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The Secret Show is an animated show commissioned by BBC Children's in partnership with BBC Worldwide. First debuted in 2006, it currently airs on CBBC, ABC, BBC One, BBC Kids and MBC3. It debuted on the American Nicktoons Network on January 20, 2007 at 8:30 pm ET. −	Rugrats is a Daytime Emmy award winning American animated television series that aired from August 11, 1991 to June 8, 2004 on Nickelodeon. At 14 years, Rugrats is Nickelodeon's longest running show. According to Nickelodeon producers, Rugrats is the show that put them on top in the 90's. −

Details
The show stars two secret agents, Anita Knight and Victor Volt as they try to save the world from the latest threats to civilization. They work for the secret organization, U.Z.Z, run by their commanding agent, whose name is routinely "changed daily" for reasons of security, always to an unusual or ridiculous phrase. U.Z.Z also comprises Professor Professor, whose inventions and scientific background frequently save the day; Unit Commander Agent Ray who often runs missions behind the scenes; and a large team of standard agents. −	The show originally revolved around a group of toddlers, Thomas (Tommy) Pickles, Charles (Chuckie) Finster, and the twins Phillip (Phil) and Lillian (Lil) DeVille. The toddlers are able to communicate with each other through baby speak, although viewers can understand them, because it is 'translated'. Often, they mispronounce words or use poor grammar and their speaking is full of malapropisms. The group is often reluctantly joined by Tommy's cousin, Angelica Pickles. At age three years old, Angelica is able to communicate and understand language from both the toddlers and the adults, which she often uses as an advantage when she wants to manipulate either party. Susie Carmichael, who lives across the street from the Pickles, is also able to communicate on the same level as Angelica, though she isn't manipulative. As a result, Angelica and Susie often clash. They frequently counter threats from their main enemy, T.H.E.M. - The Horrible Evil Menace. T.H.E.M is headed up by the evil antagonist in the series, Doctor Doctor, who is intent on taking over the world, and has her own crack team of agents who wear billiard ball-style helmets. However, some episodes do feature a different set of enemies, such as the alien Floaty Heads or Changed Daily's nanny as a child, who has world domination plans of her own. −	In 1998, a new character was introduced. After The Rugrats Movie, in which Tommy's baby brother Dylan (Dil) Pickles is born, he is soon added as a character on the show. As a three month old baby, Dil is not able to communicate with anyone. Later, after Rugrats in Paris: The Movie is released, Kimi Finster is added as a character as Chuckie's step sister. The show never starts as "The Secret Show", but rather as "The Fluffy Bunny Show", which features Sweet Little Granny in a rocking chair, with a banjo and six fluffy, pink bunnies. As she begins to sing the intro for her show, agents for U.Z.Z. appear, headed by Agent Ray, and commandeer the show, always using a different method of dispatch. The Secret Show then begins, much to Sweet Little Granny's dismay. The bunnies, however, frequently appear throughout the show in unexpected places. −

Characters
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U.Z.Z.
−	Rugrats was Nickelodeon's second Nicktoon. The series was in production from 1991 to 1994, and again from 1996 to 2004. It aired in Nickelodeon's Snick block from 1997-2000. It is the longest lasting Nicktoon to date, at over fourteen years longevity. The Rugrats received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony on June 28, 2001. −	The show airs in the UK on CITV and Nickelodeon UK as well as in Canada on YTV. In Australia, it can be seen on Nickelodeon Australia (and, for a period, ABC Television). −	On August 11, 2001, Rugrats celebrated its 10 year anniversary. The special "Rugrats: All Growed Up" was produced for the occasion. After the show, a special retrospective lookback aired, called "Rugrats: Still Babies After All These Years". It was narrated by Amanda Bynes. −
 * Anita Knight is one of the two main protagonists; with blonde hair that ends in a cute little curl, wearing a purple suit, and riding a green skybike, she is partnered with Victor Volt. Somewhat more intelligent than Victor, she often has to save the day when Victor lands them in a sticky situation. After rescuing Victor underwater Anita finds, much to surprise, that she is in fact a mermaid, after initially being told by her parents that she is allergic to salt water.
 * Victor Thomas Jefferson Volt is the second of the two main protagonists; wearing a blue suit, and riding a purple skybike, he is partnered with Anita Knight. An American, he was recruited by U.Z.Z at a comic book convention, and is easily distracted and often acts childishly, sometimes getting the two agents into trouble or causing a crisis that requires further intervention by U.Z.Z. Victor's level of competence generally changes depending on the situation; in some cases he acts incompetently, whereas only scenes later he may manipulate the situation brilliantly. He was initially unaware that his mother, Mildred Volt, was once a secret agent. Victor's father, Lionel Volt, was also an agent for U.Z.Z, but became stranded in another dimension known as Dimension 10.
 * Professor Professor is a brilliant scientist from Germany, and the only other member of U.Z.Z apart from Victor and Anita who sit in the main meeting room with Changed Daily. He has a bald head and red glasses, and speaks with a German accent. Although something of a mad scientist, his inventions are often brilliant, although occasionally some may backfire (which is why he calls most of his inventions "totally untested und highly dangerous") and create a threat, such as a baldness cure that threatens to consume the earth with hair. He once was a student at "The School for the Chronically Gifted", and a classmate of the show's antagonist, Doctor Doctor. His mother is named Frau Frau, and he has a brother, Maestro Maestro.
 * Changed Daily - real name unknown - is the commander of U.Z.Z., with a strong British accent, a moustache and a classy suit. His name is changed at the beginning of every episode; he will mention that for reasons of security, "my name is changed daily", and will then use his hand-held machine to get his latest codename (see List of The Secret Show episodes for a list). This always turns out to be ridiculous, much to the short-lived amusement of Victor, Anita and Professor Professor. Prior to becoming the commander, Changed Daily was once a top agent occupying the role that Victor now has; he was partnered with Lucy Woo, Anita's counterpart, and she is the only one who knows what Changed Daily's real name is. Whilst he excels as the leader of U.Z.Z, real field work is no longer his strong point, since he apparently has not done much of it in many years.

