cartoon Cartoon moniker for its original animation. Many original animated series that have premiered from 2003 until present were aired on the Friday night block, but are not officially called Cartoon Cartoons. Additionally, in the United Kingdom Cartoon Network and Cartoon Network TOO have late night Cartoon Cartoons programming blocks containing most of the productions made in the 1990s along with Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends. Recently the Cartoon Cartoons block in the UK Cartoon Network was taken up with episodes from Chowder, Ben 10: Alien Force and the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. On September 5th, the Cartoon Cartoons block was altered to replace Ben 10: Alien Force and Flapjack with Adventure Time and the original Ben 10 respectively. In the United States, Cartoon Network moved its comedy-cartoon block, Har Har Tharsdays, to Monday nights.

History

Cartoon Cartoons were first showcased as World Premiere Toons and later in 1995 on What a Cartoon! Show, a series of comedic animated shorts produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Cartoon Network Studios guided by Fred Seibert, who founded the Nickelodeon-based Frederator Studios years later. The first series to spin off from What a Cartoon! Show was Dexter's Laboratory in 1996. A year later, Johnny Bravo and Cow and Chicken joined Dexter on the Cartoon Network lineup. The Powerpuff Girls became a Cartoon Cartoon in the fall of 1998. I Am Weasel and Ed, Edd n Eddy were the first two Cartoon Cartoons series not to be introduced in a What a Cartoon! Show short.

More shows premiered bearing the Cartoon Cartoons brand, airing throughout the network's schedule and prominently on Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, which became the marquee night for premieres of new episodes and new shows.

At 10:59 p.m. ET on September 4, 2003, Cartoon Network dropped the Cartoon Cartoons moniker and label completely.

As of September 2005, the name is primarily used for The Cartoon Cartoons Show, a half-hour program featuring episodes of older Cartoon Cartoons that are no longer shown regularly on the network, and Cartoon Cartoon Top 5, which is an hour long program featuring a countdown of the week's five "best" Cartoon Cartoons from the older lineup.

List of Cartoon Cartoons

Main Cartoon Cartoons are in bold.

#	Title	Premiere date	End date	Season count	Episode count
1	Dexter's Laboratory	April 28, 1996	November 20, 2003	4	78
2	Johnny Bravo	July 14, 1997	August 27, 2004	4	67
3	Cow and Chicken	July 15, 1997	July 24, 1999	4	52
4	I Am Weasel	July 15, 1997	March 2, 2000	5	79
5	The Powerpuff Girls	November 18, 1998	March 25, 2005	6	78
6	Ed, Edd n Eddy	January 4, 1999	November 8, 2009	6	65
7	Mike, Lu & Og	November 12, 1999	August 18, 2000	2	26
8	Courage the Cowardly Dog	November 12, 1999	November 22, 2002	4	52
9	Sheep in the Big City	November 4, 2000	April 7, 2002	2	27
10	Time Squad	June 8, 2001	November 26, 2003	2	26
11	Grim & Evil	August 24, 2001	October 18, 2002	2	13
12	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	August 24, 2001	October 12, 2008	6	71
13	Evil Con Carne	August 24, 2001	October 22, 2004	2	15
14	Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?	June 15, 2002	November 14, 2003	2	13
15	Codename: Kids Next Door	December 6, 2002	January 21, 2008	16	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic	July 1, 2010	July 22, 2010 See also Cartoon Network List of programs broadcast by Cartoon Network Nicktoons Disney Channel Originals The Cartoon Cartoon Show References External links Old Cartoon Cartoons site from Latin America Fridays at ToonZone.net.