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I know what a lot of you are thinking right now: "This is NOT retro." but to me, it is. Cartoon Network's Cartoon Cartoons hold some of the most fond memories of my past. Today, they're almost all cancelled, but the memories stay. I should let you know that I'm not really a buff on some of these shows. So, just a forwarning, there may be a few innaccuracies in this article. I'm going to give some details on each of the Cartoon Cartoons, but before I do, here's how it all started out...

In 1995, Cartoon Network started this line of short cartoons all made by different animators known as "World Premiere Toons". Basically, these were all pilot episodes of new cartoons that would hopefully be made into their own series.

After a big batch of them made their debut, a new series was launched on Cartoon Network known as "World Premiere Toons: The Show", which was basically a half-hour show containing three of the World Premiere Toons. The show was later renamed "The What A Cartoon Show!"

"Dexter's Laboratory", one of the most successful WPT's, was the first one to be made into a series. The pilot was so successful that three more pilots were made to promote the debut of the series. It officially premeired in the spring of 1996. "Dexter's Laboratory" is a pure genius show. Every episode contains an original idea, and it supplies a great amount of action and comedy at the same time. The show is basically about Dexter, an extremely smart child who has a mighty laboratory in his bedroom which he keeps hidden from his oblivious parents. There are other main characters like his older sister, Dee Dee, who has a free spirit, and his rival, Mandark. Most episodes of this show are basically Dexter has a problem, solves it with an invention, and the invention goes haywire. During its production, the show also evolved a lot. Dee Dee started out as a complete moron, but throughout the series, she gained more spiritual wisdom. Dexter also gained closer relationships to his parents. In the summer of 1998, the supposed series finale aired, but after a 3 year hiatus, the show was brought back into production by popular demand. The series made a major change with more obscure animation, larger roles for other characters, and Mandark acting more as a villain than a rival. During the show's hiatus, a made-for-TV movie was released known as "Ego Trip". "Dexter's Lab" officially ended its production in September 2003.

"Johnny Bravo" was another successful WPT, which had two pilot episodes. It premeired as a series in July 1997. This show is basically about a cool, muscular, blonde, and very stupid man. Basically, the show is about Johnny trying to get girls to dig him. The problem is, he has too many problems. The series itself had some problems too. While there were some episodes that give some good laughs, a lot of the episodes are just poorly-written. This show also has a lack of main characters. When the series started out, there were really only three main characters: Johnny, his mom, Bunny, and an annoying little girl names Suzie. Later on, new characters were added like a diner owner named Pops, and Johnny's anti-friend, Carl. It ended its production in 2003.

"Cow and Chicken" only had one pilot episode, and when the series debuted in July 1997, the pilot was banned. "Cow and Chicken" is in some ways a new age "Ren & Stimpy". This show is basically about the everyday life of this family. The son of the family is a little chicken who often says things the wrong way, his little sister is a 400 pound cow. As for the parents, they're simply just pairs of legs, and like the parents on "Dexter's Lab", they never reveal their names. They also have two friends named Flem and Earl, and a bunch of bizzare cousins. There's also this red guy with a big butt who often pops up to pick on Chicken or cause trouble for both Cow and Chicken, and he's usually stopped by Super Cow. This is a good show for fans of bizzare humor. This show ended its production in 1999.

We had a long wait for this series. "The Powerpuff Girls" had two pilot episodes in the WPT lineup. The series premeired in November 1998. Back in the late 90's and early 2000's, "The Powerpuff Girls" was one of the biggest franchises on Cartoon Network making it one of their most popular shows. Now, don't tell me this show never was popular, because why else would it have so much merchandise? "The Powerpuff Girls" happens to be one of my favorite cartoons of all time, and I ain't ashamed of it. Most of the people who worked on this show were the comedic geniuses of "Dexter's Lab" (Dexter even made a few cameos in this show). Basic runthrough of the show: Three kindergarten girls who were born with superpowers created by Professor Utonium basically save the world from crime and the forces of evil. We've got Blossom, the leader, Bubbles, the cute one, and Buttercup, the tough one. This series had a six season run and tons of memorable episodes. If you like "Ninja Turtles" and "Darkwing Duck" or other shows that have a wide variety of villains, then you'll like this show, since it offers a lot of villains with all these different powers, some more evil than others. I know that a lot of you may think this is just a girly kids show, but you know what they say: "Don't judge a book by it's cover." This is a genius cartoon. This was also by far the only Cartoon Cartoon to have its own theatrical movie. Sadly, since the movie's release in 2002, the show's popularity was dropping significantly. "The Powerpuff Girls" ended its production in March 2005, and it was cancelled shortly after that. I've been hearing rumors, however, that Craig McCracken is planning a comeback for the Powerpuffs sometime in the future, but only time will tell. Anyway, this is overall a great cartoon. Don't waste your time on that Japanese rip-off; these are the real Powerpuff Girls!