Movies
−	In 1998, the first Rugrats film was released, entitled "The Rugrats Movie", which introduced baby Dil, Tommy's little brother, onto the show. In 2000 the second movie, "Rugrats in Paris", was released, with two new characters introduced, Kimi and Kira. Kimi would become Chuckie's sister and Kira would become his new mother, after marrying his father. In 2003, the third movie, "Rugrats Go Wild!", was released. It was a crossover between the Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys, characters from another popular Nickelodeon show. A TV movie was also made, in which the babies see the future, into the their young teen years. This spun off into the show All Grown Up, which takes place nine years into the future. −
 * Special Agent Ray is the Unit Commander for U.Z.Z. and provides back-up for Victor and Anita in the field. He is good at keeping his cool under fire and very loyal to U.Z.Z. Ray has a British accent, Elvis-styled hair, an official blue suit, head phone communicator in his left ear, and wears sunglasses. Often running missions behind the scenes, he is seen at the beginning of the show when he and his agents clear out the set of the "The Fluffy Bunny Show" as "this time slot is needed urgently".

Episodes
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 * Agent Kowalski is the only other female U.Z.Z agent seen in The Secret Show, besides Anita. Little is known about her, except that she is the rank of a standard U.Z.Z agent, she is an American, and is new to U.Z.Z.

Other projects
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 * The Secret Man is one of U.Z.Z most covert and top agents.he wears a long over coat that covers his face completely. He has thus far only appeared once in the episode of the same name.

Broadcast history
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 * USA
 * Nickelodeon (1991-2007)
 * Nicktoons Network (2002-present)
 * The Kid - is the head of U.Z.Z.
 * UK
 * Children's BBC (Including Live & Kicking) (1993-2004)
 * Nickelodeon UK (1994-Present)
 * Nicktoons (2002-2008)
 * CITV (2005-2006)
 * Nicktoonsters (2008-Present)

Other Regulars
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 * Australia
 * Nickelodeon Australia (1995-Present)
 * ABC Television
 * Network Ten
 * The World Leader is the leader of the world, although nobody but her husband understands what she says, since she is actually speaking Ancient Aztec. She lives in the World Leader's Palace and is re-elected as world leader every year unfailingly - apart from one year when an evil clown is accidentally elected.
 * New Zealand
 * Nickelodeon NZ (199?-Present)
 * TV3 (199?-Present)
 * Stacey Stern is the news reporter on the Secret Show, often seen reporting the mission currently being investigated by U.Z.Z. She usually ends her report with the catchphrase, "You may be you, but I'm Stacey Stern".
 * Ireland
 * RTÉ Two
 * Sweet Little Granny is the host of The Fluffy Bunny Show, played before The Secret Show "steals" its time slot for television. She is exactly 138 years old and started The Fluffy Bunny Show when she was 38 (then known as Sweet Little Girl). She is married to Sweet Old Grandpa, who once hosted The Fluffy Bunny show when Sweet Little Granny was having a hip replacement operation.
 * Canada
 * Treehouse
 * YTV
 * Alphonse is an artist, though he is seen producing an U.Z.Z. training film, entering a musical piece in the world anthem competition and commenting on illegeal monument racing as Stacey Stern's "architectural correspondant". He is also a secret admirer of Anita and reguarly shuns Victor, much to his distress.
 * Malaysia
 * Nickelodeon Malaysia
 * TV3 (199?-2006)

Villains
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 * Netherlands

T.H.E.M.
−	T.H.E.M. - The Horrible Evil Menace - is headed up by the evil antagonist in the series, Doctor Doctor, who is intent on taking over the world, and has her own crack team of agents who wear billiard ball-style helmets. −	−
 * Nickelodeon
 * Doctor Doctor is the main antagonist of The Secret Show and head of the evil organization, T.H.E.M - The Horrible Evil Menace. Intent on taking over the world, she is the cause of many of U.Z.Z.'s problems, but always fails. She is also known for her bad eyesight and bad teeth.
 * Ukraine
 * Kent B. Trusted is a double agent seen once in every episode. He supposedly works for U.Z.Z., fooling even Anita, Victor and Changed Daily despite his occasionally obvious mistakes, but secretly reports to T.H.E.M. He can be identified by his blonde hair and rounded glasses. His name is an obvious pun on the words "can't be trusted".
 * ICTV (Ukraine)

Impostors
−	The Impostors are extremely dangerous villains that live 90 miles below the surface of the Earth and can "impost" humans using "Hologrammatic Replication". They like the cold and are allergic to penguins. Inside their suits they are small one eyed maggot-like creatures, and they can change size to look like giant Maggots. Their leader is known as Red Eye and has one eye and an eye-shaped symbol on its chest. −	−
 * Italy'
 * Italia 1

Reptogators
The Reptogators live 60 miles below the surface of the Earth, and are naturally stupid; they have terrible eye sight, so they track people down by the smell of dirty teeth. They only become intelligent by sucking out the brainwaves of other creatures. They are able to run at 83 miles per hour. −

Annie
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 * 1995 - Nominated - Best Individual Achievement for Writing in the Field of Animation

The Floaty Heads
The Floaty Heads are aliens from the planet Zabulon III, and are helium-based life forms, whose helium-filled heads float above their bodies. Their leader is 12-year-old Prince Spong, who is extremely afraid of his mother. The Floaty Heads have never forgiven Victor for lying to them about The Ball of Spong, and Prince Spong has never forgiven Changed Daily for eating it. The Floaty Heads call humans "Sticky Heads".Also Spongs sister is Princess Ping. −	−
 * 2000 to 2003 - Nominated - Best Casting for Animated Voice Over, Television

The Chef
The Chef is a villain who tryed to bake Anita in a pie, but failed. His right arm is a machanical spatchuler. −	−	−
 * 1994, 2003 - Won - Outstanding Animated Children's Program
 * 2004 - Nominated - Outstanding Animated Children's Program

