Scrappy-Fan92
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We start our third thread for the 30th anniversary with the year of Cartoon Network's 10th anniversary.
While it was generally business as usual for most of the year, October 1st, 2002 would see a humorous 60-second commercial showcasing a rapid-fire montage of show footage and bumpers to celebrate Turner's little money pit making it to the double digits.
Two new original series would premiere this year, those being the deliberately vintage-looking Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? (which aired its pilot in 2000 as part of the Big Pick Weekend), and the 2001 Big Pick Weekend winner Codename: Kids Next Door (which premiered at the tail-end of 2002 after Courage and Mike, Lu & Og bowed out). These would be the final two new series to formally premiere under the Cartoon Cartoon branding. Perennial merch-maker The Powerpuff Girls would receive a theatrically released film during the summer movie season, which would provide an expanded origin story for the title characters and effectively serve as a capstone to creator Craig McCracken's run on the show.
In more somber news, the channel would note the passing of Warner Bros. animator and all-around Renaissance man Chuck Jones with a short bumper drawing a caricature of him, which they had done for William Hanna the previous year.
Other tidbits:
-Cartoon Cartoon Fridays had its last full year in 2002, getting themed versions of itself such as Cartoon Cartoon Weekend Summerfest and Scaretoon Scaretoon Fridays.
-Someone in charge of scheduling realized that Cartoon Network had the broadcast rights to a lot of Scooby-Doo! shows. Seeing as there was a live-action movie and a new TV show on the horizon, may as well compile the older shows into an hourlong weekday block called Scooby Universe.
-The CN originals would get recent reruns with spiffy packaging via the Top 5 block.
-In what may be the funniest instance of corporate categorization, the action-centric Toonami block is designated as the place to air children's slice of life series Hamtaro. Because anime. Even T.O.M. seems a little confused.
-While not the first of its kind, CN would do an awards show in their usual way. The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo would premiere on March 23rd and provide awards to various characters, episodes, and moments, with Scooby-Doo himself receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award. As you could gander from the title, it was a mostly tongue-in-cheek affair, mixing in cartoon character appearances with live-action celebrity cameos. With that said, they still had an "In Memoriam" section to honor William Hanna, Chuck Jones, and animator Maurice Noble.
Robot Jones intro
KND intro
Time Squad intro (season 2)
The Powerpuff Girls Movie trailers and TV spots
2002 CCF intro (long version)
2002 CCF intro (short version), plus an introductory segment for host of the week Edd -- this particular recording likely came from 2003 given how late in 2002 Kids Next Door premiered
Scooby Universe promo
Fancy Anvil Awards full(?) broadcast
A promo for Pokémon airing reruns of its first season on CN fulltime
While it was generally business as usual for most of the year, October 1st, 2002 would see a humorous 60-second commercial showcasing a rapid-fire montage of show footage and bumpers to celebrate Turner's little money pit making it to the double digits.
Two new original series would premiere this year, those being the deliberately vintage-looking Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? (which aired its pilot in 2000 as part of the Big Pick Weekend), and the 2001 Big Pick Weekend winner Codename: Kids Next Door (which premiered at the tail-end of 2002 after Courage and Mike, Lu & Og bowed out). These would be the final two new series to formally premiere under the Cartoon Cartoon branding. Perennial merch-maker The Powerpuff Girls would receive a theatrically released film during the summer movie season, which would provide an expanded origin story for the title characters and effectively serve as a capstone to creator Craig McCracken's run on the show.
In more somber news, the channel would note the passing of Warner Bros. animator and all-around Renaissance man Chuck Jones with a short bumper drawing a caricature of him, which they had done for William Hanna the previous year.
Other tidbits:
-Cartoon Cartoon Fridays had its last full year in 2002, getting themed versions of itself such as Cartoon Cartoon Weekend Summerfest and Scaretoon Scaretoon Fridays.
-Someone in charge of scheduling realized that Cartoon Network had the broadcast rights to a lot of Scooby-Doo! shows. Seeing as there was a live-action movie and a new TV show on the horizon, may as well compile the older shows into an hourlong weekday block called Scooby Universe.
-The CN originals would get recent reruns with spiffy packaging via the Top 5 block.
-In what may be the funniest instance of corporate categorization, the action-centric Toonami block is designated as the place to air children's slice of life series Hamtaro. Because anime. Even T.O.M. seems a little confused.
-While not the first of its kind, CN would do an awards show in their usual way. The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo would premiere on March 23rd and provide awards to various characters, episodes, and moments, with Scooby-Doo himself receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award. As you could gander from the title, it was a mostly tongue-in-cheek affair, mixing in cartoon character appearances with live-action celebrity cameos. With that said, they still had an "In Memoriam" section to honor William Hanna, Chuck Jones, and animator Maurice Noble.
Robot Jones intro
KND intro
Time Squad intro (season 2)
The Powerpuff Girls Movie trailers and TV spots
2002 CCF intro (long version)
2002 CCF intro (short version), plus an introductory segment for host of the week Edd -- this particular recording likely came from 2003 given how late in 2002 Kids Next Door premiered
Scooby Universe promo
Fancy Anvil Awards full(?) broadcast
A promo for Pokémon airing reruns of its first season on CN fulltime
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