"Ed, Edd n Eddy" was the first Cartoon Cartoon not to be based on a WPT; it premeired in January 1999. While this show is a favorite to a lot of people, including myself, this is a very shallow series. Now, don't get me wrong; I love this show, but I'm just saying that it's basically the same thing over and over again with a small cast of very predictable characters, but it surprisingly ran for quite a few seasons. Basically, each episode starts out with Eddy setting up some kind of scam with the other two Eds to trick the other kids in the cul-de-sac out of their allowance so that he could buy jawbreakers, nobody buys into it, something distracts the Eds from the scam, and that distraction becomes the main plot of the episode. The only character that makes this show worth watching is Ed. Ed gets most of the laughs due to all the stuff he says and does. This show ended its production in 2006, but it's one of the three remaining Cartoon Cartoons still playing on Cartoon Network as of this date.

"I Am Weasel" was originally a side show that played on "Cow and Chicken". It became an official spin-off series in June 1999. This was one of my least favorite Cartoon Cartoons. It's basically about this stupid baboon trying to prove that he's better than an intellegent weasel. It usually results in Weasel fixing Baboon's failures making him look better. This show was quickly cancelled in 2000 due to a lack of popularity.

"Mike, Lu & Og" debuted in November 1999. The premise of this show is similar to "Ed, Edd n Eddy"; it contains a small cast of predictable characters and is basically the same thing over and over again. This show is basically about Mike, a girl from Manhattan, who is stranded on an island in the south Pacific that nobody knows about. Amongst the people who live on the island, her two best friends are a spoiled princess named Lu, and a brainy kid named Og. Each episode has the same basic layout. Mike talks about something she misses from civilization, Og builds it, the entire island gets into it. There's another memorable character on this show. There's this little turtle named Lancelot whom Lu treats as her royal servant. Lancelot seems to be a fan favorite. This was sadly a short-lived series as it was cancelled in 2001.

Also in November 1999 came a show called "Courage the Cowardly Dog", another series based on a WPT. The pilot to this episode had no dialogue with the exception of Courage saying one line at the very end. Courage is an abandoned dog who was adopted by two senior citizens named Eustice and Muriel who live in the middle of nowhere. A lot of creepy stuff happens where they live, so Courage always does his best to save his home. This is most likely the scariest of the Cartoon Cartoons. It ended its production in 2002.

"Sheep in the Big City" was based off of a pilot from a series of cartoon pilots that were shown in the summer of 2000. This one didn't make the finals, but it was made into a series anyway. It debuted in November 2000. The story behind "Sheep in the Big City" is as follows: A sheep named Sheep once lived on a farm with Farmer John. Suddenly, a military general known as General Specific has created a sheep-powered ray gun and needed a sheep to test it on. Sheep thought that he could hide from General Specific and his men by moving to the big city. No matter how many times he tried to hide or disguise himself, General Specific kept him on the run, and he kept running into other obstacles. Sheep falls in love with a poodle slightly taller than him named Swanky. Throughout the series, Sheep and Swanky continued developing a stronger friendship, but they rarely ever spent any quality time together, especially since Swanky's owner was a sheep-hating aristocrat named Lady Richington. Each episode of "Sheep in the Big City" is divided into three chapters with commercials in between mostly for products by a company known as Oxymoron and is concluded with a rant by the Ranting Swede. This series is pretty funny, but also somewhat boring. It's loaded with terrible puns. It's one thing to put puns in a cartoon, but this one went way too far. Appropriately, the show also had a narrator who hated his job. "Sheep in the Big City" ended it's production in 2002. Even though it went overboard on the puns, I still enjoyed watching it, and I wish Cartoon Network kept it running just a little longer.