Skybike
−	The Skybike is the standard-issue flying vehicle for U.Z.Z. Agents, similar in appearance to a jet ski, with a single jet or rocket motor at the back for propulsion, and two smaller retro-boosters on the front. Skybikes are capable of vertical take off and landing, as well as being able to hover and fly backwards and have retractable tripod-style undercarriage. Most U.Z.Z. skybikes are blue, but Anita Knight's is green, and Victor Volt's is purple. Skybikes are equipped with many gadgets and equipment suitable for a large number of situations, including a Bike Cannon laser, retractable glass dome for use in outer space or underwater, claw-grips and magnets for grabbing, and even an 'Anti-Meteorite Force Field Deflector' to provide protection against space debris. −
 * 1997, 1999 to 2002 - Nominated - Outstanding Children's Program

Genesis
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 * 1999 - Won - Television - Children's Programming

Episodes
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World Animation Celebration
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 * 1999 - Won - Best Director of Animation for a Daytime Series

Recurring Themes
There are several themes that appear in every episode of the series. Two items appear in one scene each per episode: one is The Secret Thing, the subject of several episodes including the first, a cylindrical orange tube whose purpose is never revealed to the viewer; and the other is a black spider that can be found in odd places. In addition, the six fluffy bunnies from The Fluffy Bunny Show can also be found in every episode, often found peeking their heads out in unusual situations, such as on Anita's skybike or behind a chair in the briefing room. Also, a four-digit code can be spotted in each episode, such as on a wall or carved into a stone. This code can be entered into the official site to reveal secrets. −	The show also has several catchphrases that are repeated every episode. One of these is by Professor Professor who contacts Victor at inopportune moments to ask, "Victor - are you still alive?", to which the usual response is an exasperated, "Yes! I'm still alive!". Changed Daily's "For reasons of security, my name is..." is a stalwart. Another common phrase is "Incoming!". −
 * 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 - Won - Favorite Cartoon

Awards
−	In 2007, The Secret Show won two Children's BAFTA Awards, one for the show itself (as Best Animated Show) and one for its web site (in the Best Interactive category). −	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
 * Rugrats: Search for Reptar (PlayStation)
 * Rugrats: Studio Tour (PlayStation)
 * Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt (Nintendo 64)
 * Rugrats in Paris - The Movie (Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, PC CD Rom, PlayStation)
 * Rugrats: Totally Angelica (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)
 * Rugrats: Totally Angelica Boredom Busters (PC-CD Rom)
 * Rugrats: Go Wild (PC-CD Rom, Game Boy Advance)
 * Rugrats: All Growed Up - Older and Bolder (PC-CD Rom)
 * Rugrats: Castle Capers (Game Boy Advance)
 * Rugrats: Royal Ransom (PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube)
 * Rugrats: I Gotta Go Party (Game Boy Advance)
 * Rugrats: The Movie (Game Boy Color)
 * Rugrats: Time Travellers (Game Boy Color)
 * Rugrats Activity Challenge (PC-CD Rom)
 * Rugrats Adventure Game (PC-CD Rom)
 * Rugrats Food Fight (Mobile Phone)
 * Rugrats Muchin Land (PC-CD Rom)
 * The Rugrats Mystery Adventures (PC-CD Rom)
 * Nicktoons Racing (Tommy and Angelica playable)
 * Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots (Tommy and Angelica are seen, but are not playable characters.)
 * SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom (PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Wii)

Cast
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 * Alan Marriott as Victor Volt

−	The Secret Show has had several guest stars, including: −
 * Kate Harbour as Anita Knight, Doctor Doctor, Sweet Little Granny, World Leader, Mildred Volt, Stacey Stern, Worldsaver's Jilly, The Kid
 * Klasky-Csupo
 * Rob Rackstraw as Professor Professor, Zach Meadows, Eartha Quaker, Mr. Picket, The Chef, Professor Zoomotle, Hamster Man, Maestro Maestro, Worldsa
 * Keith Wickham as Changed Daily, Marlon Zen, Birdman, Sweet Old Grandpa, Neville Thunderbotton, Double Agent Kent B. Trusted
 * Martin Hyder as Special Agent Ray, Alphonse, Red Eye, Floaty-Head Spong, Chief Peek-Aboo

History
−	The series centers around Mikey Simon, a teenage actor from Cleveland, Ohio, who embarks to Japan after winning a scratch-off card contest to star in the country's formerly popular anime series, LilyMu, and in doing this, rockets the show back to the top of the ratings, and becomes Japan's biggest anime star. Segments of LilyMu are seen at the beginning and end of each episode, but the show focuses primarily on the actors' and producers' lives off-set and Mikey's adjustments to the new world he has entered (similar in concept to The Famous Jett Jackson). The humor comes from the fact that because Mikey is an American, he actually stands out visually from the other cast members. While most characters on the show are drawn in an anime-inspired style (thin outlines, big, detailed eyes, small mouths, and all ten fingers), Mikey (and all other American characters) is drawn in a retro-inspired American cartoon manner (thicker outlines, single black dot pupil eyes, a larger mouth, and only eight fingers).

Late 1980s-1993
By the end of the 1980s, Ted Turner's cable-TV conglomerate had acquired the MGM film library (which included the older catalog of pre-1948 color Warner Bros. cartoons), and its cable channel Turner Network Television had gained an audience with its film library. In 1990, it purchased animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions and acquired its large library as well as most of the Ruby-Spears library. Cartoon Network was created as an outlet for Turner's considerable library of animation, and the initial programming on the channel consisted exclusively of re-runs of classic Warner Bros. (like Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies), MGM (like Tom and Jerry and Droopy Dog), and Hanna-Barbera cartoons (like The Jetsons and The Flintstones), with many Hanna-Barbera TV cartoons like Wally Gator used as time fillers. Most of the short cartoons were aired in half-hour or hour-long packages, usually separated by character or studio — Down With Droopy D aired old Droopy Dog shorts, The Tom and Jerry Show presented the classic cat-and-mouse team, and Bugs and Daffy Tonight provided classic Looney Tunes shorts. Today, no classics remain on the network.