Sometime in 2001 came two more Cartoon Cartoons that were combined into one. The show was known as "Grim and Evil", which consisted of two different series': "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" and "Evil Con Carne". They were split off into two seperate shows in 2003. "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" was the winning Cartoon Cartoon from the summer of 2000. Basically, the plot of the series is this: In the pilot episode, Billy and Mandy's hamster was about to be sent to the Great Beyond by the Grim Reaper. However, Grim lost a bet with the kids, so now he has to live with them and give them pretty much whatever they wish for. Billy and Mandy have different personalities. Billy is a complete moron, and Mandy is like seriously evil. This series is currently still in production, and it's one of the three Cartoon Cartoons remaining on Cartoon Network. As far as "Evil Con Carne" goes, I haven't really seen enough episodes to get an idea of what the show is about. All I know is that there was this evil genius who died, and one day, his brain and stomach were found and transplanted into this bear. "Evil Con Carne" was canceled in 2004.

"Time Squad" was a short-lived Cartoon Cartoon, which debuted in the summer of 2001. I actually remember around the time this show premiered, they had a special that showed time travel episodes of each Cartoon Cartoon. I was actually amazed that every Cartoon Cartoon series to that date had an episode about time travel. Basically, the show is about this squad known as the Time Squad who go back in time to meet some historical figures who have gone insane and try to change them to the way they should be. The time squad consists of Otto, an orphan boy who loves adventures, Larry, a very intellegent robot, and Todd Russel, a big tough guy with a very little brain. This show was sadly canceled in 2003 after airing a mere 26 episodes.

"Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?" is sadly one of the shortest-lived Cartoon Cartoons with only 13 2-part episodes. This show had a pilot episode, which aired in 2000, and was officially a series in 2002. It was canceled only a year later. This show is basically about a robot who goes to school to analyze humans. Originally, Robot Jones was voiced by a computer voice that can be heard on Macintosh computers, but later, the episodes were all remade with an actual voice actor doing his voice. I guess Macintosh got mad and demanded that the creators changed it or else they'd get sued. The show was canceled in 2003 due to a lack of support from Cartoon Network.

In December 2002, "Codename: Kids Next Door" debuted. This turned out to be a hit series for Cartoon Network. In this show, a group of kids known as the Kids Next Door save kids from around the world from adults and all their terrible doings. Like most action shows, there's a variety of villains on this show that can be memorable to fans. Each operative has a codename, simply a number. Numbuh One is the leader and the operative of the team with the most common sense. Numbuh Two is the action-loving tech guy of the group, but he's often clumsy. Numbuh Three is the bubbly one who is often living in her own little world and is usually very funny to watch. Numbuh Four is the enthusiastic tough kid who seems to be unstoppable (he's a fan favorite). Numbuh Five is sort of the quiet layed-back member who seems to have as much common sense as Numbuh One. This show is pretty awesome for an action show, and it's kind of hard to believe that it's made by the same creators of "Sheep in the Big City", unless you happen to spot any references from that series. This is the third of the three Cartoon Cartoons remaining on Cartoon Network. The series will be ending its production in November 2007.

Any original Cartoon Network series that aired from 2003 on is not considered a Cartoon Cartoon since they have officially stopped that tradition. These shows do hold some of my greatest memories, and I do fondly miss these shows, but all shows must come to an end eventually. (I wonder why "The Simpsons" hasn't yet.) Things do change, and Cartoon Network is not really worth watching anymore (with the exception of "Adult Swim"), but these cartoons are being shown on Boomerang now. If only I had that station, I can watch them more. If you want to share with me some of your memories about the Cartoon Cartoons, please do so. I know these are fairly recent, but they are retro in my book. All I can say now is...

CARTOON CARTOONS!

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Kids For Character: Cartoon Cartoons version
Trustworthiness: I M Weasel
Respect: Ed, Edd n Eddy
Responsibility: Johnny Bravo
Fairness: Dexter's Laboratory
Caring: Cow and Chicken
Citizenship: The PowerPuff Girls

All these shows were awesome! I completely loved Robot Jones. One of my favorite shows ever!

i liked most of these shows....
except i have never heard of: whatever happened to robot jones,
time squad, or sheep in the big city

Ah, since Nickelodeon got sucky in the 2000s, these cartoons were my drugs. I loved Dexter, Powerpuff Girls, Ed Edd n Eddy, and Kids Next Door. I also liked Robot Jones. It was really good and I think it should've lasted longer, although I hated when they changed his voice! He sounded more like a robot with his old voice. I hated IM Weasel and Sheep in the Big City, they sucked Mexican donkey sweat balls, like grindcore fan said. All the others were okay.

Courage the Cowardly Dog was a sick show. I'll never forget it. All the strange and weird things that happened in every episode, like the Weremole. I miss all the good cartoons.

does anyone remember that website where u collected the cards of these shows?

I agree with Childofthe1970s. These shows sucked Mexican donkey sweat balls.

I liked the original episodes of Dexter's Laboratory. Then they changed the animation, I didn't really like it too much and the stories became bland to me, so I lost interest. Same thing for Johnny Bravo and Powerpuff Girls. When CN started overplaying them like what they did with Scooby Doo, that's when I also lost interest in the shows. So Cartoon Network overplaying shows isn't really a new thing.

I liked Samurai Jack which isn't a Cartoon Cartoon, but it was still great.

I never liked Cow and Chicken or IM Weasel, I thought they were just Ren and Stimpy wanna bes.

I never watched the other shows since I wasn't really interested in them.

Cartoon Network isn't that bad now. When I watch it with my kids, nieces and nephews, they like to watch Fosters, Billy and Mandy, Camp Lazlo and Ben 10. People complaining how much CN sucks now isn't really new either. When I looked at Cartoon Network's "Jump the Shark" page on the site of the same name, many of the people were bashing the CC's with little to no explaination why they suck so much.

sorry, bad typing error.

I recorded most episodes of ed, edd'n eddy while is was in Hungary for 9 months about 6 years ago. And I remember all this so well and I still have them all on my old tapes. Thanks for sharing this with us. As with ed, edd n eddy being predictable, I actually had no idea that the show did so well considering that there are only 12 characters. (Eddy's brother included) This show deserves respect for keeping up the traditions and aspects of old cartoons from the 1940's and 50's. Not to mention the music and sound effects. No other cartoon limited characters. The voices and characters build over the course of the show and are very simple and well I am an old soul so that is my opinion. As for the others like Johnny Bravo, Bless them.

That was actually kinda sad. I stopped watching Cartoon Network regularly around the time Samurai Jack premiered. Not that SJ was what turned me off, that's just the last show I remember seeing before I stopped keeping up. I still watched from time to time, seeing Time Squad and Kids Next Door. Both of which had promise. But what makes me sad is seeing the "ended its production" parts of each show. Its kinda like reading an obituary. Johnny Bravo was my favorite of the three originals. But once they swapped animators and writers, it was a bastardization. Sad that the returning episodes were on longer than the originals.

I remember when Johnny went off, and they didn't bring it back. I was happy with just Dexter and C&C, though. Then those stopped. But Dexter went out with a bang. I think that one was Genndy's pride and joy, so he wanted it to go out in a blaze of glory. Sad they revived it with such shoddy production.

PPGs and Ed/d/y were both excellent. Powerpuff Girls seriously got me pumped a few times (though, this was due in part to my DBZ-fueled hyper-active childhood). The episode with the Rowdy Rough Boys and Princess were two of my favorites. I think the Princess episode was trying to capitalize on DBZ's current popularity, actually. The one-on-one fighting, projectile attacks we had no knowledge of prior, etc. Both Genndy and Craig seemed pretty action-oriented with their cartoons. You could tell in certain episodes of both Dexter and PPG that they just wanted to make a straight-up action cartoon. And as for Ed/d/y, that show had me rolling on countless occasions. Easily the funniest Cartoon Cartoon. Maybe not the most original or creative, but just straight-up hilarious. True, every character was 2-dimensional, but there were several characters making for several combinations. I mean, who wouldn't laugh at the line "If we do not find food soon, I may be forced to feast upon your succulent noggin."? The episode where Ed gets an allergic reaction and his entire body turns into a balloon. That's what I love. Childhood imagination focused into a show aimed towards kids. That show did it differently than most, though. That's why I loved it.