1994-2004
−	Each episode starts with the cast filming a LilyMu segment, but the take is ruined (with the exception of the Christmas special), sometimes revealing the conflict that they deal with through the rest of the episode, with a minor subplot running beneath the main plot. After the problem is resolved, the LilyMu segment will be shot again and successfully completed the second time, often changed to incorporate whatever lesson was learned during the main story. Hanna-Barbera started production on The What-A-Cartoon! Show (also known as World-Premiere Toons And "What-A-Cartoon"), a series of creator-driven short cartoons that premiered on Cartoon Network in 1995. It was the network's third original series (the second was Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and the first was The Moxy Show). The project was spearheaded by several Cartoon Network executives, plus Ren and Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi (who was an advisor to the network at the time) and Fred Seibert (who was formerly one of the driving forces behind the Nicktoons, and would go on to produce the similar animation anthology series Oh, Yeah! Cartoons). In 1996, Time Warner purchased Turner Broadcasting, and with it, Cartoon Network. The Network gained access to the complete Warner Bros. cartoon library, which had not been under ownership since 1957. The library includes WB cartoons from the 1950s to the 1980s, and newer cartoons like Road Rovers, Animaniacs, Freakazoid, and Pinky and the Brain. −	The show has a large comedic overuse of face faults, such as a character's face and/or body turning into an exaggerated general appearance, or becoming much smaller. The show uses clichés common to anime, including the sweat drop, lines over the eyes or no eyes at all, big heads, flaming eyes, bodies becoming smaller (or super deformed). Sometimes Mikey will try to do these things, which are one of the show's running gags, but cannot, due to being drawn in an American style. The show is fast-paced, irreverent, and contains a fair amount of gross-out humor, which are signature elements of Western children's entertainment. Time Warner changed the direction of Hanna-Barbera Productions (the production studio now known as Cartoon Network Studios), and focused the studio exclusively on creating new material for the Network (which were baptized Cartoon Cartoons). These productions include: Dexter's Laboratory (1996), Johnny Bravo (1997), Cow and Chicken (1997), and The Powerpuff Girls (1998) (all of which were shorts, previously launched on What a Cartoon with the creative work of Hanna-Barbera art director Jesse Stagg), and more recently Codename: Kids Next Door (2003), Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004), and Camp Lazlo (2005). To free up air time for said new shows, the listed classics were retired. −

Characters
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The older Hanna-Barbera cartoons, as well as the entire Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies library, and all non-Tom and Jerry cartoons made by MGM such as those made by Tex Avery, have been largely moved to the nostalgia-themed Boomerang sister network. −
 * Mikey Simon by Micheal Sintkerniklaas

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 * Gonard by Sean Schemal

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 * Lily by Anice Moriaty

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 * Mitsuki by Evelyn Lanto

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 * Guano by Gary Mack

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 * Ozu by Stephan Moverly

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 * Yes Man by Jesse Adams

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2004-2006
On June 14 2004, Cartoon Network relaunched itself with a new slogan, “This is Cartoon Network.” The bumps now featured 2D cartoon characters from their shows interacting in a CGI city composed of sets from their shows. Nearly all of Cartoon Network's classic cartoon programming has been replaced by new programming, except for Tom and Jerry, a longtime staple of the Turner networks. Within a few months, the network took off more shows from the 1990s (Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, etc.) and put them on a 30 minute block called The Cartoon Cartoon Show. Some shows like Mike, Lu, and Og and Sheep in the Big City were taken off the network completely.

2006-present
−	The Kappa Mikey theme song is called "Hey (x2) Look (x2)" by Beat Crusaders. In the summer of 2006, Cartoon Network's slogan was changed to a simplistic “Cartoon Network - Yes!,” as spoken by Fred Fredburger, a character on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Before then, the network's original slogan, "the best place for cartoons", had remained the network's slogan for nearly five years. The network also used bumps featuring the cast of Camp Lazlo as stick puppets and characters in front of a red background. The new campaign featured three different styles of bumps. The first style is "Lunchbox of Doom", featuring an assortment of show clips inside a CGI goth-looking lunchbox, a reference to an episode of the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. The second is "VS.", comparing two cartoon characters. The last style is a reprise of the CGI City look, using flat, dark colors. −

List of episodes
As of 2007, Cartoon Network does not have a slogan, but they retained the image campaign that began in 2006, although a slightly refreshed version of the theme is currently in use. In Fall 2007, the channel will begin broadcasting in High Definition. −