Lastly, Courage and Mike, Lu, & Og were both excellent, imaginative shows. Courage was funny in an oddball way. Not in a way that makes you laugh, but a way that makes you appreciate its humor. Perhaps that's why it didn't last as long as other shows. Though, the computer was pretty laugh out loud funny sometimes. And as you said, it was scary for a cartoon. Three words: "RETURN THE SLAAAAAB!" As for Mike, I typically don't like the desert island concept, but that show made it work. Og was just a cool character. I have a soft spot for brainiacs.

Sorry to make this so long. I'm just as passionate as you about Cartoon Cartoons of old.

Dexter's lab would have to be my favorite from the cartoon-cartoon shows, but the Johnny Bravo episode where he meets the Scooby-Doo gang was hilarious.

Hiro pretty much nailed it. If you don't like what I say, then don't fucking read the message. Simple as that. I never watched any of these cartoons, so I can't give my opinion on them. The article is nicely written though.

By the way:I have never said anything made after 1986 sucked, maybe 1990, but not 1986. So I don't know where in the hell did you get that from.

By the way, not everything made after 1986 automatically sucks, it's just that they are being closed minded, but that doesn't mean we have to bash their opinion. Like what I said before just ignore their comments and move on.

Will you people knock it off?! Geez! We all like different things, not everyone has to like the same stuff. If so, the world would be a boring place to live in, ok? If they hate the 90s stuff then FINE. Just ignore the comments instead of acting like freaking children. "OMG, he bashed my favorite decade!" Just shut up and deal with it.

Time to grow up, kiddies, dalmatianlover is right.

Will you all just grow up? Everybody has a certain era of TV that they loved the most. For me, it was 1985 - 2004.

P.S. I'm not saying you're wrong, but that they are.

"they think everything made after 1986 automatically sucks" - not true. I love SpongeBob and Fairly OddParents.

because they think everything made after 1986 automatically sucks.Reminds me of The Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons."OH, THAT's real original!"

Why should they?

You know, why can't Ducktalesfan1977 and childofthe1970s ever shut up for a day?

None of these cartoons were ever good. They all had crap animation and stupid jokes. This is the reason why cartoon network has moved away from classic animation and starting showing this garbage. I'm with Marcus2. Whatever happened to the great cartoons from the 80s and before?

In a world where you're not a lunatic, Pope Benedict is head of the Roman Catholic Church, but is actually Jewish by faith!

Also, Cartoon Network NEVER ripped off Nickelodeon. The World Premeire Toon thing gave people a chance to vote for their favorite pilots. Nickelodeon never did that. They only cared about what they wanted to make. It was actually Nickelodeon that ripped off Cartoon Network's "What a Cartoon! Show" with that show of theirs they called "Oh Yeah! Cartoons".

^You're the one who stinks, Marcus! That's why I'm wearing this gas mask thanks to your shitty comment!

P.S. Most of these shows STINK, especially PPG! Cartoon Network jumped the shark in the mid to late 90s when it became a ripoff of Nickelodeon: creating its own programming instead of expanding on the golden age of animation (i.e. Disney cartoons, Felix the Cat, Looney Tunes). I bet Friz Freleng is turning over in his grave at the sight of Cartoon Cartoons like PPG.

Let's come up to a middle ground: PPG was moderately popular.

All of those shows you mentioned were great. My favorite was Ed Edd n' Eddy, I also loved Courage and couldn't have happier once they brought it back (they aren't showing new episodes, just reruns).

Good article! I loved me some Cartoon Cartoons back in the day. PPG and Dexter were a must see in my house. And I can still remember the ads for EEE before it premiered. I was like WTH is this show about and now its one of my favorites from the network. I even watched the 36 hour marathon leading up to the finale. And thanks for bringing up some cartoons I forgot about like Mike, Lu and Og. I watched it a couple of times and enjoyed it. I was thinking about Sheep in the Big City the other day and wondered why that show was ever created.