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References to American Popular Culture
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 * In Easy Come, Easy Gonard, the countdown clock shown is from the American television series 24.
 * In the episode Sumo of all Fears, the Lilymu episode is almost identical to the climax to the first Spider-Man film.
 * In the episode Lost in Transportation, when Mikey is in the coffee shop with the bikers, he tries to "dance his way out", so he jumps up on the counter and does a dance very similar to the Pee Wee Herman dance. The scene is a reference to "Pee Wee's Big Adventure".
 * Many of the "Kappa Mikey" episodes are parodies of famous movies, books, & more.
 * In the episode Ship of Fools The Videogame has graphics straight from Donkey Kong.
 * Lily's Punchbug's name comes from the children's game "slug-bug" or "punch-buggy", in which one child yells out "slug-bug!" and hits another in the shoulder or arm when they spot a VW Beetle. This is usually played as a car game (that is, played in a vehicle driven by an adult).
 * During the theme song, there is a scene where it shows Mikey dancing in a white, button-up shirt, his underwear, socks, and sunglasses accompanied by a pair of Dobermanns. This is likely a reference to Tom Cruise in Risky Business. The parody is in Mikey Impossible, the title of which is a parody of Mission Impossible, also starring Tom Cruise.
 * The instructor in The Lost Pilot greatly resembles Simon Cowell. Also in the episode, the audition LilyMu has for a new actor is reminiscent to the Idol series. (Pop Idol, American Idol, Australian Idol, etc.)
 * In the episode Big Brozu, Brozu says that he has to "Trump" his younger brother and fire him. This is reference to the reality show The Apprentice in which Donald Trump uses the catchphrase "You're fired" to eliminate contestants on the show.
 * Mikey's Orb in LilyMu appears to be based on the sentinel sphere from the Phantasm movies. It can fly around with no explainable means of propulsion other than having been thrown into the air (although it is possible that its saw blades act as lifting rotors of some sort). It also appears to have a limited intelligence, allowing it to do things like hover, navigate itself to cut multiple targets, and return to Mikey after it has served its purpose.
 * In the episode "Uh oh, Guano" Mikey's horse is named Sea Cookie which is a spoof off of "Seabiscuit" an American movie.
 * In A Christmas Mikey:
 * The title is a parody of the movie "A Christmas Story" (or A Christmas Carol). The story parodies both It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol.
 * Mitsuki's performance in the mansion scene is a parody of Gloria Swanson's role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. Also in A Christmas Mikey, Mitsuki has a monkey named Professor Bobo, likely a reference to the Mystery Science Theater 3000 character of that name.
 * Lily's career doing voice-over work (to Mikey's and a passerby's disgust) is a meta-reference on the show itself.
 * Guano as a chimney sweep with a British accent may be a reference to the chimney sweeps in Mary Poppins - he is in fact whistling "Chim Chim Cherrie" when he first appears in this role.
 * When Mikey is upset over Ozu not giving him a new contract, Gonard says, "Don't worry, we'll get you that monkey assistant," and he puts on a yellow hat, which is a reference to Curious George.
 * In The Good, The Bad, & The Mikey, at the beginning of the staged fight sequence between Kappa Mikey and Captin Impressive, the beginning to Beat It, a song by Michael Jackson can be heard.
 * In Mikey Likes It(Garbage), when Lily is looking around in the resturant, there are two familiar couples: One is the pirate from Ship of Fools and Vito's wife (with blonde hair), and the other is the balif from The Fugi-Kid with the old lady that sometimes makes a cameo appearance.
 * Ben 10

References to Japanese Popular culture
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 * Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
 * Camp Lazlo
 * Cartoon Cartoon Show
 * Cartoon Cartoon Top 5
 * Class of 3000
 * Code Lyoko
 * Codename: Kids Next Door
 * Courage the Cowardly Dog
 * Dragon Ball Z
 * Ed, Edd n Eddy
 * Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
 * Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
 * The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
 * The Land Before Time
 * The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
 * Monster Allergy (Coming September 2007)
 * My Gym Partner's a Monkey
 * Naruto
 * One Piece
 * Out Of Jimmy's Head (Coming September 2007)
 * Pokémon
 * Squirrel Boy
 * Storm Hawks
 * Teen Titans
 * Transformers Cybertron
 * Xiaolin Showdown
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
 * Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
 * The show features secondary characters and extras, mostly in crowd scenes, whose designs are directly inspired off of famous anime characters, but who are different enough to avoid copyright infringements. Sometimes this is done to spoof the films and television programs intentionally, such as the character Masaka Masako, whose appearance spoofs Yubaba's from the film Spirited Away. Other times, it is done to continue the show's original concept, without any intention behind it.
 * The LilyMu show seems to be based on the classic Japanese Rubber Suit shows such as Super Sentai(the original version of Power Rangers), Kamen Rider(Masked Rider in the US), and Ultraman.
 * The show's title is a variation on the word kappamaki, a type of sushi. It is suggested that it was the inspiration for naming the title character Mikey, and uses the prefix kappa. Like Mikey, who is a 'fish out of water' in Japan, the kappa creature itself is a water demon who can live on land. The kappas first appeared on this show in the episode Mikey, Kappa, on August 5th.
 * Some of the settings in the show are real locations in Japan, including Ginza, and Yoyogi Park.
 * Sean Schemmel (Gonard) is one of the many English voices of Goku and miscellaneous characters from Dragon Ball, which Gonard's [off-set] design is deliberately spoofing. His character's appearance on the "LilyMu" show is also a spoof of the typical demon-like characters Goku and his friends constantly fight against in Dragon Ball. Gonard's love of food may also be a spoof of Goku's large appetite.
 * The phrase "Oh, Mikey!", which is said several times in the show, seems to be a nod towards the Japanese television show Oh! Mikey, which also has the premise of Americans moving to Japan.
 * In the episode "Battle of the Bands" mostly all the guitars are blue rickenbacker Model 4003 basses, similar to Haruko's bass guitar in FLCL.
 * In the episode "Battle of the Bands" there is a band and cartoon show that obviously reference Japanese band and cartoon stars Ami and Yumi from the band Puffy AmiYumi.
 * In the episode Sumo of all Fears, Mikey wishes to become the greatest yokozuna to get respect from everyone. This is a reference to Naruto, where the main character Naruto Uzumaki wishes to become Hokage for the same purpose as Mikey did.
 * In the episode "Free Squiddy", there is a scene in which the cast, trapped in a giant sticky ball of objects, roll through Tokyo and stick many people into the ball along the way. This scene is based upon Katamari Damacy, and even features a cameo character resembling the Prince of All Cosmos, who is rolling a Katamari ball of his own. Sadly, he also gets stuck to the original ball.
 * In the episode "Saving Face", Mikey goes to the doctor to get his pimple removed. The doctor that preforms the surgery is named Doctor Katashi, which is a reference to the Naruto character Kakashi. This is clear because of the name and the headband over the eye, just like Kakashi's headband.

Cartoon Cartoons
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 * In the episode Ship of Fools, the video game boxes for the Lily-Mu video game have a rating of "E for Everyone" from North America's Entertainment Software Rating Board rating system rather than a rating from Japan's Computer Entertainment Rating Organization rating system.