And it sucks that they're getting rid of KND, those villians are hilarious.

I was a kid when the original Cartoon Cartoons came out, and as such, i've never seen or really heard of those newer ones(except that they suck, which they most likely do).Dexter's Lab was probably my fav, because there was never an episode i saw that wasn't comedic gold, and Dexter himself i think is just simply an excellent character, as are all the other characters on the show.And my second fav was Cow and Chicken because it did indeed remind me a lot of Ren and Stimpy.And Adult Swim rules, screw you if you don't like anime.

"I agree the cartoon cartoons were retro (10 YEARS ALREADY!)"

A mere decade does NOT retro make.

A lot of the other shows on here were of the 80's and 90's (or even older), which was 15+ years ago, therefore, the "Cartoon Cartoons" aren't retro, IMHO.

Heck, most of the CC I couldn't even get into, because they pioneered the way for the sucky crap to come (Foster's, Camp Lalzo, et al), not to mention that the animation for nearly all of them was mediocre when compared to the two preceding generations (and that they all used the same jokes and plotlines from shows of the preceding generations didn't help matters).

Onto another subject..."Adult Swim"; It is--IMHO--just poorly-dubbed animes, along with Family Guy & Futurama (the latter two are shows that are--ironically--the creations of other networks, FOX & Comedy Central respectively, which shows one how much that block sucks if it's only good shows are that from other companies).

Also, I despise parody shows that bastardize beloved icons, which do include the above two, The Simpsons--which should now be ended due to the movie, as per the standard that most TV series end following a 'blockbuster' movie of some sort--SNL, MadTV, ecetera.

The reason for my dislike of parodies like that is because they seemingly make Hollywood think that viewers don't care about their cherished childhood memories--hence the sucky live action drivel based upon classic cartoons running rampant in Hollywood nowdays--which is pure grade-A horsecrap...because certain viewers do care.

I remember "World Premiere Toons" and the "What A Cartoon" show. They contained some of the best and funniest animated shorts ever! Many years later, of course, came "Cartoon Cartoon Fridays". I used to watch that every Friday night. My favorites included "Ed, Edd n Eddy", "Johnny Bravo", and "Courage the Cowardly Dog". Then, in 2005, they renamed the show, "Cartoon Network Fridays", which really pissed me off. I wish the CN execs would've left it alone because it was already good the way it was.

I agree the cartoon cartoons were retro (10 YEARS ALREADY!) and my favorite cartoon was Ed, Edd, and eddy yet i do agree with Hiro that JLU and Samurai Jack were great shows.

Samurai Jack was the only good Cartoon Network show and then Justice League/Unlimited which either of those shows are Cartoon Cartoons. PPG was alright but I got bored with it after a while. The rest of the shows were awful.

I miss cartoon cartoons they where some of the best cartoon network shows i've seen.

hey this is a great article! i liked it. but on "the3eds.com" they talked to the creater of ed, edd n eddy and acually there are 2 more episodes yet to air and they are curently working on an 80 minute ed, edd n eddy tv movie wich will air in mid 2008. i know that on cartoon network they said in that marathon it was the "last episode" but after that cartoon network asked A.K.A. cartoons to make more. but i really like this article.

Yay Sheep in the Big City! The lack of effort that went into the story is very funny (eg: Sheep lived on a farm with farmer John). Just the sight of Sheep is enough to make me giggle like a schoolgirl...

Great article. I remember and love all of the shows you mentioned in the article, but my most favorite one would be "Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy."

I almost forgot about I Am Weasel...I used to really like that show. Great article, it brought back awesome cartoon memories.

I loved the Cartoon Cartoons. I remember when we finally got Cartoon Network on our cable listing. Very fond memories of being in our old trailer, watching Cartoon Cartoons and classic animation on CN on my parents old tiny TV in there room. Since 2002, we've moved into a real house and that tiny TV died on us...(I had to kick it to make it work most of the time, so it eventually met Mr. Dumpster.) I'm okay with the Cartoon Cartoons gone, but the absence of classic animated shorts from the 40s, 50s, ect is very troubling to me. I can only take so much Tom & Jerry, what happened to Bugs Bunny?

Power Puff Girls ROCK!!! Wow... I totally forgot about Mike, Lou and Og... there was porbably a reason.

the animation quality has especially dropped in the shows that are on tv in general so...

Good article. Aside from KND, I'm a fan of all of these, and Ed, Edd, n' Eddy easily makes my top five animated series list. But, on the air now, Foster's and Class of 3000 are pretty good, too, and Gym Partner has moments of genius, but the quality has indeed dropped since then.

great artical a jhonny bravo movie cool but relly good artical

Man you just dug up some of my favourite cartoons of all time!

I am Weasel
Ed,Edd N' Eddy
The Grim adventures of Billy & Mandy
Johnny Bravo (Which is now being made into a live action movie starring The Rock)
Sheep in the big city
Codename: Kids next door
The powerpuff girls
Cow & Chicken
Mike, Lu & Og
Dexter's laboratory
Courage the cowardly dog

These were all GREAT shows. Saddly, they all came to an end. Both Billy & Mandy & KND are going to end with a crossover called "The Grim adventures of the KND" & Ed, Edd N' Eddy are set to end with the movie "Ed,Edd N' Eddy's big picture show".

johnny bravo, cow and chicken, i am weasel, and dexters lab were all ok to decent shows. however the animation was lacking once we rolled closer to 2000

Man, Dexter's lab was awesome.
It sucks that I never see it on anymore. I liked Johnny Bravo & Powerpuff Girls pretty good, too.

MAN I LOVED ALL THOSE SHOWS THEY ARE RETRO TO ME TO I GREW UP BEFORE AND WHEN THEY ALL HAD PILOTS AND I SEEN ALL THEIR SEASONS I MISS THE GOOD CARTOON NETWORK I USED TO ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO CARTOON NETWORK FRIDAYS NOW CN SUCKS AND ONLY GOOD SHOWS ARE FOSTERS AND SOMETIMES CAMP LAZLO AND THE RETRO CN SHOWS STILL RUNNING

Either this isn't retro or I'm getting old

. Great toons though.

Dalmatianlover, I just read your comment that you never heard of My Gym Partner's a Monkey, and you probably never heard of Squirrel Boy either, well, if you don't like Camp Lazlo or Foster's, you should not waste your time with Gym Partner or Squirrel Boy, because they are at least 500x worse than Foster's and Camp Lazlo.

I didnt find a single inaccuracy so your research was well focused. Good job!

Decent article even if the subject matter isn't quite retro.

Personally, I never liked Grim and Evil, Cow and Chicken, Ed, Edd and Eddy or Kids Next Door. I just found them all really irritating.

I miss Robot Jones, it had kind of an 80s feel to it.

My favorite Cartoon Cartoon was Dexter's Lab. For a while I also really liked the Powerpuff Girls, but it got old kinda fast for me.

I loved those shows.

Here's a fact SHEEP IN THE BIG CITY and KIDS NEXT DOOR, were made at Curious Pictures, which is located in New York.

the only thing I didn't like about this was the VILE, HIDEOUS, UNSPEAKABLE remarks about the greatest cartoon in the history of the universe, Ed, Edd N Eddy...

Other than that, good article ^_^

(on the hideous vile unspeakable part...)

I loved all the Cartoon Cartoons! ^_^

When Billy and Mandy won back in 2000 I had actually voted for Robot Jones, but I guess that became a show too anyway.

I also loved Time Squad when it was on and really wished it hadn't stopped.

Nice article.
Do you remember a show from the what a cartoon series called Larry & Steve.
It was written and created by Seth McFarlane and I'm sure Steve the dog was an early version of Brian from Family Guy.

^wtf? Those are NOT Cartoon Cartoons!

Camp Lazlo: is not retro.

My Gym Partners a Monkey: Never heard of it.

The last paragraph of the article clearly states: "Any original Cartoon Network series that aired from 2003 on is not considered a Cartoon Cartoon since they have officially stopped that tradition."

Read the damn article before posting any comments.

hey wheres camp lazlo and my gym partners a monkey or any of that