Cartoon Cartoons, a series of comedic animated shorts produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions guided by Fred Seibert, who founded the Nickelodeon-based Frederator Studios years later. Originally known as "World Premiere Toons," the shorts were essentially series pilots — the idea was to measure audience response and turn the most popular shorts into series. Only a small handful of the shorts ever made series, however. The first short to air was "The Powerpuff Girls Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins," but it would be three years before the girls got their own series. This show also aired the cartoon "Larry and Steve", which was the prototype of the hit show Family Guy. The first series to spin off from What-a-Cartoon! 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 Cartoons series in the fall of 1998. Ed, Edd, n Eddy came later as the first Cartoon Cartoons series not to be introduced in a What-A-Cartoon! short. More shows premiered bearing the Cartoon Cartoons moniker, 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. For three years during Summer, Cartoon Network actually let fans pick which of that year's crop of Cartoon Cartoon shorts made series, by staging a vote where fans could choose from among the three most popular entries. The first short to be voted into a series was The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (originally known as Grim & Evil) in 2000, and a year later Codename: Kids Next Door was voted in 2001. Both have gone on to become two of Cartoon Network's longest-running series. Megas XLR was voted in the year later and ran its own series as well, along with Whatever Happened To Robot Jones in 2002, which didn't receive popular vote but became a series sometime later. Both of which, however, were short-lived. As of September the name is primarily used for The Cartoon Cartoon Show, an hour-long program featuring episodes of older Cartoon Cartoons that are no longer shown regularly on the network. −

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Fridays, originally titled Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, was the Friday night program block on Cartoon Network that showcased the channel's original animated series, with new episode premieres usually taking place in this block. Around these shows, live action segments in a studio with two hosts and an audience of children were for continuity between the programs. The block aired between 7 p.m.-5 a.m., with the shows and segments repeating at least twice. −	−	−	−	Fridays replaced Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, a block that aired Fridays at 7 p.m. Eastern Time before replaced by Summer Fridays in 2003 and replaced by Fridays in late 2003. The block was launched on May 7, 1999 and last aired on May 2, 2003. Originally in 1999, it aired encores of new episodes which were shown earlier during the week. Cartoon Cartoon Fridays was hosted by a character from a Cartoon Cartoon. −
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On February 23, 2007, Cartoon Network aired the last Fridays. A month-long "Movie Madness" filled out the airtime, and Friday Night Premiere Thunder, then Friday Night Premiere Lazer took over the programming slot. A new block, Fried Dynamite, premieres in the late summer.

Miguzi
Miguzi was a cartoon block that premiered on April 19, 2004. This block was themed around Erin, a girl who finds refuge within the confines of a strange spaceship that is trapped underwater and inhabited by aquatic creatures. Not surprisingly, this lighter-toned action block was from Williams Street, the producers of late-night programming block Adult Swim and Toonami, a block of programming which Miguzi replaced in the weekday-afternoon timeslot. Miguzi changed its shows often. Miguzi aired action shows from different countries like Ben 10 and Teen Titans from America, Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh GX from Japan, and Totally Spies and Code Lyoko from France. As of June 2007, Miguzi is no longer on the Cartoon Network lineup and will be replaced by Master Control, an interactive block announced by the network during their 2007-08 Upfronts in February Control, premiering in fall 2007.

Toonami
Toonami (a portmanteau of cartoon and tsunami) was initially a block of action-oriented programming on Cartoon Network in the US and UK, and Spain among other countries. The American version premiered on March 17, 1997 as a weekday afternoon block. The regular afternoon block, including Rising Sun (a Saturday morning version of the block, revived as a late-night action block of Batman and Superman), Super Saturdays a Saturday afternoon block with a few premieres), and Midnight Run which was originally a late-night action block on Saturday nights in 1999 before becoming an hour-long weeknight action block on March 6, 2000 that aired the uncut version of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing which was replaced by Outlaw Star in 2001 and repeats of other shows from the afternoon block before being replaced by Adult Swim in 2003). Previous blocks with the Toonami branding included Toonami Midnight Run (which premiered on July 10, 1999 and was initially a five-hour weekend-only block airing at midnight before stripping to weeknights at midnight starting in March 2000 until January 2003), Toonami Rising Sun (which aired from April 2000 on Saturday mornings until September 2003, when it got rebranded as an overnight block featuring Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series), and Toonami Super Saturdays (which aired from 2002 until March 2003). Currently, the United States version of Toonami airs on Saturdays from 7 to 11 p.m. (E/P). Some shows in this program include Naruto, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, One Piece and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. The Toonami brand was subsequently used in the United Kingdom as the title of a Cartoon Network-operated UK spinoff channel in its own right in September 2003, a little under a year after the network launched as CNX. In 2006, the network relaunched as a general entertainment network with little emphasis on action-animation. For the rest of the territories that have Cartoon Network, Toonami remains a block with many of the same shows seen in the United States as well as regional exclusives like Battle B-Daman, Power Rangers (In the Philippines), Todd McFarlane's Spawn, Machine Robo Rescue, Granzasers, X-Men: Evolution, Shadow Raiders, Beyblade, and others. However, in the United States, Battle B-Daman does not air on the Toonami block.

Prime Time
Prime Time was a programming block that ran from late 1998-2002. Prime Time would showcase Hanna Barbera Cartoons & Cartoons from the Present, such as Scooby-Doo, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Flintstones, Tom & Jerry, Cow & Chicken, and occasionally Dragon Ball Z and Looney Tunes, and The Powerpuff Girls.

Adult Swim


Adult Swim is Cartoon Network's Adult Sister Network, which premiered on September 2, 2001 in the USA. Originally a Sunday-only block that also reran on Thursdays, Adult Swim airs Saturday nights at 11 p.m. (E/P), Monday through Thursday nights at 11 PM. (E/P) and Sunday nights at 10 PM (E/P) with an encore airing at 2 a.m. and then ending with an hour of older shows on every night but Sunday. The block, programmed by Williams Street, the same group that created Toonami and Miguzi, plays American animated comedy series and shorts geared towards audiences 14 and older and a wide variety of anime series and OVAs intended for audiences 18 and older. The name comes from the name for hours designated at public swimming pools where only adults can swim in the pool. On March 28, 2005, the programming block was spun-off as a separate entity from Cartoon Network for Nielsen Ratings purposes. On March 27, 2006, Adult Swim started airing a half-hour early at 10:30 p.m. on Monday through Thursday (E/P)but due to the Friday block added on July 6, 2007 on July 2, 2007 they dropped the extra 30 minutes bringing it back to air at 11pm E/P Mondays-Saturdays.

Preschool programming
The first preschool programming block on Cartoon Network in the United States was Small World, afterwords Big Bag premiered on June 2, 1996. Big Bag featured animated shorts from around the world and live action Muppet scenes. Big Bag ended in September 1998. The second block, Tickle U premiered on August 22, 2005. Pipoca, Henderson, and Place hosted the block. Tickle U stopped in September 2006. Its official site is now a redirect to the Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs page on the channel's official site. Currently, Cartoon Network broadcasts preschool programs on weekday mornings, although there is no preschool specific block. It is unknown whether a fourth block is coming to Cartoon Network or not.

Saturday Video Entertainment System
The Saturday Video Entertainment System was a Toonami-like block of action animation airing Saturday nights from March 17, 2003 to April 10, 2004. SVES was packaged like a video game, with a Samus Aran-like character in bumps reminiscent of older arcade/SNES game design. This block was also designed by Williams Street.

Cartoon Theatre
Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre in full (or Movie Madness, as it's now called), is Cartoon Network's film series, featuring animated theatrical films, animated television films, and films made for Cartoon Network. It originally ran once a week on Saturday nights, the feature film of each week would be regularly advertised on the network making it an anticipated special movie event. The block used a classical western style with a theatrical quality of feel in its bumpers, involving a realistic-looking old-time ticket machine and a freely drifting movie ticket on top of a wood desk accompanied by the voice of Don LaFontaine, the footage being used before and after commercial breaks and in commercials advertising the block itself. The amount of time Cartoon Theatre ran varied, and based solely on the amount of time the feature film ran, and would perhaps disagree with Cartoon Network's hour-by-hour schedule. To even out the block's time-frame, a sub-block titled Toon Extra, a block based on newspaper delivery, aired after Cartoon Theatre films showing one or more cartoons helping to add less than an extra hour of content to span out the perhaps uneven time slot, when the block was still called Cartoon Theatre. If Toon Extra didn't completely fill the time slot a few extra commercials may be aired, plus the occasional black-out for lesser amounts of unadded seconds. Since 2004, live-action films, regardless if they are cartoon-related (though most are), became part of Cartoon Network's library of movies.

Cartoon Network Original Movies
Thirteen made-for-TV movies have aired on Cartoon Network. These films are, in effect, movie-length special episodes of Cartoon Network series Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Camp Lazlo, Codename: Kids Next Door, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Teen Titans, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Ed, Edd n Eddy, and Ben 10. Also among the original movies is Cartoon Network's first original live-action movie, Re-Animated. With the second live-action movie,Ben 10: Race Against Time coming November 21, 2007. There are thirteen released and five waiting to be released. There are two movies that are a pilot to a Original Series and two marking an end to a Series. The pilot movies are: House of Bloo's and Home and the cancellation movies are: Wrath of the Spider Queen and Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S..
 * Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip (Aired December 10, 1999)
 * The Powerpuff Girls: The Powerpuff Girls Movie (Aired July 3, 2002)
 * Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: House of Bloo's (Aired August 13, 2004)
 * Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O. (Aired August 11, 2006)
 * Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (Aired September 15, 2006)
 * Class of 3000: Home (Aired November 3, 2006)
 * Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Good Wilt Hunting (Aired November 23, 2006)
 * Re-Animated (Aired December 8, 2006)
 * My Gym Partner's a Monkey: The Big Field Trip (Aired January 14, 2007)
 * Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo? (Aired February 18, 2007)
 * The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (Aired March 30, 2007)
 * The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen (Aired July 6, 2007)
 * Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix (Aired August 10, 2007)
 * The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Codename: Kids Next Door: The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door (October 19, 2007)
 * Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S. (November 7, 2007)
 * Ben 10: Race Against Time (November 21, 2007)
 * Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show (2008)

Cartoon Network Block Party
Cartoon Network Block Party is the name for a three-hour block of programming that aired on Saturdays that sometimes featured several new episodes of a single show. It aired Saturday afternoon from 3pm-6pm (sometimes 3pm-5pm). It lasted from June 19, 2004 - January 22, 2005. This block aired Cartoon Cartoon franchises such as The Powerpuff Girls, Codename: Kids Next Door, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and non-Cartoon Cartoon franchises such as The Cramp Twins, Code Lyoko, Hamtaro and Totally Spies!, and shows from other networks such as MegaMan: NT Warrior, Shaman King and Monster Allergy Cartoon Network Block Party is also the current title for the network's anthology comic published by DC Comics and Rainbow S.r.A.Cartoon Network Starring, and Cartoon Cartoons.) There was also a "Mario Party" style video game released called Cartoon Network: Block Party.

Cartoon Olio
Cartoon Olio was a Cartoon Network Saturday afternoon block that aired from 3pm-6pm. The block premiered on July 7, 2001 and last aired on June 1, 2002. The block aired marathons of Cartoon Cartoons franchises such as Dexter's Laboratory, Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy, Johnny Bravo, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Powerpuff Girls, Time Squad and Cow and Chicken. The block also aired marathons of Hanna-Barbera franchises such as The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.

June Bugs
June Bugs was a yearly 48 hour marathon of Bugs Bunny cartoons which started on the first weekend in June of 1997. This marathon would air nearly every Bugs Bunny cartoon ever made in chronological order, with the exception of war-time shorts and those deemed racist and offensive. However, with there being considerably less than 48 hours of shorts, it would repeat several times. June Bugs has occasionally aired on sister network Boomerang

Last Bell
Last Bell was a Cartoon Network weekday afternoon block which used to air weekdays from 2pm-5pm in the past. Last Bell lasted from August 2003 to June 11, 2004. The block aired franchises like Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and Codename: Kids Next Door.

Super Chunk
Super Chunk was a Saturday marathon block that aired on Saturday afternoons from 1pm-4pm. The block lasted from the Network's origin in October 1992 up until when the Boomerang channel was launched in April 2000. The block aired marathons of mainly classic and retro programs.

Invaded


Invaded was a month long block in May 2007. It aired "Alienated" episodes of Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, Ed, Edd n' Eddy, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Camp Lazlo, and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. All 5 of the shows aired an episode with an alien-invasion theme to the script. Each episode was somehow connected to the others show's episode. The names of the aliens are Sklrvss, the small red crab-like alien, Peaches, the large green squid-like alien that likes ice cream, and Glog, the huge blue cyborg with 3 eyes. Aliens appeared in a continuing storyline that spanned five Cartoon Network shows. They were: The event concluded with an alien-themed marathon that kicked off the Cartoon Network Summer programming schedule on May 28, 2007. During this marathon, all of the Invaded chapters was shown, along with the ending to the "Invaded" episodes. On June 1, 2007 an alternate ending to the "Invaded" episodes was shown.
 * Chapter 1: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: "Cheese A Go-Go"
 * Chapter 2: Ed, Edd, n Eddy: "The Eds Are Coming"
 * Chapter 3: My Gym Partner's a Monkey: "That Darn Platypus"
 * Chapter 4: Camp Lazlo: "Strange Trout from Outer Space / Cheese Orbs"
 * Chapter 5: The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: "Billy and Mandy Moon the Moon"

Summer @ Seven
Summer @ seven is the name of the new summer line up that premiered on June 4, 2007. Cartoon Network changed its theme to a new more colorful one. New episodes are shown every Monday through Friday night at 7 pm along with Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. A new show called Storm Hawks premiered in Summer @ Seven.
 * Mondays: Storm Hawks
 * Tuesdays: Code Lyoko
 * Wednesdays: Camp Lazlo
 * Thursdays: Squirrel Boy, replacing Ben 10's slot
 * Fridays: My Gym Partner's A Monkey

Ben 10 Movie Quest Fest
Ben 10 Movie Quest Fest is a movie marathon each day scheduled to air from August 6,2007 to August 10,2007. Each day, a Cartoon Network original movie will air, as well as a sneak peek of Ben 10: Secret Of The Omnitrix, which is set to premiere on August 10. The following movies will be shown:
 * Monday August 6: Foster's Home of Imaginary Friends: Good Wilt Hunting
 * Tuesday August 7':Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo?
 * Wednesday August 8':My Gym Partner's A Monkey: The Big Field Trip
 * Thursday August 9:Wrath of the Spider Queen
 * Friday August 10:Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix

Boomerang


Boomerang was originally a programming block on Cartoon Network aimed towards the generation of baby boomers. It originally aired for four hours every weekend. The block's start time jumped frequently, with the Saturday block moving to Saturday afternoons, then back to the early morning, and the Sunday block moving to Sunday evenings. Eventually, Boomerang was shortened by an hour, making the total airing time 2 hours each weekend instead of the original four hours. Boomerang (both the programming block and the original spinoff channel that launched on April 1, 2000) followed a unique programming format - every week, cartoons produced during a certain year (and cartoons produced during years prior to that year) would be showcased. For example, if Boomerang was showcasing the year 1969, the viewer would more than likely see an episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! or Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines. Once the Boomerang channel was launched in 2000, promos for the channel aired at the end of every broadcasted show during the block in attempt to gain popularity for Boomerang. Also, all of the older programming on Cartoon Network, including Looney Tunes and shows from Hanna-Barbera migrated to Boomerang. On October 2 and October 3, 2004 nearly four months after the re-launch of the Cartoon Network, the Boomerang block was replaced by Adult Swim everyday with older reruns of classic anthologies like The Popeye Show, The Bob Clampett Show, ToonHeads, and former Boomerang fare like The Gary Coleman Show and Super Globetrotters. October 2 and 3rd were the last times Looney Tunes officially aired on Cartoon Network.

Get Animated
When Cartoon Network still ran its CGI city look (see 2004-2006), a promo aired involving the Mayor of Townsville officially opening the Animation Station, a fictional recreational dome facility. Thus began Cartoon Network's still-running Get Animated promotion, a campaign encouraging children to get active, more importantly in outdoor areas. Created in part of the American government's goal for a more active, and generally healthier generation, other kids' channels generally aired similar promotions during this time (such as Nickelodeon's Go Healthy Challenge). Original promos involved many different cartoon characters, and real kids, enjoying physical activities inside the Animation Station. Once Cartoon Network scrapped their CGI city look the Animation Station promos were abandoned, but the Get Animated campaign still continued. Current promos still show cartoon characters playing alongside kids, though occasional sports celebrities (such as Freddie Adu) make appearances. Other promos show real kids who make great physically-related achievements, or cartoon characters explaining ways of getting active.

Cartoon Network's 10th Anniversary
On October 1, 2002, Cartoon Network's 10th birthday, Cartoon Network aired a one-day special bumper acknowledging their 10th anniversary. . This year will be the network's 15th anniversary. However, there has been no advertising for the anniversary whatsoever.

Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
It was announced in July 2006 that Cartoon Network has teamed with Seoul-based Grigon Entertainment to bring a Cartoon Network based MMOG to the global marketplace. The animated series Monster Allergy will be coming to Cartoon Network replacing Pokemon's slot. Preteen marketplace and is expected to be released in the Spring of 2008, it is thought to be a replacement for the now-ended Cartoon Orbit, which shut-down on the network's website in 2000. It has also been announced that the players will have fully customizable features and that it will take place in a world where all Cartoon Network characters interact in one city. An official website launched on July 25, 2007, complete with gameplay footage and the ability to subscribe for news and possible beta testing opportunities